Chapter 482 Yinglu
After about two minutes, Ding Mai pushed away the people around him, stood up from the ground and looked at Chen Chuan.
Although Chen Chuan knocked him down, he didn't show any resentment or anything like that. Instead, he showed admiration. He walked up to Chen Chuan and said loudly, "Captain Chen, you are really amazing. I, Old Ding, am convinced!"
There's nothing shameful about losing to an opponent. What's shameful is not being able to face your opponent squarely and only finding excuses for yourself. If you can't even get over that hurdle yourself, how can you expect to beat your opponent? That doesn't make sense.
The people present also felt that Chen Chuanying was magnanimous. He had faced Ding Mai head-on. No one who had sparred with Ding Mai or seen him fight had ever seen such a tough fighting style. Not to mention Ding Mai, they also felt convinced.
The young man on the side ran to the doll and looked at it again and again, and looked at Chen Chuan from time to time, with light in his eyes.
Fang Zhixin seemed to have received some news at this time. He nodded to Chen Chuan, walked to the side, and said a few words to Jie Ping. After a while, he walked back and said to everyone, "I'm sorry, Teacher Chen has been invited to visit Chairman Quan's home today, so he can't come today."
No one reacted much, as if they had anticipated this situation, except for the young man next to him who looked disappointed.
Fang Zhixin smiled and said, "Although Teacher Chen can't come today, everyone here today is invited. There's a bar downstairs, why don't you go have a drink? It's my treat."
Everyone present cheered.
Chen Chuan looked around at this time. Just when he was sparring with Ding Mai, more than ten people came in one after another. Now there were less than thirty people in the field. Most of them were young military officers, and a few of them had extraordinary family backgrounds.
Although he didn't meet Chen Bitong, he was not ready to leave, because he would definitely have to deal with people in this circle in the future, and he could take this opportunity to get to know them.
At this time, Fang Zhixin came over to invite him: "Captain Chen, do you have any official business? Let's go together?"
Ding Mai also came over and said, "Yes, Old Ding, I'm convinced by Captain Chen. This time, Captain Chen's expenses will be covered by my account." He then said to Fang Zhixin, "Don't compete with me."
Fang Zhixin smiled, walked over, and took everyone downstairs in the elevator.
When Chen Chuan left, he took a look and saw that the young man had returned to the field with a somewhat dejected look, and was practicing boxing alone there.
He withdrew his gaze and left with everyone else.
The group arrived at the tenth floor, where there was indeed a large bar with elegant decoration. It was only a little after ten in the morning, and there were not many customers. The people who came in only occupied a corner. It was obvious that each of them had their own small circle, and they gathered in groups of three or four.
Chen Chuanze sat at the same table with Ding Mai and Fang Zhixin.
The waiter immediately started serving wine. Fighters from Wuyi were not allowed to drink alcohol, but those from the army did not have this taboo. They were only not allowed to drink alcohol during the mission.
Someone ordered a song with familiarity, and the music in the bar's dance floor started. A dozen singers and dancers with decorative implants walked in and began singing and dancing to the lively music.
The officers immediately applauded, but no one made a fuss or whistled. They all sat upright, and it was obvious that most of them were well-educated and conservative.
Chen Chuan ordered a drink, listened to a song, and clapped his hands. Then he turned to Ding Mai and asked tentatively, "Is that the power technique that Executor Ding just used the one that's popular overseas?"
Fang Zhixin smiled.
Ding Mai also laughed. He took a sip of his wine and said, "Every time someone sees me using this power, they always ask me the same question. My power is called 'El-Tel', which translates to 'Steel Breath' from Yinglu."
"Yinglu?"
Chen Chuan asked: "Linax Federation?"
Yinglu was the name before the establishment of the Linax Federation. In the old days, that land had diplomatic exchanges with the old empire. The documents refer to the people of Yinglu, but the people there call themselves "the Chu tribe."
Ding Mai took another sip of his wine, then put it down and said, "Captain Chen, have you heard of 'Ceramic Cup Day'?"
Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "I seem to have heard that when the Linax Federation was founded, the old people of Yingzhou were invited to raise their ceramic cups and drink from them. From then on, they shared the mountains and the earth. This has been a famous celebration ever since."
"That's what the Linax Federation says."
Ding Mai showed a look of disdain, "The truth is, when the Linax Federation was first established, they invited the original people who had taught them the ancient secrets to join them in founding the country, but they were rejected. However, out of courtesy of mutual respect, several highly respected religious leaders still attended the founding ceremony.
According to the ancient method of the Chu people, both parties will hold up a pottery cup made of a fusion of earth soil, snow mountain water, mountain stones and sunlight to express reconciliation and sharing.
However, when a religious leader held up the cup, it suddenly broke. The Linax Federation immediately took action, believing that the primitive people were humiliating them. They immediately turned against them, arrested these major religious leaders, and advocated for war.
In order to rescue the religious leaders and avoid war, the Chu people negotiated repeatedly, and finally the Linax Federation asked the former to hand over the twenty-pulse ancient method inheritance.
The nations of the Chu people discussed this repeatedly and finally agreed to this condition."
Speaking of this, Ding Mai spoke in a low voice, with a hint of helplessness and indignation, as if he hated him for not fighting.
Chen Chuanshuo said, "When it comes to this kind of inheritance, will the people of Yinglu agree so easily?"
Fang Zhixin said from the side: "Before the founding of the Linax Federation, they had fought a long war with the people of Yinglu. The countries of the Chu people were almost collapsed. If the old imperial family had not been able to provide them with some assistance from time to time, they would not even be able to hold on to their last breath.
After the last emperor came to power, he fought several wars in succession to the west and never paid any attention to Yingzhou, which was across the ocean.
Ding Mai took another sip of wine, put it down heavily, wiped his mouth, and said, "The Chu people finally handed over the highest inheritance of the ancient law, the Sun, the Mountain, and the Raging River, to the Linax Federation.
Only the people of the lineage of the Great Earth inheritance firmly disagreed. They traveled across the ocean to the old imperial family and took the initiative to offer the secret inheritance of the lineage of the Great Earth. Later, it was kept by the old imperial family.
After the people of the Linax Federation received the secret teachings, in order to show that they were not taking it for free, they gave the Chu people a pair of leather boots, a porcelain bowl, and a magnifying glass as rewards, and declared that they would be friends forever.
But only twenty years later, the Linax Federation tore up the agreement, deceived the First People on the pretext that they had not handed over all the secrets, invaded the last territory of the First People, overturned the religious altar, killed all the religious personnel, and after slaughtering a large number of the First People, turned the remaining people into slaves.
It happened to be the time of the Ren Zi Rebellion, and the various princes took turns to perform their duties. They had no time or interest to interfere in matters far away across the ocean.
The Old Empire had its own secret methods, which I couldn't master on my own, so I didn't pay much attention to the Earth's heritage, and eventually even forgot about it myself. Later, after the Old Empire was overthrown, the government found the complete collection and promoted it among the descendants of the First People.
Ding Mai exhaled forcefully and said, "The reason I learned these techniques is because I have Yingzhou blood in me. My great-grandmother was once a high priestess of the Earth Clan, but she didn't have the complete inheritance at that time. Later, someone in the army found me and taught me.
My dream is to one day retrieve all the stolen secrets."
He smiled again, "Perhaps Captain Chen will think I'm overestimating my abilities, but this is my true feeling."
Chen Chuanshuo said, "This isn't overestimating one's own abilities. It's about moving resolutely towards a goal and achieving it step by step. Regardless of whether it's achievable or not, this effort is commendable. And who can predict the future? Who knows? Executor Ding might even realize his wish one day."
Fang Zhixin smiled and raised his glass, saying, "Then I'd like to toast Brother Ding and Captain Chen. I wish you all the best."
"cheers!"
The three of them clinked their glasses and drank from them.
After Fang Zhixin finished drinking, he smiled and said, "Captain Chen, I just saw you giving Xiao Jin some advice."
Chen Chuanshuo said, "Assistant Fang, are you talking about the young man in the training hall?"
Fang Zhixin nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaojin, that's Teacher Chen's youngest son.
Chen Chuan was slightly surprised. Chen Bitong was called a teacher because he had taught many outstanding students, but since Xiaojin was his son, it seemed as if he had never received any serious martial arts instruction.
Fang Zhixin sighed and said, "Teacher Chen defended the World Ring for over twenty years. He also had a son and a daughter who died on the front lines. Captain Chen, are you aware of this?"
Chen Chuan nodded slightly, "I've heard of it."
He had read Chen Bitong's information before and knew about this matter. Putting aside the question of whether Chen Bitong was a traitor or not, this matter itself deserves respect and sympathy.
He thought for a moment and said, "Is it because of what happened before that Teacher Chen doesn't want his youngest son to follow the same path?"
Fang Zhixin shook his head, "That's not the case. Teacher Chen doesn't have such selfish motives. He treats everyone equally, including his own son and students.
He sighed softly, "If he had been willing to take a little care of his brothers and sisters instead of letting them carry out dangerous missions, the final result might have been different."
At this time, another song and dance began to be played on the stage. This time the tune was more soothing. Many officers walked down and politely invited several dancers to dance.
He took a look and saw that neither of them had any intention of going down to dance, so he continued, "Actually, the real reason is that Xiao Jin didn't have the talent from a young age like his brother and sister."
Chen Chuan said slowly: "Really? I think Xiao Jin is not bad."
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(End of this chapter)
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