Martial Arts Song

Chapter 333 Awakening

Chapter 333 Awakening
"Ok?"

Xuanfeng was stunned after hearing this, and then he looked around the courtyard gate carefully.

However, he had been away for almost a month and was not aware of the current situation in the Chen family compound. Therefore, even though he was a master of "divine transformation" and his insight far exceeded that of ordinary people, he was unable to find anything unusual.

After looking for a while without any results, he turned to look at Chen Qing and asked, "What's going on?"

Chen Qing still narrowed his eyes slightly, did not answer him, and continued to look around the Chen family's courtyard gate.

After watching for a while, Chen Qing looked at Xuan Feng, opened his slightly narrowed eyes, and asked: "Ayong, did you hear anyone else in the yard?"

"No."

Xuan Feng shook his head and replied, "There are only three breathing sounds in the room. Judging from the rhythm and pattern of their breathing, they are Uncle Chen, Aunt Yang, and Brother Yang."

Xuanfeng, who had lived in the Chen family for half a year, was quite familiar with the breathing rhythm and pattern of Chen Zhengzhong, Yang Ying and Chen Yang when they were asleep.

Even though I've been away from home for nearly a month now, I still heard it the first time.

After hearing this, Chen Qing nodded.

He could only hear three breathing sounds, but he couldn't tell whether they were from Chen Yang and the others.

As his [God] value increased, his hearing became more sensitive. If he focused, he could even hear the breathing of people in the yard.

However, it is still different from the "divine transformation" and not as specific as what Xuanfeng heard.

But nonetheless, this is significant progress.

"I'll go in and take a look first. You wait here for me."

Although he heard that there were only three people in the yard, and learned from Xuanfeng that these three people were Chen Zhengzhong, Yang Ying, and Chen Yang, for the sake of caution, Chen Qing still lowered his voice and spoke to Xuanfeng.

After all, someone from the Chen family came tonight, so it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Afterwards, Chen Qing moved sideways a few steps and came to the bottom of the courtyard wall. Then he stepped on the wall lightly and silently like a cat, and then fell into the courtyard.

Seeing this, Xuanfeng said nothing, but turned sideways and listened attentively to the movements in the yard so that he could be ready to respond at any time.

A few minutes later.

He stopped listening intently.

Just as he put away his posture for a moment, the gate of the courtyard opened with a "click" and Chen Qing walked out.

"It's okay, come in."

Chen Qing said with a hint of doubt between his brows.

He checked the yard and confirmed that there was no one else in the yard. Chen Zhengzhong, Yang Ying and Chen Yang were also fine and were all sleeping soundly, which made him feel very strange.

He was sure that someone had come to Chen's house tonight.

Since leaving Qianyang and coming to "Hu Hai", Chen Qing had taught the Chen family in the early days that every time they went out or went to sleep, they should place some subtle and imperceptible objects in some remote corners of the door, and then when they came back, they could use these objects placed in the remote corners to judge whether anyone had entered the house.

This is a kind of anti-reconnaissance technology.

In this world, unless one is a top-level professional spy, most ordinary people, even official personnel such as police officers, cannot do it.

Chen Qing also improved this anti-reconnaissance technology by combining some ingenuity from his previous life, a world that was decades ahead of this world in social development.

Therefore, even if the world's top professional spy came, he might not be able to discover it, let alone enter the house without any damage.

So, after Chen Qing came back, he saw that tiny things on the gate and the courtyard wall were damaged when the Chen family slept every day. He was certain that someone must have come to the Chen family tonight!
Later, he entered the yard and checked the doors of Chen Zhengzhong, Yang Ying, and Chen Yang's rooms. Under his instruction, the three of them would also arrange this kind of anti-reconnaissance measures on their doors before going to bed.

Through inspection, he also confirmed that someone had indeed entered the room of the three people.

However, this man did not do anything to the three people, and no property was stolen from the Chen family.

This is also what makes Chen Qing confused.

"Brother Bing, how can you be sure that someone has been here tonight?"

Just when Chen Qing was feeling confused, after hearing his words, Xuanfeng finally had the leisure to ask this question.

He, a master of "divine transformation", didn't notice it, but Chen Qing discovered it first, which made him curious.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing glanced at him and said, "It's just a little trick. I didn't teach you before because I thought you didn't need it."

As a master of "divine transformation", Xuanfeng has very keen observation and insight into things.

Any slight changes in an object can basically not be hidden from the eyes of a "divine transformation" master, so Chen Qing did not mention to Xuanfeng the anti-reconnaissance techniques that he taught to the Chen family.

But who knew that Xuanfeng would suddenly propose to leave the Chen family and go out to try his luck.

This led to the fact that Chen Qing discovered someone had been there before Xuanfeng tonight.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing added: "I'll teach you later. Go in and help me see what traces this person left in the yard. Let's first see who this person is."

Only by knowing who is coming can we analyze the purpose of this person's behavior.

As the saying goes, when a wild goose passes by, it leaves a sound; when a wind blows by, it leaves a trace.

As long as you have been here, you will always leave something behind.

And those that are left behind basically cannot escape the eyes of the "divine transformation" masters.

It was a great luck that I met Xuanfeng at the "Sanyang" ferry tonight.

"Ok."

After listening to him, Xuan Feng nodded and walked into the yard, saying, "But I have to state in advance that I have been away from home for almost a month. If other people have come to my house during this period, I may also count the traces left by these people. At that time, you can only judge for yourself."

"Don't worry, no one has come since you left."

Chen Qing replied calmly as he squatted down, picked up the door panel on the ground again, carried it into the yard and put it down.

Then, he closed the courtyard door again, moved a small stool and sat next to the door panel, paying attention to Jueying's situation on the door panel while waiting for Xuanfeng's examination results.

As he closed the gate, "Sanlin Town" returned to silence.

After a long while, Xuanfeng, who had been going in and out to check, finally stopped and came to the yard, in front of Chen Qing.

Then, he frowned as he looked at Chen Qing, who was sitting on a small stool, and said in a serious voice, "I checked and there is no sign that anyone else has been in the yard."

"what?"

Chen Qing, who was sitting on a small stool under the moonlight, stood up immediately after hearing this.

He looked at Xuan Feng, frowned, and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Ah."

Xuan Feng nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "If you are really sure that someone has been here, then this person must have the ability to completely erase all traces of himself! This requires at least a long way of practicing the spirit to achieve this! Because among the many traces left, you need to accurately erase only your own, which requires very fine observation and perfect control!"

"This is not something that an ordinary 'Divine Transformation' master can do! At least I can't do it. Among the people I have seen, perhaps only my master can do it..."

After hearing Xuanfeng's words, Chen Qing's brows furrowed.

Although he always wanted to practice quietly and not care about anything, he seemed to be involuntarily involved in many things.

Although this mysterious expert who came to the Chen family courtyard left no trace, he felt that there was only one possibility that he came because of Takasugi Naoto! Apart from Takasugi Naoto, after the Chen family moved to "Sanlin Town", nothing else happened that could attract an expert of this level.

As for why the other party came but did nothing, Chen Qing guessed that the other party might not have done nothing, but did do something but did not get the desired result!

The other party was able to erase all traces of his presence. According to Xuanfeng, the other party was a master who had gone very far in "practicing the spirit" and was comparable to You Chengjian, the master of the Qinglong Hall!

Although it is unclear why the other party was able to lock onto "Sanlin Town", when he killed Takasugi Naoto, no one else was present or knew about it except Xuanfeng.

Therefore, even if this person came, he would not be able to confirm that the incident happened here. He would probably have to use the ability of the "Divine Transformation" master to "ask" the people here.

But the other members of the Chen family did not know that he had killed Takasugi Naoto.

Therefore, the person who came here might not have done nothing, but did something but got no results, and then was worried that doing something else would alert the enemy, so he cleared the traces of his visit and made it look like he had done nothing.

The more Chen Qing thought about it, the more likely this seemed to be the case!
For a moment, he narrowed his eyes slightly, his brain quickly thinking about how to deal with this matter...

at the same time.

Xicheng, International Settlement, Ryusakura Consulate.

In a Ryusakura-style room.

In front of a black desk in the middle of the room.

Keita Harada, who was wearing a men's Ryusakura kimono, was sitting opposite a middle-aged man who was wearing a long gown and a mandarin jacket and had a bamboo suitcase at his side.

Beside the two men, there was a woman wearing a Ryusakura kimono, pouring wine for them.

Some distance to the side of the two of them, there were several singing girls with white faces and red lips, holding shamisen, performing hard.

The two watched the performance while drinking wine and eating various raw fish sashimi on the table.

Until this performance came to an end, the singers took a break and prepared for the next performance.

Harada Keita then looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, raised the wine poured by the woman next to him, and said with a smile: "Master Furukawa, you have made such a long trip. This glass of wine is a toast to you."

After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.

The middle-aged man in a long gown and a jacket replied with a faint smile on his face: "Harada, I came here this time because I received an order from the Sakura Emperor to work for our Great Flow Sakura Empire. There is no such thing as hard work."

After saying that, he also picked up the wine poured by the woman beside him and took a sip.

"Although you came here on the orders of Lord Sakura, nothing here would have been possible without you. As the executor of this plan, it is only right that I thank you."

Harada Keita smiled again and said, "Besides, you are one of the only two remaining masters of the Iga-ryu School. You even changed your clothes and ran to the other side for such a trivial matter. This is beyond the mission. Please accept this gratitude!"

As he spoke, he reached to his side and pushed a black jade box towards the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man still had a faint smile on his face, and he didn't even look at the black jade box that was pushed over.

But similarly, he did not push the jade box back, but smiled and said, "It's just a small favor."

Then, he paused and continued, "However, I have been to those suspicious places and asked the residents nearby, but I haven't seen Naoto-kun. Except for a few households where some people have not returned due to work, there is basically no direction to investigate. Are you sure Tengchuan's analysis is correct?"

"I can't be sure."

Harada Keita shook his head slightly and said, "But I believe you have heard of Tengchuan's reputation. I can only trust him."

"Ok."

The middle-aged man called Gu Chuan nodded slightly and said, "Then I will help you investigate those homes with missing people, and then leave after finding the remaining people."

"Excuse me."

After hearing this, Keita Harada smiled and raised his glass to toast again.

……

The rich smell of medicinal herbs filled the entire yard.

From time to time, under the stove in the fire room, there was a crackling sound of burning wood.

The sky above gradually changed from complete darkness to a hazy black with a hint of deep blue.

Before we knew it, dawn had arrived and daybreak was imminent.

In the Chen family yard.

Xuanfeng was sitting next to the door panel with a small stool, feeding the boiled medicine into Jueying's mouth one spoonful at a time.

Under the eaves, Chen Qing was lying on a recliner, frowning, resting his eyes, and thinking.

After analyzing and guessing the identity of the mysterious person who came to Chen's house last night and the purpose of his behavior, Chen Qing began to think about how to deal with it.

But this matter was indeed difficult. There were too many directions for him to think about, so he hadn't slept yet.

When Xuanfeng saw that he was thinking about it, he didn't say anything else and started to work in the fire room. He used the medicinal herbs that the two of them had "brought" before to boil the so-called "essence tonic soup" to feed Jueying.

The two of them were thinking and busy in the yard until this point.

At this time, it should have been the time for Chen Qing to get up every day to "practice his mind" and "practice his qi".

But because of the arrival of the mysterious man last night, he couldn't leave the Chen family here and go to practice alone.

"Yah~"

Suddenly, there was a sound of a door opening.

Then, Chen Yang walked out, stretching and yawning, and said, "Brother Bing, why did you start boiling medicine before dawn today?"

He was awakened by the strong smell of medicinal herbs.

After he finished speaking, he discovered that there were several more figures in the yard.

At this time, the moon had already set and there was no moonlight.

Chen Yang could only rely on the light from the fire room to see a figure sitting on a chair under the eaves, another figure sitting in the yard, and a figure lying on something that looked like a stretcher.

This scared him immediately, and he thought he was robbed, so he quickly unplugged the cord of the yard lamp.

"Click."

With the sound of a switch being turned on, lights came on in the yard.

Then, Chen Yang could see clearly that the person sitting under the eaves was Chen Qing, and the figure sitting in the yard was Xuan Feng whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Hey, Ayong is back?"

Seeing Xuanfeng, Chen Yang walked up to him happily and greeted him.

But halfway through the walk, he saw the figure that Xuanfeng was feeding soup to seemed to be missing an arm.

This frightened him again and he stopped in his tracks. He asked, "Oh my god! What happened to this brother?"

He originally subconsciously wanted to ask this brother why he was missing an arm, but in the end his nature overcame his subconscious.

Just after Chen Yang finished asking, suddenly, Jueying, who was lying on the door panel, moved his eyelids slightly after Xuanfeng fed him the "Essence Tonic Soup" all night, and he finally showed signs of waking up!
(End of this chapter)

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