The five disciples were taken care of by the servants of Hua Mei when Xin Feng and the outer disciple had decided to go back. Xin Feng was escorting the outer disciple to his home alone, because right after, he flew back to the place of Hua Mei. Xin Feng hadn't been planning to use his abilities, however, because his plans had been messed up due to the fact that he felt like helping the poor disciple, he decided to use his powers anyway…
Xin Feng found Hua Mei in her training field after he had examined the place from up in the sky…
"Oho~ Back so soon?" She asked when Xin Feng landed in front of her. She was busy with her push-ups before Xin Feng appeared. Xin Feng's landing was a bit weird, since he didn't expect a sudden change of gravity when he neared the ground.
"Gravity training?"
"Amazing, right? They're quite expensive, but it's worth its price to me. Also, why are you back?"
"A physical combat. Me versus you, hand to hand."
"Ehe~ Hahaha! I knew you were my friend the second I saw you! Can you handle a fight with increased gravity, or should I remove the array?"
"Meh, I don't mind trying something new."
"Haha! Good! Good!"
It hadn't even been long since he had his two recent battles, yet there Xin Feng was, ready to fight more and more powerful opponents. As for the reason, that's because leveling up like in video games is a possibility for him. Obviously, with him being able to easily grow in power through fights, he wasn't embarrassed to request spars. Having experienced true pain because of the trial of the system, challenging others have become even easier for him…
Currently, Hua Mei was holding her arms in front of her with her hands open, ready to disturb the movements of any incoming force. As for Xin Feng, he had his left arm near his face and his right arm ready to punch, being both defensive and offensive.
Xin Feng was the first to send a punch, which Hua Mei easily dodged. She then proceeded to lock his arm with her left and his head with her right arm, before kneeing his stomach. After kneeing him, she released her locks, and pushed him a bit before sending a strong kick at his chest.
"Is that all you got?" She said as she proceeded to stomp him on the stomach.
*Cough* Cough* "I can do this all da-"
*Bonk*
Hua Mei delivered a three sixty turning kick at the right side of his head before he could finish his sentence.
"…"
"I can… Swee… staw-"
She reached out her arm at the wobbling Xin Feng, as she urged. "Stand up comrade! We only just started."
Xin Feng took this opportunity to flip her and get on top of her. When he got on top of her, he delivered a flurry of punches at the proud face of her. She quickly countered by locking her legs around his body and flipping herself above him. She was the one to deliver the punches now.
Xin Feng couldn't do the same thing she did, because she was sitting on top of his chest with her shins pressing on onto his shoulders. Still, Xin Feng was able to find a counter in the midst of getting punched. He wrapped his arms around her thighs, and used most of his strength to lift himself up and throw her at the ground. A lot a vapor left his body like a steam train, which warmed the place a bit more. It seems that with his pure physical level being supernatural, he has become something like a machine or confined beast…
Inside the vapor, Xin Feng didn't achieve his victory as he had expected. While still being unable to move due to exhaustion, Hua Mei had already recovered from her stunned state. She squeezed her thighs around his head, giving him little air to breath. Already running out of stamina and now having little to no air to breath, Xin Feng couldn't hold on any longer and fell unconscious between her thighs.
Seeing and feeling that Xin Feng was unconscious, Hua Mei released her grip on Xin Feng's neck before summoning a bit of water to have him wake up.
"You did great, I'd say. If it wasn't for me being at the nascent realm, I wouldn't have recovered from that throw."
"Umu." Muttered the stuffy Xin Feng who had his face too close to the abs of hers.
"Oh, sorry, you can move now." She said after she had lifted her legs away from his back.
"Haa~ Thank you, it was a fun spar we had."
"What are you saying?! That's how we warriors live! No need for thanks!"
"So… You don't mind if we sparred more often?"
"Haha! You can still think about fighting after all that? Ha! A true fighter! Come! Come! From now on you'll be staying with me." She cheered as she patted his back.
"Sure…" He replied, before both of them walked out of the vapor.
…
'Hehe… So, what are the fruits of the battle, Balance?'
[…]
[If put to numbers, Character's statistics have increased to…]
[All Strength: +17.69%]
[All Vitality: +10.41%]
[Stamina: +13.05%]
[That is all…]
'Thank you.'
…
Hua Mei guided Xin Feng to an artificial hot spring where they both washed off their own blood and filth. The two began talking a bit about themselves after Xin Feng had confirmed if it was okay for both of them to be naked in the same pool.
Hua Mei didn't mind, because she believed that there was no need for such privacy between comrades as long as both of them didn't have ill thoughts. She was of course respectful with Xin Feng morals as well, hence why she had asked him before they arrived at the bathing area, if he was comfortable enjoying a hot spring together. Xin Feng didn't mind at all, for he could control himself and because he found her trustworthy due to her trusting him as a close comrade.
The two of them were barely visible with the amount of vapor floating around. The water was extremely hot after all. After the two had finished their bath, they went towards the dining hall to eat a feast of meat. Xin Feng asked Hua Mei's some of her extra pants and boots and a low-grade storage ring to store them. He didn't like wearing cultivation robes when he had to fight someone because it felt too clingy for him.
In the dining hall the two sat across each other behind a table. Their table and the table near them were filled with half cooked steak. There were also some vegetables and a warm drink made out of special herbs and leaves.
Hua Mei devoured her food like a hungry wolf, which surprised Xin Feng a lot. She gestured him to gobble the food, saying that it's very beneficial for recovering and building strength.
The amount of meat in front of him made Xin Feng feel a bit out of place. Still, he took his fill, but after he got notified that his QI and strength has increased a bit after eating and drinking his stomach full, he wanted to become a glutton as well at that instant.
Xin Feng entered his mind-space to come up with a way to continue, and came to the conclusion to process what he had ingested into Qi. Exiting out of his character room, he focused on absorbing the energies from the things he had ingested. Indeed, it helped lighting up his stomach and increasing his Qi. What was left, was the nutrition that would help him increasing his strength.
With his stomach less full, he began devouring every food and drinks around him at the same speed as Hua Mei. The servants were quite intrigued to see someone as similar as their master.
At first, they thought it was merely a coincidence for someone to have a similar character as Hua Mei. After that, when they had seen the brutal fight that shook the entire mountain, they began to notice how similar both of them actually were. Now, when they saw the two happily devouring their feast, they just knew, that those two were past life brothers who had found each other at last.