Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

The young man introduced himself calmly, "Wudang, Lin Wenyuan!"

"Hiss..." There was a sound of inhalation coming from all around.

"Yuheng Xiao, Lin Wenyuan?"

"The Seven Heroes of Zhenwu?"

"Then his senior sister must be Feng Feiyan, the leader of Tianquan!"

"I've hit a wall. Now it's time to watch something interesting!"

The crowd was talking about this. Zhao Lingying glanced at Qiao Rui and said softly, "It seems very powerful. Have you heard of it?"

Qiao Rui shook his head slightly and guessed, "It is estimated that Wudang has seven powerful disciples, known as the Seven Heroes of Zhenwu, and these are two of them!"

The men known as the Eight Heroes of Hejian also knew the reputation of the Seven Heroes of Wudang Zhenwu. When they heard that these two were two of them, their faces changed instantly, and they immediately stopped fighting. They helped the injured brother downstairs in a hurry, leaving cleanly and neatly without any delay.

"Tsk! Coward!" A low laugh came from the crowd. They thought there would be a fierce fight between dragons and tigers, but they didn't expect that the Eight Heroes of Hejian, who were so famous, were actually very cowardly. It would be better to just call them the Eight Bears of Hejian, which means bear.

Since the two heroes of Wudang were here, no one dared to cause trouble in the restaurant. Everyone ate and drank in silence. Zhao Lingying and Qiao Rui also finished their meals one after another. Zhao Lingying said that she wanted to go for a walk in the street, while Qiao Rui wanted to go to other major restaurants and inns to inquire about the whereabouts of Jiang Xueyun and Liu Yue. The two left one after another, each busy themselves, like the free and easy people of the rivers and lakes who come and go according to fate.

After two days of searching, Qiao Rui went to every inn, restaurant, and teahouse in the city, but still couldn't find any news about the two girls. He thought to himself, "Could it be that Xin Yue didn't come to this city, and got lost on the way? Or..."

Qiao Rui suddenly thought of Liu Xinyue's wardrobe. "Logically speaking, if she went out of town to pursue a lover, she wouldn't be able to take so many clothes with her. So, her real purpose of taking so much luggage out is to go back home?"

"This girl was afraid that I would look for her the next day, so she deliberately lied to Shopkeeper Chen. In fact, she had made up her mind not to see me anymore and went back to her hometown Xunyang alone?"

Thinking of this, Qiao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense heart finally relaxed. From then on, he would just focus on looking for Jiang Xueyun.

"Xue Yun, as long as you are still in this world, I will definitely find you no matter where you are!"

But when he thought of Liu Xinyue and how sad she looked when she left, Qiao Rui sighed softly again. For a moment, he felt confused and couldn't control his emotions.

After a while, Qiao Rui calmed down and decided to go out of the city to visit Liu Xinyue's hometown Xunyang. He was not sure about her safety and was always worried about her.

There was a ferry twenty miles north of the city. He planned to take a boat down the Yangtze River, searching for prefectures along the coast all the way to Xunyang.

Having made up his mind, Qiao Rui rode his horse towards the north of the city.

When they arrived at the north gate, they saw a large group of people gathered near the gate, shouting and swearing. Qiao Rui walked over and stopped to watch.

It turned out that these people had been in the city for many days and had become impatient, so they agreed to come here and try to force their way out of the city, but they were stopped by the Beggar Gang disciples.

This place was originally a small town, and there were not many masters in the town. Those heroes who came here in pursuit of a red apricot were actually just a group of idle rabble who followed a few experts in the hope of taking advantage of the situation. How could these ragtag gangs be the opponents of the Beggars' Sect? After a few of them were injured, they dared not to break through, but were unwilling to retreat, so they got stuck here arguing.

At this time, someone angrily said: "Why don't you let us leave the city? The Beggars' Sect is so overbearing, aren't you afraid of offending the heroes of the world?"

"If you can't leave the city, you can't leave the city. Who knows if the red apricot is hiding among you? Disperse quickly!" Five Beggar Gang disciples stood in a row, holding dog-beating sticks. Although they were dressed in rags, their eyes were bright and they looked much more imposing than the heroes on the opposite side. Not far away, there was a man lying on a bamboo rocking chair with his eyes closed to rest. There was a parasol tied to the chair to provide shade. It seemed that he was a leader.

"I clearly saw some people riding horses out of the city yesterday, and there were several of them going out together. Why can't we do the same?" someone else shouted.

"Yes, yes, we want to go out too. It would be fine if you stopped everyone else, but why did you stop us when only some people can go out?"

People are afraid of injustice when encountering things. They are not worried about the lack of wealth but the inequality. They are not afraid of being poor together, but they are afraid of the inequality of wealth. It would be fine if no one could go out, but some people can go out, but they can't, and there is no explanation. This is unacceptable. The heroes who had just been suppressed began to become restless again, and their anger was hard to calm down.

"What are you arguing about!" A loud shout drowned out everyone else's voices. The big man lying on the rocking chair came over and said, "Damn it, I can't even get a good night's sleep."

The big man was tall and muscular, with his chest exposed and a tuft of black hair showing, looking very ferocious and ugly. He walked to the opposite side of these people aggressively, grabbed one person by the collar and said angrily: "Want to know the reason? I'm telling you now, he is a disciple of a big sect, you know? Shushan Sword Sect! How can you compare with him?" After saying that, he threw the person in his hand out of the crowd.

The man stumbled and fell in front of Qiao Rui's horse. The black horse snorted and took a few steps back.

The neighing of the black horse caught the attention of the ugly man. He took a look at Qiao Rui and saw that the black Lilong horse under Qiao Rui's crotch was quite majestic. He couldn't help but look at him a few more times, then turned around and pulled another person out of the crowd, shouting: "Now, immediately, get back and find a red apricot! Before you catch him, no one can leave the city without my permission!"

"Oh! A small leader of the Beggars' Sect, but he's so powerful!" A mocking voice came from the back of the crowd. Following this voice, the crowd automatically parted, and two people came over on horseback. They were Wu Tianquan's leader Feng Feiyan and her junior apprentice brother Yuheng Xiao Lin Wenyuan.

"How dare you block the exit here?" Feng Feiyan held the reins in one hand and a wine jug in the other, and rode over leisurely.

When the ugly man saw the two men, his expression changed immediately. He forced out an ugly smile and said, "I sealed this place because I was afraid that the rapist Yizhihongxing would sneak out in disguise. If he continues to cause trouble in the martial arts world, I, Liu Dabiao, can't afford it! But you, the Seven Heroes of Zhenwu, are famous all over the world, so you will not have anything to do with that rapist. You can stay or go as you please."

"You are good at finding excuses!" Feng Feiyan ignored Liu Dabiao and turned to look at the group of gangsters. Seeing that they were oppressed by Liu Dabiao's momentum, she didn't bother to care about them at the moment. She and her junior brother walked past the people of the Beggar Gang and headed towards the city gate.

Seeing that the difficult pair of brothers and sisters left, the ugly man Liu Dabiao looked up at the ruffians who dared not move, nodded with satisfaction, and thought to himself that you guys are smart. Turning around, Liu Dabiao looked at Qiao Rui and shouted, "You, come here, don't you know that you can't ride a horse in the city?"

"What kind of rule is this? Didn't those two people just come here on horseback?" Qiao Rui frowned as he pointed at the two Wudang brothers and sisters who had not yet walked far.

"You have to break the rules I just set!" Liu Dabiao said angrily. Damn it, you are so ungrateful. How dare anyone talk back to me?

"Who are you and what are you doing here? Which sect are you from? Do you have any proof of identity?" Seeing the hall master getting angry, a disciple of the Beggar Gang hurried over and asked.

Qiao Rui was naturally unhappy when he was asked in this way, but he did not want to cause any more trouble, so he replied calmly, "I came from Longxing Prefecture to look for someone, I do not belong to any sect!"

Liu Dabiao rolled his eyes and sneered, "How can a wanderer without any sect or school afford such a good mount? Could he be a cheat? Brothers, capture this man and bring him back to the altar for interrogation!"

"Yes!"

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