Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 774 - 771 Hidden Facts (Part 2)

Chapter 774: Chapter 771 Hidden Facts (Part 2)

Seconds ticked by, and finally, Xiao Manxue capitulated. She said a bit tensely, "Don’t... don’t mess around, I’ll tell you everything."

Lin Tian slightly relaxed his grip on her shoulder but still didn’t let go completely. Xiao Manxue seemed to be caught in her own emotions and didn’t resist Lin Tian’s actions.

"When I was ten, Xuanxuan was eight..." Miss’s gaze was unfocused, lost in memories as she began to recount the things Lin Tian wanted to know.

Why she started from their childhood, Lin Tian wasn’t sure, but he didn’t interrupt her, and it was the first time he had learned Miss’s exact age.

When Xiao Manxue was ten, Xiao Manxuan was eight; the sister was two years older than her sibling. Xiao Manxuan was now eighteen, which meant Miss had just reached her twenties, twenty years old.

"Back then, we were naughty children, but our household was strict. We couldn’t play around everywhere like other kids. One day, I took my sister and sneaked out to play..." As she spoke, Xiao Manxue’s face reddened, seemingly embarrassed by her past mischief.

"Seeing how disciplined you are now, I wouldn’t have guessed you were so mischievous as a child, even sneaking out with your sister," Lin Tian said with a softened expression, surprised.

Xiao Manxue didn’t argue with Lin Tian’s words and continued, "Back then, we couldn’t drive, and there weren’t any buses here, but we really wanted to go downtown to play, so Xuanxuan and I walked along that highway outward."

"There was hardly anyone on the road, but halfway through, we still ran into some hooligans. The hooligans probably thought we were dressed nicely and assumed we were rich, asking to ’borrow’ some money to spend," recounted Miss.

Lin Tian knew what "borrow some money to spend" meant—it was just the hooligans’ euphemism for a robbery; plainly speaking, it was theft. If you didn’t comply, the next step was to beat you up and take your money.

"Xuanxuan and I were still young, thinking they really wanted to borrow money, but we hadn’t taken any with us. The only valuable things we had were the wristwatches on our hands, gifts from Mom for her birthday."

"Unable to borrow money, the hooligans tried to snatch our wristwatches, but of course, we didn’t want to give them up. I’ve been practicing horse riding since I was a child and I’m agile, so I dodged one hooligan and even kicked him."

Lin Tian silently cheered, good kick, they should have kicked those bastards into oblivion, and he also admired Miss’s courage. At such a young age, she was already daring to fight with hooligans. Ah, violence isn’t cultivated in a day.

"That kick infuriated them, and they actually pulled out knives, threatening us. I know now that they just wanted money, but back then we thought we were going to be killed. Just when Xuanxuan and I were about to be harmed, a sports car drove by and stopped suddenly, seeing us being bullied."

"It was a convertible sports car with only two people inside: a middle-aged female driver and an older sister. The sister got out of the car and walked over to us."

"She only seemed five or six years older than me but she was amazing; in a few minutes, she had beaten the hooligans into a pitiful state. You might have guessed by now, that older sister is now my master."

"The way she drove off the hooligans deeply moved me, and I requested to learn martial arts from her. At the time, I didn’t know that my master practiced not just ordinary martial arts but Ancient Martial Arts."

"The older sister asked me why I wanted to learn martial arts. I said it was to protect my sister and mother. The older sister turned to look at the auntie, who came over, asked me a few questions, then placed her hand on my forehead."

"I remember that the auntie started to laugh then, said I had great talent, and let that big sister take me in. From then on, I became an Ancient Martial Artist," Xiao Manxue said as she paused for a moment, seemingly organizing her thoughts.

However, Lin Tian noticed another key thing, that the auntie who was driving actually made the decision for that girl, who was Miss’s master, suggesting that she was the girl’s elder, and certainly another Ancient Martial Artist.

Lin Tian guessed that when she placed her hand on Miss’s forehead, she wanted to assess Miss’s talent, just like in the TV dramas where the seniors would pinch the juniors’ bones and immediately know if the juniors were martial arts prodigies.

He also couldn’t help but marvel that Miss was incredibly lucky. In the ordinary world, Ancient Martial Artists were one in ten thousand - no, one in a billion - and yet she had encountered one.

Xiao Manxue seemed to have sorted out her thoughts and continued, "Master seemed very busy; she rarely stayed for long periods to teach me Ancient Martial arts. She would impart a little and let me figure it out on my own before disappearing again."

"Xuanxuan might have thought cultivating Ancient Martial arts was fun, but in fact, it was tough, and she didn’t realize it. One day, she mentioned that she wanted to cultivate Ancient Martial arts and told Master about it."

"Like the auntie, my master assessed Xuanxuan’s talent for Ancient Martial arts and, to her surprise, found that Xuanxuan’s talent surpassed even mine."

Lin Tian paused and then said, "Are you saying that Second Miss’s talent really surpasses yours? That can’t be right. You reached the Postnatal Perfection Realm at twenty years old, which is already a high level of talent."

"That’s what my master said. She didn’t immediately take in Xuanxuan as a disciple, but let her follow me for some time on a trial basis. During that time of trying out Ancient Martial arts, Xuanxuan had an accident," Miss said, suppressing some sort of emotion.

Lin Tian was also startled and exclaimed, "An accident? What kind of accident?"

"When Xuanxuan was cultivating her first strand of True Qi, she suddenly came down with a fever. This fever lasted for three days and nights; it took a lot of effort from my master to get Xuanxuan back on her feet," Miss said, slightly distracted.

"A fever? Why would she have a fever? That’s not right, ordinary people don’t easily get fevers, let alone Second Miss who was already an Ancient Martial Artist by that time with, I assume, a very good constitution. So, how could she get a fever?" Lin Tian asked, utterly puzzled.

Xiao Manxue shook her head and said, "I asked my master the same thing at the time, but she seemed to be hiding something and didn’t say anything. From then on, she refused to teach Xuanxuan the Heart Method Mantra and wouldn’t allow me to teach her either."

"Just like that?" Lin Tian asked in surprise, as if there wasn’t any major issue. At worst, her constitution was not suitable for cultivating Ancient Martial arts, but with the wealth of the Xiao Family, she could still live very well without cultivation. Was there any point in fussing about whether to learn or not?

Xiao Manxue seemed to know what Lin Tian was thinking and shook her head again, "No, it’s not that simple, not as simple as you think. Master kept that incident from me, and I gradually forgot about it over the years."

"Xuanxuan kept living a good life, never had any serious illnesses, and even had a better constitution than other kids, but I only taught her some Ancient Martial arts moves and didn’t dare let her practice the Heart Method Mantra."

Miss paused for a moment before saying, "It should have just passed like that, but when I turned eighteen, my master said that I was of age and had the right to know the truth. She told me the real reason why Xuanxuan couldn’t cultivate Ancient Martial arts."