The life in Beiyue Country was very hard.
After half a year here, the brother and sister finally had a place to live.
This place is very different from the Yu Kingdom where they lived, whether it is the customs and the martial arts world. The people here are very cold and reject outsiders, so the two brothers and sisters spent a lot of effort to settle here.
"Zhao Kun!!"
Chen Hen looked at the empty box in front of him, his eyes full of bloodshot.
This box was left to them by their mother before she died. It was filled with the family's accumulated money and the Chen family's secret manual. Chen Hen placed all his hopes on this box. He planned to use the money to buy herbs and practice martial arts after his body recovered. However, he didn't expect that the money and the secret manual were all gone, leaving only an empty box.
If his sister Chen Yuan hadn't fainted due to a serious illness, he wouldn't have discovered it until now.
Chen Hen was breathing heavily, and his chest began to hurt violently again.
He suppressed his hatred and helped his sister Chen Yuan who had fainted. As soon as his hands touched her, he was stunned. He found that Chen Yuan's hands were full of wounds. Her slender jade-like palms were full of scars, and there was a scar on her forearm. She also put away her favorite long skirt and changed into a capable short shirt.
During the six months that Chen Hen was seriously ill and bedridden, Chen Yuan handled everything alone.
She used the gold and silver left by their mother to buy the lives of the two siblings from the butler Zhao Kun. Perhaps because he felt guilty or because he didn't care about them, the butler Zhao Kun let them go.
After that, he fled all the way north and came to Beiyue Kingdom, which was where he had a new beginning.
It's just that this new beginning is too difficult.
Chen Yuan got up early and went to bed late every day. With the simple boxing and kicking skills she had learned before, she helped her brother gain a foothold in the market. She was a lady from a wealthy family who only knew how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In just half a year, she became a well-known black lady in the market. She killed decisively with a single sword and no one dared to bully her.
The market and the underworld are two different worlds.
Chen Yuan's mediocre skills are of no use against gangsters, but they are very useful in the market.
Everything was getting better until half a month ago, when Chen Hen stopped taking the medicine he had been taking.
When Chen Hen found out, his sister Chen Yuan was leaning against the wall alone, and had fainted. Until the last moment before she fainted, she was very careful, fearing that her own affairs would disturb her brother Chen Hen's recuperation.
"Medicine money. I should have thought of that earlier."
After helping his sister Chen Yuan treat her wound, Chen Hen sat down on the ground beside him and gasped for breath.
His body was too weak, and a few simple movements had exhausted all his strength. Now his chest was burning with pain, and the palm poison left in his body by the black-hearted old man began to act up again. His eyes turned black, and even his hands and feet lost strength.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses.
He tried to practice the family secret technique, but ended up feeling a burning pain. The pain was so severe that he almost fainted.
The black-hearted old man cut off his meridians, so he couldn't use any martial arts.
"We must find a way to change the situation, and Zhao Kun is such a bastard!!!"
Hatred surged in Chen Hen's eyes, and they turned bloodshot.
Outside, a blood-red meteor streaked across the sky, and a wisp of demonic red aura merged into his body, making him hate it. He hated his own weakness, Zhao Kun's betrayal, the Demon Cult that destroyed their Chen family, and the black-hearted old man.
Faces flashed before my eyes, filled with hatred.
night.
The sky is full of stars.
After making sure that his sister Chen Yuan was asleep, Chen Hen got up and walked out of the yard.
He looked up at the sky above, and the familiar feeling of disharmony came over him again. At this moment, another meteor streaked across the sky. Unlike the previous red meteor, this one was pure white like jade, giving off a sense of tranquility.
'Survival from a desperate situation.'
Chen Hen closed his eyes, and a ray of light merged into his brow.
'Concentrate your mind and calm your spirit, and put aside all distracting thoughts.'
He found that there was suddenly a voice in his mind, which felt like a second soul, with completely different cognition and judgment from his own, and was not affected by the "hatred" in his body at all.
Three days later.
Sister Chen Yuan’s injuries have recovered.
Chen Hen didn't rest at home. His health improved a little. Although he still couldn't practice martial arts, he felt that he should go out and help his sister. After all, he was the only man in this family.
The market is in chaos.
Chen Yuan makes money at a side dish stall.
She bought goods from farmers outside the city a long time ago and then set up a stall here to sell them. The dozen or so vendors next to her were all ordinary people she protected.
The Black Lady's reputation has become well-known in the market, and ordinary hooligans dare not cause trouble for her.
The serious injury three days ago was caused by medicinal herbs.
In order to help her brother get the elixir, Chen Yuan took a private job. This private job was related to a gang. Although it was only a third-rate gang, it still almost cost Chen Yuan her life. But fortunately, she survived without any danger. The medicine for her brother Chen Hen was available again, and this time the amount was enough for half a year.
"Sister, why don't we set up a stall inside?"
Chen Hen pointed to the market inside.
Business over there is obviously better than here, and all the rich people are there, so it is obviously easier to make money than here.
"That's the Yellow River Gang's territory. The archway is the boundary. You must not cross it." Chen Yuan warned.
The market is divided into different levels. The only places where Chen Yuan can hang out are those that the underworld gangs look down upon, such as the small alleys at the corners of the market and Xiaba Hutong. Only in these corners that the underworld gangs look down upon, there are very few people who consume here, and the things that can be bought are also very cheap, with so little profit that it is difficult to survive.
This is such a small place, but it used to be populated by ruffians and scoundrels. In order to gain a foothold here, Chen Yuan had to go through countless fights.
Over there, Chen Yuan had already set up her stall and started a new day of business.
Three texts, two texts.
They would argue for a long time over every penny, and some old bachelors would look at Chen Yuan with ill intentions, and tell dirty jokes from time to time, but Chen Yuan was no longer surprised, and she continued to do business as usual. Unless those people crossed the line, she would turn a blind eye.
Chen Hen subconsciously clenched his palms, and the second thought popped up in his mind again.
'Concentrate your mind and calm your spirit, strengthen your foundation and nourish your essence.'
A fat man in black cloth stopped in front of Chen Yuan's stall. She picked up a radish and weighed it in her hand.
"If you don't want to buy it, put it down." Chen Yuan's voice was very cold.
From his expression, it can be seen that he most likely knows the fat man in black in front of him.
"You did a great job last time. Are you interested in helping me?"
The fat man in black put down the carrot in his hand, took out a purse and placed it aside.
The bag opened and two pieces of silver fell out.
This scene attracted the attention of everyone nearby. In this alley where only copper coins were used for transactions, someone suddenly appeared with silver. This behavior was abnormal no matter how you looked at it.
"Not interested."
Chen Yuan refused without even thinking.
"Don't rush to refuse. I believe you will change your mind." The fat man in black picked up a carrot with a smile, and without even looking at the purse next to him, he turned around and walked towards the archway.
Seeing this scene, a trace of awe flashed in everyone's eyes.
That's the Yellow River Gang's territory.
The Yellow River Gang is a gang of underworld forces!
Chen Yuan silently put away the purse on the stall. In the past, she would definitely not take the money, but now she has learned to bow her head.
People always grow.
It was a busy day and Chen Hen didn't say much the whole time. Except for helping his sister set up the vegetables and close the stall, he was silent the rest of the time. Another voice in his mind told him to concentrate and refine his energy and not be disturbed by external things.
But he couldn't remain indifferent.
Life goes on, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.
Three months later, Chen Hen's body recovered a little, and he no longer needed to sit down and catch his breath like before, but he couldn't practice his internal strength. Whenever he practiced, his body would be in burning pain, and he forced himself to practice several times until he passed out.
Apart from causing trouble to her sister Chen Yuan, she was of no help at all.
Rainy night.
Another meteor streaked across the sky, a red meteor and a jade-white star. Another thought popped into Chen Hen's mind.
That night, the pharmacy caught fire.
The medicinal herbs that Chen Yuan worked so hard to earn were burned in the fire.
Disaster was like an evil star, always following Chen Hen, and the hatred in his heart grew stronger and stronger.
"There is always a way."
Chen Yuan, who had put out the fire, stood outside the house, letting the rain wet her body. She looked at the charred house in front of her, muttering to herself.
Chen Yuan joined the Yellow River Gang.
The next afternoon, she helped Chen Hen buy back all the lost herbs and changed her clothes. The smile on her face remained the same, exactly the same as she remembered.
But Chen Hen knew that he couldn't go back.
Chen Hen, lying on the bed, coughed violently. He accidentally caught a cold when it rained yesterday. He felt powerless again. His hatred for the black-hearted old man and the housekeeper Zhao Kun deepened.
"Take good rest, I'll take care of everything."
Chen Yuan put her brother's hand into the quilt, her eyes full of reluctance.
Gangs will never do business at a loss.
Chen Hen didn't know what price his sister had paid, but he was powerless. Two voices in his head kept telling him to concentrate and strengthen his body.
Only by taking good care of his body could he turn the situation around, but he really couldn't do it.
The leader of the Yellow River Gang is named Cheng Xiong.
He is a second-rate master, famous for his Black Claw skills. He is very famous in the Changxin City area and is nicknamed the Black Claw King by people in the martial arts world.
"Old Luo from Beihe Military Officer has rejected us three times. Yaksha Envoy, take your men to slaughter their entire family at night and hang their heads at the city gate."
Cheng Xiong sat on a tiger-skin throne, with two rows of people standing below him.
These people are all masters of the Yellow River Gang. Chen Yuan stands at the end, wearing a ghost mask on her face like everyone else. This is the rule of the Yellow River Gang. After joining the Yellow River Gang, Chen Yuan realized that this gang is a traitor. They are a subordinate force of the Yellow River Cult. Their mission is to help the Yellow River Cult collect knife handles and weapons and accumulate food. (End of this chapter)
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