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At this moment, Zhuge Qing didn't care whether the Qimen formation was in accordance with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, and directly used the Xun-character wind rope to bind Zhou Fengliu.

Seeing the air currents transform into ropes and fly towards him, Zhou Fengliu shook his head.

Playing with airflow in front of him... isn't that a completely reverse version... can't he tell the difference between the two kings?

Zhou Fengliu casually cut the wind rope, then looked at Zhuge Qing and sighed, saying, "Old Qing, since you've fallen into the clutches of inner demons, don't blame me. I'm quite heartbroken too."

Before Zhuge Qing could even react to what was happening, a large fist was slapping towards his cheek.

The powerful gust of wind made him realize, even before he was hit, that this fight was absolutely extraordinary.

pat-

As this power was released unreservedly onto his face, his handsome face rippled like a pebble falling into a pool.

bass--

Zhuge Qing was lifted into the air.

After tumbling three and a half times in mid-air, it crashed straight into a wall before coming to a stop and sliding to the ground.

To be honest, Zhuge Qing had never experienced Zhou Fengliu's formidable fighting prowess during the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, nor did he have a deep understanding of the title "God of Formidable Fighting".

This time... he was only hit by this little trick, and it almost sent him to meet Zhuge Liang.

If this moment were captured and painted, the painting would likely be called "The Elegant Mountain (Fan) Green Picture".

...

"Old Qing, are you awake yet? If not, I'll give you another go?" Zhou Fengliu kindly leaned over and asked Zhuge Qing.

Check it out.

Even the most respectable employees of NaDuTong Company still show great care for the "traitor" who unfortunately went astray.

"Cough cough..."

Zhuge Qing shakily leaned against the wall to his feet. At that moment, he felt dizzy and disoriented. It was as if his inner demons had left his heart, giving him a brief moment of clarity.

"Old Zhou..." Before Zhuge Qing could say anything, another slap came flying at him, making him even more alert...

"Old Zhou...stop hitting me, I'm much more sober now...stop hitting me."

Seeing that Zhou Fengliu showed no sign of stopping, Zhuge Qing disregarded the pain on his face and hurriedly began to speak.

...

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Chapter 168 The Divine Craftsmanship Refinement Just Like That, Came into My Hands? (First Update)

Zhuge Qing was afraid.

He was genuinely afraid that Zhou Fengliu would give him another hard time, and before he could overcome his inner demons, he would send him down to meet his ancestors.

"Hey! Lao Qing! Why didn't you say so sooner! Don't blame me for being rash just now, I really had no choice."

Zhou Fengliu stated confidently that he absolutely did not do it on purpose; he simply wanted to wake Zhuge Qing up.

of course.

Whether you believe it or not is up to Zhuge Qing.

"Thank you..."

Zhuge Qing, having been beaten twice, leaned against the bed, rubbing his throbbing cheeks with both hands, looking as if he had been half-dead.

"What happened? Lao Qing, you've been hanging out with Ma Xianhong for a few days and you've suddenly developed diarrhea? You're acting crazy."

Seeing that Zhuge Qing had regained consciousness, Zhou Fengliu changed the subject.

"It's all its fault..." Zhuge Qing squinted and pointed to the Divine Calculation Hundred Refinements Manual not far away.

"?"

"Do you know what that is?"

Zhuge Qing looked at Zhou Fengliu, and before Zhou Fengliu could answer, he continued:

"The Eight Extraordinary Techniques... Divine Refinement, is the same as the Heavenly Talisman in your hand."

"I thought it was something serious! It's just the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, and you've made such a mess of it?"

Zhou Fengliu naturally knew that the book was the Divine Refinement of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, but he did not expect it to have such a great impact on Zhuge Qing.

If this one book is already like this, what would happen if Zhuge Qing got all of them? Wouldn't that cause an instant explosion?

"It's easy for you to say that when you're not in the situation... those are the Eight Extraordinary Skills." Zhuge Qing sighed when he saw Zhou Fengliu's magnanimity.

"I'm not afraid to admit it, but that battle with Old Wang during the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony really shattered my already unsettled state of mind..."

"So what if it breaks down? You'd break down too if you ran into me..."

Zhou Fengliu listened to Zhuge Qing's words and spoke frankly.

"It's different... He defeated me by standing on the foundation of my Wuhou Qiju. To be honest, after the Luotian Grand Ceremony, I became more and more covetous of Old Wang's skills. I even went so far as to contact Old Wang multiple times, just to see his seemingly divine Qimen formation a few more times."

"I know that Lao Wang wouldn't teach me such skills to help me break through my bottleneck. I can also tell that Lao Wang thinks his skills are dangerous and that teaching me might be harming me. But I just... can't forget them, you know?"

"Later I came to Biyou Village... I only helped Ma Xianhong forge the Body Refining Furnace, and he passed on the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, such as the Divine Refinement Hundred Techniques, to me."

"I didn't know whether I should learn it..."

Zhuge Qing muttered to himself, and in a slightly more relaxed tone, poured out all the confusion he had been feeling over the past few days to Zhou Fengliu.

After helping Ma Xianhong that night, he never slept with Old Ma again.

He simply asked Lao Ma to arrange a new place for him to stay, in an attempt to break through his inner bottleneck.

But contrary to his wishes, the more he tried to break through, the bigger the bottleneck became, which in turn led to the emergence of inner demons.

...

"Learn if you want to, don't learn if you don't want to. Why be so pretentious?" Zhou Fengliu summarized Zhuge Qing's words in two words.

being pretentious...

There's a feeling that he says one thing but does another.

"If only it were as simple as you say, Lao Zhou," Zhuge Qing said, scratching his messy hair.

"Learning the Divine Strategist Hundred Refinements means that I have completely given up the first twenty years of my life and abandoned the Wuhou Qimen. In this way, although there is no bottleneck to break through, I have only escaped to a new bottle. I will encounter new bottlenecks."

"I can't give up the first twenty-odd years of my life, and I can't learn the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements. So the only way I can break through is to overcome the temptation of the Divine Machine Hundred Refinements... which is equivalent to the temptation of the methods used by Old Wang."

"Old Zhou, what should I do?"

"How to do?"

Faced with Zhuge Qing's question, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow slightly:

"Didn't you say you wanted to overcome temptation? Go ahead and do it."

"Isn't it that we... can't break through now?"

Zhuge Qing's dilemma lies in this: his inner world is completely in chaos, and he cannot restore its former peace.

His inner demons tormented his heart, forcing him to accept the power of the Eight Extraordinary Techniques.

"What breakthroughs are there? You have to be strong yourself to succeed. As long as you are strong enough, the Eight Extraordinary Skills are just a bonus for you."

Seeing that Zhuge Qing was in such a predicament, Zhou Fengliu spoke up and said a few more words.

He never felt the need to acquire the Eight Extraordinary Techniques. As he had said before, while the Eight Extraordinary Techniques were indeed powerful, his current abilities were not weak either, so there was no need to rely on them to improve himself.

Similarly, as a descendant of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Qing certainly had many tricks up his sleeve; it was just a matter of whether he had mastered them to a high degree.

...

"Old Zhou, have you learned the Tongtian Talisman?" Zhuge Qing asked directly after hearing Zhou Fengliu's words.

"I've seen it," Zhou Fengliu replied.

"Whether you see it or not is not important, whether you learn it or not is not important. What's important is your own ability. Have you ever seen me use the Tongtian Talisman since I obtained it?"

Zhou Fengliu would never tell Zhuge Qing that he had spent so much time studying it but hadn't learned it. Seeing that Zhuge Qing's expression was somewhat moved, he added:

"Old Qing, losing to others is not scary. Losing to yourself is the scariest thing. If you can't accept your failure, then you have to be prepared to let failure follow you for the rest of your life."

"If there were more petty people like you in the world, how many people would be unable to think straight every day?"

Listening to Zhou Fengliu's words, Zhuge Qing knew that they made sense, but for him to truly accept his failure and maintain a calm mind... that required a broad-minded perspective.

This realm is similar to that of Wang Ye, and also to that of Zhou Fengliu before my eyes.

It's difficult in some ways, but not difficult in others... it's not difficult at all, it all comes down to a single moment of enlightenment.

"Old Zhou... take that thing and keep it safe for me. I want to try again. Come back to me in a couple of days. If I fail, please slap me awake again."

Zhuge Qing pointed to the Divine Calculation Hundred Refinements Manual not far away on the ground and then spoke to Zhou Fengliu.

"you sure?"

"Confirmed." Zhuge Qing nodded.