Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

Chapter 5 Let's use this pendant as a bargain

The whistling sound was deafening, and the birds were startled and flew up, rustling across the sky.

Ning Yan and Zhou Feifei turned their heads and looked in the direction where the sound came from.

Two figures appeared in their sight almost at the same time.

The one running in front was a girl in purple, with blood at the corner of her mouth, her face was pale, and she looked anxious.

Chasing behind her was a tiger with hanging eyes, over ten feet long, with a spiral horn on its forehead.
Seeing this fierce tiger, Zhou Feifei's expression changed drastically:

"Spinning horn tiger?!"

The moment the words came out of his mouth, he immediately ran away without thinking.

In almost the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the dense forest with complex terrain.

Ning Yan frowned slightly when he saw this.

He originally thought that if the three of them joined forces, it would be no problem to take down the tiger.

I didn't expect Zhou Feifei to be so timid. A mere big beast could scare him. It's really disappointing.

Ning Yan stepped forward quickly, ready to fight immediately.

When the purple-robed girl saw him coming, she was not happy at all. Instead, she became even more anxious and shouted:

"Get out of the way! This is a horned tiger. You can't beat it!"

Faced with the girl's warning, Ning Yan was not moved at all and rushed forward.

When the spiral-horned tiger saw a new prey, it temporarily gave up the girl, swung its body, and pounced on Ning Yan.

Ning Yan's left foot slipped, and at this moment it strangely shifted slightly to the left.

When they passed each other, he used his internal energy, raised his palm like a knife, pierced into the tiger's side, and tore the spine apart with his hand.

The spiral-horned tiger fell to the ground and let out a shrill howl.

It struggled for a long time, but eventually died.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jingxuan was extremely shocked.

Although she was injured, as a warrior in the Yuanqi realm, her eyesight was still there, so she could naturally see that Ning Yan was only a quasi-warrior and had not yet condensed his internal energy into Yuanqi.

It stands to reason that it would be extremely easy for a tiger species like the spiral-horned tiger to kill one or two Yuanqi realm warriors, not to mention that Ning Yan has not yet entered the Yuanqi realm.

But now, the spiral-horned tiger was killed by him.

Even just one move.

It was a move that she couldn't understand at all.

When did Qingcang County produce such a genius?
While Chen Jingxuan was secretly amazed, Ning Yan just managed to wipe the blood off his hands.

The attack just now was the pinnacle skill of "Fang Bei Shou" combined with "Yuan Sheng Zhen Fa".

This single blow exhausted all of his strength, and his palm was almost broken on the spot.

Even though he is still standing here, his body is sore and weak that he can't even run.

Fortunately, the palm strike just now had already caused a fatal injury.

It seems that the spiral-horned tiger is not a very powerful creature.

Zhou Feifei is actually afraid of this thing. She needs to practice her courage more, otherwise all her martial arts skills would have been learned in vain.
Ning Yan was complaining in his heart when Chen Jingxuan slowly approached him, clasped his fists together, and thanked him solemnly:

"My name is Chen Jingxuan. Thank you very much to this friend for helping me."

Ning Yan waved his hand and said:

"Some trivial things are not worth mentioning."

Chen Jingxuan shook his head and said seriously:
"My Chen family doesn't have the habit of not repaying a favor. If you don't know what this friend needs, he can just ask directly.

Our Chen family has been in Qingcang County for three hundred years, so we can still meet some simple conditions."

Ning Yan was surprised:
"Are you from the Chen family of Chen Zhouhui?"

"exactly."

Chen Jingxuan replied with some pride:

"Since you know that I am a member of the Chen family, you must have heard of our Chen family's rules that kindness must be repaid and revenge must be paid.

If you put forward any conditions, as long as I can fulfill them, I will definitely live up to your trust."

Ning Yan listened and admired Chen Jingxuan very much.

After experiencing so many intrigues in his past and present lives, he had long lost hope in outsiders.

I didn't expect to hear such heart-warming words from a young girl in this deep forest today.

But he was not the kind of guy who liked to take advantage of others, so he immediately said:
"Since you want to repay me, can I sell you this horned tiger?"

Chen Jingxuan was stunned when she heard this:
"What did you say?"

"This spiral-horned tiger was killed by me, so it should be my trophy. Now I will sell it to you for ten taels. Do you want it?" Chen Jingxuan's mouth twitched slightly.

She talked for a long time about repaying the favor, but this guy only planned to sell the spiral-horned tiger to her?
Under normal circumstances, after hearing that she was a member of the Chen family, shouldn't she be trying to get a reward, or precious medicine or other resources?
What the hell is selling her a spiral-horned tiger?

And it’s only sold for ten taels?
The spiral horn on its head weighs more than ten taels!

Who is repaying the favor? !
Seeing Chen Jingxuan fall silent, Ning Yan thought that the offer of ten taels was too high.

He hesitated for a moment, stretched out his right hand and said with great sorrow:

"How about... five taels?"

This is the reserve price!
If the other party hesitated any longer, he would rather drag the tiger away than sell it to her.

At this time, Chen Jingxuan said faintly:
"I don't have any silver on me, so I'll use this pendant as payment."

As she spoke, she untied the red string around her neck, pulled out a crescent-shaped white jade pendant from her collar, and handed it to Ning Yan.

The pendant still carried body temperature, and felt soft and smooth to the touch. It was obviously made of top-grade jade. Even though Ning Yan had never studied jade, he could tell that this was not something that could be purchased for just a few taels or even a dozen taels.

Before he could refuse, there was another noise nearby.

Both of them looked at him with vigilance.

Then a group of people came out from the bushes.

Seeing the square-faced young man in black clothes leading the group, Chen Jingxuan was immediately overjoyed:
"elder brother!"

"Little sister, I finally found you!"

The brother and sister are reunited and are filled with joy.

Even the men holding swords and knives behind the young man were visibly relieved at this moment.

The two chatted briefly and soon came to Ning Yan.

The square-faced young man said solemnly:

"My name is Chen Hongyuan. Thank you very much to this friend for saving my reckless and ignorant sister."

Ning Yan was naturally humble again.

After the conversation, Ning Yan realized that Chen Hongyuan was leading a team into the mountains specifically to suppress bandits.

Not long ago, the Chen family's cargo convoy encountered bandits from Qingyun Village near Xiaocang Mountain.

All three carts of precious medicinal materials were snatched away by the enemy. Even the servants and guards who were escorting the medicinal materials were all killed by the bandits. Their bodies were hung on the trees by the roadside, which was a horrible sight.

When the Chen family learned the news, they were furious.

Chen Hongyuan volunteered to lead people into the mountains to suppress the bandits.

Unexpectedly, after entering the mountain, he discovered that his younger sister Chen Jingxuan had followed him secretly.

The group wandered around in the mountains for a long time and just found the trace of the bandits, but they ran into a swarm of highly poisonous silver-ring bees. After the attack, the team was separated.

Now that they have finally gathered together, you can imagine how happy Chen Hongyuan is.

"Brother Ning, I am so grateful for your kindness. When we get back to the county, let's have a drink together when we have time."

Ning Yan glanced at the guards who had just finished collecting materials for the spiral-horned tiger and said in surprise:
"You're not going back yet?"

"How can I go back with dignity if I didn't even kill a single bandit?"

Chen Hongyuan looked towards the deep forest with a gloomy expression:
"We have killed so many people in our Chen family. This hatred is irreconcilable!

If I run into those bandits, I will never let them off!!"

……

"Please forgive me..."

"I'm really not a member of the Chen family..."

Zhou Feifei was lying on the ground, sobbing barely audible.

At this moment, he was beaten all over, and his two arms were broken on the spot, and they were limp like noodles.

A dozen men carrying bows and swords were squatting or standing around, with mocking looks on their faces.

The leader, a young man in gray with six fingers on his left hand, was shaving his nails with a dagger and asked nonchalantly:

"You just said that you know the whereabouts of the Yuansheng Zhenfa?"

Zhou Feifei's expression froze for a moment, and she immediately responded as if she had found a life-saving straw:

"I know! I know! The technique is not far ahead!"

"Give him a half-day dose of laughter."

Looking at Zhou Feifei, who was terrified after taking the poison, the six-fingered young man slapped his face with a knife:
"Lead the way obediently, don't play any tricks, or I'll kill you!"

(End of this chapter)