Starving and parched with thirst

  Liu Jin-yuan got out of bed, and Ling-er also woke up.

  "This is strange, I didn't used to be like this, how come now it feels like time is passing so quickly." Ling'er rubbed her eyes.

  "This is called rhythm."

  The two of them left the inn already on the second day in the afternoon, and without much delay on the road, they directly arrived at the entrance of Lin's mansion. There were already a large crowd of people gathered here, and the previous gatekeeper had gone to do his job.

  "Ling'er, let's keep a low profile and go around from the back." Fang Xian and Ling'er walked into Lin Manor, quickly walking along the edge with their heads down, afraid of being discovered.

  The rules of the martial arts competition to win Lin Yue Ru's hand in marriage were simple: eligible men would come up onto the stage and engage in a one-on-one match with her, and if they won, they could marry her. At this moment, there was already a middle-aged man wielding a Flowing Star Hammer facing off against Lin Yue Ru on the stage, and it looked like he was about to lose.

  Fang Xian didn't dare look back and quickly walked forward with his head down. However, before he could take two steps, a loud voice came from in front of him:

  "Zhang Xiaoxia! It's you!" Liu Jin Yuan, as a bystander, didn't forget his mission.

  The guards of Lin's mansion caught Fang Xian and Ling'er following Liu Jin Yuan's voice, under their vigilant eyes Fang Xian's plan was foiled once again.

  "Tianxia's bookworm." Fang Xian cursed under his breath and walked to Liu Jin Yuan's side, "Brother Liu is also here, why not go up and give it a try?"

  Liu Jin-yuan sighed and said: "Alas..."

  "I understand, don't sigh, you will marry a good wife in the future."

  "What do you know? I didn't say anything!"

  "Oh... what you said last night, you're Lin Yu Ru's older cousin, grew up together with her since childhood, but unfortunately Lin Yu Ru's father is the leader of the martial arts alliance, who wants to recruit a martial arts practitioner as his son-in-law, but you don't have the talent for it and can only be a scholar."

  "Did I say too much?"

  "Hmm, you've had too much to drink."

  "Alas..." Liu Jin-yuan let out another sigh of despair, "Lifting his head to see his cousin fighting with a group of middle-aged people, he felt indignant and unwilling to accept it!"

  Just then, Lin Yue Ru on the stage seized a flaw of the middle-aged man, turned her body and kicked him off the stage with a beautiful flying kick.

  A middle-aged man drew a beautiful arc in the air, neither biased nor leaning, just coming from the direction of the east.

  Fang Xian had long been prepared for this, and with one swift motion, he pulled over Liu Jin-yuan, who was bowing his head in excitement, and gave him a kick on the buttocks. Liu Jin-yuan was also kicked flying into the air, where he collided violently with the middle-aged man.

  "Brother Xiao... is this okay?"

  "It doesn't matter, this stuff is durable."

  Liu Jin-yuan and the middle-aged man fell to the ground almost simultaneously, the middle-aged man was unconscious, while Liu Jin-yuan only had a nosebleed, indeed very resilient.

  "Zhang Shaoxia, what's the meaning of this!" Liu Jin Yuan's expression was quite aggrieved, but it was ignored by everyone in the room, because at this moment, the protagonist had become Lin Yue Ru.

  Lin Yue Ru suddenly saw clearly Fang Xian's appearance, wasn't he the little rascal who did evil things at the door yesterday?

  "Dad! It's him!!!" Lin Yue pointed at Fang Xian and turned to report to Lin Zhen Nan, who was watching the battle.

  "Oh? So he let those two family slaves go?! Lin Zhen Nan stared at Fang Xian for a while before exclaiming, "Good Fang's face!"

  Lin Yue's anger rose to his head, he swung his whip and scolded: "You thieves, yesterday you took advantage of your numbers to bully me, today I will make you suffer."

  "It's all right, I give up. The heroine is mighty." Fang Xian bowed and then tried to pull Ling Er away quickly with her head down.

  At this moment, the Lin Mansion guard who was guarding the gate yesterday suddenly appeared out of nowhere and blocked Fang Xian's path: "Young master, the young lady wants to teach you a lesson, it's better for you to obediently go on stage."

  Lin Zhen Nan also swung his arm and said: "Young man, come on up and try it out. I'd like to see how much skill you have, that you can make Yue Ru so angry."

  Ling'er also used her persuasive technique: "Xian Gege, sister is asking you to go and marry her, just agree already."

  Fang Xian's face twitched, and the man's desire and responsibility struggled with each other for a moment before finally finding a way to satisfy his desires while avoiding responsibility. How heaven-defying, why didn't he think of it sooner.

  Fang Xian's face turned serious: "Lin Niang, Lin Qianbei, I can come up and try, but there is one thing we need to make clear first."

  Lin Yue'er spun her whip and scolded: "Less nonsense, if you can win me, I'll agree to 100 conditions."

  "If I win, no matter how you settle the household registration, it's impossible to register at the Civil Affairs Bureau, okay?"

  A gust of cool wind blew by, and the atmosphere turned cold.

  Lin Yu Ru didn't even hear what he said and shouted while swinging her whip: "Come quickly to receive your death!"

  Ling'er clapped her hands and said: "Xian Gege, Yue Ru Jiejie is urging you!"

  At this moment, Fang Xian's mind was made up, and he had crossed the moral threshold, feeling refreshed and clear-headed. With a light leap, he was already on the stage.

  "Thank you for completing me, I will be good to you."

  "Cut the nonsense! You little thief! Watch out!" Lin Yue Ru didn't wait for Fang Xian to steady himself, and her whip came swinging over.

  Fang Xian didn't dare to slack off either, and with a familiar motion, he pulled out his axe for chopping firewood. With one swift move of the "Sword-Subduing Technique", the axe flew through the air, its shadow dancing across the sky.

  The people below were amazed, and it turned out that the axe could still be played like this.

  Lin Zhen Nan furrowed his brow in deep thought, this move resembled the Shu Shan Sect's kung fu, but its momentum was much stronger than the flying sword, not as ethereal and elusive as the Shu Shan Sect's kung fu, this kid has some tricks up his sleeve.

  As they had exchanged blows before, both sides were very familiar with each other's moves, and the back-and-forth was devoid of any new ideas.

  After four rounds, Fang Xian had only over 90 points of life left, while Lin Yue's blood volume was still unknown.

  "This..." Fang Xian suddenly discovered something.

  It seems that he has one less initial skill than Li Xun, called 【Qì Liáo Shù】, which can restore 75 points of life. The battle with Lin Yue Ru was won by relying on Qì Liáo Shù.

  The previous battles had Ling'er with him, so healing wasn't a problem. This was his first time fighting alone, and his health was clearly in danger.

  "Hmph, bandit, you're no match for me in a one-on-one fight!" Lin Yue struck again with her whip, dealing 37 points of damage. Fang Xian's health was now at an all-time low.

  At this time, Fang Xian's face seemed calm, but his heart was already on the verge of collapse.

  "How could I have been so careless...?" Fang Xian scolded himself, having forgotten that he still had some military rations in his bag that could restore his energy, but he had sold them all at the pawnshop.

  Estimated BOSS status Lin Yueru still had about 500 points of blood left, while he could only hold on for two more rounds, and if this continued, he would be OVER ahead of time.

  I told you Zhang Si's route isn't that easy to conquer.

  "Grandmaster is mighty, seeking guidance."

  When facing the little grass monster, I pointed at you.

  It wasn't until now that Fang Xian thought of it, he almost forgot a sworn brother, Li Xiao Yao had skills that Zhang Si didn't have, and Zhang Si also had skills that Li Xiao Yao didn't have - [Net Casting Technique].

  With the old man's hint, Fang Xian's confidence increased greatly.

  He seemed to feel that the fishing net in his backpack was starving!

  "This is all your fault!" Fang Xian shouted loudly, and like Doraemon, he suddenly pulled out a tattered net from nowhere, shouting "Net Trap Technique!"

  The fishing net was thrown out, with a momentum that seemed to cover the entire sky, and the crowd below let out a collective gasp of amazement.

  Even Lin Zhennan's eyelids jumped: "This move... could it be the long-lost, Pan Si Ridge's ultimate move, Heaven and Earth Net!"