Hearing this slightly tough female voice, Shen Lang immediately released his mental energy and glanced towards Bai Shishi. He saw Bai Shishi lowering her eyebrows and lowering her eyes, with her hands folded on her lower abdomen, like a maid in her duty.
He stood obediently in the pavilion without any movement.
Shen Lang's eyes showed satisfaction, and then he turned his head and looked in the direction from which the female voice came.
He saw a woman in red standing on the side of the rockery of the pond, holding a long black sheath sword and almost as tall as him.
The woman in red is not only tall and long-legged, her facial features are also slightly hard, and her eyes are particularly sharp. If it weren't for her high chest, slender waist, plump hips, and shoulders that are not as strong and broad as those of men, at first glance,
He would really recognize her as a tall, strong 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 examining him, and at the same time said in a slightly tough voice:
"I am Liang Zheng's senior sister and a fifth-generation disciple of Mingjian Villa, Lin Meng."
"It turns out to be the 'Senior Sister Lin' that Brother Liang mentioned!"
Shen Lang looked in awe and bowed his hands:
“In the next season, Ruxue, a southerner known as ‘Mr. Kong’, met Miss Lin!”
Lin Meng, the woman in red, nodded slightly:
"Mr. Ji, you're welcome. Lin is a martial artist and likes to use martial arts to make friends. I heard that Mr. Ji's palm power is amazing. Could you give me some advice?"
Shen Lang was stunned:
"Miss Lin wants to compete with me in martial arts? But Miss Lin is a fifth-grade Dacheng, and I am only a sixth-grade Dacheng. This realm is really far behind Miss Lin..."
Lin Mengdan said:
"The third level of martial arts only begins to undergo qualitative changes. The fourth level of true energy that prepares for the 'upper third level' is so high that it cannot be reached. Below the fourth level, the sixth level and the fifth level are actually just driving the 'internal force', and
There is no unbridgeable gap.
"For many talented warriors, the internal strength of sixth-grade warriors is already more refined and refined than that of fifth-grade warriors. One point of internal strength can equal three points of ordinary fifth-grade warriors. Compared with fifth-grade warriors, it is also
It's just that you can't release your internal strength outwards, and you can't attack from a distance.
"But even if they can't release their inner strength, if they fight in close combat, those martial arts geniuses can still rely on their pure and condensed inner strength to cross the border and defeat ordinary fifth-level warriors. Like Yan Wufeng and Wu Tianhong, when they reach the sixth level, they can
Cross the border and defeat the mid-level fifth-level warrior.
"I heard Junior Brother Liang Zheng speak highly of Mr. Ji's 'Ice Palm Power'. I couldn't help but feel happy and wanted to learn a thing or two. Mr. Ji, don't worry, since I have learned the palm power, I won't fight.
I can attack and deceive you from afar, but I can hold hands with you up close."
Shen Lang muttered:
"But Miss Lin is practicing swordsmanship, and I specialize in palm skills. Is it unfair to Miss Lin to do palm fighting at close range?"
Lin Meng raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a slightly proud smile:
"Although I practice swordsmanship, I have also dabbled in palm techniques. I have practiced the 'Shaking Mountain Palm', and I am confident that my palm power is only slightly inferior to Yan Wufeng's 'Iron-Shaking Gold Hand'."
Shen Lang nodded:
"In this case, it will be inconvenient for Ji to refuse."
He looked around:
"This is the venue for the Poetry Association. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to compete here?"
Surrounding the pavilion where Shen Lang and Bai Shishi were, there were many pavilions distributed in a ring among the flowers and trees. Like stars holding the moon, they surrounded a wide pavilion covered with a red carpet and furnished with eucalyptus tables.
The pavilion surrounded by many pavilions is the main venue of tonight's poetry meeting.
Talented girls from the Tianxiang Society, as well as well-known scribes and martial arts heroes from Luling Prefecture, will participate in a poetry meeting at the Tai Pavilion.
As for Shen Lang, a strange martial artist from other places or a foreign scholar with little reputation, he could only drink tea and wine in the pavilions around the pavilion and watch the grand event.
However, if your literary talent and martial arts skills are amazing and are unanimously recognized by everyone, you can also go to the stage and transfer your seat from the "audience seat" to the "big stage".
At this time, there were only some maids in the central pavilion, and the servants were busy setting up the venue. However, there were already many people in the pavilions around the pavilion, all of whom were scholars and warriors from other places who came here to attend the meeting.
Some people who like to socialize are visiting from one pavilion to the other to make new friends. There are also people who gather in small groups in a pavilion and talk loudly. There are also people who sit alone in the pavilion, drink tea alone, and act like a master.
.
Shen Lang and Bai Shishi arrived for the first time, and the two pavilions on the left and right were still empty, so they didn't attract anyone's attention yet.
But if he fights with Lin Meng, he will probably disturb everyone and attract attention. However, Shen Lang's trip is to return to his old business, undercover exploration, and he doesn't want to be too high-profile and draw too much attention.
But he wanted to change places, but Lin Meng said calmly:
"It doesn't matter. Tonight's poetry meeting is a 'civilian and military poetry meeting'. Warriors compete in skills, and literati compose poems to praise the martial arts of our great Chu. When the time comes, 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, not martial arts, and it won't alarm others."
Shen Lang had no choice but to nod in agreement:
"Okay, let's learn from Miss Lin's skills here."
Lin Meng smiled slightly, held the sword in his left hand, opened his long legs, and strode forward:
"The essence of my 'Zhenshan Palm' is the word 'shock', which can trigger some kind of internal 'resonance' with the power of the palm. If you strike a stone, the hard stone will turn into powder, and if you strike an iron, the steel will burst into pieces. If it hits a person,
The human body appears to be intact on the outside, but the internal organs are torn apart... My palm power is particularly good at breaking down the body's internal strength and practicing hard skills, so you have to be careful."
As she spoke, she raised her right hand, and the skin on her palm vibrated at a high frequency, so that the air around her palm was shaken and stirred, turning into a slight breeze and blowing around.
"Miss Lin is open and bright!"
Shen Lang laughed and took steps towards Lin Meng. At the same time, he raised his right palm and said in a deep voice:
"My family's secret skill, 'Ice Palm', has extremely cold palm power and the ability to condense blood into ice. Once I'm hit by the palm, all the blood in my body will condense into ice in a matter of seconds. Even if I have a strong inner strength to protect myself, I will still catch the cold.
Affected by the power of ice palm, Qi and blood are stagnant, muscles are stiff, and sensitivity is greatly reduced. The more you hit, the weaker you become."
As he spoke, wisps of white air emerged from his palms, 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" mental method, which can make his internal energy have freezing properties.
As for the palm technique that activates the frozen internal force, it is only Sha Wanli's "Tide Palm".
However, although Tide Palm is only a fourth-level martial arts, its nature is quite consistent with "Xuan Bing Jin". Among all Shen Lang has learned, it is the one that can best exert the power of "Xuan Bing Jin".
Martial arts.
Other martial arts are lacking some meaning and cannot maximize the power of Xuan Bing Jin.
Shen Lang and Lin Meng both gathered their strength in the palms of their hands and walked towards each other. Soon the distance between them was only three steps.
"Take action!" Lin Meng said in a deep voice.
She has a higher level, so of course she has to let "Mr. Kong Kong" make the first move.
Shen Lang was not polite and said:
"Miss Lin, be careful!"
He raised his hand and slapped Lin Meng with a roar.
Although he didn't have the ability to release his internal energy outwards, when he struck out with his palm, the biting cold wind stirred up by his palm force still gave people the heavy oppressive feeling of being cut by nine cold winter wind knives on the face and suffocating the breath.
The cold wind blew against his face, Lin Meng's expression did not change, and he said calmly:
"Well done!"
He also slapped his palm in the middle of his voice. When his bare hand shot through the air, a slight buzzing sound appeared on the skin of the palm that vibrated at a high frequency.
Wave!
There was a crisp sound, and the two palms met.
Shen Lang only felt a strange vibrating force, which easily shattered the cold internal energy in his palm and invaded the meridians of his fingers and palms in an instant. When the internal energy in his palm disappeared, the veins in his palm could not help but buzz and vibrate. In an instant, the whole
My right hand became numb, soft and weak from the fingertips to the wrist.
Shen Lang showed his shock without concealing it. He took two steps back, lowered his right hand, his fingers trembled slightly and said in a deep voice:
"Miss Lin has great palm power!"
"Young Master Ji has given you too much praise. If you and I are of the same level, this palm will be our equal."
Lin Mengdan said, looking down at his right hand. The back of his hand seemed to be covered with a thin layer of white frost.
However, Lin Meng just flicked her palm, and the layer of white frost flew away, and her palm returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.
"Master Ji's ice palm power is really extraordinary. No wonder Junior Brother Liang Zheng is full of praise. Thank you Master Ji for your advice. I have something to do, so I'll excuse you for now. After the poetry meeting, I will discuss martial arts with Master Ji."
After saying that, he casually glanced at Bai Shishi in the pavilion, but didn't notice anything strange. He couldn't help but frown slightly, looked away, nodded to Shen Lang, and turned around to leave.
Bai Shishi was blessed with the "Appearance of All Living Beings" spell. As long as she did not take the initiative to make small movements to communicate, even if Lin Meng's true cultivation level was in the middle stage of the fourth level, she would not be able to see through Bai Shishi's disguise.
Shen Lang watched Lin Meng farewell with a smile, until her back disappeared among the flowers and trees, and then he walked leisurely back to the pavilion.
"You're actually injured?"
Looking at his right hand that occasionally trembled and twitched, Bai Shishi said in surprise.
Shen Lang's mental energy surged out and scanned the surrounding area.
Within a radius of twenty meters, even if someone is lurking underground, they cannot escape his mental scanning.
And if someone peeks and listens from a distance outside the range of the mental scan, his "spiritual warning" will also be able to detect it.
After making sure that no one was around, he said calmly:
"Miss Lin's 'Shaking Mountain Palm' is extremely overbearing. Even if she hid her true cultivation, did not use her true energy, and only used her inner strength to strike the palm, and also suppressed some of the palm power, her palm should not be"
Young Master Kong' will be able to come out unscathed.
"With her palm power, if she does not suppress her skills, even if she only uses her palm with a fifth-grade cultivation level, the whole bone and meridians of her arm will be shattered into pieces with one palm, even for a sixth-grade warrior."
Bai Shishi frowned and said:
"But if you use the overbearing palm technique that you used when you faced off against me, you should be able to safely take on the mountain-shaking palm power of her fifth-level cultivation."
Shen Lang smiled:
"Do you know why she came to me to test her palm power? Do you really think she is just happy to see her and wants to make friends with her through martial arts?"
Bai Shishi was stunned:
"you mean……"
Shen Lang said leisurely:
"She is testing... Her statement that 'Shaking Mountain Palm Power is especially good at destroying the body's inner strength and practicing hard skills' is not unreasonable. I bet that those who came to Tianxiang Club today,
Every unknown foreign warrior will be tested."
Therefore, when Shen Lang is facing palms, not only can he not activate the iron cloth shirt and golden bell on the martial arts side to increase the strength of his palms, but he can also use his second-level skin strengthening, bone strengthening, and even the muscle strength brought by the second-level agility strengthening.
You need to adjust the pressure yourself so that the skin and muscles of your palms are not too strong.
This way, he is bound to suffer some minor injuries.
Of course, this injury is neither painful nor itchy for him, and he does not need to deliberately perform exercises to heal the injury. He can recover quickly just by relying on the self-healing ability of the second-level vitality enhancement.
"..."
Bai Shishi covered her forehead with a headache:
"You guys who are playing tricks have dirty minds. I am just a killer who only knows how to fight and kill. I am stupid and can't keep up."
Shen Lang said in surprise:
"How did you become a famous bounty killer because you are so stupid? Professional killers need to be able to plan and understand tactics. Those who rely on their martial arts skills to be reckless when picking up a sword are just giving away their heads."
Just like when he left Yingzhou two months ago, most of the hired killers who came to hunt him had extremely poor professional qualities. In the end, he killed them all, burying hundreds of people in one battle.
Bai Shishi said:
"Of course, my sisters help me gather information, arrange killings, and even weaken the enemy in advance. I don't have to worry about anything. I just follow the arrangements of my sisters and take action. My reputation as a famous bounty killer is
It’s typed like this.”
Shen Lang was thoughtful:
"From the looks of it...you should be a target arranged by the Seven Spider Sisters, specifically to promote you to be famous and put you in the spotlight to attract firepower.
"Once the Seven Spider Sisters reveal themselves and are targeted, you, 'Black Spider,' will be the first to be investigated. Just like this time, the agents of the Divine Catcher Hall will investigate you first.
"Other spiders who hide their true identities can use you as a cover to calmly plan their response. They can even use you as bait to lure out the investigators and eliminate them.
"Even if the investigation fails in the end, I only need to throw you out to cut off the clues. Anyway, it is impossible for you to betray their true identity, and you are even willing to die for them, and you foolishly thought that you could return to the soul.
Demon God, God of Serving Eternal Life..."
Seeing Bai Shishi's eyes widening and opening her mouth to refute, Shen Lang smiled 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 with the worst background. You don't have any family background or connections, right?"
Bai Shishi was slightly startled and stopped talking.
Shen Lang continued:
"The other seven sisters are either disciples of major sects, the daughters of chamber lords, or the eldest ladies from famous families, or they have a father who is a powerful martial artist...
"You are the only one, alone, with no money and no power. So you are not the youngest, 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 to become famous and attract attention...
…”
Bai Shishi pursed her lips tightly, pinched the corners of her clothes with her fingers, lowered her chin, and her eyes were dark.
Shen Lang said again seriously:
"So, the dumber you are, the less likely you are to believe in a cult. If you believe in a cult, you will only become dumber and stupider, and eventually you will become an idiot and be at the mercy of others."
Bai Shishi's face was expressionless:
"Don't tell me this, I don't want to hear it now."
"Okay. Then let me change the topic. If I have a conflict with Yue Ling'er, will Yan Wufeng and Wu Tianhong help her?"
"Of course I'll help her."
"But what if I reveal Yue Ling'er's identity and the evil things she has done?"
"They will still help her."
Shen Lang said in surprise:
"Why? Yan, Wu and the others are not just gangsters with no worries. They are both wealthy and well-established people. How dare you risk such a big deal to worship a demon and murder a witch with blood?"
Bai Shishi said expressionlessly:
"The two of them have already fallen into the spider's web, captured both physically and mentally. They have been completely addicted to the gentle trap. They have helped kill many people. Now even if they are asked to destroy their entire family, they will only hesitate slightly at most."
"I understand. Yue Ling'er's ability seems to be related to corroding people's hearts..."
Shen Lang nodded thoughtfully and closed his eyes again:
"I suffered a slight injury on my palm, and I need to start healing now..."
After saying that, he pretended to heal his wounds.
at the same time.
In a small hall.
Yue Ling'er, the most talented woman in Tianxiang Society and also known as the most talented woman in Luling, was dressing herself in the mirror.
Lin Meng, dressed in red and holding a long sword, pushed the door in and said:
"Another one has been eliminated. That 'Master Kong Kong' Ji Ruxue is not in disguise from Fahai."
Yue Linger said:
"Oh? Sister, can you be sure?"
"Of course I'm sure."
Lin Meng's tone revealed strong confidence:
"His palm power is purely cold and cold. It is completely different from the majestic and majestic Buddhist palm power described by Qimei Secret News, and even contradicts each other. Moreover, the skin, flesh and bones of his palms are stronger than ordinary sixth-grade warriors.
There are many, but there is no sign of practicing hard skills.
"The maid next to him didn't have any trace of martial arts skills on her body. She was just an ordinary woman. She didn't show any abnormality when she saw me. She pretended that she wasn't the Seventh Sister in disguise.
"So Fourth Sister, I'm afraid you guessed wrong this time. I'm afraid Fahai doesn't have the courage to sneak into Tianxiang Society to investigate. He might have already sneaked to the capital with Seventh Sister."
Yue Linger frowned and said softly:
"It shouldn't be! Judging from Fa Hai's behavior along the way, especially his behavior of killing government agents without hesitation, he is clearly a man who relies on his high skills, is bold, and even lawless.
"I set him up in this way, framed him and made him bear dozens of blood eucalyptus cases. With his temperament, how could he swallow this?"
Lin Meng leaned against the doorframe, held the sword in his chest, and said calmly:
"Didn't you say that the Buddhist bald donkey is the most eloquent and the best at bewitching with words? The seventh sister was once frightened and frightened by the 'killing arhat'. She has a flaw in her mind and may be confused by the lotus flower blooming from the tongue of the Sea of Dharma.
,did we unintentionally reveal our strength?
"Now that he knows our strength, Fa Hai must be somewhat self-aware no matter how bold he is. How dare he take the initiative to investigate us and other fourth-grade warriors with only a sixth-grade cultivation level?"
Yue Linger nodded slightly:
"The elder sister makes sense, but the younger sister is still a little uneasy. In my opinion, it is better not to let go if there is a mistake in killing. Today, any outsider of unknown origin, including scholars and warriors, will provide accommodation for them on the pretext of providing them with accommodation."
They all remain in the manor and are sacrificed to my lord."