I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 114: Fist Axe Advancement, Status Change (Two in One)

The one who wanted Yu Chunsheng to fall the most was the county magistrate...

After hearing this, Xie Yuan became thoughtful for a moment.

Yu Chunsheng started his career in Yunzhao. He was born in the Diamond Sect, one of the major forces in Yunzhao. He also held the position of county lieutenant. His influence was actually very great. He could handle many matters easily.

Is it that his influence has already made the county magistrate dissatisfied?

Shen Longteng saw Xie Yuanying's enlightened expression and said with a smile:
"You probably thought about it a little bit. This county magistrate was transferred from another place and had no foundation in Yunzhao. Especially when he first took office a few years ago, he had limited knowledge of Yunzhao and had to rely on Yu Chunsheng to handle many things. The county government office should be a place where the county lieutenant assists the county magistrate in managing government affairs, but the Yunzhao County Government Office, especially the yamen runners and constables, almost only listens to Yu Chunsheng. Any official with some skills would not be able to tolerate this situation.

"The county magistrate has already privately expressed his dissatisfaction with Chunsheng's excessive power, but Chunsheng refused to let go. Although he is a county lieutenant, his rank is not high, but he is still appointed by the state government. Therefore, if the county magistrate does not have a clear reason, he cannot do anything to him."

Xie Yuan nodded:
"So the county magistrate didn't say anything today and let Yu Chunsheng investigate on his own, because... the evidence is not sufficient?"

"That's right. As long as he doesn't directly catch Yu Chunsheng's handle, he can still cut off the connection even if it's Xu Jie, the leader of the Vajra Sect, who is colluding with bandits. If nothing unexpected happens, three days later, the county government and the Vajra Sect will issue a notice together, expelling Xiang Zhu from the Vajra Sect for colluding with bandits, and the matter will be over."

Xie Yuan exhaled, feeling a little regretful:
"I thought I could deal them a heavy blow this time, but it was a pity that it was so hasty."

Shen Longteng laughed loudly and patted Xie Yuan:
"No, this is already good! No matter how much they say, Xiang Zhuo is also a member of the Vajra Sect, especially with two witnesses. This is a done deal, and the reputation of the Vajra Sect and Yu Chunsheng has plummeted to the bottom, and our pressure is relieved a lot. Xie Yuan, you did a good job and made another contribution."

The Escort Agency was framed for the murder of Mr. Chang, which still put them under a lot of pressure. But once this happened, it was clear that the King Kong Sect had a dirty hand, and if they continued to claim that the Escort Agency was after money and wanted to kill people, their credibility would be greatly reduced.

Besides, after such a commotion, Yu Chunsheng would definitely be much more honest in the county government and would not dare to use the power of the government to target the escort agency.

The struggle between the two local powers is all-round, and even the war of public opinion is indispensable. After the struggle in all aspects, it will be the final real competition of hard power.

Xie Yuan nodded slightly, and then thought of what Shen Longteng had just said, that the county magistrate had revealed his thoughts to him "privately", so he asked tentatively:
"The chief escort and the county magistrate have a personal relationship?"

Shen Longteng smiled slightly:
"It's not a personal relationship. Yu Chunsheng has the support of the government. Even if no one in the Vajra Sect is as strong as me, this is not a one-on-one fight after all. He wants to make things difficult for the escort agency, which often makes me feel constrained.

"However, the county magistrate felt that Yu Chunsheng and the King Kong Sect were already powerful enough, and he did not want him to dominate alone. So whenever Yu Chunsheng used the government's name to put pressure on him, the county magistrate would come to his rescue."

Xie Yuan suddenly realized that the Longteng Escort Agency had the support of the county magistrate. No wonder even though the King Kong Sect had a county lieutenant, it was still suppressed by the Escort Agency.

Shen Longteng looked at Xie Yuan with admiration:
"Xie Yuan, you are really strong! You completed this mission steadily and killed Xiang Zhuo. Xiang Zhuo has been practicing for many years and his skills are not bad. Killing him will definitely be a heavy blow to the Vajra Sect.

"Now that we have completely torn our relations, I wanted to use drastic measures, but I am still hesitant. First, they have the status of a county lieutenant to suppress them, and second, Xu Mo's son is still in their hands..."

When Shen Longteng said this, his face darkened slightly.

Xie Yuan was a little puzzled. After all, he was not at the scene at that time, and he never heard anyone talk about it later. At that time, he was not the head of the escort team, so he could not get involved in such things.

But now Xie Yuan’s identity is different, and he has made many great contributions, proving his reliability, so Shen Longteng told Xie Yuan the whole story of Xu Mo’s incident.

Xie Yuan heaved a long sigh after hearing this. So this is how Xu Mo betrayed the escort agency...

He did something wrong and killed so many of his own family members. It was indeed his fault and he deserved to die as a token of his guilt. But the root cause was that Yu Chunsheng and the King Kong Sect used all means and acted in a sinister way. This blood feud had just been deepened.

Xie Yuan snorted:
"The Vajra Sect must be wiped out, and I will kill Yu Chunsheng with my own hands!
"Head escort, the son of escort leader Xu..."

"I'll save him even if it costs me my life."

Shen Longteng said in a deep voice.

Three days later.

As Shen Longteng expected, Yu Chunsheng's investigation results came out - "Xiang Zhu secretly colluded with bandits behind the back of the King Kong Sect to seek profits, and it has nothing to do with the King Kong Sect."

But even so, people in Yunzhao County were talking about this, and they looked at Yu Chunsheng and the King Kong Sect with suspicion, which was even more pressure than what the Longteng Escort Agency had experienced before.

After all, the wealthy family of Mr. Chang has nothing to do with most of the people, but the collusion between the county lieutenant and the bandits involves the safety of everyone.

Yu Chunsheng's affair was almost completely exposed. Under the watchful eyes of the county magistrate, he had no choice but to keep a low profile and did not dare to think of any more ways to make things difficult for the escort agency.

The pressure on the escort agency was much less, the escorts were more relaxed, and business was flowing more smoothly.

And through this experience, Xie Yuan completely conquered the escort team, at least in terms of strength. The old men headed by Niu Dachun became much more obedient to him, and he truly became the leader of the escort team.

He assigned a few tasks that did not require the escort leader to go out, and asked the younger men to do the work, while he practiced his skills behind closed doors in the escort agency.

"I've learned something from this boxing experience. I used to think that an inch longer is an inch stronger, and weapons are better than fists and feet. Now it seems that it depends on the technique and the strength of the fighter. At least I've used the Eight Diagrams Mountain Shaking Fist, and it's been very useful many times. Hey, boxing is really useful.

"I still need to work on my axe skills. The Moon-Slashing Axe Skill is extremely powerful. Yes, there are also health-preserving skills and the Golden Bell Cover... There is too little time, too little time!"

With the help of the golden finger, you can reap the rewards as long as you practice, it just depends on how much time you invest.

The benefit of this is that no matter how difficult or advanced the exercises are, they will be effective when practiced;

The downside is that each of these techniques is so good that people want to practice them all, and there simply isn’t enough time!
Xie Yuan had no choice but to plan according to the breakthrough sequence and current needs, and practiced hard every day, enjoying it very much.

Ten days later, the escort team made a round trip. The leader encouraged them at home and then continued to practice behind closed doors.

The good thing about being a leader is that no one can give orders except the chief escort. Xie Yuan wished he could just lie down in the escort agency forever.

But Xie Yuan naturally did not lie down. He practiced with the door closed, without any external interference, and the effect was obvious.

[Chopping wood: (7215/10000)]

[Golden Bell Cover, Level 136: (1000/)]

[Health-preserving Skills·Third Level: (1589/3000)]

[Bagua Mountain Shaking Fist·Proficient: (98/1000)]

[Moon Slashing Axe·Proficiency: (14/1000)]

【Running Wolf Sword Technique·Great Mastery: (1573/2000)】

[Black Book: (???/???)]

Xie Yuan's progress in all aspects of his kung fu has made great strides, and his overall strength has increased significantly.

But the most obvious ones are, of course, the Bagua Mountain-Shaking Fist and the Moon-Chopping Axe, both of which have advanced to the "proficient" level.

"Proficient? The previous techniques didn't have this level of division. They were either levels, or directly small success or great success..."

Xie Yuan crossed his arms and thought for a while, then realized that this was probably related to the grade of the technique. For example, Iron Armor Long Fist, after getting started, would have ten points of progress, and if you practiced casually, you would have achieved a small success. After all, it was Monk Liu's technique... Well, I didn't mean to disrespect him.

For martial arts with immense power and profound history like the Moon-Chopping Axe and the Eight Diagrams Mountain-Shaking Fist, the progression of the skills will naturally be divided into many levels.

These two skills, even if only at the entry level, have greatly increased Xie Yuan's combat power; now that he has entered the proficient stage, Xie Yuan's strength has reached another level!
He stood in the martial arts training ground in the courtyard, took a deep breath, and punched out.

The fist was powerful and compressed the air, making a loud bang. The energy wrapped around the fist, like a tiger's roar, and blasted forward. Before Xie Yuan's fist touched the wooden stake, the black iron wood used for training was directly knocked out, hit the wall, and broke with a bang!
Xie Yuan slowly stopped and nodded.

The power of this punch is much stronger than before the advancement! It is also slightly better than when I just broke through a few days ago.

When practicing boxing with the bandit leader before, Xie Yuan had some understanding of the actual combat power of boxing, so he came back and practiced hard, and made progress.

His axe technique also had a breakthrough and its power also increased greatly, but Xie Yuan would not practice it today.

When he had just made a breakthrough, he used the Moon-Cut Axe Technique to break two dummies and several bricks, which cost him a lot of his salary that month.

Although the base salary of the escort leader was only fifty taels, and the profit share was several times that, Xie Yuan was already far richer than before, so a fine of a few taels or ten taels of silver was nothing.

The breakthrough of two high-quality skills greatly increased Xie Yuan's strength. Any Axe Fist alone was enough for Xie Yuan to dominate the same level, not to mention that he also knew two such skills.

However, with Xie Yuan's talent, the more techniques he has, the better. He will never worry about not being able to practice them. Different techniques are suitable for different situations.

In the future, he will learn more and more martial arts, each of which will be high-quality. If he learns ten thousand of them, probably no matter what situation or what kind of enemy he faces in the world, he will not be able to defeat him.

Xie Yuan was daydreaming when someone came to call him:

"Thank you, Chief Escort. The Chief Escort is looking for you... Um, you broke the dummy again."

"Hahaha, please help me change one and put it on the account."

Xie Yuan said to the little servant with a smile.

Now that he was the escort chief, he naturally lived in a small courtyard in the escort agency. The escort agency took up half of the street, like a large manor, and there was still space for several escort chiefs' courtyards. Although the courtyard was not very big, it was enough for him to use as a martial arts training ground. And everything in the courtyard was for his use alone.

"Other escort leaders don't often break things..."

The little errand boy was secretly muttering to himself, feeling envious and admiring.

I heard that only people who often break through and cannot control their strength will easily damage the equipment. Or they have special hobbies and like to destroy things. However, the training equipment in the escort agency are all good items, and the price is not cheap. One is at least several taels... That's all silver. These escort leaders are not fools. How can they be willing to throw away a few taels of silver!

This escort leader Xie said that the progress is rapid, is it true that he makes breakthroughs every few days?

Xie Yuan walked to the study, knocked on the door and bowed to Shen Longteng inside:
"Captain Escort, you're looking for me?"

"Xie Yuan is here. Have you made any progress in your daily practice?"

Shen Longteng saw him and asked with a smile.

Xie Yuan said modestly:

"It's a little bit of progress."

"Haha, that's good. Practicing martial arts is like water dripping through a stone. It takes time and effort to accumulate. Every day's progress is the best. When one day, no matter how hard you practice, there is no progress and you can only maintain your progress, that will make you worry..."

Shen Longteng sighed, then shook his head and laughed:
“I’m old, and if I tell you this, young people probably won’t understand.

"Well, Xie Yuan, you've become very famous in the county recently. You know that, right?"

Xie Yuan nodded. Recently, people have been sending invitations to him frequently, and the table is almost full of space.

The news that he had broken through the three training levels and killed Xiang Zhuo had been spread before. After all, he had already tricked the Vajra Sect once, so there was no point in hiding it anymore, and it couldn't be concealed.

The addition of a Sanlian master in the county town was not a small piece of news, and it would soon be known to many people. After all, even if Sanlian was in Yunzhao County, he could open a small martial arts school as a master, or be a trainer or escort leader in a large force, so his status was definitely not low.

And when this three-training master is still so young, it is enough to cause an uproar.

Sanlian, who was less than 20 years old, had a promising future. People who were influential in the county naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to make friends.

So Xie Yuan received countless invitations and names in the past few days, and that was not enough; what was even more outrageous was that a matchmaker even came to his door and asked for Xie Yuan's horoscope!

They said they wanted to calculate the horoscopes. I'm afraid no matter how incompatible the horoscopes are, the other party will say it's a match made in heaven.

Xie Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and naturally rejected all of them on the grounds of preparing for the competition. He originally wanted to practice well in the escort agency, and didn't want to waste this time. Although making friends with celebrities and being sought after by people would make people feel happy and have practical benefits, Xie Yuan's eyes were not on this.

The entire county knew that the escort agency and the King Kong Sect had a deadly fight, so this didn't offend anyone. Otherwise, many wealthy people often did business with the escort agency, so it wouldn't be good to refuse too much.

"Well, I'm glad to know... So this time someone specifically asked you to escort the convoy, and the reward was quite generous. I think you have been practicing for a while, so it would be good for you to go out for a walk."

Shen Longteng stroked his short beard and smiled awkwardly.

Seeing this, Xie Yuan was silent for a moment.

It seems that they gave too much, so the chief escort couldn't help but send himself out directly.

"I don't know which company it is? What kind of escort is it?"

"Yes, it's Mr. Lin's family in the south of the city. He has thousands of acres of fertile land and is also engaged in the silk business. He has a rich family background, as you know."

"Is it Mr. Lin who asked the matchmaker to come to his house before?"

"That's right. This time he specifically asked you to escort his daughter to Yunzhou Prefecture..."

Xie Yuan was completely silent.

It seems that my worth is already quite high, and they are willing to spend a huge amount of money to make me deliver the escort.

I'm afraid Mr. Lin wants to rob the dart himself.

Judging from the chief escort’s expression, he has no choice but to agree...Yunzhou Prefecture?

Xie Yuan was slightly distracted, and it seemed that it was not impossible for him to go.

(End of this chapter)