Martial arts mastery? But I'm just a spoiled brat!

"Is that so?"

Wu Hong tapped his fingers on the table, lost in thought. Seeing this, the martial arts instructor stopped talking.

"How many martial artists at the Transformation Realm are under the Yan family's command, and who is the strongest?"

After a while, Wu Hong stopped tapping his fingers and continued asking questions.

"This... I don't know?"

Wu Hong's question really stumped this person. As a major warlord, the Yan family must have martial arts masters under their command, but they had never heard of anyone who was a martial arts master in recent years.

"The Yan family has been entrenched in Shanxi Province for many years, and there has never been a war or any conflict between martial artists during this time. Therefore, I have almost never seen any Yan family martial artists make a move."

However, one thing is certain: the Yan family and Yan Fengqi definitely have highly skilled individuals around them, because there has never been any news of assassins or anyone leaving the Yan family alive in recent years.

"In that case, please send a message to my brother-in-law that I will not be returning to the Northeast for the time being. I think my brother-in-law will definitely be interested in the Yan family."

After listening, Wu Hong made a decision immediately.

……

"Come in. My aunt isn't an outsider. Just tell me what information you have."

At the Yan family home, Yan Qing had just finished dinner with Yan Yanyan and was showing her around the house when they saw Wanxing standing not far away.

"Young Master, we have found out about Wu Hong's information."

Wanxing came before the two to report.

Upon hearing that it was Wu Hong's message, Yan Yanyan also became interested and looked at Wanxing together.

"Speak!"

"This Wu Hong booked the boat ticket in the name of the Zhang family in Northeast China. His specific relationship with the Zhang family is unknown. However, his encounter with Miss Biao was not premeditated. He had just gone to a martial arts school in the city."

This martial arts school has always been law-abiding and unremarkable. The second young master even invited one of their instructors to his home. Should we investigate further?

Wanxing recounted everything she had just discovered.

"The Zhang family of Northeast China? They really came to us without any effort. We don't need to investigate further; just keep an eye on them."

Upon hearing the name of the Zhang family from Northeast China, Yan Qing couldn't help but smile, then looked at Yan Yanyan beside her:

"Aunt, what do you think of Wu Hong?"

"What are you thinking, kid? I came back this time specifically to develop the province's economy. Learn from the barbarians to subdue them, you know? I've never even thought about dating."

As soon as Yan Yanyan saw Yan Qing looking at her, she immediately understood what Yan Qing meant. She clenched her fist and waved her hand with a serious expression.

These days, it's not just martial artists who are thinking about saving the country with force; people from all walks of life are also taking action.

The martial arts community concentrates its resources on cultivating the most promising and talented martial artists.

From the landlord class to local warlords, they were all trying to learn from the advanced industries and knowledge of foreigners to save the country.

Intellectuals were constantly trying to revolutionize the nation, attempting to find a path that would allow the nation to revive.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Yan Yanyan had such thoughts.

"Yes, yes, yes, Auntie will definitely not fall for Wu Hong's charm, but I would like to ask Auntie to use her beauty to seduce me."

Upon seeing this, Yan Qing began to flatter him.

"Hmph~ Go ahead and tell me!"

Yan Yanyan slightly raised her chin, clearly pleased with Yan Qing's affirmation of her beauty.

"That's right. Your aunt doesn't need to do anything. Just don't refuse when Wu Hong approaches you. Just interact with him like a normal friend."

Although Yan Qing didn't know Wu Hong's purpose, the fact that he chose to stay after learning Yan Yanyan's identity meant he must have something to gain.

Perfect timing, Yan Qing also wanted to take advantage of the other party's identity.

"No problem, that's easy to arrange! I've been wanting to travel around these days anyway, and now I have a free bodyguard."

Yan Yanyan did not refuse upon hearing this and immediately agreed.

Originally, she wanted Yan Qing to accompany her, but during their interactions, she realized that Yan Qing was no longer the naive young man he used to be. Now that he had his own subordinates, he should focus on his career.

Next, after escorting Yan Yanyan to her own courtyard, Yan Qing left Lan Yue behind and took Wan Xing back to his own courtyard to begin his cultivation for the day.

For the next two days, Yan Qing continued his cultivation without interruption, and each day he would take turns tormenting Wanxing and Lanyue.

His cultivation progress is also steadily improving.

Somewhat unexpectedly, his cousin Yan Yanyan didn't come over every day to ask him to take her sightseeing or anything like that.

However, in the afternoon, she would bring Yan Qing's favorite snacks to him and tell him about the things that happened that day.

In fact, Yan Qing knew all of this perfectly well, but he still listened patiently.

Yan Yanyan wouldn't stay in Yan Qing's courtyard for long. After Yan Qing finished eating the snacks, she would return to her own courtyard.

As October arrived, the weather gradually turned cooler. A gentle breeze blew, and withered leaves began to fall from the trees. The weather changed, but the surface of the entire Shanxi province remained as calm as ever.

In the courtyard where Yan Qing lived, Lan Yue was still fighting against him.

In the past two days, during the time that my cousin Yan Yanyan was back, Wanxing was fighting against Yan Qing until Wanxing also broke through to the stage of inner strength and harmony of mind and will, and only then did Yan Qing let her go.

After all, many matters related to martial arts and intelligence are now handled by the two women, while Wanxing, who is specifically in charge of intelligence, has even more complicated matters.

Baguazhang: Hidden Strength 1800/2500

"Phew~"

A line of text appeared before his eyes, and Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, his cultivation of internal energy had reached the later stage.

"Sparring with you now is not very useful. Starting tomorrow, you will have to figure it out on your own and cultivate to the level of Transformation Force as soon as possible."

Yan Qing looked at Lan Yue, who was covered in sweat, and gave her an order.

Having sparred with the two women for so long, the two women have made rapid progress because of the pressure Yan Qing puts on them, but it has become somewhat tedious for Yan Qing.

Especially after the progress of improving internal strength began to slow down, the efficiency of sparring became less than practicing internal strength on the Iron Man Pole by oneself.

"good!"

Lan Yue breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, feeling a sense of liberation.

"Young Master!"

Yan Qing wanted to test the power of striking the Iron Man Stake with all his internal energy without using the cowhide, but Wan Xing walked in with a serious expression.

"What's wrong?"

Upon seeing Wanxing's expression, Yan Qing immediately knew that something important had happened. He stopped what he was doing and looked at Wanxing.

"A Japanese man went to the governor's mansion, and Lord Zhao is currently receiving him."

"Really? They've finally come. Come on, let's go to the Governor's Mansion. I want to see what conditions they'll put forward."

Upon hearing this, Yan Qing lost interest in testing the power of his hidden strength and headed outside with Wanxing and Lanyue.

Now that the Yan family's army is tied down in the south, and the Cao family has begun to make moves at this critical juncture, their purpose is not hard to guess. At this time, those forces that have been eyeing Shanxi Province should also take action.

The arrival of the Japanese was within Yan Qing's expectations.