A Visit to Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall

A Visit to Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall

In an underground parking garage not far from the gym.

Chen Sheng followed Li Chenghu as they prepared to head to Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall to meet his father.

The Head Instructor of Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall, Li Xingwu.

Only with his approval could Chen Sheng join Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall and become Li Chenghu's disciple.

Beep beep.

Arriving at a spot in the parking garage, Li Chenghu pressed his remote.

Pfft—

The moment Chen Sheng saw Li Chenghu's car, he instantly turned into a fountain, spraying out the water he had been drinking.

Li Chenghu was driving a police car.

"What are you standing around for? Get in."

Seeing Chen Sheng frozen in place, Li Chenghu opened the door and called to him.

"Tiger Brother, should I sit in the front or the back?"

By habit, Chen Sheng preferred the rear right seat when riding in a car.

But looking at the metal bars inside the police car.

He somehow felt that sitting there would be a little strange.

"If you want to experience being a criminal suspect, I don't mind."

Li Chenghu smiled faintly as he took out a pair of limited-edition silver bracelets from the car.

"I can even equip you properly."

Hearing this.

Chen Sheng gave an awkward smile and obediently sat in the passenger seat.

"I'll try it another time."

The words had barely left his mouth.

When Chen Sheng immediately felt there was something odd about that sentence.

Before he could think further.

Li Chenghu started the car and drove out of the parking garage.

"Tiger Brother, doesn't your family run a martial arts hall? Why do you have a police car?"

On the road.

Chen Sheng and Li Chenghu chatted idly.

"My family is my family. I am me."

"My status as a disciple is really just nominal. My talent for martial arts isn't all that great."

"Although you'll nominally become my disciple later."

"The people who will truly teach you are the ones at the martial arts hall."

So that was how it was. Chen Sheng nodded in understanding.

Then, he raised another question.

"So your actual job is..."

"That's right."

Li Chenghu nodded.

"I'm the captain of a detachment under the Quanjin City Martial Security Bureau."

"Martial Security Bureau?"

Chen Sheng asked in confusion.

He had heard of the police and the Cultural Bureau.

But this so-called Martial Security Bureau was new to him.

"Its full name is the Martial Arts Security Administration. It mainly tracks down martial artists, Qi Sense Users, and Transcendents who use martial arts to break the law. It also has the authority to supervise all humans possessing extraordinary individual power. It was established a year ago."

"Because it hasn't existed for long, and because the casualty rate is extremely high, we've always been short on manpower."

Hearing this.

Chen Sheng immediately understood what Li Chenghu had meant when he said he needed help before.

He fell silent.

It wasn't because he did not want to help.

He simply wondered whether, with his current strength, he could be of any help at all.

Li Chenghu seemed to see through his thoughts and explained with a smile.

"Don't worry. I won't have you helping out yet."

"When dealing with those Wanted Criminals, we can handle the weak ones ourselves. If the strong ones came after you, sending you in would just be sending you to your death."

"Just train properly. You'll have your chance in the future."

Hearing that.

Chen Sheng nodded in understanding and looked at Li Chenghu with determination.

"Don't worry, Tiger Brother. Whenever you need my help, I'll be willing."

"Though... if I run into danger, can I run away?"

The moment he said that.

Li Chenghu burst out laughing.

"You'd better know how to run."

"I've seen too many brave but foolish people die at the hands of those Wanted Criminals."

"Only by staying alive can you protect more people."

"Many of my colleagues died because they couldn't understand that."

At this point, Li Chenghu seemed to recall something, and a trace of sorrow appeared on his face.

Chen Sheng keenly noticed it and said no more.

The police car continued toward its destination.

Half an hour later.

Gangcheng District, Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall.

It was about twenty kilometers from Chen Sheng's home.

Chen Sheng looked out the window.

The surroundings gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

After thinking for a long time.

He finally remembered.

Wasn't this where Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall stood formerly the youth center?! Chen Sheng had learned taekwondo here as a child.

Later, after secretly kissing a little girl from the neighboring painting class, his parents gave him a thorough beating. In a fit of anger, he refused to come back.

After so many years.

He had never expected the place to become a martial arts hall.

"Let's go."

Li Chenghu had no idea about Chen Sheng's inner drama.

After parking the car, he led Chen Sheng toward the entrance.

The moment they stepped through the doors, an antique and elegant interior came into view.

Like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Chen Sheng looked around everywhere in wonder.

"This way."

Following a corridor, the two continued deeper inside.

Faint sounds of impacts and rhythmic shouts began to fill their ears.

Chen Sheng looked to either side.

Behind each door were training grounds of varying sizes.

The sounds came from within them.

"These rooms are for students who want to learn martial arts and strengthen their bodies."

Li Chenghu introduced.

"The real disciples of the martial arts hall are here."

As he spoke, the two arrived before a wooden door at the end of the corridor.

Li Chenghu pushed it open.

Whoosh! A wave of heat rushed at them.

Noisy voices instantly flooded Chen Sheng's ears.

"Ha ha ha ha—"

Among them, one hearty laugh stood out the most.

This was a training ground of roughly two hundred square meters. Several dozen people were scattered throughout it, each practicing martial arts moves on their own.

Beside a tea table at the far end of the room, a white-bearded old man was speaking to a young man before him with a beaming smile, occasionally bursting into hearty laughter.

"Hello, Uncle Master Li."

As Li Chenghu walked in, the disciples who had been practicing all stopped and bowed.

He returned each greeting in turn.

At the same time, quite a few people turned puzzled gazes toward Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng did not feel the slightest bit awkward.

Whoever looked at him received a smile in return.

He looked completely at ease around strangers.

"You little brat, you don't even know to come home once every half year! Do you even remember that you have a father?!"

The instant the white-bearded old man saw Li Chenghu, the smile vanished from his face. He glared and berated him.

"I'm busy all the time. How could I come back every day?"

Li Chenghu explained helplessly.

The white-bearded old man before him was none other than Li Xingwu, the Head Instructor of Xing Wu Martial Arts Hall.

"Fine, fine. Today is a good day, so I can't be bothered to argue with you, you little brat."

"What did you come to see me for today?"

Li Xingwu waved his hand and asked impatiently.

Li Chenghu immediately stepped aside and began introducing Chen Sheng.

"This is Chen Sheng. I happened to discover that he has good potential, and I want to take him as my disciple and let him learn martial arts at the hall."

Hearing this.

Li Xingwu immediately looked at Chen Sheng. A sharp gleam flashed through his eyes, and Chen Sheng's body stiffened.

When the other man's gaze fell on him, he felt as though he had been targeted by a ferocious beast. Every hair on his body nearly stood on end.

But judging from his appearance.

Li Xingwu looked completely like an ordinary old man, without the slightest unusual trait.

All Chen Sheng could say was that he was worthy of being Tiger Brother's father.

Chen Sheng could not help but marvel.

Meanwhile, after sweeping his eyes over Chen Sheng from head to toe, Li Xingwu withdrew his gaze.

He had not noticed anything particularly special about Chen Sheng.

Whether in bearing or physique, he was no different from an ordinary person.

"Chen is a Qi Sense User, and he's also a rare martial arts prospect. He—"

Whoosh! Li Chenghu was cut off halfway through by his father's movement.

Li Xingwu's arm shot out like lightning, instantly gripping Chen Sheng's wrist.

A few seconds later, his brow immediately furrowed.

"How long have you been transforming?"

The sharp gaze resting on him put Chen Sheng under considerable pressure.

"Chen only awakened three or four days ago. I watched him begin transforming with my own eyes."

Fortunately, Li Chenghu spoke up in time to relieve him.

Hearing that.

Chen Sheng felt his wrist loosen.

"You've been transforming for three or four days already, yet your physical qualities are only a little better than those of an ordinary person."

"This is the good prospect you were talking about?"

Li Xingwu snorted.

"Fine, fine. Take him if you want."

Seeing that Li Chenghu seemed about to say something else, he directly waved him off.

Then.

Li Xingwu pulled over the young man beside him.

"Come, come. Let me show you what a truly good prospect is."

"This is Wu Ran, the new Personal Disciple I've taken in."

The moment Wu Ran was mentioned.

Li Xingwu returned to his earlier beaming expression.

"Hello, Senior Brother."

Wu Ran had a fair, handsome face and delicate features. He did not look like a martial artist at all.

Facing Li Chenghu, he lifted his chin slightly, a barely perceptible flicker of pride crossing his face.

As for Chen Sheng.

He was ignored outright.

"A Personal Disciple?"

Li Chenghu was somewhat surprised.

His father had taken in a final disciple ten years ago and had accepted no more students since.

So why had a Personal Disciple suddenly appeared now?

Li Chenghu immediately looked at Wu Ran.

At a glance, he immediately noticed something unusual.