"Wasn't it because Zhang Beixing, a Disciple of Liu Yi, stirred things up? If not for him sparking this martial arts craze, our martial arts school..."

"What are you saying, what are you saying? Yes, I admit that Grandmaster Zhang was behind this matter, and Grandmaster Zhang deserves respect, but that is a different story from contributing a Martial Arts Secret Manual! Besides, even without Grandmaster Zhang, would our martial arts gym have nothing to eat?"

Liu Yi could no longer hear the conversation, as the voices had already drifted away. He stood at the doorway, feeling very disheartened.

Back then, he really must have been blind to have connected with such a person!

But then he turned around, chuckled bitterly, and let it go. They weren't related by blood or kin, so why should someone sacrifice their family heirloom?

People are ultimately selfish; they have their own family businesses. Why should they do such good deeds for someone they barely knew, like Zhang Beixing?

"Sigh! Now is not the time to think about this. Let's try another place."

"Hopefully, things are going smoothly over at Elder Chen's place!"

Liu Yi shook his head and sighed, then swiftly left to rush to the airport and move on to the next location.

BOOM!

The weather was not on his side; with a clap of thunder, the summer rain arrived as expected.

Out on his own in a strange place, Liu Yi appeared somewhat bedraggled. Without an umbrella, he quickly became drenched, his figure contrasting with the hurried passersby under their umbrellas, his silhouette lonely.

But he was no longer aware of this, focusing only on braving the storm, unwavering in his quest for the true teachings for his Disciple.

「...」

「Meanwhile, in the bustling city, at Elder Chen's place.」

His situation was not much better. As a highly-respected elder, although he was not directly sent away like Liu Yi, but...

"Uncle Chen, I understand that Grandmaster Zhang isn't one to casually spread others' martial arts, but I really can't share it. Our family's ancestral instructions are right here; if I gave it out, my father would climb out of his coffin to slap me!"

Sitting in a family's living room, the man gestured toward the ancestral tablets in the main hall, smiling bitterly at Elder Chen.

Yes, Elder Chen had good relations with their family.

Zhang Beixing's character could also be glimpsed from recent events.

But that didn't mean they could just hand over their family's martial arts secret book!

That would break fundamental traditions; it just couldn't be done.

He wouldn't do it, and he didn't dare to do it!

"Uncle Chen, please don't make this difficult for me. Look, I won't take the million-dollar order that brother Fenghua sent; I'll return it, and let's just forget about this matter. I really can't be the one to decide!" the man said.

Hearing his words, Elder Chen sighed, realizing that this too was obviously fruitless. The man wouldn't even take the money, showing his resolve.

Therefore, he did not insist and simply said, "Sorry for the disturbance," before standing up and leaving the place.

After seeing Elder Chen off, the man went back inside, where a confused young man asked, "Dad, why reject it? I saw on Douyin, Grandmaster Zhang said he wants to break through to become a Great Grandmaster. We could earn a million and establish ties with him, wouldn't that be worth it?"

Hearing his son's words, the man glanced at him and said,

"Yes, what you're saying is indeed correct. If he were a Great Grandmaster, not to mention our family's Secret Manual, even if I took out ten million to establish ties with him, there would be no problem."

"But the problem now is, Zhang Beixing is not a Great Grandmaster! And in Great Xia, there haven't been any for over seven hundred years. Whether such a realm even exists is debatable; after all, who has seen one?"

"Investing now is like buying stocks in HW."

"But HW doesn't have any stocks, does it?" the young man asked, puzzled.

"Don't you see why I used it as an analogy?" the man glanced at the youth and patted his shoulder, saying, "You still have much to learn!"

「...」

「At Wu Yougui's place.」

After learning from Liu Yi about Zhang Beixing's ambition to break through to become a Great Grandmaster, Wu Yougui felt that Zhang Beixing, at such a young age, had already achieved so much, and his future prospects would certainly be limitless.

Even if he didn't become a Great Grandmaster, he was sure to become a top figure in the martial arts world of Great Xia, someone he could band together with to compete abroad in the future!

Moreover, his recent statements particularly suited Wu Yougui's taste and temperament.

See, they were both people who had killed the Black Ghost, one domestically and the other abroad, but those who had taken down foreigners were good brothers. In the future, I'll take you abroad, and we'll fight foreigners together. Won't that be delightful?

Thus, he volunteered and brought the Wu Family's martial arts heritage to Zhang Beixing for his perusal, eagerly committing to the task.

「Now, in a large hotel.」

"UGH—"

"Hahaha, Grandmaster Wu, you can't handle your drink, can you? Didn't you say you could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk? You haven't had a thousand yet; how did you end up like this?"

Amid the teasing of the people nearby, Wu Yougui put down the trash bin, wiped the vomit from the corner of his mouth with a paper towel, and thought to himself, Zhang Beixing, I've really made a big gamble this time.

Then he endured the discomfort, looked at the few well-known martial artists he had invited from Dongshan Province, and said, "The wine doesn't intoxicate; people get drunk on their own. We've been enjoying ourselves, but speaking of which, what do you think about that matter I brought up before? About my Brother Zhang breaking through to become a Great Grandmaster, about your family's Ultimate Skill..."

"Aw, well, the thing is... Sigh, I'll be honest with you, Grandmaster Wu, it's not that we won't lend it, but we really can't lend it out. You know the rules."

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