"How is this possible?" Zhu Yingning was shocked. She couldn't understand the principle behind it. The unknown is frightening, but it can also inspire awe and even worship. In any case, her gaze upon Lin Tang gradually grew feverish. I really want to learn his poison techniques, but how can I get him to teach ? This damn guy is so stingy...
The constipated-faced adjutant was naturally skilled in martial arts, and his abilities were far from shallow. At the very least, while his n were collapsed on the ground and hallucinating, he remained clear-headed. Damn it! How did this vixen's poison techniques suddenly beco so terrifying? Or... was Lin Tang the one who poisoned us? Is he that powerful?!
His expression changed drastically. He urgently scread at his n to retreat, but unfortunately, they lacked the strength to even get up. The adjutant's eyes turned red. He gave up on his n and charged directly toward Lin Tang and Zhu Yingning, pulling out a bomb without hesitation.
"Stubborn fool!" Lin Tang scoffed, rolling the poison into a pill and flicking it with his finger.
WHOOSH!
It accurately struck the adjutant, causing him to fall flat on his face.
As the bomb was about to explode in his hand, his eyes widened with a mixture of terror and regret. I always thought I would die an honorable death fighting for my country. I never expected to die so pathetically in a place like this...
BANG!
A huge, fiery blossom blood, tearing him to pieces. His head tumbled through the air at high speed as the world beca a vast, hazy blur.
So, consciousness doesn't scatter imdiately after death? You can still watch the world's scenery with your head?
The adjutant found this novel. Then...
"Wake up, wake up!"
He saw a hand waving in front of his eyes. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Lin Tang's hand. Looking down, he saw that his head was still firmly on his neck, and his arms and legs were all attached. The explosion, it turned out, was just a hallucination caused by the potent poison. A false alarm!
The adjutant wanted to resist but still had no strength. He could only let Lin Tang plant a foot on his face. "A warrior can be killed but not insulted!" he roared, glaring at Lin Tang with extre resentnt and unwillingness. "Lin Tang, if you have any guts, give a quick death!"
"Hilarious," Lin Tang said with disdain. "You just opened fire on us. If it weren't for my good luck, I'd be dead. And you have the nerve to lecture ?" He found a cell phone on the adjutant and dialed Xiao Xuanye's number.
After the call connected, Xiao Xuanye's voice ca through, completely unconcerned. "What's the situation?"
"All your little brothers have been captured by ," Lin Tang replied.
"?"
After a few seconds of silence, Xiao Xuanye asked, "Is this Lin Tang?"
"Yes, it's ."
"I didn't expect you to still have the ability to deal with my n after your martial arts were crippled." Xiao Xuanye had completely looked down on Lin Tang before, but now he regarded him with a sliver of new respect. His tone turned displeased. "If that's the case, why did you let Youling's face get scarred?"
Lin Tang sneered. "You're the one who unilaterally canceled our engagent. Is there any point in saying this now? Let's get to the point. Your n tried to kill for no reason. What are you going to do about it?"
"Release them, and I'll consider this matter closed. If you harm them, there will be no place left for you in Central Earth," Xiao Xuanye said, his tone detached.
"...So arrogant?" Lin Tang raised an eyebrow.
Xiao Xuanye continued, devoid of emotion, "You have one minute to make your choice."
"Fine, I'll do it as a favor to Shen Youling. But you need to keep your n in line. Stop them from trying to kill at every turn. Also, there's Zhu Yingning and Mo Pinglan. They've long since betrayed the Tang Sect and submitted to . I'd welco you wiping out the rest of the Tang Sect's remnants, but don't you dare harm those two by mistake."
"You are in no position to negotiate with !"
"So, no deal then?" Lin Tang's voice turned cold. He then ordered Zhu Yingning to skin the adjutant alive.
Even though she had just been hunted and nearly killed by them, Zhu Yingning still didn't want to offend Xiao Xuanye. But she was terrified of Lin Tang. Left with no choice, she began to comply. Seeing she was serious, the adjutant, no matter how tough he was, beca utterly terrified. "Don't! Don't! Let talk to Boss Xiao! I'll convince him!"
In the end, the adjutant managed to convince Xiao Xuanye, who promised to spare Zhu Yingning and Mo Pinglan. Lin Tang, in turn, cured them of the poison and strode off without a backward glance. The adjutant, disheveled and disgraced, led his n back to the posthouse to recuperate.
"Boss Xiao!" He knelt on one knee, his face full of sha. "I have failed you and brought you disgrace!"
Xiao Xuanye was ditating and regulating his breath. He left the adjutant kneeling for a full hour before he finally spoke. "Report. What exactly happened?"
The adjutant remained kneeling like a statue, not daring to move an inch. After recounting the incident, he offered his conclusion. "I believe Lin Tang is also an expert in poisons. It's even possible his martial arts were never crippled! He showed no fear at all, even in the face of a hail of bullets..."
"Since he's skilled in dicine, it's not surprising he also knows poison techniques. As for martial arts, he truly has none," Xiao Xuanye stated with absolute certainty. He didn't believe Lin Tang could have fooled his eyes. Not unless Lin Tang was also a Grandmaster or higher. But was that possible? Absolutely not!
「On the other side.」
Lin Tang had planned to go straight ho and begin refining talismans with the Hui Snake scales. But then he received a desperate call for help from Ge Shijian. "Master, you just washed your hands of this and left with a ss I can't handle! The patient's family is here demanding an explanation. If you don't co back and save , these old bones of mine are going to be demolished along with the clinic!"
"You're talking about that overindulgent punk? His family has the gall to cause a scene? Just wait."
In reality, all Xiang Jinhong had to do was wait until the clinic closed in the evening, and the paralysis would wear off on its own. But he clearly couldn't wait and was growing panicked, worried he would be stuck like this for the rest of his life. He hurriedly told his followers to call for backup. Before long, a large crowd arrived, surrounding the clinic and shouting that no one was to be let go.
This terrified the other patients, who felt incredibly unlucky. They insisted this had nothing to do with them and tried to leave, but they were forcefully detained as well. Inevitably, their frustration turned toward Ge Shijian. Look at the nace you call a master! Instead of treating patients properly, he harms them with needles. So damn unethical!
When Lin Tang returned, he found the clinic in a noisy uproar. Fortunately, Ge Shijian hadn't been beaten or injured, so Lin Tang kept his temper in check. He squeezed through the crowd. "Quite a lively scene you have here!"
"Get out of the way! Where did this brat co from? Don't interfere with Master Zhuo's diagnosis!" Xiang Jinhong's father, Xiang Zecheng, barked irritably.
"Uh—" Lin Tang's expression was strange.
Xiang Jinhong, who was being examined by a doctor who had just arrived, could still move his eyes. Upon seeing Lin Tang, he found he could also move his lips. He imdiately shrieked, "Aaaah! Dad, it's him! It's him! He's the one who made completely immobile! You have to teach him a lesson for !"
"What?" Xiang Zecheng was both surprised and enraged. "So it was you! n, get him!"
Neither the Xiang Family father and son nor Master Zhuo were locals from Jiangbei. They had all rushed here as soon as they heard about Xiao Xuanye's marriage proposal and bounty. That was why Xiang Zecheng had no idea what Lin Tang looked like. Xiang Jinhong, on the other hand, had heard a rumor that Lin Tang had fallen so low he was working in a small clinic like this. He had co here intentionally to stir up trouble first, but he had picked a fight with the wrong person and ended up suffering for it.
"Hold on!" Zhuo Renxiang hurriedly intervened just as a brawl was about to break out.
Xiang Zecheng assud he was pleading for leniency and waved his hand dismissively. "Master Zhuo, you just focus on curing my son. Don't worry about this bastard..."
"But I'm powerless to help him!" Zhuo Renxiang interrupted with a bitter smile.
"What? Even you can't do anything? How is that possible?!" Xiang Zecheng clearly had imnse confidence in him, assuming he could handle it with ease. He never expected this outco. In that case, they couldn't beat up Lin Tang just yet. They had to wait for him to reverse his son's paralysis first.
"The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it," Zhuo Renxiang said politely to Lin Tang. "Considering Xiang Jinhong is still just a child, I ask you, Master Lin, to be rciful and let him go."
"A child?" Lin Tang was stunned. Can you call a lump that big a child?
Before Lin Tang could refuse, Zhuo Renxiang's eyes burned with eagerness. He presumptuously asked to be taught the needling technique, inquiring if it was the legendary "Soul Chasing and Soul Fixing Needle"!
"Oh? You've actually heard of the Soul Chasing and Soul Fixing Needle?" Lin Tang asked, surprised.
"Hmph! Do you have any idea who Master Zhuo is? He is a top master from the dical Immortal Sect, a veritable titan of the dical world!" Xiang Zecheng boasted. He was initially puzzled by the na "Soul Chasing and Soul Fixing Needle," finding it rather terrifying. But hearing the exchange, his pride swelled, and he tried to use the dical Immortal Sect's reputation to intimidate Lin Tang.
"Ah? You... you are a master from the dical Immortal Sect? Please forgive my ignorance! I have been neglectful!"
The world was vast, and its healers were many; Ge Shijian couldn't possibly know all of them. When he first saw Zhuo Renxiang, he had been thoroughly unimpressed. Nowadays, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can be called a 'master.' This old coot is bound to be put in his place by my Master. Trying to undo Master's immobilization technique? Dream on!
But now, upon hearing the words "dical Immortal Sect," Ge Shijian was truly shaken. He panicked and hurriedly bowed respectfully to Zhuo Renxiang. He then leaned in and whispered urgently in Lin Tang's ear, "Master, we must not offend the dical Immortal Sect at any cost! Please, calm your anger and restrain yourself. Let's just drop this matter..."
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