"Junior Brother Liu Chu!!"
Chen He was the first to react. He looked toward the doorway and, sure enough, saw Liu Chu. Delighted, he said, "You're finally here! We've been looking for you for days, but couldn't find you anywhere!"
"That's great, Junior Brother Liu Chu is here. Maybe he'll have some way to solve this!"
Everyone turned to look at Liu Chu, their faces full of hope.
Ever since Liu Chu had defeated a short-haired young man at the Tendon Refining Realm with a single move, his standing had surpassed that of Lin Bei, the only Tendon Refining disciple in the martial arts hall who could actually fight.
They hadn't found a way to rescue their master through Lin Bei, so they couldn't help hoping Liu Chu might come up with a good plan.
"What exactly happened?"
Seeing everyone gathered together instead of training, all of them looking troubled, Liu Chu asked curiously.
"Ah, it's a long story."
Lin Bei sighed and slowly explained, "A few days ago, Master went out on an errand, but he didn't come back for several days. Then yesterday, when we came to the martial arts hall, we found it had been turned upside down. It looked like someone had been searching for something."
"We found a note those people had left behind. It said they were the Three Friends of Songling. They claimed Master had killed their friend Gu Hualong and demanded we bring them the martial arts manual they wanted in exchange for Master..."
Hearing this, Liu Chu frowned. He hadn't expected killing Gu Hualong to bring these so-called Three Friends of Songling down on him.
They had actually kidnapped Yang Wenhuai and were now demanding the Neizhuang technique, Jinding Technique.
"Looks like Gu Hualong had a contingency plan in place. I