114: Chapter 114 Deducing the Boxing Manual

Hu Gualing recalled the previous challenge; the reason his moves were so easily countered by Miao Cuihua was that the fist techniques he used were learned from her.

With the same moves, naturally, the side with higher proficiency had an overwhelming advantage, which was why Miao Cuihua's skills appeared so formidable.

If it were Tang Yao challenging her instead, Miao Cuihua wouldn't be able to see through Tang Yao's moves and would only be able to react as they came, so the strength she displayed would naturally be greatly diminished.

That was why Hu Gualing wasn't worried about whether Tang Yao could pass the challenge.

She would definitely be able to pass.

The only issue was that Tang Yao might lack combat experience; if they actually fought later, she might make mistakes due to nervousness, lack of experience, or other reasons, leading to a failed challenge.

However, as long as she challenged a few more times and gained combat experience, with her raw strength, she should be able to pass regardless.

Tang Yao nodded and stopped Miao Cuihua, who was about to head to the fields to work with a worn-out hoe in hand: "Auntie Miao, I also want to go out of the village to take a look. I wonder if you have time to accept my challenge?"

Miao Cuihua thudded her hoe onto the ground and looked back; seeing it was Tang Yao, she revealed an honest smile and said: "Oh, it's Miss Tang Yao. Xiao Huang Village is your home, so of course you can go out whenever you want; there's no need for any challenge."

Seeing that she didn't need to challenge, Tang Yao couldn't help but cheer: "Woo! That's wonderful!"

Hu Gualing was stunned, looking completely bewildered: "Wait... how come Tang Yao doesn't need to challenge either?"

Xiao Niao: "Didn't you hear what Auntie Miao said? Xiao Huang Village is Tang Yao's home, so she can naturally come and go freely."

Hu Gualing thought about it hesitantly and realized: "Is it because Tang Yao bought land and built a house here?"

Xiao Niao nodded: "That should be it."

"As expected... houses are very important, no matter where you are."

Hu Gualing sighed with emotion, then suddenly realized that all three of them now had the qualifications to leave the village, and his heart immediately felt unbalanced: "But why is this? Why did the three of us come together, yet you and Tang Yao don't need to challenge to leave the village, and only I, only I... this is too much differential treatment!!"

Originally, Hu Gualing had been quite happy in his heart about relying on his own strength to defeat Miao Cuihua and win the qualification to leave the village.

But now, seeing that both Xiao Niao and Tang Yao didn't need to challenge, Hu Gualing instantly felt inferior, and the joy of victory vanished.

He looked left and right in a depressed mood, wanting to find something to vent on, and just happened to spot a very familiar water buffalo in the field.

Isn't that the [Irritable Buffalo]?

Of course, the name hovering over its head was now [Afraid-to-be-Irritable Buffalo].

Hu Gualing, feeling depressed, kicked a stone from the ground, sending it flying toward the water buffalo.

The water buffalo was startled, flicked its tail, and turned to run, splashing mud everywhere in the previously leveled paddy field.

Miao Cuihua was also startled; she glared fiercely at Hu Gualing, picked up her hoe, and hurried into the field to chase the buffalo.

Tang Yao asked, not understanding: "Gualing, do you have a grudge against that buffalo?"

Hu Gualing: "..."

Hu Gualing was rendered speechless by Tang Yao's serious question, but he felt even more depressed inside; a breath of Qi was stuck in his chest, unable to go up or down, making a "huff huff huff" sound.

Perhaps, this was the origin of the term "fuming"?

Xiao Niao was more sensitive; knowing why Hu Gualing had become like this, he consoled him: "Gualing, although all three of us have obtained the qualifications to leave the village, you are the only one who followed the game rules and won the qualification through hard work defeating Auntie Miao.

On the other hand, look at me; the hope of defeating Auntie Miao was extremely slim, and I obtained the qualification entirely by exploiting a game loophole; this kind of opportunistic behavior is truly not the Righteous Path..."

By the end, a look of genuine regret and self-reproach appeared on Xiao Niao's face.

What he regretted and felt guilty about was that he shouldn't have followed Hu Gualing on this trip, and shouldn't have obtained the qualification to leave the village in such a muddled way...

But in Hu Gualing's eyes, it had a different meaning.

'Hmm... Xiao Niao is right. Only I, Hu Gualing, did not take shortcuts. Although the victory was difficult, it was glorious.'

Hu Gualing thought Xiao Niao was speaking from the heart, and the depression in his heart was swept away; instead, he started comforting Xiao Niao: "It's okay, it's okay. Although you guys exploited a game loophole, I won't look down on you. As long as we can leave the village together, it's fine."

Xiao Niao: "Gualing, you are so kind..."

Hu Gualing: "Xiao Niao, you are kind too..."

Watching the two of them praising and encouraging each other, Tang Yao was dumbfounded.

Not long after, Hu Gualing and Xiao Niao, amidst each other's praises, gradually faded into white light.

The two of them, this is...

Tang Yao was stunned for a moment before realizing that this must be them logging off.

In the real world, it should be early morning now, right? At this time of day, what would they do after logging off?

Have breakfast with their families, start an Origin Qi-filled day with a delicious breakfast, then head out to school or work?...

Tang Yao thought to herself, her expression desolate for a moment, but she quickly remembered that the pond in her courtyard hadn't been dug yet; immediately filled with motivation, she took Little Sharp-Teeth and hurried back to the courtyard to build the pond.

...

In the Main God Space, Chen Mo witnessed all of this and was very gratified.

Because it hadn't even been two days since the land expansion outside the Novice Village, all the players had already obtained the qualifications to leave the village; it seemed everyone's progress was very fast; impressive, impressive!

In this way, there was something to look forward to regarding future main god points income.

Speaking of main god points, actually, whether it was Gualing or Xiao Niao, they both had some fantasy points in their hands; as long as they spent them, they could be converted into an equivalent amount of main god points for Chen Mo to use; as for what Tang Yao had in her hands, that went without saying.

However, for the moment, Tang Yao temporarily lacked the motivation to spend, while Gualing and Xiao Niao were thinking about saving up 15 fantasy points to first pay off that debt of "repay or delete account" that was constantly hanging over their heads.

Therefore, after expanding the land, the main god points in Chen Mo's hands hadn't seen much growth, and it was taking too long to recruit the fourth player.

But it would be soon; as long as they started adventuring outside the village, recovering main god points would be much easier.

As for the few scattered main god points on hand, Chen Mo was planning to use them to refine and perfect that "Li-style Tai Chi" manual from Lao Li.

After all, he had held this electronic copy of the fist manual for almost a week.

Although when Lao Li sent the electronic file via Qiuqiu back then, he didn't set a deadline and instead seemed to be giving it to him as a gift, and in the few days since he got it, Lao Li hadn't sent a single message on Qiuqiu to ask about progress, appearing very reassured, Chen Mo himself could not afford to not take it seriously.