"It's just that I want to remind you, sir, that these three internal skills are all health-preserving skills that only focus on maintaining health. After being practiced, they have little power in fighting with others. They are suitable for family cultivation and not suitable for fighting. The highest level can only be practiced at two levels. "
Duanmuwan reminded.
"There are only two levels of health-preserving skills... Isn't there any real martial arts internal skills?"
Lu Sheng frowned a little.
"Yes...it's just that kind of internal strength, most of which are from different sects...Even if I give it to the young master, would you dare to practice it, young master?"
Duanmu Wan raised her beautiful eyes and looked at Lu Sheng with a slight smile.
Lu Sheng was silent for a moment and then smiled.
"Indeed, I don't dare to practice that kind of internal strength. Once the sect's internal strength is leaked, it will be an unending hatred."
"Young master, it's good to understand. Of course, there are some low-end internal strength secret books, but compared to these three, those secret books are extremely time-consuming and not as powerful as these three."
Lu Sheng immediately gave in, but Duanmu Wan gave her a high look. In front of a beauty like her, almost all men would unconsciously become competitive. They must be strong-willed and must show their strong and heroic side no matter what.
But Lu Sheng could say the words "I don't dare" without changing his expression. This is not something ordinary people can do.
"Your three internal skills don't quite meet my requirements."
Lu Sheng said in a deep voice.
"Master Lu, don't refuse in a hurry. You must know that this secret book of internal strength is not a big deal. You can have it whenever you want."
Duanmu smiled and said.
"It's just a coincidence that I have so many books here now. After a while, I may not have them again..."
Lu Sheng didn't understand what she meant.
"Wouldn't it be possible to copy a few copies of the secret book and resell it?"
"That's what I said, but here, all the original copies are sold, originally." Duanmu Wan said confidently.
"Is this true?" Lu Sheng's heart moved.
"Of course I take it seriously. It's better for Mr. Lu not to practice the Black Evil Technique. Even if the technique is incomplete, it's still a fragment of it that was handed down hundreds of years ago. It's almost impossible to find a complete follow-up."
Duanmu Wan advised.
Lu Sheng pondered for a moment.
"I don't know, does Miss Wan'er have any other secret books in her hand? I don't want the original, just a copy. How about one hundred taels per volume?"
Duanmu Wan's expression remained unchanged, with a faint smile.
"Master Lu is so obsessed with martial arts?"
"Yes, I am actually a martial arts fanatic." Lu Sheng answered seriously.
Duanmuwan looked at him with interest, and the two looked at each other for a moment, and she suddenly burst out laughing.
"In that case, let's pay with one hand."
"Delivery with one hand. I want Jade Crane Gong."
Lu Sheng randomly ordered one. She took out the banknote from her arms. This was his last savings, and it would be gone after it was used up.
Duanmuwan took the banknote without looking at it, stuffed it into her sleeve, and put down the Jade Crane Gong.
"Then I wish you great success in martial arts as soon as possible."
"Thank you for your kind words."
Lu Sheng stood up to see her off.
After delivering Duanmu Wan to the gate and watching her get on the carriage and leave slowly, Lu Sheng felt slightly relieved.
Somehow, every time he faced Duanmu Wan, he would be slightly cautious.
It was obvious that the other party was just a weak woman who didn't seem to know much about martial arts, but he just felt something was wrong.
Watch the carriage drive slowly until it exits the end of the street and is no longer visible.
Lu Sheng then turned around.
Holding the Jade Crane Skill in his hand, Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment, but decided to take a look at this internal skill first.
Jiulian City Magistrate’s Office.
In the square-shaped yamen compound, the courtyard is facing the court hall. The ground is paved with white stone bricks, and the sunlight reflects slightly dazzling light on it.
In the court hall inside the courtyard, more than ten vermilion pillars support the red roof.
There are two rows of killing sticks on both sides of the courtroom, both painted red.
The prefect, Song Duanchi, was sitting in the courtroom with his brows furrowed. Behind him was a huge picture of a blue sky and a white sun, with a crane fluttering its wings.
There were two people standing on either side below, making a total of four people.
They are the heads of the four families, Zhao, Li, Lu, and Zheng.
These four companies represent most of the forces from all walks of life in Jiulian City.
Lu Quan'an is one of them.
He was wearing a gold-dollar jacket and a red jade official's outer cap. He kept pinching his beard on his chin with his hand and stared closely at the prefect sitting in the hall.
Including the prefect, five people did not say anything.
The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Shide, is a bald old man with strong muscles. The Zhao family leads all the restaurants, brothels, music houses, and casinos in Jiulian City. He is the most powerful among the four people.
Seeing that no one spoke at this time, he hesitated and spoke first.
"Mr. Song, you asked us to look for people and things, and we also sent people to look for them. We thought it was just a small matter.
But now more than ten of our people have disappeared in succession. This is a matter of life and death.
If you still don't tell the truth in this situation, then don't blame us for not accompanying you."
Lu Quan'an made up his mind to keep silent.
The other two people seemed to have the same plan as him.
Magistrate Song Duanchi frowned and let out a long sigh.
"Things and people are orders from above, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Moreover, strange things have happened one after another in the past few days, both inside and outside the city. I also asked the abbot of Honglian Temple to perform rituals, but to no avail.
The knight-errant who was invited also disappeared and never returned. I don't know if he ran away or... the case in Wangjiazhuang outside the city has not been concluded yet.
I asked the four of you to get together just to see if you have any good ideas.
These Jiuliancheng are, after all, the Jiuliancheng for all of us."
Lu Quan'an and the other two remained silent.
Then Zhao Shide sneered.
"Let's not mention the matter of finding someone for now, let's just stop for now.
As for other matters, since I can’t do anything about it, I invited an extraordinary expert to come and investigate. But this remuneration is too high for my family to pay, right?"
"Since he is a master, if he can really solve the case, I will give him the entire reward." The prefect made the first decision.
"My family will contribute one thousand taels to sponsor."
"Me too."
Lu Quan'an quickly spoke out.
"I am the same." The last person's home page was leaked with a thousand taels.
"Okay, the Xu family case has been taken over for the time being, but the Wangjiazhuang case..." The prefect started to have trouble again.
"Wangjiazhuang... But the case of the concubine who fell into the well? Wouldn't it be better to just settle the case according to the laws of the Song Dynasty?"
The head of the Li family said calmly.
"It would be nice if it were that simple. But the problem is, now we can't even find the concubine's body, and there isn't even a drop of blood at the bottom of the well.
But many people in Zhuangzi swear that they saw the concubine throw herself into the well. We did find footprints from the well..."
The prefect shook his head and said.
"What a troubled time..." Lu Quan'an looked at this scene and sighed slightly in his heart.
When he thought of the fearful face of an old friend of the Xu family before he died, his heart suddenly twitched.
Road House.
In the bedroom.
Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on the bed, concentrated his mind, and according to the method of Jade Crane Kung Fu, he began to imagine a crane on his chest that was about to fly. It kept vibrating its wings and continued to gain strength, but it just wouldn't fly.
Lu Sheng closed his eyes for a while and then slowly opened his eyes. He took out the Jade Crane Skill secret book from his arms and opened it to read.
On the first page that was opened, there was a clear hand-drawn picture of a crane fluttering its wings and about to fly. The posture of soaring into the sky and about to fly gave people a slightly depressing feeling.
Lu Sheng stared at the painting for a moment, then immediately closed his eyes and continued to imagine the crane on his chest.
Repeat this three times.
The light outside the window gradually dimmed.
Xiaoqiao also came over and asked him to eat several times. Lu Sheng refused one by one, keeping the door closed and continuing to sit on the bed.
The Songhe he imagined became more and more realistic and real.
When it was just dark in the evening, Lu Sheng, who was sitting on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
call.....
He spit out a breath of turbid breath.
He took a deep breath and clearly felt an ant-like thin line on his chest, slowly rotating on his chest to form a simple oval.
This ellipse rotates clockwise, very slowly, and you can't tell it unless you feel it carefully.
Lu Sheng relaxed tiredly and hurriedly thought to himself.
"Dark blue."
Suddenly the modifier page appeared in front of his eyes.
In the dark blue modifier box, under Black Tiger Sword Technique, there is another line of small text.
‘Jade Crane Kung Fu: Not yet started.’
"As soon as possible."
Lu Sheng quickly began to concentrate and clicked the modify button to prevent this trace of aura from disappearing.
As the button is pressed, the entire dark blue modifier flashes.
Lu Sheng quickly focused on the Jade Crane Skill.
"Level up a level!" He muttered silently.
The state of Jade Crane Kung suddenly jumped.
I have never started, but I suddenly became a beginner.
Lu Sheng stopped for a moment and felt a faint stream of water suddenly appear in his body, and it began to flow slowly from his chest to his lower abdomen.
An oval ring is formed between the chest and lower abdomen. The threads of cool air flow continuously between the two.
"I'm getting started...it doesn't seem like the physical burden is too heavy."
Lu Sheng thought for a while, then continued to concentrate, imagining that the realm of Jade Crane Technique would be improved to another level.
Ahem!!
Suddenly he felt a dry itchiness in his throat and coughed loudly.
A feeling of boredom and heat rose from his lower abdomen and welled up in his heart. Lu Sheng's mouth suddenly became dry.
"No, my body is yin-deficient! This Jade Crane Skill improves quickly, and it does damage to the body, but it's not as domineering as the Black Tiger Sword Technique."
Lu Sheng relaxed his mind and allowed the modifier to slowly fade away.
"Is this internal strength?"
He stretched out his legs and slowly got out of bed.
Carefully feel the inner Qi of Jade Crane Gong that is constantly circulating between the chest and abdomen, and it feels very novel.
"It feels like there is an extra line in my body."
Lu Sheng tried to control this line and found that this thing seemed to be unable to move to other places and could only be fixed in circles between the chest and abdomen.
And during the process of this inner energy swirling around, he obviously felt that his breathing was much easier and his energy was more vigorous.
"Let me take a look at the internal strength you have gained..." Lu Sheng took out the secret book and looked at the records above.