Chapter Fifteen: A Contest

  What's meant to be will be, Wentao had thought of it early on. As for how Kong Jie handled Zhou Dewei's matter, Wentao didn't want to ask. After these few encounters, he actually had a pretty good impression of Kong Jie himself.

  Wen Tao nodded in agreement, and Kong Jie seemed to have been prepared for this. From the bamboo forest, they walked out onto a patch of empty grassland with no one around.

  Kong Jie made a gesture of respect, Wen Tao was slightly stunned before he understood, and smiled as he returned the gesture with a bow. Unexpectedly, this is just like in the movies. Looking at Kong Jie and Zhou De Wei's fight earlier, I thought that the current martial arts world was also like the "Young and Dangerous" triad society. Now it seems there are still some differences.

  Wen Tao was as still as a mountain, with no hint of vigilance or aura about him. His entire body was full of openings, but there were so many that it was hard to know where to start. Just looking at Wen Tao made one feel like not making a move.

  Kong Jie made the first move, using the Kong family's unique skill "Zen Leg", seven virtual and three real, directly attacking Wen Tao's chest.

  Kong Jie used only 50% of his strength in this move, the Zen leg's "Respectful Incense", because he didn't know whether Wentai was real or fake, so he took a conservative offensive approach. Especially since he chose the move with the most false moves in the Zen leg, unfortunately Wentai just stood there and didn't see it.

  He stood there motionless, all of Kong Jie's changes losing their effect, because his ultimate goal was to attack Wen Tao.

  "Hmm......" All the fake moves dissipated, Kong Jie's Zen leg kicked Wen Tao, but not on his chest. Wen Tao's hand had somehow appeared in front of his chest and grabbed Kong Jie's foot.

  As expected, Kong Jie was mentally prepared and didn't panic. His body rotated in mid-air, and the power he had accumulated earlier exploded from his feet in an instant, a technique of unparalleled precision. Even if his opponent was a much stronger innate second-level warrior than him, Kong Jie was confident that he could shake them off.

  Unfortunately, he felt that his feet were as if they had been clamped by the hardest alloy pliers, and the full force of his internal energy explosion could not shake Wén Tāo in the slightest.

  He changed his move in an instant, and his body suddenly swung upwards like a willow leaf. His tall figure suddenly became flexible, and his two hands pointed to the thirty-two major acupoints on Wentai's body.

  The human body is full of wonders, but unfortunately, it's hard for a doctor to heal himself. Wén Tāo has studied himself for many years and still can't fully understand some aspects because he knows that studying oneself doesn't work. However, after all these years, learning countless medical theories and gaining knowledge from his master Gu Hàn about the human body in the Xiūzhēn realm, combining these things has allowed him to reach a surprisingly impressive level of understanding of the human body.

  The hands grasping Kong Jie's feet exerted some force, and Kong Jie's arm instantly went limp in front of Wen Tao, losing all its strength.

  Wen Tao's hands gently pushed outward, and Kong Jie's body flew into the air more than three meters high. As soon as his body left Wen Tao's palms, he had already recovered his true energy, and his arms were also restored to their normal state. Kong Jie flipped over and fell down, and at this time, the look in his eyes when looking at Wen Tao was no longer just ordinary surprise.

  Lost, he lost himself. He didn't think he would lose, and he wasn't one who had never lost before. The reason why he could reach the peak of his later years and rank among the top few in the same realm, even if the other two or three were also masters at the peak of their later years, was that he could still cope with them.

  That's because he has been fighting against innate martial artists for so many years, and it's the result of his constant failures and setbacks that have honed him.

  But he had never lost so...so quickly, so inexplicably, yet he was convinced. From start to finish, including the method Wēn Tāo used to cut off his true energy, he didn't feel a single fluctuation of Wēn Tāo's true energy.

  This was the most unbelievable thing for him, even if he was a natural genius, it was impossible to be so abnormal.

  Unless he was... an external family martial artist, the feeling of his hand grasping his own foot should be that of an external family martial artist. However, his body was so normal, no matter how good an external family martial artist was, it would not be possible for their body to... unless... Kong Jie suddenly thought of a possibility. If an external family martial artist had reached the pinnacle and entered the innate realm, what would that be like?

  No one has ever seen or heard of it, because everyone thinks that practicing external family kung fu is impossible to reach the Xiantian realm, and for thousands of years, no external family master has reached the Xiantian realm.

  Watching Kong Jie standing there, staring at himself with a strange gaze, Wen Tao imitated Kong Jie's earlier gesture and bowed his fist: "I've made Brother Kong laugh."

  Kong Jie finally came back to his senses, and with a flash of movement, he appeared in front of Wen Tao, carefully examining him for half a day: "Wen Tao, have you reached the Xiantian realm?"

  "Wen Tao" didn't hide the fact that he had broken through to the Xiantian realm two years ago. If it wasn't for his body's crazy absorption of power, which absorbed 99.9% of the medicinal effects of those powerful medicines, he wouldn't have progressed so slowly. Even so, he relied on the Jilingyi and countless spiritual medicines to cultivate external skills and reach the Xiantian realm.

  Although Innate Martial Artists are powerful, they aren't enough to surprise Kong Jie, because the Kong family already has Innate Martial Artists. It's extremely difficult for a Postnatal to enter the Innate realm, but a newly entered Innate first-level martial artist isn't much stronger than a Postnatal peak expert, only about two or three times as strong, especially against someone like Kong Jie who possesses power comparable to three same-level opponents. The most important thing about becoming an Innate Martial Artist is that one's lifespan can be extended, which is something that current technology cannot achieve.

  Unless you are a congenital third-class martial artist, it is absolutely impossible to defeat yourself so easily.

  "Wen Tao, if it's convenient for you, I'd like to ask, are you practicing external martial arts?" Kong Jie couldn't help but bring up the doubt in his mind, this question was too enticing and tempting.

  "Hmm" For people he liked, Wentao was as simple and unadorned as his appearance, directly nodding his head in response.

  Ah... Kong Jie took a deep breath of cold air, no wonder. He didn't have any true energy, no wonder he couldn't feel his own moves, and the speed was incredibly fast, it's actually possible for someone to practice external martial arts to the point of Innate.

  Kong Jie thought that Wentai's body was fierce because of the external refinement of Gongfu, which had reached the transformation after Innate, but he didn't know that it was completely two different things.

  Wen Tao once again learned from Kong Jie and cupped his hands: "Just now, before the fight, it was not intentional concealment, but I unintentionally knew nothing about the martial arts world."

  "Haha......" Kong Jie waved his hand and laughed loudly: "If I were that kind of person, Wentai, you wouldn't have been so polite just now. Don't worry, I absolutely won't tell anyone about your business."

  Kong Jie was very clear that if someone knew that a person like Wen Tao, who had achieved the Xiantian realm through external exercises, appeared, then the people in the Shenzhou martial arts world would not all be boiling with excitement. Not to mention the current external family factions, even those hidden Xiantian masters might come out and meet this thousand-year-old first external family Xiantian warrior.

  However, he is really strong and is only a congenital first-level warrior. Facing him is even more difficult than facing a congenital second-level warrior. Probably only a congenital third-level warrior can match up to him.

  He was said to be a rare genius who could reach the Innate Realm before the age of 40, and he's already achieved it. Moreover, he's an Innate Warrior with external skills, it's unknown how he cultivated this way. However, Kong Jie wouldn't ask about these things even if he wanted to know.

  I can only feel extremely amazed in my heart, and at the same time, I also feel very fortunate for inviting Wén Tāo today, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten to know such an incredible person. For thousands of years, the first person in the martial arts world to achieve external skills at the Xiantian realm!!

  Watching Kong Jie always looking up and down at himself, Wen Tao joked: "Brother Kong, if you keep looking like this, others will think we have something going on."

  “…Haha…” Today, Kong Jie burst out laughing and patted Wentao on the shoulder, saying: “You little guy, seemingly honest and kind-hearted, but actually full of evil intentions. You almost fooled me with your innocent appearance.”

  Wen Tao very seriously and sincerely stretched out his hands: "Actually, I am also very pure. If you think crookedly, it's not my fault."

  "Haha......" Kong Jie discovered that this little brother he had just gotten to know was actually... quite interesting.

  Hu Kai Zhu had just signed the contract and was walking back excitedly, but was shocked by what he saw in front of him. Kong Jie was laughing loudly with his arm around Wen Tao's shoulder, as if he had encountered something incredibly wonderful, completely unlike the Kong Jie he knew before!!

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