Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

Instead of gambling on opportunities with low success rates and full of variables, it's better to put all your eggs in one basket!

I spent ten years in Yangzhou and had ten years of bad luck. Although it was just some minor bad luck, it was still ten years of misfortune!

Ten years of accumulated good luck have finally brought the python pattern on my body to its full extent. Ten years of good luck, all in Leigushan!

As long as you can obtain this opportunity from Wu Yazi, you can go from an ordinary person who is powerless to become a top master in the martial arts world!

By then, where in the world will be beyond our reach?

Only then can one realize their own ambitions!

Just as Qin Han was lost in thought, a man from Huangtutang couldn't hold back any longer. With a bitter expression, he said to Yao Bida and Qin Han, "Master Yao, Brother Qin, it's getting dark. I think we're going to miss the Deaf and Mute Valley again today. How about... how about we go down the mountain and rest at the inn for the night? We can come back tomorrow?"

"Yes," another man who looked quite clever chimed in, "there must be plenty of poisonous insects and rodents in these mountains at night. We've been wandering around this wretched place for two days and haven't found a single one. I bet some kind of magical formation has been set up here by a master. Shall we go find someone with expertise in this area tomorrow to break it?"

They soon returned to the mountain valley where they had started. Looking at the familiar scenery, the bitterness on the faces of the men around Yao Bida deepened. The four of them had come to follow Yao Xiangzhu to do important things, not to be laborers and accompany this kid wandering aimlessly in this desolate wilderness.

Qin Han's gaze swept across the faces of these people, knowing that they had reached their limit of patience.

He only told them that his purpose in coming to Leigu Mountain was to find the Valley of the Deaf and Mute, also known as the Valley of the Deaf and Mute. He didn't reveal a word about what he wanted to do there, and they didn't ask anyway.

Although Yao Bida and his men were ordered by Chen Jinnan to escort him, they were essentially bodyguards. The five of them had been wandering around the mountain with him for two days without finding anything, so it was understandable that their patience was worn out.

Seeing that Yao Bida's face also showed some irritation, Qin Han bowed to Yao Bida with a hint of apology.

"Master Yao," the voice sounded somewhat apologetic, "I have really troubled you all these days. How about this, you all go back to the Henan branch first, and I will go along this road again by myself. If I still can't find it, I will go back to the inn at the foot of the mountain to rest."

As soon as Qin Han said this, the tired looks on the faces of the men from Huangtutang disappeared considerably. They were clearly tempted and all turned their gazes toward Yao Bida.

Although Yao Bida was eager to leave, he was, after all, an old hand, and he still had to maintain appearances.

He frowned, feigning displeasure, and said with a troubled expression, "This...how can this be? Brother Qin, we promised the Grand Master that we would personally escort you to the Valley of the Deaf and Mute. We haven't even found this place yet, how can we leave you here alone? If something happens, we won't be able to explain it to the Grand Master when we get back!"

He spoke righteously, as if he were really thinking about Qin Han's safety, but how could the joy that flashed in his eyes escape Qin Han's eyes, who had lived two lives?

Qin Han didn't point it out, but instead smiled knowingly and said, "Master Yao, you flatter me. You've escorted me all the way from Yangzhou to here for over half a month. I've seen all the hardships you've endured along the way, and I'm already very grateful. We've been traveling back and forth to Leigu Mountain for two days now, so there's definitely no danger here. You should go and attend to your own business."

Qin Han had actually wanted to get rid of the group for a while, but he hadn't found a suitable opportunity. Now, by taking advantage of this opportunity to say this, he had given Yao Bida and the others a way out.

Yao Bida wanted to feign reluctance a few more times, but one of his quick-witted subordinates swiftly moved closer to him, feigning urgency, and said, "Master, have you forgotten? Several branches of our gang in the Henan branch are waiting for us to go and hand over our missions!"

This gave Yao Bida another excuse, making it seem as if they really had important matters to attend to, rather than deliberately abandoning Qin and Han.

"Sigh!" Yao Bida sighed helplessly, his face showing a look of utter helplessness. "Since you've said so, Brother Qin, the largest inn down the mountain, Fulai Inn, is our Heaven and Earth Society's contact point. After you go down the mountain, you can go there and give them my name. You can contact us through that person if you need anything."

These words also seem benevolent; whether or not they will actually help in the end is another matter, but their current attitude is appropriate.

Qin Han nodded and bowed in thanks.

Yao Bida said no more and turned to the other four, "Let's go!"

In the blink of an eye, the five figures disappeared at the end of the rugged mountain path.

Watching their departing figures, Qin Han's smile gradually faded, and his eyes, fixed on Leigu Mountain, grew deep.

Facing once again the mountain forest that had kept them wandering around for two days, Qin Han focused all his attention, and a strange feeling surged from his back to his heart.

The python pattern that covered his entire back and extended to his heart seemed to come alive!

Looking through the plain Han-style clothing, one can see a lifelike giant python tattoo that extends from the entire back to the heart. The python's scales shimmer with a dark luster, and its snake eyes are sinister and venomous.

As Qin Han followed his heart's desire, the black light on the python pattern transformed into a mysterious force, shooting out from the python's mouth and heading towards a certain direction deep within Leigu Mountain!

That power was all the good fortune that Qin and Han had accumulated over ten years!

Or rather, it's a decade of good fortune!

"Success or failure hinges on this!" Qin Han thought fiercely.

Almost at the same time, another equally mysterious power rose from the depths of Leigu Mountain, echoing the power of destiny emanating from Qin and Han!

Two invisible forces converged in the air and eventually merged into one!

Qin Han felt a burning sensation on the python tattoo on his chest, a wave of intense heat spreading throughout his body. He even had the illusion that the giant python tattoo had come to life, and that the tattoo seemed to understand what he desired most, and was connecting his desire with it in the unseen world.

This feeling is mysterious and indescribable.

Qin Han had a premonition that this all-in bet might bring him a better result than he had expected!

Just as he had exhausted the luck he had accumulated over ten years, and the python pattern disappeared beneath his skin, before Qin Han could even take a step, the scene before him suddenly blurred.

The next second, a figure appeared in front of him.

This was an elderly man, around seventy years old, dressed in a white cloth robe. His hair was gray, his face was thin, but his eyes shone with a sharp light that was beyond his years. He was stroking his beard and looking at me.

"Young friend," the old man spoke, his voice gentle, "those people have all left, why are you still here?"

Despite the old man's gentle and calm appearance, he was actually quite restless inside. He was none other than the wise and eloquent Su Xinghe, who had long ago been ordered by his master Wuyazi to set up the Zhenlong Chess Game here!