Infinite Fighting

Chapter 23 Giving gifts?

In the room, Zhang Ji was eating roast duck rice, but he didn't look very happy.

The roast duck rice here is not a pre-prepared dish, but real freshly baked roast duck rice. The duck is fat and tender, and the heat is perfectly controlled.

But Zhang Ji still misses the pre-prepared roast duck rice with heavy oil and salt from Shanli Island.

After finishing his meal, Zhang Ji stood up without hesitation and started practicing martial arts.

He did not celebrate after winning a victory, nor did he make friends and have fun at Wuxingmen, nor did he use his power to find entertainment for himself.

He has never bought a game console.

Before, Zhang Ji thought that he would feel much more relaxed after leaving Shanli Island, but in fact, after leaving there, he felt more and more insecure.

Only his ever-increasing strength can allow him to feel a moment of peace.

Lost?

No, he didn't think he was lost. Instead, he became more and more clear about what he needed.

"Bang bang bang~!"

Zhang Ji turned up the gear on the training machine and felt pain all over his body. He stood in a horse stance and his breathing became steadier.

"The batch of medicinal materials you want requires 500 points. I will get them for you, as well as those pills. However, I recommend that you replace the Qi-nourishing Pills with Qi-benefiting Pills. The former is to help enhance perception and to practice Yuanqi, while the latter is what you need. It can make it easier for you to extract Yuanqi." Li Long suggested after reading the list handed over by Zhang Ji.

"Thank you for your help." Zhang Ji bowed.

Although Li Long's age is a little lower than his mental age, at least when it comes to being a teacher, Li Long is not dishonest.

Li Long waved his hand slightly and said, "Your horizontal training skills are improving very quickly, but don't slack off in our martial arts. The Wuxing Sect's martial arts are not inferior to the Vajra Sect."

"I understand." Zhang Ji nodded.

After Zhang Ji left, Li Long immediately ordered people to prepare what Zhang Ji needed.

Although most of the things Zhang Ji wanted did not exceed the upper limit, there were a few that the Wuxing Sect did not have yet and needed to be obtained from the outside world. With Zhang Ji's points, he could not buy so many, but Li Long was not a person who did not know how to adapt. What's more, Zhang Ji himself was a true disciple, so he should enjoy this benefit.

Li Long acted quickly, and Zhang Ji got what he wanted the next day.

After swallowing a Essence Pill and a Qi-boosting Pill, Zhang Ji began to practice.

Time began to pass quickly from here.

Under the cover of night, Zhang Ji punched the custom-made metal target, and with a bang, a clear fist mark was left.

Now thirteen days have passed since the previous month.

At this moment, he already had six "Iron Shirt" crystals and one "Iron Shirt" essence on his body.

That is, the Iron Shirt with a strength of 61%.

When in full condition, the metallic feel on his body becomes more and more obvious.

However, Zhang Ji did not become as stiff as an iron man. His body was still flexible, even better than before, but just stiffer than before.

Zhang Ji didn't have an exact estimate of himself, but he felt that if he was hit by the Gatling gun of the fat bear from Shanli Island, he shouldn't be broken or injured.

Back in the room, Zhang Ji sat down to eat and watch the news.

The news reported some events at home and abroad, including some situations on the battlefield where countless people were killed or injured as long as the top leaders gave an order.

The struggle has always existed and never stopped.

In the torrent of the secular world, if you don't have the strength, you will always be just an insignificant background number.

Looking at the soldiers wearing armor and easily lifting objects weighing thousands of pounds in the ruins, Zhang Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.

These tin cans are not the garbage from Shanli Island, but real war equipment.

If any ordinary person wears it and adds an intelligent module to assist him, his combat power can be close to that of a master.

In terms of functionality and the weapons of mass destruction carried, the Grandmaster is far inferior.

This thing can even be mass-produced relatively easily, and there's no need to put a person inside it for combat.

This is also the main factor in the decline of martial arts in this era.

After decades of hard study, it is still not as good as spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy an auxiliary exoskeleton.

There is no need for humans in wars anymore, and the status of today’s fighters is plummeting.

As a result, these warriors who relied on their personal bravery became a factor of social instability.

Zhang Ji would see news about warriors breaking the law almost every few days.

The Dongji Kingdom is clearly deliberately alienating and excluding a certain group.

Zhang Ji did not comment on this. Since their positions and purposes were different, there was no question of right or wrong.

After broadcasting some news about the war and the economy and people's livelihood, an aerial view of Shanli Island suddenly appeared on TV.

"Recently, the House of Representatives has reached a consensus on the issue of Shanli Island"

The content of the news was briefly mentioned without any emphasis.

The general meaning is that Shanli Island was an immature and uncivilized practice in the past due to the limitations of various conditions. Now they are going to restore the management of Shanli Island. As for the criminals and so on, they will be properly resettled and will not be allowed to leave here in a short period of time, so as not to endanger the safety of the people. Only those who have no criminal record for more than five years and a clean family background will be allowed to obtain real citizenship.

Of course, that’s what they say, but in reality it doesn’t stop the truly powerful people from coming and going.

For example, Zhang Ji was directly brought out by the Wuxing Gate.

Zhang Ji didn’t think too much about it for the time being. There was no internet connection over there, so it was meaningless for him to chat with Kratos and the others.

Besides, he himself hasn't stood firm yet, and he is not yet mature enough to rescue them. Even if he uses the situation to rescue them, it will be empty-handed. It is better to let them stay on Shanli Island. At least there, Kratos can still have the final say.

Good island.

Kratos was sitting on the sofa, opposite him was the person sent by the authorities.

"So many people are going to die?" Kratos frowned.

"You should know that those things must not be exposed to the public under any circumstances. It's just cleaning up the garbage. Not many people will die." said the person on the other side.

Kratos fell into deep thought.

Shan had done many dark things before leaving the island.

Even the emergence of Shanli Island was due to these dark activities.

Addictive drugs, human trafficking, cultivating Reiji, and even human experiments and organ trafficking.

The first part is easy to explain, but the latter part is really inhumane. There are members of parliament and nobles involved in this, and there are more than one of them, so it involves a lot of people.

If the truth is revealed, it will not be a good thing for the current Dongji Kingdom.

Of course, the most important thing is that the participating congressmen can easily be used against by their political opponents.

Therefore, the best way is to directly destroy the relevant factory areas.

They wanted to use Kratos to create an artificial disaster of industrial product leakage and directly eliminate the relevant regional controls.

Although Kratos has killed countless people, it is hard for him to treat the lives of so many people as nothing.

"It still has to be you guys." Kratos sighed.

"So do you accept it?" the other party asked.

"Sorry, I refuse." said Kratos.

"You should know the consequences of refusal." said the man.

"Very clear." Kratos smiled.

"Unfortunately, you made the wrong decision." The other party's expression remained unchanged, but a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

"You are not welcome on Shanli Island, please leave." said Kratos.

He also has a position behind him.

That is the Five-Shaped Gate.

The position of Wuxingmen is that of the newly elected councillor Liu Hetong, who is full of enthusiasm.

Kratos doesn't understand political struggles, but he knows that people who are not firm in their stance often die the most miserable death.

Five-shaped gate.

In the main hall.

At this time, including the headmaster and Li Long, many elders who stayed in the sect, and three contemporary true disciples were all here.

Zhang Ji was also a true disciple and was present, but he was a disciple of the next generation.

There are a total of four true disciples in the current generation of Wuxing Sect, the eldest disciple Li Long, the second disciple Zhou Hao, the third disciple Gu Shuangshuang, and the fourth disciple Shen Han.

Now that Li Long has become a Taoist, he must inherit the Taoist tradition.

Zhou Hao was outside worrying about the sect's business.

It seemed like something had happened to Gu Shuangshuang, and now she spends most of her time practicing in seclusion in the sect.

Shen Han is still young and currently only works in the sect, occasionally teaching disciples.

It was the first time that Zhang Ji met Gu Shuangshuang.

She looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a pretty face. She was wearing a light green outfit and her long hair was tied into a bun.

However, there was an irrepressible trace of fatigue in her eyes.

The Five Form Sects gathered together today because the Xianshan Sect came to visit.

And it was Xiong Mingxu, the leader of Xianshan Sect, who brought people here personally.

At this time, in the center of the main hall, there was an object covered with red cloth, which was about ten feet tall. It was a gift sent by Xianshan, and no one knew what it was.

The fact that the Wuxing Sect and the Xianshan Sect are at odds has been made public, and the people of the Wuxing Sect don't believe the gifts given by the other party out of kindness.

"Master Xiong is here in person today, but I wonder what it means?" Yan Ruifeng said after some insincere greetings.

"I heard that my nephew Li Longxian was freed from prison. Thinking of the friendship between the two sects, I personally prepared a gift and came to congratulate my nephew Li Longxian on his ascension to heaven!" Xiong Mingxu said, calling to a disciple, "Yier."

Behind Xiong Mingxu, a woman in red, about twenty years old, stepped forward and pulled open the red cloth, revealing a pine tree that had been trimmed into the shape of a dragon.

At first glance, it really does feel like a dragon soaring into the sky.

But Zhang Ji didn't think that the Xianshan Sect had such good intentions. After a careful look, he found that the roots of the pine tree were full of insects and the whole tree showed signs of being gnawed.

How could this be called a trapped dragon ascending to heaven? It was just like cursing that the Wuxing Sect was full of termites and that Li Long was a rotten dragon whose life would not last long!
Apparently, Zhang Ji was not the only one who noticed this. Yan Ruifeng's face turned pale and Gu Shuangshuang almost looked like she wanted to kill someone. If Shen Han hadn't held her shoulders, she would have really rushed out and shouted.

"Li Long would like to thank Master Xiong for the gift. Such a valuable gift must have taken Master Xiong a lot of effort. On Master Xiong's 100th birthday in the future, Li Long will definitely return the favor with something of equal value." Li Long said to Xiong Mingxu with a calm expression.

If it had happened before, he would have definitely acted impulsively.

But after experiencing the Shanli Island incident, he has matured a lot.

I already understand the importance of hiding my strength.

Now that his wings are not fully grown, he will not get angry easily.

There was a flash of surprise in Xiong Mingxu's eyes, and he was a little surprised at the change in Li Long's temperament.

However, he didn't come here just to disgust Li Long. He came more to test the waters, and everything else was just incidental.

"I heard that Junior-Junior Brother Li Long recently accepted a new disciple. Coincidentally, I also have a new disciple. Why don't we let them compete with each other, exchange ideas, and improve each other's martial arts." Xiong Mingxu said with a smile.

"That's not right. Fists and feet have no eyes. Fighting will inevitably hurt the harmony between the two factions." Yan Ruifeng refused immediately.

When others come to communicate with him, he believes it is real communication, but the Xianshan Sect is clearly here to cause trouble.

He was quite optimistic about Zhang Ji. If the other party used a trick and made Zhang Ji become like his disciple Gu Shuangshuang, leaving hidden dangers, he would suffer a great loss.

"Humph, I guess there aren't many talented people in the Wuxing Sect anymore. Any random person can be regarded as a true disciple!"

At this moment, the female disciple behind Xiong Mingxu suddenly started to curse.

"Yier! Don't be rude!" Xiong Mingxu pretended to be angry and scolded.

"Disciple was wrong." The female disciple lowered her head and said.

It was a very low-level method of provoking someone, but the people from the Five Forms Sect present all looked unhappy.

Li Long was quite calm. He looked at Zhang Ji, meaning that Zhang Ji should make the decision himself.

It doesn’t matter whether you go up or not.

Zhang Ji had received so many benefits from the Wuxing Sect, so naturally he had no intention of backing down at this time.

"I am not a talented disciple, but I would like to compete with the top disciples of Xianshan Sect." Zhang Ji stood up and said calmly.

(End of this chapter)