Archer God (Master Level 0%): Precisely controls rapid-fire arrows, simultaneous release of three arrows; within two hundred meters, every arrow is a critical hit, within three hundred meters, no arrow misses. Within five hundred meters, there's also an 80% hit rate.
Seeing the power of the Master Level Archer God, Li Nianlong no longer complained. Every arrow a critical hit within two hundred meters, what a rhythm! Is it safe to say that this is truly the work of an Archer God?
After dealing with this group of mercenaries, Li Nianlong called Shao Meiyun.
At the Liu Residence, Shao Meiyun, who had been waiting half the night, received Li Nianlong's call and immediately exclaimed, "Long, well done! I'll dispatch people to handle this matter immediately! You said you found a USB flash drive? Don't touch it, I'll come over right away!"
Hanging up the phone, Shao Meiyun turned to the elderly man sitting in the chair with his eyes closed, pretending to sleep, and said, "Grandpa, Long has dealt with those sixteen mercenaries and found a USB flash drive."
The old man, Liu, opened his eyes, smiled slightly, "Very good, you go over right away! I should rest my old bones as well."
Shao Meiyun chuckled, "I told you to rest earlier, but you insisted on waiting for news."
Clearing his throat awkwardly, Liu hurriedly left.
Shao Meiyun smiled slightly, immediately mobilizing personnel to the western suburbs villa. The Liu Residence was in the eastern suburbs, so even in the dead of night, it took half an hour to reach the western suburbs.
When Shao Meiyun saw the tragic scene of the mercenaries' deaths on the scene, even with a strong heart, she couldn't help but feel nauseous. Each one either had their heads blown apart or pierced through by blades, it was too gruesome.
Covering her mouth with a handkerchief, Shao Meiyun said to the bodyguards beside her, "Take care of this, I'll go to the restroom."
"Yes!"
Entering the restroom, Shao Meiyun closed the door and looked around, "Long, where are you?"
Li Nianlong quickly appeared, standing behind her, patting her shoulder.
Shao Meiyun jumped in surprise, turning around to see Li Nianlong, she breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest and rolling her eyes, "You come and go like a ghost, you scared me."
Li Nianlong chuckled, handing her the USB flash drive, "Here's the thing for you, I wonder if it'll be helpful?"
"Whether it's helpful or not, my sister thanks you." Shao Meiyun took the USB drive, chuckling lightly, "Our Long is still impressive. These mercenaries are all top-notch international talents. Even the Liu Residence wouldn't be able to deal with them silently."
"That's because the Liu Residence is too weak." Li Nianlong shook his head, "The most powerful expert turned out to be that old man. Such a family is too fragile."
Shao Meiyun sighed, "There's no choice. Although the Liu family also has inherited martial arts, they mainly rely on political acumen and the art of managing subordinates. There aren't many high-level combat forces, otherwise... sigh!"
After a moment of silence, Li Nianlong said, "Can't the Liu family form an alliance with Wudang or Emei?"
"Distance cannot solve near thirst, let alone martial arts factions. Strength is paramount, and the Liu family doesn't have enough strength to form an alliance with them."
"Are you saying that after more than two thousand years of accumulation, the Liu family only has this much strength?" Li Nianlong couldn't believe it.
"The Liu family has accumulated political and military capital, but in terms of martial arts... with the advent of modern firearms, the number of martial artists in the Liu family has decreased. In the past fifty years, there has only been my grandfather as a master." Shao Meiyun's tone became more helpless.
Li Nianlong frowned, becoming increasingly worried about the future of the Liu family.
Sensing Li Nianlong's concern, Shao Meiyun secretly rejoiced: Long, you finally have a sense of belonging to the Liu family, right?
Soon after, Li Nianlong left, and after thoroughly searching the villa, Shao Meiyun ordered it to be set on fire. The headline of the morning news in Tianfu was 'Sixteen foreigners held a party, got drunk and accidentally caused a fire, unfortunately died.'
After reading this news, Li Nianlong thought to himself: Cousin, you're really ruthless!
Today Li Nianlong didn't go to the massage parlor. When he was having breakfast, Lin Jie called him, asking to meet at the usual place at nine in the morning.
The so-called usual place was an outdoor basketball court. Lin Jie used to like to invite Li Nianlong to play basketball there on holidays. But Li Nianlong checked the date, and today was Wednesday. Lin Jie should be at school, so why would she ask him to play basketball?
Could it be...
After calling in sick to the massage parlor and taking half a day off, Li Nianlong drove straight to the outdoor basketball court.
Just past eight-thirty, Li Nianlong parked his car on the side of the road. As expected, Lin Jie was already practicing dribbling and shooting on the basketball court.
Swish, swish, swish—
Beyond the three-point line, Lin Jie kept sinking shots, hitting a hundred shots in a row, missing only twelve shots out of the hundred, an 88% shooting rate. Among male basketball players, this was also a high hit rate, let alone Lin Jie being a girl.
Today was Wednesday, and there was no one else on the basketball court, only Li Nianlong witnessing Lin Jie's shooting skills.
Applauding, Li Nianlong walked up to her, "Impressive. With enhanced physical resistance, you could already go play professional basketball."
Seeing Li Nianlong's appearance, Lin Jie giggled, "Thanks for the encouragement, Teacher Liu. I'll keep working hard."
"Keep it up!" Li Nianlong smiled faintly, extending his hand. Lin Jie immediately passed the basketball to him.
Li Nianlong dribbled the ball a few times. With the help of Intermediate Martial Arts, the basketball quickly seemed alive in his hands, making various graceful trajectories. Lin Jie's eyes lit up, admiring, "Teacher Liu, your dribbling is so beautiful."
"Talent plus effort, you can do it too." Li Nianlong said without modesty, finishing his words, he stepped back to the three-point line and shot the ball, his form very elegant, with a high arc.
Swish—
Hollow shot.
"Pick up the ball for me." Li Nianlong said.
"Okay!" Lin Jie happily ran over to pick up the ball and threw it to Li Nianlong.
Li Nianlong caught the ball, shot it, swish—
Just that simple.
Afterwards, she shot a total of 200 balls. Lin Jie remembered it clearly: 200 shots, 200 hits, and every single one of them went smoothly into the net without even brushing against the rim.
As she hit the 200th ball, Li Nianlong stopped and could feel Lin Jie's admiration in her eyes. It felt good to be admired by a young girl.
"How was that? Pretty impressive, right?"
"Amazing!" Lin Jie nodded repeatedly, her twin ponytails swaying playfully.
Li Nianlong smiled faintly, "Keep it up! I believe you'll become even better in the future."
"I'd be satisfied if I could be half as good as Teacher Liu." Lin Jie hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke up, "Teacher Liu, my transfer procedures are all done. I'm flying out tonight."
"Really? Congratulations." Just as Li Nianlong expected, Lin Jie was indeed leaving.
Patting her shoulder, he said, "When you become a professional basketball player and get selected for the national team, I'll definitely be there to watch your games."
Lin Jie nodded, her eyes slightly moist. After taking a deep breath, she smiled brightly, "I'm just a little reluctant to leave Teacher Liu. I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too." He brushed aside the strands of hair from her forehead, "The decision was tough, and the road ahead may be rough, but the future will surely be bright. I believe in you."
"Yeah." Leaning on Li Nianlong's shoulder, Lin Jie shed tears like rain.
"Host, do you confirm the use of the special items 'Golden Bell Shield' level seven, 'Iron Sand Palm' level nine, 'Snow Traces' level nine, 'Tiger Crane Double Form' level nine, 'Diamond Fist' level eight, 'Praying Mantis Fist' level nine, and 'Cat Stepping on Snow' level six on Lin Jie?"
"Confirmed."
"Successful use. Lin Jie has learned 'Golden Bell Shield' level seven, 'Iron Sand Palm' level nine, 'Snow Traces' level nine, 'Tiger Crane Double Form' level nine, 'Diamond Fist' level eight, 'Praying Mantis Fist' level nine, and 'Cat Stepping on Snow' level six."
Lin Jie suddenly felt a bit dizzy, her head buzzing and feeling very tired. She also had a headache, but this feeling only lasted for a few minutes. When Lin Jie woke up, she found that her mind had acquired some new information. Upon closer examination, she realized that all this information was martial arts.
These martial arts made Lin Jie eager to practice immediately, but with Li Nianlong present, she felt hesitant. At the same time, she was puzzled: why did she know so many martial arts?
"What's wrong?" Li Nianlong asked with concern.
"Nothing, I just felt a bit dizzy earlier." Lin Jie covered her forehead, wanting to tell Li Nianlong the secret in her heart, but she hesitated. Was it really a good idea to talk about something so fantastical?
"Are you okay? Do you need to rest?" Li Nianlong hugged Lin Jie and walked towards the back of the basketball hoop.
Making Lin Jie sit on the padded board behind the basketball hoop, Li Nianlong lightly massaged her temples with his thumbs, "How do you feel? Better now?"
"Yeah..." Lin Jie was fine earlier, but being massaged by Li Nianlong felt really comfortable.
After a moment, Li Nianlong stopped, "How do you feel now? Is it still okay?"
Seeing Li Nianlong's concerned gaze, Lin Jie blushed a bit and softly replied, "I'm fine now, thank you, Teacher Liu."
"It's good that you're fine." Li Nianlong breathed a sigh of relief, holding her hand, "Can you stand up?"
"Yeah." Holding Li Nianlong's hand, she stood up. She felt... so comfortable and ticklish being held by Teacher Liu.
"Move around and see if you're okay."
The more Li Nianlong cared about her, the more nervous she became. As a teenage girl full of fantasies about love, Li Nianlong was young, handsome, played basketball well, and fulfilled her ideal boyfriend image in every way. Perhaps because she was about to leave, Lin Jie felt a bit hesitant, yet she was also more puzzled: why did she suddenly know so many martial arts?
"What's wrong?" Li Nianlong asked with concern.
"It's nothing, Teacher Liu, I... I like you."
"Huh?" Li Nianlong was taken aback, then chuckled, "Thank you."
Lin Jie felt bitter: That's not what I meant!
"It looks like you're fine." Patting Lin Jie's back, Li Nianlong said, "You really scared me earlier. If you're not feeling well, you shouldn't play basketball today. Just go back early!"
"But..."
"No buts." Li Nianlong's expression turned serious, "You're taking a flight tonight. What if you hurt yourself? Listen to me, go back now!"
"Okay." Under Li Nianlong's persuasive urging, Lin Jie left on her bike, feeling gloomy.
Her first confession was 'misunderstood,' and Lin Jie felt that today was not her lucky day.
Watching Lin Jie ride away, Li Nianlong murmured softly, "Lin Jie, thank you for liking me, but I'd rather be your teacher. Take care of yourself, and I hope everything goes well for you."