Reborn Tianlong: I practice martial arts for immortality

Huang Mengsheng also smiled and said, "Okay, very good. You go to the casino and take care of it for a few months. After that, I will promote you to deacon."

"Thank you for your cultivation, Elder!"

Huang Mengsheng walked to the door with satisfaction. Suddenly, he thought of something and turned around to ask, "By the way, how did you practice the sword technique you used yesterday? Do you have any secret manuals?"

Jiang Weichen was very angry. He didn't give any benefits, just a verbal promise, and then started asking for other people's secret books.

But there is really nothing to hide about the art of sword drawing. The key is that not many people can draw their swords and knives thousands of times a day.

If you can't practice it long-term, the effect won't be great, so you don't want to make enemies for nothing.

"Elder, that doesn't require any special skills. If you draw your sword a thousand times a day, after three years you will be able to draw it with incredible speed.

I didn’t have any sword skills before, so I just practiced drawing and sheathing the sword over and over again every day.”

Huang Mengsheng was a little disappointed, but his opinion of Jiang Weichen improved a little. If he could achieve such success through his own exploration, what would happen if someone taught him?

Then he said: "Serve me well, and I will not treat you unfairly."

"Yes, elder."

Huang Mengsheng left, and Jiang Weichen bowed to see him off.

Watching him leave, I thought to myself: If you are sincere to me, I will definitely repay you tenfold.

If you only want to use me and hope to make me loyal to you with a little favor, then you are overthinking.

Jiang Weichen is not a person of this era, and after experiencing so much, he will not work for anyone.

He now only wants to avenge his parents and live for himself.

From the time Huang Mengsheng asked for medical books and then asked for sword-drawing skills, Jiang Weichen could see that he was a greedy person.

How can such a person treat himself sincerely?

He just wanted to use me. It just so happened that I also needed a backer, so it would be much more convenient this way. We were just using each other.

Time passed slowly. Jiang Weichen practiced health-preserving exercises to build his foundation while also practicing Black Tiger Fist.

There are only twelve Black Tiger Fist styles, and they can really strengthen the body when combined with the upper breathing method.

However, this boxing technique is incomplete. Not only can it not exercise the internal organs, but it also focuses on training the bones and muscles of the hands, making it a biased technique.

It is unlikely to lay a solid foundation by relying on this method.

Therefore, Jiang Weichen focused on practicing the Five Animal Exercises and Eight Section Brocade.

The boxing style is also mainly based on Taizu Changquan.

As for the Zhanlang Sword he had obtained, Jiang Weichen also began to practice it.

The Zhanlang Sword's techniques are not very sophisticated, but they have their merits. They focus on momentum and emphasize on using force to overwhelm the opponent.

The key is that once the sword is struck, even if the waves are huge, it will be cut through.

There are six sword techniques in total, and the one that Jiang Weichen likes the most is "Thousands of Waves".

This sword technique is a simple chopping move, but it focuses on the accumulation of momentum.

Like waves, one cut follows another, each one more powerful than the last.

How many cuts you can make in the end depends on your personal cultivation and level of practice.

Jiang Weichen was not in a hurry to practice in the Yandao Hall, as he only had one chance to deduce now.

I have to keep it just in case. Anyway, I have enough basic swordsmanship and sword-drawing techniques now, so there is no rush.

Fortunately, his basic swordsmanship had reached the pinnacle, and he was able to master the Zhanlang Sword very quickly.

In just three days, he went from a beginner to an expert.

Time passed slowly, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, Jiang Weichen was sitting on the top floor of Sihai Casino.

The Sihai Casino is owned by the Black Tiger Gang, with one in the east and one in the south of the city.

Jiang Weichen was assigned to guard here, but he was not the highest guard.

The gambling house has a huge amount of capital flow, so the guarding force here is the largest.

Qin Xiao, a deacon at the sixth level of acquired realm, is responsible for the fighting force, while Qin Xiao, a con man at the fourth level of acquired realm, who is an expert in gambling, is in charge and ensures that the casino can always make a profit.

A casino owner on the fifth floor is in charge of finances.

Below them are eight elite members including Jiang Weichen and more than ten ordinary members.

It can be said that these two casinos account for almost half of the Black Tiger Gang’s manpower.

Moreover, the casino is open all day and there is no curfew at all.

The curfew only applies to ordinary people.

Those who can come to the casino to play are not ordinary people.

Jiang Weichen is responsible for keeping things under control at night.

However, night is also the most dangerous. Even if there is trouble during the day, you can still be cautious, but at night there will be real killing.

As long as they don't kill a large number of ordinary people and affect the order of Yangcheng, the county magistrate won't care at all.

No matter who wins or loses, he will play his part.

But Jiang Weichen's luck was not very good tonight.

Chapter 41 Fighting

In this era of severe lack of entertainment facilities, the Sihai Casino is particularly lively at night.

There are dice rolling, five-wood games, and even cockfighting and cricket fighting. In short, most of the games that can be used to bet on winning or losing can be seen in Sihai Casino.

When Jiang Weichen first arrived, he watched curiously, but soon lost interest.

After that, he stayed upstairs every night, either reading some books or practicing.

Tonight, Jiang Weichen was reading a Confucian book in the upstairs room as usual.

He bought this at Wenxin Bookstore.

What he actually wanted to read most was Taoist classics, but after buying them, he found that there were many Taoist terms, and without knowing these terms, he could not understand the meaning.

Jiang Weichen had no choice but to buy some Confucian classics to read and increase his knowledge.

In fact, he also wanted to study the medical book given to him by Old Yang, but the room upstairs was only a place for the stationed personnel to take a short rest. There were so many people and eyes, it was a bit inconvenient.

"Brother Jiang, you spend every night either practicing or reading. Are you going to take the imperial examination?"

Ma Songjiang, who was stationed with him, joked.

When there is no one to cause trouble, these garrison personnel are very relaxed, either gambling downstairs.

They either rest upstairs or are needed to help when someone is causing trouble.

Jiang Weichen replied without even looking up, "Reading makes one wise. Reading more is beneficial. You don't necessarily have to take the imperial examination."

How was Huang Shang able to create the Nine Yin Manual? Not only was he highly intelligent, but he also read a great many classics.

"What's the point of reading so many books? It would be enough to just understand the martial arts secret manuals."

Jiang Weichen didn't say much in response to Ma Songjiang's noncommittal answer.

"Brother, lend me some money. I'll go down and gamble a few times. I'll pay you back when I make my money back."

Ma Songjiang felt a little itchy listening to the noisy sounds below.

Half a month ago, he robbed the half-crippled Zhou Jie and got nearly a thousand taels of money.

However, because he wanted to humiliate Jay Chou and see him become penniless and forced to become a beggar begging from him, he would humiliate him again.

So he just robbed and didn't kill anyone.

Who knew that Zhou Jie went directly to the Black Tiger Gang to sue him, so he had to hand over half of the money he got to Niu Gui, who was in charge of law enforcement, so that Niu Gui did not pursue the matter.

Zhou Jie left the Black Tiger Gang and did not get the justice he deserved. Now his injuries have not healed, so he can only beg in the city and become a member of the Beggar Gang.

Now Ma Songjiang’s daily pleasure is to “visit” Zhou Jie who is begging.

However, the money he had just robbed was lost in the gambling house.

Although they are also members of the Black Tiger Gang, they will not be given any slack at the gambling table.

Jiang Weichen put down the book and said, "Do you think I look rich? I'm paying for my meals now."

He sold all the knives given to him by the Black Tiger Gang so that he could afford to buy books.

The knife was just an ordinary standard long knife, and the quality was just average.

Jiang Weichen was used to using the machete in his hand, so he didn't plan to change it for the time being.

When I have enough money I'll build a better one.

Just as the two of them were chatting, a loud shout suddenly came from downstairs:

"The Dark Night Pavilion is attacking. Everyone, prepare to fight and protect the gambling house's property."

Jiang Weichen and Ma Songjiang immediately put on their weapons and walked out of the room, then heard:

"Dark Night Pavilion is handling this matter. All irrelevant people, please leave immediately."

The middle-aged man leading the group, Shen Fei, took out the long sword from his back, jumped up, and split the plaque of Sihai Casino in half with one sword.

At the gambling table, a rather astute man said, "Song Yasi, it looks like we can get back the money we lost tonight."

Someone nearby replied, "Haha, Captain He, how much damage are you planning to report later?"

"Haha, of course the more the better, but too much isn't good either, so just double it. There will be opportunities in the future."

After Shen Fei split the plaque, he entered the Sihai Casino and started smashing things, then prepared to grab the silver on the table.

Jiang Weichen and Ma Songjiang also rushed over. One side wanted to snatch it, and the other side refused to give in, so they started fighting in an instant.

Some of the gamblers in the gambling house hid aside to watch the show, while some timid ones simply collected their money and left.

These gamblers all have a certain status in the city, so neither side would deliberately harm them, otherwise it would easily arouse public anger.

Moreover, Sihai Casino had to compensate some people for their losses afterwards, otherwise people would not come again.