Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 22 If I kill you, the things will be mine too

Uncle Lame was stunned.

Just as the man in black caught the dagger, a loud explosion was heard.

The man in black reacted very quickly and managed to dodge the attack from the sleeve arrow of his mind.

The Mind Sleeve Arrow is said to be able to kill a 10th-grade enemy! Its speed and power are both extremely fast.

Although the man in black noticed something was wrong and tried to dodge the attack, he was still injured.

"Ah, my face."

The man in black covered his face and wailed in pain.

Zhou Ping's sneak attack with an arrow destroyed one-third of the black-clothed man's face.

Uncle Lame's eyes lit up, he saw the opportunity, he knew Zhou Ping was coming.

"Sword drawing style."

Uncle Lame pushed the ground with one leg and chopped down the man in black with the crutch in his hand.

The man in black dodged quickly.

The cane fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Uncle Lame then swept his crutch across.

"what!"

The man in black fell to the ground instantly, his leg injured by the crutch.

"Fellow Daoist... don't kill me... I'll return the dagger to you!"

The man in black gave in. His face was badly injured, his teeth and tongue were exposed, and he could hardly speak clearly.

"Even if I kill you, the things will be mine."

Uncle Lame's IQ is online. At this time, we must beat the fallen dog.

The man in black was injured on his face and legs, and someone was shooting arrows at him in the dark.

The man in black now has a lame leg.

The leg has no bone damage and will heal after a period of rest.

But at this stage it is lame.

Uncle Lame and the man in black stood at the same starting line, and both of them had lame legs.

But Uncle Bo has an advantage over the man in black because his leg has been lame for a long time and he has long been accustomed to his lame leg.

Uncle Lame fought with the man in black and exchanged several moves in succession.

"You forced me to do this!"

The man in black felt into his arms and threw out three pieces of yellow paper.

The yellow paper was trapped in front of Uncle Lame.

"burst!"

A fire talisman only costs one or two taels of silver.

But this thing is in short supply and you can’t buy it when you really need it.

These three fire talismans are the black-clad man's most valuable treasures.

The man in black is very determined. If he doesn't take action now, he may not have any chance.

Zhou Ping was still shooting arrows in the dark.

"Escape!"

The black man made a gesture with his hands, then stomped his foot on the ground, and he actually disappeared in the open space.

The man in black paid a large sum of money to obtain this earth escape technique, and it can save his life at the critical moment.

It's just that the man in black was a warrior and had not mastered the art of earth escape thoroughly. When he escaped underground, there was a pile of dirt on the ground, and traces of his escape could still be seen.

Where to run!
Uncle Lame thrust his crutch hard at the place where the man in black was hiding underground.

"what!"

The man in black screamed in pain.

Uncle Lame's crutch was stuck in his right leg.

The man in black hated Zhou Ping for stabbing him in the back.

If it weren't for Zhou Ping, the man in black would have escaped.

"The legs are yours!"

The man in black endured the pain and still chose to escape underground, leaving behind half a leg!
Outside the yard, Zhou Ping closed his eyes and felt it.

The perception range of the Sky Spirit Technique is ten feet, and the man in black is still within this ten feet.

"right here!"

Zhou Ping shot an arrow at the foot!
"what!"

The man in black screamed.

At this time, there was a big hole on the ground, and inside the hole was the man in black who was cut in half.

The black-clothed man's chest was pierced by Zhou Ping's mental sleeve arrow.

Even with only the upper body left, the man in black was still struggling to move forward.

The man in black didn't know that only half of his body was left, and he was still thinking about escaping.

"Still want to run?"

Uncle Lame limped out, thinking the man in black had escaped.

If the man in black escapes, he will become a serious threat to the escort agency in the future.

But when he saw the big hole at the door and the half-man in black inside the hole, Uncle Lame breathed a sigh of relief.

"Still trying to run!"

Uncle Lame killed the man in black with his cane.

The man in black is dead.

"Uncle Lame, why don't you leave him alive? This guy's underground escape technique is pretty good. I want to learn a formula from him."

Zhou Ping felt a little sorry. He had seen the fire talisman of the man in black before, but this earth escape technique was very mysterious.

If I could get the secret of earth escape from the other party, I could use it for practice.

"These guys are very dangerous. Who knows how many tricks they have? If you don't kill them, they can counterattack before they die. Then it will be more trouble than gain."

Uncle Lame used his crutch to poke several holes in the black-clad man's body.

Zhou Ping nodded silently: The importance of finishing off the enemy!
Only after the man in black was completely dead did Uncle Lame start to touch the body.

A dagger, a dagger, several bottles of elixir, a small bag containing an unknown spiritual herb, and more than three hundred and fifty taels of silver.

"The silver is yours, and I'll take the rest."

Uncle Lame and Zhou Ping sorted the harvest.

Zhou Ping nodded. With the addition of the three hundred taels of silver, Zhou Ping already had more than eight hundred taels.

Sure enough, killing people and robbing their goods is the fastest way to make money! Zhou Ping couldn't help but sigh.

"Meow"

Xiaobai appeared out of nowhere, holding a yellow pear in its mouth. It lay obediently on Zhou Ping's shoulder, and Zhou Ping took the yellow pear out of its mouth and put it in his mouth to chew.

"Uncle Lame, what is this spiritual herb?"

Zhou Ping asked as he looked at the spiritual herbs in the cloth bag.

"I don't know about that either. There are tens of thousands of magical herbs in the world. Who knows what this is? Maybe it can detoxify."

Uncle Lame couldn't figure it out either.

"Meow"

Xiaobai jumped up from Zhou Ping's shoulder and ran away with the spiritual herb in his mouth.

Xiaobai reacted very quickly, and because it was Zhou Ping's cat, Uncle Lame did not stop him.

Zhou Ping was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Xiaobai to take the spiritual herb away.

"Uncle Lame, how much do you think this spiritual herb is worth? I'll give it to you at a discount."

Zhou Ping said embarrassedly. Uncle Bo had already distributed the things, so this spiritual herb should belong to Uncle Bo.

"Forget it, it's just an unknown herb, maybe it's not worth much."

Uncle Lame waved his hand.

"The way of martial arts is about the heart of a martial artist. You cannot rely too much on external objects. Using too many hidden weapons is not good for your martial arts practice."

Uncle Lame ignored the matter of Xiaobai eating the spiritual herbs and instead gave Zhou Ping some advice.

Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment; his thoughts were somewhat different from Uncle Lame's.

"Uncle Lame, my thoughts are different from yours?"

Zhou Ping paused and organized his words.

"You told me last time not to draw your sword against the weak."

"I remember when I saw you killing someone, the flying stone killed him." "The flying stone is no different from the sleeve arrow with the soul."

"If you dare to attack a strong person, you can use a knife, a sword, or a hidden weapon. There is actually no difference."

"The means don't matter. What matters is whether you dare to attack the strong."

Zhou Ping expressed his opinion.

Uncle Lame trembled and looked at Zhou Ping. His eyes were cloudy at first, then became bright, and then became clear.

Uncle Lame slowly closed his eyes. Zhou Ping's words gave him some enlightenment.

Ever since his leg became lame, Uncle Bo thought that his martial arts career was useless.

How can you wield a sword or a knife without legs?

How can I improve my martial arts skills if I can’t wield a sword? How can I fight others? How can I break through the realm?

For more than ten years, Uncle Lame has always had this idea.

Uncle Bo even went to Jinhua Temple for initiation, and even wanted to learn Taoism and read books. He wanted to change his track and try other ways to break through.

However, all these were in vain, as Uncle Lame did not break through by relying on other methods of cultivation.

Zhou Ping looked at Uncle Lame quietly without disturbing him.

After about a cup of tea, Uncle Lame slowly opened his eyes.

Just a cup of tea and Uncle Bo's whole personality has changed drastically.

Uncle Lame's eyes are brighter, his complexion is more radiant, and he looks more energetic instead of old.

"Zhou Ping, I have reached the ninth rank!"

Uncle Lame let out a long sigh of relief.

For more than ten years, Uncle Lame had been stuck at the tenth level, but he finally broke through to the ninth level.

No one tried to stop Uncle Lame from breaking through. He was the one who confined himself in a circle and trapped his own heart.

"Uncle, you were obsessed before."

Zhou Ping said. He knew his words had an effect on Uncle Lame.

When I first entered the tenth level, it was Uncle Bo’s words that gave me inspiration and enlightenment.

Uncle Lame glanced at Zhou Ping sideways. If it were an ordinary person, he would have hit him with his crutch.

This is more than ten years! It took more than ten years to break through the realm.

How many decades do we have in our life?

But this is Zhou Ping, the one who helped him break through to the ninth level.

Uncle Lame was in a very good mood. He directed Zhou Ping to clean up the bodies while giving him pointers.

"Don't tell anyone about my breakthrough. I will cover up what happened tonight and won't say it has anything to do with you."

"Don't tell others about your realm, including the Mind Sleeve Arrow in your hand, and how much money you have."

"It's also a good trump card to make others unable to see through you."

Uncle Lame thought for a moment and then spoke again.

"Don't tell me your realm, even Chen Erdan and Scar!"

"Don't trust anyone except yourself!"

After Uncle Lame finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and looked into the distance.

Zhou Ping brought the body of the man in black, and Uncle Bo let him go. Uncle Bo seemed a little tired, so he asked Zhou Ping to come earlier tomorrow night.

After Zhou Ping returned home, it suddenly started raining.

The rain was heavy, and there was thunder and lightning.

Xiaobai has returned. He is lying on the bed, licking his fur.

"Well, raising you is of some use. You even know how to warm the bed."

When Xiaobai saw Zhou Ping lying on the bed, he made room for him. The place where he had just lay was already warm.

Zhou Ping lay down in the bed, and Xiaobai lay on his chest.

"This house is too shabby. I have to buy a new one tomorrow."

Zhou Ping's thatched house was a bit shabby. When it rained, the roof leaked in several places and there was water on the floor inside the house.

That night, thunder and lightning struck one after another.

Zhou Ping and Xiao Bai snuggled in bed to keep each other warm.

Around the hour of Yin, Zhou Ping was suddenly awakened by a female voice.

The female voice is sweet, like a baby's voice.

Zhou Ping turned over the quilt in a daze, and the baby voice seemed to come from under the quilt.

There is a pure and cute round-faced doll in the quilt with two cat ears on its head.

"Brother, I'm afraid."

"Brother, I'm afraid."

The cute doll has extremely long eyebrows, but its eyes are not open.

Zhou Ping put the quilt down and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Are you scared? I am. There is no one else in this room."

Zhou Ping was still dazed just now, but now he is completely awake.

Ghost? Human? Or demon?
Zhou Ping thought of a lot of things in an instant, and he immediately made a decision and lifted the quilt.

There was no little Loli in the quilt. Only a little white cat was lying on Zhou Ping, shivering.

Zhou Ping lifted the quilt several times, but still didn't see the little Loli he had just seen.

"Is it because of my eyesight?"

Zhou Ping sighed silently. He had already spread out the range of the Heavenly Spirit Borrowing Technique, but still found nothing.

"There are no ghosts or monsters."

Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief, but there was a hint of disappointment in his heart. Humph! The stories in Liao Zhai are all lies. How can a fox demon hide from the rain on a thunderstorm night and then transform into a human to repay a favor? ?
After this incident, Zhou Ping couldn't sleep. He covered the kitten with a quilt and put it on the only bed that was not wet by the rain, and then practiced martial arts in the house.

"This house is too small. It's not suitable for practicing martial arts. If I really want to buy a house, I'd better buy a big villa where I can practice martial arts."

It was just daybreak and the thunderstorm had stopped. Zhou Ping took Xiaobai to the street to drink a bowl of mutton soup and then started looking for a house.

He family villa.

Mr. He was lying in bed, with two young girls lying on top of him to keep him warm.

He Yunlu just stood in the room, head down and not daring to look.

Mr. He has a very strong possessiveness. If anything of his is touched by others, he would rather destroy it than use it again.

Therefore, He Yunlu never dared to use Mr. He’s things, nor did he dare to look at Mr. He’s women.

"Uncle, this is what happened."

He Yunlu recounted the story of how the third wife, Liu Ruyan, had been kidnapped.

"Two men in black, with a tenth-grade cultivation level, could not be caught by the escort agency, but they were saved by a man named Yan Chixia."

"Yan Chixia also sent the third lady back to the mansion because she had a history with the He family."

Mr. He understood the whole story, but he didn't know who Yan Chixia was, let alone what the relationship was between the He family and him.

"Uncle, according to the maids and servants who went with Third Aunt, the night Third Aunt prayed for a child, not long after, the prayer house caught fire. Third Madam almost died in there, but was saved by the escort agency."

"Look, if that's the case, Third Aunt probably didn't succeed in having a child, then we..."

He Yunlu's idea was very simple. Since his third aunt had not been defiled by the monks in the fertility temple, there was no need to kill her.

He Yunlu thought that as long as the old coffin ladle died, Third Aunt would still be his! Third Aunt and the He family are all mine.

"Yunlu, I'm old now, and I might die someday."

"Who do you think the He family will choose as the head of the family after I die?"

Mr. He's hands kept wandering over the two girls.

He Yunlu paused for a moment.

Mr. He has only one daughter, He Yunqing, but He Yunqing has a talent for business. She manages the affairs of He Ren Tang clearly and is very popular.

As for He Yunlu, he was trained by Master He to do dirty work, such as killing people or building connections with officials.

"This is naturally Sister Yunqing's. After all, she is your flesh and blood."

He Yunlu said.

Although He Yunlu said this on the surface, when Mr. He really passed away, he would definitely compete with He Yunqing.

The outcome is still unknown! After all, this is still an era where men are in charge, and women are just a foil.

"Yunlu, although you have a bad reputation in the He family, you have always been the one doing the dirty work like building connections with the government. When I really die, you and Yunqing will have a 50-50 chance of becoming the head of the family."

"After all, Yun Qing is a woman. She can only take care of the internal affairs, not the external affairs."

"But what if Yun Qing suddenly has a younger brother when I die? Even if this younger brother is still in the belly."

"What are your chances of winning?"

(End of this chapter)