Chapter 585: Chapter 440: Qualifications to Challenge the Kung Fu King_2

Actually, everyone is right; it knows its elevation to the King of Kings this time owes much to Li Pu and the Grass Man.

Without those two, winning this martial arts tournament would have been impossible for it.

Having confirmed the new King of Kings for this month, the remaining Kung Fu Kings started preparing to leave.

Just before they dispersed, they shifted the conversation to Li Pu.

"Do you think that kid has the potential to become the next Kung Fu King?"

The one who raised the topic was the elder Kung Fu Crane among the Kung Fu Kings.

Aside from the immortal Kung Fu Snail, it was the oldest present.

The number of Kung Fu Kings isn’t fixed; various reasons like aging, death, or the rise of new stars can cause updates in their ranks.

The rule for new kings’ emergence is set by successive generations of Kung Fu Kings.

After all, to become a new Kung Fu King, one naturally needs recognition from the others.

In the past, the way to gain recognition was to challenge at least three Kung Fu Kings and remain undefeated.

Victory or a draw would suffice.

The recognized new king would receive a portion of the territories of the three challenged Kung Fu Kings, thus establishing their own domain.

This rule still stands today.

Only now, the Kung Fu Kings present have added a new rule.

To qualify for challenging the Kung Fu Kings, one must excel in the second half of the martial arts tournament and prove their prowess through their record.

The specific record is achieving full victories in three consecutive tournaments.

One full victory can be attributed to luck.

If it’s three, then it’s definitely strength.

When a newcomer demonstrates an invincible stance against opponents outside the Kung Fu Kings, what’s their reason to refuse his challenge?

"You have the same feeling too..."

"He won those 7 matches too easily; even if we were in, I bet we wouldn’t win faster than him."

"Heh heh heh, looks like this time, someone among us is going to face a challenge."

"As far as I’m concerned, three consecutive victories for him are just a matter of time, baa."

All the Kung Fu Kings agreed with Kung Fu Crane’s opinion, even Kung Fu Camel couldn’t refute.

Its clan’s two juniors only have the potential to become future Kung Fu Kings.

Yet, they feel Li Pu isn’t the future but indeed has hope right now.

"Ah hahahaha, well."

"Let’s wait until it really happens before we say more."

Only the Round Penguin seemed a bit unnatural.

What a joke.

Making Li Pu participate in the martial arts tournament was already cheating.

Becoming a Kung Fu King? That’s just ridiculous.

If that really happens, wouldn’t it be the initial instigator and become a sinner condemned by the entire mini Kung Fu realm?

Kung Fu is all about passing down traditions.

Nonetheless, the Round Penguin wasn’t too worried as the opponent was a mere outsider.

Surely he won’t stay here for three consecutive months.

Until now, outside visitors have always left after a short stay.

It’s not a holiday resort; why would one come frequently by choice?

Other Kung Fu Kings felt reasonable hearing it.

If it happens, it’ll be two months away anyway.

So, after a few pleasantries, they each returned to their homes.

Returning home was the most bothersome for Kung Fu Camel.

It had to mobilize its entire clan to push its headquarters, that large hillside, back to its territory.

Luckily, other Kung Fu Kings along the way lent a hand.

Otherwise, just pushing the mountain back could take 10 days.

If it unfortunately (?) becomes King of Kings again next time, it would take another 10 days to push it back.

King of Kings loves consecutive terms, dreads frequent alternate wins, moving homes could exhaust the entire clan.

In such times, the Round Penguin’s ice palace showed its advantage.

With just an order, followers in its domain could move ice bricks to rebuild.

The palace could vary in size, offering great flexibility.

As other Kung Fu Kings left with their subordinates, especially after Kung Fu Camel’s hillside was pushed away, the Kung Fu Spring side looked deserted.

Only the sparse entourage of the Round Penguin remained.

"Thanks for today indeed."

After sending away subordinates, Round Penguin greeted Li Pu and Grass Man with smiles.

There was no trace of Kung Fu King’s airs and graces.

"No need to say that, when will the paint on me come off?"

Li Pu was mainly concerned about this.

If he leaves the instance looking like this, he would turn into a campus spectacle.

"Well, heh heh heh..."

The Round Penguin chuckled awkwardly.

The claims of it coming off naturally in a few days were mere soothing lies.

It was specially formulated with a secret recipe, under normal conditions, it wouldn’t come off for at least ten days to half a month.

To actively remove it, one had to wash in a designated special stream.

The stream’s location isn’t far away, just in the Kung Fu Panda’s domain, near that bamboo forest.

"..."

Hearing this explanation, Li Pu simply wanted to hit someone.

Considering he was not alone, he could now beat this wretched round penguin any moment.

"But you aren’t in a rush to leave now, right? Why not soak in the Kung Fu Spring?"

But Round Penguin said slyly.

"Oh?"

Li Pu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

He originally thought those few bottles of Kung Fu Spring were the end of it.

"Really okay? We’re not part of the mini Kung Fu realm."

He was a bit worried.

"The current King of Kings is me."

"Of course it’s up to me!"

Round Penguin puffed its big belly.

"Don’t be shy everyone, soak to your heart’s content."

"This month, apart from myself, all soaking rights belong to you."

It even included Chang Shoushang and Tong Qinxin, as well as a host of summoning creatures.

"Alright then."

Li Pu nodded and accepted.

This indeed came with his share of credit, there’s no reason to refuse.

As for letting senior and junior classmates enjoy the opportunity too, that was certainly a good thing.

After all, they went down the instance specifically to accompany him.

Moreover, this spring was large enough, one person couldn’t soak it all up.

The only caution was to avoid the situation like before at Moonlight Lake, where the Grass Man drained it dry.

Otherwise absolute pursuit by the Kung Fu Kings would ensue.

"Alright, then you soak."

"I need to go back and organize some moving, I’ll return in a couple of days."

Leaving a few words, Round Penguin turned and left.

The group watched it until it disappeared from sight.

"Thank you, junior."

The unexpected boon prompted Tong Qinxin to sincerely thank him.

She hadn’t done much during this trip and yet got a chance to soak in the spring.

She was quite curious about the effects of the Kung Fu Spring.

"Can soaking in this spring... heal injuries? Particularly old and chronic ones."

Chang Shoushang’s thoughts were rather unique.

"Perhaps let the summoning creatures try first."

Li Pu suggested.

Although he had dealt with those previous bottles of Kung Fu Spring, directly soaking might result in a different situation.

[Grass!]

Thus, under the Grass Man’s lead, the summoned creatures jumped into the spring.

The Nibble Flower refused to leave the storage space, thus couldn’t enjoy the soak.

The other one missing out was the poor Shadow Flame Demon, blindly following into the water; it nearly died from the plunge.

Ultimately, it could only stand on the shore with the summoner, watching the group frolic and splash about.

Somewhere about 10 kilometers from the Kung Fu Spring, a staggering figure was slowly advancing.

An old man wielding a withered cane, taking one step at a time.

On his back was a moss-laden snail shell.

The snail shell had a peculiar color, black and white forming a Tai Chi pattern.

"Aiya ya... I wonder if the martial arts tournament is over."

"It’s been ages since I saw those little rascals, ho ho ho ho..."

The old man muttered while walking.

Judging by his speed, it’ll take at least a day and a night to reach the Kung Fu Spring.

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