novelraw Chapter 297 Extra 17: Fire Phoenix Becomes an Unapproachable Force in the Underground Sphere
Chapter 297 Extra 17: Fire Phoenix Becomes an Unapproachable Force in the Underground Sphere
I am the third-generation direct descendant of the Qing Shi Tong family in the ancient martial arts world, the fifth in my family, and my name is Tong Yuhan.
It sounds like my family has a long history of ancient martial arts, but it's not. My family went from practicing martial arts to registering as a family in the Ancient Martial Arts Association in just two short years.
In the world of ancient martial arts, there are many families that have existed for hundreds of years. These families are full of experts, have a great reputation, and are very powerful in the areas where they live.
Our Tong family's ancient martial arts techniques lack a clear lineage, and we are not even native to Qingshi. The fact that records begin with my maternal grandfather as the first generation is merely to create the illusion that the Tong family also has decades of ancient martial arts tradition.
It's just that our foundation is too shallow, and we have so many girls in the family, so we're afraid of being coveted! If those ancient martial arts families knew that we had produced a Martial Grandmaster and several high-level Martial Masters in such a short time, wouldn't they all come and rob us?
Therefore, the eldest sister used her superb disguise skills to create a mysterious lone wolf named "Dong Wuyou," giving her a mysterious background to confuse the judgment of those ancient martial arts families.
She possessed a variety of high-grade pills that ancient martial artists dreamed of, which could increase cultivation speed. With such coveted cultivation resources at her disposal, the ancient martial artists paid far less attention to our family, allowing us to develop steadily!
Our family's practice of martial arts began in the early 1970s after the whole family moved to the countryside. My eldest sister said she received an extraordinary opportunity to practice ancient martial arts, and she encouraged everyone to practice together.
This is also to protect ourselves and our families!
Two years after the start of the Cultural Revolution, my maternal grandfather and uncle's family were sent to the countryside, and my father was later killed in action. My mother, with a group of daughters, became easy prey in the eyes of others! Everyone wanted to take a bite and swallow her!
My mother hadn't heard from my maternal grandfather's family for a long time, and she was filled with anxiety and inner turmoil. After the Fan family plotted against my mother and attacked and injured my eldest sister, this feeling made our whole family extremely depressed.
Soon, Mom and my eldest sister decided that we would go to the countryside where Grandpa had been sent down to work. This would help us avoid the group of wolves and tigers watching us, and also keep the family together.
Actually, the main reason for going to the countryside was that my mother was worried about my maternal grandfather and uncle, and even more worried about us sisters being scattered when we went to the countryside in the future. If we wanted the family to stay together, then the best way was for the whole family to go to the countryside!
They started planning to buy jobs and go to the countryside. After things started to look promising, the eldest sister took the lead in arranging everything. I could sense that she had changed; she was more determined and bolder!
I don't know where she got the ancient martial arts techniques from, but the day after we arrived in the countryside, she started teaching us the mental techniques and breathing methods, and led us in practicing.
My maternal grandfather and my cousin Yu Chen, who lived in the cowshed, secretly started cultivating with us!
I trained very quickly, and at the same time, I learned some basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine from my grandfather. Actually, I didn't really like studying medicine, but I was very interested in martial arts.
After being sent to the countryside, I skipped a grade and went straight to the third year of junior high school. My two twin sisters also went to school. Although they were sent-down youth, they were not yet fifteen years old and applied for part-time work and part-time study.
While we were participating in a math competition during summer vacation, we experienced an extremely dangerous and terrifying event! Criminals infiltrated the school and intended to blow up us high-achieving students.
I saw Uncle Liu, who was pursuing my mother, disguised himself as a cook and was carrying out a mission. I also saw my older sister quickly and decisively snap the enemy's neck!
This shocked me, but I quickly realized that my older sister was right. We must eradicate evil completely; if we don't kill the snake, we might get bitten. I must bravely confront the bad guys!
There was a young woman mixed in with the students who was a martial arts practitioner. Her skills weren't great, but she was extremely ruthless. She planned to take advantage of the chaos to shoot the older sister in the back!
Without thinking, I grabbed a metal pencil case and smashed it at her with all my might! She was stopped from firing, and I fought with her. I was almost injured by her poisoned dagger, but in the end, my older sister beat her up and arrested her.
The woman later died, and I suspect my eldest sister was responsible. She said that if we let that woman be taken away and imprisoned by the Ancient Martial Arts Association, the situation of our Tong family would come to light. We still need time to grow, so we should hide as long as possible.
Not long after, the woman's family secretly infiltrated the country, followed the clues to find out about us sisters, and actually wanted to kill us to avenge her!
That day, my twin sister Linglong and I were attacked, and I was seriously injured! Luckily, we had some "special medicine powder" made by my maternal grandfather and eldest sister, which allowed us to capture the person who attacked us alive!
I rested at home for several days, and from then on I cultivated even harder. With the help of various elixirs and medicines, I quickly advanced to the advanced Martial Grandmaster level.
After my family registered as an ancient martial arts family, I defeated the current head of the Han family of Jibei in a battle! It was completely unexpected for a high-level martial arts master to be defeated by a teenage girl.
New martial arts families must accept challenges from established families; this is the rule, and also a way to intimidate the new families.
The Han family is a cancer in the ancient martial arts world. They are arrogant, conceited, and greedy. They want two medicinal formulas from my Tong family that are beneficial to ancient martial arts cultivation, and they also want to control my family through marriage.
So they issued a challenge and made a bet: if the Han family lost, they would hand over all their assets and property; if my family lost, we would have to give them the medicine formula and marry our four older sisters to their younger generation!
This is outrageous! Our eldest sister instructed us to go all out! Starting with Xiao Qi, the sisters took turns going up into the ring to fight. They all performed very well and quickly defeated their opponents. Our Qing Shi Tong family became famous overnight!
The families that coveted my family's cultivation techniques and elixirs, unable to ascertain my family's true strength and with the mysterious Dong Wuyou drawing their attention ahead, all backed down and dared not make a move.
Our Tong family then lived peacefully and smoothly for a few years, gradually developing our strength and connections. In the following years, several of my older sisters joined the army and left home. Especially my eldest sister, we didn't even know where she went.
So my cousin Yu Chen and I took over handling the family's external affairs and dealings with the Ancient Martial Arts Association. This included things like selling the two kinds of pills we made and completing tasks assigned by the Ancient Martial Arts Association.
I also manage those "Tong family disciples," including the eldest sister who took in the senior brothers and sisters on behalf of her "deceased" father, Tong Linsheng, and a group of little brats who were taken in by their sixth and seventh generation mothers.
Sometimes I post tasks that my family needs to complete, such as collecting information, medicinal herbs, etc. I also regularly send them some benefits and task rewards, and give them some guidance in their cultivation.
Therefore, among the many disciples of the Tong family, I have a high reputation, especially among those little brats who were taken in by Qing Shi. Their admiration for me even surpasses that for their eldest sister.