Joker

By the time Chen Feng rushed back to the suburbs, the sun was already setting.

At Chen Feng’s doorstep, several groups of people were waiting.

All dressed in sharp suits, arriving in luxury cars; even in the distant fields, a few helicopters hovered.

No sooner had Chen Feng stepped out of the car than a few people surrounded him.

“Hello, Mr. Chen. On behalf of Jiang Group, I extend an invitation to you.”

“We are the Wang family, here to invite you.”

“The Ma Family wishes for you to be the mentor for our heir.”

…

All of them were prominent figures in Great Xia.

Chen Feng politely declined each invitation one by one.

Then, cautiously, he and Jin Youxi carefully lifted Liu Weiwei onto a stretcher and carried her into the Tianxuan Martial Arts School.

Though it was called Tianxuan Martial Arts School, it was really just a humble farmhouse.

Usually, the master and his two disciples practiced martial arts right in the courtyard.

While somewhat monotonous, it was peaceful.

The initial reason for registering the martial arts school was to avoid trouble.

Because teaching disciples without registering a school was considered illegal.

Chen Feng brought the purchased medicinal herbs and the bath barrel inside the courtyard.

He immediately closed the gate and placed the two main herbs worth millions, along with dozens of auxiliary herbs, into the pot.

He began brewing the medicinal bath.

As for the shouting outside, he paid it no mind whatsoever.

More and more people gathered outside, but when Chen Feng didn’t respond, some gradually left.

After all, with Great Xia’s top tycoons all present, ordinary people knew their place.

Three hours passed as the brewing continued.

Only then did the system notify that the medicinal bath was ready.

Without hesitation, Chen Feng poured the brewed medicine into the bath barrel.

Then he added warm water.

“Master, what are you doing?” Jin Youxi asked, noticing Chen Feng’s sweat-drenched forehead, helping him while curious.

Chen Feng didn’t hide anything and answered directly:

“I’m treating your junior sister’s legs.”

“Treating her legs?”

Jin Youxi was surprised:

“Master, you know medicine too?”

Chen Feng awkwardly replied:

“A little bit.”

Jin Youxi said with admiration:

“You’re too modest, Master.”

Lying on the bed, Liu Weiwei gazed at the simple room.

Her mind was filled with thoughts.

“I never expected Xiao Ruohan to live in such a quiet place.”

“No wonder his vitality and martial arts realm surpass mine.”

The War God Martial Arts School she came from was located in Jiangcheng City Center.

Its bustling prosperity sharply contrasted with this quiet little courtyard.

There was no denying that compared to the noisy city, this peaceful courtyard was far better suited for cultivation.

After preparing the medicinal bath, Chen Feng came to Liu Weiwei’s side and reminded her:

“It might hurt a lot later, but you must endure it.”

Though she didn’t know exactly what Chen Feng was going to do, Liu Weiwei nodded firmly.

The medicinal bath was ready.

The system’s countdown still had over four hours remaining.

Chen Feng didn’t know how long it would take to reconstruct the leg meridians, so he dared not delay.

He had to move as fast as possible.

Following the instructions from the opening chapter of the cultivation method on reconstructing meridians, Chen Feng instructed Jin Youxi to remove all of Liu Weiwei’s external items.

Then, they placed Liu Weiwei into the medicinal bath.

At that moment, Liu Weiwei bit her lip, eyes shut tight, overwhelmed by shame and frustration.

But she could tell Chen Feng had no ulterior motives.

He only wanted to heal her legs.

Once immersed in the bath, the strong scent of herbs hit her face.

“You must endure this!”

Jin Youxi carefully helped Liu Weiwei position her legs into a cross-legged sitting posture.

“Ah!”

The excruciating pain in her legs forced Liu Weiwei to let out a miserable scream.

Instinctively, she bit down hard on the arm in front of her.

Chen Feng ignored the pain in his own arm and kept urging her:

“You have to endure it. Just hold on a little longer.”

Jin Youxi also called out:

“Junior sister, you must hang in there. You have to listen to Master.”

After finally settling into the cross-legged position inside the medicinal bath, Liu Weiwei nearly fainted from the pain.

Seeing that her posture was set for cultivation, Chen Feng placed his other hand on Liu Weiwei’s heart pulse.

“Feel the flow of my qi and blood, and follow it to mobilize the remaining energy in your body. Together, we’ll strike the meridians in your legs.”

Liu Weiwei gritted her teeth against the intense pain, sensing Chen Feng’s qi gradually entering her meridians.

Then, it began to guide her own qi to flow slowly.

But when the energy reached the damaged meridians in her legs,

It felt like being twisted by knives, making her whole body tremble uncontrollably.

Biting down harder on Chen Feng’s arm, she gradually drew a thin line of blood.

Jin Youxi looked on with concern and reminded,

“Master, your arm…”

Chen Feng shook his head.

“Don’t get distracted. Focus on watching over your junior sister. Make sure she doesn’t collapse.”

As the qi and blood followed the technique of the Heavenly Broken Leg, continuously striking the damaged meridians, new energy channels slowly began to form.

Each impact caused Liu Weiwei to shudder in pain.

Meanwhile, the medicinal power in the bath seeped into her crippled legs, assisting in the reconstruction of the meridians.

Elsewhere,

After a full day of investigation, Xiao Ruohan had no choice but to confess.

However, since the provincial competition was just three months away,

Xiao Ruohan’s father took the fall for everything.

He was sentenced to three years.

With the War God Martial Hall paying bail,

Xiao Ruohan and her mother left the Martial Arts Association smoothly.

As for Sha Heming, just like Liu Weiwei that day, he was left abandoned on the roadside, ignored by everyone.

Fortunately, Sha Heming was not disabled.

He was reduced to an ordinary person, but in some ways, even worse than a normal person.

Desperate, he returned to the War God Martial Hall,

Only to be kicked out with the words: “The War God Martial Hall doesn’t keep useless people.”

After Xiao Ruohan returned to the War God Martial Hall, the hallmaster Xiang Jingpeng comforted her:

“Ruohan, don’t dwell on those things anymore.”

“You need to focus on your training and aim to achieve good results at the provincial competition in three months.”

“I remember you currently only know one palm technique, which is too single in attack.”

“Our Martial Arts Hall has many techniques. You can choose another one that suits you to strengthen your abilities.”

Xiao Ruohan nodded in agreement.

At the Martial Arts Hall, the head of the Martial Arts Hall personally guided her through the selection of techniques,

Introducing each one in detail.

“This is the most powerful technique in our War God Martial Hall.”

“Called the Wind God Leg, it’s a top-grade Earth-level technique.”

“Besides this, there are three Profound-level techniques.”

“Though their rank is lower, they are easier to cultivate and can help you improve your strength faster.”

“And when mastered to a deep martial arts realm, their power rivals many Earth-level techniques.”

...

In the end, Xiao Ruohan chose the Earth-level technique, Wind God Leg.

She had once sparred with Liu Weiwei and knew just how formidable her skills were.

If it weren’t for her own higher realm and stronger vitality, she might not have been able to defeat Liu Weiwei.

But then she saw online that the Dragon Subduing Palm she was practicing was actually a Heavenly Grade martial art.

Suddenly, the Wind God Kick she held in her hands no longer felt appealing.

Her mind involuntarily recalled the move that Chen Feng had never taught her.

Xiao Ruohan couldn’t help but open her phone to watch the footage of her duel with Chen Feng.

But as soon as she opened it, she was greeted by a flood of comments online—people all desperate to become Chen Feng’s disciples.

And she herself had become the laughingstock.

“Foolish apprentice, the top-tier master rejected you and jumped ship to a second-rate martial arts school.”

“Why abandon a Heavenly Grade technique to join a school that only teaches Earth Grade methods?”

“Is this some kind of mysterious strategy, or just blind confidence?”

“Too bad, the master rarely accepts disciples. I heard even the Ye family got turned down.”

...

Reading through the barrage of comments, an endless wave of regret welled up in Xiao Ruohan’s heart.