Purple Cloud Void Scripture

The voice came abruptly, making Er Gou's heart tighten. He subconsciously looked up.

He saw a masked person sitting there, unmoving, letting the rain fall on them.

"You... Who are you?"

Er Gou hadn't expected to see another person when he woke up.

But he was cautious... His experiences left him no choice but to be cautious.

Tang Xi was like a vengeful spirit crawling out of hell. Ever since he met him, his life seemed to be filled only with despair and hatred.

He found it hard to believe that a kind stranger would suddenly appear to help him.

"I am an assassin."

The person's reply made Er Gou's heart clench, as if a sharp blade had already aimed at his heart.

With just a thought, he could be killed by the other party.

But in the next moment, his spirit was invigorated.

An assassin... wouldn't an assassin kill people as a matter of course?

However, his revitalized spirit seemed to be extinguished by the rain. He gave a bitter smile:

"I... don't have money."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly looked up at Chu Qing:

"However, if you can really help me kill him, I can give you my life!!"

After saying that, he nervously watched the person on the wall.

He didn't know if the other party would turn and leave after hearing this, or if they would be enraged and kill him on the spot.

After all, this looked like a con.

To his surprise, the person suddenly burst into laughter, then said in a deep voice:

"It's a deal!"

"What?"

Er Gou was stunned. He agreed?

"Tell me your address. After the deed is done, your life belongs to me.

"But before that, I need you to explain the entire sequence of events to me in detail!"

The rain was heavier than expected.

By the time Chu Qing returned to the inn, the outside was already a mess.

He asked the innkeeper for a bucket of hot water and took a good bath. His mind replayed Er Gou's words.

The entire process was similar to what Chu Qing had guessed.

Er Gou said that Tang Xi didn't know them at first. He had only seen them on the street, and that night his fiancée was abducted.

He searched frantically for several days, only to find a mangled corpse at the town's monument.

Full of despair, he didn't know what to do.

He intended to die for love, but then... Tang Xi appeared.

Tang Xi told him how the girl was captured and how she died, explaining every detail clearly. This enraged Er Gou, and he immediately wanted to rush forward for revenge.

Unfortunately, he knew no martial arts. Besides being beaten by Tang Xi, he gained nothing.

But from that day on, he had one obsession: to kill Tang Xi!

He pursued him, he tried, all the way until now.

The despair today was too heavy, suffocating him. He had tried every method, but none succeeded.

He was tired, he wanted to die... but Tang Xi appeared again.

Every time he wanted to die, Tang Xi would appear and recount how he had persecuted the girl, as if reciting a cherished tale, thus dispelling his suicidal thoughts and intensifying his hatred.

"It's the [Hate Heart Demonic Art]..."

Chu Qing softly murmured, climbed out of the tub, changed his clothes, and sat cross-legged on the bed.

With a thought, the System panel appeared.

[Assassin System]

[Host: Chu Qing]

[Current Commission: Assassinate Tang Xi, Young Master of Luoyu Hall (Incomplete)]

[One unopened Martial Arts Treasure Chest, open it?]

"Open."

Chu Qing rubbed his hands together and spoke softly.

He prayed inwardly, hoping for a good reward this time, otherwise, the next target would be quite difficult to kill.

[Opening successful, obtained Internal Energy Technique: Purple Cloud Divine Skill!]

Chu Qing's eyes immediately lit up:

"Purple Cloud Divine Skill!"

Among the nine great skills of Mount Hua, Purple Cloud was the first!

This was definitely something worth having!

At the same time, a surge of Internal Energy suddenly erupted from beside his dantian. Before Chu Qing could even feel it carefully, the Internal Energy of the Void Scripture began to stir, directly pouncing towards the Internal Energy of the Purple Cloud Divine Skill.

These two streams of Internal Energy suddenly began to fight within his body.

Chu Qing could attest that the Void Scripture had made the first move, but the Purple Cloud Divine Skill was not to be outdone.

This was no small matter; a change in Internal Energy, if not handled carefully, could lead to injury or even death.

While circulating his Internal Energy, Chu Qing accepted the various incantations for the Purple Cloud Divine Skill that appeared in his mind, all the while cursing inwardly.

"The Void Scripture is a Daoist martial art, and the Purple Cloud Divine Skill is also a Daoist martial art.

"Can't two Daoist martial arts coexist peacefully?

"Why did they suddenly start fighting?

"They say the orthodox Daoist sects are upright and peaceful... this doesn't seem very peaceful!"

He used his mind for three purposes, attempting to quell the two streams of Internal Energy and stop their fight.

But it was no use. He then began trying to merge the two streams of Internal Energy.

As soon as he attempted this, a prompt appeared before his eyes.

[Purple Cloud Divine Skill and Void Scripture are incompatible, Internal Energy fusion commencing!]

With this prompt, Chu Qing found that the two previously incompatible streams of Internal Energy suddenly showed signs of compatibility.

In a moment of inspiration, he sat down cross-legged, his mind filled with the Internal Energy cultivation methods of both the Purple Cloud Divine Skill and the Void Scripture. Simultaneously, new incantations, born from both, began to emerge in his heart.

Within a stick of incense, the two streams of Internal Energy within his body were already intertwined.

[Fusion successful!]

Only then did Chu Qing breathe a sigh of relief, secretly feeling fortunate that he had the patience to wait until he reached the inn before opening the treasure chest.

If he had been in the wilderness, within that single stick of incense, even a three-year-old child passing by could have taken his life.

He did not open his eyes, as a large amount of Internal Energy still needed to be consolidated. Following the incantations, he guided his Qi, allowing the Internal Energy to circulate through his Meridians. His body would occasionally tremble as he opened a new acupoint.

For a time, Chu Qing, sitting cross-legged, had his robes fluttering without wind and his hair flying. A faint purple hue flickered between the slits of his tightly closed eyes.

More than an hour later, Chu Qing suddenly opened his eyes. Two streaks of purple light flashed and disappeared from his pupils, and his surging Internal Energy caused the bed curtains to vibrate.

The window was even pushed open with a whoosh.

As Chu Qing brought his hands together and slowly pressed them down, he gathered all his Internal Energy back into his dantian.

Only then did he exhale, his eyes filled with joy:

"In just one hour, I've already opened the Ren and Du Meridians. If others knew, wouldn't they be astonished!?

"However, this Internal Energy technique, fused from the Void Scripture and the Purple Cloud Divine Skill, has not yet reached its peak."

His joy subsided slightly, and Chu Qing carefully sensed the differences between the two secret manuals, quickly gaining enlightenment:

"Ultimately, the Purple Cloud Divine Skill emphasizes 'usage' rather than 'accumulation of Internal Energy.' What I obtained from the System should be the perfected Purple Cloud Divine Skill.

"After the fusion, with the Internal Energy from these two, this Internal Energy technique has been pushed to the seventh level.

"From now on, usage and accumulation are integrated, and every movement is filled with profound meaning.

"This martial art is neither purely the Void Scripture nor purely the Purple Cloud Divine Skill.

"Why not call it the [Purple Cloud Void Scripture]."

ps: I've been reading your comments these past two days and know you're eager for the protagonist to open the treasure chest and get rewards, but please don't rush... the plot arrangement is fine, and I'm not dragging out the opening of the chest. After all, I've already written out the martial arts in the chest, so there's no need to delay.

From the protagonist's perspective, it's only been half a day since he received the reward.

He killed Xin Youhen in the afternoon and then immediately killed Bai Qi.

Later, he returned to the city, met Er Gou, accepted a new quest, and returned to the inn to open the treasure chest, which is completely logical.

The reason it feels like I'm dragging it out is mainly due to the infrequent updates. If it were like when the book goes on sale, with 10,000 updates per day, this would have been updated in two days.

This is the helplessness of the new book period, so please be patient.

Thank you all~~~