Gao Wuming: From Dockworker to Physical Achievement

"Breaking news! Breaking news! Major strike at the docks! Laborers are demanding equal treatment from foreigners. People from Daxuan are human beings too!"

"Breaking news! Breaking news!"

Lewis wrote his report quickly, and the next day, newsboys appeared all over the streets, waving newspapers and hawking them.

"The imperial court is far too weak. Today it cedes a piece of land, tomorrow it cedes a city. How can wolves be satisfied by cutting off pieces of flesh?"

"It's clearly the land of the Great Xuan, yet foreigners are considered superior to the people of the Great Xuan. It's truly..."

At Tianhai Academy, a group of students in academic gowns, who had just finished class, were having an excited discussion.

The injustices suffered by the people of Daxuan today may have left them numb.

But students are always the ones who disapprove the most.

Because they are still young and full of youthful vigor.

Although there's not much that students can do, they can still voice their opinions.

In the past, after the protests were over, everyone would go home.

Today is a little different; the newsboys' cries no longer announce that the imperial court has suffered another defeat and signed a contract.

What did they hear? A strike? People from Daxuan giving feedback to foreigners?

When did the people of Da Xuan become so bold?

"Give me one."

"Give me one too."

"I'll have one."

The students, unable to contain their curiosity, bought newspapers and began reading.

Newspapers still carried news of the imperial court's defeats and the signing of treaties.

However, there are so many of these kinds of messages that people have become somewhat numb to them; seeing them once or twice might still liven things up.

After watching it dozens of times, you're left with nothing but numbness; you feel nothing at all.

But today, things are different.

The reports of the dock strike and the demand for equal treatment from foreigners stirred the students' emotions.

"This is what a person with any backbone should do, unlike the imperial court, which is full of useless people."

"The person in charge of the organization is named Chen Yi? He must be an ambitious person. I really want to pay him a visit," the students said excitedly.

"I don't think this is a good idea. This person is a gang member, and he's been too violent. He doesn't look like a good person. It's probably just dogs fighting each other."

One student shook his head and took out a newspaper.

It was the previous edition of the newspaper, which prominently featured the story of Chen Yi killing the deputy head of the Iron Body Martial Arts School.

The excited voices just moments before suddenly stopped.

"The gang members? Forget about it." The students suddenly changed their attitude.

In their eyes, those who join gangs are clearly not good people.

"Foolish! So what if they're gangs? Anyone who dares to resist foreigners is a patriot." Some students agreed with Chen Yi.

"What good is it for lawbreakers to resist foreigners? They're just another person oppressing the people."

"If you don't like it, you can go do it yourself."

"I am a scholar, is that a different matter?"

The students split into two groups and started arguing, which quickly ended in a heated argument.

The newspapers were carelessly tossed on the ground.

Not long after, it was picked up by a hand covered in calluses.

He was an elderly man around sixty years old, wearing a dark blue training uniform, with an upright posture, giving people the feeling of a pine tree.

"Old Master Huo, if you want to read the newspaper, I can have someone buy you a copy. Why bother picking it up from the ground?" The person next to the old man, dressed in a high-ranking official's robe, quickly called out upon seeing this.

If anyone familiar with Tianhai were present, they would be astonished to see this man, for he is none other than the highest-ranking official of the imperial court in Tianhai, the Governor-General of Tianhai.

"Why waste newspapers on the ground when you can't read them?"

The old man unfolded the newspaper, glanced at its contents, and lingered a few more times on the dock strike.

Upon noticing this, the Governor of Tianhai frowned and said, "These lawbreakers are becoming increasingly lawless. I will have them all arrested immediately."

"What's wrong with just wanting equality?"

The old man's expression remained unchanged. After reading it, he put the newspaper away and into his pocket.

"Let's go, the president of the Fighting Association has invited us, how can I be late?"

The old man took the lead, while the Governor of Tianhai followed half a step behind, showing his respect.

After all, the man before them was a martial arts master who single-handedly forced the foreign fleet to give way.

*

Dock warehouse.

Qin Tianqi adjusted his glasses and said, "Master Yi, this is Mr. Yu Ming, a specialist from the Tianhai office of the Martial Arts Association."

Yu Ming was a slightly tired middle-aged man. After Qin Tianqi introduced him, he looked at Chen Yi with complicated emotions and said, "Hello, Mr. Chen."

While greeting him, he also observed Chen Yi.

He looked like an ordinary young man, not particularly muscular, and there were no calluses on his fingers.

If he hadn't already seen Chen Yi's information, he would never have believed that this was the murderer who killed two great Bone Forging Martial Masters.

Since the news of Liu Shan's death at the Iron Body Martial Arts School broke, various martial arts schools have launched investigations into Chen Yi.

The same applies to the Martial Arts Association.

The information about Chen Yi has been thoroughly investigated.

Because Chen Yi had publicly displayed his strength at the dock and gained the recognition of the martial arts masters present.

Therefore, all factions rated Chen Yi's strength as that of a "skin-smoothing martial artist".

As for Liu Shantianxiong, who was killed in this way, the answer is also obvious.

They relied on their henchmen who carried Mauser pistols on their waists.

Nowadays, foreign guns are prevalent, and martial arts are declining.

Even a Bone Forging Martial Master could be in mortal danger if shot by multiple people.

Liu Shan and Tian Xiong died in the same way.

There is also an investigation into why Liu Shantianxiong had a conflict with Chen Yi.

Chen Yi started by slapping the Iron Body Martial Arts School in the face, so there's no need to say more about Liu Shan.

The main culprit was Tian Xiong. After investigation, he discovered that the victim's daughter and beloved apprentice had been beaten to death, which led him to search for the murderer everywhere. In the end, he died in a dock warehouse.

Then it's not hard to guess the cause of death of Tian Xiong's daughter's beloved student.

At first, all the factions thought that Chen Yi was just a lucky young man.

But as one incident after another unfolded, they finally discovered that this young man was practically a walking death trap.

Two Bone Forging Martial Masters have died so far.

It's one thing to die in a public duel, but Chen Yi chose to kill them with a foreign gun.

Actually, it wouldn't have been so bad to kill Liu Shan with a foreign gun, since the Iron Body Martial Arts School had sided with the foreigners and was their dog.

Ke Tianxiong's Huishan Boxing School has always been a representative of tradition and has never done anything out of line.

However, Chen Yi killed his daughter's apprentice, and when he came to seek revenge, he was killed by his daughter again.

This made many martial arts masters feel sorry for him, while at the same time they felt disgusted with Chen Yi.

There was simply no reason to take action against Chen Yi.

Under these circumstances, Chen Yi's men approached the Martial Arts Association, expressing their desire to establish a martial arts school.

In Yu Ming's view, this was practically handing him a reason to take action.

All that's missing is the line, "I'm out, hit me, you idiot."

Chen Yi was unaware of the complex thoughts swirling in Yu Ming's mind.

He stepped forward and greeted them warmly, "Hello, hello."

He was always friendly to those who could get things done, and Yu Ming, the office clerk, was clearly one of them.

Yu Mingdao said, "Mr. Chen wants to establish a martial arts school, that's fine, but does Mr. Chen know the conditions for establishing a martial arts school directly without the endorsement of other martial arts schools?"