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Chapter 72 The Thieves' Guild and the Martial Arts Guild (It's Monday, please vote with monthly tickets, the climax is coming soon!)
He was a small, thin dwarf with only one arm. He was only up to Ye Ningzhen's chest and abdomen. His withered hand was pierced by Ye Ningzhen with a dagger on her waist.

Cold sweat poured down his back, but he dared not utter a sound.

"You're not Mr. Golden Point, you're a thief from the Bee, Hemp, and Sparrow gang!" Chen Zhan looked at the old man in front of him.

There are too many unorthodox and unorthodox practices, and all sorts of shady characters.

If it is a fortune teller who is good at reading faces, he is considered respectable. He belongs to one of the top four of the eight categories of fortune tellers. A fortune teller who is accurate in reading faces can earn a considerable fortune and has a good network of connections.

But bees, hemp, swallows, and sparrows are all thieving methods, not legitimate business.

"Bees," also known as "winds," refers to a group of people who swarm together to commit fraud, aiming for quick and decisive action, involving robbery, extortion, impersonation, and the like.

Ma, also known as "Ma," is a type of scammer who typically operates alone. They rely heavily on skills, using persuasive language and psychological tactics to fabricate stories, quickly commit fraud, and then nimbly escape.

Yan, also known as Yan, often refers to using beauty as bait to commit fraud. The term "honey trap" originates from this, and its targets are mostly men.

The Sparrow, also known as "Missing," is quite complex. It often combines scams involving bees, hemp, and swallows to form a tightly linked and intricate fraud scheme. These schemes are interconnected, making them difficult to guard against and requiring long-term planning. They are used for "big business."

Those who work as thieves live and die in constant danger. If caught, they dare not report it to the authorities and can only fight back or beg for mercy.

If things go to court, all the things they've done will be exposed, and they'll be finished.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If I'm wrong, I won't charge you. Besides, I didn't say anything wrong, did I?" the old man retorted stubbornly.

"Really? Here's what we'll do: use your physiognomy skills to see where I came from. If you're right, then I'll admit I wronged you."

Chen Zhan smiled broadly. He spoke without a trace of Tianjin accent, and the old man's small eyes darted around, but he dared not make any wild guesses.

Chen Zhan and his companion were from out of town. The old man had been keeping an eye on them ever since they entered the city. Since they came from the southwest, they were naturally from that area.

There are too many cities in the southwest.
"That's terrible." Before the old man could finish speaking, Chen Zhan grabbed his shoulder, and a crunching sound of teeth grinding against flesh and bone came out.

When will divine retribution come? Man-made disaster has already struck!

Chen Zhan grabbed the old man, abandoned his fortune-telling stall, and turned to leave. Ye Ningzhen grabbed another person and followed behind. The one-armed dwarf knew he had met a tough opponent.

In this line of work, you need the best eyesight.

You can tell at a glance who can steal and who is not to be trifled with.

But Chen Zhan and his companion were covered in dust and dirt, their clothes were tattered, they were young and good-looking, and their pockets were bulging, making them easy targets.

But to my utter surprise, I couldn't fool anyone, I couldn't steal anything, and instead I got caught!

Big trouble!

They walked straight into the dark alley until they reached a deserted place, where they left the two men aside. These two men had no martial arts skills and were purely swindlers, but not all thieves were like that.

He said to those behind him, "If the brothers from the Thieves' Guild don't come out soon, they'll lose both their hands."

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

A ladder over the wall, Zhang Liang's plan, flying over grass, passing over rooftops.

The best thieves are all masters of light footwork, with top-notch footwork that allows them to slip away and escape!

They're all doing shady business, where's their martial ethics? First, they need to escape.

Two young men and one middle-aged man jumped down from the roof and landed three zhang away from Chen Zhan and Ye Ningzhen.

"I am Li Yao. You two are skilled in martial arts. Why hurt the harmony between fellow practitioners?" The middle-aged man clasped his hands in a fist salute, the kind a martial arts master would use. He considered himself a martial artist and wanted to show that he knew the rules, and he hoped that Chen Zhan and his companion would also know the rules.

"You're right. I was just passing through your esteemed territory, and your Thieves' Guild treated me like a fat sheep. Is there any room for civility?"

Chen Zhan completely ignored his fist-and-palm salute and said indifferently.

The fist-and-palm salute is a sign of mutual respect among martial arts practitioners, but if you don't return the salute, it's seen as disrespectful.

"Brother, you won't give me face?" Li Yao said coldly as Chen Zhan refused to accept the fist-and-palm salute.

Ye Ningzhen, standing behind Chen Zhan, drew a dagger, and the skinny dwarf let out a scream of "Ah~"
Ye Ningzhen immediately made her move.
The alley was deep, perfect for practicing the Eight Trigrams of the Dragon. He spun around, twisted his steps, and used the Dragon Palm to reach Li Yao in a few steps. With his left hand in front and his right hand behind, he used a single palm strike to aim straight for Li Yao's chest.

Li Yao was shocked to find that it wasn't Chen Zhan who made the move, but a woman, using Baguazhang! ??

In the blink of an eye, Ye Ningzhen's hand moved even faster, pressing down on his chest. Li Yao felt as if a needle had been inserted into a major acupoint, and then his abdomen took a steady blow, sending him flying backward. Ye Ningzhen flew backward even faster than him!

"A master of internal strength!" Li Yao was shocked.

Ye Ningzhen took a step forward and stepped over him, her movements swift and graceful.

Cheng-style Bagua has eight major palm techniques: Single Palm Change, Double Palm Change, Forward Palm, Back Palm, Turning Palm, Grinding Palm, Three-Piercing Palm, and Turning Palm.

Based on the eight major palm techniques, the Chengshi Baguazhang (Eight Trigrams Palm) has been refined and developed into sixty-four palm techniques.

These are the eight palms of single palm change, eight palms of double palm change, eight palms of forward palm, eight palms of back palm, eight palms of turning palm, eight palms of grinding palm, eight palms of flipping palm, and eight palms of returning palm.

Ye Ningzhen unleashed both palms simultaneously, switching between eight palm strikes in total, resulting in even more variations and unpredictable palm movements.

Although the two youths behind Li Yao had a little more time to deal with the situation, their superior skills and techniques made them far more formidable. Ye Ningzhen was a master of internal strength, far surpassing the two youths.

With a double palm strike and a turning palm, he quickly turned around, changed the direction of his palm strikes, and thrust at the ribs at close range. The young man on the left was in so much pain in his waist that he broke out in a cold sweat, couldn't catch his breath, and had a side stitch.

The young man on the right was also subdued in the same way, taking down in two moves.

Ye Ningzhen defeated three people in ten moves without any effort. Li Yao said, "You have no eyes to recognize Mount Tai. Why should the esteemed disciple of the Gong family, who practices Bagua Palm, lower himself to the level of a peasant like us?"

Of course Li Yao knew Baguazhang. In Fengtian, one could be unfamiliar with the three major powers, but one could not be unaware of the Gong family's Baguazhang!
Throughout the entire martial arts world of Northeast China, Gong Baotian was revered as the Grandmaster, holding the highest position and wielding immense influence.

As a result, the disciples of the Bagua Sect were considered superior to others when they traveled the martial arts world. However, Gong Baotian passed away a few days ago!
But that doesn't give the disciples of the Gong family a reason to descend to the mortal realm and bully those of lower status.
However, Li Yao's mention of the Gong family only emboldened Ye Ningzhen, making her forces even stronger.
He winced in pain, pleading, "Spare me, spare me! What do you two want? Just tell me!"

"Besides, our Thieves' Guild isn't some rootless duckweed. Give us some face, give us some face!"

Chen Zhan stepped forward and laughed, "The Thieves' Guild? What face do they have in front of the Martial Guild?"

"You're engaged in petty theft and thievery, and you still want to talk to me about face?"

"Let's go, let's go to your hall and have a seat, and meet the leader of the Fengtian Thieves' Guild."

Ye Ningzhen released her grip, and Li Yao's expression changed. He realized that Ye Ningzhen and Chen Zhan hadn't gone all out. Their martial arts skills were far superior; if they had gone all out, things would have been different.

Of his men, the most seriously injured was his arm, which had been pierced by Ye Ningzhen's dagger; the rest suffered minor injuries.

He didn't know what Chen Zhan and the other man's purpose was; if they wanted to go to the brothel, it certainly wasn't just to teach them a lesson casually.

Li Yao was still trying to negotiate, his brows furrowed, when he suddenly felt a cold, hard object pressing against his waist. He turned around and was immediately terrified. He quickly agreed, "Let's go, let's go now, I'll lead the way."

Damn it, the black barrel of the Mauser C96 is even more intimidating than Ye Ningzhen's Bagua Palm.

Those are guns used exclusively by the Japanese.
(End of this chapter)