The Qingye Society's main base had been bombed into ruins. No matter how much Zhu Yingning's heart ached, there was nothing she could do. Even a crafty rabbit has three burrows, so of course, she had other strongholds. It was another luxurious building, very comfortable to live in. After all, money was not an issue.
Lin Tang freeloaded food and drink while continuing to help Zhu Yingning and Lee Encai with their Yijing Cleansing. At the sa ti, he advised them on their martial arts training. He himself was progressing by leaps and bounds, as if riding a rocket. He had cultivated a large amount of Martial Arts Power within his body. It was distinctly different from his Cultivation True Qi, and the two did not interfere with each other. Of course, if he wished, he could cover his Martial Arts Power with True Qi and imdiately disguise himself as an ordinary person with no martial arts skills.
"You lunatic!" Zhu Yingning scoffed. His martial arts were absurdly powerful, to the point he could likely escape a one-on-one fight with a Grandmaster unscathed. Yet, he listened to Shen Youling and pretended to be a cripple. He could have completely poisoned Xiao Xuanye and Guo Jufeng, but instead, he gave them the real antidote. Did he really think they wouldn't seek revenge? So naive!
SNAP!
Lin Tang skillfully slapped her bottom, and she cooperatively switched positions.
"As a maid, you dare to curse your master? For that, you're not allowed in my room tonight."
"Oh, don't be like that... Ouch!"
As the frequency of Lin Tang's True Qi increased, Zhu Yingning clenched her jaw, her face turning as red as a furnace. Beads of sweat the size of rice grains covered her back and chest, and with every gasp, streams of hot air rose into the air.
Finally, after she crossed the critical threshold...
BOOM!
Her mind went blank, and she felt as if she were a celestial being drifting through the heavens. She couldn't help but let out a long, high-pitched cry.
"Did I actually break through to the Innate Realm?!"
After a long while, Zhu Yingning ca back to her senses. It felt like a dream. She had practiced martial arts since she was a child, through bitter cold and scorching heat, yet for many years, the threshold to the Innate Realm had been an impassable chasm. Now, after just a few sessions of Yijing Cleansing, she had broken through with ease. This was just too...
"No wonder your martial arts are so advanced at such a young age. Your master must have perford Yijing Cleansing on you for a long ti, right?" Zhu Yingning said, her voice filled with envy.
"My master and I are both n. How could we possibly share a bed for Yijing Cleansing? How disgusting!" Lin Tang rolled his eyes. "I'm just naturally gifted, okay?"
"Yeah, right." Zhu Yingning didn't believe him at all, her eyes glinting. "I heard you once pretended to be Long Tianji's disciple. Your master isn't really him, is he?"
"None of your business!"
"Oh, co on, just spill it. What are secrets between us...?" she cooed, wrapping her soft, fragrant arms tightly around Lin Tang.
Lin Tang's temper flared, and just as he was about to retaliate, a voice called out.
"Master!" Mo Pinglan walked in and knelt on one knee. "I have important news to report!"
After speaking, she gave Zhu Yingning, who was cuddled in Lin Tang's arms, a complicated look. She was already aware that Zhu Yingning had broken through to the Innate Realm.
Zhu Yingning stared at her with contempt. So weak! She's far too weak! I could kill her with one hand now, hahaha!
"I've already told you, I can't heal your face. You don't need to call master anymore," Lin Tang said casually. "What's the news?"
"Reporting to you, Master. It's about Xiao Xuanye and Guo Jufeng. They've been completely cured by Yu Huaji, the Sect Leader of the dical Immortal Sect. Not only is there no residual poison in their bodies, but their strength has also fully recovered. They then swore an oath of brotherhood and jointly issued a massive bounty for you..." Mo Pinglan respectfully recounted the situation.
Lin Tang was puzzled. "What residual poison? Didn't I cure them already?"
"Who would believe that!" Zhu Yingning playfully drew circles on his chest.
"It's true... Fine, believe it or not." Lin Tang drew circles on her back in return and comnted, "This Yu Huaji has so skill, being able to help two Grandmasters recover their strength so quickly."
Know that Xiao Xuanye and his companion had been severely injured by him when he was disguised as Long Tianji. They were also poisoned repeatedly, enduring quite an ordeal. Under normal circumstances, they should have been bedridden for at least half a year.
"Of course they're skilled. That's the dical Immortal Sect, a major power with a thousand years of history. It would be strange if they didn't have a few tricks up their sleeve," Zhu Yingning said, her eyes smoldering.
Mo Pinglan cursed silently. Slut! If I weren't disfigured, I could also ask Lin Tang for Yijing Cleansing. I could break through to the Innate Realm, too. It's so unfair!
"Master, the main point is that this is a temporary base, and its location isn't a secret. With such a huge bounty, it probably won't be long before we're exposed. It's best if we move again now," Mo Pinglan said seriously.
Zhu Yingning, however, was unconcerned. "We'll face any threats that co our way. If soone takes the bounty and cos here seeking death, then let them co."
The words had barely left her mouth when a loud explosion sounded from outside.
BANG!
The courtyard gate had been blasted open.
"Damn it!" Zhu Yingning was furious. Having just broken through, her confidence was at an all-ti high. She was about to charge out and leave no survivors.
"Put on so clothes, will you!" Lin Tang kicked her back onto the bed and walked out alone.
Arriving in the courtyard, he saw a gang of n swarming in like a plague of locusts, cutting down anyone they saw. Although Zhu Yingning's subordinates were skilled, they were no match for the intruders. They were steadily pushed back, and so had already fallen into pools of their own blood.
"Master, save us!" Upon seeing Lin Tang, they all cried out for help.
"Hahaha!"
"You expect a cripple to save you?"
"Just lie down and die!"
"Surrender now, and we might grudgingly take you back as our won. But if you dare resist, don't bla us for being brutal!"
"Lin Tang, you only managed to poison Boss Xiao and Boss Guo because they were severely injured and couldn't muster their Martial Arts Power! I'm standing right here. Why don't you try poisoning now?"
The intruders sneered nacingly. On the surface, they looked down on Lin Tang, but in reality, they were frantically circulating their energy to defend against any poison he might use.
"And you are?" Lin Tang asked calmly, his gaze sweeping over them.
"Hmph! I'm not one to hide my na. I am..." one of them began, puffing out his chest, ready to announce his identity.
"Never mind. You're just a bunch of ants. There's no need for to know," Lin Tang said, shaking his head. He then raised his hand and waved it lightly in front of him.
The group erupted in fury. They assud he was using poison and held their breath, preparing to rush forward and hack him to pieces. However, they never expected that Lin Tang's casual wave, though it seed light, carried the force of the Milky Way falling from the heavens.
All of them, still several ters away, were sent flying, vomiting blood. They didn't even have a chance to touch him before they completely lost the ability to resist.
"How is this possible?!"
They were so shocked they ignored the excruciating pain from their injuries. They all stared at Lin Tang, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
"Are you... are you really Lin Tang?"
"Why are your martial arts so ridiculously powerful?"
"Even if your skills hadn't been crippled, it shouldn't be like this!"
"Even Boss Xiao and Boss Guo probably aren't..."
Their voices trailed off as they died, their eyes wide with disbelief.
Her subordinates, upon seeing this, idolized Lin Tang even more. He was simply too strong!
Zhu Yingning, now fully dressed, ca out and rubbed her eyes forcefully. "Lin Tang... Master, has your strength improved again?" That palm strike's power seed even more outrageous than when he had used a talisman to repel Yan Luoyang. If he had such strength back then, how could he have been so brutally beaten by Mu Jiuzhou and that Hui Snake?
"Uh," Lin Tang blinked innocently. "Can I just say it was an accident?" He hadn't expected that his Master-level Martial Arts Power, when forcibly combined with his Cultivation True Qi and unleashed, would have a power far greater than the sum of its parts.
It seems this path of dual cultivating martial arts and immortality is worth exploring further, Lin Tang nodded to himself. In a few days, he estimated he could break through to the Martial Arts Grandmaster level. What kind of power would he possess if he combined Grandmaster-level Martial Arts Power with his Foundation Establishnt Stage True Qi? And what about when he broke through to Celestial King, and then to Golden Core? How terrifying would the combination be then? The thought alone is exciting!
Just as he was envisioning this bright future, he suddenly sensed sothing. He flicked his finger.
WHOOSH!
A broken piece of his fingernail shot out like a bullet, piercing a tiny flying insect dozens of ters away.
「At the sa ti.」
In a forest a kiloter away, Yan Luoyang grunted. "It seems we've been discovered. Let's go, quickly!"
"Right!" Mu Fan grabbed Yan Renjie, and they fled frantically.
Yan Renjie, utterly dispirited, offered no resistance. In his hand, he held a pair of expensive, high-powered binoculars. He had just witnessed Lin Tang annihilate a group of attackers with a single palm strike. The power displayed was beyond anything he could have ever imagined.
Lin Tang has actually beco a Celestial King? What in the world is happening? His entire worldview had been shattered. Not long ago, Lin Tang had needed to rely on a divine sword and opportunistic tactics to defeat him. Now, in the blink of an eye, he had beco unbelievably strong. It wasn't as if decades had passed!
Just as they left, Lin Tang arrived at the sa spot. He took a light sniff of the air and looked around. Yan Luoyang? And there's a scent similar to Mu Jiuzhou's... A few little bugs. They sure run fast.
He considered giving chase, but Yan Luoyang, despite his youth, had plenty of worldly experience. He had used so unknown thod to completely mask his trail. So, Lin Tang decided against it.
Back at the base, he said, "Encai, co with for a mont."
"Oh, what's... wait, what? Yan Luoyang showed up again?"
"Mhm. He's likely the one who revealed our location to those pests who just attacked."
Because Yan Luoyang could sense Lee Encai's location, and Lee Encai was inseparable from Lin Tang, it ant that as long as Yan Luoyang wanted to cause trouble, Lin Tang's hideout would be easily exposed, no matter where he went.
"So," Lin Tang began after they entered a room and he closed the door, "after repeated research, I have a preliminary plan. Now I need to experint on you to see if I can completely block Yan Luoyang's ability to sense you."
He looked at her seriously. "Alright, take off all your clothes."
"Huh?" Lee Encai was stunned. "Everything?"
"Nonsense. It's not like I haven't seen you naked before. Why are you being so shy?"
"Isn't it natural for a girl to be a little modest?"
"You're putting on an act!"
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