Chapter 6: Martial Arts, First Kill
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Many things had happened, but in reality, it had only taken an instant.
From Lu Feng’s second punch to Su Mu’s counterattack, only a single breath had passed.
The people around them had not been able to follow. They only heard two bangs before the two of them separated.
Su Mu fell to the ground.
Lu Feng staggered a few steps back and started coughing violently.
…
Lu Tianlang’s expression changed, and he rushed forward.
“Big brother, big brother, are you alright?”
Lu Feng waved his hand and said,
“No problem, no problem. There wasn’t much time left anyway, so one more punch wouldn’t make a difference. Cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough!”
Although he said that, he coughed violently and took a long time to calm down.
On the other side, Su Mu took advantage of this time to get up.
He bared his teeth and looked at Lu Feng warily.
This middle-aged man who seemed to be ill and injured was ridiculously strong!
Su mu felt that he was no match for him and was already thinking about how to escape.
However, Lu Feng, who had regained his composure, said something that he had not expected.
“Kid, are you willing to take me as your master?”
Su mu was stunned. After thinking for a while, he didn’t answer directly, but asked, “Why are you so strong? How could you be so fast? I’ve never seen anyone like you.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Feng raised his head and laughed.
“Hahaha! You brat, at such a young age, not only are you strong, but you’re also very smart.
“But in the end, you’re still a child without much experience.”
After laughing, Lu Feng’s face turned serious, and he said, “This world is very big, so big that it’s beyond your imagination! There are too many things that you can’t understand.
“I’m just a puny third rated warrior.
“To be more precise, I used to be.”
Su Mu’s heart skipped a beat.
He felt that he was finally going to come into contact with information of a higher level in this world!
“Martial artist? What is a martial artist?”
Su Mu anxiously asked again.
“The so-called martial artists… ”
Lu Feng had already planned to take Su Mu as a disciple, so he answered him patiently.
The people of this world were born with a breath of innate essence Qi, which was hidden in their meridians and blood.
A martial artist was a person who obtained great power through continuous tempering and strengthening this innate Qi essence.
For the sake of cultivation and killing, martial artists had created many cultivation methods and martial techniques.
After developing to this day, the martial Dao had already flourished!
However, there was still a high threshold to practice martial arts.
If one wanted to get started, one had to have strong Qi and strong bones.
This ensured a solid foundation.
Su Mu had an extremely rare physique.
Moreover, he’s not even eight years old yet, and he was already so tall and big. His bones are truly amazing!
This caused Lu Feng to believe that he had found a genius.
Taking in a disciple could perhaps add a bit of color to his life that was about to end.
…
After understanding the existence of martial arts, Su Mu took Lu Feng as his master without any hesitation.
He could eat and live for free, and he could also practice martial arts.
Only a fool would not agree!
Just like that, Su Mu joined the Lu family as the only disciple of Lu Feng.
In truth, Lu Feng was not a martial arts expert.
The Lu family’s ancestor was a general, but nothing more came from that family.
In order to regain the bloodline’s former glory, Lu Feng joined the army when he was young.
Unfortunately, his various abilities were limited.
After twenty years, he only got so far.
In terms of martial cultivation, he was only a third-rate warrior who had just entered the sect.
Initially, Lu Feng had already vaguely touched the threshold of becoming a second-rate warrior.
But he got severely wounded during a mission!
The thought of advancing be damned. He could not even retain his cultivation as a third rated warrior.
Lu Feng’s meridians and foundation had been maimed, and his injuries were difficult to treat. He could only return home in desolation.
After staying there for a while, he learned that his hometown had a “young village bully” like Su Mu, and he grew interested to know more.
It could also be considered a gift from the heavens to him, who had no children.
Although he was no longer in his peak state, he was still a third rated warrior.
However, Lu Feng had been in the army for more than 20 years and had a wealth of fighting experience. He was more than enough to guide Su Mu.
Other than the usual training of the body and strengthening of Qi, Lu Feng also taught Su Mu a set of fist techniques and a set of blade techniques.
The fist technique was the mountain quaking fist that was used in the military.
This technique was bold and unrestrained, fierce and forceful, which was very suitable for Su Mu’s size.
The blade technique was passed down in the Lu family.
The Lu General had comprehended it on the battlefield.
Therefore, his bladesmanship was simple and concise, but unusually fierce.
Su Mu diligently trained as time passed.
…
For the next few months, more than half of Jizhou did not experience a single drop of rain and was abnormally dry.
Lu Feng, who was already heavily injured, could not hold on any longer due to the strange weather.
After teaching Su Mu for over four months, he passed away.
In these four months, Lu Feng had tried his best to teach Su Mu his martial arts as well as pass down some of his experience in fighting.
He had basically taught everything he could.
Fortunately, Su Mu didn’t let him down and absorbed all the knowledge like a sponge.
His rapid progress aside, he had some talent of his own.
This made Lu Feng leave the world with a smile on his face.
In addition, the Lu family had also taken care of Su Mu’s food to the extreme.
Su Mu’s appetite was originally about three times that of an ordinary person, and Lu Feng had even requested that every meal must be of the highest quality.
The Lu family was not particularly prolific, so it burdened them significantly.
As the head of the family, Lu Tianlang was a little unhappy. After all, he did not even dare to eat so well himself.
Su Mu ate enough to feed the entire family!
However, under Lu Feng’s strong urging, he could only follow along.
This was his second life in this world.
Lu Feng was the only one who treated Su Mu so well.
After he passed away, Su Mu wore mourning clothes and mourned for him for three months.
But trouble came.
It was the famine!
Even though he was mentally prepared, the arrival of this day was still as jarring.
Late at night, Su Mu was lying on his bed and sleeping.
Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside, mixed with a few screams.
“Is it finally here?”
Su Mu rolled off the bed and quickly put on his clothes. He carried the ring-shaped blade that the Lu family had made for him on his back.
…
At this moment, outside the Lu family’s residence, a group of disaster victims in tattered clothes were madly charging at the door.
“Open the door and release the food. Open the door and release the food!”
“I’m starving, open the door!”
“Everyone, come on! Break the door open and you’ll get food!”
“These rich people caused us to have no food to eat. Rush in and rob them all! Kill them all!”
In the midst of the howls, hundreds of disaster victims continuously charged at the courtyard gate like wild beasts.
Although there were many heavy objects behind the door, it still could not stop the increasing number of disaster victims!
“BOOM!”
Finally, with a loud bang, the gate of the courtyard collapsed.
The starving disaster victims outside the door rushed in like crazy.
Several people fell during the process, but no one cared about them and stepped on them one after another.
In the end, people were trampled to death!
During a famine, it was common for the starving people to rob the rich and landlords.
This terrifying situation had already scared away the few longtime workers that the Lu family had hired!
Just as the Lu clan’s residence was about to be ransacked, a cold ray of light flew over.
“Woosh!”
With the sound of air being torn apart, a few heads flew high into the air with blood spurting out!
The few people who were charging at the front were beheaded with one strike!
A moment later, the corpses shook and fell heavily to the ground!
It was a terrifying scene.
However, before the starving people could react, a thunderous roar exploded in the courtyard.
“Su Mu is here. Who dares to trespass?!
“Those who cross this line will die!”
The starving people looked up in a daze.
An eight-foot-tall, brawny man with a bloodied ring-shaped saber in his hand heavily drew a line of blood on the ground, sending out a series of sparks.
The murderous and bloody aura hit them in their faces!