Chapter 37: Luo Lie's Reason

  Chu Nan looked at Luo Lie with a serious face and said: "This matter is very important, and I only want to hear the truth. You can choose to speak or not to speak!"

  Zhou Wudao immediately looked at Luo Lie, this was also a question he had been curious about, but Luo Lie had never said anything.

  Lu Lie slightly lowered his head, as if thinking about the problem. When he raised his head again, his expression had become extremely resolute, and a fierce flame burst out from his eyes.

  "I want to become as strong as you, I want to kill a person."

  Chu Nan heard him say this, but didn't feel the slightest surprise, and asked: "If you become as strong as me, but still can't kill that person, what would you do?"

  "Then I will become stronger than you."

  Chu Nan looked at him, the eyes of this child bursting with such fierce flames, those flames that could not burn others, but had already burned himself, no one could extinguish the raging fire that was burning within him.

  This flame will make him very strong, stronger than anyone else, but sooner or later it will burn his life to exhaustion.

  There is only one way to extinguish this flame, and that is to kill that person!

  Chu Nan suddenly smiled: "Alright, you can stay here from now on."

  Luo Lie's eyes burst out with a brilliant light, and he excitedly asked: "Master, you're accepting me as your disciple?"

  Chu Nan smiled and shook his head: "I didn't think of taking you as an apprentice, actually I never thought of taking apprentices now. I bought this place to open a medical clinic, in order to help the world and save people. If you stay here, you'll have to help out, provide you with food and lodging, and I'll also give you a salary every month. And since you want to learn martial arts, I'll occasionally point out a thing or two."

  Chu Nan continued: "If you want to leave, I won't stop you, you can think about it yourself."

  When Luo Lie heard that Chu Nan wouldn't accept him as a disciple, he felt somewhat disheartened. However, thinking back to the scene where Chu Nan brutally and violently beat Stone Bridge Juntai just now, Luo Lie's blood began to boil. Only by following this man did he have hope of killing that person. For the first time, such strong confidence surged in Luo Lie's heart.

  Luo Lie Li nodded vigorously with a resolute expression and said loudly: "I am willing to stay!"

  "Alright, I'll accept you then. Stand up, remember from now on don't call me Shifu, just call me Chu Gege."

  "I understand, Brother Chu."

  Lu Lie stood up and was pulled aside by Ling Luo Creek, who looked him up and down while smiling and saying: "Don't be nervous, if he bullies you in the future, just tell me and I'll take care of him for you."

  Chu Nan couldn't help but laugh bitterly after hearing this.

  Luo Lie replied with a curious expression: "You... who are you?"

  "If he had accepted you as his apprentice, you should have called me Shifu's wife, but unfortunately this big rascal didn't accept you, so just call me Sister Luo Creek, don't worry, I'll speak up for you in the future."

  Although Luo Lie was a bit stunned, her mind was quick and she immediately agreed. She thought to herself that by holding onto this leg, her chances of getting Chu Ge to accept her would increase greatly. Moreover, looking at her age, she was only a few years older than herself, still just a young girl, and should be easy to talk to.

  Luo Lie thought it was simple, but he didn't think that among all the people, the one who loved to tease him the most was Ling Luo Xi.

  Zhou Wudao watched from the side, and suddenly felt some regret about leaving Luo Lie here. Just now when Chu Nan was making his move, the killing intent was very strong, and Luo Lie's heart was filled with such intense hatred. Leaving Luo Lie to him, he didn't know if it was a good thing or not.

  Zhou Wudao understood Luo Lie's temperament and wanted to take him away, but now it was impossible. He could only hope that Chu Nan would be able to restrain Luo Lie properly and not add to his murderous aura.

  "Why don't we go inside and talk about it? If we sign the deal today, I can move all my things out right away and won't delay your use of the place. From then on, this will be yours."

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "I feel that this place is quite good, we can sign the contract at any time, but you don't have to rush to move out immediately, I'm not in a hurry."

  Chu Nan added a sentence: "I think you must have many fond memories of this place."

  Zhou Wudao looked at Chu Nan, who was now calm and composed, and found it hard to associate him with the cruel methods he had used earlier. A few people walked into a spacious hall, sat down around a table, and Zhou Wudao entered the room, took out the previously drafted contract, placed it on the table, looked at Chu Nan, and said: "If there's no problem, you can sign your name on it. As for the money, I've already reduced it to the lowest possible amount. You guys take a look at the contract first."

  Wu Pei took the contract and glanced at it twice, then nodded to Chu Nan and asked: "Brother Chu, how do you feel about this place? If you like it, just sign the contract. I think the price is very reasonable."

  Chu Nan glanced around the hall and smiled: "I think it's pretty good, although it's a bit big, but it's okay, just right for opening a clinic."

  "That's good, then Big Brother Chu can sign it." Wu Pei said as she took out a checkbook from her bag, wrote a few strokes, and handed it to Zhou Wudao, saying, "This is a check for 40 million, you can cash it in at any time."

  After signing the contract, Chu Nan and Zhou Wudao each left a copy of the contract. Zhou Wudao put away the check and stood up, smiling and saying: "Why don't you all stay for lunch today? Of course, this place is now yours, and you can move in at any time. I'll take down the signboard later. It's been a long time since I opened the Wu Guan in Jiangwan City, it's about time to go back home."

  Chu Nan smiled and said, "Master Zhou, don't be too sad. Actually, you can also be considered to have achieved success and retired... Although the martial arts hall is not doing well now, it's also because of the times. Let's skip lunch for now and head back first. As for Luo Lie, let him stay behind for now. I think you two have a lot to talk about. I'll come over soon to set things up, and when the time comes, this place will become a medical hall. Luo Lie can help me take care of it for a few days."

  Luo Lie responded with a "yes", and Zhou Wu Dao said: "Then I won't keep you here any longer. Also, Mr. Chu, there's something I'd like to ask."

  Chu Nan said: "May I ask something."

  Zhou Wudao said with a serious face: "Mr. Chu just used hard qigong, grappling skills, and Hongquan when dealing with Shi Qiao Juntao, the most frightening thing is that these few kinds of originally very ordinary kung fu have become terrifying killing moves in your hands, it can only be said that your achievements in martial arts have already surpassed the understanding of ordinary people, I don't know what realm you are in now?"

  Zhou Wudao asked, and everyone else looked at Chu Nan with eager faces. Chu Nan rubbed his nose, smiling awkwardly: "It's not about any realm, just messing around."

  Just messing around... just messing around and you can actually disable a formidable karate expert's right hand, hitting with no chance of counterattacking, isn't that a bit too modest?

  Zhou Wudao also stopped asking and nodded: "Mr. Chu, at your age, even if you have a world-renowned master, being able to practice to this level can only be said that you are also an extraordinary genius! Alas, compared to you, what I've practiced is indeed like what Shi Qiao Juntao said, just a decorative framework for performance."

  "Master Zhou, don't be too modest," said Chu Nan with a serious face. "In fact, martial arts are more about strengthening one's body and health. You've worked hard to open this martial arts school for so long, and you've made great contributions to the spread of Chinese martial arts. I have a lot of respect for you."

  Zhou Wudao let out a sigh, then said with a serious face: "Mr. Chu, there's one more thing, I don't know if I should say it or not. Just now when you were making your move, the strength you displayed was indeed astonishing, but the killing intent emanating from your body is too strong, which seems to go against the spirit of martial arts."

  Chu Nan said, "Thank you for the reminder, but martial arts are not used to show off or be arrogant. However, those who practice martial arts most fear being mediocre, otherwise it's hard to achieve great things. In the past, there were people like Huo Yuanjia and Chen Zhen, they all used their martial arts to protect the country's dignity. What practitioners need is a strong backbone, besides having a heroic spirit, they also need a kind of spirit that says 'those who offend my family must be killed, those who offend my country must be killed'!"

  Luo Lie listened beside with sparkling eyes, his eyes full of admiration.

  "Perhaps this is just a difference in our martial arts philosophy."

  "In short, thank you for your advice, Master Zhou. We will take our leave first."

  "I'll see you off."

  Zhou Wudao and Luo Lie escorted the three people from Chu Nan to the outside. Wu Pei looked at Zhou Wudao and said, "Master Zhou, I will send someone over this afternoon to handle the transfer procedures, so we'll head back first."

  Zhou Wudao smiled and agreed.

  Chu Nan sat in the car, Wu Pei turned her head and looked at Chu Nan sitting in the back seat, saying: "Brother Chu, you are more and more surprising me, just now that Stone Bridge Juntao seems to be the head of our Jiangwan City's Kyokushin Karate Gym, very famous, but even he is not your opponent."

  Chu Nan smiled and said indifferently, "He says that Chinese martial arts are just a facade, but in my opinion, their so-called karate is even more of a decorative facade for performance. Bullying him doesn't count as anything!"

  Wu Bei looked at Chu Nan, feeling that compared to when she first met him, the sharpness and overbearing aura on his body had become even more pronounced. Perhaps this was the real Chu Nan, slowly revealing his true nature.

  But thinking of the miserable state of Seki Kyouya just now, Wu Pei said with some worry: "You've just crippled Seki Kyouya's right hand, his right hand is completely useless, and the Kyokugen Dojo isn't easy to mess with. If they insist on finding trouble for you, whether through the police or other means, it will likely be a big problem."

  Chu Nan smiled and said, "This is actually very simple."

  "Is it simple?"

  "That's right, someone will naturally help me get rid of it."

  "Who is it?"

  Chu Nan smiled and said: "Hua Linglong."

  Since it's an ally, it should be used well. Chu Nan is indeed still developing his own personal power, but in the entire Jiangwan City, Chu Nan has already become a force to be reckoned with. Because Chu Nan knows how to maximize his power when he has it, and borrow power when he doesn't have it yet!

  Borrowing power is also a kind of power, because being able to borrow power requires capital!