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

"not good!"

Lin Ying's expression changed drastically.

He was a bit flustered by what Manager Chen said, and his reaction was a beat slower!

Bang!

The palm struck Lin Ying hard on the back, sending him flying forward.

A jet of blood, mixed with fragments of his heart, shot out and sprayed directly onto Manager Chen's face.

"what……"

Manager Chen was terrified and let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Chu Xuan ignored him, suddenly exerted force with his feet, caught up with Lin Ying who was lunging forward, and slapped him hard with another palm.

With a loud bang and a cracking sound of bones breaking, Lin Ying's head was dented from the impact.

Chu Xuan turned around and struck Manager Chen on the back as he tried to escape, causing him to vomit blood and fall to the ground.

"Spare me! I have money, you can have it all..."

Manager Chen shouted, trembling.

boom!

Without wasting words, Chu Xuan struck again, sending him down the same path as Lin Ying.

Then, Chu Xuan began to slowly search the corpses, thoroughly examining Manager Chen and Lin Ying, and then searching the entire house before finally emerging with a package in his arms.

"Thief! Come quick!"

At this moment, several guards outside arrived with fire and weapons, surrounding Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan swiftly darted into the group of guards, like a tiger among sheep, striking each of them with a single palm strike, sending them flying backward and coughing up blood.

However, this time Chu Xuan deliberately didn't kill him!

If all these people are killed, who will clear his name?

"It's a martial artist! Run!"

After the guards were knocked away, they realized that their opponent was a martial artist, so they dared not fight back and fled in panic!

Chu Xuan then carried the bodies of Manager Chen and his companion into the courtyard, poured strong liquor over them, and set them on fire.

Then, with a flip, he disappeared from the yard!

Soon, the fire raged fiercely.

Chu Xuan wasn't worried about the fire spreading. There was still some distance between the fire and the surrounding houses and the Mingyue Tower in front, enough for the workers to put out the fire!

In the alley behind, in a shady spot.

"Looks like I don't need to lift a finger!"

A burly man, also dressed in night clothes and with his head completely covered, stared at the raging fire ahead. After a moment, he grinned and said, "Murder and arson! So practiced, doesn't seem like this is your first time!"

Chu Xuan did not leave!

Fifteen minutes after the burly man disappeared, he slowly emerged from the shadows on the other side of the street and alley, staring at the direction the man had gone, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Senior Brother, is that you?

……

Half an hour later, in an empty house.

Chu Xuan did not light a fire, but began to take stock of the harvest by the moonlight.

"Hmm? A thousand taels of silver?"

Chu Xuan's eyes lit up the first thing he saw when he saw a silver note with a face value of one thousand taels.

This was found on the sole of Manager Chen's shoe; thankfully, we didn't let it slip by. Otherwise, we would have missed out on the big prize!

Including the one he gave away before, he made two thousand taels of silver today.

This is an instant way to get rich!

In addition, there were some silver and gold leaves, totaling around several hundred taels.

"That old geezer!"

Chu Xuan cursed angrily.

He asked Lin Ying to kill him, and he was willing to spend three thousand taels of silver! He thought the other party was very rich.

In the end, they only found a little over a thousand taels!

Manager Chen may have other assets, or assets that he didn't find, but Chu Xuan estimated that there weren't many left.

Promising Lin Ying three thousand taels of silver is probably just empty talk.

Unless Manager Chen is willing to sell Mingyue Tower!

Lin Ying was penniless.

Chu Xuan searched his body and found more than ten taels of silver!

Besides that, there was a martial arts manual, which Lin Ying should have practiced.

"Heavenly Ladder Leap? Hmm? It's actually a leg technique?"

After taking a few glances, Chu Xuan felt somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, he did not underestimate Lin Ying and chose to launch a sneak attack.

This Heavenly Ladder Leap is actually a leg technique that combines offense and defense. By climbing the ladder and using the momentum, one can leap like the wind. It can be used to attack enemies from a high position or to escape by taking advantage of the momentum.

If it weren't for the sneak attack, that old guy might have gotten away!

That would be a huge problem!

"No wonder that old guy, after decades as a bodyguard, managed to escape unscathed! He's fast..."

Chu Xuan put away his leg techniques.

I need to practice this more in the future; it's a life-saving skill!

The next day.

Chu Xuan arrived at the martial arts school on time and overheard the outer disciples talking.

The news of the fire at Mingyue Tower last night is already widely known.

Chu Xuan listened for a while and realized that they were all discussing the murderer, but no one suspected him.

The guards of Mingyue Tower had already spread the news that the attacker was a martial artist. The people from the City Lord's Mansion had also examined the guards' injuries and confirmed that the assailant had used a vicious palm technique.

Chu Xuan was thus cleared of suspicion!

No one even came to investigate Chu Xuan.

As for Chu Xuan learning Bajiquan while also practicing palm techniques?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Chu Xuan has only been practicing martial arts for a short time, and he spends almost all of his time practicing Bajiquan at the martial arts school. Where would he find the time to practice any palm techniques?

Even if it were possible, it would be impossible to master it in a short time!

Unless, Chu Xuan is an even more monstrous genius than Xu Yuan.

Chu Xuan's inferior physical constitution was already common knowledge.

To stabilize public sentiment and close the case as quickly as possible, the authorities didn't fabricate any story about bandits causing chaos; instead, they claimed it was... suicide!

As soon as Chu Xuan arrived at the inner courtyard, Dongfang Lin approached him with a smile and said, "Have you heard? Manager Chen of Mingyue Tower is dead, and that retainer named Lin Ying is dead too!"

He got slapped twice in the back, hehe, that's suicide!

Chu Xuan nodded and sighed, "I already said I forgave him, so why was Manager Chen still so distraught that he committed suicide?"

And what about that Lin Gongfeng? How could he have committed suicide for love?!

I don't believe you for a second!

"Hehe~"

Dongfang Lin gave a strange laugh, but didn't say anything more.

If you see through something but don't say it, you can still be good friends!

Seeing Dongfang Lin looking at him strangely, Chu Xuan was speechless and said, "Eighth Senior Brother, you don't think I killed Manager Chen and the others, do you?"

I was completely drunk last night, you all saw it.

Besides, I've only been learning martial arts for a short time, how could I possibly be practicing palm techniques as well? If I really had that energy, wouldn't it be better to use it to practice fist techniques?

Human energy is limited.

Few martial artists would practice one skill while simultaneously learning another.

Because this will inevitably distract you!

Moreover, it's not worth it at all. The more skills you cultivate, the more mixed your internal energy becomes, making it more difficult to break through in the future!

Unless one is a martial arts genius, or someone like Lu Tong who has been stuck at a bottleneck for many years and cannot break through, they will try to practice other martial arts to see if they can learn from them!

Chu Xuan, however, clearly does not fall into either of these two categories!

Dongfang Lin frowned, but couldn't find a trace of it on Chu Xuan's face.

He was starting to have some doubts.

Could it be that I guessed wrong?

Chu Xuan ignored Dongfang Lin, who was having some existential doubts, and went to the backyard to pay his respects to Lu Tong.

"What's up?"

Lu Tong remained as taciturn as ever.

"Master, this is the one thousand taels of compensation that the manager of Mingyue Tower gave me yesterday!" Chu Xuan handed over a silver note.

Lu Tong didn't take it, or even glance at it, and said indifferently, "Since it's for you, just keep it."

"yes!"

Chu Xuan immediately put the silver note back into his pocket, but showed no intention of leaving.

"What, is there something else?" Lu Tong frowned slightly.

"Master, I wanted to..."

Chu Xuan immediately revealed his plan.

They allocated 30% of the braised meat profits to the martial arts school.

He had considered this before, but at the beginning, he didn't know how much money the braised meat business could make.

Later, after making money, Bai Kexin's incident occurred.

Rumors are circulating that Lu Tong has given up on him, and even Chu Xuan himself thinks so.

Then the thing that Meng Qing had his eye on happened.

Lu Tong said calmly, "Hang it up for your senior brother!"

Clearly, he didn't care about the meager profits from braised pork.

"yes!"

Chu Xuan responded and once again expressed his gratitude to Lu Tong for protecting him yesterday.

Lu Tong raised his head, glanced at Chu Xuan, and said in a calm voice, "If you really want to thank me, then try to break through to the Dark Force realm within a year!"

This is not only good for me, but also a great opportunity for you!

If you grasp this, you'll be able to go further on your martial arts path! Go!