Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 116: Martial Arts Realms

Regaining her thoughts, she instructed everyone to form a circle. Qing Shi bent over, keeping her back as flat as possible, while Leng Er held a flashlight, illuminating the white paper. Cheng Xiaoxiao began to draw the entire layout of the mountain bandits’ hideout, detailing every cave, the number of guards, their night-watch positions, and the location of the captives.

The scene unfolded through Cheng Xiaoxiao’s brush strokes, leaving the group of men awestruck.

Miss Cheng managed to use a thin black pen to create an incredibly lifelike depiction, the three-dimensionality almost seemed real. Once finished, she even marked the distance of each point from their current location.

She handed it directly to Leng Er, the implication was clear: all detectable information was there, the rest was up to him.

Leng Er returned to his senses with Cheng Xiaoxiao’s eye signal. When Leng Qi had told him Miss Cheng possessed magical skills, he had been skeptical. Now, witnessing it firsthand, he was utterly in admiration.

From such a distance, Miss Cheng was able to grasp the movements of the bandits as if witnessing them directly.

And could reproduce them with astonishing accuracy in her drawings, even measuring distances precisely, a feat nothing short of miraculous.

Does the Master know?

Since Leng Qi knows, the Master probably knows too!

Leng Er swallowed hard.

He stiffly agreed, "Okay!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked up at the group of men, their jaws dropped wide open in shock, nearly enough to fit a walnut. Speechless, she couldn’t believe it; if they didn’t close their mouths soon, saliva was going to drip out.

She had to clear her throat twice!

A signal for them to snap back to reality! 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Though killers tended to be exceedingly aloof and unruly, why did they seem rather unreliable at this moment? Fortunately, they were Yanlan’s loyal subordinates; otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to boldly reveal her cards.

However, the group of men quickly regained their professional composure, ready for action.

Cheng Xiaoxiao trusted that they would keep quiet.

Leng Er meticulously examined the map, swiftly made arrangements for the ambush, and agreed to act in unison in a quarter of an hour.

The figures swiftly vanished into the night, leaving only Qing Shi to guard Cheng Xiaoxiao.

A quarter of an hour later, shouts and killing cries rang out incessantly.

"Host, Leng Er seems off!" The system observed the battling Leng Er, whose movements lacked the previous swift and fierce vibe seen during his duel with Ba Daokui.

"What’s happening?" Cheng Xiaoxiao asked worriedly.

"Well, Leng Er’s movements seem sluggish, lacking the ferocity he had, and his complexion seems increasingly pale."

The system murmured.

"No way! His previously injured arm didn’t seem serious, so why is his complexion pale? Could he be suffering from internal injuries?" Something she didn’t understand!

A knowledge gap!

She turned her head to explain Leng Er’s situation to Qing Shi.

Qing Shi’s expression instantly became grim.

Could it be what he’s thinking?

Seeing Qing Shi’s bad expression, Cheng Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked, "What’s going on? Did Leng Er suffer internal injuries? How should we treat this?"

Qing Shi shook his head, "It’s even more serious than internal injuries. Based on your description, he must have used the Forbidden Heart Method; although this can instantly boost one’s combat power by 30%, it’s overly domineering and harms the heart’s pulse.

The Pavilion Master has decreed that it should not be used unless in life-threatening situations; has he lost his mind?

This could cause his martial arts level to drop, leaving him at a disadvantage in the next position battle, how can he win then?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao, utterly confused, listened even more bewildered, "What Forbidden Heart Method? What position battle?"

She also heard about the Pavilion Master more than once; could it be that the Pavilion is Yanlan’s force, can she inquire about it?

Seeing Cheng Xiaoxiao’s puzzled frown, Qing Shi had no choice but to explain carefully: "Within the Pavilion, there lies a secret mental method known as the Forbidden Heart Method; it is too profound and domineering. Ordinary martial artists lacking Huajin Stage level can’t circulate their blood naturally in a full circuit, making practice impossible. Even reaching Huajin Stage doesn’t guarantee success; it depends on insight and talent, so..."

"Wait!" Cheng Xiaoxiao felt increasingly unreliable as she listened.

What’s Martial Mirror?

Isn’t this a typical ancient world?

Could it be she found herself not only in a post-apocalyptic script but a martial arts apocalypse script, "But it can’t be right! The martial arts world surely includes inner strength and Qinggong, doesn’t it?"

How did Martial Mirror get involved, it’s unscientific—this is a plot element from novels?

While Cheng Xiaoxiao was confused, the kind-hearted Qing Shi thought of her growing up in the village, never experiencing the world outside filled with swords and shadows, so he offered some insights.

"Martial artists are categorized into those practicing external strength and cultivating internal strength.

Those practicing Huajin differ from previous techniques in form only, but the strength used is distinct.

External strength refers to typical martial masters, leaders, and guards practicing martial arts techniques. It involves flesh-to-flesh combat, focusing on who is more agile and flexible.

Internal strength, on the other hand, requires first mastering internal cultivation methods, which, once fully understood, can stimulate one’s blood flow and circulate through the meridians, combined with Body Tempering Techniques to strengthen the physique. When these two aspects are mastered and integrated, one becomes a true expert in internal martial arts.

Internal strength is further divided into three levels: Samurai, martial master, and Grandmaster. Above internal strength lies Huajin, which is divided into Ming Strength, Dark Strength, and Void Power. Beyond this, the Innate and Acquired Martial Arts Grandmaster levels are subdivided into Early Stage, Mid Stage, and Late Stage.

However, reaching the Innate level means becoming a local dominant figure, and Tianqi can count those on one hand. As for Acquired Grandmaster, there hasn’t been anyone known at this level."

Oh my!

Gained new insights!

So this world is quite a world, meaning her family are complete rookies, without Yanlan’s Hidden Guards or Dongfang Xu, outside they might not survive even one episode as cannon fodder.

Speaking of which, how backward and impoverished is Qingshan Village to limit her imagination that much.

"Host, no wonder that previous duel between Leng Er and Ba Daokui was so imposing, utterly unlike the battles of martial artists from her past life, even my system self was mesmerized!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao stiffly asked, "What is Leng Er’s level?"

"Huajin Dark Mirror! To become a team captain with the surname Leng, one must be a Huajin expert; Leng Er is Dark Strength, oh, and Leng Qi the captain is Ming Strength. Only Leng Yi the commander is Void Power."

Qing Shiyi stated with admiration, hoping to achieve Void Power himself someday.

In other words, Leng Er used a Forbidden Technique to forcibly elevate himself to Void Power to battle Ba Daokui, thus Ba Daokui was Void Power, and Dongfang Xu who repelled Ba Daokui is also Void Power, right!

Then what level is Yanlan?

Cheng Xiaoxiao felt as if she was newly discovering this world, realizing she had been sorely mistaken all along. What self-defense techniques, they only had relevance in ordinary world scenarios. Now she understood this world involved practicing mental methods and cultivating internal strength, making the martial arts techniques she asked Leng Qi to teach seem laughable!