Extraordinary Realm from Persuasion System

Chapter 370: Chapter 167: Advancing to Great Grandmaster, Creating an Astonishing Ultimate Skill!_3

Number ten, Ma Yuankai of the Primordial Form Intent style, sixty-six years old.

After Zhang Beixing’s ranking list was shared, the provocation didn’t end there.

The people from the Northern River Province Martial Arts Association even started taunting in the post’s title.

Northern River Province Martial Arts Association: ”@Yanjing Martial Arts Association, @Nanhe Province Martial Arts Association, @Dongshan Province Martial Arts Association, @... why are you all hesitating? Do you think our Grandmaster Zhang’s rankings are unfair?”

Their message was clear: no one could escape.

Today, whether you want to lose face or not, you’re going to lose face!

This was to call out those other associations for doing nothing previously, yet shamelessly trying to ride on Grandmaster Zhang’s popularity. This was their retribution!

Such a vengeful act inevitably caught the attention of netizens.

They found it amusing. After all, they were bored and had nothing better to do, so they decided to join in the heckling:

”@Yanjing Martial Arts Association, where are you? Dropped off the face of the earth? Come out and update. If you don’t, are you looking down on our Brother Bei?”

”@Nanhe Province Martial Arts Association, look at that! The Northern River Martial Arts Association is being so damn cocky, can you stand for this? Go roast them!”

”@Dongshan Province Martial Arts Association, retweet, you must retweet! The Northern River Martial Arts Association is acting so smugly, as if we can’t even afford to retweet. We’ve got to hit back!”

”And so on...”

The comment section was incredibly lively. In response, those martial arts associations chose to play dead and ignore it all.

The truth was, this matter was genuinely difficult for them to address!

Damn it, they had completely fallen for that kid Zhang Beixing’s trap! It was too late for regrets!

「...」

Zhang Beixing had stirred up a small wave on the internet.

In reality, Zhang Beixing’s influence was far greater than this.

After defeating Tian Fenglin, Zhang Beixing, as was his custom, memorized the Taizu Long Fist that Tian Fenglin had demonstrated. Then, he continued his journey with Chen Rourou and Lin Pengfei, aiming to fight his way across the entire country.

Along the way, Zhang Beixing tutored the two of them.

Chen Rourou possessed excellent talent and an existing martial arts foundation. Moreover, she was the only truly presentable top fighter Zhang Beixing had at the moment. Unsurprisingly, she received his special attention.

Throughout their journey, whenever they had free time, Zhang Beixing would take Chen Rourou aside. He explained the important points of martial arts training, shared his insights, imparted practical combat experience, and helped her hone her skills.

As for Lin Pengfei, although the kid had a decent temperament, his talent was truly unremarkable.

Realizing Lin Pengfei wouldn’t be of much use in the short term, Zhang Beixing decided to let him progress slowly. He taught Lin Pengfei the Yue Family’s Linked Fist and the Northern Sect’s Eight Pieces of Brocade. After correcting his forms a few times and confirming he could practice them correctly, Zhang Beixing mostly left him to his own devices, allowing him to develop naturally.

Under these arrangements, several days passed. On Thursday, September 14th:

”Zhang Beixing, fourteenth-generation successor of the Yue Family’s Linked Fist, asks for your guidance!”

In Dongshan Province, standing in a Grandmaster’s dojo, Zhang Beixing cupped his fists towards a middle-aged man of about fifty and announced his lineage.

Seeing Zhang Beixing like this, the Grandmaster knew he couldn’t avoid the challenge, so he also announced his name and lineage in response.

The two saluted each other and then stepped onto the platform.

Ten minutes later, the man was steadily pushed back by Zhang Beixing’s suddenly intensified and fierce attacks, forced to surrender.

Thus, Zhang Beixing won another match!

「...」

”I am Chen Rourou of the Chen Family, a disciple of Grandmaster Zhang of the Yue Family’s Linked Fist. Please offer your guidance!”

Also in Dongshan Province, at a small martial arts hall that had no Grandmaster, Zhang Beixing considered it inappropriate for him to personally compete, given the relative strength levels. So, Chen Rourou took his place.

Although Chen Rourou was still a long way from becoming a Pseudo Grandmaster, under Zhang Beixing’s tutelage, her overall strength and combat proficiency improved daily. She was almost unbeatable among those at her level.

After stepping onto the platform, she managed to draw out all of her opponent’s techniques within just ten minutes. This allowed Zhang Beixing, watching from below the stage, to get a thorough understanding of the opponent’s martial arts. Then, following Zhang Beixing’s signal, she launched a decisive blow, cleanly finishing the fight.

In this manner, Zhang Beixing, Chen Rourou, plus one hanger-on, swept their way across the Great Xia Realm, fighting wherever they went.

They truly achieved the saying: ”Advance three hundred miles in a day, and in just over a month, pacify the entire nation.”

It’s not that ancient times lacked martial artists who traveled to train and spar. Even their teacher, Liu Yi, had once journeyed extensively. Unfortunately, his journey was cut short before he even reached the south.

But a martial artist like Zhang Beixing, who so rapidly fought his way across the country, bulldozing all opposition, was truly unique.

Such high-profile actions, combined with Zhang Beixing’s existing fame, inevitably drew the attention of martial artists throughout the Great Xia martial arts community.

They saw that this trio was aiming to fight their way across the entire nation, not sparing any martial arts hall, big or small.

For a time, a sense of crisis permeated the Great Xia martial arts world; everyone felt insecure. After all, who would want to be suddenly beaten up for no reason? Especially when the ones doing the beating were two twenty-one-year-olds! To have trained in martial arts for so many years only to be unable to defeat youngsters... Although it’s said that the old fear the young and vigorous, the problem was, as Grandmasters, they weren’t really old at this age. If word of this got out, it would be incredibly humiliating.

Consequently, during this period, many in the Great Xia martial arts community lived their days counting down, constantly worried and anxious.

Conversations among fellow martial practitioners also shifted from previous inquiries about Liu Yi’s affairs to:

”Hey, hey, where has Zhang Beixing reached now?”

”I heard he’s already made it to Xijiang Province!”

”Damn, so fast! According to that Grandmaster ranking list he put out, after he’s done with Xijiang Province, his next stop should be our Northern Lake Province, right?”