Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

Chapter 34 [Strong Grass in the Wind]

Xiaoyuanmen, small courtyard.

A series of dull noises came one after another, like a heavy hammer hitting a war drum.

The solid, thick and tough iron-core wooden piles swayed from side to side, as if they would collapse at any time.

Finally, accompanied by a violent and powerful whip kick, the wooden stake as thick as a giant python broke in the middle with a creaking sound, and the upper half flew straight out and fell to the ground with a loud noise.

Looking at the still trembling lower half of the wooden stake, Ning Yan slowly retracted his raised long legs.

The power of the leg technique is indeed overbearing enough.

Although a technique like the Jade Palm is very powerful, it is definitely not able to split an entire iron-core wooden stake in half with one palm.

Of course, ordinary leg techniques would not be able to achieve this.

Including the "God of Speed" he bought, its power must be at least half of what it is now.

The leg techniques he used now were based on "The Divine Leg" and "The Misty Step", combined with the inspiration formed from browsing many secret books that day, and were jointly conceived and deduced.

This is a leg technique that is as exquisite as the "Jade Palm".

Ning Yan named it "Swift Wind Kick".

When he kicked out, his force was as swift as the wind, extremely powerful and able to destroy everything in his path.

In addition to the extra power and attack speed, the more important optimization of this leg technique is actually in terms of speed.

He even realized a secret - [Swift Wind and Strong Grass], which could greatly increase his speed in a short period of time, making his speed, which was already considered divine, even more terrifying.

If it is used to escape, even ordinary Qi gathering may not be able to catch up, and one can only sigh in despair.

From then on, Ning Yan had an additional skill to save his life.

Of course, in addition to being used to escape and save one's life, [Swift Wind and Strong Grass] can also be used to chase and kill enemies.

For example, Xu Qianjun, who had taken the initiative to kneel down and beg for mercy in front of him, actually didn't know that if he chose to run away at that time, this side would never be able to catch up.

It was a pity that he was so frightened and almost scared to death that he never thought about this shortcoming.

Fortunately, this shortcoming has now been completely made up.

"In this way, I should be able to get out without any injuries, similar to the dense arrow formation that the Zhu family used to shoot the bandits the night before."

Thinking of this, Ning Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Watching the one-sided battle to kill the bandits the night before had given him a great thrill.

So many Qi Gathering bandits were easily killed. If he encounters the same trap in the future, he will probably die on the spot.

So after saying goodbye to the Zhu family, he immediately took out the "God-Speed ​​Leg" and began to study it. In just two days, he had mastered the deduced "Swift Wind Leg" to perfection.

Now I feel a lot more at peace.

"And this set of silver-patterned black silk armor."

Ning Yan pressed his palm against his chest and could faintly feel the thinness and toughness beneath the cloth.

This set of silver-veined black silk armor is a rare inner armor that the Zhu family accidentally collected. The whole set is made of hundreds of thousands of silver-veined black silk spit out by red-backed black-bellied spiders, layer by layer. It is extremely light and thin, and it feels almost like nothing when worn on the body.

In addition to its light texture, its greatest feature is its ability to defend against external blows and stabs.

Conventional weapons such as long swords and sledgehammers made of black iron are difficult to destroy it.

Even if it is the [Blood-sucking Silver Needle], which has extremely strong penetrating power, it will still be blocked by the silver-patterned black silk armor.

The Zhu family gave him this set of armor that could defend against their own trump cards, which shows that their gratitude was very serious and not just lip service.

Ning Yan was sighing with emotion when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside. When he saw Zhu Kexin, he immediately greeted him:
"Brother Zhu."

Seeing that it was Ning Yan, a smile immediately appeared on Zhu Kexin's haggard face:
"You're here so early."

"If you have nothing to do, why don't you come here to practice?"

Ning Yan chuckled, and then seemed to remember something. He quickly took out the very heavy red gold order from his pocket and handed it to Zhu Kexin, saying:

"I was in such a hurry the night before yesterday that I forgot about the token.

I have heard of its preciousness, Senior Brother Zhu, this thing cannot be borrowed casually."

Looking at Ning Yan's serious face, Zhu Kexin took back the token and smiled slightly:
“Don’t worry, Wanfa Pavilion is not stupid enough to only recognize the token and not the person.

Outsiders holding this token can only enjoy the most basic privileges at most.

If you want to truly exercise the power of the Red Gold Order, you still have to look at the talent."

Ning Yan listened and said with emotion:

"I heard that this token costs at least three million taels of gold to have a chance to get it. No wonder Qingyun Village took action against your family. Money can make people's hearts move."

"Not necessarily."

Zhu Kexin's face was slightly cold:
“This time, Qingyun Village sent more than just people to attack our Zhu family. According to our interrogation and investigation, at least five families were attacked the night before yesterday.

Besides our family received your advance warning and set up an ambush in the opposite direction, we were able to capture all the invading bandits in one fell swoop.

The other families mostly suffered a miserable end. Even if they successfully fended off the bandits' attacks, they suffered heavy losses.

Two families were directly attacked by bandits, and their people and property were completely looted.”

Ning Yan's face slightly changed:

"Qingyun Village is so powerful?" "Otherwise, how could they have been able to occupy Xiaocang Mountain?"

Zhu Kexin sneered:
"In addition to the group of bandits on Xiaocang Mountain, Qingyun Village has also deployed many spies in the city, such as the iron-ruled scholar who has been teaching in Qinxuefang for six years. He has always had a very good reputation and is praised by people. Who would have thought that he would be a spy of Qingyun Village?"

"Have you found out why Qingyun Village attacked you?"

Zhu Kexin shook his head, his expression turned gloomy:

“The group of people who took action the night before were all summoned by Jiang Chao, who was the deputy of Blue Beard, the fourth leader of Xiaocang Mountain. Apart from Jiang Chao, the rest of the people were only responsible for the action and had no idea of ​​the specific purpose.

When we were interrogating Jiang Chao yesterday, that guy actually bit his tongue and committed suicide when we weren't paying attention. Once this most crucial clue was lost, the subsequent investigation became very difficult.

At present, we only know that this group of guys is not just killing people for money, but also want to kidnap some Yuanqi warriors from major families. No one knows what they are going to do with them.

They have set up a hidden transfer point outside the city. We have joined forces with several other major families to form several search teams to conduct external searches to see if we can find that place and rescue the kidnapped people."

Ning Yan felt quite heavy-hearted when he heard this.

I didn't expect that the bandits in Qingyun Village would be so arrogant.

Not only are they looting outside the city, they are now also attacking families within the city.

Is there no one to stop this rampant and overbearing behavior?
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhu Kexin suddenly said:
"I suspect this incident may be related to the Zhou family."

"Zhou family?"

Zhu Kexin nodded and continued:
"I thought about it carefully, and the five families that were attacked did have something in common, that is, we were all relatively close to the Chen family and had a good relationship with them, either through business dealings or through marriage.

Now the conflict between the Chen family and the Zhou family has intensified to the point where it can no longer be concealed. Many small vassal families of the Chen family have suffered all kinds of disasters, with their shops being smashed, their property being robbed, and even worse, their entire family being wiped out.

Similar to our Zhu family, we are quite powerful. If we don't introduce bandits as external aid, with the current strength of the Zhou family, it will be difficult for them to deal with us without leaving any evidence.

That way, everything makes sense.”

"I don't think so."

As soon as Zhu Kexin finished speaking, his suggestion was immediately rejected.

The two turned their heads and saw Zhao Ming walking in from outside.

There was also a hint of depression on his chubby face at this moment.

Seeing the two of them looking at him, Zhao Ming continued:

“Senior Brother Zhu, Junior Brother Ning, I’m sure you both know that my family just made a deal with the Zhou family and took over one of their animal farms. And just yesterday, my family was also attacked by criminals.

One of my cousins ​​had his arms chopped off while trying to protect me.

Afterwards, we managed to suppress them all, and after some severe torture, we found out that they were actually from some gangs, altars, and even wandering warriors in the city.

Seeing that the Chen family and the Zhou family were fighting fiercely and many families were implicated, these people began to harbor evil intentions and secretly gathered people, preparing to take advantage of the chaos to attack the major families and steal animal meat, property, etc.

After the robbery, they would publicize it widely and pin the blame on the Chen family, the Zhou family or the bandits. No one would think of them at all.

My family was able to respond in a timely manner. At the end of Yisi Street, two small families had already been robbed by them.

No one knows how many villains like them are lurking in the dark.

Qingcang County is no longer the Qingcang County it once was."

Ning Yan and Zhu Kexin were both shocked after hearing this.

I didn't expect this to happen.

Has even the city become so chaotic now?
Zhao Ming glanced at the empty inner room and continued:

"I came here today to represent the Zhao family and invite Master Yuan to stay in our house for a few days to deter the outside villains.

Unexpectedly, I just heard a disciple outside say that Master Yuan and Senior Brother Meng were both hired away by the Wu family on Bingwu Street at a high price.

Sure enough, there were quite a few smart people who noticed that something was wrong in the city."

Zhao Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Zhu Kexin took a deep breath and said:
"Junior Brother Zhao, thank you for telling me this news. I will go back now and inform my family to make some more preparations. I will not stay any longer."

Zhu Kexin bowed slightly and immediately strode away.

Zhao Ming glanced at Ning Yan and sighed:

"Brother Ning, please take care of yourself. I am also going to the martial arts hall in Nanxingfang to invite a few martial artists to come to my house to take charge. At least one of them must be at the peak of Qi Condensation to ensure that the bad guys outside don't dare to mess around."

Zhao Ming left in a hurry.

Alone in the quiet courtyard, Ning Yan practiced for a while, but he became more and more irritated.

"Forget it, let's go out for a walk."

He slowly finished his training and walked out of the courtyard.

Seeing the only two or three prospective warriors in the inner courtyard, Ning Yan was slightly startled, and a sense of enlightenment suddenly came to his mind.

Those Yuanqi warriors who often practiced here were nowhere to be seen today. I guess they had already been invited by the major families to serve as security guards.

Has the situation outside deteriorated to this extent?

Why had he never noticed it?

Ning Yan slowly walked out of Xiaoyuan Gate.

(End of this chapter)