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

"That's why I gave her the money!"

Zhao Zheng spoke up, explaining that he left those silver notes for Zhang Lishi because he pitied her, even though he still felt he shouldn't be angry about the death of a bad person like Erlaizi.

Xiang Yu touched his pocket, reluctantly took out a few silver dollars, and then looked at Daoist Tianyi.

Master Tianyi didn't ask Xiang Yu where he got the silver dollars. He took out a few ten-dollar silver notes from his pocket and handed them to Xiang Yu.

Go!

"Um."

Xiang Yu nodded, turned, and walked towards Zhang Li's house, which was no longer Er Laizi's. Master Tianyi looked at Zhao Zheng and suddenly smiled, saying, "I used to think your heart was made of stone, but now it seems I'm not as good as you!"

"Yes, it's good that you know!"

"..."

Master Tianyi's face darkened, and he subconsciously raised his hand. Zhao Zheng, who had already retreated, changed the subject with a speechless expression.

"Uncle-Master, does that snake demon really have no companions?"

"No!"

"Could it be someone else's pet?"

"……no!"

Master Tianyi shook his head and said that when he was in the Han family, he had already used divination to calculate whether there was anyone behind this snake demon, or even a cultivator or a more powerful monster, and the divination result showed that there was none.

"Okay, that's fine!"

Zhao Zheng nodded, and Daoist Tianyi chuckled, saying, "What, if it were the master, would you still be planning to kill it?"

"certainly!"

"What if its owner is stronger than you?"

"I'll remember this for now, and kill its owner later!"

"???"

"To knowingly do something impossible is foolish!"

"……oh!"

Master Tianyi gave a blank "oh," turned to look at Xiang Yu who had returned, and said, "Let's go."

At this point, the progress of the Innate Yin-Yang Dao Body is 6%.

……

Midnight,

The main hall of Zuowang Temple.

"That's strange. Why wasn't a new painting added this time? Is it because the snake demon doesn't meet the criteria for inclusion in the 'Illustrations of All Aspects of Life'?"

Sitting on the futon, Zhao Zheng opened his eyes and mentally summoned the "Life in All Its Forms" image for the third time, as a dark red light suddenly appeared.

The seemingly endless, blurred-edged, mystical talismans present an increasingly ancient picture of life's myriad aspects.

A Portrait of Life

[Photo by: Zhao Zheng]

Age: 18

[Sect: Maoshan Seventy-Two Temples - Zuowang Temple]

[Constitution: Innate Yin-Yang Dao Body (6%)]

[Talents: discerning eyes, selflessness, and a love for the cruel]

Realm: Refining Essence into Qi (Early Stage)

[Skill: Sun and Moon Everlasting Observation Method (Breaking Limits)...]

[Dharma: Golden Light Mantra (Minor Success)...]

Skill Points: 0

Zhao Zheng's gaze swept over his current attribute panel, looked at the first Yin Body and the second Master-Reaper, and then looked behind him.

Yeah, that's all.

It's still a blank canvas!

With no sign of a third scroll being created, Zhao Zheng thought to himself, "Fine, let's put away the 'Life's Many Faces' picture."

Before he could completely put the map away, his gaze sharpened, and he raised an eyebrow, silently saying something to himself as he looked at the skill point section of the panel.

[Skill Points: 0] → [Skill Points: 1]

"Huh... um?"

Zhao Zheng was surprised as he pondered the message conveyed by the "Chart of Life's Many Faces," which could be summarized in ten words.

[Did not meet inclusion criteria, has been converted!]

"good!"

Having understood this, Zhao Zheng praised the snake woman's chart of life's many facets.

"Looks like I can focus on exorcising demons and monsters from now on..."

With this additional source of skill points, Zhao Zheng made a decision in his heart. Then he looked at the skill manual and thought for a moment. He decided to keep this skill point in case of unforeseen circumstances and to turn the tide in the face of adversity.

"Cultivation, review..."

Zhao Zheng closed his eyes and assumed the Five Hearts Facing Heaven posture, cultivating the Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture while reviewing his battle with the snake demon that day.

After reviewing the situation for a while, he realized that he was still missing a movement technique and a spell to apply negative status effects to the enemy.

He can be mocked; the snake demon was so angry at him that she wanted to kill him after just a few words. He can also control him; his Yin-attribute magic and the first layer of the Hun Tian Bao Jian, the White Cloud Smoke, are the means of control.

His attacks include the Golden Light Divine Incantation and the Listening Tide Sword Technique, as well as the Surging Wave Fist, and his talent, Greedy and Cruel, which costs money every time he uses it.

"Control spells..."

Zhao Zheng pondered, recalling the magical techniques and supernatural abilities his master had made him memorize when he was alive.

However, his gaze quickly fell upon the beginner-level Thirteen Protectors Horizontal Training in the skill section of the unclosed panel.

"Speaking of which, what if I were to amplify the pain and itching sensation in my internal organs that I experienced during the Thirteen Bodyguards' external martial arts training onto my enemy...?"

Zhao Zheng thought it was very promising. Although he didn't feel much pain when he cultivated, he had seen Su Ming cultivate the Thirteen Bodyguards Body Cultivation, and the pain was excruciating.

Besides, the principle behind the Thirteen Bodyguards' external training is not difficult. In his view, it is nothing more than using magic power to strengthen one's own blood and qi, thereby forging one's physique and tempering one's skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and internal organs.

"Since I can use it on myself, there's no reason I can't use it on my enemies. However, it needs to be modified slightly; at the very least, it shouldn't help my enemies cultivate the Thirteen Bodyguards' Horizontal Technique..."

Zhao Zheng pondered to himself, the theory existed, and he understood the principles, there was no reason why he couldn't modify the Thirteen Bodyguards' external training to create the technique he wanted.

Without hesitation, Zhao Zheng began modifying the Thirteen Protectors Horizontal Training Technique to make it effective against the enemy, aiming to inflict pain on them.

Since he had already successfully modified the Changming Guan Mind Method once, he felt that modifying the Thirteen Protectors Horizontal Training Method shouldn't be too difficult.

"Oh, right, we should also start developing the Yin-Yang power brought about by the upgraded version of the Sun and Moon Everlasting Contemplation Technique..."

Nothing was said that night.

The following day, the second day of the eighth lunar month, at 6:00 AM,

Inside the Zuowang Temple.

As Master Tianyi stepped out of the room, he looked at Zhao Zheng, who seemed somewhat happy, with a strange expression, and then brought up the matter he had forgotten to mention yesterday.

"Ah Zheng, let's put the martial arts school aside for today. Come with me to the Ren residence; Master Ren wants to find an auspicious burial site for his father..."

"???"

"What's wrong?"

Master Tianyi looked at Zhao Zhengdao, who suddenly seemed a little unhappy, with a puzzled expression. Zhao Zhengdao shook his head expressionlessly.

"It's nothing, I was just curious if his dad is afraid of fire!"

"???"

……

An hour later,

No. 3, Gonghong Road, North of the City

Inside the Ren family compound, where white lanterns hang.

"My father isn't afraid of fire, that's good..."

Zhao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at Master Ren Fu and his daughter, Ren Qianqian.

Without pearls and in some people's eyes having no chance of being considered well-endowed, Ren Qianqian can only be judged by her appearance. In short, this woman is flat-chested!

"Um, cough cough, it's getting late. How about we go to the back mountain now and see if there's a suitable auspicious burial site..."

Although Ren Fu found it strange that Zhao Zheng would ask his father if he was afraid of fire, he didn't dwell on the matter.

Master Tianyi glanced at the coffin and photos displayed in the mourning hall in the living room, as well as the people wailing, and nodded.

"it is good."

"Uncle, oh..."

A voice suddenly rang out from the courtyard gate. Daoist Tianyi looked at Zhao Zheng, who took a half step back and then a half step forward, with a puzzled expression. He wondered to himself, "What's wrong with this kid?" Then he looked at the person who had come.

"Amu, you're here..."

Master Ren smiled when he saw the newcomer. The man called Amu, who was also the Chinese police officer Qian Mu, nodded and smiled at Zhao Zheng: "Master Zhao, I didn't expect it to be... Achoo..."

"You've caught a cold?"

"yes……"

Qian Mu looked at Zhao Zheng, who had suddenly become enthusiastic, with suspicion. Soon, on the road, inside the carriage, he looked at Zhao Zheng with some disbelief.

"You really know the magic of curing colds?"

"Of course, there will be some pain during the treatment process, but pain means the flow is unobstructed, and unobstructed flow means you're cured!"

Zhao Zheng nodded and spoke. Qian Mu was still a little hesitant, but Ren Qianqian, who was riding in the same carriage, persuaded him.

"Cousin, let him give it a try!"

"Okay, let's get this straight, you can't..."

Qian Mu stopped talking. As Zhao Zheng rapidly formed hand seals and tapped him more than ten times, he shut his mouth.

"Hey, cousin, you're really sweating!"

Ren Qianqian looked at Qian Mu, whose face had suddenly turned bright red, with a puzzled expression. Then, she asked, "Why do I feel like you're in a lot of pain..."

"No...it doesn't hurt...it's okay..."

"But why is your face red... and why is your body shaking... your teeth are chattering..." Ren Qianqian looked at Qian Mu, who seemed to be trembling in pain, with a strange expression.

"It doesn't hurt...that means your cold is all better!"

Qian Mu forced a smile, his voice trembling slightly. His right hand gripped the chair tightly, and he glared fiercely at Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng ignored Qian Mu's gaze. He simply raised an eyebrow and looked at a newly appeared technique in the panel's technique section, a technique right next to the Thirteen Bodyguards' Horizontal Training.

【Skill: Qinghua Salvation from Suffering Refines the Demon Seal (Beginner Level)】

[Introduction: This method is an extension of the Taoist Golden Body Kung Fu version of the Thirteen Body Protectors Horizontal Training, which was then perfected based on your imaginative ideas...]

[...Under your deliberate manipulation, this method not only retains the pain that occurs during the original Thirteen Bodyguards' external martial arts training, but also creates new sources of pain. However, because of this, this method also comes with some healing effects...]

"Very good, I've succeeded..."