Chapter 309 - Treading Into Nine Stars, Here Comes Trouble (1/2)
The helicopter was not large, but when it descended slowly, many people felt that it was no longer a helicopter. Rather, it was a cosmic warship with countless canons, which could easily turn a mobile armor into cosmic dust that descended from the sky.
Only the Song family could give people such an overwhelming feeling.
Zhao Huzi was also quiet while he stared at the plane landing slowly.
The door slowly opened. An old butler, who had not been seen for many days, chuckled when he walked out of the cabin. His pace seemed to have a senile feeling to it and it felt like he had reached the late stage of life, the point where he could die at any time. Many recruits looked at this old man who dared to trespass into a military airport curiously.
Qin Fen bowed gratefully to the old butler. Without the old man’s three palms technique, his progress in the martial dao would be much slower.
On the old butler’s face was a smile, and the pleats and wrinkles which piled upon his face followed his faint smile and stacked on his face even more. His smile made the young martial artists feel chills in their hearts.
“Miss.” The old butler came to Qin Fen’s side and bowed slightly. The face full of smiles was filled with concern for the younger generation, “You could have let me find you easily.”
Song Jia hid behind Qin Fen and hugged his arm tightly, like she was a frightened little white rabbit. She lost her usual aura of a queen and with a pitiful look, said, “Are you here to ground me?”
“This… hehe… of course.” The old butler smiled and gazed at Qin Fen. He slowly nodded, “Young man, not bad! You were not killed by the blood ranking ninth, but you better pay attention. I heard that the blood ranking ninth placement is vacant and many people who want to get on the blood ranking are actively preparing to hunt you. According to the rules of the blood ranking, the killer that can kill you can temporarily enter the blood ranking. Of course, other people who are already on the blood ranking would want to kill you. Because…”
The old butler’s smiling eyes flashed a stern coldness, “The people of the blood ranking must maintain the glory and status of the blood ranking. If they let you go, who will pay the blood ranking people a high price in the future?”
“Oh?” Lin Liqiang smiled and jumped out from the crowd, “Old man, this doesn’t seem right. Is Grandpa Song allowing someone to undermine his authority? This is not in line with Grandpa Song’s personality.”
“Young man.” The old butler raised his hand and knocked on Lin Liqiang’s head, “Are you smart? The master has said before, you deserve to be killed.”
Lin Liqiang shrank his neck and crouched quickly. The whole person seemed to have become a monkey in the jungle which dodged quickly side to side.
Pa…
The old butler’s seemingly withering dry hand came out at the speed of a tortoise, but he could still accurately chop the head of Lin Liqiang who was as agile as a monkey.
The recruits were astonished altogether. How did he hit him?
Many people were simulating: if that was them just now, they should be able to easily dodge it.
Lin Liqiang touched his forehead where he was hit and chuckled. All these years and he has never been able to dodge the old butler’s splendid hand. If his palm had exerted even just a slight force, it would have instantly broken his head off.
Qin Fen stared at the palm of the old butler’s hand and kept replaying that chop in his mind. He kept thinking with rapt attention.
After a few seconds of thinking, Qin Fen felt like a century had passed. This palm had a beneficial feeling but unlike the things he had learned before, which could be absorbed for his own use.
Arms are unable to compete against the thighs [1] at this moment. Song Jia didn’t want to make her grandfather angrier and create more irrational matters. She gradually released Qin Fen’s arms and walked to the old butler’s side as slow as a turtle while acting like a spoiled child, “Grandpa, you must protect me when we go back.”
The old butler smiled again. This time, his smile made the wrinkles on the face completely flat. It was like he became a young man in an instant. His kind face had a bit more affection for the young one. He reached out and patted Song Jia’s head, “You will break and toss my old bones apart one day.”
“I won’t.” Song Jia hugged the old butler’s arm with both hands, “Grandpa will always be healthy.”
The old butler looked at the young lady, the one he had taken care of since she was little, and shook his head, “No way, I am already old…”
Song Jia helped the old butler to get up the helicopter. When the two were very close to the helicopter cabin, the old butler stopped and turned to look at Qin Fen again. His face became serious, “Kid, you participated in recruit tournament, that is why the old master gave the military face and no challengers appeared. Now that the recruiting tournament is over, you will be busy.”
“Thank you, grandpa, for the reminder.”
Lin Liqiang watched Qin Fen bow as a junior. He didn’t call the butler his senior and his heart was secretly happy. Old Qin is also very smart. In one sentence, he narrowed the relationship between the two sides.
“Hehe.” The old butler smiled and loosened Song Jia’s aid. He came back to Qin Fen’s side, leaned in closely and whispered into Qin Fen’s ear, “Since you call me grandpa and little Jia Jia likes you, let me give you a little reminder. The one who spent a lot of money to hire the blood rank ninth and kill you is still alive. Currently living comfortably, the old master did not destroy the person who violated his regulations. You better pay more attention, that person will continue making their move.”
Qin Fen’s chin was raised subconsciously. He wanted to ask a little more about the person who hired the killer and found that the old butler’s body had already drifted back to the cabin door. Lin Liqiang waved his hand awkwardly and said goodbye. The Song family’s helicopter lifted off slowly.
Was it really the reputable leader of the Golden Triangle who had become impatient? Qin Fen felt an expanding pain on his temple. Most of the people living in the Golden Triangle eat people without spitting the bones. If it’s them, then it will be a difficult life in the future.
“Buddy!” Xue Tian took Qin Fen’s shoulder and walked to the plane, “Are you having a headache over the next challenger? Think about it, who asked you to get a girlfriend with a strong background and even had the president’s handicaps? Ai! Except for young masters of the same generation, Shang Guan Chuan Qi and Young Netherworld King, others are fine. The worst thing is that your opponent is not just them. There are people who are five or even ten years older than me can be your enemy. If only the martial artists were all younger than thirty years old…”
Xue Tian released another sigh, his face full of sympathy and sorrow, “In short, you may be busier after the recruit competition.”
Qin Fen’s mouth was filled with a bitter smile, sometimes he really didn’t understand. What did Song Jia see in him, like Lin Liqiang had said? Love was a special emotion that was completely irrational and cannot be analyzed by normal logic.
Being unable to understand this, Qin Fen no longer thought about things that were difficult to understand. He closed his eyes and recalled the old butler’s seemingly ordinary slap that could not be any less ordinary.
Path of the simple, path of the complexed.
Qin Fen remembered what the master once said, that the martial dao had countless branches. If one reached the end of the branch, one may become a top martial artist. The vile way of fighting was looked down upon by many people, but didn’t Vile King Zeng Yicheng practice until he reached the point where the gods and ghosts would have headaches upon the sight of his moves?
Soon, Qin Fen was immersed in his own spiritual world. These days when Qin Fen was fighting alone against a group, he had understood the way Little Dragon King Yang Lie, who also practiced Dragon Fist, had hidden the dragon a little. But it couldn’t really be integrated into his own fists.
If there was no real understanding of the martial arts then it cannot be integrated! A sentence from the master made Qin Fen once again simulate the battle mode of the Palm Hidden Dragon.
Palm Hidden Dragon, Palm Hidden Dragon…
Qin Fen silently recalled the private exchanges between the young martial artists of the top eight during the recruit tournament. It was not just an exchange of fists but also an exchange of conversation.
No matter what the level of science and technology society had developed, many martial artists still prefer the secretive way, using things such as the martial dao insights,
When he recalled of the young outstanding figures’ reactions when they were called that day, such as Little Dragon King Yang Lie, Qin Fen couldn’t contain longer his laughter.
“What? Exchange?”
“This… our martial arts are somewhat different, I am afraid…”
“Our war dance in Africa, if there was no African temperament…”
The initial reactions of the young martial artists, as Lin Liqiang said, were secrets.
“This is? Dragon Guard, were you using it like this? Hehe… a little different from mine…”
Yang Lie was surprised to hear that Qin Fen took the initiative to explain his reaction to the Dragon Guard for the first time.
“My understanding of the Dragon Guard is this…”
From the initial brief discussion of common martial arts to revealing their respective martial arts experience little by little, the recruit martial artists of all continents found that Qin Fen did not have any reservations when he explained his views.
In the face of such spirit, if they continue keeping their own experiences to themselves, not only would people look down on upon them, but they would also look down upon themselves. The young people’s thoughts were more open and soon, a small circle of communication was formed.
On the military plane flying to America, Yang Lie couldn’t sit still. His hands kept drawing a circle in front of him. It was the most basic form of Tai Chi fist, but it had some understanding from Qin Fen.
One circle, one circle, one circle…
Yang Lie understood the insight of Qin Fen’s explanation seriously. The surrounding American recruits looked at Yang Lie, confused, and at the same time also looked at Sky Splitter Brooks, the eight-star martial artist that was also drawing the same circle.