Chapter 84: Martial Arts Improving by Leaps and Bounds (1/2)
Chapter 84: Martial Arts Improving by Leaps and Bounds
Liao Junhua had been one of the rumored princelings, but compared to Zhao Jun, Wang Xiaolei, and Wu Yingda, he was a tad bit older than them.
He was about 32 years old with well fitted clothing. His eyebrows were sharp like swords and his eyes seemed to sparkle like a star. His forehead was rather plump and his facial appearances was well proportioned. It could be said that he was extremely handsome.
Sitting down, both of his hands were seated by his knee in a proper position. There had been no frivolous or lavish aura that was normally found in a princeling around him.
To the unknowing, Liao Junhua looked as if a strictly disciplined religious monk. There had been no hint of the regular signs of being a princeling.
Still, he was truly a princeling. In terms of family power, he was far stronger than Zhao Jun, Wang Xiaolei, and Wu Yingda.
But he was not like the Ike Corporation that dealt with criminal activities. Instead, he controlled the entire Shandong Peninsula electricity, gas, and other energy sources.
Whether it was the underworld of Dongbei or Shandong, Liao Junhua had no connections with either circles. He wasn’t even interested in them, but his might was still frightening. With just a single word, he would be able to buy out anyone, be they legal or illegal groups.
Even the profitable but chaotic industry of underground fighting, he had a small dividend in it.
From the outside, he looked like an earnest working executive of an enterprise. Even after investigations, his roots would be deep as a young successor to his parents without any hints of criminal activities.
“Don’t tell me you haven’t heard? Impossible, this has made its way around to even Penglai City’s Internal Martial Arts School.” If Xu Zhen were to look at Liao Junhai, even he would know that neither person was worse than the other.
When it came to this disciple, even Xu Zhen was well aware of him.
When he was in his teens, Liao Junhua had been sent to the United States to study abroad. In this time period, he had came to know Zhu Hongzhi who had been desperate to find a disciple to impart his knowledge.
Liao Junhua had been well endowed and was both smart and hardworking. Immediately, Zhu Hongzhi had personally taught him for four years. His results had brought him so far that it had gotten a little out of control. Even within the New York Chinese Association, he had earned the nickname, “Twin Flower Red Pole”.
TL Note: In the Triad, Red Poles is a middle ranking leader.
In the ancient past, even during the Tang Dynasty, the spread of the Chinese had affected everywhere to extend the family! Hundreds of years has gone by, with an innumerable amount of Chinese people everywhere. Europe, Canada, Russia, Singapore, the list went on, the Chinese were everywhere.
Living abroad for a Chinese person wasn’t an easy thing to do since discrimination would happen. Without an association, life would often times be impossible to live down.
The Chinese Association in the United States was naturally very big, and their traditions for the martial arts world was naturally more developed than China.
One of the reasons for this was because of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China when China was in a state of disorder. Many martial artists had fled China, some of them had even left with the Nationalist Party during the initial stages of liberation.
The second reason was because the Chinese Associations outside of China was not like it was in China. Danger came from every side, and many children were often times given a knife or gun to kill with. Because of external pressure, they would often grow to become extremely patriotic.
The nickname of “Twin Flower Red Pole” had originated from the Green Gang and the Hongmen. In their groups, being called this nickname had meant that they were able to fight extremely well. For Liao Junhai to obtain such a nickname overseas where the experts were as numerous as the clouds, it truly spoke much about his skill.
Zhu Hongzhi had seen the talent in him, and so in his later days, he had personally taught him.
Liao Junhai had studied for eight years before returning back to China. In those eight years, he had gotten into countless fights and tempered himself. He was no rookie when it came to actual combat experience, on the contrary, he had far more experience than even his senior Dai Jun.
A princeling like this could be considered to be a legendary figure. But because he had been abroad for so long, he was essentially an unknown figure back home. Combined with his family’s power, the organization had been unable to dredge up any information on him, leading to Wang Chao knowing nothing about him either.
“The Laoshan School of Internal Martial Arts? Isn’t that lead by the exiled priest of the Praying Mantis Fist? He and the Daoism Society wish to earn money it seems, don’t tell me there’s some sort of profound theory behind it?” Liao Junhai knew that Dai Jun wouldn’t speak without thinking about the matter first.
“There is indeed such a thing. That priest is only a figurehead. The true master of the school is the one who defeated Zhang Wei, Wang Chao. Wang Chao is also the executive leader of the Tianxing Networking in S Province.” Dai Jun coughed.
“He has burned bridges with many people. Firstly, he has killed elder Xu’s most famed disciple, Qin Maojiao. Secondly, he has killed the outstanding talent of the Miyagi family in Japan, Miyagi Hanshin. I’ve heard that the Japanese martial arts world is now secretly wishing to start trouble with him.”
“Eh?” Liao Junhai’s eyebrows furrowed together, “Just what influence does he have?”
“I came here to Shandong today to find you. Earlier, I received a letter from the Ike Corporation. Wu Yingda and the others wished to offer friendship and see if I could compete with Wang Chao to regain the honor of the Three Tigers of Guangdong. However, just why would I be someone else’s spear without a good cause? After speaking with the three, I came to know about Wang Chao’s history. According to their research, this Wang Chao is in fact a spy from the European Union.”
“The Europeans have sent a Chinese spy!” Liao Junhai’s calm face had finally some shock to it!
“Senior Dai! Tomorrow, let us go meet with that young martial artist master!” After a while, Liao Junhai spoke to Dai Jun.
“Junior’s hands must be itching now I see. The situation in Shandong has become quite tense now. With the European Union sticking their hands in, then it will be far too troublesome.” Dai Jun himself was a board member of Macau’s Pujing Corporation. When it came to the matters of of the coast of Asia, no one had as sensitive ears as he did.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Zhao Xinglong stood chest deep in the sea, sending wave after wave back as he struck out without ever letting the water around him settle.
But despite the waves coming at him as well, he had met each wave head on with a hard fist. Upon contact, water splashed out everywhere.