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Chapter 296 Innate Great Strength
Though Qin Chao was unsure of the nature of the white gold lotus flower, he could sense the immense power it possessed. The Nine Nether Devil Palm and the Vajra Palm were two forces with completely opposite attributes. These two forces intensely repelled each other, yet due to Qin Chao's inherent identity as a demonic arhat, they could temporarily intertwine.
This sensation resembled nuclear fission!
However, no matter how hard Qin Chao tried afterward, he could never again experience that feeling of nuclear fission. The two palm techniques could never combine again to produce the dazzling and terrifying white golden lotus flower.
If he could master the Nine Nether Vajra Palm, Qin Chao was confident that he could even contend with a Zombie King.
"Assistant Qin, what are you thinking about?" An Qing noticed Qin Chao's daydreaming and asked curiously.
What was this man thinking?
"Ah, nothing. Let's eat," Qin Chao hurriedly said. However, as he picked up his chopsticks, he was dumbfounded. All the dishes on the table were gone, only empty plates remained.
Hu Lili, with her round belly, leaned against the chair with a satisfied expression on her face. "Ah, I'm so full."
How could this vixen eat more than me?!
"Get going, we haven't eaten yet!" Qin Chao, hungry and furious, shouted at her.
"Alright, I'll leave. Don't be so mean to me..." Hu Lili reverted to her pitiful appearance, teary-eyed as she spoke to Qin Chao.
"Fine, just go," he conceded.
"Okay, I won't disturb the two of you any longer!" Hu Lili finally stood up, donning her cute woolen hat, appearing incredibly adorable. As she was leaving, she mysteriously approached An Qing and whispered something into her ear.
An Qing's expression changed, and she cast a peculiar glance at Qin Chao.
"Hehe!" Hu Lili, seemingly delighted, hopped away like a rabbit.
Qin Chao couldn't help but wonder whether she was a fox spirit or a rabbit spirit. More importantly, what had she said to An Qing? An Qing's gaze was now odd when she looked at him.
"What did she tell you?" Qin Chao asked, his curiosity piqued.
However, An Qing shook her head. "She told me not to say."
"My God!" Qin Chao exclaimed, looking at An Qing in dismay. "An, I'm your colleague! We agreed to learn more about each other, but how can we communicate if you keep secrets?"
"Should I really tell you?" An Qing hesitated.
"Go ahead, there's nothing you can't say!" Qin Chao replied. "Did she tell you I have a girlfriend? That's no secret; I do have one."
"No... That's not what she said..." An Qing shook her head.
"It's not?" Qin Chao guessed, "Did she say I'm a pervert?"
"No..."
"Did she say I'm a bad guy?"
"No, not that either..."
"Then... did she say I'm a lecher?"
"No, she didn't say that... but you are a bit..."
"My God! What did she say about me, after all?" Qin Chao exclaimed.
"Uhm…" An Qing considered for a moment before deciding to reveal the truth. "She said you are homosexual."
"I… My God…"
Qin Chao was so angry that he even considered killing Hu Lili. This ungrateful girl! He had saved her so many times, treated her to meals, and yet she dared to slander him like this!
Next time he saw her, he would pull off her foxy tail and sell it as a scarf!
"Actually, I think she was just joking…" An Qing started laughing.
"Indeed, saying I am homosexual is simply spreading rumors!" Qin Chao expressed his indignation.
"Yes…" An Qing nodded, her eyes filled with laughter. "How could someone as lecherous as Assistant Qin possibly be homosexual…"
Qin Chao truly wanted to smash his head against the table.
Alas, he had practiced the Diamond Sutra, which made his head harder than a diamond. If he were to smash it like this, not only would his head be unharmed, but he would also have to compensate for the restaurant's table.
An Qing was clearly no ordinary person either…
Why was he so unlucky to have met so many wicked girls?
Wu Xin, on the other hand, was wonderful… The young lady was beautiful, endowed, and exceptionally kind-hearted.
It had been quite some time since he had last seen Wu Xin. He wondered how she was doing and whether her restaurant was running smoothly.
It seemed that when time permitted, he should make a trip back to Dongchuan City.
But when would he have the time? Every day, he was preoccupied with the issue of raising five million.
He had just earned five thousand, a mere thousandth of the five million! Moreover, before the money had even warmed his hands, Hu Lili had consumed almost a thousand of it!
Damn it, making money was truly difficult!
Qin Chao believed that to earn the five million, he would have to find an alternative path.
Could it be that he should follow Jiang Dong's suggestion… to buy lottery tickets every day… or even rob a bank?
Ah, never mind; he would not do anything illegal. As for buying lottery tickets, the chances were too slim. Besides, with Qin Chao's luck, he had never won any lottery prizes.
Even when it came to scratch-off tickets, he had never won even five yuan…
With such luck, buying lottery tickets was pointless… Forget five million, winning five yuan would be a stroke of exceptional fortune.
"Assistant Qin, you seem to have a lot on your mind." An Qing had already ordered new dishes and placed them on the table. She noticed Qin Chao daydreaming and could not help but ask.
"Ah, it's nothing…" Qin Chao came back to his senses, saying, "I just love to overthink. Especially men like me who are under great pressure, we think about a lot. Look, I even have quite a few white hairs."
"Assistant Qin, you're joking. Your hair is so black and shiny; where are the white hairs?"
"Ah, right…" Qin Chao suddenly remembered that he was a cultivator. The vital energy in his body was abundant, and his kidney function was extraordinarily robust.
His previous kidney deficiency issues had long been cured. With ample vital energy, his hair naturally became thick and dark.
"By the way, you asked me to call you by your name, so why do you still address me as Assistant Qin?"
"Sorry, it's just a habit." An Qing apologized with a smile. "Should I call you Qin Chao then?"
"Ahem... well, calling me Qin Chao seems a bit distant," said Qin Chao with a grin, touching his nose. "Why don't you call me Brother Qin instead?"
"Brother... Qin?" An Qing looked amused and somewhat hesitant. "I don't know why, but that feels quite odd to say..."
"Nonsense!" Qin Chao replied. "What year were you born?"
"Are you trying to find out a girl's age?" An Qing asked, her expression slightly resentful.
"No, not at all!" Qin Chao quickly clarified, insisting that she had misunderstood him. "I just want to see who is older between the two of us."
"Even if I were older than you, you're not allowed to call me Sister An!" An Qing raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Well, you couldn't possibly be older than me..." Qin Chao thought to himself. She looked to be around 21 or 22 years old at most, whereas he was nearly 24, practically in his thirties!
"Knowing that I'm younger than you, you still purposely tried to find out my age?" An Qing steered the conversation back to that topic, leaving Qin Chao utterly confused.
"Alright, alright, I won't ask anymore. But now that it's proven that you are indeed younger than me, you should call me Brother Qin."
"It still feels quite awkward..." An Qing pouted, clearly unhappy with the form of address.
No matter how rational a woman may be, there is always a cute side to her. An Qing was no exception.
"I'd rather call you Qin Chao... Brother Qin sounds like a lover," she said.
Qin Chao thought to himself, "What a clever girl, she figured it out."
"Fine, just call me Qin Chao then..."
"You're not from around here, are you?" An Qing asked casually as they ate.
"Right, I'm from Jingyang City, but now I'm developing my career in Sunan City. An Qing, you don't seem like a northerner either, and your accent is quite distinctive. But I can't tell where it's from?"
"Ah, I'm from the south," An Qing replied nonchalantly. "I heard from Manager Li that you have some amazing abilities, like extraordinary strength?"
"Haha, that's just natural talent," Qin Chao touched his nose and laughed.
In truth, Li Xue knew more about him. After all, just a few days ago, he had rescued her from Yamamoto's clutches and killed numerous Japanese ninjas.
However, Qin Chao had sworn both Li Xue and Long Beier to secrecy about the matter.
Li Xue and Long Beier understood that Qin Chao was a different kind of person. In particular, Long Beier felt a certain fear in her heart.
Qin Chao's power was beyond anything her father or her sworn brother could withstand. Even if their underworld forces were strong, Qin Chao could take their lives with the slightest gesture.
But Long Beier couldn't reveal the details to her father, Long Tianzheng, or her brother, Chen Si. So now, she was caught between her family and Qin Chao. She tried her best to mediate between Chen Si and Qin Chao, not to protect Qin Chao, but to protect Chen Si.
"I'm quite interested in such things," An Qing's eyes sparkled. "I especially love watching fantasy movies like Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Batman, and the like."
"Those are just movies, there's no way such fantastical abilities exist in reality," Qin Chao said vaguely. "I'm just a bit stronger than most people. It's not a big deal, many people can be too."
"Are you saying you were born that way?" An Qing still asked with some curiosity. "But I've heard that there are some old masters who know martial arts, or Taoist priests who know magic, and they take on disciples when they travel and pass on their skills and abilities to them."
"You must have read too many fantasy novels," Qin Chao shook his head. "All these things you're talking about are just things in novels. There are only a few martial arts masters who know some kung fu in reality."
"Really none?" An Qing asked again.
"Really none!" Qin Chao affirmed. "By the way, why are you so interested in these things?"
"Don't you know that girls all admire power?" An Qing blinked her big eyes at Qin Chao.
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