Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

"How are your leg injuries?"

Master Tianyi quickly regained his senses, no longer dwelling on whether or not one needs to sleep while cultivating Taoism, and began to care about the injuries Zhao Zheng had sustained in his legs due to the overuse of the Jiama Talisman.

"I'm much better now, Uncle-Master, your healing pills are amazing!" Zhao Zheng lifted his trouser leg, revealing his slightly swollen calves.

"..."

Doesn't it hurt?

Master Tianyi wanted to ask, but he held back and nodded, saying, "It's good that you're much better. Remember to take it on time!"

"I understand, then, shall I go to do my morning prayers?"

Zhao Zheng raised his hand and pointed to the main hall next to him. Daoist Tianyi paused and nodded. After a while, two more people came out of the main hall to do their morning prayers.

One was Xiang Yu, who was reciting the Eight Great Divine Incantations and would occasionally doze off; the other was Master Tianyi, who was very sleepy but did not want to lose face.

no way,

My junior apprentice has already started his morning prayers.

How can he, as the senior apprentice, sleep?

Those who knew him knew he hadn't slept all night, while those who didn't might have thought he didn't know how to do his morning prayers, Master Tianyi thought to himself.

"Isn't this kid sleepy?"

He changed into a Taoist robe that was not much different from the one Zhao Zheng was wearing, except that the color of the robe had faded due to washing. Sitting on the futon, Taoist Master Tianyi silently observed Zhao Zheng, who was also doing his morning prayers, while chanting the Eight Great Divine Incantations.

Upon noticing that the other person still showed no signs of fatigue, Daoist Tianyi couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that this kid's primordial spirit cultivation has reached the realm of being so full of spirit that he no longer needs to sleep?"

After thinking about it, he rejected the answer that he found too outrageous. He himself had not yet reached the state of being so full of energy that he did not need to sleep, so how could Zhao Zheng have reached such a state!

"It must be him... he's young and energetic!"

Master Tianyi thought for a moment and then began to concentrate on his morning prayers. Before he could concentrate on his prayers, he silently extended his sword finger and poked his dozing disciple Xiang Yu in the waist.

"Ah, my disciple's soul, my five internal organs are mysterious..."

Xiang Yu let out a miserable cry, noticing the smiling gaze of Daoist Tianyi, and quickly recited a sarcastic remark, which made Zhao Zheng, sitting at the back, slightly open his eyes and frown as he looked at Xiang Yu.

He didn't mean anything by it, he just felt that this senior brother who could even mispronounce the purification mantra didn't seem very reliable.

Time flies,

It was past six in the morning when...

Main hall.

"..."

Does it exist?

It's not a three-legged toad!

After finishing his morning prayers, Daoist Tianyi's lips twitched a few times as he inspected a three-legged toad chained to the leg of the offering table.

Thinking back to the swatter that Zhao Zheng had been using while he was cultivating last night, and the croaking sound it made, he suddenly realized that Zhao Zheng hadn't been swatting mosquitoes last night, but rather swatting this three-legged toad.

Huh? Wait a minute,

Toads don't croak, do they?

A hint of doubt flashed through Master Tianyi's mind!

"How about it, Uncle-Master? Isn't my three-legged golden toad pet that I lost and found pretty good?" Zhao Zheng raised an eyebrow and said with a smile.

"...Hmm, not bad."

Master Tianyi nodded, trying his best to maintain a normal expression. Although he felt that he could not see the shadow of the Three-Legged Golden Toad in this three-legged toad that had a faint demonic aura, he thought it was better not to discourage his nephew.

"It's a pity that it hasn't fully matured yet, so it hasn't brought me much wealth..." Zhao Zheng said with a regretful expression.

Although, under his Beast Taming Technique, the three-legged toad that he lost when he was a child has gradually regained its memories, it is a pity that the three-legged toad's growth rate is really slow.

But it's not a big problem,

He's always preferred to rely on himself!

"Um……"

Master Tianyi nodded with a twitching at the corner of his mouth. Xiang Yu, standing to the side, didn't think much of it. He simply squatted down with a curious expression, examining the three-legged toad chained up and dressed in talismanic clothing: "Junior brother, why does it look so listless?"

"Maybe it's just sleepy..."

"Hmm, that's possible. After all, toads prefer shade and are mostly active at night. Now that the sun is out, it's time for them to sleep!"

"..."

Master Tianyi's eyelids twitched as he watched his disciple chat with Zhao Zheng with an expression of agreement. Realizing he couldn't understand the thoughts of today's youth, he turned and walked out of the main hall.

"Uncle-Master, Senior Brother, I'll take you to get breakfast on the street." Zhao Zheng kicked the three-legged golden toad back into the depths of the offering table and walked out of the main hall.

Seeing Zhao Zheng's kick, Xiang Yu looked at the three-legged toad lying sprawled out deep inside the offering table, offering no resistance whatsoever.

He looked at Zhao Zheng again, and to be honest, he began to think that the three-legged toad's poor condition might not be due to the daylight.

Looking at the three-legged toad still sprawled on the ground, radiating an air of utter despair, Xiang Yu shook his head with a sigh and left the main hall. He silently decided to catch some insects to feed the toad later.

Under Zhao Zheng's guidance, Daoist Tianyi and his companion left the Taoist temple. Although Daoist Tianyi initially insisted on not eating on the street, saying that he would just cook something himself, he couldn't resist Zhao Zheng's enthusiastic invitation.

In addition, after thinking about it, Master Tianyi felt it was time to reveal his true self, so he agreed to go out for breakfast.

Not far from the Taoist temple, Master Tianyi's resemblance to Zhao Zheng's master frightened many of the neighbors living near the temple.

"This is my uncle, Daoist Tianyi. He is my master's younger brother..." Zhao Zheng quickly explained to the neighbors upon seeing this.

"Oh, I see. That startled me..."

"I thought Master Mao was bluffing... cough cough, I thought Master Mao wasn't dead..."

"So this is your martial uncle. Your martial uncle really looks like Master Mao..."

"Nonsense, Ah Zheng already said that Daoist Tianyi and Daoist Mao are brothers, how could they not be..."

The neighbors chimed in, and after chatting with them for a while, Zhao Zheng and his two companions took their leave and headed toward a breakfast street located outside the eight streets of the Taoist temple.

On the way, Zhao Zheng deliberately passed by the house of the old woman who had been robbed by thieves, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the old woman and her family were alright.

"Their house was burgled the night before last..."

Seeing Master Tianyi's confusion, Zhao Zheng didn't try to hide it. Instead, he looked around and whispered about how he had broken one arm and one leg of each of the two thieves who climbed over the wall.

Hearing this, Xiang Yu blinked and silently distanced himself from his junior brother. He didn't mean anything by it, it was just that... his junior brother wasn't very kind.

"You...you're so thoughtful!"

Master Tianyi listened with a slightly strained expression as Zhao Zheng explained that in order to prevent the families of the two thieves from losing their breadwinners, he had no choice but to break one of the thieves' arms and one of their legs.

To be honest, Zhao Zheng was thinking quite far ahead, although his actions felt a bit strange and inexplicable to me.

"Yes, we've arrived..."

Looking at the street ahead selling various breakfast items, Zhao Zheng asked Master Tianyi and the other two, and after receiving a casual reply, he led them directly to a steamed bun shop in the center of the street that he frequented, and ordered three servings as usual.

Master Tianyi startled the owner of the steamed bun shop and the regular customers who came for breakfast.

After breakfast, the three returned to the Taoist temple.

On the way, Master Tianyi continued the topic that hadn't been discussed the previous night: how to deal with close combat from martial artists.

"Defeat a martial artist with martial arts? Is this... the way you mentioned for dealing with close combat with martial artists, Uncle-Master?" Zhao Zheng listened with a strange expression as Master Tianyi explained how to deal with close combat with martial artists by learning martial arts.

To be fair, it makes a lot of sense!

"Yes, I've already made arrangements for you before I came. I'll take you to find it in a little while..." Master Tianyi began to speak, but Zhao Zheng interrupted him before he could finish.

"Uncle-Master, I don't think I'll be free today!"

"Hmm?" ×2

Master Tianyi and Xiang Yu both looked puzzled. They saw Zhao Zheng point in the direction of the Taoist temple, and then they followed the two out of the alley.

The first thing that caught the eye was the crowd of people who had completely surrounded the Taoist temple, and some servants dressed as household servants who were pushing those people to the side.

And there were two girls, dressed in the uniforms of Chongde Girls' School, arguing at the entrance of the Taoist temple that I was the first to offer incense.

One looked quite forthright, and the other looked very gentle; both were pretty girls who looked to be around eighteen years old.

"Looks like I'm going to be busy today..."

Xiang Yu muttered to himself, while Master Tianyi frowned as he listened to the common people saying that Zhao Zheng had defeated Master Qin and the others.

Ignoring this, Zhao Zheng frowned and glanced at the two female school students who were obviously from wealthy families, then stepped forward and called out, "Make way."

"Master Zhao is back, make way..."

"Hey, Master Mao, he's not dead..."

"This is Master Mao's younger brother, Master Tianyi..."

The onlookers once again gasped in surprise at the appearances of Daoist Tianyi and Daoist Mao, but because of the explanations given by Zhao Zheng and the other two, the neighbors spontaneously began to offer their own explanations.

Zhao Zheng didn't pay attention to that. He just glanced at the two Taoist priests, Tianyi and his companion, and took out the key to unlock the gate of the Taoist temple.

The door was unlocked, and before Zhao Zheng and his two companions could even step through the gate, they were gently pushed aside by the servants who had rushed to the Taoist temple gate.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Zheng and his two companions, along with the other people who came to offer incense, witnessed a scene of fierce competition for the first incense offering.

Seeing the servants blocking each other, and two female school students rushing into the Taoist temple each holding an incense stick, Zhao Zheng frowned slightly for a moment, feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.

"Stop, don't push! Let the two young ladies of the Shi family finish offering incense before you go in, or you might get beaten up by their servants..."

"The Shi family? Could these two young ladies be Shi Lianlian and Shi Bingbing, who always fight over everything?"