Chapter 20: The world is difficult, and martial arts must fight Heavy frost fell at night and the leaves withered. After the shock of bandits breaking into the city and looting, a light snowfall like small silver beads began to fall from the sky. In the second half of the night on the second day, the snowflakes gradually became larger like willow catkins and poplar flowers, fluttering down. Inside the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts School, the charcoal fire was burning brightly. A pot of green onion stewed tofu was simmering on the stove, and the aroma was fragrant. On the side, Hu Xuezhi was enjoying the massage given to him by Tian Youji using the Golden Wind Palm to recover from his injuries, humming and sighing in comfort. “According to the eldest daughter of the Wang family who returned, the mysterious man who rescued her was very old, probably close to sixty years old. But he defeated three masters with one move, including Ding Ying and the other two bone-training masters. They are definitely strong men at the blood-exchanging level." "Unfortunately, this person is hard to find. Perhaps he is just a chivalrous man passing by. His strength may be stronger than you and me, but I don't know how he compares to Lord Lin from the Evil Suppression Division. By the way, half a day has passed, why hasn't Lord Lin returned yet?"
With a "pop" sound! Tian Youji slapped Hu Xuezhi on the back and said unhappily, "How should I know about the work of the Golden Sparrow Tiger Guards of the Evil Suppression Division? I don't know the exact time when Lord Lin came, and I can't say how he did things. Maybe he went to observe the stronghold of the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect." As he spoke, Tian Youji frowned, withdrew his hand, picked up the towel to wipe the medicine off his hands, walked to the window and looked outside. The white snowflakes floating down in the deep night also looked listless. He felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "You and I are both injured, and now we can only place our hopes on Lord Lin of the Evil Suppression Division to heal our wounds, tidy up the city, and do a good job of defense. If Lord Lin hasn't returned by tomorrow, I will personally lead a team out of the city to take a look!" After a night of rain and snow, every house in Linyuan City was dressed in white. The city wall stretched out like a giant white-backed snake into the gray twilight haze in the distance. In the main residence of the Chu family, on the bed in the bedroom, Chu Ge, with a flushed face, sat cross-legged and slowly finished his training. He practiced all night and refined four strands of strange powers, and felt that his energy and blood became more vigorous. When visualizing the Crouching Tiger Exercise, the Qi and Blood can condense into one-tenth of a tiger's head. Now you just need to cultivate your Qi and blood to the point where you can condense a complete tiger head, and then you will have entered the peak of the blood exchange realm. You can then try to gather the three flowers at the top of your head, light up your own spirituality, and break through to the power condensation realm. "Three thousand taels in exchange for the Crouching Tiger Kung Fu essence, it's worth it." "This world is a world of martial arts, and martial arts may eventually solve the mystery of my time travel. In my mind, only martial arts can lead to godhood! The left path is also a skill to protect the way, and other minor paths are just entertainment and pastime. " Chu Ge encouraged himself in his heart, opened his eyes, glanced at the two bed-warming maids, Xiao Chunhua and Xiao Baicui, who were sitting cross-legged without moving, and said lightly. "Still asleep?" "what!"
"Master, I understand!" The two maids rubbed their sleepy eyes, immediately got up, brought hot water and a brazier for heating in winter, and helped Chu Ge to dress and wash. After having breakfast. Chu Ge planned to go out and see the situation in the city. Bandits caused chaos yesterday, and it rained and snowed all night. I'm afraid life will become even more difficult for the common people. I don't know whether the officer from the Evil Suppression Bureau has successfully eliminated the bandit leader. The streets were covered with thick snow, and carriages had difficulty moving forward. Chu Ge did not plan to go through the trouble of riding in a sedan chair, so he called a few servants and went out to the street. As the day passed, many people appeared on the street, and it was no longer empty like yesterday. However, many people still have fear and lingering fear written on their faces. The bustling streets that used to be bustling with traffic are now deserted even by the hawking merchants. There were quite a few people gathered in front of the county government office, all asking about the bandits from yesterday. When they heard that all the bandits had been killed and that officials from the Evil Suppression Division had come to support them, cheers rang out from the yamen. Gradually, people started running around and calling each other, spreading the news, and the city seemed to slowly regain some vitality. "The execution of the bandit leader has not yet been announced. Could it be that Lord Lin from the Evil Suppression Division has not yet killed the Iron Plate Messenger?" Chu Ge stood at the door of Fulai Inn, thought about it, and decided not to go to Tian Youji immediately to ask for specific information. At least with Lord Lin from the Evil Suppression Bureau here, the city will be peaceful for a while. Chu Ge looked at the various people around him. The expressions of some neighbors had changed from being nervous at first to being relaxed now. He sighed inwardly. Ordinary people's definition of happiness is really simple. Perhaps just having a relatively comfortable environment to live a normal life is already a precious happiness for most ordinary people in this world. "The evil sect of Tiandi Xianghuo Sect has been able to commit crimes repeatedly in the Great Zhou without being destroyed. I'm afraid it's not just a sect. The current leader is just a Blood Exchange Envoy of the Fourth Realm of Martial Arts, who is called a mortal level. If he encounters a vicious criminal in the Force Condensation Realm, Although the city was temporarily safe, Chu Ge felt a sense of urgency in his heart again. He still needs to continue to improve his strength and strive to enter the state of condensed energy as soon as possible. Before that, try to keep a low profile and don't easily reveal your real identity to avoid trouble. After all, the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect has more than one stronghold, and there are definitely more powerful masters above the Iron Plate Messenger. After leaving the inn, Chu Ge went to Baolin Pavilion again and walked around the fishing area. Unfortunately, Baolin Hall closed down yesterday and has not yet reopened today. It is obvious that it is a frightened bird, so Chu Ge’s idea of purchasing some old items failed. There were many fishmongers selling fish at low prices in the fishing grounds, but there was not a single spirit fish. Helplessly, Chu Ge had no choice but to pick out two baskets of top-quality charcoal on the street for the winter. After telling the charcoal seller the location of his house, he turned around and went back home.
Now, there are only ninety-one strands of supernatural power stored in his dragon bell. This amount, apart from the daily loss of a bit of supernatural power to maintain the Red Scale Claw, is not enough for daily cultivation and is only enough to support about eighteen days. Not to mention that studying shadow puppets, shadow puppet lanterns and maintaining the Red Scale Claws also requires consumption of special powers. However, he couldn't buy any old items or rare treasures to refine his special powers for the time being. Fortunately, after Ding Ying and the other five people who were killed yesterday were sacrificed to Long Zhong, according to the strength of the warriors who trained their bones and flesh, they were able to transform more than fifty strands of strange power. This can also be considered a supplement. At this time, the bodies of the five people were lying quietly in the dragon bell. "Ding Ying: Introduction: (A warrior at the Bone Training Realm, a registered disciple of the Heaven and Earth Incense Sect, skilled in the Great Completion Snow Blade Technique and the Minor Completion Mandarin Duck Mutual Skill)." "Zhu Congxun: Introduction: (A martial artist at the Bone Training Realm, a registered disciple of the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect, skilled in Minor Breath Holding Technique, Minor Movement Technique, and Major Blood Shadow Palm)." "Mou Yungui, Xiang Cheng, Miao Zong: Introduction: (Martial artists in the Flesh Realm, omitted)" (End of this chapter)