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Chapter 75 The Heart Towards Martial Arts

Why?

In the courtyard, Qin Xian'er slumped on the ground, staring blankly at the sky, while Qin Wudao's headless corpse lay not far from her.

The scene before her eyes felt like a dream. She couldn't believe that Qin Wudao, who had already cultivated to the level of Martial Saint Divine Transformation and whose fist intent could sever the soul, would die at the hands of Chu Ming, who had once been unremarkable.

She kept repeating the question "why," as if she were asking herself, or perhaps asking Chu Ming.

"Because you don't have a heart for martial arts!"

As Chu Ming spoke, he left the courtyard without hesitation.

He has already cultivated his Qi and blood to the point of pure Yang and killed Qin Wudao. Now it's time for him to comprehend the highest realm of martial arts mythology.

Shortly after Chu Ming left, groups of people arrived at the place where Chu Ming had lived, but they found nothing of any use.

……

"Qin Wudao, formerly the senior disciple of the Thunder Department in the martial arts world, and a Thunder Department general of the evil Heavenly Court in the underworld, assassinated the Japanese Emperor half a year ago and is wanted by thirteen countries!"

"He died just five hours ago. The one who killed him was his former junior brother, Chu Ming."

"Chu Ming, a former disciple of the Thunder Department in the martial arts world, went missing three years ago. Just five hours ago, he killed Qin Wudao in his own residence."

"These are photos from the scene."

In a conference room, a spirited young man in his twenties was giving a report, while a large screen displayed Qin Wudao's headless corpse lying on the ground.

"So this is a feud between gangsters?!"

A middle-aged man in his forties chimed in.

"Sir, it's not wrong to call this a feud between gangsters, but the key issue isn't the incident itself, but rather the identity of the deceased."

"The Heavenly Court, this evil force, has always been on our key monitoring list. In the past three years, many terrorist activities around the world have been linked to them."

"It's just that this organization is lurking in the shadows, making it impossible for us to find them!"

The young people responded.

"The Heavenly Court, how arrogant!"

The middle-aged leader frowned slightly.

In many Chinese legends, the Heavenly Court has always been a supreme being, and the name Heavenly Court is undoubtedly taboo.

"The other party is so arrogant, there must be a reason for it!" Just then, a powerful, thunderous voice rang out in the conference room.

Immediately afterwards, a man who looked to be in his thirties, tall and imposing like an iron tower, exuding energy with every gesture, opened the conference room door.

"Old Li, I don't know what the higher-ups were thinking, letting an outsider like you handle this case!"

"Lei Qianjun, watch your voice! I am the person in charge of this case!"

Li Aiguo frowned.

"So what if you're the highest-ranking official? You don't practice martial arts, you're not a martial artist, so how could you understand the power of martial arts? This matter is best left unresolved, otherwise your life may be in danger!"

"Those above have lost their minds, treating this as a mere江湖 (jianghu, martial arts world) feud. Your authority is far too low; you have no idea how terrifying the Heavenly Court is!"

Lei Qianjun said solemnly.

"With the power of the nation, why would we fear a group of terrorists?!" Li Aiguo said righteously. In his view, the power of the nation is immense, capable of overturning rivers and seas and reaching the heavens and the earth. What is a mere group of terrorists?

Compared to the nation's airplanes, tanks, artillery, and missiles, they are nothing but paper tigers.

No matter how high your martial arts skills are, even if you can withstand bullets with your bare body, can you withstand missiles?!

"The power of a nation is immense; it can overturn rivers and seas, move mountains and create land. If it really wants to exert its strength, it can flatten a mountain in two or three days. But a nation itself is composed of individuals. The former emperor of Japan was assassinated by Qin Wudao just half a year ago, and there are more than one person like Qin Wudao in that evil organization!"

"Not only that, the leader of that evil organization is more than ten times more powerful than Qin Wudao, and is known as a martial arts legend. If the leader of that evil organization wants to kill, who can stop him?!"

"Of course, it's not impossible for a nation to eliminate the enemy at all costs, but the price would be far too high!"

Lei Qianjun shook his head.

"Old Li, you're not from the martial arts world, so you don't know how powerful martial arts legends are. These people are practically like the immortals on land described in ancient biographies."

"You should have heard about the God-Slaying Project two years ago, given your level of authority. Now I'm not afraid to tell you, the target of that project was a martial arts legend as the hypothetical enemy. Based on the data we had, we concluded that the only way to deal with such a person was to trap them in one place and then bombard them with missiles. Only then would there be any chance of eliminating them!"

"I've already reported the matter, and instructions should come down soon. If I hadn't discovered it early, things would have been very troublesome later!"

"That Chu Ming was able to kill Qin Wudao, and he himself has a grudge against Qin Wudao. Can we absorb him into our ranks?" Li Aiguo asked.

"This is something we can give a try!" Lei Qianjun said.

……

After leaving the courtyard, Chu Ming headed west.

Walking on the earth, Chu Ming opened his mind and tried to understand the spirit hidden in the earth.

The world is inherently natural, but humans have left countless traces on it, opening up mountains, building roads, digging rivers, constructing bridges, moving mountains and filling seas, gradually transforming the desolate world into a human realm.

Chu Ming traveled along the Yangtze River, his mind clear, constantly sensing the traces left by humankind in the world from the past to the present.

These people have passed away, but their traces remain, and these traces contain the spirit of humanity!

"Reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles, my martial arts are about survival. That's something etched into human history and human genes. Although I've come to understand this, my martial arts are actually empty. Too much of it exists only in my imagination, not in reality. That's why my fist intent can never reach the realm of divine fist intent!"

Chu Ming sensed the various aspects of the world, embracing the heavens, earth, mountains, rivers, and the spirit of humanity in his heart, while pondering some things.

Although his martial arts skills were rapidly developed thanks to the system panel, and the martial arts competition, coupled with a little golden source point, allowed him to integrate the essence of a civilization's martial arts, he himself had never seen the world or the human world, and always lacked that kind of profound emotion that originated from the deepest part of his heart.

Fortunately, Chu Ming had found his way, so he set out and prepared to travel across the land, using the human spirit of survival that humanity embodies in the world to refine his mind and enrich his martial arts.

This will be a journey of seeking the Dao, a mythical path belonging to Chu Ming himself, a solitary pilgrimage, a solitary transformation.

When the glamour fades, that will be the time when he becomes a legend!

(End of this chapter)