Chapter 1: Chivalrous and Brave

  A gentle breeze stirs the willows, bringing a coolness that sweeps over people.

  Hongrun Repair Shop is located in the southern city of Fengcheng County, Suzhou Province, on a street with a considerable flow of people. The scale is not small compared to Fengcheng County. In addition to the boss Li Hongchen, there are six or seven auto repair masters and more than a dozen apprentices.

  The entrance of the repair shop.

  Four or five young people with hair dyed in all colors, wearing strange and exotic clothes, were punching and kicking a young man who was curled up on the ground, hugging his head and silently enduring.

  On the other side, Boss Li Hongchen and six or seven auto repair masters, as well as over a dozen apprentices, watched with bated breath.

  "Stop."

  Just then, Zhang Yi arrived at the scene and recognized the young man who had been beaten as Chen Feng, a colleague with whom he had worked for over two years. The four or five ruffians who were beating him included Qin Da Biao, a notorious hoodlum from Fengcheng County, whose family was wealthy and influential.

  "Hah? You're actually daring to intervene in other people's business? Are you looking for a beating?" Qin Dabiao waved his hand, signaling the people beside him to stop, then turned around and glared at Zhang Yi with a provocative expression.

  Zhang Yi rushed to Chen Feng's side, who was curled up on the ground and writhing in pain. After slowly helping him up, he glared at Qin Dabiao and others and said: "I know who you are and how well you've been doing in Fengcheng County, but now it's a society ruled by law. What's going on that you can't talk about? Why did you have to resort to violence?"

  Qin Dabiao burst out laughing, pointing at Zhang Yi and sneering: "Take your time to talk about something? A society ruled by law? Bullshit rule of law, I am the king in Fengcheng County, whoever looks unpleasant, I want to beat them up, how about it? Show me your dog teeth and bite me?"

  Hahaha...

  The four young men around him were also laughing loudly, with faces full of ridicule.

  Qin Dabiao twisted his neck to the left and right, accompanied by a series of "clunking" sounds. He sneered again: "However! Today I'm in a good mood, so I'll give you some advice. This idiot Chen Feng actually had the audacity to swap out the good parts on my car with rusty junk parts. Do you think he should get beaten up? Shouldn't he compensate me?"

  At this moment, Li Hongchen, the boss of Hongrun Repair Shop, jumped out and shouted loudly: "What Qin Shao said is right, he deserves to be beaten. My repair shop actually produced such a loser, it's really embarrassing for me. Qin Shao, let him compensate..."

  Zhang Yi glared at Li Hongchen and shouted, "Boss, catch the adulterer and the accomplice, catch the thief and the loot. You say Chen Feng swapped out the parts on his car, what evidence do you have?"

  After two years of getting along, Zhang Yi was very familiar with Chen Feng. As a child from a poor family, Chen Feng was honest and diligent, worked extremely hard, had a very simple and kind nature, and would absolutely not engage in thievery or any other dishonest behavior.

  Li Hongchen glared with wide eyes, furious: "What kind of evidence is this? Who is Qin Shao that he would frame Chen Feng for something so trivial? And you, what business do you have here? Get out!"

  Zhang Yi's anger arose from the heart, and he said in a low voice: "Boss, you say this, aren't you afraid that the masters and apprentices in the store will be disheartened? Hmph... just right, I quit. Besides, you've withheld my wages for two months, settle the account with me!"

  Li Hongchen was furious, pointing at Zhang Yi with a fighting stance, and scolded: "You little rabbit, have you grown wings? Resignation? Salary? You're dreaming, I've fired you. There's a rule here, if I fire someone, they can forget about getting their salary. If you know what's good for you, get out of my sight."

  "Slow down, the consequences of meddling in other people's business are that you'll be left with a broken arm and leg!" Qin Dabiao sneered coldly, clenching his fists, and instantly, the four young men beside him surrounded Zhang Yi.

  Fists and feet flew at him like raindrops, landing on Zhang Yi's body.

  Bang...

  A young man picked up a steel pipe from beside him and hit Zhang Yi on the head.

  Fresh blood...

  Along Zhang Yi's cheek fell, dropped on the ground, wetting his collar.

  No one noticed that when the blood stained the pale green jade pendant hanging from Zhang Yi's neck, a faint green light appeared, and in the blink of an eye, the green light drilled into Zhang Yi's chest.

  "Get your damn hands off me."

  At this time, a loud drinking sound came from afar, and a young man with a handsome face and an evil smile walked slowly over.

  The sudden voice made Qin Dabiao and the five others stop what they were doing, turn their heads and look towards the source of the sound. The dozen or so people from Hongrunxiu, including boss Li Hongchen, all had strange expressions on their faces.

  Li Xiao Zhi!

  The son of Li Jianhua, the big boss of Fengcheng County Kaida Electric Vehicle Company, a notorious young master in the county.

  Qin Dabiao saw Li Xiaozhi with a sly smile on his face, accompanied by two brothers who could fight and struggle, walking slowly towards him. Suddenly, his body trembled, and a thread of fear began to grow in his heart.

  Gathering his courage, Qin Dabiao said in a deep voice: "Li Xiaozhi, we've always been like well water and river water that don't interfere with each other. What do you mean now?"

  Li Xiaoqi glanced at Zhang Yi, who had already been knocked to the ground and was curled up, as well as Chen Feng, whose nose was blue and swollen. A sly smile spread across his face: "What's going on? Of course, it's just that you're bored after eating your fill and want to have some fun. The guy lying on the ground is my little brother - we've burned yellow paper together, drunk blood wine, and even knocked heads together. You beat up my little brother... do you think I should find some fun?"

  Is it brother?

  Everyone was stunned, and their eyes showed an incredible expression.

  Especially the boss of the car, Li Hongchen, moved his gaze to Zhang Yi with difficulty, and looked at Li Xiaoqi with difficulty. He thought that he had just humiliated Zhang Yi, and his heart couldn't help but tremble a few times.

  How is this possible?

  Who is Li Xiao Zhi?

  Who is Zhang Yi again?

  Their status is worlds apart, when did they become brothers? What kind of international joke is this?

  "Little brother, can you still get up?"

  Li Xiao Zhi pulled out a cigarette, lit one up and took a deep drag. As he exhaled the smoke, he asked with a smile.

  Pain surges like a tide.

  A heart-wrenching and lung-splitting pain, Zhang Yi's body suddenly produced a burst of energy. His handsome face also began to contort, as the blue veins on his forehead bulged out, revealing a few hints of ferocity.

  That shallow green light that drilled into Zhang Yi's body, like a runaway wild horse, dispersed into countless strands and galloped wildly inside his body.

  "What in the world is this thing?"

  Zhang Yi's mental strength was exceptionally strong, but he was still tortured to the point of being on the verge of collapse by that shallow green light. He could no longer think of words to describe this suffering, and if possible, he would rather endure a hundred years of torment in the eighteen hells than spend one second in this kind of pain.

  "I mustn't lose consciousness, or else I won't be able to know what's happening to this body of mine, no way to perceive it, no way to figure out the reason."

  The tightly clenched teeth "cracked" with a loud noise, the congested eyeballs bulged out, the blue veins on the forehead stood out, and the whole body's muscles twitched.

  Persevere, persevere, persevere.

  All he had left in his mind was persistence, even if it was just for one more second.

  Fireworks burst, splashing out countless shooting stars. The dark green light in Zhang Yi's body was like bursting fireworks, without any beauty, bringing him endless pain.

  However, one of the dark green lights shot into his dantian like a sharp arrow.

  Like a mischievous fish, the dark green light swirled around in the palm-sized dantian space for several rounds before suddenly bursting open, like a cluster of fireflies gathering together, transforming into starry green lights.

  Invisibly.

  The green light that was still surging in Zhang Yi's body seemed to have received a call, and it shot towards his dantian in unison.

  A streak of green light turned into a speckled emerald green glow, and in just a few seconds, Zhang Yi's dantian space was filled to the brim.

  Pain, receding like the tide.

  "Boom..."

  Unaware of what was happening, Zhang Yi felt a surge of joy, thinking that his suffering was about to end. But then he felt an intense explosion in his dantian, a burst of invisible energy that made his vision go black, and his entire consciousness sank into boundless darkness.

  It was as if a second had passed, yet it was also as if countless centuries had elapsed.

  Zhang Yi's consciousness began to awaken.

  "I... I didn't die?"

  His eyelashes fluttered, his eyes opened wide, and his gaze swept across his chest. Suddenly, his body shook violently for an instant. In a flash of consciousness, his vision seemed to turn upside down.

  "I... I actually saw the situation inside my body? Is this... the legendary inner sight?"

  Zhang Yi's eyes widened in shock, his breathing becoming rapid.

  Blood vessels are closely connected, and the meridians are intertwined. The five internal organs in the flesh have a magical connection. On the snow-white skeleton, you can still see a faint green glow.

  "Those pale green glows..."

  As he explored, when his gaze fell on the Dan Tian, he saw an unbelievable scene.

  That's it!

  A spring in one's eyes?

  Originally only the size of a palm, the dantian space is now as large as a washbasin, and in the center, a spring eye surges with gurgling shallow green water.

  Mysterious and eerie.

  "Am I dreaming? How... how did a spring suddenly appear in my dantian?"

  Zhang Yi swallowed hard, his handsome face looking as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight, shocked beyond measure.

  His strong mind, even in the face of death, would not have a hint of fear. Now, this strange and eerie scene also cannot intimidate him.

  Controlling his consciousness as it exited his body, he reached out and took down the jade pendant hanging from his neck, his gaze falling upon it.

  "Is there no change compared to before?"

  Zhang Yi's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a look of puzzlement appeared at the bottom of his eyes.

  This jade pendant was given to him by Situ Wenyan. He dared to confirm that the abnormality in his body was absolutely related to this jade pendant.

  Situ Wenwen, two months ago, holding her master's letter of recommendation, came from the capital to Fengcheng County's stunning beauty, following Zhang Yi's reclusive master Mo Wenhua, learning the way of nourishing life.

  "What is this jade pendant?"

  "Shouldn't she understand the abnormality within herself?"