Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

"My name is Tong Hui, nice to meet Miss Yu Lu!"

The man in brocade clothes who came in smiled slightly, not caring at all about his unwarranted intrusion. It was obvious that he did this kind of thing often.

Even the soldiers under his command were quite skilled and could break into and guard the gate in one go.

"Tong Hui? The son of the current general Tong Qiu?" Yu Lu asked calmly when she heard Tong Hui's name and saw that he was so confident.

"That's right!" Tong Hui looked very proud. All those young girls and wives seemed aloof, but when they heard him introduce himself, they had to be completely submissive.

Just as he was feeling proud, Tong Hui turned around and saw a man in Yu Lu's room. He was shocked and angry. He pointed at Qiao Rui and asked Yu Lu, "Who is this? Why is he here? I gave you three first-class peonies today, but you refused them. Do you look down on me?"

"Xiao Yue'er, take the guards down to rest. There's nothing to do here!"

Yu Lu instructed Xiao Yue'er, and then said to Tong Hui, "Since Master Tong is here, please sit down. Let your soldiers guard the entrance of the corridor, and don't let anyone else come up!"

"I..." Tong Hui had never been heard in such a tone before. He was about to lose his temper, but when he saw Yu Lu's serious and cold expression, he stopped for some reason. He sat down angrily and waved at the soldiers.

"Go and guard the stairs. Don't let even a fly in!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers took the order and strode away, not forgetting to close the door when they left.

Yu Lu no longer paid attention to Tong Hui and continued to play the flute.

The unique humming sound of the bamboo flute sounded, like crying and complaining.

The room was silent except for the sound of the flute. Even Tong Hui was attracted by the sound of the flute. He put away his anger and quietly appreciated this peerless flute music.

Before she finished playing this time, Yu Lu suddenly stopped and said to herself, "No, it doesn't seem right!"

Although the tune played by Yu Lu was pleasant to the ear, Qiao Rui felt that some parts were a little abrupt and out of tune. He carefully recalled the original tune and suddenly said, "Try removing the shouting."

Yu Lu thought for a moment after hearing this, and her eyes suddenly lit up, "I should remove the shouting and slow down the rhythm... I am a weak woman, I only have endless sorrow and silent and powerless resistance... Only when I express sorrow and longing to the extreme, it will be my song!"

Yu Lu adjusted the rhythm, played it once, then fine-tuned it again, played it again, and finally lowered the pitch slightly. It was indeed more desolate and sad. The pitch was so low that it was almost silent at the end of the song. That kind of hissing was like hearing thunder in silence, striking people's hearts directly.

After playing it three times, Yu Lu put down her flute, tears streaming down her face, and bowed deeply to Qiao Rui: "Young Master Qiao, I will never forget your kindness in giving me this song!"

Qiao Rui clasped his fists and saluted in return, saying with a smile: "Miss Yulu, there is no need to be polite. Helping you is also helping myself!"

Yu Lu wiped her tears and nodded to Qiao Rui, then turned to face Tong Hui. At this time, she had changed to her usual expression and said to Tong Hui coquettishly: "Mr. Tong, let me introduce you. This is the chivalrous and unparalleled 'Dragon Subduing Palm' Qiao Rui, Young Master Qiao!"

She pointed at Qiao Rui and introduced him, "We are both from Longxing City, and we are from the same hometown. Young Master Qiao came here tonight to teach me a song to help me win the championship!"

When Tong Hui saw the charming and sweet girl Yu Lu looking at him with her beautiful eyes and smiling sweetly, he felt a little relieved and all the unhappiness he had at the beginning was long gone.

He laughed and said, "Since we are from the same hometown as Miss Yu Lu and we are here to help her, there will be no problem!"

After Tong Hui finished speaking, he looked at Yu Lu's beautiful face greedily, and then said to Qiao Rui: "Are you the Qiao Rui who caused a big disturbance in Shushan? You are indeed quite capable. You should follow me from now on. I will provide you with gold, silver, treasures and various resources needed for martial arts training!"

"Thank you, Master Tong, for your kindness. However, I have promised Master Wuwang that I will join Shaolin Temple soon. I hope you will forgive me!" Qiao Rui bowed politely to Tong Hui.

This kind of playboy from aristocratic family may not be able to accomplish anything, but he is more than capable of ruining you, so try not to offend him if possible.

"Well, forget it!" Tong Hui didn't care. He just wanted to show off in front of Yu Lu. He didn't really value Qiao Rui's martial arts. He was so young, how could he be that powerful? Most of the rumors in the martial arts world were just false rumors. There was nothing strange about it. It was still the beauty who deserved attention.

He waved his hand and said impatiently: "Since the song has been passed on, you can go back. I have something to discuss with Miss Yu Lu alone!"

"Oh?" Qiao Rui frowned slightly. Judging from this, this guy has bad intentions. Is he trying to force himself on her tonight? If this is the case, he will help Yu Lu both for public and private reasons.

For public and underworld ethics, Qiao Rui could not stand idly by and watch such coercion. Personally, Yu Lu's condition affected his bet, so he naturally could not let anything happen to her.

Not offending does not mean not daring to offend, and not causing trouble does not mean being afraid of trouble.

"Young Master Qiao!" Seeing that Qiao Rui had no reaction to Tong Hui's words, Yu Lu was afraid that he had offended Tong Hui, so she couldn't help but shout.

The two looked at each other. Yu Lu blinked at Qiao Rui and smiled slightly, saying, "It's getting late. Young Master Qiao, please go back first. I'll invite you to come and watch Yu Lu's performance the day after tomorrow. I'll book a private room for you on the second floor of Yipinzhai. You can see the flower terrace!"

Qiao Rui looked at Yu Lu and saw that her eyes were clear and she had a hint of smile on her face. She didn't show any fear of being coerced. He suddenly realized that as the top girls in the entertainment industry, they could easily deal with such things and people like them, and he didn't need to worry about it.

"In that case, I'll take my leave!"

Qiao Rui bowed and turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Tong Hui suddenly called Qiao Rui, "Since you sincerely help Miss Yu Lu, you are considered a member of my faction."

As he spoke, he pulled off a jade pendant from his belt and threw it to Qiao Rui, saying, "I have a private room on the second floor of the Zhuangyuan Building, which has the best location. You can use this jade pendant to go to the flower stand these few days, so that Miss Yulu won't have to worry about accommodating you."

Reaching out to catch the jade pendant, Qiao Rui took a quick look at it. It was top-grade mutton-fat jade. He thought to himself that this guy was indeed a top-notch playboy. He was really generous to give away such a valuable item as a token of love.

"Okay!" Qiao Rui took the jade pendant, grinned at Tong Hui, clasped his fists in greeting, and then jumped out the window and left.

After leaving Yuelai Inn, Qiao Rui headed east and found a small inn in a very remote area in the east of the city. However, even though it was so remote, he still had to pay twice the usual price to get a room.

After washing up, Qiao Rui practiced martial arts for a while before turning off the lights and resting.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Qiao Rui got up early and stayed in the inn to practice martial arts until 3 p.m.

Martial arts is the foundation of one's life, so Qiao Rui dares not slack off for even a day.

The Shaolin internal energy and the Emei Nine Yang Gong are both integrated, and the two internal forces gradually merge to form a new internal force. This internal force is more inclusive and has the masculinity of the Shaolin internal energy. It is truly magical.

After slowly finishing his training, Qiao Rui went out and headed straight for Zhuangyuan Building.