Chapter 23 - That's not English at all

Chapter 23 That’s not English at all

“You have a summon request. Do you wish to respond?”

The emotionless system’s voice sounded extremely pleasant to Tang Lin’s ears. It was even better than a certain someone’s new song on the electric scooter maintenance forum.

Tang Lin put down the English dictionary in his hand, locked his cell phone screen, and shut down his computer. He said in an

extremely confident tone, “Responding to the summon.”

“You have responded to the summon and received 100 Wish Power points. Connecting in progress… Connection established. First communication initiated.”

Tang Lin was looking forward to it. He was confident that the standard of his English listening comprehension had already

surpassed that of the college entrance examination. He wouldn’t even have any issues if he were asked to engage in a daily conversation.

Soon, the voice in his mind changed from an emotionless voice to a voice filled with

resentment. “#¥%%&amp%#%…

‘Shut up! That’s not English at all!’

Tang Lin felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck him from head to toe. Was this emotionless system doing this on purpose? He had spent so much time studying English from morning to night, only to find that they did not speak English on this transmigration?

This system had really caused him deep trauma. However, Tang Lin realized that he managed to catch a sentence after he had calmed down, and this gave him some comfort.

“Boom! This is too much!”

This was f*cking Cantonese!

At Tang Lin’s age, he had bought his fair share of movie tickets, but his father, Tang Zhanpeng had not. Moreover, a man’s method of childcare essentially boiled down to two methods – letting the child watch television or letting the child play with his cell phone.

Therefore, Tang Zhanpeng had made Tang Lin watch many Cantonese movies when he was young, and they were without subtitles. As such, he could barely understand half of them.

Therefore, the sentence just now should be translated into: Xiong Ba, you’ve gone too far!

As soon as he heard this name, Tang Lin reacted. This was a classic martial arts movie – The Storm Riders!

Tang Lin had never seen this movie before, but the name Xiong Ba was too famous. After all, his life prediction phrase was the same as the title of a classic novel. Even if he hadn’t seen the movie, he knew a little about it.

In the world that Tang Lin transmigrated to, the language was based on the original version of the movie. The Storm Riders was a

Hong Kong movie, so the original version

naturally used Cantonese.

Tang Lin felt the deep malice from the

system. After preparing for so long in

English, he ended up in a Cantonese world.

However, he still used his firm will to

suppress the disappointment in his heart and

continued to listen carefully to what the other

party was saying.

Thanks to his father’s perfunctory child

minding back then, Tang Lin actually

understood most of it.

“I, Nie Renwang, am willing to trade the Nie clan’s Six Arts of Proud Frost for Xiong Ba’s

life!”

This was what Tang Lin had gathered. Although the original words were not like

this, the meaning should be similar. The connection has been established. A

contract has been formed. Mission difficulty

―

easy. Accepting the summon will give you 1000 Wish Power points. Completing the mission will give you another 1000 Wish

Power points. Do you want to reject this summon?

The level was still easy, so Tang Lin had no reason to hesitate.

He changed into his trench coat and running

shoes, put on his goggles, and carried his backpack. He also put Ororo in his chest pocket.

“No problem! I promise you!” Tang Lin decisively chose to agree.

This was the first time Tang Lin had taken

the initiative to accept a summon. The earlier occasion was because he had forgotten to reject it. However, the effect seemed to be no different. The world still spun. Then, Tang Lin came to a beautiful place. The most eye-catching thing in front of Tang Lin was a huge Buddha statue submerged in the river. This Buddha statue was unusually big. It was about the same size as Tang Lin, but it looked shorter than Tang Lin because it was seated. At this moment, probably because the water level had surged, the Buddha statue that was originally standing on the shore was almost soaked to the knees. Tang Lin stood in front of the Buddha statue, and his legs were wet

too. At this moment, at the top of the Buddha

statue, two lights, one blue and one red, intertwined, emitting a series of loud sounds of weapons clashing.

Tang Lin took a look and realized that his

eyes could not keep up with their speed. He

could barely see two flashes of light, like light sticks being waved around at a concert.

When they saw Tang Lin appear, the two shadows separated tacitly. The blue figure staggered on the top of the Buddha, and the red figure had already jumped onto the Buddha’s shoulder.

Tang Lin saw clearly at this moment. One of

them had disheveled hair and ragged clothes, but he held a beautiful dazzling long white

saber in his hand. The other person was dressed in fine silk and had a domineering aura. He held a fiery red long sword in his

hand. Tang Lin did not know Nie Renwang, but he knew Xiong Ba. His appearance was easily recognizable.

Tang Lin did not even bother with formalities

as he threw the ball of white ash toward Xiong Ba. Apart from practicing his English diligently, he did not forget to refine (mold) this ball of white ash.

The more power seeped in, the more precise

Tang Lin’s control of the ball of white ash

was. The ball of white ash spread out into a huge white net, enveloping Xiong Ba. The net was fast enough to keep up with Xiong Ba’s speed, sealing off all his escape routes. However, with a wave of Xiong Ba’s fiery red

sword, the qi of the sword swept out, easily tearing apart the white ash net.

Xiong Ba’s entire body was enveloped in energy as he passed through the white ash net. Then, he ran past the head of the Buddha

and fled. Xiong Ba used his Qing Gong and disappeared from Tang Lin’s sight in a few leaps. His speed was even faster than tAngel in the plane of the X-Men.

What a decisive Xiong Ba. He chose to flee

directly, and didn’t even try to attack Tang

Lin. Tang Lin felt that the martial arts capabilities in this world were a little advanced. It would not be easy to kill such an agile Xiong Ba. However, it was not a major issue as Tang Lin was prepared for this. He didn’t have time to take out his equipment this time round. But

he wouldn’t let Xiong Ba escape the next time he saw him.

After temporarily scaring Xiong Ba away, Tang Lin turned around and wanted to have a

chat with Nie Renwang. After all, he was the one who summoned him. Even if it was difficult to communicate, he still had to. Otherwise, he would not know how to find Xiong Ba.

Turning around, he saw Nie Renwang holding the dazzling long white saber in front of him as he looked at Tang Lin warily. At this moment, Nie Renwang was on the verge of

breaking down. A few years ago, Xiong Ba had taken his wife from him. Today, he witnessed his wife commit suicide by jumping off the huge Buddha statute, subsequently he used the Snow Sabre to fight to fight Xiong Ba, and he lost. In his extreme grief and indignation, he seemed to have heard a strange voice asking if

he was willing to pay the price to seek help. In the end, Nie Renwang made a wish in his heart and saw the terrifying giant appear in the blink of an eye.

It was only natural that Xiong Ba was scared away. Nie Renwang himself wanted to run, but his son Nie Feng was still nearby. He could not abandon his son and flee. Tang Lin really wanted to greet him in his

“standard” Cantonese, but what was the appropriate Cantonese greeting for a first meeting?

After thinking for a long time, Tang Lin said, “Morning! Have you had breakfast?” Nie Renwang: …

The two of them were having an extremely awkward conversation. The water level in the river was still rising slowly and was about to reach the Buddha’s knees.

Before Tang Lin transmigrated, he also knew the saying: How can a goldfish be a creature in a pool? It transforms into a dragon when it

encounters a storm.”

However, he didn’t know that there was another popular saying in the world of The Storm Riders: “Water soaks the Buddha’s knees, and fire burns the Soaring Cloud Cave!”