From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

"Get up, Mancang, take them with you," Zhang Yu said.

"Yes, Master!"

Zhang Yu did not take the carriage again, but walked towards the south of the city, familiarizing himself with the environment of Cangmang City as he went.

Chu Qingwen stayed by his side, explaining the power distribution in Cangmang City to him at any time.

This place is ruled by six gangs of varying sizes. The largest gang is the Ghost Alliance, whose leader is a martial artist with superb Ghost Claw skills.

The second largest gang is the Big Knife Gang, whose leader is at the half-step Transformation Realm and whose Thirty-Six Styles of Mountain-Splitting Knife Technique are extremely fierce.

The third largest gang is the Black Tiger Gang. Its leader is at the peak of Dark Force and has perfected the Black Tiger Fist, a third-rate martial art.

Niu Mancang and Li Yue are taking care of 13 children, the youngest of whom is three years old and the oldest is only six.

Wen Hua, Zhao Dun, and Xia Shuang followed the group with great curiosity, observing Zhang Yu and the others.

They were puzzled as to why there were so many children.

"Boss, are they kidnapping kids? Should we run?" Zhao Dun whispered to Wen Hua.

"Don't talk nonsense. Look at these children, they are all full of energy and dressed in clean and decent clothes. If it were child abduction, these children would definitely have dull eyes and be skin and bones," Wen Hua said.

He observed very carefully.

Li Yue overheard their conversation and angrily said, "Hmph, these children are orphans adopted by my master. They are all children of refugees. Without my master, they would have starved to death long ago."

In Li Yue's heart, Zhang Yu was the best person in the world, and she would never allow anyone to speak ill of him.

"Miss, my brother misspoke. I apologize on his behalf," Wen Hua hurriedly said, cupping her hands in greeting.

"Hmph!" Li Yue snorted and didn't pursue the matter further.

Wen Hua was really eager to understand Zhang Yu. Just now, Zhang Yu had only asked them if they wanted to learn martial arts, without saying that he would teach them. At this moment, he was filled with anxiety.

Seeing that Li Yue was young, he tried to get some information out of her: "This young lady is composed and elegant; she must be from a prominent family, right?"

"I'm not a young lady..." After being praised a few times, 13-year-old Li Yue said everything she should and shouldn't have said.

Wen Hua gained a general understanding of Zhang Yu.

As Zhang Yu and his group were walking, a group of people wearing clothes with tiger heads printed on the front blocked their way.

The leader was a burly man with a strong, muscular build and a fierce look on his face.

"Did you kill Huang Biao?"

The man stared at Zhang Yu with a menacing aura.

Upon seeing this man, Wen Hua hurriedly ran to Zhang Yu's side: "Young Master, this man is called Qian Yong, the vice leader of the Black Tiger Gang. I've heard he's a master of internal strength."

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, looking at Qian Yong with cold eyes, and said only one word: "Get lost!"

"You've got guts, you're quite handsome. I'm going to try something different today. I hope you'll still be so stubborn when I catch you, hahaha..." Qian Yong laughed wildly.

He didn't take Zhang Yu seriously at all.

Zhang Yu looked fair-skinned and had the appearance of a young master, but his qi and blood fluctuations were only at the Ming Jin level.

Seeing Qian Yong laughing and the onlookers, Zhang Yu moved swiftly and appeared in front of him, coldly saying, "You can go die now."

Upon arriving in Cangmang City, he wanted to establish his authority, so he didn't test him. Instead, he immediately unleashed a powerful hidden attack—the Great Avalanche—using the Shattering Stone Fist!

He punched straight into the opponent's chest.

"Good!" Qian Yong roared and launched a tiger claw attack, confident that he could knock Zhang Yu down.

boom!

Click!

The tiger claw collided with Zhang Yu's fist, and the powerful force instantly shattered Qian Yong's Black Tiger Hidden Skill. Then, one could hear his bones cracking and popping inch by inch.

Then, with a bang, half of his body exploded due to the powerful shattering force.

Bone and flesh were torn apart inch by inch.

Ahh...

Half of his body exploded into minced meat, but Qian Yong wasn't quite dead yet. His eyes widened in terror, and he screamed in a frenzy.

After calling out a few times, the remaining half of its body collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

hiss……

The streets of Zhuque were now packed with people. Seeing Qian Yong killed in one move, the once noisy street fell silent for a moment.

All that remained were the sounds of gasps for breath.

hiss……

"Who is this person? He's incredibly fierce. Qian Yong, the vice leader of the Black Tiger Gang, was killed in one move."

"I don't recognize him. His face looks unfamiliar. He must have just arrived in our Cangmang City."

"Another ruthless person has arrived in Cangmang City. We're in for a good show."

……

Wen Hua was stunned by what she saw, her mouth agape. Zhao Dun and Xia Shuang next to her also showed the same expression.

That was Qian Yong, the vice leader of the Black Tiger Gang, a master of internal strength, who was like a god to them, yet he died in one move.

"Am I dreaming?" Zhao Dun asked blankly.

"It's not a dream, Qian Yong is dead." Xia Shuang, who was usually calm, spoke with a slight tremor.

Looking at the three people's shocked and stunned expressions, Li Yue raised her head and said proudly, "What's a mere Dark Force martial artist? My master can even kill a Grandmaster of Transformation Force in one move."

"Really? Can we become her disciples?" Wen Hua asked Li Yue expectantly.

"I don't know. Since Master saved you, he should teach you, right?" Li Yue said.

"Great!" Wen Hua and the other two were overjoyed.

Zhang Yu killed Qian Yong in one move, and the remaining dozen or so Black Tiger Gang members were terrified. Their legs began to tremble uncontrollably as Zhang Yu's gaze swept over them.

"Go back and tell your gang leader that I will personally visit the Black Tiger Gang tomorrow. Now you can get out of here," Zhang Yu said coldly.

Whoops!

Upon hearing that they could leave, they took off running.

As for Qian Yong's body, no one dared to come and collect it, because Niu Mancang was touching the corpse.

"Master, he only had a few taels of loose silver on him," Niu Mancang said to Zhang Yu after he finished examining the corpse.

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, feeling a surge of frustration: "Poor bastard, and he calls himself the deputy gang leader? Tomorrow I'll go to Black Tiger Gang and extort a sum of money from them. If I can't satisfy them, then there's no point in Black Tiger Gang existing."

On that day, Zhang Yu's instant kill of Qian Yong, the vice leader of the Black Tiger Gang, with a single punch on Zhuque Street became the biggest news in Cangmang City, with all the major gangs and ordinary people talking about it.

Zhang Yu and his group had already arrived at the Chu family's second courtyard in Cangmang City.

Niu Mancang and Li Yue were busy cooking, tidying up the house, and arranging rooms for the children. Chu Qingwen went to contact the manager of the Chu family's branch in Cangmang City.

Zhang Yu called Wen Hua and the other two to his side.

thump!

Upon seeing Zhang Yu, Wen Hua immediately knelt down again and kowtowed three times.

"Please accept me as your disciple, young master. I wish to learn martial arts."

He really, really wanted to learn martial arts; he'd wanted to since he was five years old.

"Why should I take you in?" Zhang Yu asked Wen Hua.

He really wanted to take Wen Hua in, otherwise he wouldn't have saved him, but that didn't mean he could easily agree to the other party's request.

Things that are too easily obtained are not cherished.

"I..." Wen Hua looked up at Zhang Yu, wanting to say a lot, but suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have any particularly outstanding strengths.

"I am willing to die for you, my lord."

"I can do anything for you, young master."

"I……"

Zhang Yu interrupted him: "Who else is in your families?"

"The three of us lived with our mother. Our father went into the mountains to collect herbs when we were very young and never came back," Wen Hua said.

The three of them had similar experiences, so they played together since childhood and grew up together.

"Today I killed the Black Tiger Gang members, so they won't dare come after me. They might retaliate against your families. Now go home and bring your mothers here. I just arrived in Cangmang City and need a few women to help with cleaning and cooking. They'll pay you one tael of silver a month, including room and board," Zhang Yu said calmly.

"Ah!" A huge surprise filled the hearts of Wen Hua and the other two.

This was the first time they had felt kindness and warmth from strangers.