From breaking the limits of archery to achieving martial arts godhood

"You should know the duties of our guard team, right?"

Chen Hu asked.

"Know."

Chen Xun nodded.

"Then tell me."

"The main duty of the Chen family's guard is to escort the Chen family's merchant caravans and ensure their safe passage through trade."

Chen Xun replied.

"good."

Chen Hu nodded and continued, "My injury was sustained during the last escort mission for a caravan when I was attacked by a group of bandits."

"Mountain bandits?"

"Yes, bandits."

Afterwards, Chen Hu briefly introduced the power structure of Ping'an Town to Chen Xun.

There are two major forces in Ping'an Town: the Blood Hand Gang and the Medicine Gang.

The leader of the Blood Hand Gang possesses the strength of the Blood Exchange Realm and is known in the martial arts world as the Blood Hand Butcher. Rumors suggest that he is cruel and bloodthirsty.

Every winter, the Blood Hand Gang would send its men to the Three Villages to collect protection money.

If they don't pay, it will invite retaliation from the Blood Hand Gang.

Some time ago, the Blood Hand Gang, as usual, sent people to Chenjia Village to collect protection money.

At the time, Chen Xun was engrossed in cultivation at home and was therefore unaware of this matter.

Normally, Chenjia Village had to pay 1,000 taels of protection money to the Blood Hand Gang every year.

However, this year, the Blood Hand Gang sent someone to inform Chenjia Village that they needed to prepare two thousand taels of silver as protection money.

The protection fee doubled.

One thousand taels of silver was something Chenjia Village could grit their teeth about; two thousand taels, however, would be a serious financial blow.

After all, the cost of maintaining the village's normal operation each year is not low, so not much money can be saved in a year.

Chen Long, who was present at the time, immediately rebuked the people sent by the Blood Hand Gang.

Among the people sent by the Blood Hand Gang, two were at the Bone Forging Realm.

Seeing that Chen Long dared to disrespect the Blood Hand Gang, the two men immediately shouted angrily and then prepared to teach Chen Long a lesson.

Those two were then defeated one after another by Chen Long.

"Good, good, good, Chenjia Village is doing a great job, we'll see."

After uttering those harsh words, the Blood Hand Gang members scurried away, looking utterly defeated.

At that moment, all the Chen family martial artists present felt a sense of satisfaction and catharsis.

However, when the news reached the ears of the Chen family elders, they looked worried and even summoned Chen Long, scolding him for being too impulsive.

Chen Long didn't take it seriously, thinking the elder was making a mountain out of a molehill.

However, the Blood Hand Gang's retaliation came very quickly.

A band of bandits attacked the Chen family's caravan, causing significant economic losses and casualties.

It was only because Chen Long, the top expert of the Chen family, was there that the losses were even greater.

This band of mountain bandits, known as the Black Wind Bandits, were based in Black Wind Stronghold on Black Wind Mountain.

There were hundreds of bandits, over a hundred warriors, and seven major bandit leaders.

All seven of these bandit leaders possessed the strength of the Bone Forging Realm.

For this raid on the Chen family's caravan, the Black Wind Bandits deployed four bandit leaders, dozens of martial artists, and over a hundred ordinary bandits.

There were only two Bone Forging Realm martial artists in the guard team.

Chen Long single-handedly stopped two Black Wind bandit leaders, while another Bone Forging Realm cultivator also stopped a bandit leader.

With no one stopping the fourth bandit leader, he stormed into the Chen family caravan and wreaked havoc, causing great losses to the caravan.

Fortunately, Chen Hu led the other Iron-Skin Realm warriors from the Chen family in time to entangle the bandit leader, preventing the losses from escalating further.

Chen Hu's wound was inflicted by this bandit leader.

Chen Hu was relatively lucky; some others were killed by the bandit leader during the siege.

Whenever Chen Hu recalls the harrowing scene, he feels a lingering fear.

"The Black Wind Bandits' sneak attack resulted in the deaths of eight warriors in our guard team, and almost everyone else was injured."

At this point, Chen Hu's tone was complex, containing sadness and even more hatred.

"Currently, our guard team is short-staffed, which is why we are allowing you to join the team ahead of schedule."

"Because you joined the team early, the team will compensate you with ten taels of silver."

What do you think?

While it may seem like a question, Chen Xun actually had no other choice.

If Chen Xun refuses today, he will be cutting himself off from the guard team, and he is not popular with the patrol team anyway.

This offended the Chen family's only two martial arts organizations.

Then Chen Xun would have no place in the Chen family.

"Okay, we'll help you as you said, Brother Tiger."

After thinking for only a few seconds, Chen Xun nodded in agreement.

"very good."

Seeing Chen Xun nod, Chen Hu nodded in satisfaction.

Then, he personally led Chen Xun to the guard team's camp.

Here, Chen Xun saw a group of wounded soldiers.

Some people injured their hands, some injured their legs, and some had their stomachs pierced by swords.

These are nothing compared to what's worse: those martial artists who have lost hands or feet.

Basically, these martial artists are now useless.

Inside the camp, cries of pain, wails, and curses echoed continuously.

Several figures bustled about among the wounded.

One of them, Chen Xun recognized, was Na Luo Qiu Feng.

Luo Qiufeng also saw Chen Xun, but he simply nodded to Chen Xun and continued with his work.

There were too many injured people; he was very busy.

"You see? Our guard team suffered heavy casualties this time."

Chen Hu sighed.

Chen Xun didn't reply, but simply nodded silently.

After showing Chen Xun around the base, Chen Hu introduced him to the other two guard captains and Chen Hu's team members.

As a martial artist discovered by Chen Hu, Chen Xun naturally joined Chen Hu's team after entering the guard team, working under Chen Hu.

Upon learning that Chen Xun had completed the enhancement of his arms in just one month, they were all amazed.

However, due to her injuries, she only briefly introduced herself to Chen Xun and did not continue chatting.

The original plan was to have a celebratory dinner when new members joined the team.

Now it has to be put on hold for the time being. Nobody is in the mood for a get-together at this time, and it's not convenient either.

After taking a stroll around the camp, Chen Hu left with Chen Xun.

"Brother Tiger, will I still be able to cultivate at home from now on?"

After coming out, Chen Xun asked.

"Of course, you can cultivate wherever you want."

"All you need to do is return to the team on time when I call you and participate in the mission."

Chen Hu replied.

"That's good."

Chen Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

In this way, except during missions, he is no different from his usual self.

"By the way, Tiger, there's something else I want to ask you."

"Go ahead and ask."

"Captain Chen Luo, why aren't you at the base?"

Chen Luo was the one who bought a leopard skin from Chen Xun to use as a swaddle for his newborn son.

"Do you know Chen Luo?"

Chen Hu looked at Chen Xun.

Chen Xun nodded and recounted how he met Chen Luo.

After listening, Chen Hu couldn't help but sigh.

"Chen Luo is dead. He was killed by the Black Wind bandit leader when we were besieging him."

"this."

Although Chen Xun had some suspicions, he still couldn't help but feel down when he heard that his suspicions had come true.

After that, the two of them didn't say anything more.

Just as Chen Xun was about to say goodbye to Chen Hu and leave, a commotion arose from ahead.

During this time, there was also Chen Long's angry roar.

Immediately following was the sound of fighting.

"What happened?"

The two exchanged a glance, and then ran in unison toward the source of the noise.