Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 135: Inner Strength Master

After the bandits left, they buried the master’s family, found a contract for selling the whole family in the master’s house, and began their escape. Unfortunately, their good fortune didn’t last long and they were captured by another group of bandits, becoming prisoners.

Originally, Xiao Yun also had an elder brother who was beaten to death by the bandits.

After hearing the tragic experiences of the two families, the women couldn’t help but shed tears, and the men’s noses turned sour. Thinking about the outside world, it was simply terrifying, but fortunately, they still had Qingshan Village to rely on.

Everyone spoke up to comfort the few still sobbing, "In the future, this will be your home, we are all family."

"No, no, no!"

"Our benefactor has given us a lifeline, which is a great grace; how dare we compare ourselves to the masters and madams, that would be ungrateful?" Tong Yan said fearfully.

Grandpa Hu also said, "Both grandsons are grown up, they can do any work, and what they don’t know they can learn, so please don’t be polite. As for me, just give me a bowl of rice."

The benefactor’s family was kind-hearted, and they must not take courtesy for granted.

One must have self-awareness; only by positioning oneself correctly can one understand gratitude and be satisfied.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was secretly pleased on the side, at least these two families were perceptive.

Becoming a family is not impossible, but it requires thousands of tests; one cannot open the door just because of a tragic encounter, human hearts are fickle, it is unpredictable who might harbor other thoughts in the future.

Later they learned that there was such a person as Qi Fei, and they voluntarily placed themselves at the same level as Qi Fei, willingly becoming subordinates and calling Cheng Xiaoxiao boss.

Cheng Xiaoxiao agreed, "But let me be clear, working here, just doing your duties well is enough, no need to sign a contract for selling oneself.

However, what you see and learn here cannot be privately spread without my permission; any violation will be considered a betrayal, and betrayal leads only to death."

Cheng Xiaoxiao spoke these words with particular rigor, meaning what she said, hoping they would think carefully; if anyone chose to leave now, she could offer them 50 pounds of grain to send them off from the village, but those who stayed must be of one heart, no betrayal of the master would be tolerated.

Without the slightest hesitation, both families chose to stay.

In the days that followed, the village spent its time healing wounds and conducting epidemic prevention work.

Cheng Xiaoxiao taught the villagers how to make masks, gloves, simple protective clothing, and handle emergency situations.

There were drills twice a day, striving to remain calm and composed in changing circumstances.

Both of the village’s wells were sealed up, with a fixed time for opening to draw water each day.

She and Grandpa Huang developed disinfectant solutions; every household had to keep clean and tidy, sprinkle disinfectant solution, ventilate frequently, wash hands often, and any wildlife outside neither could be eaten nor could be allowed; upon discovery, they were to be killed and burned instantly.

The system was monitoring outside conditions constantly.

Cheng Xiaoxiao was prepared for everything, not expecting change to come so suddenly.

At this time, Qingshan Village was thriving; the lightly injured men couldn’t sit still and joined in, only a dozen heavily injured ones remained bedridden.

The villagers’ enthusiasm for martial arts training was the most lively, reaching unprecedented heights.

Dongfang Xu was tutoring Cheng Xiaoxiao for two hours every day; he watched her stride swiftly, sword momentum like a rainbow, progress rapid, surpassing everyone in just a few days.

The others were unsatisfied; the difference was too great, after becoming acquainted, they were not so afraid of Dongfang Xu anymore, clamoring to learn martial arts from him, greatly irritating Leng Qi.

No one knew if the two were secretly competing, or what; the taught martial arts moves became increasingly difficult; children were flexible and slowly adapted.

Poor adult men suffered from great physical and mental strain, wailing continuously.

Now, at the sight of the two instructors, their calves weakened and refused to obey, pitifully they came to Cheng Xiaoxiao to complain.

In the end, Cheng Xiaoxiao expelled them one by one, so many people unable to beat one girl; the men of Qingshan Village showed their grievance, still, they decided to return to training obediently!

Xiaoxiao was now too fierce.

The moves and techniques of the Outer Strength Martial Artists were so limited, even trained to extremity they were still akin to a monkey’s tricks; not practicing Inner Strength Heart Method was plainly inadequate.

Dongfang Xu generously taught the children a set of family Spirit Guiding Scripture Heart Method, the kids were overjoyed.

Having been with Cheng Xiaoxiao for ten days, Dongfang Xu also came to terms: the Spirit Guiding Scripture Heart Method, though an superior heart method that only direct descendants of the family could practice, since the family was no more, and only he remained from the Dongfang family, if he were unfortunately to fail in his revenge, wouldn’t it be lost forever.

Though he stated in advance it was only for Qingshan Village’s children to learn, not for outsiders; in the future, if anyone leaked this heart method, other Qingshan Village’s children were entitled to waste that person’s meridians.

Hereby, the next generation in Qingshan Village was not just Martial Artists knowing outer strength moves, but masters in inner strength cultivation, the corners of the villagers’ mouths couldn’t stop turning upwards.

Those with no suitable aged children were eager to have one immediately.

Hence Dongfang Xu’s position in the village skyrocketed, just short of being worshipped. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

In these days, they learned from Grandpa Tong much about the bloody storm of the outside world, the differentiation between outer strength and inner strength, and that facing an inner strength expert, practicing fist and foot techniques only meant to be bullied.

To know how hard it is to obtain a superior inner strength heart method?

Grandpa Hu was once a figure in town, even his family didn’t have a Lower Grade Inner Strength Heart Method, instead hired Inner Strength Martial Masters at high costs.

This led to special treatment for Dongfang Xu, all because a superior Inner Strength Heart Method was invaluable.

The villagers also learned that Cheng Beiniu was an inner strength expert, resenting him for hiding it for so many years, leaving everyone unaware.

If he had shared it early and taught the children martial arts, Qingshan Village would have had several inner strength experts long ago, not suffering such bandit bullying.

Cheng Beiniu was quite wronged, never expecting such remote Qingshan Village to attract powerful bandits; besides, was inner strength so easy to cultivate? Didn’t you see Cheng Dashan grinding the fundamentals for years yet fail to break through meridians into inner strength?

The villagers wouldn’t hear such explanations; Cheng Dashan hadn’t reached inner strength because his talent wasn’t enough, but their children might have good talent, who knows?

With mysterious self-confidence, the villagers refused to listen to any rebuttal, making Cheng Beiniu inside out not pleased.

Unexpectedly, Dongfang Xu’s heart method’s first beneficiary was Cheng Dashan, who was already one step short of breakthrough; with the superior inner strength heart method, he instantly broke through blocked meridians, becoming an Inner Strength Samurai.

The children learned Brother Dashan became an expert, excitedly practiced the taught formulas.

Dongfang Xu actually feared he might not return, this counted as indirect repayment of Cheng Xiaoxiao’s life-saving grace.