Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

4: Five Animals Play third levelQin Jiang placed the remaining copper coins inside, then gently closed the stone slab, and cleared away any traces of the seam.

Slowly backing out, he pushed the wooden box back, knocked the dirt off his sickle, put it under his pillow, and then got up to blow out the candle.

Opening the window, the sky had completely darkened, and the moonlight was not bright.

By now, he had saved almost eighteen taels, and a few more trips to Dahei Mountain would be enough.

However, most of the valuable herbs in the outer areas of Dahei Mountain had already been collected by him, and he would have to wait until after the New Year for the next crop.

This was a bit troublesome, unless he collected more common herbs, but that would be too inefficient.

But if he didn’t do that, he would have to venture deeper into Dahei Mountain.

Today, the original owner had ventured deep into Dahei Mountain for the first time, and as a result, he died.

Unless absolutely necessary, he still didn’t want to go deeper.

Those shadows, especially that Black-haired Monkey, really made him feel a bit difficult.

He was lucky this time, but next time might not be the same.

Sitting on the bed, feeling a bit depressed, the damp sheets made him even more irritable.

No! I still have to go!

No matter what, I must learn Iron Arm Fist!

Not only to have some self-preservation in these troubled times, there was actually another reason.

That is, there were rumors that the Old Martial Arts Master who taught Iron Arm Fist had some connection with the Red Tiger Gang, and had once held the position of Hall Master, second only to a few Elders and the Gang Leader.

If one practiced Iron Arm Fist well, there was a possibility of being recommended to work in the Red Tiger Gang, starting as a small leader.

Although this might be a rumor spread by the Old Martial Arts Master to attract more disciples.

But even without this, as long as he could master Iron Arm Fist, he could still join the Red Tiger Gang through his sister’s connections.

It would just mean starting as a regular Gang member.

The chirping of insects at night was accompanied by a rustling sound, and then a flapping of wings was heard outside the house.

Qin Jiang opened the door, and a figure was crouched beside the pigeon coop in the courtyard, a pigeon clutched in the hand he had reached into the cage.

This was Liu Dahang from the next alley, who idled away his days, couldn’t join a Gang, and could only hang out with some ruffians.

He usually acted like a bully in this area, often tormenting the original owner and other neighbors, resorting to punches and kicks at the slightest provocation.

Before, he had even broken the original owner’s ribs, only reining in his behavior after being taught a lesson by Qin Jiang’s sister.

Seeing Qin Jiang, Liu Dahang spat, muttering, ”Damn unlucky.”

He slowly stood up, his tall figure outlined by his black cloth clothes, the pigeon in his hand hidden behind his back.

”Little Jiang, back from collecting herbs? Is your sister home?”

As long as Qin Hong wasn’t back, Qin Jiang was nothing in his eyes; let alone taking one, even if he took them all, the other party wouldn’t dare say anything!

”Not yet, she just came back a few days ago, she probably won’t be back for half a month,” Qin Jiang said.

Liu Dahang raised an eyebrow and smiled, ”Is that so? I heard you’ve made quite a bit of money selling herbs recently?”

Saying this, he squeezed the pigeon’s wing, directly breaking the bone, and the pigeon let out a painful cry.

”I think this pigeon seems to be sick, I’ll take it back to help you look at it, you don’t mind, do you?”

He looked at Qin Jiang with contempt.

”No, it’s just that it might not look good if others see it.”

Qin Jiang shook his head slightly, his eyes shadowed by the doorframe, carrying a hint of coldness.

He wants the money I made from selling medicine?

The hand in his sleeve loosened slightly, and more than a dozen copper coins fell to the ground, clinking.

Take it!

The copper coins reflected a dim metallic luster in the moonlight, and Liu Dahang’s eyes lit up with greed.

He casually tossed the pigeon back into the cage and walked towards Qin Jiang.

”No one will see, Master Li in the south of the city is distributing grain and holding some kind of Buddhist gathering, everyone has gone to eat for free.”

He grinned, if it weren’t for that, he wouldn’t have wanted to come back late at night.

He was just thinking of seeing if anyone had valuable things.

He looked at the copper coins on the ground, this kid really had some skill.

He didn’t even dare to go to Dahei Mountain, but this kid actually dared to go inside to collect herbs.

From the looks of it, he made a lot of money!

Qin Jiang bent down and picked up the copper coins one by one, ”This is for my sister’s dowry, I’ve only saved less than two taels of silver, there’s still a lot missing.”

Hearing ’two taels of silver’, Liu Dahang could no longer hide the greed in his eyes.

If he had been wary of Qin Jiang’s sister just now, then now, with two taels of silver right in front of him, he really couldn’t hold back!

At most, he would just go to the east of the city and stay for a month or so!

”I say, Little Jiang, it’s late at night, won’t you invite your big brother in for a bowl of water?”

He walked to the door, his tall figure blocking the moonlight, looking down at Qin Jiang, his shadow enveloping the other’s body.

”There’s no hot water at home,” Qin Jiang stood up.

”Heh! Why be so polite with your big brother? I can drink cold water too!”

After speaking, Liu Dahang directly pushed Qin Jiang aside and walked into the house, immediately spotting the wooden box under the bed.

”Oh, this box looks nice! Little Jiang, your big brother just happens to need a box, why don’t you give it to me!”

Without looking back, he raised his hand and patted Qin Jiang, then walked towards the box.

Reaching the bed, he directly lay on the ground, his upper body diving under the bed to hug the box and pull it out.

Qin Jiang unhurriedly closed the door and walked to the bed to sit down.

Potential.

He silently recited, summoning the potential panel.

[Current Martial arts]

Five Animals Play (First Layer) (18/60)

[Potential Points: 1.6]

Liu Dahang’s strength should not be underestimated; not only was he tall, but he had also practiced some Martial arts and scattered techniques.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to act like a bully for so long without anyone daring to stop him.

Looking at the experience value behind Five Animals Play, if it also required double the experience to reach the third layer, then these 1.6 potential points were clearly not enough.

However, he twisted his wrist and clenched his fist.

The second layer should be almost enough.

Potential, add points.

With a thought, the potential points decreased, and a prompt appeared on the panel.

[Five Animals Play (First Layer) (18/60), Experience +50]

[Five Animals Play (First Layer) advanced to Five Animals Play (Second Layer)]

[Five Animals Play (Second Layer) (8/90)]

[Potential Points: 1.1]

His strength was growing, the rough feeling on his skin was gradually disappearing, and his arms became thicker while also showing some definition.

Exhaling a mouthful of stale air from his chest, Qin Jiang looked at the prompt with some surprise, could he raise it another layer?

It seemed that the experience value did not double.

He glanced at Liu Dahang, who had already pulled out the box; after opening it, a pile of copper coins came into view, too many to discern in the night, only knowing there were a lot, which momentarily made him lose his focus.

Withdrawing his gaze, Qin Jiang again invested potential points into Five Animals Play.

[Five Animals Play (Second Layer) (8/90), Experience +90]

[Five Animals Play (Second Layer) advanced to Five Animals Play (Third Layer)]

[Five Animals Play (Third Layer) (8/120)]

[Potential Points: 0.2]

A familiar sensation of power surged within his body, his skin became smooth and firm, displaying a jade-like pale yellow color.

He slightly clenched his fist, and muscle lines appeared; he didn’t look bulky, and from his physique alone, there wasn’t much change compared to when he crawled out of the grave mound.

However, the muscle lines on his arm looked extremely explosive, and with just a slight effort, fine, thread-like muscles could be seen undulating.

Not only that, he also felt a kind of airflow-like power being born within his body, flowing along his meridians, and wherever it passed, he could clearly feel his Qi and blood strengthening.

This should be the so-called inner Qi, truly wondrous!

He placed his right hand on the handle of the sickle under his pillow, controlled the inner Qi to flow into his right arm, and at the same time, extended his left hand to pat Liu Dahang’s shoulder.

Liu Dahang snapped back to reality and immediately reached into the box to stuff the copper coins into his embrace, ”Little Jiang! This is me borrowing from you!”

Pat pat.

The hand on his shoulder patted again, and he raised his head, somewhat impatiently, ”Don’t f*cking pat me! Didn’t I say! It’s me borrowing—”

”Pfft ~”

Before he could finish speaking, the night briefly lit up, and the slightly rusted blade passed through his chin, piercing into his brain.