Chapter Thirteen: Rescued Again and Invited

  Back at the wine house, Wang Chen closed the door and began to study today's gains.

  Xiao Zhu was indeed extraordinary, and had a peculiar attraction to Wang Chen, as if they were connected by blood!

  But no matter what method was used, it couldn't damage the pearl in the slightest, and even the legendary method of dripping blood had been tried, but the small pearl still didn't react at all.

  Helplessly, Wang Chen picked up the pearl and opened the ancient book, concentrating his mind and carefully studying it.

  An hour later, Wang Chen closed the book and couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement in his heart. He had a smile on his face. The principle of this Fa Jue was very simple, it was to condense special internal strength into the acupoints of the human body, and finally strengthen the body, but the requirements for internal strength were extremely strict.

  The acupoints are originally very fragile, and when a martial artist opens the eight extraordinary meridians, they need to find an expert to protect them, otherwise they often die suddenly! Moreover, condensing internal energy in the acupoints is a method that is truly ingenious and fanciful for ordinary martial artists.

  Therefore, this special internal force must have a strong rebound effect, and the acupoints that are damaged by the internal force can be constantly repaired at the same time. This condition is too harsh, but what you gain while paying out is also huge!

  According to the book, there are 108 acupoints in the human body, divided into 36 Tian Gang and 72 Di Sha. However, the creator of this technique only condensed six acupoints and became a top-notch master, with a body comparable to a divine weapon, directly ignoring the attacks of top-notch masters.

  The red spiritual energy ball itself has a restorative and strengthening effect, which is even better than the internal strength gained by eating exotic herbs. Logically speaking, after practicing and condensing the Golden Body Technique, the effect should be even better.

  Thinking of this, Wang Chen couldn't help but smile, but the process of condensing was also quite complicated and dangerous, consuming a lot of variant internal energy. For now, it wasn't suitable to condense in Yangzhou City, but Wang Chen had already made up his mind to find a place to try it alone after some time.

  The next morning, Wang Chen had the same strange encounter as yesterday and couldn't help but become more interested in picking up leaks. After eating, he went downstairs, and at the same time, the streets of Yangzhou City became increasingly prosperous with the opening of the Martial Arts Conference.

  "Hey kid, you stole my money and think you can run? Brothers, stop him!"

  "You're talking nonsense, who stole your money?"

  "My son would never steal your money, cough cough!"

  "Stop messing around, you're asking for trouble!"

  A burst of noisy quarreling sounds came, Wang Chen slightly frowned, such things almost happen every day, without strength and showing too much wealth is purely asking for death, originally this matter Wang Chen was not bothered to manage.

  The path of immortality is ruthless, filled with slaughter. Many have risked their lives for spiritual medicine and magical weapons, engaging in fierce battles to the death. It's not worth getting entangled in such killings over trivial matters!

  However, the voice of the young man seemed a bit familiar. As he walked over, Wang Chen found that the person being surrounded was actually the same young man who had sold him the pearl yesterday.

  "Since I've given myself a chance, I might as well help him out, and that's also a way of repaying him for his kindness."

  After all, with his current strength, Yangzhou City is not invincible, at least no one can keep him. Beside the young man stood a middle-aged man, who was constantly coughing, pale-faced, and obviously seriously ill, presumably his critically ill father.

  The young man hastily supported his father, both of their faces were anxiously flushed red, and their bodies were also covered in dust, clearly they had been chased very desperately. Seeing Wang Chen walk over, they naturally felt very happy.

  "Senior, senior!" the young man exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing here?!" Wang Chen smiled and quickly walked towards the young man, who stood before him and recounted what had happened. This morning his father woke up, accompanied him to buy medicine, but on the way they were bumped into by a few people, then they blackmailed them saying they stole their money.

  Wang Chen looked at the old man who wanted to speak but hesitated, and seeing this, Wang Chen comforted the old man and the young boy, gesturing for them to stand behind him before turning around to face the others.

  Those middle-aged men were all holding weapons, and it was clear that they were quite skilled. The leader was a first-rate master. Originally, when the young man called out "senior", the few of them were secretly quite frightened, afraid that they had provoked someone they shouldn't have, and didn't dare say a word.

  When they saw that the person who came was a young man of less than twenty years old, they suddenly showed a look of shame and annoyance. Later, Wang Chen ignored them and calmly chatted with the two people, causing everyone to explode in anger and start quarreling.

  "Kid, you don't take us Yangzhou Five Tigers seriously at all!"

  "Big brother, teach him a lesson so they know"

  "Oh," Wang Chen's face showed a playful expression, "in broad daylight, under the clear sky, you few actually dare to rob on the road, where are the heroes of the martial arts world?"

  The five people suddenly became furious and ashamed.

  "Kid, don't be shameless."

  "You dare to deceive us, the Five Tigers of Yangzhou? You're looking for death!"

  …..

  Wang Chen quietly watched the five people constantly roaring, and when they finished, his face unchanged, calmly said, "Get out", this "get out" did not carry a single bit of emotion, an indifferent and arrogant voice as if speaking to ants.

  In fact, Wang Chen's gaze towards them was really like ants, Wang Chen did not want to kill people for no reason, these few people left and that's good, if they didn't leave then they would suffer a bit!

  The surrounding onlookers suddenly boiled over, and the Wulin crowd was in an uproar!

  "Who is this young man, so arrogant!"

  "It hurts so good, I love it!"

  "This young man is too arrogant! The Yangzhou Five Tigers are not to be trifled with!"

  "You're so young and yet you're already like this, I reckon you must be another disciple of that senior from the martial world!"

  Five people were suddenly stunned, a young boy dared to scold five people like this. After regaining their senses, the anger of the five people surged over their heads, and the middle-aged man in charge grasped his double knives tightly, staring at Wang Chen.

  "Little kid, you're the first one to feel so humiliated by the Five Tigers. Let's see what's real!"

  He spoke, and a knife came straight down. This knife can be described with three words: fast, accurate, and ruthless, without any hesitation or delay. The "Force Splitting Mountain" was an ordinary move, but when the leader of the Five Tigers used it, it had a momentum that was like a fierce tiger descending from the mountain, unstoppable.

  A majestic and powerful move, as fierce as a tiger!

  A master's skill is evident from the first move. The leader of the Five Tigers, who had been waiting for an opportunity to strike, suddenly transformed into a fierce tiger and burst out with a loud roar. The onlookers around him involuntarily turned pale!

  The blade and the air friction produced a hissing sound, making people involuntarily feel a coolness. Wang Chen, however, looked at this knife with a calm expression, slightly nodding and then secretly shaking his head.

  "Not bad, with just one move, a kind of aura appears on this person's body, and immediately an extraordinary and unmatched feeling arises. However, this aura is only superficial, and compared to the aura of heaven and earth, it has clearly gone astray. Even when I was in the Sword Body Realm, it wouldn't be difficult to deal with, and compared to the Sword Intent Realm, there's a huge difference!"

  Wang Chen thought about it, and his reaction to this move was not slow. When the knife light had already reached halfway, he took a powerful step with his foot, and his body shot out like an arrow, with a single finger pointing towards the knife light.

  Ding!

  The knife fell to the ground, and the sound of "clang" was like a bell striking in everyone's heart. The onlookers were suddenly silent. The five tigers all turned pale, and their leader looked as if he had lost his senses. Wang Chen didn't even give them another glance, "Scram," then led the young man and his father away, and the crowd automatically parted to let them through.

  After Wang Chen left, the whole street suddenly became lively.

  "Who was that young master just now?"

  "One finger shattered a hundred-refined precious sword, what a profound and thick inner power!"

  "Absolutely a top-notch master, and yet so young, could it be that you're the successor of several old Jianghu monsters?"

  Not long after, the news of a mysterious young master with one finger breaking a knife spread throughout Yangzhou City. It was during the Wulin Conference period, and many martial artists were bustling about. Within just one day, several top masters, including Ling Xi Zhi and Yuan Yang Old Monk's disciples, dug up information about the mysterious youth, whose reputation instantly surpassed that of several young masters who had previously been in the spotlight.

  Wang Chen accompanied the young man and his father as they left, during which he also refused the young man's request to become his apprentice before returning to his residence. This small matter can be considered a rather interesting anecdote!

  The Yangzhou City Martial Arts Conference was indeed crowded, and the transaction items among martial artists were diverse. However, useful items for Wang Chen were nowhere to be found, so he had no choice but to rest in the inn.

  In the afternoon, Wang Chenjing sat quietly on the boat and practiced his sword skills in his mind. A few knocks at the door interrupted Wang Chen's cultivation, leaving him slightly puzzled.

  "I don't even know who it is, could it be the Yangzhou Five Tigers looking for a fight? They've seen my abilities too, this shouldn't be happening!" After thinking for a moment, Wang Chen opened the door.

  Outside the door was a middle-aged man with a long queue, wearing a blue Taoist robe with an eight-trigram pattern printed on it, holding a feather duster in his hand. His kind smile made people feel a sense of closeness and friendliness that they couldn't help but feel.

  "Who are you?"

  "Little brother, are you going to welcome me at the door? Hehe!"

  He didn't hit the smiling face, Wang Chen hesitantly invited the Taoist priest into the house to sit down and poured a cup of tea. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wang Chen asked about the purpose of the Taoist's visit.

  "To be honest with you, young brother, I've come to find you because I've heard that your kung fu skills are impressive. The old master wants to invite you to participate in a secret matter."

  "Oh?" Wang Chen's face showed a curious expression, "What mysterious thing"

  "I'd like to invite you to hunt down a strange beast with us," the Taoist said in a low voice, slowly.

  "Monster" Wang Chen's face revealed a look of surprise. Monster, Wang Chen had heard about it early on. In the martial arts world, people who want to increase their strength can do so through bitter training, which is one method, or they can take a shortcut by using elixirs. The production of elixirs generally requires medicinal herbs that have been aged for many years. However, there are also some monster blood and bones that can be used as medicinal herbs.

  Moreover, some hard parts of the ferocious beast can be forged into weapons to increase the warrior's strength. Therefore, killing a ferocious beast is equivalent to obtaining a mountain of silver of the same weight.

  The strength of the alien beast is extremely powerful and generally has special abilities, such as spitting fire. Therefore, the way to evaluate the top martial artist's strength in the rivers and lakes is whether they can kill an alien beast!

  However, these were all things that Wang Chen had heard from others when he first joined the sect. After reading about his experiences in cultivation, he came to know that demonic beasts were just low-level demonic creatures in the mortal world, with extremely ordinary strength, equivalent to a cultivator at the Qi Refining stage 1 or 2.

  Of course, the strange beast is still very dangerous for ordinary people. Wang Chen's face showed a hesitant and struggling expression. The Taoist priest then took out a bottle of five grains of Lingyu Huan Shen Wan as a reward, and Wang Chen's face showed an excited flush and agreed to it. The two men agreed that four days later, they would set off with several others at the east gate of Yangzhou City!

  Just then, after the old man left, Wang Chen couldn't help but sneer, "Trying to use me, humph!" On the other hand, after the old man went out, his face also became complacent: "Young people are still too tender!"

  Lao Dao obviously treated Wang Chen as a young man who had just started his career and was not familiar with the struggle, such as when he had absolute power, he actually let go of Yangzhou Wuhu, who opposed him!

  But he didn't know that Wang Chen was just too lazy to kill an ordinary person!

  Who can determine the changes in the world? Wang Chen accidentally saved a young man and got an opportunity to hunt down low-level demon beasts.

  The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. Who can say who is good? Who is the mantis and who is the oriole?