Chen Zhen Departs

With a "bang!", even without having seen a real gun, one could tell it was a gunshot.

Yang Xuan was startled. Although his physical body was quite strong now, coupled with telekinesis, defending against a small-caliber handgun shouldn't be a problem. However, he still felt an instinctive sense of panic towards guns.

"Whoever moves, I'll shoot them. Akutagawa was killed yesterday. I need to take Chen Zhen back to assist with the investigation," the detective said.

Alas, Chen Zhen was out of luck. According to the plot, Chen Zhen would definitely be framed, and not just that, he would also be branded a traitor.

Although he knew Chen Zhen would be fine, Li Shuwen had spoken. When staying as a guest in someone else's home, one should help even if there are difficulties, so they went to the court together.

Heh heh, those four witnesses were hilarious. The last one seemed like he had an intellectual disability. They should put more effort into finding fake witnesses.

At this moment, the door opened, and a woman in a kimono entered. If this scene in the movie had background music, Yamada Mitsuko would slowly walk in, smiling innocently at Chen Zhen.

Yang Xuan felt he was foolish back then. How could he have been so attracted to the cool martial arts moves of a few grown men and overlooked such a beautiful woman?

"Miss, please state your identity?" the lawyer asked.

"My name is Yamada Mitsuko. I am the current Minister of Education. Yamada Konan is my father," Mitsuko replied gracefully.

"Then, is what Chen Zhen said true?" The lawyer's tone softened slightly upon learning she was the daughter of a high-ranking Japanese official.

"Chen Zhen is lying. We were together all night that day," Mitsuko said excitedly.

At this point, the faces of the people from the Jingwu School showed slight changes.

After the case was dismissed, the Jingwu School members didn't wait for Chen Zhen. Only Yang Xuan and Li Shuwen remained.

Mitsuko happily hugged Chen Zhen.

"I've given up everything now. You have to support me for the rest of my life," Mitsuko said happily.

"Mhm," Chen Zhen nodded vigorously.

Yang Xuan was actually a little excited. When he was in elementary school, he first saw Fist of Legend. At that time, he didn't understand anything. He just thought the young lady was beautiful and looked virtuous. Although it was a film about the War of Resistance, the character of Yamada Mitsuko left a brilliant mark on the entire movie.

"Master, do you think we should intervene? If Chen Zhen brings this Japanese woman back to the Jingwu School, the Jingwu School will probably explode," Yang Xuan worried.

"A-Xuan, your Master cannot tolerate injustice. When he sees wrongdoing, he always intervenes. He also deeply hates the Japanese. However, this Japanese woman is loyal and righteous, abandoning everything to come to China to find Chen Zhen. If Chen Zhen abandons her at this time, I think Chen Zhen is nothing special. Chen Zhen is now disregarding his reputation and keeping her. That's good. Chen Zhen is quite responsible and is a man. However, it's not appropriate for us, Master and disciple, to interfere at this moment. I've observed that Huo Ting'en and Chen Zhen will inevitably fight these past few days; they are just restraining themselves. Now that this Japanese woman has been brought back to the Jingwu School, a fight is very likely to break out. Moreover, we are not members of the Jingwu School, so it's not appropriate for us to interfere in their internal affairs," Li Shuwen said after some thought.

"Alright then, Master," Yang Xuan said with his head drooping.

"A-Xuan, remember that you cannot judge many things by their surface. Your Master has been wandering the martial arts world for many years and has seen too many people. It's truly difficult to distinguish between good and bad people sometimes. You must remember what your Master says: don't bully the weak just because you have martial arts," Li Shuwen said earnestly.

"Don't worry, Master. Disciple only wants to resist Japanese imperialism, which is why I wanted to learn martial arts," Yang Xuan said.

"Mhm, let's go back to the Jingwu School," Li Shuwen said.

Upon returning to the Jingwu School, they found it was indeed in an uproar.

"I know that after you returned, everyone always respected you more than me. Let's have a match. Whoever wins becomes the Head of the School. If you lose, you must leave here immediately." Without waiting for Chen Zhen's reply, Huo Ting'en walked directly into the training hall.

At first, they both used the martial arts techniques of the Jingwu School, exchanging blows a few times. Chen Zhen held back his strength a few times.

Huo Ting'en showed no mercy and directly knocked Chen Zhen down. Chen Zhen got angry and started fighting with all his might. With a final aerial double kick, he sent Huo Ting'en flying several meters away.

Huo Ting'en lay half on the ground, supported by four or five Jingwu School disciples, his face filled with bitterness. "I lost. You are the Guanzhu of the Jingwu School."

"I never intended to be the Guanzhu. If I must choose, I can only leave the Jingwu School." With that, Chen Zhen entered the mourning hall, kowtowed three times to Huo Yuanjia's memorial tablet, and left with Mitsuko.

Yang Xuan's eyes widened as he watched. "Master, why don't they use much force, yet the power of each move is so great?"

"A-Xuan, you have extraordinary talent. You are not much different from Huo Ting'en and Chen Zhen now, but you've only been practicing martial arts for a few days. They have been practicing since childhood. I estimate Huo Ting'en is at the peak of Ming Jin, while Chen Zhen is at the intermediate stage of An Jin. Of course, there are many differences." Li Shuwen pondered.

"Master, there's such a classification? Then what stage am I at?" Yang Xuan asked curiously.

"You! Heh heh, clumsy strength!" Li Shuwen teased.

"You've only been practicing martial arts for a few days. Martial arts realms are not achieved overnight. Do you think defeating them isn't difficult? That's because you have extraordinary talent and are naturally strong. Let me tell you. The realms are divided into Ming Jin, An Jin, Hua Jin, Dan Jin, Gang Jin, and Hua Xu," Li Shuwen explained.

"Then Master, you must be at Gang Jin or Hua Xu, right?" Yang Xuan asked excitedly.

"Dong!"

"Ah, Master, why did you hit me?" Yang Xuan cried, covering his head.

"Your Master is currently at the peak of Hua Jin. It is said that among the current martial arts masters, only Tiger-Head Young Protector Sun Lutang is at Gang Jin," Li Shuwen said, his face flushed.

"Ah, Master, I didn't know! I've only been practicing martial arts for less than a month!" Yang Xuan said aggrievedly.

"Mhm, it's good that you know your limits. For ordinary people, it takes one to two years of practicing to loosen their major joints like the shoulders and hips, to understand what 'loose' and 'integrated' mean. This is when you start to gain 'kung fu' and enter the stage of 'gaining kung fu.' At this stage, although you understand integrated strength, clumsy strength still exists, so you cannot produce crisp strength. Even if you can exert force, what is called fierce and explosive strength, it is actually clumsy strength. With seven or eight years of continuous training, completely eliminating clumsy strength, you can produce crisp strength, also known as explosive strength, or lion's mane shaking strength; in Shanxi, it seems to be called steel bar strength. Only after producing this strength can it be called the Ming Jin stage.

An Jin is to integrate all strength into soft strength and inject it into the enemy's body, erupting at the right time to injure the enemy.

As for Hua Jin, as the saying goes, 'hitting people like hanging a painting,' with blood and qi like smoke, you can achieve 'not a fly landing on you.' " Li Shuwen explained.

As he spoke, he displayed his qi and blood in front of Yang Xuan. Yang Xuan immediately felt the air in front of his Master slightly distort. Li Shuwen casually took out a handkerchief, gently threw it at the wall, and the handkerchief, as if glued, took a full ten seconds to fall.

"As for Dan Jin, Gang Jin, and Hua Xu, your Master doesn't understand them very well yet. I have no concept of Dan Jin at all. I don't know when I'll be able to break through. Alas," Li Shuwen said with a hint of regret.

"A-Xuan, you have an advantage over your Master. Your Master sincerely hopes you can reach Dan Jin and Gang Jin. Let's see what the scenery is like at the peak of martial arts," Li Shuwen sighed.

"Master, then teach me!" Yang Xuan said.

Ding~ Li Shuwen has imparted his insights and experiences on practicing Ming Jin, An Jin, and Hua Jin to you.

Life is more fun with cheats. Haha.

Master also went to attend to his own matters, so Yang Xuan could only start practicing on his own.

Yang Xuan planned to return to the main world after Chen Zhen killed Fujita Go. After all, he could see how much he had improved compared to the main antagonist of the Fist of Legend world.

Chen Zhen could defeat Fujita Go for a few reasons. One was his superior martial arts skills. As the saying goes, "Rigidity without flexibility is a waste of strength, flexibility without rigidity is to attack without penetrating." Fujita Go was likely too rigid, and as the saying goes, "What is too rigid is easily broken." That's why he lost.

Of course, the most important reason was that Chen Zhen was the protagonist. Heh heh.

Time flew by, and almost a day had passed.

Yang Xuan wore a pained expression. He had already reached the peak of An Jin while training. What was he supposed to do? Although his Master was a Hua Jin expert, he couldn't handle this kind of stimulation. What if he got high blood pressure?

No, Master is so powerful, he definitely won't be discouraged by me.

"A-Xuan, it's time for dinner. Come spar a palm with me before we eat," Li Shuwen said casually.

With a soft "pop," the sound wasn't very loud; in fact, it was quite faint. Li Shuwen's eyes widened, and he thought to himself with resignation, "When I taught my previous disciples, I felt they were all incredibly stupid. Now, the disciple I'm teaching is a genius to an absurd degree. I've been completely demoralized."

Li Shuwen's mouth twitched. "Let's go eat. You're training well. Remember, no matter how much of a genius you are, you can't skip your daily practice." This kid, even Huo Ting'en and Chen Zhen combined might not be able to defeat him now. He just lacked combat experience. But no matter how powerful he became, he was still my disciple, hahahahaha.