Villain Is Bodyguard of Heroine’s Poisonous Stepmother

Chapter 153: The Protagonist Descends the Mountain

“This Mantis Fist manual is authentic. Are any of you interested in practicing it?” Chen Luo asked Zhao Yingxuan and Xiao Qingxue.

“I’m too busy with the affairs of the Morning Star Corporation to practice this, and I’m not really interested,” Xiao Qingxue replied after only a brief glance.

“I’m not interested either,” Zhao Yingxuan said dismissively, not even bothering to look at the manual. She would rather spend her time interacting with Chen Luo than practicing martial arts.

“That’s fine. Actually, there’s no need for you to practice this. Although it’s genuine, it’s too incomplete,” Chen Luo explained. He had already enhanced their abilities, and by martial arts standards, they were both at the peak of Ming Jin. Practicing this Mantis Fist, especially given its incompleteness, would unlikely allow them to advance to An Jin.

Hearing that the manual was severely incomplete, even Chun Mei and the others lost interest.

“This manual is incomplete? That woman must have held back something,” Zhao Yingxuan said with a flash of coldness in her eyes, regretting that the woman was already dealt with, or else she would have made her suffer.

“It might not be that she held back, perhaps what she practiced was incomplete to begin with,” Chen Luo suggested. A complete martial arts manual would be difficult to come by.

“When we have more money, we’ll just use the system to enhance their abilities,” he decided. Although upgrading to the level of Bao Dan cost a hundred billion, reaching the peak of An Jin would cost about a billion at most.

In this era of incomplete martial techniques, an An Jin martial artist was already considered powerful.

Masters who reached the level of Hua Jin were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and as for those who attained the Bao Dan Grandmaster level, they might exist, but were exceedingly rare.

To reach the Bao Dan level, one must first possess extraordinary martial arts talent and then need various tonic supplements. Without consuming all kinds of body-nourishing tonics as regular food, dreaming of reaching this superhuman state was just that–a dream.

Cultivating a Bao Dan strong practitioner, just in terms of the cost of various tonics, would require at least several tens of billions, and that was if you could even find the rare medicinal ingredients to buy. Some things, even with money, were hard to obtain, like hundred-year-old ginseng. It was not that it didn’t exist, but it was too difficult to buy.

The adage ‘the poor cultivate literature, the wealthy cultivate martial arts’ was quite true.

“This manual can be given to Bai Meixiang, it’ll be useful for her.”

Bai Meixiang managed a group of people. If she trained them in Mantis Fist, and even one reached the level of Ming Jin, it would be profitable.

“Also, have Bai Meixiang investigate the Lin family.”

Chen Luo must pay attention to the family of the protagonist’s fiancée. It was easy to guess that the Lin family had to be Su Han’s early supporter.

Currently, Chen Luo was not worried about this new protagonist at all. The confidence that came with strength meant Chen Luo could defeat Su Han in seconds. The only thing about Su Han that concerned Chen Luo was his mentor, the divine physician. Chen Luo estimated that his mentor was at least at the peak of Hua Jin, and possibly, like him, had reached the realm of Bao Dan Grandmaster.

There was also the protagonist’s halo to consider. A factor that always demanded caution. After all, a protagonist’s halo was quite outrageous, turning dangers into safety and misfortunes into blessings, with endless serendipities. Even though Chen Luo could defeat Su Han in an instant, actually making a move against him could still potentially fail.

Just like with Ye Chen, Chen Luo’s strength also surpassed Ye Chen’s, but every time he tried to kill Ye Chen, Ye Chen would forcefully escape. It wasn’t until the protagonist’s halo was weakened to its limit that Chen Luo easily took him down.

Meanwhile, atop an unnamed mountain peak, an elderly man with white hair watched a young man descend the mountain. Although the elder had white hair, his face bore no wrinkles, appearing like a crane-haired, child-faced immortal. Standing at the summit, he seemed to blend into the environment, exuding an extraordinary presence.

“This time Han’er descends the mountain, there seems to be an impending disaster looming,” the elder said with a grave expression.

Although he wasn’t a fortune-teller, he had a premonition about the future events. This elder was Su Han’s master, the divine physician Su Tianche, a master of both medicine and martial arts, who had reached the peak of Hua Jin twenty years ago and had recently broken through to the Bao Dan level.

“Never mind, I will follow him and see for myself.”

In an instant, Su Tianche’s figure vanished from the mountaintop, silently following Su Han. Su Han was unaware of Su Tianche’s presence. Even if he reached the peak of Hua Jin, as long as Su Tianche did not wish to be detected, Su Han would not notice him.

Hua Jin might be considered a master level, but Bao Dan was regarded as nearly divine in ancient times, and the difference between the two was indescribable.

“That old man even arranged a marriage for me, I wonder if she’s pretty,” Su Han complained.

“But the old man has decreed that I must visit the Lin family. If the other party is attractive, I might agree, but if not, then let’s not even mention it. Finally, I can leave this mountain.”

After descending the mountain, Su Han took a breath of fresh air. Although the air was fresher on the mountain, it was just him and the old man up there, and it wasn’t as good as the foothills.

The old man often restricted him from going down the mountain, except for shopping or accompanying the old man to see patients, he hardly had the opportunity to leave the mountain.

This time, the old man did not set a time limit for his return, giving him the feeling of a dragon returning to the sea. With his abilities, he naturally wanted to pursue his ambitions, such as marrying ten or eight wives first.

“This world will definitely be more exciting because of me.”

Although his clothes were ragged and had several holes, making him look like a beggar, his handsome face was filled with confidence.

When the protagonist was heading to Magic City, Chen Luo had already thoroughly investigated the Lin family.

“Is the Lin family’s old man seriously ill?”

Listening to the information gathered, Chen Luo’s expression became odd, thinking this situation was specifically set up for the protagonist.

Just as Su Han was about to leave the mountain, the Lin family’s old man became seriously ill, obviously waiting for Su Han to treat him. Once he cures the Lin family’s old man, Su Han will become a benefactor to the Lin family, and they will surely support him vigorously.

“Why suddenly investigate the Lin family?”

Zhao Yingxuan wondered why Chen Luo suddenly started looking into the Lin family, when the Lin family was not the most pressing concern at the moment.

“I wouldn’t investigate the Lin family without reason. Aren’t they now the most potential candidates to become one of Magic City’s new top four families? It’s only right to pay some attention to them.”

“Your interest isn’t really in the Lin family, but in Lin Xiaoya, right?” Xiao Qingxue glanced at Chen Luo, speaking in a nonchalant tone.

Lin Xiaoya was also well-known in the city. Many people called Xiao Qingxue the most beautiful woman in Magic City, but Lin Xiaoya was not far behind. She was considered the most likely woman to challenge Xiao Qingxue’s status as the top beauty, especially now, as many rich heirs who once pursued Xiao Qingxue turned their attention to Lin Xiaoya.

The reason was simple, Xiao Qingxue was already spoken for.

Since there was no chance with Xiao Qingxue, they might as well choose someone else. Lin Xiaoya’s beauty and family background were no less distinguished than Xiao Qingxue’s.

Although the Lin family wasn’t as prominent as the four major families, they were not inferior to the former wealthiest man in Magic City, and might even surpass some. If it weren’t for Lin Xiaoya being two years younger than Xiao Qingxue, Magic City’s number one beauty might well have been Lin Xiaoya instead of Xiao Qingxue.

Hearing Xiao Qingxue’s indifferent tone, Chen Luo smiled slightly, “Are you jealous? I haven’t even met Lin Xiaoya, so I’m hardly likely to fall for her. Besides, I’m not someone who loses his way every time he sees a woman.”

“Is that so?”

Xiao Qingxue’s face showed skepticism, in her heart, Chen Luo was undoubtedly a big womanizer, otherwise, why would he have so many women around him?