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

In the following days, Chu Xuan became the focus of everyone's conversation at the martial arts school.

Almost everywhere you go, you can faintly hear his name being mentioned.

Chu Xuan ignored him and continued cultivating at his original pace.

Chu Xuan's silence seemed to be an admission of guilt, which not only failed to calm things down, but also spread to other martial arts circles outside the martial arts school!

It can be said that in just a few days, Chu Xuan's reputation has surpassed Xu Yuan's!

Of course, some people also put Chu Xuan and Xu Yuan together, jokingly calling them the "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" of the Lu Family Martial Arts School!

Chu Xuan is the real "Sleeping Dragon" because he is more famous!

For Chu Xuan, this wasn't the worst of it!

Some senior students speculated that Chu Xuan might be expelled from the inner academy!

Because the potential of a Ding-level physique is limited, breaking through to become a martial artist is already the limit, and it is almost impossible to break through to the Dark Force level!

"That's ruthless!"

Chu Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

He already knew in his heart that this must have been the work of Boss Bai!

Bai Laoqi wouldn't go to such extremes!

Just because he refused the Bai family's conditions.

Unable to do anything to Xu Yuan, the Bai family vented their anger on him. They not only wanted to smear him, but to ruin him!

"Indeed, weakness is the original sin!"

"Fine, we're even now!"

In the following days, Chu Xuan cultivated even more frantically.

To Chu Xuan's surprise, Lu Tong did not expel him from the inner courtyard as his other fellow disciples had guessed. He didn't even make a sound, as if he had never known about it.

The same applies to the eldest disciple, Wei Hong.

Xu Yuan, upon learning that Chu Xuan intended to replicate his old methods, scoffed, "Overestimating yourself!"

Many of his fellow disciples speculated that Lu Tong did not expel Chu Xuan from the inner courtyard because he was concerned about his own reputation. After all, he had personally allowed Chu Xuan to enter the inner courtyard, and he could not go back on his word.

But Lu Tong will no longer care about him and will ignore him from now on, leaving him to fend for himself!

Lu Tong's behavior in the past few days seems to confirm this speculation.

It's worth noting that when Xu Yuan and the Bai family had a falling out, Lu Tong directly had Wei Hong negotiate with the Bai family!

……

White House.

Bai Dongchu finally caught up with Bai Kexin, who hadn't been home for several days.

"Seventh Uncle, did you need something from me?" Bai Kexin asked somewhat guiltily.

Bai Dongchu's face was so dark it was almost dripping with water. He said in a deep voice, "Why? Why did you do this?!"

Why?

Upon hearing Bai Dongchu's words, Bai Kexin's voice suddenly rose, and she sneered, "Seventh Uncle, what is that Chu Xuan? A peasant, how dare he refuse to marry me?! If I don't act now, am I supposed to let everyone in Qingshan City know that our Bai family was not only rejected by Xu Yuan, but also rejected by this worthless Chu Xuan with only a third-rate talent? Where would the Bai family's face be then? Where would my face be?!"

Bai Dongchu said coldly, "Chu Xuan is a smart man; he won't tell anyone! Do you know that because of your willfulness, you've ruined him?"

"So what if it's ruined? Without the Bai family's support, would he be where he is today? Since he's unwilling to serve the Bai family, what's wrong with me taking back everything the Bai family gave him?"

Bai Kexin retorted sharply, "Seventh Uncle, you wouldn't be making things difficult for your own niece for the sake of an outsider, would you?"

"Alright, Seventh Brother!"

At this moment, Bai Dongxu suddenly appeared beside him and said calmly, "Although Xin'er is a bit willful, what she said isn't without reason! Everything Chu Xuan has was given to him by my Bai family, and my Bai family has the right to take it back! This applies to Xu Yuan as well as Chu Xuan!"

Upon seeing Bai Dongxu, Bai Dongchu's expression turned grim. He said, "Brother! Chu Xuan is a grateful person. Now that we're bullying him because he's weak, all that past kindness in helping him is for naught!"

Bai Dongxu sneered, "So what if he's gone? Does my dignified Bai family lack a Ming Jin martial artist? And what can a martial artist with only a Ding-grade aptitude and exhausted potential possibly repay us for?!"

"This matter ends here. From now on, the Bai family and Chu Xuan have nothing to do with each other. Xin'er, you should go back!"

Bai Kexin breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned and ran away.

This was the first time she had ever seen her usually cheerful Uncle Qi so angry, and it would be a lie to say she wasn't scared.

"Big brother!" After Bai Kexin left, Bai Dongchu looked at Bai Dongxu and said, "Xin'er did this, didn't you arrange it?"

Bai Dongxu paused for a moment, then said calmly, "I'm not that bored!"

"How did Xin'er know that Chu Xuan had a Ding-level aptitude?" Bai Dongchu stared at Bai Dongxu.

Besides Chu Xuan, only his brothers and Steward Zhao knew about Chu Xuan's physical attributes.

Manager Zhao had no reason, nor any need, to say anything that would offend Chu Xuan.

And since he didn't say who told Bai Kexin, it's quite obvious.

"Alright, Seventh Brother!"

Bai Dongxu frowned. "Don't fuss over these trivial matters."

"I came to tell you that the batch of seedlings we selected this time is quite good, one of them even has exceptional potential. I plan to dedicate all my resources to nurturing them..."

Bai Dongchu remained silent for a moment before finally speaking the words that had been weighing on his mind: "Big brother, I want to separate..."

……

That evening, Chu Xuan had just returned home when he received another piece of bad news.

"Xuan'er, something terrible has happened! Your uncle has been beaten up."

Zeng Ke was rushing out with Chu He when she saw Chu Xuan and quickly said...

"What? My uncle got beaten up?" Chu Xuan was stunned. "What happened? My uncle is always kind to others, how could he be beaten up?"

His uncle-in-law, Hu Dazhi, only looked fierce, but was actually an honest and simple man.

"I'm not entirely sure either. It seems that this morning when he was selling pork, someone said that the pork your uncle was selling was rotten, and they got into an argument. The other person then called some people who beat him up..."

Zeng Ke said simply.

Chu Xuan's face was grim, but he sensed that things weren't that simple: "Let's go take a look first."

The three of them quickly arrived at their aunt's house, where they saw their aunt just seeing off an elderly man dressed as a doctor. She nodded to Chu Xuan and his group and then led them inside.

After entering the house, I found my uncle, Hu Dazhi, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed). Bloodstains had seeped through the gauze wrapped around his forehead, and his arms and legs were also wrapped in thick gauze.

However, Hu Dazhi is conscious and should not be in any danger.

After greeting everyone, Chu Xuan looked at his aunt and asked, "Auntie, what did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that since I've injured my bones and muscles, I'll have to stay in bed for at least three months!" Zeng Hong said, her eyes reddening.

Hu Dazhi quickly said, "Xiao Xuan, it's nothing serious, just some superficial injuries. I'll be able to work again in a few days."

"What superficial injury? Those people clearly tried to break your arms and legs on purpose!" Zeng Hong said angrily. "If we hadn't arrived in time, your hand would be ruined!"

"Auntie, what exactly happened? Do you know who did it?" Chu Xuan asked in a deep voice.

"A few idle thugs tried to extort money from your uncle. They ran away after the fight, and now we can't find them anywhere," Zeng Hong said dejectedly.

"It's that simple?"

Chu Xuan was somewhat surprised.

But when his gaze swept over Hu Dazhi, he noticed that the other man's eyes were somewhat evasive.

"Uncle, things can't be that simple, can they?" Chu Xuan asked, staring at Hu Dazhi.

"this……"

Seeing he couldn't hide it any longer, Hu Dazhi had no choice but to tell the truth: "This morning I went to Mingyuelou to deliver braised pork. Manager Chen of Mingyuelou wanted to invest. I told him I was just a deliveryman. And then...and then..."

"Of course, Xiao Xuan, I only have a suspicion. It might not necessarily be Manager Chen from Mingyue Tower..."

"It's alright!" Chu Xuan nodded. "Whether it's him or not, we'll find out by asking."

Just then, Ren Mingcheng and his son arrived carrying some things.

Upon seeing Chu Xuan, Ren Mingcheng didn't waste any words and said directly, "We've found out who did it; it's a few low-level thugs from the Tiger Gang outside the city!"

"Outer city? Tiger Gang?"

Chu Xuan was surprised; could it be that he had been overthinking things?

"Excuse me, is this Hu Dazhi's house?"

Just then, another sound rang out from outside.