[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-fantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends":3,"chapter-fantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends-fantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Fantasy: I Become Stronger by Adding Friends",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2055120,3195,"Chapter 22: A lunatic, he is absolutely a lunatic! (Please vote!)","fantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>As these words fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once noisy mountain stronghold seemed to go quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bronze Hand’s mouth hung slightly open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze was somewhat dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this guy crazy... does he know what he's saying...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Become friends?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this nonsense!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to be beaten to death by him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, before dying, he asks if he’s willing to be his friend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must be a lunatic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is completely unrelated to anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm asking you a question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing waved his hand in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bronze Hand instinctively wanted to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Meng Zhangqing’s next words made him stop abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you aren't willing, I can only seal your acupoints, force your life to continue for a while, and then throw you into a pile of demonic beasts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That feeling of being slowly gnawed away must be quite nice, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bronze Hand’s face turned even paler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this guy really a righteous sect disciple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s even more demonic than the demonic path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A lunatic, he is absolutely a lunatic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bronze Hand cursed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>How can there be someone who forces others to be their friend!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, Meng Zhangqing was already the type of person whose brain wasn't normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... am willing...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calming down, Bronze Hand answered helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Willing is willing, I suppose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, he wouldn't lose anything by generously satisfying this lunatic’s peculiar hobby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would save him from suffering before death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Friend added successfully!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Current favorability: One Star!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obtained attribute: Talent 【Thick-Skinned】\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Merge immediately?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s voice rang out in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A joyful smile immediately appeared on Meng Zhangqing’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His luck was good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talent was in hand; he had been truly afraid of randomizing into some other attribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like this kind of one-time friendship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once randomized incorrectly, it would be impossible to get it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was impossible for him to increase favorability with Bronze Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, my friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a reward, I will let you die a little more easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing patted Bronze Hand’s shoulder with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, forming his two fingers into a sword, he tapped the center of his brow, and a surge of powerful qi and blood rushed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Causing his gaze to instantly scatter, and his head to hang heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aura was completely gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bandit leader who had plagued the region had fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"System, merge talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing said in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Merging started!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the words fell, Meng Zhangqing felt a cool sensation emerge beneath his skin, like flowing water, gradually spreading to every part of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling completely faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the talent 【Thick-Skinned】?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing rolled up his sleeves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no particularly obvious changes in the thickness of his arms or his skin color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that when he poked his skin with his fingertips, he could clearly feel resistance, as if countless nets were layered together, incomparably tough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's try the 'Bronze Armor Art' again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing began to circulate the technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His skin color immediately resembled an ancient bronze statue, radiating an indestructible aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bronze Armor Art\" was only a Human-grade high-tier body-tempering martial skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, under the amplification of the talent, it had clearly seen a substantial improvement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could definitely rival a Profound-grade low-tier body-tempering martial skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The shortcoming in defense can be considered somewhat compensated for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with this talent, in the future, no matter what body-tempering martial skill he practiced, he would have more significant results, far exceeding others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for Meng Zhangqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he wanted most was still the Stone-man bloodline of the two Stone brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the truly awesome stuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Withdrawing his focus, Meng Zhangqing took off Bronze Hand’s gauntlets to use as proof.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Considering that he had gained benefits from him and was nominally a friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then dug a hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And buried him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that late autumn was approaching and the weather was getting cold, Meng Zhangqing even specially added a few more layers of soil and stomped it down hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Being able to make a thoughtful friend like me, you can consider it worth it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing all this, Meng Zhangqing turned and left with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing Bronze Hand meant the mission was complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other bandits, none had survived; that previous sword strike had been driven with full power, something even Bronze Hand hadn't dared to take head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had all died on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Going home!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mounting his spirit horse, Meng Zhangqing galloped off into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>――\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yunshui City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient city built on the banks of a great river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The population was around one hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the convenient transportation, the daily flow of people was huge, which made the city’s commerce quite prosperous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Meng Clan Chamber of Commerce was one of the large chambers of commerce in Yunshui City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occupying several marketplaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quite famous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the most famous was the head of the Meng Clan Chamber of Commerce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman in a black dress who always wore a bamboo hat, relying on a set of profound sword moves, she was almost invincible within the Qi Opening Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the Meng Clan Chamber of Commerce had been able to maintain its status over the years and not be swallowed by other chambers of commerce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yunshui City, finally here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the massive ancient city looming in the distance, Meng Zhangqing breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, some inexplicable emotions surfaced in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this would be the first time he would truly face his blood relatives in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Meng Clan Chamber of Commerce.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residence consisted of continuous pavilions, connected to each other, with high courtyard walls outside, quite imposing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the main gate, there were two guards at the seventh stage of the Pulse Forging Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s as I remember, nothing has changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the residence, Meng Zhangqing nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you... the Young Clan Leader?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice filled with uncertainty rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Zhangqing looked toward the source of the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw one of the guards looking at him, his face filled with shock and doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the other guard reacted as well.\u003C\u002Fp>",1055,"2026-06-16T01:57:58.319Z","2026-06-16T01:58:13.594Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","428767a87f8c2eab26a3c0aac226bb9cc36b419bed01ff8f97a5aa2085b96cfa","fantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends-chapter-23","fantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends-chapter-21",267,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffantasy-i-become-stronger-by-adding-friends-cover.jpg"]