"Done." Li Lin sheathed his sword with ease.
It seemed that the one who had just unleashed hundreds of sword strikes in a single breath was not him.
But Li Renyong, sitting cross-legged with something throbbing under his clothes, proved that this was not an illusion.
Yue Buqun activated his [Purple Cloud Art], his face turning purple, and his eyesight increased dramatically. "A sword's edge! The legendary sword's edge! And it's as fine as a hair, yet it didn't harm Master Li in the slightest... what is going on?"
Everyone knew, of course, that the Master Li mentioned by Yue Buqun was Li Renyong.
But his face still showed disbelief.
They also caught a glimpse of the fleeting streak of light that had just bloomed in Li Lin's hand.
If Li Lin were to unleash a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand sword strikes in a single breath, based on their perception of him as a divine being, this would be nothing.
However, if at the same time the sword tip also possessed the legendary sword light capable of shattering gold and jade, and not even a hole was left on Li Renyong's body, then...
They didn't even dare to think about it.
After all, Li Renyong was just a mortal, and the Daoist robe he wore was made of ordinary cotton cloth, not a divine silkworm robe worn by an indestructible body.
However.
What surprised them even more was what happened next.
Ah--!
With a loud Li Renyong, the strange phenomenon on his body disappeared, and he leaped upwards before striking the ground with his palm.
A thunderclap suddenly appeared out of nowhere!
The area, spanning ten zhang in circumference, was neatly divided into nine pieces.
Li Renyong executed a graceful somersault, landing lightly, and stared in shock at the hand that had delivered the terrifying blow. "What the hell?"
Nine is the highest number in the "Heart-Shattering Palm" technique. Nine hidden forces are contained within the palm, and the best outcome is to destroy an object by nine parts with a single strike.
And he achieved it so easily.
It also possesses the ability of internal vision.
The needle-like pain emanating from various acupoints has disappeared, replaced by points of light that are bright but not intense, gentle but not weak.
His originally weak internal energy grew stronger with each point of light it passed, and when it flowed from the [Shanzhong] acupoint near his heart, it would disappear into thin air, and then surge out from the five acupoints of Neiguan, Divine Gate, Xinshu, Shanzhong and Juque, becoming much stronger, as if it had completed another cycle of circulation back to the dantian.
"You noticed?" Li Lin said with a smile, "I slightly modified the [Heart-Shattering Palm]."
"Most Qi cultivation methods begin with Refining Essence to Qi into Qi, but I insist on doing it the other way around. Qi enters the heart chamber and transforms into essence, then follows the blood and transforms into Qi, thus creating a continuous cycle."
"The heart is the sovereign organ, from which the spirit emerges. How can the heart not serve as a second dantian?"
"Remember this, the essence of my [Heart Force] lies in using one's own heart to destroy another's heart."
"Those who come later, without my help, must disperse their Qi in their hearts, with the heart as the primary focus and the Dantian as secondary. Only when the blood is as fine as lead and mercury and the Qi Flowing Through the Body can they regain their Qigong skills and use Qi to defend themselves against enemies."
"Otherwise, you'll only end up hurting yourself first."
Li Lin's change was actually quite ingenious. Li Renyong's astonishing internal energy was not transmitted by Li Lin, but rather he forcibly stimulated Li Renyong's life potential with the sword's light, and by dispersing the energy in his heart, he kept his body in a Schrödinger's cat state of being about to be injured but not yet injured.
At the same time, qi and blood are mutually exchanged, so you can make up for the deficiency by eating more.
The translation is. "Grand-disciple, I've applied for a loan for you. You are both the borrower and the creditor. Remember to eat well and pay off the interest as soon as possible. You don't need to repay the principal; it's already in your hands."
"Yes, Grandmaster." Li Renyong nodded.
Everyone around him looked at him with envy.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he went from a mediocre Daoist priest to a master even more powerful than Yu Canghai.
Even though Yue Buqun was extremely composed before slaughtering the chicken, he couldn't help but feel a moment of disorientation.
Lao De Nuo immediately realized, "I wonder if Immortal Li has a place to stay? My Songshan Mountain also has several villas in Fuzhou."
"I—" Yue Buqun wanted to reply, but the fact that his Huashan sect was not as wealthy and powerful as Songshan sect left him speechless.
"Young Master Li, although my Fuwei Escort Agency dares not claim to be magnificent, looking across Fuzhou, even the government offices and official residences cannot compare to the elegance and refinement of my Lin family mansion," Lin Pingzhi quickly said.
"Okay." Li Lin nodded.
——
In front of the vermilion gate of Fuwei Escort Agency.
"May I, Sect Leader Li, and Pingzhi go first? Oh, and Renzhi, you come too. Just in case Chief Escort Lin is being disrespectful to Young Master Li," Yue Buqun said hurriedly.
Ren Zhi was merely a man of Fang Renzhi; his martial arts skills were only slightly inferior to those of the Qingcheng Four Beauties.
Lao De Nuo has left Fuzhou City. Although he didn't want to, and even wanted to desperately stay by Li Lin's side, he had no choice but to do so because Yue Buqun was by his side.
The Qingcheng disciples followed Li Lin closely. Apart from a few unlucky ones who were left to guard the corpses of Yu Canghai and the other four, the rest of them served him diligently, their eyes filled with the desire to become the next Li Renyong.
Upon hearing Yue Buqun's words, the Qingcheng disciples were indignant.
"Sect Leader Yue, are we going to leave our patriarch here?"
"Outrageous? I dare him!"
"Master Yue, you are worrying too much. You have never seen the flattery of the bodyguard he sent. I am tired of all his courtesy."
"It's alright, Lingshan and I will look around Fuzhou first." Li Lin said this.
The Qingcheng disciples fell silent, wishing they could be born as women.
Yue Lingshan blushed slightly, while Yue Buqun's face lit up with joy.
"Let's go." Li Lin took Yue Lingshan's small hand and disappeared at the end of the road.
In his view, Yue Buqun was actually very wise.
In the original timeline, Lin Zhennan was a very funny person.
On the one hand, he knew that his family's escort agency was not worthy of being associated with the Five Peaks Sword Sects, and he also knew that his kung fu was inferior to that of his father and grandfather.
But on the other hand, he is extremely confident.
He believed that his ten escort agencies and eighty-four escort leaders each had their own specialties, and that if they were all gathered together, they could even challenge Shaolin and Wudang.
The reason for not fighting is that we believe there would be no benefit in winning. Our family is in business, and we believe that harmony brings wealth. Being inferior to others is not necessarily a bad thing.
In short, before being hit by reality, he was the kind of guy who appeared very polite but was actually quite arrogant inside.
His wife, Madam Wang, had an even fiery temper. She believed that the Lin family and the Golden Knife Wang family were not afraid of Qingcheng at all, and said that she would take people directly to Qingcheng to reason with them.
Lin Zhennan also used his father-in-law's "Bixie Swordplay" as his trump card.
In the original world line, all the bodyguards were killed and he escaped with his wife, but he still did not panic.
It wasn't until he saw Fang Renzhi, a disciple of Qingcheng, practicing the Bixie Swordplay that his fighting spirit vanished and he surrendered without resistance.
Otherwise, given his martial arts skills and his desire to escape, those Qingcheng disciples wouldn't have been able to stop him at all.
Even with his swordsmanship mastered by his opponent and the initiative gained, he was still evenly matched with Yu Renhao, one of the Qingcheng Four Beauties, and even had a slight advantage.
For someone who has always lived a life of luxury, this is already quite good.
Chang Qingzi and Lin Yuantu enemies.
Yu Canghai was a disciple of Chang Qingzi and of the same generation as Lin Zhennan's father.
To be honest, Lin Zhennan is not the same age as Yue Buqun and Yu Canghai, as the actor cast in the TV series.
She was only in her early thirties, but she got married and had children very early.
He was an opponent of the same age, level, and generation Yu Renhao, but the latter still practiced swordsmanship every day, unlike him who had a wife and children and a warm bed, and had almost given up martial arts.
If Yu Canghai's son hadn't been killed by Lin Pingzhi, his act of taking revenge on Lin Zhennan with his disciples would have been somewhat like bullying the weak and lacked legitimacy.
Even Yue Buqun from the original timeline said that if Yu Canghai wanted to avenge his master, he should seek revenge on Lin Yuantu's son, Lin Zhongxiong. It's strange that he only sought revenge now.
Therefore, at this moment, in the front hall of the Fuwei Escort Agency.
Lin Zhennan treated Yue Buqun with the respect due to a junior. When he learned that his son had been chosen by Huashan, he was overjoyed, but he was not as excited as he was when he was down on his luck in the original timeline.
People from countries that are clearly from third-world countries are admitted to prestigious universities in developed countries, yet they behave as if they have been admitted to the top university in their own country.
Yue Buqun was not surprised; he had expected it. This was the real reason why he had Li Lin come later. Lingshan's matter was just an unexpected bonus.
He glanced at Fang Renzhi and reminded him to do as the two of them had agreed before.
"I am Fang Renzhi of the Qingcheng Sect. I have come to seek your guidance in order to avenge my ancestor, Chang Qingzi," Fang Renzhi said.
"Human intelligence?" Lin Zhennan looked smug, thinking he had seen through everything.
Since it was a disciple of the "Ren" generation, not the leader of the Qingcheng Sect, who made the move, and he had already received a reply informing him that the Qingcheng Sect had accepted his gifts, he mistakenly thought this was a way to make connections.
Lin Pingzhi didn't say anything. To get his father to adopt the right attitude, he had to make him realize his true abilities.
Martial Arts Stage.
"Come on." Lin Zhennan drew his sword.
Fang Renzhi pressed his sword sheath, and with a clang, the longsword was drawn. He said, "Chief Escort Lin, please."
"Your skill is quite good." Lin Zhennan said in surprise.
He thought to himself, "Although they are still some distance from me, they are not far off. Could it be that their martial arts are even stronger than the Qingcheng Four Beauties, but they are just focused on practicing martial arts and therefore not famous?"
With that in mind, he stopped being so arrogant.
With a flick of the sword tip, the longsword swung horizontally, executing a move from the Bixie Swordplay called "All Evils Repelled".
Seeing the Fang Renzhi of his attack, Fang Renzhi dodged it.
Before Lin Zhennan had even finished his first move, he launched his second move, Zhong Kui Selects Eyes of his sword aimed straight at his opponent's eyes. Fang Renzhi ducked and thrust his sword upwards at an angle.
Lin Zhennan changed his move, transforming his forward thrust, "Flying Swallow Pierces Willow," into a downward-sloping "Meteor Falls." Fang Renzhi raised his sword to block, and with a clang, both of their arms jolted.
Lin Zhennan thought to himself, "This martial arts skill is only slightly inferior to mine?"
Little did he know that in the original timeline, only Yu Renhao, one of the Qingcheng Four Beauties, was someone he could be impressed by and who he believed he could handle.
However, at this moment he had to deal with Fang Renzhi, who had seen Li Lin Yu Canghai practice the [Nieyun Swordplay Fang Renzhi.
Although the [Pine Wind Swordplay] is mainly characterized by its strength and lightness, striving to be as strong as a pine tree and as light as the wind, it is also in line with the [Nieyun Swordplay].
Therefore, Fang Renzhi began to incorporate Lightness Skill- footed skills into his responses.
Sometimes he crouches low, sometimes he leaps high, sometimes he conceals his sword, and sometimes he opens an opening to lure the enemy in.
This caused Lin Zhennan, who was already a step ahead, to have a dense layer of fine sweat on his forehead.
The swordplay became increasingly unnatural, with unexpected moves appearing one after another.
However, after this disorganized approach, he actually came to be on par with Fang Renzhi.
Yue Buqun's eyes twitched, and his heart trembled. "The Sword Sect is heretical!"
He had expected Fang Renzhi to win the battle and gain the upper hand.
However, now...
The outcome remains uncertain.
Lin Zhennan was overjoyed. "So this is how it works! The Purple Qi from the East can be linked with the Straight to the Yellow Dragon. I can also incorporate the Heaven-Turning Palm technique into my swordplay. Could it be that the combination of the Bixie Swordplay Technique, the Heaven-Turning Palm, and the Silver Feather Arrow is the true Evil- Bixie Swordplay?"
"That's not right either. I've seen my grandfather wield a sword before, but I've only ever seen the flash of the sword."
Despite his doubts, Lin Zhennan, coordinating with the [Silver Feather Arrow]'s wrist flicking and arm movement, ended the battle with a move from the [Bixie Swordplay] called [Sweeping Away Demons].
With a snap, Fang Renzhi's sword fell to the ground.
Lin Zhennan sheathed his sword. "Nephew, your martial arts are astonishing. I only managed to win by chance because I performed exceptionally well. Qingcheng truly lives up to its reputation as a martial arts school in western Sichuan."
Fang Renzhi picked up the sword and knelt down before Li Renyong, saying, "Sect Leader, Renzhi has disappointed you."
In the plan, he was supposed to beat Lin Zhennan.
At the same time, he was extremely grateful for Li Lin's appearance.
If it weren't for him, Lin Zhennan, who was just as capable as he usually was, would probably have already become a dead soul under his senior brother's sword.
It's good that Yu Canghai died!
Watching from the sidelines, Lin Pingzhi muttered to himself, "Indeed, this is the right path that our great-grandfather planned for us. The Silver Feather Arrow can not only be used for surprise attacks and long-range throwing, but its power-manipulation method can also increase sword speed."
"The Heaven-Turning Palm can even be used in conjunction with a sword."
"Great-grandfather's intentions were truly profound; we, his descendants, will surely benefit from them."
Just as Lin Zhennan was about to be amazed by Yu Canghai's youthful appearance, as he looked like a teenager despite his advanced age, he overheard Lin Pingzhi's words.
"Pingzhi, you must have been guided by Abbot Yu. I only just discovered this secret myself."
He was deeply moved.
Once upon a time, he thought that the "Heaven-Turning Palm" and "Silver Feather Arrow" were just basic martial arts techniques to use when he didn't have a sword, and that the "Bixie Swordplay" was just a beginner's guide.
But now.
These two things seem to be more complicated than he thought.
"I, Zhennan, will never forget your great kindness and virtue, Master." Lin Zhennan bowed to Li Renyong, then, seeing the astonished look on his face, turned to Yue Buqun, "If it weren't for Sect Leader Yue? Zhennan has been impolite, I—"
Not wanting his father to lose face again, Lin Pingzhi quickly interrupted, choosing to lay everything out in the open.
The connection between the Bixie Swordplay and the Sunflower Manual.
The feud between Huashan, Qingcheng, Fuwei Escort Agency.
Everything that happened at the tavern outside the city.
Yue Buqun and Li Renyong occasionally chimed in with their words. Li Renyong even swung his palm at a stone lock, splitting it into nine pieces as evidence.
By the time Lin Zhennan figured all this out, it was almost dusk.
"Quickly send someone to invite Immortal Li." Lin Zhennan seemed to wake from a dream.
"I have already sent someone to invite him," Fang Renzhi said. "But the patriarch said that he also wants to stroll through the night market with Miss Yue."
"Miss Yue?" Lin Zhennan noticed the undisguised joy on Yue Buqun's face and immediately regretted his actions.
Frustrated, he thought, "Pingzhi, you're more delicate than many girls, so why aren't you a girl? Oh well, I guess I've figured out where the real [Bixie Sword Manual] is. I'll make sure Pingzhi practices it properly."
Lin Pingzhi suddenly realized: What's going on? I suddenly need to go to the toilet. I haven't been drinking much alcohol or tea today, have I?
Late at night.
A man in black knocked on the back gate of the security company.
"It's me."
"Please come in, sir."
The man in black had a bulging bag in his arms, and he hurriedly went inside.
The room was brightly lit. Lin Pingzhi stood not far from the entrance, his gaze fixed intently on the man in black. "Father, where is the sword manual?"
The man in black pulled off his mask, revealing himself to be Lin Zhennan. "It was indeed at the old house in Xiangyang Lane. I didn't even have time to check before I rushed back."
As he spoke, he spread the contents of his arms out on the table.
It was a kasaya, covered with countless characters written on it.
The two approached, their faces suddenly turning deathly pale, and they simultaneously uttered, "To become the supreme master of the martial world, one must castrate oneself with a sword!"