Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

Zhong Ling: ...

Zhong Ling herself was a little speechless, not knowing how to argue. She had indeed killed people. After all, her father, Zhong Wanchou, was nicknamed "Killing Anyone on See" and liked to play with poison. He was not a positive character. And Gan Baobao was very beautiful. Zhong Wanchou was afraid that Gan Baobao would be seduced by a beautiful man, so almost all men who were more handsome than him would have no chance of getting out alive if they mistakenly entered the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations. And Zhong Wanchou was really too ugly. It was easy to find a two-legged toad, but it was not easy to find a man uglier than Zhong Wanchou. Zhong Ling grew up in such an environment since she was a child, so it was inevitable that she would be affected. The people she had killed...

No! She never killed anyone. It was her Diao Er who did all the killing. What does Diao Er's murder have to do with Zhong Ling?

"Don't worry, Sister Ling'er." Although Zhong Ling disguised herself as a white lotus, Chen Liu didn't care. It didn't matter whether Zhong Ling had killed anyone or not, as long as she didn't kill him.

Chen Liu said, "We received this martial arts manual without bowing, so it can't be considered a gift from her. Furthermore, we already knew there was a martial arts manual here. We found it on our own, so there's no need to listen to her."

Zhong Ling: ...

What you said makes so much sense that I can't even argue with it! But I like this explanation.

"Brother Chenliu, please open it quickly and take a look." Seeing that she had been fooled, Zhong Ling immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and happily squatted beside Chenliu, staying close to him, looking at the silk bag in his hand.

Chen Liu hesitated for a moment, then opened the silk bag. Originally, he had planned to read the martial arts manual himself first, record it in the silk bag, and then show it to Zhong Ling. But he couldn't send Zhong Ling away now, otherwise what if she misunderstood that he didn't want to show her the martial arts manual? If he only read it with Zhong Ling, he was worried about scaring her. Most importantly, Chen Liu was afraid that Zhong Ling would see the portrait of Li Qiushui on the manual and refuse to show it to him.

After opening the silk package, a rolled-up scroll was found inside. Chen Liu discarded the silk cloth, picked up the scroll, and opened it. On the first line of the scroll were written the four characters "Northern Sea Divine Art."

Following the four characters "Beiming Shengong" (Northern Sea Divine Art), there's another passage: "Zhuangzi's 'Xiaoyaoyou' says: 'To the north of the extremes of the world lies a dark sea, the Heavenly Pond. There are fish there, its width is thousands of miles, and no one knows its cultivation.' It also says: 'Moreover, if the water is not deep, it has no strength to support a large boat. Overturn a cup of water on a depression, and a mustard seed becomes a boat; place a cup on top, and it becomes sticky. The water is shallow, and the boat is large.' Therefore, in our martial arts, the accumulation of internal strength is paramount. Once internal strength is deep, all martial arts in the world can be utilized, just like the North Sea, which carries all boats, large and small, and accommodates all fish, large and small. Therefore, internal strength is the foundation, and technique is secondary. The following diagrams must be practiced diligently.

"The Divine Art of the North Sea?" Zhong Ling was overjoyed after reading this text. The Divine Art of the North Sea was very profound in its concept. Although she had not seen the actual content, she thought that this martial art should not be too bad anyway.

"Brother Chenliu, keep opening it." Zhong Ling urged.

Chen Liu hesitated again, then reluctantly continued to open the book at Zhong Ling's urging. Upon seeing the first picture, Zhong Ling couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah!" The picture depicted a reclining fruit girl, her smile radiant, her eyebrows, eyes, lips, and cheeks all enchanting. This fruit girl, modeled after Li Qiushui, was indeed incredibly alluring, captivating her from the moment she saw it.

However, only an uninformed young man like Duan Yu would blush and not dare to look again after just one glance. For someone like Chen Liu, who had seen countless films, it was just a self-portrait of Li Qiushui, and it couldn't move him at all.

Below the image of the fruit girl was a text: The gist of it was that the Northern Ocean Divine Art was to draw upon the inner strength of the world for my own use. The sea embraces all rivers, gathering the vast ocean.

The first step in practicing the Bei Ming Divine Art is to cultivate the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. The detailed practice method for the Bei Ming Divine Art is written at the back. The key points and key points of this practice are also written at the end of the practice method.

After Zhong Ling was stunned, Chen Liu quickly unfolded the scroll. The long scroll was filled with portraits of fruit girls, some standing, some lying, some from the front, and some from the back. The faces depicted varied expressions, ranging from joy to sorrow, from tender affection to mild anger. There were thirty-six portraits in total, each marked with thin green lines, indicating the location of acupuncture points and the techniques for practicing the exercises.

At the end of the scroll are the characters "Lingbo Weibu," and above them are countless footprints, each labeled with a direction from the I Ching, such as "Fumei" and "Wuwang." The footprints are densely packed, connected from one to the next by a green line with an arrow indicating the direction.

After Chen Liu quickly unfolded the scroll, he immediately called out to the system: "System, Master System, quickly input Bei Ming Divine Art and Ling Bo Wei Bu!"

System: The Bei Ming Divine Art and Ling Bo Wei Bu have been successfully entered!

After the system successfully entered the Beiming Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu, Chen Liu finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to accept the training methods of Beiming Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu instilled in him by the system.

"Don't look!"

The system initiation was incredibly fast, completing in an instant. After receiving it, Chen Liu, seeing Zhong Ling still dazed, quickly took a second look, critically examining the thirty-six images on the scroll. He complained about Li Qiushui's shortcomings in painting, saying the images weren't refined enough. Then, Zhong Ling snatched the scroll away.

Chen Liu turned around and saw Zhong Ling blushing with shame, her big eyes glaring at him. Her round, apple-like face was so red it looked like blood, making one want to take a bite.

Zhong Ling was furious. She'd been stunned by Li Qiushui's paintings of naked women, unable to recover for a moment. The thirty-six images of naked women on the scroll were so shameless, they nearly drove her crazy. How could such a shameless woman exist in the world, painting her own paintings of naked women on a scroll? Zhong Ling was still a virgin, after all, so it was understandable that she was a little frightened.

What made Zhong Ling even angrier was that Chen Liu was actually watching with such gusto that he even complained in his heart that Li Qiushui's painting skills were not refined enough and detailed enough.

It's just a picture of a nude woman! What's so good about it? Are the pictures as good-looking as the real people? If Brother Chen Liu wants to see it, why not just tell her?

Chapter 33 Beiming Divine Skill (Part )

"Hey, Sister Ling'er, this scroll contains the Xiaoyao Sect's unique martial arts skills, Beiming Shengong and Lingbo Weibu. Don't be suspicious. We should look at the skills dialectically and not just focus on the pictures." Chen Liu said seriously.

"You big scoundrel!" Zhong Ling made a face at Chen Liu and said with some embarrassment, "What dialectical perspective? I don't understand what you're talking about. Anyway, I won't let you see such a shameless technique."

"How can a martial art be shameless? There are only shameless people in this world, not shameless martial arts..."

Zhong Ling: ...

Chen Liu was still trying to argue with Zhong Ling, but Zhong Ling interrupted him and said, "Brother Chen Liu, you can see it if you want. But you have to wait until I finish reading it and then draw a new one for you according to the above diagram."

Zhong Ling didn't want to show Chen Liu the scroll anymore. The figure in the painting looked like it was based on Li Qiushui. Although it wasn't Wang Yuyan, she looked exactly like her. Zhong Ling was already worried that Chen Liu might like Wang Yuyan. If she showed him this painting of a girl with a fruit that looked like Wang Yuyan, wouldn't that make him like her even more? Besides, Wang Yuyan was her older sister, someone she had never met. It would be uncomfortable for her to let Chen Liu see her naked.

"Alright, alright!" Chen Liu looked helpless, thinking to himself, "Fortunately, I've already read and entered it."

Zhong Ling had been quite pleased with Chen Liu's promise to wait until she had redrawn the drawing before reviewing it, but when she heard Chen Liu's thoughts, her expression froze slightly. Although she didn't know what "enter" meant, she guessed that Chen Liu had a photographic memory and had already read and memorized it. Suddenly, she felt a hint of annoyance.

"Hmph! You big bad guy!" Zhong Ling snorted coldly and rolled her eyes at Chen Liu.

Zhong Ling suddenly became angry for no apparent reason, leaving Chen Liu somewhat bewildered. However, even though Zhong Ling was angry, she looked quite pretty and cute when angry.

When Zhong Ling heard Chen Liu secretly praising her for being pretty even when angry, she suddenly felt extremely happy and sweet, and she was no longer so angry.

"Brother Chenliu, take a look at this first." Zhong Ling rolled up the front of the scroll, revealing only the Lingbo Weibu footwork part at the back.

"Okay." Although Chen Liu had successfully recorded the steps of Lingbo Weibu, he couldn't tell Zhong Ling that he had memorized them all, could he? He had only glanced at it just now, and if he had memorized them all, it would definitely make Zhong Ling feel strange. So he leaned over, almost touching Zhong Ling's head to watch the steps of Lingbo Weibu on the scroll.

After a moment, Chen Liu said to Zhong Ling, "Sister Ling'er, take a look at it yourself first. I've memorized it. I'll go practice it and give it a try."

"Ah? So fast?" Zhong Ling looked shocked.

"Hey, Sister Ling'er, I have a good memory." Chen Liu couldn't help feeling a little proud, and thought to himself: I guess Zhong Ling was also shocked by me?

Zhong Ling pursed her lips, then pursed them again, forcing herself to suppress a smile. She showed an admiring look and said, "Brother Chen Liu is so amazing!"

"It's just so-so!" Chen Liu waved his hand pretending to be indifferent, then walked to a relatively empty place to carefully recall the steps of Lingbo Weibu and began his first practice.

Although Chen Liu already knew how to perform Lingbo Weibu, he stumbled a little the first time he practiced it. Moreover, because he had no internal strength, he was so tired that he was slightly out of breath after only walking a few dozen steps.

Although learning the Lingbo Weibu technique not only allows you to perform it without consuming any internal energy, but also makes you stronger the more you move, this still requires internal energy to guide you. The Lingbo Weibu technique is very unique, requiring a foundation of internal energy to move smoothly. Otherwise, there are certain areas where you simply cannot cross, as Chen Liu discovered after walking a few dozen steps.

"Brother Chen Liu, what's wrong?" Zhong Ling stopped looking at the technique when Chen Liu was practicing Lingbo Weibu. Instead, she sat aside and watched Chen Liu practice Lingbo Weibu. Seeing that Chen Liu stopped after only a few dozen steps, Zhong Ling quickly asked.

Chen Liu was a little depressed. He returned to Zhong Ling and shook his head, saying, "No, Lingbo Weibu requires a foundation of internal strength, but I haven't practiced Beiming Divine Art yet. I don't have internal strength yet, so I can't move at all."

Zhong Ling felt a little torn after hearing this. She understood Chen Liu's implication: he probably wanted to see the Bei Ming Divine Art again, but she really didn't want Chen Liu to see Li Qiushui or Wang Yuyan's Fruit Girl Painting. Although Zhong Ling already knew that Chen Liu had probably memorized the Bei Ming Divine Art, he didn't want her to know his uniqueness, and Zhong Ling didn't want to point it out to him, letting him know that she could hear his thoughts. However, if she couldn't point it out, she would have to let Chen Liu see it again.

After hesitating for a while, Zhong Ling said reluctantly, "Then, you can only watch for a while, not for too long."

"I understand. Thank you, Sister Ling'er, you are so kind!" Chen Liu was a little happy. In this way, he could practice the Beiming Divine Art with a legitimate reason.

Seeing Chen Liu happy, Zhong Ling felt a bit happy too. As long as it could make her brother Chen Liu happy, letting him look at Wang Yuyan's fruit girl picture again didn't seem to be a big deal.

Zhong Ling reopened the scroll, and the two of them put their heads together to look at it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, Zhong Ling said, "Brother Chen Liu, there are two ways to practice the Bei Ming Divine Art. One is to practice it yourself, and the other is to absorb the internal energy of others and use it for yourself. You can follow the method in the first picture to absorb my internal energy first."

"Ah?" Chen Liu turned to look at Zhong Ling in surprise.

Zhong Ling said, "This Beiming Divine Art is different from other martial arts. Other martial arts all start from Yunmen and end at Shaoshang, storing internal energy in the lower dantian. However, this Beiming Divine Art does the opposite. It starts from Shaoshang and ends at Yunmen. The thumb touches the other person's internal energy, absorbing it into the body and storing it in the middle dantian. If you want to practice Beiming Divine Art, you must have no internal energy. People with internal energy cannot practice Beiming Divine Art. If I want to practice Beiming Divine Art, I must dissipate my internal energy first. Rather than dissipating my internal energy and wasting it, I'd rather let Brother Chenliu absorb it."

Chen Liu heard this and while it made sense, this was Zhong Ling's internal energy, which she had cultivated for nearly ten years. Zhong Ling could give it to him at will. Furthermore, after giving the internal energy to Chen Liu, Zhong Ling would become an ordinary person without internal energy, his life and death at the mercy of Chen Liu's thoughts. Yet, Zhong Ling let him absorb it without hesitation. This trust was profound, and Chen Liu would be lying if he said he wasn't moved.

Chen Liu wasn't some clueless straight man; he'd had a girlfriend before. After spending a few days together, he understood Zhong Ling's feelings and liked her quite a bit, but he wasn't willing to stay just for her. The world was so big, he wanted to see it.

Chapter 34: Bei Ming Divine Art (Part )

So Brother Chenliu likes me too? It’s just that Brother Chenliu wants to go out and explore, so he’s not willing to respond to me now. Hearing Chenliu’s words, Zhong Ling couldn’t help but feel happy.

"There are so many beauties, I want to see them too!" Chen Liu continued to think to himself, "Huang Rong, Xiaolongnu, Mu Nianci, Cheng Ying, Xiao Zhao, Zhou Zhiruo, Lin Shiyin, Ren Yingying, Dongfang Bubai, bah, cross this one out, there are also Shuang'er, Yaoyue, Lianxing, Wanwan, Shi Qingxuan, Shi Feixuan, Shao Siming, Yan Lingji, etc., so many beauties!!!"

Zhong Ling was so angry that her nose almost got crooked. She endured it again and again, but finally couldn't bear it anymore and stomped on Chen Liu's instep.

Chen Liu screamed, holding his feet with both hands and jumping on the ground with one foot.

"Sister Ling'er, why did you suddenly..." Chen Liu was in so much pain that tears were about to fall.

"Who told you to hesitate? Are you going to inhale or not?" Zhong Ling glared at Chen Liu angrily.

"Suck, suck, suck! Can't I just suck?" Chen Liu felt like crying, but he couldn't. What the hell was going on? He didn't want to owe Zhong Ling too much, or else he'd feel awkward when he wanted to leave. He hadn't expected that just a moment of hesitation would make Zhong Ling angry. Was this what they call a woman's heart, a needle in the sea?

"Alright, alright! Forget it, let's just forget about it for now. I'll just inhale it as a token of my respect. When I become a master and travel around the world one day, if Ling'er isn't married yet, I'll marry her then."

Zhong Ling was delighted to hear Chen Liu's promise to marry her after traveling the world. But something didn't sit right with her. "Together?" What did he mean? Was he planning to marry more than just her? Who else did Chen Liu want to marry? The ones he just mentioned? Wasn't that too many? Zhong Ling suddenly felt aggrieved.

"Brother Chenliu, come here." Although she was a little depressed, Zhong Ling was not the kind of woman who had to monopolize a man, otherwise she would not have married Duan Yu together with her sisters including Mu Wanqing and Wang Yuyan in the original novel.

"Okay!" After the pain in the instep eased a little, Chen Liu followed the method of the first picture of the Beiming Divine Art, placed the Shaoshang point of his thumb on Zhong Ling's wrist, and began to absorb her internal energy.

The Divine Art of the North Sea differs from other martial arts techniques. While many techniques initially cultivate internal energy, only transforming it into true qi after reaching the Xiantian realm can one truly master it. However, the Divine Art of the North Sea focuses on cultivating true qi from the outset. When you absorb another person's internal energy, it doesn't yet belong to you. Even if you store it in your own dantian, it still doesn't belong to you. You must refine this internal energy and transform it into Beiming true qi before it becomes yours.

This is also the case in the original novel. After Duan Yu saw the first picture, he did not dare to look at the subsequent refining and transformation steps. Later, the scroll was destroyed in the secret room of Wanjie Valley. Therefore, he did not learn the process of converting internal force into true qi, so he absorbed the internal force of too many people, causing their internal force to constantly conflict in his body, causing him to suffer greatly.

True Qi is a higher order existence than internal force, its quality and power unmatched by internal force. It's like iron and steel: iron contains many impurities. The Beiming Divine Art removes these impurities during the transformation of internal force, leaving only the essentials. Besides removing impurities, the transformation also wastes some internal force. Ten years of internal force might only leave four or five years of true Qi. While the amount of true Qi is reduced, its power is several times greater.

As Chen Liu began to absorb, Zhong Ling felt the internal force in her body being drawn out from her dantian, along the meridians to her wrist, and continuously flowing into her body through Chen Liu's Shaoshang acupoint. The feeling of losing internal force was too uncomfortable, making her feel empty in her heart, and she almost couldn't help but shake off Chen Liu's hand.

Since this was Chen Liu's first time practicing the Bei Ming Divine Art, he also felt the internal energy within him for the first time. Zhong Ling's internal energy surged through his meridians, constantly impacting his meridian acupoints, causing some swelling and pain in his meridians, which was very uncomfortable. However, Chen Liu knew that this was the most critical moment. As long as he successfully completed this step, he would be considered to have learned the first diagram.

After about a quarter of an hour, Chen Liu finally used Zhong Ling's internal energy to open up the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, storing the internal energy absorbed from her body in the middle Dantian. With the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian opened, Chen Liu was transformed from an ordinary person into a third-rate warrior.

The internal energy in Zhong Ling's body was sucked away, making her feel empty, as if all her strength had been drained away. She felt weak all over, her hands and feet were sore, and her face was pale.

"Sister Ling'er, you should practice the Beiming Divine Art quickly and absorb the internal energy from me." Chen Liu saw that Zhong Ling's condition was not right and said hurriedly.

"I'm fine, Brother Chenliu." Zhong Ling forced a smile and said, "I'm just a little weak right now. I'll be fine after a rest."

"No!" Chen Liu said uncomfortably, "This is my first time practicing, and I absorbed too much internal energy. I guess my body can't adapt to it yet. I feel some swelling and pain in my Dantian and meridians. If you absorb some of it back, it will benefit both you and me."

Zhong Ling thought this was indeed possible. After all, Chen Liu had been an ordinary person just a quarter of an hour ago. It was normal for him to be unable to adapt to the sudden increase of ten years of internal energy. So, she said, "Okay! I'll absorb some of it back."

Zhong Ling immediately followed the method of practicing Beiming Divine Art and absorbed some of Chen Liu's internal energy back.

"Absorb more, absorb more." Chen Liu wanted to return more of his internal energy to Zhong Ling, but Zhong Ling could tell from his inner voice that his meridians and dantian could already withstand the remaining internal energy. Therefore, she only absorbed a small half and was unwilling to absorb anymore. She began to sit cross-legged and transform the internal energy she absorbed back into Beiming Qi.

Seeing this, Chen Liu had no choice but to start guiding out the internal force in his dantian, transforming it into Beiming true qi, and storing it back in his middle dantian.

After both Chen Liu and Zhong Ling had transformed their internal energy into Bei Ming Qi, Chen Liu now had approximately two and a half years of Bei Ming Qi within him, while Zhong Ling had approximately two years. Although Chen Liu had slightly more Qi than Zhong Ling, if the two of them came to blows, he would likely be beaten to a pulp by Zhong Ling. After all, martial arts prowess isn't just determined by Qi; technique and tactics are also crucial.

Although Zhong Ling's ten years of internal energy had been reduced to two years of Beiming Qi, she wasn't discouraged by this. Instead, she was overjoyed. She felt no weaker now than before practicing Beiming Divine Art, and in fact, even stronger. As for how much stronger, she hadn't tried it yet, so she wasn't sure.

What made Zhong Ling even happier was that her internal force had transformed into true qi, which also meant that the door to becoming an innate master had been opened. Using true qi to open up the twelve meridians and the Ren and Du meridians was something that internal force could not match. After all, true qi was a level higher than internal force in both quality and power. One was innate-level true qi, and the other was acquired-level internal force. They were simply not on the same level.

Chapter 35 Falling in love and killing each other

"Brother Chen Liu, that's great. I feel like I'm stronger now than before. As long as we absorb more internal energy from others, I'll soon be able to become a first-rate master, a top master, or even a congenital master." Zhong Ling put her hands on her hips, overjoyed and very proud.

A congenital master. Most people in the martial arts world cannot break through to the congenital stage in their entire lives, but she is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the door to the congenital stage has been opened for her. How can Zhong Ling not be excited?

"You can't absorb internal energy randomly!" Chen Liu said.