Quickly conquer the martial arts world, and let your fists dominate the heavens!

Chapter 169 It's Time to Kill
Yang Yuanting's straightforward admission of defeat left everyone present somewhat stunned.

Losing is losing, but losing all your spirit is truly rare.

This roughly means that you'll never have a chance to beat Chen Zhan in this lifetime, so if you come to take revenge, the Yang family will be at your mercy.

I'm really discouraged.

The disciples in the sect also couldn't understand how their master lost. They couldn't even catch the simple, casually thrown Beng Quan. And since he had already lost, why did he have to boost the morale of the others like this?

"Master, our Tai Chi School isn't..."

"Shut up, you have no right to speak."

Yang Yuanting's eldest disciple was about to speak when he was rebuked and asked to bring up the elders inside the gate.

Do you understand what "embracing the elixir" means?

Do you understand what it means to "embrace the elixir" before the age of thirty?
Damn it, he's looking for death.

Are you really not afraid that people will come knocking on your door and beat all the old folks to death?

Chen Zhan nodded. The reason he held back was partly because he didn't want to kill anyone at the Bagua Gate. He wasn't afraid of making enemies, and Zhao Hongbao still needed to be stationed in Beiping. There was no need to offend the local tyrant.

On the other hand, Yang Yuanting had no say in matters concerning the Tai Chi School.

He is nominally the head of the Yang-style Tai Chi school, but the Yang-style Tai Chi family is large, with elders and a patriarch. He is not yet forty years old and cannot be the patriarch.

Chen Zhan strode into the center and immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

He said calmly:

"No need to thank me for holding back. Your Yang-style Tai Chi school is neither an exception nor the only one. I will go through all thirteen martial arts schools in the capital one by one. The capital is a deep place, but I will explore it thoroughly, no matter how many turtles or giant tortoises are in the pool."

“They must all be pulled out and their muddy roots pulled out, and they must all be made to grovel and submit.”

"A hundred years ago, Tai Chi master Yang Wudi dominated the capital; a hundred years later, it's my turn to be Xingyi master Chen Wudi."

This was planned long ago; informing the Tai Chi Men members was simply to let them prepare.

He didn't speak with great passion, but simply stated his goals calmly, like a traveler recounting his experiences along the way.

After Chen Zhan finished speaking, he signaled that the Tai Chi Sect members could leave.

Yang Yuanting, with a deep gaze, was helped away by his disciple.

The rest of the Shuncheng Bagua Sect members are all their own people. Although Chen Zhan is from the Xingyi Sect, the two families are too close. Whether you count Sun Lutang or Li Cunyi, they are as close as brothers.

Li Cunyi and Cheng Tinghua had been sworn brothers for many years.

According to this generational ranking, Chen Zhan should be of the same generation as Zhao Hongbao, and one generation older than Ye Ningzhen and the other two.

However, according to Sun Lutang's claim that he was Cheng Tinghua's apprentice, Chen Zhan was a generation younger.

Now that Chen Zhan has become Tian Jingjie's disciple, we must start from Li Cunyi's side.

Zhao Hongbao invited everyone into the house, saying that since it was evening, they would definitely stay for dinner.

In the kitchen behind the hall, food was being prepared. Bai Wu and Little Fox were taken away by Zhao Hongbao's apprentice to visit the martial arts school. When they arrived, they peeked around curiously, and their identities were those of Chen Zhan's apprentices.

He was mentored by a younger apprentice of the same age and was very enthusiastic.

Everyone could see that Chen Zhan was of high status and even higher martial arts skills. His own master treated him with great respect, so how could he not treat his disciple with enthusiasm?

Chen Zhan, Ye Ningzhen, and their two sisters, along with Zhao Hongbao, were talking in the inner hall.

"You guys caused such a big incident in Northeast China?"

"Tanaka Taro died, and the Japanese didn't retaliate like madmen. Instead, they blocked the news and chose to endure it."

After Ye Ningzhen finished speaking, Li Qingsu said incredulously.

"The Japanese have lost face this time. Although they don't care about face, they do care about national confidence. Japan is a small country and relies entirely on the unity of the people. If this news gets out, the radicals will certainly be furious, but the conservatives may back down."

"And most importantly, accidents are not what they want to see."

Chen Zhan's last sentence was ambiguous and left people confused.

In fact, he had considered this before he took action. The Japanese would probably block the news, investigate secretly, and carry out assassinations and sneak attacks, but would never make a big fuss about it.

For a very simple reason, the Japanese always planned to launch a surprise attack whenever they wanted to start a war, catching the enemy off guard and prioritizing speed.

They aim to achieve the greatest results as quickly as possible.

The Japanese were able to occupy the entire Northeast region in four months after the incident, partly because the Northeast Army did not resist, and partly because they caught the enemy off guard.

The ultimate plan could not be changed, and in order to prevent the people and soldiers of Northeast China from having time to prepare, the Japanese had no choice but to swallow their anger.

He switched to a covert investigation and retaliation. "Sigh, as long as he comes back safely, that's good. The Northeast is really too chaotic," Zhao Hongbao sighed.

Compared to Beijing today, the Northeast was in complete chaos, with Japanese, the Nationalist government, the Northeast Army, and even various bandits and horse bandits arbitrarily hijacking cars.

Zhao Hongbao also had contact with Gong Shu and knew how complicated the situation in Fengtian was.

Having finished discussing the Northeast, let's turn to Beijing.

Ye Ningzhen asked, "What's the situation with the Golden Pavilion in the capital? Has it slipped out of our control?"

Li Qingsu and Ruan Zhi had learned about this beforehand, and their expressions were grim, but they remained silent. Zhao Hongbao was in charge of the capital, so it was his turn to speak.

"Alas, this is my incompetence. The pie in the capital is too big. I can't control the other martial arts schools, nor can I prevent the martial arts community from splitting up. Money can corrupt people's hearts. It's easy to suffer together, but difficult to enjoy the rewards together."

Zhao Hongbao explained the current situation in detail.

"When the Golden Pavilion was first established ten years ago, it was managed by five veteran forces from the martial arts world."

"Cheng-style Bagua is one of them. The other four are Simin Martial Arts Society, Yanzhao Chaquan School, Hongbang and Huanglian Sect."

"But over the past ten years, Jinlou has taken in homeless people and wandering prostitutes from all over the country, teaching them martial arts, music, chess, calligraphy and painting. With each skill they acquire, they have quickly grown and expanded. Now, the profits are too great, and we have been squeezed out."

After listening, Chen Zhan and Ye Ningzhen roughly understood.

"I heard that the Golden Pavilion has started serving opium now?" Li Qingsu said casually, which made Chen Zhan's heart fill with murderous intent.

"really?"

Ye Ningzhen narrowed her eyes slightly. Smoking and selling opium was something the Nationalist government had policies for, but there were always ways to circumvent them. If Jinlou was involved in this, it meant that someone was colluding with officials and businessmen to do this immoral business.

They could circumvent the policies of the Beiping government.

But the rules of the martial arts school clearly stated that anyone who touches this thing should be killed by everyone!
It's not 1840 anymore; almost a century has passed. Don't people know the dangers of opium?
Li Qingsu nodded and said, "Seven days ago, I went in disguise and checked. It didn't take much effort; it was very blatant. They were smoking!"

"Second sister, when did you go? Why didn't you bring any?"

Before Ruan Zhi could finish speaking, she noticed Ye Ningzhen's murderous gaze and swallowed the rest of her sentence.

"They've already made it so blatantly. It seems they're confident and fearless. They've been doing this for a long time," Chen Zhan said calmly.

Only Ye Ningzhen could hear the murderous intent in Chen Zhan's tone.

"Why hasn't anyone mentioned this?"

Ye Ningzhen is right, why did it take so long to say this?

Even if her tone changed, Zhao Hongbao should still have known something, even if he was ostracized.

Zhao Hongbao knew he hadn't done a good job and felt guilty. He stood up and said:

“There was absolutely no one smoking opium before. In the past two years, there have been too many things happening at the martial arts school. You have been here for a month, and you should have seen that there have been ten attacks on the school in that month. In addition, various gangs in our jurisdiction have been seizing territory, extorting protection money, and injuring merchants.”

"I'm stretched thin here, mainly because I don't have any disciples who can stand on their own. If Qing Su hadn't intervened, we would have lost all three matches."

Li Qingsu and Ruan Zhi nodded, indicating that Uncle Hongbao was right.

"Ten times a month is not normal; it must be targeting us," Ye Ningzhen said with a smile.

"That's right, but this kind of targeting is reasonable and unavoidable. If you open your door to teach, can you refuse if someone challenges you? How will you take on disciples in the future if you don't?"

Chen Zhan understood.

Zhao Hongbao seemed to be shirking responsibility. No matter how busy he was, or how busy he was, he couldn't possibly have time to write a letter?

He stood up, walked to Zhao Hongbao's side, and asked calmly, "Brother Zhao, are you sure our Bagua Sect didn't get involved in the Golden Pavilion incident?"

Zhao Hongbao was taken aback, looking at Chen Zhan with a somewhat evasive gaze.

Calming himself down, he realized Chen Zhan was referring to providing opium, and replied, "Absolutely not!"

Chen Zhan patted him on the shoulder, "That's good. Without our people, things will be much easier."

After speaking, Chen Zhan returned to his seat, drank his tea, and no longer participated in the conversation.

Ye Ningzhen knew that Chen Zhan already had a plan, so she changed the subject and took the initiative to talk about things in the south, and chatted for a while.

Not long after, a disciple came in to announce that it was time for a meal.

After dinner, Zhao Hongbao seemed absent-minded and preoccupied, and didn't suggest that the others stay overnight.

The group didn't linger and left immediately.

It's time to kill him.

(End of this chapter)