Yu Ke didn't say it, but Li Chonglou had indeed forgotten about Yang Guang. However, he had warned Yang Dongtian at the time, and by all accounts, he shouldn't have let his son cause trouble again.
So, upon Yu Ke's mention, Li Chonglou's eyes became serious as he realized.
"Is that Yang Guang still harassing you?"
Yu Ke frowned and said, "He hasn't contacted me again, but my cousin seems to have been targeted by him."
"Cousin?"
After Yu Ke's explanation, Li Chonglou learned that her cousin was also involved in their circle, but he was a newcomer who had only recently joined. He probably couldn't even defeat Hei Dao. In recent days, he had been inexplicably bullied.
It wasn't until yesterday that one of the bullies let slip a mention of Yang Guang. Afterward, her cousin told her, and Yu Ke immediately understood the general situation.
"My cousin and I are very close. On the first day he was bullied, he told me about it. I wanted him to call the police, but he said it was normal in the circle."
"At first, he said he was very motivated by it, but later, the people who appeared became more and more excessive. My cousin hasn't even been discharged from the hospital yet."
Yu Ke's face was filled with worry as she spoke. Li Chonglou could tell she was genuinely concerned about her cousin, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
"What do you mean by bullying?"
Yu Ke looked confused, "Brother Li, aren't you part of the circle? How do you not know?"
Li Chonglou spread his hands, "But I haven't been bullied by anyone, so how would I know."
Well, these things had vanished from his memory, and it was different in various places. Being bullied while practicing martial arts, Li Chonglou found it quite novel.
It was known that there were very few people left in the circle these days, and this circle wasn't referring to those charlatans or just opening a martial arts gym to be considered in the circle; the meaning was different.
Yu Ke was completely taken aback by Li Chonglou's sudden display of nonchalance and couldn't help but roll her eyes.
She then explained impatiently, "It's like every two to three days, someone stronger than you comes to challenge you to a one-on-one match. They call it sparring, but in the end, they always go too hard."
Li Chonglou had truly never experienced such things. The people in the circle were already few. Even if such a situation arose, wouldn't the people he knew help? At least the one who brought him into the circle wouldn't stand by idly, right?
In any case, Li Chonglou was full of confusion from Yu Ke's words, until Yu Ke reminded him.
"You know Yang Guang's influence. The people he finds are never simple. My cousin can't beat them at all."
Ah, he forgot about Yang Guang's identity.
Li Chonglou finally realized, but he was still confused, "Then can't your cousin refuse?"
Yu Ke sighed and shook her head, "If only he could refuse. Those who challenge him are also new talents, and they come with their masters. If my cousin refused, it would be a complete loss of face for his master."
Li Chonglou felt a bit exasperated. Losing some face was better than losing one's life. It was known that in the past, deaths during sparring were not uncommon.
However, he could understand the feelings of those old masters. They had lived most of their lives, and later on, they only wanted to gain some reputation. Sometimes, face was indeed more important than life, especially when it wasn't their own life.
So, this must be the reason she came to him personally, Li Chonglou began to ponder.
He couldn't refuse, nor could he win. This situation was indeed a bit tricky, but he quickly thought of a good solution.
"How about this, I'll send someone to accompany your cousin for a few days. From then on, anyone who wants to spar with your cousin will have to go through him. Then your cousin will be fine."
Li Chonglou said with a smile, but Yu Ke seemed a bit uncertain, "Will that work? What if they insist on fighting my cousin?"
"This should be fine. Your cousin just needs someone to stand up for him. As for his master, he's probably too old to make a move, and it's a matter between juniors."
Li Chonglou quickly guessed the general situation and gave Yu Ke a reassuring look, "Let's do that. Tomorrow, I'll have someone go with you. Oh, right, where is your cousin now?"
Yu Ke mentioned a location, also in Shangjing, not too far from here, only about an hour's drive. Li Chonglou immediately felt at ease.
"Then it's even more of a problem. Tomorrow, I'll grant you leave. You can take someone there first. And you don't have to stay there all the time. Didn't you say your cousin is still in the hospital? They won't go after someone who hasn't even gotten out of bed, will they?"
Yu Ke shook her head, "That's not the case. It's just..."
Yu Ke's face still showed doubt. After all, in her expectation, she hoped Li Chonglou would confront Yang Guang or Yang Dongtian again, so that the problem could be solved permanently.
However, she didn't know that Li Chonglou's approach was actually the best. If confronting Yang Dongtian had been useful, then such a situation wouldn't have occurred. Even if Li Chonglou had gone, there was a high probability that the other party would deny it.
In that case, it would be useless.
They couldn't just kill both father and son because of this, otherwise, the nature of the matter would be completely different.
In Li Chonglou's opinion, the other party might have considered this point and arranged for people to annoy him. It was true, he had only recently arrived in Shangjing, while these father and son had lived here for so many years. Li Chonglou could understand their psychology.
As for the person.
After Li Chonglou sent Yu Ke back outside the dormitory, he returned to find Kulinan, who had already fallen asleep.
"How's the practice of what I taught you going?"
Although Kulinan was confused why Li Chonglou woke him up at this hour to ask about these things, he honestly replied, "I've made progress, but I always feel something is missing, it's not perfect."
Speaking of this, Kulinan's sleepiness completely faded. He sat up and said seriously, "I tried many methods yesterday, but I just couldn't find that feeling. What exactly is going on?"
"And I can recite it fluently, but I just can't achieve satisfaction."
Li Chonglou looked at Kulinan's dejected expression and smiled, "I came to you for this."
"You have a way?"
Kulinan's expression brightened as if the sky clearing after rain.
"Yes. What you lack now is not how to practice more. Although I've only taught you for a few days, with your talent, you already understand the philosophy. What you need to do now is practical application."
"You mean actual combat?"
Li Chonglou nodded.
The reason he had agreed so quickly to Yu Ke's request was because he had thought of Kulinan. He had no intention of deceiving her; rather, for Kulinan to achieve great mastery and truly grasp this reverse push, he needed to perfect it through actual combat.
This was what contemporary so-called masters lacked.