Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

Chapter 181 Chapter 180
Hearing this slightly stiff female voice, Shen Lang unleashed his mental power immediately, and swept towards Bai Shishi, and saw Bai Shishi lowered her eyebrows and folded her hands on her lower abdomen, like a proper maid He obediently stood in the gazebo without any changes.

Shen Lang's eyes showed satisfaction, and then he turned his head and looked in the direction of the female voice.

On the side of the rockery in the pond, stood a woman in red with a long sword in a black scabbard, who was almost as tall as him.

The woman in red is not only tall and has long legs, her facial features are also slightly rigid, and her eyes are also particularly sharp. If it weren't for her high chest, slender waist, full hip line, and shoulders that are not as strong and broad as the man's, at first glance, He would really recognize her as a tall, healthy and handsome man.

Shen Lang asked with a smile: "Who is the girl?"

The woman in red looked Shen Lang up and down with her sharp eyes, as if she was examining him, and at the same time said in that slightly stiff voice:
"I'm Liang Zheng's senior sister. Lin Meng, a disciple of Mingjian Villa's fifth generation."

"So it's the 'Sister Lin' that Brother Liang mentioned!"

Shen Lang looked awe-inspiring, and cupped his hands:
"In the next season, Ruxue, a person from the south, known as 'Master Empty', met Miss Lin!"

Lin Mengwei, the woman in red, nodded slightly:

"Young Master Ji is polite. Lin is good at martial arts, Su likes to use martial arts to make friends. I heard that Young Master Ji's palm strength is amazing. I wonder if I can learn a thing or two?"

Shen Lang was stunned:

"Miss Lin wants to compete with me? But Miss Lin is a fifth-rank master, and I am only a sixth-rank master. This realm is really far behind Miss Lin..."

Lin Meng said lightly:
"Only the third rank in martial arts has begun to undergo qualitative changes. The true energy level of the fourth rank that prepares for the 'upper third rank' is so high that it is unattainable. Below the fourth rank, sixth rank and fifth rank are actually just driving the 'internal force' and There is no insurmountable gap.

"Many gifted warriors have a sixth-rank warrior whose internal strength is already more pure and refined than a fifth-rank warrior. One point of internal strength can equal three points of an ordinary fifth-rank warrior. Compared with a fifth-rank warrior, they are also It's just that you can't release your internal strength to the outside, and you can't attack from a distance.

"But even if you can't release your internal strength to the outside, if you fight in close quarters, those martial arts geniuses can rely on their pure and condensed internal strength to overcome ordinary fifth-rank warriors across borders. Like Yan Wufeng and Wu Tianhong, when they reach the sixth rank, they can already Cross the border and defeat the fifth-rank mid-stage warrior.

"I heard from Junior Brother Liang Zheng's words that he admired Mr. Ji's 'Ice Palm Power' a lot. I couldn't help seeing Lie Xinxie, and I really wanted to learn a little bit. Don't worry, Mr. Ji, since I have learned the palm power, I will not use it. Attacking you from afar to deceive you, just palming you up close."

Shen Lang pondered and said:
"But what Miss Lin is practicing is the way of swordsmanship, while I specialize in palm technique. Is it unfair to Miss Lin to face palms?"

The corners of Lin Meng's lips twitched slightly, revealing a slightly proud smile:

"Although I practice swordsmanship, I also dabble in palm techniques. I have practiced 'Shaking Mountain Palm', and I am confident that my palm strength is only slightly inferior to Yan Wufeng's 'Melting Iron and Broken Gold Hand'."

Shen Lang nodded:
"Since that's the case, it's inconvenient for Ji to refuse."

He looked around:
"This place is the venue of the Poetry Club. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to compete here?"

Around the pavilion where Shen Lang and Bai Shishi are located, there are many pavilions, which are distributed in a ring among the flowers and trees, surrounded by stars like a moon, surrounded by a wide pavilion with a red carpet and a table.

The pavilion surrounded by many pavilions is the main venue of tonight's poetry meeting.

Talented women from Tianxiang Club, as well as well-known literati and martial arts heroes in Luling Prefecture, will participate in the poetry meeting at Taige.

And Shen Lang, a strange warrior from other places, or a foreign scholar with little reputation, can only drink tea and wine in the pavilions around the pavilion, and watch the grand event.

However, if the literary talent and martial arts are amazing and are unanimously recognized by everyone, they can also go to the stage pavilion and change their seats from the "audience seat" to the "big stage".

At this time, there were only some maidservants and servants on the Central Pavilion busy arranging the venue, while in the pavilions around the pavilion, there were already many people, all of whom were scholars and warriors from other places who came to attend the meeting admiringly.

Those who like to make friends are visiting from pavilions to meet new friends.There are also groups of three or four, gathered in a gazebo, talking loudly.There are also those who sit alone in the pavilion, drink tea alone, and make a high-level posture.

Shen Lang and Bai Shishi have just arrived, and the two pavilions on the left and right are still empty, and haven't attracted attention yet.

But if he fights Lin Meng, it might disturb everyone and attract attention.And Shen Lang's trip is to return to his old business, undercover investigation, he doesn't want to make it too high-profile and attract too many people's attention.

But he wanted to change places, but Lin Meng said lightly:
"It doesn't matter. Tonight's poetry meeting is a 'Civil and Military Poetry Meeting'. Warriors compare their skills, and literati write poems to praise my martial arts in the prosperous age of Chu. At that time, there will be many martial arts competitions in this venue. You and I will compete here. It fits the theme of tonight's poetry meeting. Besides, it's just a comparison of palm strength, no martial arts and moves, and it won't alarm others."

Shen Lang had no choice but to nod in response:
"Okay, let's learn Miss Lin's skills here."

Lin Meng smiled slightly, holding a sword in her left hand, striding forward with her long legs:
"The essence of my 'Mountain Shaking Palm' lies in the word 'shock', which can trigger a certain internal 'resonance' with the force of the palm. If you hit a stone, the stone will turn into powder, and if you hit iron, the steel will shatter. If you hit a person, The surface of the human body seems to be intact, but the internal organs have been torn apart... My palm strength is especially good at breaking the body's internal strength and practicing hard skills horizontally, you have to be careful."

While speaking, she raised her right hand, and the skin on the palm trembled at a high frequency, so that the air around the palm was stirred by the vibration, turning into a slight breeze, blowing away to the surroundings.

"Miss Lin is open!"

Shen Lang laughed, and walked towards Lin Meng. At the same time, he raised his right palm and said in a deep voice:

"My family has inherited the unique technique 'Ice Palm', which is extremely cold and has the ability to condense blood into ice. When you hit me with a palm, the blood all over your body will condense into ice in an instant. Even if the body's internal strength is deep, it will still catch the cold. Affected by the power of the ice palm, the qi and blood stagnate, the muscles become stiff, and the sensitivity is greatly reduced, and the more you hit, the weaker you are."

While speaking, white air came out from his palm, exuding a cold chill.

Of course Shen Lang doesn't know anything about "Ice Palm".

He just practiced the Nanhai school's "Xuan Bing Jin" mind method, which can bring the freezing attribute to his internal energy.

As for the palm technique that activates the frozen inner force, it is only Sha Wanli's "Tide Palm".

However, although Tidal Palm is only a fourth-grade martial art, in terms of nature, it is quite compatible with "Xuanbingjin". It is the one that Shen Lang has learned that can best exert the power of "Xuanbingjin" martial arts.

Other martial arts, however, lacked some meaning and could not maximize the power of Xuan Bingjin.

Both Shen Lang and Lin Meng gathered their energy in their palms and walked toward each other, and soon the distance between them was only three steps away.

"Let's do it!" Lin Meng said in a deep voice.

She has a higher realm, so of course "Young Master Void" should make the first move.

Shen Lang was also polite and said:
"Miss Lin, be careful!"

With a palm, he patted Lin Meng.

Although he didn't have the ability to release internal force externally, when he slapped this palm, the bitter cold wind aroused by the palm force still made people feel the heavy oppressive feeling that the cold winter wind cut his face and his breath was suffocated.

The cold wind was blowing towards his face, Lin Meng's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly:
"Good come!"

There was also a clap in the voice, and when the bare hand broke through the air, there was a slight buzzing sound on the skin of the palm trembling with high frequency.

Boo!
With a crisp sound, the two palms intersected.

Shen Lang only felt a strange vibrating force, which easily crushed the icy internal force in his palm, and instantly invaded the meridians in his palm. The right hand, from the fingertips to the wrist, became numb and limp.

Shen Lang unabashedly showed shock, took two steps back, lowered his right hand, his fingers trembled slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Miss Lin has great palm skills!"

"Young master Ji is too famous. If you and I are in the same realm, this palm will be equally divided between you and me."

Lin Meng said lightly, looking down at his right hand, the back of his hand seemed to be covered with a thin layer of hoarfrost.

But Lin Meng just flicked her palm lightly, and the layer of hoarfrost splashed out, and her palm returned to its original state in a blink of an eye.

"Mr. Ji's icy palm is really extraordinary. No wonder Junior Brother Liang Zheng is full of praise. Thank you Mr. Ji for your instruction. Lin has something else to do, so I'm sorry. After the poetry meeting, I will discuss martial arts with Mr. Ji."

After speaking, he glanced casually at Bai Shishi in the pavilion, but didn't notice anything unusual, so he frowned slightly, looked away, nodded to Shen Lang again, turned and left.

Bai Shishi was blessed with the spell of "All Beings", as long as she didn't take the initiative to send a message, even if Lin Meng's true cultivation was at the middle stage of the fourth rank, she would not be able to see through Bai Shishi's disguise.

Shen Lang watched Lin Meng off with a smile, until her back disappeared into the bushes of flowers, then leisurely paced back into the gazebo.

"You were injured?"

Seeing his right hand that trembled and twitched occasionally, Bai Shishi said in surprise.

Shen Lang's mental power surged out, scanning his surroundings.

Within a radius of 20 meters, even if someone is lurking underground, they cannot escape his mental power scan.

And if someone is peeping and listening from a distance outside the scanning range of mental power, his "Spiritual Sense Warning" can also detect it.

After confirming that there was no one around, he said leisurely:

"Miss Lin's 'Shaking Mountain Palm' is extremely domineering. Even though she hid her true cultivation and didn't use her true energy, she only used her internal strength to strike out a palm, and even suppressed a little bit of palm strength, her palm shouldn't be" Lord Void' was able to follow through unscathed.

"With her palm strength, if you don't suppress your skills, even if you only strike out with a five-level cultivation base, with one palm, the bones and meridians of the entire arm of a martial artist who is waiting for a sixth-level master will be shattered to pieces."

Bai Shishi frowned and said:

"But if you use the domineering palm technique that you used when you were facing me, you should be able to safely take over her fifth-level cultivation of Zhenshan Palm."

Shen Lang smiled:
"Why do you think she came to me to compete in palm strength? Do you really think she is happy to see Lie Xin, and wants to make friends with martial arts?"

Bai Shishi was stunned:
"what do you mean……"

Shen Lang said leisurely:
"She's trying to test it out... Her statement that 'Zhenshan palm strength is especially good at breaking the body's internal strength and practicing hard skills' is not aimless. I bet that everyone who came to Tianxiang Club today, every identity Unknown foreign warriors will be tempted."

Therefore, when Shen Lang met his palms, not only could he not use the iron cloth shirt and golden bell cover on the martial arts side to increase the strength of his palms, but he could not even increase the strength of his tendons brought about by his second-level skin strengthening, bone strengthening, and even second-level agility strengthening. You need to adjust and suppress one or two by yourself, so that the skin, muscles and bones of your palms will not be too tough.

As a result, he is bound to suffer some minor injuries.

Of course, this kind of injury is not painful or itchy to him, and he doesn't need to deliberately exercise his skills to heal his injuries. He can recover quickly only with the self-healing ability strengthened by the second-order vitality.

"..."

Bai Shishi covered her forehead with a headache:

"You guys who play tricks have a dirty heart. I'm just a killer who only knows how to fight and kill. My brain is stupid and I can't keep up."

Shen Lang said in surprise:
"How did you become a well-known bounty killer with a stupid mind? Professional killers need to know how to plan and understand tactics. The kind of stupid young man who is reckless with a knife because of his good martial arts is just giving away his head."

It was as if when he had just left Yingzhou two months ago, most of the hired killers who came to hunt him down had extremely poor professionalism, but in the end he killed them all, and buried hundreds of people in World War I.

Bai Shi said:

"Of course, my sisters help me scout out information, arrange killings, and even weaken the enemy in advance. I don't care about anything, just follow the arrangements of the sisters and harvest it. My reputation as a well-known bounty killer is That's how it came out."

Shen Lang was thoughtful:
"Looking at it this way...you should be a target arranged by the Seven Spider Sisters to promote you and put you on the bright side to attract firepower.

"Once the Seven Spider Sisters show their feet and are targeted, you, the 'Black Spider', will bear the brunt. Just like this time, you, the secret agent of God's Catcher, will be the first to investigate.

"Other spiders who are hiding their true identities can use you as a cover and calmly plan to deal with them. They can even use you as bait to lure out the investigators and destroy them.

"Even if the investigation fails in the end, you only need to throw you out to cut off the clues. Anyway, you can't betray their true identities, and you are even willing to die for them, and you foolishly think that you can return your soul." The demon god, the servant god will live forever..."

Seeing Bai Shishi's staring eyes and opening his mouth to refute, Shen Lang laughed and said:
"Don't be angry, I'm just speculating on a possibility. By the way, among the seven sisters, you are the only one from the worst background. You don't have any family background or connections, do you?"

Bai Shishi was slightly taken aback, but stopped talking.

Shen Lang continued:

"The rest of the Seven Sisters are either disciples of the Great School, or the daughters of the head of the Chamber of Commerce, or the young lady from a famous family, or the father of a martial artist...

"It's just you, alone, with no money and power. So you are not the youngest next year, but you are ranked last among the seven sisters. You obviously don't have the brains to be a killer, but you are arranged to be a bounty killer, and you are famous... ..."

Bai Shishi pursed her lips tightly, pinched the corner of her clothes with her fingers, drooped her chin, and looked sad.

Shen Lang said earnestly again:

"So, the more stupid you are, the less you can believe in cults. If you believe in cults, you will only become more and more stupid, and eventually you will become an idiot and be at the mercy of others."

Bai Shishi has no expression on her face:
"Don't tell me that, I don't want to hear it now."

"Okay. Then I'll change the subject. If Yue Linger and I have a conflict, will Yan Wufeng and Wu Tianhong help her?"

"Of course I will help her."

"But what if I expose Yue Linger's identity and the evil things she has done?"

"They'll help her just the same."

Shen Lang said in surprise:
"Why? Yan and Wu are not carefree thieves. They are all landed households with family backgrounds. How dare they take such a big step and show their eyes to the demon girl who worships the demon god and kills blood?"

Bai Shishi said expressionlessly:

"The two of them have already fallen into the spider's web, captured both physically and mentally, and have completely indulged in the trap of gentleness. They have helped kill many people. Now even if they want to kill themselves, they will only hesitate a little at most."

"Understood. Yue Linger's ability seems to be related to corrupting people's hearts..."

Shen Lang nodded thoughtfully, then closed his eyes again:
"My palm was slightly injured, and now I'm going to start healing..."

After speaking, he pretended to heal his wounds.

at the same time.

In a small hall.

The number one talented woman in Tianxiang Society, also known as the number one talented woman in Luling, Yue Ling'er, was doing her makeup in front of the mirror.

Lin Meng, dressed in red and holding a long sword, pushed the door in and said:

"Another one has been ruled out. That 'Master of the Void', Ji Ruxue, is not Fa Hai in disguise."

Yue Linger said:

"Oh? Elder sister, can you be sure?"

"Certainly."

In Lin Meng's tone, there was strong confidence:

"His palm strength is purely yin and cold, completely different from the majestic, mighty and masculine Buddhist palm technique that Seventh Sister secretly described, and even opposed to each other. Moreover, his palms are tougher than ordinary sixth-rank warriors. There are many, but there is no sign of practicing hard skills.

"The maid next to him doesn't have any trace of martial arts skills on her body, she's just an ordinary girl, and she didn't show any abnormalities when she saw me, so she shouldn't be Seventh Sister disguised.

"So fourth sister, you may have guessed wrong this time. Fahai probably didn't have the guts to infiltrate Tianxiang Club to investigate. He might have taken seventh sister and sneaked to the capital."

Yue Linger frowned and said softly:
"It shouldn't be! Judging from Fa Hai's actions all the way, especially his unhesitating act of beheading the government officials, he is clearly a self-reliant, daring, and even lawless person.

"I designed him in this way, and I also planted the blame, and made him bear dozens of murders. With his temperament, how could he swallow this breath?"

Lin Meng leaned back against the door frame, held his sword in his chest, and said lightly:

"Didn't you say that the Buddhist bald donkey is the most eloquent, and the best at bewitching words, and the seventh sister was once intimidated by the 'killing arhat', and there is a flaw in her heart, and she may be confused by that fahai tongue. , Inadvertently reveal our strength?
"Now that we know our strength, no matter how daring Fa Hai is, he should have some self-knowledge. How dare he take the initiative to investigate me and other fourth-rank warriors with a mere sixth-rank cultivation?"

Yue Linger nodded slightly:
"The elder sister is right, but the younger sister is still a little worried. According to the younger sister, it is better to kill someone who is wrong, and don't let it go. Today, all outsiders with unknown origins, regardless of literati or warriors, use the excuse of providing them with accommodation. They all stayed in the manor and sacrificed to our lord together."

[Ask for a ticket~! 】

(End of this chapter)