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

Inside the compound,

Buddhist hall.

"Your stepmother wouldn't dare harm you!"

In response to Zhao Zheng's question, Zhao's mother picked up the incense from the altar, lit it, placed it in the incense burner, and bowed to the Guanyin Bodhisattva statue.

As sisters who had fought for so many years, she understood her sister far better than she understood her sister; she knew what kind of person her sister was.

Zhao Zheng didn't reply, but stepped forward, picked up the incense on the table, lit it, put it in the incense burner, and bowed to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"You're a Taoist priest, and you're worshipping Guanyin?"

Zhao's mother spoke up, and Zhao Zheng thought for a moment before explaining, "According to the ancient texts, Guanyin Bodhisattva's original name was Cihang Daoren. In other words, she is actually a deity of our Taoist sect!"

"..."

"Ahem, wasn't it Second Aunt who caused this?" Zhao Zheng coughed and changed the subject, looking at his mother's face.

"No, but Ah Cheng did go out the day you drowned..." Zhao's mother said with a slight frown.

"It shouldn't be him. He's been playing the fool for so long, he'll really become a fool by now. A few years ago, maybe he had the brains and guts to plot against me..."

Listening to his mother's words, Zhao Zheng thought for a moment and then said that the ambush he mentioned was a drowning incident that he had encountered not long after returning from abroad, which was also the drowning incident that made him take the place of the original owner.

However, he didn't think it could be considered a replacement, because the original owner and he were basically the same in appearance and name.

The only difference is age.

"You talk like you're so smart!" Zhao's mother rolled her eyes in disdain, but in her heart she agreed with Zhao Zheng's statement.

Zhao Zheng laughed and said, "Anyway, I'm definitely smarter than him. As the saying goes, 'Like begets like,' and 'A mouse's son knows how to dig a hole.' He doesn't even know who my mother is. How could I not be smart?"

"You smooth talker, if you were smart you would have brought a girl home for your mother to see sooner. Do you know that Zhou Ming from next door, the one you used to beat up at your door when he was a kid, already has a child, and his mother is a grandmother..."

When Zhao's mother spoke, Zhao Zheng listened obediently. As for speaking, forget it; if he dared to open his mouth, his mother would dare to continue talking!

After talking for a while, Zhao's mother realized that Zhao Zheng was like a mute, and she angrily said, "Get out! I don't want to see you!"

"Alright, Mom, you should get some rest too!"

Zhao Zheng smiled and quickly left the Buddhist hall. But as soon as he stepped out of the hall, he saw six servants kneeling on the ground in the courtyard. They were the servants who were with Zhao Cheng. He raised an eyebrow at their sight.

"Young master, these are the servants who have trespassed into your courtyard without permission during this period!" A maidservant next to Zhao's mother stepped forward and said softly.

"Oh……"

Zhao Zheng said "Oh," and stepped forward to the six servants kneeling on the ground, their heads bowed in unease.

"Don't be afraid, I don't eat people!"

"Young Master, we..."

The six servants shakily raised their heads, forcing unnatural smiles on their pale faces as they spoke in trembling voices.

Did I give you permission to speak?

Zhao Zheng frowned, and the entire courtyard fell silent instantly. The six servants who had raised their heads turned pale and lowered their heads in silence.

"Look how scared you are! I'm not going to hit you, what are you afraid of!" Zhao Zheng said with a smile, then turned and left the courtyard.

Just as the six servants breathed a collective sigh of relief, Zhao Zheng said calmly, "Be careful not to cripple them. Just beat them half to death, so that no one will try to steal my things or bully my people again while I'm not around!"

No, didn't you say you wouldn't fight...?

The six pale-faced servants were stunned for a moment, then stared blankly at the servants who approached with sticks, their faces full of pity.

The next instant, a scream rang out.

Zhao Zheng, who had left the courtyard, paid no attention to the screams coming from behind him. He simply returned to his own courtyard to retrieve some things.

They then left the Zhao family by carriage!

……

Midnight,

The main hall of Zuowang Temple.

"You've mastered it? Not bad, not bad!"

When Master Tianyi, who had just put down his broom, heard Zhao Zheng say that he had already reached the entry level of the Thirteen Bodyguards' Horizontal Cultivation this afternoon, he couldn't help but show his surprise and asked.

While surprised, he was also shocked. He knew that Zhao Zheng's tolerance for pain would help him in cultivating the Thirteen Bodyguards Body Technique, but he did not expect it to help so much.

"Uncle-Master, I have a question..."

Zhao Zheng glanced at Daoist Tianyi's bloodshot eyes with some confusion and asked. Daoist Tianyi hummed in response.

"you say!"

"According to the Thirteen Bodyguards' Horizontal Training Manual, I should have developed internal energy when I reached the entry level, but I haven't felt it. Is this because I have magical power within my body?"

Zhao Zheng told Daoist Tianyi the question he had forgotten to ask Su Ming that afternoon. Daoist Tianyi nodded with approval.

"You guessed right. It's precisely because you have magical power within you that you haven't been able to cultivate a martial artist's internal energy using the Thirteen Bodyguards' external training method..."

He paused, then added, "However, you don't need to worry about not being able to cultivate internal energy. Although magical power and internal energy are fundamentally different, they are actually the same in some aspects. The effect of using magical power to circulate martial arts is the same..."

In Master Tianyi's view, whether it is magic power or internal energy, apart from some fundamental differences, both are formed by combining one's own essence, energy and spirit with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"oh oh……"

Zhao Zheng nodded, then asked a few more questions, before asking in confusion, "Uncle-Master, why are your eyes so red?"

"Ahem, a little..."

"It's all because of your sun lamp method!"

Xiang Yu, who was wiping the offering table with a rag, interrupted Master Tianyi's words, causing Zhao Zheng to look at Master Tianyi with suspicion.

"Uncle-Master, you've also started practicing the Everlasting Insight Meditation Technique?"

"Yes, I practiced for a while this afternoon, but I encountered a... tiny problem while practicing the Changming Guanyin technique..."

Master Tianyi's expression was somewhat unnatural as he spoke. Xiang Yu, upon hearing this, looked surprised and said, "A little bit of a problem? That can't be right, Master, your eyes were swollen like light bulbs back then..."

"..." x2

Regardless of Master Tianyi's expression, Zhao Zheng said, "I'm going to feed the roosters," and quickly left the main hall and went into the kitchen.

He fed the rooster, which had not yet been slaughtered, some corn and water. Hearing the abruptly stopped screams coming from the main hall, Zhao Zheng figured it was about time and returned to the main hall.

The first thing you see is Xiang Yu wiping the offering table with a rag. It seems that Xiang Yu accidentally bumped his head while wiping the table, which caused him to grimace.

Ignoring Xiang Yu's glare, Zhao Zheng continued chatting with Daoist Tianyi, casually inquiring about the other's experience cultivating the Changming Guan mental technique.

Unfortunately, Master Tianyi clearly didn't want to answer, and there was nothing he could do but stop asking if the other person's eyes hurt.

To be honest, he felt that Master Tianyi must have practiced it wrong. At that time, he only felt a little heat in his eyes, but he did not feel any pain.

Master Tianyi pulled out a stack of silver notes of varying denominations from his robes and handed them to Zhao Zheng: "Zheng, here, this is the money from selling those three Taoist temples. Luckily, you gave me the land deeds and house deeds in advance..."

Zhao Zheng took the silver notes, which contained at least two thousand silver dollars, and said, "This is more than I imagined. I didn't expect those people to be so rich!"

"This is a timely help, how could we not give more?" Master Tianyi rolled his eyes, annoyed that he had been used as a pawn by Zhao Zheng.

Knowing that Daoist Tianyi wasn't truly angry, Zhao Zheng simply smiled and then handed the silver note in two pieces to Daoist Tianyi.

"Here you go, Uncle-Master."

"No thanks, I don't want that!"

"Take it, Uncle-Master. Even if you don't need it, you have to think about your senior brother. Besides, the reason we were able to sell it for so much money is entirely because you injured Abbot Xu."

Zhao Zheng spoke up, and Xiang Yu wanted to say that his junior brother was right, but seeing his master's expression, he chose to remain silent.

"No need..."

Master Tianyi refused again, no matter what Zhao Zheng said. Looking at Master Tianyi, who was far more stubborn than he had imagined, he said helplessly, "Alright, then Uncle-Master, just tell your nephew whenever you need money!"

"..."

I should be the one saying that!

Master Tianyi rolled his eyes, looked up at the night outside the hall, and said, "I'm going to rest. You... take your time cultivating..."