Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 517: Filling the place with cattle and sheep? Or is it better to have a farm stay?
An old man was squatting on the ground, sorting the dried vegetables that were drying on the straw mat in the yard. A young girl was helping him, and an old woman was spinning cloth on a loom.

Although the two old men have gray hair, they look healthy.

As for the girl, she looked no different from an ordinary person on the surface, but with Lu Ping's eyesight and experience, he could tell at a glance that she was sick and her breath was three points weaker than that of an ordinary person. It was obvious that she had just recovered from a serious illness.

"Dad! Mom! Ah Zhu, I'm back!"

Xiao Feng spoke loudly, pushed open the courtyard door and walked in, looking at the old woman who had stopped working and said, "I met two friends on my way back, so you might as well prepare a richer meal for today."

The Qiao couple are not dead?

Is the missing Ah Zhu also here?
This simple sentence contained so much information that even Lu Ping was stunned for a few seconds.

In the original novel, the Qiao couple died at the hands of Xiao Yuanshan.

The reason might be just to vent his anger, or because he felt that they had taken his child away, or perhaps to force Xiao Feng to stand against the Song Dynasty.

But no matter what, this is a very unkind thing to do.

You have to know that the Qiao couple were just ordinary villagers, and they raised Xiao Feng with great difficulty. What Xiao Yuanshan did was simply repaying kindness with enmity.

Fortunately, in this world, he didn’t seem to take action?

Lu Ping pondered for a few seconds and soon figured out the reason.

Unlike the original novel, in this world, the Liao Kingdom was destroyed more than fifty years ago, and Xiao Yuanshan might have just reached adulthood at that time.

In the thirty years after the recovery of the country, the two Song dynasties had been pursuing the descendants of foreign races. As a Liao person, Xiao Yuanshan must have been fleeing all day and hiding his identity during this period.

If Murong Bo wanted to stir up a dispute, he would not need to use Xuan Ci's hand to act in a roundabout way. He could just openly recruit people to chase and kill him.

But his identity is already embarrassing, so why would he do something that might expose himself?

What's more, given the situation at the time, Xuan Ci could not possibly believe such a ridiculous thing as "the Liao people sent a large army to attack Shaolin and seize the martial arts secrets."

The choices made by each person will be different depending on the era.

Murong Bo chose to do nothing, and Xuan Ci did not lose his mind, so naturally there would be no incident of 'accidental killing of innocent people at Yanmen Pass'.

Therefore, in this world, Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo may have no hatred at all.

It is even possible that both parties, as descendants of foreign races and targets of attack by the Song people, were partners, secretly plotting schemes in the dark.

"Feng'er is back?"

Old Madam Qiao stood up, walked to Xiao Feng with a smile, and stretched out her hands naturally, wanting to help him carry the things, but Xiao Feng was reluctant to let his old mother work hard, so he just smiled and shook his head and said, "Mom, I'll do it."

Mrs. Qiao had no choice but to give up and turned to look at Lu Ping and Wang Yuyan. Seeing that they were both handsome and beautiful, and were friends of her children, she immediately felt a liking for them and a warm smile appeared on her face.

"Since you two are Feng'er's friends, please come in and have a seat."

"Thank you, Aunt Qiao."

On this side, Old Man Qiao and Ah Zhu also stood up and came forward.

Seeing Xiao Feng return home, Ah Zhu's joy was revealed in her words, and she said with a charming smile: "Brother Xiao..."

Before he could finish his words, his voice suddenly stopped.

"You are... my cousin?!"

Ah Zhu didn't know Lu Ping, but she knew Wang Yuyan.

However, Wang Yuyan's dress and temperament at this moment were completely different from before, almost like two different people. Even though Ah Zhu was quite familiar with her, it took her a few seconds to recognize her.

"A'Zhu?!"

"So you're still alive?!"

Their eyes met, and Wang Yuyan was stunned for a long while, but a sense of sadness suddenly emerged in her heart.

Several people came into the house and sat down. Ah Zhu hurriedly pulled Wang Yuyan to ask questions.

"Miss cousin, why are you here? And dressed like this? By the way, do you know anything about the young master? Is he home safely?"

Wang Yuyan opened her mouth in a daze for several seconds, and finally whispered the truth: "My cousin... is dead."

"What?! Young Master, he..."

Upon hearing that her old master was dead, Ah Zhu's face turned pale, her breathing stagnated, and she seemed to have lost 90% of her strength. It took her a long time to come back to her senses. Wang Yuyan had no expression on her face, and she told the story of the Murong family in a calm tone: "...Now the Murong family has closed down and no longer cares about the affairs of the martial arts world."

Even though Ah Zhu had been mentally prepared, she was still heartbroken after hearing the sad news, and two lines of helpless tears flowed down.

After Wang Yuyan finished speaking, she asked, "Azhu, why are you here?"

Ah Zhu wiped the tears from her face and said, "That day I disguised myself as a young master to divert the pursuers, but I ran slowly and was soon caught up by them. My martial arts skills were low, and I was almost killed by them after only a few moves."

"Luckily, Brother Xiao happened to pass by and he rescued me."

Even though more than a month has passed, Ah Zhu still feels scared when she mentions this incident.

"Because I was seriously injured, Brother Xiao took me to look for doctors everywhere."

"It's just that my internal injuries are too severe for ordinary doctors to cure. I finally found the miracle doctor Xue Muhua, but he was also helpless against my injuries..."

Lu Ping listened to the story silently and roughly understood the whole process.

This plot is similar to the original novel, except that the reason why Ah Zhu was injured has changed, but the rest is the same. It should be during this period that Xiao Feng and Ah Zhu fell in love with each other...

In the original novel, Ah Zhu was beaten by Shaolin monks in order to steal the Yi Jin Jing. But now, she was beaten by an unknown martial artist in order to help Murong Fu escape danger.

However, since Xiao Feng's fate was completely different from that in the original novel, none of his adoptive parents, the Qiao couple, his master Xuan Ku, and characters like Mr. and Mrs. Tan, died.

In this way, Xiao Feng would not have become the public enemy of the martial arts world, and there would have been no battle at Juxianzhuang.

It's just that he still has foreign blood in his body and is not accepted by the general public, so he can only retire from the world. But compared to the original work, his current ending is really not bad.

What made Lu Ping curious was that Xiao Yuanshan seemed to have no involvement in the whole process, just like Murong Bo.

I don’t know whether these two people are dead, living somewhere under an assumed name, or lurking in the dark, planning to do something?

"I heard that Xue Muhua is a famous medical expert in the martial arts world. I didn't expect that even he couldn't cure you... How badly were you injured at that time?"

Ah Zhu in front of her looked like she had recovered, but from what she said, Wang Yuyan could imagine how serious the situation was at the time, and how much pain this little girl had endured for Murong Fu.

"Then who healed you later?"

"It's 'Divine Doctor' Lai Yaoer!"

Ah Zhu suddenly said a name that Lu Ping didn't expect: "Thanks to Lai Yaoer's treatment, I was able to save my life, but the wound on my body was not fully healed at that time, so..."

So what? Ah Zhu didn’t continue talking, but Lu Ping and Wang Yuyan both knew that they didn’t need to listen to the rest of the content.

Naturally, Azhu and Xiao Feng were reluctant to part with each other, so they came here in the name of "taking care of each other".

After listening to Ah Zhu's experience, Wang Yuyan was silent for a while.

"Your cousin is dead, so it's good for you to follow Hero Xiao."

"But if possible, I should find some time to go back to Yanziwu and burn some incense for my cousin, as a token of our love from childhood to adulthood."

"And if Abi knew you were still alive, she would definitely be happy."

Hearing Wang Yuyan say this, Ah Zhu couldn't help but feel grief again and burst into tears: "Of course, I grew up in the Murong family, and the young master treated me very well. It's reasonable for me to go back!"

The two women sat opposite each other in silence for a while. Ah Zhu finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "Cousin, what are you doing now..."

"I have decided..."

Wang Yuyan did not hide anything and directly told Ah Zhu about her plan.

When Ah Zhu learned that Wang Yuyan planned to learn martial arts to avenge Murong Fu, she was naturally shocked. She wanted to stop her crazy and dangerous behavior, but she also knew that she was not in that position.

Then she thought again that Wang Yuyan's mind was rare in the world and Lu Ping's strength was unparalleled in the world. Even if she only learned one tenth of Lu Ping's skills, there would be hope for revenge.

For a moment, the intention to dissuade him faded.

"Has my aunt agreed?"

"Don't worry about her! She hasn't sorted out her own mess yet!"

It’s not an illusion, my cousin has really changed a lot!

Ah Zhu secretly complained in her heart.

(End of this chapter)