Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 122 Summer Heat
Lin Jiang opened his eyes and looked at the vast expanse before him, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed.

As the breath swept by, the surrounding temperature rose sharply, and the people who had been sleeping were all awakened.

Jiang Jinyue even drew her knife:

"What's going on? Enemy attack?"

"No, no, I'm practicing a cultivation method." Lin Jiang waved his hand awkwardly, and Jiang Jinyue put the knife away again.

She looked at the parched earth before her, then at the withered tree, her expression becoming quite strange.
"What kind of skill is that?"

Lin Jiang's expression was also quite subtle.

He doesn't know either.

“I drew upon the Qi of one of the six spleens, and after exhaling it from my mouth, it became like this.”

Looking at this desolate land in the sweltering heat before him, Lin Jiang couldn't help but scratch his head.

What is the use of this method?

With a single breath, he created a land of extreme heat. If it were some harmful official, he could use this method to forcibly coerce some people into obeying him, but Lin Jiang was not that kind of person.

This results in a skill that, while seemingly impressive, isn't actually that useful.

Jiang Jinyue, now awake, was no longer sleepy. She jogged a few steps to the spot where Lin Jiang had exhaled, stayed there for only a moment, and then ran out with a frown.

By the time she stood still, her forehead was covered in sweat, and dark water stains were visible on the back of her blue shirt.

"It's so hot, even I feel unbearably hot."

Jiang Jinyue, a fifth-level cultivator and a martial artist, was usually tolerant of extreme cold and heat. However, even so, he still found the heat unbearable when he entered the scorching land created by Lin Jiang.

Gong Xuan also took out a talisman and threw it at the ground in front of him. A moment later, he waved his hand and the talisman returned to his palm.

He stared at it for a moment before frowning and saying:
"I see."

Then he turned to look at Lin Jiang:

"Young master, your method is quite extraordinary."

"Is that considered a skill?" Lin Jiang scratched his head. "I don't think it's as impressive as breathing fire."

“It’s different. This is summer heat, not fire heat,” Gongxuan explained. “Fire is intense, it appears for a short time, but it burns a lot; summer heat is continuous, even if it doesn’t look like there are scorching flames, new seedlings can still grow after a fire burns a plain, but a land of great heat will become a dead land.”

"It doesn't sound like a very good skill."

"Abilities depend on how people use them. There aren't that many good and bad people in the world." Gong Xuan waved his hand and said, "If you blow on someone's face during a battle, most people who aren't skilled enough will probably lose their internal energy and collapse."

Lin Jiang nodded.

Having Gong Xuan as an advisor is really convenient. He has a lot of knowledge about the martial arts world and has learned a lot. There are many things that Lin Jiang can't understand, but Gong Xuan can understand them, which means that Lin Jiang has avoided a lot of detours.

After the experiment ended, Jiang Jinyue simply sat by the fire with her knees drawn up to her chest, and the three of them kept watch for the first half of the night. Lin Jiang also took this opportunity to continue his internal observation.

After arriving at the Sixth District, the little golden men seemed to have settled there, and Lin Jiang was temporarily unable to move them to other places.

Currently, only one spleen has been opened in the Six Spleen Technique. Once more small golden figures are accumulated, it is estimated that the other spleen will be opened.

After finishing his internal examination, Lin Jiang turned his head and found that Jiang Jinyue had been watching him. Lin Jiang felt slightly embarrassed and before he could speak, Jiang Jinyue asked first:

"Young Master Zhu, you haven't learned any martial arts, have you?"

Lin Jiang gestured with his elbow raised:

"I learned some basic skills from the guards, one was elbowing, the other was smashing, but I haven't learned anything else."

“Elbow strikes and smashes are indeed the most important basic skills for most martial arts,” Jiang Jinyue did not deny this point, “but they are not very effective against true martial arts masters.”

Lin Jiang deeply understands this.

"I wonder if Miss Jiang could help me resolve this doubt?"

"I have nothing to do tonight, so please feel free to ask me anything about martial arts. I will answer all your questions."

Lin Jiang nodded and quickly asked the question that had been on his mind.

When he fought Bai Zifeng, Bai Zifeng only needed to lightly poke Lin Jiang in a few random spots, and Lin Jiang's fist would deviate from its target.

as well as……

Why was Bai Zifeng able to completely neutralize all of my movements just by glancing at me?

Upon hearing Lin Jiang's question, Jiang Jinyue immediately began to explain:
"Bai Zifeng broke your attack, young master, mainly because he broke your stance."

"Standing posture?"

"Correct."

Jiang Jinyue stood up, spread her legs into a horse stance, and placed her hands on her lower abdomen:

"This is the basic horse stance, which uses power from the legs and waist to make the punches go straight and hard. But in a real fight, you can't maintain the horse stance the whole time; you have to keep moving."

"This requires the stances and postures found in martial arts."

"Putting out a powerful straight punch is a stance, and so is how you use a knife to cut off an enemy's head. Once the stance is disrupted, the power cannot be used smoothly, and the power of the punch will naturally be much less than before."

After saying that, Jiang Jinyue immediately changed her horse stance into a split with a kick that sent a cloud of dust flying.

Lin Jiang understood.

Chen Dajiang's skills were not thorough; he only knew that martial arts training required basic skills, but he did not understand what those basic skills actually were.

After hearing Jiang Jinyue's explanation today, Lin Jiang finally understood. During his fight with Bai Zifeng, Bai Zifeng had indeed poked certain spots several times. Although he wasn't injured, his movements were definitely distorted.

In this way, the power will dissipate.

“Then comes your second question, young master. Why can Bai Zifeng see your movements with just a glance?” Jiang Jinyue put her leg down and beckoned to Lin Jiang. “It’s hard to explain, but you can try to demonstrate with me as quickly as possible. I will demonstrate for you.”

Lin Jiang walked up to Jiang Jinyue and threw a punch with restraint.

He had reduced his strength somewhat, but his movements were still fast enough that most people would have no chance of blocking his attack.

Jiang Jinyue simply dodged Lin Jiang's attack by diving down.

"It is indeed fast enough." Jiang Jinyue sighed, "But the movements are too obvious. When you make a move, you use your waist to drive your shoulders. Anyone who is used to martial arts can tell where you are going to strike just by looking at the movement of your shoulders."

"Then how should we deal with it?"

“Either practice some special stances to avoid these little tricks, or…” Jiang Jinyue glanced at Lin Jiang: “be so fast that people can’t react.”

"I have learned a great deal," Lin Jiang said sincerely to Jiang Jinyue.

Jiang Jinyue waved her hand: "Just some basic martial arts techniques."

"I wonder if Miss Jiang could teach me some other martial arts skills?"

Jiang Jinyue glanced at Lin Jiang and suddenly smiled: "If you are willing to join my Capital Six Doors, I will naturally teach you everything I know."

"Well..." Lin Jiang scratched his head. "Let's talk about it when we get to the capital."

He was indeed reluctant to join any official organizations, otherwise he would have followed Zhao Lao back then.

Jiang Jinyue didn't mind, she just waved her hand: "I can teach you some basics. Anyway, we still have some time before we get to the capital. I'll teach you the stances every morning. Once you learn them, with your current fighting skills, even if Bai Zifeng came back to life and appeared in front of you, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand twenty or thirty moves."

"Thank you, Miss Jiang."

Lin Jiang couldn't help but get excited.

I've finally come into contact with proper martial arts!
……

A pale-faced scholar walked into a teahouse in a town at the foot of Feng'ao Mountain and ordered a pot of tea.

This is a kung fu tea shop. After you order tea, a pretty girl will come out with a teapot and demonstrate some basic martial arts moves for you, or spread her arms and strike a beautiful pose, or even give you a flirtatious look, depending on how much money you spend.

After taking a sip of tea, I sincerely remarked:
"Shopkeeper, I never expected to find such a refined person as you in this area."

"You hardly qualify as a refined person." The pale-faced scholar, who was personally greeted by the shop owner, said, "There used to be a big boss on the mountain who liked to drink tea. Now that the big boss is dead, I have no customers. You've come at the right time today, otherwise, my shop might be closed down in a couple of days."

"That's a real pity." The scholar took out a whole ingot of silver from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper. "Could you tell me what happened on the mountain?"

Upon seeing the silver, the shopkeeper immediately beamed with joy.

"Sir, what would you like to ask?"

"I heard there was a group of heroes on Feng'ao Mountain before, but they've all disappeared today?"

"Hey, we got smeared." The shop owner said helplessly, "The heroes of Feng'ao Mountain occasionally fought outside and offended some masters, and as a result, they were all slaughtered overnight. Several of my old customers were killed, not one of them was left."

"what a pity."

"Yes, it's such a pity." The shop owner sighed again, "At least keep my few regular customers."

"Does the shopkeeper know who killed the heroes of Feng'ao Mountain?"

"I'm not too sure about that, but I've heard people say that he's a highly skilled person from the capital."

The scholar nodded, finished his tea, stood up, and bowed.
"Good tea. Where does the shop owner plan to go next?"

"I'm planning to try my luck in the capital, but I don't know how many people there would be willing to drink my tea."

"I'm going to the capital soon, and if the restaurant opens there, I'll definitely go and try it."

"Then I'll remember what you said."

After the two finished their conversation, the scholar left the teahouse.

His smiling face instantly turned gloomy.

They were investigating who killed their servant, but unexpectedly, the General's spies in the Northwest region were wiped out.

On the surface, the general didn't care about Feng Aoshan, but in private he sent a lot of people to investigate the matter. If most of his soldiers weren't entangled with the Northern Army, he probably would have sent several top experts.

The scholar, being nearby, was also given a task.

He gazed at Feng'ao Mountain in the distance, and for some reason, his heart trembled slightly for a moment.

From Baishan Town to Cangsong, and then to this northwestern Changye area, the entire route is a single road.

Is it possible...

Was it all done by the same group of people?

The scholar couldn't help but think of the female Taoist priest who loved drinking and playing drinking games.

Her senior brother, who was at the sixth level of the Heavenly Realm...

Who knows, they might actually resort to such methods.

P.S.: My high fever has gone down to a low fever, but I still feel very uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)