Chapter 33: No Money, No Master

The group of people Chen Zhen brought numbered about a dozen, and they looked like students. They formed a circle, clearly not intending to let us run.

Third Brother looked at me and whispered, "Fourth, what do we do?"

I frowned and said, "What else can we do? Find a way to run. Although the people opposite are students and their combat power might not be very high, there are a lot of them, so we're at a disadvantage. Plus, we don't have any weapons we can use, so it's better to run!"

Hearing my words, Third Brother nodded and then said to Zhang Yinuo beside him, "Sister-in-law, keep an eye on the situation later and run first. We'll hold them off for a while!"

Zhang Yinuo smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, they wouldn't dare do anything to me!"

Zhang Yinuo was indeed right. Chen Zhen had feelings for her and certainly wouldn't hurt her. Moreover, given Zhang Yinuo's family background, no one in the school would dare to easily lay a hand on her.

Chen Zhen looked cold and said to the people around him, "Beat them! Don't let them run, beat them to death!"

When Chen Zhen finished speaking, the group of people rushed up. Third Brother and I hurriedly parried. They naturally bypassed Zhang Yinuo. I looked in Chen Zhen's direction, suddenly rushed over, and kicked the person blocking my path. Two people from the side quickly rushed over; I hurriedly dodged their punches and kicks, grabbed Chen Zhen, and shouted to the people around, "Stop, all of you!"

The others saw that Chen Zhen had been grabbed by me and stopped their movements. Chen Zhen viciously said to the people around him, "Don't worry about me, just kill him!"

I didn't say a word and punched Chen Zhen in the stomach, shouting angrily, "If you speak again, I'll kill you first!"

Then I said to Third Brother, "Third Brother, you guys go first!"

Third Brother understood and left the crowd with Zhang Yinuo. These people slowly cleared a path. Chen Zhen sneered at me and said, "They've left, do you think you can get away?"

I snorted coldly and said, "That's none of your concern!"

Seeing them walk far away, I slowly backed off, then kicked Chen Zhen away and immediately turned and ran. The group of people behind me chased desperately. Fortunately, my stamina was decent.

However, these guys were truly persistent; they had been chasing for seven or eight minutes and were still at it. Finally, after running for about ten minutes, I turned around and looked, finding that they were no longer in sight. Only then did I squat on the ground, gasping for air. It was fortunate that I had already been training in the morning; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to handle this kind of sprinting.

I took out my phone and saw several missed calls, basically all from Third Brother. I sent him a WeChat message saying, "Don't you trust me? Don't worry, I'm fine, I'll be back soon!"

Then I sent another message to Zhang Yinuo, and only then were they relieved.

For the next few days, we listened to the old beggar and insisted on running at 5:00 AM every day. But later, because Third Brother really had no money, the old beggar simply stopped appearing. This forced us to feel that reality was just too real. Third Brother even cursed him every day, saying he was a liar who had swindled the two of them out of dozens of yuan.

As for Chen Zhen, for the two days after that, he seemed to have become much more honest and didn't make any moves. However, because of these few days, the online forum had exploded. Most of it was attacking me, because when I sat with Zhuge Yue in the school cafeteria that day, too many people saw it, and I naturally became the public enemy of all men. There was no lack of black fans coming to smear me, using all sorts of things to attack me, saying I was a coward who didn't dare to accept Chen Zhen's challenge.

Regarding these things, I didn't care at all. Even if some idiots came to mock me from time to time these days, I ignored them. However, this indifference was seen by them as a sign of cowardice, and I was naturally too lazy to explain.

But on the fifth day, when we arrived at the place the old beggar had originally agreed upon to start running, surprisingly, the old beggar was actually there. Seeing us, the old beggar smiled and stroked his dirty beard, saying, "Not bad, it seems you haven't slacked off at all these days. Not bad, not bad!"

"Hey, old man, I thought you'd run off with the money. What money do you want to swindle us out of now? Let me tell you, I don't have a single cent left!" Third Brother was furious when he saw the old beggar.

With an "Ouch," Third Brother let out a miserable cry, clearly having been hit again.

"You have no respect for your elders. Since you have no money, there's no need for me to look after you. I'll just teach this little guy Yang Yun!" The old beggar snorted coldly.

I said to the old beggar, "Grandpa, there's no need. I've found that our physical fitness has improved quite quickly these days. Although we don't have any techniques, we're much better than before!"

Hearing my words, the old beggar's expression wasn't very good. He looked at me with anger and said, "Others are begging me to teach them, and you don't want it? The more you don't want it, the more I'm going to teach you!"

After speaking, the old beggar flashed in front of me and patted my head. I wanted to struggle, but then I felt some information flash through my mind. I was completely stunned. Could this be the legendary transmission of skills through divine consciousness? I was in disbelief; it completely refreshed my worldview. Although I knew the old beggar wasn't an ordinary person, I didn't expect him to be this powerful. This simply exceeded the scope of ordinary human understanding and couldn't be explained by common sense.

The things the old beggar transmitted to me were a set of breathing techniques and martial arts. They looked very advanced, even more fierce than the martial arts in the wuxia novels on TV.

However, Third Brother was very confused on the side, not understanding our situation, and said, "What are you guys doing?"

Hearing Third Brother's words, I slowly opened my eyes and was just about to kneel and thank the old beggar when he suddenly lifted me up and said, "No need to kneel to me. In this world, other than your parents and master, don't kneel to anyone!"

The old beggar continued, "And this stuff isn't something I'm teaching you; it's from someone else. I'm just passing it on. My kung fu isn't suitable for you, so you don't need to take me as your master!"

Even though the old beggar said this, I still respectfully said to him, "Thank you!"

However, Third Brother on the side was even more awkward. He looked at us and said, "What are you guys doing? What kung fu or whatever? How come I didn't see anything?"

I grabbed Xu Hongzhi and kicked him, making him kneel down, then said to the old beggar, "Grandpa, look, he's already knelt to you. Why don't you take him as your disciple? My Third Brother is also very good!"

Third Brother was just about to say something, but the old beggar spoke first: "No money, no teaching!"