The Condor Heroes: The Quanzhen Sect has produced a vengeful master!

The innkeepers ran off to put out the fire, and Wang Jiuling, feeling a bit weak, sat down to rest for the time being.

This sudden assassination attempt was truly terrifying, and Wang Jiuling felt a lingering fear.

He almost caused Cheng Ying to get into trouble, and also injured Ma Guangzuo's foot.

Cheng Ying didn't care about this, and Ma Guangzuo remained nonchalant, only saying that Wang Jiuling should treat him to a meal so he could eat more meat to nourish his body.

But Wang Jiuling still felt somewhat guilty, and he had roughly guessed the identity of the assassin.

Before leaving, Wang Jiuling found a token on the corpse, with the character "史" (Shi) written on it.

Combined with the fact that Shi Jingqing informed him, it's not hard to guess that it was most likely one of Shi Songzhi's men.

This made Wang Jiuling realize a truth: as he offended more and more people, no matter how high his martial arts skills were, there would always be oversights.

It's not the theft itself that's scary, it's having someone eyeing it.

Even if you don't get hurt yourself, you could very likely implicate those around you.

But Wang Jiuling had no regrets. He only planned to kill Shi Songzhi once he recovered, thus eliminating this potential threat completely.

This time, it can be considered a blessing in disguise.

While the mastery of the Innate Skill was unexpected, it was also within reason.

After resting, to prevent any further trouble, Wang Jiuling and the others took Shi Jingqing and left the place.

Wang Jiuling has forced the poison out of Shi Jingqing's body. Although he is currently unconscious, his condition has improved significantly.

Her complexion began to regain its rosy hue.

He was truly lucky; he was destined to die, but Wang Jiuling pulled him back from the brink of death.

Two days later, on the way to Tiantai Mountain.

Wang Jiuling was resting with his eyes closed inside the carriage, his hands placed on his lower dantian, his whole being immersed in absolute tranquility.

The Innate Skill is truly wondrous.

If Wang Jiuling were solely focused on breaking through in martial arts, then even just taking that half-step towards mastery might take him more than ten years.

However, in his haste to save people, Wang Jiuling disregarded his own physical condition and broke through to a new level.

Wang Chongyang took twenty years to travel the same path, while Wang Jiuling only took a few years.

Even Ma Guangzuo had a misconception.

"Qingyangzi! How young are you, and you've already mastered martial arts? Since this Innate Skill is so easy to learn, how come you're the only one in your Quanzhen Sect besides Master Chongyang who knows it?"

This was Ma Guangzuo's first reaction yesterday after learning that Wang Jiuling had mastered martial arts.

At that time, Wang Jiuling could only answer, "They don't want to practice."

This made Ma Guangzuo praise the Quanzhen School for being full of enlightened masters who didn't even want such excellent martial arts skills right in front of them.

Wang Jiuling was also helpless.

We can't exactly tell Ma Guangzuo that they weren't talented enough, can we?

In terms of martial arts talent, sometimes the gap between people is unimaginable.

That's a situation where some are dying of drought and others are dying of flooding...

Wang Jiuling slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

After breaking through the Innate Skill, the improvement of martial arts skills becomes secondary.

What impressed Wang Jiuling the most was the qualitative change that occurred in his body.

He was sharp-eared and sharp-eyed, his mind was incredibly clear, his skin became even whiter, his pores were finer, and with each breath he seemed to exude boundless vitality.

It's a feeling of vibrant life, like the pure vitality of a newborn baby, untouched by the dust of the world.

Even someone like one of the Five Greats, who had pushed their body's potential to its limits like Wang Jiuling did, would still need a year or two to recover after practicing the Nine Yin Manual.

But Wang Jiuling is now confident that he can fully recover in just three months.

Wang Jiuling himself didn't know how high his martial arts skills would be after he recovered.

Perhaps it's the kind that can compete for the title of number one in the world?

...

Beside her, Cheng Ying saw Wang Jiuling open his eyes, and she also stopped playing.

Along the way, Cheng Ying often played calming tunes to help Wang Jiuling calm his mind and recover as quickly as possible.

"Thank you for your hard work." Just as Wang Jiuling was talking to Cheng Ying.

In another carriage, Ma Guangzuo, who was gnawing on a chicken leg, suddenly shouted, "Qingyangzi, Brother Shi is awake!"

Wang Jiuling hurried to check on Shi Jingqing's condition. Shi Jingqing had just woken up and was still a little dazed.

"Brother Wang, where am I? Why is this bed so bumpy?"

Wang Jiuling helped him up, fed him some water, and then told him roughly what had happened.

Shi Jingqing was completely stunned when he realized he was in a carriage.

He thought he had just taken a nap, but he didn't expect that two days had passed between closing his eyes and opening them, and so many things had happened.

"Oh, you're finally awake!"

Ma Guangzuo pointed to his bound feet. "Do you know how dangerous it was back then?"

Ma Guangzuo vividly described the situation at the inn at that time.

"You're so lucky to have met Qingyangzi who saved you; otherwise, with that poison, no one could have helped you!"

Shi Jingqing then realized the extent of the trouble he had caused Wang Jiuling and the other two, and felt extremely guilty.

"You three saved my life, and I have no way to repay you. If you ever need anything in the future, please feel free to contact me!"

Shi Jingqing had been lying down for two days, and even his hands felt weak from bowing. Wang Jiuling told him to rest quickly and then found a village or town to get some porridge for him to drink.

After this incident, Shi Jingqing was completely disillusioned with Shi Songzhi.

"Brother Wang, I was thinking of giving him a chance because he is my uncle. I didn't want to cause trouble for the Shi family."

Who would have thought he was so vicious!

Shi Jingqing told Wang Jiuling that once he recovered, he would go back to Lin'an.

As Shi Songzhi's nephew, he was one of the ringleaders in the previous impeachment of Shi Songzhi.

Shi Jingqing was quite famous and held considerable prestige among literati.

He was the one who led the group of students from the Imperial Academy to impeach him.

In fact, Shi Jingqing's original intention was not to do anything to Shi Songzhi; he just did not want the other party to do anything against morality.

"I'm going to Lin'an! I'll tell the world about my poisoning, and I'll completely remove him from his position as prime minister!"

In this era, scholars placed great importance on moral character, and the Song Dynasty was primarily a scholarly society.

If Shi Jingqing had done that, the indignant students of the Imperial Academy and the literati of the world could have drowned Shi Songzhi in their spittle.

Emperor Zhao can forget about keeping his position.

Ma Guangzuo scratched his head. "Brother, are you really not afraid of death? You still dare to go back? I think you should come with us!"

Be careful, your uncle might try to kill you again!

Shi Jingqing put down his bowl of porridge and bowed to Wang Jiuling and the other two.

"You saved my life, and if I go to my death, I would be letting you down!"

However, I have my own methods, and my uncle can't do anything to me.

My uncle has made countless enemies. If I expose this matter, there will be plenty of people in Lin'an willing to protect me, as a handle to bring down my uncle!

I will be fine.

But even so, the reputation of my family of historians will be tarnished... Alas!

"But I have to do it!"

After eating the porridge, Shi Jingqing felt much better. He kept saying that he didn't know how to repay Wang Jiuling.

Wang Jiuling didn't care much about this, but when he chatted with Shi Jingqing, he also asked him about the issue of spreading the Daoist tradition.

Shi Jingqing was, after all, a member of the Shi family.

The Shi family produced three prime ministers, and Shi Jingqing, having frequent contact with people of that level, must know a great deal.

Unexpectedly, Shi Jingqing immediately understood Wang Jiuling's meaning upon hearing his words.

"Brother Wang, do you intend to spread the teachings of Quanzhen?"

"If that's the case, I can help you!"