one
The handsome young man was sitting on the eaves of a tall house, holding a half-eaten chicken leg in his hand.
"Woof woof - woof woof -"
Under the eaves, a black vicious dog raised its head and looked at the young man above, barking loudly.
The young man frowned and scolded in a low voice, "Don't bark, big black dog! It took so long for the old man to go to the West. What's wrong? Young Master, I have been practicing martial arts for more than ten years. I rarely have two years of free time. I am an eyesore to you." What? Let me tell you, if you scream twice more, you won’t even think about the half chicken drumstick in my hand!"
When the big black dog heard the word "chicken legs", it immediately became much quieter, and its previously ferocious eyes immediately became much more well-behaved.
The young man laughed and cursed, "Son of a bitch," and then let go of his hand. While the chicken legs were falling rapidly, he tapped the tiles with his soles and headed towards the alley not far away.
"Xiangcai—go back to the study to study—"
The next moment the young man's figure fluttered, a somewhat rickety figure leaned out from the corridor at the corner of Xie's Mansion.
The man's temples were as frosty as frost, and his figure was thinner than ten years ago.
The fourth young master supported a stone pillar and sighed, looking in the direction where the young man's back disappeared.
He looked around at the house that had become increasingly dilapidated over the years, and the bitterness in his smile became even more bitter.
Three years ago, the ancestor of the Xie family went crazy during a retreat, and the entire Xie family back mountain was destroyed in the explosion.
Since then, the huge Xie family has become more and more shaky like a tree hollowed out by termites.
Xie Xiangcai arrived in the alley in a few flashes of his figure.
He landed lightly on the ground, coughed dryly, and turned a few corners to rush out.
The leader, a young man with a face that was so thin that it was sunken, bent over and ran to Xie Xiangcai, touched his head and said with a smile, "Boss Xie, how come you can run out so early today?"
Xie Xiangcai pushed the young man in front of him away, "Skinny Monkey, after all, I am also the dignified young master of the Xie Mansion. How can such a small house restrain me? Go, go, don't be an eyesore..."
He turned his gaze behind Shouhou and the teenagers, but he didn't see the very familiar figure from the past.
Xie Xiangcai's expression changed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where is Zi Yun?"
When the young men heard Xie Xiangcai mention the word "Zi Yun", their expressions suddenly stiffened.
The skinny monkey's face was particularly ugly. He stepped backward slightly, but as soon as he moved half a step, Xie Xiangcai grabbed him by the collar.
"What do you mean by this expression? Let me ask you, where is Zi Yun?"
The thin monkey took a deep breath and forced a particularly ugly smile on his face, "Boss Xie...Sister-in-law...she was dragged to have a drink."
Xie Xiangcai's eyes changed, his voice became deeper, his fists clenched making a "crunching" sound, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger.
"What banquet?"
"Wedding wine..."
"Whose wedding banquet?"
"From her own home..."
"Master, who is it?"
"Martial Arts School Lin Family..."
At this moment, the alley was extremely quiet, and all the teenagers turned their eyes to Xie Xiangcai's extremely angry face.
Prime Minister Xie ignored everything and turned around and ran towards the Xie Mansion not far away.
Seeing this, Thin Monkey's facial features were almost twisted together. He looked at the young men behind him with a look of indifference and said, "I told you not to tell the boss, why didn't you listen... Even though the boss is very skilled, But it’s the Lin family who snatched the bride... they run a martial arts gym!"
All the young men looked at each other in confusion, thinking to themselves, didn’t you, the one who killed a thousand swords, tell Xie Xiangcai?
A young man of medium height asked softly, "Although...is the Xie family still afraid of the Lin family?"
The thin monkey was startled, sighed and spat, and said no more words.
"boom--"
Xie Xiangcai kicked open the closed door of Xie's Mansion. The loud sound startled Mr. Xie, who was frowning and sleeping lightly on the hospital bed, to sit up suddenly, covered in cold sweat.
The old housekeeper closed the window and sighed, walked to the master, patted his back gently, and said softly, "It's Mr. Xiangcai. He came back in a hurry, changed into a set of red clothes, and didn't know where to rush. went."
Mr. Xie's face was as white as paper. He held his chest that was aching and took a long breath. After a long silence, he spoke, "This kid Xiangcai... Lao Cheng, do you think I'm too harsh on him?"
The housekeeper Lao Cheng helped Mr. , I just can’t understand the intentions of the master and ancestors..."
Mr. Xie nodded slightly without closing his eyes. He tilted his head slightly to look at the two figures passing by the window with a very bitter smile. "It seems that my useless sons are all looking forward to my going."
Lao Cheng's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Master, your body is still strong, don't belittle yourself."
Mr. Xie smiled weakly, then took out two letters from his arms with trembling hands, and handed them to Lao Cheng with a very solemn expression, "Lao Cheng, this is the suicide note of the old man and the ancestor. There are only you and the fourth son in the entire Xie Mansion. It reassures me... The fourth son is already weak, and the relationship with the other three brothers in the house is also tense. After I go, I hope you will hand these two letters into the hands of Xiangcai..."
Lao Cheng took the two letters with a heavy face, covered Mr. Xie with a quilt, stepped backwards, and slowly exited the room.
Outside the door, a middle-aged man in his late fifties was standing silently.
Upon seeing this, Lao Cheng stiffened his steps and took out a letter from his arms with a struggling look on his face. He handed it into his hand and said, "First agent, this is the master's suicide note."
The middle-aged man is the eldest son of Mr. Xie, the eldest son of the Xie family.
Without thinking, the eldest young master tore the suicide note in his hand into pieces, with a stern face, "Don't call me the eldest deputy from now on. As the eldest son, the entire Xie family should belong to me. That boy Xie Xiangcai, even if he has excellent martial arts, can't do it." Not worthy!"
Lao Cheng didn't say a word, just stood there with his head lowered.
The eldest young master was just about to turn around and leave. He seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Lao Cheng. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, "You can rest assured that your family members have been settled properly and are unharmed."
Lao Cheng's tense body relaxed at this moment, and his voice trembled as he said, "Thank you...Master."
After the words fell, Lao Cheng's vision blurred.
In the room, Mr. Xie opened his eyes, and everything in front of him gradually became blurred, and finally everything was pitch black.
"You're so talented...Grandpa tried his best..."
two
At the end of Caiyi Street, there is a fireworks building.
The restaurant, which is always dull on weekdays, is quite lively today, with lights and colorful decorations and red lanterns hanging high.
In the hall, a dozen tables of banquets have been prepared, and among the crowd is a tall and strong young man wearing black and red brocade clothes.
At this moment, the young man's face was full of smiles. He put his arms around the shoulders of the girl who was one head shorter and thanked the guests around him loudly.
The girl bit her lips tightly, and a trace of blood seeped out from her soft lips, and was swallowed back into her stomach.
Outside the Fireworks Building, two middle-aged men in simple clothes looked at the direction of the compass rotation in their palms, then raised their heads to look at the plaque with the three characters "Fireworks Building" engraved on it.
The man with dark skin and a slightly ferocious face on the left looked inside the restaurant, tilted his head uncertainly and asked, "Boy, are you sure this is here?"
Next to him, a man with fair skin and two mustaches pondered for a moment, then shook the compass in his hand, and finally the pointer still pointed to the restaurant.
He just nodded firmly, "It's right here, that's right."
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the restaurant together, and when they reached a place where a crowd was gathered, the black man reached out and patted the shoulder of a guest in front of him, and asked, "Hey, whose fucking house is this?" A banquet hosted by you?"
The guest turned his head and was startled when he saw the black man's appearance, and immediately hid aside as if he had seen a ghost.
The white man looked at the clothes and faces of the guests around him, shook his head and smiled bitterly, pulled the black man behind him, took out a few copper coins from his arms, and then patted the shoulder of the person in front of him.
The man turned his head, looked the white man up and down, and said with a slight displeasure, "Man, what's the matter?"
The white man smiled and handed the copper coin in his hand to the other party and asked, "May I ask whose family hosted this banquet?"
The man took the copper coins, and the expression on his face was obviously much kinder, "Are you a foreigner? This is an engagement banquet hosted by the Lin family who owns a martial arts school in Fengxue Village. If you are free, you can sit down and eat with a share of the money. liquor!"
The white man nodded slightly when he heard the words, looked at each other with the black man behind him, and then turned their eyes to the young man in the center of the crowd.
Presumably this engaged young master of the Lin family is the person they are looking for.
The two of them looked at Lin Yan, the young master of the Lin family, and frowned in unison.
This guy is strong and strong, but will he be attracted by the weird old guy from the master?
The white man persuaded the black man who was about to have an attack, and went forward alone to pay one or two cents. Then he took the black man to find two seats in the corner and sat down, and drank patiently.
After another half an hour, when all the guests returned to their seats, a short middle-aged man at the head office stood up, raised his wine glass, and laughed loudly, "Thank you all for coming to Yan'er's engagement party. , I’ll do it first!”
The short man is naturally Lin Yan's father, Lin Beidou, the owner of the Lin Family Martial Arts Gym.
Lin Beidou poured three glasses of wine into his stomach in succession, his cheeks already turning slightly red.
All the guests applauded together, their eyes focused on Lin Yan and the silent girl beside him.
"Master Lin, let's go!"
"Go one!"
"Go one!"
I don't know who was the first to make noises, clapping and wanting Lin Yan to hug the girl and bang her.
Lin Yan laughed and stood up. Without saying anything, he savagely hugged the girl's waist and tried to press his big mouth against her.
The black man threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground, wiped his mouth and cursed, "Second brother, master must have made a fucking mistake. Is this the junior brother who asked us to take it back?"
The white man looked confused. It stands to reason that the compass given by the master will not go wrong. Why this time...
"boom--"
Just when Lin Yan was about to kiss the girl, the closed door of the restaurant was suddenly kicked open.
The black and white men heard the news and subconsciously looked at the compass on the table.
The originally calm pointer started to vibrate violently without any warning, and finally stopped at the door of the restaurant.
The two people's expressions froze, and then they looked at the door in unison.
In front of the kicked-open door, a young man in a bright red robe was standing there with an angry look on his face.
The black man was overjoyed when he saw this. He snatched the wine bottle from the banquet, opened his mouth and poured all the wine into his belly, "Damn it, this is right!"
Xie Xiangcai, who was dressed in red, was almost furious at this moment. He stared at the girl in Lin Yan's arms and said word by word, "Let her go!"
All the guests present looked dull, with their mouths open and unable to utter a single word.
The girl held in Lin Yan's arms suddenly raised her head and looked at the young man in red clothes with shocked eyes. Her lips trembled and her eyes gradually turned red.
She used all her strength to break away from Lin Yan's arms, stretched out a jade hand towards Xie Xiangcai, her lips moved as if she was saying something.
Lin Beidou's smile froze on his cheeks, and the wine glass in his hand was placed heavily on the table. He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you? Today is the day of my son's engagement. If the person who comes is... Guest, I, the Lin family, would like to treat you as guests."
Xie Xiangcai raised his eyebrows, "I'm here to bring trouble!"
Lin Beidou's face turned completely gloomy when he heard the word "smashing the place." He let out a few low shouts in his throat, and saw three figures walking out from the corner, surrounding Xie Xiangcai.
The three Lin family apprentices, who were not weak in strength, were eyeing the young man in the middle who was dressed in red and more popular than Lin Yan.
"Since you are here to cause trouble, don't be merciful and remember what I teach you on weekdays!"
Lin Beidou's shout echoed in the huge restaurant, and everyone present couldn't help but take a breath of air, and it was only then that they came to their senses.
The three apprentices looked at each other, raised the corners of their mouths slightly, and gradually approached Xiang Xie in the middle.
Xie Xiangcai rolled up his sleeves, his eyes still fixed on the girl.
"drink!"
The three of them took a step together. On their exposed arms, veins popped out, and the bones vibrated and creaked.
Three fists came out at the same time and hit Xie Xiangcai's chest.
"Get away!"
Xie Xiangcai's eyes were cold, and he just stepped forward with the sole of his foot. A wave of air swept away, and the three apprentices were thrown away.
The white man twirled his beard with two fingers and said with great interest, "Hey, it seems that my junior brother has something gifted from his ancestors in his body!"
The black man was startled, squinting his eyes slightly to feel it, and nodded slightly, "There is an extremely strong original force between Shangdantian and Baihui, but they have no master, and the people left behind must be dead."
The white man nodded slightly, "But it seems that my junior brother is not able to control these original powers. He must not have learned the true meaning yet..."
After saying this, the two men were stunned, looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing.
Who said that this young man would eventually become Master's disciple?
But the two of them thought so at the same time.
The apprentices of that old master, they are all brats who go their own way!
When Lin Beidou saw the three apprentices being kicked away by Xie Xiangcai, his eyes changed slightly and he became increasingly wary.
In the entire Fengxue Village, there are not many warriors who truly know martial arts and can absorb the original power between heaven and earth into their bodies. The young man in front of him is obviously not an ordinary person.
With such skill at such a young age, he is obviously a member of the family.
Lin Beidou suppressed the extreme dissatisfaction in his heart, pulled away from the seat, walked around the wine table, and came to Xie Xiangcai.
He looked the young man in front of him up and down, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down and asked, "Why on earth did this young master come to make trouble at my Lin family's banquet? Can you tell me your father's name? If we are acquainted, maybe..."
On the seat, someone suddenly recognized the young man and said loudly, "It's the young master of the Xie family, Xie Xiangcai!"
Lin Beidou choked on what he said, his pupils narrowed slightly, and he looked at Xie Xiangcai again, and finally felt that this young man looked familiar.
He exhaled, and the corners of his mouth gradually turned upward.
Lin Beidou has always had a close relationship with the Xie family's chief agent, so he naturally knows what Xie Xiangcai means to the Xie family and what he means to the chief agent.
How could you not accept this opportunity that came to your door?
Xie Xiangcai's expression did not change at all, he was still so angry.
His eyes only stayed on Lin Beidou for a moment, and then turned to the girl behind the wine table again.
Xie Xiangcai said loudly, "Ziyun, do you really want to marry into the Lin family?"
The girl lowered her head and remained silent, her tears falling like broken pearls on the wine table one after another.
Lin Beidou finally understood Xie Xiangcai's intention of causing trouble.
He turned slightly and glanced at Ziyun's parents. The two elders lowered their heads without saying a word, their eyes full of uneasiness and fear.
The two of them just opened a small textile shop at the entrance of the alley. They usually lived hungry and full, so they were lucky to be favored by the Lin family.
The Lin family is at its peak, and the martial arts gym's business is booming.
How come the two elders don't know that their daughter has feelings for the young master of the Xie family? However, the Xie family is now in a "decline" and the future situation is still unknown. They are unwilling to let their daughter take risks.
I don't even want to risk myself who has been crying for most of my life.
"Snapped--"
A crisp slap sounded.
All the guests were shocked and looked at the old man who slapped the girl on the cheek.
"Say it quickly! Let this Xie Xiangcai get out of here! You are the wife of the Lin family now! Just say it!"
Ziyun's mother held back her tears, looked at the girl with tear stains on her cheeks, and shouted sternly.
A trace of blood flowed from the corner of the girl's mouth, and her whole body trembled slightly. Finally, in front of everyone, the girl raised her head with all her strength, and looked at the red-clad young man in front of Lin Beidou with red eyes.
"Go away! I've never liked you!"
The girl seemed to have used all her strength to yell out these words that completely broke her heart.
Xie Xiangcai opened his mouth in disbelief, and the scowl on his cheeks gradually dissipated, turning into unwillingness and disbelief.
He took two steps back, and after a long time he finally stabilized. His voice was hoarse, "I don't believe you said you would always like me..."
The boy's world seemed to collapse at this moment. He kept shaking his head until he was dizzy, and until the girl behind the wine table changed from sobbing quietly to bursting into tears.
When Lin Beidou saw Xie Xiangcai looking like this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, "In this world, only by having a strong fist can you take the girl you like into your arms, isn't it?"
Xie Xiangcai suddenly raised his head and glared at Lin Beidou, "It's you! You must have forced Zi Yun!"
Lin Beidou was noncommittal.
The young man slowly straightened up, and the clothes around him moved freely.
The sleeves on the arms that were originally rolled up were blown apart by the air waves and fell straight to the ground.
Xie Xiangcai took a deep breath, and there was a faint light flickering on his fist.
At this moment, two men, one black and one white, stopped talking and sat upright, looking at the young man.
Xie Xiangcai tapped the ground with the sole of his foot, and his body turned into a blurred black line, rushing towards Lin Beidou, who was standing with his hands behind his back.
Lin Beidou felt the strong wind coming towards him and moved forward instead of retreating. The only thing that changed in his body was his pair of pale eyebrows.
His eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
This boy is too amazing. He has such skills at only fifteen years old. If he is allowed to develop, the Lin family will definitely not have a stable life in the future, and he will definitely be a thorn in the side of the Xie family's chief agent who joins forces with him.
Except here...
Lin Beidou's body surged with energy, and invisible air waves formed a vortex and rushed straight to the top of the fireworks tower.
He walked forward slowly. On the palm of his hand, Qiu Jian's meridians were crisscrossed.
Lin Beidou has been practicing martial arts for thirty years. In Fengxue Village, except for the third master of the Xie family who was killed by a thunderstorm many years ago, and the ancestor of the Xie family who went into a demonic explosion and died a few years ago, defeat is hard to come by!
Xie Xiangcai's figure arrived in an instant, and stopped in front of Lin Beidou. He thrust out his fists, and his long sleeves exploded with such force that fiery red fragments flew all over the sky, like rain of blood!
The fists and palms collided. For a moment, the entire fireworks building was silent for a moment. The next breath, a storm spread from the center of the impact of the fists and palms, flying away the nearby wine tables, and scattered the dishes and fine wines. The place was extremely miserable.
"puff--"
The moment Xie Xiangcai's fists just touched the palm, his face turned red. Then he withdrew his palm and spat out a mouthful of bright red blood. Then he quickly retreated and hit the stone pillar in front of the restaurant door.
"boom--"
The entire Fireworks Building shook, and a tiny crack was seen on the stone pillars.
The eyes of the girl in front of the wine table suddenly widened. When she wanted to rush towards Xie Xiangcai, who fell to the ground, Lin Yan, who was looking at him with a sullen face, clamped her tightly, preventing the girl from moving at all.
Xie Xiangcai struggled to get up from the ground and raised his head very reluctantly, but his limbs were already numb.
"Xiangcai, don't be lazy! If you are lazy now, you will feel even more uncomfortable when your fist is not strong enough in the future!"
The young man recalled how his ancestor would sit on the boulder and scold him when he was practicing martial arts in the past.
He clenched his fist and slammed it down on the floor tiles until the floor tiles shattered and the fists were covered in blood and flesh.
I just hate that I don’t have enough power to keep the girl I like by my side!
"Xiangcai! Let's go! Let's go! Don't get up!"
Ziyun's cheeks turned red, and she cried bitterly regardless of the angry scoldings of Lin Yan and her parents beside her.
Xie Xiangcai's lips trembled, and his already weak arms were placed on the ground again, supporting the floor tiles, supporting his body and slowly getting up from the ground.
The young man was shaky, his eyes full of unwillingness as he looked towards Lin Beidou not far away.
In the upper dantian, countless chaotic original forces hit the barrier, trying to break out of the body, but they could not find a clear way out.
Lin Beidou raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that this kid could still have the strength to stand up.
However, he knew that Xie Xiangcai was at the end of his career.
Lin Beidou sneered and moved his legs to walk step by step towards Xie Xiangcai.
On the seat in the corner, the two men, black and white, looked at each other and disappeared in an instant.
The two stopped in front of Xie Xiangcai, blocking Lin Beidou's way.
Lin Beidou immediately stopped in his steps, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he still stepped back slightly and looked the black and white men up and down.
"call--"
The black man waved his sleeves, and a burst of energy shot out, hitting Lin Beidou's chest.
"puff--"
Lin Beidou's eyes narrowed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with broken internal organs.
The black man glanced at Lin Beidou unhappily, "Look, look at your mother! If you beat up your junior brother, you will definitely destroy that piece of shit Lin family!"
The white man turned around, and under the astonished gaze of Xie Xiangcai, he lifted up his arm and rushed out of the restaurant.
The black man looked around, finally spat on the ground, and suddenly disappeared.
The white man held Xie Xiangcai and headed towards a place with few people, but a figure rushed towards them.
The white man, who was extremely weak and thanked Xiangcai, had no choice but to stop and look at the extremely tall young man in front of him.
The young man was dressed in a long robe, with a circle of white down around his neck. His face was handsome and angular, making the world pale and the woman's face moved.
He stared at Xie Xiangcai, whose mouth was full of blood, and said in a very calm voice, "Who did it?"
Xie Xiangcai raised his head with difficulty, looked at the young man in front of him, and forced a smile, "Aoxue, it's okay..."
The young man ignored Xie Xiangcai, turned his head and asked the white man, "Can you tell me who did it?"
The white man suppressed the shock in his heart, took a deep breath, and looked at the young man in front of him with a complex expression, "It's Lin Beidou who runs a martial arts school. His son stole Xie Xiangcai's girl."
The young man nodded slightly, said "Thank you", and then rushed towards the fireworks building.
The black man followed closely behind him, his eyes full of shock.
"What the hell is this Fengxue Village? It should be called the damn Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Village! Two people born with martial arts skills in one village, is that right?"
He cursed secretly, and then he and Bai Hanzi carried the unconscious Xie Xiangcai and rushed out of the village.
