Super Soldier - Chapter 238

Chapter 238





Mu Tingchuan and Master Hou sat in a pavilion while the beautiful Tang Xueyan danced among flowering shrubs .

Mu Tingchuan took a sip of warm tea, raised his head and looked at Master Hou as he grinned . “Master Hou, you look several years younger in just a few days . ”

Master Hou smiled, “Really?”

Mu Tingchuan turned his head and fixed his eyes on Tang Xueyan who was surrounded by flowers . “Is it because of her?”

“Yes…” Master Hou sighed, “She looks so much like her . Wouldn’t you agree?”

“She’s certainly a spitting image of her . ” Mu Tingchuan could understand Master Hou’s feelings . He once loved this girl . He was even willing to die for her . Yet afterward, she became his greatest anguish for the rest of his life .

Mu Tingchuan himself was in a complicated frame of mind, but he remained rational . He looked at Master Hou and asked, “Master Hou, did it ever occur to you that this girl suddenly showed up while we are at a crucial war with the Long Family…”

Master Hou smiled, “Perhaps this is a present from the gods . Maybe she’s her reincarnation, a chance for me to redeem my sins . ”

Mu Tingchuan smiled bitterly, “I’m the one who should make atonement if it’s necessary . But I fear that it’s some kind of a plot . ”

“What plot could it be? Zhuge Jiangnan’s counsel is totally ignored . Do you think Lord Long will win, given his brains? Besides, even if it’s some kind of a plot, I’m willing for it even if it costs me my life . ”

Mu Tingchuan sighed, “Master Hou, that doesn’t sound like you . ”





“People become old and old people will change…” Master Hou said gravely, “Anyway, I will not let the same incident happen again…”

“I understand,” Mu Tingchuan sighed .

“Zihou, come and take a look at this . The ants are moving . ” Squatting on her heels, Tang Xueyan turned and looked at Jiang Zihou with a pure smile on her face .

Laughing, Jiang Zihou strode towards her . “What’s so interesting about ants moving?”

The old man and the young girl did look like a couple . Tang Xueyan was too shy to speak in front of the others and she only smiled happily when she was with Master Hou . Sometimes Jiang Zihou would wonder if it was all destined .

“It’s not boring at all . I sometimes feel happy watching the ants moving . ”

“Really? Why is that? Explain it to me . ”

Jiang Zihou stood up with a faint smile on his face .

Pointing at the ants lined up on the ground, Tang Xueyan explained while smiling, “They all line up to do one thing . Isn’t it a happy event? To accomplish one thing with the others? No one will bear unnecessary thoughts to do harm to others . I believe that’s the most joyful thing in the world . ”

Jiang Zihou pondered for a moment and grinned, “You do have a point . ”





Tang Xueyan sighed, “But people will always do something they dislike as long as they’re still living in this world . Happy or not, few in this world truly live for themselves .


Looking at this pure-hearted young girl, Jiang Zihou suddenly sensed a faint sadness in her . He felt sad too because what the girl said made him recall many things in the past, especially what happened dozens of years ago .

Jiang Zihou sighed, but then he put up a smile . “Maybe losing your memory is a good thing . If you never remember what you have been through in the past, then you can just live in this mansion without worry about anything for the rest of your life . ”

Tang Xueyan stared at him and said, “I don’t why you are so kind to me, but I thank you, Zi Hou . ”

Smiling, Jiang Zihou suddenly gave Tang Xueyan a gentle kiss on the forehead . “You don’t need to thank me . It’s all I ever want . ”

Xiao Bing did not know how Master Hou had been the last two days . He was with Yezi . After he was wounded, Yezi seemed extremely afraid of losing him . So she had been accompanying him every day . She did not even go to the company, which almost broke Xiao Bing’s heart . She looked very strong on the outside, yet she had too much to bear in her heart . Xiao Bing could even imagine the reason for her fear, especially after all that had happened to her family .

Other than being with Yezi, Xiao Bing also went to the noodle house . But he wasn’t there for business but to teach martial arts to Dumbass and Zhan Hongyan . He even learned something after he exchanged opinions about martial arts with Gao Fei .

Currently, Xiao Bing was a master of the innate, and his comprehension was beyond Gao Fei’s imagination . Dumbass and Zhan Hong’s progress was tremendous under Xiao Bing’s guidance .

As a matter of fact, Dumbass was talented . Some people in this world are born to be powerful martial artists . But they are rare . Dumbass was of them . He was making huge progress with Gao Fei and Xiao Bing teaching him in turns .

As for Zhan Hongyan, though Gao Fei did not take her as his student, he taught her everything he knew . So she was gradually better at the way of killing . Now Dumbass had reached the pinnacle of Concealing-strength while Zhan Hongyan was at mid-level . Since Xiao Bing was enlightened in terms of comprehension, Dumbass could reach Transforming-strength at any time . A master of Transforming Strength could be regarded as a powerful martial artist who was cultivated both internally and externally . Though he was still not Mr . Buddha’s match, he was powerful enough in the underground world .





“Brother Bing, what’s wrong with me? Every time I fight I want to kill . I’ve never attained that perfect realm you told me about . ”

They were both in the woods . Xiao Bing sat on the ground with his legs crossed . His eyes suddenly snapped open and fixed on Dumbass . Xiao Bing smiled as he stood up, “I get it . I get it . ”

Bewildered, Dumbass scratched his head and asked, “What did you get? I’m so confused . ”

Xiao Bing suddenly took a step forward, seeming to swat Dumbass with his palm . Dumbass gasped . It was as if the whole universe was covered by the palm . It came to him like Buddha lowering his palm . The power that came with it seemed about to crush every bone in Dumbass’s body .

Dumbass growled before it happened . He did not flinch . He didn’t even plan to defend himself . The earth quaked madly and cracked as he roared like a thunderbolt . Several gigantic trees were even uprooted and tumbled to the ground .

Dumbass delivered a counterblow with his palms . And immediately there were some changes . The concealing strength and the clear strength combined to form a formidable force . He had been stuck at the pinnacle of concealing-strength, but now he’d broken through .

Xiao Bing’s palm disappeared the moment Dumbass broke through and Dumbass’s counterblow ended up hitting at nothing .

Panting, Dumbass looked at his two hands . His eyes were aglow with excitement when he felt the power inside his body . It was several times stronger than before .

The sound of clapping hands drifted in from afar . Gao Fei strode towards them with Zhan Hongyan trailing behind . “I didn’t expect him to break through so fast with your help . It’s much quicker than I thought . But Hongyan has also reached the pinnacle of concealing-strength . I guess it won’t be long before she reaches Transforming-strength . ”

Xiao Bing exclaimed with delight, “Really? That’s good to hear . ”

Curious, Gao Fei asked, “How did you do it? I know Dumbass is a very talented man, but his ability to comprehend, the most important thing to reach Transforming-strength, is not that exceptional . ”

“That’s true . Could it be that it’s easier for me to break through when I’m in a crisis? Is that why Brother Bing attacked me?”

Xiao Bing smiled, “It is, but not entirely . I’ve been contemplating on why you just couldn’t acquire that perfect realm . Then it occurred to me that the so-called perfect realm is normally considered as the union of attack and defense and the combination of hardness and softness . You are a simple-minded man . I assume that even if you spent ten years practicing, you wouldn’t have made a breakthrough . ”

Dumbass scratched his head, “Am I that stupid?”

“It’s not because of that . It’s because we approached it the wrong way . You are different from others, so I need to think of a new way to train you . For you, the combination of softness and hardness is not important . Because you don’t need softness at all . ”

“So what’s important to me?”

“It’s your fearlessness, the courage to fight even when you know you will die . When you were staring at death in the face, you weren’t thinking of ways to survive . Your instincts drove you to attack relentlessly . That’s what the gods endowed you with . The breakthrough came when you figured that out . ”

Gao Fei pondered for a moment and nodded in approval . “Boss, you do have an exceptional understanding of martial arts . I assume even Lord Long is inferior to you on that matter . ”

Xiao Bing grinned . Lord Long was a prodigy in martial arts . He could not have become what he was today otherwise . But he was still less powerful than Xiao Bing before the latter’s power was sealed . However, his comprehension was not sealed . It was the difference in physical strength that made him unable to defeat Lord Long .

Xiao Bing looked at Gao Fei and asked, “Now do you still think it’s wise to stay?”

Gao Fei hesitated for a moment, then he said, “If you were given ten years, you might stand a chance against Buddhism . But now…”

“I understand . ” Xiao Bing sighed, “If we fight, we might survive . But if we flinch, we all will die . The most fearsome thing in life is faint-heartedness . If you flinch even once, you will never get the chance to fight for yourself…”

Gao Fei pondered for a bit . Then he suddenly bowed before Xiao Bing . It was the first time he had been impressed by Xiao Bing . “You taught me a great deal . ”