Under One Person: My comprehension is unmatched.

擤气

Exhaling, using the mantra of "hum" and "ha," allows the primordial energy within the body to be expelled, temporarily blasting the soul out of the body and rendering the person unable to move.

Once this technique is mastered to a high level, it can directly shatter a person's soul.

Legend has it that the ancient masters who created the art of exhaling were the two generals known to the world today as Zheng Lun and Chen Qi.

Zhang Yan sat cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes, and found that it was already bright outside the window, and he could faintly hear the noise of people downstairs.

Hmph~ Ha~

He inhaled gently and exhaled slowly, a stream of white energy escaping from his mouth.

Fearing he would make too much of a commotion, he tested it with restraint.

The table in front of him remained unchanged except for a slight wobbling.

This breathing technique has no effect on inanimate objects; it seems I need to find someone to try it on.

Let's go find Chai Yan first and ask which Japanese family is so blind as to challenge us today. Let's test them out.

Just then, there was a knock on Zhang Yan's door.

"Brother Zhang, are you there? Brother Zhang?"

Zhang Yan got up and opened the door. When he reached the doorway, he found that those annoying flies had returned, but this time they came with Chai Yan.

Just as he was about to lock onto the other person, the feeling of being spied on disappeared, presumably because he had also noticed Zhang Yan's lock.

Without pausing, he opened the door and spoke to Chai Yan.

"Brother Chai, come in, I have something to discuss with you."

Chai Yan entered the room and saw a pile of messy items on the table, among which a pistol stood out the most.

On the bed was a small booklet, which was filled with writing.

Zhang Yan made no attempt to hide anything, pointing at those things as he spoke.

"These all belong to that Ono Jiro, and what I'm about to say is also related to this matter."

Chai Yan immediately understood and then guessed.

"Brother Zhang, did you find something from the Dragon Kingdom inside?"

Of course, what Chai Yan was talking about was related to superhumans. Based on what happened to the Xu family before, it wasn't hard to guess that.

Zhang Yan nodded, picked up the booklet from the bed, handed it to Chai Yan, and began to speak.

"Take a look."

As Chai Yan flipped through the booklet, Zhang Yan continued.

"Before the incident in the northern border, these Japanese supernatural beings had already begun to do this, but they did it more discreetly."

However, Chai Yan stopped halfway through the book when he got to the breathing exercise. He looked up and asked.

"Brother Zhang, this technique seems quite complete. It's not appropriate to show it to me directly like this."

Zhang Yan shook his head and said.

"It's alright. This thing is currently unclaimed. In these chaotic times, it's always good to have an extra skill for self-defense."

Chai Yan hesitated for a moment, then closed the booklet and handed it to Zhang Yan.

"With my aptitude, I can practice physical martial arts for a lifetime, but I really dare not touch magic."

"Brother Zhang, you should keep this. I won't look at it."

Zhang Yan nodded. Everyone is different, and these things can't be forced.

He put away the booklet and asked a question.

"Brother Chai, is there anyone who needs help lately? I'd like to try this method."

“Brother Zhang, originally, some Japanese people were supposed to go to the Tongbei Quan martial arts school today, but after yesterday’s commotion, they simply decided not to go.”

As Chai Yan spoke, his eyes were filled with respect for Zhang Yan.

Just as Brother Zhang said, only by beating those beasts until they are terrified and in great pain can they be calmed down.

I feel quite ashamed that I haven't been able to help much in these past two days.

Thinking of this, Chai Yan patted his chest and said to Zhang Yan.

"Brother Zhang, it's just testing the technique, I'll do it."

"Brother Chai, this isn't a good idea. Besides, there's no rush."

Looking at Chai Yan's puffed-out chest, Zhang Yan hesitated and refused.

Chai Yan directly channeled his Qi, and his skin turned a light golden yellow as he spoke.

"It's alright, I trust Brother Zhang. Besides, it's just a temporary departure of the soul from the body, not being blasted apart."

Although Brother Zhang is quite perceptive, how much could he possibly cultivate in just one night? At most, he could only give my soul a slight tremor.

Even if your soul leaves your body, you'll just be looking at the back of your head, it's nothing serious.

Seeing that Chai Yan had already gotten into position, Zhang Yan didn't hold back and used about one-tenth of his strength.

Hmph~ Ha~

A beam of white light shot out from Zhang Yan's mouth and struck Chai Yan directly in the chest.

Chai Yan's soul left his body without any tremor.

He felt himself floating up, looking down and seeing the back of his head and the top of his head. It was a very strange feeling.

Neither of them panicked, because the separation of the soul from the body was only temporary, and in no time, the soul would be drawn back by the body.

Chai Yan gave Zhang Yan a thumbs-up, and Zhang Yan waved back at Chai Yan's spirit, creating a very harmonious scene.

however.

A minute passed, and Chai Yan started to panic a little, while Zhang Yan remained relatively calm. It was normal for the breathing technique he had just mastered to take a little longer.

Ten minutes passed, and Zhang Yan panicked, quickly thinking. After a moment, he said to Chai Yan.

“Chai Yan, I’ll go find a spirit medium. They can call back souls. I’ll have them call your soul back.”

Regarding the soul, Zhang Yan could only think of Hu Xianyao from the Hu family.

Chai Yan stared blankly as Zhang Yan opened and closed his mouth without making a sound.

Then he saw that Zhang Yan had written a few words on a piece of paper and was facing him.

The message read: "I'm going to find your Sister Hu. You have to hang in there."

After Zhang Yan finished displaying the paper, many small black insects emerged from beneath his feet, causing Chai Yan's spirit body to tremble.

As the small black insects crawled to various parts of the room, Zhang Yan also went outside.

Zhang Yan had barely left when that feeling of being watched returned, and it was lurking not too far away.

He had no time to deal with the flies and hurried to the witch doctor's clinic.

He was lucky this time. Hu Xianyao, who had experienced the assassination attempt last night, was seeing patients at the witch doctor's clinic as usual today.

Zhang Yan originally wanted to go directly to her to explain things, but was shut down by the excuse of waiting in line for medical treatment.

Fortunately, there weren't many people, and the Hu family medical clinic had quite a few disciples, so Zhang Yan soon saw Hu Xianyao again.

"Speak, what is it? Where is that Xiao Chaiyan? Hasn't he been following you around these past two days?"

"I'm talking about Chai Yan's matter."

Zhang Yan answered very quickly, and then he went on to tell the whole story of how he had attacked his teammates.

Upon hearing this, Hu Xianyao immediately stood up, put on a white mink coat, and spoke.

"You two are really being ridiculous. Let's hurry over there. If the soul stays out of the body for too long, it will gradually dissipate or lose its mind."

Zhang Yan immediately went downstairs, hailed a minivan, paid the driver enough money, and asked him to go to the inn to pick up the vehicle.

Seeing that Zhang Yan was personally acting as the driver, Hu Xianyao didn't stand on ceremony and got into the car, saying something.

"Zhang Yan, right? There are quite a few people watching you around here. Heh, you've made your name known among the Japanese."

Clearly, as soon as Hu Xianyao stepped outside, she noticed the people staring at Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan turned around, smiled, said "Please sit down," and quickly pulled up the rickshaw.

At that moment, the van became the fastest one, and he became the most stylish guy on the street.

The two entered the inn and went upstairs without stopping.

After Zhang Yan opened the door, he found that Chai Yan's spirit had risen a few points and her eyes were somewhat vacant.

Oh no, it's been too long, they've probably gone mad by now.

When Hu Xianyao entered the room, the spirit immediately became lively and energetic.

Phew, looks like I'm alright. I must have been questioning my existence just now.

Zhang Yan exhaled and said to Hu Xianyao.

"How can we bring his spirit back? I've heard you have something called 'soul-calling,' do you know if that works?"

Hu Xianyao rolled her eyes at Zhang Yan and spoke.

"Close the door first."

Just as Zhang Yan turned to close the door, Hu Xianyao's eyes turned into vertical pupils, and a pair of fox ears grew on her head.

She tilted her head back, and a fox phantom flew out from her puffed-out chest, heading straight for Chai Yan's spirit body.

The fox phantom circled Chai Yan twice before kicking him in the back.

To Zhang Yan's astonishment, Chai Yan's soul returned to its place, and the phantom fox also returned to Hu Xianyao's body.

With a thud, Chai Yan collapsed to the ground, clutching his head, seemingly a little dizzy.

Hu Xianyao's fox ears were still there. She leaned down and whispered in Chai Yan's ear.

"Xiao Chaiyan, don't move around. You're a little dizzy at first, but you'll feel better in a while."

Chai Yan was even more confused, but still managed to ask.

"Sister Hu, which family were they from last night?"

Hu Xianyao smiled and said to the two of them.

"In this area, there are three Japanese families. The Ono family is the strongest and acts flamboyantly; the Watanabe family is second, but acts very discreetly; and the Tadamoto family is at the bottom, although the head of the Tadamoto family is very shrewd and cunning."

"Guess which family made the move."

Zhang Yan spoke up at this moment.

"No matter which family they belong to, these stray dogs must be killed, otherwise we'll never have a peaceful day."

Chai Yan knew that, given Hu Xianyao's personality, she would definitely seek revenge for any grudge she had. He spoke up.

"Sister Hu, no matter which one it is, as long as you ask, I will definitely come."

"Hehehe, Xiao Chaiyan, mind your own business. I'm leaving."

When hunting stray dogs, you should always start with the one that barks the loudest.

As she spoke, Hu Xianyao touched Chai Yan's chest.

"Hmm, it's quite sturdy."

……

After Hu Xianyao left, Chai Yan rested for a while and suggested going to Uncle Xu's house to take a look, but the two of them found no one there.

When Hu Xianyao returned to the witch doctor's clinic, she was told that someone was waiting for her in the back room.

When she arrived at the back room, she saw an old man with gray hair sitting in a chair with his head bowed low.

She ignored the old man and went to get her pipe and tobacco pouch.

She didn't speak until she sat down in the chair and finished smoking the pipe.

"I thought that after your aunt died, you would never set foot in the Hu family's house again."

The old man with gray hair looked up; it was Uncle Xu. He stared intently at Hu Xianyao and spoke.

“My son died yesterday and was just buried.”

Hu Xianyao frowned deeply and asked.

"Who did it?"

"Onoya!"

With red eyes, Uncle Xu continued.

"I never thought I'd come here, even if I died."

“But my son is dead, what face do I have left? I’m here to beg the Hu family for help.”

Hu Xianyao didn't speak. She took a pinch of tobacco from her pipe and put it into the pipe, but didn't light it.

"As a person, you should eat when you should eat, burn incense when you should burn incense, and do what you should do, even if it means being struck by lightning."

After saying that, she lit a cigarette and continued.

"After this matter was over, the relationship between the Xu and Hu families was completely exhausted."

……

On the other side, the head of the Ono family and the head of the Damoto family knelt on the tatami mats, listening to the reports from their two subordinates.

One person said, "After Chai Yan returned to the martial arts school, he rested and did not go out all night. In the morning, he went directly to the inn."

Another person continued, "That Chinese man named Zhang Yan is extremely vigilant. He can detect anyone within a hundred meters of us, so we can only keep an eye on him from a distance."

The head of the Ono family and the head of the Damoto family exchanged a glance, and the head of the Ono family spoke.

"Go on."

"Yes, sir. After Zhang Yan returned to the inn, he didn't come out all night either, until Chai Yan came to find him."

"About half an hour after the two entered the house, Zhang Yan hurriedly left."

"He went out. What did he go to do?"

"He went to find Hu Xianyao from the Ma family."

Hu Xianyao, the assassination attempt organized by three parties last night failed to eliminate this person. How were they connected?

Seeing that no further questions were being asked, the subordinate continued.

"When Zhang Yan left, we saw Chai Yan's spirit through the crack in the door."

Because the two family heads' orders were to just keep an eye on things and not alert the enemy, they didn't do anything.

At that moment, Kentaro Ono suddenly remembered the Dragon Kingdom's martial arts techniques.

He said to Tamoto.

"Could it be that these two people encountered a problem while practicing some kind of martial art, which is why they went to the Ma family?"

Honda already knew that Zhang Yan had obtained the booklet, and after thinking for a moment, he said.

"Could it be that two people practiced this technique, Zhang Yan succeeded, but Chai Yan encountered problems?"

But before Ono could answer, he shook his head and continued.

"No, no, the time doesn't match at all, it's too short. Even if Zhang Yan cultivated for a whole night, it's impossible for him to have completed it, the time is simply too short."

Ono nodded, agreeing with Tamoto's point of view, and said.

"If he's allied himself with the Hu family, then this is going to be troublesome."

Tianben shook his head.

"Watanabe has already agreed. They'll leave the Tongbei Quan to us. Tomorrow I'll send a few people to challenge them. Zhang Yan will definitely be there."

Ono nodded after hearing this.

"Then we'll set up an ambush here, and then we'll wipe out the entire martial arts school, letting these people know what the consequences are for offending us!"

Finally, he bowed to Tadamoto.

"This tactic of luring the enemy into a trap is truly brilliant."

"Ono-kun, you're too kind. I wonder how things are going with Iro?"

"We are ready. Ichiro will lead the team, which consists of seven people: two ninjas, three ronin, and one onmyoji."

"We're almost ready too. We also have seven people: three ronin and three ninja, led by Shota."

This impressive lineup is comparable to the dozens of people who assassinated Hu Xianyao, and they even have a special group targeting Zhang Yan.

At this point, Tianben smiled again and continued.

"Moreover, Shota brought his family's ancestral magic weapon, the Mitsu-no-Kama."

Upon hearing about the sharpness of the Mitsuki, Kentaro Ono's confidence increased even more.