Wu Ming Ruins Clues, First Hearing of Human Immortal Martial Dao (Fourth Update)

The group returned to the private courtyard they'd been in earlier and sat down, eyeing the cocky 'Ye Liangchen' with some curiosity about how he'd ended up in a conflict with outsiders the moment he walked in.

Faced with the question, 'Ye Liangchen' instinctively lifted his chin and spoke with full chuunibyou flair.

"Those guys were walking ahead, and I was driving. I figured I hadn't seen you all yet, so I thought I'd rev the engine a few times to let you know Ye Liangchen had arrived! But then they turned around and glared at me like they wanted a fight! So..."

He paused there, and the seated Li Xingming, Wang Xiaoai, and Fang Xiu all stared at him. Their host, Liu Qing'er, couldn't help urging him on.

"And then? What did you do? Cut the crap and get to the point! Everyone's waiting!"

'Ye Liangchen' gave a light snort and said with an arrogant air, "Of course I glared right back and said—What are you looking at! Then they said, What's it to you if we look! After that, for no good reason, they got pissed and went from staring to wanting to throw down. Like I'd be scared of them! I, Ye Liangchen, never start trouble but never back down from it. If you guys hadn't shown up so fast, I'd have made them feel the power of Manifesting Strength..."

Hearing this, everyone in the room couldn't help rolling their eyes at the chuunibyou-laden 'Ye Liangchen' in front of them, completely speechless at his antics.

Gu Chen, sitting off to the side, recalled the three men he'd encountered earlier who seemed like grave robbers. The key point was—they carried the aura of items from the Wu Ming Ruins, which he had refined from falsehood into truth. With such a coincidental meeting, he didn't mind nudging things along to create a new, coincidental script.

Think about it: a gathering of young, hot-blooded Transforming Strength Great Boxer disciples, exchanging insights and sparring, happens to run into a few grave robbers, and just so happens to get leads on the 'Wu Ming Ruins' and 'Human Immortal Martial Dao' from them!!

Whether it was these spirited youths or even their masters—Transforming Strength Great Boxers and Pillaring Grandmasters—they couldn't ignore a transcendent path forward. With a unified reason for action among the Pillaring Grandmasters and Transforming Strength Great Boxers, they could naturally draw official attention, gradually uncovering the Wu Ming Ruins hidden underground and bringing the 'Human Immortal Martial Dao' back into the world.

Gu Chen quickly ran through the script he'd just conjured in his mind and found it quite perfect—undoubtedly better than the old script where he'd have his clone Li Hansha deliberately expose himself to guide the authorities toward the Wu Ming Ruins and revive the Human Immortal Martial Dao.

After a moment of thought, Gu Chen made his decision. He looked at the five people—Li Xingming, Wang Xiaoai, Ye Zhen, Liu Qing'er, and Fang Xiu—who were exchanging insights on the Manifesting Strength level, cleared his throat, and interrupted them.

"Ahem... everyone, there's something I'm not sure I should bring up."

Hearing him cut in, the group quickly stopped and turned their gazes to him. The muscular brute Wang Xiaoai, in particular, had admiration gleaming in his eyes. "Does Master Beichen have some profound insight into National Martial Arts? We're all ears!!"

The others sitting nearby looked at Gu Chen with the same expectant expressions. Liu Qing'er even clapped her hands and said with a smile, "We've all shared our Manifesting Strength insights and some details earlier. Now we finally get to hear from Master Beichen!!"

Gu Chen shook his head at that and spoke softly, "Manifesting Strength isn't hard—it's just about persistence and diligent practice. When you reach the point of free control, with your talents, grasping the true essence of boxing and building up momentum will naturally let you break through to Hidden Strength. What I want to say is about those three men who clashed with Ye Zhen earlier—they're a bit off..."

"Their faces were pale and sallow, their skin waxy. If you got close, you could smell dirt on them, and they gave off a musty, decaying odor. That's the smell of long-term exposure to sealed, decaying underground spaces. If I'm not mistaken, they're grave robbers!!"

Grave robbers?!

Hearing those three words, the five of them looked utterly baffled, having no clue what that meant.

"What's a grave robber?!"

At Li Xingming's puzzled question, Gu Chen went on to explain, "Simple. So-called grave robbers are those who know the arts of dragon-seeking, mountain-splitting, and point-acupoint techniques—experts at locating tombs and digging up ancient graves. Why would such grave robbers show up here? It's not like they'd come to a high-end club like this for leisure and health. They must be up to something! Their eyes were fierce—they're definitely not good people."

Hearing this, everyone in the room couldn't help getting excited. As young, hot-blooded men who had just recently stepped into the Manifesting Strength level, learning that a band of shady grave robbers was up to no good nearby naturally fired up their fighting spirit.

"I, Ye Liangchen, knew from the start they weren't good people! Maybe they're stealing and selling national treasures? I should have found a way to take them down earlier!!" Ye Zhen spoke up first.