Chapter 69: Qi Masterp[1]
Translator: Tim Editor: Tehrn
Ye Mo now understood that Ning Qingxue was the one that wanted to go back which made him wonder why she would choose something like that. However, since Ning Qingxue was going back home, he was no longer in a hurry. When there were no one left during the night, he would sneak inside and help her once again by curing her injuries. As for whether he would take away that piece of Silver Heart Grass, he still needed to think about it.
Since he already knew that the ambulance was going to send Ning Qingxue back, Ye Mo didn't follow it. Instead, he was wondering where he could find the people who made her on the verge of death. Although he knew it was definitely the Song Family, Ye Mo didn't know where the Song Family's current base was in Ning Hai.
Ye Mo found a clean restaurant and ate there. After the meal, just when Ye Mo walked out of the restaurant, he saw three people leave a star rated restaurant; two men, and one lady, and Ye Mo quickly recognized one of the men: Wang Peng. However, Ye Mo didn't care about Wang Peng at all, what interested him was the man beside him. He was around 40-years-old, he had a medium build and a long face with a grass patch haircut and slightly bulging temples. Ye Mo could tell with one glance that this was a Master.
That man seemed to have sensed Ye Mo observing him, he actually raised his head and looked toward Ye Mo who glanced away with the thought that this man was really powerful. He was sure that this man was even stronger than Wen Dong, and even if he might not be as strong as Ye Mo himself, he wasn't far off.
This was Ye Mo's first time encountering such Master and immediately understood that it had been that man who cured Wang Peng's hand. Now, his spirit sense could scan up to an 8-meter radius around him, which was perfect for him as he wanted to know what these people were saying. Finally, Ye Mo stopped at a newsagency not far away from where he could perfectly monitor those people without being caught out.
"I was really lucky to have Brother Hu last time; otherwise, my hand still wouldn't be able to move now. I really feel ashamed to be unable to properly thank you this time for coming to help me," a voice that seemed to be Wang Peng's could be heard.
Ye Mo had now the confirmation that this man really did cure Wang Peng's hand, which meant that this man was a Qi Master, and it was his first encounter with a Qi Master on Earth. Even Wen Dong, that he had met the last time, was only strong in brawling and assassination techniques, but she was far from being able to cultivate Qi.
The middle-aged man waved his hand and said, "You are too polite, Young Master Peng, your father is also on Young Master Tan's side, so this little gesture of help is nothing. However, just try not to go mess with those people selling fake medicine on the streets, there are some quite-abled men amongst them."
"Yes, I will remember Brother Hu's teachings. I have to trouble Brother Hu to say hello to Young Master Tan for my father as it's a bit inconvenient for me to go over right now. Anyway, thank you, Brother Hu!" Wang Peng's tone was very respectful.
The middle-aged man waved his hand and entered the Audi. The car was started and left rapidly. Ye Mo didn't have the time to care about Wang Peng. He focused exclusively on this man that Wang Peng called Brother Hu. This was a Master.
Immediately, Ye Mo followed the car. After twenty minutes, the sky had already darkened, and the Audi finally reached a private mansion. Ye Mo scanned the mansion with his spirit sense and found cameras everywhere, but absolutely no way of getting in.
After thinking for a while, Ye Mo still decided to come back during the night when he would be able to destroy all these cameras and find that Brother Hu more easily. The reason he wanted to find this man was that Ye Mo had no idea about the martial arts system here and wasn't sure to what state he had to cultivate to ensure his own safety.
Even if he had to forcefully interrogate him, he would do so as to not be unprepared when he met a stronger Master one day. Unfortunately, this time wasn't the most suitable as the sky was just beginning to turn dark.
It was still early now, and he definitely had to help cure Ning Qingxue's wounds. It was just that it wasn't convenient now since there would definitely be someone beside her. It wouldn't be appropriate for him to go; however, when it was later in the night, he would go treat her and then return here.
He wanted to go visit Shi Xiu at the Ning Hai University, but after some thoughts, he gave up the idea. He was still weak now, and if the Song Family somehow find out that he was related to Shi Xiu, they might try to harm him too.
Ye Mo left Brother Hu's mansion and was preparing to go buy some things as he still had some money on him now. After he had finished treating Ning Qingxue, he decided that he would go to Luo Cang and have a look. If possible, he would find a job there, but if things still wouldn't work out, he would go to Chi Wanqing's cousin's company.
His idea was to find a place to rent, and once things were more stable, he would get the content of the soil to be analyzed and then plant a few seeds of the Silver Heart Grass; after all, its growth period was very long. During this time, he also intended to go to the Taklimakan Desert. He didn't want to wait until the Silver Heart Grass was mature before leaving; that was wasting too much time.
On this Earth scarce of spirit Chi, he really wouldn't know when he would be able to cultivate to a degree he wanted if he wasted time like that. Although it wasn't foreseeable how strong he would get if he continued like this, there was still hope if he tried, and if he didn't, there would be nothing but regret.
Although Ning Qingxue also managed to grow a Silver Heart Grass, she was able to give up her life for that barely germinated blade of grass, and even though Ye Mo didn't know why she would do something like that, he couldn't bare to think about it any further.
"Hm, it's really you, I finally found you!" a voice broke Ye Mo's contemplation. Ye Mo turned around and found someone that he knew. That person seemed to be called Fang Weicheng, and he met him last time when he was practicing his martial arts in the Qing Du Lake Park. At that time, he had wanted to spar with Ye Mo but was defeated in only one move.
"Oh, it's you, Fang Weicheng," Ye Mo nodded. Fang Weicheng was quite straightforward.
Fang Weicheng saw that Ye Mo still remembered his name and immediately said in happy surprise: "I didn't think you would still remember me! After that day, I had been waiting for you at the Qing Du Lake Park, but I never had been able to see you again. It's really lucky for me to see you here."
Ye Mo smiled and said, "You need something from me?" Fang Weicheng rubbed his hands nervously. He knew that Ye Mo was quite strong. Even a few of him combined would be no match for Ye Mo.
"I... I was wondering if you had time for a chat." Fang Weicheng seemed very hopeful.
Ye Mo thought that he still had some time now and didn't have a place to waste it on. Since Fang Weicheng had something, he might as well go see it. Therefore, Ye Mo nodded and said, "Fine."
Seeing that Ye Mo agreed, Fang Wei was elated. He hurriedly brought Ye Mo to a quiet western restaurant. He didn't even ask if Ye Mo had been here and just ordered a few dishes.
Although he hadn't eaten western cuisine before, Ye Mo felt it was quite good. After eating a few mouthfuls, Ye Mo asked casually, "What's up?" If Fang Weicheng was going to ask him to become his master, then Ye Mo would refuse it without a second thought. He didn't have the time to be teaching disciples.
Fang Weicheng saluted with his fists and said, "I haven't asked for your honorable name yet."
"I'm called Shi Ying." Ye Mo didn't want to reveal his real name in Ning Hai. Besides, calling himself Shi Ying had a few meanings. Firstly, it was that his master, or shifu, was Luo Ying. Secondly, it was a homonym for Si Ying, which meant thinking of his master.
Hearing Ye Mo's name, Fang Weicheng was amazed for a moment but soon recovered. In his opinion, this name was very feminine. However, of course, he wouldn't reveal his thoughts. He had come here today to ask Ye Mo for help.
Chapter 70: Arrogance
Translator: Tim Editor: Tehrn
"Shi... senpai—" Fang Weicheng couldn't find a proper greeting so he could only refer to him that way. However, when he just spoke those words, he was interrupted by Ye Mo: "Brother Fang, just say my name, I'm not some senpai."
Fang Weicheng saw that Ye Mo didn't mind, so he said, "In that case, I won't be too polite. Shi Ying, I came to you asking for help this time. Because I haven't been able to find you before, I know that it is very impolite of me to say this the second time we meet..."
Ye Mo frowned and thought, "You still know this is impolite? Wasn't this obvious?" He and Fang Weicheng were strangers who met for the second time. If a stranger asks for help as soon as he opened his mouth, it would be strange if Ye Mo didn't frown.
Seeing Ye Mo's reaction, Fang Weicheng didn't dare to drag it on and just said, "You know that I am a driver. Although my boss' son is only going to the university, he is generous, and his relationship with me is excellent. He is doing his fourth year at the Ning Hai Technology University and is also the president of the martial arts association. However, a month ago, he was heavily injured in a martial arts spar and is still in the hospital now."
Ye Mo stopped Fang Weicheng's words and said, "Do you want me to avenge him?"
Fang Weicheng nodded and just wanted to say something but was interrupted by Ye Mo again: "I won't do such a pointless thing. This thing ends now, don't bring it up again."
Fang Weicheng opened his bitter mouth and hesitated before saying, "Brother Ying, let me explain to you first, and if you still aren't interested, I won't dare to ask again." Fang Weicheng cHanged his reference of Ye Mo from Shi Ying to Brother Ying in a hurry.
Ye Mo nodded helplessly, "Fine, but be quick, I'm busy tonight."
"It's because my boss is also from the military that his son loves martial arts. However, a month ago, a few Han men started a Taekwondo gym next to the university. In fact, there are a lot of Taekwondo Clubs in Ning Hai which is normal. However, as soon as these Hans started the Han Style Taekwondo Club, they wrote two sentences on their door 'Every martial arts originated in Han, and among all of them, Taekwondo is number one! Those who enter this club must accept that the Chinese martial arts originated from Han, and only those who admit that could come into the club to study.'
"Originally, everyone thought that no one would join this club simply because of that rule; however, we didn't expect so many people to sign up. I really couldn't get it through my head and neither could Qi Weidong. So, he went to spar with the people from this Han Style Taekwondo Club," after saying that, Fang Weicheng sighed.
Although he didn't continue speaking, Ye Mo could guess what happened next. This Qi Weidong was probably the son of Fang Weicheng's boss. In fact, Ye Mo also didn't really like some of the Hans he had met because they were too shameless. Not only did they call Chinese medicine, Han medicine, but they had even said that Zhuge Liang came from Han. This wasn't all, as long as it was a traditional Chinese festival, they would all claim it to be Han.
After Fang Weicheng had made another sigh, he said, "Seeing Qi Weidong willing to challenge the club master, he was actually very welcoming and also made him sign some kind of agreement that they wouldn't be held responsible for any injuries. I know Qi Weidong's skills, he started practicing martial arts since he was 8, and it has been more tHan ten years since, but he still was no match for the vice club master of the club and was heavily beaten. However, due to the prior agreement and the fair nature of the match, there was no way to reproach anything to them.
"Due to Qi Weidong's injuries, many masters in Ning Hai went to challenge them, but all of them came back heavily injured. That Han was indeed strong, and it's been a month, yet no one in Ning Hai was a match for that man. Later on, they even set the challenge at each university to increase their influence. In this way, their Han Style Taekwondo Club not only didn't close but was instead getting more and more popular, and those signing up increased significantly. I really don't know what these fellow Chinese are thinking."
Fang Weicheng seemed furious after he had spoken. Ye Mo smiled faintly in the meanwhile. He had heard once that the Chinese had tried to reject the Japanese imports for a certain number of years already, but there were still so many people buying Japanese products, still giving them money so they could turn it into bombs and throw it back. Although the current world still waged war, it was only partial war, and those young men and women living in the peaceful era wouldn't be able to think of more deeply about those kinds of things.
Their emotions for their country were mostly in their mouths and not in their hearts; they would forget it after speaking. Compared to the older generation that had experienced war, they were missing a lot of things. Usually, when they bought things, they only cared if the brand was famous or if the appearance was good, and as for where it came from, rarely anyone bothered to check. This wasn't to say that they didn't love their country, but more like they didn't have that subtle notion in mind.
Of course, Ye Mo was able to empathize with Fang Weicheng's emotions. He wasn't an angry youth, but someone saying that everything belonged to them made him feel uncomfortable. Ye Mo was also a Chinese now and knew that they had a long history. He believed that the Han's Taekwondo originated from Chinese martial arts, yet now, they were saying the opposite.
Since he was able to help out, Ye Mo asked, "Brother Fang, what time is it now?" Fang Weicheng looked at his watch and answered: "7.30."
Ye Mo nodded, "I still have 3 and a half hours. If you can arrange a match within this time. I should be able to help you with this."
Fang Weicheng stood up excitedly: "Brother Ying, I can definitely do that. Right now, they are hoping that someone would fight with them. And now, they would hold the competition with lots of promotions at every university to raise their fame." Afterward, Fang Weicheng immediately picked up the phone and started to make a call.
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Ning Hai Technology University.
A gym that could only contain 3000 people was filled with more tHan 4000 people now, and the lights were on inside because right now, there was a match in progress. One was the President of the Ning Hai University Martial Arts Association, Li Bangqi, and the other one was the Han Style Taekwondo Club's Vice Club Master, Pu Dongheng.
The reason the vice club master was the challenger was because one had to beat him first before the club master came himself. However, since the establishment of the Han Style Taekwondo Club a month before, no one had been able to beat Pu Dongheng in a match. Many challengers either broke their arms or legs.
Even though Li Bangqi was only the president of one martial arts association in Ning Hai University, he had represented Ning Hai in participating in the national youth martial arts competition and won the third prize. So this time, the match between the two of them almost attracted the attention of all the university students of Ning Hai. However, this gymnasium was too small and couldn't hold more people. Most people stood outside watching on a big screen that was prepared for the event.
The match between Li Bangqi and Pu Dongheng didn't involved rounds, but just free fighting. Except for the prohibition of weapons, they could use any means they wanted.
Almost everyone was cheering for Li Bangqi. Although the two were in a heated battle, no one had the advantage yet, but everyone knew that the deciding moment was about to come. Because every time Pu Dongheng fought with someone, he would suddenly defeat his opponent around twenty minutes and now, it was almost twenty minutes.
Li Bangqi originally thought that even though a mere Han had beaten many masters in Ning Hai, he was still a Han, so Li Bangqi didn't take him seriously; however, after they had started fighting, he realized that Pu Dongheng was not only agile but also experienced in Chinese martial arts. The most despicable part was that these Hans claimed it as theirs.
The more Li Bangqi fought, the more he became alerted. He had already taken a few punches from Pu Dongheng, and even though he had a strong body and it didn't really matter much for the moment, he was the only one to know that he only landed one kick on Pu Dongheng, causing barely any damage to him.
Chapter 71: What is Truly Crazy
Translator: Tim Editor: Tehrn
The reason Li Bangqi was so shocked was because his master had once told him that the highest power level in martial arts was the heaven state. Although he had practiced martial arts for more than ten years, he didn't even reach the lowest level, the yellow state. At most, he was on the borderline of high-level martial arts. However, those who reach the legendary heaven state were very rare; perhaps no one had even seen one.
Even his master was barely in the doorsteps of the yellow state but unable to progress any further. Real Martial Arts Masters came from ancient martial arts families and some hidden power factions. However, these ancient martial arts families usually never showed themselves to the world and only pursued martial arts to its extremity so normal people could rarely see them.
If one day, someone could block his Hurricane Storm Fist, then it meant that this person was on the borderline of the yellow state, and he definitely wouldn't be a match for him.
However, right now, Li Bangqi's Hurricane Storm Fist had been completed, yet his opponent was still standing firmly. Li Bangqi immediately remembered his master's words. He knew things weren't good and was about to go into a defensive stance. But at this moment, Pu Dongheng seemed to have suddenly turned into two people, and taking advantage of that one moment when Li Bangqi was hesitating, Pu Dongheng had landed a kick on Li Bangqi's chest.
The pain of breaking ribs made Li Bangqi forget for a second the fact that he had been kicked out of the ring. However, he immediately recovered his mind as he had realized that he had lost and was beaten by the vice club master; the club master didn't even need to show his face. At this moment, he no longer cared about the pain of his broken ribs, and the only thing in his mind was the humiliation he received. The Hans stole the arts of his ancestors and used it to beat him.
The boisterous gymnasium suddenly went into a deadly silence. Li Bangqi represented the highest level of martial arts in Ning Hai, but he couldn't even beat a vice club master. How embarrassed were the few thousand people at the scene? The reason Li Bangqi made his move today was because he had just come back from Beijing the day before, and yet he hadn't expected to suffer a loss as soon as he arrived.
The vice president of the Ning Hai Martial Art's Association, who was also the chairman of the Ning Hai Technology University's student association, Chen Weilin, said with a face full of disappointment, "Quickly take Bangqi to the hospital, we surrender this match..."
There were sighing everywhere in the gymnasium, and many people started to leave in disappointment. Suddenly, Chen Weilin's phone rung and, as he picked up the call, he had only heard one sentence before exclaiming, "What, you found him? Okay, leave this to me..."
"Club Master Pu, we still have one more
member of our martial arts association who wants to challenge you today. This is the last challenge, and if we still can't beat you this time, I will represent the Ning Hai Martial Arts Association not to challenge you ever again," Chen Weilin's words immediately caught everyone's attention. Not challenging them again meant accepting their status and everyone thought that Chen Weilin was mad.
"Hahahahaha, you're welcome to send more contestants. Our Han Martial Arts Masters aren't afraid of challenges, on the contrary, we worry that there are no more challenges, and I was starting to wonder why there was only one every few days." Pu Dongheng laughed cockily. He wanted more challenges since the more there were, the more famous his Han Style Taekwondo Club would become.
"What? There's still someone challenging him? Stay to support him. We must beat these Hans until they know what true Chinese Martial Arts is."
"Yes, yes, we must stay to support our people..."
"If you want to stay, you can stay, I'm sick of the disappointment, I'm leaving."
"Yeah, leave, why stay and cheer for the Hans."
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With the heated discussions, half of the people left, and the tightly squeezed place was quickly becoming more spacious. However, some of those who were watching the match outside heard that there was another challenger incoming and decided to stay. Soon, new people squeezed into the gymnasium, and the place that was just becoming empty became full again.
"What sort of person is it? Does he want to challenge the Han? But even if he loses, I will still support him, at least he isn't a coward."
"Yes, of course, we support him, unlike some people, they lose their vigor after seeing a loss, so no wonder the Hans are so cocky."
"I heard it was because Chen Weilin received a last minute call and arranged the match. However, the Hans definitely want more people to challenge them. This way, they would become more famous."
"Famous? I don't think so. The challenge hasn't started yet. How would the Hans know they would win."
When Ye Mo came to the Ning Hai Technology University, he didn't think that there would be so many people at the scene. It could even be described as a sea of people. Despite that Ye Mo was a cultivator who was originally from another world and preferred peace, he still resonated under the fervor of these hot-blooded students and Ning Hai Citizens. What he didn't know was that this was only the scene after half of the people had already left.
Ye Mo followed Fang Weichen into the passage and entered from the back. No one came up and said anything because he looked too ordinary, so ordinary that he didn't look any different from an ordinary, quiet student.
"Brother Fang, did you find that master? Did he come? Where is he?" Chen Weilin saw Fang Weicheng and immediately asked a few questions.
"That's him, Shi Ying. A master of the martial arts realm," Fang Weicheng pointed at Ye Mo and said.
"Huh..." Chen Weilin was so surprised that he was startled. "How could it be such a quiet looking youth?" However, he immediately reacted and saw that his actions were very impolite; he hurriedly extended his hand and said, "Master Shi, hello, I'm Chen Weilin, the vice president of the Ning Hai Martial Arts Association. It's a pleasure to meet you, but that Pu Dongheng is rather strong, how about I show you some of his recorded matches first?"
Ye Mo waved his hand and said, "I'm tight on time, there's no need for recordings, the faster, the better."
Chen Weilin opened his mouth and thought, "Wow he is really arrogant, too arrogant." Everyone who fought Pu Dongheng all analyzed his fights repeatedly. Even so, no one had been able to hold out for more than 20 minutes against him.
"Who is this Shi Ying? Did Weicheng get things wrong? What if he just went up and got thrown down in one round." It was a small thing if he got hurt, but then the face of the Ning Hai Martial Arts Association would be completely lost. Thinking about this, Chen Weilin looked at Fang Weicheng and wanted to know what Fang Weicheng would say.
Seeing Chen Weilin look at him, Fang Weicheng waved his hand and said, "President Chen, just do as what Shi Ying requires. His time is really tight; it would be best if we could call the Club Master and the vice one here to fight him as well. I believe after this match, the Han Style Taekwondo Club would go back to where it came from."
Fang Weicheng was quite admiring of Ye Mo's strength as he didn't believe the club master could kick him out in less than one round like this Shi Ying had done so easily in the past. Seeing that Fang Weicheng said this, Chen Weilin couldn't say anything anymore and just looked at Ye Mo before turning around to make the arrangements.
"Wait!" Ye Mo stopped Chen Weilin.
"Is there anything else? I will do as you wish." Chen Weilin had not much faith in Ye Mo, but after all, he was brought by Fang Weicheng, so he would comply.
"Go tell them that if they want to fight me, they better get everyone from their club and fight me together. I don't want to waste time. And, tell me where that Pu Dongheng likes to break people's bones," Ye Mo said to Chen Weilin.
"What?" Chen Weilin was truly dumbfounded now. Before he had thought that Shi Ying was very arrogant for not watching the recordings, but now, he knew that he was truly crazy.