Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 356 Skeletons at the bottom of the river
Zhao Lin clenched his teeth, holding the iron ruler in one hand, and covering the wound with the other, gasping for breath with pain every time he took a step.

Blood gushed out, and several ribs were broken. If it wasn't for the inner armor, it might have been pierced.

Hearing the sound of rustling footsteps behind him, Zhao Lin took out a spell in his hand and prepared to use the trapping technique to stop the opponent.

But just when the spell was about to take shape, the spell was removed again.

The spiritual power in the body is limited, so we must plan carefully and save a little.

More importantly, the spirit of the Pipa catfish that had been swallowed worked. White mist gathered at the injured area, the bleeding stopped quickly, and the wound healed quickly.

Tao Huang drove the flying hammer and was about to rise above Zhao Lin's head to launch an attack, but suddenly found a problem: Zhao Lin stopped bleeding, and his slightly bowed waist straightened up.

And he ran faster and faster, just like no one was doing anything wrong.

"impossible!"

Tao Huang opened his mouth wide and couldn't believe his eyes.

He clearly saw Zhao Lin severely injured by the flying hammer just now, blood spattered, and he would lose half his life if he didn't die, why did he jump around alive in a blink of an eye?

He tried his best to use the magic technique, but Zhao Lin was pulling him further and further away from the attack range of the spell.

Snapped!
There was a crisp sound in the sky.

The old man who built the foundation used the spirit cage technique to trap the Hongyan Talisman.

As the cyan light beam continued to shrink, the cage became smaller and smaller. The Hongyan Talisman had nowhere to hide and was hit from the side by the fan-shaped magic weapon.

The runes on the Hongyan Talisman were crumbling, and the aura on them had dimmed a lot.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, the old man who established the foundation finally had time to take a distracted look down, but what he saw made him furious.

"Trash! Stop him!"

The river is surging, and the wide and rushing Feituo River appears in front of us.

Zhao Lin just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the roar of the foundation-building old man. He trembled, used water-bending skills, and jumped into the water...

"Do you think you can escape when you get into the water?"

More than ten breaths later, Tao Huang chased to the shore, sneered and took a picture of the talisman, and a water-shaped circulation appeared around his body.

Sanshan County is close to the Feituo River. As long as the monks in the county have the water spirit root, almost all of them have practiced the water movement spell, and the water control spell is a compulsory course.

However, although Tao Huang also knows water-bending skills, he has only cultivated it to the level of Xiaocheng, so he carries a high-grade water-bending talisman with him, which is equivalent to the proficiency level.

In his mind, Zhao Lin had cast two proficient level spells, and it was impossible for him to have the same attainments in water control.

But after entering the water, Tao Huang realized that he was wrong.

Zhao Lin's speed through the water was as fast as his own, which meant that he had mastered waterbending at the first level!
How can this be?

How could he have so many proficiency-level spells with a mere third-level Qi refining level?

Even at the eighth level of Qi refining, I only mastered two proficiency-level spells, one for attack and one for defense.

After chasing for a while, the distance between the two people not only did not get closer, but instead became farther and farther away.

The reason is that when Jiang Dao turned, Tao Huang was worried that Zhao Lin would ambush him at the corner, so he could only slow down and make a big circle.

He watched Zhao Lin gradually disappear from sight, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhao Lin did intend to ambush Tao Huang, but considering the lessons learned by Li Yuanlie, the other party must be very careful, and the possibility of success is unlikely.

Moreover, the old man who established the foundation was about to free up his hands, and if he stayed for a moment longer, the danger would be more.

wow...

The water-shaped circulation around Tao Huang's body disappeared, the river surged in and squeezed in, and strings of bubbles rose upward.

This is the difference between a talisman and a spell. The water-bending spell performed by a talisman can only last for a quarter of an hour at most. Once the time is up, the rune loses its effectiveness.

Tao Huang touched the lock bag and found that there was no second water-bending talisman. His heart sank, so he could only use the water-bending spell and followed from a distance.

Every [-] breaths or so, a spirit energy is shot towards the surface of the water. If grandpa rushes over, he can find himself immediately.

Zhao Lin noticed that the pursuers slowed down, but he didn't dare to relax at all, and still tried his best to drive Yushuishu.

Take out a piece of spirit stone and stick it on the abdomen, and slowly absorb the spirit energy. Although the speed of replenishing spirit energy is far slower than that of consumption, it is not without small benefits.

boom!
A five-color light lit up in the sky, and the Hongyan Talisman was finally hit solidly by the fan-shaped magic weapon and turned into countless fragments.

The old man who built the foundation put away his magic weapon and rushed to the river. Looking at the vast river surface, he kept chasing Zhao Lin in the direction of escape.

Two hours have passed...

Zhao Lin felt that his spiritual power was exhausted and he could no longer maintain his water-bending skills.

But he didn't dare to show his head on the river. The crisis was not over yet, and it was even the most dangerous moment.

The three of them must be carrying out an all-out search. They no longer have the wild goose talisman on them. If they meet again, their opponents will definitely have no scruples.

The pressure brought by the foundation cultivators was too great.

rumbling...

A huge ship sailed across the river.

Zhao Lin's heart moved and he wanted to swim over and grab the bottom of the boat to catch a smooth ride.

But before getting closer, I realized that things were simply not feasible.

The water-dividing array engraved on the bottom of the boat cuts through the waves, setting off huge vortices, forming countless whirling water blades.

Not to mention getting close, you can feel the powerful water magic from dozens of feet away.

Zhao Lin saw with his own eyes a big fish being sucked into the eddy and instantly turned into a ball of minced meat by the water blade.

With his spiritual energy exhausted and unable to go ashore, Zhao Lin decided to stay underwater.

Even without using magic, the martial artist's breath-holding ability can keep him from breathing for several hours.

The water surface of the Feituo River is wide and the water is extremely deep. Zhao Lin dived for dozens of feet until his whole body was squeezed by the water and his muscles tightly wrapped around his bones.

In order to resist the buoyancy, Zhao Lin leaned on a large stone and pressed his body against it.

At this moment, a black shadow passed over the river at low altitude!

The river water was turbid and Zhao Lin couldn't see clearly the figure above, but the ultrasonic waves traveled unimpeded and accurately located the figure's movement trajectory.

"Foundation cultivator!"

Zhao Lin's heart shuddered, and he immediately remained motionless.

The person on the water was none other than the foundation-building old man. The detection distance of his spiritual consciousness was greatly shortened when he entered the water. In order to find Zhao Lin, he flew close to the river surface and kept scanning the water with his spiritual consciousness.

Another hour passed...

Zhao Lin took out the spirit stone and began to exercise to recover his spiritual power.

In order to prevent the outside world from noticing the movement, he deliberately restrained his breath and performed the exercises very slowly.

As the spiritual energy entered my body, my heart gradually calmed down.

Zhao Lin began to think about the reason why the Li Tao family ambushed him.

The reasons for killing are nothing more than revenge, making money, punishment and other reasons.

But I didn't know these two families, and I didn't have any treasures worth taking. The only reason I could think of was related to this report.

Is it to silence him and prevent Li Yuanyou from becoming a ghost from spreading?
It's just that this reason is not sufficient. If you want to keep it secret, can't you just let me know?

Zhao Lin probably guessed the cause of the matter, but he was still puzzled.

"No matter what the reason is, this account will have to be settled sooner or later. I will remember the Li family and Tao family in Sanshan County!"

……

Time passed bit by bit.

The sky gradually darkened, and the water was pitch black.

Zhao Lin looked at the spiritual map in his mind and found that a new spell appeared in the eighth grid: Thunder Blade Technique.

There is a four-petaled plum blossom next to Thunder Blade.

"Mastery-level spell?" Zhao Lin was secretly surprised. This spell broke through his rock armor in one move. He thought it was a master-level spell, but he didn't expect it to be a proficiency-level spell.

The power of the Thunder Blade Technique is so powerful, and I don't have a suitable Thunder Movement Spell, so it can be the next spell to practice.

While thinking about it, Zhao Lin felt tightness in his chest and numbness in his limbs. He knew it was caused by lack of oxygen, and he had to replenish air as soon as possible.

But it can't surface at this time, who knows if there is anyone watching from above, especially now that it is night, the night is quiet, and it is easier to be exposed.

Zhao Lin quickly came up with a way to use the water-bending technique with his hands.

Control the scale of the spell to only form a small water-shaped circulation around the body.

The circulation turned faster and faster, and quickly squeezed out the air in the water, turning it into a bubble.

Zhao Linmeng took a few big breaths and felt a sense of relief. Unexpectedly, he found that his body no longer hurt.

He reached out and touched his left rib and found that the wound had completely healed.

Most of his spiritual power recovered, Zhao Lin decided to continue on his way, the farther away from Sanshan County the better.

After sneaking for a moment, I suddenly noticed something shining under the water.

"what?"

Zhao Lin was curious, worried that the light was the eyes of a monster, or a trapping organ like a monkfish, so he released an ultrasonic wave to detect it and made sure it was not a living thing, so he carefully swam over.

When he came closer, he discovered that it was a corpse.

The corpse looked to be quite old, and the body had completely corroded and melted away, leaving only a skeleton with no trace of its original appearance.

There is a pendant around his neck that emits light green light.

"female."

The reason why Zhao Lin made this judgment was that the hip bones of the deceased were obviously wider than the shoulder bones, and the body proportions of men and women were different, which was especially obvious.

And men rarely wear pendants.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the animal skin gloves from the lock bag, put them on, and picked up a leg bone.

"Foundation cultivator?"

Zhao Lin's heart moved. Ordinary corpses would decompose into pieces after a few years underwater, but this corpse had no skin, flesh, or clothing left, but its bones were so well preserved.

Holding it in your hand, you can feel the bones are very hard.

When a monk breaks through from the Qi Refining Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he must undergo a rebirth. His bones are as strong as gold and stone, so they can last longer after death.

At this moment, the spiritual training picture flickered in his mind, as if the skeleton was very interested.

"As expected, he is a foundation-building monk!"

Zhao Lin was shocked. The spiritual chart could use the bones to deduce the magic spells of the deceased. Since this person was a foundation-building monk, he must be capable of several spells.

"excuse me!"

Zhao Lin saluted the bones and put the bones into the lock bag one by one, not sparing any of them.

The spiritual chart can "trace" the spells mastered by the monk from the bones. The more complete the bones are preserved, the more spells the spiritual chart can trace.

The pendant is just an ordinary jade without the slightest aura, so it was also put away together.

"I don't know where you swam?"

Zhao Lin raised his head and glanced upward, then continued to sneak at the bottom of the river, determined not to go ashore until he was sure it was safe.

The enemy is definitely still looking for him, and even if he meets someone else, there is no guarantee that it will be a good thing.

Boats come and go on the Feituo River, and most of their destinations are prefectures, counties and cities.

As long as you follow these boats, you will definitely reach a safe place where there are people.

……

"What did you say, people ran away?"

Li Chenglin thought he had heard wrongly, and asked Tao Huang and Li Yuanzhi in disbelief as they stood in front of the hall.

In order to hunt down Zhao Lin, the two families dispatched a foundation-building monk and three late-stage Qi-refining monks.

Such a lineup could not kill a small third-level Qi Refining monk. It would make people laugh out loud.

"Did someone pass by and it was inconvenient to take action, so I accidentally let him run away?"

Li Chenglin thought for a long time and could only think of this reason.

"No outsiders..."

Tao Huang was ashamed and replied with his head down.

After saying that, I remembered something and quickly added: "But I injured him."

"Then he has a high-level treasure on him?"

"No."

"Wearing indestructible inner armor?"

"nor."

Li Chenglin's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he asked in a deep voice: "Where is your grandpa?"

Tao Huang said quickly: "Grandpa was entangled in the wild goose talisman and has been unable to free himself. Now he is searching along the river."

Li Chenglin frowned and looked at Li Yuanzhi.

"What did you say? By the way, why didn't Yuan Lie come back?"

"Yuan Lie... is dead!"

Li Yuanzhi said with difficulty, his eyes suddenly turned red.

"died?"

Li Chenglin's face turned pale, then turned red, and shouted: "What happened? Could it be that he has three heads and six arms!"

"Uncle Master, although this person is only at the third level of Qi Refining, he also masters three proficiency-level spells."

Tao Huang took a deep breath, and said quickly: "The air trapping technique, the rock armor technique, the water control technique, and a concealment talisman. And the movement skills are so fast that we can't even catch up with the divine movement technique."

Li Yuanzhi also nodded and said: "That's right. Yuan Lie accidentally entered the black mist of the concealment technique and was killed by him in a sneak attack."

The two of you retell the whole process with one word and one word with me.

"No! Even if he releases the invisible magic, Yuan Lie shouldn't be defenseless. How can he be fatal with one blow?"

Although Li Chenglin was angry, he remained calm and pointed out the problems immediately.

"My cousin rushed into the black fog and died within two breaths. There were five finger holes on his head."

"Yes, it's not spells, it's martial arts."

The two answered one after another.

"Wu Xiu is so powerful?"

Li Chenglin's face became increasingly gloomy, as if water was dripping from his face.

It’s okay if he didn’t kill Zhao Lin, but a clan nephew actually died. How can he explain this?

Also, Zhao Lin's cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi Refining, but he actually mastered three proficiency-level spells. Forging a big feud with such a person will definitely cause a big trouble in the future!

"No, send someone to search. Even if Feituojiang is turned upside down, we must find him!"

Li Chenglin hurriedly stood up from his chair, and said sharply: "Yuanzhi, now you inform Zhenyuantang to send five speedboats to patrol the river, and then lead two teams to search along the banks."

After speaking, he looked at Tao Huang and said, "Nephew Tao Xian, this matter happened because of you, so don't stay out of it. Don't you have a guest in the Tao family who is good at tracking? Let him help too."

"Yes!"

Li Yuanzhi and Tao Huang responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)