Chương 111: Martial Uncle?

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"We drank this wine for nothing!"

Ge Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief, finally realizing that no matter how good one's talent and personality are, if they are not on the same path, they will not be able to be passed down.

What he wanted was a true successor to the Way, someone who would inherit his unparalleled martial arts and protect the Mingchan Academy for life.

But clearly, Zhao Rui didn't have that idea.

"Elder Ge, this wine wasn't wasted. Although I can't guard Mingchan Academy for the rest of my life, you taught me. In case—ah, I mean in case—you haven't found a successor before you pass away, I can find one for you!"

Zhao Rui said.

"You've got a good plan! Even if I take it to the ground, I won't let you, you bastard, get away with it."

Ge Changsheng glared at him, picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a peanut, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Zhao Rui chuckled, not in a hurry, and refilled his glass with wine.

The two of them enjoyed the night rain and slowly sipped their wine.

After drinking for another half hour, Ge Changsheng finally said leisurely, "You're quite patient."

"We've had our fill of wine. I owed you a martial arts technique last time, so I'll pass it on to you this time!"

"Remember as much as you can!"

Ge Changsheng stood up abruptly and leaped into the rain. His movements were as swift as lightning, and chilling aura emanated from his body.

"In the beginning of time, the Yin essence gathered the Five Elders."

Xuanming borrows bones, frost marrow refines the Six Secret Teachings When the palm strikes, Qi condenses and circulates like snow throughout the heavens.

The final movement revealed brows adorned with eternal ice...

Zhao Rui quickly focused his mind and listened attentively, while simultaneously circulating his internal energy in accordance with the incantation.

After advancing to the Grandmaster realm, his understanding of martial arts has clearly reached a new level.

The many obscure techniques were no longer as confusing as when I first encountered the Enchanting Immortal Technique.

As if afraid that Zhao Rui wouldn't be able to learn it, Elder Ge specially demonstrated the body movements twice and verbally explained the key points of the mental techniques twice.

After demonstrating the Frost Palm technique, Elder Ge did not stop, but continued to explain the essence of the next martial art.

This martial art is a movement technique called Nine Separation Steps!

Not good at traveling, but can instantly move their body within a few inches using their steps, somewhat like a mini-teleport.

It is more suitable for dodging and one-hit kill in combat.

It seems that Master Ge's martial arts style is not a proper martial art, but rather something specifically designed for assassination.

After the drill, Elder Ge did not return to the meditation room. Instead, he glanced at the Mingchan Courtyard below the mountain and murmured, "Twenty-three of my sect members lie here. Nearly a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye..."

"As for the future... never mind, let fate decide!"

After saying this, Old Ge leaped up and disappeared into the night, stepping through the rain.

Zhao Rui frowned slightly, sensing that Old Ge seemed rather dejected on this trip, as if he were entrusting his last words.

In this bright and clear world, what danger could a top martial artist like him possibly face?

Or did he feel that his lifespan had come to an end?

However, the fact that Elder Ge didn't say anything clearly meant he didn't want him to participate, or perhaps his rank wasn't high enough.

Don't even think about things that are beyond your capabilities; increasing your strength is the only way forward.

Zhao Rui closed the door with a wave of his hand, sat cross-legged on the cushion, and began to study the newly learned martial arts.

……

This lesson lasted for three days.

After being personally demonstrated by Elder Ge, Zhao Rui had already mastered the operation of these two techniques and only needed to practice them step by step.

This speed is obviously not comparable to copying, but there's no other way. Master Ge is elusive, so it's already quite an achievement to have learned anything from him.

Just as he was in seclusion practicing his martial arts and ignoring external affairs, a figure silently appeared in the woods outside Mingchan Courtyard.

The newcomer moved with light steps and extraordinary agility, but his movements were slow, as if he was worried about being discovered. He held his breath and was extremely careful.

After traveling for most of the day, the person finally leaped out of the woods and headed towards the small hill in front of Mingchan Courtyard.

"Does he live here?"

The newcomer glanced at the small house not far away and frowned.

Bloodshot veins appeared in his eyes as he moved them.

Just as it was about to dart forward, its ears twitched, and it disappeared behind a tree.

A moment later, on a mountain path, a slender girl carrying a thermos slowly walked up the mountain.

The woman was beautiful and graceful, with a unique charm that was revealed in her light and graceful steps.

Upon seeing the girl, the hidden figure's pupils widened slightly: "What's she doing here?"

Startled, he held his breath even more tightly, afraid of making the slightest sound.

In front of the meditation room, a dozen or so small fish were leisurely swimming in a pond that was already full of water.

There are several small, towering artificial hills by the pond, and several turtles are resting on them.

The girl who had come up the mountain paused slightly, then smiled and called out into the room facing the wall, "Senior Brother Zhao, are you there?"

After calling out twice, the door creaked open, and Zhao Rui walked out.

"Shen Xinzhu? What brings you here?"

Zhao Rui looked at the pretty girl in front of him and couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Senior, Coach Wang said I should learn from the training camp content. I called you but you didn't answer. Luckily, I made some chicken soup, so bring it over for you to try."

After Shen Xinzhu finished speaking, she handed over the thermos she was carrying.

"Thank you!"

Zhao Rui smiled, not wanting to embarrass her, and reached out to take the thermos.

"Next week, I'll go to the academy to teach you. The content is actually very simple; it's all about body training and qi cultivation methods."

Zhao Rui offered an explanation.

"Okay! I understand. Then I won't bother you any longer, Senior Brother."

After finishing her sentence, Shen Xinzhu tactfully turned and went down the mountain.

Once her figure disappeared at the foot of the mountain, the person who had been hiding in the shade of the trees finally revealed himself.

"Why would the Holy Maiden be here? Could it be that the Cult Leader knows something?"

"Or has the cult leader become suspicious of me?"

He frowned and pondered for a moment, a ruthless glint appearing on his sinister face.

His figure swayed, suddenly like a phantom, and sped towards the meditation room.

In the blink of an eye, they had arrived at the door.

He paused slightly, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.

But before his fingers could touch the door, he suddenly felt an inexplicable aura lock onto his body.

At the same time, the door creaked open out of thin air.

A strong, resonant voice came from inside: "Guests are welcome, please come in!"

The newcomer frowned slightly, realizing something was wrong.

The other party had somehow detected him beforehand.

But he has weathered many storms and is not easily deterred by such a small accident.

He immediately straightened his back and stepped inside.

The room was dimly lit and simply furnished with everyday furniture and items.

A carpet was laid on the floor, and a mattress was placed on the carpet. The person speaking was sitting cross-legged on it.

She looked at him with a cold expression.

"I've seen you before. What do you want?"

Zhao Rui said calmly.

When the other party flew over, he had already sensed a familiar aura of demonic cultivation techniques.

Upon seeing the newcomer, they already had a guess in their minds.

"You're quite calm; you've got guts."

The newcomer spoke in a cold voice, his sinister face devoid of color.

"This is the Martial Arts Academy of Dongqi University, my territory. Why can't I stay calm?"

"Your territory? What a big mouth you've got."

The newcomer sneered, then suddenly opened his mouth and quickly spat out a series of eerie incantations at Zhao Rui.

"Buzz, Pa, Chirp, Yin, Yin..."

The sound waves, like ripples on water, echoed in the meditation room and assaulted Zhao Rui's ears.

The person chanted a spell as they walked towards Zhao Rui.

A dazed look appeared on Zhao Rui's face, his eyes began to wander, and he became dazed.

The newcomer was overjoyed and had already arrived in front of Zhao Rui.

"You once chased after someone who told you a martial arts manual. Tell me what you heard."

"So that's what you wanted to hear!"

Just then, Zhao Rui, who should have been in a daze, suddenly brightened his eyes, then stood up and suddenly swung his right palm towards the newcomer.

The palm felt chillingly cold, like the dead of winter.

The newcomer's eyes widened in shock. He hurriedly raised his arm to block, but the palm strike was swift as lightning and came out suddenly.

How to dodge it.

The newcomer was also ruthless. Despite taking the blow head-on, he clenched his right fist and slammed it towards Zhao Rui's head.

Zhao Rui struck his opponent with a palm, but did not rush forward. He dodged the palm strike with a swift movement and used the Nine Separation Steps to avoid the opponent's palm force.

At the same time, the power of the Frost Palm rose again, suddenly blasting towards the opponent.

The newcomer hurriedly raised his palm to defend, and after several exchanges of palm strikes, he barely managed to block Zhao Rui's attack.

"You're actually not afraid of my Illusionary Sound Spell!"

The newcomer stood with his feet together, his left hand covering his chest, the edge of his palm already covered with a layer of fine frost.

His gaze was fixed on Zhao Rui, his eyes narrowed, and he looked wary.

"Tell me who you are!"

Zhao Rui ignored his words and asked directly.

The newcomer's bloodshot eyes widened slightly, and suddenly he swayed and turned to dart towards the door.

Seeing this, Zhao Rui also flashed forward and struck behind him with a palm, while simultaneously unleashing the Enchanting Immortal Technique.

The newcomer felt his inner energy stagnate and staggered. Before he could regain his balance, Zhao Rui's palm strike had already arrived.

He had no choice but to turn around and engage Zhao Rui in combat.

This person possesses extremely high martial arts skills and abundant true energy. If it were an ordinary martial artist, they would probably be unable to turn around and fight back after being hit by the Enchanting Immortal Technique.

However, he possessed many extraordinary skills, and his senses returned in an instant.

The two fought for a short while, and soon smashed the door frame and rushed out.

"Are you determined to make a fuss?"

The newcomer's face was gloomy. The palm strike to his chest not only injured his internal organs, but also froze his meridians with the remaining icy true energy.

If the injury is not treated and the cold is not removed in time, it may leave hidden dangers.

"You've come to my door to harm me, what can't I do?"

Just as the two were fighting, the people of the Mingchan Temple at the foot of the mountain also noticed the strange phenomenon on the mountainside and rushed over.

The leader, in particular, moved as fast as a galloping horse, and in the blink of an eye, he had already stepped onto the lake water and arrived at the foot of the mountain.

"You forced me to do this!"

"I'm forcing you to ****!"

Zhao Rui was speechless when someone said something like that; wasn't that just telling others that he was about to unleash his ultimate move?

This will also make you happy.

Zhao Rui's twenty-eight acupoints opened instantly, frantically absorbing external true energy. At the same time, endless true energy surged out from his dantian and rushed towards the Yongquan acupoint.

This massive amount of true energy surged forth from the Yongquan acupoint, flowing through the other six acupoints and converging into the shape of the Seven Stars!

He unleashed a powerful palm strike.

Suddenly, a vast surge of true energy, like a hurricane, swept towards the newcomer.

The newcomer's eyes widened in horror, his face filled with dread.

There's no time left to unleash a special move.

He had no choice but to exert all his strength and circulate all the true energy in his body to resist this surging palm force.

There was a loud bang.

The person was sent flying backward as if struck by a heavy hammer.

It fell far to the ground, creating a crater!

"Holy crap, that's amazing!"

Zhao Rui looked down at his palm in surprise. This was the first time he had used the Seven Star Divine Skill with all his might.

The power was far greater than I had imagined.

"What's going on!"

Just then, a figure darted over at lightning speed; before the person even arrived, the sound could already be heard from afar.

But it was Coach Wang Zhanshan who arrived.

"Someone came up the mountain and ambushed me!"

Zhao Rui said awkwardly.

That's making quite a commotion. Hopefully we'll get punished again.

"Ambush you?"

Wang Zhanshan's face darkened as he looked at the chaotic scene.

Who is so bold as to cause trouble for the Dongqi University Martial Arts Team?

Putting aside the special nature of the school's martial arts team, just considering the reputation of Dongqi University's Mingchan Academy, who would dare to cause trouble here?

This is a slap in the face to him. In all these years of managing Mingchan Academy, he has been training and competing all the time, and he has almost forgotten what the martial arts world is like.

Wang Zhanshan walked coldly toward the person lying on the ground, an old man with a pale face and bluish skin, who had already fainted.

He reached out and checked the other person's pulse. He was seriously injured, but the other person's internal energy was strong. Although there was some damage to his internal organs, his life was not in danger.

"Such powerful true energy... this must be a Grandmaster-level expert? At least at the second level of True Essence!"

Wang Zhanshan's eyes widened slightly, his face filled with disbelief.

"Um, I didn't stop for a second, Coach, is he alright?"

Seeing that Wang Zhanshan hadn't spoken for a while, Zhao Rui became worried that he might have hurt him.

Although he had killed people, the feeling at school and outside were completely different.

"You've advanced to the Grandmaster realm?"

Wang Zhanshan did not answer him, but suddenly turned his head, stared at him with narrowed eyes, and asked in a deep voice.

"Um, I just advanced!"

Zhao Rui scratched his cheek. Well, he'd given himself away; he couldn't hide it anymore.

Wang Zhanshan would have been better off not listening; once he did, his chest ached with frustration.

Having just advanced, you're able to severely injure a master who's at least at the second level of the True Essence Realm, even though you're a higher level.

Even if you don't advance, you'll definitely have a place in the national competition.

Now, those at the Grandmaster level cannot participate in competitions for three months.

You could have advanced earlier or later, but you had to advance right now.

The competition registration is just around the corner.

Are you trying to go against me?

Wang Zhanshan sighed silently; now was not the time to think about that.

Just then, the martial arts team members behind them caught up.

Wang Zhanshan then instructed two team members to call the school hospital, the security department, and the resident police station.

While he was on the phone, more and more team members arrived.

Everyone's gaze involuntarily turned to the person lying on the ground.

They had all witnessed the fight on the mountain, and now they saw the man's miserable state with their own eyes.

They were all dumbfounded.

I never expected that Captain Zhao, who is usually such a nice guy, could be so fierce when he gets angry.

Cai Zhengyang, in particular, nervously wiped the sweat from his brow:

"Zhao Rui is really ruthless!"

Just then, Qin Rui, Cao Guannan, and Shen Xinzhu arrived.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Qin Rui hurriedly went forward to check on Zhao Rui's condition.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

Hearing this, Qin Rui breathed a sigh of relief, then asked in confusion, "What happened? Who is he?"

As Qin Rui spoke, she pointed to the person lying on the ground.

Everyone looked over with renewed curiosity.

This was an old man with a sinister face.

In the world of martial arts, there is no such thing as bullying the elderly; the older one is, the stronger one's skills become, and the less one should underestimate them.

But precisely because he was a strange old man, everyone was curious about how he ended up in the school and had a conflict with Zhao Rui.

Everyone started to have all sorts of wild thoughts.

Could it be that he messed with someone's daughter and the father came knocking on the door? Captain Zhao is ruthless, even beating up his father-in-law?

Unlike the gossip and wild speculation of the crowd.

Shen Xinzhu broke out in a cold sweat after just one glance.

How could she not recognize the people on Earth—Peng Yuanshan, one of the elders of the Holy Church?

What is he doing here?

How could she have gotten into a conflict with Zhao Rui?

Wait a minute, Elder Peng is a master at the third level of the True Essence Realm.

A chill ran through Shen Xinzhu instantly, and she narrowed her eyes as she looked at Zhao Rui.

"He, like myself, has concealed his cultivation level! Who exactly is he? It seems there's a reason the sect leader sent me here."

Shen Xinzhu's thoughts grew deeper and deeper.

Just as everyone was lost in thought, paramedics from the school hospital, as well as security personnel and police officers, arrived.

Wang Zhanshan then stepped forward to make contact.

The medical staff quickly examined Peng Yuanshan on the ground. After a while, one of the medical staff couldn't help but speak up:

"Coach Wang, he has two injuries. The latter one is more serious but easier to treat. The former one, however, will require the help of someone from your martial arts academy."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhanshan hurriedly went forward to check.

Upon examining the area, his expression immediately became complicated.

"Zhao, Zhao Rui, come here!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rui quickly stepped forward.

"Did you unleash that icy palm strike?"

Wang Zhanshan asked solemnly.

"yes!"

Zhao Rui nodded.

"Was it taught by Master Ge?"

"Um!"

"..."

Wang Zhanshan's face twitched; he should have thought of this sooner.

How could Zhao Rui, who was originally unremarkable, have made such great progress in just one year?

Only Old Ge has this ability to turn the rotten into the miraculous.

but……

never mind!

"Um, Uncle-Master, could you help him dispel the icy true energy?"

"Uncle-Master?"

The onlookers stared in astonishment at Wang Zhanshan and Zhao Rui.

Even the security department and the police were stunned.

Who is Wang Zhanshan?

The head coach of the Dongqi University martial arts team actually called Zhao Rui "Uncle-Master"!

"No, no, Coach, Master Ge didn't accept me as his apprentice, so we don't need to talk about seniority."

Zhao Rui quickly offered an explanation.

He had no desire to become some kind of senior apprentice.

"You won't be accepted as my apprentice?"

Wang Zhanshan was slightly taken aback, but knowing this wasn't the time to ask further questions, he said, "You should first dispel the Frost Qi!"

"oh!"

Zhao Rui responded, flicked his fingers across Peng Yuanshan's body several times, and simultaneously struck him twice on the chest with his palm.

However, in the blink of an eye, he withdrew his hand.

"alright!"

Watching Zhao Rui's skillful maneuvers, Wang Zhanshan swallowed back the words he wanted to say.

Seeing that Peng Yuanshan was alright, the medical staff took him to the school hospital.

Zhao Rui and Wang Zhanshan naturally wouldn't sit idly by either; they followed closely behind the police and security personnel.

Two hours later, Peng Yuanshan, who had regained consciousness, stared at the white ceiling with slightly narrowed eyes. It took him a while to realize that he was in the hospital.

He turned his head and saw Zhao Rui looking at him with a cold smile.

There was a middle-aged man next to him.

The man's eyes were like lightning, clearly indicating that he was also a person with profound inner strength.

(End of this chapter)