#65 - Of course I am a man! (4000 words, two in one)

Chapter 65 I... Of Course I'm a Real Man! (4000 words, two-in-one)

[You have formally passed the Blood Floating Pagoda's selection, completely becoming a member of the Blood Floating Pagoda, and obtained the achievement "Blood Floating Pagoda", battlefield luck +50.]

[You were beaten up by Xu Xia, and gained valuable practical experience, Blood Qi +30, Strength +30, Agility +7.]

Xu Ming patted his butt, picked up the token that indicated he passed, and stood up.

Recalling the trial just now.

It was the first time Xu Ming had seen this kind of boxing.

Until now, all the boxing techniques Xu Ming had seen were of the type that were wide open and straightforward. If one punch didn't kill you, then another punch would, beating you to death.

However, the boxing technique practiced by the opponent was as elegant as a butterfly, elusive and unpredictable.

Xu Ming planned to go to the Boxing Pavilion to find this kind of boxing technique.

Although the other party was not a member of the Blood Floating Pagoda, but an examiner invited by other armies, all the boxing techniques of the Wu Kingdom were in the Blood Floating Pagoda's Boxing Pavilion, so it should be possible to find it without accident.

Of course, Xu Ming didn't want to practice this kind of "soft fist". It didn't fit Xu Ming's personality, nor did it fit Xu Ming's belief that one punch could break all techniques.

Moreover, this boxing technique was too effeminate.

Xu Ming mainly wanted to refer to it, draw inferences from it, and maybe bring a little inspiration to his own boxing ideas.

Just as Xu Ming was in a daze for these few breaths, the door of the fifth examination room opened again, and a person was also thrown out.

It's just that he didn't have a "qualified" sign in his arms, only accompanied by a voice coming from the room: "Too weak! Go home and farm!"

This brother who failed the assessment sighed, stood up, and walked out in disappointment.

Many people's eyes were filled with sympathy.

"Next, Chen Gan!" In the fifth examination room, the female examiner shouted.

"Next, Wang Wei!"

"Next, Xu Can!"

"Next, Huang Qian!"

The female examiner shouted the names of one person after another, and one person after another was kicked out of the room.

If someone passed, a sign would be thrown out.

If they failed, this female examiner would be ruthless, for example—

"Your strength is so weak? How are you more like a woman than me?"

"Why be a warrior if you're so timid? Take off your pants! I'll see if you have any balls!"

"What's wrong with the Blood Floating Pagoda? How can this kind of person be recruited?"

People originally failed the assessment and were disheartened, but as a result, they were also reprimanded, and several tough guys burst into tears on the spot.

It was even possible that their martial hearts would be shattered on the spot, and from then on, they would really go home to farm.

However, gradually, Xu Ming was not unable to understand this approach.

Those who can participate in the assessment, even if they can't pass, are elites in other ordinary armies.

Even if they fail the assessment, they can choose to be demoted to other armies.

If their martial hearts are shattered because of being reprimanded, then this kind of person's ability to withstand pressure is indeed not good, and they are likely to die on the battlefield in the future.

Rather than that, it's better to go back to farming. If it's really not possible, then be a bodyguard or something, and you can also marry, have children, live in peace, and live a good life.

Xu Ming glanced at Wu Yanhan standing not far away.

His expression was extremely calm, without the tension of other people.

But that's right, if Wu Yanhan can't pass, then basically no one can pass. He estimated that he was very uncertain himself.

He didn't know which number Wu Yanhan was, but Xu Ming knew that he would definitely pass, and felt that there was nothing to see, so he went to other examination rooms to take a look.

The slicked-back hair man, Li Han, passed the assessment, but his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and it was obvious that he had been beaten violently.

The bald Yuan Hua also passed. Compared to Li Han, Yuan Hua looked a little more relaxed, but his leg was limping.

Half an hour passed, and among the ten people in the 484th Battalion, it was known that, including Xu Ming, three people had passed the assessment, and three people had not passed.

The three roommates who failed the assessment walked back with depressed expressions. Li Han and Yuan Hua wanted to comfort them, but Xu Ming stopped them.

At this time, it's best to let people think about it and calm down. If those of them who passed the assessment go to comfort people, people may feel even more uncomfortable.

After another quarter of an hour, only Xiong Haizhi and the others came out of the examination room one after another.

Xiong Haizhi also had a bruised nose and swollen face, and Guang Yin, like Yuan Hua, was also limping.

However, looking at the smiles on their faces and greeting him easily, Xu Ming knew that they had all passed.

Xu Ming didn't expect Guang Yin to be able to pass.

Xu Ming knew Guang Yin's strength best, after all, Xu Ming had been teaching him for the past month.

In Xu Ming's opinion, although Guang Yin had made great progress, it should be very uncertain whether he could pass the assessment.

He didn't know what Guang Yin did inside.

Could it be that he sold his ass and bribed the examiner?

"Where are Hu San and the others?" A roommate named Lu Ren asked.

"They... went back to the camp." Li Han said.

Lu Ren and the others looked at Li Han's hesitant expression and knew what "went back to the camp" meant.

"Who else is missing from our camp?" Xiong Haizhi asked?

"There should be only Wu Yanhan left." Xu Ming said, "Do you want to go take a look?"

"I won't go first. Haizhi and I will help Guang Yin and the others to the medical center." Li Han said, "Wu Yanhan will definitely pass."

"Okay, I'll go take a look. See you at the camp later." Xu Ming nodded.

After temporarily separating from them, Xu Ming walked to the fifth examination room, and only Wu Yanhan was left outside.

Wu Yanhan stood there straight, like a willow tree.

To be honest, Xu Ming felt that Wu Yanhan was becoming more and more like a girl.

But his increasingly strong strength really made it impossible to associate him with girls.

Seeing Xu Ming coming over, Wu Yanhan just glanced at him lightly and didn't say anything.

"Bang!"

At this moment, another person crashed out of the door of the fifth examination room and fell to the ground.

"Get out of here, wasting my time!" An impolite voice still came from inside the examination room, "Last one, Wu Yanhan!"

Wu Yanhan strode towards the examination room.

"Clang!"

The moment Wu Yanhan walked into the examination room, a burst of warrior's true energy swept through, slamming the door shut.

In the examination room, Wu Yanhan stopped and looked at the female examiner in front of him: "I didn't expect my father to send you here."

The female examiner named Xu Xia smiled: "To assess you, naturally, it can't be done by ordinary people. But you have to be careful, I won't hold back."

"You better go all out."

As soon as the words fell, Wu Yanhan's figure had already disappeared from the spot.

When Xu Xia reacted, Wu Yanhan's long legs, like iron whips, swung towards Xu Xia's temple.

Xu Xia blocked with her side hand, forcibly catching it, her brow furrowed, and a burst of pain pierced into her arm.

Xu Xia grabbed down with her palm, grabbing Wu Yanhan's ankle together with his trouser leg, and with the other hand, she turned her palm into a knife and slashed fiercely at Wu Yanhan's knee.

If this palm hit, this leg would be crippled on the spot.

Wu Yanhan's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, his left foot lifted up, and he kicked towards Xu Xia's chest.

Xu Xia then turned her palm into a fist and hammered towards the sole of Wu Yanhan's foot.

Xu Xia took three steps back, and Wu Yanhan flipped in the air and landed steadily on the ground.

Wu Yanhan took a step forward, his fist wrapped in the sound of wind, and went straight for the opponent's vitals.

Xu Xia's figure swayed, cleverly avoiding this heavy punch, and at the same time stretched out her right foot, a clever tripping action, trying to trip the opponent to the ground.

Wu Yanhan was prepared for this. His right foot stomped on the ground, his body rotated half a circle in the air, and he landed steadily. He took advantage of the situation and punched out, his fist whistling through the air, directly at the opponent's face.

Xu Xia's expression remained unchanged, her figure retreated rapidly, and at the same time, her hands turned into palm knives, slashing towards the opponent's waist.

However, the warrior's true energy around Wu Yanhan formed a protective aura, and Xu Xia's palm knife was like slashing on black iron, making a heavy sound.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Yanhan suddenly took a step forward, clenched his right fist, and rushed towards Xu Xia with the force of thunder, but Xu Xia's figure tilted slightly, cleverly avoiding the fist wind.

Xu Xia no longer confronted Wu Yanhan head-on. Her agile movements dodged Wu Yanhan's attacks again and again, and a punch went straight for Wu Yanhan's jaw.

Wu Yanhan's eyes were sharp. His figure retreated rapidly, and at the same time, his right foot lifted up, sweeping towards Xu Xia's knee.

Xu Xia didn't panic at all. Her right leg bent, steadily supporting her body, and at the same time, her hands clasped together and pushed forward, forming an indestructible true energy Vajra wall.

Seeing this, Wu Yanhan flipped in the air, avoiding Xu Xia's defense. After landing on the ground, his hands became claws and suddenly grabbed towards Xu Xia's back.

Xu Xia felt the crisis behind her. She turned around abruptly, and her fists slammed towards Wu Yanhan's claw hands like iron hammers. Wu Yanhan reacted quickly. He retracted his hands and drifted backwards like a ghost, avoiding Xu Xia's attack again.

The two people's movements were as fast as lightning, and each attack and defense was precise and powerful, and their figures shuttled under the midday sun.

Finding an opportunity, Wu Yanhan clenched his left fist and delivered a punch. Blood Qi and warrior's true energy turned into a blood tiger.

The blood tiger roared and wanted to tear Xu Xia into pieces.

"As expected of you, you have learned the seventh form of the Floating Pagoda Fist." The corners of Xu Xia's mouth curled up, and the warrior's true energy around her kept rising, eventually condensing into a five-meter Xu Xia.

Soul Manifestation Realm - Martial Soul.

Xu Xia's Martial Soul scattered the blood tiger with one punch, looked down at Wu Yanhan condescendingly, and shook her head: "You are a rare Martial God Body, do you only have this little strength?

If this is really the case, if I report the situation to your father, I guess your father will be disappointed."

You don't even seem as good as that little brat named Xu Ming.”

Wu Yanhan's eyes narrowed, and the martial artist's true energy around him surged, already forming a pressure of the fist.

Xu Xia was slightly stunned, as if he was completely angry.

Because of which sentence?

Was it letting his father down?

Or was it saying he was inferior to Xu Ming?

But it didn't matter anymore, Wu Yanhan had already charged over with a punch.

Martial artist's true energy covered Wu Yanhan's arm with a faint silver fist armor, like dragon scales.

Xu Xia took the punch head-on.

"Clang"

It was as if a bronze bell collided, the fist force shattered and was absorbed by the wood of the examination room.

The martial soul behind Xu Xia acted on its own, kicking towards Wu Yanhan.

Wu Yanhan punched upwards, and with a dragon's roar, the fist, along with the white dragon energy, smashed towards the sole of the martial soul's foot.

Xu Xia's martial soul actually shattered slightly.

It wasn't over yet.

Wu Yanhan leaped up, kicked and shattered the martial soul's arm, kicked and shattered the martial soul's chest, and then kicked and shattered the martial soul's head.

When Wu Yanhan landed, his heel smashed towards Xu Xia's crown.

“That's more like it.”

The corner of Xu Xia's mouth curved up, one hand clenched into a fist, and the martial artist's true energy continuously gathered on Xu Xia's fist.

“Boom!”

Outside examination room number five, Xu Ming only heard a loud noise.

The door of examination room number five broke open again, but this time, no one flew out.

Everyone looked towards the entrance of examination room number five.

Only to see a person walking out.

But this person was not Wu Yanhan, but Xu Xia.

Xu Xia walked towards Xu Ming with his hands behind his back and a natural expression: “He can't stand up anymore, take him back to the camp, pour this medicine into the water and soak his ankles in time, otherwise his feet will be crippled.”

Saying that, Xu Xia patted Xu Ming's shoulder, threw a bottle of ointment into Xu Ming's hand, and left straight away.

Xu Ming walked into examination room number five, only to see Wu Yanhan sitting on the ground, clenching his teeth tightly, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, and his left leg trembling non-stop.

“Are you okay?” Xu Ming looked at Wu Yanhan, seeing him so miserable for the first time.

“None of your business.” Wu Yanhan glared at Xu Ming, stubbornly.

Xu Ming smiled: “I'm only taking care of you because we've been eating, living, and training together for a year, you should be content.”

“Heh.” Wu Yanhan sneered and turned his head away.

“Can you stand up?” Xu Ming looked at his long leg.

“I'll be able to in a while!” Wu Yanhan continued to be stubborn.

“Are you sure you don't want me to carry you back?”

“No need!”

“Really no need? Then I'm leaving.” Xu Ming asked one last time.

“I said no need means no need!”

“Oh.” Xu Ming nodded.

Just when Wu Yanhan thought Xu Ming was about to leave, Xu Ming bent down.

“What do you want to do?!” Wu Yanhan was taken aback.

Before Wu Yanhan could react, Xu Ming's hands supported Wu Yanhan's armpits, and then threw him upwards, Wu Yanhan was thrown into the air like a baby, and when Wu Yanhan was about to land, Xu Ming turned around and directly carried Wu Yanhan on his back.

“Put me down! Put me down!”

Wu Yanhan, who didn't have much strength left after that trial, clenched his fists and kept hammering Xu Ming's back, trying to avoid his chest touching his back.

“Okay, stop it, are you even a man?” Xu Ming said speechlessly.

“I I am of course a man!” Wu Yanhan said firmly.

“Then stop being so wishy-washy, that female examiner gave me a bottle of medicine and told you to soak your feet when you get back, otherwise your leg will be crippled.” Carrying Wu Yanhan on his back, Xu Ming shook her up, making it easier to carry, “Let's go, let's go back.”

“…” Wu Yanhan put his hands on Xu Ming's shoulders, pursing his thin lips tightly, his cheeks as red as if they were about to drip water.

Carrying him, carrying him, Xu Ming suddenly stopped.

“What's wrong?” Wu Yanhan asked.

Xu Ming perked up his nose and turned his head: “Bro, you seem to smell a bit fragrant.”

Wu Yanhan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly gave Xu Ming a punch: “Get lost!”