*Sizzle*
With a flash of the dagger, a young man with a ferocious face appeared in front of Wang Miao. Who else could it be but his loyal henchman?
He looked down in horror and saw a gleaming dagger stuck in his lower back.
He was stabbed in the back by his underling.
"You, you dare to betray me?" Wang Miao said in a cold voice.
"Wang Miao, your days are numbered. Considering how long we've followed you, please sacrifice yourselves for the greater good and grant us brothers a life of wealth and honor!" the henchman said ungratefully.
"you--"
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
Several more daggers were plunged into Wang Miao's body.
"puff--"
Wang Miao coughed up a mouthful of blood, his whole body trembled, and he collapsed to the ground with a sorrowful look in his eyes. Blood flowed continuously, and his fate was unknown.
Chapter 332: The Eight Trigrams Gate
"Greetings, gentlemen! Please accept us brothers as your followers! Wang Temple is our gateway!" The henchmen who had attacked him knelt down and said.
His henchmen also knelt down, their faces pale, and said...
However, the Twelve Protectors remained silent, standing quietly and watching where they had come from.
At this moment, a car slowly drove by. Who else could it be but Li Yang and his group? Li Yang's eyesight was exceptional. Even from a distance of over a thousand meters, he clearly saw what had just happened. He couldn't hear anything, but he knew everything just by looking at their mouths.
His lip-reading skills weren't learned for nothing.
"Big Brother!" the twelve bodyguards called out in unison, their expressions solemn and respectful.
"Whatever. Do any of you want to join us?" Li Yang looked at them with interest.
"Yes. Boss Li Yang!"
"I would have taken you in. But you just betrayed your leader, that's disloyal and unjust! Don't try to deny it. Although it's fashionable to be ruthless these days, and everything is about profit and money, that doesn't apply to me, Li Yang! My principles are loyalty and righteousness, everything else is secondary. Your actions completely violate my principles! So, I won't take you. But those few who didn't betray Wang Miao, I won't make things difficult for you, you can leave. But these few, take them down and call the police! We can't let Wang Miao die in vain, can we?" Li Yang finished speaking calmly and left without looking back.
Another anomaly has occurred!
Just as Li Yang turned around, one of his underlings kneeling beside him suddenly jumped up, brandishing a dagger and stabbing Li Yang in the back. The speed was fast and the move was ruthless; it reached Li Yang's back in one swift motion.
He was almost glued to his clothes. But he still miscalculated. Li Yang simply moved his feet, stepping on the Bagua, and shifted his position to the henchman's side. His dagger stabbed into empty air, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Little did people know that the most important aspect of Bagua Willow Leaf Cotton Silk Palm is footwork; the ability to move like the wind is no joke.
After dodging the sneak attack, Li Yang casually struck him with a palm strike, causing him to spit out blood and fly away. After landing, his chest heaved slightly. Although he was not dead, he was seriously injured.
"A traitor in the back of his head! An ungrateful dog!" Li Yang smiled disdainfully and walked calmly into the Royal Dynasty Bar.
Haizhu District was now Li Yang's territory again. With two bodyguards in charge, the situation was stabilized. The area was renovated and tidied up, becoming another slush fund and Li Yang's backyard.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yang convened a meeting with the Thirteen Protectors of Luda. He felt that their strength was growing, and it would be unwise for them to remain disorganized and unable to flourish.
The decision has been made to establish the Bagua Sect! The Thirteen Protectors are the Thirteen Dharma Protectors, and Lu Da is the Vajra Guest Elder of the Bagua Sect, holding a prestigious position equal to that of the Thirteen Dharma Protectors.
The basic salary is 10,000 yuan, with monthly bonuses and subsidies, paid according to the standards for national civil servants. Additional bonuses are awarded for completing tasks, with amounts determined according to certain standards.
The head accountant of the Bagua Sect, who is in charge of finances, is Su Xiaoxiao, the manager of Dafa Casino.
With her amazing evaluation and exemplary conduct, Su Xiaoxiao, with her outstanding learning ability, greedily absorbed the nutrients of the big city like a sponge, and quickly grew into a shrewd and capable white-collar worker, deeply supported by the Thirteen Protectors of Luda.
The sole tenet and creed of the Bagua School is loyalty and righteousness, and the principles of Heaven, Earth, Ruler, Parents, and Teacher. Heaven and Earth represent respect for nature, which is beneficial to their martial arts practice, as each set of martial arts is derived from understanding the principles of nature.
Therefore, to master martial arts, one must respect nature. The concept of "ruler, parents, and teacher" is quite simple: "ruler" refers to Li Yang, their leader and sect master; "parents" refers to family members; and "teacher" refers to one's teacher.
Of course, apart from Heaven, Earth, and the Sovereign, there are distinctions of closeness and goodness between relatives and teachers. If a relative is not convincing, one can disobey him; if a teacher is not respected, one can ignore him.
From that day forward, Li Yang's team and its strength experienced a qualitative leap. They not only gained a name and a sect, becoming a truly legitimate team, but also developed their own guiding principles and doctrines. Personnel allocation, newcomer training, and financial operations all entered a virtuous cycle.
...
However, just as Li Yang's team entered a virtuous cycle, Li Yang's mysterious master, the white-haired but ruddy-faced old man, suddenly returned.
"Li Yang, your progress truly amazes me!" The old man looked at Li Yang, who had already opened up his Ren and Du meridians and reached the level of internal organ tempering with hidden strength. It was truly astonishing.
The old man had to accept the ancients' saying that, besides hard work, the most important factors in learning something are talent and luck.
Li Yang was naturally a prime example of someone with exceptional talent, incredible luck, and extreme diligence. Even after his martial arts skills had greatly improved, Li Yang still didn't forget to practice every night.
"Master, it's all thanks to your excellent teaching!" Li Yang had great respect and admiration for the old man. Without him, Li Yang would have been nothing more than a bull with boundless energy, not even as good as Lu Da. After all, Lu Da was born with superhuman strength and knew some tricks of the trade.
It was precisely because of his mentor that Li Yang was able to make such rapid progress and achieve such great success today.
Otherwise, even if he possessed extraordinary abilities, such as photographic memory, the ability to see through many things, and even the ability to understand people's hearts, achieving what he has today would still be quite difficult.
"Hehe... Don't say that. You earned all of this yourself. Your master hasn't been back for very long this time. With your current level, your master can only offer some guidance and share my martial arts insights. That's all I can do. It all depends on your own destiny." The old man said with a gratified smile.
"Disciple will certainly live up to Master's expectations!" Li Yang said earnestly, a powerful and imposing aura bursting forth.
But the old man remained calm and composed, sitting quietly with a faint smile, not even moving a single hair.
...
Master Li Yang's sudden return was something he naturally wouldn't publicize or tell anyone. He was currently doing something else.