Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Qiao Rui was still wondering which woman he had harmed that made Ma Wen hate him so much.

Chu Tianfeng, who was standing beside him, suddenly stood up and walked in front of him.

"Qiao Rui," Chu Tianfeng lowered his voice. He did not call Qiao Rui "little master uncle" but called him by his name. "Wencai is Tianjiao's fiancé."

what?

Chu Tianjiao?

Qiao Rui opened his mouth wide. Isn't the age difference between them too big? In my eyes, Tianjiao is still a child.

Chu Tianfeng seemed to understand what Qiao Rui was thinking. He smiled bitterly and whispered, "In the early years, the Ma, Yan, Chu, and Tong families of Luoyang were the five great families of the imperial court. They had been on good terms with each other for generations, but later they were framed by their political enemies and angered the late Emperor Gengshi. Then the Yan family betrayed and fought back, while the Tong family retreated to protect themselves. Only the Ma, Chu, and Wang families were held accountable."

"Uncle Ma took all the blame to save my father and Uncle Wang, and ended up having his entire family executed. Only Wencai, who was still an infant at the time, was saved by Uncle Wang and raised in the inner house. Later, Uncle Wang resigned from his official position and went into business, earning a fortune. My father felt for Uncle Ma's kindness, so he asked me to take young Wencai to Shaolin to learn martial arts, and promised that when he came down from the mountain after completing his training, he would marry his daughter to Wencai and help him rebuild the Ma family... Tianjiao became Wencai's obsession!"

"I see!" Qiao Rui sighed and asked, "Does Tianjiao know about this?"

Chu Tianfeng shook his head. "Father had planned to tell her in the past two years, but she didn't know she would meet you. The young girl was in love for the first time, and she felt that she had met a good man with whom she could have a promising future. It was really fate that played tricks on her."

"Don't get me wrong, I really have no feelings for Tianjiao. I just treat her as a little sister." Qiao Rui smiled bitterly and waved his hands awkwardly.

"So I don't like people like you. If you don't love me, why bother to provoke me?" Chu Tianfeng frowned and said, "You can say you didn't mean it or not, but Tianjiao is serious and Wencai is serious too. He carries a deep hatred and has a biased personality and extreme actions. You also have an unshirkable responsibility for the situation!"

Qiao Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly. He did not dare to mention Chu Tianjiao again. He changed the subject and said, "Ma Wencai's feelings are pitiful, but his crimes should be punished. No matter what, he has repeatedly put me to death, which is unforgivable."

Chu Tianfeng nodded helplessly and sighed: "Wencai made such a big mistake in a fit of jealousy. I didn't take good care of him. I don't dare to ask you to forgive him for what he did to you. I just hope that you can spare his life for Tianjiao's sake."

After that, Chu Tianfeng bowed solemnly to Qiao Rui and said solemnly: "The Chu and Wang families will be grateful to you. If you need me to do anything in the future, I will never refuse, even if it means death!"

Seeing this, Qiao Rui couldn't help but frown. Chu Tianfeng was a man worth making friends with, but could he let Ma Wencai go? He remembered the story he heard in the lecture hall during the evening class and suddenly laughed.

After all, he is not a master and cannot be indifferent, but he is not a bad person either and will not kill people for revenge. After thinking it through, Qiao Rui said loudly: "Ma Wencai can be spared the death penalty, but he cannot escape the punishment of living. It is better to abolish his martial arts and send him home to live a comfortable and wealthy life!"

Qiao Rui and Chu Tianfeng had been talking in a low voice, not deliberately avoiding the leaders, but the third-generation disciples outside could not hear clearly. With Qiao Rui finally speaking out his opinion on the punishment loudly, the matter finally came to an end.

Master Wu Se nodded to Qiao Rui, thanking him for not killing Ma Wencai. Then he looked at Fan Bin who was distracted and worried not far away, and said, "Fan Bin!"

His voice was dry and rough, and his words were like thunder, which startled Fan Bin and brought him back to his senses.

"Disciple is here!" Fan Bin came over trembling and replied.

"You failed to protect our sect's secret book, resulting in it being destroyed. Do you admit your crime?" Wu Se said coldly.

"Disciple...I know my crime!" Fan Bin hung his head with a bitter look on his face. The punishment finally came.

"That's good," Wu Se nodded, quite satisfied with Fan Bin's attitude, "You will be punished to work as a handyman in the kitchen for three months."

"Yes!"

"However," Wu Se changed the subject, "since you were also implicated, I can give you another copy of the Demon Subduing Sword Technique."

"Ah?" Fan Bin looked up in surprise. He was stunned for a moment before he knelt down hurriedly and kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you very much, thank you Uncle Wu Se, thank you Abbot, and thank you all the uncles!"

Abbot Wuxiang looked at Fan Bin helplessly, sighed softly, and said, "Practice well and go down!"

"Disciple will remember this!" Fan Bin bowed respectfully again and left happily.

Seeing that the matter was over, Wu Se ordered Bu Jing and a group of law enforcement monks to escort Ma Wencai back to the Discipline Institute. He would personally carry out the punishment of expulsion, which was to abolish Ma Wencai's martial arts and expel him from Shaolin, and then announce it to the world.

Chu Tianfeng also wanted to leave to take care of Ma Wencai, but was stopped by Abbot Wuxiang.

"Qiao Rui and Chu Tianfeng stay, the rest of you can go away!" Abbot Wuxiang waved his hand.

After the other three generations of disciples had left one after another, the abbot said to Chu Tianfeng: "The first meeting today is about your marriage with the daughter of the head of Huashan. Your uncle Wuchen still needs to discuss some details with you."

"Yes!" Chu Tianfeng responded, looked at Ma Wencai who was walking away again, sighed slightly, turned around and caught up with Uncle Wuchen, and went to the guest hall to discuss matters.

The originally bustling scene was left with only Abbot Wuxiang and Qiao Rui. Qiao Rui smiled and said, "Brother Abbot, please leave me here. Do you have any other instructions?"

Abbot Wuxiang held the simplified Yijinjing and laughed, "This secret book is of great significance to Shaolin. Are you willing to give it to the sect?"

"Is it important?" Qiao Rui was a little confused. "Didn't we have a simplified Yi Jin Jing more than a hundred years ago? We even gave a copy to the Huashan Linghu hero."

"That's different," the abbot explained with a smile, "The Yi Jin Jing is the treasure of our Shaolin sect. It has extraordinary effects. After practicing it, your strength will increase dramatically. The most amazing thing is that it can improve a person's aptitude without them noticing. The only drawback is that it is extremely difficult to get started. It requires a very high level of understanding. Shaolin monks of all generations have practiced it, but only a few have achieved great success."

"So the Dharma Academy always wants to simplify the Yi Jin Jing and lower its learning threshold. The version given to Linghu hero more than a hundred years ago was just one of the versions. While lowering the entry requirements, even the power was weakened. However, the secret book modified by Uncle Dingyi is very different. It only lowers the threshold, but retains many of its effects. It is really valuable!"

"Oh!" Qiao Rui nodded. He finally understood why these brothers were so excited when they saw the secret book. "In that case, let's hand it over to you!" He also agreed readily and simply. Just regard it as a reward to Shaolin. He believed that the master would not have any objection.

"That's great! Very good!" The old monk smiled happily, his long white eyebrows trembling, "Junior brother, your righteousness is heart-warming!"

"It's my pleasure. You're too polite, senior brother!" Qiao Rui also said with a smile.

"I won't let you suffer any loss. Take the book of Burning Wood Sword Technique that you have been coveting for a long time and learn it. But you can't bring it down the mountain. You can decide whether you want to stay for a while and learn it after you finish learning it, or go back to the mountain and learn it later. It's up to you!" Wuxiang said.

"Oh?" Qiao Rui's eyes lit up, "Thank you very much, Senior Brother!"

Wuxiang waved his hand and turned to leave.

I don’t know when it started, but the sky is full of twinkling stars, the dark clouds have dispersed and the bright moon is in the sky, and tomorrow will be a sunny day!