Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

Qiao Rui nodded helplessly, handed the paper to the Beggar Gang disciple next to him, and then went on stage to practice his moves.

He had already mastered the Dragon Subduing Palm by heart, and although he only practiced the first nine moves and did not use his internal energy, it was still amazing and domineering, which made Yang Changming's eyes sparkle and his heart was filled with joy.

Qiao Rui closed his palms and stood still, his chest heaving violently and sweat on his forehead. Although his Dantian was full of internal energy, he was unable to mobilize it after all. His physical strength was not as good as that of an ordinary person. This action made him very tired.

When Yang Changming saw all this, he no longer had any doubts in his mind. He snatched the piece of paper from the Beggar Gang disciple next to him and examined it carefully. At the same time, he used his hands and feet to start practicing.

"Hey, what's wrong with this eleventh move?" Yang Changming suddenly stopped and looked at Qiao Rui.

Qiao Rui said coldly, "The reverse movement here is not referring to the moves, but the route of the exercise."

Yang Changming nodded. As Qiao Rui said, the text did indeed flow much more smoothly. However, the text became more profound as time went on, and the commentary written by Qiao Rui became more obscure and difficult to understand.

He practiced asking questions repeatedly. Qiao Rui was quite resistant at first, but later he seemed to let go of something and answered every question. He even came down to practice his stance for him again.

"This move depends on the uncertainty of reality and falsehood. You have to lead the attack but not release it, and when you release it you must use all your strength. The footwork must be coordinated with both palms, like this..." Qiao Rui explained while performing the actions.

He bent his left foot forward, pushed his right foot backward, swung his hands in a circle and brought them to his chest, then pushed them out, with his left palm on top and his right palm on the bottom, and the two palms pushed up and down side by side, facing Yang Changming's heart and dantian in his lower abdomen respectively.

"Yes, it's hard to tell the real from the fake with two palms going up and down..."

As soon as Yang Changming had the idea, he suddenly felt something was wrong. The other party's palms rustled. He instantly realized that he had been tricked and shouted, "You thief, how dare you bully me!"

After saying that, he clenched his right fist and held it horizontally in front of his chest. He bent the fingers of his left hand into a claw, and his five fingers pressed against Qiao Rui's right palm.

Qiao Rui's right palm was broken by Yang Changming's blow, but Yang Changming's heart was pounding, thinking that it was not good. Then he saw Qiao Rui press down slightly with his left palm, passing over his heart, and a strong force rushed out and hit Yang Changming's dantian in the lower abdomen.

"boom!"

Yang Changming felt a pain in his abdomen and felt his internal energy draining away. His vision went dark and his body flew backwards unconsciously.

"Altar Master!"

The Beggars' Sect disciples finally reacted. Two of them ran towards Yang Changming, while the remaining four used their martial arts to attack Qiao Rui.

Qiao Rui didn't dare to delay any longer. He endured the severe pain of his meridians being torn apart and used the "Year of Dragon and Snake" move to sweep across the spot, blasting the four people away.

He didn't have time to check the results of the battle. He quickly took the two pieces of paper on the table that recorded the Dragon Subduing No Regrets Palm, picked up Tian Jing, who was still asleep on the ground, and ran away.

Using the top-level light skill "Xiao Yao Ling Xu Jue" to the extreme, Qiao Rui held Tian Jing in his arms and quickly jumped across the rooftops of the streets. In a short while, he arrived at a two-story building, which was the Yuzhou Changyun Carriage and Horse Company. He jumped directly to the second-floor eaves, shook open the door, and stumbled in.

About two cups of tea later, three carriages from the Changyun Carriage and Horse Company drove out at the same time, all the way to the north city pier, took the water route north along the Yu River, went out of the west city gate, took the land route west along the Chengyu Ancient Road, and continued upstream along the Yangtze River.

Half an hour later, all the disciples of the Yuzhou branch of the Beggars' Gang went out to search the entire city.

The next day, a large caravan consisting of dozens of freight carriages left the city of Yuzhou, went through the Cheng-Yu Ancient Road to Chengdu, and then took the Jinniu Road out of Sichuan and headed for Hanzhong.

Fucheng is a small city on the road that Chengdu must pass through to reach Hanzhong. There are not many permanent residents in the city, but because it is located on the Jinniu Road, there are many merchants coming and going, and the flow of people is huge, making it seem quite prosperous.

On this day, a large caravan came into the city. It had many carriages and horses, and nearly a hundred coachmen, servants and guards. The group stopped in the backyard of the Fucheng Changyun Carriage and Horse Shop.

Ordinary inns could not accommodate such large caravans, so they had to stop at special post and freight stations. The Changyun Carriage and Horse Station was a post and freight station set up by the imperial court. There was one in every city. After the caravan entered the city, they would load and unload goods and take care of the livestock here to facilitate the next stop.

In the backyard of Changyun Carriage and Horse Shop, Tian Jing helped Qiao Rui get off a carriage, walked up to a short and fat middle-aged man in elegant clothes, bowed and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Boss Hu!"

The short and fat middle-aged man called Boss Hu quickly raised his hand to support him, and said with a smile: "You're welcome, you're welcome! Since you are friends of Yuzhou Manager Liu, you are my honored guests. Why are you troubling me? If you need me in the future, just let me know."

"Thank you very much. We will say goodbye here and see you later!" Qiao Rui nodded, bowed again, and then left in a carriage with Tian Jing.

That day in Yuzhou City, Qiao Rui and Tian Jing were drugged and captured alive by Yang Changming, the leader of the Daye branch of the Beggars' Gang. Qiao Rui had no choice but to take advantage of the situation.

He first designed a plan to lower his guard, then seriously injured the guy at the risk of injuring his meridians again, and finally broke out of the siege with the unconscious Tian Jing and hid in the Changyun Carriage and Horse Company.

After finding the shopkeeper Lao Liu and revealing their identities as the Golden Seal Guards, Lao Liu arranged three groups of decoys to confuse the Beggars' Sect, and finally arranged them into Boss Hu's caravan, accompanying them all the way to Fucheng, where they parted ways. Boss Hu continued to go north to Hanzhong, while Qiao Rui and Tian Jing took a car to Yaowang Valley alone.

Yaowang Valley is adjacent to the Snowy Plateau in the west and the Qionglai Mountains in the north. It is located deep in the vast forest and is connected to the outside world by only a winding mountain road.

At the end of the mountain road, there is a steep cliff. In the middle of the cliffs, there is a narrow path several dozen feet long and five feet wide leading to the valley.

The path was dark and misty with gusts of cold wind, and there was mist and miasma lingering in the air. It was said that only by taking the special medicine made in Yaowang Valley could one avoid being poisoned.

There is a pavilion at the entrance to the valley with a jade chime hanging in it. If someone wants to enter the valley to seek medical treatment or medicine, they can ring the jade chime and a boy will come out to guide them into the valley.

Tian Jing supported Qiao Rui and walked slowly along the winding path outside the forest. Qiao Rui's face became paler and paler. He had previously forced his internal energy to fight, causing his meridians to be severely damaged again. He was already at the end of his strength. If he dared to use his internal energy again, he would immediately become a living dead, and no medicine or god could save him.

Walking out of the forest, I saw an octagonal pavilion under the cliff in front of me. There was already someone waiting in the pavilion.

There were two people standing in the pavilion. One of them was facing the valley entrance, standing with his hands behind his back. He had an upright posture, broad shoulders and a thin waist. He had a long sword on his back and was wearing a white robe that fluttered in the wind.

The other man was slightly shorter, in his twenties. Although he was also wearing a green robe, he had prominent cheekbones and sunken triangular eyes, and looked somewhat fierce.

The man with the triangular eyes saw Qiao Rui and Tian Jing approaching and looked at them carefully. He first looked at Tian Jing, his eyes lit up and he licked his lips. He stared at him greedily for a while. After Qiao Rui and Tian Jing entered the pavilion, he glanced at Qiao Rui. Noting how frail Qiao Rui looked, he sneered slightly and curled his lips.

"You are late, you should go back!" The man with triangular eyes tilted his head, raised his chin slightly, and curled the corners of his mouth, speaking with great pride.