Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Qiao Rui's decision to join Sanshuihe Water Stronghold, also known as Feiyun Manor, was puzzling to everyone at first, but the people in Feiyun Manor were not afraid that he would play any tricks. After all, when they arrived at the manor, everything would be decided by the manor master. If he was sincere, it would be fine, but if he was pretending to surrender, then the five manor masters would join forces to capture or kill him. They had to let him know how powerful Feiyun Manor was.

After leading the horse over, Qiao Rui handed the luggage to his grandfather, asked his grandfather to take the wine and meat inside to eat, and promised to come back soon and told him not to worry. Then he left with everyone.

Halfway through the journey, Qiao Rui asked Liu Xinyue to ride her own horse, but gave his horse to a man who was less injured, and asked him to ride back to find other owners to come to help. It would be best if they could get a few carriages. Otherwise, everyone was so injured, and they had to stop and go, and it was unknown how long they would have to go. Then he kept apologizing, blaming himself for being too heavy-handed...

"There's a saying that goes, 'You don't know each other without fighting!'" Li Wenlian said. He was the man who couldn't stand Juan'er's husband selling his daughter. Seeing that he couldn't control his mouth, Qiao Rui helped him walk together. The two chatted all the way and became very close.

It turns out that the five owners of Feiyun Manor in Sanshui River Water Village are five brothers. They were originally local fishermen. In their early years, they had a dispute with a passing merchant, so they killed people in anger and seized the boat. Then they gathered a group of poor fishermen and boatmen to become pirates and run rampant in the river.

Merchants on large ships had many guards, and neither side wanted to cause trouble, so they just paid a toll, but the lone merchants on small boats were not so lucky, and most of them ended up with their boats destroyed and people killed. Although it was a water fortress, everyone lived on the shore. Whenever they went down the river, a group of three or five people would carry a small boat into the river and go downstream to rob. When the government came to suppress them, they would pull the boats ashore and hide in people's homes.

There were many fishermen and boatmen on both sides of Sanshui River, and the government could not tell who was a good person and who was a bandit in the water stronghold, so they would not put all of them in jail. The owner of the manor was very smart, and he did not recruit many people to attack the big merchant ships, but only targeted small merchants and vendors. Although it gave the town's police officers a headache, it did not attract a large number of officers and soldiers. He also used all the money he earned over the years to buy land and built Feiyun Manor. When there was a disaster or famine, he would also give porridge and food to the people. In addition, he rarely did anything himself in recent years, and he looked like a kind person who was not good at doing things.

"What about the sixth owner?" After hearing Li Wenlian introduce the five owners, he asked again.

"The Sixth Manor Master just joined yesterday. Seeing his great martial arts skills, the Great Manor Master personally promoted him to the Sixth Manor Master. To be honest, the Sixth Manor Master's martial arts skills are higher than those of the other two, three, four, and five manor masters, and he is catching up with the Great Manor Master. But he can't last a few moves in your hands. I think the Great Manor Master will be satisfied with you. Then we won't have to worry about the merchant ship guards, and we can also attack the merchants on the big ships." As he spoke, Li Wenlian pulled Qiao Rui's sleeve and laughed obscenely in a low voice, "You don't know how beautiful the young ladies and maids on the big merchant ships are. They are much prettier than the prostitutes in town. I have long wanted to get two to try them out, hehe!"

"Really?" Qiao Rui calmly withdrew his hand, winked at Liu Xinyue, and suddenly drew his knife to chop Li Wenlian to the ground.

Because the two of them had accepted the mission to eliminate the bandits, Liu Xinyue knew that Qiao Rui could not really surrender to the Sanshui River Water Fort, so she kept waiting for Qiao Rui's signal. At this time, Qiao Rui's efforts to obtain intelligence were almost done, and as soon as he made a move, Liu Xinyue immediately dismounted and drew his sword.

The two men cooperated well and attacked suddenly, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. In no time they killed those who were already seriously injured and unable to move. Even the Sixth Manor Master, who was seriously injured, could not withstand a few moves from Qiao Rui.

"Why did you kill Juan'er's husband too?" Liu Xinyue asked.

"He is such a heartless person. It doesn't matter if he is killed. Shouldn't he be killed?" Qiao Rui said casually. If this kind of person is not decisively eliminated, he will eventually drag down Juan'er for the rest of her life.

"This kind of person deserves to die. I'm just afraid that your sister Juaner will be sad." Liu Xinyue said with a pout.

"It's better to be sad for a while than to be harmed by him for a lifetime!"

"Yeah, that's right! What should we do next?"

"Drag the body to the side of the road under a tree and pretend to rest and wait. We will ambush in front and see if the guy who goes back to report the news can attract one or two manor owners. Then we can kill them separately to avoid facing the five manor owners directly. It will be troublesome if a fight breaks out."

In the early summer evening, the sun sets in the west, the weary birds return to the forest, the cool breeze blows, and everything is so quiet and peaceful.

Sporadic sounds of horse hooves could be heard on the quiet official road. In the distance, two big men were riding big horses and walking side by side, followed by a dozen other men, and at the end were two ox carts. A group of people were talking and laughing, coming leisurely.

The two men in front, who were in their thirties and looked quite similar, were sometimes whispering to each other and sometimes laughing. From afar, they saw the Sixth Manor Master sitting against a tree. One of the younger men shouted, "Sixth Master, I heard that you offended a powerful guy and got beaten up so hard that you can't walk. Why don't you introduce someone to your brothers and see who the expert is?"

Seeing that the Sixth Manor Master did not respond, the man was about to shout again, but at this moment, two figures suddenly jumped out from the bushes on both sides of the road, one holding a knife and the other holding a sword. They were Qiao Rui and Liu Xinyue who had been waiting for a long time.

Qiao Rui jumped up from the roadside and slashed the old man riding on his yellow horse with his sword. The old man was caught off guard by this sudden change and hurriedly drew his sword to fight back. He felt a strong force coming from the sword, and his body became lighter and he was chopped off the horse. Qiao Rui took advantage of the situation and did not show mercy. He jumped over the yellow horse and made a circle with his left hand. It was very powerful. The man did not dare to take it head-on and rolled out of Qiao Rui's attack range.

Liu Xinyue used the Nineteen Swords of the Jade Maiden to force another younger man off his horse, but he landed right in front of Qiao Rui. Qiao Rui thought it was just in time, he threw his long sword hard, his hands rotated to embrace the sun and the moon, and then he pushed out with a palm, which was the Dragon Fighting in the Wild from Jiang Long Wu Hui's palm.

The man got off his horse in a panic and barely dodged Liu Xinyue's sword. He suddenly heard a sound of breaking air. He looked up and saw a goose-feather knife whistling towards him. In desperation, he hastily raised his sword and chopped it diagonally, knocking the goose-feather knife away. However, he was also numb from the shock and almost couldn't hold the sword. At this moment, Qiao Rui's even more powerful Dragon Subduing No Regrets Palm also arrived. The man was scared to death and knew that something was wrong, but he had no way to avoid it. He had to force his luck and resisted the move. With a bang, the man was knocked away, bleeding from his mouth and fell to the ground.

These moves were as fast as lightning, and they happened suddenly. The other men just reacted and came to help with their swords drawn, shouting, "Fifth Master, be careful!"

The older man who had escaped Qiao Rui's sneak attack earlier also cried out in grief: "Old Five!" and then turned around and fought desperately.

Qiao Rui crossed paths with Liu Xinyue and said, "You hold him back first, I'll go finish off those minions!"