In the world of martial arts, grind your skill level to become a saint.

"Hmm... let's leave it here for now!"

Liu Chongshan took the letter but did not open it; instead, he casually placed it on the table beside him.

His mind is now entirely focused on Tang Huang, and he doesn't want to pay much attention to other matters.

In addition, his daughter's recent behavior has greatly disappointed him.

Therefore, they had no interest in paying attention to anything else.

"yes…"

Upon hearing this, the disciple bowed and turned to leave.

Seeing that Tang Huang had finished practicing his boxing techniques and then sat down to rest, Liu Chongshan couldn't help but frown slightly.

Although Tang Huang is exceptionally talented, he is indeed somewhat undisciplined, and his privileged background has also contributed to his lack of resilience and perseverance from a young age.

Although he had been instilling in Tang Huang the idea that cultivation requires perseverance, the latter only agreed verbally and then revealed his true colors when it came to actually doing it.

However, Liu Chongshan was also patient, knowing that it was understandable for a young person to be a little lazy.

Perseverance is something that can be cultivated gradually.

Thinking of this, Liu Chongshan sighed. He didn't intend to push the other party too hard, so he simply stopped looking and lay down again to rest.

Now that all his attention is focused on training Tang Huang, he can't be in a hurry, lest something goes wrong.

As for the others in the boxing gym, such as Zhou Zhengtang and Jiang Yan, although they also have some talent, they are all from wealthy families and are not the best candidates to inherit the mantle.

Jiang Yan, in particular, is a member of the Jiang family in the inner city, and she doesn't even care about his inheritance qualifications as a martial arts academy student in the outer city.

The reason they came to Yueshan Martial Arts School was because they had limited talent and were unable to practice their own school's high-difficulty martial arts, so they spent a lot of money to come to Yueshan Martial Arts School to learn.

As Liu Chongshan pondered these things, he suddenly thought of a disciple who had recently broken through to the Stone Skin level.

His name seems to be Su Hao.

This boy comes from an ordinary background, the son of a blacksmith, but he has quite a bit of talent. He was able to break through the Stone Skin in a month, and he does have some potential to be cultivated.

However, since he already has Tang Huang, he can only observe and decide on Su Hao's future training for now.

After all, there are only a few people in the entire Yueshan Boxing Gym who have broken through to the Stone Skin level in a month. Su Hao's talent is not mediocre, but it is not amazing either.

Compared to Tang Huang, it is far inferior.

So after arranging some temporary positions for the other party, he paid little attention to it.

Let's wait until the other person has matured before making any decisions.

After all, that's all he could do. Helping to arrange and contact so many employers for temporary positions was already more than enough.

As Liu Chongshan thought this, he reached for the teacup to drink tea, but his palm accidentally touched the brewed tea, and the whole cup of tea was overturned, spilling tea all over the table and soaking the letter on the table.

"Sigh...getting older makes you more prone to overthinking..."

Liu Chongshan shook his head helplessly, put the teacup back down, and was about to pour more tea when his gaze fell back on the letter he had just read.

The letter was written on relatively high-quality Xuan paper, which seemed to have some waterproof properties. Yellow wax was also pasted on the seal, as if to prevent others from opening it and peeking at it.

only…

This time, the envelopes seem different from the previous ones, both in terms of materials and sealing method…

Liu Chongshan frowned again.

He realized that the letter might not have been written by someone who had offered their services, as he had assumed.

He immediately picked up the letter again and wiped away the water stains.

Just as they were about to tear open the seal, Tang Huang, who had been resting, walked over.

"Master, I think there are still a few moves I haven't fully mastered. The transitions between moves aren't smooth, probably because of the problem with my power application. I wonder if you could explain them to me again..."

"Oh? Okay..."

Liu Chongshan was slightly taken aback. Looking at Tang Huang, who was covered in sweat, he nodded, put the letter down again, and got up to continue explaining.

...

Outside the city, Yanshan Mountain.

On the bumpy mountain road, a team of more than ten people carrying medicinal herbs was slowly moving forward.

Despite being under the scorching sun and their bodies already soaked in sweat, no one stopped moving forward.

Su Hao took a big gulp of water, and looking at the large area of ​​rubble and a dilapidated temple in front of him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The temple is just ahead. If you go south for about five or six miles, you will reach Yanshan City.

Once you pass the Laoye Temple, the rest of the journey is basically free of threats, except for some poisonous insects and snakes.

This mission was not completed very smoothly.

Su Hao put away the water pouch and looked at Shen Qing, who remained silent, and for a moment he thought of what happened in Black Wind Valley.

He hadn't expected Qiu Feng of the Black Wind Gang to be so domineering. Not only did he forcibly collect tolls, but he did it twice, constantly testing Shen Qing's limits of tolerance.

However, upon closer reflection, although Qiu Feng acted arrogantly, he was not the kind of brainless and reckless person.

Judging from the two times Shen Qing paid the toll fees, Su Hao estimated that this batch of medicinal herbs was probably something the Zhou family valued highly.

Otherwise, Shen Qing wouldn't have been so patient, and even though Qiu Feng went so far, he didn't completely break off relations with him.

Qiu Feng took advantage of this point to force Shen Qing to pay the money, but he only charged her a toll.

This is precisely where Qiu Feng's cleverness lies.

This person knew that this batch of medicinal herbs was very valuable, but he did not have the intention of killing and robbing them. Instead, he only collected some toll fees.

These few dozen taels of silver are nothing to the wealthy and powerful medicinal herb merchants like the Zhou family.

Therefore, they wouldn't expend much effort to eliminate bandits like Qiu Feng.

This may be one of the reasons why Qiu Feng has been able to exist in Black Wind Valley without being wiped out.

After all, nobody wants to make enemies with these desperate criminals, and sometimes paying money to avoid trouble isn't a bad idea.

"Everyone must be tired after walking for so long, let's rest for a bit up ahead!"

Just as the group began to approach the temple, Shen Qing finally spoke again.

The other party's expression was still not very good, but they had finally gotten through the Black Wind Valley. As long as the goods were delivered safely, everything else could be put aside for the time being.

Everyone nodded in agreement, then parked the carriage outside the temple, leaving two people to guard the entrance while the rest prepared to enter.

Just as he entered the temple, Su Hao suddenly smelled an extremely strong stench of blood.

The others also noticed something amiss and turned their gazes toward the innermost part of the temple.

There were five or six corpses lying haphazardly there.

The corpses had many knife wounds, and some even had their limbs or heads cut off, making for a very bloody scene.

The blood on the ground had congealed and dried, but judging from the dark red bloodstains, the person had obviously not been dead for long.