Martial Arts Song

Chapter 290: Genius
"Is it public..."

After hearing what Fei Dongtao said, Chen Qing couldn't help but look thoughtful.

It was somewhat beyond his expectation that the gold-level mission was actually public.

But if you think about it carefully, this is actually more reasonable.

The lowest reward for a gold-level mission is over a hundred thousand, and the median is as high as several hundred thousand!
This is just the reward for the gold medal killer, not including the various expenses for the "cloud" itself.

If we take into account the various logistical, investigation, and operational costs for the "cloud" itself, the cost of issuing a gold-level mission would be at least hundreds of thousands, and could be as high as one million or even two million!
Such a huge amount of money is an astronomical figure that is difficult for ordinary people to reach in their lifetime.

For ordinary businessmen, it is a huge sum of money that is difficult to earn in many years.

Even for the wealthy businessmen or even the official institutions of the central government, this amount is considered a huge sum of money.

Therefore, it is destined that the number of gold-level tasks will be very small, and it is impossible for them to be as numerous as silver-level tasks.

Once one appears, it is naturally impossible for only one gold medal killer to take it.

After realizing this, Chen Qing did not ask any more questions and shifted his attention to the silver-level task folder in his hand.

Asking about the gold medal killer and the gold-level mission was just a matter of course. He was only now at the third silver-level mission of the silver medal killer.

Although it’s not far from being promoted to the gold medal, it will still take some time.

Therefore, after knowing some basic information he wanted to know, he stopped asking and prepared to choose the next silver-level task.

When Fei Dongtao saw that he no longer asked about the gold medal killer and the gold-level mission, he didn't say anything else.

There was a rare silence for seven or eight minutes.

Chen Qing, who was choosing the third silver-level task, finally made his choice.

"That's it."

Chen Qing turned the task folder in his hand to the page with the selected task target information and handed it to Fei Dongtao.

Fei Dongtao also took it with a smile and replied, "Okay."

……

When Chen Qing left the "Yun" organization's base, it was just after ten in the morning.

He walked along the road towards the center of "Gangqiao" like an ordinary person, preparing to take a taxi back to "Sanlin" as he did before.

However, before he walked far, he suddenly felt someone staring at him in the dark.

Almost at the moment he sensed it, he turned around suddenly and looked in the direction where the gaze was coming from.

Then, at the entrance of a narrow alley beside the road, he saw the person who was looking at him, the "Sister Lan".

The other party did not hide himself either.

After seeing Chen Qing looking back at her, she walked out of the alley and walked towards Chen Qing.

As she approached, she frowned and said, "What is your purpose in approaching Manli? She is just an ordinary person. If you want to use her to do something, you can tell me directly and I will help you do it. Don't implicate her."

"Ok?"

Hearing the other party's words, Chen Qing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

It seems that after Fei Dongtao sent the other party out, the other party did not leave, but was waiting for him outside.

After hearing the other party's words, Chen Qing was suddenly a little surprised at the other party's feelings for Lin Manli.

Knowing full well that he was a master of "Jingbian", she still dared to confront him and say such words... This is true love!

After a little thought, Chen Qing looked at the other person, narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you really willing to help me for her?"

"Ok!"

"Sister Lan" nodded and said seriously: "Just don't hurt her."

"Haha, you are really infatuated."

Chen Qing chuckled and said, "Okay, then wait for my news. I'll ask her to contact you when I need you to do something. That way you can confirm her safety, right?"

After saying this, he continued walking along the road.

A silver medal killer. Although it is not clear what kind of professional skills he has, but since he was able to be promoted to silver medal, I think he must have some skills.

Having such a person to help with things can often save him a lot of trouble.

As for the other party's "misunderstanding", he did not intend to correct it.

Anyway, the other party just wishfully thought that he approached Lin Manli for ulterior motives, and then voluntarily agreed to help her. He didn't say a word, at most he just didn't refuse.

"Okay! I hope you can keep your promise!"

After hearing what Chen Qing said, "Sister Lan" looked at Chen Qing's leaving figure and said in a firm tone.

In response, Chen Qing just raised his hand and waved without even turning his head.

After this little episode, Chen Qing came to the center of "Gangqiao" and hailed a rickshaw to return to "Sanlin".

……

in the next period of time.

Chen Qing's life returned to normal and peace.

He gets up at around three in the morning every day to practice "spiritual training" and "qi training".

After that, he drove to the riverside of "Chenxing District" to communicate with Lu Hongfeng.

After finishing the conversation with Lu Hongfeng, he would wait for Jiang Ying to arrive, give Jiang Ying guidance on exercises, pay for meals and give instructions.

Afterwards, he returned to the Chen family courtyard in "Sanlin" and spent a rare time with his family, either resting and chatting, or helping with work.

From time to time, I would practice the "tiger roar" to keep myself from getting rusty.

In addition, he also took the time to buy a sword and began to practice some basic sword moves when communicating with Lu Hongfeng, in order to familiarize himself with the process of sword training so that he could know himself and the enemy better.

At night, Chen Qing would go out to the "Red River" to practice the "Golden Toad Swallowing and Spitting" method to break the limit.

When he finished practicing his exercises and taking the medicine, it was nine o'clock in the evening and time to go to bed.

This was basically how his life went for the next ten days or so.

It is worth mentioning that his communication with Lu Hongfeng was not just about Lu Hongfeng teaching him the various methods, insights and experiences of the "Qi Change" master in sword practice.

At the beginning, it was Lu Hongfeng who taught these things to both sides, but as time passed, Chen Qing also began to explain some of his own insights on "practicing essence".

Although Lu Hongfeng is already 97 years old and it is basically impossible for him to "practice" and transform himself physically, he still has descendants and disciples.

Therefore, he listened very carefully to the insights of Chen Qing, such a young master of "essence transformation", on "practicing essence".

In particular, Chen Qing's insights on "refining essence" do not belong to this world, but come from other worlds, and are decades ahead of this world. They can be said to be novel insights that he has never heard of!
Therefore, Lu Hongfeng often had sudden enlightenment after listening to what he heard.

The communication between the two sides was close to real communication. Lu Hongfeng's attitude towards Chen Qing also changed from treating him as a junior to treating him as a peer.

The way he addressed Chen Qing also changed from never calling him Chen Qing to "Lin Xiaoyou" just like Luo Zongping.

Chen Qing saw these changes, but just smiled and said nothing.

After the communication between the two sides gradually became "equal", he slowly learned a lot of common sense and experience about "qi training" from Lu Hongfeng.

In this way, time passed by, and soon it was August 15th...

this day.

Chen Qing got up at around three in the morning as usual.

After finishing "training the mind" and "training the qi", a little after five o'clock, when it was just dawn, he drove out and came all the way from "Sanlin" to the riverside of "Chenhang".

When his car drove to Jiulong Avenue near the river in "Chenhang" and was about to stop by the roadside, he found a black vintage car already parked on the roadside.

When Chen Qing saw this old car, he was stunned at first.

Then, he gradually saw clearly that the parked old car was Luo Zongping's car!
Because there was just a little hazy morning light in the sky and the appearance of cars of this era were not much different, he was unable to tell it at first.

But after seeing it, he didn't find it strange.

Today is August 15th, the day when the Ryuuken kendo genius sets up his fighting arena.

It was normal for Luo Zongping to come here to find him.

After all, the other party's original purpose was to let him communicate with Lu Hongfeng and familiarize himself with the methods of the "Qi Change" sword-practicing master, so that he could defeat the Ryuukage kendo genius and win some face for the warriors of "Hu Hai".

Chen Qing didn't think any more about it. After driving the car to a position not far behind Luo Zongping's car and stopping, he opened the door and got out from the driver's seat.

After walking around the front of the car and coming to the guardrail, Chen Qing looked towards the river.

In the hazy morning light, although the light is not very bright, you can vaguely see two figures walking along the river.

Almost at the same time when he looked at the two figures, the two figures turned their heads as if they sensed something and looked in his direction.

"Brother Lin is here."

In Luo Zongping's car, the driver Xiao Zhao, who was originally sitting in the driver's seat, opened the door and got out of the car after seeing a car parked behind.

Then, he saw Chen Qing in front of the guardrail and greeted him with a smile.

After hearing Xiao Zhao's voice, Chen Qing turned his head to look at him and replied with a smile: "Yes, I'm here. I'll go find Teacher Luo and the others first."

After saying that, he supported himself on the guardrail with one hand, climbed over it, landed on the cobblestoned river bank, and walked towards Luo Zongping and Lu Hongfeng who were walking by the river.

When he approached, Lu Hongfeng was the first to greet him with a smile and said, "Little friend Lin, you are finally here."

"What? Mr. Lu thought I was running away from the battlefield?"

Chen Qing replied jokingly.

Then, he looked at Luo Zongping, bowed slightly, clasped his fists and greeted him, "Teacher Luo."

Although he knew Luo Zongping earlier than Lu Hongfeng, after half a month of communication, he and Lu Hongfeng became closer than Luo Zongping.

He couldn't make a joke like the one just now with Luo Zongping.

Strictly speaking, Chen Qing and Lu Hongfeng have met more times than Luo Zongping. They have met every fifteen days and spent more than an hour together each time.

As for Luo Zongping, although Chen Qing had been working at the "Luo's Paper Mill" for more than two months, Luo Zongping only came every three to five days. Every time they met, they just exchanged simple greetings and did not have any deep contact.

"It seems like you guys have been getting along well in the past half month."

Facing Chen Qing's greeting with a fist, Luo Zongping nodded, then looked back and forth between Chen Qing and Lu Hongfeng with a little surprise, and then smiled.

Hearing this, Lv Hongfeng smiled and said, "Little friend Lin has a unique insight into 'practicing essence'. I have benefited a lot from our communication over the past half month."

"Oh?"

After hearing this, Luo Zongping looked at Chen Qing in surprise, "Then I would also like to hear your opinion on 'practicing essence' if there is a chance."

"Mr. Lu is just praising you, Mr. Luo, don't take it seriously."

Chen Qing smiled modestly and said this, then frowned and asked, "Teacher Luo, are you here today because that Ryuying sword genius is finally going to set up a ring?"

"Yes."

Luo Zongping shook his head and said, "In the past half month, we actually asked someone to pass on a message to the Ryuying Consulate, hoping that the Ryuying side would not make such a big fuss. Unfortunately, the Ryuying Consulate replied that this was the personal behavior of Ueizumi Shizuka and his apprentice, and they had no reason to interfere."

"Humph!"

After hearing this, Lu Hongfeng, who was standing by, snorted coldly: "Didn't the Ryuying people claim that the whole island obeys their Sakura Emperor? Now they are behaving on their own again? It's obvious that they are doing it on purpose!"

Chen Qing was not as indignant as Lu Hongfeng. He just looked at Luo Zongping and asked, "Teacher Luo, where is their arena?"

Luo Zongping looked at him and replied, "West City, Hongjiang Road in the International Settlement."

Hearing this, both Chen Qing and Lu Hongfeng couldn't help but frown.

Xicheng, the "Hongjiang Road" of the International Settlement, is the center of the concession.

That street has been bustling with people for a long time, and people from concessions of almost all countries are there.

Putting the arena here is obviously intended to let everyone in the entire "Hu Hai" and people from various countries in "Hu Hai" know about this.

If "Hu Hai" does not have any younger generation who can defeat the kendo genius, it will be really embarrassing!
All three of them obviously understood this.

After frowning, Lu Hongfeng immediately looked at Chen Qing and said with a burning gaze: "Little friend Lin, you must win!"

Chen Qing frowned.

What he is actually thinking about now is not the question of whether he will win or not, but the fact that if he appears in such an overly lively occasion, there is a high probability that he will be exposed!
He had thought about this problem before.

But what he had thought of before was to wear a mask that covered most of his face, just like when he met Tao Weifeng and the "Sheng Ge" from the Axe Gang.

But the other party has placed the arena in a very busy place like "Hongjiang Road", so the attention will surely be very high.

Even if he goes wearing a mask, if he wins, it will probably attract an exaggerated amount of attention.

But this is not what he wants.

Of course, although he was thinking about these things in his heart, on the surface, Chen Qing still clasped his fists and replied to Lu Hongfeng's words: "Mr. Lu, I can't guarantee you that I will win, but I can only say that I will do my best!"

Hearing his words, Luo Zongping smiled and comforted him, "Don't worry, don't be stressed. In the past half month, we have received a call from a genius who is not inferior to the Ryuukaku sword genius. I came here so early today just to tell you about this."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Chen Qing was stunned. "A genius who is not inferior to that Ryuying sword genius has been paged back?"

While he was stunned, Lu Hongfeng next to him was also stunned.

But then, he seemed to remember something, looked at Luo Zongping hesitantly, and said, "Old Luo, are you talking about... that person's apprentice?"

(End of this chapter)