#21 - Violating the decision of ancestors - I am the villain in the book

In the second arena, after a series of fierce battles, he had eight losses and two wins.

By the time Wei Changtian finished his ten matches for the day, Li Yang was nowhere to be seen.

"Young Master Li said he couldn't bear to witness your miserable state any longer, so he went home to call off the engagement," Wang Er reported truthfully.

Call off the engagement?

Wei Changtian rubbed the bruises on his body, utterly perplexed, unable to understand the connection between the two.

However, he couldn't be bothered to think too much about it. After taking a silver note from Wang Er's hand, he waved it off: "Forget about him, go wait for me at the carriage."

"Young Master, should I still follow you?"

Wang Er looked conflicted: "What if that Xu Qingwan tries to harm you..."

"I know what I'm doing."

Wei Changtian interrupted: "You can use this time to buy a chicken."

Wang Er thought he misheard: "B-buy a chicken?"

Wei Changtian nodded, repeating: "Yes, a hen."

"..."

Wang Er was silent for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Um... Young Master, may I ask a question?"

"Go ahead."

"Is this chicken... a legitimate chicken?"

...

Inside the Suspended Mirror Division, in a secluded "martial arts room."

Because most of the people working in the Suspended Mirror Division are martial artists, they usually have the need to practice and hone their skills, so there are quite a few of these "supporting facilities."

And today was Wei Changtian's first high-priced "private lesson."

"Miss Xu, here's the agreed-upon fifty taels."

Wei Changtian smiled and handed the silver note to Xu Qingwan, who was not at all polite. After carefully checking the amount, she tucked it into her chest.

"Young Master Wei, shall we begin now?"

"Not so fast."

Wei Changtian shook his head, asking with interest: "Miss Xu, can I ask you a question first?"

Xu Qingwan calmly asked in return: "Are you going to ask why I bet on you to win yesterday?"

Wei Changtian nodded: "Why?"

"Because I've been observing you for the past few days. Although you've been losing, you've been making significant progress every day."

Xu Qingwan replied truthfully: "Plus, two of your opponents yesterday were relatively weak, so I thought you should be able to win at least one match."

So that's how it was. It seemed that Xu Qingwan's observation and analysis skills were indeed quite strong.

Wei Changtian thought for a moment, then asked: "What if I didn't win yesterday? Wouldn't your thirty taels have gone down the drain?"

"If you didn't win, you didn't win. Since it's gambling, you naturally accept both wins and losses."

Xu Qingwan untied the red string from her hair and held it in her mouth, using both hands behind her head to coil her long hair into a bun.

"Why should I be afraid?"

Xu Qingwan tied the red string to the bun, revealing her fair neck: "You can't beat me anyway."

Wei Changtian found it amusing: "But my father is the Commander of the Suspended Mirror Division."

"I know, so what?"

"Aren't you afraid...? Never mind, pretend I didn't ask."

Wei Changtian shook his head, suddenly feeling that teasing a woman like Xu Qingwan was quite boring: "Let's start then, what do I need to do now?"

"Attack me with all your strength."

Xu Qingwan took half a step closer, but didn't adopt any stance: "I need to understand your weaknesses first before I can figure out how to make up for them."

"Alright."

Wei Changtian nodded knowingly, taking a deep breath: "Can I use any means?"

"Yes..."

"Whoosh!"

Before Xu Qingwan could finish speaking, Wei Changtian attacked, immediately aiming for her upper body.

More precisely, he was aiming straight for Xu Qingwan's chest.

He didn't care about martial ethics or anything like that. Since she told him to go all out, he would definitely fight in a way that maximized his chances of winning.

Unfortunately, this kind of rogue tactic was useless against Xu Qingwan.

It wasn't that she didn't have a chest, but because she had already anticipated this.

She slightly dodged this sneak attack, while simultaneously hooking her foot forward to kick, the target actually aimed directly at Wei Changtian's lower body.

Damn it!

This woman also doesn't play by the rules!

Wei Changtian instantly broke out in a cold sweat, immediately retreating to dodge.

However, in the next second, he desperately realized... it was already too late.

Damn!

Watching the kick that was enough to make him lose his descendants getting closer and closer, an unparalleled regret rose in his heart.

If he had known this would happen, he should have had Wang Er follow him!

What chicken was he buying! His own chicken was about to be gone!

He wondered if there were any tools in the system that could remedy this... Huh?

The expected pain didn't come, apart from a slight chill down there, everything seemed normal.

It turned out that the foot ultimately stopped at the last moment.

Thank goodness...

Relieved, Wei Changtian was about to speak when he looked up and found a small fist already close at hand.

Wei Changtian: "..."

Um... Could it stop this time?

"Bang!!"

...

After half an incense stick's worth of time, Wei Changtian finally sat down on the ground, panting heavily.

He had no power to resist.

Xu Qingwan was definitely the strongest opponent he had encountered so far.

If she hadn't deliberately held back, he probably wouldn't have lasted three moves.

It should be known that after these past few days of "Dream Dao" training, Wei Changtian, although still losing more than winning when fighting in the arena, could at least last more than ten moves against his opponents.

But when it came to Xu Qingwan, he could clearly feel the difference. It seemed that she was completely on a different level from everyone else.

As expected of the strongest female lead in the novel, even though her cultivation wasn't that high, her mastery of combat techniques could definitely be described as "consummate."

"Better than I expected."

Looking down at Wei Changtian, Xu Qingwan calmly analyzed: "Aggressive enough, ruthless enough, shameless enough, these are all your strengths."

How come they don't sound like strengths...?

Wei Changtian opened his mouth as if to say something, but Xu Qingwan ignored him and continued to speak: "However, you have obviously never learned any techniques. Every move and stance is more like those bullies who dominate the market, not worth mentioning."

"It's fine against ordinary opponents, but you will definitely suffer a great loss if you encounter experts."

"Then according to you, I should start learning techniques now?"

Wei Changtian got up from the ground and asked humbly: "What should I start with first? Fists and feet? Footwork? Weapons?"

"Naturally, footwork."

Xu Qingwan replied truthfully.

"Footwork, is it..."

Wei Changtian frowned slightly.

The Wei family had plenty of various high-level techniques, and there must be many footwork techniques as well.

But after Xu Qingwan's words, he suddenly remembered something else.

It seemed that Xu Qingwan herself knew a top-notch footwork technique, which should be called something like "Soaring Step."

"Ahem, Miss Xu..."

Thinking of this, he immediately had an idea: "Did you learn an ancestral footwork technique?"

"Hmm?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Xu Qingwan's eyes: "How do you know? Did you send someone to investigate me?"

Wei Changtian was very calm: "Since you are teaching me martial arts, I will definitely send someone to investigate, otherwise, what if you were sent by my enemies?"

"That's true."

Xu Qingwan nodded: "But you probably can't learn my Xu family's footwork."

"Why? Is it only for women?"

"That's not it."

Xu Qingwan glanced at Wei Changtian: "It's just that there are rules passed down from our ancestors that the Soaring Step technique must not be passed on to outsiders."

"If outsiders want to learn, unless they marry into the Xu family as a daughter-in-law, or marry a Xu family woman as a wife."

"This..."

Wei Changtian really wanted to say, how about I marry you, but considering Xu Qingwan's combat power, he closed his mouth.

However, just then, he heard Xu Qingwan take the initiative to ask: "Um... do you really want to learn?"

"Hmm?"

Wei Changtian was overjoyed and nodded quickly: "Of course!"

"In that case, I can make an exception to teach you."

Xu Qingwan pondered slightly, a rare blush on her face: "But..."

"You have to add money."

Huh?

What the hell?

You can teach if I give you money?