Practice starts with skill points.

Chapter 160 Lin Family Mother and Daughter
"Mr. Zhong, these are some preserved fruits I picked myself, please try them."

On this side of a big river, several carriages were gathered together, and some guards and servants were setting up camp and making fires and cooking around them.

Zhong Lin was sitting cross-legged on a piece of bluestone meditating and practicing. The person who came to deliver the preserved fruits was a girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old.

She was not tall, but her figure was well-proportioned, like a gourd. She had a pair of cute big eyes and fair skin. She was looking at Zhong Lin timidly.

Zhong Lin took the preserved fruit with a smile. In the process, he touched the little girl's fingers, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The girl's cheeks turned red instantly, as if she had received an electric shock.

"Thank you, Miss Lin."

"No...you're welcome. If it weren't for Master Zhong, your family and I would have met with disaster long ago. This is just a small token of my appreciation. How can I truly deserve your thanks?"

The voice of Miss Lin was as clear and pleasant as pearls falling on a jade plate.

The convoy in front of him was the one Zhong Lin encountered yesterday when he was returning to the official road. There was no male owner in the convoy, only a lady named Zhang.

She was originally from Yuhuan County. She and her husband were engaged in the fur business in Yuhuan County and had a son and a daughter.

Years ago, her husband passed away due to illness. In desperation, Mrs. Zhang suppressed her grief and gathered her property, planning to take her children to Linhai County to seek refuge with her eldest brother.

Unfortunately, she met the wrong person. The housekeeper who had always been with her became evil after her husband's death. He instigated a group of guards to rebel on the road and wanted to seize her property.

Zhong Lin happened to see this scene and then acted as a hero to save the beauty.

The butler was killed on the spot, and the guards who were instigated to rebel were also suppressed by Zhong Lin.

Who can rival the perfect cultivation of the second level of Tongmai?

As for now, he was invited to escort for a while, and it happened to be on his way, so Zhong Lin did not refuse, and so the scene in front of him happened.

This Miss Lin's full name is Lin Shihua. She is Mrs. Zhang's eldest daughter. She is only 28 years old, young and beautiful. Naturally, she falls in love with Zhong Lin, a young man with handsome appearance and strong martial arts skills.

Lin Shihua handed out the preserved fruits, looked very happy, and skipped away.

"Sister, sister."

A little kid poked his head out of the carriage.

Lin Shihua stepped forward and took his younger brother Lin An down from the carriage. He was only six years old, but he had just experienced the loss of his father and had almost experienced a life-and-death crisis. Lin Shihua held him in his arms with heartache.

"What's wrong, An?"

"Sister, I want to become Brother Zhong's disciple and ask him to teach me martial arts."

Xiao Lin An pointed at Zhong Lin in the distance, his face full of determination.

"Martial arts is very difficult, why do you suddenly want to learn martial arts?" Lin Shihua said softly.

"Because I want to protect Mom and my sister and never let anyone bully you again. Daddy said I'm a man, and a man should protect his family."

Xiao Lin An said loudly.

"Xiao An is so good. Then you should study martial arts well and when you grow up you will be able to protect me and mother."

"Well, I can definitely do it. It would be great if Brother Zhong could teach me. Sister, can I go and ask Brother Zhong for help?"

Lin Shihua also glanced in the direction of Zhong Lin, with a look of helplessness in his eyes. Becoming a disciple is not something that can be easily discussed. He was also worried that if Zhong Lin refused, his younger brother Lin An would be hit hard.

"An'er, don't make trouble. When we get to your uncle's house, ask your uncle to help you find a master and learn martial arts from him." The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and the graceful and elegant Mrs. Zhang walked out.

Mrs. Zhang is in her thirties, but because of her good maintenance, she looks only in her twenties. She is wearing a light blue gauze dress, which is simple yet elegant. The skirt is embroidered with small white flowers, which is elegant and unique. She has a jade pendant tied around her waist, which emits a faint glow under the sunlight. Her plain face is not made up, but her complexion is like the morning glow reflecting on the snow. There is a delicate look in her eyebrows and eyes, and her voice and smile are gentle.

She walked slowly with light steps, like a blooming lotus, emitting a faint fragrance.

The mother and daughter standing together look more like sisters than mother and daughter, except that one is a small white flower and the other is a gorgeous rose.

No wonder the housekeeper had such dirty thoughts. If he succeeded, he would not only be able to obtain the master's property, but also be able to bring the mother and daughter into his account.

"Mr. Zhong is just a casual acquaintance of ours, and he has already saved our entire family's lives. How can we trouble him again?" Mrs. Zhang scolded Xiao Lin An.

Although Xiao Zhonglin was unwilling, he still nodded in agreement.

"I know, mother."

Mrs. Zhang sighed, raised her head and looked deeply in the direction of Zhong Lin in the distance, with an inexplicable look in her eyes.

Zhong Lin naturally didn't bother to pay attention to the conversation between the family. At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged on the bluestone, thinking about his next practice.

The twelfth level of Tongmai has been fully completed. The twelve main meridians of the hands and feet and the eight extraordinary meridians have all been opened. From now on, all the meridians in the body are open, and the second level Tongmai realm is perfect.

And the next one is... the first level of pure essence realm.

There are nine levels of martial arts, and the Pure Yuan Realm is the last one.

The Pure Yuan Realm is also called the True Qi Realm.

Internal breath is invisible and intangible, while true qi is visible and tangible. This is what is called "true" qi.

Zhong Lin used his internal energy to perform various martial arts, including catching people and slapping people. People could only see an invisible violent airflow, but if he cultivated true energy, everyone could see a giant palm.

The "Dragon Subduing Palm" that Zhong Lin had used before could transform into dragon-shaped energy with one palm strike. If the internal energy was transformed into true energy, then others would see a golden dragon.

Even after the true qi is cultivated to a strong level, it can transform into a giant dragon and suppress everything.

It is not difficult to cultivate to the first level of Pure Yuan Realm. As long as the meridians are fully opened and the internal energy is strong, a Pure Yuan Pill can promote the transformation of the internal energy into a higher level of true qi. It can even be said to be a natural process.

Therefore, if one wants to reach the first level of pure essence, the real difficulty is to open up the twelve main meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians.

Now that Zhong Lin has reached the perfect state of Tongmai, his internal energy flows through the meridians and acupoints throughout his body, and from now on he only needs a Chunyuan Pill to easily step into the first-grade martial arts.

He reached out and took out a jade bottle from his bosom, and poured out a emerald green pill from it.

The pill is only the size of a thumb, and is emerald green all over, like a treasure. There is a faint medicinal fragrance emanating from it. Just by sniffing it, one can feel the boiling internal energy in the dantian.

"Fortunately, I brought a few Pure Yuan Pills with me when I went out, otherwise I would have to return to the sect." Zhong Lin secretly rejoiced in his heart.

The refining of Chunyuan Dan is not complicated. As a fourth-grade alchemist, Zhong Lin can make it easily. However, this thing is only effective for warriors who have completed the Tongmai. Who would carry it with them for no reason?

Zhong Lin also made preparations in advance. For him, practicing in the Tongmai realm was not difficult, he just had to follow the steps. After all, silk power played a great auxiliary role in opening up the meridians and acupoints.

But I didn't expect that in the process of escorting Jiang Yuan, he actually refined many top-grade skills, and the "Five Elements Hunyuan Gong" was so efficient in opening up meridians and breaking acupuncture points.

(End of this chapter)