The line of hills stretches to the edge of the sky

  Liu Zhi called his father Liu Chuan Yi to inform him that he would be going on a charity inspection in the southwest soon, and asked about the situation at home. Liu Zhi's relationship with his father was not very close, and when he heard a woman's voice ask who was on the phone, he casually asked if it was Aunt Lan, and also asked his father to pass along his greetings. Liu Zhi had always called his stepmother "Aunt Lan", which was also one of the reasons for the poor relationship between father and son.

  Told the family about the recent situation, Liu Zhi also packed his bags. Tomorrow is the departure date, but He Shu kept reminding him repeatedly, which made Liu Zhi a bit annoyed. However, Liu Zhi understood that this was for his own good, and he listened patiently to He Shu's nagging. The dinner was very sumptuous, as He Shu feared that he would not eat well outside, and Liu Zhi ate until his stomach was bloated.

  It was midnight, and because he had eaten too much, he got up to use the toilet. After using the toilet, he prepared to return to his room and go to bed when he suddenly heard an unusual sound. Due to years of martial arts training, Liu Zhi's senses were much sharper than those of ordinary people. Something was wrong - there was a thief in the house!

  Liu Zhi knew something was strange, this high-end villa district security facilities were very complete, but someone could sneak into the house without being detected. It seemed that this thief was not simple. The noise came from the study, and there was a faint light of a small flashlight. Liu Zhi was certain that it was a thief. He Shu would not enter the study in the middle of the night, even if she did, she should have turned on the lights.

  Liu Zhi suddenly burst open the door of the study, shouting: "Who!" The person inside was startled by the suddenness of the event and was in the middle of reading a book. This person wore a hat with a black cloth covering their face, had a robust build, and the window of the study was already open, slightly ajar, clearly indicating that this person had entered through the window.

  The other party saw Liu Zhi suddenly rush in, and under a loud shout, they also had a guilty conscience, stuffed the book in their hand into their pocket, and threw the small flashlight in their hand at Liu Zhi. Liu Zhi tilted his head to avoid the flashlight, his toes grasped the ground, and he was already in front of the person, with one punch already chopped out, like an axe, precisely a chopping fist. A loud explosion sound came from the air.

  Liu Zhi knew that he was wearing pajamas at this time, and his feet were also in slippers, which didn't fit well. However, he had already entered the state of Mingjin, and although the slippers had some impact on him, it wasn't significant. After all, his strength had become a unified whole at this point.

  The other party obviously didn't expect that Liu Zhi's fist had reached this level, and in a hurry, his hand flipped up. Although it was dark, it wasn't pitch black everywhere; there were streetlights in the residential area, unlike rural areas far from the city, where you really couldn't find a place that was completely dark at night.

  Liu Zhi discovered that the opponent's counterattack was not just relying on arm strength, but a sudden kick with his back foot. As he stood up, his waist followed the momentum and rotated slightly upwards. The standard was that the force came from the root, and in his heart, he was also taken aback. The opponent was a practitioner's son, and due to the hasty reception, he had clearly been at a disadvantage. A muffled sound was heard, and the opponent's body swayed, retreating two steps back, his back colliding with the bookshelf, which shook several times. The masked man's hat also fell off, revealing a bald head. Meanwhile, Liu Zhi only swayed slightly.

  Monk! Liu Zhi's eyes tightened, and before he could think carefully, his fist retracted, his elbow pointed forward, and he instinctively hugged his elbow into his body. His figure was slightly shorter, with the tip of his elbow pointing towards the opponent's heart gate below the stomach triangle area.

  The monk suffered a small loss, seeing Liu Zhi know the trend did not spare people, came fiercely, had already fallen behind, in the urgent moment, he contained his chest and twisted his body, Liu Zhi's elbow tip was like rubbing on the surface of a sphere, the opponent surprisingly followed the trend and opened up, it can be seen that he is also a master.

  The monk's chest was puffed out, his waist twisted, and he took a step to the side, pulling away from the distance. Liu Zhi knew that one of his elbows had brushed against flesh and was about to come out naturally. His elbow relaxed, his forearm stretched out, and with a swift motion, he grabbed towards the book that the monk had tucked into his bosom, which still had one corner exposed. The big monk dodged in time but couldn't completely avoid it, and Liu Zhi grasped the few pages of the book that were exposed. The monk immediately wrapped his hand around his bosom, and with a ripping sound, the last few pages were torn off by Liu Zhi. The monk was alarmed and about to rush over when suddenly the alarm bell rang loudly.

  It turned out that when Liu Zhi knew shouted, He Shu was startled awake and heard the sound from the study side, knowing that there might be someone sneaking into the house. The security of this villa area is much stronger than that of a small district, and there is an automatic alarm button in He Shu's room, which she immediately pressed. The security room of the villa area received the alarm immediately, and the security personnel rushed over quickly. At the same time, the alarm bell of the courtyard also rang out.

  The monk, upon hearing the alarm bell, immediately forgot about snatching the few pages of paper from Liu Zhi's hand. He rushed to the window in two strides, pressed against the windowsill, and leapt out into the wind, arriving at the edge of the courtyard wall in an instant. With a few swift steps, he sprang up like a monkey, using his hands and feet simultaneously, and scrambled up the vertical wall face with ease. Pressing his hand against the top of the wall, he flipped over it and escaped.

  Liu Zhi didn't chase after him, his feet were wearing slippers and couldn't catch up with the bald monk. Liu Zhi turned on the light and looked at the few pages of paper in his hand, the other party was actually looking for this book. Liu Zhi could recite the contents by heart, it was a residual volume that Liu Xing had obtained back then, recording the Five Ghosts Yin Soldiers Technique. However, the last few pages were in Liu Zhi's hands, and the front content had been stolen by the other party. Looking at the opponent's figure and bald head, Liu Zhi roughly knew who it was. Unexpectedly, a monk would come to steal this kind of side door technique. Liu Zhi shook his head, now the conditions for cultivating the technique were very difficult to meet, taking it away would only be a waste, let alone it was incomplete.

  Security personnel rushed over, but before they arrived, a masked bald man came running towards them. Even Liu Xiang would have been left in the dust. The leader shouted "Halt!" But the monk didn't even acknowledge him. A security guard tried to block his path with a baton, but was instantly knocked down by the monk's swift movements. He rushed past and the others chased after him, shouting. When they reached the wall, the monk showed off his wall-jumping skills again, leaving the security guards stunned and watching helplessly as he jumped over the wall.

  At this time, Liu Zhi and He Shu were both wearing good clothes, checking the scene with security personnel. Except for the study being turned over, the Buddhist hall was also turned over, but there was no loss except for a book. The security personnel found it strange that the thief came to steal books, which was indeed strange. Liu Zhi gently stroked a special ornament on his waist, with a strange smile on his face. Others did not notice this action, but the ornament on his waist was peculiar, made of five black jade stones and a kind of wood inlaid together. Others were unclear, but Liu Zhi knew that these five jade stones were soul-nourishing jade, and the wood was the heart of a hundred-year-old pagoda tree. The five ghosts refined by Liu Xing were stored inside.

  Although the surveillance also saw the monk, but after all, it was masked and there was no real evidence of who he was. Liu Zhi didn't say his guess, the nearby police station made a record, and the Liu family didn't suffer much loss. This matter temporarily came to an end, but the security patrol in the community strengthened its defense.

  On this side, there are worries about the property and security of the community. Liu Zhi has arrived in the remote mountainous areas at the junction of three provinces on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. He visited several schools in the mountains with a charity foundation's inspection team over the past few days. Liu Zhi had seen these schools' harsh conditions on TV before, but when he saw them in person, he was deeply shocked. They had just inspected an elementary school with only about 100 students. The school was built on a flat area on the mountain slope, with only four classrooms. Most of the windows were without glass, and newspaper was pasted on the windows instead. The first and second grades shared one classroom, while the third and fourth grades shared another. Only the fifth and sixth grades had their own separate classrooms. Inside the classrooms, the situation was even more dismal. The desks and chairs were in disarray, with different shapes and sizes. When asked about it, they found out that students brought their own furniture. Some had small stools paired with small short benches, while others had half-long benches paired with small short benches - all mismatched. Liu Zhi came from a wealthy family and was truly shocked by what he saw. He couldn't believe that such schools existed in China, and it wasn't just one school - they had seen several on their way here.

  The front of the classroom is a playground, which is just a flat piece of muddy ground. When it rains, it immediately becomes muddy and there are no sports facilities. Behind the classroom is the teachers' dormitory, several low and dilapidated houses that are smaller than the classrooms. Three of them are occupied by people, including the principal's couple and a teacher who came to support education. The other rooms are either empty or used for storing miscellaneous items. There is also a larger room that serves as the school canteen, where students bring their own lunch boxes to steam rice. Liu Zhi knew that the students' meals consisted of aluminum lunch boxes containing only rice and some soybeans, which they ate steamed with soybeans for nearly ten months out of the year. The school provided some vegetable soup, which was because the classrooms and dormitories formed a courtyard where some vegetables were grown by the principal's wife to alleviate the students' difficulties, allowing them to drink a bowl of thin vegetable soup in addition to their soybean rice. Some schools didn't even have this.

  There was a hint of modernity, with several electric wires leading up to the school, which had electricity and a telephone. Apart from that, there was no sign of modernity at all. Liu Zhi knew was puzzled and asked Sun Lao privately, who was a famous philanthropist named Sun Xianghe.

  "Didn't the country allocate funds?"

  Sun Lao saw that there was no one around and sighed, saying: "Xiao Liu, you're too young and don't quite understand some things about society. The country allocates funds, but most of it is intercepted and misused by some officials, and even ends up in their own pockets!"

  "Then nobody cares?"

  "Who is going to supervise? Who will be in charge and let them take care of themselves?"

  "Then is our charity fund also embezzled by them?"

  Sun nodded heavily, and Liu Zhi felt a burning sensation in his heart, saying: "Then what's the point of our charity?"

  "It's better to have a clear conscience, doing something is better than doing nothing!" Sun Lao's will also fell somewhat.

  "Is there no other way?"

  "Yes! Directly deliver the donated materials to the school, conduct regular inspections, and even send someone to stay at the school for a long time. Not only will you be teaching, but also supervising the use of the charity funds! Xiao Liu, are you interested in staying at this Mashazi School for a year? Although it's a poor place, it has beautiful scenery and simple folk customs, making it not a bad place to stay. Don't rush to refuse, think about it carefully. We'll take care of all the arrangements, and you can just stay as a volunteer. There are also several other schools nearby that you can supervise together. Of course, if you're not willing, that's understandable too, this is indeed a bit of an imposition!" Old Sun said with a stirring in his heart.

  "Then I'll consider it!" Liu Zhi knew, born in a big city, seeing the beautiful scenery here, he didn't rush around for work like ordinary graduates. Adding to that, there were some emotional things in the previous stage, and he was also moved by his grandfather's wishes, so he decided to take a break and do some charity work.

  "We'll be staying at Ma's Inn tonight, the conditions aren't great, but the scenery around here is nice, especially with a natural pit on the opposite mountain. I'm getting old and can't climb, Xiao Liu, it's still early now, after lunch you can go take a look, it's a rare sight!" Old Sun smiled as he recommended to Liu.

  Liu Zhi stood at the top of the mountain, gazing towards the horizon, where the continuous green mountains stretched out to the sky. A sense of grandeur arose in his heart, and he even felt an urge to traverse these mountains all the way to the horizon. He withdrew his gaze from afar and looked down at a nearby heaven pit. Indeed, it was one of the world's most spectacular sights. Below the mountain peak, the ridge stretched southward before suddenly dropping off, as if someone had dug away a chunk of earth. A deep, seemingly bottomless pit with a diameter of about 1-2 miles lay right beneath his eyes.

  Liu Zhi knew that he was the only one among his peers who were all middle-aged and above, and everyone was a bit tired. After lunch, they all went to rest. Liu Zhi came here alone under the guidance of local people, looked at how many miles away from the Tiankeng, and then came down from the peak, step by step towards the Tiankeng. He thought about going closer to take a good look. He knew that the Tiankeng was said to be caused by the long-term dissolution and erosion of the underground limestone rock layer by the underground dark river, resulting in the collapse of the ground surface. This Tiankeng didn't know how many years it had formed, and the vegetation at the bottom of the pit was very lush. From time to time, there was water vapor rising up, forming a white mist.

  Liu Zhi discovered that there were three people climbing up the mountain on the other side of the Tiankeng, heading towards the Tiankeng. One of them was carrying a backpack. A thought flashed through Liu Zhi's mind - probably some adventure-loving friends or something like that. To be honest, he envied that kind of life.

  The two parties walked in opposite directions, with Liu Zhi knowing from the top down, while the three of them were coming up from below. Liu Zhi arrived at the edge of the Tiankeng first, but where he stood was a steep and precipitous place. He stretched his head to look down, and it was so deep that he couldn't see the bottom. Standing on the edge of the cliff, Liu Zhi felt his legs trembling slightly, and his heart was filled with fear. He didn't dare to look anymore, and only after taking a few steps back from the edge of the Tiankeng did his fear subside slightly.

  Three men also came up, staring at Ryu Jae-hyun, their eyes not being kind. Ryu Jae-hyun couldn't help but frown secretly. One of them took out a photo from his pocket, looked at it, and then glanced at Ryu Jae-hyun again. A bad feeling rose in Ryu Jae-hyun's heart.

  "Boss, it seems like this is the one!" The person holding the photo said to the strongest of the three.

  That man took a glance at Liu Zhi-zhi and said: "Youngster! Are you Liu Zhi-zhi?" His accent was that of Suzhou.

  "Who are you?" Liu Zhi had a bad feeling and did not deny it, these three people seemed to be targeting him, and he became vigilant, his body like a leopard, his back slightly arched.

  "Kid, don't blame us, someone paid us to take you out. This is a good spot, are you going to jump yourself or do we need to stab you a few times and then throw you down?" The one called Lao Da said, as the person with the backpack pulled out three sharp knives from his bag and tossed them to the other two, throwing his own backpack aside, the three of them forming a triangle as they closed in.

  "Who invited you? Let me die in peace!" Yan Zhi became calm instead, the three of them surrounded him, he just needed to break through and leave the edge of the cliff, escaping shouldn't be a problem, this was something Yan Zhi still had confidence in.

  "It's..." The backpacker was about to say, but was interrupted by the boss: "Old Three, don't be chatty, kid. You can ask King Yan after you're dead!"

  Lao San was scolded by Lao Da and immediately shut up, his attention no longer scattered, his mind not on Liu Zhi for a moment. But at this time, Liu Zhi's mind was highly concentrated, seeing Lao San's distraction, he took advantage of the opportunity to rush in front of him. In the chaos, Lao San stabbed out with his knife, but Liu Zhi dodged and countered by grabbing Lao San's wrist, pulling him off balance and sending him tumbling out. The fight was far from over, as Liu Zhi followed up with a swift arc of his arm, flipping his hand over to strike the back of Lao San's head with the heel of his palm, a blow that could knock someone out cold.

  Unfortunately, this was at the edge of the cliff, Liu Zhi knew his back to the cliff, only three or four steps away from the cliff. Lao San fell out and was pulled back by Liu Zhi's hand, but then heard a miserable cry, falling off the cliff and plunging into the bottomless pit.

  It was a long story, but the whole process took only an instant, and before the other two could react, Lao San had already fallen off the cliff.

  "Old Three!" The two people were stunned at first, then their eyes turned red. However, Liu Zhi took advantage of this time to rush out and turn around. Now the situation was reversed, with the other two people standing on the edge of the cliff, while Liu Zhi stood in a safe position.

  "Little kid, I'll kill you!" First to rush up was Lao Er, waving the sharp knife in his hand. Liu Zhi knew then that he could put his heart at ease. The opponent looked very ferocious but didn't have any technique and wasn't a skilled fighter, merely relying on brute force.

  Liu Zhi didn't let the opponent off, and when the opponent stabbed him with a knife, Liu Zhi didn't dodge. He punched his fist onto the opponent's wrist, causing Second Brother's wrist to ache. Liu Zhi was indeed a master of Ming Jin, and at that moment, Second Brother felt like his arm wasn't his own. The knife in his hand immediately flew out.

  The knife flew out, and Liu Zhi's body had already rushed into the opponent's arms. A string of linked attacks, with elbows and fists, the sound of the opponent's bones breaking in his ears, and finally a palm cut to the opponent's throat. The second one fell to the ground unconscious, twitching a few times, apparently dead.

  In the blink of an eye, only one of the three people was left, and that was Lao Da, who had been forced to the edge of the cliff. A look of terror and incredulity appeared on his face.

  "Now, you can tell me, who sent you to kill me!" Liu Zhi said in a gloomy tone.

  "Want to know who asked me to come and kill you? Go ask King Yanluo!" The old man suddenly shouted, his hand flicked, and the sharp knife shot towards Shao Yan. Shao Yan swung his hand casually and knocked the knife flying. The old man pulled out a handgun from his bosom and laughed wildly: "No matter how good your martial arts are, you can't block bullets! I'm going to kill you and avenge my brother!"

  Liu Zhi didn't expect the other person to have a gun and was suddenly stunned. The big brother saw this and burst out laughing, but then started crying again, and then laughed again: "Second brother, third brother, I'm going to kill this little brat for you two!" He raised his head and stared into Liu Zhi's eyes, but in Liu Zhi's eyes, a strange light flashed: "Want to kill me? How ridiculous! You're using a poisonous snake as a gun! Scaring little kids!"

  The big brother took a look at his hand and found that it was indeed a venomous snake, so he let out a loud cry and threw the thing in his hand away.

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