Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 403: Knocking on the Mountain to Shock the Tiger

"Liuhe Staff? Are you a mantis boxer from Jiaolai Peninsula?"

Huo Dian Ge, who was teaching martial arts on behalf of his master in the front yard, saw a drunk man rushing in with a strong smell of alcohol. He did not rashly open his mouth to challenge him. Instead, he looked at Wu Shan, who had empty hands, with some suspicion.

Liuhe Stick is a kind of martial arts stick technique that originated from the orthodox Northern Shaolin School and is somewhat related to the Liuhe Spear of Bajiquan. It is mostly popular among Mantis Boxers in the north and south of Bohai Sea. Huo Dian Ge has been in Tianjin for a long time and has heard of this stick technique, but has never seen a true successor.

The drunkard in front of him had a defiant look on his face, with his arms folded, looking on with a self-righteous attitude. He did not show the slightest sign of humility in seeking advice or friendly questioning, which inevitably made Huo Dian Ge, who was used to seeing all kinds of people, look cold.

He has been a disciple of Li Shuwen for almost eight years. He had mastered the four-practice technique when Emperor Xuantong ascended the throne, and became the fifth-generation disciple of Baji Sect after Qinhuai Yuanyou. Now he is only one step away from becoming a master. With his current progress in martial arts, he is able to judge the approximate strength of others through his own inner vision.

In Huo Dian Ge's eyes, although this drunkard who claimed to be the successor of the Liuhe Stick had strong muscles and a long breath, it was obviously a natural result of his innate ability and had nothing to do with later practice.

In other words, he most likely has no kung fu skills and is just a young man who relies on his natural talents and has no idea of ​​how high the world is.

"Want to know? Beat me and I'll tell you!"

Wu Shan showed his sharp white teeth and looked at Huo Dian Ge, whose threat level appeared deep red in the [A Glimpse] field of view. He stretched out his hand and a blue-green long stick flashed out of thin air, as fast as a startled wild goose!
swoosh~
A point of black light and evil energy shot out from the house and arrived in an instant, hitting the front end of [Dongsu]'s long stick. Before Wushan could change his moves, the great force contained in the energy ball stopped him, and even the smell of alcohol on his body was disrupted and dispersed by the even more wild and murderous energy.

A figure walked out of the main hall at the back of the courtyard. Wushan paced slowly to lose his strength, walking like a sick tiger. He steadied the long stick in his hand, mustered up all his energy, and looked at the person who came.

Snow fell heavily, the world became quiet, and Wushan was about to say something when he saw the person waving his hand, and a familiar voice sounded in his ears.

"I'm the owner of the boxing gym you're looking for. Why, do you want to fight with me?"

Qin Huai walked up to Huo Dian Ge and waved his hand.

"Brother, this person's origin is unknown and his behavior is suspicious. Do you want to take him?"

"No need, I can handle it. He wants to learn from me, so I will have a good discussion with him. You guys go to the backyard."

Seeing that Qin Huai had made up his mind, Huo Dian Ge glanced at Wushan again and thought that this drunkard would not cause any trouble, so he took his fellow disciples and left, leaving the front yard to the two of them.

"You are Qin Huai?"

Wushan looked at the Taowu clone, whose temperament seemed to have changed a lot and did not match the Qin Huai in his memory, and he hesitated in his words.

"I wrote a warning in my exploration notes before. At that time, I wondered if someone would turn a deaf ear to it. Now it seems that it is true. I was just being too sentimental."

Qin Huai did not answer Wu Shan's question, but just stretched out his finger and hooked it at him.

"Come here, let me see how much you have grown after not seeing you for half a year."

"That Taowu is you? Come and fight me if you want!"

Wushan looked at Qin Huai in front of him who could not detect any information at all, so he simply turned off [A Glimpse] and swung the long stick in his hand, and [Dongsu] threw out a blue-green colorful stream in the air.

When the unarmed Qin Huai saw the tip of the stick coming at him, golden-red light immediately burst out and covered his body surface. He held his knife and palm horizontally, and his neck-killing hand chopped down along the long stick, cutting straight into Wushan's throat!

Wushan's eyes became fierce, and an apricot-yellow streak swirled behind his head. He pushed his elbow forward, tilted his forearm to the side, and forcefully blocked the golden-red palm that was like a blade cutting through iron.

Click~
The apricot yellow silk thread [Zhongwu] was smashed with black cracks. Qin Huai, who was wearing Nei Liansheng's old cloth shoes, stepped forward to grab the position. He pushed away the long stick with his right hand, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and his strength was like a cannon or a crossbow, and his Qi was like a vicious tiger, and he hit Wushan directly in the chest.

Xingyi, half-step collapse punch!
A cobalt blue water stream [Beizao] appeared out of thin air and was wrapping around Tiger Roar's heavy punch.

Wushan stepped back and picked up the stick, and the [Dongsu] in his hand flashed down, like a poisonous snake opening its mouth, biting towards Qinhuai's lower abdomen.

Liuhe stick, sneak a step and hit the bell!

White smoke hissed in the air, and the golden and red fist wrapped in sticky black mud effortlessly smashed the obstacle [Beizao], with its power undiminished.

"retreat!"

Wushan saw the heavy punch coming towards him, but he did not draw his stick to protect himself. Instead, he raised his wrist, and a red ball emerged from the tip of the stick, emitting astonishing heat.

[Nanli] swirled around the stick and gathered into a red bird, adding a bit of sacredness to the long stick.

"Dragon and bird sing together!"

Wushan roared, and red balls of light and blue-green streams flashed alternately, like a dragon and a phoenix, biting towards Qinhuai's lower body.

Roar!
A mighty roar exploded out of nowhere, freezing [Nanli] and [Dongsu] into solid ice. Qin Huai gathered most of his strength, and with a light punch, Wushan flew out like a rag sack.

"Return!"

Wushan spat out a mouthful of bright red blood, and the four flags behind him opened up. Countless colorful threads swayed and pierced into the thick snow and soil, constantly slowing down the momentum of his backward flight.

"Ahem, did you use the skill just now to the fullest?"

Blood was flowing from the corner of Wushan's mouth. A domineering and arrogant shadow emerged from his back and rose infinitely upwards.

The pointed ears are facing the sky, the shoulders are copper-green, the waist is protected by a crying ghost, the crown is decorated with green pheasant feathers, and a five-colored fish-scale flag is inserted behind the back.

The three toenails are pointed and the hairs are dangling.

【Cat General】

The cobalt blue water flowed around Wushan's internal organs, and his complexion immediately improved. He spread out his hands, holding the cobalt blue and red flags in his left and right hands, and looked at Qin Huai who was strolling in the garden with fear.

"【Lihuo】, 【Xuanshui】, 【Wutu】, 【Baomu】, are you here to participate in the hunting event this time to find the remaining 【Huojin】?"

Qin Huai looked at the five large flags behind [General Cat], four bright and one dark, and asked with interest.

"I guess so. Let me see your Taowu?"

Wushan stood in front of the [Cat General] who was about ten feet away. Not only was there no sign of retreat in his eyes, but he was filled with high fighting spirit!

"Then we'll have to see if you can force it out."

As soon as Qin Huai finished speaking, scarlet clouds and cobalt blue water came towards them, steaming the flying snow into white mist.

【South Li】! 【North Zao】!
【Natural Gold】extended from the edge of the palm and inserted straight into the space between the two silk threads.

Qin Huai took root under his feet, the golden hook fell into the soil, his long arms were like whips, and his fingertips passed through two silk threads and went straight to Wushan's head and face.

Three Emperors’ Cannon Clash, embracing Tai Chi!
Wushan took a step back, and a ray of apricot yellow light [Zhongwu] met the tip of the whip, and Qin Huai's heart suddenly jumped, and the red and blue streaks that he had let pass quickly expanded and mixed together.

[Nanli] collides with [Beizhao].

boom!
The violent explosion hit Qin Huai in the middle of the silk, and a blue-green long stick suddenly stretched out and headed straight for Qin Huai's temple.

Qin Huai seemed unaware of it. The explosion caused countless ripples on the golden film, but that was all it was and it did not cause any more damage.

The deep and sticky [Evil Without Dryness], which was like black mud, emanated from his body, dancing into a mess of venomous snakes, winding towards the blue-green long stick that was close at hand like a deep current. At the same time, Qin Huai's cannon punch had shattered the apricot-yellow light, and his whip hand turned into a knife palm, with the golden-red palm edge killing Wushan's neck.

【Dongsu】 turns to 【Zhongwu】.

The apricot-yellow light turned into a streak of silk that was attached to a golden-red palm blade. Wushan did not retreat but advanced instead, leaped up, and raised his knees to hit his chest!

The deep black mud, the cobalt blue water and the scarlet glow were intertwined. Qin Huai exerted force on his wrist, made a mistake in his steps, and threw Wushan out!

Bang!
The drunk man bumped into an old tree in the yard, and the thick snow fell off, covering him like a snowman.

"Pooh, pooh, come again!"

Wushan jumped up from the ground and wanted to fight again.

"You can't fight. Your flag is almost broken."

Qin Huai pulled off his battle-damaged coat, looked at the somewhat embarrassed Wu Shan, raised his chin, and motioned for him to look at the phantom of inheritance behind him.

Upon hearing this, Wushan realized something was wrong and quickly turned around to check his [Cat General].

I saw that [Dongsu] was broken, [Nanli] was dim, [Zhongwu] was broken, and [Beizao] was dried up. The most serious one was [Dongsu] which was eroded by hundreds of strands of black mud. The blue and green flag had been stained with a dark black, which looked very creepy.

"Where are your [True Lord Five Soaps]? Haven't you collected enough to pay the requirement?"

Qin Huai made a casual move and the deep evil energy that was fighting against the blue-green dragon like a thorn in the bone was called back into his body, allowing Wushan, who had a nervous expression, to breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's still early. I have to gather the five virtues first before I can move on to the next part of the Yanfu incident."

Seeing that Qin Huai took the initiative to resolve the remaining influence, Wushan guessed that Qin Huai might still have feelings for him. He immediately felt relieved, stood up, took out a flat wine jar and took a sip.

"Is that so? Then you'll probably have a hard time."

Qin Huai waved his hand, motioning Wushan to come sit inside with him.

"By the way, you don't want Tian Wu anymore? Most of your secret treasure enhancements are on it, right? It's hard to calculate whether you are losing or gaining by exchanging a Ling Wuxian for a Wan Wu insect of similar quality."

Wushan looked at Qin Huai who was drinking hot tea slowly and asked casually.

"I haven't seen you for half a year, and you've become more and more talkative."

Qin Huai put down the teacup, glanced at Wu Shan and continued, "My Taowu is still a blank slate, without any secret enhancements, so I will not apply for the inheritance trial for quite some time in the future. As for whether I will act as an agent in the end, and who I will act for, to be honest, I haven't decided yet."

"That's right. After all, the positions of Lord Mao and Lord God are both vacant."

Wushan drank a sip of wine to warm himself up, then rubbed his hands and looked at Qin Huai: "Boss Qin, how about this, you sell me the [Taowu] on you, you can follow the path of Tianwu and the God Lord, and I will follow the path of the thorny Mao Lord. In the future, if you need any help, I, Wushan, will be the first to help."

"You want to be the Mao master?"

Qin Huai stared at Wu Shan, then thought of his inheritance [Cat General], and shook his head: "Let me make it clear in advance that I do not accept installment payments. If you want [Tao Wu], the price is negotiable, but you must have at least 300,000 Yanfu points. Otherwise, you can't get a seat at the table."

"Three hundred thousand?!"

Hearing this astronomical figure, Wushan took a sip of his wine and said nothing more.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Show me the information about your hunting incident. Just treat it as the price you pay for your rashness in challenging me."

Qin Huai knocked on the table, drawing Wu Shan's attention back from his thoughts about where to get the money.

"Well, free hunting has its own requirements. You Baji Walkers cannot interfere openly, otherwise you will be taken to a chat by Zhao Jianzhong's Internal Affairs Department."

Wushan was a notorious hunter in the low-level walk. This was not the first time he participated in such free hunting events, and he was very familiar with some of the tricks. This was also one of the reasons why he dared to fight Qin Huai before, and was not afraid of Qin Huai's killing.

"Plundering property and fighting each other is like the sifting of sand by the waves."

After Qin Huai read the content of the incident shared by Wushan, he had a rough judgment in his mind.

"Okay, the fight is over, and the day is over. I won't keep you here. Go get busy."

Seeing Qin Huai was about to see him off, Wu Shan nodded and asked one more question before leaving: "Can I learn the [fighting method] from you?"

"I'm busy. Take the money and go find the person you wanted to fight with before. He will make the arrangements."

Qin Huai shook his head, stood up and sent Wushan out of the main hall.
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Liuyin Street.

Fang Xiang knocked on the door with a bag of gold and silver, but no one answered for a long time.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, two men in grey satin robes and blue jackets came back from the street. One was tall, the other short, both wearing official boots and with braids hanging down their backs.

"Who are you and why are you lingering in front of the gate of Yang's house?"

The person who spoke was a tall and thin man, with a face as dark as old charcoal, a long face, narrow eyes, dark skin, and a rough, dry and cold voice.

"I heard that their family is good at Tai Chi, so I want to become their disciple."

Hearing the visitor's question, Fang Xiang, with a calm look in his eyes and a strong physique, stood up straight, but he was half a head taller than the tall and thin man.

"Become a disciple? A long-haired thief comes to the imperial city to learn boxing from a master? I think you are the bandit who robbed Zhili recently!"

The short, fat man with a kind face and fair skin stared at Fang Xiang's short hair and sneered, "No matter who you are, you have to go with us to the Governor's Mansion tonight!"

In the alley, Fang Xiang raised his furry right paw with a fierce look in his eyes.

".Another case of someone being too clever for his own good."
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Panjiayuan, antique street.

"This landscape scroll does not look like an authentic work, but rather an old painting from the Qing Dynasty, an imitation by a painter of the Yushan School. The original painting has no signature, but the signature and seal on this painting look very much like the handwriting of Guangyue Zhang."

The man who was speaking had dull eyes and a pair of spectacles on his nose. The lenses were as thick as the bottom of a bottle and were bluish in color, making them look like a pair of blue eyes.

Han Shaoci, the owner of Yunguzhai, was sitting on the other end of the armchair. When he heard the verdict made by this man, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Boss Han, you sold the wrong pair of shoes. Just consider it as tuition payment. At least you won't lose anything!"

Seeing Lan Yan finished his work, took his wages and stood up to leave, Han Shaoci quickly reached out to stop him, his eyes red: "Old Jiang, set up a trap and lure that man out! Otherwise, I will not be able to swallow this anger!"

"Yes, but if the bait is not big, the fish won't take it."

Blue Eyes stopped in his tracks, indicating that he had agreed to the deal.

"Here I have a string of sandalwood Buddhist beads collected from Gaomi countryside. It is said that it was given by the Empress Dowager Cixi. It is quite magical and has extraordinary effects."

(End of this chapter)