The royal surname of the Great Jin Dynasty was Wang.
The Wangs and the Gaos ruled the realm together!
The meaning behind those words needed no further explanation.
Qin Zheng's pupils constricted slightly as he suppressed the shock in his heart.
He had never expected that, in a tiny place like Black Goose City, there would be someone with such a background!
Xu Weisai continued, "The Quan Yang Gao Clan is a great aristocratic family. Their bloodline and descendants have long spread throughout the Great Jin court."
"Moreover, do you know that among Great Jin's eighteen Nation-Suppressing Martial Saints, six came from the Quan Yang Gao Clan?"
"Tell me, isn't such strength, such a background, terrifying?!"
Qin Zheng frowned slightly, then asked, "Then why would he come to a small place like Black Goose City?"
Since he had been born into such lofty circumstances, why had he come to this tiny Black Goose City?
Xu Weisai shook his head, indicating that he did not know either. But in the end, he still guessed, "The Gao family has descendants everywhere. Perhaps our Magistrate Gao isn't favored."
At this point, he hesitated before continuing, "Our Magistrate Gao does not cultivate martial arts. The problem likely lies there."
In such a top-tier aristocratic clan, one that lacked no resources, not cultivating martial arts spoke volumes.
This Magistrate Gao was very likely born unsuited to martial cultivation, abandoned by his Lineage and tossed into a small place like this.
But even so, as one of the Gao bloodline, the resources he could command were beyond what ordinary people could ever reach or imagine.
Having spoken this far, Xu Weisai looked at Qin Zheng and said, "You killed Zhang Xiuwen. If Gao Wusheng learns of it, he will definitely come looking for you."
"But he will most likely make all kinds of promises, asking you to become his subordinate and work for him."
As he spoke, he swept his gaze around before continuing, "Leave first. Try not to let him know you came here. I'll deal with the people in the stronghold who saw you."
Qin Zheng nodded upon hearing this.
If Gao Wusheng's background was truly as Xu Weisai had described, then he truly could not contend with him at present.
But before leaving, Qin Zheng still asked, "Why are you helping me?"
Xu Weisai shook his head and replied, "Consider it repayment for giving me the credit for killing Shi Dian. I don't like owing others favors."
Qin Zheng thanked him, then turned and left using his lightness skill.
This time, Qin Zheng flashed away like a shadow, without letting anyone in the stronghold see him.
He could believe what Xu Weisai had said, but he could not believe all of it.
No matter how overbearing Gao Wusheng was, he had only used schemes to kill subordinates who refused to obey him rather than acting directly.
That was enough to show that he could not truly do whatever he pleased in Black Goose City.
Besides, he had only killed the Bandit leader Zhang Xiuwen. He had not directly offended him. As long as he stubbornly insisted that he knew nothing else—
—and raised his martial cultivation as quickly as possible, there would be no major trouble.
And now, the internal martial art he had most urgently desired had already fallen into his hands!
The merit he had gathered this time should also be enough to support refining and enhancing this internal martial art.
With both conditions fulfilled—
—his strength should be able to rise rapidly in a short time!
If he could swiftly strengthen his inner body and break through the fourth great barrier, it should be enough to support pushing the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill to completion.
By then, he would fear no schemes or plots at all.
At that thought, Qin Zheng felt an even greater sense of urgency in his heart.
Now that he had obtained an internal martial art, he would first find a quiet place and refine it to the entry level.
Thus, the direction Qin Zheng was currently traveling was not toward Black Goose City, but in the opposite direction.
In other words, as Qin Zheng continuously sped forward with his lightness skill, he was moving farther and farther away from Black Goose City.
About half a shichen later, he arrived halfway up a deserted mountain and discovered a natural cave.
A massive brown bear was in the depths of the cave, tearing into and devouring its prey.
When Qin Zheng entered—
—sensing the dangerous aura around him, it immediately rose to its feet and let out a wary roar at him, assuming an attacking stance.
But with Qin Zheng's current strength, especially while wielding the Ghost-Head Saber and bolstered by martial arts—
—this brown bear could no longer pose the slightest threat to him.
Qin Zheng shook his shoulder, and the Ghost-Head Saber dropped into his hand. Then he stamped his foot, shooting forward in an instant.
The piercing saber light seemed to carry a chill as it flashed again and again through the dark, deep cave.
Several breaths later.
Qin Zheng plunged the Ghost-Head Saber into the ground and left it standing beside him.
He then found some dry grass to cushion himself, sat down beside the headless bear corpse, and pulled out the internal martial art from his robes.
"Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art"!
Zhang Xiuwen had truly not deceived him. This was indeed an internal martial art capable of strengthening the inner body!
At the same time, he could not help but sigh. Worthy indeed of the Quan Yang Gao Clan, said to be a family where 'the Wangs and the Gaos ruled the realm together.'
Such a precious internal martial art had actually been casually bestowed upon a Bandit.
The thought flashed through his mind and vanished. Qin Zheng then opened the booklet again and began carefully reading its contents.
A moment later, when Qin Zheng finished reading the final page, the Merit Scroll above his sea of consciousness gave a gentle tremble.
Then, a line of writing slowly emerged upon it.
Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art discovered. Can be refined. Requires ten taels of merit. Refine?
Ten taels of merit?!
Qin Zheng's heart jolted.
This was the martial art that required the greatest expenditure of merit Qin Zheng had seen so far!
The Ghost-head Saber Technique required only one mace of merit to refine.
The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill required only one tael of merit to refine.
This Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art required, merely for its initial refinement, a hundred times the merit needed by the Ghost-head Saber Technique!
Ten times that of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill!
But the more merit a martial art consumed, the higher its quality usually proved to be.
Therefore, Qin Zheng did not feel any heartache. He immediately said in his heart, Refine!
At once, a warm current arose from nowhere, flowing through his entire body and nourishing every inch of his flesh and blood.
At the same time, the five viscera within his body began to tremble at a particular frequency.
The five viscera were the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys!
They corresponded to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth!
They balanced the yin and yang of the five elements within the human body.
They were the most important organs of the human body!
At this moment, under the guidance of the Five Viscera Internal Cultivation Art, Qin Zheng's five viscera began vibrating at a particular frequency.
Under those vibrations, vast blood qi emerged from within his body, gathering together like a surging flood.
Then, with every tremor of his five viscera, that blood qi seemed to be drawn by some force.
It circulated along a particular path, washing over Qin Zheng's flesh and blood.
As his five viscera trembled in that special manner—
—Qin Zheng could feel his inner body strengthening at a terrifying speed, almost as though it were undergoing a transformation!
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