Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

That morning.

Mr. Sun summoned the representatives of the concessions to his residence in his own name.

After everyone arrived.

Mr. Sun looked at Tanaka and said, "I heard that you want to hold a martial arts tournament to promote friendly exchanges between our two sides?"

Tanaka glanced at Ao Peng, who was standing beside Mr. Sun like a guard, then stood up and bowed. "That's exactly what I was thinking."

"I happen to be staying in Tianjin for a few days, and I was thinking that the martial arts tournament could be held the day after tomorrow, so I can feast my eyes on it. What do you all think?"

The representatives from the other concessions knew the true nature of this martial arts tournament, and Sun Wen's sudden proposal to hold it ahead of schedule must mean he had other plans.

However, this does not affect their core interests; as spectators, they are eager to see a good show.

The French representative then spoke first, saying, "I'm just as impatient as Mr. Sun."

With the French taking the lead, the other representatives, looking on with a sense of schadenfreude, also joined in the commotion.

Tanaka's face instantly darkened.

He had originally planned to strike immediately in the next couple of days and take down Ao Peng and Huaxing Society, but now the other party has suddenly proposed to hold the martial arts tournament ahead of schedule, which has completely disrupted his plans.

Mr. Sun, seemingly oblivious to Tanaka's expression, smiled and looked at the swordsman beside Tanaka. "What? Are you not ready yet? After all, you're getting on in years. Like me, do you need a few more days to rest and recover from the long journey?"

The swordsman behind Tanaka is the so-called Japanese sword saint, Ashina Koichi, who has crossed the sea this time. His status is no lower than Tanaka's, and is even much higher than Tanaka's status in this world.

Hearing Sun Yat-sen's veiled criticism that he was too old to fight, he ignored Tanaka's expression and replied in broken Chinese, "Therefore, it is my wish!"

Tanaka realized he was in trouble, but he couldn't stop his own people, so he could only try to salvage the situation by asking, "Is the fighter your side has taken the stage someone from behind Mr. Sun?"

He couldn't let this suspected player out of his sight.

Mr. Sun looked at Ao Peng, who knew this was the other party's bottom line, but it was as he wished, "It should be so."

Tanaka breathed a slight sigh of relief; being certain that his opponent was going to play meant he wasn't in too much of a passive position.

……

At Chen Shi (7-9 AM), the yang energy rises, and the dragon soars into the sky.

When the dawn crossed mountains and rivers and shone on Ao Peng, who was sitting cross-legged and meditating.

Within the inner landscape of his "Heroic Souls Guarding Mountains and Rivers," the buried divine seed [Six Banners] radiated five colors of light: blue, red, white, black, and yellow. As the five colors of light condensed, a goddess was revealed among them.

Unlike other goddesses who wear flowing brocade robes and jade pendants, she wears a dark dragon-patterned armor and holds a spear with a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. Behind her armor is a five-colored banner with six flags, which flutters in the wind like phoenix feathers.

However, this goddess had just been born from Ao Peng's body. Like Little Chaos, her body had not yet fully developed. She was only the size of an adult's palm, with a round, chubby face and a pair of bright black and white eyes that took up almost a third of her cheeks.

【Mysterious Woman】(Creation-level, Divine System of the State)

The Mysterious Woman is the spirit of Heaven and Earth, the essence of Yin and Yang. Her divine power is all-encompassing, and her form encompasses all. She knows the nature of all things and understands the changes in all things. She is the master of the Dao.

After Xuan Nu was born, she was much more autonomous than Chaos, pointing her spear at the ground.

The earth god who had been waiting was summoned and emerged directly from underground.

When He emerged, He initially thought it was Ao Peng, a true cultivator, who possessed the secret method to summon the earth and call upon Him. Just as He paid homage to Ao Peng, He suddenly noticed the goddess standing in Ao Peng's palm.

At first, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then in a flash, he rushed to the front of the Mystic Maiden, exclaiming, "Mystic Maiden of the Nine Heavens, you have finally descended to the mortal realm!"

This is just a minor world. According to what Ao Peng learned from this local deity, the high-level gods in this world do not stay for long. Even if something happens, they will only descend in avatars.

Even since the Qing Dynasty came to power, many high-ranking deities have not been seen for more than two hundred years, and only these local minor deities have maintained the fragile operation of the divine path.

While a minor deity might have the power to punish ordinary people, he is powerless to fight against a national-level enemy.

The rosy cheeks of the goddess revealed a human-like sigh, and then she let out a clear chirping sound.

This is the language of the Bluebird, a language belonging to the gods. When the heavenly gods convey messages to the earthly gods, they often do so through the Bluebird. Therefore, any earthly god who wants to secure their position needs to learn this official language.

Upon hearing the call of the Mysterious Maiden, the Earth God immediately bowed and said, "I have summoned seventy-two river gods, well gods, and earth gods from the surrounding area, who are ready to be at Your Majesty's command at any time."

Xuan Nu nodded in satisfaction, then sat on Ao Peng's shoulder and let out a cry.

Although he doesn't speak like Chaos, Ao Peng can directly understand the meaning of his own body and spirit.

So they called in the matchmaker who was waiting next door.

Hongniang followed Ao Peng to cultivate the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Plain Girl for more than a month. She became more and more voluptuous, and her skin was as tender and white as a baby's. After Ao Peng mastered the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Plain Girl, she also received great benefits. Although she could not fully master the transformation of energy, her understanding of the yin and yang changes of energy was already far superior to that of ordinary dark energy masters.

Moreover, as someone close to Ao Peng, she knew what Ao Peng's true purpose was.

"Matchmaker, this journey is fraught with danger..."

Ao Peng had just opened his mouth.

The matchmaker chuckled. "Sir, do you remember what you said to me when I first wanted to be with you?"

Ao Peng was taken aback, then suddenly chuckled and exclaimed, "You still remember?"

The matchmaker laughed and said, "How could I not remember? Although it was only a little over a month for you, it felt like I had been to the underworld and lived two lifetimes."

This was indeed the matchmaker's honest opinion. A little over a month ago, she herself could never have imagined that she could walk out of a brothel and live like a real human being.

She had seen prostitutes who had been redeemed before, but unfortunately, those women were either cheated out of their money by unfaithful men or sold into slavery by small landlords.

Unlike her, although Ao Peng was strict with her in cultivation, Hong Niang could remember that closeness and the way he truly treated her like a human being for a lifetime. She would even tell the King of Hell that she would remember that look in her next life.

Hongniang had already realized the situation, so Ao Peng naturally didn't pretend. He smiled and glanced at Xuan Nu, who then leaped onto Hongniang and disappeared onto her shoulder.

Because Hongniang and Ao Peng both practiced the Yellow Emperor's Classic of the Plain Maiden, Xuan Nu was able to unleash even greater power with Hongniang's help.

With Mr. Sun's help, Ao Peng's gang members obtained enough firearms. Although the Japanese invaders in Tianjin are arrogant now, their strength is far from its peak, with only about 800 men.

This time, Ao Peng has appeared in the martial arts world, so they need to send at least two hundred people, or even four or five hundred, to suppress the situation.

This would further disperse their forces.

Although Ao Peng claimed to have tens of thousands of men under his command, most of them were untrained porters who were only good at fighting in small groups. In a proper battlefield like this, they would easily become superfluous. Therefore, Ao Peng carefully selected three hundred skilled men, among whom more than one hundred had experience with firearms, to be the main force for breaking through the altar.