Chapter 44
"I think they won't be back until very late."
"Why?"
"Jing Tao must have dragged Dongfang Jin out to play."
"That's true, then I'll head back now."
It wasn't until nightfall that Dongfang Jin and Jing Tao returned to the Lan residence.
The next day, Dongfang Jin followed Jing Tao's method to plan the route in advance to prevent accidents, and it was indeed much faster.
However, Cheng Feng is still as annoying as ever.
A month has passed just like that.
Su Mu is now able to spar with Cheng Feng's demon hunters.
Dongfang Jin, on the other hand, was able to successfully complete the task assigned by Chengfeng.
On this day, Cheng Feng brought Dongfang Jin to the martial arts arena where Su Mu was.
Su Mu was sparring with the demon exorcist. The sweat pouring down his face under the sun and the veins bulging from his exertion were proof of Su Mu's hard work over the past few days.
Do you think you can beat him?
Seeing Su Mu's remarkable progress, Dongfang Jin naturally wouldn't back down either: "You've always been my target."
"Ha, such a big mouth."
Cheng Feng called out to Su Mu, "Zhao Su Mu, come here."
Su Mu stopped running towards the two of them when he heard Cheng Feng's call.
"What's wrong?"
"You two, have a go at me."
"Huh?" Su Mu looked at Dongfang Jin and then at Cheng Feng, and found that Dongfang Jin had already drawn her sword and was pointing it at Cheng Feng.
Dongfang Jin swung her sword at Cheng Feng, then relentlessly pursued his vital points. Cheng Feng dodged with his agility, using the hilt of his sword to block the attacks that were difficult to dodge.
Seeing Cheng Feng handling the situation with ease, Su Mu joined the battle, thrusting two swords at Cheng Feng, forcing Cheng Feng to draw his sword and counterattack.
Su Mu launched a frontal attack, which Cheng Feng blocked with his sword.
"Looks like you've been practicing well lately."
Dongfang Jin circled around to attack from behind, but Cheng Feng used his strength to forcefully deflect Su Mu's sword to the side, then dodged Dongfang Jin's attack.
Cheng Feng wielded his sword with his left hand, exchanging blows with Dongfang Jin. With his right hand, he punched Su Mu in the face, followed by a kick to Dongfang Jin. Dongfang Jin immediately raised his hand to defend, but in the instant his vision was blocked, Cheng Feng was already behind Dongfang Jin and kicked him, sending Dongfang Jin crashing to the ground.
Cheng Feng threw his sword at Su Mu, who parried with his own sword. Cheng Feng arrived at the same time as the sword, knocking Su Mu to the ground with a punch.
Cheng Feng picked up the sword and sheathed it, clapped his hands and said, "I still need to practice," before leaving the training ground.
The two got up and dusted themselves off.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Su Mu couldn't help but cast an envious glance.
Dongfang Jin clenched her fists, secretly vowing to kill that guy one day.
Su Mu walked over to Dongfang Jin and patted him on the shoulder. "Looks like you've been practicing well lately. Your speed is much faster than before."
"You're not bad either. You'll probably have to make all your clothes a size bigger from now on."
Su Mu patted his muscles. "Hehe, I think you should work on your muscles too. Look, we used to be about the same size, but now I'm twice as strong as you."
After listening to Su Mu's words and pondering them for a while, Dongfang Jin realized there was some truth to them. "How to train?"
Su Mu pointed to a log beside him, "Let's practice using this."
Looking at the thick log in disbelief, Dongfang Jin asked, "You practice like this every day?"
“Yeah,” Su Mu showed Dongfang Jin his muscles. “How about that? Perfect lines.”
Dongfang Jin didn't want to become like Su Mu, turning around and leaving. Su Mu grabbed Dongfang Jin, saying, "Since we're already here..."
Su Mu pulled Dongfang Jin next to the log, picked it up, and threw it at Dongfang Jin.
Dongfang Jin reached out with both hands to catch it; it was so heavy!
Su Mu picked up another log. "If you find it too heavy, do what I do: sit and squat with one end up."
Seeing how enthusiastically Su Mu was teaching him, Dongfang Jin felt embarrassed to refuse and started practicing with Su Mu.
As darkness fell, the other demon hunters gradually dispersed. Dongfang Jin also threw down the wood and left, but Su Mu grabbed him.
"Don't go, practice a little longer!"
Dongfang Jin pushed Su Mu's hand away. "I'm starving, I need to go eat."
"No way, let's grab a late-night snack after practice."
Dongfang Jin'ao asked Su Mu, "Tomorrow, can I practice with you tomorrow?"
Su Mu scratched his head. "Okay, let's go get some late-night snacks then."
Su Mu pulled Dongfang Jin back to Su Mu's room.
Why would I go to your room?
"You don't know this, Honeysuckle leaves me a midnight snack in my room every day. You're lucky today."
Su Mu pushed open the door and smelled the aroma of food.
Wow, there's chicken soup!
Su Mu sat down and served Dongfang Jin a bowl.
Dongfang Jin took the drink and said, "I didn't expect you to be good at nothing but honeysuckle."
"Do you have to criticize one person and praise another? Can't you praise me too?"
What's so great about you that I can praise you?
"Why don't I have any?"
"He's good-natured, but clumsy, inflexible, and can't cook, except..."
"Alright, alright, you should eat."
The two finished their late-night snack in silence.
After Dongfang Jin left, Su Mu lay on the bed, lost in thought.
He realized that he really didn't know anything. For so many years, Ren Dong had been taking care of him. It seemed that Ren Dong was the older sister, and he didn't act like an older brother at all. However, once he became a demon exorcist of the Lan family, he would definitely earn a lot of money and prepare the best dowry for Ren Dong!
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