Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

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The other three perked up and smiled. Chen Chongzhi said, "Mr. Bei, please go quickly. We will wait here for the leader's instructions."

The other two urged Bei Haishi to hurry up. Bei Haishi cupped his hands in greeting, turned around, and walked out.

After a moment, the other two still looked delighted, but Yun Xiangzhu suddenly said, "Could this be a trap set by Mr. Bei, and he ran away first?"

Upon hearing this, the other two's expressions changed, turning red and then pale. They looked at each other, and the room fell silent for a moment.

“We’ll wait for a quarter of an hour. If Mr. Bei doesn’t return, we…we’ll go and pay our respects to the gang leader. We can’t let Mr. Bei worry about everything,” Chen Chongzhi said.

Mi and Yun both nodded upon hearing this, and the three of them sat quietly, each making their own plans.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Mi Xiangzhu couldn't help but get up and pace back and forth, glancing at the door from time to time. The sun was shining brightly outside, but the three of them felt as if the days were dragging on forever.

"How about... we go and greet Mr. Bei?" suggested Mi Xiangzhu.

"Alright," Yunxiang said eagerly, getting up and walking outside.

The other two exchanged a glance and then followed.

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Time goes back to a quarter of an hour ago.

Mr. Bei walked briskly and caught up with Shi Jian, who was walking ahead, in just a few steps.

"Miss Swordswoman, may I ask when the leader returned?" Mr. Bei asked as he walked.

Without much thought, Shi Jian said directly, "I was asleep just now. Young Master must have just returned. I noticed that he hadn't washed his face or drunk any tea, so he asked me to invite Mr. Bei over. He must have something urgent to discuss."

Bei Haishi nodded and asked, "Did the gang leader come back alone? Or...?"

Shi Jian said, "Only the gang leader came back."

"That's strange!" Bei Haishi muttered to himself, then glanced at the puzzled Shijian. "Oh, I was just guessing. Miss Shijian, I'll go ahead first. I can't keep the leader waiting."

As Bei Haishi walked, he was filled with doubt and confusion. He couldn't understand why Xie Yanke had come back. With such a great calamity, others would avoid it as much as possible. Why would anyone rush to their death? Didn't Xie Yanke tell him?

But considering his relationship with Xie Yanke, he couldn't possibly not tell him.

At this moment, even the quick-witted Bei Haishi was perplexed. His brain cells were working overtime, but he still couldn't figure it out.

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"Does the gang leader want to find Shi Qing and his wife?" Bei Haishi asked, sitting to the side and looking at the young man.

Su Yuchen nodded while sitting behind his desk and said, "This matter needs to be handled as soon as possible. Find out their address and it would be best to arrange a meeting place with them. Just say that you have news about their son, and they won't refuse to go."

Bei Haishi pondered for a moment, then said...

"The Shi Qing couple should be hanging around in the Jiangnan area. I will send men in several groups to search for them."

"We'll head to Xuansu Manor on one side and to Jiangnan on the other, to find forces that cooperate with our gang and spread the word."

"Does the leader have a suitable place that I can arrange for someone to book directly?"

"It's up to you!" Su Yuchen said indifferently.

Bei Haishi thought for a moment and said, "In Jiaxing Ancient Town, there is a Misty Rain Pavilion, which is a first-class place. Most of the wealthy merchants, noble families, and outlaws from Jiangnan go there to resolve their disputes. Why don't we go there?"

Su Yuchen said, "Then let's settle on that spot. The main thing is to find Mr. and Mrs. Shi Qing as soon as possible. This matter needs to be done quickly..."

Bei Haishi stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "Then I will make the arrangements now and report back to the gang leader as soon as possible."

Su Yuchen nodded, picked up his teacup, and gestured that he could leave.

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Chapter 94 The Chang Le Gang's affair comes to an end, and Su Yuchen's Daoist cultivation is complete.

Bei Haishi had just left Su Yuchen's residence when he saw Chen Chongzhi and the other two loitering there.

With a quick glance, Bei Haishi understood. A hint of mockery flashed in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it, pretending not to have noticed anything, and went to meet him.

"I apologize for keeping you waiting, my three brothers. The leader gave me some instructions, so we talked for a while," Bei Haishi explained, cupping his hands in greeting.

Chen Chongzhi said with a smile...

"Not at all, not at all. The three of us were just waiting for Mr. Bei to give us some instructions, so we came to greet him."

"What are your orders, Mr. Bei, that you need our assistance? Please speak frankly."

Bei Haishi didn't hide anything and immediately recounted what Su Yuchen had instructed him to do, saying...

"Our leader attaches great importance to this matter, and we should also take it seriously."

"How about this? Brother Mi, take some men to Xuan Su Manor in Jiangnan, and it would be best if you left a message behind them."

"Brother Yun, go to the Hai Sha Gang and the Grand Canal Headquarters and ask them to help spread the word and inform Mr. and Mrs. Shi Qing as soon as possible."

"Once this matter is settled, we'll book a good spot at the Misty Rain Pavilion in Jiaxing for a whole month."

"Brother Chen and I will stay at headquarters to provide support at any time. What do you three think?"

Both Mi and Yun were experienced in the ways of the world, so this small matter was not difficult for them. The only difficulty was finding the right people.

The four agreed to part ways, but before they did, Master Mi couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Bei, I wonder if the gang leader will ever leave our gang again?"

Upon hearing this, the group stopped in their tracks. Bei Haishi stroked his beard, deep in thought...

"The leader's thoughts are currently unfathomable. They are as deep as the sea, as vast as the sky, and as elusive as the clouds. Even I, Bei, cannot fathom what the leader is thinking."

"With Xie Yanke by your side, I doubt the three of you would believe that the gang leader is unaware of the reward and punishment order. But since the gang leader has returned, I'm afraid he has other plans!"

"I can't understand the reason behind this either."

"However, we need not worry about this. I'm afraid that if the gang leader is willing to stay, he may accept the order to reward the good and punish the evil at any time. At that time, we will naturally have no worries!"

The other three nodded repeatedly, entrusting everything to Bei Haishi, who was determined to appease Su Yuchen and secure his position as gang leader.

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As soon as Bei Haishi left, Su Yuchen took out a narrow-mouthed porcelain bottle from his sleeve and played with it, secretly thinking through everything. He figured there shouldn't be anything he had forgotten.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Since joining the Chang Le Gang, he had been dealing with one trivial matter after another. Now he could finally focus on his cultivation.

Su Yuchen gave the order that Bei Haishi should handle all matters and not disturb his cultivation unless necessary.

Only then did he return to the alchemy room he had previously prepared, sit cross-legged, take out a Great Rejuvenation Pill and swallow it, then put the rest back in his chest before closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.

In a short while, he felt a warm, misty energy rise from his dantian and spread throughout his body. Su Yuchen gathered his thoughts and sank into a state between sleep and wakefulness.

As the medicinal power of the Great Rejuvenation Pill traveled along the route of the Complete Perfection Great Dao Song, Su Yuchen guided the true energy within his body to the acupoints that flowed through him.

As he focused his mind and returned to his origin, abandoning all distracting thoughts, the speed at which the medicinal power was transformed into true qi increased, and the speed at which the true qi circulated increased. With the two complementing each other, the true qi of the Daoist sect accumulated more and more.

From the initial wisps and strands, it converged into a complete river of true energy, as thin as a hair, and then gradually widened, transforming from a hair-thin strand to the thickness of a chopstick.

Su Yuchen devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation. As his Taoist internal energy became more profound, the true energy of the Buddhist Yi Jin Jing also became more restless.

Fortunately, the Buddhist true energy was generated spontaneously by Su Yuchen after he achieved success in body refinement, and its control was inherently the strongest.

Only under Su Yuchen's suppression was the Taoist internal energy not completely devoured.

After that, he devoted himself to spiritual practice and paid no attention to external affairs, from dawn to noon, from noon to night, and from night to dawn.

Aside from his unwavering practice of Tai Chi and Five Elements Six Harmonies Palm every morning, using the purple aura of the rising sun to refine the Purple Cloud Divine Skill, he is virtually invisible at other times.

More than ten days passed in this manner, except for Xie Yanke who came twice in between.

On one occasion, Ding Busan and his grandson broke into the courtyard at night, intending to take away Shi Zhongyu, who was already crippled and insane. After being discovered by Xie Yanke, they showed no mercy, and the two of them died outside the courtyard.

One time, when Miss Su Ziye saw Shi Zhongyu's miserable state and was worried that Shi Qing and his wife would not acknowledge her, she was so distressed and her thoughts were complicated that her pregnancy became unstable.

Su Yuchen simply said "Oh" to the former, indicating that he understood; for the latter, Su Yuchen prescribed a pregnancy-stabilizing medicine and told him to take the little girl out more often to relax, and that everything would go smoothly if he was in a good mood.

Therefore, Su Yuchen specially asked Shijian to give Xie Yanke two hundred taels of gold, so that the little girl could buy whatever she wanted. We don't have a 'bag' to cure all diseases, so let's use money to cure all diseases!

And with a wave of his hand, he instructed Xie Yanke to go to Bei Haishi every month and give the young girl two hundred taels of gold to save for medical treatment if she gets sick, and for self-defense if she doesn't.

These things were unimportant to Su Yuchen. He was making rapid progress in his internal cultivation and was focused on his practice. He simply sent him away hastily, and nothing else happened.

Seeing that he practiced his skills endlessly, day and night, Shi Jian was very worried and specially went to find Bei Haishi to come and take a look.

Bei Haishi also took the opportunity to bring a few things to Su Yuchen during his morning exercise. Su Yuchen didn't ask any questions and just told him to handle them himself and not to bother him unless Shi Qing and his wife had news.

Afterwards, Bei Haishi and Shi Jian peeked out from outside the door several times and saw that his head was shrouded in mist and his body was surging with true energy, which meant that he had reached a critical moment in his internal cultivation.

Besides arranging for people to keep watch outside Su Yuchen's meditation room to prevent him from being disturbed, Bei Haishi had no other options.

Therefore, Shi Jian could only guard the room where Su Yuchen cultivated every day, and also came out to check on him several times at night. Unfortunately, Su Yuchen didn't care about any of this.

With the help of eight Great Rejuvenation Pills in succession, Su Yuchen's Complete True Dao Song and Golden Lock Illuminating Divine Technique progressed rapidly. One day, while Su Yuchen was meditating, a golden light suddenly appeared before his eyes, gentle and not dazzling.

As golden light flashed, all of Su Yuchen's knowledge and martial arts skills flowed through him like water. It was Su Yuchen's Golden Lock Illuminating Divine Technique that had reached the ninth level of mastery, and his inner light naturally manifested outwards.

At this moment, Su Yuchen had achieved mastery of both Buddhist and Taoist internal energy cultivation.

The true qi of the Yi Jin Jing of Bodhidharma is as solid as a substance, firmly anchored in the dantian, unmoving and unshakable; the newly cultivated true qi of the Daoist school is like the sea and the tide, flowing endlessly in the meridians of the dantian.

Under the strong mental influence of Su Yuchen, the two went their separate ways and did not disturb each other.

Su Yuchen slowly finished his practice, and as he exhaled a breath from his nose, it transformed into a half-foot-long white sword aura in the air. He felt refreshed and invigorated, with his true energy flowing continuously throughout his body. His energy moved with his mind, and his body moved with his will, all moving smoothly and effortlessly.

Su Yuchen sat cross-legged on the futon, quietly sensing the surroundings for a moment, pondering to himself...

"Next is to practice the Five Elements Six Harmonies Palm. Through this dynamic exercise, we can grind away the impetuousness of the Taoist method of quickly cultivating true qi, and achieve complete freedom of movement."

"The principles of Yin and Yang, softness and hardness in Tai Chi can also be applied to controlling the true energy of Buddhism and Taoism. Buddhist true energy is more powerful, while Taoist true energy is more Yin and soft, which is a good time for me to comprehend Tai Chi."

"There is also this Purple Cloud Divine Skill, which can only be cultivated by absorbing the purple energy of the Great Sun, but it cannot be mastered quickly and requires diligent practice every day."

"Alas! No wonder the ancients said: 'A day in the mountains is like a thousand years in the world.' How can this time be enough..."

Chapter 95 Su Yuchen Enters Yangzhou

And so, more than half a month has passed.

Early that morning, Su Yuchen returned from gathering purple energy and was practicing the Five Elements Six Harmonies Palm in the courtyard when Bei Haishi hurriedly arrived.

Su Yuchen's movements were as slow as an old tortoise. Each palm strike seemed to be blocked by a mountain, making it agonizingly slow.

"This looks like the Five Elements and Six Harmonies Palm, but why does it look like this? What is he up to now?" Bei Haishi watched for a while, filled with doubt.

While slowly practicing his palm techniques, Su Yuchen asked, "Have Shi Qing and his wife made any progress?"

Bei Haishi snapped out of his daze and cupped his hands in greeting...

"The gang leader is incredibly insightful. It was indeed the two leaders, Mi and Yun, who found Shi Qing and his wife near Yangzhou."

"When Shi Qing and his wife heard that it concerned their son, they immediately planned to come and find the gang leader, but were stopped by their subordinates."

"However, these two did not choose to go to the Misty Rain Pavilion in Jiaxing, but instead agreed to meet at the Iron Buddha Temple in the east of Yangzhou."

"Go find Xie Yanke and tell him the location of Shi Qing and his wife. He'll know what to do," Su Yuchen instructed without stopping.

Bei Haishi nodded and immediately sent someone to inform Xie Yanke.

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Seeing that he seemed hesitant to speak and unwilling to leave, Su Yuchen asked helplessly, "Mr. Bei, is there anything else?"

When Bei Haishi saw him ask the question, he spoke frankly...

“A few days ago, Bai Wanjian, known as ‘Qi Han Bei’ from Lingxiao City in the Great Snow Mountain, paid me a visit.”

"But the gang leader is currently in seclusion, so I politely declined. He didn't force his way into our gang, but from his words, it seemed he was inquiring about the whereabouts of a young lady."

"After staying for a few days, seeing that the leader of the gang did not seem to have any intention of coming out of seclusion, he left and left a message inviting the leader of the gang to visit Lingxiao City."

Su Yuchen paused, then asked while continuing his practice, "Miss? What miss?"

Bei Haishi said helplessly, "Bai Wanjian didn't say it explicitly, only that currently only the gang leader knows about it."

Su Yuchen stopped cultivating, but before he could speak, the system's narration began in his mind...

Bai Wanjian returned from burning down Xuansu Manor in Jiangnan and encountered Geng Wanzhong and Hua Wanzi on the way.

[Bai Wanjian was overjoyed to learn that you had crippled Shi Zhongyu, but he also felt that you shouldn't bear the brunt of Shi Qing and his wife's revenge on behalf of the Snow Mountain Sect. He wanted to take on the feud with Xuan Su Manor for you.]

Bai Wanjian learned from his junior sister Hua Wanzi that his daughter Asu was still alive. Clinging to a sliver of hope, he specifically sought you out to inquire about her.

[Because he was unable to see you, Bai Wanjian has returned to the Great Snow Mountain with his junior brothers and sisters to report his experiences to Bai Zizai.]

Three days later, Bai Zizai's wife, Shi Xiaocui, along with her granddaughter, Asu, traveled down the Yangtze River and passed through Yangzhou.