NOVEL NEXT Chapter 269: Dragon Country Kung Fu
"Is there a problem?"
Zhong Ling's attractive eyes stared at Wang Ye as she rolled her eyes dramatically at him, "Don't talk nonsense; the cockpit is right ahead. How could there possibly be a problem with the cockpit."
"I just have a feeling; it's not certain that there is a problem."
That's what he said, but Wang Ye's expression was very serious. He stood up and said to Zhong Ling, "Stay here and wait for me; I'll go up front to check."
"Alright then."
Zhong Ling shrugged her shoulders, feeling that Wang Ye might have watched too many movies. Hijackings are things you see in movies and TV shows, but how could it really happen in real life?
Such incidents felt incredibly distant to her.
Just two or three minutes after Wang Ye left, the flight attendant's voice came on over the PA system:
"Dear passengers, our plane has been taken over by criminals; I hope..."
The flight attendant was probably trying to secretly inform the passengers, but she was cut off halfway by a voice demanding, "What are you doing? Shut off that microphone!"
"I hope everyone can be careful and prepare to respond."
Bang!
The flight attendant's trembling voice had just finished when a gunshot rang out.
Subsequently, only the crackling of electricity could be heard throughout the cabin's PA system.
This brief announcement, lasting less than a minute, contained significant changes in information.
Someone was hijacking the plane.
The perpetrators had guns.
The pilots were likely already taken hostage.
The flight attendant who just made the announcement might already be lying in a pool of blood.
All these pieces of information suddenly made the passengers on the plane anxious.
Although everyone had heard about plane crashes and hijackings on the news, and many had seen related movies or TV dramas or heard quite a bit about them,
it was still something they had only heard about.
Everyone felt such things were far away from themselves.
They never thought that one day it would happen to them.
So when they heard this news, some people in the cabin were immediately dumbfounded, sitting motionlessly in their seats with vacant eyes, not even knowing what to do next.
Others panic-strickenly ran up and down the aisles without a clear direction, as if this could alleviate the anxiety in their hearts.
But it was all in vain.
The cries of children, the complaints of adults, the whispers of despair, and the weeping of grown-ups echoed throughout the cabin.
Yet no one could come up with a solution to the problem.
Li Shuishui, God of Fortune Tang, and Zhao Tu emerged from their reading and glanced towards where Wang Ye had been sitting; they had been engrossed in their books and had not noticed when Wang Ye disappeared.
"Where's our teacher?"
Li Shuishui asked in Chinese.
"Master said there might be some problems upfront, so he went to check it out."
Zhong Ling's face looked terrible; she had not expected Wang Ye's words to be true.
And now, the others had guns; if they were capable of hijacking a plane, they were certainly not alone. Apart from silver needles, Wang Ye was unarmed.
But the key issue was...
The silver needles were utterly useless.
Would his mentor run into trouble?
Upon hearing that Wang Ye might be in danger, God of Fortune Tang immediately said, "No, we must go have a look. It would be terrible if something were to happen to our teacher."
"Forget it, don't go."
When Zhong Ling heard God of Fortune Tang's words, she shook her head.
Seeing that Zhong Ling would not allow him and the others to go, God of Fortune Tang looked at her in surprise and refused, "No! We can't disregard our teacher's safety. We must rescue him!"
With that, God of Fortune Tang headed straight toward the direction of the front cockpit.
Li Shuishui and Zhao Tu, seeing this, also wanted to go with God of Fortune Tang to rescue Wang Ye.
But Zhong Ling stepped forward and stopped God of Fortune Tang, Li Shuishui, and Zhao Tu.
Her defiant eyes fixed on the trio as she said, "None of you three are allowed to go!"
"Why?" God of Fortune Tang asked Zhong Ling, with a displeased tone in his voice.
Li Shuishui's eyes, brimming with exotic beauty, sized up Zhong Ling and spoke directly to her, "Zhong Ling, we usually call you 'Senior Sister' out of respect for you."
"But that doesn't mean we have to listen to you in everything."
"Our teacher has always been good to you, hasn't he?"
"Now that the teacher is in danger, it's one thing for you not to rescue him, but you can't stop us from going to save him, can you?"
Li Shuishui stared at Zhong Ling, her gaze filled with dissatisfaction.
"That's not what I mean."
Zhong Ling shook her head, "It's just that I feel in such a situation, what we should do is to be calm first, rather than rushing in blindly."
"If the teacher went alone, he must be confident. Our teacher is strong."
"But you don't know martial arts."
Zhong Ling assessed Li Shuishui and the others. After the initial panic, she had gradually calmed down, "I know the teacher's martial arts is top-notch. Even if he can't beat the opponent, he'll surely be able to escape."
Martial arts?
When Li Shuishui, God of Fortune Tang, and Zhao Tu heard the term "martial arts" from Zhong Ling's mouth, their eyes immediately lit up with intense interest.
"Is it the martial arts of Dragon Country?"
The martial arts of Dragon Country, whether within or outside the country, carry a profound allure and inspire longing.
This is especially true for people from other countries because, over recent years, as the culture of Dragon Country has spread abroad, its martial arts have acquired a mystical reputation among foreigners.
"Right."
Zhong Ling, seeing their excited faces, guessed their reasons and opportunistically confirmed.
Then, Zhong Ling continued speaking:
"But if you were to go, it would be a different story."
"Our teacher possesses the martial arts of Dragon Country. Even if he cannot overcome so many people alone, he can break free. But if you go, you'll just be causing trouble for him. Without knowing the martial arts of Dragon Country, you would be a hindrance to our teacher."
"Imagine, when the teacher is trying to retreat, he would also need to rescue you. Think about it—wouldn't that be a huge burden for him? Might it even result in him falling there while trying to protect you?"
"Without the teacher to act, it's not just us, even everyone in the cabin will be in mortal danger."
Zhong Ling convinced Li Shuishui, God of Fortune Tang, and Zhao Tu.
Though it could be said that Zhong Ling convinced the three of them, it was more that the impression of Dragon Country's martial arts was so profound in their hearts that they found it to be a magical thing.