"Tianchen Group?"
At the spirited young woman's question, Chen Jue's heart stirred. He silently marveled that his earlier guess had indeed been right: she really did have countless ties to Lin Tianchen, chairman of the Tianchen Group.
Watching someone's boxing and spirit was like observing the person themselves. The Dragon Form boxing this spirited young woman had displayed contained traces of the soft, yielding Snake Form, yet her aura remained contained, like a true dragon revealing only a scale or claw from amid mist and rivers.
But when he heard her address him as a fellow practitioner, Chen Jue felt somewhat puzzled. He could sense that her martial arts had not yet reached the level of an internally contained Golden Elixir.
An ordinary Transforming Strength grandmaster, such as Li Wei or Li Xiang, could not have recognized his background at a glance. Only someone from the Daoist tradition, like Old Man Luo or Huang Shizhen, could have done so.
"I'm just an ordinary practitioner. I did get into a bit of a feud with the owner of the Tianchen Group."
"Chen Jue, of An County Boat Boxing. May I ask your name, fellow practitioner?" Thoughts flew through Chen Jue's mind as he cupped his hands in greeting.
"Chen Jue... Boat Boxing?" the spirited young woman murmured, somewhat surprised by this uncommon boxing school.
While Chen Jue studied her, she was observing him too.
During their journey together along more than ten kilometers of mountain paths, she had sensed a rich, indelible air of the mortal world about him. Yet his contained Golden Elixir will did not resemble the Golden Elixir of a martial artist or Daoist. Instead, it was plain and unassuming, like that of an ordinary person.
But how could an ordinary person of the mortal world have formed