'Flying Lady'

"Benefactor, are you all right?" Lu Bai cautiously stepped forward and asked, like a young monk who had never seen the world.

The man in black wasted no words. He rose and immediately drew his blade, slashing at Lu Bai.

This operation was secret. Staying up in the middle of the night and looking around instead of sleeping properly—serves you right for dying.

Yet the instant the man in black drew near, the terror on the little monk's face vanished. His seemingly thin body appeared to swell somewhat.

A hand blade struck the throat, a whip kick swept at the groin, then he cleanly grabbed the man's head and twisted. The kill was complete.

At that moment, Lu Bai sensed something. He crouched beside the corpse and lightly placed a hand on it.

Before long, three small cubes appeared: two transparent and one pale gray. The panel swiftly displayed the corresponding prompts.

"Operation Module [Acupoint], Operation Module [Meridian], and Energy Module [Internal Force]."

"Looks like the way to extract modules isn't limited to performing certain actions myself. Hunting people with specific traits works too, though it seems I have to kill them personally to extract them?"

Modules came in different types. So far, he had discovered three—Elemental, Operation, and Energy—colored gold, transparent, and pale gray respectively.

There were probably even more types of modules. Combining modules of different kinds to form particular abilities seemed to be the proper way to obtain extraordinary power.

As for how these modules should be combined, he would have to experiment slowly when he had time. Right now, the priority was the battle on the roof.

They were the people of the Martial Forest. Starting with them was the only way to understand this world, then gain sufficient benefits.

"Hundred Flower Grave? Holy Land? Outer Realm Demon?" Lu Bai heard several unfamiliar terms.

He wondered whether Outer Realm Demon referred to Travelers like them.

After all, from what he could see, painstakingly gathering the relevant elements was indeed less efficient than slaughtering far and wide, raising Martial Forest people like crops and harvesting them.

Calling such Travelers Outer Realm Demons was entirely reasonable.

"Could this so-called Holy Land be a local force supported by Travelers? Is that why Phoenix Flying Lady has modern things like stockings?"

"And is Hundred Flower Grave a local resistance force?"

Lu Bai speculated as the battle above grew ever fiercer.

The other men in black had basically lost their ability to fight. Some had crashed into houses, others had fallen into the street. Only Flower Face was still battling Phoenix Flying Lady.

The scars on Flower Face's face twitched, making him look incomparably ugly. His hands danced while his footwork never ceased.

If one ignored that face of his, there was actually a certain beauty to his fighting.

Like a diligent little bee among flowers, or an embroidering maiden at her loom.

"Flowery Fists and Embroidered Legs." A jade-white hand emerged from the swirling gauze, passing through Flower Face's flailing hands and striking his chest, blasting him away. "They really are nothing but Flowery Fists and Embroidered Legs."

As Flower Face staggered back, he circulated his Internal Force and exerted strength through his feet, crushing the roof tiles beneath him before finally steadying himself. A thread of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

But what followed was his laughter.

"Back in Hundred Flower Valley, our forebears fought to the death and unleashed every martial art they possessed, only to have the Outer Realm Demons call them Flowery Fists and Embroidered Legs. This was the greatest shame of our Hundred Flower Lineage, so we renamed our martial arts Flower Fist and Embroidery Leg, to remember that humiliation."

"Today, I will use your life to wash away this shame and show you whether our martial arts truly are Flowery Fists and Embroidered Legs."

"He can't win, yet he's still talking so tough?" Lu Bai muttered as he reached toward a man in black lying by the roadside, all while watching the rooftop battle.

Though he possessed no Internal Force, Lu Bai still had a good eye for combat.

From beginning to end, Phoenix Flying Lady had been suppressing Flower Face. Who knew where Flower Face found the confidence to claim he would wash away his humiliation.

Looking at the heavily wounded man in black lying unconscious on the ground, Lu Bai was preparing to harvest his life again and hunt for modules.

Then he suddenly saw the man in black jolt awake, as though he had awoken in the middle of the night with a cramp in his leg. His body trembled and struggled uncontrollably.

As he thrashed, the black face covering had already fallen away, revealing a face twisted in what seemed like ultimate agony.

Black Meridians covered his face. His mouth gaped wide, but he could only make muffled "woo woo" sounds.

It was then that Lu Bai discovered the man in black had no tongue. In its place was a fleshy tumor the size of a pigeon's egg.

That tumor was emitting a faint glow, and the light seemed somehow familiar.

Before Lu Bai could examine it closely, the tumor burst apart. Foul blood sprayed out, and at the same time, a small cube flew forth, shooting straight toward Flower Face.

Looking back at the man in black on the ground, he had stopped struggling. His face had turned blue-green, like a slab of aged cured meat.

He no longer looked like someone who had just been struggling in agony, but rather like an ancient dried corpse.

Lu Bai was not afraid. He placed a hand on the corpse and tried to extract a module, only to find he had extracted nothing but emptiness.

"Isn't this supposed to be wuxia? How did it turn into something so fantastical?" Lu Bai quietly moved away from the corpse. Something was wrong with the situation; this did not seem like a good opportunity to pick up scraps.

Unfortunately, before Lu Bai could get far, Phoenix Flying Lady, who had just been beating Flower Face down, fell from the rooftop. She landed beside Lu Bai like a dead dog, spat out blood, and fainted.

Lu Bai did have some skill in stealth. After all, lurking and ambushing were things that could greatly increase one's chances of victory.

But stealth was only stealth, not invisibility.

Thus, Lu Bai, the oddly dressed little monk, was spotted by the two of them at once.

"Greetings, benefactor." Seeing Flower Face's gaze fall upon him, Lu Bai showed a harmless smile and greeted them both.

"Fighting and killing is so unpleasant. How about..." Lu Bai inched bit by bit toward Phoenix Flying Lady.

Naturally, Flower Face had no desire to listen to some little monk of unknown origin ramble on. Moreover, his victory had not come without a price, and he had no extra time to waste.

A pitch-black aura circulated around Flower Face. His Flowery Fists and Embroidered Legs, which had originally looked full of beauty, now carried a savage air.

No longer did he resemble a dancing bee gathering nectar. Instead, he looked like a child at the village entrance who had found a straight wooden stick in a field of rapeseed flowers, brimming with murderous intent.

Against someone with Internal Force, Lu Bai did not blindly use lime powder. Instead, he shook his body, drawing back as his loose monk's robe flew out and blocked Flower Face's vision.

Flower Face was experienced. Even while airborne, he immediately made the correct decision.

To a certain extent, calling them Flower Fist and Embroidery Leg was not wrong.

Both were highly technical martial arts, training ingenious force and techniques that were intricate and ever-changing.

If one had not trained them deeply enough, they would become a joke like a street performance, easily crushed by others.

But once such exquisite martial arts were mastered, they could unleash the greatest combat power with the smallest force.

For instance, even in midair with no point of support, Flower Face merely moved his toes slightly and tore the monk's robe apart.

Yet as the robe tore, a great amount of lime powder scattered out with it.

And behind that cloud of lime powder was Lu Bai's fleeing figure, with Phoenix Flying Lady on his back.

Flower Face urged his Internal Force and struck out with his palm, creating a gust that blew away the lime powder.

However, Flower Face's body paused as well. Though Lu Bai was carrying Phoenix Flying Lady, he had already run far away.

"An External Martial Arts expert?"

Flower Face could not sense any Internal Force from Lu Bai, but someone who could run that fast seemed capable of being nothing other than an External Martial Arts expert.

"But if you think you can escape like this, you're looking down on me too much." Flower Face caught up in just a few steps.

Embroidery Leg excelled at quick turns and shifts within a small area. It could often let one fight many enemies while surrounded, but it was not suited to long-distance pursuit.

Of course, catching Lu Bai, who lacked internal cultivation and was carrying a heavy burden, was no problem.

But before Flower Face could draw near, he saw Lu Bai hoist Phoenix Flying Lady from his back onto his shoulder.

Then Lu Bai turned around, planted himself in a bow stance, thrust out his waist, and raised her high. His muscles bulged as an overwhelming aura erupted forth.

The next moment, Phoenix Flying Lady became a truly flying lady.

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