Xiao Yu helplessly gave ng Lang a white-eyed glance.
"He’s not wrong. The Life and Death Contract indeed has no legal effect, but do all the climbers who signed it not know that?"
It’s more about a sense of ritual, really. If soone gets injured, the contract serves as proof that everyone was competing fairly and willing to take the consequences.
If soone can’t accept defeat and decides to sue, what would beco of the reputation of the Twelve Road Spring Leg?
A martial artist with no reputation is as good as severed from the martial arts world.
At least Yan Feng, who values his reputation, would never do such a thing...
Soon, the group arrived at the next sparring stage.
The "mountain guardian" here practiced Seven Star Mantis Fist, but their strongest had just gone down the mountain for treatnt, so Yan Weiwei won easily once again.
The group continued to climb the mountain.
An hour later...
"Are you okay? I told you not to co, yet you insisted on following."
Hu Yifei expressed his helplessness as he massaged the calves of the wavey-haired girl, trying to relieve her fatigue.
"How was I supposed to know the path would be so tough?"
The wavey-haired girl sat on a blue stone, pursing her dry lips and spoke with a hint of grievance.
"Sister, have so tea."
Hu Yifei looked surprised as he took the disposable paper cup that was passed to him.
"Uncle made so mint herbal tea which is cooling and thirst-quenching." Xiao Yu flashed a toothy smile.
"Thank you, little sister! Such a darling!" the wavey-haired girl imdiately lted at the cuteness, her eyes twinkling as she took the cup of water.
Turing his head, Hu Yifei noticed that the large backpack Fan Shigang had been carrying was now open, with ng Lang taking things out one by one.
Bread, biscuits, chocolates, uh... what’s with the sunflower seeds?
Do they really think we ca here just to climb the mountain?
The location where everyone was currently at was a sparring stage on the mountainside, complete with a pavilion for resting next to it.
Thanks to that Li Lei, ng Lang and his companions had to make a short stop here for so respite.
Because the "mountain guardians" had already been defeated and left the mountain, unable to continue fighting, they had to wait until the next climber ca up and fought a match. Only the winner could proceed further up.
Just by looking at the previous "mountain guardian" team helping each other down the mountain, still with bruised faces, ng Lang could imagine how tough their opponents had been.
It seed they wanted to wear the competitors down with successive fights but ended up getting entirely wiped out...
Although Li Lei had been a bit too aggressive, in so sense, he was paving the way for them, allowing them to face fewer "strong opponents"?
ng Lang took a pleasant sip of cool tea, observing Xiao Yu bustling about, offering water and snacks to everyone, and couldn’t help feeling a bit puzzled...
"Say, isn’t Xiao Yu’s stamina a little too good?"
Although he and Lin Haitang weren’t martial artists, they exercised regularly, so they shouldn’t be struggling after just over an hour of climbing.
But for soone like the wavey-haired girl who obviously lived a life of luxury, it was becoming a bit too much.
Given Xiao Yu’s age, she should at least be in a similar condition to the wavey-haired girl by now.
"Maybe it’s because she often does housework, has good physical strength. Her sports grades are also excellent; I heard she even won a long-distance race at the school sports event," Lin Haitang said with a smile.
"Uh..."
Is an all-around talent that frightening?
No wonder she was the first to master brain overclocking. Perhaps it wasn’t just coincidence?
Could it be that this ability is more easily mastered by all-rounded talents with developnt in "morality, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor"?
As ng Lang stroked his chin in thought,
Yan Weiwei was carefully inspecting a column in the pavilion, even touching it with her hand for a long ti.
"Weiwei, what are you looking at?" Lin Haitang passed a cup of cool tea to her.
"Here... there’s a fist print, and it seems to be freshly made," Weiwei pointed out.
Lin Haitang looked toward the column and indeed saw a shallow impression with fresh-looking wooden splinters around it, suggesting it had been made not long ago.
Yan Feng approached, gauged the depth of the fist print with his fingers.
After tapping the column and listening to its sound to assess the hardness of the wood, his expression turned grave.
"It’s from a master. This kind of power isn’t sothing an ordinary person can produce. It’s very likely that it was left by that Li Lei in the previous match."
Everyone gathered around curiously.
After all, their impression of Li Lei was exceedingly solid throughout their journey so far.
"Baji Fist is known for its principle ’no moves, no defenses, just one strike’, and it’s an extrely fierce form of boxing.
"Yet it combines hardness with softness, and blends reality with deception. If Li Lei can deliver such a punch, it ans he has integrated the power of muscles and bones, reaching the peak of Light Force.
"Judging by his physique, both his qi and bones are at their peak, and what’s more frightening is his rich combat experience and his rciless, uninhibited strikes.
"This person... should not be underestimated!
"If nothing goes wrong, he is likely to be one of the strong contenders for the summit!"
After speaking, Yan Feng glanced at Yan Weiwei, a trace of concern flashing in his eyes.
ng Lang nodded.
He valued Yan Feng’s judgent on matters, regardless of personal feelings.
Yan Weiwei stopped at the ninth, but the book didn’t ntion which level Li Lei reached. Perhaps, if things go as expected, this man might just be the original ’Hero of Guanzhong’...
"Isn’t this Li Lei going too far? He’s offended so many people; doesn’t he have any apprehensions?" Sister Kong asked with so puzzlent.
The martial arts world may respect strength, but it is also a society of relationships, where people are advised to leave room for maneuver, for future encounters.
If you offend everyone to death, even if you reach the summit, won’t you fear being marginalized and sabotaged by your peers later on?
"I’ve heard that this Baji Fist Master Li was also a genius in his youth, and outstandingly powerful. However, during a sparring match, he was viciously injured in the heart and lungs by soone, which left him with a chronic condition and greatly reduced his strength.
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