Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

After three minutes,

It is still the Ping'an River pontoon bridge.

Chu Ruoxi returned with a gloomy expression, and what puzzled Master Zhang was why Chu Ruoxi had changed her clothes.

"Is it raining over there?"

Hmm, that's strange.

Why did she go back just now?

Only then did Master Zhang belatedly realize that Chu Ruoxi had been punched by Zhao Zheng and had run back to the martial arts school.

Moreover, he couldn't understand why Chu Ruoxi's face changed when she saw Zhao Zheng.

He thought about it and could only conclude that Miss Chu was moved by Zhao Zheng's kindness, after all, Zhao Zheng had just helped Chu Ruoxi with some treatment.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao is truly a good person!"

Zhang Daoyou sighed inwardly. Zhao Zheng didn't think that far ahead; he simply decided that if the other party dared to argue with him again...

This time, he beat the other guy so badly he peed himself!

Fortunately, Chu Ruoxi didn't argue with Zhao Zheng again because he looked like a heartless man, though she didn't look too happy.

Strangely, Zhao Zheng discovered that Chu Ruoxi's favorability towards him had suddenly increased, from 30 points of "obvious dislike" to 60 points of "acceptable impression".

To be honest, it's quite strange!

Zhao Zheng was puzzled and scratched his head, feeling that the other party's fetish might be a bit unusual, perhaps even a masochistic one.

Shi Lianlian and the other girl didn't care about physical constitution or anything like that. They were just quiet for a while, but then they started chattering because Chu Ruoxi's attitude towards Zhao Zheng wasn't so bad anymore.

Other women also started chattering, including female students who were originally from an all-girls school but were now students at a martial arts school, just like Shi Lianlian and the other two.

"Oh, your Principal Lin is thirty-five and still unmarried? Oh, your Instructor Zhou is the widow of the former Magistrate Chen? Oh, and there are foreign women in your school...?"

Master Zhang listened to the conversation between Zhao Zheng and Shi Lianlian, and then looked at the girls surrounding Zhao Zheng.

Looking around at his empty surroundings, he wondered why none of the female students came over to chat with him.

Master Zhang thought that although Zhao Zheng wasn't exactly handsome, he wasn't too bad-looking either... But after seeing Zhao Zheng's face, he suddenly felt that arguing about this was pointless!

After all, Taoist cultivation emphasizes the four words: non-action and non-contention!

Master Zhang thought to himself, then subconsciously looked at Chu Ruoxi. Upon closer inspection, his curiosity grew even stronger.

Looking at Chu Ruoxi, who was crowding around the girls, not only did she not stop them from talking to Zhao Zheng, but she also seemed to be listening attentively, and occasionally glanced at Zhao Zheng.

Master Zhang was filled with deep doubt!

To be honest, he didn't quite understand it!

Also, he felt that he didn't really understand women, just like he could never understand his junior sister.

Master Zhang's doubts didn't last long, as he left the pontoon bridge and the female students from the Western Girls' School said, "We've arrived."

"Hmm? This..."

Master Zhang ignored the female students who had suddenly fallen silent, and simply frowned as he looked at the area not far away, which covered only a little over a hundred acres.

The Xiqiao Girls' School, which was no bigger than a martial arts school's playground, made him frown not because its decorations were too exquisite or fashionable.

The problem lies with this girls' school!

"The atmosphere is a bit gloomy, but that's understandable, considering this school was originally an orphanage run by a foreign church!"

Zhao Zheng, who had come to Zhang Daoshi's side, spoke expressionlessly. Upon hearing this, Zhang Daoshi still looked puzzled and asked.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, I don't quite understand what direct connection you have with the fact that this girls' school has a heavy yin energy and was once a church-run orphanage?"

"Yes, it's said that twenty or thirty thousand babies died in this church's orphanage. They say they died of illness, but in my opinion, they were probably sold by the nuns, or perhaps..."

Zhao Zheng spoke calmly to the seemingly oblivious Zhang Daoshi, without revealing all that he knew.

Zhao Zheng spoke in a calm tone, but Zhang Daoshi was horrified by what he said, causing Zhang to gasp in shock.

"Two...two or three thousand? Fellow Daoist Zhao, are you sure it's not two or three thousand or two or three hundred? Did you misspoke?"

Zhao Zheng did not answer, but looked at the scattered church buildings around the Xiqiao Girls' School not far away.

Chu Ruoxi, who had also overheard Zhao Zheng's words, frowned slightly and asked, "How do you know these things?"

"They told me!"

Zhao Zheng pointed to Shi Lianlian and the others in front of him, while his gaze fell on the layout of the Western Girls' School, which was built according to certain feng shui formations, and some shadows that flashed by in the shadows.

Or perhaps some ghost babies!

Because their resentment had not dissipated, some of the ghost infants who remained in the human world died in ways that even he found terrifying.

"What do they know..."

Chu Ruoxi spoke to Zhao Zheng with an air of "what they know may not be true," but Zhao Zheng completely ignored her, making her snort inwardly and curse him as a jerk.

A golden light flashed in Master Zhang's eyes. He frowned and stared at the Western Girls' School not far away for a few seconds before speaking to Chu Ruoxi in a deep voice.

"What they said must be... true..."

As he spoke, Master Zhang quickly caught up with Zhao Zheng, leaving Chu Ruoxi, who had been stunned for a moment, swallowed hard, and began to feel that there were many more people in the woods behind them, to catch up quickly.

After a while,

The main gate of Xiqiao Girls' School.

"You can bring them in, but you can't go in. This is a girls' school; no men are welcome!"

Wearing an old-fashioned jacket and skirt, with her hair styled in a round bun, dressed like a noblewoman from a previous dynasty, Zhou Huizhen, an instructor in her forties, stood at the school gate and spoke calmly.

She frowned and glanced at the girls in front of her, who were originally her female students from the Western Girls' School.

In an instant, Zhang Daoshi and his two companions noticed that Shi Lianlian and the others had become incredibly docile, like mice seeing a cat.

Some of the female students quickly buttoned up their collars, which made Chu Ruoxi frown slightly but she didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Zhang Daoyou began to cast "What should we do?" glances at Zhao Zheng. Without saying a word, Zhao Zheng pulled out his martial arts school teacher's ID and flashed it.

He didn't speak.

Just showing this instructor Zhou his certificate!

one second,

Two seconds,

three seconds...

Instructor Zhou's face turned ugly. Just as she was still thinking of refusing again, a faint, cold female voice rang out from behind her in the school.

"You two can come in, but you must remain within our sight at all times. Of course, I also believe that the male teachers at Xinmin Martial Arts School wouldn't do anything despicable!"

A woman with short, ear-length hair, wearing a black Western-style long dress and gold-rimmed glasses walked out of the school gate and approached Instructor Zhou.

At first, Master Zhang was puzzled as to who the newcomer was and why he spoke so domineeringly. However, he soon heard Shi Lianlian and other female students from the Western Girls' School immediately bow in greeting.

"Hello, Principal!"

The visitor was none other than Principal Lin Wantang, whom Shi Lianlian had mentioned. She had studied in Japan and, upon returning to China, established the Western Girls' School with the aim of "creating the best girls' school in the country."

A truly virtuous person!

Zhao Zheng was too lazy to pay attention to this old maid who, like Instructor Zhou, had only met him for the first time, but whose favorability towards him was only 25, even less than that of Chu Ruoxi.

Coincidentally, Principal Lin clearly didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Zheng, this bad man who looked like a heartless scoundrel. He just glanced at Shi Lianlian and the others before turning around and walking into the school.

Upon seeing this, Instructor Zhou frowned slightly, but said nothing and simply told Shi Lianlian and the others to "follow up".

Then, she turned around and walked directly into the school gate. Chu Ruoxi didn't say anything, but just looked at Zhao Zheng with a surprised expression before looking away.

"???"

Zhao Zheng looked at Chu Ruoxi with a puzzled expression, whose favorability towards him had suddenly increased by 5 points, reaching 65.

What's wrong?

Are you in such a hurry to find a stepfather for your child?

Zhao Zheng mentally scoffed and swaggered into the school gate under the watchful eyes of the female gatekeeper.

Master Zhang, who had lagged a few steps behind, quickly caught up and asked in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, why are you so determined to attend an all-girls school?"

He asked this question mainly because he felt that Zhao Zheng, with his kind and gentle nature, would never offend Instructor Zhou and Principal Lin so easily; there must be some hidden reason!

"Don't you think something's wrong with this school?"

"The problem of Yin energy? Fellow Daoist Zhao, that's probably not what you're referring to! Although the Yin energy here is somewhat heavy due to the orphanage incident, it has already been suppressed by the feng shui formations..."

After a pause, Master Zhang continued, "...Furthermore, this is a school, and although it's a girls' school, it still possesses a strong sense of righteousness, so those yin energies are nothing to worry about..."

Master Zhang asked and answered his own question, then looked at Zhao Zheng with a puzzled expression, not understanding what Zhao Zheng meant by being wrong!

Zhao Zheng glanced at the three martial arts-wielding cleaning ladies who were staring at him nearby, and the nun teacher who seemed to be casting holy light not far away.

His gaze fell upon the female students who were leaving the classroom as the school bell rang, but dared not look at him under the watchful eyes of the female teachers. He silently muttered to himself.

"What I meant by 'something's not right' is that these people all carry resentment... Hmm? Fellow Daoist Zhang, you can't tell, can you?"

"..."

"Oh, I really couldn't tell!"

Zhao Zheng gave an "oh," frowned, glanced at the girls who were walking unsteadily, and followed the group heading towards the girls' dormitory of the girls' school.

It was his hand, half-hidden in his sleeve, silently forming the hand seal for collecting Qi in his favorability system (the Bone Scroll).

Swah——

Qi collection,

The state of the Bone Scroll has changed!

"Lin Huiyin's favorability towards you: 60, Zhang Yunhe's favorability towards you: 60, Lu Xiaoman's favorability towards you: 60, Xie Wanying's favorability towards you: 60..."

Looking at the female students who had a 60% positive impression of him upon their first meeting, Zhao Zheng thought to himself, "This is a normal level of positive impression."

After all, his good looks speak for themselves!

After finishing his rant, Zhao Zheng continued to look at the constantly refreshing favorability ratings in the Bone Scroll status: '...Kelly's favorability towards you: 40, Limon's favorability towards you: 35, Lin Wantang's favorability towards you: 25, Zhou Huizhen's favorability towards you: 25... Xiulian's favorability towards you: 10.'

"Xiulian?"

Zhao Zheng looked at Xiu Lian, who seemed to have almost no good feelings towards him, as indicated by the Bone Scroll, and then looked around curiously.

Strangely, he didn't sense that anyone disliked him or showed any murderous intent towards him.

Even the female teachers who tried to stop the female students from looking at him only had kindness in their eyes.

As for the foreign women, apart from a few exceptions, there's not much else to mention. Zhao Zheng felt that if this weren't a girls' school, these foreign women would have invited him into the cornfield.

What the hell...? Hmm? Could the other party be a ghost?

Zhao Zheng's heart stirred, and he activated his innate insightful ability at full power. It was a pity that he did not see any ghosts that showed him malice.

At most, there were two ghost infants secretly watching him with curious eyes from the shadows in the corner, seemingly wanting to play a trick on him, but they dared not approach him because of his imposing aura.

Zhao Zheng was pondering, and so was Zhang Daoshi. Unfortunately, he stared for a long time, and even when the nun wanted to discuss the Dao with him, he didn't notice any resentment.

"Is Fellow Daoist Zhao lying to me?"

Master Zhang, who quickly caught up with Zhao Zheng, thought for a moment, then shook his head. He felt it was unlikely, since it was unlikely.

I understand, Fellow Daoist Zhao's cultivation is higher than his!

Also, is this girls' school suspected of being...haunted?

With his mind still racing, Master Zhang followed Zhao Zheng and the group to the girls' dormitory building, a building that had clearly just been put into use.

As soon as Zhao Zheng entered the girls' dormitory building, he saw a mirror, a full-length mirror placed next to the door and nailed to the wall, facing the stairwell.

Oh, at this point I should say a Western-style dressing mirror!

Zhao Zheng stopped and raised an eyebrow at the figure on the wall, which was about the height of a person and had a pattern on the edge of a mirror that was commonly used for decoration.

However, the mirror at the top, with its frame inlaid with a piece of Chinese white jade, looks somewhat out of place.

"Something's not right with this mirror..."

Master Zhang, who had also stopped, followed Zhao Zheng's gaze and frowned as soon as he saw the mirror.

It's not that the mirror has any evil energy or anything, but rather it's an intuition, the intuition of a Taoist practitioner facing danger.

"This is to regulate students' attire..."

Instructor Zhou's voice rang out, then abruptly stopped with a crack and the sound of the mirror shattering.

She stared wide-eyed at Zhao Zheng, who had shattered the dressing mirror with a simple touch. Not only was she wide-eyed, but even Master Zhang stared wide-eyed at Zhao Zheng's sudden attack.

No, it's not a good idea to just smash it like that!

Fellow Daoist, you should at least have said something!

Adhering to the principle of identifying and resolving problems to prevent further issues from arising due to delays, Zhao Zheng withdrew his hand and smiled at Principal Lin and the others who had come down the stairs after hearing the commotion.

"Sorry, sorry. I've been practicing martial arts lately and I've become a bit reckless. How much was this mirror? I'll pay for it!"

As Zhao Zheng spoke, he reached into his pocket. Principal Lin, who was already angry because of Zhao Zheng's forceful entry into the school, deliberately raised the price.

"This full-length mirror costs one hundred silver dollars!"

"Oh, only a hundred dollars? Never mind, keep the change. Use the rest to buy more meat for the girls' school students. Look how thin they are, they'll all turn into bamboo poles soon!"

Zhao Zheng took out a silver note worth five hundred silver dollars from his pocket and handed it to Zhou Xundao, who was closest to him. By the way, this silver note was obtained from selling the Li Guanzhu Taoist Temple!

"you……"

Instructor Zhou was trembling with anger, and Principal Lin's expression wasn't too bad either, but he still forced a smile and said through gritted teeth to Zhao Zheng, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zhao!"

"You're welcome. Let's go. I need to check if their living conditions are any good; after all, this is something Principal Luo instructed me to do!"

Zhao Zheng opened his mouth with a smile and said to the old maid who couldn't get married, it wasn't that his attitude was bad.

It's purely because his attitude is based on how the other person treats him. If the other person doesn't give him a friendly look, he doesn't feel obligated to give them a friendly look in return.

Although he understood the other party,

However, as the saying goes,

Understanding does not equal acceptance!

Principal Lin didn't say anything, but just looked at Zhao Zheng, that scoundrel, with extreme disgust before turning around and continuing upstairs.

Shi Lianlian and the other girls, or rather the female students of the former Xiqiao Girls' School, looked at Zhao Zheng with admiring eyes that said, "You're really amazing."

He then obediently followed them upstairs, and Zhao Zheng and the other two followed him up the stairs under Zhou Xundao's increasingly hostile gaze.

Just as Zhao Zheng was about to step onto the landing at the corner of the stairs, he turned his head to look at the shattered mirror on the ground, then looked away.

His gaze fell upon the favorability system!

Xiulian's affection level towards you: 0.