Chapter Four: Feng Yuxiu

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At Home
Song Ren lay on a comfortable large bed. The wound on his arm had been healed during his return using one wish coin.
Watching the bleeding wound rapidly heal in a visibly tangible way was strangely thrilling.
He moved his healed arm slightly; feeling no issues, he tidied up the system information and began reviewing it one by one.
First, he activated the Weapon King Hong Ye’s wish gift pack.
[Wish Gift Pack successfully opened, obtained Weapon King Hong Ye’s Martial Essence Pill (+7.1).]
Martial Essence Pill?
Song Ren was momentarily stunned as a small, dark pill emitting a strong herbal scent appeared in his palm.
Could he really take this casually?
And what did +7.1 mean?
Was it some kind of data digitization?
Like a game’s stats panel?
[Prompt: Boss, your current data values are relatively low. Please consume Hong Ye’s Martial Essence Pill first.]
Song Ren hesitated briefly but decided to swallow the pill with water.
Soon after swallowing, his body gradually tensed up as if reshaping from the very bones, his flesh and bones being forcibly stretched.
Tightening, aching!
Cold sweat began to bead on Song Ren’s forehead.
Hiss!
It hurt so much!
The intense pain invaded all of Song Ren’s thoughts bit by bit, making him tremble all over.
Fortunately, this tearing pain came fast and left fairly quickly as well.
After a dozen breaths, Song Ren suddenly sat up, feeling pleasantly surprised as he touched his body and hurried over to a mirror.
After removing his shirt, his reflection revealed a muscular physique with clearly defined muscles and eight-pack abs.
At the same time, a flood of martial arts and combat knowledge surged in his mind.
Shoulders align with hips, elbows with knees, hands with feet;
Grabbing is death, holding is life;
Master the grabs, then wield weapons;
Weapons are extensions of the hands and feet, merging man and tool;
Mind aligns with intent, intent with qi, qi with strength;
Inner yin and outer yang flow as one qi;
If qi does not flow, forms cannot be practiced!
This widely circulated martial arts mantra from films echoed in his mind as his body instinctively formed a fighting stance.
One hand poised to punch, the other loosely clenched, thumb seemingly pressing an invisible sword hilt.

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A gleam of excitement flashed in Song Ren’s eyes—this was the essence of martial arts?!
The previously obscure martial arts formulas suddenly opened his energy channels, instantly comprehending everything.
Especially with the use of various weapons, he felt an effortless confidence.
It was as if a master had directly transmitted his skills; his body suddenly enlightened.
At this moment, Song Ren felt an intuitive conviction from deep within:
I am invincible; do as you please!
...
After becoming familiar with his body’s changes, Song Ren inquired again about his digitized data from the system.
Data display:
Boss: Song Ren
Age: 28
Specialty: Martial Arts (7.6) Others (20cm?)
???
Song Ren: "..."
The system seemed to sense his confusion and proactively offered explanations:
[Prompt: The boss’s previously learned combat specialties have been automatically integrated into a higher-level martial arts specialty, currently at an overall status of 7.6, roughly equivalent to the true level of a Weapon King.]
[Prompt: The ‘Others’ category includes all specialties below level 3, with anything under 3 considered average and not displayed.]
[Prompt: The 20cm shown is the total display length of the specialty bar; boss, please do not misunderstand me as invading your privacy.]
[Solemn statement: I am a very serious system, one that pursues performance without emotions.]
"..." This system must be seriously ill.
Song Ren was at a loss but decided to ignore it; as long as he didn’t interact, it wouldn’t pop up.
He chose to disregard the strange prompts and continued reviewing his other rewards.
Passing over positive feedback, according to the system, character reviews max out at five stars.
The Weapon King only granted himself two stars—not exactly positive, but unavoidable.
Defeating Feng Yuxiu was already a stroke of luck; he had no other choice.
Next, Song Ren’s gaze landed on another reward—
Character Card?
[Character Card: Feng Yuxiu]
[Description: Due to the intense obsession and unresolved grudges of martial fanatic Feng Yuxiu after death, a wisp of resentment clung to the boss for a long time. The system finally decided to satisfy him by forcibly pacifying and transforming him into a dedicated character card.]
[This card is gifted free to the boss as a token of the system’s sincere heart toward the boss.]
[Affiliated to: Song Ren (Boss)]
[Additional attribute: Loyalty]
Song Ren toyed with the metallic card in his palm, its surface as red as blood.

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The back was engraved with a circular blood-red pattern; the front bore Feng Yuxiu’s rough and unkempt scowling face.
Bang!
At a thought, the card exploded.
Feng Yuxiu stood dumbfounded in a corner, staring at Song Ren with a confused expression.
Soon, as if injected with a special memory, his face grew increasingly vivid.
Eventually, his entire face warped, fixating on Song Ren as he muttered, "Is it you?!"
Then his expression turned ferocious: "I’m going to kill you!!!"
But the next second, the fierce face abruptly calmed, voice dull: "No, I don’t want to."
Then his expression twisted again: "Kill you!!!"
Instant calm: "No, I don’t want to."
Ferocious: "Kill—"
Calm: "No."
Feng Yuxiu’s rebellious face was completely distorted as he slammed his hands against his head: "What the hell did you do to me!"
Song Ren looked at the seemingly schizophrenic Feng Yuxiu strangely and casually said, "Call me master."
Feng Yuxiu instantly looked respectful, answering without hesitation, "Master!"
After shouting, he suddenly realized and banged his head against the wall repeatedly, thud thud!
This damned absolute loyalty!!!
Song Ren raised an eyebrow with a smile: "Interesting."
A wisp of blue smoke burst forth again; Feng Yuxiu vanished and reverted to a character card, appearing once more in Song Ren’s palm.
He stored the character card away.
Song Ren continued checking his other gains—199 wish coins.
Wish coins were a unique currency of the wish system, which Song Ren now understood.
However, the items redeemable with wish coins, or offered by the wish system, were very limited.
Only one item existed: a black exclusive blind box marked [Inheritance].
Inheritance Blind Box
Price: 100 wish coins
Review: It is it, it is it, it’s our friend—the Inheritor.
The system’s quirky evaluation.
Song Ren filtered out the odd comments and without much hesitation spent 100 wish coins to purchase one blind box, feeling peculiar.
Opening blind boxes always carried an inexplicable anticipation, especially when it involved mysterious things.