Republic of China era: A hundred-year-old still practicing martial arts? Is that right?

The words had barely left his mouth.

Liu Qingzhu moved.

The moon-white dress and leather high heels did not hinder her figure in the slightest.

Lin Ji didn't even see how she got there; he only saw a blur before the scarred woman flew backward.

"puff!"

Scarface slammed into the crumbling blue brick wall in the alley, letting out a muffled groan. He clutched his chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and couldn't get up from the ground for a long time.

Before the bald man and the other thug could react, they were each struck by Liu Qingzhu's hand chop and fell to the ground without uttering a sound.

They clearly held back; otherwise, these three would have died on the spot!

From the moment Liu Qingzhu made his move to the moment the three fell, it took only two breaths.

The alley was deathly silent.

Everyone stared blankly at the moon-white figure, speechless, their eyes wide open.

Such a beautiful woman, with such a slender figure, how could her martial arts skills be so terrifying!?

Only the chubby little boy, Liu Yuanbao, jumped up, clapping his hands with a smug look on his face.

"Sister is amazing! So cool!"

Liu Qingzhu smiled faintly upon hearing this.

Lin Ji's pupils contracted.

He had at least reached the rank of martial arts mastery and successfully refined his skin, yet he couldn't even discern Liu Qingzhu's true strength.

Every move she made was perfectly natural, without a trace of frivolity, as if she had merely flicked her sleeve rather than taken down three burly men.

Just then, his martial bones trembled slightly.

Lin Ji keenly noticed something.

The woman in front of me finally started breathing!

Something is wrong!

Lin Ji then recalled that from the moment Liu Qingzhu was pulled into the alley by Liu Yuanbao until she stood quietly to the side listening to the shadow puppet show for a long time, he hadn't been able to feel her breathing for a full half hour.

It wasn't until this moment, when she had swiftly taken down three thugs and gently stroked Liu Yuanbao's head, that Lin Ji noticed for the first time the barely perceptible rise and fall of her chest.

It was as if, after a fierce storm, everything had returned to calm in an instant.

In an instant, a storm raged in Lin Ji's heart.

The woman before me is beyond what the word "powerful" can describe.

Scarface, who was lying on the ground, struggled to his feet. He looked at Liu Qingzhu's cold face, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes, but he still shouted fiercely but weakly.

"You bitch! Let me tell you, there are plenty of martial artists in our gang who are stronger than me, Wang Erqiang, and whose skills surpass even the Meat Refining stage! Our gang leader is even a master of the late-stage Ming Jin realm!"

"Just because you have some skills doesn't mean you can act so arrogantly. You've messed with the Sea Dragon Gang, and you'll regret it!"

Little chubby Liu Yuanbao darted back behind Liu Qingzhu, peeking out only half of his plump face from his sister's slender waist, his eyes darting around as he made faces at the group.

"Hehe, what's so great about big or small?"

Liu Qingzhu smiled and patted her younger brother's head before explaining.

"For a small gang of no more than a hundred people to have a Ming Jin martial arts master in charge is truly remarkable."

Seeing that the two of them didn't take him seriously at all, Wang Er became even angrier and glared at Liu Yuanbao with a sinister smile.

"Hey, you little brat, I'll tie you up one of these days and make your parents pay a ransom of mountains of gold and silver!"

Before he could finish speaking...

Liu Qingzhu's cold eyes suddenly darkened.

A chill ran through her eyes.

"The Sea Dragon Gang is now taking in all sorts of scum. If you were a member of the Green Robe Gang, you'd be a dead man by now."

Instantly, the temperature in the entire Dog Tail Alley seemed to drop a few degrees.

Liu Qingzhu didn't speak. With a flick of her wrist, a palm-sized black token shot out from her hand, whistling through the air as it grazed the scarred man's cheek.

With a "ding!" sound, it shot into the blue brick wall behind him.

Wang Er turned his head to look.

My eyes widened in shock!

It was as if they had seen something terrifying.

He had barely managed to stand up when he collapsed to his knees with a thud, his teeth chattering, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"You...who are you?"

Liu Qingzhu's gaze was icy, and her voice was as indifferent as water: "Who I am is none of your business."

"Ah...yes, yes!" Wang Er nodded hurriedly.

The black token embedded in the blue brick wall still gleamed with a cold, sharp light under the warm sun.

Wang Er knelt on the ground, trembling like a leaf, cold sweat streaming down his face.

He didn't know who the woman who threw out the token was.

But he knew that if he didn't say something nice, it was uncertain whether he would see the sun rise tomorrow.

The last time they saw this kind of token, even their gang leader respectfully addressed the token's owner as "Uncle-Master".

Within the Green Robe Gang, seniority is paramount; all disciples must have a master to join the gang.

Snapped!

Snapped!

"We were blind fools, ignorant of our own limitations, and offended an important person!"

Scarface Wang Er raised his hand and slapped himself twice, causing blood to seep from the corner of his mouth.

"You're incredibly kind; thank you for sparing our lives!"

Wang Er carefully pulled the token out from inside the blue brick wall, scrambled over to Liu Qingzhu, and presented the token with both hands.

Liu Qingzhu didn't even lift her eyelids.

Liu Yuanbao popped his head out from behind her, took the token, and began to play with it over and over.

"Sister, can I play with this token for a little while?"

Liu Qingzhu gently patted Liu Yuanbao's head and said softly, "Take it and play with it if you want."

As soon as the "hot potato" token slipped from his hand, Wang Er quickly took two steps back, and led the other two thugs to kneel on the ground and kowtow three times.

"We're leaving now, we're leaving now."

Having said that, he got up, turned around, and ran away in a sorry state, wishing his parents had given him two legs.

The alley fell silent.

The neighbors and street vendors had all fled. Only Lin Ji and Liu Qingzhu, along with a few teenagers peeking out from a distance, remained.

Lin Ji stroked the white stubble on his chin, his eyes flickering as he looked at Liu Qingzhu.

The fact that this woman could frighten the accustomed, domineering Sea Dragon Gang to this extent shows that she is no ordinary person!

Could the daughter of the landlord Liu really have such a great influence?

At this moment, Bai Xiaonian, who had recovered, also got up from the ground, clutching his stomach.

He raised his arm and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, his eyes fixed on Liu Qingzhu, filled with shock, admiration, and envy.

He didn't even see Liu Qingzhu's shadow when Liu Qingzhu made his move.

During his three years of martial arts training at the Martial Arts Hall, the most formidable master Bai Xiaonian had ever encountered was the head instructor of the Martial Arts Hall, a true master of bone refining, who was just one breath away from achieving the Ming Jin level.

Even the head instructor couldn't possibly take down these three thugs so easily.

"If only I were that good..." he thought to himself, "My sister wouldn't have to live her life at the mercy of others."

Bai Xiaonian recalled the ill-intentioned men from before, and the mockery from the wealthy young men in the martial arts hall.

"Sister, here you go. It's not fun at all. My hands are sore and my wrists hurt." Liu Yuanbao pouted and stuffed the token into Liu Qingzhu's hands.

Liu Qingzhu took the token, casually put it into the hidden pocket of her dress, patted Liu Yuanbao's head, and whispered softly, "Yuanbao, were you scared just now?"

"No, I didn't." Liu Yuanbao shook his head, twisted his sore wrists, hugged Liu Qingzhu's slender waist, and looked up at her chubby little face, saying coquettishly, "Sister was so amazing just now, all those bad guys were chased away by sister. With sister here, Yuanbao is not afraid."

After saying that, Liu Yuanbao released Liu Qingzhu, ran to Lin Ji's shadow puppet box, glanced at the crack on the box, and looked up at Lin Ji: "Old man Lin, is the shadow puppet box broken? Does that mean we won't be able to watch Sun Wukong anymore?"

Lin Ji grinned: "The old man just checked it; it only has a small crack, nothing's broken!"

"Great! We won't miss watching the shadow puppet show!" Liu Yuanbao said with a bright smile. "Old man Lin, you'd better live a few more years, at least you have to finish telling me all the stories in your belly."

Lin Ji chuckled: "That would be great."

Liu Qingzhu suddenly looked at Lin Ji and spoke calmly.

"I have a question I would like to ask you, sir. Please answer to the best of your knowledge."