Purple Mist Dao Master
Chapter 305 - 236 The Right Way to Expand ’Purple Mist Palace’! Peak ’Xingyi Boxing’!

Chapter 305: Chapter 236 The Right Way to Expand ’Purple Mist Palace’! Peak ’Xingyi Boxing’!

That night.

Fu Yunzhan sat alone in the courtyard, polishing his treasured sword, his thoughts drifting back to the past. In the early years, the Fu family, from which Fu Yunzhan hailed, was also considered a martial arts family, with the ancestral business ’Da You Escort Agency’. From his great-grandfather’s generation, they had been renowned in Xiang Province. His great-grandfather, Fu Liu Yun, with his exquisite swordsmanship, had no equal across the Four States, earning the title ’The sharpest swordsmanship in the world’. After that, Fu Yunzhan’s grandfather managed the escort agency with dedication, making it even more prestigious.

When it was passed down to Fu Yunzhan’s father’s generation, ’Da You Escort Agency’, centered in Xiang Province, expanded its operations across ten states: Ci, Mei, He, Ai, Sheng, Hui, Qing, Peng, and Jian, reaching its peak glory.

However, prosperity leads to decline.

Fu’s father had limited talent, unable to master his grandfather’s and father’s ’aggressive swordsmanship’, and naturally, he couldn’t uphold the grand business, attracting envy, which ultimately led to the family’s ruin and death.

At that time, Fu Yunzhan was still young, but because he was with his mother at his maternal grandfather’s home, he escaped the calamity, but the blood-deep vendetta remained etched in his heart.

Unfortunately, the enemies were powerful.

After the ruin and destruction, it coincided with the Great Yan Buwu, and they caught the New Faction’s rise, riding the wave to prominence, becoming the largest faction in Qingzhou, with a reputation rivaling the Six Great Sects.

Fu Yunzhan alone found it nearly impossible to overturn them.

Yet he was unwilling to give up. So, he carried his sword, traveling the land, practicing the family’s inherited swordsmanship ’Qi Yun Mountain Thirty-two Swords’. This sword technique, in its day, in Xiang Province and Qingzhou, was known as ’The sharpest swordsmanship in the world’, a family secret skill of the Fu family.

Alas.

Not only did his father fail to grasp its essence, but Fu Yunzhan also veered off course due to his different disposition. His ’aggression’ was insufficient, exhibiting more ’mystery’; though its power was not inconsiderable, it was still hard to achieve true mastery.

Relying on this sword skill alone, Fu Yunzhan found his hope for revenge bleak.

But now is different—

"Yan Chuan is exceptionally talented, creating martial arts as easily as drinking water, and he is even better at customizing various exquisite martial arts for people. For instance, his disciple Yu Jinpeng with ’Tai Chi Boxing’, Jin Yutang with ’Baji Fist’, both fit perfectly. Also, the Zhou family sisters, in the fourth round, with visible injuries on Zhou Jiao and Zhou Hui, yet with customized swordsmanship from Yan Chuan, they could increase their strength significantly to defeat strong enemies."

"If I form a team with him, build a good relationship, and have him customize martial arts for me, one day, there might still be a chance to settle my blood feud."

Fu Yunzhan’s mind echoed with Wang Zhengyi’s persuasion: "Even if Yan Chuan cannot customize for me, even if Yan Chuan’s customization is not to my liking, but Yan Chuan and Wang Zhengyi, their strength is evident. Forming a team with them greatly increases the hope of reaching the end in the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’. At that time, the court’s rewards from the Great Yan Dynasty will not be small. My own strength will also greatly increase, and so will the hope of avenging my blood feud!"

Fu Yunzhan polished his beloved sword, having already made a firm decision in his heart.

...

On the other side.

Yingze Academy.

"I’m willing!"

Wang Ge agreed immediately.

He didn’t expect that the team formed by Wang Zhengyi, Yan Chuan, and even Fu Yunzhan would be willing to take him along. To be honest, Wang Ge was worried before. Although he performed beyond expectations in this ’Jian Province Competition’, making it to the top eight and gaining fame in Jian Province.

From then on—

The name ’Yingze Wang Ge’ became well-known.

That was an achievement.

However, with the conclusion of the ’Jian Province Competition’, all these achievements would become things of the past.

Looking forward, it’s the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, which also worried Wang Ge. At Yingze Academy, even with such a team, what could he achieve going to Cang Mountain?

He certainly thought of regrouping a team, but he never expected to be able to team up with such top figures like Yan Chuan, Wang Zhengyi, and Fu Yunzhan.

This was a massive surprise.

However.

Wang Ge was curious: "There are many people among the top eight who are not weaker than me, why did Senior Brother Wang choose me?"

"It wasn’t me."

Wang Zhengyi, coming to invite Wang Ge, seeing his quick agreement, smiled even more brightly and explained, "It was Brother Yan. Before the fourth round, right after facing you in the second round, he mentioned that if he regrouped a team, he would definitely include Junior Brother Wang."

"Palace Master Yan?"

Wang Ge was somewhat surprised and flattered.

He never expected that it was the ’Innate Master’ Yan Chuan himself who chose him, and it was as early as the second round. Wang Ge considered that making it to the top eight involved a lot of luck. Whether it was other martial artists in the top eight or some unfortunate ones with strong skills who didn’t make it, there were people whose strength was comparable to or slightly exceeded his, but Yan Chuan still chose him?

Thinking of being able to team up with Yan Chuan, whether or not notable achievements could be made at the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion’, just frequently receiving instruction from Yan Chuan and seeking advice in martial arts would be the biggest benefit.

Suppressing his inner joy, Wang Ge asked Wang Zhengyi: "Besides Senior Brother Wang and Palace Master Yan, who are the other two in the regrouped team?"

Among the top eight in Jian Province—

Liu Qifeng and Shi Xuanli were captured by the cult.

The Zhou family sisters were seriously injured and bedridden.

There conveniently remained five teams.

After Wang Ge asked, he already had some guesses in his heart.

And Wang Zhengyi’s answer matched his guess entirely—

...

"You, me, Wang Zhengyi, Fu Yunzhan, and Wang Ge."

"The five of us will form a team."

While Wang Zhengyi was inviting Wang Ge, Yan Chuan found Chen Ze, the last member of his reorganized team. One sentence could settle it; Yan Chuan came purely as a formality.

"That’s good!"

"With Senior Brother, and Senior Brother Wang in the same team, I just have to cheer and wave the flag from behind."

Chen Ze smiled serenely.

By nature, he was laid-back, not pursuing fame or profit, desiring only a carefree life. Even in practicing martial arts, he only hoped to have the ability to protect himself and to travel, to see the rivers and lakes of the Great Yan and the Mountain and Sea Realm—