Practice starts with skill points.

Chapter 157 Beheading
"What's happening here?"

Old man Xu looked at the mess in Zhong Lin's house and said in a dumbfounded manner.

My home was fine yesterday, but now it has turned into this terrible state as if a dragon had turned over.

"I was practicing last night and accidentally got like this."

Zhong Lin was not polite and said casually.

Old Man Xu was instantly furious and shouted, "Why don't you go out to practice? The yard is so big, why do you have to practice in the house?"

"You don't understand this!"

Zhong Lin pretended to be disdainful and said, "Martial arts training is not just about dynamic training. After reaching a certain level, they begin to practice static training."

"You're bullying me because I don't practice martial arts, right?! A mid-level third-grade martial artist would only practice standing meditation, concentrating their Qi and blood. How could they make such a big noise? I see you..."

"Oh my! Why are you getting more stingy as you get older? I'll clean it up later. It's just a few tables and chairs! I'm hungry. What are you making for breakfast?"

After saying that, he pulled Old Man Xu out of the room without giving him a chance to speak again.

Before breakfast, Mei Haiming came in person with a bunch of gifts, but was driven out by Zhong Lin.

Too lazy to talk to him.

"Zhong Lin, that's the county lord."

Old man Xu was still a little confused. The county magistrate came to his house in person early in the morning, but the key point was that he was kicked out by Zhong Lin before he even entered the door. This made his three views feel shattered in an instant.

"I know!"

Zhong Lin spoke casually while chewing on the big meat bun in his hand.

"then you……"

"You wouldn't believe me even if I told you. I'm very powerful now. Not to mention the county lord, even the princess has to bow to me and serve me with delicious food and drinks."

"Hey, you're really out of breath when I tell you you're fat."

"Forget it if you don't believe it."

Zhong Lin lowered his head and took a big sip of millet porridge. The millet porridge had been cooked for a long time, and a layer of oil had floated on the surface. It was fragrant, soft, delicious and tasty.

"By the way, what does the County Master want you to do?"

"Let me help him fight. Don't worry, it's no problem. It's just a mouse. I can crush it to death with just my bare hands."

"Okay! As long as you know what's going on."

Old man Xu didn't ask any more questions. He was completely confident in Zhong Lin. Whether it was their previous cooperation in selling medicine or protecting their family, Zhong Lin had shown a maturity that was far inconsistent with his age.

He finished his breakfast in a few bites, got up and returned to his room to tidy up, and then continued to meditate and practice.

The Five Elements Primordial Qigong was so effective in opening up meridians and breaking down acupuncture points that Zhong Lin naturally did not want to waste time and wanted to complete the practice of the eight extraordinary meridians as quickly as possible.

Time passed leisurely.

Except for occasionally going out, Zhong Lin spends the rest of his time practicing in his room.

Hard work pays off. In just seven days, Zhong Lin opened up the Yangwei and Daimai meridians. At this point, Zhong Lin's cultivation level was promoted to the ninth level of Tongmai.

The Yangwei Meridian is one of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. "Wei" means to maintain and connect. The Yangwei Meridian has the function of maintaining the Yang meridians of the human body, connecting the various Yang meridians, and working together with the Yinwei Meridian to store Qi and blood.

It starts from the outside of the heel, goes up through the outer ankle, and goes up along the Foot Shaoyang Meridian to the hip joint. It passes through the back of the rib cage, goes from the back of the armpit to the shoulder to the forehead, and then to the back of the neck, and joins the Governor Vessel. There are a total of sixteen acupoints.

The Dai Mai (Belt Meridian) is also one of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, but unlike the other meridians that run vertically, the Dai Mai runs horizontally, like a belt that binds the heavy meridians. There are three acupoints on each side, for a total of six. The opening of these two meridians caused Zhong Lin's energy to surge several times over, and the speed at which his internal energy flowed through the meridians increased countless times.

"The only three meridians left are the Chong, Ren and Du meridians. I will definitely be able to complete the Tongmai Jing practice within a month."

Zhong Lin's face was full of joy, especially when he felt his growing strength, he was filled with a sense of satisfaction.

"Tomorrow is the day that the so-called Second Master will be beheaded. It's time to move around."

……

Early the next morning, the sound of gongs rang out in the streets and alleys.

This was a common tactic used by the government offices. Whenever there was an execution of a criminal, this would be done to remind the people in the city to go and watch, and each household had to send at least one person.

The purpose is self-evident. Simply put, it is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, to tell you not to break the law, otherwise the person above will be your future.

Old Man Xu was in the clinic, Brother Xiu was in the school, Zhong Lin held down Old Madam Xu, walked out of the courtyard, and followed the crowd towards the execution ground in the west of the city.

When Zhong Lin walked to the execution ground, a large number of onlookers had already gathered nearby. There were also some street vendors constantly moving among the crowd selling melon seeds, peanuts and the like. For them, as long as there were a lot of people, it was their market.

On the execution ground, two constables pressed down the disheveled Qi Feihu and made him kneel facing the crowd to the south. He had shackles on his shoulders and a wooden stick tied in his mouth, like an animal.

Even so, Qi Feihu made a humming sound from his mouth, and his blood-red eyes were full of ferocity and cruelty.

When the man was first brought in, he refused to kneel down, until Chief Constable Xue stepped forward and broke both of his leg bones.
"Finally going to die, this damn thing."

"Yes! In my opinion, beheading him is too easy for him. He should be cut into pieces."

"I think you're right. Qi Feihu is a murderer and arsonist. He's committed all sorts of evil. I don't know how many people have died at his hands. My wife's second uncle and third uncle's family were killed by them. What a good family! Just because Qi Feihu saw that their daughter was pretty, he kidnapped her that night and killed her whole family."

"Um...what about that girl?"

Someone asked curiously.

"He died the next day. He was tortured all night and then committed suicide by jumping into a well."

"Oh! He deserves to die."

"Deserves to be killed."

Mei Haiming looked up at the sky, then looked at Zhong Lin not far away, and the tension in his heart subsided.

He drew a warrant from the drawer in front of him, threw it fiercely on the ground in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "It is noon. Identify the body and execute it."

Following this order, Qi Feihu on the execution ground struggled even more, but his mouth was blocked and he could not shout.

The executioner, with his chest and abdomen exposed, picked up a bowl of wine and drank it, then suddenly sprayed it on the ghost-head knife in his hand.

He walked towards Qi Feihu's side, holding the ghost-head knife high in his hand, which shone with a sharp cold light in the sunlight.

The strong arm exerted force suddenly, and the blade slashed heavily at Qi Feihu's neck.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed in the distance, and it turned out to be a flying stone, aiming at the executioner's head. It was so fast that it arrived in the blink of an eye. If hit, the executioner's head would explode on the spot like a watermelon.

Zhong Lin in the crowd naturally saw this scene. He snapped his fingers and a stream of energy shot out from his fingertips, colliding with the stone in the air.

With a muffled sound, the stone exploded on the spot.

Then a cheer came from the crowd, and Qi Feihu's head flew high, with a trace of blood gushing out from his neck.

(End of this chapter)