The thick iron palm slapped silently on the quilt.
The soft quilt was stretched straight by an invisible force, as straight as an iron plate. The person under the quilt would be shocked to death, with his internal organs ruptured and seriously injured.
"Huh?" Yuan Xiang felt something was wrong, so he waved his hand and turned around.
It's just that Yuan Xiang only has a few farming skills passed down from his family, and he can't be considered a real martial artist. In addition, his figure is inevitably a bit slow due to his age. At this stall, a slender white palm patted his shoulder.
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Yuan Xiang's whole body began to tremble as if he had been electrocuted. A soft energy invaded his body. Although it was not strong, it shocked his internal organs and made him feel like vomiting.
It took a while for Yuan Xiang to regain his breath, but his whole body was limp and weak, and he could not stand firmly.
"Did you know I would come?" Yuan Xiang asked.
Zhang Lu looked at Yuan Xiang, his expression unchanged: "I don't know, it's just that I couldn't sleep at night. Although your steps were light, I still heard them."
The dim room fell into a brief silence.
"Actually, you can ask me directly, and I may not tell you the answer." Zhang Lu sighed, but this... he said it against his will.
He has a deep blood feud and has never had his grievances redressed.
How could he really betray his biggest secret just because of the righteousness of passing on martial arts?
What's more... speaking of it, that iron palm skill... was originally exchanged for life-saving grace.
He has no regrets.
Yuan Xiang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and a smile appeared on his withered old face: "Then can you tell me now?"
Zhang Lu shook his head: "No! Because you want to kill me. My life is very important. I must not die before clearing my grievances and taking revenge. I will not be polite to anyone who wants to kill me."
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"I didn't want to kill you, I just wanted to control you first and then ask you for your secret." Yuan Xiang argued.
Zhang Lu sneered: "I might have believed you a year ago, but now I will never test human nature. Since you can think of ways to hurt me and force me to question you, you will never be stingy and kill me just to keep the secret."
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"Besides, do you really not know why I have become stronger? You came to me not to know the secret of my becoming stronger, but to kill me...to find an excuse to make yourself feel at ease." Zhang Lu said.
After hitting it out, Yuan Xiang's expression changed drastically, and it was obvious that Zhang Lu had struck his deepest thoughts.
"In a place like this, besides the power of crystals, what else can make a person who has never practiced Iron Sand Palm and is already over thirty years old and lacks potential, practice this palm technique that takes a long time to polish in just three months?"
To the peak?" Zhang Lu told the secret directly.
Yuan Xiang's face turned pale with fear, and his lips trembled as he said, "How dare you say it? How could you say it?"
"You want to kill me? You... you can't do this. I taught you your palm skills. I can be regarded as your master. If you kill me, you will deceive your master and destroy your ancestors." Yuan Xiang warned Zhang Lu.
Zhang Ludao: "Yes! I might have had a chance to become your apprentice, but you didn't recognize it. Because you just wanted to teach me some superficial skills to repay the favor, and you also wanted me to take your place so that you could regain your favor.
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Yuan Xiang said with a trembling voice: "You know everything?"
Zhang Ludao: "You care about my life so much, how could I not know? I can only mine here for you if I am alive. If I die, you have to continue to stay here. Although I have a high salary in name, it doesn't cost a lot."
The money that goes out is not money, and an official who cannot show his prestige is not an official."
As Zhang Lu shook off Yuan Xiang's deepest thoughts one by one, Yuan Xiang's expression calmed down: "You are right! I have indeed had these thoughts, but these are only one-sided thoughts. Maybe you
I won’t believe it. I taught you Iron Sand Palm initially just to repay the kindness of saving my life. I advise you not to practice excessive external skills for your own good. In fact, each of us is very complicated, with good thoughts and evil thoughts.
Ideas can even come together at the same time, the only difference is choice. Tonight...I made the wrong choice."
"Do you think I will kill you?" Zhang Lu asked.
Yuan Xiang said: "If I were you, I can't think of any reason to let me go."
"You are irritating me. This is not a smart move." Zhang Lu said.
"But I won't kill you."
Yuan Xiang's face flashed with joy, but his eyes were full of doubts, obviously he didn't really believe Zhang Lu's words.
Zhang Lu had killed someone before, not in Xiashui City, but during the six months he was wandering around. In a moment of carelessness, he picked up half a pack of cigarettes that someone threw in front of him. Then... he was beaten with a sap and his skull was cracked.
When he woke up, the person who harmed him was driving him in a van and contacted a shady doctor to sell him to an organ hospital.
Although his hands and feet were tied, Zhang Lu relied on his life-threatening style and slammed his head against the steering wheel.
The van fell off the cliff.
Fortunately, he was slightly injured and the trafficker was seriously injured.
After cutting the rope with glass, Zhang Lu inserted the glass shards into the trafficker's throat.
Although he killed someone, no one pursued him, and the local police did not investigate the matter too vigilantly. After all...there are detectives, but they are not everywhere in the world. This matter was just treated as traffic.
The accident was handled, which allowed Zhang Lu to escape the disaster.
The reason why I mentioned this matter here is to prove that Zhang Lu didn't dare to kill, but because he really didn't want to kill Yuan Xiang.
No matter what mistakes Yuan Xiang made, he gave Zhang Lu an opportunity for revenge after all. Iron Sand Palm is very important to Zhang Lu, far more important than Yuan Xiang imagined.
Of course...in addition to this, Lin Xi actually has a second thought...a more secret thought.
"I said I won't kill you if I don't kill you. Just go away! You didn't come to see me tonight. From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other."
Yuan Xiang struggled to get up and slowly exited Zhang Lu's room.
At this point, the two people who originally had a relationship between master and apprentice parted ways.
The next month was uneventful. Zhang Lu only occasionally used energy crystals to deepen his Iron Sand Palm skills. In comparison, Yuan Xiang was much crazier. He almost secretly absorbed most of the energy crystals he found.
After a month, he seemed to have changed into a different person. His originally dry but broad palms transformed again, becoming crystal clear like white jade, and his withered and yellow face also regained youth, as if he suddenly looked twenty years younger.
Even a blind person could notice something was wrong with such changes. Only Yuan Xiang was caught up in the excitement of continuous breakthroughs in his palm skills, and instead did not accurately recognize and detect his own changes.
After all, he has practiced iron palm for most of his life.
The obsession is far better than Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu could hold back his greed and figure it out slowly.
It's because he uses hatred to suppress the restless greed in his heart.
Six months of wandering taught him to stay dormant and calm.
Yuan Xiang is different. In this narrow world, he has been closed for too long.
There is a beast inside, always crazy.
It seems incomprehensible, but actually it is natural.
When greed gradually overwhelms reason, no matter how cautious a person is, they will inevitably lead to doomed destruction.
Almost all the miners discovered Yuan Xiang's abnormality and began to deliberately distance themselves from Yuan Xiang.
On this day when I went to the mine, the outside of the mine was filled with soldiers with guns and live ammunition. A fierce aura hit my face. It was obvious that this was a group of elites who had really seen blood...
It's just that in this great country, Hai Qing He Yan... Where can I get real combat weapons?
Or maybe... the so-called peace is just blocked from view by a wall of flesh and blood.
"Yuan Xiang! Come with us! The officer wants to see you!" The two soldiers pressed their guns directly against Yuan Xiang's waist. This was not to invite someone, but to escort the prisoner.
Yuan Xiang also realized something was wrong and pretended to be loud: "I have made meritorious service to the army and my military rank is Warrant Officer. What do you want to do?"
An officer who was also a warrant officer came out and glanced at Yuan Xiang indifferently: "Either follow us, or be executed immediately. You... have no choice."
Yuan Xiang's eyes turned cold, and he turned around as nimbly as an ape.
Snap!
Two veterans with guns and ammunition were slapped away by Yuan Xiang with the palm of his hand, leaving no room for resistance.
The two strong soldiers fell to the ground, their chests deeply dented, and they were afraid they would not survive.
Even though they were wearing equipment, they could not only protect against bullets, but also protect against stab wounds from sharp objects and most of the impact of blunt objects.
"No! I still have a third option. I have practiced my iron palm to an unprecedented level. I can deflect even bullets with my palms. What can you do to me?" Yuan Xiang said loudly, his whole body already numb.
He turned into a bolt of lightning and rushed into the military formation. He raised his palms and swatted away several unprepared soldiers.
Yuan Xiang raised his fleshy palms as if he was swinging a sledgehammer weighing hundreds of kilograms. He would be injured or die if he touched it.
At this time, Zhang Lu was standing in the corner not far away.
Standing in a corner where the monitoring equipment cannot see, silently paying attention to everything.
And in his mind, put himself in the same position as Yuan Xiang.
Try to assume the identity of Yuan Xiang.
It’s been so long since I entered the mine.
In fact, Zhang Lu already knew some of the truth, but he did not explain it.
Most of the workers in these mines, like him, have unspeakable secrets.
On the surface, they have excellent treatment and are even rewarded with military ranks.
However, in reality...it is impossible for them to really leave and enjoy the harvest.
Death... is their only way to leave.
It's not like the mine can't do better.
Defending against wind and snow... is not difficult at all.
However, minimalist engineering can not only effectively prevent energy crystals from being damaged and causing loss.
It can also prevent the leakage of information.
And those miners who are old and frail will also retire in the process of "natural" elimination.
Iron Palm!
This is Zhang Lu's only hope.
He wanted to see... when faced with modern weapons.
Is the iron palm activated by the energy crystal capable of fighting?
That night, he left Yuan Xiang alive.
It's hard to explain the reason other than killing him rashly.