"What’s going on here?"
Old man Xu looked at the ss in Zhong Lin’s house, sowhat dumbfounded.
Just yesterday, the house was perfectly fine. Now it looks like a disaster has struck.
"I was practicing martial arts last night and this happened by accident."
Zhong Lin replied casually and openly.
Old man Xu instantly got so angry that his qi-blood surged, and he shouted angrily, "Couldn’t you practice outside? The courtyard is so big, why did you have to practice inside the house?"
"You just don’t understand!"
Zhong Lin feigned disdain and said, "Martial Artists don’t just practice moving skills; at a certain level, they start practicing stillness skills."
"Are you taking advantage of the fact that I don’t practice martial arts? Middle Third Grade Martial Artists typically practice Pile Skill, refining qi-blood, which wouldn’t cause such a big fuss. I think you, kid..."
"Oh, you’re getting more stingy as you get older. I’ll tidy up later. It’s just so tables and chairs! I’m hungry, what’s for breakfast?"
With that, he dragged old man Xu out of the room, not giving him a chance to speak further.
Before they’d even had breakfast, i Haiming ca with a big pile of gifts, only to be chased away by Zhong Lin.
He couldn’t be bothered to deal with him.
"Zhong Lin, that’s the county magistrate."
Old man Xu was still a bit bewildered. The county magistrate personally visiting first thing in the morning, only to be driven away without even stepping inside, shattered his perception of the world.
"I know!"
Zhong Lin said casually while munching on a large at bun.
"Then why did you..."
"I told you but you wouldn’t believe . I’m really powerful now. Not to ntion the magistrate, even the princess would have to bow to and serve with good food and drink."
"Ha, you really start boasting when soone praises you."
"Forget it if you don’t believe ."
Zhong Lin took a big gulp of millet porridge. This porridge had been simred for a long ti, forming an oily layer on top, making it deliciously fragrant and tasty.
"So, what did the county magistrate want with you?"
"He wanted to help him out. Don’t worry, it’s no problem, just a rat I can crush easily with my hand."
"Alright! It’s good if you’re aware."
Old man Xu didn’t ask further because when it ca to Zhong Lin, he was at complete ease. Whether it was their previous collaboration in selling dicine or his protection of their family, Zhong Lin always demonstrated maturity far beyond his age.
After quickly finishing his breakfast, he got up, went back to his room to tidy up a bit, and continued to ditate and cultivate.
The "Five Elents Mixed Essence Skill" had such an excellent effect on breaking through the ridians, so naturally Zhong Lin didn’t want to waste ti. He wanted to complete the cultivation of the Eight Extraordinary ridians as soon as possible.
Ti passed leisurely.
Except for occasionally going out, Zhong Lin spent all his other ti cultivating in his room.
No effort goes unrewarded, and in just seven days, Zhong Lin had opened the Yang Wei ridian and Dai ridian, advancing his cultivation to the ninth layer of the ridian Passage.
The Yang Wei ridian is one of the Eight Extraordinary ridians, with "Wei" aning to connect and maintain. The Yang Wei ridian functions to connect all the yang ridians of the body, collaborating with the Yin Wei ridian to help accumulate qi-blood.
It starts at the outside of the heel, moving upwards past the outer ankle, along the Foot Shaoyang ridian to the hip joint, up the side of the chest to the shoulder, forehead, and the back of the neck, rging with the Du ridian, with a total of sixteen acupoints.
The Dai ridian is also one of the Eight Extraordinary ridians; however, unlike other ridians that run up and down, the Dai ridian runs horizontally, like a belt constricting heavy ridians, with three points on each side, totaling six acupoints.
The activation of these two ridians caused Zhong Lin’s abilities to surge by several folds, with his inner breath traveling through his ridians at a vastly increased speed.
"Now there are only the Chong ridian and the governor and conception vessels left. In a month, I must complete the cultivation of the ridian Passage Scripture."
Zhong Lin’s face was full of joy, especially feeling the constantly growing power, which filled him with a sense of satisfaction.
"Tomorrow is the execution day for that so-called Second Master, ti to stretch a bit."
...
Early the next morning, the sounds of gongs echoed through the streets and alleys.
This was a common tactic used by the governnt office, whenever there was an execution event at the execution ground, to remind the townspeople to co and watch, with at least one person per household required to attend.
The purpose is clear: it’s to kill a chicken to warn the monkeys, telling people not to break the law, or else the person above is their future.
Old man Xu was in the pharmacy, Xiu was in the school, and Zhong Lin held back Mrs. Xu, stepping out of the courtyard and following the crowd towards the execution ground in West City.
When Zhong Lin arrived at the execution ground, a large crowd had already gathered, and there were so small-ti vendors weaving through the crowd, selling sunflower seeds and peanuts. For them, a crowd ant business.
On the execution ground, two constables were pressing down the disheveled Qi Feihu, kneeling in the direction of the southern crowd, with a yoke on his shoulder and a stick bound to his mouth, like an animal.
Even so, Qi Feihu was making muffled sounds, his blood-red eyes filled with ferocity and nace.
He refused to kneel when first brought in, until Chief Arrest Officer Xue stepped forward and broke two of his leg bones with a kick.
"Finally going to die, that damned thing."
"Yeah! I say beheading is too lenient, he should be sliced into a thousand pieces."
"I agree, this Qi Feihu has committed all sorts of cris, killing and burning, countless people must have died at his hands. My wife’s second uncle on her mother’s side was killed by them too. Such a nice family! Just because Qi Feihu found their daughter pretty, he kidnapped her that night and killed her entire family."
"Um... And what about the girl?"
Soone asked curiously.
"She died the next day, after being tortured the whole night, she threw herself into a well."
"Sigh! He deserves to die."
"Deserves it."
i Haiming glanced at the sky, then at the nearby Zhong Lin, finally calming his nerves.
He pulled out a death warrant from the tube in front of him, threw it forcefully at the ground, and shouted, "It’s noon. Verify identity and execute."
With this command, Qi Feihu on the execution ground struggled even more, but with his mouth gagged, he couldn’t cry out.
The bare-chested executioner raised a bowl of wine, gulped it down, then sprayed it onto the Ghost Head Blade in his hand.
He stepped towards Qi Feihu’s side, raising the Ghost Head Blade high, its sharp light dazzling in the sunlight.
The burly arm swung down with force, the blade landing heavily on Qi Feihu’s neck.
Suddenly, a cold light streaked across from afar, revealed to be a Flying Stone, targeting the executioner’s head with such speed that it was almost instantaneous, and if it hit, the executioner’s head would explode on site like a waterlon.
In the crowd, Zhong Lin naturally saw this scene too. He flicked his finger and a burst of energy shot out from his fingertip, colliding with the stone in midair.
With a muffled sound, the stone shattered on the spot.
Then a cheer erupted from the crowd, as Qi Feihu’s head flew high into the air, with a stream of blood gushing from his neck.
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