Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Absolutely Not
Netizens squatting in the livestream rushed to the trending topics and sure enough found the hashtag already dropped to the bottom—of course, all the top trending searches were dominated by the "I’m a Real Man" show.
Everyone scrambled to scroll to the last entry, clicked in, and saw the video where the action queen was coaching some young starlet.
The action queen was already over sixty, but her posture remained straight as ever. She held a long spear, twirled it gracefully in slow motion, then executed a backflip, her waist twisting with the move, landing perfectly—so cool that the audience below screamed their heads off.
Netizens watched the video closely; although the action queen’s moves didn’t flow as seamlessly as Renee Morgan’s, they were still full of powerful, fluid style.
So badass! That’s the unique charm of martial arts.
The young starlet needed to learn these moves to pull off the character she was challenged to play.
Yet, no matter how she tried, she just couldn’t get them down—her movements were stiff, and even the martial arts instructor couldn’t bend her into shape.
She was sharp enough to change the moves, convinced it looked better her way, but the action queen shot her down with three rejections: "No. No. No changes."
Afterward, the starlet started bawling, cried herself all the way onto the trending searches, and all the big influencers reposted and commented, igniting a massive flame war.
The most iconic hot phrases? Veteran actors vs new-age stars—how big is the gap?
You can see some clues from this starlet and the action queen.
In years past, netizens would have been lost for words, maybe even totally disappointed in the domestic entertainment scene.
But today, after watching Renee Morgan’s morning workout, people couldn’t help but reflect.
If you judged both the action queen and the young starlet’s acting professionalism based solely on martial arts moves, the action queen’s a champion, the starlet’s basic bronze, and Renee Morgan totally outshines the action queen by a mile.
So does this mean you can use it to attack the action queen’s professionalism?
Definitely not.
Calling it like that is way too one-sided.
Dive deeper—the action queen is the leader of the last generation of veteran actors, a flagbearer, still active in the public eye at over sixty.
They don’t deny the starlet has resources and popularity.
But does she really have what it takes to carry the banner for the new generation?
The answer’s also no.
Renee Morgan is even newer than the starlet—a true fresh face in the industry.
Setting aside fame and hype, just looking at basic professionalism: Renee Morgan graduated from Freyos’s top acting college, majoring in performance, and she’s got martial arts as a specialty.
Back in the action queen’s era, there wasn’t a mature system for acting education—she made it through experience and grit, so clearly the bar for entering showbiz is much higher for someone like Renee Morgan.
Veteran actors, new-age stars—different eras, different paths. If you had to sum it up, it should be "the student surpasses the master," looking forward, not just tearing one down to prop the other up.
People left long, passionate comments across all kinds of sites.
This is just their heartfelt take—not making excuses for new actors, just wanting to tell the world that young people really aren’t as useless as they’re made out to be.
They’ve enjoyed the best resources and education, and they’re working their asses off. One person can’t represent a whole group, and a group can’t define an era.
International netizens finally witnessed Renee Morgan’s "real kung fu," almost moved to tears.
[Got the receipts, got the receipts—those Z-country folks really have been secretly practicing martial arts behind the world’s back.]
[Guys, I’m telling you, never mess with Z-country people—they all know Z-country kung fu.]
[Is this Renee’s daily morning workout? What’s the real inner core kung fu like?]
[Liars, liars—the global media are all liars, making those world martial arts rankings, with H-country’s taekwondo, R-country’s karate, YSL’s brawling, BX’s jiu-jitsu all on the list, and somehow Z-country kung fu isn’t? Why? Are they joking with me?]
[All those listed martial arts have more global impact, but Z-country kung fu is the strongest in the world. Z-country folks are secretly practicing—never underestimate any of them. Once you piss them off, they’ll teach you a lesson.]
Z-country netizens: [...] Honestly, it’s not that exaggerated. People like Renee Morgan, with true martial arts heritage, are really just a rare breed.
Renee Morgan didn’t check the time, covered in sweat before finally stopping.
She put down her staff, looked up to see six pairs of wide, staring eyes, raised her brow: "All awake?"
Bama still remembered Jay Monroe’s grudge kick—his ass still ached—in the yard, he grabbed two old window planks and yelled: "Morgan, Monroe says you’re a pig, go beat him up!"
Jay Monroe: "..."
Z-country martial arts value martial virtue.
"Cultivate virtue before practicing martial arts," "Those with poor character shouldn’t be taught, those who act irrationally shouldn’t be trained."
Things like tolerance, patience, resilience, respecting teachers and friends, benevolence, humility, and honesty—all part of a martial artist’s virtue.
Even when martial artists spar, you’re supposed to only touch on technique, never go out of bounds or actually injure anyone.
Why would Renee Morgan take a joke and really throw hands with Jay Monroe?
Absolutely not because she can’t beat him...
Renee shot a cold glance at Monroe, brows twitching from anger at Bama’s words, and said coolly, "Martial virtue makes me tolerant. Jay Monroe, you’d better watch yourself."
Local netizens aren’t like those international Z-country martial arts fanboys.
They still remember at the base forest, when Renee Morgan admitted defeat to Hugh and Jay Monroe, washing apples for them...
Definitely not because she couldn’t win.
It’s just that "martial virtue" makes her tolerant!!
After "young people aren’t virtuous enough," now "martial virtue makes me tolerant" has gone viral again on local social media.
Whenever netizens can’t win a fight, lose, or can’t compete, they’ll drop a savage line: "Martial virtue makes me tolerant, XX, you’d better watch yourself."
Renee Morgan waited until she’d cooled down, then headed to the field stream, wiping sweat off with a towel.
When she returned, Jay Monroe and the others were already waiting.
The seven of them sat together to discuss strategy.
Jay Monroe and Dane were the radicals—considering Team Red’s retreat by sea, it was clear the Red commander had sent most of his troops back to the Red headquarters, so they suggested setting an ambush on the route back to base.
Renee Morgan thought it over: "If we can imagine it, Team Red probably already saw it coming—they might be waiting for us to walk right in and get wiped out."
Their previous success at ambushing Team Red Tower was all because Team Red underestimated them, thinking activating the defense system would be foolproof.
Jay Monroe nodded in agreement: "Right, Hugh’s got sharp strategy, he’ll be all over that idea."
"So you know him well?" Dane stroked his chin, tongue pressed against his cheek, those dark eyes squinting at Monroe.
Jay Monroe knew Dane’s status in Freyos, and Dane had heard about the two of them.
Jay Monroe’s line of work, just like Dane’s, was one of Freyos’s rising stars these past years—building a massive network in just a few years, their power is nothing to scoff at.