The simple two words made Han Shuangjiang's breathing hitch.
It had rained heavily last night, but today was fine weather.
The sky was clear for miles, and the sunlight was brilliant.
The fox-faced man stood there facing the sunlight and calmly gave this answer. Then he even grinned at her.
This World Protagonist, who was still in her "newbie protection period," felt her entire body tense slightly.
He killed someone when he was still an ordinary person?
The impact this had on someone's heart was actually far greater than that of a cultivator killing someone!
Her heart began to beat faster beneath her full, heaving chest.
So much so that, in her daze, Han Shuangjiang failed to notice that Chu Huai Xu had continued walking forward.
"What are you standing there like an idiot for? Let's go." He called out.
The cold-faced girl pressed her lips together, then instinctively hurried after him, appearing remarkably obedient.
After realizing this, she quickly slowed her pace.
Chu Huai Xu glanced back from the corner of his eye and couldn't help smiling.
Medicine Mountain was one of the three peaks of the Outer Sect and could roughly be divided into three areas.
They could more or less be understood as the spirit medicine district, the residential district, and the commercial district for daily-life services.
In the Outer Sect, there were senior Registered Disciples who taught ordinary martial arts to outsiders.
At first, the Scripture Pavilion of the Outer Sect had established four magic arrays to select the outstanding members of the Aperture Opening Stage and provide them with high-quality Cultivation Methods.
This wasn't because the Dao Sect was stingy or unwilling to make good things available to everyone.
It was purely because the higher the grade of a Cultivation Method, the greater its difficulty. If one's aptitude wasn't sufficient but one forced oneself to learn it, one would only end up holding oneself back.
But who could have expected that the higher-ups would have their policies while the lower levels had their countermeasures?
A small portion of people realized that ordinary martial arts had their merits as well. They could make the physical body unleash greater strength, which was beneficial for breaking through the magic arrays!
The workaholics of the Xuanhuang Realm immediately sprang into action.
At first, no one practiced this low-end stuff at all.
As this trend gradually spread and repeated bans failed to stop it, it ultimately forced the Scripture Pavilion to upgrade the magic arrays and increase their difficulty!
Once the vast majority of people had learned ordinary martial arts, the standards originally established could no longer effectively filter them.
If someone claimed they had learned martial arts before coming up the mountain, what could you do?
Forget it, forget it. Just consider it a way for the disciples to lay a foundation with ordinary martial arts before officially learning techniques.
As time passed, an entire industry chain for learning martial arts formed, and it even increased tax revenue.
With Han Shuangjiang in tow, Chu Huai Xu asked around along the way and soon arrived in front of a courtyard.
"Why does everyone recommend finding this Senior Brother Liu to learn?" he asked, somewhat puzzled.
Was his reputation really that good?
Han Shuangjiang, this cold-faced girl, acted like a Little Housekeeper instead, spending the entire journey comparing prices and asking around.
She had no idea that the Outer Sect had long since passed the stage of price-war competition and involution.
Nowadays, everyone's prices for teaching martial arts were more or less the same.
Chu Huai Xu had told her this from the beginning and told her not to waste time comparing, but she refused to believe him.
Now that she had discovered he was right, she still muttered inwardly, So expensive! How can it be this expensive?
After entering the courtyard, Chu Huai Xu called out loudly, "Senior Brother Liu! Is Senior Brother Liu here?"
The door soon opened, and a somewhat handsome man walked out.
He wore a white robe, with fine gold-thread patterns along the sleeves and collar.
At a glance, it was clearly made from high-grade fabric.
With the terrifying prices of the Outer Sect, this outfit alone must have cost quite a bit.
Is his business really this good? Has he gone mad with profit? Chu Huai Xu wondered.
This wealthy young master of a Registered Disciple named Liu Chengqi was slightly stunned after getting a clear look at the two of them.
The man was tall and handsome, while the woman seemed certain to be a beauty even through her veil.
Although their clothes were fairly ordinary and not particularly expensive, their unique temperaments struck him immediately.
Following the principle that opposites attracted, he focused more of his attention on Han Shuangjiang.
There was nothing he could do about it. She gave off an icy feeling that kept others a thousand miles away, yet possessed a figure that could set anyone ablaze.
Her chest was not as magnificent as Elder Nangong's and could not be called earth-shaking, but it was still full and clearly well-endowed, far beyond that of ordinary people.
Her slender waist, narrow enough to be encircled in one hand, further accentuated the alluring curves of her hips.
Beneath those full, rounded buttocks was a pair of astonishingly long, jade-like legs.
When she had just walked toward him with graceful steps, swaying and radiating charm, it was as though lotus blossoms bloomed with every step, stirring the heart and soul.
The colder she acted, like an iceberg, the more she could arouse the desire of certain men to conquer her and see what she looked like after completely transforming into a seductress.
The Registered Disciple named Liu Chengqi couldn't help sniffing hard, as if he had caught a fragrant scent.
After seeing Han Shuangjiang, he immediately understood why the two had come to his courtyard. He could only feel that the sensible people of Medicine Mountain were becoming more and more numerous.
"You two look unfamiliar, Junior Brother and Junior Sister. Someone must have recommended you here, right?" A spring-like smile appeared on his face.
Unfortunately, when goods were compared, one had to be discarded, and when people were compared, one might as well die.
Standing before Chu Huai Xu, who ranked second on the Must-Eat Companion List, Liu Chengqi's slight handsomeness was simply not enough.
"Senior Brother Liu, we did ask some fellow disciples, and everyone recommended coming here to learn martial arts from you." Although Chu Huai Xu said this aloud, he secretly sent over an Information Scan to see what Liu Chengqi was capable of.
Oh? He was actually a Six-Orifice Expert!
My respects, my respects.
In Medicine Mountain, Outer Sect disciples who had already entered the First Realm or an even higher realm disdained teaching ordinary martial arts for money. It was far too beneath them.
As for Registered Disciples whose Nine Orifices were nearly all open, they would not waste their precious time. They were all busy breaking through, as if preparing for the imperial examinations, and had no time to work as private tutors.
Therefore, those teaching martial arts were at most six- or seven-orifice experts.
The only thing Chu Huai Xu found strange was that, in the basic information displayed by the system, Senior Brother Liu's status was: Spirit Fetus (damaged).
Huh, looks like he has a story, he thought.
Liu Chengqi smiled and took two steps forward. His voice was gentle and even carried the legendary bubble quality. "You were recommended by your fellow disciples? Then they were simply praising me too highly."
"Junior Brother and Junior Sister, my surname is Liu, Liu Chengqi. You can call me Senior Brother Liu."
"The martial art I'm best at is the Eight Trigrams Palm of Boundless Heaven and Earth. One hour counts as a lesson, and the fee is ten taels of silver per person."
At this point, he glanced at the icy beauty with her brows tightly knit. Then his tone suddenly changed. "However, teaching one person is teaching, and teaching two people is also teaching. Junior Brother, you pay ten taels, and in the first lesson, I'll teach both of you personally."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the icy beauty's brows indeed relax.
At his words, Chu Huai Xu could only think, Eight Trigrams Palm of Boundless Heaven and Earth? Never heard of it.
However, ordinary martial arts were much like Cultivation Methods of the Aperture Opening Stage—their names truly grew more overbearing than the last.
When he had asked around outside just now, he had heard that some people even taught something called the "Heaven and Earth One Slash" and the "Great Desolation Heaven Imprisoning Finger." Anyone who didn't know better might have thought they were Heaven Grade Techniques!
But he hadn't expected Liu Chengqi to use a buy-one-get-one-free scheme.
More importantly, there was something wrong with the way he had phrased it.
"Why am I the one paying ten taels instead of us paying five taels each?"
Although he was indeed the one paying, hearing it put him at ease. It sounded somewhat like using someone else's gift to curry favor.
Or had he misjudged the relationship between Han Shuangjiang and him, giving him a chance to ingratiate himself with her?
Regardless, being able to save money was certainly a good thing.
Chu Huai Xu immediately paid ten taels of silver, eager to witness this "Jiligu Lu Eight Trigrams Palm."
Liu Chengqi began by briefly introducing the martial art, then started demonstrating it.
He went all the way from the First Form to the Ninth Form.
The strength of this ordinary martial art was indeed impressive. It could be considered a superior martial art.
Most importantly, it looked very cool—light, graceful, and carefree.
After finishing the demonstration, Liu Chengqi began teaching the First Form—Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon!
He said he would teach them personally, and he truly meant personally.
"Junior Brother, sink this part down a little more."
"That's right. This part needs to go a little higher."
One moment, he pressed Chu Huai Xu's waist; the next, he lifted his arm.
Besides that, he carefully explained every trick and detail.
Since it was only a martial art, Chu Huai Xu immediately heard the System prompt sound: "Ding! Liu Chengqi is teaching you the First Form of the martial art 'Eight Trigrams Palm.' Learn it?"
"Yes." The ten taels of silver had not been wasted.
After learning it, Chu Huai Xu had planned to make a move and let the two of them broaden their horizons, thoroughly showing off his talent for martial arts.
Unexpectedly, Liu Chengqi skipped over him and said, "Junior Brother Chu, digest it on your own for now. I'll explain it to Junior Sister Han first."
At that moment, the cold-faced girl was standing to the side, earnestly imitating the movements.
As she performed the somewhat imperfect Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon, the curves of her body fully stretched out. From the side, her full, rounded buttocks pushed her robe outward.
A breeze drifted past and lifted one corner of her veil, revealing lips that were red and tender, pressed tightly together.
Liu Chengqi's heart wavered, and he intended to keep his word.
He had said he would teach both of them personally, so he would teach both of them personally!
He had already laid hands on Chu Huai Xu. Now, naturally, it was this beauty's turn.
"Junior Sister, the Eight Wastelands Roaming Dragon isn't performed like that. You need to sink your waist a little more." Liu Chengqi still wore his spring-like smile as he extended his large hand toward her waist.
Han Shuangjiang was listening very seriously and truly failed to react in time.
"Tsk! Why are you getting handsy?" A voice rang beside his ear, and Liu Chengqi's wrist was seized tightly by a large hand.
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