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Published at 7th of February 2020 07:25:45 PM


Chapter 686


At noon, Lou Cheng left the Volcano Experiment Lab . Wiping his face with a white towel, he took the elevator and arrived at his private resting room . As someone who cared about his image, he refused to use his heat to evaporate his sweat, which would lower the air quality for everyone else .  

Twisting open the door, Lou Cheng stepped inside .

"I…" The quiet ambience stopped him from finishing his sentence .  

Golden sunlight spilled into the office-styled room from the French windows, painting everything in magnificent brilliance . The haloes around Yan Zheke's dark hair lent an oil painting quality to the scene .  

With one hand below her chin and another hand on the mouse, the girl was gazing intently at the computer screen . There was a pile of printed documents at her side .  

Sometimes she frowned . Sometimes she nibbled on her fountain pen . Sometimes she tapped the keyboard noisily . Sometimes she wrote things down on the paper . Completely absorbed, she gave merely a perfunctory glance with her beautiful, ink-black eyes at her husband's arrival .  

Lou Cheng chuckled and sat down on the sofa without a word . He preserved the silence as he watched his his girl at work, often nibbling on her pen subconsciously .  

After a while, Yan Zheke suddenly gave an "Oh!" and raised her head to look at Lou Cheng .  

"What time is it now?" she asked in a daze .  

Lou Cheng lit up his phone screen and glanced at the time .  

"Almost one . "

Pursing her lips, Yan Zheke looked away . Her realization came with a little embarrassment .  

"No wonder I kept feeling like I should eat something…" 

"Haha, it's not too late . The afternoon markets are still open," said Lou Cheng . He stood up and walked towards his girl .  

"Mhm…I want crab-roe buns, white sugar sponge cakes, Emperor Prawn dumplings…" mused Yan Zheke . She couldn't help but gulp down some saliva .  

Then, keeping the pen and paper, she offered her hand .  

"I'll leave the rest for tomorrow!" 

Taking her hand, Lou Cheng smiled .  

"Ditto . "

. . .  

Having sated their appetites, Lou Cheng and Yan Zheke left the restaurant side by side . They stepped into the escalator to the first floor .  

"There's a lot of people over there," she discerned through the mall windows as they descended . A bunch of people had crowded before a storefront on the street to their left . There seemed to be some kind of commotion .  

Following her gaze, Lou Cheng saw a dense crowd . Rather interested, he suggested, "Let's go take a look . " 

Even a Physical Invulnerability Mighty One has a curious heart and the genes of an onlooker .  

"Okay!" said, Yan Zheke, equally enthusiastic .  

Reaching the first floor, they went out of the mall entrance and walked for almost a hundred meters before arriving at where the crowd was gathered . It was a two-level building that exuded elegance and profoundness . There was something decidedly Japanese about it .  


Lou Cheng read out the sign .  

"Shenya dojo…" 

"Sounds like a Japanese dojo…" said Yan Zheke thoughtfully . "I think I've heard of it before, it's an ancient sect . "

Peering in, Lou Cheng saw a number of girls in yukatas in front of the door . They stood abreast, forming a beautiful sight that caught the eyes of many passersby . There was a table on both sides, on which Japanese swords of varying lengths were displayed .  

"You're right, it is a martial arts dojo," agreed Lou Cheng .  

Looking away thoughtfully, Yan Zheke suddenly giggled, "Does this count as snatching our rice bowl?" referencing the Chinese metaphor for stealing business .  

Go, Husky! Flatten their dojo! Strip their signboard! 

As the girl played the scene out inwardly, Lou Cheng merely smiled .  


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"It's no big deal . Didn't I successively train a batch of Taoists in America in spite of the abundance of dojos?"

"Well, in this day and age, people can't get enough of novelty . Martial arts from another country, unusual environments, a touch of rich history…it's no wonder that it became popular," said Yan Zheke, gently biting her lips and giving a dimpled smile .  

From there, they shot the breeze for a while . Then, pointing to the entrance, she said, 

"Shall we have a look-see?"

"Forget it . If I go in there, it would be no different than challenging the dojo . Plus, I would be bullying the weak," said Lou Cheng after hesitation .  

Puffing her cheeks, Yan Zheke nodded slightly . "You're right…there's not much to see in an open public dojo anyway . "

On the second floor of the Shenya dojo, a girl in red and white yukata walked to the window and peered at the bustling commercial area .  

She was about 1 . 6m tall, with baby-fat on her cheeks and clear, profound eyes . It was no other than the young genius beauty, seen once every three thousand years, the successor of Xinzhai Sect, Kaori Karasawa .  

A girl with slanted bangs walked to her slowly . "Kaori-chan, what are you looking at?" 

Her features were natural and pleasant, but not beautiful . However, the way her eyes curved when she smiled was redolent of the brilliant sun .  

Holding a sheathed tachi in her hand, Kaori Karasawa had a relaxed expression on her face .  

"Just looking at the busy streets, there doesn't seem to be a huge difference between us, China, and America, apart from the language . "

"Yet the people in every country give off the feeling of being starkly different from each other . "

"Do people from the Xinzhai Sect all talk so cryptically? It's almost as if you are monks," said the girl talking to her, beaming .  "Let's talk about you . l know about you . Why did you suddenly apply for a visa to China? Didn't you recently enter Deity Territory? 

Scanning across the streets, Kaori Karasawa located a few surveillance cameras . Rather sentimentally, she said,

"I have to fulfill a wish . " 

"In the previous King of Youth Pro League, I lost to Peng-kun from China even when I was the first to advance to what they call the Inhuman stage . One of the reasons was that I wasn't allowed to use a weapon . But, I have to admit, he was very strong . " 

"At that time, I told myself I would have to fight him again with my full strength . " 

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"Two months ago, when I returned from the war-torn zones, I realized that even Peng-kun's speed of advancement outstrips mine . " 

"I don't want to wait any longer . I'm scared that if I keep waiting, I'll lose my courage . " 

"Therefore, after mastering all the Kendo in Xinzhai Sect, I immediately made my way here . " 

"Peng Leyun…Why not go straight to Hudong?" the girl with slanted bangs frowned slightly .  

"I wanted to walk around and sightsee for a bit to gain momentum . " Looking away, Kaori Karasawa suddenly froze as she saw a familiar figure—Lou Cheng in his black-framed glasses and dark knitted hat! 

Lou Cheng immediately felt the presence of her aura . Raising his head, he looked at the second-floor window . His eyes met hers, deep like an ancient well .  

Subconsciously, Kaori Karasawa gathered her aura, guarded her mind, and reached for her tachi .  

Like a heavenly forged weapon long sealed in a coffer, she had been waiting for too long while sharpening herself and honing her skills . And now, she was ready to radiate and slice through the heavens .  

However, at that moment, Lou Cheng seemed to vanish . Before her was endless darkness and majestic stars . She would melt if she got too close, and she would freeze if she got too far .  

Such majesty, such vastness, such danger, and such terror . It made Kaori Karasawa feel as though she would only cause a small disturbance if she unsheathed her blade .  

This was like the times in the past when she practiced her Kendo below the starry sky . Her target might be the waterfall, the bamboo forests, or the big rocks . But never the starry sky, because that would be a waste of effort .  

For a long time, she couldn't clench her right hand on the hilt of the sword .

The universe dispersed as the stars faded . Retracting his gaze, Lou Cheng led Yan Zheke, hand-in-hand, to the other end of the street .  

"What happened?" she asked, puzzled .  

The corner of Lou Cheng's mouth moved slightly .  

"An opponent of the past," he replied evenly .  

"She has also attained Physical Invulnerability . " 


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On the second floor, Kaori Karasawa drew a breath as she watched the two figures fade into the distance .  

She already knew about him attaining Physical Invulnerability and his current standard from watching his recent matches .

However, compared to the previous time, his essence was strange . An unprecedented level of strange .

Strange to the extent that she couldn't draw her blade .

Noticing Kaori Karasawa's silence, the girl with slanted bangs waved at her .

"Kaori-chan?

"Eh?" Kaori Karasawa turned her head blankly, collecting her thoughts .  

"Are you . . . thinking about something?" the girl with slanted bangs asked cautiously .  

Kaori Karasawa ruminated for a couple of seconds .  

"China has too many Physical Invulnerability Mighty Ones . " 

"Mhm, hmm?" the girl with slanted bangs waited for her to continue .  

Kaori Karasawa's face was wistful as she continued .

"And we have too little . " 

She went on before the girl with slanted bangs could ask again .  

"That's why we couldn't organize large-scale top tier pro matches and titled matches . That's why we couldn't go through trials on a weekly basis . Unlike their Physical Invulnerability experts, we have to constantly improve our ways and techniques . " 

"That is indeed the case," the girl with slanted bangs nodded in agreement .  

Kaori Karasawa suddenly gave a beautiful smile . Mysteriously, she said, 

"Do you think it's possible for me to stay in China and attend similar competitions?" 

"Apart from sects, they also have Martial Arts Federations and clubs . They do accept foreigners, right?" 

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