Wrestling Match

Early in the morning, at the Qin Clan's martial training grounds.

In the training field, some carried stone blocks to stir their blood and qi, some practiced familiar fist forms to temper their muscles and bones, while others trained as they chatted and laughed.

A group of children threw punches with all their might in the middle of the field.

"Ha!"

Others sparred with one another.

"Gou, you went too far! You actually used the monkey steals the peach!"

"Hehe, that's how fighting works. As long as you can win, that's all that matters. Are you coming again or not?" A scrawny figure spoke to the person lying on the ground.

"I'll come at your grandpa!" With that, he opened his mouth and bit at him.

Seeing this, the other boy panicked, turned, and ran. As he ran, he shouted, "You're the real dog!"

Just as he had run some distance, a black shadow blocked his path, and he crashed straight into it.

"Ow! Who the hell is that?" Qin Gou blurted out after slamming into the person.

The newcomer was none other than Qin Hao. He was even taller than yesterday. Compared to the children his age, he now stood out far too much. Qin Gou was already in his teens, yet he did not even reach Qin Hao's navel. At that moment, Qin Hao stood before him like a wall.

"Qin Gou, you were the one who ran into me, right?" Qin Hao said helplessly.

Hearing that familiar voice, Qin Gou found it strangely recognizable. He looked up and saw a familiar face before him.

"Qin Hao? Didn't you grow taller again? Why are you so much taller than yesterday? What did you eat to grow like this?" Seeing it was Qin Hao, Qin Gou had nothing more to say, but he realized that Qin Hao had grown taller again.

The others noticed the commotion as well. Their gazes turned in this direction, and they all walked over to Qin Hao.

"Oh my god, Qin Hao, why did you grow taller again?"

"Damn, isn't Qin Hao almost taller than Uncle Tianze?"

"I think so. He wasn't this tall yesterday. He shot up this much overnight. Could he be sick or something?"

"His muscles seem much bigger too. Look, that arm of his is thicker than my whole body."

A skinny child at the side said this.

Faced with everyone's chatter, Qin Hao could only scratch his head helplessly. There was nothing he could do about it. At eight years old and one meter ninety tall, he was simply too conspicuous among a group of children.

As they discussed Qin Hao, Qin Tianze also entered the martial training grounds. Seeing the group gathered around Qin Hao, he found the mismatch between Qin Hao's massive build and childish face far too jarring.

Qin Tianze watched carefully for a while and discovered that Qin Hao had grown taller again, his muscles visibly bulging. Compared with yesterday, he had become several sizes larger. Qin Tianze frowned. This was a little too unreasonable.

"Alright, scatter. Go practice on your own." Qin Tianze walked straight toward Qin Hao as he spoke.

"Let's go!" The children scattered like birds and beasts.

Qin Tianze walked up to Qin Hao and scrutinized him closely. Qin Hao grew uncomfortable under his gaze and asked, "Uncle Tianze, why are you looking at me like that?"

Qin Tianze looked at Qin Hao before him. This boy had changed a lot lately, and not just in appearance. He could sense the changes in Qin Hao's body.

"Qin Hao, what's going on with you? How did you get so big?"

"Hehe, I don't know either. I just grow whenever I eat. When I woke up this morning, I was taller. It feels like I've gotten a lot stronger too, but I don't know why," Qin Hao said. He could not possibly tell him outright that it was because of the system.

"Oh, you got a lot stronger? Makes sense. Those muscles of yours look bigger than mine. How about we compare strength? Your uncle won't bully you—I won't use true qi." Qin Tianze grew interested upon hearing Qin Hao's words.

"Compare strength? Sure."

With that, Qin Tianze brought Qin Hao to the center of the martial training grounds. Everyone in the field stopped what they were doing and gathered toward the middle.

"Little Hao, let's see who can push the other out of this circle first. Whoever does wins. Sound good?"

"Alright." Qin Hao thought, Uncle Tianze said he would not use true qi, so at most he had a little over three thousand jin of strength. There was nothing for him to worry about.

"Alright, begin!"

The two clasped hands at the same time. Qin Tianze began exerting force, only to discover that he could not move Qin Hao in the slightest. He raised his head in shock to look at the twelve-year-old child before him. Mother's kiss, was this even human? Qin Tianze realized he had underestimated Qin Hao.

Qin Tianze exerted force again, directly unleashing one hundred percent of his physical strength. Veins bulged across his body, and even his clothes split apart from the strain. Seeing this, the crowd cried out in alarm.

The force radiating from the two men directly knocked several children backward. Even some adults could not withstand it and retreated.

"Ow! My butt!"

"Uncle Tianze is using his full strength. Can Qin Hao still hold on?"

"How could he not? Can't you see that Qin Hao's face isn't red and he isn't even out of breath?"

"Since when did Qin Hao become this strong?"

Qin Tianze also noticed that Qin Hao was merely smiling at him, as though he were doing something utterly insignificant.

Qin Tianze stared at him in astonishment. He was a cultivator on the verge of completing Body Tempering, while Qin Hao could not even cultivate. How could he possess such immense strength?

Could Qin Hao have some kind of special physique?

"Qin Hao, why aren't you using any strength? Put your back into it and let Uncle Tianze see just how strong you are!" Qin Tianze knew Qin Hao's strength might have surpassed his own. Otherwise, Qin Hao could not have withstood all his strength without turning red or losing his breath.

"Alright then, Uncle Tianze, you'd better be careful." As soon as he said that, Qin Hao's presence changed. He began exerting force, and Qin Tianze felt an immense power pushing his hands backward.

Feeling that force, Qin Tianze tried to exert himself again, but his little bit of strength was completely useless. He could only let himself be pushed around. In the end, his entire body was forced out of the circle.

Even after being completely pushed out of the circle, Qin Tianze still had not recovered. He merely stared at the drag marks beneath his feet, finding it unbelievable that a child had utterly crushed him in a contest of strength.

"Hey, hey, hey! Qin Hao won!"

"How is that possible? Qin Hao actually beat Uncle Tianze! Damn, am I seeing things?"

"Am I dreaming?"

"Ow! Why did you hit me, Gou?"

"Uh, didn't you ask whether you were dreaming? Wasn't I helping you?"

Qin Tianze did not pay attention to the children's discussion. He merely stared at Qin Hao, still unable to fully recover. At first, he had only thought Qin Hao had suddenly gained some strength for some reason, perhaps becoming slightly stronger than him. But in that instant just now, Qin Hao had inexplicably crushed him. Only then did he realize that Qin Hao's strength had already far surpassed his own.

"Uncle Tianze, what's wrong?" Qin Hao was the first to ask.

"I'm fine. Qin Hao, do you know why your strength suddenly became so great? Has anything unusual happened to your body?" Qin Tianze believed Qin Hao had definitely awakened some sort of physique, which was why his strength had increased so dramatically.

"Something unusual? I don't think so. It's just that lately, my appetite has gotten bigger, and I've been growing faster. Nothing else really." Qin Hao answered with the same harmless expression.

"Alright, Qin Hao, keep practicing here at the martial training grounds. I'll go find the clan chief."

"Everyone, you're free to do whatever you want in the martial training grounds!"

With that, he ran off in a certain direction. He had to report the possibility that Qin Hao had awakened some kind of physique to the clan chief. He knew how valuable those who awakened special physiques were. If Qin Hao truly had awakened one, the Qin Clan could soar into the sky in a single leap.

Inside a luxurious courtyard.

Qin Tianze reported Qin Hao's situation to a group of sturdy old men.

"Tianze, you lost to Qin Hao in a wrestling match?" The old man seated in the central position spoke after a moment of silence.

"Yes, Clan Chief. At first, I saw that Qin Hao had become much sturdier and wanted to test his strength. But even when I used all my strength, I could not push him even a fraction. The moment Qin Hao exerted himself, I truly could not withstand it. His physical strength is simply too great." Qin Tianze reported truthfully from the side.

At this point, the other clan elders also felt that Qin Hao was no ordinary child, and they began discussing it among themselves.

"Could it be that Qin Hao truly awakened some kind of physique?"

"I think so. Otherwise, how could his height surge overnight while his strength increased so much?"

"Heaven is blessing the Qin Clan. We've produced such a genius. Though he lacks talent for cultivation, his talent in the flesh is truly astounding."

"I think we should wait and see. Bring Qin Hao to the ancestral hall first and let us have a look. Then we can see whether he truly possesses some special physique."

An older elder spoke at this moment.

"Very well. Tianze, go bring Qin Hao to the ancestral hall." After thinking it over, the clan chief gave Qin Tianze his orders.

"Yes!"

With that, Qin Tianze left the ancestral hall.