Chapter 419 - A Flashy Return! The Advance of the Dragon and Tiger! (1/2)
The proposal of marriage was a special ancient tradition that uniquely belongs to the Chinese.
Through societal advancements, this tradition was eventually abandoned by many Chinese.
Song Jia held the phone in her hands in disbelief of what she heard, and her beautiful and starry eyes were shining bright.
The date for the proposal was brought forward! Song Jia held the phone with slightly trembling hands. She wondered if she was dreaming. Qin Fen, who was somewhat passive in relationships, took the initiative today.
A proposal of marriage! In today’s well developed society, such traditions were not completely non-existent.
On the contrary, many aristocratic families paid more attention to this.
If one wished to marry the granddaughter of the Earth Martial God, Song Wendong, a proposal of marriage was obviously unavoidable.
The thing about making a marriage proposal in front of Song Wendong required more than strength alone. One would also need to possess extreme bravery to do so.
Who is Song Wendong? He was the Earth Martial God known as Qilin! The sect master of the Qilin sect! Although Song Wendong did not usually personally preside over the affairs of the Qilin Sect, the existence and scale of such a huge organization couldn’t be ignored.
The divine beast martial artists, who were seemingly above the law of the Federation, could kill you on the spot without hesitation if they were unsatisfied with the marriage proposal. There would be no actions taken from the police apart from registering you into the missing person registry, rather than a murder case.
Failing a marriage proposal with other families would just bring embarrassment at most, but failing a marriage proposal at the Qilin, Song Wendong’s household would have consequences beyond suffering embarrassment: death.
He was Song Wendong, the Qilin! By simply proposing a marriage at his household, the Qilin would feel that you were looking down on him. With his pride damaged, it would be no surprise that one could be killed on the spot.
The divine beast martial artists were the current core strength of the Federation. Every martial artist capable enough to become one had killed countless people.
This was an indisputable fact. Even Qin Fen and his group had killed a lot of people, let alone divine beast martial artists. If they didn’t have enough blood on their hands, the number of martial artists challenging them every day would be sufficient to make a line from the South Pole to the North Pole.
The divine beast martial artists were not Confucian masters. They all possessed uniquely extreme personalities. They wouldn’t care about what ordinary people think about them and conform into a gentle master.
You could look down on them behind their backs, but you couldn’t insult them right in front of their faces. This was exactly the same reasoning as not touching the butt of a tiger.
What is the relationship between Qin Fen and Song Wendong? People of status, as long as they weren’t blind or deaf, would know that Qin Fen and the Qilin were at odds with each other.
And at that time, Qin Fen had gone to participate in the initial test of marrying Song Wendong’s granddaughter. However, Song Wendong excluded Qin Fen from a list with only a phone call.
As a result, Qin Fen who was a newbie martial artist at that time, was enraged! He went on to beat up the candidates that passed Song Wendong’s initial test into the hospital, outright challenging the Qilin who hadn’t met any resistance for many years.
Subsequently, Song Wendong issued a direct order. Anyone wishing to marry his granddaughter Song Jia would have to pass the first test, which was to beat up Qin Fen to the point he got admitted to the hospital in a one-on-one battle.
As a result of the order by Song Wendong, those who went to found and troubled Qin Fen became the source of his martial arts improvement. Not only he did not get admitted into a hospital, he also greatly improved his fighting abilities, defeating even Hades, the Young Netherworld King.
Analyzing Qin Fen’s series of battles from the sidelines, he had managed to touch Song Wendong, the Qilin’s butt at this point.
In this case, if Song Wendong went to kill Qin Fen, no one could say anything about it.
If you couldn’t touch a tiger’s butt, what made you think that you could touch a Qilin’s butt?
Song Wendong, however, did not appear in front of Qin Fen these days. Many people suspected that it was because of the existence of Wu Zun in the Sacred Martial Hall.
As the master of one of the martial arts Holy Land, even Qilin had to give respect and not cross the line. Otherwise, it would be ridiculing Wu Zun if they were to kill one of Wu Zun’s pupils on his own territory. If Wu Zun did not retaliate, the reputation and pride of the Sacred Martial Hall would surely be on the line.
As of recently, Song Jia heard that Qin Fen would soon leave the martial arts Holy Land that granted him sanctuary. Qin Fen would be visiting the Song family directly to propose marriage. While Song Jia was happy for the upcoming proposal, she was more worried than happy.
Over the past six months, Song Jia had occasionally heard some rumors about Qin Fen. Every time Song Wendong heard Qin Fen’s name, he displayed an unsettling aura.
How was this a marriage proposal? If things went south it would be more like sending a sheep into the tiger’s mouth.
“Qin Fen…” Song Jia gently held the phone, “My grandfather is very unsettled every time he hears your name. I think that you should just…”
“Wait a little longer?” Qin Fen smiled calmly, “I’ve been very passive in dealing with this from the start. As for you, some of the burdens should be carried by me, yet you had been taking all the burdens by yourself. Every time I thought of this I feel like I am not a man. As for your grandfather, I no longer wish to be passive and react only to events caused by his orders.
“But…”
“No buts, all you need right now is to wait quietly and don’t stress yourself out. I am handling some things right now, and I will be there soon.” Qin Fen slightly clenched the phone as he was holding it, “This time, I am the one who will protect you, rather than the other way around. I’ve thought about it clearly, men should always be taking the initiative rather than passively accepting the challenges of others.”
Pa… zila…
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Qin Fen’s passionate face was short-lived as his expression turned into a helpless smile. His excitement during the phone call had him ignoring his control of strength, which caused him to accidentally crushing his expensive phone.
“Qin Fen, you broke it yourself this time.”
Yang Lie swiftly took a half step back and made a little distance between him and Qin Fen.
Several other people also reacted the same with Yang Lie, by withdrawing to a safe distance backward.
A helpless smile was still a helpless smile. Qin Fen looked at the smashed pile of junk that was once a phone and shook his head. In the past, someone would pay for the things he damaged. Now he had only himself to cover the cost of the damages.
Helplessly, Qin Fen could only dispose of these metal scraps into the dumpster on the side of the road and said, “Let’s go, we shall meet the other prodigy existing in this world.”
Everyone smiled at each other and moved to the dormitory area at high speed.
Returning to the dorm area, Qin Fen displayed an expression of a long-lost smile. Previously, he was a total newcomer in this place and had to deal with the seniors troubling him every day. Qin Fen totally did not expect that he would be one of the seniors today visiting the newcomers.
The Outer Sacred Martial Hall basic class was the choice made by the super newcomers a few months ago before entering the Sacred Martial Hall, once again causing headache to the Inner Martial Hall as it was another super newcomer that was also a basic class from the Outer Sacred Martial Hall.
Under Building One twenty-two, Qin Fen saw two familiar figures.
Bai Sheng and Gao Yuan. When Qin Fen first entered the Sacred Martial Hall, they were the first senior martial artists who were friendly to him.
Qin Fen increased the speed of his feet and quickly came to bow lightly in front of Bai Sheng with sorry eyes, as he said, “Senior, sorry…”
Bai Sheng and Gao Yuan displayed brief shock before showing a smile of understanding, “Hey kid, there’s nothing to be sorry about. You did it with our best interests in mind, didn’t you?”
Qin Fen’s heart surged with thousands of emotions. On that very day, he helped the two seniors understand and master the six-levels of true energy oscillation, which allowed them to improve beyond expectations in martial dao for a short while.
This very act of goodwill — or so both sides thought at that time — was concluded by both sides being morally complicated after Qin Fen trained for half a year and had a deeper understanding of martial dao.
At first, Qin Fen was confused about his capability in assisting other martial artists to master the true energy oscillation. Qin Fen thought that anyone that went through the Marrow Reborn would be able to do the same, and was wondering why was there a large number of fourteen-star martial artists being stuck on their rank for many years.
As long as the six-level true energy oscillation was completed, the martial artist possessed the basic requirements to undergo the Nirvana Marrow Transformation.
With the improvement of strength and further understanding of martial dao, Qin Fen understood that martial dao couldn’t always rely on external help.
For example, the six-level true energy oscillation thing could only be slowly experienced alone. If it was completed with external help, it spoiled things through impatience although the powers were improved in the short term on the surface.
If Bai Sheng had a ten percent impact on Nirvana Marrow Transformation prior, then the current possibility was zero.
Over the past six months, Bai Sheng, Gao Yuan, and the absent Ren Tiansheng, had gradually understood this truth in their practice.
Being unable to improve their star-rank in their lifetime bore a major impact for a martial artist unimaginable to outsiders.
Within half a year, Bai Sheng’s eyebrows became a little more elderly, and the same went for his recent smile.
“Haha, it’s nothing!” Bai Sheng slapped hardly on Qin Fen’s shoulder, “Without you, I might not even be able to reach the level six true energy oscillation in my life. Stop blaming yourself, kid! Now, tell me more about your results from this special training.”
Qin Fen looked at Bai Sheng’s chic attitude and piled up a little more blame on himself.
“Fifteen-stars.”
“Fifteen-stars?” Bai Sheng’s olden face was suddenly revitalized with youthfulness, like a smiling child with their favorite toy, “Good, very good! Although… but I, Bai Sheng possess the sharpest insight!”
Bai Sheng happily slapped Qin Fen’s shoulder. T his kid was the one I chose in the recruit competition. And now the power level of this kid had reached a power of fifteen-stars before he even turned twenty-years-old! He was arguably one of the fastest martial artists in terms of promotion in the history of the Sacred Martial Hall.
For Qin Fen, Bai Sheng had already started treating him as his own child. Otherwise he wouldn’t have helped under the risk of losing the tomes, and would not have made the bet with Gao Yuan using the martial dao notes as Qin Fen entered the Sacred Martial Hall.
“Senior… I will find a way later…”
“How did you become so sentimental?” Bai Sheng raised his eyebrows in disdain and waved his hand, “Young man, remember this, don’t carry any emotional baggage for me. If you really want to repay me, then train harder to become a divine beast martial artist! If you can become one, wouldn’t I be proud?”
“Yes!” Qin Fen looked up at the blue sky, “The divine beast martial artists, I will do my best to break through to that level.”
“That’s right.” Bai Sheng punched in Qin Fen’s shoulder and smiled, “Kid, what’s your plan after this special training?”
“Meet the super newcomer.” Qin Fen displayed a serious expression with a hint of battle intent, “And also challenge the Martial Madman.”
Challenge the Martial Madman? Everyone couldn’t help but be shocked. After Qin Fen’s special training, not only had his star-class power vastly improved, his personality had also unknowingly undergone a major change.
Qin Fen was almost always passive by only accepting challenges. Now, he displayed his initiative twice from his speech today. First, he wanted to make a marriage proposal to the Song household, and now another idea popped up in his mind and he wanted to take the initiative to challenge the Martial Madman himself.
“Super newcomer?” Bai Sheng smiled. “About this super newcomer, you should know him.”
Know him? Qin Fen’s eyes brightened up with surprise. Was it Lin Liqiang or Enzo Rota? Did they suffer brain damage and gave up their field of expertise and came to the Sacred Martial Hall to practice martial arts?
“Yes, you know him!” Bai Sheng nodded in agreement, “He is like you, debuted from the recruit contest. Du Peng…”
Du Peng? Qin Fen nodded sullenly. The Du Peng of that day wasn’t qualified to enter the Sacred Martial Hall. But it didn’t mean that he would never be qualified.
Speaking of talent, Du Peng might not be as good as Caesar and others, but he was considered a martial artist with promising potential. If he completed the True Inborn Blood Transfusion Rebirth and entered the ranks of ten-star martial artists, Du Peng would still be considered young and therefore would be a super newcomer in the Sacred Martial Hall.
“Du Peng…” Qin Fen muttered the name of his comrade in his mouth as another name appeared in his mind — Chen Feiyu.
Chen Feiyu, who had no citizenship, should have completed the Blood Transfusion Rebirth by now. Unfortunately due to his citizenship status, he was bound to military service for two years before being eligible to receive citizenship.
“Let’s go and meet Du Peng.”
Qin Fen followed Bai Sheng and walked quickly forward.
At this time, people poked their heads out from time to time from the roadside buildings.
Qin Fen came out! The previous super newcomer team had come out! The news spread faster than the whirlwind as a large number of martial artists received the news.
Everyone wanted to see how the young people turned out after completing the special training.
Curious eyes were on these seemingly exhausted group of young people. However few people would be foolish enough to think that they could be bullied even in this condition.