This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me

Chapter 237: The Foundation of the Eight Chiefs (3)

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Ye Jingtang nodded. “That shouldn’t be a big problem.”

Liu Qiansheng continued, “1 won’t teach my fist techniques to mediocre people. 1 will only pass them on to the Grandmasters of the Imperial Court. The Imperial Court also has to arrest Jiang Zhahu and bring him to justice. He smuggles salt and iron at the border, so he should be punished for his crime.”

Ye Jingtang stood a little straighter. He didn’t expect Liu Qiansheng to want to use the Imperial Court to take revenge. “If there’s a chance, the Imperial Court will destroy Jiang Zhahu without you saying anything. But it’s too easy to escape from Liang Province, and it won’t be easy to capture Jiang Zhahu. The Imperial Court can only do its best.”

Liu Qiansheng said, “Sir Ye, your predictions are godlike, and your eyes and ears reach everywhere. It’s not difficult for you to find Jiang Zhahu. In terms of talent, you’re not necessarily weaker than Jiang Zhahu. As long as you are sincere and are willing to investigate Jiang Zhahu, this matter is really not difficult.”

Ye Jingtang thought about it carefully. “I will do my best. Tell me about the Prince of Wu’s case first. You can give your martial arts to the Imperial Court later.”

Since Liu Qiansheng had reached an agreement, he was no longer long-winded. “I don’t know much about the Prince of Wu’s affairs. I only helped him because he has an apothecary who escaped from Northern Liang. This person is a disciple of Northern Liang’s Medical Sage. His name is Zhang Jinglin, and he might be able to treat my old injuries.”

Ye Jingtang called out and asked the constable above to throw down a black-covered notebook. He took out the small brush in the notebook and recorded carefully. “Is Zhang Jinglin more skilled than Divine Doctor Wang?” Liu Qiansheng shook his head. “There is no injury in this world that Divine Doctor Wang can’t treat. If there is, it’s because of a lack of medicine, not that there is no cure. 1 secretly came to the capital before. Divine Doctor Wang told me to find the Snow Lake Flower. He could treat me, but he couldn’t find the medicine. Zhang Jinglin doesn’t look like a doctor, and he uses a strange method. Although he didn’t treat my injuries, I saw with my own eyes that he used a medicine to greatly increase the strength of a death row prisoner with ordinary martial arts skills, almost multiplying it by several times.”

Ye Jingtang paused. “There’s such a medicine?”

Qiu Tian said, “It might be a medicine that takes an evil path and overdrafts the body in a short period of time.”

Liu Qiansheng nodded. “That’s right. He died in less than half an hour after taking it. However, this is the first time I’ve seen such a powerful evil medicine in my life. It expanded the meridians in the entire body in a short time. I’m afraid I would dare to challenge the three immortals on the mountain after taking it. Because the medicinal effect is similar to that of the Snow Lake Flower, I let the Prince of Wu use me while waiting for Zhang Jinglin to concoct a medicine that can treat my injuries.”

“How much of this medicine is there?”

“I’m not sure. 1 was still researching when I saw it. It’s not stable. The Prince of Wu doesn’t have many soldiers, and he’s surrounded by three military forces. I guess the Prince of Wu wants to rely on the medicine to produce hundreds or even thousands of experts in a short time to form an elite army to attack the capital alone. From the looks of it, he definitely won’t have a chance…”

Ye Jingtang listened attentively and wrote down the confession.

Liu Qiansheng knew that Ye Jingtang was definitely very talented. After saying the information he knew, he dragged the chains and stood up. “This information is actually not that significant to the Imperial Court. The most valuable thing about me is my martial arts. I’m already old, so Sir Ye might not have felt much when we fought. In order to prevent you from killing me after getting the confession, I will first submit a token of my allegiance and let you see the foundation that I’ve accumulated for eighty years.”

Qiu Tianhe nodded thoughtfully. His gaze was deep, as if he was studying something exquisite. But in fact, he was stalling for time. After deducing the hidden qi circulation method in his mind, he turned around and raised one hand in front of him. “This technique is quite exquisite. It’s worthy of the reputation of the Eight Chiefs.”

Ye Jingtang stood in front of him and placed his right hand on the back of Qiu Tianhe’s hand. Through the touch of the back of his hand, he could faintly feel the details of the qi flowing in the meridians of Qiu Tianhe’s palm and even his arm.

Liu Qiansheng stood with his hands behind his back and explained, “When a martial artist attacks, he must first circulate his qi. The Heaven Equaling Saber can only react when the opponent’s muscles exert force and there’s abnormal movement. This technique of mine is even faster. 1 can figure out my opponent’s moves even without them moving their hands and feet. Therefore, when Sir Ye fought against me, your moves were always half a step slower than mine. The reason why you could win was purely because of your powerful physique.

“The disadvantage of this technique is that it’s close-range, but its advantage is the same. When two fists meet, there is not much room for changing moves. 1 can know in advance if my opponent changes moves, and I can change my moves to counter him. If my opponent changes moves again, I can still know in advance. This is the capital that I used to attain the title of Fist Chief.”

Ye Jingtang nodded thoughtfully and carefully sensed the feeling on the back of Qiu Tianhe’s hand. He moved first, but he realized that Qiu Tianhe’s palm was as light as a gauze, and he couldn’t touch it at all.

Qiu Tianhe immediately struck back, and so did Ye Jingtang.

Whoosh!

A slight breeze stirred up in the cell. Ye Jingtang and Qiu Tianhe stood facing each other, their right hands against each other as they pushed their palms back and forth.

Because if you changed moves, I had to change moves. And if I changed, you had to change too. The result of pushing hands back and forth was that the speed was getting faster and faster. It depended on whose reaction couldn’t keep up first.

Qiu Tianhe’s talent was not bad, and he had extraordinary experience. He had developed his muscle instincts to deal with moves, so his countering speed wasn’t slow at all.

As for Ye Jingtang, although he relied purely on his reaction speed, he could circulate his qi so quickly that it was almost instantaneous. Just as Qiu Tianhe felt the fluctuation of Ye Jingtang’s qi in his meridians, the force was already coming, basically not giving him a chance to react.

Both of them felt pressure in their hearts. In order to prevent hurting their own person’s face, the two of them stopped fighting before they could decide the victor.

Ye Jingtang cupped his hands and praised, “This technique has the highest attainments I’ve seen in my life. 1 have learned a lot from it.”

Qiu Tianhe also cupped his hands. “Elder Liu, you live up to your reputation. Just the mastery hidden in this technique is enough for me to ponder for several years.”

Liu Qiansheng was indeed old, but martial arts was genuine. There was a hint of pride in his eyes as he sat down again. “This is the technique that I pondered over decades ago. I’ve roamed Jianghu for eighty years and have accumulated more than this. But after I teach everything, I will be of no value to the Imperial Court, so I have to teach slowly. I will only teach you my trump cards before 1 die. Sir Ye, I hope you don’t mind.”

Hearing this, Ye Jingtang didn’t say anything else.. He flew up with Qiu Tianhe and left the dungeon…

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