[Ding, Gale Fist cultivation progress has reached 100%. Completely mastered!]
Xiao Fan strolled leisurely along a country lane. Hearing the system's sudden notification, a smile appeared on his resolute face.
"Let's try out this new martial art."
With that, he turned sideways toward a deep-yellow boulder taller than a person. He clenched one fist, his muscles bulged, and his strength erupted!
His callused fist crashed into the rock with a gust of wind!
"Bang!"
An explosive report rang out!
The tremendous force blasted the boulder apart, sending fragments flying through the air!
Xiao Fan frowned, clenched his fist again, and brought it down on another boulder!
He looked down at the fragments. Even the smallest was the size of a palm.
"So weak," Xiao Fan said, his face full of disappointment.
If his peers had heard those words, they would have been scared silly. He was only eighteen and could easily smash a boulder with one punch. Wasn't that strong enough?
But to Xiao Fan, it simply wasn't good enough!
"My talent still hasn't improved. This just won't do..." Xiao Fan wore a complicated expression.
The people he measured himself against weren't from his small city, but the greatest geniuses in history.
Yet his talent was abysmal, only one star. It was so bad that he didn't even know where to begin complaining.
However, with the help of a "system" that could automatically cultivate martial arts, he had mastered more than a hundred martial arts, and his combat power surpassed that of his peers.
Even so, Xiao Fan wasn't satisfied. One-star talent was simply too weak, and all his base stats were painfully low.
His most pressing task was to complete the system mission!
[Special mission: learn twenty amplification-type martial arts of tier three or below to perfection (15/20). Reward: venerable-level talent, All-Round Walker]
After discovering that he had no talent, the system had issued this mission. It was extremely difficult, but once he completed it, he would be a carp leaping over the dragon gate!
There were a full nine grades between one-star talent and venerable talent, with their various base stats differing by several times on average!
"I can't wait! Just five more amplification-type martial arts!"
Anticipation glimmered in Xiao Fan's eyes. Then he looked up at Beast Mountain in the distance, shrouded in white mist.
Yesterday, the black market had added another amplification-type martial art, the Wind and Lightning Art. It cost four million federation coins, and he was still fifty thousand short!
Never mind four million-even fifty thousand was a huge sum for an eighteen-year-old!
But for Xiao Fan, it would take at most a day to rob that much!
That was right, rob!
He had another identity, the Dog King. He often appeared on Beast Mountain, had absolutely no martial virtue, and would hit anyone he saw with a stick. He robbed them not only of their exotic beasts, but even their storage rings!
"I can't help it... Once you enter Beast Mountain, life and death are a matter of fate, and wealth and fortune are in heaven's hands. If you want to blame anyone, blame cultivation resources for being too expensive and yourselves for being too weak, I guess?" Xiao Fan's expression didn't change.
Finally, he took out his Dog King outfit, ready to put it on and get to work!
But suddenly, a roar came from behind him!
He turned to see dust billowing along the muddy mountain path. A fiery-red heavy motorcycle, impossibly cool, was speeding toward him!
Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow. The rider was even more eye-catching than the fiery-red motorcycle!
She was a woman in leather pants, a leather jacket, and a black vest, looking valiant and spirited. The only pity was that she wore a helmet, hiding her face, but her long, slender legs alone were enough to hold a man's gaze!
Just then, the motorcycle stopped beside Xiao Fan.
The rider turned to look at him and lightly tapped her helmet. The visor retracted, revealing a pair of eyes like a heavenly immortal's, captivating yet sharp.
Lin Xianhuo stared straight at Xiao Fan. With the aid of a martial art, she could clearly see his realm and talent.
She frowned. "One-star talent, martial apprentice fourth stage?"
"Friend, that's Beast Mountain ahead. It's no place for you. It's very dangerous, so hurry back to the city!"
Her voice was pleasant, but her words left Xiao Fan stunned.
This girl looked about his age, so why did she talk like such an old fogey?
Although he had been lectured, Xiao Fan's heart was stirred, pounding nonstop!
He gently stroked the motorcycle beside Lin Xianhuo's thigh... and asked in a deliberately youthful voice, "Big sis, this motorcycle is so cool! How much did it cost?"
Lin Xianhuo tilted her head up proudly. "A custom-made Hamlet Blazing Warhorse. It wasn't expensive, just over two hundred million!"
Xiao Fan's pupils abruptly contracted, and his heart beat even faster!
Over two hundred million? What the hell did that even mean? He hadn't robbed that much in five years on Beast Mountain!
This girl had actually spent over two hundred million on a motorcycle?
Then how rich was he?
"All right, stop staring and hurry back!" Lin Xianhuo snorted.
But Xiao Fan said longingly, "Big sis, I like this motorcycle. Can you give it to me?"
"Didn't your parents teach you? If you want something, buy it yourself!" Lin Xianhuo snorted!
"Boo-hoo, big sis, don't go!" Xiao Fan suddenly pressed a hand against Lin Xianhuo's thigh, the corners of his mouth curling up imperceptibly.
Lin Xianhuo hastily pulled her leg back and glared at him. "Don't push your luck with me! I was kind enough to warn you there was danger ahead, and now you're pestering me?"
"Get going, or I'll beat you up!"
Xiao Fan hung his head and sighed. "All right, I'll go now."
Lin Xianhuo glanced at Xiao Fan as he walked back the way he had come and frowned. "What's with people these days?"
Then she forcefully twisted the engine switch, and the roar sounded again!
The girl and her heavy motorcycle sped toward the depths of Beast Mountain!
Less than three minutes after she left, Xiao Fan appeared again. There was no trace of youthful innocence on his face now!
He snickered, looked down at the realm detection device on his hand, and said, "I thought she was something special, but her realm's about the same as mine!"
As it turned out, Xiao Fan wasn't interested in Lin Xianhuo at all. He had touched her thigh to detect her realm and strength!
What had truly stirred Xiao Fan's heart was Lin Xianhuo's storage ring! If her motorcycle alone cost two hundred million, what about everything else inside it?
If he got his hands on it, he would strike it rich in an instant!
"System, open the attribute panel!"
[Infinite Cultivation Martial Dao System host: Xiao Fan] [Talent: one star!] [Realm: martial man sixth stage!] [Current number of martial arts: 109]
Xiao Fan's true realm was martial man sixth stage!
Among people his age in Green Leaf City, the highest realm was only martial artist eighth stage. Xiao Fan was nearly a whole major realm above him!
But with one-star talent, reaching this realm at his age was unheard of throughout history. So he didn't dare reveal his true strength, or there would surely be endless trouble.
Now, it was time to put on the Dog King outfit!
He activated the Divine Elegance Art!
The technique had a pleasant-sounding name, but all it did was give him a nose more sensitive than a dog's, capable of picking up all kinds of scents!
"She smells pretty nice." Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow, memorized Lin Xianhuo's scent, and prepared to head up the mountain to find her.
After traveling a little over two hundred meters, Xiao Fan's pupils suddenly contracted. He looked up in shock toward a spot halfway up the mountain.
"Is she fighting a tier-four exotic beast?"
"Wait, it's not an ordinary tier-four exotic beast!"
Tier four corresponded to the lesser grandmaster realm, the realm above martial man, but Xiao Fan could fight across realms!
Without hesitation, he picked up speed and activated the Turtle Breathing Technique and Thousand-Mile Eye.
He leaped through the jungle he knew so well and soon arrived at a spot five hundred meters from the battlefield.
From there, he looked up and got a clear view of the battlefield!
Sure enough, the motorcycle girl was fighting an exotic beast!
Her aura was like a dragon's, flames surged around her, and she wielded a three-meter-long fiery-red saber, leaving deep gashes all over her enemy.
This time, however, Xiao Fan was stunned by her beauty. With her helmet off, Lin Xianhuo revealed long, flowing fiery-red hair, picturesque brows and eyes, lips as thin as cicada wings, and delicate features like those of a heavenly immortal descended to earth!
Xiao Fan took a deep breath and cursed inwardly, Women will only slow down my sword draw!
I need to focus on my career!