The sickly girl is killing her way through the weird world

Although the sound was soft, Bai Qian could hear it clearly.

“Miss Pei, when I arrived just now, I heard some rumors. I don’t know if they’re true or not, but if they are, I’m afraid something bad is going to happen.” Zhao Lin’s tone was heavy with worry.

"What is it?" Pei Huan frowned slightly upon hearing this.

She was thoroughly enjoying watching Bai Qian learn martial arts, though she had no idea what this man was thinking.

However, if Bai Qian is really interested in these things, she can help Bai Qian collect some martial arts techniques later. Bai Fengcheng may not have many, or even a martial arts school, but in the county town, there are quite a few martial arts schools and a wide variety of martial arts techniques.

"The bad tide came earlier than I expected. I only heard about it from others on the way here," Zhao Lin said with a serious expression.

Pei Huan was taken aback upon hearing this, and quickly asked, "How much earlier?"

"I heard it's going to be two or three months, and they're heading in the direction of Bai Fengcheng. If this is the worst-case scenario, they might surround this place next week."

"If the caravan doesn't set off, it'll probably be unable to leave in a few days."

"However, I only heard it from someone else, and I'm not sure if it's true or not, so I was hesitating whether or not to tell you."

Pei Huan's pupils contracted.

"Isn't the local government doing anything? They won't even let anyone evacuate from here?"

"We just found out about this, but if this place gets surrounded..." Zhao Lin didn't finish his sentence.

Pei Huan understood Zhao Lin's meaning.

There are precedents to learn from. The last county to be besieged by a tidal wave, Honglin County, was besieged for a full sixty-one days.

It wasn't that the evil tide had receded, but rather that Honglin had become a dead city.

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py: *Chihaya Aine Has Nine Wings*

Volume 1: Chapter 32, The Masked Man

Zhao Lin and Pei Huan had a brief chat about the evil tide.

Bai Qian didn't know what the evil tide was, but judging from the expressions of the two people, it probably wasn't anything good.

We can ask Pei Huan later; as for now...

"Unblocking meridians?" Zhao Lin sat on the table, with Bai Qian sitting opposite him.

Although the matter of the evil tide is crucial, Pei Huan ultimately summoned him to teach Bai Qian martial arts. Therefore, no matter how important the matter of the evil tide is, he must at least satisfy this person first.

Moreover, judging from the way their young mistress treats Bai Qian, this person's identity is probably not simple.

He glanced at Bai Qian, not quite understanding.

"Yes, I just heard her mention it." Bai Qian took a sip of hot tea and could only faintly taste a floral fragrance, but she couldn't quite make out what it was.

Bai Qian didn't know what "meridian opening" was, but she had a vague feeling that this was probably the barrier she encountered when practicing martial arts. She wasn't sure if she could successfully force the lifespan of a demon.

If we could find out exactly what it is and how to break through it, we might save some effort.

“Unblocking the meridians is the next stage after the initial stage. You should know about the initial stage. Generally speaking, after practicing martial arts for several or even more than ten years, you will naturally enter the next stage once you develop a sense of qi and can use qi power,” Zhao Lin explained.

He didn't have that much thought on it. Since this person asked, he would just answer it himself. Anyway, if anything went wrong, it would be his young lady's responsibility.

"But opening the meridians is not that simple. Opening the meridians means that the Qi flows through all the meridians. In other words, you need to accumulate Qi and then use the Qi to open the twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians in the body. Finally, the Qi of the whole body gathers in the Qi Sea, which is the Dantian. This is the whole process of opening the meridians."

Bai Qian nodded thoughtfully.

Actually, I didn't understand much of it; I'd never heard many of the words before.

"Are you a meridian opener?" I asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lin gave a wry smile and shook his head, saying, "I haven't even touched the threshold of the Meridian Connection."

"is it hard?"

"The threshold is too high." Zhao Lin shook his head and took a sip of tea.

“There is a method to opening up the meridians. The meridians are inherently fragile. If you act rashly, you might make a mistake and break the meridians. If you are not careful, you could ruin your life.”

"As for specialized methods... they are basically not available on the market; they are all hidden away. If you want them, you have to pay a high price to buy them. I have saved up most of my money over half my life."

"So, someone who has opened their meridians should know this method?" Bai Qian continued to ask.

Zhao Lin nodded: "That's to be expected, but they certainly won't reveal their method for breaking through to the Meridian Opening stage."

"Does Bai Fengcheng have anyone with meridians?"

Zhao Lin didn't know why the girl was asking this. He thought for a moment before saying, "I'm not too sure about that. After all, I don't live here and I'm not familiar with the local situation. I can only guess that even if there are any, there might only be one or two."

"If you're interested, just ask Miss Pei."

"Hmm." Bai Qian looked at the panel in front of her and nodded gently.

Looking at the plus sign after "Sad Palm," I hesitated slightly.

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“I say, Lord Hong, we are just a small, insignificant family. Your guess is a bit of an overestimation of us,” Pei Huan said, frowning as he walked beside the man in the black constable’s uniform.

The government officials were supposed to give them a runaround, but then someone else came knocking on their door.

“Someone reported that your chamber of commerce is hiding the murderer who slaughtered half of the Lai family,” Hong Yu said with a stern face.

"How could that be? Besides, I already told the adults in the Huang family that I saw it with my own eyes; it was a fox demon who did it."

"Are you treating me and the government like fools?" Hong Yu said with a forced smile.

“But if you force your way into the Chamber of Commerce’s premises like this, our Chamber of Commerce has the right to retaliate.” Pei Huan frowned as she looked at him.

Hong Yu smiled upon hearing this.

He took a small white flag from his waist.

"You can say this to the adults in the Huang family."

Pei Huan looked behind Hong Yu, and behind Hong Yu, a strange man wearing a mask walked forward. In fact, she had noticed this strange man before.

She was thin and dressed in white clothes that looked like mourning attire. Her face was covered with a mask that was white and black, and it looked like the pattern of some kind of bird. Pei Huan vaguely remembered that this was the White Phoenix Goddess worshipped by Bai Fengcheng.

Looking at him, Pei Huan felt a chill inexplicably run down her spine.

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"I don't know much about the monstrous tide, but I know it's a terrible disaster. If we don't escape in time, the whole city will probably be doomed." In the courtyard, Zhao Lin and Bai Qian were discussing the monstrous tide.

He was very patient with Bai Qian, partly because Bai Qian had a very good attitude, unlike the other rich young ladies he had seen before.

“I estimate that Miss Pei will organize the Chamber of Commerce to leave Baifeng City in the next few days. If you would like, you can come with us.”

"We need to discuss this with the others." Bai Yao probably wants to leave too, right?

Bai Qian didn't care; the only thing she wanted to understand was whether she could gain the lifespan of demons from the evil tide.

The gate to the courtyard was kicked open.

The guild's thugs, dressed in short cloth clothes, burst through the door and flew in.

This caused the two people who were talking to pause for a moment.

Bai Qian tilted her head slightly and looked towards the door.

At the entrance stood a strange man wearing a white robe and a mask.

The feeling was somewhat familiar to Bai Qian.

It stood at the doorway without saying a word.

Hong Yu followed it into the courtyard.

He glanced at the two people in the courtyard and then focused his gaze on Bai Qian.

Although I knew about Bai Qian's situation before, I was still a little surprised to see this girl now.

The girl, who seemed harmless and quite pretty, couldn't be expected to have any connection to the Lai family's current situation.

Bai Qian focused her gaze on the masked monster, trying to recall if she had seen it somewhere before.

Zhao Lin had already stood up.

"You two don't know..." Before he could finish speaking, the masked man suddenly made his move.

Without any warning, it quietly appeared in front of Zhao Lin.

Her pale fingers pressed against the man's chest.

Zhao Lin reacted quickly, turning his foot to dodge the masked man's palm, and then striking the masked man's chest with his own palm.

The masked man neither dodged nor flinched, allowing Zhao Lin's palm to approach.

Zhao Lin was taken aback.

Without a sound, the merciful hand struck the masked man squarely.

But... it didn't work.

It's like slapping cotton; there's nowhere to apply pressure.

Before Zhao Lin could even process what was happening, the masked man attacked again.

Zhao Lin was sent flying by a single palm strike.

"Excuse me, we just want to take this person back. Lady Bai Feng has something to discuss with her," Hong Yu said with a smile, squatting down next to the fallen Zhao Lin.

"If they resist again, it might even lead to someone's death."

Zhao Lin helped himself up and looked at the skin that had been hit by the masked man. The skin was dark but didn't hurt.

Looking towards Bai Qian, just as he was about to speak and tell the girl to run away...

Seeing Bai Qian stand up, he took a small step forward.

The masked man had only turned his head for a moment when Bai Qian was in front of him.

A hand, white as jade, extends out and then pushes out.

Zhao Lin saw that the masked man, who hadn't moved an inch when he slapped him, was now embedded in the wall with a single blow.

He even felt that Bai Qian's starting move was somewhat familiar.

This is... a compassionate hand?

Is he hallucinating because he just hit his head and is disoriented?

Volume 1: Chapter 33, Malice

Bai Qian looked at the masked person in front of her and frowned slightly.

That last "Sad Hand" move was useful, but not entirely.

It definitely hit someone, but the feeling it gave was very strange.

She remembered why it felt familiar.

The white-clad woman I encountered in that temple before, or rather, the ghost, gave me the same feeling.

It clearly hit, but it just felt light and airy, without any real impact.

The same thing?

The masked man pulled himself out of the wall; there was no sign of damage on his body, not even a speck of dust.

If the same force had hit an ordinary person, their internal organs and bones would probably have been shattered.

After the masked man stood up again, he stood still and didn't seem to be in a hurry to launch an attack.

It raised its hand, as if about to do something.

The black-haired girl had returned to it once again, without anyone noticing.

The crystal-clear hand pressed down on its head and slammed it heavily to the ground.

The deafening sound of drums echoed in the courtyard, and the ground cracked layer upon layer.

It was trying to break free from Bai Qian's fingers, but to no avail.

Bai Qian pressed its head down and repeatedly slammed it against the ground, creating a crater.