The Round Penguin spoke these words with a clear sense of pride.

However, what Li Pu and the others gathered was that there are actually nine such formidable beings in this dungeon like the Round Penguin.

"By the way, there's actually a Kung Fu King living in the bamboo forest where you entered."

"But looking at your confused expressions, it's clear you haven't encountered them."

Black and white bamboo forest.

Li Pu and his companions exchanged glances, feeling that even without entering they could guess the identity of that Kung Fu King.

"Speaking of which, you two have decent skills. Would you be interested in joining me in the Kung Fu Tournament?"

"Kung Fu."

The Round Penguin said as it glanced at Li Pu.

Of course, it wouldn't waste its breath for no reason; the reason for introducing so much was to recruit them.

"Kung Fu Tournament..."

Li Pu heard this invitation and began to ponder.

The Round Penguin just introduced that every month, the nine Kung Fu Kings hold a Kung Fu Tournament here.

The purpose of the Kung Fu Tournament is to select the Kung Fu King of the month.

The one who becomes the Kung Fu King gets to enjoy and guard the most precious existence in this dungeon, the Magic Spring, for the next month.

Magic Spring, these words alone suggest it's the core of the dungeon.

Moreover, it's said that the beasts here have learned Kung Fu thanks to the Magic Spring.

The spring contains magical powers, and every once in a while, it turns into a fountain, scattering into the sky and transforming into raindrops that nourish the entire land.

Raindrops fall on the beasts and are absorbed, granting them revelations.

After living here for a long time and being showered by the Magic Spring multiple times, they naturally learned Kung Fu.

So Li Pu is quite curious about this Magic Spring.

He wonders if he can understand something from it. After all, he wouldn't be dumber than the beasts, especially considering he has half beast/summoning beast bloodline.

"A-And me?"

Chang Shoushang was a bit flattered by the Round Penguin's mention.

He was just standing on the side observing, and then he got a bloody head from it—how could he be noticed?

Could it be because he's too handsome?

"Of course not you, it's it."

The Round Penguin pointed to the Scarecrow.

[Grass!]

Scarecrow: You fat boy, you really have an eye for talent!

Then the Round Penguin continued introducing them.

Becoming the Kung Fu King isn't an easy task.

Because the levels of the nine Kung Fu Kings are quite close; if they really fight, you can't tell who would win or lose.

So under such circumstances, they've come up with a new rule.

Besides Kung Fu Kings, they allow their trained underlings to participate in the tournament.

Each Kung Fu King needs to bring two followers for each tournament.

King vs. king, winning counts as 2 points.

Underlings vs. underlings, winning counts as 1 point.

Going through the tournament, the side with more points becomes the Kung Fu King of the current edition.

Some Kung Fu Kings bring apprentices or offspring.

For lone figures like the Round Penguin, it chooses to bring elite monsters selected and trained from its own territory.

Because it had just engaged with Li Pu and the Scarecrow, it thought highly of their abilities, hence the invitation.

The truth is, Li Pu is quite willing to participate; it sounds like a great chance to benefit.

"But... after all, we're outsiders too."

"Entering your Kung Fu Tournament, wouldn't the other Kung Fu Kings oppose it?"

Tong Qinxin raised her concerns.

"That's no problem."

"Just with a little trick, I can immediately turn you into members of the minor Kung Fu world."

"Galagala..."

With a call from the Round Penguin, a white-headed leaf monkey brought two buckets of paint, one black and one white, from somewhere.

"..."

Li Pu had a bad premonition.

In 5 minutes, a horizontally striped Scarecrow appeared.

White base, black horizontal stripes.

"How's it? My craftsmanship is not bad, right?"

The Round Penguin patted the paint on the tips of its wings, looking quite satisfied.

It also had a mirror brought over.

[Grass!]

Scarecrow: Ben Cao looks too handsome!

Coincidentally, this matched the Scarecrow's aesthetic.

"As for you..."

The Round Penguin looked at Li Pu again.

"Senior, it's better not now."

He took two steps back.

"Tomorrow is the Kung Fu Tournament, we need to give the paint an overnight cooling time."

The Round Penguin approached with the brush.

"Hey, hurry and stop it."

Li Pu looked at Chang Shoushang and Tong Qinxin; he alone couldn't resist this critter.

Unexpectedly, those two turned their heads to the side, avoiding his gaze.

In 3 minutes, Li Pu completed his transformation faster than the Scarecrow.

"You struggled too much, so I had to choose the most straightforward way."

The Round Penguin regrettably touched its belly; those kicks hurt quite a bit.

"Damn it."

Resigned, Li Pu walked to the mirror to see what he had turned into.

Then he saw a perfectly black-and-white himself in the mirror.

More accurately, it should be distinctly black and white from side to side.

Using his nose as the centerline, one side black, the other white.

Shiver.

Shivering in anger.

Li Pu was furious.

Shiver.

Shivering in laughter.

Chang Shoushang felt like he was about to laugh his muscles sore.

Pfft...

Even Tong Qinxin barely held her laughter.

"Are you a legend—Yin-Yang Man?"

"I can't manage, I'm losing it."

"Must document this."

After a moment to recover, Chang Shoushang shakily took out his phone.

Whoosh!

With just a glance from Li Pu, the phone shot straight into the sky, swept away by the wind to who knows where.

Having sacrificed this much, if he couldn't become the Kung Fu King, it would be a disservice to himself.

"Rest assured, this paint will naturally fall off in a few days."

"But during its effective period, don't think about it."

Next, the Round Penguin treated them to good food and drink.

At night, when Li Pu went to the pond to bathe, he discovered that the paint wouldn't come off even with scrubbing, just as the Round Penguin said.

Besides that, he was sneak-attacked by the Round Penguin with a brush, painting previously covered parts in black and white as well, completing the theatrical transformation.

The next day, the Round Penguin led them to the center of the dungeon, towards the Kung Fu Tournament.

Chang Shoushang and Tong Qinxin and the other summoning beasts were guests, so they didn't need disguises.

The Scarecrow and Li Pu walked among the Penguin's followers, without appearing out of place.

Luckily, like those with cow heads and zebra faces, these humanoid monsters were dressed, so Li Pu got dressed too.

Otherwise, today would have been mosaic chaos at the Kung Fu Tournament.

From a distance, they saw a distinctively different large hill.

This was originally a green meadow, but the hill's color was even greener, like a massive piece of jade.

"That hill in front is our destination."

Sitting on a sedan carried by followers, the Round Penguin pointed ahead.

Each Kung Fu King's lair is moveable, whoever is the Kung Fu King of the month moves their lair next to the Magic Spring.

Compared to that large hill, Li Pu's attention was naturally drawn to the Magic Spring.

This pond, with a diameter of over 20 meters, has a very distinctive color.

Appearing in black and white, maintaining a fluid state.

It resembles a rotating Tai Chi disk.

This reminded Li Pu of the remains of the Tai Chi Snail in Wind Listening Hall.

And the elderly lady who loved practicing Tai Chi.

The crystal from the Little Kung Fu World originated from her, wonder if there's a story behind it?

"You fat Penguin, you've arrived quite early today, meh~"

At this moment, a voice came from the hill.

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