Here Lies The Wicked

Chapter 35: Cut Off the River to Stop the Flow

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation1(2) (Level I);

The Nine Yang Divine Power (Level I); 

The Flaming Wooden Blade Skill (Part I).

Looking at the three enhanced true rare manuscripts in his hands, Fang Zheng had a complicated look in his eyes.

This time when he bought a dozen rare manuscripts from Xbao1, he specially chose rare manuscripts from different martial arts affiliations, and only a few of them were rare Buddhist manuscripts of the highest-rank.

In the end, the three rare manuscripts that passed the final screening all had some Buddhist undertones to them; that was quite sad.

‘Am I a Buddhist man? 

‘Fated to Buddha?’

The more he thought about it, the more it hurt.

The Flaming Wooden Blade Skill was one of the 72 skills of Shaolin. It consisted of a total of 81 blade skills and was known for its fast blade skills. Due to its blade speed, friction with the air produces high temperatures, resulting in a huge killing effect, hence the name Flaming Wooden Blade Skill. This rare manuscript belonged to the category of Extreme Vigor and Yang.

The Flaming Wooden Blade Skill belonged to a category of speedy blades.

All the 81 blade movements interlocked with each other to form an endless flow: one movement followed by the other, one movement faster than the other. The more the movements interlocked with each other, the more powerful the force, and the fewer points of weakness.

The enhanced rare manuscript of The Flaming Wooden Blade Skill consisted of Part I, Part II, and Part III; each of them contained 27 blade skills.

After consuming eight of the Liuwei Dihuang teapills, Fang Zheng’s physique changed in an odd manner. His practice improved at a horrific speed. 

Even if it was a rare manuscript of top-level martial arts, Fan Zheng could still train at godspeed once it reached his hands.

He managed to finish Part I of the Flaming Wooden Blade Skill (a total of 27 blade skills) within half an hour.

He managed to achieve the Qi sensation within a short period of time when he trained for the Nine Yang Divine Power. However, when he continued training, he finally felt for the first time the feeling of failure.

The Nine Yang Divine Power, as a top rare manuscript, exhausts a terrifically huge amount of Qi and blood.

Training in martial arts was like training one’s life.

Throughout the training during the past few days, Fang Zheng had gained some personal experiences. The origin of training in martial arts was actually the bio-energy from the Qi and blood of one’s body!

‘The stronger the cells!

‘The faster the metabolism!

‘The higher the amount of bio-energy that can be stored!

‘The more the advantages it had in the training of martial arts!’

This was the reason why when it came to training in martial arts, those who were strong got stronger after training, those who were weak got weaker after training. It was like so since ancient times. If those who were born weak trained forcefully, it would result in them exhausting their Qi and blood. They could also potentially train themselves until they got hurt and crippled.

Weak Qi and blood would result in silted meridians in the body. As such, training would feel like walking in a swamp, the divine light would be dimmed, and the training might result in death.

Those who were strong got stronger through training in martial arts. However, with Fang Zheng’s current Qi and blood level, he could only finish one-fifth of his training for the first level of true Qi circulation. If he insisted on carrying on training, he would only oppress his own body, resulting in a broken body.

He needed enhanced blood restoration medicine to make up for the missing Qi and blood! 

Fang Zheng felt incredibly sad.

He felt like he had boarded a pirate’s ship and could not leave. He could only continue his journey into the darkness. Fang Zheng was depressed and swore that he would not be greedy the next time. He would start from the basics.

The training today was a waste.

‘Helpless.’

After that incident, Fang Zheng had no choice but to give up on the Nine Yang Divine Power and practice the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation instead. The Nine Yang Divine Power had a harsh requirement for Qi and blood.

The first level in the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was Qi changing: a special breathing technique.

Martial art trainers used a special breathing rhythm to resonate with their internal organs. This method was like an electromagnetic frequency modulator. The biomagnetic field of the organs in a human body could be modulated through the special breathing method in order to inspire the potential in the body. This was done to rejuvenate the marrow and sort out the muscles and bones.

This was the introduction of the rare manuscript and it sounded exceptionally incredible.

In his first attempt, Fang Zheng did not master the correct breathing method and was choked by his own saliva a few times.

However, with his current physique, he was capable of mastering anything rapidly.

With that, his body quickly got used to this new breathing technique and he got familiar with this technique in his training. Fang Zheng started to immerse himself in the training.

The Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was indeed one of the three top rare manuscripts. Fang Zheng felt a suffocating pain from his organs once he got familiar with his training.

However, Fang Zheng did not give up and continued his training.

According to the introduction in the rare manuscript, this pain meant that the biomagnetic field of the organs was going through special changes. That was the sign that the breathing technique was stimulating the essence of life in his organs, rejuvenation of the marrow and transforming the muscles and bones.

Fang Zheng was soon delighted to discover that his body strength, that had been stagnant since he completed the training of the Golden Immune Arhat, had increased once again.

There was a vigorous essence of life boiling in his body. His entire body was full of energy.

Fang Zheng was pleasantly surprised.

It was just as he had predicted. When the training of a rare manuscript was completed, training in the new rare manuscript can fill up the missing parts left by the other. This caused the trainer to improve continuously and strengthen the body.

Half an hour!

Fang Zheng blinked a few times.

‘So, I have seven or eight years worth of training more compared to others?’

According to the Manuscript of Tendon Marrow Transformation, although the technique of Qi changing was the most basic Level I training, that was only so when compared to the eight levels to come.

Normal trainers would require seven to eight years of continuous training of the first level to master the breathing technique and the frequency resonance of all the organs.

This was the initial stage of Level I. 

To train till the later stages of Level I, ascetic training of another seven to eight years was required.

GROWL!

The painful feeling of extreme hunger once again filled all the cells in his body from Fang Zheng’s stomach.

‘Hungry!

‘So HUNGRY!’

Fang Zheng was so hungry; he saw stars and almost tripped.

He was experiencing insufficient Qi and blood again!!

…

Zhou City, Tongjiang Bridge.

Due to it being closed for a long time, this bridge that spanned across the river gave out a chill like the haunted house deep in the mountains that nobody visited. The originally surging surface of the river was also overtly quiet that day.

Only the lonely, whining sound of the late-night river wind remained.

The abnormality of the night was far more than that. The night seemed to be extremely quiet; even the normally buzzing bars, food street, movie theaters, and so on were dark at the moment. What was left were the empty street and stores that had closed down early.

Suddenly!

The water of the lake disappeared under the dark, showing the bottom of the lake like the huge open mouth of an evil ghost camouflaged in the dark.

It resulted in cutting off the river and stopping the flow!

At the same time, construction vehicles and construction workers began to evacuate one by one.

Concurrently, all main traffic lanes in the area surrounding Tongjiang Bridge were filled with military vehicles. The army who carried loaded weapons and set up a security cordon to lock down the roads stopped citizens from entering the area.

Soldiers who had a strict attitude had a serious look on their faces, and they looked around vigilantly. It could be said that there was one sentinel every three steps and one post every five steps.

With this formation, it meant that a major event was about to happen!