Chương 24: War God — Chapter 24 - Street-Side Challenge — Words Unspoken

After the meal, the afternoon was rest time. In senior year, aside from the monthly break, weekends only gave half a day off in the afternoon. Half a day was precious. Most students chose to relax a bit. Wang Xian left the school, planning to go home and log back into the solo arena to hone his Flowing Water Blade Technique. To be honest, martial arts are dangerously addictive. Especially that rush of pleasure after mastering power.

And Wang Xian could clearly feel his own progress, his deepening insight into the art of the blade. It made him want to lose himself in it every waking moment. But just a few steps beyond the school gate, a crisp voice called out:"Wang Xian!" The voice was both familiar and unfamiliar. Wang Xian turned slightly and saw a little girl by the roadside, looking at him with a lively expression. The little girl wore a pale blue lamb-wool jacket, fluffy as if draped in clouds from beyond the sky.

Her lower half was dressed in a black pleated mini skirt, paired with black thermal leggings and short boots, an outfit both stylish and playful, easily making one overlook her age. Especially since girls develop early, her height, with the boost from her shoe soles, appeared to be around 1. 5 meters. And with that exquisite little face beneath the knit beret, it was hard for anyone passing by not to glance at her.

"It's you?" Wang Xian glanced over and immediately recognized her. Wasn't this the little brat he'd rescued from the ruins on the day the Wind Lord Falcon attacked? Wait. At seven or eight years old, she already knows how to dress like this? Wang Xian looked down at his own school uniform, then scanned the sea of blue and white all around him, unsure of what to say.

"Hehe..." She jogged over, her fair little face full of smiles.

"I knew it. You didn't forget me!"

"How do you know my name?" Wang Xian looked at this little brat who didn't even reach his shoulder, finding it strange. He hadn't left his name that day, had he?

"I asked around."

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"At your school gate, I asked those senior-year students if there was a male student about 1. 8 meters, good-looking, but with a sharp tongue and really bad grades."

"Someone said there's one in their class, called Wang Xian."

"I asked for his seat. That person said the last row by the window."

"Ha, I guessed right away. That had to be you."

"When you came out, I called, and you stopped right away!" The little girl chattered on.

"So, am I clever or what!" You're way too clever. And not shy at all, are you? The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.

"How do you know my grades are really bad?" Wang Xian was speechless.

"That day in the ruins, I saw your life force was very, very small at first." The little girl said smugly.

"Probably only around 0. 1 or 0. 2."

"At this age, with that little life force, it means your innate life force is just like that. No hope for martial arts, so your grades must be pretty bad."

"..." Wang Xian's face was expressionless. You read people really well.

"Aiya... it's okay, small is good too..." The little girl patted Wang Xian's arm, consoling him generously.

"You can see my life force?" Wang Xian asked. Life force generally could only be precisely measured with specific instruments. Or, like him, judged through extremely rich experience.

"Yeah, I can perceive it." The little girl nodded.

"Everyone can perceive a rough idea... but what's perceived isn't a number, just a kind of color. Everyone's shade is different..." At this, the little girl gave Wang Xian a strange look but didn't say anything more.

"Did you autonomously awaken a martial talent?" Wang Xian looked at her, thinking of this possibility. That day in the ruins, when the little girl said she could see the crowd outside the ruins, he'd vaguely guessed as much. If so, that would really be something else.

"Shh!" The little girl glanced left and right but didn't answer. Wang Xian didn't plan to press further. Although autonomously awakening a martial talent was even rarer, practically national treasure-level talent, he'd seen such people in his past life too.

"What did you come looking for me for today?"

"I came to play with you!" The little girl tilted her head up.

"I know you senior-year students get half a day off in the afternoon! Can you play with me for the whole afternoon?" Wang Xian had intended to refuse, but seeing the hope in this little brat's eyes, he hesitated.

"I have something to do this afternoon..." Before the words fully left his mouth:"Play with me for the afternoon, and I'll give you one million."

"Then it's not really anything important." Wang Xian immediately nodded.

"Alright then." The little girl instantly beamed with joy:"Call me Little Xi!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

"Off we go!" Little Xi grabbed Wang Xian's hand and bolted forward with excitement. On the other side of the street, inside a luxury car.

"Cheng Wu, is that the boy you mentioned, the one who saved Little Xi?" A woman with an elegant bearing watched through the car window at the two figures, one big and one small. Her voice was devoid of any discernible emotion.

"Yes." Beside her, Cheng Wu subtly wiped the sweat from his forehead caused by the tense atmosphere inside the car. Out of the corner of his eye, he also glanced at that boy whose face was full of helplessness.

"He seems... like an ordinary person." The woman nodded slightly. Only then did Cheng Wu let out a breath of relief and hurriedly said:"Of course. The kid saved her purely out of courage."

"There's no way he had any ulterior motives. His family background is also completely clean. His parents passed away when he was very young, and his nominal guardian is his third uncle..."

"Besides, there's no way he could know your daughter."

"Mm." The woman said nothing more, instead turning her gaze toward the school gate.

"If not for that, Old Bai wouldn't have come here either..." The afternoon passed quickly.

"This kid's energy is really something..." Wang Xian was dragged around everywhere, one moment running off to the arcade, the next to the amusement park, then strolling along the street eating snacks. And this kid could really eat. Her little mouth started munching non-stop from the very beginning. All kinds of street snacks, skewers and fried chicken, clay-oven flatbreads and milk tea. As long as she smelled something fragrant, she clamored to buy it. Didn't care whether she could finish it or not.

Anyway, if she took one bite and wasn't satisfied, she'd just toss it to Wang Xian. Although Wang Xian had long since visited these places countless times and eaten these snacks who knows how many times, Little Xi seemed to be experiencing it for the first time. Her excitement lasted for 2 or 3 hours.

"Wang Xian, Wang Xian! I want that one!" By the roadside, Little Xi held a spiral-cut potato skewer in one hand. Her eyes suddenly lit up as if she'd spotted something. Already feeling stuffed, Wang Xian looked over. It was a stall. On the stall were written a few large characters: [Extreme Challenge: Ten Times] Because the stall was surrounded by several layers of people inside and out, the specific details couldn't be seen clearly. But Wang Xian could roughly guess.

It was probably some of those classic street-side challenges. These challenges were often very hard to complete, but the rewards were often quite good too. What Little Xi had her eye on was a cute snow leopard pendant in the prize section. Moving closer, the two observed for a while and simply understood the rules. Very simple: just throw ten punches. The hard part was that the ten punches required specific amounts of force, and you couldn't use martial talent. That was the stall owner's rule.

For example, if the stall owner demanded you hit with 350 jin of force, there could be no deviation whatsoever. If all ten were correct, you could win the grand prize. The force-measuring device was a standard small-scale tester.

"Seems a bit hard..." Little Xi took a bite of her potato slice and muttered with a frown. ➤ Next: Absolute Control, Shocking the Entire Crowd! A Million-Yuan Treasure! The Sch...