Magic City First People's Hospital.
When Lin Xuan pushed the wheelchair into the ward, he happened to see Su Fan giving the old man a back rub.
He aligned the old man's buttocks toward himself, stacked his hands, and kept pressing downward.....
This image of an old and a young combined together was really a bit hard on the eyes, wasn't it?!! Σ(⊙▽⊙"a
The corner of Lin Xuan's mouth twitched as he did his best to control the weird expression that almost went out of shape.
At this moment, he was extremely grateful for his earlier decision to teach Su Fan the [Danqing Masterful Hands Massage Method].
"Brother Su Fan, hi?(.???.)? You've worked hard."
Lin Xuan took the initiative to greet him first, smiling broadly.
"Morning."
Su Fan was brief and to the point, still wearing that keep-strangers-away expression.
Only when the corner of his eye fell on his own younger sister did a trace of barely noticeable gentleness appear....
"Morning, Su Fan."
Sensing the man's gaze, Su Qingge nodded in acknowledgment and returned a greeting out of politeness.
Although she hadn't had a particularly good impression of Su Fan before, ever since he dropped by whenever he had time to give her grandfather massages, Su Qingge's initial impression gradually changed.
What puzzled her, however, was...
Sometimes the way Su Fan looked at her was very strange.
It wasn't the kind of look that, because of her appearance, made her uncomfortable with offense or aggression, but a sort of feeling she couldn't quite describe..... heartache???
Su Qingge didn't know how to put it....
After all, the two of them didn't know each other before; the other party's gaze really came a bit out of nowhere?!
And what felt even stranger to her was.....
Sometimes from Su Fan's brows and eyes, she could vaguely see the shadow of a deceased old acquaintance, always with a faint sense of familiarity...
'Damn it, looks like I haven't been resting well lately!'
'I'm even starting to hallucinate—clearly two people with no relation at all, how could I absurdly connect them together?!'
'In this world..... there simply aren't two completely identical flowers....'
'Some people are destined to be one of a kind.'
....
Su Qingge closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and swept away the stray thoughts in her heart.
When she opened her eyes again, her gaze became firm once more.
Although she didn't know why Su Fan bore goodwill toward them.
The other party's strength wasn't ordinary; he was a martial artist whose internal force had reached great completion, so naturally he was worth befriending.
Maybe one day in the future, they would still need to make use of Su Fan's strength.....
For her and Lin Xuan, this had a hundred benefits and no harm; why not do it???
On the hospital bed.
As he was massaging, Su Fan seemed to think of something; he suddenly raised his head to look at the two of them and notified them:
"In a while I may have to leave for a day or two; there's a personal matter I need to take care of."
"I'll resolve it as quickly as possible and then come back to treat Elder Su."
"...."
Upon hearing this, Su Qingge nodded lightly; she neither pried into Su Fan's privacy nor urged him to hurry back.
After all, Su Fan wasn't related to them; helping is a kindness, not helping is within his rights.
Since he was willing to put in so much effort for her grandfather, Su Qingge already felt grateful and naturally wouldn't overstep.
In contrast, Lin Xuan off to the side.....
After hearing Su Fan's words, his eyes narrowed slightly as he pondered.
"A personal matter? Strange? Given my brother-in-law's temperament... before the old man wakes up, there shouldn't be anything more important than this, right?"
"At this point in time... wait, could it be?"
"...."
A flash of insight shot through Lin Xuan's mind, and he smacked his forehead.
He suddenly understood and remembered.....
The Jianghu Life-and-Death Arena!!!
To avoid infighting among martial artists and the incalculable damage it would cause to the public, the authorities specially established a life-and-death arena to let martial artists resolve irreconcilable conflicts with each other.
It decides superiority, and it decides life and death!!!
And this was also Su Fan's fame-making battle in Magic City.
Through this fight, the name "Master Su" truly entered, for the first time, the eyes of the various major powers in Magic City.....
...
"This is basically a stage tailor-made for the protagonist to show off, isn't it?"
"After this 'Jianghu Life-and-Death Arena,' my brother-in-law smoothly shows his face before all the big shots."
"From then on, although wherever he goes he'll keep getting mocked by the small fries?!"
"But every time a big shot will show up, exclaim 'Master Su'!!! then help the protagonist show off and slap faces, scaring the small lackeys into scrambling in panic!"
"If I remember right, this time the opponent is the martial grandmaster 'Jiang Yangping'..."
"To avenge his disciple Fang Mo—who was cut in half at the waist by my brother-in-law earlier at the Han family—the other side issued a challenge."
"Unfortunately, how could a standard villain possibly beat the protagonist? The outcome goes without saying... in the end he becomes the stepping stone for my brother-in-law to make his name!"
"..."
After figuring out the sequence of events, the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth unwittingly hooked into an arc, and his eyes were full of interest.
Honestly, he really wanted to go watch Su Fan's "fame-making battle" in person at the scene....
After all, when he'd read the novel back then and put himself in Su Fan's point of view, it had felt really cool and hype!!!
Moreover, when he activated the skill [Affection Mirror] last time, he had a guess.....
Could he try using the mirror skill on other people?!
If he could simultaneously activate and copy-paste the power stuck from several people, then perhaps he could stack power and speed....
In that case, he might not even lose to Su Fan, right?!
After all, if the power obtained from Su Fan is 1, then after copy-pasting it is 1=1.
But if he simultaneously copied and used the power of several people...
Even if their power was far inferior to Su Fan's, 1+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.01≥1.
The more Lin Xuan thought about it, the more it made sense.
Unfortunately, in reality most people are ordinary; martial artists are pitifully few.
But the [Jianghu Life-and-Death Arena] is different; it will certainly gather most of the martial artists still in the world—doesn't that make it the best place for him to "stick-and-copy" on a large scale?!
...
"About this [life-and-death ring]....."
"If I'm not mistaken, the Tang family... my younger maternal aunt will also die in this incident...."
"Sigh, take one step at a time! If I happen to run into it, I don't mind saving her once!"
"Speaking of the Tang family, I wonder how that ill-fated younger female cousin of mine... is doing now?"
"But over in Chu Family Village, with the bodyguards Old Ma arranged keeping watch, presumably nothing big will happen...."