Republic of China era: A hundred-year-old still practicing martial arts? Is that right?

Inside the small courtyard hall.

Liu Qingzhu's shoulders were exposed, revealing her fragrant shoulders.

Lin Ji eventually took off her moon-white dress.

Fortunately, while searching for medicine, Lin Ji found several neatly folded pieces of clothing in the cabinet.

Suppressing his restless heart, Lin Ji reluctantly helped Liu Qingzhu put on a silk nightgown.

Lin Ji's fingertips traced Liu Qingzhu's smooth, jade-like skin as he looked up at her slightly furrowed brows.

Even in her sleep, a blush crept onto the girl's cool and pretty face.

Lin Ji quickly raised his finger, suppressing the pounding in his heart once again.

Liu Qingzhu's smooth, jade-like back was completely exposed, and a long, narrow knife wound covered her slender waist.

The wound was turned inside out, revealing dark purple flesh and blood; the toxins had already invaded the muscles and tendons.

Lin Ji let out a soft exclamation; the wound looked horrifying, yet not a single drop of blood had seeped out.

"Did this girl suppress it with her internal energy?"

"The wound isn't deep, but the poison is vicious enough." Lin Ji frowned and reached into the wooden box on the small table in front of him.

Inside the wooden box were twenty porcelain bottles, each about the thickness of a thumb, neatly arranged, with the medicinal properties of each bottle clearly written on the back.

Lin Ji had just glanced at the effects of these medicines, and two of them had detoxifying properties. He took them out of the wooden box, one on each side.

"Detoxifying Powder"

"Vein-clearing ointment".

Lin Ji's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he activated his Martial Arts True Understanding, his gaze falling on the wound on Liu Qingzhu's back.

Below Liu Qingzhu's slender waist, the black and red open wound was emitting wisps of black smoke under Lin Ji's gaze.

"I wonder if this Japanese poison can be cured."

Lin Ji reached out and applied one of the medicines to his hand, then applied it to Liu Qingzhu's wound.

"Miss Liu, I apologize for the intrusion!"

Lin Ji's rough fingertips traced across Liu Qingzhu's delicate skin.

Black smoke rose from the wound, but most of it dissipated in an instant.

"it works."

Black smoke was still rising from the wound, and Lin Ji applied it again, but this time it had no effect.

"A mixture of toxins?"

Lin Ji then applied the detoxifying powder to Liu Qingzhu's wounds.

The medication did not have a significant effect this time.

Lin Ji frowned slightly; this Japanese devil's poison was not easy to cure.

Lin Ji was worrying about how to remove the remaining poison when he heard a weak voice beside him:

"Uncle Lin, use your Qi sense to probe into my body."

Lin Ji suddenly looked up.

Is this medicine so effective that the girl woke up right away?

"it is good."

Without asking why, Lin Ji extended his withered palm and pressed it against Liu Qingzhu's exposed skin, a wisp of energy slowly penetrating into Liu Qingzhu's body through his palm.

Liu Qingzhu felt a warm current slowly flowing into her body.

A slight blush rose on Liu Qingzhu's usually cool face.

She had already woken up.

However, her body was so weak that she could hardly support herself and did not have the strength to speak.

In addition...

This is the first time in my life I've taken my clothes off in front of a man.

This person was an old man.

Lin Ji's Qi sense had just entered Liu Qingzhu's body.

Then another clear stream came and clung to Lin Ji's Qi Sensation, slowly leading Lin Ji's Qi Sensation towards Liu Qingzhu's Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

As the Qi sensation deepened, the two Qi sensations gradually became familiar with each other, moving from initial unfamiliarity and caution. Liu Qingzhu's Qi sensation, which had been initially cold, gradually became more active, swirling and intertwining with Lin Ji's Qi sensation.

Lin Ji, no longer as cautious as before, began to actively explore the eight extraordinary meridians within Liu Qingzhu's body.

In Lin Ji's eyes, two streams of energy seemed to playfully roam within Liu Qingzhu's body.

Seeing the joyful aura emanating from Liu Qingzhu's body, Lin Ji thought to himself:

"This girl probably doesn't know that I can see inside her body."

It took the two senses of energy almost half an hour to barely explore all the extraordinary meridians in Liu Qingzhu's body.

The two streams of energy eventually returned to the wounds. A wisp of black smoke, even thicker than the wounds, condensed on the two people's energy. Liu Qingzhu pushed it out through the wounds with a sudden push.

"Bobo!"

A stream of thick, black blood flowed from Liu Qingzhu's wound.

Lin Ji hurriedly picked up the towel he had prepared and wiped away the black blood.

"Is this a neurotoxin?"

Lin Ji looked at the black figure and made some guesses in his mind.

However, Lin Ji seemed to have forgotten one thing.

The withered hand was still pressed against Liu Qingzhu's skin, and the energy still lingered in Liu Qingzhu's body.

A while later.

Liu Qingzhu's face flushed red as she spoke softly:

"Uncle Lin, you can withdraw your Qi now."

Lin Ji reacted quickly and abruptly lifted his hand from Liu Qingzhu's back.

"Uncle Lin, you can go out first. I'll meditate for a while." Liu Qingzhu's tone returned to its usual coolness, and it was a little more confident than before.

Lin Ji carefully avoided looking behind Liu Qingzhu, put the two bottles of medicine back into the wooden box, closed the lid, and slowly retreated outside.

It was getting late.

The sunset painted the entire sky.

"Knock knock knock!"

Outside the courtyard.

A knock came at the door.

Lin Ji remained silent.

He peeked out from under the door.

A strikingly handsome face was revealed.

Gu Yanqiu.

Lin Ji raised his hand and pulled open the door latch.

Gu Yanqiu, carrying a cloth bag, glanced around before squeezing through the crack in the door into the courtyard. His eyes scanned the area, but not seeing Liu Qingzhu, he asked a question.

"Uncle Lin, where's Qingzhu?"

Lin Ji glanced at the half-open door of the main room and responded:

"Rest in the inner room."

Gu Yanqiu looked up at the main room, her eyes filled with worry.

He turned to look at Lin Ji, took out a letter from inside his clothes, and handed it to Lin Ji.

"There is a letter for you."

"It was delivered by a woman who was dressed attractively and smoked a pipe."

"Shen Jinluan? How did she end up at the Martial Arts Hall?"

Lin Ji pondered to himself and took the letter from Gu Yanqiu's hand.

It was called a letter, but it was really just a blank piece of paper with a few sentences written on it.

"Jinluan has something to ask of me. Meet me on the second floor of the stronghold tonight."

Lin Ji suddenly raised an eyebrow.

Second floor of the Haijiao Gang's stronghold?

Isn't that just Shen Jinluan's boudoir?

What is this woman trying to do now?

"Uncle Lin, are you very familiar with that woman?" Gu Yanqiu asked thoughtfully, noticing the reaction on Mei Linji's face. After a pause, she continued, "I've met her twice. I heard she's the wife of the leader of the Haijiao Gang?"

Lin Ji nodded slightly and put the letter into his pocket:

"I barely recognize him. Back when the old man was pulling the shadow puppet show, the Sea Dragon Gang was collecting protection money, which offended Miss Liu. She came to ask me to apologize to Miss Liu on behalf of the old man."

Gu Yanqiu frowned slightly. She vaguely remembered that Liu Qingzhu had mentioned something like this. She didn't ask any further questions. Gu Yanqiu took out a light long robe from her cloth bag and handed it to Lin Ji.

"Uncle Lin, you should change your clothes. You can't wear this out anymore."

"Thank you, Gu..." Lin Ji smiled and took the clothes from Gu Yanqiu, thanking him. He paused for a moment after saying "Gu" before continuing, "Instructor Gu."

"It's alright." Gu Yanqiu put away the cloth bag, turned around and strode towards the main room: "I'll go find Qingzhu."

Lin Ji quickly called out, "Instructor Gu!"

Liu Qingzhu probably doesn't want others to know she's injured, so I need to find a way to stop Gu Yanqiu.

Lin Ji opened his mouth awkwardly, just about to speak.

At the entrance of the main room.

A beautiful figure emerged, dressed in a moon-white dress.