But Fang Shuwen didn't answer, asking a question of his own instead:
"What's the deal with all this strength you have?"
"It's the foundation I've built for my martial arts training."
Shui Qianrou didn't hide anything:
"Didn't I tell you before? My mother forces me to build my foundation every day.
"I have to soak in a tub of medicinal herbs for a full six hours every day.
"Mother says they are all very rare medicinal ingredients that can widen my meridians, expel the impurities from my body, and continuously increase my strength.
"She said that when I finally start cultivating Inner Strength, my progress will be a thousand miles a day.
"In no time at all, I'll become a peerless master!!"
"..."
Fang Shuwen had asked the little girl's age before; she was exactly ten years old.
Normally, someone her age would have already started formal martial arts training. Many children begin practicing horse stance at five or six.
