Three months later.
Qian Deren stood outside the main hall door of the backyard, whirlwinding back and forth anxiously outside the door.
In the room, three doctors were discussing in low voices around the bed. Lying on the bed was Qian Shouyi.
This Qian Family Ancestor had his eyes closed at the moment, his face was pale, his chest was covered with blood-soaked bandages, and his breathing was weak.
"Master." A doctor pushed the door open with a solemn expression, "The old man's injury... three ribs were broken, and the most fatal one was that palm, which shocked the heart. The old man has used the best Golden Sore Medicine and oral Bone-Mending Pill, but can he wake up...
, he paused and did not continue.
Qian Deren took a deep breath and handed over his hands. "I'm sorry for helping you. No matter what, please do your best to treat me."
The doctor nodded and turned back to the house.
Qian Deren stood outside the door for a moment, then walked through the corridor and walked to the front yard tent.
In the accounting room, Qian Qingyu was facing a pile of account books, and the abacus in his hand made a clicking sound.
Hearing the footsteps, she raised her head, her eyes exactly like Qian Shouyi's bloodshot eyes.
"How is father?"
Qian Deren responded with a hoarse voice, "... I'm unconscious."
Qian Qingyu's hand holding the abacus tightened suddenly.
Three days ago, the three caravans returned from Yulin Road, escorting a batch of medicinal materials worth 200,000 taels of silver and Exotic Beast Meat-1. This was the biggest business for the three companies since they established themselves in Changxi Prefecture. If the handover can be carried out smoothly, not only can they earn huge profits, but it can also open the door to Changxi Prefecture's upper-level Chamber of Commerce.
Qian Shouyi personally escorts the team.
When we reached the Cao River water section, more than thirty masked men in black suddenly appeared in the reed swamps on both sides of the bank.
Three people are at the peak of their energy, and three people are at their peak.
They formed a battle formation, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, clearly a well-trained killing formation.
Qian Shouyi fought one against two, fighting and retreating to protect the caravan, desperately protecting the goods.
However, at the last moment, he was sneak-attacked by a warrior at the peak of his strength, with a palm imprinted on the back of his heart.
"Goods..." Qian Qingyu's voice trembled.
"We couldn't save it." Qian Deren closed his eyes, "The escort team's expert in transforming strength also killed two people. My father was seriously injured and fell into a coma, and all the other guards were injured."
"Where is that shipment now?"
"Anshun Inn is in Caoshui Ferry", and people were sent to guard it day and night. But the people from Caoshui Gang said, "Tell the three of you to worship Chen Jianghe, and let the grandfathers see how much he weighs."
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Qian Qingyu suddenly stood up.
"Caoshui Gang!" She gritted her teeth, "Those gangsters, if no one dares to support them, how can they dare to touch two hundred thousand taels of goods? There must be someone behind the scenes!"
Qian Deren nodded.
He said solemnly, "I have sent people to investigate. Behind Caoshui Gang is a certain force in Changxi Prefecture City. They said that sentence... They are clearly targeting Chen Jianghe."
"Attack him?" Qian Qingyu frowned, "He is a disciple of Soaring Wood Court, who did he offend?"
Qian Deren was silent for a moment.
"Do you still remember what happened three months ago, Black Wind Cave?"
Qian Qingyu was startled.
"Golden Pivot Court Sun Hongyao, died in the cave." Qian Deren's voice was very low, "Her grandfather Sun Yuhai was the elder Golden Pivot Court. It is said that this man was very protective of his own shortcomings. His granddaughter died and he was convicted. He couldn't swallow this breath."
Qian Qingyu's face changed slightly. "You mean... behind Caoshui Gang is Sun Family?"
"You may not necessarily take action directly, but adding fuel to the flames and using borrowed money to kill people are what those people are good at." Qian Deren said, "What Caoshui Gang wants is for Chen Jianghe to show up. If he goes, he will fall into a trap; if he doesn't go, his reputation will be ruined, and the life-and-death relationship between the three families and him will become a joke."
"From now on, no one dares to form an alliance with the three families."
Qian Qingyu stood up suddenly. "I'm going to find a master of Gangjin! As long as you can afford the price in Changxi Prefecture City, are you afraid that you won't be able to hire someone? Soaring Wood Court can only run away to cure diseases. What's the use of Chen Jianghe's great strength?"
Qian Deren looked at her and said slowly, "Qingyu, do you know how much money it costs to hire a Gangjin master?"
Qian Qingyu gritted his teeth. "Any amount will do! The three families have staked most of their wealth on this batch of goods. If the goods are lost, if the father cannot wake up... I will definitely take revenge...
Qian Deren interrupted her, "The cash we have available in our account, apart from treating my father's injuries and maintaining the basic operation of the business, we can't hire any Gang Jin experts."
Qian Qingyu was stunned.
She opened her mouth to say something, but no word came out.
The room fell into dead silence for a moment.
After a long time, Qian Deren said softly, "I'm going to go Green Rock Mountain."
"Brother!" Qian Qingyu said anxiously, "You go find Chen Jianghe? What can he do if he has achieved great strength?"
"You are not asking him to go all out." Qian Deren shook his head, "Ask him to come forward and coordinate with Soaring Wood Court's fellow disciples. Although Soaring Wood Court is not good at killing, he is Xingyi Sect orthodox after all. If Soaring Wood Court disciples come forward to mediate, Caoshui Gang may not dare...
"Mediation?" Qian Qingyu sneered, "Brother, when did you become so naive?"
She took a step forward and stared at Qian Deren: "Caoshui Gang gangsters want Chen Jianghe! If he goes, he will die; if he doesn't go, the covenant between the three families and him will be a joke! This is a conspiracy! An unsolvable conspiracy!"
Qian Deren is silent.
After a long time, he raised his head.
"Then you have to go."
"Before my father fell into coma, he only said one thing - tell Jianghe, don't come."
Qian Qingyu was shocked. "Father... he..."
"He knows this is a trap." Qian Deren closed his eyes, "So he would rather carry it on his own than let Chen Jianghe be in danger."
He turned around and walked toward the door.
He turned his back to Qian Qingyu and said in a hoarse voice, "But if the goods are lost, the three families will be finished. The situation that the three families finally managed to open in Changxi Prefecture over the past twenty years of my father's hard work is completely over."
"I'm going to beg him. Beg him to find a way, beg him to coordinate with his fellow disciples, beg him... even if he just stands Caoshui Ferry, let those gangsters see that he Chen Jianghe is not a false name written on paper."
"As for whether he will live or die, win or lose after he comes -
-"
He paused and did not look back.
"I can't control that much anymore."
Qian Qingyu stood in the accounting room, watching his brother's back disappear outside the courtyard gate.
She lowered her head and looked at the abacus in her hand.
"Chen Jianghe..
Soaring Wood Court, Disciple Peak west side.
Chen Jianghe Independence Court Central.
He was bare-chested, and blood was surging all over his body. His muscle lines were sharply outlined in the moonlight, and every rise and fall contained astonishing power.
At this moment, his eyes were slightly closed, and his breathing was long and deep. The transformation energy in his body was like a rushing river. Under the guidance of the "Mysterious Insight" mental method on the third level of <Withered Wood Meets Spring Art>, it washed through the meridians throughout his body over and over again.
"Mysterious Insight".
This is a key step from "hua" to "gang".
It is necessary to base on the perfect Flawless transformation energy, understand the mystery of the change of energy, induce the qualitative change of Qi and blood, and give birth to the first ray of the most refined and pure "Gang Qi" in the body.
Once you succeed, you will enter Gang Jin for the first time.
Chen Jianghe is immersed in this mysterious perception.
He could clearly feel that the transformation energy in his body was undergoing some inexplicable changes.
It is no longer a pure power of blood, but begins to merge with the mind, will, and even something deeper.
Suddenly, "Boom!"
It was as if some barrier in the body had been quietly broken through.
A warm current surged from the Dantian and instantly flowed through the limbs and bones.
[Fate: Heaven Rewards Diligence, you will succeed]
[Current skill: Withered Wood Meets Spring Art(Mysterious Insight 1%)]
The peak of energy.
Chen Jianghe slowly opened his eyes.
He could clearly feel that there was an unprecedented power surging in his palm.
He stood up and his eyes fell on the spear in the corner of the courtyard.
After three months of hard training, Heaven Pivot Breaking Formation Spear has achieved a small success.
[Current skill: Heaven Pivot Breaking Formation Spear (small success 50%)]
In the past three months, he has practiced Three-Body Stance and Five Elements Fist to the extreme.
[Current skill: Three-Body Stance (extreme realm) → Primordial Three-Body Stance (entry 1%)]
[Efficacy: The whole body's energy and blood are mixed together, and the foundation is as solid as a mountain]
Primordial Three-Body Stance?
After practicing martial arts to the extreme, can it still evolve into martial arts?
He concentrated on sensing.
Primordial Three-Body Stance----It is completely different from Three Body Stance.
Ordinary Three Body Stance is to "stand" on a solid foundation, allowing Qi and blood to sink into the Dantian, and the strength to reach the limbs.
And Primordial Three-Body Stance allows the whole body's energy, blood and strength to be completely integrated into one, regardless of each other.
When standing in the stance, the whole person is like a natural ancient tripod. It is difficult to be invaded by external forces and the internal energy is generated by itself.
He tried to stand up Primordial Three-Body Stance.
In an instant, the qi and blood in the body suddenly condensed into a stream, starting from the Dantian, flowing through the limbs and bones, and finally returning to the Dantian.
After one week, the effect is even more significant than the usual practice of one hour!
He looked at Five Elements Fist again.
[Current skill: Five Elements Fist (Extreme Realm)→Five Elements Primordial Fist (Entry 1%)]
[Efficacy: The five Jin circles are integrated into one, and the strength is harmonious]"
Five Elements Primordial Fist.
Splitting, collapsing, drilling, cannon, and horizontal, the five powerful circles merge into one, and there is no distinction between them, only one whole body.
He tried to throw a punch.
This punch seems to be just an ordinary straight punch, but in the middle of the punch, splitting, collapsing, drilling, cannon and horizontal punches burst out at the same time!
When the five powers are superimposed, the power is more than doubled!
Chen Jianghe retracted his fist and looked at his hands, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.
Extreme realm----
He had never heard his master mention that martial arts could evolve into something new when practiced to the extreme.
When the master taught him Five Elements Fist, he only said "the five elements rotate and the power is endless", but he never said that when Five Elements Fist is practiced to the extreme, it will become "Five Elements Primordial Fist".
His destiny of "Heaven Rewards Diligence" seems to not only allow him to get twice the result with half the effort in cultivation.
Instead, he quietly opened a new door at the moment when he had practiced every skill to the extreme and no further progress was possible.
Behind the door is another world.
Chen Jianghe was silent for a moment and slowly clenched his right fist.
He doesn't know how strong Primordial Three-Body Stance" and Five Elements Primordial Fist" are.
But he knows that any kind of martial arts in this world that can be called "Hunyuan" is extraordinary.
He raised his eyes and looked at the green mountains outside the courtyard wall.
"If you can train Twelve Forms Fist to the extreme----"
He paused and said no more.
But deep in his eyes, there was a hint of heat that even he himself had not noticed.
Suddenly there was the sound of rapid footsteps outside the hospital.
Chen Jianghe raised his eyes.
The fence gate was pushed open.
Qian Deren stumbled in, looking pale.
"Jianghe!"
His voice was hoarse, just two words, but filled with unspeakable panic.
Chen Jianghe's heart sank.
He took a step forward and held Qian Deren's arm. "Brother De Ren, what's the matter?"
Qian Deren gasped for air and tried to steady his voice. "The caravan----was robbed. Caoshui Gang set up an ambush."
"Three people at the peak of their transformation energy, three people at the peak of their transformation energy, surrounded and killed my father."
His Adam's apple rolled and pain flashed in his eyes. "Father----severely injured and unconscious."
"That group of people made a statement on the spot and asked the worshiper Chen Jianghe from your three families to come out and let the grandpas see how much he weighed. If he dares to come, grandpas will return the original goods to the goods. If he doesn't come, grandpa and I will see you three families once and rob them once on my way from now on."
Chen Jianghe's pupils shrank suddenly. "Where is your father now?"
"In the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce West Street Branch. The accompanying doctor has seen it and said that - the internal organs were injured and the qi and blood were in disorder. Although there is no danger to his life, no one can say when he will wake up."
Qian Deren's Adam's apple rolled, "Jianghe, I know you shouldn't be implicated in this matter. Caoshui Gang has made it clear that they are here for you, and there must be someone behind them. I came to you, not to ask you to risk your life, but to invite you to----"
He paused and said in a difficult voice, "I would like to ask you, as a disciple of the Xingyi Sect, to come forward and coordinate. Even if you just ask Soaring Wood Court's teacher to write a letter to express your attitude, let Caoshui Gang know that the three families do have a connection with the Xingyi Sect----"
"That's enough." A cold female voice sounded from outside the door.
Qian Qingyu strides into the hospital.
She was not wearing the goose-yellow shirt she used to wear every day, but was wearing a dark black outfit, with a long sword hanging from her waist, and her brows and eyes were full of anxiety and anger.
"Brother! I thought about it and came with him." She walked up to Qian Deren and grabbed his sleeve, "Are you confused? Caoshui Gang clearly set up a trap to encourage Chen Jianghe to get out! If he really goes, he will be playing into the opponent's hands! If he doesn't go, he will be called timid at most, but his life will be saved! There is still hope for everything."
She turned to look at Chen Jianghe and spoke very fast, "Chen Jianghe, I am not targeting you. But ask yourself, how many people of the same level can you defeat with your great strength? Caoshui Gang took action that day, with three peak strength and three masters! Once the battle formation is completed, even the elementary level of Gangjin can handle one or two! What are you going to do? Are you going to die?"
Chen Jianghe looked at them.
Look at Qian Deren's hands covering his face, look at Qian Qingyu's red eyes, and look at the helplessness and despair of the brother and sister at this moment.
He remembered that three months ago, Qian Shouyi walked up to this small courtyard in person with a cane.
"I want to lend you this flag to suppress the gangsters in this town who covet the three trade routes."
"If you really encounter an obstacle that you cannot overcome in the future, as long as I am still alive and as long as the three families are still breathing, I will not let you fight alone."
The back of the old man leaving in the dusk.
Chen Jianghe Close your eyes.
When he opened it again, there was no trace of confusion in his eyes.
He looked at Qian Deren and spoke in a low voice, "Brother Deren, where is the main hall of Caoshui Gang?"
Qian Deren looked up suddenly.
Qian Qingyu's face suddenly changed, and he stepped forward to stop him. "Chen Jianghe! Are you crazy?!"
Chen Jianghe didn't look at her.
He just looked at Qian Deren, waiting for an answer.
Qian Deren's lips trembled. "Jiang, Jianghe----you----"
"Qian Family, Lord, I was seriously injured and fell into a coma." Chen Jianghe interrupted him, his voice still calm, "Caoshui Gang said, let me go, and I will return the original thing. I will go."
He paused. "As for whether he can come back alive -
He raised his hand and pressed it to his heart.
There, deep in the dantian, the extremely thin and light Gang Qi prototype formed by the peak of energy is slowly flowing.
"That depends on whether they have the ability to keep me."
Qian Qingyu stared at him.
There were too many emotions surging in her eyes: anxiety, anger, disbelief, and a trace of the deepest pressure that she didn't want to admit——
hope.
She took a deep breath, suddenly reached out and grabbed Chen Jianghe's wrist.
"Chen Jianghe, listen to me." Her voice was very low, "Who is behind Caoshui Gang, don't you understand? That old guy Sun Family's granddaughter is dead. He can't swallow that breath, and he doesn't dare to openly touch you, a disciple of Soaring Wood Court, so he can only kill with a borrowed knife!"
"If you really go to the Cao River, even if you come back alive, you will have to shed a layer of your skin! When the time comes, Sun Family will send a few killers to kill you. Who can say anything?!"
Chen Jianghe looked at her.
He didn't break away from her hand, but looked back calmly. "Miss Qian."
He spoke in a low voice, "When Qian Family took care of my master, mother, and Uncle Liu for me, did you ever ask if it was worth it?"
"Besides, they have only touched the trade routes of three families. If I back down this time,"
He paused.
"Are they going to touch my family again? Touch my unconscious master?"
Qian Qingyu was startled.
Chen Jianghe gently withdrew his hand and cupped his fist towards her. "You two, brother and sister, are just waiting for the news at home."
He turned around with his gun in hand and walked toward the courtyard door.