Iron Fist Sis

Moreover, during this time, Chen Wu also found time to fulfill his agreement with President Lu, refining thirty bottles of top-grade Qi-Accumulating Pills in one go.

After all, he did not know when his sister would emerge from seclusion.

Or whether he would still have time after she emerged.

So he refined them in advance and planned to sell them to the Alchemists' Branch month by month.

He also began experimenting with using an alchemy furnace to refine ninth-grade pills such as Qi-Concentrating Pills, and had already achieved decent results.

Time passed in cultivation. In the blink of an eye, ten days had gone by since his sister Gu Yuyue entered seclusion.

That noon, Chen Wu went to the training hall to cultivate as he had over the past few days.

After facial recognition and fingerprint scanning, he made his way up to the third floor with practiced ease.

Unlike its usual silence, there was a beautiful woman in her twenties there, tall and slender, dressed in black sportswear.

Chen Wu did not pay her much attention at first. He took a broadsword and a halberd from the weapon rack and began practicing martial arts.

But after a short while, he sensed that something was off.

The woman's gaze kept drifting toward him, seemingly by accident.

Chen Wu merely remained wary and made no unusual move.

This is a government compound. Anyone who can enter must be government personnel or their relatives. Better observe her in secret for a while first.

His movements did not stop. From the outside, he looked utterly immersed in his cultivation.

In truth, he was multitasking, keeping watch on the woman's every movement.

After a while, the woman walked straight toward Chen Wu. Her footsteps made not the slightest sound, her aura and breath perfectly concealed. Her cultivation was at least above the eighth rank.

Did I get it wrong? Why have I been running into eighth-rank martial artists, the kind who are so hard to deal with, lately?

Seeing this, Chen Wu's heart thudded as he inwardly complained.

Against a ninth-rank martial artist, he still had the confidence to clash head-on with his forged sixth-turn Origin Seed.

But when faced with an eighth-rank expert like this, he could only take a risk and gamble.

Even so, he had no intention of avoiding battle.

The moment the beauty came within two meters, Chen Wu suddenly launched a backthrust. The halberd spun at high speed, its spiraling force incomparably sharp and fierce.

This was a killing move Chen Wu had developed during this period by combining what he had learned with memories from his past life.

With his current sixth-turn cultivation, he could only unleash one strike in a short period of time.

The woman clearly had not expected Chen Wu to possess such a move. Caught off guard, she only had time to summon part of her true qi, bringing her palms together to block the drilling force.

The spiraling force surged and lashed out. The woman felt pain in the pair of iron palms she had tempered for years, forcing her to push her cultivation to the seventh rank.

Hah!

Then, power surged through both hands as she clamped down, forcibly bringing the rapidly spinning halberd to a halt.

Seeing his killing move fail, Chen Wu immediately moved to his second layer of strategy. He abandoned the halberd for his sword, fully circulating Dual Qi Flow and the True-Absorbing Divine Formula. Drawing in the qi of heaven and earth for his use, he brought the blade down with the force of splitting Mount Hua.

He had not expected that Chen Wu would still have room to launch another attack after unleashing such a killing move.

Rich in combat experience, the woman adapted on the spot. She gripped the halberd head and shaft already in her hands, poured qi into them, and blocked the killing move again.

Clang!

The two weapons collided, erupting with a resounding metallic crash that echoed through the entire training room.

Then, the woman's seventh-rank cultivation revealed its first edge. A powerful burst of qi surged from within her body, directly knocking Chen Wu and his weapon back several steps.

Hmph!

Upon sensing his opponent's seventh-rank cultivation, Chen Wu showed no intention of retreating. Dual Qi Flow blocked the lingering force while the True-Absorbing Divine Formula converted it into true qi, ready to unleash it in an instant.

Seeing Chen Wu poised to fight for his life, the woman realized she had gone a little too far. She immediately stopped and said, "Xiao Wu, it's only been a few years, and you've really grown capable."

That familiar tone stirred Chen Wu's old memories. He recognized her. "You're... Iron Fist Sis?"

Before his words had even faded, Chen Wu took a blow to the head.

The woman corrected him with mock anger, "What Iron Fist Sis? Call me Sister Ruyan."

This beauty was named Qi Ruyan. She was Gu Yuyue's best friend and high school classmate.

Back in school, the two of them had long occupied the top two spots at Jincheng No. 1 High School.

Having trained in her family's external martial arts since childhood, her pair of iron fists had no equal among their peers aside from Gu Yuyue.

Her fighting style was wild, her voice like a great bell, her vigor like a raging bull. Her skin was hard as iron, and she never bothered much with her appearance.

That was how she earned the nickname "Iron Fist Sis."

Back then, she and Gu Yuyue had been so close they could wear the same skirt, and that was how Chen Wu had come to know her.

Their last meeting had been four years ago.

Unlike his sister, who chose to attend the Police Martial Academy, Qi Ruyan chose a military academy and went straight into military service after graduation.

The military had its own rules, while his sister was also busy with her work as a police officer. Naturally, the two sides had contacted each other less and less.

Chen Wu had not expected Qi Ruyan to change so much after just a few years. Not only had her appearance undergone a heaven-and-earth transformation, but she had also learned how to wear makeup and dress herself up.

"By the way, Sister Ruyan, why did you come back to Jincheng?"

Chen Wu glanced at Qi Ruyan's tightly clenched fist and wisely chose to follow her suggestion.

Qi Ruyan answered concisely, "Of course, because of a job transfer. Unless something unexpected happens, I'll be stationed in Jincheng for the next few years. I heard Yuyue was about to break through, so I came to take a look."

As she spoke, Qi Ruyan's beautiful eyes swept Chen Wu up and down.

Chen Wu felt a little uncomfortable under her scrutiny. He shrank his neck and asked, "Sister Ruyan, what is it?"

Qi Ruyan withdrew her gaze and smiled. "I heard earlier that you had given up martial arts. So, apart from seeing Yuyue, I was planning to give you a good beating and knock some sense into you. But now, it seems that would have been unnecessary."

Hmph.

Hearing that, Chen Wu knew that the Iron Fist Sis he remembered had not changed at all. If anything, she had become even more dangerous.

Qi Ruyan asked without ceremony, "How many days has Yuyue been in seclusion?"

Chen Wu was already used to it and replied, "My sister has been in seclusion for ten days."

"Then it should be soon."

After estimating when her good friend would emerge from seclusion, Qi Ruyan threw an arm around Chen Wu's shoulders and said boldly, "Xiao Wu, we haven't seen each other in years. Come on, your sister's treating you to a meal."

Unsolicited kindness hid either treachery or theft. Chen Wu refused, "Sister Ruyan, maybe we should forget it."

"Why are you being polite with me? Come on."

Qi Ruyan gave Chen Wu no chance to refuse. She enthusiastically dragged him from the training room and seated him at a nicely decorated restaurant nearby.

Inside the restaurant, Qi Ruyan took the menu tablet from the server and handed it to Chen Wu across from her. "Xiao Wu, don't stand on ceremony with me. Order whatever you want. I've spent all these years in the military and barely had any chance to spend money."

Inside the restaurant, Qi Ruyan took the ordering tablet from the server and handed it to Chen Wu across from her. "Xiao Wu, don't stand on ceremony with me. Order whatever you want. I've spent all these years in the military and barely had any chance to spend money."