Endless Systems
Chapter 55

The threat from Liu Shan actually made them all shocked to the point of almost bedwetting. However, the man with the sword Liu Shan was holding was trying not to look scared and gritted his teeth.

“Hah?! Who do you dare come to interfere with our affairs?!”

As the man spoke, the two friends raised their swords and swung towards Liu Shan simultaneously.

“Exit!”

“You told me to step aside?! Realize your position first!”

Liu Shan strengthened his grasp to the point of destroying the sword blade with his bare hands.

Krak…!!

Unstalled there, the swing of the sword was still moving towards him. And easily, Liu Shan instantly opened his two eyes wide.

[ Skill : Bloodlust - Active > MP - 100 ]

[The target has been affected by the skill ]

[Reduction in status by - 50% ]

[Composure for one minute ]

The three people were affected by the Bloodlust skill and could not move their bodies anymore in the midst of confusion.

“(A-what?!)”

“(My body... won't move?! What did he do to me?!)”

Liu Shan pulled back his arm and clenched it tightly.

[ Skill: The judgment of the Earth's palm THREEFOLD - activated ]

An evolution of the skill Liu Shan had in the early days. He made a release of Ki energy in the form of a palm strike as many as three punches towards those people simultaneously.

THE CROCODILE….!!

“Arghh!!”

The hard blow caused them to crash backwards and crash into the inner trees of the Shenmi forest.

Bruaak.. bruaak….!!

Liu Shan's punch had no word of restraint at all. The three men who had crashed and were lying among the ruins of the fallen tree had become unconscious, yet their breaths were still blowing irregularly.

After all, this was still a test that the academy had conducted. Liu Shan had no intention of killing anyone for real.

He who turned back and looked at Xiao Lin who was staring at him was full of astonishment and was also stunned in silence.

“Miss Xiao Lin, are you okay?” ask Liu Shan

“I..iya....thanks...” Xiao Lin muttered

Different from the usual reaction. Xiao Lin then turned his glum eyes away, but rather from turning his gaze awkwardly that he was used to. Liu Shan who realized this was confused and stared in surprise.

However, seeing Xiao Lin's slightly torn clothes made Liu Shan initiatively take off her outer clothes and put them on Xiao Lin.

“This... wear my robe. It is not good for a girl to wear such clothes”

“Thank you...”.

After putting on Liu Shan's robe, Xiao Lin bit his own lips and tightly gripped the cloth. As if there was something he wanted to say, but having news or things that ended was not positive.

“Tu... lord Shan..

“Hm?”

“What am I... is a burden?”

It was no wonder for Liu Shan to be surprised. Because the one who spoke like that was a young miss from the Xiao family who moved the Liliang academy. And he spoke to her, eyes with eyes, one with one, alone in the middle of that mystical training exam.

“What do you mean, miss Xiao Lin?”

Xiao Lin immediately opened his eyes wide in awareness of what he was saying. He immediately wiped away the tears that were in the eye sinks. He stood up and turned his gaze to be invisible to Liu Shan when he was about to cry.

“Ti...nothing! Sorry, I was just talking to myself..”.

Liu Shan who was looking at Xiao Lin who was trying to cover his face by turning around felt a little hesitant with the words he said. The trembling back as well as the snorting of the nose as if holding back the cry, it did not look like a girl was fine for him.

However, Xiao Lin remained adamant and turned his head towards Liu Shan putting on his smile.

“Alright, Mr. Shan. Thank you so much for helping me before” Xiao Lin said

“No need to think about. After all, they themselves are crazy for attacking the three of you at once” Liu Shan said

When pulling the topic to it, Liu Shan recalled something. He put his hands into his clothes and pulled out the three pendants he had taken when attacking the three people.

“Ah, this. Pendant theirs..”.

Liu Shan thrust out his hand holding the three pendants to Xiao Lin. However, his hand was stopped with Xiao Lin's palm. Liu Shan who was staring in confusion raised his head and looked directly at him.

Xiao Lin smiled faintly with a feeling of disappointment implied within.

“I am not worthy to have this pendant”

“Eh?”

“This locket. Mr. Shan was the one who defeated the three people, whereas I was only.”.

Before he could finish his sentence, Xiao Lin's eyes opened wide and his mouth stopped in an open position. He saw both of Liu Shan's arms pass through to his back and stop right at the neck.

The tech…!

Liu Shan placed the three small turtle-patterned pendants around his neck.

“Nah, already in install...”.

Xiao Lin still did not understand and was also surprised to see what Liu Shan was doing. He froze still and held the pendant in his pair.

“Ke-why?! I'll say I don't deserve it. This is not the result of my hard work. How could I possibly accept it just out of the mercy of master Shan?!” refute Xiao Lin

“Who said that I gave it out of compassion?” sahut Liu Shan with a flat face

“Eh?!”

Xiao Lin was stunned silently as Liu Shan responded with such a tone and speech.

“I gave it because that's what you should have. You, are a four-star master teacher battle level cultivator, and you can defend against three people of his level on par with you. That's more than enough to prove to me, that you've worked hard”

Liu Shan's words made Xiao Lin speechless. He stood still and looked at her filled with meaning and admiration.

Liu Shan was able to figure out the situation and also the status of Xiao Lin's abilities thanks to the system that helped him to provide information regarding his cultivation level as well as the three people before.

“Yeah, instead of trying to find excuses. However, if you fight fairly on a one-on-one basis, I can be fully confident that you will definitely win easily”

Although it does not sound like convincing, but it can happen if you think about it logically. Xiao Lin was fighting against three people at once, it should have already left him severely cornered and even defeated from the start. However, he who managed to survive it has proven that he is not weak.

He who had hesitated about his own abilities and even thought that he was a burden to the Xiao family, had now been made aware by Liu Shan's words.

“I... not weak?” mumbled Xiao Lin while holding a pendant around his neck

“Of course not. You even survived a demonic curse, who would dare say that you were weak? If I hear the guy, then he'll hit me straight away!” liu Shan's

The more he looked at Liu Shan from behind, the more stunned and heartbroken Xiao Lin was to Liu Shan. His heart was racing, his face flushed like a tomato and a calm feeling flowed through his body. The pain from the scratches he had felt like it was unreal and completely forgotten.

And it was at that moment that Xiao Lin realized. The reason why he was so embarrassed and also happy when he was with Liu Shan. The thumping heart only signified and reinforced the fact that he had already fallen in love with Liu Shan from first sight.