Night's Nomenclature
Chapter 278: The Martial Arts Hall’s New Instructor, Qing Chen

A Qing Family servant said with some difficulty, “Boss, there are so many bullet marks on the mountainside, it’s impossible to distinguish which ones are his.”

“I’m prepared,” Qing Yi said calmly, “Let Xie Bin take you to find them.”

Xie Bin, the name of the sniper.

“So, Boss, you asked me to change his bullets because you wanted to see the distribution of his bullet marks?” sniper Xie Bin asked.

A moment ago, Xie Bin had been shooting with his sniper rifle. After he got up, he deliberately left behind a single armor-piercing incendiary bullet.

The special bullets for sniper rifles have different patterns at the front, such as the orange-red ring on the armor-piercing incendiary bullet, which is used to distinguish the different types of bullets.

However, ordinary people would not use these special bullets when shooting at a target.

Now, all they needed to do was to find these special bullets on the mountainside behind the target, and they would know which ones were fired by Qing Chen.

Sometimes Xie Bin felt that his young Boss was truly a monster, always thinking of details that they overlooked.

There should be no more monstrous young man than this Qing Yi.

Xie Bin led more than ten Qing Family servants to the back of the target, searching the mountainside for bullet marks and marking them one by one.

Qing Chen fired a total of 17 shots, one of which grazed the edge of the target paper, the rest all missed.

Under Xie Bin’s guidance, Qing Yi’s servants took more than an hour to find all the bullet marks.

Qing Yi stood in the distance looking at the marked bullet marks, but he couldn’t see any connection between them.

“Xie Bin, take a picture of this and send it to the strategist by my father’s side to analyze if there is any correlation between the patterns formed by these bullet marks,” Qing Yi said.

“Okay,” Xie Bin sent the photo.

But after half an hour, Qing Yi’s father’s strategist replied, “No obvious pattern found.”

This meant that Qing Chen did not leave any trace of showing off his skills while concealing his abilities.

Sniper Xie Bin thought for a moment and said, “Boss, it seems he wasn’t showing off.”

Qing Yi nodded, “I overestimated him. With his previous arrogance in showing off his pistol and automatic rifle, it’s really not like someone who would hide his abilities.”

“Boss, his shooting skills within 200 meters are also very good,” Xie Bin reminded.

“Yeah, I know,” Qing Yi nodded, “But it’s limited. I’m not afraid of a reckless person, I’m afraid of those hiding in the dark.”

However, he didn’t know that even Qing Chen’s recklessness was an act, just to make his performance flawless.

In this world, there are more than one hero and monster. Although Qing Chen is still young, he rarely has vain thoughts.

Therefore, concealing one’s abilities means concealing one’s abilities. If one secretly shows off while concealing one’s abilities, that is foolish.

At this moment, Li Changqing said earnestly on the Flying Car, “Today’s sniper rifle practice, I was surprised you could hit the target at 600 meters for the first time, so don’t be discouraged. I’ve told the shooting range that you can practice here whenever you want, without any hindrance.”

Speaking of which, Li Changqing took out a card, “Scan it with your phone, so no matter where you go, as long as you have your phone, you can verify your identity. You can go anywhere in the Ban Shan Mountain Estate except for a few places under martial law. You can even freely enter and leave the Ban Shan Mountain Estate.”

“Is this appropriate?” Qing Chen asked in doubt.

“Appropriate. You’re going to be the martial arts Instructor of the Li Clan academy, and you have a high status within the Li Clan,” Li Changqing said, “If any students disrespect you, no matter which branch they are from, you can beat them up, and they can’t fight back.”

“The academy’s Instructor… such a high status?” Qing Chen was puzzled.

“Yes, in the Li Clan, juniors cannot confront their seniors directly, and no one can confront the head of the family. Only one person can have the final say in this family, and that is the head of the family,” Li Changqing said.

Qing Chen understood. This is a very centralized family, and the head of the family’s status is no different from that of an emperor.

He suddenly wondered if the Li Clan followed Confucianism, so they cared so much about the ‘Heaven, Earth, Sovereign, Parents, and Teacher’ system.

But the problem is, the head of the Li Clan’s residence is called ‘Baopu Building’, which comes from Taoism. The 2 words ‘embracing simplicity’ originate from Chapter 19 of the Laozi: See simplicity and embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness and desire.

This made Qing Chen feel that the ruling ideology here in the Li Clan was a bit mixed.

At this time, Li Changqing smiled at Qing Chen, “In the academy, you only need to teach two days a week after the Martial Arts Hall opens. However, to gain a foothold in the Li Clan academy, you need to have real skills. Many of the younger generation have heard that you are going to open a ‘Martial Arts Hall’, so they’re all waiting.”

Qing Chen was stunned and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Li Changqing smiled, “Still willing to be an Instructor?”

“Willing,” Qing Chen nodded.

“Huh, you didn’t refuse this time,” Li Changqing curiously asked, “Why?”

Qing Chen said through gritted teeth, “You’ve already spread the word, and if I refuse now, you’ll have to find someone else temporarily, which will make you lose Face^[-].”

Li Changqing’s eyes lit up, “So you can consider for me after all.”

However, Qing Chen was willing to be an Instructor at the academy entirely because Li Shutong had called him before leaving City 18, saying: As a condition for his master leaving City 18, Qing Chen needed to choose a disciple from the Li Clan to continue the legacy of the Knight.

Just as Li Shutong had been apprenticed by his master at the behest of the head of the Li Clan, now it was his turn to pass on the torch.

This was something Li Changqing didn’t know, but Qing Chen couldn’t explain.

Originally, Qing Chen was thinking about whether to teach Xiao Tongyun, but then he changed his mind. He felt that this would make Xiao Tongyun suffer a lot.

He, Qing Chen, had suffered since he was a child, so he could endure it.

But he didn’t need to force Xiao Tongyun to suffer like that, it would be better for her to be a peaceful Little Rich Woman.

Previously, Qing Chen had asked Li Shutong, “If this generation of the Li Clan doesn’t have anyone who can pass the Trial of Heart, what should we do?”

Li Shutong’s answer was, “Then we’ll wait for the next generation. Your life is still very long. You can wait for five or six generations without any problem. I didn’t promise that the succession would come soon. By the time you wait for five or six generations, the people who made the deal with me will be gone, and no one will remember this promise. Remember, the Knight’s legacy must not be compromised.”

Qing Chen: “…”

The master probably meant that if they couldn’t find anyone, he could renege on the deal.

But he didn’t say it explicitly.

Maybe that’s what a righteous Knight is like, I don’t know where it went wrong.

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The Li Clan academy is located in the ‘Bieyuan Courtyard’.

The entire Bieyuan Courtyard is huge, even bigger than Li Changqing’s ‘Flying Cloud Courtyard’ and Li Yino’s ‘Qing Shan Bie Yuan Courtyard’ combined.

Qing Chen wasn’t sure if the two characters ‘Knowing the New’ refer to ‘Review the old to understand the new’.

There are two trees in front of the courtyard, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree.

At the entrance, servants of the Li Clan disciples were all waiting outside. Some were nibbling melon seeds, some were chatting, waiting for their young masters and ladies to finish class.

Qing Chen had a feeling of a private school in the old society.

Li Changqing explained, “Servants are not allowed inside the academy. Classes are from morning to evening, and lunch is brought from home. Within the academy, Li Clan disciples are not allowed to compare, and everything must be done by themselves. Of course, not all disciples need to attend this academy, but only those who graduate from the academy can be assigned important positions in the family.”

“Since only those who graduate from here can be assigned important positions, are there still people who don’t come to class?” Qing Chen was puzzled.

“Of course,” Li Changqing said, looking at Li Tongyun, “You have to come to class obediently from now on, did you hear? Your fifth brother passed away early, so no one took care of you, but from now on, I’ll take care of you. If you skip school again, I’ll beat you up.”

Li Tongyun was about to cry. She had finally escaped from the Outer World to the Inner World without having to go to school. She just wanted to be a quiet Conglomerate heiress.

Why did she suddenly get another mother?!

Qing Chen held back his laughter, but he acted as if he wasn’t very familiar with Xiao Tongyun.

Nangeng Chen was the same, planning to laugh at her after returning to the Outer World.

Qing Chen suddenly asked, “You said earlier that you’re reopening the Martial Arts Hall, so it’s been open before?”

“Yeah,” Li Changqing said, “But it was only open for a while, and there was only one Instructor. After that Instructor left the family, the Martial Arts Hall was also closed.”

Qing Chen was stunned. Why did the Martial Arts Hall close when the Instructor left? “Was there anything special about this Instructor?”

“Nothing special. It was my seventh brother,” Li Changqing said calmly, “After he was an Instructor, the subsequent students would never obey the new Instructor, so no one could teach anymore. Anyone who came would be driven away.”

Your seventh brother, isn’t that my master? Qing Chen thought to himself.

So, this is considered inheriting the family business?

Li Yino suddenly said, “Aunt, I heard that they were all driven away by you?”

“Hahahaha, you heard about this too?” Li Changqing laughed to cover her embarrassment, “Did your dad tell you?”

Qing Chen’s expression turned strange. So, Li Changqing was the culprit who closed the Martial Arts Hall, and now she wants him to reopen it.

Just as they were about to enter the Bieyuan Courtyard, a servant suddenly came out and said respectfully, “Good morning, Boss Changqing.”

Li Changqing asked with a smile, “Is there something wrong?”

“Is this the new Instructor of the Martial Arts Hall?” the servant asked politely.

“That’s right, it’s him,” Li Changqing said, “Do you want to spar with him?”

“That’s exactly what I want to do,” the servant said, “I also specialize in martial arts. I personally believe that I am more suitable to be the Instructor of the Martial Arts Hall than him.”

Li Changqing smiled. Not only did she not stop him, but she also made a promise, “If you can beat him, I will find your indenture and tear it up, allowing you to become an Instructor in the Martial Arts Hall.”

Qing Chen was stunned. Li Changqing is really not afraid of trouble.

However, this was not the end. Li Changqing then said to all the servants, “I’ll give everyone the same condition, beat him, and you can be free from slavery and become an Instructor.”

Qing Chen was dumbfounded. There are at least thirty or forty servants here!

He clearly saw that everyone’s eyes lit up!

The key is, are there any high-level experts hiding among them?

Li Changqing turned to Qing Chen and chuckled, “There’s one thing you don’t have to worry about. I told those little brats yesterday that whoever dares to bring an e-level servant here will not be allowed to leave the Ban Shan Mountain Estate for a year.”

“So, it was you who told them to come?” Qing Chen caught the key point.

Li Changqing smiled, “Otherwise, how would you gain their respect… I just like watching you beat others. It’s very attractive. Don’t worry, they’ll be convinced after this fight.”

Qing Chen looked at the servants who were surrounding him and seriously confirmed, “One by one, right?”

The servants were stunned, then said sincerely, “One by one, please don’t worry.”

“That’s good,” Qing Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

The servants were stunned again. They looked at each other. From Qing Chen’s words, as long as it was one by one, there seemed to be no problem?

In the Bieyuan Courtyard, in the square Common Room, the teacher was teaching mathematics.

During the class, screams and wails suddenly came from outside the courtyard, one after another.

Some students turned their heads to look through the large door of the Common Room to see what was happening.

As soon as they turned their heads, the teacher casually snapped a piece of chalk, accurately hitting the student’s head. The class didn’t stop at all: “Odd functions are unchanged, even functions change signs, look at the quadrant for the symbol…”

The student covered his head in pain, watching as a bump appeared on his head in a flash.

Now that it is the information age, there is no need to use chalk to write on the blackboard when teaching.

However, I don’t know when the tradition of the Li Clan academy started, but there is always a box of chalk on the desks, specifically for snapping and hitting students.

Since the teacher has never used chalk to write, slowly, the Li Clan disciples didn’t even know that chalk was once used to write on the blackboard.

Since they could remember, chalk has been used by the teacher to hit people, nothing else.

Like a ruler.

Some disciples were puzzled, why would the academy prepare such a strange “weapon” for the teacher?

At this time, students have started passing notes: Is it the teacher from the Martial Arts Hall?

Another student replied: Definitely, otherwise, where did the screams come from? I wonder whose servants are suffering.

In their opinion, the Instructor arranged by Aunt Changqing must be very powerful, after all, Aunt Changqing is very powerful.

However, they also wanted to show their power. The Instructor of the Li Clan academy is not something that anyone can be.

Therefore, they each brought an e-level servant from their own branch, intending to use a human sea tactic to teach the Instructor a lesson.

Regardless of whether the e-level servant is good at martial arts, a large number of people can always kill the Instructor. I haven’t heard of any e-level people who can directly fight dozens of people.

Of course, they won’t play too much. They just need to make the Instructor fall and leave in disgrace.

Moreover, this is tacitly approved by Aunt Changqing!

A student wrote a note and passed it to his deskmate: Let’s bet, whose servant will knock down the Instructor?

Another student replied: I bet 10,000 yuan, the Li Ke family.

With more than 30 people fighting in a continuous battle, even if the Instructor is very skilled, he will eventually fall. Therefore, they bet on which servant the Instructor will fall to.

At this time, screams were still coming from outside the Common Room, causing the teacher on the podium to slowly stop teaching and walk towards the outside.

He wanted to stop it.

However, a student cautiously reminded, “Mr. Wang, this is the commotion made by Aunt Changqing. I suggest you don’t interfere.”

As soon as Mr. Wang heard Li Changqing’s name, he immediately withdrew his steps, “Too much… Today’s class is over here. Spend the remaining time studying in the classroom.”

After speaking, Mr. Wang walked to the back of the Bieyuan Courtyard to drink tea and read the news.

Seeing this, the students made a fuss.

No one dared to leave their seats, they all stretched their necks to look outside.

“Do you think the Instructor will be beaten up?”

“It won’t be that bad. The servants know their limits, and Aunt Changqing is definitely there.”

“Then do you think Aunt Changqing will blame us?”

“No, wasn’t this implied by her?”

“But why would she imply this…”

At this time, screams were still coming from outside the academy.

Inside the academy, the Li Clan disciples were very excited.

Suddenly, a little boy in the corner said coldly, “You arranged a group of people to fight a continuous battle, more than 30 servants against one person. You shouldn’t be excited about this; you should be ashamed of this.”

As soon as he said this, many students sat down dejectedly.

Some students retorted, “Li Ke, you don’t have to act righteous. Since he’s the Instructor who reopened the Martial Arts Hall, he should be able to handle this kind of thing. I heard from my dad that when Uncle Seven was in the Martial Arts Hall, he was invincible!”

The little boy sneered, “Uncle Seven is a Knight, is this Instructor?”

In the little boy’s opinion, it’s common knowledge that a Knight can fight, but not all Martial Arts Hall Instructors are Knights.

In fact, he was the most disdainful of the new Instructor, because he felt that after Uncle Seven Li Shutong left the Li Family, the Martial Arts Hall should have been closed forever because no one could replace Uncle Seven’s legendary status in his heart.

“Then you didn’t bring the most powerful martial arts expert from your main branch?” someone retorted, “I heard that the expert you brought is the grassroots martial arts champion of the first group army this year! You say we should be ashamed, what about you?”

“I asked him to retreat when he knows it is difficult,” Li Ke sneered.

At this time, the bell rang in the academy, signaling the end of class.

A group of students crowded towards the outside of the academy.

It was just like the madness of school dismissal.

However, when they ran to the entrance of the Bieyuan Courtyard, they all froze. They saw servants lying all over the ground outside the door, Aunt Li Changqing was smiling at them, but she didn’t say anything.

The students searched for their own servants on the ground, but found that without exception, all 31 servants were lying on the ground.

The servants looked pale and purplish, as if they had fainted from suffocation.

Among the crowd, Li Ke, who had been cold-faced, also stood dumbfounded at the entrance.

The scene before them was too shocking. The martial arts expert he had specially brought was also lying unconscious on the ground.

The next moment, everyone turned to look at the boy’s back, who was facing away from them, breathing heavily.

Qing Chen heard the noisy footsteps and turned around, then grinned, “You’re in big trouble.”

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