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Chapter 475 Strange Tales from the Martial Arts Circles

In the Beggars' Sect, everyone knew that Chu Qianyuan's master was the former Gang Leader Deng Youtai, and now he called Ma Lu "little junior brother."

Could it be that...

Impossible, this absolutely couldn't be!

Although Elder Lu had grown somewhat fond of Ma Lu since he recovered the Lotus Bowl, he found it absurd when he heard Chu Qianyuan call Ma Lu by that term.

Moreover, since Deng Youtai had once saved his life from the hands of Tongtian Taoist, Elder Lu had grown close to Deng Youtai afterwards and had never heard Deng Youtai mention that he had a seventh disciple.

Chu Qianyuan, however, wasted no words and swept his staff towards Ma Lu. As the two of them entered into battle, Ma Lu first demonstrated the Innate Pure Yang Palm that he had learned from the corpse of Deng Youtai in front of everyone.

Then, he casually showed another secret technique of the Beggars' Sect, the Dragon Capture Skill, which he had just plundered from four strapping men at the dye workshop, though it was only at the Third Layer.

Even so, it greatly startled Chu Qianyuan, who hadn't expected that in less than a month, this little junior brother could have advanced to such a level in the Dragon Capture Skill he had learned from him.

As for the others in the Beggars' Sect, their jaws nearly dropped at this moment.

Especially when they realized that Ma Lu's Innate Pure Yang Palm had already reached the Eighth Level, they looked at each other in utter disbelief.

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It was known that only the successive Gang Leaders of the Beggars' Sect could practice the Innate Pure Yang Palm, and since the Gang Leader before last had died early, in the past thirty years, Deng Youtai was the only person in the world who knew the Innate Pure Yang Palm.

Ma Lu appeared to be just over twenty years old, which meant he definitely was Deng Youtai's disciple, undoubtedly for real.

But the most shocked person in the crowd was Bai Baoyu, whose small eyes were now wide open as he blurted out.

"How can you know Innate Pure Yang Palm, and aren't you Xu Baichuan's disciple? He passed on the Xu Family's secret technique, Delicate Cloud Chasing Moon Skill, to you!"

Ma Lu said, "It's rather embarrassing, but soon after I met Gang Leader Deng, I also encountered Xu Deputy Gate Master. He asked me for wine, and seeing how pitiful he looked, I gave him a jar.

"Afterwards, he said I reminded him of his deceased disciple, so he taught me Delicate Cloud Chasing Moon Skill to repay me for the wine. Ah, he also said that in terms of power, the Innate Pure Yang Palm is undoubtedly the best in the world.

"But if you speak of intricate variations... it would have to be this martial art he passed on to me."

"You're talking nonsense!" the Law Enforcement Elder exclaimed, puffing out his beard, "How could the Xu Family's martial arts match up to our Beggars' Sect's secret techniques?"

"How old were you at that time?"

"Probably eight or nine years old," Chu Qianyuan said.

"One should be able to remember quite a lot at eight or nine years old."

Chu Qianyuan was silent for a long moment before he said, "Is that so? But I can't remember the events of that time."

Yuan Xiaoyun shouted, "How dare you— are you suspecting the Elder Brother? Everyone knows the Elder Brother is courageous and honor-bound, a man of his word. How could he collude with the bandits of Tongtian Village?"

"At first, I indeed suspected him," Ma Lu admitted.

"I heard that our master's wife is kind-hearted towards Buddhism. Having no children of her own, she has adopted quite a few orphans over the years. Our six elder brothers were selected from these orphans for their exceptional qualities and Root Bone."

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

"The age doesn't match," Ma Lu looked at Chu Qianyuan again, "Elder Brother, you told me you have been with Master since you were six. Master went to annihilate the Tongtian Village when you were eight or nine, so it couldn't have been you.

"But it seems there is something you are hiding from me."

Chu Qianyuan sighed deeply, "I don't want to deceive you, but don't expect to get anything out of me either."

He was unwilling to speak, but someone else opened their mouth. The speaker was Guardian Shi, who was also one of the forty experts involved in the siege of the Tongtian Village.

Guardian Shi hesitated, "That day, I thought I heard a baby's cry in the village, but when I arrived there, I couldn't find it.

"I asked Elder Han, who had reached the place before me. He said I had misheard, but I clearly remember there indeed was crying."

"Elder Han, is it the same Elder Han who recently died under the Soul-shocking Finger?"

Ma Lu's gaze shifted slightly, thinking of that Beggar Gang Elder who contributed the Shadowless Ghost Hand.

"Exactly, Elder Han had also participated in the siege of the Tongtian Village. Wait, could it be that there truly were remnants of the Tongtian Village left behind, lying in wait to take revenge on us when the opportunity arose?" Guardian Shi was filled with suspicion and alarm.

At this moment, Ma Lu's gaze turned towards Yuan Xiaoyun, who had been silent for a long while.

"Brother Yuan, how old were you when the Tongtian Village was annihilated, and was it before or after you became a disciple of our master?"