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Chapter 80: Transcendent-Attribute Trial Card

Lu Li walked up to Tang Yang and asked, “Old Tang, you…”

He had barely spoken when Tang Yang glared at him and said, “Didn’t you say that a love fostered by high-schoolers is as fragile as two monkeys, that you don’t even need a third wheel, just throw them a banana and they’ll start fighting?”

Lu Li nodded. “Is there a problem?”

“Hmph, you still have the nerve to ask? You say one thing and do another,” Tang Yang snapped. “Scumbag, you even lie to your own bro; from now on we are no longer brothers!”

Tang Yang shouldered his backpack, shoved past Lu Li, and stormed off.

Lu Li rubbed his head and felt totally baffled.

Lu Li cleared his throat. “I’ll lend you my phone for 1 hour.”

Tang Yang halted. “Do you think letting me play with some lousy phone will make me forgive you?”

Lu Li hesitated for a moment and said, “2 hours!”

Tang Yang turned around, stomped back to Lu Li, and his face switched masks like Sichuan opera, blooming into a grin. “Good bro, why didn’t you say so earlier?”

Lu Li handed over the phone with a wry laugh; he knew that for Tang Yang there was nothing an hour with Huawei’s latest model couldn’t fix, and if there was, then 2 hours would.

The moment Tang Yang received the phone, he cradled it like a stunning beauty, holding it with both hands as though the screen might scratch, making Lu Li roll his eyes.

No matter how high-end a phone was, it was still a metal shell; he normally tapped away with brute force and never cared.

After inspecting the phone Tang Yang muttered, “Use it more gently; the screen is already scratched. This baby is delicate… can’t you be gentle?”

Lu Li pursed his lips; for a second he felt as if he were watching a pathetic simp tell the goddess’s boyfriend to treat her kindly.

Lu Li shook his head, patted Tang Yang’s shoulder, and asked, “You know Shao Linlin, right? Do you have her contact?”

“Sure,” Tang Yang replied without thinking.

“Help me add her as a friend.”

“Okay.” Without another word Tang Yang added Shao Linlin’s contact for Lu Li.

“Let me see whether it went through.” Lu Li took the phone and saw that the friend request had been sent.

He nodded repeatedly, tucked the phone into his pocket, and left.

Tang Yang froze. “Old Lu, why are you leaving? Didn’t you say I could play for 2 hours?”

Lu Li scratched his head. “Did I say that?”

Tang Yang blinked, then argued, “You did; you said it very clearly.”

“How come I don’t remember?” Lu Li said curiously. “Come on, let’s reconstruct the context. What exactly did you say before I lent you the phone?”

Dead serious, Tang Yang said, “I said, ‘Scumbag, you even lie to your bro; from now on we are no longer brothers!’”

Hearing that, Lu Li slammed the table and roared, “Fine, then we’re not! Who cares, hmph!”

Tang Yang watched Lu Li stride away, then scratched his head after a long while, feeling that something was off.

…

Lu Li hailed a cab and headed straight to the Martial Arts Club.

On the way he checked his phone; Shao Linlin had not responded to the request, whether because she had not seen it or for some other reason.

Lu Li did not dwell on it and used the phone to listen to English conversation practice.

Before long the cab arrived at the Martial Arts Club, and Lu Li got out and walked through the entrance.

Strangely enough, he had been the club’s martial-arts instructor for several days yet had not taught a single student; that was dereliction of duty.

Today he had to show a few trainees the power of traditional martial arts; although Master Ma had been erased from the internet, the Mixed Yuan Xingyi Taiji Sect’s lineage could not be broken.

Spotting Shao Kang coming toward him, Lu Li hurried over, but before he could speak Shao Kang said, “Lu Li, I have something important to discuss with you regarding your job.”

“Something important?” Lu Li frowned. Was another fool looking for a fight?

After they entered the lounge, Shao Kang got straight to the point. “Lu Li, I intend to revoke your position as martial-arts instructor.”

“Huh?” Lu Li froze; that instructor’s salary was currently his main source of income.

Shao Kang pressed his palm down, signaling Lu Li to stay calm. “I want to bring you into the club as a competitor to face the national tournament in 2 months.”

“The national tournament? Isn’t Xu Feng…”

“I have already expelled him from the club,” Shao Kang said after sipping his tea. “I would like you to take part; what do you think?”

Lu Li’s gaze turned serious; the national tournament gathered top experts, and even Xu Feng might not place well…

“Wouldn’t that be a bit much for me? Coach Shao, perhaps you should reconsider…” Lu Li said hesitantly.

Shao Kang nodded slightly. “How about this: I’ll give you ¥10,000 per month for training. If you make the top 8, I’ll add another ¥10,000; reach the top 4 and I’ll add ¥20,000; crack the top 3 and you get ¥50,000.”

Lu Li’s brow twitched. “What if I take the championship?”

Shao Kang said, “The bonus will be ¥100,000!”

Lu Li declared firmly, “Coach Shao, you’ve thought of everything! Who else but me should win this national tournament? It’s mine; not even Jesus could stop me!”

[Ding! Main quest activated.]

[Quest name… Martial Arts Champion. Player must win the national martial arts championship within 2 months.]

[Quest activation reward: random transcendent-attribute 3-day trial card.]

[Quest completion reward: 1 random transcendent attribute.]

[Quest countdown: 2 months.]

The sudden voice from the dating game startled Lu Li, and the task panel that had been empty now displayed 5 lines of text.

“Transcendent attribute?” Lu Li muttered, tapping the note, and a golden roulette wheel opened instantly.

The wheel was densely engraved with many attributes, and Lu Li read them one by one:

Mind Reading, Spirit Communication, Cursecraft, Foresight, Hostility Perception…

The packed list of attributes dazzled Lu Li’s eyes.

Good grief, every single one was an excellent attribute.

No wonder they were transcendent attributes.

[Claim the quest activation reward?]

A random transcendent-attribute 3-day trial card?

“Claim!”

The pointer landed on “Hostility Perception.”

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