Chapter 12 There is a way Ruan Xing smiled indifferently, "Maybe you're not satisfied with me either. Then I'll come back to be your apprentice. Even if I'm a girl, I can still take care of you until the end of your life." Although they had only known each other for two days, Ruan Xinghao was obedient and spoke freely. Master Shi already felt that this little girl was not only very sensible but also very cute. He could not help but frown and remind her, "You'd better satisfy the higher-ups. This will be good for you, me, and Master Qi." Ruan Xing nodded and asked again: "It only took our gang five or six years to develop to its current level. The people above us must be very powerful. Are they high-ranking officials in the court?" "Don't ask such questions lightly. No one will tell you, not even me." Master Shi said seriously, "Okay, that's enough. You should start practicing." "Hey, wait a minute! Please satisfy my curiosity one more time, and I'll ask you one last question!" Ruan Xing pulled his sleeve and pleaded softly, staring at him intently with her pair of black eyes. Master Shi was somewhat helpless, "The little girl is quite curious, just ask." "That's it..." Ruan Xing opened his hands and gestured, "You just said that the gangs teach kung fu in different levels. Are you teaching the kung fu that the flying heroes in the novels use?" "Probably not." Master Shi thought for a moment and replied, "I was already old when I joined the Red Head Gang, so I didn't learn martial arts with them. But I have seen a lot over the years. The lower-level gang members practiced in the hottest days of summer and the coldest days of winter, but they only practiced external martial arts. Only the higher-ups were taught internal martial arts skills, but I haven't heard of any higher-ups being able to fly after practicing. What you said is probably just a fabrication." After a pause, Master Shi looked at her suspiciously again, "But, you can read the storybooks, girl, can you read?" Ruan Xing was shocked when she heard this. She was so eager to ask about the Red Head Gang's martial arts that she forgot about this matter.
But she soon realized that she was too nervous and slowly relaxed. Whether she could read or not didn't matter to Master Shi at all. At most, he thought it was incredible that she could read at the age of six. But he still had to make up for it, so Ruan Xing said shyly, "I can't read. I just heard others say it and I wrote it down because I was interested." "Yeah, that's it." Master Shi nodded casually without saying anything else, ending the conversation and continuing what he was doing. He demonstrated the new cheating technique of Three Immortals Returning to the Cave to Ruan Xing for her to practice, and then he slowly walked to the corridor for a walk. Ruan Xing absentmindedly played with the white porcelain bowl containing eggs, thinking about what Master Shi had just said. Hu San had told her about the organizational structure of the gang before. At the top are the gang leader and the deputy gang leader. The second level is more than 30 regional managers. The first two levels are the top management of the gang. Each manager is equivalent to a department. They lead their subordinates to manage their own area and report directly to the gang leader when there is something. As for the status of the brothers of the managers, it is decided by the managers themselves. Only high-ranking people can teach the inner skills, which means that only those who are in the same management level can have that kind of white true energy... Ruan Xing recalled the shocked look on Qi Ye's face when he saw the other party using his true energy in the second simulated memory. Perhaps Qi Ye knew him. As for that young man... The house of the Seventh Master, which serves as the headquarters, has three entrances. In addition to public places such as the martial arts training ground and the dining hall, there are seven or eight courtyards of various sizes. Although the young man has not received the instruction of Master Shi, he has been kept by the Seventh Master as a backup, and perhaps he is living in this area now. Neither Master Qi nor Master Shi restricted her freedom. She could go around in the name of getting familiar with the environment these days to see if she could see him. Ruan Xing was not worried that she would be in danger if she met him. After all, they only took action when she left the city every time she died. It should be safe to meet him in the hall. Thinking of this, Ruan Xing waited until lunch at noon and mentioned it to Old Man Shi. Old Man Shi nodded in agreement, and Ruan Xing left the courtyard at ease in the afternoon. The way she came here was through a very long corridor. She was in a hurry at that time and did not look up carefully. Now when she walked back, she found a different world. The corridor shaded by the trees was very cool. It connected three houses on the west. One was the dining hall where most gang members came to eat. Ruan Xing and Master Shi also got their meals from here. Another was the residence of gang members who practiced martial arts in the hall. Passing through their houses to the back was a martial arts training ground, which was about the size of a basketball court and could accommodate up to a hundred people practicing at the same time. Ruan Xing had already heard the shouts coming from the martial arts training ground from the corridor. No wonder it was so easy for her to learn by stealing in the simulation. It turned out to be so close. There is another place, which is a small courtyard with a similar layout to Master Shi’s residence, with two side rooms and an ear room, and an open space of two or three square meters in front of the house. The door is open, and you can tell at a glance that it is empty and no one lives there. Ruan Xing was just about to go in to see if there were any signs of the previous owner when suddenly a man came towards him from the other end of the corridor. He had a round figure and was the fat chef in the cafeteria, holding a small bowl in his hand. When she went to the canteen to get food yesterday, the fat cook gave her an extra spoonful because she was thin. Now when he saw Ruan Xing, he greeted her cheerfully, "Girl, why are you standing here?" "Just take a look around. Our hall is really magnificent." Ruan Xing answered casually, standing on tiptoe to look up at the small bowl. There was a dark mass inside. "What is this?" "Pot ash." The fat cook said, "Those martial arts brothers inevitably have some bumps and bruises every day. I have saved a lot of it from cooking and stoking, so I can send it to them and mix it into an ointment to stop bleeding and relieve blood stasis. This will save them money on seeking medical treatment." Something flashed through her mind. Ruan Xing seemed to have heard somewhere that pot bottom ash is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. As for what it is used for, she couldn't remember, but it turned out to be this effect. She said "oh" and turned sideways to make way for the fat cook. "Then uncle, you go and do your work. I'll hang out here for a while." She walked and thought until she reached the end of the corridor. Going forward and around the screen wall was the main door. There was a handle on the door, but she had no intention of going out yet. She stared at the relief carvings on the screen wall in a daze. Pot ash... lime...
Suddenly, she thought of something and caught the flash of inspiration in her mind. In his previous life, Ruan Xing knew that there was a very famous Lao Liu in the novel world. When Lao Liu’s martial arts value was not as good as others in the early stage, he often used some dirty tricks. The most commonly used one was to cover the enemy’s face with lime when he was not prepared, which directly and effectively hit the enemy’s combat effectiveness. He was affectionately called the Lime Martial Saint by fans. Apart from being able to emit the pale white true qi, the other external martial arts of Qi Ye and the man who killed her were not much different from those of low-level thugs. Their mortal bodies naturally could not withstand the attack of lime, so she was able to survive the attack. Although she couldn't find lime now, there were chili peppers in the canteen. On weekdays, apart from the kitchen helpers on duty, there was only the fat cook in the canteen. Now was not mealtime, and the fat cook had gone out to deliver something, so the canteen was empty. It was a godsend opportunity. Ruan Xing could hardly contain his excitement. He looked around to see that there was no one around, so he happily ran to the canteen, stole some dried chilies and stuffed them into his sleeves, then wrapped some flour in a handkerchief and put it in his arms, then hurried back to Master Shi's courtyard. Thanks to Yongnan for the reward~ Thanks for the monthly ticket of Qishengqichang~ There is also a baby from the channel service who sent a monthly ticket but I can’t see his name, thank you~ (End of this chapter)
