Chapter 3: The Benevolent Doctor and Martial Sage, Wong Fei Hung

In the center of the examination hall, the battle became increasingly one-sided. Of the ten teachers and teaching assistants, apart from the two organizing the students’ escape, the remaining eight were already wounded and covered in scars. Meanwhile, the four mutant beasts only grew fiercer, their horns and fangs bared in savage ferocity.

With a thunderous crash, two teachers tangled with the Yellow-Tailed Venom Scorpion were hurled heavily to the ground. Bones cracked and shattered throughout their bodies, leaving them grimacing in agony. The scorpion raised its long tail, venomous pincers brandished, and charged into the crowd. Students who failed to escape in time were instantly torn apart; blood sprayed across the floor.

Sun Hai, who had been locked in a deadly struggle with the Death Worm, had no choice but to dart in front of the students. Before he could swing his sword, the scorpion’s tail lashed down, nearly crushing him flat. Gravely injured, Sun Hai collapsed, but his desperate intervention gave the students just enough time to flee.

Yet, out of the corner of his eye, Sun Hai caught sight of a student not far away. The boy remained seated in meditation, as motionless as an ancient monk, utterly oblivious to the chaos around him.

“Why is this student so stubborn! If you can’t awaken your ancestral bloodline, don’t force it—just run!” Sun Hai shouted with all his might.

The student remained unmoved. It was Xiang Nan.

At that moment, Xiang Nan’s mind was awash with a tidal wave of martial secrets, flooding in ceaselessly. Hot blood surged violently through his veins. Just then, the Giant Centipede crawled rapidly in his direction—its path leading straight toward the meditating Xiang Nan.

Several students who had already escaped to the other side cried out loudly.

“Hey, stop trying to awaken your ancestral bloodline! Save yourself!”

“Idiot! Open your eyes! You’re just offering yourself up as food!”

“Are you out of your mind? You’re doomed!”

“It’s over, he’s finished!”

Both the Yellow-Tailed Venom Scorpion and the Giant Centipede seemed to have set their sights on Xiang Nan, each eager to devour this prize. Blood trickled from Sun Hai’s lips; he cursed his own weakness, unable to save his student, and could only watch helplessly as the beasts closed in.

But just as the two mutant beasts lunged at Xiang Nan, a flash of heavenly light tore through the sky. A wild wind howled. The previously dim nine stars in the firmament suddenly blazed with haloes a thousand times brighter.

Moonlight and starlight surged and rolled across the heavens. That golden beam piercing the nine stars shone again, now even more dazzling and brilliant. Everyone froze, stunned by this sudden, extraordinary phenomenon.

In the next instant, the golden light split the sky, drawing nearer—like a gleaming ribbon, it swept directly over the examination hall. In a heartbeat, the entire place was bathed in golden radiance, as bright as day.

The pillar of golden light descended from the heavens, coming to rest above Xiang Nan’s meditating form. Swathed in this glory, Xiang Nan resembled a living golden Buddha, majestic and awe-inspiring.

The Yellow-Tailed Venom Scorpion and the Giant Centipede, pouncing toward him, were instantly repelled by the formidable golden aura as soon as they drew near—hurled thirty meters away, crashing hard into the ground and gouging out two deep pits. Both mutant beasts died on the spot!

A collective gasp swept through the crowd.

“What…what just happened?”

“It looks like the golden light killed them!”

“No wonder he stayed calm—he was preparing a grand move!”

“Incredible! A heavenly omen just for our classmate!”

“Amazing! I’ve never heard of anyone awakening their ancestral blood and causing a celestial phenomenon!”

“I’m dying to know whose bloodline he awakened!”

The wounded teachers, with the help of their students, retreated from the battlefield. When they saw the golden light strike down two mutant beasts, hope rekindled in their eyes.

“A heavenly sign! Xiang Nan must have awakened the bloodline of a grandmaster!”

“We’re saved! The students are saved!”

“Let’s hope he can turn the tide!”

At that moment, Xiang Nan opened his eyes slowly, his awakening complete. He found himself wreathed in golden light, which was tempering and refining his body. Hot blood thundered and boiled within; every muscle had been awakened, full and powerful. His limbs and bones brimmed with latent strength. A single punch would carry the force of ten thousand pounds, with the faint sound of air exploding.

Such strength!

Focusing his mind, Xiang Nan examined his internal panel:

[Ancestral Awakening: Wong Fei-hung (Full-Star Grandmaster)]

[Realm: Stage One, Star One (Ten stars is full)]

[Compatibility: 10% (initial)]

[Skills: Hung Ga Fist (locked); Wulang Bagua Staff (locked); Shadowless Kick (locked); Plum Blossom Sword (locked); Trauma Medicine (locked)]

[Storage: Empty (10 cubic units)]

A storage space? It was as if he had been granted a portable dimension for carrying things.

Xiang Nan was thoroughly satisfied.

Within a few breaths, the golden light faded—more precisely, it was entirely absorbed into his body. The sight before him gave Xiang Nan a start:

[Ding! Host killed Yellow-Tailed Venom Scorpion, ancestral compatibility +3%]

[Ding! Host killed Giant Centipede, ancestral compatibility +3%]

Without even opening his eyes, he had already slain two second-tier mutant beasts. Glancing at their hulking corpses in the pits, a faint smile played at Xiang Nan’s lips.

[Primary Quest: Eliminate the remaining mutant beasts in the examination hall. Reward: 10% ancestral compatibility.]

Xiang Nan knew—it was time to start hunting monsters.

“Xiang! Xiang!” he heard voices call.

Turning, he found several injured teachers and many trapped students had gathered around him, seeking the protection of the strong—it was only natural. After all, Xiang Nan had just sat there and, with a burst of golden light, slain two second-tier mutant beasts. Such power! All hopes now rested on his shoulders.

“Xiang, tell us—which ancestral bloodline did you awaken?” Sun Hai, limping with support, approached.

Xiang Nan did not hide it: “Master Wong Fei-hung.”

A collective gasp of astonishment.

“You mean the Hung Ga Grandmaster, Sage Doctor and Martial Saint Wong Fei-hung?”

“Master of the Five Lakes, Kicker of the Four Seas!”

“The unparalleled national martial arts grandmaster who spanned two centuries?”

Xiang Nan nodded. “That’s right.”

In this world, Wong Fei-hung’s achievements were even greater—his fame unrivaled, revered as a sage doctor and martial saint who transcended his era.

The certainty of his answer sent everyone into a frenzy. Students who had been frozen in terror now eyed him with awe and envy.

“Sage Doctor and Martial Saint Wong Fei-hung? That’s too amazing!”

“Oh no, now my own ancestral bloodline feels second-rate!”

“Heavens, why couldn’t I awaken a grandmaster’s bloodline? Why not me?!”

“Xiang Nan, I’ve always admired you—let’s add each other on WeChat!”

Joy lit Sun Hai’s heart, but he had not forgotten their dire circumstances. Xiang Nan had just slain two second-tier mutant beasts with the power of the celestial phenomenon, but now the golden light had faded. To face the remaining beasts with mere flesh and blood would be no easy feat.

Sun Hai pressed on, “Xiang Nan, you’ve just awakened your ancestral bloodline—do you know your current level of strength?”

Xiang Nan replied frankly, “Stage one, star one. Sixteen percent compatibility.”

“That’s too low!” Sun Hai sighed heavily. “The remaining beasts are all second-tier monsters!”

At these words, the students’ hearts sank again. For someone at stage one, star one, to hope to defeat second-tier mutant beasts was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.