Chapter 66: Rejected
In the teahouse, the aroma of tea wafts.
Wu Neng and the middle-aged man sit opposite each other by the window.
"Swish... swish..."
Beside the tea table, a waiter in blue is grinding ink for the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man has placed paper and pen in front of him.
After the ink is ground, he picks up the pen and dips it, then writes on the paper, writing in an elegant handwriting, writing a letter.
The letter describes in detail how Chu Liang robbed the credit for fighting the tiger, and criticizes Chu Liang as worthless, using a lot of negative words, as if Chu Liang is the worst person in the world.
"Go, take this letter to the martial arts hall, and give it to Miss Qi Yue, the head of the martial arts hall." He handed the letter to the waiter beside him and explained a few words briefly.
"Yes."
The waiter looked respectful and took the letter seriously.
On the other side, Wu Neng expressed his gratitude: "This matter is originally my personal matter. It's just that I am unhappy, so I went to Brother Qi to confide in him. I didn't expect to trouble Brother Qi."
"What's the trouble?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "You and I have been friends for many years. We have fought side by side in the mountains. This little thing is not worth mentioning."
"Thank you very much!"
"No need to do so. I don't like Chu Liang either. I just did it casually."
The middle-aged man's surname is Qi, and his name is Qi Hai. He is one of the earliest disciples of the Black Sword Martial Arts School.
Not long ago, he condensed the fourth blood and energy. His strength is not bad. He has been hired by the Black Sword Martial Arts School as a martial arts master and has a great influence in the martial arts school.
His letter is like a high wall, blocking Chu Liang and the Black Sword Martial Arts School.
On the beam of the teahouse, a gray little mouse lay quietly, with small eyes like black pearls, reading all the contents of the letter.
It is Mouse Two, the thinner of the two little mice.
Next to Chu Liang is the fat Mouse Big.
The two rats shared what they saw and heard through their innate abilities, and then the rat general relayed the news to Chu Liang.
"Master, that Qi Hai is too much!" The rat said angrily, "He doesn't know what kind of person you are. He only listened to Wu Neng's one-sided words and wrote you so badly. He even described you as worse than Wu Neng!"
In response, Chu Liang just smiled and didn't comment.
The two sides have different positions, so there is nothing to say.
The enemy in his eyes may be a good brother who has been through life and death in the eyes of others.
However, with the letter, Chu Liang's possibility of entering the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall is greatly reduced.
Even if he finally enters the martial arts hall, he will probably be targeted by Qi Hai.
"Let's go to the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall and see what the head of the martial arts hall will say."
Chu Liang has a good mentality and a leisurely look. He leads the donkey to the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall.
The closer he gets, the clearer the sounds of those practicing martial arts in the martial arts hall become.
He walked to the front of the martial arts hall and knocked on the door of the martial arts hall.
Dong Dong Dong!
Not long after, the door opened.
A sturdy man appeared, his eyes were as big as copper bells, he looked Chu Liang up and down, and asked in a muffled voice: "What's the matter?"
"Please tell me, I want to join the martial arts school to learn martial arts." Chu Liang replied.
"Twenty-five taels of silver a month, do you have it? If not, don't waste your time."
"Yes."
Chu Liang directly took out a silver note of one hundred taels.
Seeing the amount of the silver note, the man immediately made a gesture of invitation: "Come in, and sit with me in the side yard for a while."
"Okay."
Chu Liang stepped into the martial arts hall and into the front yard of the martial arts hall.
The yard is very large, with wooden stakes, stone locks, bronze men, weapon racks and other equipment needed for martial arts practice on the left, and some straw mats for people to rest on the right.
There are quite a few people practicing martial arts, about twenty people.
They are all strong, with twisted muscles and powerful aura, like a group of human-shaped beasts.
Chu Liang came to a larger yard after passing through the front yard.
There are more people practicing martial arts in this yard.
Some of them were strong, some were skinny, and most of them did not stand in a standard position. They all looked like newcomers who had only practiced for a short time and were not much stronger than ordinary people.
"Follow me this way." The sturdy man led the way in front, walked to an archway on the left side of the yard, passed through the archway, and walked into the side yard.
Chu Liang followed him without saying a word.
No one was practicing martial arts in the side yard. It was empty, with only some stone tables and stone benches placed randomly.
"Wait here for a while. Miss Qi, the person in charge, is dealing with a fight between two groups of apprentices. She will come over later." The sturdy man said.
"Fight?"
"Yes, there was a group of apprentices from the county town who looked down on another group from the mountain village, calling them "mud legs" and "mountain wild men", bullying them everywhere, and then they started fighting."
"I see."
Chu Liang was not in a hurry. He randomly chose a stone bench to sit down and waited slowly.
Time passed, and it was already ten o'clock in the morning without knowing it.
During this period, two more people who wanted to learn martial arts came to the side yard, chose the stone bench next to Chu Liang and sat down, waiting with Chu Liang.
They were not as calm as Chu Liang, and their expressions were uneasy, sometimes excited, sometimes nervous.
They waited for a long time.
Footsteps sounded.
The lady in charge finally came.
After a few breaths, a black figure came into the eyes of several people.
The person was very young, with a somewhat cold and arrogant look in his eyes, thin lips, slender figure, a black long sword on his waist, a dark training suit, and a cold and sharp temperament, like a sword out of its sheath.
Her eyes were cold, and she swept over the three people in the yard, and her eyes paused on Chu Liang.
"You two follow me."
She pointed at the other two people, her voice was cold, and then she looked at Chu Liang.
"As for you, please leave the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall."
"good."
Chu Liang looked calm and stood up immediately without saying anything.
The strong man came over and made a gesture of invitation to him.
"please."
He led the way and led Chu Liang out of the martial arts hall.
The other two people looked happy and were thankful that they could stay.
There are three major martial arts schools in the county, but many people know that the martial arts skills of the Black Sword Martial Arts School are stronger than those of the other two.
It would be best to learn martial arts at the Black Sword Martial Arts Hall.
Chu Liang followed the strong man and returned to the entrance of the martial arts hall.
The strong man said to him: "I see that you are full of energy and calm. You are a good martial artist. You are much stronger than the other two. But for some reason, the lady actually turned you away. This... It’s just bad luck for you.”
He didn't know the reason for this and felt it was a pity.
Chu Liang looked indifferent, nodded slightly, picked up the donkey and planned to leave.
But at this moment, a familiar voice sounded.
"Master Chu?"
It was Qi Xiuliang who spoke out.
Chu Liang looked over in response.
Qi Xiuliang was walking towards the gate of the martial arts gym, with the injured Qi Lin beside him. Both of them were carrying medicine bags, and they had obviously just returned from the medicine shop.
Seeing Chu Liang, the two of them looked happy and hurriedly called to him.
They quickened their pace and came in a hurry.
Qi Xiuliang asked: "Sir, why did you come to our martial arts school?"
"Of course I'm here to learn martial arts, otherwise what else could I do?"
"Learn martial arts?"
Both of them were stunned.
They have always regarded Chu Liang as a powerful master and thought that Chu Liang no longer needed to learn martial arts from his master.
Chu Liang looked easy-going and said with a smile: "I'm not much better than you, I just know how to do archery."
"Sir, are you planning to practice the martial arts "Submersible Sword"?" Qi Xiuliang asked hurriedly.
"right."
"That's great. We are also practicing this martial art. We can work together..."
Just as he was talking, Qi Xiuliang noticed something was wrong with the strong man's expression.
He suppressed the joy in his heart and took a calm look, only to realize that Chu Liang seemed to have been invited out of the martial arts gym.
"Brother Wang, what's going on?" He looked at the strong man.
"Xiao Qi, do you know him?" The strong man was also a little confused.
"He is Chu Liang."
"Which Chu Liang?"
"The one who beat the tiger."
"Oh... no wonder, it turns out he is already a warrior."
The strong man named Wang was suddenly enlightened. When he saw Chu Liang, he felt that Chu Liang was extraordinary and did not look like an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts.
He looked at Chu Liang, cupped his hands, with an apologetic smile on his face, and said, "Disrespect, disrespect! Brother Chu, I didn't know your identity before."
"It's okay, I didn't say anything myself."
Chu Liang didn't care much, it was just a tiger demon fight, it wasn't a big deal.
Many people in the county knew that a man named Chu Liang killed the tiger demon, but they didn't know what he looked like. It was normal not to recognize him.
"Brother Chu, my surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Luo. I am one of the stewards in this martial arts gym." The sturdy man introduced himself.
"Brother Wang."
Chu Liang also bowed his hand.
Qi Xiuliang continued to ask: "Brother Wang, what's going on? Why did you invite Mr. Chu out?"
"I don't have the right to ask people to leave. The lady asked me to do it." The strong man smiled bitterly, stood at the door, and pointed inside the martial arts hall.
"Miss Qi?"
Qi Xiuliang was startled for a moment, then turned to ask Chu Liang: "Sir, do you know Miss Qi Yue from our martial arts school? Have you met her before?"
"No, there is no intersection."
"That's weird!"
Qi Xiuliang and Wang Luo looked at each other with doubts on their faces.
It is impossible for a martial arts gym to turn away people without any reason.
There must be something fishy about this.
Chu Liang knew the reason, and it was related to the letter, but he didn't say it. After all, the little mouse saw it, and the existence of the little mouse could not be exposed.
"Brother Chu, wait for me here for a while!" Wang Luo suddenly spoke and waved to Qi Xiuliang, "Xiao Qi, come with me, and we will go find Miss Qi Yue together."
"good!"
Qi Xiuliang immediately agreed.
He turned to Chu Liang and said, "Sir, please wait a moment."
"Not urgent."
Chu Liang looked calm. He didn't say much. He just guessed that the two people would probably come out disappointed.
After saying hello, the two of them entered the martial arts gym together to find Miss Qi Yue who was really in charge.
Qi Lin stayed with Chu Liang.
He explained: "My lord, Miss Qi Yue is the daughter of the owner of the museum. She is very talented in martial arts. She has already condensed the first qi and blood. It is said that the second qi and blood has been condensed half way. She will most likely be able to break through to the realm of skin refining in the future. , but...the owner of the restaurant said that she has a normal temperament and asked her to take over the management of the stall to hone her temperament. "
"You are also quite talented." Chu Liang said with a smile: "You are not very old, but you also have a lot of energy and blood."
"No, no, no, I'm not even close."
Qi Lin hurriedly shook his head, saying that he was not as good as that young lady.
He had just gathered one qi and blood, but the second qi and blood was not even 10%.
But Chu Liang knew very well that Qi Lin was born in a mountain village. In terms of martial arts training resources, he was far inferior to the daughter of the gym owner.
If the two have the same resources, maybe Qi Lin's achievements will be higher.