Adding Friends Can Make Me Stronger

How could this guy faint so easily?

And who knew when he would wake up now?

He couldn’t just keep waiting here. Time was precious.

“You’re so weak; don’t expect others to go all out. With my sixty percent, you wouldn’t be able to hold on either.” Meng Changqing shook his head slightly.

Upon inspection, Duan Hun’s injuries weren’t actually that severe.

It was just a bit worse than minor injuries.

Technically, he shouldn’t have fainted.

There must be some other reason.

But this prompted Meng Changqing to switch the second-grade healing pill for a first-grade one.

Second-grade pills were quite precious.

He avoided using them if possible.

With the medicine taken, Duan Hun gradually regained consciousness.

But upon opening his eyes and seeing Meng Changqing, he instinctively shrank back, trying to move away.

Yet, behind him was the mountain wall. There was no space to move.

“What do you want?” Duan Hun couldn’t help but ask.

“No need to look at me so warily. I just healed you,” Meng Changqing said with a smile.

“Healed me?”

Feeling the effects of the medicine in his body, Duan Hun relaxed slightly, then became serious. “Thank you.”

“No need for thanks. Let’s talk business,” Meng Changqing said, not wanting to dwell on pleasantries.

“Business?” Duan Hun was puzzled.

“Yeah, remember the condition we set before our fight?

“If I win, you have to agree to become my friend,” Meng Changqing reminded.

Duan Hun didn’t know what to say for a moment.

He had never really paid attention to that condition.

After all, how could he lose to an ordinary disciple?

But the result was the opposite.

“I’m so weak. What qualifications do I have to be your friend?” Duan Hun said somewhat self-deprecatingly.

After these few battles, his confidence had been completely shattered.

And in his view, at least equal strength was required to become friends.

“I don’t judge friendships by strength, but by… uh, by affinity…” Meng Changqing smiled slightly. “Now, you should fulfill your end of the deal.”

“Since you don’t mind, then I’m willing to be your friend,” Duan Hun said without much thought.

He had to admit defeat.

And besides, this person was stronger than him.

Ding!

[Friend request accepted!]

[Current affinity level: one star.]

[Acquired attribute: Talent [Iron Hands].]

The system’s voice rang in his mind.

Meng Changqing raised an eyebrow.

Not bad.

It turned out to be a useful attribute.

He thought he might get something like insight or talent, in which case he would consider decomposing it.

But with a talent, there’s room for fusion.

“Can you still move?” Meng Changqing stood up.

Now that the friend request was accepted, he needed to continue earning adventure points.

“I can,” Duan Hun nodded.

“Then I’ll leave first. Goodbye, friend,” Meng Changqing turned and left, disappearing from Duan Hun’s view.

“What a strange guy,” Duan Hun withdrew his gaze.

Making friends without asking for his name or introducing himself.

It was as if it were just a formality.

Oh well, some geniuses are just weird.

Maybe abnormal.

But when did such a monster appear in the Inner Sect?

Judging by his appearance, he should have comprehended sword qi when reaching the Aperture Connecting Realm.

“Martial Qi,” Duan Hun murmured.

Only those ranked high among the true disciples could possess it.

Sigh.

Duan Hun sighed lightly.

Although his injuries had improved significantly, he didn’t want to leave the mountain wall anymore.

It wasn’t bad to stay here quietly.

It was too dangerous outside.

What if he encountered another freak and got smashed into the mountain wall again after leaving?

“System, merge attributes.”

Entering the waterfall, Meng Changqing directly opened the panel.

Ding!

[Merging started.]

The familiar sensation emerged, just like when he merged the [Skillful Hands].

Cool as water, it seeped under his skin.

After a stick of incense’s worth of time, it gradually disappeared.

[[Talent: Iron Hands]: Born with extremely sturdy hands. When practicing palm techniques, fist techniques, and other martial skills, there will be more pronounced effects.]

Meng Changqing looked at his hands, clenching and unclenching his fingers.

Compared to before, they were indeed much tougher.

And there were slight changes in their structure.

When practicing palm techniques or fist techniques in the future, he would achieve much more with less effort, like a fish in water.

“Although Bai Suxi’s [Skillful Hands] is suitable for sword practice, it’s also applicable to palm techniques and fist techniques.

“Combining [Skillful Hands] with [Iron Hands] won’t be as simple as one plus one.

“It could greatly enhance the power of palm techniques and other martial skills.

“Although it definitely won’t surpass sword qi, it’s still a certain increase.

“If I have the chance, I can also improve Duan Hun’s affinity level.”

Duan Hun’s high-tier palm technique wasn’t weak, but he was just too strong, completely overpowering Duan Hun.

This left Duan Hun with no opportunity to display the subtleties of his palm technique.

Or he could learn from the Hidden Martial Pavilion. After all, he had a lot of Earth-tier proficiency cards left.

Currently, his main focus was on swordsmanship because of the existence of sword intent, not because he wasn’t interested in other disciplines.

Shaking his head slightly, Meng Changqing withdrew his thoughts.

Duan Hun was just a sudden little episode.

What he was really interested in were the Shi brothers.

After all, they possessed extremely rare top-tier physique bloodlines.

With his cultivation advancing, he had fallen behind in terms of defense.

“Bronze Armor Art” was ultimately just a human-level high-tier technique.

Even with the talent “Tough Skin,” it could only compare to initial stage Earth-tier.

It could still be used in the Aperture Connecting Realm.

But it wouldn’t work in the Sea Cleaving Realm.

So Meng Changqing didn’t directly confront those third-level demon beasts.

He always went for long-distance kills!

Encountering those with extremely fast speed, which could appear in front of him in the blink of an eye, was truly dangerous.

“I wonder where the Shi brothers are.” As Meng Changqing pondered, he continued deeper into the cave.

The fourth dark red opportunity laid behind this huge waterfall.

Behind the waterfall was a spacious mountain cave.

About several hundred meters tall, various strange boulders were scattered around.

In the center, there was a slender-bodied beast, with wings growing on its back.

The moment Meng Changqing appeared, the beast suddenly opened its blood-red eyes.