Chapter 1436: The Decline of Martial Arts

Su Chengfeng's painful cutting of meat made Su Zhiyu on this end of the phone breathe a sigh of relief.

The so-called press conference, the so-called result justice, and procedural justice were absolutely not allowed to have any moisture mixed in for her in the past.

But for her now, as long as she could achieve the results she wanted, she could compromise and make concessions.

And the result she truly wanted was the Su family's ocean shipping business.

Although this business was now in trouble because of Su Chengfeng's actions, Su Zhiyu had confidence in making this business regain its vitality.

Ocean shipping business has high profits and great potential, and it is definitely the most promising sunrise industry at present.

Moreover, the Su family's business had suffered a heavy blow and could not be revived. Asking the Old Master for this business now, the Old Master could still accept it by gritting his teeth.

But if she asked him for those industries that were operating smoothly and had high profits, he might not agree.

So, Su Zhiyu said to Su Chengfeng, "Grandpa, since we have reached a consensus, please arrange for Su Anshun to come over before dark, and try to sign the contract before the press conference."

Su Chengfeng didn't say a word and said immediately, "I will let Su Anshun take a helicopter over now. It will be there in more than an hour at the fastest!"

Su Zhiyu said, "Good, then I will wait for Steward Su."

Su Chengfeng hung up the phone, his face had long been black to the extreme.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Zhiyu, Zhiyu, I wanted you to know the joy of fish, but I didn't expect you to be the only one who is not satisfied! Grabbing a handle of mine, you want to bite off such a big piece of meat from me. You, a good granddaughter, really make me look at you with new eyes!"

After saying that, he gritted his teeth hard, picked up the desk phone, pressed the speed dial, and said, "Anshun, come to my study!"

Half a minute later, Su Anshun knocked on the door, pushed it open, and asked respectfully, "Old Master, are you looking for me?"

Su Chengfeng ordered coldly, "Take my legal director with you, and then bring all the equity materials, company articles of association, and official seals of our shipping company, and go to Jin Ling urgently."

Su Anshun asked in confusion, "Old Master, what do you want me and him to do in Jin Ling with these materials?"

Su Chengfeng gritted his teeth and said, "I want you to go to Jin Ling and change the shipping company to Su Zhiyu. From now on, the shipping company will be hers alone."

"Ah?!" Su Anshun's chin almost dropped in shock, and he blurted out, "Old Master, you... you... you are not joking, right?! Such a big shipping company, you just give it away?!"

Su Chengfeng asked back, "Otherwise? This girl Zhiyu is promising now! My reputation is all in her hands from now on, and what if she really stands in front of the people of the whole country and asks me to surrender? Then how can I settle this matter? I don't want to think about turning over in the future!"

"Moreover, this girl also has a mysterious expert behind her. I am not sure now whether I can kill him before he attacks me!"

Su Anshun hurriedly asked, "Old Master, has that Xuan Fengnian from the UK arrived in Jin Ling? Is there any progress on his side?"

"Not yet." Su Chengfeng said, "Although Jin Ling is not a big city, it has a population of nearly ten million. It is as difficult as ascending to heaven to find someone, so I still have to give him some time!"

Su Anshun hurriedly said, "Old Master! In my opinion, you might as well call He Hongsheng personally. This old thing is a four-star martial artist now. If you can persuade him to come and protect you personally, your safety will definitely be better guaranteed, and you won't have to be afraid that the expert will come to trouble you!"

Su Chengfeng sighed, "He Hongsheng didn't leave any room before. I think he has made up his mind to draw a clear line with us. It's probably useless to beg him now."

Saying that, Su Chengfeng added, "Even if there is still a chance on He Hongsheng's side, it is definitely not something that can be found in a while, so you should go to Jin Ling first, give the shipping company to Zhiyu first, stabilize her, and safely pass today's hurdle."

Su Anshun had to nod and said respectfully, "Okay Old Master, I will prepare to set off!"

At the same time.

Ye Chen had already received a call from He Yingxiu.

The He family had already selected ten family members with the strongest strength, highest talent, and highest loyalty, and were ready to set off for Jin Ling to report to him immediately.

According to He Yingxiu, Old Master He Hongsheng, who had just broken through the fourth meridian and become a four-star martial artist, had also become one of the ten people.

Ye Chen didn't have any feelings about who the He family sent. After all, he didn't really need the He family to sell their lives for him.

However, hearing that the Old Master of the He family personally took the field indeed made Ye Chen feel the sincerity of the He family.

Because the He family would arrive tonight, Ye Chen specially came to Buckingham to tell Su Ruoli this news.

Su Ruoli was naturally extremely excited to hear that her mother and grandfather were coming.

Hearing that her grandfather had broken through the fourth meridian and become a four-star martial artist, she was even more excited to the point of tears.

She looked at Ye Chen and choked, "Breaking through the fourth meridian and becoming a four-star martial artist is the biggest wish of my grandfather's life. After he was sixty, he knew that he would definitely have no hope of breaking through in this life, so he had always regarded this matter as the biggest regret of his life..."

Speaking of this, she said with a face full of gratitude, "Young Master Ye, all this is thanks to the opportunity you gave. If it weren't for your pill, my grandfather definitely wouldn't have such an opportunity. Thank you!"

Ye Chen smiled slightly, "You don't have to thank me for everything. The cooperation with your He family, although it is indeed for your sake, this kind of cooperation is also equal, not my unilateral charity."

"Moreover, I might need to use the He family in many places in the future. As long as the He family can cooperate with me wholeheartedly, I will definitely give the He family more opportunities to rise."

"This kind of opportunity is not just money and pills, it may even include complete internal boxing techniques and other internal cultivation methods."

Ye Chen paused here and asked, "According to my observation, the internal boxing technique practiced by your He family should be a remnant, I don't know if I am right?"

Su Ruoli hurriedly said, "Young Master Ye is indeed supernatural, even this can be seen..."

After saying that, she explained truthfully, "Actually, the internal boxing technique that the He family has passed down for hundreds of years was not created by the He family ancestors, but was accidentally obtained by the He family ancestors by chance."

"Actually, when it was first obtained, it was a remnant, and most of the content was missing..."

"So the He family has many restrictions when practicing this set of internal boxing techniques, and it is easy to cause internal energy disorder and endanger life."

"It is precisely because of this that the He family settled in the coldest place in China, because the colder it is, the less likely internal energy disorder will occur..."

Ye Chen nodded.

In fact, martial arts, from ancient times to the present, had long since declined a lot.

In fact, from the Song Dynasty to the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it was the period when martial arts developed relatively prosperously.

After all, in the era dominated by cold weapons, the use of kung fu was very great. Not only could it protect the country, but it could also be used to make a living, so besides scholars, everyone else wanted to become a martial arts expert.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, foreign powers opened the country's gates with guns and cannons, which immediately made countless martial arts practitioners discover that the skills they had practiced all their lives were not even as good as a gun or a cannon in the hands of foreigners.

Back then, many patriotic martial arts practitioners also had a heart of loyalty to the country, but their strength was not worth mentioning in front of thermal weapons.

The most sigh-worthy thing was that thousands of Boxers besieged hundreds of foreigners in the Dongjiaomin Lane, but they attacked for 56 days and couldn't get in.

Since then, a large number of martial arts practitioners changed from their original obsession with martial arts to the biggest opponents of martial arts. The reason was that they saw a huge gap and realized that a lifetime of effort was not as good as a bullet.

Since then, the country had been in constant war, internal and external troubles, and the speed of weapon development had become faster and faster, widening the gap between martial arts and weapons.

Therefore, martial arts began to go downhill from the Qing Dynasty, and it has not really risen again until now.

Originally, China with a population of two or three hundred million had millions or even tens of millions of people practicing martial arts, but now, China with a population of more than one billion has no more than hundreds of thousands of martial arts practitioners in total.

Many internal boxing techniques have gradually been lost during this period, which can be considered a great tragedy of the decline of martial arts.

However, the current martial arts practitioners' enthusiasm for martial arts is not at all inferior to those predecessors back then.

Take the He family, for example. In fact, the He family has always longed to fill in the missing parts of their own incomplete internal boxing techniques, but unfortunately, they have never found any relevant clues.

For Ye Chen, internal boxing techniques are nothing remarkable.

The "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" records many internal boxing techniques. He is even too lazy to practice these, because he has long since completely exceeded the level of martial arts practitioners. Such internal boxing techniques have no value to him.

However, if he just took out one of the internal boxing techniques from the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra," I am afraid it would make all the martial arts families in the world break their heads for it.

Interestingly, nowadays, among the martial arts practitioners in the country, the only one who has mastered a complete internal boxing technique is the little chili Qin Aoxue, who has just entered the industry and has no sect.

The "Four Symbols Palm" she is practicing secretly now is a complete internal boxing technique Ye Chen found from the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra."

So, Ye Chen said to Su Ruoli, "In the future, if the time is ripe, I can provide the He family with a complete internal boxing technique. By then, perhaps it can help the He family go to the next level!"

Su Ruoli was horrified to hear this, and also excited.

She did not doubt that Ye Chen possessed a complete internal martial arts manual, but she had not expected that Ye Chen would be willing to take it out and gift it to the He family.

Although Ye Chen did not say he would give it immediately or that he definitely would, he did say he would give it when the time was ripe, which meant that as long as the timing was right, Ye Chen was willing to bring it out for the He family.

Su Ruoli knew very well just how significant a complete internal martial arts manual was.

So, upon hearing this, she couldn't wait for the He family to become Young Master Ye's trusted confidants as soon as possible, and at the same time, to receive the internal martial arts manual gifted by Young Master Ye!