From the fusion of Tongbei Quan to the Longevity Martial Saint

Upon hearing Fang Qing's words, Tian Zhan's gaze immediately darkened.

He originally thought that Fang Qing, unarmed, would be completely powerless against his broadsword.

Hearing Fang Qing's words, he realized that Fang Qing had just used him as a whetstone.

It was used to hone his bizarre, invulnerable martial arts skills.

He was a master at the fourth level of Body Tempering.

In the Huaihe River region, wherever he went, even the salt merchants would treat him as an honored guest.

However, he became Fang Qing's whetstone, which made Tian Zhan feel both depressed and terrified.

"You arrogant brat, you're asking for trouble! Die!"

Tian Zhan roared and swung his steel sword, concentrating almost all his strength into this one strike.

Swish!

An even more dazzling, cold light enveloped Fang Qing.

Fang Qing moved like a divine ape treading on a tree.

With a light touch of his toes, he had already dashed off...

Tian Zhan's blade flashed down, almost grazing the hem of Fang Qing's clothes.

At this moment, Fang Qing had also arrived at Tian Zhan's right side.

Fang Qing swung his fist and punched Tian Zhan hard in the wrist where he was holding the knife.

The wrist is arguably the most vulnerable joint in the human body.

Especially the distal radius inside the wrist.

This part of the bone is a weak area at the junction of cancellous bone and compact bone.

When subjected to a strong external impact, a fracture can occur directly.

One in ten fractures in the general population are fractures of the distal radius.

This demonstrates its vulnerability.

Fang Qing's punch landed squarely on the radial joint of Tian Zhan's wrist, where he was holding the steel knife.

This punch was powerful and heavy.

Fang Qing's all-out attack, with its immense power, quickly penetrated Tian Zhan's skin barrier.

Although Tian Zhan was at the fourth level of Body Tempering, under Fang Qing's immense power, the distal radius bone in his wrist was instantly reduced to dust.

Without the support of the distal radius bone in the wrist, the skin on both the inner and outer sides of Tian Zhan's wrist is exposed.

Only two layers of skin remained!

They were directly struck by Fang Qing's fist and pressed tightly together.

Under Tian Zhan's terrified gaze.

Tian Zhan saw that his entire wrist had turned into something like noodles.

Only two layers of skin connected his palm, which was still holding a steel knife.

His right hand remained firmly gripping the wide-mouthed steel knife, ready to slash.

However, the steel blade, which was originally aimed at slashing forward, began to turn around the wrist.

The steel knife began to continuously rotate to the right and outward.

With a snap!

Until the steel knife in Tian Zhan's right hand was propelled by the immense inertia of Fang Qing's fist.

He slapped himself hard on the outside of his right shoulder.

All of this happened too fast.

The pain, transmitted through the nerves, had not even reached Tian Zhan's brain.

The next moment, Tian Zhan saw that the skin where his wrist and palm connected felt as if it were tied together by a rope.

The steel knife swung back and forth on his arm under the influence of gravity.

A heart-wrenching howl rang out from Tian Zhan's mouth.

Fang Qing frowned and gave a cold snort.

"So noisy!"

Fang Qing swung his big hand and slapped Tian Zhan hard as he clutched his wrist and screamed in agony.

Tian Zhan, who was originally howling, suddenly rolled his eyes and fell straight to one side.

However, as he fell, the steel knife in his hand fell to the ground first.

The blade was pointing upwards.

With a click.

By the time Fang Qing noticed something, Tian Zhan had already been beheaded by his own steel blade.

"Oh, I was originally thinking of crippling you so that the Zhu Family Village would have to pay more for your medicine?"

"How did you end up lying on your own knife!"

Fang Qing felt somewhat helpless.

This expert at the fourth level of Body Tempering is far too weak!

First, Fang Qing used her as a whetstone to hone his bare-handed skills.

The next moment, before he could even exchange names with Fang Qing, he died instantly.

It was incredibly frustrating.

Fang Qing first picked up Tian Zhan's steel knife. He examined the quality of the knife and found that it was indeed much better than the standard steel knife he had received from the Shanhe Boxing Academy.

He immediately put the steel knife away.

They quickly looted Tian Zhan's body.

In the end, he found a total of about fifty taels of silver.

As for gold leaves, there wasn't a single one.

It's obvious that Tian Zhan is also a poor guy.

What's left is a big bag of jerky made from some kind of lean meat that I don't know what it is.

Fang Qing was currently lacking food to boost his stamina, so he immediately put it away.

He then touched Tian Zhan's body again and suddenly found a book on his chest.

Fang Qing opened the book and found it was a spear technique called "Po Jun Spear".

Unfortunately, it was only a fragment.

Just as Fang Qing was about to take a closer look, footsteps came from afar.

Fang Qing quickly put away the Po Jun Spear Technique.

Just then, a group carrying torches walked by.

Illuminated by the torchlight, Fang Qing saw the fish-scale clothing worn by the newcomer, and his pupils immediately contracted sharply.

During the Great Qian Dynasty, only the Salt Patrol Guards under the jurisdiction of the Salt Patrol Censor wore fish-scale robes.

Salt and iron were the main sources of tax revenue for the Qin Dynasty.

The authorities specifically set up salt inspection offices in various places.

Its main function was to oversee salt-related affairs in various localities.

In some respects, the Salt Patrol Guard had the right to act first and report later, making them even more powerful than the Six Doors.

Even the head of the Fang family had to treat the salt patrol guards with great respect.

Before setting up an ambush to kill the people from Zhu Family Village tonight, Fang Qing had already arranged for someone to report to the authorities.

After all, although these martial arts practitioners from the Zhu Family Village had voluntarily trespassed into the private territory of the Jinsha Saltworks,

But if too many lives are lost, then things will get complicated later on.

Ultimately, it's best if the official team concludes the matter.

Fang Qing originally thought that the Salt Commissioner wouldn't care at all about the Zhu Family Village stealing their brine.

Unexpectedly, this time the authorities actually dispatched the Salt Patrol Guards.

When Gu Changyuan heard his subordinates' report and personally led his men over, his pupils contracted upon seeing the scene at the Jinsha Saltworks.

However, having experienced countless battles, he quickly regained his composure.

Gu Changyuan had a rugged appearance, though he wasn't as tall as Fang Qing.

But he also looks very robust.

Under the crackling torchlight, the fish-scale robe he wore had flying fish patterns embroidered in silver thread on the chest.

The flying fish pattern is a mythical auspicious beast with a dragon's head, a fish's body, wings, scales, and two tails.

It resembles a dragon but is not a dragon.

It symbolizes the deterrent power granted by imperial authority.

When Gu Changyuan saw Yang Zhi and others escorting Fang Qing as they walked over.

He saw that Fang Qing was clearly only a teenager, but was obviously the leader among these people.

He couldn't help but look Fang Qing up and down with some surprise.

Fang Qing saw Gu Changyuan's piercing gaze and immediately became wary.

Gu Changyuan gave him the feeling that his cultivation was unfathomable.

Although not as good as Fang Lingsu.

However, through the torrent-like energy within Gu Changyuan's body, he knew that there was a significant gap between his cultivation level and Gu Changyuan's.

Immediately, Fang Qing quickly went to Gu Changyuan, cupped his hands, and said:

"My lord, our Jinsha Saltworks was just attacked by foreign salt bandits. Thanks to the united efforts of everyone at Jinsha Saltworks, we fought back fiercely and killed dozens of salt bandits. The remaining bandits were all seriously wounded."

"Please, Your Excellency, do us, the lowly salt producers, justice!"

Fang Qing first turned the tables, pretending to be stupid and not recognizing the people who had launched the sneak attack.

Let's define these people directly as salt bandits.

It is only natural for salt farmers to fight against salt bandits.

Nobody can really say for sure...