Sword drawn from the constellations, poison as its edge.

Chapter 260 Treating Everyone Fairly
With a thought, Jiang Mingzhe reached into his robes, took out the package Xiao Feng had given him, opened it, and revealed a thin book of the Yi Jin Jing written in Sanskrit.

He casually flipped the book open on the ground, wiped the frost off Azi's face, and with a burst of internal energy, turned the frost into water, which dripped onto the pages.

The pages were soaked, and amidst the winding Sanskrit, a line of Chinese characters gradually emerged: "The Sutra of the Divine Footwork for the Cessation of Samadhi in the Kingdom of Magadha!"

Beside the text is a drawing of a foreign monk, his head protruding from between his legs, his hands gripping his ankles.

The monk's body was painted with many tiny arrows, starting from his throat, going around his chest and abdomen, then turning several times from his shoulders to the top of his head, then back to his chest and down to his lower abdomen.

Jiang Mingzhe channeled his yang internal energy into his hands, holding Azi's body in place. Before she was completely frozen stiff, he quickly arranged her into the shape depicted in the diagram. He placed the book in front of her and whispered, "Contemplate this, quickly!"

As soon as Azi was injured, everyone's expression changed, and they all dismounted and rushed over. When they got close, they saw Jiang Mingzhe roughly manipulating Azi. Wang Yuyan exclaimed in a low voice, "Her body is so soft!"

Zhong Ling was initially worried about A Zi, but seeing that Jiang Mingzhe showed no signs of anxiety, she immediately felt relieved and said with a grin, "Hmph, my body is actually more flexible. Next time, I'll have Brother Jiang put on a tough act for you to see!"

Wang Yuyan seemed to be thinking of something, her expression was extremely strange, and her face turned bright red.

Azi felt as if she were in an icy hell, but suddenly the heat from Jiang Mingzhe's hand brought her back to her senses. She heard the instructions in her ear and knew that Jiang Mingzhe was saving her. Without hesitation, she began to visualize the arrow in the diagram. In a short while, she felt the icy coldness in her body gradually melt into a cold current that flowed out with her thoughts.

She practiced for a while, and the frost on her body gradually melted away. Zhong Ling and Duan Yu cheered in unison, "It's done! It's done!"

Jiang Mingzhe stared intently at the ice silkworm. As A Zi continued to circulate her energy, a stream of bright red blood slowly flowed into the ice silkworm's crystal-like body, circled once, and then flowed back into A Zi's body from its mouth.

Azi practiced like this for two or three hours. Then, wisps of heat emerged from the ice silkworm's body, and it fell to the ground with a thud. Jiang Mingzhe picked it up. The ice silkworm was not cold at all and did not move, so it was obviously dead.

A moment later, Azi suddenly stood up, kicked Jiang Mingzhe in the butt, and said angrily, "How dare you let them all see such an ugly pose? It makes me so angry."

Jiang Mingzhe did not dodge, but the kick landed on his buttocks with unusual force. Even with his amazing martial arts skills, he still stumbled forward two steps.

Azi immediately sensed something was wrong, her expression changed, and she stepped forward to touch Jiang Mingzhe's buttocks.

Jiang Mingzhe quickly dodged, rubbing his own body and saying, "It's alright, it's alright, my bones aren't broken!"

Ah Zi kicked twice in the air, exclaiming in surprise, "Why does my strength seem to have increased so much?"

She turned to look at Zhong Ling, who immediately turned and ran away, complaining, "If you want to test your strength, hit Wang Pangpang. I'm so skinny, aren't you afraid of killing me? If Brother Jiang is so biased, why did he only help Azi become stronger?"

Ah Zi cackled wildly, raising her claws to grab Zhong Ling, and her running speed increased greatly. Zhong Ling was so frightened that she cried out. Suddenly, she heard a sound behind her and turned around to see Ah Zi, who had inexplicably turned to be covered in frost and collapsed to the ground.

Jiang Mingzhe frowned slightly, stepped forward, picked up Azi with one hand, pulled Zhong Ling with his left hand, returned to the original spot, reached out and wiped Zhong Ling's tears from her face, wiping them on the second page of the book. Sure enough, another image of a Tibetan monk appeared, posing in a strange manner.

Now everyone could see how Jiang Mingzhe had performed the magic trick.

He skillfully moved Azi's left foot behind her right foot, lifted her up, bent over with her buttocks sticking out, pointed to the ground with his left hand, reached behind her head with his right hand to grab her left ear, and then placed the book right under her nose.

Ah Zi was already quite familiar with the process and immediately began to practice her internal energy according to the arrows drawn on the new diagram. Wang Yuyan couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is this the Yi Jin Jing?"

Jiang Mingzhe recalled the original text and shook his head, saying, "No, it's clearly written here. This skill is called the 'Magada Kingdom Desire Samadhi Cutting Practice Achievement Divine Foot Sutra.' I estimate that it was written in an invisible ink by an ancient master from India. The illustrations appear when wet and disappear when dry. Later, it fell into the hands of Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma thought it was an empty book and wrote the text of the Yi Jin Jing on it."

Duan Yu asked in surprise, "Second Brother, you are truly amazing! Even the monks of Shaolin might not know this secret, how could you know it?"

Jiang Mingzhe casually made up a story: "Didn't I plan for Brother Murong to hide in the Snow Region and then go down to India? When I was a scholar, I read some introductions about India. Among them, it was mentioned that Indians like to use invisible ink to record important secrets. I noticed that the paper of this book was quite different from that of the Central Plains. I guessed that it was brought from India by Bodhidharma, so I decided to give it a try. Unexpectedly, it led to Azi's success."

When everyone heard him speak like this, they thought that he had suddenly become curious one night and used water to reveal the words on the book. After studying it, he learned that this skill could neutralize deadly poison. They did not expect that he was just regurgitating the information on the spot.

More than an hour later, when it was completely dark, Azi suddenly let out a long sigh, stood up straight, and laughed, "I'm all better now!"

Jiang Mingzhe shook his head and said, "This Ice Silkworm is extremely poisonous. I think it is even more poisonous than the Manggu Toad of Wuliang Mountain. If you want to completely refine the poison, I'm afraid you will have to master all thirty-six postures of this Divine Foot Scripture."

Azi frowned and said, "Then we need to find an inn to stay in. These poses are so ugly. I don't want them to see me again. Only you are allowed to see me."

Zhong Ling said enviously, "Zi girl, after you learn it, can I practice it too?"

Ah Zi said arrogantly, "Divine skills are not passed on to those who are not destined for them. Foolish girl, it's a pity that we are not destined for each other, unless you wash my feet too."

Zhong Ling bit her lip, struggling with a difficult decision.

Mu Wanqing scoffed, "She called you a stupid girl, and you really are stupid."

She stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Mingzhe's ear, saying, "You treat your sisters the same as everyone else, and they'd all be your wives. Don't you think it's going too far to be so biased?"

Azi angrily said, "Let go of me! I was bitten by the Ice Silkworm, but Big Ginger saved me, and you weren't bitten."

Mu Wanqing sneered, "He already couldn't treat everyone equally when he helped you seize the Lesser Formless Skill. Now that he's given you the bowl, do you still want me to let go? I'll pinch your big ginger ears and make you suffer!"

Azi was so angry she was speechless. Suddenly, she stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Mingzhe's other ear, and said triumphantly, "Then I'll pinch your ear too, Jiang Lang, and make you feel so bad!"

Zhong Ling and Wang Yuyan exchanged glances, while Abi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Jiang Mingzhe felt utterly humiliated. He shrugged and used the "Shifting Stars" technique. Azi and Mu Wanqing grabbed each other's ears, while he pulled away and sighed, "Yes, yes, Wanqing is right. I was too inconsiderate. The Northern Darkness Divine Art is too dangerous. Now that Azi has the Divine Foot Scripture, I will definitely get the Lesser Formless Skill and give it to Wanqing and Ling'er to practice."

Wang Yuyan said angrily, "Why don't I get a share?"

Jiang Mingzhe rubbed his ears and sighed, "Who said you didn't get a share? The secret manual of the Lesser Formless Skill is in your house. Your grandfather didn't teach it to you, probably because you're not suited to this skill. Once I get the Longevity Skill, I'll give it to you. After you practice it, you'll stay young and vigorous. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

(End of this chapter)