Feng Yuxiu

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Song Ren lay on the comfortable bed. The wound on his arm had already been healed for the cost of 1 Wish Coin when he returned.

Watching the bleeding wound rapidly close at a visible rate was quite a bizarre thrill.

He flexed his healed arm. After confirming there was nothing wrong with it, he sorted through the system messages and began reviewing them one by one.

First was the wish gift pack from Weapon King Hong Ye.

The wish gift pack had been successfully opened. Obtained Weapon King Hong Ye's Martial Arts Essence Pill (+7.1).

Martial Arts Essence Pill?

Song Ren froze for a moment. A dark little pill, heavy with the scent of Chinese medicine, had appeared in his palm.

Could this thing really be eaten just like that?

And what did +7.1 mean?

Datafication of information?

A game-like stats panel?

Notice: Boss, your current attribute values are rather low. Please take Hong Ye's Martial Arts Essence Pill first.

After a brief hesitation, Song Ren dissolved the pill in water and swallowed it.

Soon after swallowing it, his body gradually tensed up, as though it were being reshaped from the bones outward. The bones and flesh inside him were being forcibly stretched apart.

Tightness, swelling pain!

Cold sweat gradually beaded across Song Ren's forehead.

Hiss!

It hurt so much!

Intense pain invaded every one of Song Ren's thoughts bit by bit, making his entire body tremble.

Fortunately, that tearing pain came quickly, and it passed fairly quickly as well.

After more than a dozen breaths, Song Ren abruptly sat up. He excitedly felt his body over, then rushed impatiently to a mirror.

After taking off his shirt, the mirror reflected a muscular physique with clearly defined muscles and a full eight-pack.

At the same time, an enormous amount of knowledge about martial arts and combat churned continuously through his mind.

Shoulder and hip align; elbow and knee align; hand and foot align.

Seizing is rigid; grappling is fluid.

Only after mastering grappling may one advance to weapons.

Weapons are extensions of the limbs; man and weapon become one.

Heart aligns with intent, intent with qi, qi with strength.

Yin within, yang without, united as one qi.

When the qi does not flow smoothly, no other forms can be trained!

As this martial arts mantra, widely circulated through films, entered his mind, his body unconsciously assumed a fighting stance.

One hand was held in a hook punch, while the other loosely gripped the air, its thumb seeming to press against the hilt of a nonexistent sword.

Excitement flashed through Song Ren's eyes. So this was the essence of martial arts?!

Martial arts maxims that had once been obscure and incomprehensible to him now seemed, in an instant, to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians. Everything suddenly clicked into place.

This was especially true for the use of all kinds of weapons. He felt an effortless confidence in handling them.

It was practically as if a master had directly passed his power on to him, and his body had suddenly awakened.

At that moment, Song Ren felt an instinct rise from the depths of his heart—

I'm invincible. Do whatever you want!

Song Ren repeatedly familiarized himself with the changes to his body before asking the system about his datafication information again.

Data Display:

Boss: Song Ren

Age: 28

Specialties: Martial Arts (7.6), Other (20cm?)

???

Song Ren: "..."

The system seemed to understand the question marks all over Song Ren's head and proactively gave several explanations:

Notice: The combat-related specialties Boss had previously learned have automatically merged into the higher-level Martial Arts specialty. Your current overall level (7.6) is approximately equal to the true level of a Weapon King.

Notice: The "Other" category in the specialty column includes all specialties below 3 points. Any level below 3 is considered average and will not be displayed.

Notice: 20cm is the overall display length of the specialty column. Please do not misunderstand, Boss. I am not peeking at your privacy.

Solemn declaration: I am a very proper system, a system devoted solely to performance and devoid of emotions.

"..." There was definitely something seriously wrong with this system.

Song Ren could do nothing about it. Fortunately, as long as he ignored it, it would not pop up on its own.

He chose to ignore those strange notifications and continued examining his other gains.

Leaving aside the positive-review feedback, according to the system, the highest possible character rating was five stars.

Yet Weapon King had only given him two stars. That could no longer be called a positive review, but there was nothing to be done about it.

Being able to defeat Feng Yuxiu had already involved a great deal of luck. He had no other choice at all.

Next, Song Ren's gaze fell upon another reward—

A character card?

Character Card: Feng Yuxiu

Description: Because martial arts fanatic Feng Yuxiu's powerful posthumous emotions broke through the bounds of obsession, they became a lingering trace of resentment that clung to Boss for a long time. This system has ultimately decided to fulfill him by forcibly guiding him onward, transforming him into an exclusive Character Card.

It is being given to Boss free of charge as an expression of this system's sincere devotion.

Affiliation: Song Ren (Boss)

Attached Attribute: Loyalty

Song Ren turned the blood-red metal card over in his palm.

Its back was carved with circular crimson patterns, while its front bore Feng Yuxiu's unkempt, unpleasant face.

Bang!

With a thought, the card exploded.

Feng Yuxiu stood blankly in the corner, staring at Song Ren in astonishment.

Very quickly, it was as though a special set of memories had been poured into him. His expression became increasingly vivid.

In the end, his whole face twisted. He fixed his gaze on Song Ren and muttered, "It was you?!"

Then Feng Yuxiu's entire face turned savage. "I'll kill you!!!"

But the next second, his savage expression abruptly calmed, and he said dully, "No, I don't want to."

Then his face became savage again. "Kill you!!!"

Instantly calm: "No, I don't want to."

Savage: "Kill—"

Calm: "No."

Feng Yuxiu's proud, unyielding face had completely twisted out of shape. He fiercely slapped his own head. "What did you bastard do to me?!"

Song Ren watched Feng Yuxiu, who looked as though he had split personalities, with a strange expression. He casually said, "Call me master."

Feng Yuxiu immediately became reverent and answered without hesitation, "Master!"

Only after saying it did he realize what had happened. He suddenly smashed his head against the wall, producing repeated bangs!

That damned absolute loyalty!!!

Song Ren merely raised a brow and laughed. "Interesting."

A wisp of green smoke burst into existence again. Feng Yuxiu vanished from the spot, returning to the form of a Character Card in Song Ren's palm.

Song Ren put the Character Card back into his storage space.

He continued checking his remaining gains: 199 Wish Coins.

Wish Coins were the unique currency of the Wish System, and Song Ren looked into them as well.

However, the things Wish Coins could exchange for—or rather, the products the Wish System offered—were extremely limited.

There was only one product: black exclusive blind boxes marked with inheritance categories.

Inheritance Blind Box

Price: 100 Wish Coins

Review: It's it, it's it, it's our friend—the Inheritor.

The system's review had an utterly bizarre style.

Song Ren automatically filtered it out. Without much hesitation, he spent 100 Wish Coins to buy a blind box, feeling rather strange.

Opening blind boxes always gave people an inexplicable sense of anticipation, especially when they involved something from the mysterious side.