Martial Arts Ascendancy: Beginning with Diligence Rewarded by Heaven's Will
Chapter 33

Kunlun Martial Arts School in Chen Qingfeng's Eyes

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The next day!

After breakfast, Lu Chuan greeted his mother, Liang Ya, who was packing their luggage, then headed straight out the door for Wanchun Hall.

When he returned yesterday, he had already told his mother and Younger Sister about moving.

When Liang Ya learned that Lu Chuan had bought a house in the Inner City and had even secured Inner City resident status for them, she was utterly dumbfounded, stunned beyond measure.

If Lu Chuan had not reassured her again and again, she would not even have dared believe it was real.

Inner City resident status—this was something she had never dared dream of before.

Yet it had suddenly become reality, catching her completely off guard.

Younger Sister Lu Wangshu, on the other hand, was still too young to understand what Inner City resident status meant. She only knew their family was moving into the Inner City, and that she would be able to go to school in the future. She was instantly overjoyed.

No doubt she had been so excited that she had not slept all night.

She had gotten up early that morning, clamoring to pack her luggage and get ready to enter the city.

Lu Chuan took the opportunity to ask Chen Qingfeng about Kunlun Martial Arts School.

According to Ning Yang, the other three great martial arts schools all had the shadow of the Inner City's Three Great Families behind them.

The Chen Family was one of the Three Great Families, so logically speaking, it was also a competitor of Kunlun Martial Arts School.

And the ones who understood you best were often not your friends, but your enemies.

As someone from the Inner City's Chen Family, Chen Qingfeng surely was no stranger to Kunlun Martial Arts School. Lu Chuan wanted to hear how he evaluated it.

Though he had arrived early, Wanchun Hall was surprisingly already open when Lu Chuan got there.

Chen Qingfeng had moved out a reclining chair and was lying at the entrance, basking in the sun.

Seeing Lu Chuan arrive so early in the morning, Chen Qingfeng was rather surprised. He glanced at Lu Chuan and chuckled. "Young Brother Lu, coming over this early in the morning—have you got some good business to send your old brother's way?"

"Brother Chen, I didn't come looking to do business today."

Lu Chuan was not polite either. He carried a stool out from the shop and sat beside Chen Qingfeng, leaning against the threshold. Shielding his forehead with one hand, he looked up at the sky and laughed. "You really know how to enjoy yourself!

"You can make money hand over fist just by guarding your shop. No need to leave the city and risk your life, yet you still get to live a comfortable little life. It couldn't get any better..."

"If you wanted to, you could live like this too."

Chen Qingfeng chuckled. "Speak! You never visit the temple without cause. What exactly brings you here today?"

"It's nothing major. I just wanted to ask you about Kunlun Martial Arts School in the Inner City..."

Lu Chuan said casually.

"Kunlun Martial Arts School!"

Chen Qingfeng's pupils contracted at once. Looking at Lu Chuan, he said, "You entered the Inner City yesterday? You went to the Martial Artist Association to verify your Martial Artist status?"

"Mm, I did make a trip to the Martial Artist Association."

Lu Chuan nodded slightly. Naturally, he was not surprised that Chen Qingfeng could guess as much.

"Then you're asking about Kunlun Martial Arts School because they want to sign you, right?" The gleam in Chen Qingfeng's eyes grew even brighter.

He immediately sneered and asked, "Ning Yang was the one who assessed you yesterday, wasn't he?"

Though he phrased it as a question, his tone carried absolute certainty. He was practically certain that Ning Yang had been the one assessing Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan's gaze tightened as he looked at Chen Qingfeng in surprise.

This guy had actually pieced together the general situation from just a few words. It was simply unbelievable.

"How did you know all that?" Lu Chuan asked, full of confusion.

"Rubbish. Ning Yang is the only person from all of Kunlun Martial Arts School stationed at the Martial Artist Association." Chen Qingfeng curled his lip. "Ning Yang must have proposed signing you, right?

"But you couldn't make up your mind, so you didn't agree in a hurry.

"You came here first thing this morning to ask me about Kunlun Martial Arts School's exact circumstances, didn't you?"

"That's right!"

Seeing this, Lu Chuan could only nod repeatedly.

Chen Qingfeng had guessed every bit of it correctly! This ability alone was enough to leave many others eating dust.

"Let me put it this way. If you have to join one of the Inner City's Four Great Martial Arts Schools, then I suggest you join Kunlun Martial Arts School."

Chen Qingfeng smiled at Lu Chuan. "First, compared with the other three martial arts schools, Kunlun Martial Arts School offers its members the most reasonable terms. If you sign with them, the resources you receive in the future will improve even further.

"At the same time, Kunlun Martial Arts School will not restrict your freedom of movement. Compared to the other Three Great Martial Arts Schools, it is clearly much freer.

"Second, He Mingkong, the Hall Master of Kunlun Martial Arts School, is the only one among the Four Great Martial Arts Schools whose strength has reached Seventh Rank.

"Also, Kunlun Martial Arts School is the only martial arts school that possesses a High-grade Skin Refining Method..."

"The only martial arts school with a High-grade Skin Refining Method?"

Lu Chuan froze. "Didn't you say the other Three Great Martial Arts Schools all have the Three Great Families behind them?"

"That's right. The Three Great Martial Arts Schools all have the Three Great Families behind them, but you need to understand one thing: martial arts schools are martial arts schools, and great families are great families.

"The two cannot be lumped together." Chen Qingfeng shook his head with a smile as he explained. "The Three Great Families definitely have High-grade Skin Refining Methods, but those do not belong to the Three Great Martial Arts Schools.

"And they could not possibly give them to the Three Great Martial Arts Schools..."

Chen Qingfeng patiently filled Lu Chuan in on a great deal of information.

This information was not particularly important secret intelligence. As long as one spent enough time in the Inner City, one could basically learn it all.

But it was exactly the information Lu Chuan urgently needed at present.

Lu Chuan listened attentively, asking about the doubts in his heart from time to time. He mainly inquired into the many details of Kunlun Martial Arts School, especially information concerning He Mingkong.

After all, the Hall Master was the core of a martial arts school.

One could tell what a martial arts school was like, and whether it was worth signing with, from its Hall Master.

Chen Qingfeng understood Lu Chuan's thoughts as well, and he basically answered every question without holding anything back. Not only did he explain Kunlun Martial Arts School and He Mingkong, but also the other Three Great Martial Arts Schools and the Inner City's Three Great Families.

There were also many other forces, leaving Lu Chuan sighing in amazement.

Only through Chen Qingfeng's explanation did he truly realize that the waters of the Inner City ran far deeper than he had imagined.

The many forces were intertwined, tangled in a complex web.

They appeared to oppose and compete against one another, yet they had also formed a complete hierarchy.

They monopolized the resources of all Fengle City.

"Boss Chen, you're a member of the Chen Family after all. Why do you rate Kunlun Martial Arts School, an opposing force, so highly? Aren't you afraid the elders of your Chen Family will find trouble with you if they learn of it?"

About an hour later.

Only then did Chen Qingfeng stop. After Lu Chuan carefully reflected on it, he looked at Chen Qingfeng with a smile.

Chen Qingfeng had said a great deal and analyzed the Inner City's many forces.

Among them, he had given Kunlun Martial Arts School the highest evaluation.

He also held He Mingkong, the Hall Master of Kunlun Martial Arts School, in great respect and gave him very high praise.

This allowed Lu Chuan to finally make up his mind. Even a descendant of an opposing force like Chen Qingfeng could give such an evaluation.

From this, it was clear that Kunlun Martial Arts School and He Mingkong should not be bad.

Chen Qingfeng, who had already sat upright, lay back down again. He glanced at Lu Chuan, then curled his lip dismissively. "Who I praise has anything to do with those old fellows of the Chen Family?

"If they want to find trouble with me, they're still a little short..."

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