Chapter 146: "Cloud Dragon Skill" and "Kuangfeng Sword Skill"

"Yunlong Gang?"

Chu Yuan thought about it carefully and felt that the name was okay.

He himself is also bad at naming, otherwise he would not have named such a good magical weapon something like Dragon Roar Sword.

"What do you two think of this name?"

Then Ding Dian looked at Chu Yuan and Di Yun and asked.

"I think it's pretty good."

Chu Yuan said.

Over the years, Di Yun has not read much books except for practicing martial arts.

Anyway, he felt that the name of a sect should be easy to pronounce.

So Di Yun also said, "I think it's good too."

Di Yun said complacently: "The name of this gang actually contains the character 'Yun' from my name!"

Ding Dian explained, "This gang name has nothing to do with your name, Di Yun. I read a book called "Letter to Yuan Jiu" written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty. In the book, it says: A true man abides by the Tao and waits for the time. When the time comes, he becomes a cloud dragon or a phoenix, suddenly bursting out with all his strength. You and I, three brothers, all come from humble backgrounds. If we set up a gang, it would be considered an achievement. The name "Cloud Dragon" is a perfect match."

After spending some time together, Ding Dian had some basic understanding of Chu Yuan and Di Yun's origins.

Although Di Yun is the disciple of Qi Changfa, the "Iron Lock Across the River", and the grand-disciple of Mei Niansheng, the "Iron Bone and Black Embroidery", because Qi Changfa has lived in seclusion in Maci Township, Yuanling County for many years, Di Yun is a simple-minded and somewhat straightforward farm boy.

Chu Yuan was a beggar in a market outside Kaifeng City.

He has his current martial arts skills and achievements because he inherited the martial arts from a senior in the martial arts world, the "Qingcheng Sword Immortal".

As for himself...

Although he was born into a martial arts family in Jingmen, his family was not a big one. Not only was there a small number of people, but it also had no strength at all. It was a branch of another main branch, the Zhenjiang Ding family, and did not have any powerful martial arts inheritance.

If he had not received the martial arts skills from the old senior "Iron Bones and Black Embers" Mei Niansheng by chance, he would have been just an ordinary man in the world.

It is because I feel that the three of them all started from small beginnings.

That's why he named the sect he was about to establish "Yunlong Gang".

"Since everyone has no objection, the gang name will be decided."

Chu Yuan nodded.

……

The next day.

Early in the morning.

The morning light is just breaking, but the mist has not yet dispersed.

Zhu Junwang brought Xie Yanke back to Tianning Temple and found Chu Yuan and said, "Brother Chu, I have already transported the treasure away. Logically, I should give you silver notes and pay you back in full. However, more than two million taels of silver notes is not a small amount. To be honest, I, Zhu Junwang, cannot come up with so many silver notes in a short period of time. It will take time to raise them."

Chu Yuan asked: "What does Mr. Zhu mean?"

He didn't think Zhu Junwang was so brave as to want to swallow up the treasures of the three of them, let alone in front of Xie Yanke.

Zhu Junwang said: "What I mean is, I will give you three hundred thousand taels of silver notes first, and you three give me some time to raise the silver notes."

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and felt that more than two million taels of silver notes was indeed too large an amount. It was indeed a bit unreasonable to ask the other party to take it out immediately.

Chu Yuan said: "It's fine to give Mr. Zhu some time to raise the banknotes, but how long will it take?"

From a business perspective, although Zhu Junwang is a good friend of Xie Yanke, the money he mentioned cannot be raised without a time limit.

Zhu Junwang had already prepared a plan in his mind and said, "How about a one-year limit? Let's let Brother Xie be a witness. I will give 300,000 taels first, and the remaining silver notes will be paid in two installments within one year."

Xie Yanke also said, "That's right, Chu boy, I will guarantee for Brother Zhu. If anything goes wrong, you can find me."

Chu Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's do as Mr. Zhu said."

Zhu Junwang took out a thick stack of silver notes worth three hundred thousand taels from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Yuan: "Young Master Chu, this is three hundred thousand taels of silver notes, please count them."

Chu Yuan took it and took a look at it.

All I saw were palm-sized silver bills, each of which was stamped with the red seal of a bank.

"These are silver bills issued by several major private banks. Although they are from different banks, they can be exchanged in corresponding banks across the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Junwang said to Chu Yuan.

"The imperial court also issued silver notes, which were the Ming Dynasty Treasure Notes. However, due to the large number of counterfeiters among the people, the imperial court's silver notes are now worthless. The silver notes circulating in the market now are those issued by private banks."

Zhu Junwang explained to Chu Yuan again.

"I see."

Chu Yuan nodded.

It turns out that the imperial court also issued silver notes.

Chu Yuan, Ding Dian and Di Yun counted the silver notes and confirmed that it was exactly 300,000 taels. Then Zhu Junwang and Xie Yanke left.

Chu Yuan took out three silver notes of five thousand taels each from a large stack of silver notes, gave one to Ding Dian and Di Yun, kept one for himself, and finally handed all the remaining silver notes to Ding Dian.

"Brother Ding, since we are going to start a gang, we three will keep some of these banknotes for our own expenses, and the rest will be given to you as the start-up capital for our gang. In addition, have you decided where to build the gang?"

Chu Yuan asked Ding Dian.

Since you want to start a gang, you definitely need to find a suitable place to start it.

Just like the headquarters of Changle Gang, the largest gang in the world, is in Zhenjiang, Jiangnan.

The Snow Mountain Sect is located in the Great Snow Mountains in the Western Regions.

"Brother Chu, do you have any suggestions?"

Ding Dian didn't have any particularly good ideas this time, so he asked Chu Yuan.

"Brother Ding, you and Di Yun are both from Jingzhou Prefecture. I think it would be better if we set up the Yunlong Gang in Jingzhou City."

Chu Yuan suggested.

"This is inappropriate. Shuanghua's father is the governor of Jingzhou. If we establish the Yunlong Gang in Jingzhou City, his father will definitely try his best to stop and suppress us."

Ding Dian shook his head.

"Brother Ding, I think what Brother Chu said makes sense. We are very familiar with Jingzhou Prefecture and Jingzhou City, which is beneficial for us to establish a gang. If we go to an unfamiliar place to establish a gang, it will be much more difficult because we are unfamiliar with the place."

Di Yun agreed with Chu Yuan's statement.

Chu Yuan said: "There is actually another way. I remember Brother Ding said that you are from Jingmen, right? Why not establish the Yunlong Gang in Jingmen?"

Chu Yuan understood Di Yun, probably because of Ling Shuanghua, so he didn't want to be an enemy of his father-in-law Ling Tui Si.

Once the Yunlong Gang is established in Jingzhou City, fierce fighting between the Yunlong Gang and the government will be foreseeable.

"Jingmen?"

Ding Dian was stunned.

"Yes, although Jingmen also belongs to Jingzhou Prefecture, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. If the Yunlong Gang was founded in Jingmen and used money to build a good relationship with the government, Ling Tui Si would be unable to do anything."

"In addition, Jingmen is adjacent to Jingzhou in the south and Xiangyang in the north. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River and the Han River in the upper part. If we establish the Yunlong Gang here, we can avoid the threat from the prefect Ling Tui Si and expand the development of the Yunlong Gang beyond this place."

Chu Yuan nodded.

After confirming that Ding Dian wanted to start a gang, Chu Yuan consulted Zhu Junwang, a big businessman, and asked if there was any place suitable for starting a gang.

After some discussion between the two, Zhu Junwang finally gave a suggestion that if their gang were to be established in Huguang, Jingmen would be the most suitable location.

Just now he proposed to establish the Yunlong Gang in Jingzhou City because he wanted to see what kind of attitude Ding Dian had towards his father-in-law Ling Tui Si.

Now it seems that Ding Dian does not want to have a conflict with his father-in-law Ling Tui Si because of Ling Shuanghua.

"Di Yun, what do you think?"

After listening to Chu Yuan's thoughts, Ding Dian felt that what Chu Yuan said made sense, but he still looked at Di Yun.

"Brother Ding, just listen to Brother Chu and establish the Yunlong Gang in Jingmen."

Di Yun advised from the side.

In fact, he had his own little thoughts on why he agreed with Chu Yuan.

Jingmen is not far from Jingzhou City. If the Yunlong Gang is established in Jingmen, he can go back to Jingzhou City to see his junior sister Qi Fang when he has time.

If the place where the gang is established is too far away, he and his junior sister may not see each other for many years.

"Okay, then we'll listen to Brother Chu and we'll establish the Yunlong Gang in Jingmen."

Ding Dian nodded.

Then he handed Chu Yuan to him and kept the remaining 200,000 taels of silver. This was the capital for the establishment of the Yunlong Gang in the future.

"I'll trouble you with the gang establishment. I'll also have Mr. Zhu Junwang give you all the remaining money as funds for the development of the Yunlong Sect. I've been out for a while, and it's time for me to return to Motian Cliff."

Chu Yuan said goodbye.

"Brother Chu, are you leaving?"

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, Ding Dian was stunned.

"Yes, I got the Shenzhaojing from you. I plan to go back and practice for a while."

Chu Yuan nodded.

Di Yun said: "But Brother Chu, didn't we agree to create a gang together?"

Chu Yuan said: "We are indeed creating a gang together. Now we have the funds to create a gang, and with the two of you masters, it is completely enough. We don't need so many people. If you have any problems, send someone to Motian Cliff to find me."

Chu Yuan's words left Ding Dian and Di Yun speechless, but they always felt that something was wrong.

Chu Yuan added: "What's more, I'm only fifteen years old this year. Although my current martial arts skills can barely be considered a master in the martial arts world, you must know that there are always stronger ones among the strong. If a gang wants to gain a foothold in the martial arts world, it needs masters who can really control the place."

Ding Dian: ...

Di Yun: ...

Others may say it's okay, but you alone say it's not okay.

With your martial arts skills, you can barely be considered a master in the world, so what are they?
However, Chu Yuan's words did remind them that Chu Yuan was only fifteen years old this year.

Chu Yuan's profound martial arts, coupled with mature ideas and methods of doing things, often make people ignore his age. "Okay!"

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Ding Dian could only accept his fate.

"Take this."

Chu Yuan took out two booklets from his arms and threw them to Ding Dian.

"This is?"

Ding Dian caught it with his hand in confusion.

He took a look at the name of the book on the cover and found that these were actually two martial arts secrets books.

They are "Cloud Dragon Kung Fu" and "Kuangfeng Sword Technique"!
“I wrote this overnight.”

Chu Yuan said to Ding Dian, "In addition to having money, you also need to have martial arts skills to attract others to join and grow. However, you can't teach others easily about the "Shen Zhao Jing" that you know. These two martial arts are not difficult to practice and are quite powerful. They will be the signature martial arts of the Yunlong Gang in the future."

Ding Dian said: "We just decided yesterday that the sect we founded will be called the Yunlong Gang, right?"

Chu Yuan said: "My talent and understanding are slightly better than ordinary people. These are two martial arts that I created based on my understanding of martial arts. They are not powerful martial arts. One night is enough."

The so-called Yunlong Gong is an ordinary internal martial arts technique created by Chu Yuan.

The "Kuangfeng Sword Technique" is a fast sword technique he created based on his own understanding of the fast sword.

Since it is a gang, knife skills are naturally more practical than sword skills.

Ding Dian: ...

Being able to create two martial arts overnight, this brother Chu's aptitude and talent is more than just slightly better than that of ordinary people.

"With martial arts in one hand and money in the other, plus the support of Brother Ding and Brother Di Yun, the rise of the Yunlong Gang is just around the corner."

Chu Yuan looked at the two of them and smiled.

"I would like to thank Brother Chu for his good words."

Seeing that Chu Yuan had arranged everything, Ding Dian and Di Yun had no choice but to accept it.

Now, everyone in Tianning Temple has left and it seems a little empty.

Chu Yuan took the bamboo stick that Di Yun had returned to him, said goodbye to everyone, and set out on the journey back to Motian Cliff.

It has been almost three months since he came down the mountain.

……

Skyrocket.

It was still the same as when Chu Yuan went down the mountain.

Wang Wang!

Chu Yuan had just walked to the foot of the mountain when he heard a dog barking. Then a yellow-haired figure appeared on the mountain path and ran towards Chu Yuan happily.

The bastard hadn't noticed Chu Yuan coming back yet, but Ah Huang was the first to spot Chu Yuan.

It circled around Chu Yuan happily, wagging its tail constantly.

"Ah Huang, long time no see, did you miss me?"

Chu Yuan stroked Ah Huang's dog head and smiled.

Ah Huang naturally couldn't speak, he just wagged his tail vigorously and ran happily beside Chu Yuan.

With Ah Huang following behind him and a bamboo stick in his hand, Chu Yuan returned to the Motian Cliff where he had lived for two years.

As soon as Chu Yuan returned to the cave where they lived, he saw a shirtless teenager sitting cross-legged on a rock, practicing martial arts without fear of the cold.

Chu Yuan did not disturb the bastard. He just walked closer and watched him practice quietly.

I saw that there was a strong internal force flowing through the meridians all over the body of the mongrel.

This internal force is not limited to one of the twelve meridians, but encompasses all of the twelve meridians.

But it is different from Chu Yuan’s original “Nine Heavens Magic Art” which involves practicing all the acupuncture points in the meridians.

Although the Yi Jin Jing covers all the meridians of the twelve main meridians, it only involves some major acupoints.

In addition...it focuses on cultivating the meridians and acupoints of the five internal organs.

Precisely because of this, once the Yi Jin Jing is accomplished, it will circulate the meridians of the whole body, connect the spirits of the five internal organs, circulate without dispersing, flow without interruption, generate Qi from within, and nourish blood from outside.

At this time, the mongrel was practicing martial arts. His face was rosy, like a newborn baby. It was obvious that he had practiced the "Yi Jin Jing" to a certain level.

"As expected, people with extraordinary talents can achieve success in any kind of martial arts."

Chu Yuan said in his heart.

Logically speaking, the "Yi Jin Jing" that I gave him must be stronger than the "Arhat Subduing Demon Art" that Gou Zazhong obtained from Old Man Dabei, and it should also be more difficult to practice.

But that bastard had already mastered this martial art to perfection in just two years.

In two years, if a person is not qualified enough, it is uncertain whether he can even learn the basics of Yi Jin Jing.

Chu Yuan watched from the side and did not disturb the bastard.

After the mongrel had practiced for nearly an hour and a half, the sun was already setting. The mongrel's stomach growled like thunder. He was hungry. The mongrel opened his eyes and was about to cook when he saw Chu Yuan standing in front of him and looking at him.

"Brother Chu, you're back?"

Seeing Chu Yuan, the bastard looked delighted.

"Which martial arts did you practice just now? It seems that you have not been lazy during this period of time, and you have already practiced it to some extent!"

Chu Yuan asked the bastard.

"I don't know either. I just feel very comfortable practicing the martial arts that you taught me, Brother Chu. My whole body feels warm, especially my stomach. Even when winter is approaching, I don't feel cold without clothes."

The bastard said a little embarrassedly.

Chu Yuan said: "Continue practicing according to your original method."

The bastard stood up and put on the shirt that he had thrown on the stone. He said to Chu Yuan, "Brother Chu, you're back. Why didn't Mr. Xie come back with you?"

Chu Yuan said: "He is busy with something and will be back soon."

The bastard said, "Brother Chu, you take a rest first. I'll go cook."

After saying that, the bastard went to the stove set up under the cliff next to him to cook.

Chu Yuan smiled when he heard that and waited for the bastard to finish cooking.

Speaking of which, it’s good to have friends like Gou Zazhong and Ding Dian who can cook. You don’t have to do anything at all on a daily basis. You can live a life like a god with food always provided for you.

……

Half a month after Chu Yuan came back, Xie Yanke also came back.

However, compared to Chu Yuan, he came back injured, with two seven or eight inch long knife wounds on his chest and abdomen, and his face looked very bad.

"Mr. Xie, how did you get hurt?"

Chu Yuan was very surprised to see Xie Yanke injured. He and Gou Zazhong helped Xie Yanke into the cave where he lived. After applying medicine to Xie Yanke, they asked Xie Yanke.

"Don't mention it, it's just my bad luck."

Xie Yanke said with a depressed look on his face.

"I don't know whether you can predict the future or you have divine foresight, but when Brother Zhu was transporting the treasures, the news was leaked for some reason, and it actually attracted many experts to attack. In addition to the Changle Gang, there were also many experts including a monk and a beggar. If it weren't for my high martial arts skills, I'm afraid I would have capsized in the ditch this time."

Xie Yanke had a gloomy face, and he looked at Chu Yuan with a complicated expression.

"Are the treasures all right?"

Chu Yuan asked Xie Yanke.

Zhu Junwang still hadn't received a large portion of the silver notes he'd promised him.

If something unexpected happens to the treasure, I won’t know how to settle this mess!
"Of course it's okay. With me here to protect you, how could anyone else succeed so easily?"

Xie Yanke immediately said with a proud look on his face.

"Although the Changle Gang is the largest gang in the world, it doesn't have many famous masters. It shouldn't pose a threat to you, Mr. Xie, right?"

Chu Yuan looked at Xie Yanke with an arrogant look on his face and asked with a smile.

"Don't mention it. Although there are few well-known masters in the Changle Gang, there are many ordinary masters. This time they sent out a total of four hall masters. The key is the monk and the beggar. The monk and the beggar are both very powerful. Especially the monk seems to be from the Western Regions. He uses a blood-red scimitar and has a ruthless swordsmanship. He was besieged by so many masters. Fortunately, I have rich experience in fighting against enemies, so I did not lose."

Xie Yanke explained.

"A master from the Western Regions, using a blood-red scimitar and a ruthless sword technique. Could this person be the Blood Knife Ancestor?"

Chu Yuan frowned.

"The Black Cult of Qinghai, the leader of the Blood Knife Sect, the Blood Knife Patriarch, who is ruthless, rapes, robs, and commits all kinds of evil?"

Xie Yanke was stunned.

It seems that he also knows about the Blood Knife Sect.

"Yes, he sent his five disciples to seek revenge on Ding Dian in Jingzhou Prison. I happened to hear them talking about the treasure of 'Liancheng Jue' on the way, so I followed them. Ding Dian killed two of them, and I killed the remaining three. This person may have appeared to seize the treasure of 'Liancheng Jue' and avenge his five disciples."

Chu Yuan nodded.

"Well, I actually blocked the knife for you for nothing."

After hearing this, Xie Yanke was so angry that his face turned pale.

"Okay, Mr. Xie, aren't you okay anyway?"

Seeing Xie Yanke like this, Chu Yuan said.

"That's right, you don't even know who I am."

Xie Yanke said with a somewhat smug look on his face.

"What was the final outcome of this war?"

Chu Yuan asked Xie Yanke again.

Judging from the information revealed in Xie Yanke’s words, although Xie Yanke was injured, the others should not have gained any advantage!
(End of this chapter)