The Eternal System
System 55: Gong Qiao's Heart Sign
The threat from Li Chen really made them all shocked to the point of almost bedwetting. However, the man with his sword held down by Li Chen tried 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 Li Chen simultaneously.
“Exit!”
“You told me to step aside?! Realize your position first!”
Li Chen 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, Li Chen immediately 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?!)”
Li Chen pulled back his arm and clenched it tightly.
[ Skill: The judgment of the Earth's palm THREEFOLD - activated ]
An evolution of the skill that Li Chen 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….!!
Li Chen'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. Li Chen had no intention of killing anyone for real.
He who turned back and looked at Gong Qiao who was staring at him was full of astonishment and was also stunned in silence.
“Nona Gong Qiao, are you okay?” ask Li Chen
“I..iya....thanks...” Mumbled Gong Qiao
Different from the usual reaction. Gong Qiao at that moment turned his glum eyes away, but rather from awkwardly turning his eyes around that he was used to. Li Chen who realized this was puzzled and stared in surprise.
However, seeing Gong Qiao's slightly torn clothes made Li Chen initiatively take off his outer clothes and put them on Gong Qiao.
“This... wear my robe. It is not good for a girl to wear such clothes”
“Thank you...”.
After putting on Li Chen's robe, Gong Qiao 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 Chen...”.
“Hm?”
“What am I... is a burden?”
It was no wonder for Li Chen to be surprised. Because the one who spoke like that was a young miss from the Gong family who was moving 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 Gong Qiao?”
Gong Qiao 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 eyes away from being seen by Li Chen when he was about to cry.
“Ti...nothing! Sorry, I was just talking to myself..”.
Li Chen who was looking at Gong Qiao 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, Gong Qiao remained adamant and turned his head towards Li Chen putting on his smile.
“Alright, Mr Chen. Thank you so much for helping me before”, said Gong Qiao
“No need to think about. After all, they themselves are crazy for attacking the three of you at once” said Li Chen
When pulling the topic to it, Li Chen recalled a thing. 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..”.
Li Chen thrust out his hand holding the three pendants to Gong Qiao. However, his hand was stopped with Gong Qiao's palm. Li Chen who was staring in confusion raised his head and looked straight at him.
Gong Qiao smiled faintly with a feeling of disappointment implied within.
“I am not worthy to have this pendant”
“Eh?”
“This locket. Mr. Chen was the one who defeated the three people, whereas I was only.”.
Before he could finish his sentence, Gong Qiao's eyes opened wide and his mouth stopped in an open position. He saw both of Li Chen's arms pass through to his back and stop right at the neck.
The tech…!
Li Chen placed the three small turtle-patterned pendants around his neck.
“Nah, already in install...”.
Gong Qiao still did not understand and was also surprised to see what Li Chen 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 master Chen's mercy?!” rebut Gong Qiao
“Who said that I gave it out of compassion?” suhut Li chen with a flat face look
“Eh?!”
Gong Qiao was stunned silently as Li Chen 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”
Li Chen's words made Gong Qiao speechless. He stood still and looked at her filled with meaning and admiration.
Li Chen was able to figure out the situation and also the status of Gong Qiao's abilities thanks to the system that helped him to provide information regarding his cultivation level as well as the previous three people.
“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. Gong Qiao 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 Gong family, had now been made aware by Li Chen's words.
“I... not weak?” muttered Gong Qiao 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!” li Chen's
The more he looked at Li Chen from behind, the more stunned and fell for Gong Qiao to Li Chen. 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 Gong Qiao realized. The reason why he was so embarrassed and also happy when he was with Li Chen. The thumping heart only signified and strengthened the fact that he had already fallen in love with Li Chen from the first glance.