Atlas of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 482: Ying Lu

About two minutes later, Ding Mai pushed away the people around him, stood up from the ground, and looked at Chen Chuan .

Although Chen Chuan knocked him down, he didn't show any resentment or other emotions. Instead, he showed admiration. He walked up to Chen Chuan and said loudly, "Captain Chen , you are really amazing, I, Lao Ding, am convinced!"

There's nothing shameful in losing to an opponent. It's only shameful to not learn to face your opponent squarely and to make excuses for yourself. If you can't even get over that hurdle, there's no way you can win against your opponent.

The people present also felt that Chen Chuan "s victory was magnanimous. He had directly withstood Ding Mai "s attack. Those who had sparred with Ding Mai or seen him in action had never seen such a tough fighting style. Not to mention Ding Mai , they were also convinced.

The young man on the side even ran to the dummy to take a look, and then looked at Chen Chuan from time to time, his eyes full of light.

At this time, Fang Zhixin seemed to have received some news. He nodded to Chen Chuan , walked aside, and said a few words to Boundary Token. After a while, he walked back and said to everyone, "I'm sorry, Master Chen was invited to Council President Quan "s house today as a guest, so he can't come today."

Everyone didn't react much, as if they had expected this situation. Only the young man next to him showed disappointment.

Fang Zhixin said with a smile, "Although Master Chen can't come today, everyone here today has received an invitation, so why don't we go have a drink at the bar downstairs? It's on me."

Everyone present cheered in unison.

Chen Chuan looked around at this time. When he and Ding Mai were sparring just now, more than a dozen people had come in one after another. Now there were almost thirty people in the arena, most of whom were young officers, and a few who could be seen to have simple family backgrounds.

Although he didn't see Chen Bitong , he didn't plan to leave, because he would definitely have to deal with people in this circle in the future, and he could take this opportunity to get to know them.

At this time, Fang Zhixin specially came over to invite him: "Captain Chen , are you free? Let's go together."

Ding Mai also chimed in and said, "Yes, I, Lao Ding, am convinced by Captain Chen . This time, Captain Chen "s expenses are on my, Lao Ding's, account." He then said to Fang Zhixin , "Don't compete with me."

Fang Zhixin smiled and walked away, leading everyone to take the elevator down.

When Chen Chuan left, he glanced back and saw the young man returning to the arena with some loneliness, practicing boxing there alone.

He withdrew his gaze and left with everyone.

A group of people arrived on the tenth floor. As expected, there was a very large bar with elegant decoration. It was only a little after ten in the morning, and there were not many guests yet. Their group only occupied a corner. It could be seen that they all had their own small circles, and gathered together in twos and threes.

Chen Chuan sat at a table with Ding Mai and Fang Zhixin .

The waiters immediately started serving drinks. Martial Artists from Wuyi don't drink alcohol, but those from the Army don't have this taboo, except during missions.

Someone familiarly ordered a song. The music in the bar's dance floor started at this time, and a dozen or so singers and dancers with decorative Implants walked in and began to sing and dance in the lively music.

The officers immediately applauded, but no one booed or whistled. They all sat upright, and it could be seen that most of them were well-educated and had a conservative style.

Chen Chuan ordered a drink, listened to a song, and applauded. Then he turned to Ding Mai and tried to ask, "Executive Officer Ding, the Strength Technique you used just now, is it a foreign Strength Technique"

Fang Zhixin smiled.

Ding Mai also laughed. He took a big gulp of wine and said, "Every time someone sees me use this Strength Technique, they ask this question. The name of my Strength Technique is "Aer-Tail', which, translated from Ying Lu, is "Steel Stone Breath'."

"Ying Lu"

Chen Chuan asked, "Linax Federation"

Ying Lu was the name of the Linax Federation before it was established. In ancient times, that land had communication with the old empire. Documents referred to its people as the Ying Lu, but the people there called themselves the "First Clan".

Ding Mai took another sip of wine, put it down, and said, "Captain Chen , have you heard of "Taobei Day'?"

Chen Chuan recalled and said, "I seem to have heard of it. It is said that when the Linax Federation was founded, they invited the old people of Yingzhou to raise ceramic cups together and drink the light and water, and from then on they would share the high mountains and the earth. It has always been regarded as a famous celebration."

"That's the Linax Federation's version."

Ding Mai showed a disdainful expression, "The truth is that when the Linax Federation was founded, they invited the First People, who had taught them the ancient secret technique inheritance, to build the country together, but they were rejected. However, out of respect for each other's etiquette, there were still some respected religious leaders who attended the founding ceremony.

According to the ancient method of the First Clan, both sides would hold up a ceramic cup made of earth, snow mountain water, and mountain stones and sunlight, to show reconciliation and sharing.

But when a religious leader held up the cup, it suddenly shattered. The Linax Federation immediately became angry, believing that the First People were insulting them. They immediately turned their faces and arrested several major religious leaders, and declared war.

In order to save the religious leaders and avoid war, the First People negotiated repeatedly. Finally, the Linax Federation demanded that the former hand over twenty ancient method inheritances.

The First People discussed repeatedly in various countries and finally agreed to these conditions."

Speaking of this, Ding Mai "s voice was low, with a hint of helplessness and indignation, as if he hated them for not standing up for themselves.

Chen Chuan said, "Involving such inheritance, did the people of Ying Lu simply agree to it"

Fang Zhixin said from the side, "Because the Linax Federation had been at war with the people of Ying Lu for a long time before its founding, the countries of the First People were almost crushed. If the Old Imperial Family hadn't given them some assistance from time to time, they would have been unable to hold on.

And after the last emperor came to power, he fought several wars to the west, and never paid attention to Yingzhou across the ocean."

Ding Mai took another sip of wine, put it down heavily, wiped his mouth, and said, "The First People finally handed over the highest sun, mountains, and Angry River Inheritances to the Linax Federation.

Only the Earth Inheritance people firmly disagreed, crossed the ocean to the Old Imperial Family, and voluntarily offered the secret technique inheritance of the Earth lineage, and have since been collected by the Old Imperial Family.

And after the people of the Linax Federation obtained the secret transmission, in order to show that they did not take it for nothing, they gave the First People a pair of leather boots, a porcelain bowl, and a magnifying glass as a reward, and declared that they would be friends forever.

But only twenty years later, the Linax Federation tore up the agreement, on the pretext that the First People had not handed over all the secret techniques and deceived them, attacked the last territory of the First People, overturned the religious altars, killed all the religious personnel, and turned all the remaining people into slaves after slaughtering a large number of the First People.

At that time, they happened to encounter the Renzi Palace Rebellion, and the princes and kings took turns to take the stage. They had no time and no interest to interfere in matters far away overseas.

And the old empire had its own secret technique circulation, and they couldn't even practice their own, so they didn't pay special attention to the Earth Inheritance, and eventually forgot about it themselves. Later, after being overthrown in the old times, the government found the complete collection, and it was promoted among the descendants of the First People."

Ding Mai forcefully exhaled a breath and said, "The reason why I learn these Strength Techniques is because I have Yingzhou blood in me. My great-grandmother was once a high priestess of the Earth lineage, but there was no complete inheritance in her hands at that time. Later, people in the Army found me and taught me.

And my dream is to one day take back all the stolen secret transmissions."

He smiled again, "Perhaps Captain Chen will think that I am overestimating myself, but this is my true thought."

Chen Chuan said, "This is not overestimating yourself. Sticking to a target and going down, step by step to achieve it, whether it can be achieved or not, this effort is commendable. Besides, who can say for sure about the future? Maybe Executive Officer Ding will realize his wish someday."

Fang Zhixin smiled and raised his glass and said, "Then I will toast Brother Ding and Captain Chen , and wish you all can achieve what you want in your hearts."

"Cheers!"

The three people raised their glasses and clinked them together, and each drank down.

After Fang Zhixin finished drinking, he smiled and said, "Captain Chen , I saw you guiding Little Jin just now."

Chen Chuan said, "Assistant Fang, are you talking about the young man in the training hall"

Fang Zhixin nodded and said, "Yes, Little Jin , that's Master Chen "s youngest son."

Chen Chuan was slightly surprised. Chen Bitong is called teacher because he has taught many excellent students, but since Little Jin is his son, how come he doesn't seem to have received serious Martial Combat guidance.

At this time, Fang Zhixin sighed and said, "Master Chen has been guarding the World Ring for more than twenty years. His other son and daughter were sacrificed on the front line. Captain Chen , do you know about this"

Chen Chuan nodded slightly, "I've heard of it."

He had seen Chen Bitong "s Data before, and knew about this. Putting aside whether Chen Bitong was an inside ghost or not, this matter itself is worthy of respect and sympathy.

He thought for a while and said, "Is it because of the previous events that Master Chen doesn't want his youngest son to go down this path either"

Fang Zhixin shook his head, "It's not like that, Master Chen doesn't have this kind of selfishness. He treats everyone, including his sons and students, equally."

He sighed softly, "If he had taken care of his senior brother and sister a little bit back then, instead of letting them perform dangerous tasks, the end result might not have been like this."

At this time, a song and dance performance began on the stage again. This time the tune was relatively soothing. Many officers went down and politely invited several dancers to dance.

He glanced at it and saw that neither of them intended to go down to dance, so he continued, "Actually, the real reason is that Little Jin is not as talented as his older brother and sister since he was a child."

Chen Chuan slowly said, "Is that so? I don't think Little Jin is bad."

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