Fierce Tiger Fist Reached Perfection, Five Thousand Jin of Colossal Strength

Guo Wanxuan, who had always been exceedingly confident in her looks and family background, froze for several seconds upon hearing those words. Only then did she come back to her senses, her expression instantly falling apart. She took a deep breath and forcibly calmed herself before asking seriously, "What kind of woman does Guest Official Chen like?"

"Big ones," Chen Mo blurted out.

Guo Wanxuan was utterly baffled. "Big?"

"That's right."

Without concealing anything, Chen Mo nodded. "You're too small. You don't fit my standards for choosing a spouse."

"I never imagined Guest Official Chen had such unique tastes. You actually like old maidens." There was an obvious barb in Guo Wanxuan's words.

Chen Mo did not get angry and merely replied calmly, "I wasn't only referring to age."

"Ah?~"

Guo Wanxuan, who had not understood at first, noticed Chen Mo's gaze fixed on her flat chest and immediately understood. Her face flushed scarlet in an instant. "You... you...!"

Pointing at Chen Mo, Guo Wanxuan—who had rarely argued with anyone since childhood—did not know how to strike back. Instead, Chen Mo's calm gaze deeply rattled her. In the end, she could only flee in disgrace with her maid.

Watching her rapidly retreating figure, Chen Mo shook his head. "She's flat herself, yet she won't let anyone say it?"

One could suffer anything but never let the children suffer.

Women still needed to have great truths, of course, they could not be too great either.

Everyone had their own standards for such things. Chen Mo could not speak for everyone.

At any rate, he could not accept this Eldest Young Lady.

He did not pay much attention to this minor episode. Since he had already put things so plainly, she probably would not come bothering him again. Without dwelling on it, Chen Mo continued practicing the Fierce Tiger Fist in the courtyard.

Epiphanies might improve his skills quickly, but he still had to practice the Fist Technique himself to truly find the feeling.

If he only thought without practicing, there would always be a slight sense of stiffness.

So, more practice was still necessary.

Meanwhile, Guo Wanxuan immediately returned to her residence and sulked.

Originally, she had found Chen Mo fairly handsome, while his height and physique were also good. More importantly, his steady temperament, formidable talent, and strength all met her requirements for a future partner. In her heart, she had already been willing to agree to her grandfather's and father's wishes.

Who would have thought that she had not even minded Chen Mo's poor family background, yet Chen Mo actually disliked her for being small? A scholar may be killed but not humiliated!

"How dare that lecher say something like that... how dare he say it right to my face?!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Guo Wanxuan unconsciously lowered her head, and her toes immediately entered her sight. Her gaze then shifted to the two flat areas before her. Biting her lip, she murmured in a voice only she could hear, "They do seem a little small. Compared to Mother's, the difference is rather big. But I've only just turned fifteen. I should still be able to grow, right?"

Then she came back to her senses. What exactly was she thinking?

Why should she care about Chen Mo's opinion?!

At the same time, Guo Kangcheng and Guo Kai immediately learned of what had happened between Chen Mo and Guo Wanxuan, and both could not help sighing.

"Father, it seems this Chen Mo is unwilling to join hands with us. Then we..." Guo Kai's expression was unpleasant.

The daughter he had cherished in the palm of his hand had actually been looked down upon. As her father, he could not stand it.

What angered him even more was that Chen Mo had directly rejected their recruitment and was unwilling to join their faction.

That meant he was not one of them!

As the Family Head, Guo Kangcheng was far calmer. "Observe him a little longer. According to the intelligence, the Fist Technique Chen Mo practices appears to be of no low grade, and he has trained it to the Great Accomplishment Realm. He is a talented martial artist, not someone easy to deal with."

After a pause, seeing that Guo Kai had calmed down, Guo Kangcheng nodded slightly.

"Compared to before, you have become much steadier. That is good. Remember, you are the one who will lead the Lineage in the future. You must put the Lineage's interests first in all matters. The gains and losses of your small family can only come second. Do not act on impulse!"

"I understand."

Guo Kai responded solemnly, then said, "Then shall we observe Chen Mo for a while longer?"

"Yes. We must not only watch whether Chen Mo possesses some treasure capable of rapidly increasing strength, but also pay attention to who within the Lineage wishes to contact him. Those people have been growing increasingly restless lately." A cold glint flickered in Guo Kangcheng's eyes.

Hearing this, Guo Kai nodded to show that he understood, though his heart was filled with worries.

The Guo Family appeared powerful and prosperous, but problems had already emerged within. People's hearts were not united. Externally, their conflict with the Yu Family was nearing the point of irreconcilability. Both sides remained relatively restrained within the County Town, but clashes and frictions outside it were almost constant.

There was also the Fan Family, which appeared neutral, offending no one and helping no one. Yet in truth, it watched like a tiger eyeing its prey, hoping to reap the fisherman's reward.

Even the government, which seemed harmless to man and beast, had not been so peaceful in recent years. It was extremely dissatisfied with Hequ County being controlled by the Three Great Families, merely lacking a suitable opportunity to make its move.

Once such an opportunity appeared, the government would certainly show them no mercy.

With troubles within and enemies without, the Guo Family had to be especially cautious when handling internal issues.

One careless step, and a century-old Lineage could be destroyed in a single day.

Then they would become sinners of the Lineage.

In fact, just as Guo Kangcheng and the others had expected, several waves of "guests" came to visit Chen Mo over the following days. All of them were members of various Guo Family factions.

During their conversations, they all sought to recruit Chen Mo and promised him many benefits.

This left Chen Mo quite puzzled. He was merely a Divine Strength Realm Martial Artist. The Guo Family should have no fewer than ten Divine Strength Realm martial artists, perhaps even Divine Valor Realm and Qi and Blood Realm martial artists.

Logically speaking, they should not have treated him this way.

Their enthusiasm made Chen Mo somewhat uneasy. He always felt that matters were not so simple, and that his position in the Guo Family was not as safe as it appeared.

"Actually, sacrificing my looks a little wouldn't have been a problem. If I'd known, I should have agreed back then."

Thinking of Guo Wanxuan, Chen Mo felt a little regretful.

The girl was still young now, but that was not really a problem. After all, he was not very old either. At most, they could wait a few years before doing that.

If he could attach himself to the Family Head's faction, then at least in the short term, he definitely would not have any safety concerns.

Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world. Ever since Guo Wanxuan had been mocked for being small, she had not come over again.

Four days passed in the blink of an eye...

Just as expected, the Fierce Tiger Fist had successfully risen to the Perfection Realm. As the highest-level cultivation technique he currently possessed, Chen Mo could clearly feel that his strength had increased by another notch.

"The Thousand Jin Stone Lock is getting lighter and lighter to lift. My one-handed arm strength should now exceed Five Thousand Jin, right? I wonder what level that counts as within the Divine Strength Realm?"

Each realm of strength was divided into four stages: Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Perfect Accomplishment. Since Chen Mo relied entirely on Epiphanies to improve rapidly, his panel did not display these detailed realm divisions. Thus, he had never been particularly clear about his own level of strength.

He only knew the rough distinctions in strength.

At times like this, the importance of having a reliable master became all too apparent.

Chen Mo could not completely trust the Guo Family, so he did not ask anyone.

As a Guest Official, he had the qualifications to enter the first three floors of the Guo Family's Cultivation Technique Pavilion and select cultivation techniques. He wondered whether there might be books there that introduced the fundamentals of the Martial Path.

Now that the Fierce Tiger Fist Technique had reached Perfect Accomplishment, his next step was to save up Enlightenment Count and allow the Turtle Breath Health Cultivation Technique to advance.

The reason he did not choose the higher-level Fierce Tiger Fist Technique was mainly because the Turtle Breath Health Cultivation Technique was a Health Cultivation Technique. Once its advanced version was cultivated to Perfect Accomplishment, it would not only increase his strength but also improve his aptitude and Lifespan—things he urgently wanted at present.

By comparison, the Fierce Tiger Fist Technique only increased strength.

Since all that remained was time spent accumulating Enlightenment Count, Chen Mo felt it was necessary to go out and take a look. The Cultivation Technique Pavilion was a good place.

In any case, he was not planning to leave the Guo Family for the time being.

It was already late today, so he certainly would not go there now. After reading the Pharmacopoeia for a while, Chen Mo went to sleep, intending to visit the Guo Family's Cultivation Technique Pavilion the next day...