Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 402: Meeting at the Government Office
"I asked you all to come here today to discuss two things with you."

More than twenty martial arts celebrities were sitting in the conference hall of the Tianjin Governor's Mansion. They were all wearing mandarin jackets and long robes, felt hats, and had solemn expressions. They seemed to be seated in an arranged manner, on both sides of a long table, sitting upright.

There were five chairs at the bottom of the long table, one of which was empty. In the middle sat a tall and imposing young man with sharp eyes and a cold and lonely expression on his face. He looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.

This person was Qin Huai representing Bajiquan. Sitting next to him were Yang Shaohou from Taijiquan, Gong Yutian from Baguaquan, and Shang Yunxiang from Xingyiquan, all of whom were masters in charge of the three major internal martial arts.

The bright lights evenly illuminated every corner of the conference hall, clearly highlighting the expressions of the martial arts masters.

Yuan Xiangcheng adjusted his glasses, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "The reason is that there have been many incidents in Zhili recently, with bandits everywhere. Many banks and shops have been looted, and many city dwellers and gentry have lost their lives. You tell me, as the parent official of Zhili Province, how can I, Yuan Gongbao, watch the thieves cause chaos and do nothing?"

"Of course not. After all, traitors can be killed by anyone."

Qin Huai looked at Yuan Xiangcheng across the long table and responded.

"Yes, Jingbo is right. But at this critical moment, it is really unfortunate. You may not know that a few days ago, most of the Beiyang Six Garrison troops who were guarding the capital were transferred to the front line to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, leaving less than 30% of the new recruits to stay in Zhili. It is difficult for them to be effective when facing those well-trained and well-equipped bandits who appeared out of nowhere~"

Yuan Xiangcheng sighed, looked at the famous martial artists, and said earnestly: "I, Yuan Gongbao, know that you are decisive and have profound skills. I understand that you are all from Zhili Province and have many disciples. You will not sit idly by and watch the thieves run rampant in Beijing and Tianjin."

"But if Gong Bao just asks the martial arts community in Beijing and Tianjin for help to deal with these bandits, if the heroes are killed or injured in the future, they will definitely blame Gong Bao, which is not good. So."

Yuan Xiangcheng clapped his hands, and immediately saw Duan Zhiquan walking in with a stack of banknotes.

"The Governor's Office will offer a huge reward of 500 taels of silver for each ringleader. Once we confirm that he is the wanted criminal who committed a major crime, we will immediately issue the reward. In addition, the government will not take a penny from the looted property, and it will all belong to you, my followers."

"These 100,000 taels of silver are considered as reward money, and these 30,000 taels of silver are just the cost of Gong Bao treating you all to tea today."

As soon as Yuan Xiangcheng finished speaking, Duan Zhiquan distributed large silver bills with a face value of one thousand taels to the martial arts celebrities present. Everyone received one, and they were all treated equally.

"This Gong Bao is really generous."

"I have been in the martial arts world for so long, but I have only seen such a huge reward ten years ago."

"It's good to be able to find some work for the young people! But judging from the noise they've made in the past few days, I'm afraid those bandits are here with ill intentions!"

Many martial arts masters whispered to each other, exchanging their views. They were experienced in martial arts, and at least had reached the fourth level of martial arts. With decades of experience in close combat, their strength should not be underestimated. Even if they faced the strange Yanfu Xingzou, the outcome was uncertain.

"We know that Gong Bao wants the Beijing-Tianjin martial arts community to take appropriate measures to protect the neighbors and fellow villagers, and we will definitely do it, but I don't know what the other thing they want to discuss is?"

[Iron-footed Buddha] Shang Yunxiang saw that the martial arts masters had almost reached a conclusion and their voices gradually became lower. He immediately looked up and asked Yuan Xiangcheng, who was sitting opposite him with a cup of hot tea in his hand.

"The second reason is to inform everyone that the Regent King recently asked Gong Bao to search the willows in Jinmen to find the murderer who killed Kulun, the leader of the rebel envoy. Gong Bao doesn't know if the murderer is still in Jinmen, but if you have any entanglements with those brothels and theaters, you should clean up the mess as soon as possible. If you find something that shouldn't be there, it will be embarrassing for us, which will not look good for you or me."

"Blossom Street is a hodgepodge of people of all kinds. If Yuan Gongbao wants to go there personally, he must be careful with his life and not fall into the trap and die in the hands of those unscrupulous young men."

Qin Huai raised his eyebrows, and there was a lot of meaning in his words.

"Jingbo, don't worry. Beiyang's investigation of Yanliu is just to pull out the big trees. It won't act rashly. Whether the person who killed Commander Kulun is from Honolulu or from the White Lotus Sect, it doesn't really matter."

Yuan Xiangcheng waved his hand, signaling everyone to look at the century-old tree in the yard outside.

"Pulling trees?"

A short and strong middle-aged man didn't understand what he meant and asked subconsciously.

"Yes, Zhan'ao, let me ask you, what should I do if I want to uproot a big tree?"

Yuan Xiangcheng looked at the short and strong middle-aged man and asked with a smile.

"Just pull it out as hard as you can. What else can you do?"

"No, you can't pull it up just by brute force. Even if you pull it up, the roots will be broken. You have to hold it with both hands, and shake it left and right, forward and backward, to loosen the roots. Then, when the wind starts to blow, the tree will fall down."

Yuan Xiangcheng stretched out his hand and gestured while explaining, as if he was really pulling out a big tree.

"Is the tree Gong Bao is talking about Honolulu or the Qing court?"

Qin Huai could tell that Yuan Xiangcheng was not interested in drinking, so he spoke up immediately and took a step further in following the topic.

"To see the big from the small, to see the leopard from the tube, that small Garden Street, isn't it the reflection of the huge China today?"

Yuan Xiangcheng was an experienced man, so he naturally understood Qin Huai's implication. He waved his hand but did not give a direct answer: "Jingbo, what do you think?"

Qin Huai shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything. He just turned and walked to the century-old tree in the yard. He dug his hands into the rough and tough bark, exerted force with his feet, and the veins in his arms and thighs bulged. The bulging blood vessels in his neck revealed his strength as if cast.

Wow~
The snow was falling and the ground was rising. Everyone in the hall looked at Qin Huai, who had uprooted the ash tree without much effort, with expressions of surprise.

"Gong Bao, the ash tree in your house is good. It is just right for making spears and sticks. When I go back, I will ask my master to make you a big spear. You should practice more. After practicing for a long time, you will know that no matter how you pull the tree, you need to have enough strength."

Qin Huai patted the several-ton ash tree on his shoulder and continued, "Otherwise, when you have worked hard to loosen the roots, you will feel sore and weak in your limbs. If the wind blows and the tree loses its balance and falls, the person pulling it out will be dead!"

After saying that, he didn't care about Yuan Xiangcheng, who had a gloomy face and felt that his sore spot was touched, and he carried the tree and walked out of the Governor's Mansion.
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"Master Walker, are you sure you want to update the basic exploration notes of the Red Tassel Spear fruit and upload the advanced memo records?"

"confirm."

After returning to the Bajiquan gym, Qin Huai, who learned from Yuan Xiangcheng that Yanfu Xingzou had arrived, threw the ash tree he had brought with him to the confused Huo Dian Ge, and then he flashed into the room and uploaded the compiled exploration information.

At the same time, new reminders were heard by the Yamafu walkers who participated in the free hunting.

"Master Walker, you can now use [World View Acquisition], one of the Ten Capitals' privileges, to obtain the basic exploration notes of all the Yama Walkers. You can also obtain some higher-value exploration notes by spending Yama Points."

After the prompt sounded, there were many people who had reached the Ten Cities level who opened the dry black bamboo slips, wanting to find out what was going on.

"What the hell, what did the warriors here eat to grow up? Why are they so thick-skinned? They are almost as strong as the blessing that the inheritance has brought me!"

--anonymous

"No, how can someone here cast wind blades? Isn't this just an ordinary magic-free fruit?"

——Anonymous "The combat skills here are very high. As long as the latecomers are careful, it is not difficult to get some high-level close combat essence."

--anonymous

"Keep a low profile. If you want to go wild, go somewhere else. Don't come to those martial arts schools that are open to the public to seek death. If you anger the big boxer hidden inside, even if you have a gun, you can't save your life!"

——Taowu

Please be careful when walking.

You can choose to spend 500 Yama points to obtain an advanced memo record [all martial arts schools and their locations in Zhili Province, with a brief introduction to the fruit's unique personal growth ability]

Recorder: Taowu
"The Four Evils Taowu? A Yamafu inheritance of the same level as the Ghost Lord Qiongqi?"

Seeing that the recorder's note was Taowu, who had the qualifications of a Mao master, Wushan, who had ordered a table of good wine and food at Wanchun Tower, became interested and immediately bought the not-cheap high-level memo record.

"You spent five hundred Yama points. You obtained Taowu's record."

A complicated three-dimensional map emerged in Wushan's mind. It was like a holographic projection, which could be enlarged for navigation at any time. It was also marked with countless red dots of different sizes.

"According to the map, the nearest boxing gym is on a street. What's its name? Ruyi Temple?"

He looked out the window and saw two endless rows of gray eaves outlining a crooked alley that stretched all the way to the Haihe River in the distance.

"【Practice fighting skills】? It sounds quite ordinary, but I happen to have nothing to do recently, so I might as well go and take a look."

Taking his eyes away from the personal growth ability profile that appeared on his iris, Wushan threw away his wine glass and stood up with a mouth full of alcohol.

During this time, he killed two Yamabu walkers, but unfortunately, he was unlucky and only got a scroll of inheritance. As for the condition for obtaining the [Secret Treasure Enhancement·Kundalini], he had to find a fruit native named [Fire Head Zun] first. Wushan searched for a few days but found nothing, so he had to temporarily change direction and focus his energy on robbing property.

However, now that advanced memo records representing personal growth ability have appeared, no matter how difficult it is to obtain, in Wushan's opinion, it is worth taking a look first.

Wushan jumped out of the window, and the snow outside was getting heavier.

In the vast Zhili Province, each of the Yanfu people who had finished studying the basic exploration notes also took different actions.
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Ruyi Temple, Bajiquan Gym.

After Qin Huai updated his exploration notes, he just glanced at the rising Yanfu points and took out the booklet that Li Shuwen gave him.

[Secret of the Divine Essence: Eight Extreme Heavens]

Category: Codex

Quality: Special

It can integrate essence, blood, energy, spirit, soul and so on into Yuan Qi, and slowly and profoundly change the life essence of the practitioner.

"When a person is alive, he is physically exhausted by all kinds of things, and his mind is troubled by all kinds of emotions. He is always troubled by the universe. His innate gifts are limited, and if he does not supplement his innate gifts with acquired gifts to gain a strong body, he will be able to overcome the troubles of the world and survive against insults."

Qin Huai sat cross-legged on the bed, opened the booklet and read it carefully, with a strange expression on his face.

"Why does this method look familiar?"

But Qin Huai didn't think much about it and immediately decided to try the secret method recorded in the booklet.

Although things like Yuan Qi sound somewhat magical, they are ultimately inseparable from the realm of martial arts. No matter how difficult it is, it should not be difficult for someone like him who has already understood the meaning of boxing.

"Come!"

Qin Huai's mind moved, and he inhaled into his abdomen. The vigorous blood and energy in his body sank down like a rushing river, and together with the energy, they gathered towards his dantian.

The powerful essence and blood, the clear light of the soul, all gathered in the dantian, combining with the evil energy of the wilderness emanating from the Taowu inheritance, forming thousands of beast shadows.

These myriad animal shadows were suddenly swallowed by the huge mouth that suddenly appeared, and compressed into a mysterious and magical pill.

On the surface of the Great Dane, there is a strange beast with jagged teeth, howling towards the sky, showing a nature of sweeping across the world and being the only one in the world.

Before Qin Huai could take a closer look, the Taowu pill exploded with a loud bang, blasting out a bit of pure black evil energy that seemed to be real.

"Is this... a sign of heaven?!"

Looking at the pure black evil energy whose origin and nature were no different from the power of weather, Qin Huai slowly opened his eyes, and a wisp of fishy and sticky black mud emerged from his fingertips, violent and ferocious.

[Evil Without Limits]: The Qi that was forged by chance by a person with extraordinary attainments in the martial arts of the human immortals in cooperation with the inheritance of Taowu. It carries with it a wild and extremely evil aura. Once all living things in the world are contaminated by it, their vitality and lifespan will be immediately devoured by decay.

Note: Extremely evil, extremely evil!

"There is extreme evil, but I don't know where the worst lies."

Qin Huai smacked his lips and realized that although the [Evil Without Limits] in his hand seemed to be no different from the power of weather, there were actually some differences.

The most obvious thing is that the little bit of [Evil Without Limits] in his hand can hardly cause any impact on the surrounding world, while the same amount of meteorological force can connect the heaven and earth in the moment of release, with extraordinary momentum.

"As expected, it still prefers the martial arts essence that strengthens a single unit."

Qin Huai waved his hand to disperse the [Evil Without Limits] on his fingertips, and wanted to try the method in the booklet of using Yuan Qi to hold blood and form a pill, and to gather the essence, blood, and energy into pill energy. However, he was surprised to find that the Tianrui Yuan Blood in his body, which was as thick and condensed as lead and mercury, seemed to be unaware of the Yuan Qi blocking its way, and was still flowing through his limbs.

"Is the body too strong to be restrained? Or is it too little Yuan Qi, so the effect is weak?"

After guessing the cause of the problem, Qin Huai decided to transform his energy into Yuan Qi first and fill his soul.

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the front yard.

"Tell your boss to come out. The successor of the Liuhe Staff is here to ask for instruction!"

(End of this chapter)