Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

Fearing Qin Han might say something else, he reverted to his previous playful demeanor: "Now I'm the Grand Master's personal disciple, and I, Wei Xiaobao, will protect this little courtyard! Damn it, if anyone dares to touch Auntie, I definitely won't let them get away with it!"

The faint python pattern on Qin Han's body showed no unusual reaction, indicating that every word Wei Xiaobao spoke was sincere and without any falsehood.

A thought stirred within me: although Wei Xiaobao at this time was slick and worldly, he was still loyal at heart. Befriending him when I was a child was definitely the best decision I ever made!

Looking at Wei Xiaobao's sincere face.

For this brotherhood...

Other time travelers would steal all your wives, and the ruthless ones would even kill you.

Brother, I'm not that heartless.

I'll definitely save a wife for you in the future.

We'll leave that lovable (and willful) Princess Jianning to you...

As for other women like Shuang'er, A'ke, Fang Yi, Mu Jianping, etc., you can't control the pain they bring.

Let the eldest brother shoulder all the burden...

……

half a month later.

Leigu Mountain is located within Dali.

The last rays of the setting sun shone on the six people on the mountain path.

Leading the way was a man in his thirties, with a burly build and a resolute face; he was Yao Bida, the leader of the Yellow Earth Hall of the Heaven and Earth Society.

This man walked with a steady and powerful gait, demonstrating profound lower body skills. The four people following closely behind him also had full foreheads, clearly indicating that they were all skilled fighters selected by Huangtutang.

At the end of the procession followed a young man dressed in plain clothes. He was Qin Han, who had come all the way from Yangzhou. He was not skilled in martial arts and appeared to be out of breath.

The mountain path was difficult to traverse, and they had already walked for most of the day. Although the other five people all possessed martial arts skills, with the most powerful Yao Bida being a first-rate fighter and the other four being second-rate experts, they all began to show signs of impatience as they walked for a long time.

Yao Bida stopped, signaling everyone to rest. He took a sip of water from his waist, wiped his mouth casually with the back of his hand, and said seemingly casually, "Brother Qin, you seem to be quite sturdy, able to walk this far with us. Since you're so eager to venture into the martial world, why didn't you learn some martial arts to protect yourself when you were young?"

These words sounded like concern, but there was a hidden contempt and dissatisfaction in the tone.

As a high-ranking leader with hundreds of brothers under his command, he was a well-known figure in Henan. Moreover, in his opinion, this kid had only saved the Grand Master Chen Jinnan by chance, and as a result, he had his group escort him for more than half a month.

This task already seemed like a waste of Yao Bida's talents, but who knew that entering Leigu Mountain would be like entering a maze, and the group wandered around like headless flies for another two days!

Every day they searched from sunrise to sunset, and apart from rocks, weeds, and trees, they didn't see a single decent animal. The weirdest thing was that no matter which way they went, they would always inexplicably end up back in the valley where they started!

Yao Bida's patience had long been worn down by the two days of futile efforts. If it weren't for the orders from the Grand Master, he would have quit long ago!

Traveling for more than ten days was frustrating enough, but after wandering around in this awful forest for two days, I couldn't help but utter a few disdainful remarks.

The meaning is simple: you're a grown man who doesn't even know a little bit of martial arts, yet you try to roam the martial world like others. You're a joke. If it weren't for the protection of the Huangtu Hall people, you would probably be chopped into mincemeat by bandits on the road as soon as you leave Yangzhou.

Qin Han naturally sensed the barb in Yao Bida's words, but he didn't show any anger. Instead, he wore a helpless expression. "There was nothing I could do. When I was a child, my family was poor. It was just my mother and me. We had trouble even feeding ourselves, let alone having extra money to send my child to a martial arts school to learn kung fu."

His voice was full of helplessness, but this is the epitome of millions of ordinary people. The poor study literature, the rich practice martial arts. If you don't have money, what are you going to do to practice martial arts!

Which martial arts school, big or small, in Yangzhou doesn't openly charge tuition fees?

Even if you want to go to a prestigious sect like Shaolin or Wudang, you need to have your own travel expenses, as well as prepare a considerable amount of money for apprenticeship and incense offerings. Otherwise, why would they teach you for free?

I've thought about learning martial arts, but reality is just that cruel.

Even if you are exceptionally talented, have extraordinary physique, and are a martial arts prodigy who is one in a million, you still need to have money to eat and money to find a master first!

If everyone who was struggling to survive could turn to martial arts, then where would all the refugees and beggars in the world come from?

Why don't we all just stop farming and working, and go to Shaolin Temple, Wudang Mountain, and all the other martial arts sects to learn martial arts? They'll provide food and lodging, and after we learn, we can become great heroes. Wouldn't that be awesome?!

However, in reality, martial arts manuals are firmly controlled by major sects and powerful families of the imperial court, making it no easier for ordinary people to access them than it would take ten years of hard study.

Qin Han once tried to recreate modern soap, and he succeeded in making it, with surprisingly good results!

Just two days after the sale, Qing Dynasty officials broke into his house that night and accused him of spreading heresy and creating strange and frivolous skills. They not only confiscated all his money, but also almost threw him into jail!

I've understood since then that without strength and influence in this world, no matter how many brilliant ideas you have, you're just doing the work for someone else!

If you dare to make money today, someone will dare to ruin your family tomorrow!

Qin Han actually knew of quite a few places with potential opportunities.

For example, in Wuliang Mountain in Dali, the Beiming Divine Skill and Lingbo Weibu in that cave are arguably one of the best opportunities to obtain them. As long as you can find that place, you can go down and get the divine skill manual.

But first, one must be able to travel safely from Yangzhou to Wuliang Mountain in Dali.

Take this time for example. With Yao Bida and other experts from the Heaven and Earth Society escorting them, they encountered more than a dozen robberies, large and small, along the way from Yangzhou to Henan.

There were bandits who ruled the mountains, outlaws who robbed people on the road, and even some evil henchmen. Although Yao Bida and his men dealt with them all, it was enough to show how dangerous this chaotic world of martial arts was.

If I had traveled alone, I would probably have become a skeleton in the wilderness long ago.

Secondly, even if you arrive at the foot of Wuliang Mountain unharmed, you still need to find a way to join the Wuliang Sword Sect. It costs money to become a disciple, it costs money to learn martial arts, and it costs money everywhere!

But if an ordinary person has too much money...

That would invite trouble.

Even if you manage to sneak in, find the cave, and get the manual, you still need to have the comprehension to understand what's written in the manual!

Take Lingbo Weibu for example. It is a light-body skill based on the directions of the Eight Trigrams in the Book of Changes. If you don't understand the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, or Qimen Dunjia, even if you are given the secret manual, it won't be of any use to you!