I Attained Invincibility In The Real World - Chapter 149
Chapter 149: Chapter 134: Past Stories of Rainy Days and Skies
Translator: 549690339
“It’s good that it’s raining.”
Li Hengkong was originally resting with his eyes closed on the other side.
Upon hearing the words,
He slowly opened his eyes.
Looking at the droplets of rain continuously hitting the car window and spreading into circles, he couldn’t help but become a bit lost in thought. “Even though the Power Sect is willing to settle things for us,”
“Rainwater can save us a lot of effort.”
“Right.”
It seemed as if he suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at Qi
Ming.
“There are still two people from the Eagle Body Sect, right?”
“Later, kill them too.”
“Tell the people who are tailing them not to miss anyone.”
“But if it’s Chen Sheng, don’t monitor him.”
“A martial artist with Chen Sheng’s strength will notice immediately if someone is watching him.”
During his conversation,
Li Hengkong’s face was calm, as if what he said was a matter of course.
It seemed as if he wasn’t talking about killing two people,
But rather stepping on two ants.
Huh?
“Ancestor, those two people…,”
Before finishing his sentence, Qi Ming was interrupted by Li Hengkong.
Staring at Qi Ming, who was showing a look of reluctance, his eyes slightly narrowed.
“If you don’t eradicate the root while cutting the grass, are you waiting for others to take revenge?”
“Since you’ve decided to do it, then be thorough and resolute.”
“No wonder you haven’t achieved much despite practicing martial arts for so many years with your attitude.”
Although Qi Ming was nearing fifty, in front of Li Hengkong, he still didn’t dare to say much.
“Understood, Ancestor. ”
He had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistakes.
Seeing this,
Li Hengkong gave a nod in acknowledgement.
Sigh—
He withdrew his gaze.
He heaved a quiet sigh.
Looking at the increasingly dense rainwater on the car window.
As his eyes gradually lost focus, Li Hengkong’s thoughts also began to drift far away.
When he was young, the popularity of practicing martial arts was quite strong.
In turbulent times, China was in a state of insecurity.
Ordinary, powerless people were like ants at the side of the road, constantly facing the threat of annihilation.
Just merely living in peace was a desire that most people couldn’t attain.
And it just so happened,
Martial arts was the way ordinary people could change their fate with the lowest barrier to entry.
Young Li Hengkong was born into a farming household.
Although he couldn’t be said to be well-off,
He wasn’t starving either.
According to his original life trajectory, his father would save some money to send him to school to become a scholar.
Scholars had a very high social status at that time.
It was also Li Hengkong’s dream.
Until one day,
His father accidentally bumped into a noble while going to the market and was whipped by them, covering his entire body in blood and injuries.
Luckily,
He wasn’t beaten to death.
It was indeed fortunate in his misfortune.
Because he barely survived,
It seemed as if not killing him made the noble a great benefactor.
The young Li Hengkong, for the first time, felt puzzled, And felt anger.
He questioned his father why he didn’t harbor hate,
Why he didn’t seek revenge on those nobles.
Even an ant should stand up and resist when bullied, strive to bite a chunk of flesh from the opponent, instead of being grateful and thankful for being spared a lowly life. Ferocious.
Resentful.
This was the first time young Li Hengkong demonstrated his true nature and dissatisfaction with society.
What he received,
Was the shock and strangeness in his mother’s eyes,
And his father’s slap in the face. This slap,
Didn’t subdue Li Hengkong.
Instead, it made him understand some things.
The world is unequal.
He didn’t want to become a person like his parents.
He didn’t want to become a vile person who is grateful even after being slapped in the face.
He wanted…to live a good life.
As for what defines a good life,
Actually, at that time, Li Hengkong himself didn’t have a clear idea.
All he remembers is that,
By the time he snapped back to reality, he had already run far away from home.
That day,
Was also a rainy day.
Thinly clad and hungry, Li Hengkong randomly chose a direction and wandered aimlessly.
He soon fainted.
When he woke up, he had been rescued by the founder of the Kongming Boxing Club, Li Sheng.
Not wanting to return home,
Li Hengkong lied about being an orphan and started doing miscellaneous chores at the Kongming Boxing Club.
Sometimes,
When the disciples were practicing boxing, he would learn a few moves.
And then he would stay up during the night, secretly practicing.
It wasn’t long before he was caught by Li Sheng.
Luckily, Li Sheng saw potential in Li Hengkong and decided to accept him as a disciple.
Within the Kongming Boxing Club,
Li Hengkong set foot on the path of being a martial artist.
He was highly gifted.
In just two to three short years, no one in the boxing club, apart from Li Sheng, was his match.
He had thought that life would go on quietly like this.
Unfortunately,
Good times don’t last.
One day.
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Suddenly, a body drenched in blood was carried in from outside the door.
This body was his Master, Li Sheng.
After a series of questions, Li Hengkong finally found out the reason.
Again, it was because of the city’s nobility.
Li Sheng, with a chivalrous heart, saw the nobility bullying men and belittling women on the roadside. He stepped in to help and injured the aristocrats.
As a result, the next day, he was caught under the muzzles of a dozen foreign guns.
He was stabbed miserably by the nobility using a dagger.
Such shocking things.
In those troubled times, there were countless, and many people were already accustomed to it.
But Li Hengkong would not accept it.
It was as if he had returned to that rainy day five years ago.
The day when he saw his father return home covered in scars.
A flame of nameless anger lit up, quickly filling Li Hengkong’s heart.
Usurping power with martial arts is not just a joke.
That night.
Li Hengkong held a wide-back knife, strode into the nobleman’s house alone.
He killed all six members of the family, plus dozens of servants, everyone.
He even moved the silver notes and jewels from the nobleman’s house overnight and presented them to another nobleman in the city to bargain for a chance to survive.
In the end.
Li Hengkong succeeded.
He became the gym leader and successfully escaped the murder penalty.
In the next five years, Li Hengkong worked for the city’s nobility, accumulating a large amount of wealth while his status kept rising, and his network kept expanding.
Another five years.
Li Hengkong plotted for a long time, killed the noble who had saved him back then, and replaced him.
The Kongming Martial Arts Gym.
Became the largest martial arts gym in Haizhou City at that time.
He, had become the nobility.
In the following days.
Li Hengkong gradually realized the benefits of being in a high position.
He also gradually understood what kind of good days he wanted.
Unfortunately, he was ultimately just a mortal.
As he got older, his body grew weaker and weaker.
The flame deep in his heart was gradually extinguished.
Just when he was preparing to step down as the gym leader and enjoy the riches and glory in the last moments of his life.
Li Hengkong met a person.
It was the appearance of this person that made Li Hengkong choose to retreat to the mountain forests and nourish his heart.
He did this to extend his own life.
Thus, Li Hengkong lived a leisurely life in the mountain forests, day after day.
Until the Tide Rising Period came, until the Power Sect took over Fuhai Province.
Until Qi Ming invited him out of retirement.
Li Hengkong knew,
The flame in his heart, finally had the possibility of burning again.
Thinking of this.
Li Hengkong looked out the window.
The corners of his mouth couldn’t help but slightly turn upwards.
It was as if he had returned to the troubled times of the year.
Back to that time, he used his fists to force his way into the world.
Now, it can also be a time of turmoil.
In the quiet carriage, he suddenly spoke.
“Your disciple is here,”
Qi Ming quickly straightened his body and respectfully replied with his head low.
“Do you know what the most important thing about being a martial artist is?”
Without waiting for Qi Ming to answer, he spoke his answer first.
“It is to fight.”
“The practicing of martial arts, like a brave leap in the rapids, if you do not advance, you will retreat.”
“In this world, there has never been a saying that if you are honest and stay put, you can live a peaceful life.”
“Especially since the Tide Rising Period is coming.” “If you don’t find ways to become stronger, others will be stronger than you.” “If you don’t want to climb up, you will be squeezed down.”
“If he is strong, he is justified. If you are weak, you should take a beating.”
“If the Kongming Boxing Club wants to avoid being swallowed, it must swallow others first.”
“Chen Sheng won’t be the first, and he won’t be the last.”
“If you can’t do it.”
“Then you are ruining my hard work.” “I will not allow it, do you understand?” Towards the end.
The voice of Li Hengkong carried a slight chill.
Qi Ming subconsciously shivered.
This was the first time he had seen Li Hengkong, who was usually very amicable and friendly, demonstrate this kind of behavior.
“Disciple understands.”
Regardless of what he thought internally.
At least on the surface, Qi Ming promised quickly.
Hearing this.
Li Hengkong returned to his previous smiling demeanor.
He patted Qi Ming’s shoulder.
“I know that there is still resistance in your heart.”
“But that’s alright.”
“Once you taste the sweetness of this, you will be addicted and find it hard to extricate yourself. ”
“Chen Sheng, and his Eagle Body Sect.”
“Should be considered as our Kongming Boxing Club’s… first step upward..”
