The First Master of the First Volume of the Martial World Chapter 30: Palm Print

  Ye Wen Meng was startled by the loud shout, and he froze for a moment. He looked up and saw that it was Liu Qing Feng, who had somehow run to the front hall and overheard his conversation with the thug.

  He didn't have the heart to chat with Liu Zhenren, so he turned his head and continued to ask the beggar: "You said that Wang Ma Zi caught that man surnamed Zhou, what about now?"

  That rascal was still startled by Liu Zhenren's loud shout and hadn't come back to his senses, thinking to himself "How did another old Daoist appear?" Before he could react, the young knight in front of him asked such a thorny question, and he casually replied: "Since Wang Mazzi got the contract, I'm afraid he'll go to their doorstep to demand people."

  Looking around, both Ye Wen and the old Taoist had unpleasant expressions. At this time, Di Qing suddenly spoke out and said everything he knew: "Actually, as far as I know, that Wang Ma Zi initially had his eyes on the wife and daughter of the Zhou family, so he cheated Zhou into gambling, until he lost all his family's wealth and then deceived him into borrowing a lot of silver, finally forcing him to sell his own wife and daughter to pay off the debt!"

  Yan Wen and Lao Dao didn't make a sound, they just looked at him. Di Xiu knew they were waiting for the next part, so he continued: "I heard that Wang Ma Zi had dealings with someone, specializing in cheating people out of their money and property, then abducting their wives and daughters to sell to brothels!"

  "That Zhou's wife I've seen, not much to look at. That Wang guy wouldn't go to such great lengths for a woman like that, I'm sure of it. My guess is he wants to snatch the Zhou family's baby and then sell it for a high price! Now the little baby would be even more valuable."

  Yue Wen could no longer listen to this and there was no need to continue listening. This matter was clear: Wang Ma Zi had a relationship with the people in the brothel, so he often deceived some girls into selling them for money. This time, he targeted Zhou's daughter Ya Ya, so he set up a trap to cheat Zhou's family out of their wealth, and then still didn't want to give up, deceiving Zhou's men into borrowing money to gamble.

  "No wonder Zhou ran away, these people come to his door every day to collect debts!"

  At that time, the people in the rivers and lakes adhered to a principle of "the punishment does not extend to the family members". In other words, if you have any grudges or grievances, you should direct them at the person with whom you have the grudge, rather than taking it out on their family members when you can't find the person themselves.

  Even if it's a vendetta, once the enemy is killed, that's the end of it. Under no circumstances can you mess with someone's wife or daughter. This kind of thing will often lead to resistance from many people, and who knows, you might even be labeled as an evil cult member because of it.

  Although Wang Ma Zi and his ilk are nothing but local rascals, not truly part of the jianghu community, they still follow certain rules of conduct based on jianghu standards. If someone oversteps their bounds, they're called a shameless scoundrel. If some passing expert hears about it and kills you, that's just "ridding the people of a scourge" - no one will speak up for you, instead they'll applaud with glee.

  Wang Ma Zi is this kind of person, originally he has some power in Linshan County, and has a few younger brothers under him. Usually bullying ordinary people to make a living, but his life is quite carefree.

  Moreover, this person has a good eye for things and knows who not to offend, so after all these years, he's still living a comfortable life without being pursued by any self-proclaimed justice seekers.

  It just so happened that today was the day when Wang Ma Zi's luck ran out, and he never thought that what he did would be exposed to Ye Wen by two unremarkable people from the same county.

  If it were an ordinary time, Ye Wenxu would have just listened and forgotten about it. If there was nothing important going on, he might have gone to take a look as well, and even if it was to get rid of evil for the people, it would have been just a casual thing to do.

  But now it's different, the person Wang Ma Zi just calculated happens to be someone with a bit of a relationship with himself. Although it's a distant relative, but after all, it's still 'one of us!'

  What's more important is that this Wang Ma Zi forced Zhou to sign that contract, which is equivalent to selling Ya Ya to Wang Ma Zi. If it's not handled now, in the future, they'll come knocking on the door with the sales contract, although I'm not afraid, but it's still another troublesome thing, so why not take advantage of the situation and cut through the chaos, thoroughly resolving this matter once and for all?

  Get up, Ye Wen grabbed the shoulder of that ** with one hand, pinching the mixed bone to ache, almost kneeling on the ground, as a warning, lest he ran away, and then slightly relaxed his strength, saying: "Take me to Wang Ma's residence!" He had made up his mind, even if he didn't sleep tonight, he would have to settle this matter.

  Just as he was about to leave with this, Liu Qingfeng suddenly spoke up: "Leaf Zhangmen is going to eliminate the evil for the people, how can I sit back and do nothing? I'll go with Leaf Zhangmen!"

  He didn't wait for Ye Wen's response, and instead instructed his apprentice, who had rushed out to check on the situation after being startled by his master's angry shout: "You two stay here and protect Young Master Xu. I'll go with Ye Zhangmen and be right back!"

  Liu Mo, who was slightly older, hastily responded with a "yes", while the younger Zhao Heng showed displeasure and said directly: "Is it necessary for Master to personally take action against such a petty person? I can handle it myself!"

  Liu Zhenren didn't respond, but instead drank a sentence: "What's the fuss about? If you're told to stay, then stay!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, using his lightness skill to catch up with Ye Wen and the others who were leaving.

  Zhao Heng felt a bit wronged when his master scolded him, and he began to complain to his senior fellow apprentice: "Master is being too kind, probably afraid that something unexpected will happen to that good-for-nothing Ye Zhangmen, so he especially followed him!"

  He thought his master was just following to protect Ye Wen, after all, Yue Hang valued Ye Wen highly, and his master Liu Zhenren had a good relationship with Yue Hang, so he guessed that General Yue had asked his master to take care of Ye Wen.

  His senior brother heard his junior brother say this, and could only helplessly shake his head. He also felt a bit helpless towards this junior brother of his. This junior brother was good in every way, but he had a bit of an arrogant attitude, with a hint of "looking down on heroes".

  Helpless, he patted his junior brother's shoulder and pointed to where Ye Wen was talking to the thugs: "Junior brother, take a look over there!"

  Zhao Heng heard the words and was momentarily perplexed, but since his senior brother had spoken up, he couldn't just ignore it. Turning his head to take a look, he saw that on the hardwood table, there was indeed a clear palm print imprinted on its surface. Zhao Heng walked over to compare it with his own hand, while also testing the hardness of the table - if this inn's restaurant was anything to go by, then at least this table had to be sturdy enough; otherwise, it wouldn't last for even a few days before needing to be replaced, and no one could afford to run such an establishment!

  After scribbling for half a day, Zhao Heng's face was full of surprise: "This palm print isn't something that Ye Zhangmen came up with, is it?"

  Liu Mo didn't respond, only sighing: "From now on, don't underestimate others. Although Ye Zhangmen's sect isn't prominent, their cultivation is actually not bad at all! Just this one move of condensed and unscattered internal energy, you and I are absolutely no match for it!" This remark was also a reminder to his own junior brother that Ye Wenchang didn't need his master's protection, he was someone with real skills.

  Zhao Heng clicked his tongue, seemingly wanting to agree with his senior brother's words, but ultimately felt that he couldn't bring himself to do so. He said: "Hmph, once I master our sect's Tiger Yang Dan Qi, I won't be afraid of this good-for-nothing Ye Zhangmen!"

  When he heard his junior brother say this, Liu Mo shook his head and turned back, thinking to himself: "Is the Tiger Yang Dan Qi that easy to practice? Although our school's internal skill can't be considered a top-notch divine skill in Jianghu, it's not something that can be practiced casually by just anyone. Let's not talk about its power, just the requirements for entering the gate are enough to make many people hesitant!"

  He thought that Liu Mo had been practicing with his master for nearly 20 years and was only just about to reach the standard of being able to practice the Tiger Yang Dan Qi. This time, after following his master to take care of things, he might be able to start practicing when he returned to the mountain. As for that little junior brother, although his talent and emotions were not ordinary, wanting to practice this set of internal skills still required bitter practice for a long time.

  He didn't notice that his junior fellow disciple was still there, scribbling away, seemingly trying to test whether he could also produce such a mark.

  Finally, he realized that if he used his inner strength to slap the table, the palm print would be left behind, but the table might also shatter. His inner strength was concentrated and wouldn't disperse, leaving only a palm print without breaking the table - this was something he couldn't do no matter what.

  "I don't even know how Ye Zhangmen cultivated his skills, yet at such a young age he already has such profound internal strength!"

  In fact, they all didn't know that if only talking about the depth of internal power, Ye Wen was not stronger than them. It's just that the Zhengping and He method of Quanzhen is most stable when cultivating, and also the most handy in manipulating internal energy.

  If this inner skill is practiced deeply, it can be said that there will basically never be a situation where the internal energy is out of control, and the possibility of going crazy due to excessive energy is almost eliminated.

  So for these people, the internal energy bursts out and condenses but does not disperse, representing that this person's inner strength is profound. But for Ye Wen, it was just a normal phenomenon.

  As for the Hu Shan sect's town sect absolute learning Hu Yang Dan Qi, although it is also a Taoist heart method, it is good at being stern and fierce. If one doesn't have enough cultivation to practice this inner skill to a certain level, making it controllable at will, then it can't be done. This gave the two people an incorrect judgment, in fact, even Liu Zhenren made a similar mistake.

  "Unexpectedly, Ye Zhangmen's inner strength is quite impressive!"

  With his left hand grasping that, he let him lead the way. Ye Wen proceeded forward, but didn't expect Liu Qingfeng to suddenly say this, leaving Ye Wen momentarily stunned.

  Then he remembered his previous slap and thought that this old Taoist had seen through him: "Liu Zhenren has been wronged!"

  Liu Qingfeng just smiled and didn't say anything else, perhaps thinking that Ye Wen was just being habitually modest, so he didn't take it to heart.

  Instead, the one leading the way in front had a pang of sorrow in his heart: "What can I do? If Wang Ma Zi sees me like this, I'm afraid there will be no good days ahead!" Thinking so in his heart, his feet slowed down unconsciously, perhaps wanting to drag it out for a while, and delay as much as possible.

  He noticed that the footsteps in front of him were getting smaller and heavier, and Ye Wen suddenly understood what this guy was thinking. After all, he had also been on the road before, so he understood some of these guys' thoughts, and immediately said: "Don't worry, today you brought me to see Wang Ma Zi, that guy won't bother you again!"

  Is it always so late? Is this considered a kind of illness?