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Chapter 76 The Harmony of Hearts! The Reason for the Armless Man! (Please Read and Vote)

The next day.

The thieves are very efficient; they're truly in the business.

Having prepared the message early in the morning, Chen Zhan tossed Li Yao a gold ingot. Li Yao asked, "Master Chen, is there one more thing?"

Chen Zhan laughed and said, "Let's wait a while. I'm not ready yet."

"Okay, just let me know if you need anything."

Seeing Chen Zhan leave, Li Yao, whose relationship had shifted from hostility to cooperation, immediately lost all fear.

They have money and power.

It's perfectly normal to get a beating if you strike first; in this day and age, many people become friends after a fight.

Li Yao returned to the courtyard with the gold. Chen Zhan and Ye Ningzhen followed the map, walking from the south of the city through countless streets until they reached the north of the city.

Fengtian City is larger than Tianjin City, but has fewer people.

The old city is in the east, centered around Shengjing Fangcheng. The Grand Marshal's Mansion, Minxing Society, and most martial arts schools, including the Bagua Gate of the Gong family, are all located in the east city, which is very prosperous.

The Japanese consulate was located in Xicheng, with Fengtian Station at its core, occupying a key position in railway transportation. It was Japan's most important stronghold in the Northeast region. The South Manchuria Railway Research Department, the Sino-Japanese Friendship Association, and even the Black Dragon Society were all nearby, protecting the headquarters where Tanaka Taro was located.

The area where east and west meet is a commercial port.

The north and south sides are slums, very desolate, with few people and many dilapidated and collapsed houses.

After several twists and turns, the two of them, looking at the map, walked into a dilapidated old alley.

Finally, we found a small courtyard with weeds growing on both sides. A broken wooden sign hung at the entrance, hanging askew and the words were scratched and blurred, but we could vaguely make out the words "Heart and Mind in Harmony".

"Is this still a boxing gym?" Ye Ningzhen said speechlessly.

Xingyiquan is also called Xinyiquan, Xinyi Liuhequan, or Xinyi Muquan.

The martial arts schools of the Wumen are different from those of the Thieves' School. The latter operate on the sidelines and engage in illegal business, so naturally they need to be secluded and hidden.

You have a martial arts school that teaches boxing and training, and also provides escort services and protection.
Wouldn't that mean starving to death?
"It's alright, they won't starve now that I'm here."

Chen Zhan's gate was not closed. The courtyard was only one entrance, very spacious, and overgrown with weeds.

Looking straight ahead, a few meters away, there is a screen wall. You can see blue bricks laid out on the ground in front and behind, and you can hear faint sounds.

They were so engrossed in their practice that they didn't notice the uninvited guest.

Turning past the screen wall, I saw a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, intently "walking in circles".

The blue bricks on the ground stood upright, arranged in a large circle, and the boy carried two bags filled with sand, weighing about thirty or forty pounds.

Yet it can walk steadily on the blue bricks, and with each step it takes, the blue bricks standing under its feet remain completely still.

When Chen Zhan approached, the boy naturally saw him and was startled. He swayed, jumped off the blue bricks, and stood firmly.

"Hey, what are you doing, barging into someone's yard all by yourself?" The boy had red lips and white teeth, white hair from training, and an extremely stable stance.

"Is Grandpa Tian here?" Chen Zhan asked.

"Huh? You know my grandpa? Grandpa, someone's looking for you!" The boy didn't want to stay with Chen Zhan any longer; he was shy and ran inside, calling out as he went.

There were three brick rooms inside, and an old man walked out from the middle.

Chen Zhan's eyesight showed that he wasn't very old, only in his fifties, but he looked frail and old, with gray hair, eyebrows, and beard, and cloudy eyes.

Not blind, just without a god.

And the old man! His sleeves were completely empty!
Armless!

Chen Zhan's gaze also froze, not expecting that Liu Lanqi's top disciple, Old Master Tian Jingjie, had ended up in such a miserable state.

Realizing what was happening, Chen Zhan quickly stepped forward, clasped his hands in a disciple's salute, and said, "Greetings, Master Tian."

Tian Jingjie was taken aback, wondering where the two men and women who were performing the disciple's salute had come from; the man was handsome and the woman was beautiful.

At this moment, Chen Zhan did not perform the Bone Transformation Technique, seeing that he would not be wary of such an old senior.

"You two? From which lineage do you begin to follow the etiquette of disciples?" Chen Zhan and Ye Ningzhen quickly explained, one starting from Guo Yunshen and the other from Cheng Tinghua.

Tian Jingjie is Liu Lanqi's apprentice, and Liu Lanqi is the first apprentice of Master Lao Neng, the founder of Xingyi Quan. Master Lao Neng had eight disciples, with Liu Lanqi being the eldest and Guo Yunshen the third.

Guo Yunshen and Liu Lanqi are fellow disciples, and Guo Yunshen is Tian Jingjie's senior master.

Li Cunyi was Liu Lanqi's eldest disciple and Tian Jingjie's senior brother. Li Cunyi was also a teacher and friend of Cheng Tinghua.

The Xingyi School and the Bagua School are very close, like family or brothers.

This relationship may seem complicated, but it's actually quite simple. In the end, Tian Jingjie is of the grandmaster generation, and there's no mistake about that.

The two of them calling him Grandpa Tian or Patriarch Tian is perfectly appropriate.

Tian Jingjie didn't disbelieve it.

His eyesight revealed Chen Zhan's skill at a glance: returning to simplicity and achieving wholeness, surpassing even his own skill when he lost an arm in his youth—that was the mark of a master of transforming internal energy!

It's unnecessary for a master of internal energy to come to a decrepit old man's door and swindle him.

After listening to the two people's introductions, Tian Jingjie recalled his youth, when he was full of vigor and ambition, but now he had ended up like this. His cloudy eyes regained some light and then dimmed again.

"Come in and talk," the old man said.

Turning around and entering the hall, the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy had already prepared hot water, but there was no tea.

The interior was also very simple, with old and worn-out tables and chairs.

Chen Zhan sat down, and Tian Jingjie got straight to the point: "My place is hard to find, it's remote and winding. What brings you here?"

Tian Jingjie spoke in a calm tone, as if she didn't want to talk any further and wanted the two of them to leave quickly.

Chen Zhan naturally understood the other party's meaning and went straight to the point: "Old Tian, ​​I have a few important things to do in Fengtian, and you have to help me."

Tian Jingjie was already impatient, and now he was even more annoyed. He snorted and said, "I'm in this state, why should I help you? You'd be better off helping me with my funeral."

“Sure, I’ll take care of everything from Old Master Tian’s passing, funeral procession, banner raising, and music and fanfare.”

Chen Zhan didn't hesitate; he could naturally tell that Tian Jingjie didn't have much time left.

Tian Jingjie fell silent for a moment.

"Xiao Zhe, go outside and practice your skills first."

Without hesitation, Tian Zhe turned and left.

Tian Jingjie then asked, "Kid, what exactly do you want?"

Chen Zhan shook his head and asked, "How did Old Tian lose both his arms?"

"He was ambushed while fighting someone."

"Just that?"

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Tian Jingjie remained silent for a long time before meeting Chen Zhan's gaze. She could only see sincerity in Chen Zhan's eyes, without any impurities.

"About a year ago, after the martial arts competition that day, we were ambushed and killed by the Black Dragon Society in a dark alley. My eight disciples and I fought desperately to protect Xiao Zhe and escape. I lost both arms, seven of my eight disciples died, and the remaining one wrote a letter and was sent to the south for medical treatment."

"The Liuhe Boxing Gym has also fallen on hard times, leaving only my grandfather and grandson, barely clinging to life! Cough cough cough."

A year has passed, and I still can't contain my excitement when I talk about it now, and I don't know where things went wrong.
The Japanese are unreasonable, but he had not offended them; this was an undeserved disaster.

Furthermore, his private sparring sessions with Fanzi Laoqi and Chuojiao Laowu were not revealed to outsiders; it is perfectly normal for martial arts practitioners to spar in private.

He was unwilling to entertain Chen Zhan and his companion because he was afraid they would be implicated.

"Where will the martial arts competition take place?" Chen Zhan asked.

"In the old town, Hao Mingqi's Fanzi Boxing Gym," Tian Jingjie said.

Chen Zhan's next words struck Tian Jingjie like a thunderbolt!
"That matches up; those two had already defected to the Japanese!"

(End of this chapter)