Chapter 11: Protecting One's Inferiors

  Early spring season, late afternoon.

  Because the intermediate and advanced training grounds on both sides were empty, the primary training ground seemed particularly deserted. Even a small gust of wind could bring a hint of chilliness.

  Tang Zheng and this group of children were at a stalemate for a long time...

  A very long time...

  In less than a quarter of an hour, this group of children surrounded Tang Zheng, and surprisingly, none of them left.

  Just as he was thinking of how to get away, a clear and cold voice rang out from the other side of the martial arts arena: "What are you all still doing here? Why haven't you all gone back yet?"

  A long-haired girl walked over from the sidelines, looking a few years older than Tang Xiaotang.

  Her round face, porcelain doll-like eyebrows and eyes are very similar to those of the little loli with a bell on her neck. However, on her slender back, she is carrying a heavy sword that looks out of proportion with her body!

  With every step she took, a ring of dust would rise from the ground.

  "Ah! Teacher Meng!"

  "It's all over, we've been discovered by Teacher Meng."

  "Goodbye, Teacher Meng, goodbye, we're going home."

  A group of mischievous kids seem to be very afraid of this "Teacher Meng".

  Apart from Xiaoling, all the other kids scattered in an instant. Tang Zheng, who was just surrounded by them, finally showed his face as they dispersed.

  "Big Sister Fenghua!" Little Lingdang pounced on her and hugged the heavy sword girl's thigh.

  This girl named Fenghua doesn't have the slightest hint of being a stunning beauty, there's not a single trace of sensuality on her body, and between her eyebrows, she still has an air of innocence.

  Of course, the heavy sword behind her directly destroyed Tong Zhen's feeling of cleanliness.

  Meng Fenghua gently squatted down and helped Xiao Lingdang tidy up the bell on her neck: "I heard your bell ringing just now. Are you okay?"

  "Hehe." Little Bell mischievously smiled and turned her head, sticking out her tongue at Tang Zheng while making a face.

  Tang Zheng sighed inwardly.

  Zi once said, behind every bear child, there must be a bear parent.

  So now it's come to look for trouble, probably that bear parent again.

  But if he had a younger sister who grew up like Xiao Lingdang, I reckon he wouldn't be too far from the evil path of the Xiong family either...

  Meng Fenghua tidied up the wind chimes and then slowly stood up.

  The sword on her back, which was as long as half of her height, didn't affect her movement of crouching and standing up at all!

  "Has my sister bullied you?" Meng Feng's eyebrows and eyes turned cold as he looked at Tang Zheng.

  "No way!" Tang Zheng would rather lose face than admit that he was bullied by a 7 or 8 year old little girl.

  "Are you bullying her?" The tone of the conversation suddenly changed.

  "Huh?"

  "Speak! Why are you bullying her?" Tang Zheng did not deny it, and Meng Fenghua took it as an admission.

  “……”

  "How can you bully such a lovely girl? Are you still human?!" Meng Fenghua took off the heavy sword on his back and slammed it to the ground.

  It's really smashing!

  At first, when Tang Zheng gathered the first strand of Star Force, he only broke one piece of stone slab. This time, crackling sounds were heard as a whole row was broken.

  Killing aura!

  Tang Zheng backed away, waving his hand: "No no no, I'm also very cute... ah, forget it. What I mean is, I didn't do it on purpose... nor was it right... in fact, I never bullied her!"

  Boom!

  The sound of a heavy sword tearing through the air, with an overbearing sense of oppression, comes straight at you!

  Meng Fenghua's sword was already pointing at Tang Zheng: "No more nonsense, show your true form!"

  At the same time, a vague human-shaped star rose up behind her.

  A bright star twinkling in the sky!

  After Tang Zheng arrived in this world, he had seen all sorts of star patterns, weapons, animals, plants, and daily necessities. He had also seen the Blood Sea Corpse King rising behind A Chu. However, the human-shaped star pattern behind Meng Fenghua was something Tang Zheng saw for the first time.

  "Once again, Bright, Star, Elephant!" Meng Fenghua's long hair moved without wind, and Tang Zheng seemed to see the anger value rising in her clear and cold black pupils.

  "Alas..." Tang Zheng's smile faded, and he took two steps back.

  It seems like this time, I really need to take a deep breath and warm up.

  Since the other party is clearly here to protect their own interests, even if they say they don't have any astrological signs, it's probably just a "defenseless" rhythm.

  Just in time, he had just condensed his first strand of star energy.

  There is someone who wants to come over and spar with him, isn't that a good option too?

  Every cloud has a silver lining!

  The heart of a fool is so strong!

  Two people stood still on the martial arts arena.

  The afterglow of the sunset spilled over the two people, stretching their shadows very long.

  Meng Fenghua's eyes became even colder, and her doll-like face was even more mismatched. A faint silver glow appeared on her heavy sword, like the scattered moonlight that spilled down.

  "Bright, star......" Meng Fenghua let Tang Zheng see the star chart for the third time, but before she could say the word "chart", her eyes blurred and she almost felt like the person in front of her had vanished!

  People will not really disappear.

  Just as Tang Zheng infused that strand of star power into his feet, his speed suddenly increased!

  Meng Fenghua only felt a gust of wind blowing past her ear, and when she looked again, Tang Zheng's figure had just flashed by her side...

  But just in one glance, the figure disappeared once again.

  Tang Zheng had lowered his body and with one hand knife chopped towards Meng Fenghua's lotus foot!

  Anyone's ankle is a very fragile part, and a direct kick to the ankle can easily knock someone down with just enough speed.

  Originally, Tang Zheng had intended to transfer the Star Power from his feet to his left hand, completing this move...

  However, after using it, he found out that the speed of Stellar Revolution was not something he could control at all!

  When he himself had already reached the fighting position and his movements were already out, the star power slowly flowed to his knee.

  "It's all nonsense." Tang Zheng could only go along with it reluctantly.

  Indeed, practice makes perfect!

  If he doesn't have a chance to practice in real combat, his mastery of Stellar Power will likely remain at the level of Tian Meng for a very long time!

  Clang!

  Meng Fenghua was a One-Star Warrior, and his body and Star Veins had already been strengthened to a certain extent.

  So, Tang Zheng didn't have any star power attached to his hand knife, and it chopped down on Meng Fenghua's ankle. Instead, he himself was shaken a bit, feeling about the same as when he faced that giant snake in Fēngmén Village.

  "Drink!" Meng Fenghua seized this opportunity and swung his heavy sword!

  At this moment, Tang Zheng's body posture was just in a low position!

  Meng Fenghua's fist in the middle, with a heavy war intent, smashed towards his back!

  "It's bad." Tang Zheng's mind skipped a beat.

  The spine is extremely important for the human body and absolutely cannot be injured!

  At this moment, Meng Fenghua also suddenly realized this point.

  Just as she was about to hit Tang Zheng, her wrist slightly raised... The tough stance she had deliberately put on in the Tang family mansion was for survival, and if it ended up hurting someone, that wouldn't be her intention!

  However, it was her small concession of giving way that gave Tang Zheng a space to overtake!

  Boom!

  The heavy sword with a silver glow did not hit Tang Zheng, but instead fell heavily to the ground.

  "How is this possible?" A hint of astonishment flashed across Meng Fenghua's eyes.

  Once again, she felt a presence behind her, very close, as if someone's breath was right on her back...

  Before she could figure out what was happening, she felt a huge force, like a tidal wave, crashing into the back of her left knee!

  And just like the attack on the ankle earlier, the power is completely different!

  Meng Fenghua's body suddenly lost its balance and almost fell sideways!

  She was in a state of urgency, thrust her sword forward, propping up her own body...

  But this action is crucial!

  With just this subconscious supporting action, she lost her ability to counterattack!

  The next moment, Tang Zheng's hand knife was already placed horizontally on her snow-white neck.

  ……

  The sun has set.

  The two people maintained this posture and didn't speak for half a day.

  It wasn't until much later that Tang Zheng's hand slowly moved away from Meng Fenghua's neck: "If you have enough strength, you can use the inertia of falling backwards to counterattack with a sword..."

  Meng Fenghua didn't know what kind of gaze was suitable for looking at Tang Zheng anymore.

  "You didn't use Star Power." Tang Zheng regretted this, he had originally wanted to exchange a couple of moves with a true One-Star Warrior, but unexpectedly the opponent seemed to not have used Star Power at all.

  "Because you didn't shine like a star." Meng Fenghua wasn't a child, and the battles at Tangjia Village's martial arts arena were certainly not life-or-death struggles.

  "Thanks for letting up," Tang Zheng smiled and snapped his fingers, "otherwise, that one hit would have definitely left me seriously injured."

  "You... figured it out?" Meng Fenghua's eyes widened in surprise.

  She just raised her hand slightly, with a movement so small it was almost imperceptible!

  How is it possible for someone to have such keen eyesight and actually notice her extremely subtle water-releasing action?

  "Big brother, I didn't expect you to be so tough to bully, my sister can't even bully you!" Xiao Lingling came over again, rubbing against Tang Zheng's body like a small animal.

  "Meng Fenghua looked at Xiao Lingdang, her icy gaze towards Tang Zheng suddenly softened."

  "Wait a minute, what did you just call me?" Tang Zhengfei quickly interrupted Meng Fenghua and looked at Xiao Lingdang.

  Although having a real battle opportunity is a good thing, but thinking of the cause of this battle, he really wants to cry without tears!

  A big man bullying a 7 or 8 year old kid, if this gets out, where will he put his face?

  "Call you Big Brother!" Little Lingling raised her head, looked at Tang Zheng and smiled sweetly, her small face rounded with a smile.

  "Good boy, shout again."

  "Big brother!"

  "Call again."

  "Big brother~~~~"

  "Again..."

  Meng Fenghua stared blankly at Tang Zheng, who was actually squatting on the ground and playing with Xiao Lingdang.

  The night wind in early spring is still a bit chilly.

  But for some reason, Meng Fenghua didn't open his mouth to call Xiao Lingdang back.

  "Then Little Red Riding Hood let out a loud scream, 'You are not my grandmother! You... you are actually a wolf!' She raised her sword and with one swift motion, she struck the wolf's head..."

  Meng Fenghua listened to Tang Zheng's strange and bizarre stories, and surprisingly, she became more and more absorbed in them.

  In the distance, shadows float.

  Two people standing on one side looked at each other for a long time in the night, and exchanged a glance.

  "Is he the teacher that our eldest uncle hired at a great price?" one of them asked with a skeptical face, "How can a mere teacher have such skills? Even Feng Hua is no match for him?"

  "Fenghua didn't even use her star power! Otherwise... the one with two stars in one palace wouldn't be so easy to deal with!" Another person furrowed their brow and lowered their voice, saying "I just got back today, I'm not very clear on the situation."

  "This man won't be a spy from Hidden Blue Manor, intending to harm our Tang Family Fortress, will he?"

  "I don't know. But tomorrow is the welcoming feast for the teacher, let's just pretend to be gentlemen and we'll see what happens!"

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