Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 369 Wood Carving (Part Two)

Yue Hongying took it instinctively.

"Please give my regards to Uncle Yue. I'm so sorry to have troubled you with all this." Tao Qingtang smiled.

"Is the matter... really resolved?" Yue Hongying spoke slowly and deliberately, her beautiful eyes filled with the thought that death was unacceptable. Her voice was hoarse as she uttered the sentence.

"Yes, everything is getting better." Tao Qingtang nodded earnestly.

Things are getting better, everything's been resolved?!

Yue Hongying stared blankly at the dragon and carp wood carving in her hand. She was at a loss, and a hundred different feelings welled up in her heart.

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Jingtianzhuang, Jiuquyuan.

Crash.

"Wow, such heavy snow..."

The heavy, crunching sound of the snow pressing down on the roof woke the people inside.

Han Yi looked up and, through the curtains, could see snowflakes fluttering down, accumulating a thick layer of snow on the ground.

Immediately, he lowered his head and buried himself in his studies.

On the table, a large number of notes were scattered haphazardly, and rows of books stood upright on the corner of the table.

That day, he handed Zhang Fu to Tao Qingtang, and after giving her the whole story and a lot of evidence, he immediately returned.

How Zhang Fu and Tao Qingtang should handle things is their family matter. He couldn't be bothered to interfere.

Most importantly, he wanted to come back quickly to verify an idea.

Judging from the dragons and snakes he encountered, Zhang Fu and his companions, these people were unpredictable, cunning, and extremely treacherous.

They might have cultivated a special poison technique, or their movement and speed are extremely fast.

Han Yi was able to win simply because he relied on the overwhelming power, speed, and defense he gained after using the Reverse Scale state.

But this exposes a problem for him: what if one day he encounters an opponent who is aggressive and confrontational, and he can't resolve the situation?

Take Zhang Fu for example. He originally intended to drug Han Yi and Lin Zhenwei to cover up the truth.

This time, Han Yi avoided poisoning because he had cold yin energy circulating through his seven orifices, and because he was sharp-minded and stayed near a well-ventilated window, absorbing only a small amount. But what about next time, or in the future?

If we were to encounter an enemy who uses poison again, and that poison is of a high quality—colorless and odorless—it would be effective even against a master martial artist who has achieved true mastery of their skills.

This is highly likely; it's not impossible.

After all, this world is vast, and many martial artists lack martial arts ethics and psychological requirements, preferring to use poison or poison their weapons as a preemptive strike.

Once he reaches his reverse scale state, no matter how strong he becomes, it's useless.

In other words, he needs to learn a martial art that can ward off poison, just like Lin Zhenwei.

Of course, there are many other negative states similar to poisoning, such as paralysis, bleeding, and internal injuries.

So, broadly speaking, he wants to maximize his own resistance and ability to resist abnormal states.

The Nine-Bend Cold Yin Palm is simply a purely offensive martial art. The Qianyang Skill and Flying Dragon Skill, on the other hand, provide healing and increase speed, respectively. Therefore, he needs to cultivate other martial arts techniques in addition to these.

In fact, when he first started to develop his internal strength, he had the idea of ​​practicing multiple techniques simultaneously.

It is highly adaptable, flexible, and can cope with a variety of complex situations.

This is precisely the characteristic of a martial arts master.

However, when he arrived at Jingtian Manor and learned that his body was lacking in vital energy, he had to put aside his idea of ​​practicing martial arts and find a way to cultivate true skills first.

However, now that he has been cultivating the Heaven-Mending Technique for so long, the deficiency of his primordial blood has long been resolved.

Most people can only divide their primordial blood into three parts, which means they can only cultivate a maximum of three types of martial arts techniques or strengthen their true skills three times.

But upon closer examination, he realized that the surge of qi and blood within his body far exceeded that of ordinary people. With the continuous replenishment of his primordial blood through the Heaven-Mending Technique day and night, it had long since reached twice the amount of a normal person, amounting to a full six parts.

Moreover, this is not the end; the current Heaven-Mending Technique is only at the fourth level.

This indicates that the amount of primordial blood in his body will inevitably increase significantly.

Although we don't know what the limit is, it seems more than enough to meet his requirement of cultivating both.

So, the most crucial point is that the issue of the primordial blood has been resolved.

The remaining issue is a choice.

He looked at the stack of manuals beside him: "Thousand Hammers and Hundred Refinements Technique", "Poison-Repelling Sword Technique", "Seven Star Horizontal Chain", "Fire-Breathing Divine Skill"... and gradually fell into deep thought.

"Senior Brother Han, are you home?"

The voice was muffled by the wind and snow, but it was clearly a woman's voice. It was snowing heavily outside, and the roads were almost completely blocked; how could a woman still come looking for him?

Han Yi, filled with doubt, got up and went to the courtyard, preparing to open the door.

The person knocking on the door was a servant named Qingye, who was responsible for delivering messages for Jingtian Manor on a daily basis.

Like the other servants at Jiuqu Courtyard, Qingye came from a poor family and had little talent for martial arts, so he sold himself to Jingtian Manor as a servant.

These people were either sold to Jingtianzhuang because of their poor family conditions or because someone in their family was seriously ill. They were then trained as disciples from a young age.

Those with potential were made into our own disciples, while those without potential were relegated to simple tasks like menial chores.

Aoba is someone who has little potential and whose mother is ill, so she came to Jingtian Manor voluntarily.

She always wanted to earn more money to treat her mother's illness, so despite her petite stature, she always walked in a hurry, running back and forth in Jingtianzhuang to deliver letters.

She took a package out of the large bag behind her.

"Senior Brother Han, someone sent you something from outside."

Han Yi took it, waved his hand, and quickly signed his name to confirm.

He glanced at Qingye, who was dressed in pure white, and gently took out a few taels of silver.

"Go home early. You can earn money anytime. Your health is the most important thing."

It wasn't a lot of money, but it was enough to solve her predicament. And too much money was beyond the reach of an ordinary person.

"Senior Brother Han..." Qingye's eyes were a little moist, and she was about to say something.

"Let's go back."

Han Yi turned back, not giving her a chance to thank him.

It was just a few taels of silver, a small favor, and he really didn't care. Besides, he really wasn't short of money now.

After looting the Mad Lion Gang that day, the amount of ready-made gold notes looted from Zhang Fu, Lin Zhenwei, and other high-ranking members alone amounted to a full five thousand taels.

This money is enough for him to live on for a long time.

Inside, the room was steaming hot. In one corner, an iron stove was glowing red-hot, and the copper burner on the stove emitted a lot of intense white steam from the burning charcoal.

Han Yi sat at the table, unwrapped the package, and inside was a small box and a letter.

“Plum Blossom Pavilion, Tao Qingtang… It seems she has already resolved the matter?” He opened the envelope.

Sure enough, the contents of the letter were exactly as he had expected.

Tao Qingtang gave a brief explanation of the Plum Blossom Pavilion incident.

In terms of content, it mainly concerns the handling of the head manager, Zhang Fu.