Adding Friends Can Make Me Stronger

Chapter 23 - Crazy, Absolutely Crazy!

Chapter 23: Crazy, Absolutely Crazy!

As these words fell, the originally somewhat noisy mountain stronghold seemed to have quieted down.

Heavenly Bronze Hand’s mouth was slightly agape.

His gaze was somewhat blank.

Is this guy crazy… Does he even know what he’s saying…

Become friends?

What nonsense!

He’s almost beaten me to death!

But he’s asking if I want to be his friend before I die?

He must be crazy!

This is completely beyond reason!

“Are you deaf?” Meng Changqing waved his hand in front of him.

Heavenly Bronze Hand subconsciously wanted to refuse.

But what Meng Changqing said next made him suddenly stop.

“If you don’t want to, I can seal your acupoints, keep you alive for a while, and then throw you into the pile of demon beasts.

“That feeling of being gnawed slowly should be quite enjoyable, right?”

Gulp!

Heavenly Bronze Hand’s face grew even paler.

Is this guy from the righteous path?

He’s even more sinister than the demonic path.

“Crazy, absolutely crazy!” Heavenly Bronze Hand cursed inwardly.

How could there be someone who forces others to become their friend!

In his heart, Meng Changqing was already one of those abnormal people.

“I… I agree…” Calming down, Heavenly Bronze Hand reluctantly answered.

If he wants to, then so be it.

Anyway, he wouldn’t lose anything, so he generously satisfied this lunatic’s strange preference.

Better than suffering before dying.

Ding!

[Friend request accepted!]

[Current affinity: one star!]

[Acquired attribute: Talent [Tough Skin]

[Would you like to fuse immediately?]

The voice of the system sounded in his mind.

Meng Changqing’s face immediately showed a delighted smile.

Luck was on his side.

He got the talent, he was really afraid of randomly getting another attribute.

For this kind of one-time friendship, once he randomized wrong, he wouldn’t be able to get it again.

After all, there was no way he could improve his affinity with Heavenly Bronze Hand.

“Thank you, my friend.

“As a reward, I’ll let you die more easily.”

Meng Changqing patted Heavenly Bronze Hand’s shoulder satisfactorily.

Then, with two fingers forming a sword, he touched his forehead, and a powerful surge of qi and blood rushed in.

Causing his eyes to instantly lose focus, and his head drooped heavily.

His breath had already ceased.

The leader of the troublemakers fell.

“System, fuse the talent.”

Meng Changqing said in his heart.

Ding!

[Fusion initiated!]

The moment the words fell, Meng Changqing only felt a cold sensation spreading throughout his body beneath his skin, like flowing water, gradually spreading everywhere.

After about a moment, this feeling completely dissipated.

“So this is the Talent [Tough Skin]?” Meng Changqing rolled up his sleeve.

The thickness of his arms and the color of his skin hadn’t changed significantly.

But when he poked his skin with his fingertips, he could clearly feel resistance, as if countless layers of nets were overlapping, extremely tough.

“Let’s try the ‘Bronze Body Art’ again!”

Meng Changqing began to operate the technique.

The color of his skin suddenly became like that of an ancient bronze statue, exuding an indestructible aura.

“The Bronze Body Art” was just a high-level human-grade body refining martial art.

But at this moment, under the amplification of the talent, it clearly experienced a substantial improvement.

It could definitely rival the initial stage of a profound-grade body refining martial art.

“The shortcoming in defense has also been somewhat compensated for,” Meng Changqing thought.

And with this talent, no matter what body refining martial art he practiced in the future, he would have significantly better results than others.

However, for Meng Changqing, what he wanted most was the Stoneblood Lineage of the Shi brothers from the Shi family.

That was the real deal.

Retrieving his focus, Meng Changqing removed the brass knuckles from Heavenly Bronze Hand’s hand to use as evidence.

Considering that he had gained benefits from him after all, they were technically friends.

Then, he dug a hole and buried him.

Thinking ahead to the approaching late autumn with its slightly chilly weather, Meng Changqing deliberately added a few more layers of soil and firmly packed it down.

“Being able to make such an intimate friend like me, you’ve got your money’s worth,” he said with satisfaction as he walked away.

With the death of Heavenly Bronze Hand, the mission was considered complete.

As for the other mountain bandits, none of them survived.

The sword strike from before was fully powered, and even Heavenly Bronze Hand didn’t dare to confront it head-on, let alone them.

They all perished on the spot.

“Let’s go home!” Mounting his spirit horse, Meng Changqing galloped away into the distance.

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Five days later, Cloudwater City…

A city built on the banks of a great river.

With a population of about one hundred thousand, due to its convenient transportation, there was a huge daily flow of people, making the city’s commerce quite prosperous.

And the Meng Clan’s Chamber of Commerce was one of the largest chambers of commerce in Cloudwater City.

Occupying several commercial districts, it was quite famous.

Of course, the most famous figure was the chairman of the Meng Clan’s Chamber of Commerce.

A woman in a black dress who always wore a straw hat, almost unbeatable in the Aperture Connecting Realm with her exquisite swordsmanship.

It was precisely because of this that the Meng Clan’s Chamber of Commerce had been able to maintain its status quo over the years without being swallowed up by other chambers of commerce.

“Cloudwater City, finally arrived.”

Looking at the distant, looming ancient city, Meng Changqing let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he felt a strange emotion in his heart.

Because this would be his first real encounter with his blood relatives in this world.