Poison Dragon Palm
This mission is difficult. It requires infiltrating the True Martial Pavilion's territory, taking down a Golden Gold Token, and carefully gauging the situation to avoid killing him.
Even if he succeeds, he will still have to find a way to escape from the True Martial Pavilion's territory.
Even if he escapes, the True Martial Pavilion will still investigate, forcing him to hide and flee. Once caught, he will surely die.
But he had no choice; his practice of poisonous arts had gone wrong, and only Song Heilong had the antidote.
"Lin Qing's strength is at the early to mid-stage of the Transcendent Realm, let's say he's at the mid-stage of the Transforming Force Realm. I'm also at the mid-stage of the Transforming Force Realm, but I have over fifty years of practical experience, so testing the strength of a nineteen-year-old boy shouldn't be difficult." The Old Man Hundred Poisons quickly made up his mind.
The next day.
Night falls.
Lin Qing stayed at home and never went out, only practicing the Tathagata Fist Manual over and over again.
Even if he wanted to practice, he wouldn't be able to achieve anything significant in just one day; he could only adjust his mindset and maintain his touch.
After practicing for an hour, feeling slightly tired, I got up and went back to my room. I sat on a chair by the window, brewed a cup of tea, took a small sip, and felt the bitter taste linger in my mouth.
Suddenly, Lin Qing sensed something, abruptly opened his eyes, and felt a sense of malice coming from outside the house.
"Hmm? Inside the Soul-Calming Office's headquarters, who harbors such malice towards me? Could it be Luo Tai?"
Lin Qing didn't make a sound, but he was silently circulating his energy. Bloodflame Force flowed around his body, and his blood and qi burned rapidly. Suddenly, a tremendous force was brewing in his body.
He was waiting, waiting for the assassin lurking in the shadows to make his move.
After waiting for fifteen minutes, the other party still did not move, and Lin Qing frowned.
He decided not to wait any longer and went out on his own initiative, using himself as bait to lure the man into making a move.
With a creak, Lin Qing pushed open the door and stepped out.
At that very moment, a figure suddenly descended from the sky. It was none other than the long-dormant Old Man Hundred Poisons a Hundred Poisons. He had been pondering a question: how to test Lin Qing's strength? He couldn't kill him, but he also couldn't let himself get entangled. This was the True Martial Pavilion's territory. Once the commotion of the fight got out, a large number of Constable would immediately rush over.
Therefore, after much deliberation, the Old Man Hundred Poisons decided to go all out, launch a sneak attack, cripple Lin Qing in one move, and then use bone-reading to determine his cultivation level.
Generally speaking, Martial Artist's strength is directly related to the hardness of their bones.
In the blink of an eye, the Old Man Hundred Poisons leaped down, his palm aimed straight at Lin Qing's back.
In that instant, Lin Qing suddenly turned around, raised his hand, and threw a punch, unleashing the Tathagata Fist Manual the Tathagata Fist Sutra. He fully mobilized his strength, charging straight at the Old Man Hundred Poisons with overwhelming momentum.
Bang!
Fist and palm collided, Old Man Hundred Poisons's arm shattered on the spot. The fist was unstoppable and struck his chest squarely. In an instant, his body was thrown high into the air, arced through the air, and fell to the ground. He then spat out a mouthful of blood, convulsed, and died on the spot.
On his deathbed, the Old Man Hundred Poisons was filled with questions.
"This is a mid-stage Transcendent Realm? Song Heilong, I'll haunt you even in death!"
At this moment, Lin Qing wiped the blood off his fist, stepped forward to the old man's corpse, and suddenly smelled a foul stench.
He frowned, drew his Waist Saber, and used the blade to cut open the old man's clothes, revealing a bloody hole blown open in his chest, with his internal organs reduced to blood and foam.
"He's useless too. With that kind of strength, he dares to Assassination me? He can't even withstand a single punch," Lin Qing thought to himself.
"However, I have no connection with this old man, and I haven't offended anyone in the Prefectural City. Why would this old man want to Assassination me?" A look of confusion flashed in Lin Qing's eyes. "Could it be the Luo Family? But I didn't take the Land Deed to the Luo Family to demand the shop back. Logically, the Luo Family shouldn't know that I have the Land Deed, so they wouldn't target me unless it's because of Luo Tai."
However, Lin Qing didn't dare to draw a 100% conclusion, because Golden Phoenix Tower's intelligence-gathering ability was so strong that the Luo Family might already know that he had the Land Deed. After all, many people had witnessed him taking the wooden box home from the Han Family's Hidden Chamber.
As the thought flashed through his mind, Lin Qing took out the Corpse-Dissolving Water from his pocket and poured it onto the old man's corpse.
In a short while, the old man was completely turned into a puddle of sewage, and then quickly burned to ashes.
At that very moment, a wisp of remnant soul appeared in the Rebirth Record. Lin Qing immediately absorbed this wisp of remnant soul, and a large number of memories surfaced in his mind.
Lin Qing closed his eyes slightly and quickly processed this memory.
"The Old Man Hundred Poisons? A fugitive being pursued by the Soul-Calming Office. He is at the mid-stage of the Transcendent Realm and is skilled in poison arts. He will stop at nothing to become stronger. He once forcibly poured a poison he had prepared into a woman's body, turning her internal organs into poisonous liquid, and then used the poisonous liquid to cultivate evil arts. This kind of person really deserves to die; keeping him alive would only cause great harm."
"However, he was sent by Song Heilong, the leader of the Black Dragon Gang, to test my strength. At this time, only Luo Tai would pay attention to my strength. There is likely some deal between the Luo Family and the Black Dragon Gang behind the scenes," Lin Qing guessed based on the limited information he had.
At this moment, a large amount of information appeared before him, all of which were the martial arts skills of the Old Man Hundred Poisons throughout his life, among which the most valuable one was called the Poison Dragon Palm.
[Please select one to copy: martial arts, skill, or Talent]
1. Poison Dragon Palm (Major Mastery)
The Yin-Yang Poison Technique, passed down by the Yinyuan Sect in Shu Region, is a high-quality, third-tier Transforming Force for cultivating internal energy. Upon entry, it can strengthen the body and unleash the Poison Dragon Force, which can absorb and refine various toxins into this force, giving it extremely strong lethality and corrosiveness. When fighting an enemy, the Poison Dragon Force can be injected into the enemy's body, causing the victim to feel as if ten thousand insects are gnawing at their body, resulting in internal organ ulceration and unbearable pain.
This martial art has a fatal flaw: during its practice, one must constantly ingest various toxins, making it extremely easy to suffer a backlash.
2. Bone-Clinging Leech Steps (Perfect Mastery)
The Lightness Skill passed down by the Yinyuan Sect in Shu Region is modeled after a leech. Its movements are unpredictable and can be used to stick close to the enemy. When combined with the Poison Dragon Palm, it can be used for close-quarters combat. It is a second-tier, good-quality light-foot Lightness Skill.
3. Toxicology and Medicinal Properties Analysis (Major Mastery)
Xi Zhi can quickly identify most poisons in Shu Region through observation, listening, questioning, and palpation. He understands the profound principles of mutual generation and restraint among poisons and can readily combine poisons or corresponding antidotes.
4. Invulnerable to all poisons (Excellent)
Fourth Tier blue, with a special constitution, possessing extraordinary resistance and metabolic abilities to toxins.
Upon reading the description of the Poison Dragon Palm, Lin Qing immediately understood why the Old Man Hundred Poisons had sores and ulcers all over his skin—it was because something went wrong during the process of ingesting the poison.
However, Lin Qing was not worried about the side effects of this martial art. He only used it to strengthen his body and would not use it as his main martial art, nor would he absorb toxins.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to copy this martial art and immediately put it into his Equipment Slot.
"If the Luo Family really commissioned the Black Dragon Gang leader to test my strength, then it's truly a great gift in disguise." Lin Qing felt the surging blood and qi within his body, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.
Having another Major Mastery martial art Transforming Force great strength can increase one's strength by at least ten thousand jin, and also provide an additional type of force, making attack methods more varied and bringing a significant boost to combat power.
Lin Qing felt his internal energy and blood being rapidly depleted. He opened his mouth and swallowed an Essence-Replenishing Pills. Then, while digesting the information constantly emerging in his mind, he calmly felt the changes in his body.
In just three breaths, with a cracking sound, the acupoint was opened, and a surge of energy rushed out, instantly engulfing the entire body.
Lin Qing immediately sensed that his power was increasing rapidly, and a new round of transformation had begun.