Chapter 28

On the second day, Bai Xiaosheng got up early and saw many flower children practicing martial arts on the open ground. He watched for a while and couldn't help but nod in approval. The Beggar Gang, as a major sect with a long tradition, indeed had profound martial arts, and their basic skills were truly impressive!

"Brother, how about it? Want to practice a few moves too?" Behind him, Quan Guanqing had come up at some point and said to Bai Xiaosheng.

Bai Xiaosheng nodded and said, "Sure!" With that, he drew the long sword from his waist, walked to an empty spot, and extended the sword, making a simple thrust, then changed the thrust to a slash, followed by chopping, cutting, and pointing... He performed all the basic sword techniques, simple yet extraordinary in the eyes of the surrounding flower children. After finishing the basic sword techniques, Bai Xiaosheng sheathed his sword, formed his hand into a fist, and began the Tiger Fist, which he had learned from Yun Family Manor.

The Tiger Fist was a basic boxing technique created by a senior of Yun Family Manor, imitating a tiger. After a hundred years of refinement, it became an excellent basic boxing technique. In Yun Family Manor, almost everyone knew the Tiger Fist, but in terms of application, no one could match Bai Xiaosheng.

As mentioned earlier, his analysis system could analyze all martial arts. When he first learned the Tiger Fist, Bai Xiaosheng used the analysis system to practice the most standard Tiger Fist, ensuring no deviation to achieve the purpose of physical training.

After several years of practice, his Tiger Fist far surpassed others. However, what puzzled Bai Xiaosheng was that no matter how he practiced the Tiger Fist, the system's rating always remained at "89" and never improved.

At the time, Bai Xiaosheng was very troubled. Later, he accidentally saw a tiger skin and suddenly understood. The Tiger Fist, although a basic technique for physical training, required deeper exploration and understanding of its essence once the physical training goal was achieved.

Others might have thought about it for a long time, but Bai Xiaosheng immediately realized that he was not a tiger and had not grasped the true essence of the tiger, which was why he could not break through the system's rating.

Determined, Bai Xiaosheng secretly entered the mountains alone to find tigers. This scared his parents, who immediately followed to search for him. After three days in the mountains, Bai Xiaosheng finally saw a tiger, but before he could observe it, his parents found him and gave him a severe beating, causing him to cry out in pain.

This experience, however, removed any barriers between Bai Xiaosheng and his parents, and he willingly accepted their love. His parents also learned of his intentions and, despite the danger, accompanied him daily to observe tigers and seek the essence of the Tiger Fist.

Tigers in the wild were different from those in zoos; their presence was deeply impressive. Bai Xiaosheng didn't need long to mimic some of the tiger's aura, successfully breaking through the Tiger Fist to a rating of "90." What he didn't expect was that after his guidance, his father's Tiger Fist became much more powerful. Although Bai Xiaosheng couldn't evaluate his father's Tiger Fist with the system, he could confidently say that his father had also grasped the essence of the Tiger Fist, even surpassing him.

Later, Bai Xiaosheng never gave up on the Tiger Fist. Each time he practiced, he recalled the tiger's movements, sitting, lying, pouncing... Various tiger-like actions transformed in his hands, making him seem like a fierce tiger roaring in the mountains.

After Bai Xiaosheng finished his set of Tiger Fist, the surrounding flower children were speechless, and even Quan Guanqing was quite shocked. A person could make a boxing technique as fierce as a tiger, which was indeed a rare sight!

"Great boxing technique!"

After a long pause, Quan Guanqing finally said, and the surrounding people also praised him. The two Wangs also came forward to commend Bai Xiaosheng's boxing technique, making him modestly humble, but secretly very proud.

Among his martial arts, the Tiger Fist had the highest rating, reaching "97." The system explained that this was the "Great Perfection" realm. However, Bai Xiaosheng was puzzled: if this was "Great Perfection," why wasn't it 100?

The system didn't provide an explanation, but Bai Xiaosheng thought that although he had grasped the essence of the Tiger Fist, it was someone else's research, not his own. Therefore, he could only achieve a "Great Perfection" rating and couldn't internalize it. In other words, he hadn't derived his own insights from the Tiger Fist.

In the valley, after breakfast, Bai Xiaosheng followed the two Wangs to teach the ordinary flower children martial arts. This was a task he had requested from Quan Guanqing, as he had nothing else to do and found it boring. Unlike ancient people who kept good things to themselves, Bai Xiaosheng believed that sharing unimportant things was harmless, especially when it came to teaching basics.

In this leisurely time, three days passed quickly. On this day, after breakfast, Quan Guanqing called the two Wangs, and soon many people came out of the house. The two Wangs returned to Bai Xiaosheng and instructed the crowd, "Everyone, our mission has come. It's time to take revenge on the Khitan dogs. What should we do?"

"Kill the Khitan dogs..."

"Drive them out of the Yanmen Pass..."

Various voices rose from the crowd. Bai Xiaosheng knew that the time for slaughter had arrived, and their opponents would be the Khitan cavalry.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel excited, his blood boiling. As the crowd shouted, Bai Xiaosheng's face also showed a fervent expression.

"Great! Now let's assign the tasks!"

Wang Gouzi indicated to Wang Mazi, who immediately brought out a map. Wang Gouzi pointed to the map and said, "This map shows our area of operation, west of the Yanmen Pass. Look... here, here, and here... these three places are key routes through the imperial territory. If we guard these three places, we can surely catch the Khitan people. Here, we divide the group into six teams, three small teams, each with three people, responsible for checking the key routes and waiting for the Khitan dogs, acting as our eyes and ears. The three large teams, each with nine people, will rush to where the Khitan dogs are found, ensuring they stay within the Yanmen Pass."

"Yes! Kill the Khitan dogs!"

Soon, the teams were divided, and Bai Xiaosheng followed Wang Gouzi, along with seven others. Wang Mazi also led a team, and another person, whom Bai Xiaosheng had seen a few times, was also one of Quan Guanqing's people, named Qiu Jiu. He was the ninth child in his family, but because his family was killed by the Khitans, he deeply hated them and changed his surname to Qiu, vowing to kill all the Khitans to avenge his family.

This person was relatively quiet in the Beggar Gang but practiced martial arts very diligently, even surpassing the Wang brothers.

The flower children in the valley set out in a grand procession. Outside, they naturally dispersed, each team heading towards their assigned targets under the leadership of their captain. Bai Xiaosheng saw that Xie Xian and Quan Guanqing were also in the crowd, but they were not on the same route as him, heading east instead.

Bai Xiaosheng understood the situation and knew that the east was where the towns were located. They were likely going to contact the flower children there.

Shaking his head, Bai Xiaosheng cleared his mind of distractions, gripped his long sword tightly, and followed Wang Gouzi, walking quickly. He looked at the seven people behind him, secretly observing each of them.

Bai Xiaosheng was not unfamiliar with these people; he had seen them a few times but couldn't recall their names. Ahead, Wang Gouzi turned back to look at the seven and said with a smile, "Bai Xiaosheng, a new second-bag disciple, you should have heard of him. Xiaosheng, let me introduce them to you..."

He pointed to each person and introduced them to Bai Xiaosheng. They all spoke politely, chatting about where they were from and some interesting stories from the martial world.

After about half a day, they reached their destination and chose a hidden spot. Wang Gouzi led everyone to hide and took out some rations, saying, "Everyone, have some food!"

The eight people were silent, the atmosphere somewhat tense. Bai Xiaosheng calmed his restless heart, holding his long sword tightly, which seemed to make him more composed.

While the nine people were eating, a faint explosion seemed to come from the sky. They all looked up simultaneously and saw a red signal rising in the southwest.

"Red? What's happening?" The other eight were shocked, but Bai Xiaosheng didn't understand. A flower child saw his puzzled look and quietly explained, "Our Beggar Gang has three signal colors: green, yellow, and red. When something happens, a signal is sent to gather the brothers. Red is the most urgent signal. I didn't expect this to happen so soon."

Bai Xiaosheng nodded, understanding. He was impressed by the advanced system of the Beggar Gang, which had brought traffic lights to the ancient world!

"Everyone, let's go!" Wang Gouzi ordered, leading the way towards the signal. The others also put away their rations and followed without a word.

In the crowd, Bai Xiaosheng's internal energy surged, his blood flowed faster, and his face turned slightly red, as if he was too excited. He couldn't describe his current feelings, a mix of anticipation and fear, but what was he anticipating, and what was he afraid of?

'Bai Xiaosheng, from today, you will be famous in the martial world!' He encouraged himself, gripping his long sword even tighter.

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