Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

After a sleepless night tossing and turning, the next morning, the brother and sister appeared in front of Qiao Rui, each with a pair of panda eyes. Qiao Rui smiled and did not ask any further questions. He knew without a doubt that the brother and sister were upset at the impending separation and it would be strange for them to sleep well.

No matter how reluctant they were, they had to part eventually. Qiao Rui and Huang Jingxuan left Medicine King Valley under Huang Jingyu's long gaze. Someone would take over the job of guiding the medicine boys. Huang Jingxuan felt that from then on, he was like a fish entering the sea and a young bird leaving the forest, and the world was vast.

After leaving the forest outside Yaowang Valley, Qiao Rui followed the official road into Fucheng and entered Tongfu Inn. Qiao Rui found the innkeeper to ask if Tian Jing was staying there. When the innkeeper heard that he was looking for Tian Jing, he asked, "Young man, is your last name Qiao?"

"Yes, it's me, Qiao!" Qiao Rui said with a smile. It seemed that Tian Jing was indeed waiting for him here.

Seeing Qiao Rui nod and say yes, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There is indeed a girl named Tian living here. She asked me to take her to see Young Master Qiao as soon as he arrives, but..."

"Just what?" Qiao Rui frowned. He hated such turns and pauses the most. He had a vague bad feeling.

"Miss Tian booked a room here for ten days, but she only stayed for one night and left the next day and never came back!" The shopkeeper said in embarrassment. Seeing that the ten-day period had expired, but the guest had not come to renew the room or check out, he was feeling embarrassed. Fortunately, the person Miss Tian had asked to wait for came, so someone had taken charge.

"What!" Qiao Rui felt more and more ominous, his face was cold and stern, "She didn't come back? Didn't she tell him anything before she left?"

"I'm worried because she doesn't have it!" The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't know if she will cancel the room or continue to pay for it."

"Take me to her room!" Qiao Rui said anxiously, but he was too lazy to answer the shopkeeper who only remembered the room fee.

"Yes! Yes!" The shopkeeper hurriedly called the waiter to come and take Qiao Rui to the room opened by Tian Jing.

It was an ordinary guest room, clean and tidy. She didn't look like she had left in a hurry. Her clothes and bags were hanging on the wall. She didn't leave with any plans. Everything was normal, but where would she go?

Qiao Rui carefully questioned the waiter Tian Jing about the situation when she checked in, but didn't get any useful information. He walked around the room anxiously, thinking hard.

Unconsciously walking to the window and looking at the endless stream of passers-by on the street, Qiao Rui was confused. He still had no clue about the whereabouts of his wife Jiang Xueyun, and he didn't know where Liu Xinyue had gone. Now Tian Jing was missing again. Could it be that he was destined to be the unlucky star, causing the people around him to always disappear for no reason?

Tian Jing's disappearance was quite strange. She had said she would wait for him here and would meet him there. How could she suddenly disappear? This place was unfamiliar to her. She should not be visiting relatives or friends. Could she be held back by something?

Thinking of this, Qiao Rui couldn't help but worry, "What should I do? Where can I find her?"

Qiao Rui frowned and looked at the street expressionlessly. At this time, two constables passed by on patrol. He suddenly had an idea and turned to Huang Jingxuan and said, "Wait for me in this inn. I'm going to go out and do something."

Huang Jingxuan nodded in agreement. Qiao Rui hurried out of Tongfu Inn, found the clerk at the county government office, and showed the secret card of the Qingtian Guard.

When the officer saw the golden secret card, he did not dare to neglect it. He quickly bowed and said respectfully, "What do you want, my Lord?"

The local official system and the Qingtian Guard belong to different systems, and in terms of rank, the county clerk and the Jinyin Qingtian Guard are at the same level, but the Qingtian Guard has always been powerful and tyrannical, so local officials dare not neglect them easily.

Qiao Rui explained his purpose succinctly, which was to order all the detectives and strong squad to use their connections to inquire about Tian Jing's whereabouts.

Fucheng is not big, and Tian Jing is so beautiful, she must be quite eye-catching. Many hooligans on the street must have noticed her, and the best person to get information from these people is undoubtedly the local constables and yamen runners. Qiao Rui then thought of asking the county clerk for help.

The clerk agreed readily and went downstairs to make arrangements. Qiao Rui had nothing else to do, so he waited for news in the clerk's office.

Sure enough, about an hour later, when Qiao Rui and the clerk were chatting casually, news came in one after another.

Tian Jing had been in and out of local inns and restaurants many times... Qiao Rui analyzed that this was probably because Tian Jing was bored and wanted to see how other people's inns and restaurants were run...

Tian Jing had a fight with someone in Taibai Restaurant at noon on the 8th, and the fight went all the way to the southern suburbs. The other party had two men, one in blue and one in white...

"Could it be Li Shaobai and Hu Guangming?"

Qiao Rui's mind moved, "It must be them. They left Medicine King Valley at the same time as Tian Jing. They must be holding a grudge against Medicine King Valley for saving Qiao Rui first, so they took their anger out on Tian Jing. They met by chance and naturally started fighting."

After this analysis, Qiao Rui couldn't help but feel anxious, fearing that something might happen to Tian Jing.

Just then someone came to report that there was an abandoned temple in the southern suburbs, where several beggars lived. One of the beggars was sick and did not go out to beg. He said that he saw a woman being held hostage by two men in a daze, and vaguely heard the two men saying words like ceremony, Cuijian Peak, imprisonment, and Yuenu Sword.

Putting all the clues together, Qiao Rui was able to roughly deduced what had happened after a little thought.

Li Shaobai and Hu Guangming met Tian Jing who was investigating at Taibai Restaurant. Because of the matter of Yaowang Valley, the two men attacked Tian Jing. Tian Jing was defeated and retreated while fighting. He fled to the abandoned temple in the southern suburbs but was captured.

Li Shaobai and his companions found that Tian Jing's Yuenu Sword was quite powerful and wanted to take it for themselves, but Tian Jing refused to hand it over. As they were in a hurry to return to attend the Shushan leader's disciple-taking ceremony, they did not have time to interrogate Tian Jing here, so they decided to take Tian Jing back to Shushan Cuijianfeng to detain him and interrogate him slowly.

After guessing what had happened, Qiao Rui didn't want to delay any longer. He thanked the clerk, hurried back to the inn to get his luggage, and headed straight to Shushan with Huang Jingxuan.

"Master, should we go directly to the mountain to ask for the person, or sneak up to find Sister Tian?"

Huang Jingxuan asked excitedly on the way. This world of martial arts is much more interesting than Yaowang Valley. He encountered such a thing just after entering the world of martial arts. Although he was also worried about Sister Tian's safety for his master, it did not prevent him from being excited at this moment.

"We'll see what happens when the time comes!" Qiao Rui didn't have any good ideas. The Shushan leader's disciple-recruiting ceremony was about to be held, and all the heroes in the world would gather. If he asked them directly for someone, they would definitely not acknowledge him. This would be tantamount to slapping them in the face in front of all the heroes in the world.

And sneaking in secretly is even more impossible. Although Qiao Rui is conceited, he is not arrogant. The other party's sect is hosting a grand event, and the patrol and vigilance during the period must be extremely strict. If he is discovered sneaking in, he will be unable to defend himself and will give people a chance to criticize him.

I can only take it one step at a time, but for Tian Jing, if there is really no other way, I will have to make a big scene. If you don't accept it, just fight. Who is afraid of who?