#289 - Chapter 289 New Year

As the New Year began, the winter's cold seemed to melt away with the festive cheer, and a warm, peaceful atmosphere permeated the air.

Cheng Feng, dressed in new clothes and wearing a smile, embarked on a journey of New Year's visits, accompanied by his servants and carrying carefully selected gifts.

Their first stop was the martial arts school. This was where Cheng Feng had first come into contact with martial arts, a place where he had received much care from Wang Tieshan, and one of the most important places in Cheng Feng's heart.

Stepping into the martial arts school, he saw the disciples practicing their fist and foot techniques with great enthusiasm, sweat steaming in the cold wind, demonstrating the indomitable spirit of the Hongmen people.

The disciples of yesteryear were no longer there, but Cheng Feng didn't feel much sentimentality. Back then, he was focused on making money, and his relationships with his fellow disciples were just so-so.

Cheng Feng arrived at the backyard, where his master, Wang Tieshan, was also practicing with his saber, bare-chested, his body enveloped in rising white mist, looking no different from when Cheng Feng had first come to become his disciple.

Perhaps hearing Cheng Feng's footsteps, Wang Tieshan put away his saber stance and slowly looked towards the visitor. Seeing that it was Cheng Feng, the wrinkles on Wang Tieshan's face almost gathered together.

"Cheng Feng, you have indeed not disappointed your teacher," Master Wang Tieshan said with emotion, his tone full of recognition and expectation for Cheng Feng.

He clearly remembered that when he took Cheng Feng as a disciple, this kid's natural talent was ordinary. He had only accepted Cheng Feng into his school for the sake of the silver tuition fees. Who knew that he would later discover that Cheng Feng actually had a talent that bloomed later in life, which made Wang Tieshan start to pay attention to Cheng Feng.

Seeing Cheng Feng's progress, Wang Tieshan directly accepted Cheng Feng as his closed-door disciple, but Cheng Feng's subsequent progress stimulated Zhao Wei.

Wang Tieshan had held out hope for Zhao Wei since she was young, but he didn't expect Zhao Wei to be so impulsive. Fortunately, she recovered under Cheng Feng's care.

Otherwise, Wang Tieshan really wouldn't know what to do.

His Thunderous Saber Art was still waiting for someone to inherit it! Without reaching the Bone Forging Completion stage, no one could learn the Thunderous Saber Art.

Later, Cheng Feng even married Zhao Wei, whom he had been taking care of as his own daughter, which made Wang Tieshan even more helpless.

Well, Cheng Feng would definitely have a share in this technique in the future.

In the past year, the Hongmen's power had surged, and Wang Tieshan watched from afar with trepidation. Fortunately, Cheng Feng was promising and had befriended the current sect leader, Wei Zhuang, which allowed them to defeat the Red Star and Black Snake gangs.

Otherwise, Wang Tieshan felt that he would have faced great pressure trying to protect Cheng Feng by force.

Of course, Wang Tieshan wasn't without benefits afterward. As Cheng Feng's master,

after the collapse of the gangs behind them, the Red Snake Martial Arts School and the Black Tiger Martial Arts School were all merged into the Tieshan Martial Arts School, greatly increasing the reputation of the Tieshan Martial Arts School.

How could Wang Tieshan not know that this was Cheng Feng returning the favor! He also paid more attention to Cheng Feng on weekdays.

"Master, this is all thanks to your excellent guidance," Cheng Feng replied respectfully, his eyes gleaming with gratitude for his master.

He knew that he could not have achieved what he had today without Master Wang Tieshan's careful cultivation and selfless dedication.

More importantly, when the Hongmen was newly established, Wang Tieshan had declared in the county that no other gang was allowed to bully the small.

If it weren't for Wang Tieshan, the current Hongmen would probably have disappeared long ago.

Returning the favor was inevitable, and respecting the teacher and valuing the Dao was also a matter of course.

"But speaking of which, you kid is quite something now," Master Wang Tieshan said with a smile, patting Cheng Feng on the shoulder. "Not only have you achieved such great success in martial arts, but you have also led the Hongmen to make a name for itself in the county. This sense of responsibility and courage is truly gratifying to your teacher."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Feng only smiled modestly, and then asked about the cultivation technique.

"What? You're already in the late stage of Bone Forging????" Wang Tieshan's expression upon hearing Cheng Feng's realm could not be described with mere speechlessness.

Cheng Feng covered his face, knowing that this would be the reaction, but he still explained his experience in detail: "Master, don't get excited, the thing is like this..."

"A blood-red natural treasure????

Directly pushed you from the early stage of Bone Forging to the late stage of Bone Forging????"

Even Wang Tieshan, whose state of mind had been as calm as an ancient well for more than fifty years, couldn't help but feel envious and jealous of Cheng Feng's brief encounter.

Wang Tieshan himself was a representative of hard work in martial arts. He originally thought that Cheng Feng's talent, which bloomed later in life, was already explosive.

It was rare to see such a young Blood Refinement Completion, but in the past six months, he had directly crossed almost an entire major realm.

This made Wang Tieshan feel that he had lived his entire life of fifty years in vain!

In his fifty years of experience, he had heard of some lucky people who had encountered opportunities to break through.

But this lucky person was his own disciple.

It's really impossible to look directly at the happiness of those around you!

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Wang Tieshan looked at the composed Cheng Feng and asked, "Then what are you here for today????"

Being able to receive New Year's gifts from Cheng Feng, who now had an extraordinary status, Wang Tieshan didn't believe that Cheng Feng was simply here to reminisce.

Cheng Feng smiled frankly: "I can't hide it from Master. Senior Sister is pregnant and it's inconvenient for her to come, but she also instructed me to ask if I can receive the subsequent techniques from Master at my current realm?"

Wang Tieshan sighed: "A married daughter is like water thrown out."

Then he said: "The only prerequisite for learning the subsequent techniques that I have learned is the minimum requirement of Bone Forging Completion. Your current realm is a bit lacking. You can come back to me when you reach Completion. I won't say anything else, you must lay a good foundation for Bone Forging, so that it will be easier to break through."

Receiving a positive response, Cheng Feng nodded and clasped his fist: "Master, disciple is taught."

Looking at Cheng Feng's earnest reply, Wang Tieshan seemed to see himself when he was young.

His heart for seeking the Dao was extremely firm!!!!

After chatting with Wang Tieshan for a while, Cheng Feng and his entourage arrived at Yonghe Hall.

Mainly because his medical teacher was here. He was able to get started with his Needle Yama Technique thanks to the teacher's help and guidance.

As the saying goes, every industry is like a mountain. Even if Cheng Feng had a panel, the use of the panel mainly depended on his scope of knowledge.

Without certain information, Cheng Feng could not create and upgrade things out of thin air.

Cheng Feng directly gave his Needle Yama Technique to the teacher as a gift. Old Jiang would definitely like it.

Walking inside, Yonghe Hall, which was about to celebrate the New Year, was also decorated with lanterns and streamers to celebrate the New Year.

Walking into the familiar inner hall, a figure as beautiful as a white lotus was carefully studying the prescription in her hand. An inadvertent raise of her head brought her gaze over.

Jiang Feifei's cold face also released a hint of refreshing smile: 'Cheng Feng? Aren't you busy?'

Cheng Feng raised the gift box in his hand: "The end of the year is approaching, and I have also come to send a token of my appreciation to Master and you."

Jiang Feifei's face changed, as if she had not smiled just now, and replied coldly: "Grandpa is in the inner courtyard, go by yourself."

Her eyes were indeed fixed on Cheng Feng, wanting to see how Cheng Feng would choose.

Faced with Jiang Feifei's long-lost and affectionate gaze, Cheng Feng's heart couldn't help but surge with an unspeakable throbbing.

This emotion was like a budding flower in spring, both gentle and full of vitality, causing him to involuntarily slow his breathing, for fear of disturbing this sudden beauty.