CHAPTER 139: 【098】THE LU FAMILY’S SURPRISE RAID (PART 1)_2

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Figures and palm winds collided, palms striking out in rapid succession, causing all the blades embedded in the posts to shatter instantly, leaving only a bare iron post spinning in place.

The sharp blades were no match for the flesh-and-blood palm, an astonishing feat.

"Wonderful, Young Master Tieying’s mastery of the Eight Trigrams Palm has reached an extraordinary level. It seems you’ve fully integrated the Shaolin Temple’s Iron Sand Palm." The old butler clapped his hands in praise.

"Uncle Hai."

As the figure stopped, it became clear that the person was a sturdy man in his 30s, wearing only knee-length boxing shorts, his entire body rippling with muscular mass and defined lines.

If he were a fitness influencer on Douyin, he would undoubtedly attract a lot of followers.

Despite his robust physique, he was quite handsome, with well-maintained skin, evidently from a wealthy family.

Anyone mingling in Hong Kong’s underworld would recognize him as an orphan adopted by the Lu family’s patriarch, given the name Lu Tieying.

"This time the Lu family hired fifteen formidable fighters from Hong Kong to secretly steal Purple Ganoderma from the Zheng family’s Zhong Jun Hall on the mainland. The master fears they might develop ulterior motives after success, so he sent me to instruct you to secretly follow and monitor them, ensuring that the Purple Ganoderma is brought back no matter what." The old butler said.

Lu Tieying raised an eyebrow, somewhat displeased: "Uncle Hai, why go through such trouble? Why not just send me alone to snatch the Purple Ganoderma?"

The old butler shook his head and reminded: "The mainland is different from Hong Kong, the Lu family cannot recklessly cause trouble over there, lest it leaves a bad impression, so this mission to seize the Purple Ganoderma must not be seen as a Lu family’s operation, but rather the actions of those fifteen fighters. Young Master Tieying, you need to understand this dynamic."

"Alright, when do I depart?"

"Today, the group has already taken a flight, you must act quickly, Young Master Tieying."

"Understood."

...

Late night.

The entire factory began to take on the lifestyle atmosphere reminiscent of old residential buildings from the last century.

Workers, after a day of labor, went to eat, stroll, exercise, drink, bathe, and gamble, in this deep mountain forest, only this night can bring some relaxation, shedding the day’s fatigue from one’s shoulders.

"Boss, will you come after finishing dinner for a round of poker?"

In the small rundown building, Wu Hujie was eating pig trotter rice when he heard his subordinate ask, he immediately raised his plate and exclaimed: "What do you mean will I come? Don’t you know Wu Hujie never misses a chance to gamble? Let’s start now, no need to wait until after dinner."

"Alright then, I’ll go call people."

The factory’s communal gym.

In the northeast corner of the gym, hung dozens of sandbags for boxing training, each filled with sand, weighing up to two hundred pounds.

Currently, a man with a close-cropped haircut was repeatedly punching at a sandbag.

His punches were ferocious, each powerful enough to punch a dent that took a long time to recover.

If there were an expert present, they could recognize the shape of a tiger’s run and leap in his boxing, which must be some kind of Tiger Form Boxing.

"Foreman, Zhang Jinbao’s people want to join us." A lean man walked over and said.

Bam!

The man drove both fists into the sandbag, and with his fingers fiercely gripping, forcefully tore it apart, causing the reinforced sandbag with three layers of cowhide to rip in half, spilling countless grains of sand to the ground, piling into a small mound.

He turned his head and his eyes glinted fiercely, resembling a descending fierce tiger.

The speaker trembled all over, suddenly scared into submission, hurriedly lowering his head, too afraid to look into the man’s eyes.

After a few seconds, the man’s gaze returned to normal, revealing his thick brows, big eyes, square face, dark skin, and neat close-cropped hair, he appeared to be a dignified man.

The man was Huang Ao, the leader of the third group in Zheng family’s factory, alongside Zhang Jinbao and Wu Hujie.

Zhang Jinbao trained in the northern Baji Fist, Wu Hujie in Gan Province’s Character Gate Fist, while Huang Ao practiced one of Min Province’s local seven great boxing styles, Tiger Essence Boxing.

In ancient times, county chronicles recorded that the Min Province area, with its numerous mountains and dense trees, was rife with bandits, many in number, leaving the local people helpless against such circumstances.

To make a living, many locals would carry vegetables or poultry to sell at Rongcheng’s market in Min Province, and during their return, they would inevitably traverse forested mountain paths where bandits would run rampant. Unarmed civilians could only pay to avoid disaster and preserve life.

During the Jiaqing era, Tiger Essence Boxing was introduced to Jixi Village, and it began to spread in the Min Province area.

The philosophy of Tiger Essence Boxing involves mimicking actions like a tiger’s sprint, assault, and leap, forming the basis of Tiger Essence Boxing movements, the form utilizes a tiger’s actions to shape its fists, borrowing the spirit of a tiger, using energy to mobilize bodily strength.

The expression of power during strikes involves eyes glaring fiercely, like a menacing tiger, creating an imposing presence as if two claws could tear through mountains and rivers, akin to an incensed tiger emerging from the forest.

Martial Artists practicing Tiger Essence Boxing should preferably witness a real tiger and exchange gazes with it during practice to better develop tiger courage and tiger eyes, making their strikes truly imbued with tiger spirit.

Originally, Huang Ao encountered an old wild tiger in the mountains, didn’t kill it, but brought it back to the factory for captivity and feeding. This was to facilitate his boxing practice, refining Tiger Essence Fist intent more effectively.