Chapter 234



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The whole courtyard went silent.

It was as if someone had hit everyone’s mute button, and they all looked at the slender young woman in shock and disbelief.

Regardless of how astonished Jordan and Mrs. Hoffman – who had already suspected a thing or two long ago – were, even Paul was so shocked that he had almost forgotten the pain he was feeling.

Was she the Big Sister of the Quinn School of Martial Arts?

How… how could that be?

A simple girl…

The Master used to say that the Senior Sister had been training thoroughly in martial arts for twenty-five years, but didn’t the girl in front of them look like she was barely past twenty?

Was she already training in martial arts while in her mother’s womb?

How was she to know that then, as Quinn struggled to find her successor, she had committed to finding someone on Justin’s level? At the time, the Irvin School of Martial Arts had beaten Quinn to the punch and taken Justin, who had the highest martial arts aptitude in all of New York.

However, even after searching for a long time, he simply couldn’t find anyone suitable. That was until Yvette Anderson called him and asked if he wanted to take a disciple. At that time, he had asked, “Who?”

He had wanted to take Yvette as a disciple when she was young, but, unfortunately, she had no aspirations in the martial arts, so he had turned him down.

Later, when Yvette grew up, he no longer wanted to take her as a disciple.

Now that it was Yvette who brought up the subject, he felt very curious: in whom had Yvette seen potential and sent him?

The next moment, Yvette replied, “It’s my daughter.”

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Her answer had left Quinn dumbfounded at that moment. “I’ve never even met her – how am I supposed to know if she has a good aptitude or not?”

Yvette replied, “She’s better than me.”

“… Okay, I’ll take her!” a frightened Quinn immediately shouted, lest someone take her away if she was even a second late.

“Okay. I’ll have her contact you in three years.”

An anxious Quinn said, “Why do we have to wait three years for it? The martial arts training should start soon, preferably right now. How old is your daughter? The best age to learn martial arts is between three and six. You’d better not delay the child’s learning.”

Yvette sounded very calm as she replied, “Oh, she’s negative six months right now.”

Quinn, “?”

He was puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“Why are you so stupid old man? It means she’s still six months away from being born!”

Quinn, “…”

At that point, Yvette had already been gone from New York for two years.

Quinn panicked. He asked, “Are you lying to me? How are you going to know if the fitness of a baby, who hasn’t been born yet, will be good or not?”

“Don’t worry. I will prepare her from this moment on. There won’t be any problem. Even if you don’t believe in you, don’t you believe in me?”

That was how Quinn let himself be fooled by her.

From then on, he finally had a direct lineage disciple. Quinn, then well into his fifties, was terribly excited. Justin, who had joined the Irvin School of Martial Arts, was then a year-old baby.

No matter, they would have to wait until he was two or three to learn martial arts. To go one step faster than the Irvin Martial Arts School, he announced directly to everyone that he had already found the Big Sister of the Quinn Martial Arts School, and that he was training her in secret! That’s how he ended up giving everyone the illusion that Big Sister had been practicing martial arts for 25 years.

Three years later, when Nora was just over two years old, someone contacted him and told him where she was.

He rushed to California immediately.

He was delighted when he checked out the girl’s physique. She really was better suited for martial arts than Yvette herself. Plus, she was much younger than Yvette, so she was brimming with potential to be molded into greatness!

That’s why Quinn bought the villa next to the Smiths’. The two houses were right next door to each other. Besides, Henry and Wendy Smith weren’t paying much attention to Nora either.

He started teaching Nora martial arts. After two years of training, Nora, the crazy mutant, became enlightened in the ways of martial arts, and he also finished teaching her everything he knew. The resigned Quinn then returned to New York.

From then on, they kept in constant contact via the Internet. However, when Nora turned five, she began to gain weight, which caused her to run out of breath after walking only a few steps. Fortunately, the techniques at Quinn School of Martial Arts strengthened her body throughout this time.

It was a pity that she was lazy, which made Quinn so angry that, for a while, she continued to use Martial Arts School Senior Brother Irvin to provoke her every day.

“The youngest disciple of that sneaky old scoundrel trains sixteen hours a day and uses the remaining eight to eat and sleep, But look at you! My little disciple, can you be a little more diligent? Although we’ve mastered everything, you should review more often what you’ve learned. Otherwise, you’ll forget everything.

Do you think you are already very impressive Nora? Yes, you’re able to beat others in a fight, but you won’t be able to beat that crazy mutant old scum! Can you be a little more diligent? You haven’t even trained for two hours today…. Never mind, how about half an hour instead, accept since Master is begging you!

Nora, even geniuses won’t last if they keep wasting time like this, what’s so good about sleeping?”

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The lazier Nora was, the bigger Quinn’s headache became. Every time he saw people praising Justin, he couldn’t help but brag about how awesome his little disciple was.

This led to the whole Quinn Martial Arts School developing the wrong idea of Big Sister in the end!

Big Sister was probably a very serious, hardworking and stern person. Even if she started training in martial arts since the age of three, she must have been 28 years old already this year!

Nora had a good complexion and was fair-skinned. Coupled with a lack of sleep throughout the year, she was slim and slender like a teenager. Her appearance tended to give the illusion that she was not yet 20 years old.

Therefore, how could Paul consider such a possibility?

He looked at Nora in astonishment and swallowed saliva. Then he looked back at Quinn. Everything was clear as day at this instant.

Quinn hadn’t been angry last time because of Justin, but because of Big Sister.

Winston had stupidly tried to get his hands on Big Sister.

The Quinn School of Martial Arts had never given in to anyone. It was he who had been too presumptuous.

Paul was so shocked he couldn’t say anything. Even when he heard Nora say that he had been expelled from the sect, he still couldn’t say anything.

This was because he deserved to be punished for angering Big Sister.

Moreover, given Big Sister’s status in the cult, he also could not say a word in her defense, because Quinn had long ago announced that Big Sister’s status was equivalent to his.

In fact, Quinn had even said that Big Sister’s martial arts prowess most likely already surpassed his….

Paul swallowed saliva. He stood up with difficulty and said, “Fine, I’ll go…. The Quinlan Sect and the Quinn School of Martial Arts have nothing to do with each other from now on!”

He turned around after speaking, but just as he was about to take a stride, the girl asked him flippantly, “You’re leaving like that?”

Paul glared back at her. “What else can I do if I don’t leave?”

“Violating the rules of the Quinn School of Martial Arts is treated the same as leaving the cult. So, do you want to leave the cult? Of course I do. Give back to the Quinn School of Martial Arts what you’ve learned here then!”

Nora’s words made Paul’s pupils shrink fiercely.

He stared incredulously at the girl…. She was clearly so young, and yet her words were so ruthless! Giving back what she had learned at the Quinn School of Martial Arts…. She wanted to make it so that he could never use martial arts again!

His pupils shrank as he watched the girl take step after step towards him. “What do you think you’re doing?”

The corners of Nora’s lips lifted slightly upward.

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Outside the cult.

Inside one of the cars, waiting to pick up the kids, a bored Tanya was surfing the Internet on her cell phone.

Joel stared straight ahead. After a long internal struggle, he was about to get out of the car to go with Tanya when his phone suddenly rang. He looked at it impatiently, only to immediately calm down when he saw the caller. He took the call and said respectfully, “Hello, Uncle Ian.”

Ian was silent for quite a while before finally asking, “Where’s Nora Smith?”

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