CHAPTER 285: CHAPTER 285: A HALF FELLOW TOWNSMAN

The little girl who was punching and kicking in her sleep slowly sat up.

She looked wistful.

"Little Gu, do you know what you’ve interrupted?"

[Ancient Martial System: ?]

"You interrupted the hope of our sect!"

Her little paws patted the blanket, "Miaomiao will be chased by the master, boo hoo hoo!"

She even pretended to cry a few times.

The system panicked.

[Ancient Martial System: I-I just sensed unusual fluctuations, and it felt very much like the time when you transmigrated back, so I reminded you... no, you were just dreaming just now]

It almost got caught up by its host.

Tuanzi pouted, "What transmigration? Is our world like a sieve where people can come and go as they please?"

This was something the system was curious about too.

[Ancient Martial System: The fluctuations felt very similar, at least a 90% chance someone has transmigrated into this world, just don’t know from where]

"Can you locate the person?"

Tuanzi lay back down and pulled the blanket over herself, "That person is new here, maybe Miaomiao, the senior transmigrator, can help him/her?"

She patted her chest, "For free!"

The system went silent.

That meant it couldn’t locate the person.

Tuanzi consoled it, "The system isn’t almighty either, having flaws is normal, you see, humans have flaws too, this shows that the system is just like humans."

The system had heard similar words many times; if it listened any longer, it might have the urge to become human. It even suspected that this was the host’s little scheme. Repeating it over and over for brainwashing purposes.

"However," Tuanzi thought of something and suddenly sat up, rubbing her face, "Could that person be hurt? When Miaomiao fell, if it weren’t for Little Gu’s special energy assistance, she would’ve been injured."

[Ancient Martial System: Not necessarily. The place with the temporal fluctuations will change. Like you, the exit was in mid-air, so you naturally fell from mid-air. But sometimes the exit opens a meter or two off the ground, or even atop a tree or a well. It’s random and uncontrollable.]

After saying this, the system noticed the host’s expression turned wistful.

"Random, uncontrollable, a matter of luck," she mumbled, "Was Miaomiao just unlucky to fall from the sky?"

The system only maintained the situation for a while, but she still fell the last part by herself, hitting the ground with a ’splat,’ which hurt a lot.

She lay back down, kicking her legs in discontent.

[Ancient Martial System: Didn’t you say it didn’t hurt? You even said your skin was thick and tough and you weren’t afraid.]

The kicking paused.

Tuanzi pulled the blanket over her little head.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about, Miaomiao is going to sleep now. As for that transmigrator, if it’s meant to be, we’ll meet. If not, who cares about him/her!"

She even made deliberate ’snoring’ sounds.

In less than a minute, she really fell asleep, waking up only when the sun was high in the sky.

After freshening up, she dashed outside, eagerly anticipating breakfast while humming and practicing martial arts moves.

Over half an hour later, when Gu Cheng called for her from inside the house, Tuanzi immediately stopped and shouted, "Coming! Coming!"

She zoomed straight to the door, then to the dining room, happily washed her little hands in the kitchen, and then sat down obediently to wait for food.

Gu Cheng brought out breakfast and also took out a tablet.

"Big brother, what are you watching?"

Tuanzi curiously stretched her neck, "Didn’t you say no playing on phones or tablets during meals?"

Since big brother broke the rule, maybe she could sneak some extra candy?

Seeing through his sister’s thoughts almost immediately, Gu Cheng calmly said, "There’s a sudden online meeting."

"Okay then."

Tuanzi sat back down, disappointed.

If it’s work, then breaking the rule is understandable.

Ah, her sweets!

Not lamenting for even a second, she happily started eating the egg pancake.

Big brother’s egg pancakes were fragrant and tender, they could be rolled up with beef shreds and a bit of sweet chili sauce. Delightful!

While Gu Cheng was in the meeting, Tuanzi stuffed her egg pancake with beef shreds, ignoring the potato and carrot shreds.

After rolling it up, she opened her big mouth and took a big bite, chomping happily with her cheeks puffed out.

After finishing a whole pancake and going for another one, Gu Cheng, still in the meeting, suddenly said, "You should eat the potatoes and carrots too."

Tuanzi looked at him and reluctantly stuffed in the potato and carrot shreds.

Everyone else in the online meeting was on camera, but Gu Cheng kept his off, only occasionally saying a few simple words.

As the meeting ended, breakfast was almost over too.

He exited the online room, but a hot news popup appeared on the software.

He was never interested in such popup news, but today’s headline really caught his attention.

"A man in ancient costume, possessing extraordinary skills, scaling walls gracefully..."

Gu Cheng couldn’t help but click into the video.

The video, shot at dawn, wasn’t very high in clarity but showed a man in white ancient costume, with moves akin to his sister’s, lightly stepping from tree to tree.

Someone below was filming him with a phone, and he seemed startled, moving even faster, traversing walls before jumping into a compound, ending the video abruptly.

The comments below the video were eccentric.

Some were joking about him coming from a martial arts family, having practiced in deep mountains and forests, panicking the first time coming down the mountain and being surrounded.

Others accused the video of being edited and criticized the media for doing anything for views nowadays.

A few even linked it to his sister, saying, ’First Gu Miaomiao went viral, now everyone’s crafting a hero persona? It’s bound to backfire!’

Gu Cheng’s face darkened slightly and he reported it casually.

But he knew such reports wouldn’t succeed.

There will always be those who vent their dissatisfaction on others, those who define everyone through narrow visions. Anything beyond their cognition is fake. What others achieve that they can’t is cheating. Others standing by principles they don’t are hypocritical.

"Big brother, what are you looking at so intently?"

A small head appeared in his field of vision.

Tuanzi looked at his serious expression, then at the tablet screen.

"Ah?"

Her already large eyes widened further.

Tuanzi couldn’t help but grab the tablet, hitting replay.

"This is real!"

Someone was using Qinggong like her.

In fact, nowadays, some martial artists, like certain martial arts masters or Taoists, can jump from a dozen meters without issue. But those who can effortlessly move like this are rare, as most people don’t learn Inner Strength.

Tuanzi thought of last night’s events.

[Miaomiao: Could he be...]

[Ancient Martial System: Very likely, I’ll analyze the location based on the scenery in the video]

Watching his sister’s excitement, Gu Cheng wondered, "Do martial arts families really still exist nowadays?"

"Probably, but not many know Inner Strength, not reaching our level." Tuanzi replied offhandedly.

"Where Miaomiao went before, martial arts sects flourished everywhere, with endless martial arts manuals, so practicing martial arts was popular and widespread; many were skilled, and numerous were masters."

With masters and manuals, many practiced, and some with talent and hard work became experts, like her!

Tuanzi proudly puffed out her chest.

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