I practice martial arts by adding skill points in modern city-Chapter 57: Dong County’s Hidden Chaos [054]

"What’s going on?"

"Why are you hitting an old man, and a monk at that?"

Seeing many tourists gathering around, Wang Longhu felt like teaching the old monk another lesson, but he was aware that this was the internet age.

If this got recorded and uploaded online, he would really be in big trouble — unable to justify himself.

So he quickly jumped off the rock and swiftly blended into the crowd.

Zheng Dongliang and his group wouldn’t be coming out of the Guanyin Temple anytime soon due to their incense offerings, so Wang Longhu wandered around the vicinity.

After a round, he realized that although Xian Di Yan was a tourist attraction in Dong County, the place was heavily shrouded in Buddhist culture.

Many giant rocks had images of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas carved onto them, with Buddhist scriptures inscribed beside them, exuding a feeling of a Buddhist pure land.

This made Wang Longhu pay attention to the words spoken by the old monk earlier.

"He must have mistaken me for someone else, which means that old monk is frequently harassed, and those harassing him are martial artists, aiming to get the Buddha statues from him. But what secrets do the statues hold that even martial artists are so interested?"

Wang Longhu gazed up at a three-meter-tall image of the Weituo Bodhisattva carved on a rock surface, and his curiosity grew.

It felt like only having a certain level of strength could trigger a special quest from this monk NPC; ordinary people couldn’t activate it.

Before practicing martial arts, Wang Longhu never could have imagined that the Guanyin Temple at Xian Di Yan hid a martial artist monk.

And from his words, this person shouldn’t be a local of Dong County.

A sudden thought struck Wang Longhu’s mind, and he looked shocked: "Master Chen, the big monk, this old monk, all three of them don’t seem to have Dong County accents, and they’re all quite powerful. Could there be some hidden secret among them for appearing here simultaneously?"

In fact, from the beginning, Wang Longhu found it suspicious how Master Chen and the big monk appeared in this insignificant place of Dong County.

For as long as Wang Longhu could remember, Dong County never had a martial arts atmosphere. Prior to meeting Master Chen, he had never seen anyone practice martial arts on the island.

And needless to say, the big monk clearly was a martial monk, but Dong County’s temples couldn’t possibly cultivate such a monk.

"The Buddha statues..." Wang Longhu muttered to himself.

It seemed this island he grew up on indeed harbored some incredible secret.

Bam.

Just as Wang Longhu was about to turn back to find Zheng Dongliang and others, he accidentally bumped into a man walking by.

When they collided, usually the weaker side would be knocked back, and Wang Longhu felt the man was solid as a rock.

It was like hitting a stone; Wang Longhu instinctively exerted force, pushing the man two steps back.

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry," Wang Longhu quickly apologized, but upon locking eyes, he noticed the man’s gaze was cold, like ice.

This man, wearing a black cap despite the scorching heat, had ordinary features, but his eyes were sharp like a beast’s, sending chills down anyone who met them.

Wang Longhu noted the man’s eyebrows were shaved, with no hair on his face, and despite his slim build, the muscular contours on his arms were evident, clearly a trained fighter.

"Watch where you’re going," the man growled, bypassing Wang Longhu, intending to leave.

Seeing he was heading towards the Guanyin Temple as well, Wang Longhu followed suit.

Unexpectedly, the man suddenly turned back and lashed out with a whip punch at Wang Longhu’s left cheek.

The whip punch, a powerful martial arts move, can cause concussion at best and unconsciousness at worst if it hits the head. In fights, it’s often the move used for KO.

Wang Longhu never expected the man to go for him so viciously, especially after being provoked by the old monk earlier, causing his anger to flare up.

Who does everyone think they can walk all over!

With a raised arm to block, Wang Longhu moved in close and struck the man’s chest with his elbow.

The man reacted quickly, pressing down on Wang Longhu’s elbow, but was immediately met with Wang Longhu’s relentless and fierce attack.

The dragon’s form burst forth, pushing aside the man’s arms, as a Drilling Fist struck straight into his abdomen.

"Ah!"

With a powerful punch from Wang Longhu, the man’s expression twisted, his face turning pale.

Wang Longhu then raised his hand, shifted his fist to a palm, and chopped down vigorously on the man’s head with a Beng Fist from the Five Elements Fist.

After proficiency, the Five Elements Fist wasn’t just a fist technique but a force technique that could be applied to any attack, including palms and spearmanship.

Wang Longhu, with an arching arm and arrow-like fist, struck the man’s cheek, knocking out several of his teeth.

After taking Wang Longhu’s Drilling, Cutting, and Horizontal punches, even a martial artist would need hospitalization. The man’s body likely had many fractured bones.

Yet Wang Longhu’s fury hadn’t subsided, and he wasn’t about to let it go. He stepped forward with great force, his fists ramming the man’s chest like the horns of a raging bull.

In that moment, the man was sent flying back, crashing into the roadside rock, spitting blood while his eyes stared at Wang Longhu in horror.

The Beng Fist could damage internal organs from outside the body, and Wang Longhu’s mastery ensured internal bleeding was inevitable for the man.

"Are you from the tide gang, cough, or a member of the Martial Arts Association... I’m warning you, the matter of the Buddha statue isn’t easy to meddle with. We’ve been guarding it for decades, and we won’t allow anyone to interfere and steal our efforts," the man spat blood, still threateningly warning Wang Longhu.

Wang Longhu looked at him with doubtful eyes, saying nothing.

He figured the man mistook him for someone from a certain faction after instinctively knocking him back earlier, just like the old monk.

Coupled with following after bumping into him, the man must have lashed out without a second thought.

Interesting, increasingly interesting.

Wang Longhu found it amusing that Xian Di Yan, seemingly an ordinary tourist spot, actually hid such a major secret.

The tide gang, Martial Arts Association, and whatever force the man represented must all have been vying for the old monk, who for decades resided at Guanyin Temple on Xian Di Yan, surely holding some unspeakable secret.

The root of it all was the Buddha statues everyone mentioned.

The martial world isn’t about human relations; it’s about fighting and killing.

As long as martial artists exist, their circle constitutes the martial world, which never disappeared but became inaccessible to the general public in the 21st century.

Martial artists, fearful of laws, tend not to go too far. Much is done in secret, unnoticed by ordinary people. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Now, with Wang Longhu mastering the Ming Jin, it was like acquiring a key, quietly opening the door to that world.

"I’m not interested in the statues. I retaliated because you dared attack me recklessly. Next time, you won’t get off this easily." Watching over the man, Wang Longhu remarked nonchalantly.

Then he turned to leave, leaving the man with an enigmatic silhouette.

Initially, Wang Longhu planned to punch the rock the man leaned against, creating a scene to intimidate him.

But he reconsidered, realizing he hadn’t mastered Dark Force, and was still flesh and blood even as a Ming Jin expert.

Scientifically speaking, force comes with an equal reaction, and clashing with rock would only end in injuries.

That would be too embarrassing, devoid of any master’s grace, so Wang Longhu abandoned the thought of showing off.

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