Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 482 Yinglu
After about two minutes, Ding Mai pushed away the people around him, stood up from the ground, and looked at Chen Chuan.

Although Chen Chuan knocked him down, he did not show any resentment or anything like that. Instead, he showed admiration. He walked up to Chen Chuan and said loudly, "Captain Chen, you are really amazing. I, Old Ding, am convinced!"

There is nothing shameful in losing to an opponent. What is shameful is not being able to face the opponent squarely and only finding excuses for yourself. If you can't even get over that hurdle yourself, how can you expect to beat the opponent? That doesn't make sense.

The people present also felt that Chen Chuanying was magnanimous. He had stood up to Ding Mai head-on. No one who had sparred with Ding Mai or seen him fight had ever seen such a tough fighting style. Not to mention Ding Mai, they also felt convinced.

The young man on the side ran to the doll and looked at it again and again, and looked at Chen Chuan from time to time, with light in his eyes.

Fang Zhixin seemed to have received some news at this time. He nodded to Chen Chuan, walked aside, and said a few words to Jie Ping. After a while, he came back and said to everyone, "I'm sorry, Teacher Chen was invited to visit Chairman Quan's home today, so he can't come today."

No one reacted much, as if they had expected this situation, except for the young man next to him who looked disappointed.

Fang Zhixin smiled and said, "Although Mr. Chen can't come today, all those who are here today are invited. There is a bar downstairs, why don't you go have a drink? I'll treat you."

Everyone present cheered.

Chen Chuan looked around at this time. When he was sparring with Ding Mai just now, more than ten people came in from outside one after another. Now there were less than thirty people in the field. Most of them were young officers, and a few of them could be seen to have extraordinary family backgrounds.

Although he didn't meet Chen Bitong, he wasn't ready to leave, because he would definitely have to deal with people in this circle in the future, and he could take this opportunity to get to know them.

At this time, Fang Zhixin came over to invite him: "Captain Chen, do you have any official business? Let's go together?"

Ding Mai also came over and said, "Yes, Old Ding, I respect Captain Chen. This time, Captain Chen's expenses will be covered by my account." He then said to Fang Zhixin, "Don't compete with me."

Fang Zhixin smiled, walked over, and took the elevator down with everyone.

When Chen Chuan left, he took a look and saw that the young man returned to the field with a somewhat dejected look, and was practicing boxing alone there.

He withdrew his gaze and left with everyone else.

The group arrived at the tenth floor, where there was indeed a large bar with elegant decoration style. It was only a little after ten in the morning, and there were not many customers yet. The people who came in only occupied a corner. It was obvious that each of them had their own small circle, and they gathered in groups of three or four.

Chen Chuanze sat at the same table with Ding Mai and Fang Zhixin.

The waiter immediately started serving wine. Fighters from Wuyi don't drink alcohol, but those from the army don't have this taboo. They are just not allowed to drink during missions.

Someone ordered a song with familiarity, and the music in the bar's dance floor started. A dozen singers and dancers with decorative implants came in and began to sing and dance to the lively music.

The officers immediately applauded, but no one made a fuss or whistled. They all sat upright, and it was obvious that most of them were well-educated and conservative.

Chen Chuan ordered a drink, listened to a song, clapped his hands, and then turned to Ding Mai and tried to ask, "Is the power method that Executive Ding used just now the one that is popular overseas?"

Fang Zhixin smiled.

Ding Mai also laughed. He took a sip of wine and said, "Every time someone sees me using this power, they always ask me this question. The name of my power is 'El-Tel', which means 'Steel Breath' when translated from Yinglu."

"Yinglu?"

Chen Chuan asked: "Linax Federation?"

Yinglu was the name before the establishment of the Linax Federation. In the old days, that land had diplomatic exchanges with the old empire. The documents refer to the people of Yinglu, but the people there call themselves "the Chu Tribe".

Ding Mai took another sip of wine, put it down and said, "Captain Chen, have you heard of 'Ceramic Cup Day'?"

Chen Chuan thought about it and said, "I seem to have heard that when the Linax Federation was founded, the old people of Yingzhou were invited to raise the pottery cup together, drink the light and water, and from then on they enjoyed the mountains and the earth together. It has been regarded as a famous celebration until now."

"That's what the Linax Federation says."

Ding Mai showed a look of disdain, "The truth is that when the Linax Federation was founded, they invited the first people who had taught them the ancient secrets to build the country together, but they were rejected. However, out of courtesy of mutual respect, several highly respected religious leaders still participated in the founding ceremony.

According to the ancient method of the Chu people, both parties will hold up a pottery cup made from a fusion of earth, water from the snow-capped mountains, stones from the mountains, and sunlight to represent reconciliation and sharing.

However, when a religious leader held up the cup, it suddenly broke. The Linax Federation immediately launched an attack, believing that the First People were humiliating them. They immediately turned against them, arrested these major religious leaders, and declared war.

In order to rescue the religious leaders and avoid war, the Chu people negotiated repeatedly, and finally the Linax Federation asked the former to hand over the twenty-pulse ancient method inheritance.

The nations of Chuzhimin discussed repeatedly and finally agreed to this condition. "Speaking of this, Ding Mai spoke in a low voice, with a hint of helplessness and indignation, as if he hated them for not fighting.

Chen Chuanshuo said: "When it comes to this kind of inheritance, will the people of Yinglu agree so easily?"

Fang Zhixin said, "Before the founding of the Linax Federation, the people of Yinglu had fought a long war, and the countries of the Chu people were almost defeated. If the old imperial family had not been able to provide them with some assistance from time to time, they would not have been able to hold on to their last breath.

After the last emperor came to power, he fought several wars in the west and never paid any attention to Yingzhou across the ocean. "

Ding Mai took another sip of wine, put it down heavily, wiped his mouth, and said: "The Chu people finally handed over the highest inheritance of the ancient law, the sun, the mountain, and the raging river to the Linax Federation.

Only the people from the lineage of the Great Earth inheritance firmly disagreed. They traveled across the ocean to the old imperial family and took the initiative to offer the secret inheritance of the lineage of the Great Earth. Later, it was kept by the old imperial family.

After the people of the Linax Federation obtained the secret teachings, in order to show that they were not taking it for free, they gave the Chu People a pair of leather boots, a porcelain bowl, and a magnifying glass as rewards, and declared that they would be friends forever.

But only twenty years later, the Linax Federation tore up the agreement, deceived the First People on the pretext that they had not handed over all the secrets, invaded the last territory of the First People, overturned the religious altar, killed all the religious personnel, and after slaughtering a large number of the First People, turned the remaining people into slaves.

It happened to be the time when the Ren Zi Rebellion broke out, and the various princes took turns to take the stage. They had neither the time nor the interest to interfere in what was happening across the ocean.

The old empire had its own secret methods, which I couldn’t practice by myself, so I didn’t pay much attention to the inheritance of the earth, and in the end I even forgot about it. Later, after the old era was overthrown, the government found the complete collection and promoted it among the descendants of the first people. "

Ding Mai exhaled forcefully and said, "The reason why I learned these techniques is because I have the blood of the Yingzhou people. My great-grandmother was once a high priestess of the Earth Clan, but she didn't have the complete inheritance at that time. Later, someone in the army found me and taught me.

My dream is to get all the stolen secrets back one day."

He smiled again, "Perhaps Captain Chen will think that I am overestimating my own abilities, but this is my true thought."

Chen Chuanshuo said: "This is not overestimating one's own ability. It is to move forward firmly towards a goal and achieve it step by step. Regardless of whether it can be achieved or not, this effort is worthy of praise. As for the future, who can predict it? Who knows when Executive Ding will be able to realize his wish."

Fang Zhixin smiled and raised his glass, saying, "Then I'd like to toast to Brother Ding and Captain Chen. I wish you all can realize your wishes."

"cheers!"

The three of them clinked their glasses and drank from them.

After Fang Zhixin finished drinking, he smiled and said, "Captain Chen, I saw you instructing Xiao Jin just now?"

Chen Chuanshuo said, "Assistant Fang, are you talking about the boy in the gym?"

Fang Zhixin nodded and said, "Yes, Xiaojin, that is Teacher Chen's youngest son.

Chen Chuan was slightly surprised. Chen Bitong was called a teacher because he had taught many outstanding students, but since Xiaojin was his son, it seemed that he had never received any serious martial arts instruction.

Fang Zhixin sighed and said, "Teacher Chen has been guarding the World Ring for more than 20 years. He also has a son and a daughter who died on the front line. Captain Chen, do you know about this?"

Chen Chuan nodded slightly, "I've heard of it."

He had read Chen Bitong's information before and knew about this matter. Putting aside the question of whether Chen Bitong was a traitor or not, this incident itself deserves respect and sympathy.

He thought for a moment and said, "Is it because of what happened before that Teacher Chen doesn't want his youngest son to follow this path?"

Fang Zhixin shook his head, "That's not the case. Teacher Chen doesn't have such selfish intentions. He treats everyone equally, including his son and students.

He sighed softly, "If he had taken better care of his brothers and sisters instead of sending them on dangerous missions, the final result might have been different."

At this time, another song and dance began to be played on the stage. This time the tune was more soothing. Many officers walked down and politely invited a few dancers to dance.

He took a look and saw that neither of them had any intention of going down to dance, so he continued, "Actually, the real reason is that Xiao Jin didn't have the talent like his brother and sister did when he was young."

Chen Chuan said slowly: "Really? I think Xiao Jin is not bad."

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(End of this chapter)