Villain Is Bodyguard of Heroine’s Poisonous Stepmother

He spent a billion to trade for some information about the new protagonist. His name was Su Han, an orphan raised by his master, who was revered as a divine healer. Su Han learned both medical skills and martial arts from his master, who excelled in both. Thus, Su Han possessed not only superb medical skills but also strong martial prowess. He was at the peak of the An Jin stage, just one step away from becoming a Hua Jin master.

As for the strength of Su Han’s master, the system provided insufficient information. However, based on Chen Luo’s speculation, his master was at least a Hua Jin master, stronger than the current Chen Luo.

‘Whether I can defeat Su Han is still debatable,’ Chen Luo thought, his gaze sharpening.

The information about the protagonist obtained from the system wasn’t extensive. Besides the basics, all he knew was that he would arrive in Magic City in three days and go to the Lin family. If Magic City’s four major families were considered super-first-class families, the Lin family was first-class. Although their status wasn’t as high as the big four, it was not low either.

Moreover, the Lin family was trending towards becoming one of the new big four families. With the Wang family gone, it should actually be the big three now. The Lin family was poised to take the Wang family’s place.

The relationship between the Lin family and Su Han’s master was profound. They even arranged a marriage alliance. Lin Xiaoya, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, was Su Han’s fiancée.

“Such a cliché light novel setup. It feels like a billion was a loss.”

Chen Luo felt the information was somewhat not worth it.

“But this Su Han is indeed more difficult to deal with than Ye Chen.”

This guy was trouble. Well-connected and even stronger than Ye Chen, he was also a master of medicine.

Though Su Han was an orphan, his master’s connections were terrifying. It was easy for him to build connections through his medical expertise. Probably once Su Han started his practice, all those big shots would either fall sick or end up with some incurable disease, just waiting for Su Han to treat them.

Unlike Ye Chen. After his mercenary group had been wiped out by Chen Luo what did Ye Chen have? Ye Chen was merely clinging to his protagonist’s halo.

“Take her away, force out the martial arts she practices, and after that, kill her.”

Chen Luo decided not to ponder over this yet-to-appear protagonist but instead focused on the woman captured by Chun Mei and the others.

“I’ll handle this,” Zhao Yingxuan volunteered for the task.

“Alright, go ahead.”

Chen Luo didn’t refuse Zhao Yingxuan, as long as they could force out the martial arts techniques from the woman. He was still very interested in these traditional Chinese martial arts, thinking that they should be more powerful than his master-level combat skills after being mastered.

Zhao Yingxuan then took the unconscious woman away.

“It’s also time to enhance my own strength. Should I continue to strengthen my physical attributes, or should I acquire a special ability?” Chen Luo pondered and asked the system, “System, how much would it cost to trade for the ability of being immune to all poisons?”

Given the information received, not only was Su Han a medicine expert, but he also used poisons, and Chen Luo must prepare for this.

“【Ding, answering the host requires 700 million.】”

“Not bad, lower than I expected.”

Chen Luo had braced himself for a cost of over a billion, but it turned out to only require 700 million, so he immediately went through with the transaction.

“System, how far can 100 billion elevate me according to the martial artist system?”

Chen Luo was not stingy about enhancing his own strength, especially since Ye Chen’s body turned out to be so valuable. Now, Chen Luo had over a hundred billion at his disposal.

【Ding, it can reach the master level of Bao Dan.】

Above the level of Hua Jin was Bao Dan, and spending a hundred billion could directly bring him to Bao Dan. Chen Luo did not hesitate and chose to make the transaction immediately. In an instant, terrifying power surged through every limb and bone of Chen Luo’s body, and every cell seemed to possess immense strength.

Feeling his current strength, Chen Luo muttered, “The martial arts of this world are stronger than I anticipated.”

Originally, because Chun Mei and the others easily dealt with two Ming Jin martial artists, Chen Luo thought the martial arts appearing in the new plot weren’t much.

Now, possessing the strength of Bao Dan, Chen Luo understands why it took a hundred billion to reach this level. Bao Dan could even project spiritual power outward, kill with thoughts, withstand rocket launchers unscathed, preemptively sense dangers, and even glimpse fragments of the future, akin to the ultimate level of Observation Haki in terms of perception.

A single punch could deliver about ten tons of force. It could be said that most of the masters in martial arts novels were no match for Chen Luo.

He previously felt it was a loss, but now it seemed acceptable. The one hundred billion wasn’t wasted.

The best part about trading with the system was the ability to instantly master the surge of power. At this moment, Chen Luo had immediately mastered the enhanced power, ensuring he didn’t accidentally cause destruction due to uncontrollable strength.

【Name:】Chen Luo

【Age/Lifespan:】24/300

【Strength:】Bao Dan Grandmaster

【Special:】Destiny Antagonist Aura (Beginner Level)

【Ability:】Poison Immunity

【Skills:】Fighting (Master Level), Marksmanship (Master Level)

【Items:】 Storage Ring (1 cubic meter), Desert Eagles ×2, Glock ×1, Bulletproof Suit, Human Skin Mask…

Chen Luo opened the system panel and glanced at it. The four attributes were no longer visible, only showing his strength as a Bao Dan Grandmaster, which simplified the display from before.

“Lifespan of three hundred?”

When he saw the lifespan of three hundred, Chen Luo was momentarily stunned, then he understood that it was a hidden benefit of raising his strength to Bao Dan. A Bao Dan practitioner’s lifespan could reach up to three hundred years.

This might excite others, but for Chen Luo, it seemed unremarkable as trading lifespan with the system was also inexpensive, with one million trading for a year of life.

“Here are the martial arts formulas and training methods you wanted.”

Zhao Yingxuan handed a notebook to Chen Luo.

“That quickly she gave in?” Chen Luo looked at Zhao Yingxuan, surprised.

“I also think she gave up too easily.”

The disappointment was evident in Zhao Yingxuan’s eyes.

Chen Luo opened the notebook, it contained the training methods, key points, and mantras of Mantis Fist, along with the techniques for maneuvering Qi and blood.

“System, how much could this be traded for if converted into money?”

This was a real ancient martial arts manual, so it should be quite valuable.

【Ding! This Mantis Fist manual is incomplete, it can be traded for five hundred million. Would you like to trade it to the system, Host?】

“If I copy it down, can I keep trading it with you?”

【Ding! Knowledge-type items can only be traded once. Please do not entertain such thoughts, Host!】

Thinking of copying it down to exploit for money was definitely not possible, such a bug wouldn’t exist.

【Additionally, a reminder for the Host, if you trade it to the system, even if you keep a copy, you won’t be able to learn Mantis Fist from it unless you trade it back from the system.】

Once Chen Luo trades the Mantis Fist manual to the system, he won’t be able to learn it himself, though others around him aren’t restricted from learning.

“Xia Lan, copy this down again,” Chen Luo said to Xia Lan beside him.

After having Xia Lan make a copy, Chen Luo would trade the Mantis Fist to the system. Not learning the Mantis Fist himself wasn’t an issue for Chen Luo at this point. To him, all techniques were superficial. His interest in national arts was before he reached his current level of mastery, even if he continued to practice Mantis Fist, it would be of no use.

Chen Luo didn’t need the techniques or routines of Mantis Fist. As for the methods of manipulating Qi and enhancing physical capabilities through martial arts, Chen Luo no longer needed them.

In martial arts, he had already reached the Grandmaster level. Not just this incomplete Mantis Fist manual, even a complete and flawless manual would be useless to Chen Luo. This manual was so incomplete that even a genius practicing it would find it hard to advance to the An Jin level.