Chapter Thirty-Five: Southern Martial Arts

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Yang Feng had no idea what was going on in the beautiful attendant’s mind!

Instead, he was marveling inwardly. As expected, first-class seating was something else—even after arriving at the station, a beautiful attendant would remind you.

Since the next leg of his journey would last only half an hour, Yang Feng did not buy another first-class ticket. He booked an ordinary seat and boarded the train.

To put it nicely, the ordinary carriage was lively. Put less kindly, it was rather noisy.

Yang Feng did not mind. A pair of earphones solved the problem.

After finding his seat, he put on his earphones and gazed at the scenery outside the window.

As it happened, several passengers sitting nearby were around the same age as him.

The moment two girls caught sight of Yang Feng, their eyes lit up.

Their reaction irritated the only boy among the three.

Trying to attract the girls’ attention, the plain-looking boy said, “This time, to prepare for the Special Recruitment Express, my family spent five hundred thousand on me over the past two months. I had to take all kinds of supplements—I nearly threw up from them. Fortunately, they weren’t wasted. My blood-energy value rose from 1.5 to 1.8!”

Across from him, a bespectacled girl nodded repeatedly, her face full of envy.

The pretty girl sitting across from Yang Feng, however, showed no reaction.

Everyone here was taking part in the Special Recruitment Express. How much better could any one of them really be than the others?

Besides, she was a hopeless beauty lover and had no interest in a plain-looking boy.

Yang Feng, on the other hand, attracted her attention even while he sat silently gazing out the window.

His skin was remarkably fair, with sharp brows, bright eyes, and a high, straight nose. Seen from the side, he looked like a sculpture, radiating an almost artistic beauty.

Tang Xiaoxue thought that there probably wasn’t a girl in the world who could sit across from a boy like this and remain unmoved.

Just then, Yang Feng suddenly turned around, his gaze landing on a young man in the aisle who was wearing a mask and carrying a backpack.

His movement caught Tang Xiaoxue’s attention, and she followed his gaze.

The other two also turned to look in the same direction.

By then, the masked young man had quietly reached into the bag of a middle-aged passenger.

A thief!

Tang Xiaoxue was just about to stand and give a warning when the plain-looking boy grabbed her.

“Xiaoxue, the thieves on trains are all local toughs. Getting involved in other people’s business could cause trouble!”

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Tang Xiaoxue hesitated and instinctively glanced toward the handsome young man by the window.

To her surprise, he had somehow already left his seat.

She turned her head and saw that he was nearly beside the thief.

At that very moment, several burly men suddenly stood up nearby and surrounded Yang Feng.

One of them lowered his voice and said, “Young man, when you’re out in the world, you really shouldn’t meddle in other people’s business.”

“See? That’s what happens when you meddle. You offend the local toughs,” the plain-looking boy said gleefully.

“康罗, do you have no sense of decency? Fine, you don’t want to help when you see a thief, but do you really have to stand there making sarcastic remarks?” Tang Xiaoxue had originally felt nothing toward Kang Luo. Now, she was filled with disgust.

Kang Luo defended himself. “I’m only thinking of what’s best for all of us. We’re about to take the Special Recruitment Express. What if this delays us?”

Tang Xiaoxue was unable to refute him for a moment.

Meanwhile, facing the group of burly men, Yang Feng felt rather helpless. He did not understand why he seemed to encounter thieves everywhere he went.

It had happened in Zhengfu City last time, and now the same thing was happening in Nantong City.

However, having learned from his previous experience, Yang Feng did not rush to act.

He circulated his breathing technique and released the aura of a martial artist.

The burly men were instantly startled. The oppressive force frightened them so badly that they collapsed to the floor.

Seeing this, the thief naturally no longer dared to continue stealing. He hurriedly helped the fallen men up and fled the carriage with them.

Kang Luo was rendered speechless.

He had not expected these local toughs to be so cowardly. If he had known, he would have acted himself.

But now it was over. He probably had no chance of pursuing Tang Xiaoxue anymore.

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“Hey, brother! Nicely done!”

A young man approached from nearby.

Yang Feng looked at him with some confusion.

“My name is Nan Wu. I’m from Kaizhou City, and I came to Nantong City to take the Special Recruitment Express!”

“My name is Yang Feng.” Unsure of the other man’s intentions, Yang Feng offered only a brief introduction.

“Oh, oh! Brother, you’re here for the Special Recruitment Express too, right?” Nan Wu was completely unfazed by Yang Feng’s reserved attitude and immediately acted as if they were old friends.

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“Yes.” There was no reason to hide it.

“Hahaha, I knew it! I could tell that you were a student like me, so you must be here for Nantong City’s Special Recruitment Express.”

“I saw the thief stealing too. I was just about to step in, but you beat me to it. That’s why I wanted to come over and make friends.”

“Why don’t you sit over by me? There are still empty seats there. We can have a proper chat and exchange information!”

Yang Feng thought about it. His current seat really was too noisy, so he nodded decisively.

“Sure!”

Elsewhere, Tang Xiaoxue felt disappointed when Yang Feng left just like that. She now regretted not being more proactive. If only she had taken the initiative, she might have gotten to know him.

Brave, handsome, and decisive!

He was practically the finest young man she had ever met.

Meanwhile, Yang Feng had no idea that he had just missed a romantic opportunity.

Of course, even if he had known, he would not have cared.

Nan Wu was the sort of person who became familiar with others at once.

As soon as they sat down, he began speaking animatedly.

“Brother, let me tell you what I know. First, I’ll give you a detailed introduction to myself. My name is Nan Wu, I’m eighteen years old, male, attracted to women, and my blood-energy value is 1.93. I’m already on the verge of becoming a martial artist!”

As he said this, Nan Wu proudly raised his chin. Usually, whenever he reached this part of his introduction, someone nearby would gasp in admiration and praise his talent.

Unfortunately, this time he had run into Yang Feng—a terrifying second-stage martial artist who was only eighteen years old. Naturally, Yang Feng showed no reaction at all.

Nan Wu could only continue. “Don’t be fooled by the fact that my blood-energy value has reached 1.93 and that I’m close to becoming a martial artist. In this year’s Special Recruitment Express, I can’t even rank among the top one hundred!”

“Oh? There are actually that many martial artists in the Special Recruitment Express?” This finally piqued Yang Feng’s interest.

“Of course. Talented martial artists may be rare, but sixty percent of the gifted martial artists from our thirteen cities, including Nantong, have gathered for this year’s Special Recruitment Express. Naturally, there are quite a lot of them.”

Yang Feng thought about it and felt that the explanation made sense. Still, he could not help sighing inwardly.

The martial-arts standards of Song City really were nothing special. As one of the thirteen cities, Song City had only three talented martial artists this year, himself included. It could not compare with the other cities at all.

Now he finally understood why President Yu Tong was so eager for him to win first place in this year’s Special Recruitment Express.

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