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Martial Youth: Fist-Heart Jianghu

Inside the Dojo

Gu Chengyuan nodded.

“Exactly. That’s the face you’re making right now.”

He paused, then added lightly:

“I was the same at first.”

Lin Hao still had not recovered from the fact that Aji and Lin Jing were siblings, but Aji had already turned and started walking toward the dojo.

“Let’s go.”

Lin Hao froze.

“Where?”

Aji did not look back.

“To ask my sister what’s going on.”

Gu Chengyuan slipped both hands back into his pockets and lazily followed.

“Congratulations, Lin Hao.”

Lin Hao looked completely confused.

“Congratulations for what?”

The corner of Gu Chengyuan’s mouth lifted.

“You learned another thing today that you weren’t supposed to know.”

Yeqing silently glanced at him.

“Can you not say it like we’re about to be silenced?”

Gu Chengyuan shrugged.

“Hard to say.”

Lin Hao: “…”

Aji led everyone into the dojo.

The dojo was very quiet.

The wooden floor had been cleaned until it shone. Protective gear and wooden swords were placed along the wall. Afternoon light slanted in through the windows and fell across the floor. Everything looked no different from usual.

Lin Jing stood inside, lowering her head as she organized some things.

Hearing footsteps, she raised her eyes.

The instant she saw Aji, her brows furrowed.

“What are you doing here?”

Aji’s face immediately fell a little.

“Hey, brat.”

He stepped aside. Several Wind Wander Society members followed him in from behind.

The moment one of them saw Lin Jing, his eyes lit up.

“Big Sis!”

Lin Hao, Yeqing, and Gu Chengyuan all looked at Lin Jing at the same time.

There’s more?

Lin Jing’s expression stiffened for an instant.

Aji looked at her, his tone flat.

“How did you manage them?”

He pointed at the people behind him.

“You managed them into this?”

Lin Jing slowly put down the things in her hands and took a deep breath.

“Oh, now that you mention it, I’m angry.”

She looked at Aji.

“Weren’t you the one who said they needed experience, then ran off traveling by yourself?”

Aji nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Yeah, my ass.”

Lin Jing’s voice rose slightly.

“You left, fine. But you didn’t explain anything before leaving. I’m not their babysitter. Why did I have to look after your whole group for you?”

The more she spoke, the angrier she became.

“Later, I had no choice, so I told them to go do what they wanted to do.”

Aji was silent for a moment.

“…Then you should have explained it clearly.”

Lin Jing glared at him.

Aji added:

“Under the condition that they don’t break the society rules.”

“How was I supposed to know they’d turn into this?”

Lin Jing directly pointed at him.

“It’s your fault.”

Aji looked innocent.

“My fault?”

“Whose fault would it be?”

Lin Jing rolled her eyes.

“What kind of brother comes in and starts scolding people right away? Aren’t you supposed to ask if I’m okay first?”

She paused, her voice turning colder.

“Go die.”

Lin Hao leaned close to Gu Chengyuan and whispered:

“So Brother Aji is the problem?”

Gu Chengyuan nodded.

“Mm.”

Lin Hao asked again:

“Then Teacher Lin Jing is also the problem?”

Gu Chengyuan nodded again.

“Also yes.”

Lin Hao thought about it.

“Then whose problem is bigger?”

Gu Chengyuan looked at him. For once, his tone was very serious.

“This is not something we’re qualified to get involved in.”

Lin Hao immediately shut up.

“…I won’t ask.”

Yeqing stood nearby without speaking.

But she had silently moved half a step toward the door.

Among the Wind Wander Society members, one of them could not help speaking in a small voice:

“…Big Sis, don’t blame our leader.”

Lin Jing and Aji turned their heads at the same time.

And spoke at the same time:

“When adults are talking, children don’t interrupt.”

That person immediately shut up and stepped back.

Lin Jing and Aji both stopped.

They looked at each other.

Then both turned their eyes away at the same time.

And continued arguing.

Lin Hao, Yeqing, and Gu Chengyuan stood at the doorway and exchanged looks.

Gu Chengyuan said quietly:

“They really are siblings.”

Lin Hao nodded.

“They even talk the same.”

Yeqing said nothing. She simply moved another half step toward the door.

Bai Xue stood the farthest away, watching the scene. Her hand subconsciously moved toward her bag.

Just then, Yeqing’s gaze swept over.

Their eyes met for one second.

Yeqing did not speak. She only looked at her quietly.

Bai Xue’s hand paused.

Then slowly withdrew.

…Forget it.

I won’t write it down.

She thought very softly in her heart.

…I’m a little envious.

But she did not write it down.

This time, she really did not write it down.

Before the atmosphere could settle completely, Aji suddenly raised his hand.

“Hey, you. Come here.”

He pointed at the member who had spoken up for the Wind Wander Society earlier.

The man stiffened, but still stepped out.

Lin Jing spoke calmly from the side:

“His name is Xiao Ye.”

Her gaze fell on Xiao Ye, her tone already returning to calm.

“Do you remember the face of the person who gave you that information?”

The air fell silent for an instant.

Xiao Ye swallowed and nodded.

“I… roughly remember—”

Before he could finish.

Whoosh—!

A thin sound sliced through the air from outside the window.

At the same instant, another hidden weapon shot in from a completely different angle.

Two attacks.

One from the front.

One from the side.

Not random.

Calculated.

The first sealed the throat line.

The second cut off the retreat path.

Xiao Ye’s pupils widened sharply.

His body had just started to move, but it was already too late.

Pfft!

Both hidden weapons struck at the same time.

His body jolted violently, then fell backward. Blood instantly seeped from his shoulder and side abdomen.

“Xiao Ye!”

The faces of the Wind Wander Society members changed completely.

Lin Hao’s pupils shrank. His foot had already stepped forward.

“Stay where you are.”

The instant that voice fell, Lin Hao forcibly stopped.

Not because he wanted to.

But because the weight in that voice made him stop.

Aji stood where he was, unmoving.

But his eyes had already changed.

“Come back.”

His tone was not heavy.

But it allowed no defiance.

Lin Hao gritted his teeth, his fists tightening. In the end, he still forced himself to stop.

Aji’s gaze rapidly swept across the entire dojo.

Windows.

Corners.

Doorway.

Beam shadows.

Xiao Ye’s fallen position.

Everyone’s position.

He did not panic. He did not ask unnecessary questions. He immediately spoke.

“Yeqing.”

Yeqing was already on her feet.

“Here.”

“Take care of the other side.”

Aji’s eyes did not leave the window.

“Don’t let them get hit again.”

“Okay.”

Yeqing turned her steps and had already moved to the side of the remaining Wind Wander Society members.

She was not standing at the very front.

Instead, she was placed exactly along the line where another hidden weapon might shoot in.

Aji’s gaze shifted and landed on Gu Chengyuan.

“Hey.”

Gu Chengyuan looked at him.

Aji’s tone was very natural.

“My sister’s little puppy.”

Gu Chengyuan’s eyebrow twitched hard.

“…Who are you talking about?”

Aji completely ignored him.

“Go outside and check.”

He lifted his chin slightly.

“Those two angles just now. Someone was there.”

Gu Chengyuan’s expression instantly narrowed.

That usual sharp tongue was cut away as if by a blade.

“You really know how to order people around.”

Before his words had even fully fallen, he had already vanished from the doorway.

Lin Hao stood where he was, still trying to process everything.

“What about me?”

Aji glanced at him, his tone flat.

“Lin Hao, don’t run around.”

Lin Hao froze.

Aji stepped back and stood beside him.

“You stay here and protect me.”

Lin Hao: “…Huh?”

The air stopped for a moment.

Yeqing had already moved to the side, holding down the remaining Wind Wander Society members and stabilizing the defensive line.

Lin Jing stood where she was, unmoving.

She merely pushed her glasses up slightly, her eyes turning toward the window. Her voice was low.

“…It’s starting.”

The next instant—

The light outside the window seemed to be pressed darker by something.

Shadows dropped down.

Not just one.

Around twenty figures appeared outside the windows at the same time.

No shouts.

No unnecessary movements.

Every one of them had a clear target.

Lin Hao.

Or rather—

The jade pendant on Lin Hao.

Lin Jing spoke quietly:

“They’re here.”

Bang!

The windows shattered instantly.

Dark figures rushed straight into the dojo.

Glass fragments scattered, cold wind poured in, and nearly twenty shadows pressed in at the same time.

Their routes were neat.

Their footwork was clean.

They went straight for the jade pendant.

Lin Hao’s pupils shrank, and he was just about to meet them.

Pak.

A force pulled him from the side and dragged him directly backward.

Aji stepped in front of him without retreating even a single step.

“Didn’t I tell you to protect me?”

Before Lin Hao could answer, Aji lifted his foot and flicked up a long staff from the wall into his palm.

At that instant, his entire presence changed.

The lazy street vendor from earlier was gone.

Standing at the front now was the man who had once made every member of the Wind Wander Society lower their heads.

The next instant, staff shadows appeared.

No obvious starting motion.

No unnecessary preparation.

Only—

Unfolding.

“Silent Twin Moons.”

The air trembled slightly.

Two arcs opened at the same time.

Left and right.

Soundless.

Terrifyingly clean.

Before the first attacker could get close, the tail of the staff knocked his wrist off line, and his entire body was swept out sideways.

The second attacker had just thrust his short blade when the staff pressed down along the spine of the blade, crushing his entire attack line into the floor.

The third tried to circle around from the side. Aji’s wrist turned, and the staff tail returned like moonlight, striking the outside of the opponent’s knee.

His step folded, and his whole body fell to the side.

Bang!

Three people crashed together.

Aji stood in the center.

Unmoving.

But the staff shadows seemed to draw an invisible line around him.

In front of that line were the assassins.

Behind that line was Lin Hao.

It could not be crossed.

Aji lightly rotated his wrist, his tone faint.

“…Looks like…”

He looked at those dark figures.

“I’ve been underestimated.”

At that moment—

Boom!

The front door was smashed open.

Another group rushed into the dojo.

Their numbers were also considerable.

But the pressure they brought was completely different.

And at the center of the crowd stood one person.

He did not move.

Yet the instant he stood there, everyone’s breathing seemed to slow by half a beat.

Yeqing’s eyes darkened.

He’s different from the ones just now.

That person moved.

No preparation.

No sound.

Straight line.

The distance closed instantly.

Aji’s staff shadow had just turned when that person had already slipped through the gap.

It was not simply that he was faster.

It was that he had caught the exact instant when the staff shadow shifted.

Before Lin Hao could react, that hand was already reaching out.

The target was not his throat.

Not his chest.

It was the jade pendant.

Only one palm’s distance remained.

At that exact instant—

Boom!!

A fist wind exploded from the side.

It did not land.

Rather, the punch was too short, too fast, and too precise—forcefully cutting off that person’s stepping line.

The air felt crushed.

That person’s body stopped violently and was forced back half a step.

His hand froze in midair.

So close.

But now unable to touch it.

Lin Jing stood where she was.

She did not pursue.

She made no unnecessary movement.

She only slowly withdrew her fist.

Her glasses reflected a faint light.

“You crossed the line.”

Inside the dojo, the air remained tense.

By the shattered window, cold wind kept pouring in.

Aji stood at the very front. His staff had not fallen, and he had not retreated.

He looked at the person before him, his tone casual, yet carrying pressure.

“Coming into someone else’s place like this…”

He paused.

“And you don’t even announce your name?”

The air was quiet.

That person stood in the center of the dojo, unmoving.

After a moment, he spoke.

“Night Fang Unit—Shadow.”

The corner of his mouth moved slightly.

“My name?”

He paused.

“The dead don’t need to know.”

The atmosphere instantly dropped colder.

Bai Xue stood in the shadows at the rear of the dojo, her pupils contracting slightly.

No…

This man—

He was not an ordinary Night Fang.

Nor was he one of those hidden hands responsible for clearing the field.

He was—

Bai Xue’s fingertips grew slightly cold.

She did not continue the thought.

Because the fight had already erupted in that instant.

Shadow’s foot moved.

No preparation.

His whole body entered attack range again.

Lin Hao instantly tensed.

Gu Chengyuan had not returned yet.

Yeqing was already ready to move.

But a voice fell first.

“No need.”

Lin Jing stepped forward.

“I’m enough.”

The air stilled for an instant.

Shadow paused and looked at her.

His eyes carried contempt.

“A woman?”

The corner of his mouth rose slightly.

“If you die—”

He stopped for a beat.

“You asked for it.”

Lin Jing did not get angry.

She only pulled her sleeve up slightly.

Behind her glasses, her gaze was as cold as a blade.

“Aji.”

Aji did not look back.

“Mm?”

Lin Jing spoke lightly:

“Watch the kids.”

Aji smiled faintly and tapped the staff against the ground.

Thud.

“Got it.”

Lin Hao stood behind them, his fingers slowly clenching.

For the first time, he felt it so clearly.

This was not an ordinary campus conflict.

Nor was it some misunderstanding with the Wind Wander Society.

From this moment on, something had truly come knocking at their door.148Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpM6Qz0Qn6

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