Chapter 25: Xiao La Jiao And King Kong Are A Perfect Match
Quickly finishing the pork knuckle rice, Ge Bai picked up Little Peach and placed her on her shoulder, next to Big Willow.
She then got up and walked toward the Heng Ran Martial Arts School.
While crossing the street, Ge Bai saw a bare-chested burly man walking out from inside the Heng Ran Martial Arts School.
The man was carrying over a dozen wooden buckets in his hands.
At his side followed a giant ape-like creature even bulkier than him, hugging a full load of wooden buckets on its chest, blocking the view completely.
Ge Bai didn’t get a clear look at the specific breed, probably something like a black ape King Kong pet beast.
The man and the pet beast walked straight toward the Boss Lady’s restaurant.
“Boss Lady, we’re here to return the wooden buckets, we’ll put them at the doorway. We need these wooden bucket rice again tonight, I’ll come pick them up later.”
The man and the giant ape piled up the small-mountain-like wooden buckets at the restaurant doorway.
Ge Bai watched with a face full of black lines.
So the Boss Lady recommended this martial arts school because this martial arts school orders meals here?
She really wanted to ask: Boss Lady, is this recommendation really from the heart???
But with people already standing at the Heng Ran Martial Arts School doorway, after thinking it over, Ge Bai still pursed her lips, gritted her teeth, and stepped into the martial arts school.
Just take a look, looking doesn’t cost money.
Stepping through the door of the Heng Ran Martial Arts School, a string of crisp wind chimes rang out.
Hmm? She shouldn’t have hit the wind chimes when pushing the door.
Ge Bai was drawn by the wind chime sound and looked toward it.
It was a lush cluster of double-petaled lily of the valley grass, standing on the front desk shaking strings of milky white flower buds.
“Hey! An Xin, stop slacking! A guest is here.”
The wind chime voice was light and pleasant, but the tone of this cluster of double-petaled lily of the valley grass shouting at her own spirit planter was not gentle at all.
“Ah, hello, welcome to Heng Ran Martial Arts School.”
A skinny little girl suddenly stood up from behind the front desk, wearing black-framed glasses, politely greeting Ge Bai.
Ge Bai looked at her, then at the lily of the valley grass.
She gave a shy smile, touched the leaves of the Lan Ling Grass, and didn’t explain anything.
The Lan Ling Grass was still nagging on, “Buck up, An Xin. Go for it!”
Ge Bai pretended not to hear the Lan Ling Grass’s voice, just looking at them and giving a polite compliment.
“The Lan Ling Grass’s wind chime sound is really nice.”
Big Willow standing on Ge Bai’s shoulder muttered softly, “That duck voice, what’s nice about it.”
Ge Bai glanced down at him, signaling him to shut up. Fortunately, Big Willow’s voice was small, and the Lan Ling Grass didn’t hear.
“Ah, thank you for the compliment.”
The little girl walked out from behind the front desk.
“I’m An Xin, the front desk at Heng Ran Martial Arts School. Did you make an appointment with specific needs, or are you just here to take a look first?”
A bit reserved, but it was clear the little girl was seriously carrying out her front desk duties.
“No appointment, just heard someone recommend Heng Ran Martial Arts School as pretty good, so I came to check it out.”
“I mainly want to train my pet beast’s battle skills.”
Ge Bai said it briefly.
“Then let me show you around our martial arts school.”
An Xin took a couple steps forward, guiding Ge Bai toward the inner doorway on the left.
Ge Bai followed smoothly, and only after entering the martial arts school did she realize the place was quite spacious.
“To the left here is our physical training room, and to the right is the spirit beast physical metrics testing area.”
“Our martial arts school is an Alliance certified basic aptitude testing point for giant ape-like spirit beasts.”
At this point, An Xin looked quite proud.
Sure enough, this was a martial arts school mainly for giant ape-like spirit beasts.
Ge Bai recalled the giant ape-like spirit beast related skills she had learned, mostly focused on strength and explosiveness, which didn’t seem particularly suitable for Big Willow.
Thinking this, she felt a bit uninterested, but it wouldn’t be good to just turn around and leave now.
Plus, she could clearly feel that Big Willow and Little Peach were full of interest, so she followed along.
“This floor is mainly for self-training.”
An Xin led Ge Bai to take the elevator to the second floor. As soon as they exited, they saw three battle arenas neatly arranged in the spacious venue.
One of the venues was even designed in a gladiator cage style.
“This is the martial arts school’s battle area.”
Ge Bai glanced at the venue and saw four or five pairs of giant apes battling each other.
She had just thought the martial arts school ceilings weren’t low, but seeing these giant apes, she understood why Heng Ran Martial Arts School had such ceiling heights.
“Are you the daughter of the martial arts school owner?”
Ge Bai suddenly got curious remembering what the Boss Lady said, and asked An Xin without much thought.
An Xin was stunned, then quickly shook her head and waved her hands.
“No no no, I’m not. I’m just part-time at the martial arts school.”
While saying this, An Xin was looking for something in the venue.
“Look there.”
She pointed out the leftmost battle arena to Ge Bai.
“That girl in the red sports uniform is the daughter of our martial arts school owner, called Ran Cai Jiao. She’s really amazing.”
It really sounded like a fiery and lively name.
Ge Bai looked in the direction An Xin pointed, where a girl in red was standing with hands on hips, lecturing two big men in white training uniforms.
From the back view, the girl was only about 160 cm tall, but the two 180 cm burly guys were being scolded with their heads down.
It was just a bit far, so she couldn’t hear clearly what was being said.
“Ding ling, ding ling ding ling.”
The wind chime grass’s voice had exceptional penetration. Ge Bai then noticed the second-floor training ground was open-plan, and from the railing just two steps ahead, she could see the first-floor doorway.
An Xin also heard the wind chime grass ringing, looking a bit anxious. Another guest had arrived at the door, but she couldn’t just leave Ge Bai alone here.
Ge Bai saw it clearly.
“You go ahead with your work. I’ll look around by myself, no problem.”
“Ah, okay okay, thank you. Feel free to look around, call me if you need anything.”
An Xin gave Ge Bai an apologetic smile, turned, and hurried downstairs.
Ge Bai looked around and walked toward the battle arena where Ran Cai Jiao was.
She was still nagging on.
“What the heck is that King Kong arm technique you’re practicing! Like an old lady touching her face? No speed, no strength.”
“You too, giant apes aren’t made of stone. When you can dodge, why tank it? To show off your manhood?”
“There are no stupid pet beasts, only stupid beast tamers!”
Ge Bai stood behind Ran Cai Jiao, listening with great interest.
So the martial arts school owner’s daughter also served as a daily coach at the martial arts school.
The two scolded big men didn’t dare make a sound.
Ge Bai only saw up close that both men’s pet beasts were ape-like.
One was a black-furred iron-arm King Kong, the other a ring fox long-tailed ape, both shapeshifted into half-human-height mini forms, squatting beside their tamers.
The pet beasts mirrored their beast tamers’ movements and expressions exactly.
The long-tailed ape seemed livelier, unable to stop its eyeballs rolling even with its head down, sneaking a glance up at Ge Bai when it noticed her.
At this time, Ran Cai Jiao also noticed someone behind her, turned around, and was stunned upon seeing Ge Bai.
Ge Bai was almost a head taller than Ran Cai Jiao. She turned and looked up at Ge Bai, her voice crisp and lively.
“Are you a new guest at the martial arts school? Why didn’t An Xin show you around?”
“She’s a bit busy right now, so I’m just wandering around.”
“I feel like you look kinda familiar.”
Ran Cai Jiao looked Ge Bai up and down, then suddenly reacted upon seeing the weeping ancient willow on Ge Bai’s shoulder. She clenched her right fist and smacked it into her left palm.
“Oh! You’re the female lead in that video!”
“And this one on your shoulder is the weeping ancient willow that can release wind blades, right?”
What? Ge Bai was now dumbfounded.
Ran Cai Jiao couldn’t be bothered scolding the two big men anymore, waved them off to go spar on their own somewhere.
She turned and enthusiastically pulled Ge Bai to watch the forum video again. Only then did Ge Bai realize she and Big Willow had gone viral.
Frowning and pondering what to do next.
“I’ve never seen a spirit planter like you. Let’s have a pet beast battle!”
The little girl straightforwardly invited Ge Bai.
