Volume 2: Future Interlude Chapter 9 People Passing By
"Thank you for your help, Doctor Yaozai." Lu Bai took the ointment and thanked the man who had experienced it.
The slightly bald man in the white coat still had most of his face obscured by the reflection of the lenses. He held the thermos cup filled with wolfberries and let out a long sigh.
"Young man, you better take it easy." Doctor Yaozha didn't care how Lu Bai called him.
These days, Lu Bai would study with Hu Niu for a while every day, and then come to chat with the old man in the repair cabin.
Lu Bai didn't know the other person's name, so he gave him the nickname "Doctor of Medicine Dregs".
It is indeed a nickname.
These days, Dr. Yaozha has been bragging to Lu Bai about his experiences when he was young.
Mainly the experience of prostitution.
From the Monster Girl Customs Street in the next city, to the Mermaid and Merman Museum in Donghai City, as well as various Insect Princess Museums, Slime Experience Rooms, Horseback Riding Ranches, and so on.
This guy's experience is astonishing.
"This bottle of ointment is very effective for scratches. Use it slowly. It should last for a few days."
"I'm off work now. I'll be on vacation tomorrow. Let's talk when I get back."
Doctor Yaozha swallowed all the water in the thermos in one breath, stood up, and a resolute aura emanated from him.
He picked up a box and went out.
Raise your soldiers for a thousand days and use them for just one moment.
With the determination to never come back, he boarded the train heading for the next city.
Lu Bai looked at the ointment in his hand and the other person's resolute back as he left.
I just don’t know what the situation will be like when we meet next time.
"I hope that by then, he won't become a real drug scum."
Lu Bai still has a certain liking for this old man who pursues his own desires.
After stretching his muscles, Lu Bai prepared to go back, after all, he had been out for a long time.
When Lu Bai returned to his dormitory, he found an old man standing at the door.
"Lu Bai...Brother?" The old man looked at Lu Bai and asked with a smile.
"Let's go in and talk?" Lu Bai asked as he opened the door of his dormitory.
The old man naturally nodded and followed in.
The old man is the owner of Shengyuan Martial Arts School.
And this Shengyuan Martial Arts School is the company where Lu Bai works now. It is the "safe" identity arranged for him by the Qianwei Church after he woke up.
The purpose of this identity is to help Lu Bai quickly adapt to the new era.
Lu Bai's original intention was to separate himself from this identity as soon as possible after becoming a traveler.
However, following some recent investigations, Lu Bai is not in a hurry to do so.
With the advent of a new era, various martial arts schools have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain.
In order to give their children a better future, some middle-class families will start training their children from an early age.
It is difficult for them to access supernatural powers, and their life savings may only be enough to buy a ticket once, or even without any connections, it may be difficult to buy one.
In this situation, there is no way to let children come into contact with supernatural powers, so various martial arts schools become the first choice.
Let your children practice martial arts and prepare for the future.
Even if there is no way to enter the dimension and become a traveler, at least in this chaotic world, I will not be completely powerless to resist.
Therefore, martial arts schools have become a popular option for small companies.
Many companies have martial arts schools, including the Tianwu Group.
This martial arts school is small in scale and is just a workshop run by a couple. The owner knows a few martial arts skills and knows how to train.
Excellent martial arts schools have their own dimensional channels and can even send some outstanding disciples into the dimension to become travelers.
Shengyuan Martial Arts School is in a mediocre position. It was once prosperous and produced several travelers.
But later on, travelers died or left, leaving only the director and an old traveler in the entire martial arts school.
He is old and frail, and hasn't passed through the dimensional gate in many years.
It is uncertain how much of one's strength will remain.
The key point is that the weakening of their strength has caused problems with their channels. In the past, they could send people in, but now they have to pay a high price to compete with others, and they may not be able to compete for a position.
The entire martial arts school naturally weakened rapidly.
Of course, even if it has declined, a martial arts school that has been established for such a long time will still have some foundation.
A rotten boat still has three pounds of nails.
The reason why Lu Bai chose this identity was naturally because it involved fewer things. Although he wouldn't get any help, he wouldn't have any trouble either.
Lu Bai had lived there for about a month and hadn't encountered any trouble.
Unfortunately, this martial arts school is not as simple as imagined.
First, Lu Bai's identity was inexplicably exposed and he was ambushed by bandits.
Later, when Lu Bai used some channels of Tianwu Group to investigate the bandits who ambushed him, he never found anything.
This is very abnormal.
Tianwu Group is the local boss in Yongfeng City and is extremely well-informed.
In Yongfeng City, there is little that they cannot find out.
Since I can't find it, that means...
"The enemy may come from within Tianwu."
"The main source of Shengyuan Martial Arts School's previous business was the Tianwu Group. There are even many people in the group who used to be from Shengyuan Martial Arts School."
"Of course the relationship is broken, at least on the surface."
"But secretly, it is probably entangled , and may even be related to this traitor attack."
"So... there must be a big problem inside Tianwu."
"And this problem extends to Shengyuan Martial Arts School."
Lu Bai had some guesses in his mind. If the owner of Shengyuan Martial Arts School noticed the problems in the school, he would probably take some action next.
Sure enough, the owner of the museum came to the door today.
After entering the room, the owner did not rush to talk about things. Instead, he took a quick look and asked about Lu Bai's recent situation.
"Just tell me whatever you want to say. You should have some guesses about my identity." Lu Bai didn't exchange too many pleasantries with him, but spoke directly .
"Ah, when Brother Lu founded this martial arts school with us, he told me a secret."
"His original surname was not Lu, he just changed it himself. His descendants will definitely change back to the original surname."
"So when you came to me claiming to be the other party's descendant, I knew it was fake."
"But I think he sold his identity to the Qianwei Church, and you just want to find a place to stay temporarily, so I won't interfere."
The old museum owner explained the reason why he knew about Lu Bai's identity.
"But please rest assured, I have not revealed your identity. I am old now and I just want the martial arts school to continue. I don't want to cause any trouble."
"But trouble always comes?" Lu Bai looked at the old man, analyzing the credibility of his words.
"Indeed, there was an incident that happened that year. Some of the people in the martial arts school died, some fled, and even those who stayed behind mostly had various problems."
"These people have collaborated with outsiders to make many moves in recent years."
"I have my suspicions, but because of my past impressions of friendship, I can't tell."
"It should be that person who betrayed your information and caused you to be ambushed by the bandits."
"I have only one goal, which is to keep the martial arts school going. If you can help me do that, I have a special ticket that can open a dimensional door at any time. I can pay you in advance."
"After that, whether you become the new owner or just leave, it's up to you."
"Why choose me?" Lu Bai asked this question. The other party must have some connections after all these years, so it is questionable why he would choose someone like him who joined the martial arts school with a fake identity.
"First of all, your identity is actually the cleanest."
"Secondly, Brother Lu talked about why he changed his last name back then."
