Gou Zai Wudao Shi Lian Shen

The open and covert struggles between the Huang family and the Wang family quickly spread throughout Chixia County.

"Have you heard? Early this morning, someone dumped a corpse at the Huang family's doorstep. It was none other than Liu Hui, the worshipper!"

"Wasn't Liu Hui a Blood Transformation Grandmaster? Really? Who killed him?"

"How could it be fake? My second uncle works in the east of the city and saw the Huang family guards carry the body in with his own eyes. His face turned green."

"All the masters who have achieved the highest level of Blood Transfusion are dead! Who else has that ability?"

"Who else could it be? Most likely it's Senior Qiao Yuan from the Wang family."

At Xiaoshenglou, a group of people were drinking and talking about the ups and downs that had happened in Chixia County in recent days.

Someone spoke up: "I heard that Qiao Yuan was surrounded and killed by three Blood Transformation Grandmasters from the Huang family, wasn't he? How can a dead man still cause trouble?"

"Where did you hear this news? It's pure nonsense. Senior Qiao Yuan fought three against one and killed one of them, while the other two were seriously injured and fled."

"To fight three opponents and still manage a comeback? This senior Qiao Yuan from Wang Ji is truly amazing!"

……

Chen Chong was drinking alone in Xiaoshenglou, feeling depressed.

Now, turmoil is brewing in Chixia County, and the Huang family's feud with the Wang family is known throughout the town. The Chen family will also be unable to escape this calamity.

The Chen family is not a prominent clan.

The family business was not much; it consisted of only a small piece of land in Qingliu Lane in the south of the city.

It was close to the dock, and there were many trucks coming and going. Rice, cloth, and medicinal herbs often stopped there for transshipment when entering the city.

The Chen family relied on that piece of land to collect some storage fees and labor fees, and opened two small shops, barely supporting the expenses of the whole family and a few guards and servants.

Just three days ago, the Xu family, along with a group of martial artists, forcibly occupied Qingliu Lane.

The Chen family's plaque was smashed.

The guard's arm was broken.

Several guards from the Chen family stepped forward to argue, but they were also beaten down in the street by martial artists from the Xu family.

This is tantamount to cutting off the Chen family's livelihood.

Chen Chong led his men to take back Qingliu Lane, but unexpectedly, the Xu family got on the good side of Qianhe Martial Arts School and invited Shen Shijun, the famous master of Qianhe Martial Arts School, known as "Iron Crane Palm".

Most of the martial arts at Qianhe Martial Arts School are known for their lightness and elegance, but Shen Shijun is different.

His movements were as swift as a crane, yet his palm strikes were as heavy as iron. Each strike possessed both the sharpness of a crane's pecking motion and the ferocity of an iron hammer smashing bones.

Having roamed Chixia County for twenty years, he was already a renowned master of blood transfusion.

Chen Chong was knocked back by Shen Shijun with a single palm strike.

The Xu family also declared that they were willing to abide by the rules of the martial arts world.

Fist to fist.

One match decides the winner.

If the Chen family can defeat Shen Shijun, then Qingliu Lane can be taken at will!

Chen Chong tilted his head back and drank the wine in his glass. The wine rolled down his throat, but he couldn't suppress the bitterness and helplessness in his heart.

"This world..."

"Without strength, you'll only be bullied!"

Chen Chong has only achieved minor mastery of blood transfusion and is no match for Shen Shijun.

But he was unwilling to let the last bit of his family's wealth be taken over by others.

He had been to a martial arts school.

First, they sought out their senior brother, Song Tieshan.

After listening, Song Tieshan remained silent for a long time, only patting him on the shoulder.

"Junior Brother Chen, it's not that your senior brother doesn't want to help you."

"But Shen Shijun is a renowned master of the Qianhe Martial Arts School. If I were to make a move, it would not be a matter between the Chen and Xu families, but between the Canglong Martial Arts School and the Qianhe Martial Arts School."

"Master will not agree."

That's a very tactful way of putting it.

The meaning is quite clear.

It's not worth it.

Senior Brother Song had no intention of fighting against a renowned master from the Thousand Crane Martial Arts School for the sake of the insignificant Chen family.

If we lose, it won't just be a matter of getting injured, but also a disgrace to Canglong Martial Arts School.

Senior Sister Liu Qingping also had this concern and did not agree to Chen Chong's request.

As for Shi Hao, he ignored him completely.

Chen Chong has finally realized his importance within the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts School.

It's optional.

……

Liu Hui's death brought temporary peace to the Huang family.

After all, within just a few days, two of the three members of the Huang family who had achieved the Great Perfection of Blood Transfusion had died and one had been injured.

The Great Master of Blood Transport is not a street-side guard.

Each one requires a large amount of money and elixirs.

With two people lost at once, the Huang family needs to catch their breath.

Moreover, the fact that Liu Hui's body was thrown back into the Huang family's home was tantamount to a warning from Wang Ji.

Qiao Yuan may be seriously injured, but he is not dead yet.

At least, it can still kill.

This made the Huang family even more wary.

Wangji Yam Shop also got a chance to catch its breath.

The front yard reopened, and the shop assistants carefully moved and weighed medicines and received customers, resuming normal operations of the pharmacy.

Lu Chen, on the other hand, remained in the backyard of the yam shop.

After becoming a retainer of the Wang family, Lu Chen had his own separate residence.

Every day, someone would deliver the pills that Lu Chen needed for his cultivation to him.

Lu Chen can now refine and absorb at least two Blood Qi Powders a day, and the speed at which he accumulates blood qi has increased significantly.

When he practiced standing meditation, his internal energy and blood surged like a great river. As soon as the medicinal properties were released, they were swept up by the surging energy and blood and flowed to his limbs and bones.

He could sense that mastering the Blood Transfusion Technique was not the end.

After the Qi and blood form a river, it can continue to grow stronger and condense until one day, the Qi and blood become like a furnace, and the Qi and blood throughout the body are as fiery as fire, which is the peak of blood circulation.

In addition to accumulating qi and blood, Lu Chen also began to practice the "Great Vajra Palm" left by Qiao Yuan.

This palm technique is different from the Azure Dragon Tongbei Fist.

The Canglong Tongbei Quan emphasizes the power generated through the arm, with its fist movements resembling a dragon and its techniques being highly flexible.

The Vajra Palm is even more powerful and heavier.

Unlike boxing, which emphasizes variation and complex moves, it trains one's hands into weapons.

The palms, backs of the hands, knuckles, wrist bones, and even every inch of skin and flesh must be repeatedly cleansed by qi and blood, and then soaked and tempered in medicinal liquid.

When practiced to a high level, one's palms become as hard as metal, and a single strike with them possesses immense power, capable of shattering rocks and breaking metal.

After mastering the palm technique, Lu Chen quickly discovered that this martial art was actually very well-suited for the Iron Wire Grappling Hand.

The Iron Wire Grappling technique emphasizes wrapping, hooking, locking, and seizing, locking the opponent's joints and disrupting their power.

However, grappling is all about technique, and it is not easy to subdue a martial artist who has trained his muscles and bones.

But the Vajra Palm technique makes up for this.

As his palms were continuously strengthened, his finger strength, palm strength, and wrist strength all increased.

With a snap of the five fingers, it's like an iron clamp biting into the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones.

With a flick of the palm, the force can be directly injected deep into the opponent's joints, greatly increasing the destructive power.

If one truly masters the Vajra Palm, the perfect combination of the two martial arts will definitely produce unexpected results.

With that in mind, Lu Chen began to study the Iron Wire Grappling Technique again.

A few days later.

Lu Chen finally mastered the Iron Wire Grappling Technique to perfection.

A familiar transparent light screen appeared before his eyes:

[Wire Grappling Technique: Perfect]

【Characteristic: Intercepting Force】

Lu Chen's gaze lingered on the "Characteristics" section.

He, who shared the same mindset as the panel user, quickly understood the function of this martial art's characteristics.

The intercepting force developed through Iron Wire Grappling Hand is not very destructive, but it can penetrate into the opponent's muscles, tendons, and joints, like a sunken ship cutting off the flow of a river, temporarily blocking the flow of qi and blood.

The duration may not be long.

Take a breath.

Half a breath.

Even in the blink of an eye.

In a life-or-death struggle, this momentary pause can be enough to determine life or death.