The master of the palm and I said.
Twenty years ago, the year I was four years old and stayed with my mother at Thoughtless Mountain.
Just before we left, something happened to the Thousand Doors, there was a mass food poisoning, luckily it was sent to the hospital in time and no one’s life was in danger.
“But the poison didn’t hurt our organs, but it messed up our muscles and veins, so we could only exert ourselves and not use our breath. Once the poisoned person is past his prime, he will become weaker like an ordinary old man. Instead of being like us martial artists, who grow older, we grow stronger with age. This matter has always been the secret of our Thousand Clans, Chao-er, Uncle Shifu is telling you today, just to and for you not to Uncle Shifu. I know you suffered as a child, but we all had no choice at that time.”
With that, he pulled back his sleeve and showed me his arm.
I drew in a breath of cold air; the arm, which ran from his wrist to his big arm, had a section of bursting red lines, like a birthmark.
No wonder I didn’t feel a trace of murder on him!
Yue Man Gong said: “Master and the poisoned brothers are now no different from ordinary people, when they were young they still had a bladder of strength, but when they came of age, their strength decayed quickly. When they reach old age, they are no different from ordinary old people.”
This old man used to be my father’s senior brother and had taught disciples like Moon Man Bow, so he must be good at kung fu, but I never thought he would encounter this kind of thing.
“Has the person who poisoned the house been caught later?” I asked.
The master shook his head, “We also suspected that someone had poisoned us specifically. But the person who poisoned us was not caught. We couldn’t even figure out what this poison was.”
I did know someone who knew the theory of poison, but unfortunately this person was seriously injured and was still in hospital.
Maybe if Arashi wakes up one day, I can ask him about it.
I let out a long sigh, “You think too much, Master Master, how could I possibly blame you? I did have grievances in my heart before, but not anymore, I already know what Jianghu is like. Ai, no wonder when I came, they said that the Thousand Sects were having trouble responding to the people who came. But what’s going on with you, Moon Full Bow.”
Yue Man Gong said, “I can’t win. I am the current Grand Disciple of the Thousand Sect, if I were to take on the fight every time, people would suspect that there is no one in my Thousand Sect. But if I am the only one who wins every time, then the rivers and lakes will know the secret of the Thousand Clans. If I don’t win, then the jianghu must know that I’m letting the water out.”
So it was like this, the crowning words that Yue Man Gong had just said in front of the reporters were not for my ears, but they were intended to be said to Jianghu through the words of the reporters.
Zhao Zichen had once said to me that the younger generation of the Thousand Sect was barely hanging on by Yue Man Gong, and there had been no good candidates.
I originally thought that there was just a lack of good disciples, but now I realised that the situation was worse than that, it was not a lack of youth, it was a lack of support.
It’s not just the younger generation that has no good talent, but also the older generation that has no one who can support them.
Yue Man Gong added that the people who rescued him last time were his brothers and sisters, and that many of them had been injured trying to save him.
Martial arts training depends a lot on talent, especially the kung fu of the Thousand Doors, that is more than enough for everyone to learn.
No wonder Yue Man Gong wanted Zhao Xiaoliu to enter the Thousand Clans so badly, but Zhao Zichen would never agree, and even if I sympathised with the Thousand Clans, there was no way to get around Zhao Zichen on this matter.
Even if I sympathised with the Thousand Clans, there was no way to get around him. If news of the Thousand Doors being unoccupied were to get out, it would be like an unlocked safety deposit box.
For money, people would do anything, and the Yin family was a lesson from the past.
“So what now? You can’t keep going on like this.” I said.
Moon Full Bow was also distressed and said with a frown, “We can only deal with it for now. Luckily the people they’ve found have all finished competing, and no one will be coming back for a while. I heard this morning that the first season is done and I haven’t had a chance to let you know.”
I let out a long sigh, that’s good.
“It’s not good.”
We were talking when the door to the parlour was thrown open with a jerk, and Komiya, with his head full of big men, came running in in a panic.
Moon Man-bow frowned and said, “What’s all the panic about? There are reporters out there now, and if they are seen, there’s no telling what will be written about them.”
The master’s temper was much better than Yue Man Gong’s, and he said slowly, “What’s wrong, don’t be in a hurry, take your time.”
Xiao Gong swallowed hard, and after a long time he caught his breath and held onto the door frame and said, “Master, Master Palm, something has happened. They’ve brought another MMA champion to kick the gym, what should we do? Should we let them in, or not.”
Moon Full Bow said impatiently, “What’s going on, the TV people told me this morning that the challenge is over.”
I said, “Maybe you let someone give you an ass.”
Moon Man Bow is a naive and childish person, to put it nicely, but to put it more harshly, he is a good liar, so he probably doesn’t realise that something is wrong when people lie to him.
But it’s not a big deal, and it’s not okay to keep avoiding a fight.
I said, “It’s okay that they’ve got this one strong one, so you can just fight to the death. Of course, don’t really kill him. It’s better to have one strong player than a hundred weak ones. If there are any more kickers in the future, you can just hang up your war card and use the excuse that you are afraid of killing them. Besides, people won’t believe that you can’t beat those underdogs, you can even beat the champion. The audience will naturally know that the show is hokey.”
Master Master said, “Right, what Xiao Chao said makes sense. Yue, don’t leave your hand behind this time, but you have to be gentle with your men, you can hit and hurt, but your injuries have to be able to heal.”
Master Master is still much kinder than I am, and Yue Manchu is probably suffocating, so when he hears Master Master say this, he can’t help but smile and nod his head.
I leaned on my crutches and went to the front hall with Moon Man Bow.
The reporters were still there, probably because they saw another challenge and thought they would see the Thousand Sect make a fool of themselves again, so the bad luck they had just felt was gone, and they were all waiting for the Thousand Sect like evil spirits waiting to suck blood, tilting their heads in excitement.
The disciples of the Thousand Doors in the front hall were relieved to see Moon Man Bow come out.
It wasn’t just the reporters, there were a few more people in the front hall.
The first person I saw was a large man, nearly five foot nine, with a gnarled, muscular body as strong as a rock.
This was a white man, very arrogant, and his appearance should not have been cheap.
When he saw us coming out, a man in a black suit and sunglasses stood up with his hands in his pockets.
“It’s you again.” Moon Fullbow said.
The man was so thick-skinned that he simply ignored the displeasure in Moon Man-bow’s tone.
