A Martial Saint Among Men: From Joining a Martial Arts School

The Bai family seemed unaware of Chu Xuan's breakthrough, with no one showing up, a stark contrast to the scene when Seventh Master Bai rushed over as soon as Xu Yuan broke through.

Two days later, on the deadline day, Master Bai still did not appear.

Chu Xuan immediately understood what was going on.

They simply looked down on him, a Ming Jin martial artist who was just at the last hurdle to break through, and gave up on him outright. However, this wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Chu Xuan.

After all, he's free!

Another month passed in the blink of an eye, and still no one from the Bai family came to see Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan was also very sensible and did not go to the Bai family to discuss the agreed-upon offerings.

On the contrary, Xu Yuan's relationship with the Bai family has gone even further.

Xu Yuan made a high-profile announcement that he was engaged to the daughter of the Bai family's eldest son-in-law and would soon become the Bai family's son-in-law. This made many of his fellow disciples in the martial arts school extremely envious.

Although the Bai family isn't considered top-tier in Qingshan City, they are among the top tier of the second-rate families.

With the Bai family's support and Xu Yuanyi's innate talent, his martial arts will surely advance by leaps and bounds in the future.

Chu Xuan, on the other hand, was out of money and couldn't find a place to take up a post, so he had no choice but to use the three hundred taels of silver he had gotten from Xie Hui.

Before he could even figure out how to use it, another piece of bad news arrived: the Three Heroes Gang and the Black Snake Gang had ceased hostilities.

The Three Heroes Gang was not wiped out by the Black Snake Gang. It seems that the two sides reached a consensus, and the conflict, which lasted for more than half a year, finally ended with both sides ceasing hostilities.

That day, Chu Xuan had just returned home and finished washing up when someone came to the door.

The newcomer was a robust man in his forties, followed by several burly men.

"You must be Chu Xuan, Brother Chu? I am Robin, the vice leader of the Three Heroes Gang! Please forgive my intrusion." The middle-aged man cupped his hands in greeting.

Chu Xuan returned the greeting: "I've long admired your name. May I ask what brings Chief Luo to see me?"

"Hehe, it's nothing. I just heard that a young talent has emerged in our outer city. He not only joined the Lu family martial arts school but also successfully passed the test to become a martial artist. I came to congratulate him." Robin said with a smile.

As he spoke, he took out five taels of silver and said, "This is a small token of my appreciation to congratulate Brother Chu on his breakthrough! I have already spoken with the brothers below, and they will no longer collect protection fees from this alley."

Thank you.

Chu Xuan didn't stand on ceremony, accepted the silver, and bowed to express his gratitude.

"By the way, Brother Chu, do you know Xie Hui?" Robin asked casually.

"Brother Hui?"

Chu Xuan replied calmly, "Of course I know him! It's been a while since I've seen him. I only heard later that he was burned to death. What a pity! When I joined the martial arts school, Brother Hui even came to congratulate me..."

"Brother Chu, you probably don't know, but Xie Hui wasn't burned to death; he was murdered. The murderer set the fire after killing him!" Robin said casually, his eyes fixed on Chu Xuan.

"What?"

Chu Xuan looked astonished. "Who would be so bold as to kill even members of the Three Heroes Gang?"

Robin, seeing nothing amiss on Chu Xuan's face, withdrew his gaze and said, "We're investigating too! Brother Chu, if you have any leads, please let us know. Our Three Heroes Gang will reward you handsomely!"

"must!"

"Haha, then I won't disturb Brother Chu's rest any longer."

After Chu Xuan closed the door, Robin's smile disappeared, and he squinted as he looked around Chu Xuan's courtyard.

"Vice Leader, do you suspect this kid killed Xie Hui?" a burly man stepped forward and asked.

Robin said calmly, "Anyone capable of killing Xie Hui and his group is definitely not an ordinary person! Investigate what's been going on with this kid lately, especially his spending!"

That's over three hundred taels of silver!

Chad was convinced the killer couldn't resist such a huge sum of money!

"yes!"

The burly man under his command immediately accepted the order.

"Xuan'er, who was knocking on the door just now?" Zeng Ke asked when she heard the noise.

Chu Xuan smiled and said, "Mother, it's alright! It's the Three Heroes Gang investigating Xie Hui's matter; it has nothing to do with us."

After hearing this, Zeng Ke didn't ask any more questions.

After returning to his room, Chu Xuan's expression became somewhat serious.

Sure enough, the Three Heroes Gang was searching for the whereabouts of that money.

Fortunately, he had refrained from spending the money since receiving it. Otherwise, the perpetrator could have easily deduced that he was the culprit simply by inquiring about his recent spending habits.

He handled things very cleanly at the time, so he probably didn't leave any clues.

However, this is still not foolproof.

There aren't many people in this outer city capable of killing Xie Hui. Otherwise, these local thugs wouldn't have been able to run rampant for so long.

Even if the other party uses the process of elimination, they can quickly narrow down the scope.

As for the inner city warriors, or some passing heroes who did the deed, the possibility is too low, and the Three Heroes Gang probably wouldn't believe it either.

It was only then that Chu Xuan realized that the last fire he set seemed to have been somewhat superfluous. The fire erased all traces of his actions and seemed to have limited the scope of the perpetrator.

The martial artists in the inner city, or the passing Jianghu travelers, did not need to set fire to destroy the bodies after killing Xie Hui and the others.

Thinking of this, a shadow fell over Chu Xuan's heart.

"Still lacking experience!"

Chu Xuan sighed inwardly.

However, he did not regret it.

If he hadn't set that fire, even though he had slashed the wounds of several people beyond recognition, there was no guarantee that some expert would be able to determine from the traces that the murderer used Bajiquan.

That way, you'll be exposed even sooner!

Now, the Three Heroes Gang may suspect that the murderer is from outside the city, but it is difficult to pinpoint him.

He is now a Ming Jin martial artist, and with the Lu family martial arts school as his backer, the other party will not dare to make any rash moves unless they are sure that he was the one who did it.

For the next period of time, the Three Heroes Gang indeed searched for information all over the outer city.

Chu Xuan, on the other hand, continued as usual, practicing martial arts at the gym and then going home on time.

However, he also learned some information. The Three Heroes Gang and the Black Snake Gang had ceased hostilities, but due to territorial disputes, conflicts between the two sides continued, and the atmosphere was tense.

Chu Xuan was not in a hurry and patiently waited for his opportunity!

That day, just as Chu Xuan was about to leave the martial arts school, Ren Yan approached him.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter?" Chu Xuan asked him in surprise.

Ren Yan said shamelessly, "Brother Xuan, my dad heard that you've been taking good care of me lately, and he wants to treat you to a meal to thank you..."

"Speak like a human!" Chu Xuan said irritably.

"Uh..."

Ren Yan scratched his head awkwardly and chuckled, "Brother Xuan, I'll get straight to the point. It's like this. My dad heard that you haven't found a suitable temporary position lately, and he's planning to sponsor you..."

This surprised Chu Xuan.

He hasn't found a suitable temporary post yet. It's not that no one is approaching him, but rather that they're all small gangs or minor factions. The pay is low, and the work is demanding.

Chu Xuan naturally refused them all.

As for Ren Yan...

As far as he knew, although the Ren family had some assets in the inner city, they were not considered extremely wealthy, and probably not so rich as to hire martial artists as retainers.

However, receiving an invitation was naturally a good thing for him. He had been worrying about money lately.