Chapter 2 The Second Master's Hard Skills…

Second Master’s skills were truly impressive…

Not only did he fill the eyes of the group of naive teenagers with admiration, but even Hu Ma was stunned.

He didn't know if this unassuming Second Master had really experienced such a powerful past when he was young, but he could see from the attitude of the Second Master and the young men a different attitude towards ghosts and evil spirits in this world.

Not everyone is as frightened as he had previously thought. Some even have this very contemptuous attitude...

Of course, it was also possible they were just bragging!

But, he had to admit, hearing them talk like that, he didn’t find the evil spirits as scary anymore!

If he could really learn the same skills as Second Master, then when he encountered a bipedal goat or a siren…

…he would definitely not be as fierce as this Second Master.

But, could it be that Granny sent him here to learn this skill from Second Master?

…

…

"Enough nonsense, before the sun sets, run twenty *li* around here first."

At this time, Second Master, taking advantage of Hu Ma's situation to teach the young men a lesson, wasted no words and directly gave the order:

"If you don't come back in half an hour, give me fifty more stone piers to lift."

"..."

"Mountain road? Twenty *li*?"

Hu Ma was really shocked by the intensity of this.

He was still wondering if this was an exaggeration, but to his surprise, the group of young men actually rolled up their trouser legs one by one, and some even kicked aside their straw sandals, and ran out of the neat courtyard barefooted.

They ran around the village along the surrounding rugged, solid mountain road that had been trodden by many feet.

It seemed that they were already accustomed to this sort of thing.

They were really running, and some were even laughing and playing, chasing each other, looking very relaxed.

And Hu Ma, after following for a few *li*, was completely stunned:

"What the hell kind of stamina is this?"

"..."

From the beginning, this group of teenagers ran almost with a sprint-like attitude.

Throughout the entire process, their speed never slowed down, and they even sped up several times.

Although he had been eating well lately and was able to keep up at first, after circling the village once, he began to gasp for breath, sweat profusely, and his legs began to ache, but they didn't seem to feel anything, and some even howled as they ran.

Within a few minutes, there was no one in front of Hu Ma.

After another five or six minutes, Hu Ma heard laughter and playful noises coming from behind him, quickly approaching.

Some people even turned their heads and stuck out their tongues at him, making faces…

"This is not even in the same league!"

Hu Ma gradually felt despair because of the gap between them…

His body was already very weak, and he had recently been hung by iron hooks, losing a lot of blood.

Although he had recovered quickly by eating meat and resting, he was still so thin that he looked like he could be blown away by the wind.

Compared to this group of energetic teenagers, he was still a convalescing patient. How could he keep up with them?

But when he thought that this might be Second Master's test, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

After all, in such a bizarre world, it was useful to train your body, right?

At least when encountering something evil, you could run faster than others.

…

Thinking like this, he ignored the teenagers who had lapped him again and again, and just gritted his teeth and persevered.

What surprised him was that he actually managed to endure the twenty *li* mountain road that he hadn't even dared to think about.

When his body had been pushed to its limit and was about to faint, a warm energy seemed to slowly rise from inside his body, and it actually supported his body, which was about to reach its limit, allowing him to maintain his current speed.

It was just that his head was steaming with heat, and sweat soaked through his clothes layer after layer.

When Second Master shouted from the mountain, "That's enough, come back," Hu Ma ran back to the village.

He leaned against the wooden fence, gasping for breath.

For a moment, he was suspicious: "I can actually run twenty *li* of mountain road?"

"Not bad, you were only lapped three times."

The young men had already returned to the village, and the sweat on their bodies had already dried.

They looked at Hu Ma with some surprise.

Obviously, this group of energetic teenagers had looked down on Hu Ma's skinny frame.

And Hu Ma's predecessor's pampered life had also given the young men a bad impression of him.

Taking advantage of the mountain run, they actually wanted to tease him and shame him.

But the result was that they did run faster than Hu Ma, and they did lap him, and they lapped him a lot.

But Hu Ma unexpectedly persevered, and his performance was better than when they first came up the mountain.

This performance reduced their contempt for Hu Ma a lot.

"I can't tell, you have a good foundation..."

Second Master was also obviously surprised, and he called Hu Ma to his side and pinched his shoulders and legs.

He happened to pinch Hu Ma's shoulder wound, and he subconsciously dodged.

Only then did Second Master discover that Hu Ma had two scabbed-over, egg-sized wounds on his shoulders, and his expression became even more surprised.

Such serious wounds clearly indicated that he had suffered very serious injuries before, and had not fully recovered.

After pondering for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "Do you usually eat mountain meat?"

"Mountain meat?"

Hu Ma was a little puzzled and explained, "Granny gives me meat every day, but it seems to be the meat of some Tai Sui (God of Flesh)."

"That's it."

Second Master sighed deeply and said, "Granny is really good to you."

"Counting the whole area, no one in these villages can eat Tai Sui as a meal every day!"

"..."

"It's not just eating Tai Sui as a meal, it's bloody Tai Sui..."

Hu Ma thought silently in his heart, but he also plucked up his courage and tentatively asked the old man in front of him, "Second Master..."

"What exactly is the Tai Sui or mountain meat that you are talking about?"

"..."

"Eh?"

Second Master was stunned for a moment, looking at Hu Ma with a strange expression:

"Granny just said that you don't remember things very well, but you don't remember things pretty badly. You've even forgotten about mountain meat?"

"..."

"I…"

Hu Ma didn't dare to ask many questions when he was with Granny, as if asking would expose him.

Now, this Second Master, whom he had just met, felt more relaxed than Granny, whom he had been with for more than ten days. As for the reason…

…old perverts always give people a sense of security?

He simply asked directly, "After I woke up, my head was empty, and I don't remember much about the past."

"I keep hearing you talk about mountain meat, Tai Sui, so what exactly is it?"

"..."

"I, Second Master, have been teaching boxing for a lifetime, but this is the first time I have to teach someone this…"

This topic seemed to stump Second Master. The young men next to him looked at each other in confusion when they heard it.

After thinking for a while, Second Master smiled dumbly, simply threw the last bit of his cigarette aside, stood up, and laughed, "That's fine, you all sit down honestly. I'll take little Hu Ma to see Tai Sui..."

"Now?"

Seeing Second Master turn around and walk outside, Hu Ma couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart.

At this time, the sky was getting late, the twilight was heavy, and the surrounding deep mountains and old forests were already filled with the darkness of night.

Thinking about how careful Granny was when she took him through the forest during the day, for fear of being bumped into by something.

Now it was night, and evil spirits were more active, but he was going to take him out?

But Second Master didn't explain anything, nor did he give Hu Ma time to think wildly. He just strode out the door, then reached out and picked up Hu Ma. He didn't seem to use any strength, threw him directly onto his shoulder, and strode out of the village.

He was tall and strong, with long arms and legs. Although he was walking, he was as fast as flying, and he rushed into the forest with such big strides.

*Hulala*…

Between the forests, there were countless eerie things, like startled birds, flying in all directions.

Hu Ma hung on Second Master's neck and felt his body temperature rise slightly, and the surrounding gloomy aura dissipated as soon as it touched him.

He encountered many evil spirits when he came, but he didn't encounter any while following him at this time.

It wasn't until he passed through the forest and the view in front of him suddenly opened up that he suddenly stopped, not out of breath, not blushing.

His voice was low and powerful, and he said slowly, "See that?"

"That is the Meat Mountain, which is what the people in the village call Tai Sui…"

"..."

Hu Ma looked up and saw a scene he would never forget in his life.

In the dim light of the setting sun, he saw traces on the flat ground in front of him, like wounds on the earth.

It was as if a crack had been cut open in the world, and it lay abruptly on the ground.

And inside this crack, there was actually a bloody, swollen, and obese substance that was squeezed out of the crack.

Vaguely, he could still feel its breathing.

…

…

"Our village calls it Tai Sui, and the people in the city call it Blood Food."

In front of this shocking behemoth, Second Master's voice seemed to become a little distant, sighing deeply:

"According to the elders, Tai Sui has been growing here for hundreds of years."

"Cut it and it grows, and then cut it again…"

"The mountain meat you eat is what Granny cuts down for you piece by piece while resisting the intrusion of these evil spirits!"