As he finished talking, Tang Qi abruptly opened his hand, and the turtle shell suddenly started floating in mid air. Then, he lightly tugged the air in his right hand and the coins in the shell slowly flew out, one at a time, and began spinning around in the air. There wasn’t a single string attached to the coins.
……
“Eh!?” Dong Cheng Yue’s eyes widened, “This… this really is magic. You can actually lead objects through the air?!”
I couldn’t help but smile. As a Royal Air Level expert as well, I could feel the flow of Tang Qi’s qi.
“Li Xiao Yao, why are you smiling?” Dong Cheng Feng asked.
I simply shook my head and smiled. Then I picked up the chopsticks next to me and gave it a casual toss before activating my own qi. At that moment, the chopsticks suddenly stood up in midair. I opened an empty palm and the qi pushed the chopsticks, forcing them to fly out. “Pa!” the chopstick struck the coin in the center and shot it right into the other wall. When I rose my right hand, the second chopstick flew out as well. “Shua Shua” three chopsticks shot down Tang Qi’s three coins right into the wall.
Wiping my hands, I smiled, “Oh, it seems I can use magic too? Tang Qi, aren’t you ashamed for using your repelling qi for parlor tricks? You’ve embarrassed the entire martial arts world….”
Tang Qi’s face burned, “Hmph, so you studied this kind of stuff too….”
Dong Cheng Feng clapped his hands, “Not bad, not bad. The next generation truly is formidable. The skills of you two are truly shocking. Once we finish eating, I want to see your true strength!”
I asked, “Will I get rewarded if I win?”
Dong Cheng Feng hesitated, “Eh, what do you want?”
I thought about it for a second and said, “The reward I want is for Tang Qi to not become Dong Cheng Yue’s bodyguard. I don’t want to see Dong Cheng Yue forced into something she doesn’t want.”
“Such a request….” Dong Cheng Feng deeply pondered for a few seconds then said, “I can’t agree to this.”
“Alright…..” I smiled, “It’s no problem. Then I won’t compete with Tang Qi any more. Can I still eat?”
Dong Cheng Feng helplessly said, “Just eat, it’s no problem. There’s no need to spar, it won’t hurt our relationship”
“Ok.”
Dong Cheng Yue pouted as her watery eyes looked at me. Tang Qi saw everything and gave a deep sigh, “Ay, this trip to Zhe Jiang was truly hard and unprofitable….”
……
The banquet came to an end as I filled my stomach until it became perfectly round. I rubbed my mouth and followed Wan Er out.
Tang Qi walked up and said, “Wan Er…..”
“Hm?” Wan Er turned around, “What do you need?”
“I would…..I would like to go back to school in your car. Is that alright? I’ll be going to study at Liu Hua University as well….”
“Why don’t you get a taxi….” Wan Er said impatiently.
Tang Qi’s face turned green, “Isn’t that just a little too heartless?”
I smiled, “It’s nothing… it’s really easy getting a taxi here. Besides, I also remember what you said before-that I had no right to remain by Wan Er’s side, is that right? I still remember that very clearly. I won’t say anything else but this, meet me tonight at 10 at the school’s basketball court #7. We’ll decide who’s better in secret.
“You!” Tang Qi made a fist and said, “Alright, I accept your challenge!”
“Good, I’ll be waiting!”
……
After getting into the car, the TT sped away.
Tang Qi stood at the curb and reached his hand out to flag a taxi. The car came to a stop and the driver asked, “Where to?”
Tang Qi said, “Liu Hua University!”
“It’s out of the way! My car’s air conditioning isn’t good either, it can only spit out hot air.”
“I don’t believe you!!”
“Get in then!”
More than ten minutes later, Tang Qi’s face dripped with sweat as he crawled out of the taxi. After wiping off the perspiration off his face, he cursed, “F*ck, to think that I would get here trapped in a car at 39°C. These coastal people’s heads are truly made of something else….”