On the long-distance bus.
Zhang Ye got on the bus with Chenchen to buy his ticket. After a few more people boarded the bus behind them, the bus started to move slowly and drove out of the bus stop. The people in the Chinese tunic suits sat in the middle of the bus on the right side. They were talking among themselves and did not even look at Zhang Ye and Chenchen. There weren't many people on the bus. Zhang Ye glanced at them from the corner of his eye and sat in the second to last row with Chenchen. He did not dare to sit too close to them, nor did he sit too far away from them. There was a row of empty seats between them.
On the bus, those people deliberately spoke softly, or perhaps it was because of the noise on the bus that they were speaking softly.
Zhang Ye leaned forward slightly as he had to strain himself to hear what they were saying.
"Bro Liu, judging from your complexion, your kung fu must have improved again."
"Hahaha, Bro Li, you too."
"I can't do it. My foundation is weak and my talent is lacking. Back then, I wanted to join the Zhou Family Style's martial arts school to be apprenticed to a master, but they did not accept me. They said that even if I continued to practice, it would be very difficult for me to reach the next level. Now that six or seven years have passed, hai, it's really just as the Zhou Family Style's disciples said.
"The Zhou Family Style?"
"Bro Li, you're lucky that you didn't join the Zhou Family Style!"
"Yeah, I'm also very lucky now. If I were a disciple of this generation of the Zhou Family Style, I would only be able to run away if I met that lunatic Rao Aimin!"
"Hur hur, you wouldn't be able to run away even if you wanted to!"
"Yeah, I wouldn't be able to run away even if I wanted to, hai!"
As they chatted, the topic of Rao Aimin came up again!
Chenchen pricked up her ears anxiously.
Zhang Ye was also listening intently and analyzing!
Zhou Family Style?
He had never heard of it before!
Could it be a fist technique from this world? Was it similar to the Hong Fist's naming style?
There was a lingering fear in those people's voices, as if they were afraid after the event.
"The Zhou Family Style has really gotten into big trouble this time. Speaking of which, it's all because of that martial arts competition from back then. Due to some accidents, the Zhou Family Style's current sect leader, Elder Zhou Tianpeng, injured the younger sister and brother-in-law of the Eight Trigrams Palm's Eldest Senior Sis, Rao Aimin. The two of them were seriously injured and fell ill. They passed away one after another two years later. Logically speaking, in a normal martial arts competition, one has to be responsible for the outcome. Whoever gets injured is due to their lack of martial arts skills. But Elder Zhou Tianpeng was one of the four grandmasters from back then, a person of great stature in our martial arts world. Even if he took on the two of them alone, it would still be considered bullying.
Chenchen was stunned!
Zhang Ye was also stunned. He suddenly felt the little kid beside him trembling. He turned his head to look and felt a pang in his heart. He quickly held Chenchen's cold little hand tightly!
Rao Aimin's sister and brother-in-law?
Aren't they Chen-chen's parents?
So this was how Chen-chen's parents died?
So, so many things had happened in the past?
Grandmaster?
The Zhou Family Style's Zhou Tianpeng?
So there really were grandmasters in this world!
In Zhang Ye's previous world, there were no longer any grandmasters. Chinese martial arts had declined and the number of talents had withered. Chinese martial arts had become synonymous with martial arts, and martial arts had also become synonymous with movies and novels. There were many martial arts schools and classes, but almost all of them were just for show. There were even some competitions that were more of a performance nature. There weren't even many martial arts masters who were recognized by the Chinese martial arts world, much less a grandmaster of their generation?
But this world was obviously different. There really were grandmasters!
There were four of them?
One of them was Zhou Tianpeng?
What about the others?
At the front, a bearded person from the Chinese martial arts world vividly recounted, "But ever since then, the Zhou Family Style School became a sworn enemy of Rao Aimin. After various attempts by various people in the Chinese martial arts world, even the current sect leader of the Eight Trigrams Palm School came forward, he still could not stop Rao Aimin. At that time, Rao Aimin was truly a legendary figure in the Chinese martial arts world. She did not hesitate to betray her sect and went all out to attack the Zhou Family Style School's headquarters alone. At that time, Zhou Tianpeng and the other grandmaster, Chen Xi, had a very good relationship. According to rumors, the two of them were having tea together when Rao Aimin attacked. Chen Xi also intervened. Grandmaster Chen wanted to mediate between the two of them and persuade Rao Aimin to stop, but he did not expect that Rao Aimin would not listen to him at all. She actually took on two grandmasters by herself. What shocked everyone in the Chinese martial arts world at that time was that Rao Aimin did not seem to be at a disadvantage at all.
"What a pity that she still lost in the end."
"Yeah, Rao Aimin still lost in the end. With two grandmasters joining forces, who could possibly last more than three moves? Rao Aimin actually fought them for a hundred rounds. While she was seriously injured, she also injured Zhou Tianpeng! Although I did not witness that scene with my own eyes, just thinking about it makes my blood boil. From that day onwards, our martial arts world had its fifth grandmaster! "
Hearing this, Zhang Ye was stunned!
What?
The fifth grandmaster?
That Old Rao … was actually a grandmaster??
Zhang Ye simply could not believe it. He knew that Rao Aimin was very powerful and might even have mastered concealed power. He had seen with his own eyes how Old Rao could bend a piece of pig iron, but he could never have imagined that Rao Aimin was actually a grandmaster of Chinese martial arts, one of the top five people in the Chinese martial arts world!
That person was still going on and on, "Rao Aimin's attack that time really shocked the entire Chinese martial arts world! After that, even Grandmaster Chen Xi mentioned to his friends after drinking that if Rao Aimin had been a man, even if he and Zhou Tianpeng were to join forces, they would probably only be able to fight her to a draw! Rao Aimin's strength was obvious from that. From that day onwards, no one in the Chinese martial arts world dared to provoke her anymore. From that day onwards, Rao Aimin did not return to her sect even once. It was as though she had disappeared from the 'martial arts community.' "
"But half a year ago, the only female grandmaster of our martial arts world appeared again!" "Yeah, the Chinese martial arts world was in an uproar at that time.
Rao Aimin actually issued a challenge to the Zhou Family Style School, but Zhou Tianpeng did not respond to it. I guess he knew that he might not be a match for Rao Aimin, so he did not show up. But Rao Aimin was still the same Rao Aimin from back then. When she went crazy, no one could stop her. She actually traveled all over the country and challenged all of the Zhou Family Style's training halls and martial arts schools. How could those second and third generation disciples of the Zhou Family Style be a match for a martial arts grandmaster? They couldn't even take a single blow from her. In just half a year, more than a hundred of the Zhou Family Style's disciples were injured and 13 of their training halls were shut down! That was because there were no more masters who could stand to teach! They could only close their doors! "
Zhang Ye was stunned by what he heard. Only now did he realize that Old Rao was actually so awesome! She had said that she would be back in a month's time because she was going to avenge her younger sister. In the end, the Zhou Family Style School did not respond to her challenge, so she spent half a year challenging them and besieging the Zhou Family Style School's disciples to force their sect leader to show himself!
She single-handedly challenged the entire Zhou Family Style School?
What kind of bravery was that?!
Even the Zhou Family Style School's sect leader did not dare to make a sound?
Even the people of the Chinese martial arts world did not dare to make a sound??
The other side continued, "A few days ago, Zhou Tianpeng finally made a statement. I'm afraid that he was forced into a corner. If this carried on, the Zhou Family Style School would end here. So Grandmaster Zhou went to look for Grandmaster Chen Xi and the various sects of the Chinese martial arts world, as well as the reputable people in the martial arts community, to bring forward this year's National Martial Arts Association Conference. They sent out a 'martial arts community invitation' and arranged for the venue to be at Tianshan. They announced that they would settle their scores with Rao Aimin at that time. Needless to say, Rao Aimin will definitely be attending tomorrow's Martial Arts Conference!"
"Yeah, there's going to be a good show to watch!"
"And it's going to be a very good show too. A battle between grandmasters? Which member of the Chinese martial arts world wouldn't want to attend? "
"This year's Martial Arts Conference will probably be the grandest in history!"
"That's right. Otherwise, even people like us who don't have any masters wouldn't have received an invitation."
"Hai, rather than saying that we received an invitation, it's better to say that we came uninvited, hur hur."
"In any case, we're just here to watch the show and see how this matter is resolved. I heard that not only is Senior Rao Aimin the current only female grandmaster, she's also a peerless beauty."
"I heard about that too!"
"It's a pity that Old Bro Tan can't make it."
"Ha, he's really unlucky. He got into a car accident at this time and broke his leg!"
"Yeah, I still have his invitation card with me."
From the beginning to the end, Zhang Ye had basically figured out everything. It was a thorough understanding of the situation. After combining the words of these people, he even understood why Rao Aimin had disappeared from the Chinese martial arts world and settled down in Beijing to become a landlord collecting rent. It was because she wanted to take care of Chenchen! It was because she wanted to bring up her younger sister's child! Now that Chenchen had grown up and become sensible, she entrusted Chenchen to Zhang Ye while she returned to the Chinese martial arts world to take revenge for what happened back then! That was why she said "if she doesn't come back" on the phone today.
The Martial Arts Conference was tomorrow?
Zhang Ye suddenly got worried. An invitation card? He didn't have one. He only knew that the landlady auntie would be attending the conference, but how were he and Chenchen going to get in?
"Zhang Ye!" Chenchen said anxiously.
Zhang Ye made a shushing gesture. "I understand."
Chenchen tugged at his arm with all her might. "Hurry up and think of a way!"
Zhang Ye racked his brains. After taking a deep breath, he said to Chenchen, "Sit here and don't move. I'm going out for a while." Saying that, he stood up and walked towards the seat in front of him.
Those people were still chatting.
Zhang Ye went up to them and gave them a fist and palm salute. "Everyone."
Those people were taken aback. "Huh?"
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I accidentally overheard your conversation just now and realized that we're all kindred spirits. Are you all going to the Tianshan Martial Arts Conference?"
A young man with a beard asked suspiciously, "You are?"
Zhang Ye gave a fist and palm salute and said, "My name is Chen Zhen."
Another person blinked.
Zhang Ye said seriously, "My master is … Huo Yuanjia!"
Huo Yuanjia?
Who was Huo Yuanjia?
Suddenly, the long-distance bus jolted. The thermos flask that these people had clamped to the net behind the front seat flew out and fell towards Zhang Ye.
Zhang Ye did not even move his body. With a flick of his foot, the thermos flask magically bounced off Zhang Ye's foot and flew into the air. Zhang Ye casually caught it and handed it to them. He said with a smile, "I dropped it."
Great skills!
Great skills!
When the four of them saw this, they were immediately shocked. This skill was not something that most people could do!
The four of them stood up and gave a fist and palm salute. "Nice to meet you!"
"So Old Bro Chen is really kindred spirit!"
"Great footwork!"
Zhang Ye said modestly, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."
One of them asked, "May I know why you stopped us?"
Zhang Ye nodded and said, "It's like this. I brought my child here, but she was mischievous on the way here and lost my Tianshan Martial Arts Conference invitation. I don't know what to do about it, so I wanted to ask my senior bros if I can enter without an invitation? Before coming here, my master had repeatedly reminded me to come here and see the world. Since I lost my invitation the moment I left, I wouldn't be able to face him when I get back! Hai! Hai! "
The four of them looked at each other.
The bearded young man suddenly smiled and gave another fist and palm salute. He said, "Old Bro Chen, you're really in a hurry. One of our companions just happened to not be able to make it. He got into an accident and was hospitalized." Saying that, he rummaged through his bag and found something. "Here, I happen to have an extra one."
Zhang Ye hurriedly said, "Is this appropriate?"
The bearded young man laughed. "What's not appropriate about it? It doesn't matter if we have an extra one. Besides, there's only a name written on the invitation and no picture. They'll just check the invitation and let you in. They won't even look at your name, so it should be fine for you to bring it in. " There was something that he was too embarrassed to say. Even if they looked at their names, with their status in the Chinese martial arts world, they wouldn't even recognize them. They would at most be considered as fringe members of the Chinese martial arts world.
Zhang Ye exclaimed, "Then I'll have to thank you, senior bros!"
"You're welcome!"
"No need to thank me!"
"We're all from the Chinese martial arts world, so there's no need to be so polite!"
The few of them treated Zhang Ye quite well. That was because Zhang Ye had shown off a little earlier was indeed too spectacular. Coupled with Zhang Ye's expression and mannerisms, there was no doubt in their minds that he had also been invited to the Tianshan Martial Arts Conference.
Therefore, the facts proved one point.
Life is like a play, and it's all about fucking acting!
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