a machete from behind him, walking towards Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu looked at these casino people surrounding him. They all had a faint aura of blood and煞氣, indicating that many had been injured by them.Inde...Chapter 493 / Chapter 494

After all, the Treasure Island is not that big, and some families in Beishan City even have their headquarters here.

Xiao Yu didn't care much about this. After returning to his hotel room, he sat cross-legged on the floor. He noticed during his time at Chen's Martial Arts Academy that when using the Five Animal Frolics, it felt as if his soul was purified and entered a strange state.

This feeling had already been discovered by him during his sparring match with Du Zhi Ping. However, after returning, he couldn’t enter this state again despite trying hard, which frustrated him greatly. He didn't expect that today during the competition, this state appeared once more, making him very excited.

"Roar….." Tiger roars echoed from Xiao Yu's hotel room. If someone outside could hear what was happening inside, they would think there was a tiger in his room.

Actually, Xiao Yu had already moved the sofas out of the way and created an empty space in the living room where he practiced the Five Animal Frolics.

Xiao Yu thought he could never enter this state again. But today at Chen's Martial Arts Academy, he entered it once more. However, after returning to his hotel room and attempting to meditate into that state, no matter what he did, he couldn't do it, as if a membrane separated him from the state.

Seeing that sitting in meditation didn’t work, Xiao Yu decided to try practicing the Five Animal Frolics again. But despite his efforts, he still couldn't enter it.

Suddenly, while practicing the Five Animal Frolics, Xiao Yu stopped and straightened up, taking a deep breath and wiping sweat off his forehead.

A look of helplessness appeared on Xiao Yu’s face. But soon after, he quickly recovered. Since he couldn't enter this state now, it meant that his time had not yet come. He believed he would eventually be able to reach that state.

With these thoughts in mind, Xiao Yu sat cross-legged again and carefully searched through Zhong Kui's memories left for him. Suddenly, Xiao Yu moved; deep within his memory, he found a practice state called “Unity of Heaven and Man.”

This state was very similar to what he was experiencing now. Could it be that the state during his martial arts match was "Unity of Heaven and Man"

It's likely so. Although there were some differences compared to his previous experiences, at that time, the natural qi was dense; nowadays, however, it is scarce almost to the point of being negligible. Could these differences have been caused by this change

Sitting cross-legged again, Xiao Yu calmed himself and gradually entered a deeper meditative state.

While quietly sitting and practicing in his room, the entire martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine circles in Beishan City were discussing what was happening. Some people were even woken up by phone calls in their sleep.

In the villa’s study, Li Bingguang and Li Zixiong were studying the Huatuo Needle Technique given to them by Xiao Yu. Whenever they came across something exquisite or different from their family's techniques, father and son would praise it enthusiastically.

A single golden needle; with just a slight manipulation of an acupoint or a millimeter deeper insertion, the effectiveness of these nine needles was completely different. Even some points previously unimaginable could produce miraculous effects.

While deeply engrossed in studying the information Xiao Yu had given them about their family, the phone rang urgently.

Liu Zixiong, who was intently studying the materials Xiao Yu provided, showed a hint of impatience when he heard the phone but didn't answer. Li Bingguang didn’t even look up and let the phone ring; he knew that if no one picked it up, it would hang up on its own.

Indeed, after several rings, the phone stopped ringing. But unexpectedly, less than a minute later, it started ringing again urgently.

Facing this relentless ringing, Li Zixiong showed a look of helplessness and walked over to pick up the phone.

"What You said his name was what" Soon after picking up the call, Li Zixiong exclaimed with surprise.

Li Bingguang, who had been sitting in the same spot without moving, reluctantly put down his documents when he heard Li Zixiong's exclamation of surprise and looked over at him.

He knew that Li Zixiong was usually very steady and level-headed; otherwise, he wouldn’t have passed on the position of Family Head to him. Although he didn't know what had happened now, whatever it was must be a serious matter if it could shock Li Zixiong like this.

"Zixiong, what's going on" After a while, when Li Bingguang saw that Li Zixiong had hung up the phone, he asked him.

It turned out that the phone call was from a friend of Li Zixiong’s in the traditional Chinese medicine community. The friend told him about someone challenging the entire martial arts community of Beishi City because of some rule or regulation.

Li Zixiong originally thought it would be just a joke, but when he heard that the person's name was Xiao Yu, his expression changed immediately. After confirming several times with his friend, he found out that it really was Xiao Yu.

When Li Zixiong heard his father’s question, he told him about what had happened. When Li Bingguang heard this, he also paused for a moment. In his mind, Xiao Yu was so young and yet dared to challenge the entire martial arts community of Beishi City This made him think that Xiao Yu might be overestimating himself.

However, they couldn't just leave it unchecked because their family knew how formidable these martial artists were; even if ordinary people or traditional Chinese medicine practitioners didn’t know about them, their family did. Their family had some authority back in the day and was not unfamiliar with such matters.

The father-son duo of Li Bingguang and Li Zixiong discussed it briefly before going downstairs towards the ancestral hall.

After arriving at the ancestral hall, they said something to someone from outside. Soon after, Du Moli opened the doors of the ancestral hall for them to enter.

The two then went into a small house near the archway by the side of the ancestral hall where Duzhiping was sitting with his legs crossed.

"What is it" Duzhiping didn’t open his eyes but asked slowly while still closed.

Hearing Du Zhiping’s question, Li Bingguang and Li Zixiong hurriedly bowed slightly before him as they narrated the entire incident to him.

When they finished speaking, Duzhiping remained seated with his eyes closed. However, Li Bingguang and his son suddenly felt a sense of oppression in the room which even made them feel breathless.

The two men found their hearts increasingly weighed down by this oppressive atmosphere as beads of sweat started to form on their foreheads. Their breathing also became more rapid.

"Huh... " When they felt increasingly short of breath, the oppressive feeling in the room suddenly vanished. The two greedily breathed in the air inside the house. If they didn’t know that Duzhiping wouldn't harm them, they would have had an urge to run away.

"Alright, you can go now! I understand this matter already; don’t worry about it anymore!" Du Zhiping said with his eyes still closed and then fell silent. If one didn’t pay attention, even Duzhiping’s breathing wouldn’t be noticeable.

Li Bingguang and Li Zixiong answered him before leaving the ancestral hall. After stepping out, when a gentle breeze brushed past them, they felt a chill on their bodies. It turned out that during this brief moment in there, their clothes had been drenched with cold sweat.

They used to come to the ancestral hall many times, but such an experience was unprecedented for them. Since Duzhiping didn’t move or show any reaction, they couldn’t guess what he thought about it; however, considering how unusual the situation in the ancestral hall had been just now, they knew that he would certainly give this matter some serious consideration.

The next morning, a dozen young people came to Xiao Yu’s hotel without prior arrangement. These youngsters seemed familiar with each other as they nodded when seeing one another but didn’t speak. Then, they headed towards the hotel.

Just as these youngsters entered the hotel, an old man who initially appeared very aged and frail suddenly looked sprightly, walking slowly towards it.

This old man was Du Zhiping. Although his gait seemed slow, he walked faster than anyone else could on city streets that didn’t match his appearance at all.

Walking gracefully with an air of a Daoist immortal, if this old man were walking in the mountains or forests, people would definitely think it was a deity descending. However, here amidst concrete and steel buildings, he looked more like an ordinary person.

This was Du Zhiping's first time stepping out of the ancestral hall in thirty years. The last time he left the ancestral hall was because a senior figure from the Li family had passed away while serving in the military. Various families were concerned about their interests and wanted to gang up on the Li family, aiming to have them expelled from Taiwan. That's why Du Zhiping left the ancestral hall that night and killed thirteen members of these families attempting to swallow the Li family.

Although everyone suspected it was done by the Li family, no one had evidence. Moreover, they didn't dare investigate either; after all, thirteen people were killed in a single night in their heavily guarded homes. They suspected the Li family but dared not look into it further. As a result, these families even returned benefits that they had already gained.

They certainly did not want to become victims like the last one and thus chose to accept this situation silently. Besides, these clans themselves were acting dishonorably by trying to take over the Li family, so all they could do was endure it like eating bitter gall in silence.

Du Zhiping walked up to the hotel entrance, glanced at the building, and then went inside.

After entering the hotel, he directly headed towards Xiao Yu's room. When he arrived outside Xiao Yu's room, there were several young men standing there, each holding a manila envelope as if waiting for something.

The old man noticed these youngsters and moved to the side without going in, instead choosing to wait beside them.

At this moment, the door of the adjacent room opened. A round figure emerged from inside. Seeing the situation outside, his expression immediately froze.

This plump person was Fang Yuan. Looking at everyone and noticing Du Zhiping's amiable demeanor, he asked him: "Old Master, what's going on here"

Hearing Fang Yuan’s question, the old man sized him up from head to toe and said, "Who are you"

"No, shouldn't I be asking who you are Why are all of you standing outside my friend's room" Upon hearing this elderly person counter-questioning him, Fang Yuan responded.

When Du Zhiping heard that Fang Yuan considered Xiao Yu his friend, his expression softened but he remained silent. Since Xiao Yu hadn’t informed him about these people, it would be inappropriate for him to divulge any information himself. Therefore, he closed his eyes and stood there waiting.

In reality, these youngsters had already knocked on the door earlier, but Xiao Yu was bathing inside at that moment so didn't respond.

"Knock knock... After finishing his bath, Xiao Yu came out of the bathroom when he heard knocks again.

Xiao Yu walked up and opened the room's main door. Looking up, he saw several young men standing by the entrance.

“This is our Wang family’s (or Li family's/Peng family's...) challenge letter... The time is at two o'clock in the afternoon (four o'clock/six o'clock…).” Seeing Xiao Yu open the door, these youngsters handed him their manila envelopes and said.

The times arranged by each family seemed to have been coordinated so as not to overlap but be staggered by an hour or two.

“Wait!” As soon as those youngsters were about to leave after handing over the challenge letters, Du Zhiping’s loud voice stopped them in their tracks.

The young men prepared to walk away, but Du Zhiping's shout left them stunned and halted their steps immediately.

"Master Xiao, do you really want to compete" Du Zhiping asked Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu nodded in response.

“Alright. Go back and inform your respective elders that we will set up a stage at the sports field north of town tomorrow morning, waiting for all families to arrive!" Seeing that Xiao Yu was determined to compete, Du Zhiping knew he couldn't stop him from doing so, thus turning around to address the youngsters.

These young men had already recovered their composure by then. They stared at the old man in shock, and after hearing his words, they nodded carefully.

Du Zhiping's loud shout nearly made them faint on the spot; not even the elders of their families possessed such formidable skills! Therefore, when looking at this old man, they dared not meet his gaze head-on.

The young men nodded in agreement, and when Du Zhiping waved his hand at them, they ran out of the room with panicked expressions.

"Master Xiao, I will invite some peers to be referees tomorrow so that they won't regret after being defeated!" After watching the young men walk away, Du Zhiping said to Xiao Yu.

Du Zhiping never thought that Xiao Yu would lose. Therefore, he had no worries about Xiao Yu’s fight with these people. As long as these people didn’t create any mischief, there was nothing to worry about regarding Xiao Yu losing.

Those martial artists weren't even his opponents, let alone Xiao Yu Xiao Yu's strength was much stronger than him.

If he knew that Xiao Yu had no intention of using his cultivation in mystic arts, would he still be so confident in Xiao Yu

"Alright! I'll come over tomorrow!" After hearing what the old man said, Xiao Yu nodded and agreed. He then turned around and went back to his room.

After seeing Xiao Yu return to his room, Du Zhiping left the hotel as well. He needed to find a few people to be referees for tomorrow's fight, so he didn't stay here any longer.

Fang Yuan saw that everyone had already left and walked over to knock on Xiao Yu’s door.

"What happened with Dr. Xiao" After entering Xiao Yu's room, Fang Yuan looked at him and asked.

"Director Fang, don’t worry about this matter or get involved. This isn’t something you can handle!" Hearing Fang Yuan’s words, Xiao Yu looked at him and said.

When he heard Xiao Yu’s answer, Fang Yuan wanted to say more but changed his mind when he thought of how amazing Xiao Yu was. He didn't dare to pry further if this really concerned some mysterious matters. Thus, he exchanged a few pleasantries with Xiao Yu before leaving the room.

After coming out of Xiao Yu’s room, Fang Yuan walked towards Li's Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Jin Xianglin and the others were originally prepared to check out today and return to Deep Sea with Xiao Yu, but they received a call from Xiao Yu telling them that he would be returning two days later. Since Jin Xianglin wasn't in great health anyway, his absence gave them an excuse to rest here for another two days.

Xiao Yu didn’t go anywhere today and even had room service bring him food. If he didn’t use mystic arts techniques, he needed to maintain the best state possible because it was likely that he would suffer otherwise.

"Director Fang, why isn't Xiao Yu here" In the hospital, Jin Xianglin only saw Fang Yuan and couldn’t see Xiao Yu, which made him feel something was amiss. He asked Fang Yuan about it.

Xiao Yu said that he had personal matters to attend to in Taiwan, but didn’t mention any details. At first, Jin Xianglin hadn’t given it much thought since everyone has their own affairs. However, not seeing Xiao Yu early in the morning and noticing Fang Yuan’s expression made him feel uneasy.

"Director Fang, did something happen to Xiao Yu" Seeing Fang Yuan's look, both Jin Xianglin and Xiao Jingru asked at the same time.

"I don’t know either. I only heard about a擂台(this word seems out of context and might be mistranslated or missing some context) this morning and that someone sent him a challenge!" Hearing Jin Xianglin’s words, Fang Yuan was also confused and could only recount what he had heard earlier.

"Um… What did Xiao Yu say" After hearing Fang Yuan's explanation, Jin Xianglin was stunned. However, thinking of Xiao Yu’s miraculous abilities, he didn’t know how to handle the situation either. So he asked Fang Yuan about it.

"Dr. Xiao said we shouldn't get involved in this matter," Fang Yuan told Jin Xianglin.

"Oh…" Jin Xianglin nodded meaningfully after hearing Fang Yuan’s words. Since Xiao Yu had said so, it was likely something beyond their control that might involve some mysterious matters.

Although Jin Xianglin was concerned about this, he didn’t say anything further. After all, Xiao Yu had handled his haunted villa incident very well in the past. For a small matter like this, Jin Xianglin briefly worried before putting his mind at ease.

The next morning, Du Zhiping came to Xiao Yu's hotel and then drove them towards the northern suburbs after picking him up.te has a disaster awaiting, it needs to be faced rather than avoided; otherwise, the calamity may accumulate deeper until it becomes irreversible!"Previously, when Xiao Yu was speaking with Jin Xiangl...