Tiger Form Fist of Xingyi

Nighttime. Teng Village, Mount Dayan. The small courtyard of Teng Qinghu's home.

Gu Sheng walked alone out of the noisy room. Inside, his uncles Teng Yonglei and Teng Yongfan were drinking and playing finger-guessing games, while Teng Qinghu's mother, Tigress, served them food and poured their wine.

Tonight's feast had been arranged by Tigress to thank the two families for saving her son's life. Thus, besides Teng Yonglei and Teng Yongfan, Teng Qingshan, who had just become the leader of Teng Village's Hunter Squad, had also come.

"Qingshan, you're still practicing with the spear?"

Gu Sheng entered the small courtyard, where a boy in leather boots and a fur coat was practicing spear techniques.

The youth looked no more than ten years old and stood around one meter forty-five tall. The seven-foot-six-inch spear in his hands whirled so tightly that not even water could penetrate it. He was none other than Teng Village's newly appointed Hunter Squad leader, the chosen son of luck in The Nine Cauldrons World—Teng Qingshan.

Teng Qingshan stopped swinging his spear and smiled at Gu Sheng. "Cousin! What is it?"

Gu Sheng, or Teng Qinghu, scratched his head, looking extremely embarrassed. "Qingshan, can I discuss something with you? Well, I want to take you as my master and learn boxing from you. The kind you practice all the time."

Teng Qingshan froze for a moment. He had never expected Gu Sheng to come to him over this matter.

"Is that not okay? I..."

Gu Sheng seemed to have misunderstood, believing Teng Qingshan did not want to teach him. His mood visibly sank, and he looked deeply crushed.

"How could that be? Cousin, you misunderstood."

Teng Qingshan quickly said, "If you're willing, I can teach you boxing right now."

In truth, several years ago, after seeing nine-year-old Teng Qinghu lift a three-hundred-pound stone lock, Teng Qingshan had already considered teaching him Internal Fist. But at the time, he had been a brat under six years old. No one would likely have taken his words seriously, so he had never brought it up.

"Really?"

Teng Qinghu grinned. "Then, Qingshan, from now on, you'll be my master!"

Ding!

Ding!

At the same time, notification chimes sounded one after another in Gu Sheng's mind.

Side Quest—Befriend Teng Qingshan. Phase Two completed. Reward: 100 Lord God Points. Personal Conquest Progress increased by 0.1%.

Special Quest triggered—Seek a Master and Learn Martial Arts.

Special Quest: Seek a Master and Learn Martial Arts. After gaining Teng Qingshan's approval, learn the martial arts he personally teaches. Upon completion, you may spend a certain amount of points and medals to certify them for removal from this world.

Ding-ling!

The Multiverse Reincarnation System reminds the host: 100 Luck Points have been credited. Current balance: 190.

At the same time, in an elaborately decorated young lady's bedroom in Yicheng, Jiangning Prefecture, Yangzhou, a pretty girl in a nightgown lay sprawled across a soft pink bed. Pouting her cute lips, she cried, "Heavens! Why did I accept that developer association's mission? I'm still a student, a student...

Eh? What's going on? The total Conquest Progress went up again. Did someone complete another quest? Looks like I need to work harder too..." The girl abruptly sat up, once again brimming with energy.

Yangzhou, Green Lake Island. A young man practicing swordsmanship against the tide suddenly furrowed his brow. "The final victory will be mine!" Then he slashed fiercely into the waves.

Moni Temple. A bald, fat-faced man was preaching scripture to a believer when he suddenly paused. "I didn't expect someone else to complete a quest. Let fate take its course..." He then put on a smile again and continued preaching to the believer.

Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain, Snow Eagle Cult, the great grasslands...

"What exactly is the relationship between Lord God Points and Luck Points?"

Where Teng Qingshan could not see, Gu Sheng's brow tightened slightly. This was not the first time he had received notifications. Just yesterday, when he had tried to approach Teng Qingshan while returning to Teng Village, he had unlocked his first side quest: Befriend Teng Qingshan.

In fact, Gu Sheng had received not just one side quest from Teng Qingshan, but two.

The notification for the other one had left him dumbfounded for quite a while.

Side Quest triggered—Teng Qingshan.

Side Quest One: Kill Teng Qingshan. Personal Conquest Progress increases by 10%. Conquer Teng Qingshan. Personal Conquest Progress increases by 20%. Randomly obtain one of his skills...

Gu Sheng had been completely stunned. Was this what it meant to be the protagonist? If he succeeded in killing him, not only could he return immediately, but the rewards would also be incomparably generous. Ten percent Conquest Progress! Even one percent was worth a thousand points and a Golden Medal, yet this was ten times that!

"Cousin! Cousin!"

Teng Qingshan looked strangely at the somewhat unfamiliar Teng Qinghu, or Gu Sheng, before him. He always felt that his cousin had become odd after returning from Mount Dayan, and the way he looked at him was especially strange. If he had not known that his cousin had a fiancée in another village, he would have thought that he...

"Ah—what is it?"

Gu Sheng jerked his head up to look at Teng Qingshan. Then he realized that his behavior just now seemed a little off and quickly gave a foolish grin. "I was just too excited. Yes, that's it, too excited..."

"Hehe."

Teng Qingshan smiled, easing the atmosphere. He had not thought much of it. The lonely assassin life of his previous life had made him cherish every relative all the more.

Teng Qinghu's initiative in seeking instruction also gave him some other ideas. *When I was three or four, five or six years old, my words carried no weight in the clan. Besides, it would have been far too ridiculous for a child to teach everyone Xingyi Boxing.

But now, I'm the leader of the Hunter Squad and one of the clan's stronger fighters. Everyone knows my spear techniques are formidable! Should I... Not yet. My prestige still isn't enough. I must find a suitable opportunity.

Still, Cousin has indeed reminded me of something. Father and the others may not believe me, but I can slowly promote it within the Hunter Squad. As long as Cousin shows results under my guidance, then...*

"Cousin! Let me tell you, this boxing style of mine is called Tiger Form Fist. It isn't difficult to cultivate. You only need to imitate a tiger's movements and breathing, then grasp the key points of each motion. Come, I'll teach you the first movement first."

Ding. Martial art acquired: "Tiger Form Fist." After learning it, personal Conquest Progress increases by 0.01%.

Tiger Form Fist

Type: Internal and external cultivation technique

Quality: C-rank technique (three stars)

Notice: This skill has not been certified. It may only be used in this world and cannot be brought back to Lord God Space.

Certification required: 300 points, one Bronze Medal

Fuck!

The Lord God Space notification had come so "promptly" that Gu Sheng wanted to kill someone. Hearing the conditions for taking the skill away, he nearly cursed aloud.

Though he did not know the exchange prices for cultivation techniques in Lord God Space, he knew this price was definitely expensive. He had risked life and limb to complete two quests and earned only two hundred points, yet certification alone required three hundred points and a Bronze Medal.

One had to know that even someone like him, who had started with such a heavenly advantage, had not obtained a single medal so far, much less the other Reincarnators.

According to Gu Sheng's deductions, the key to the exploration quest in The Nine Cauldrons World lay in the protagonists and supporting characters from the original story.