Water Ink Panel: Starting with Bow Technique to Hunt the Sun and Patrol the Skies
Chapter 43 - 42 Good News, Old Ba Zi Got Injured

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"Break Limit?"

Shen Qing looked at the ink brush characters in his vision, revealing a look of confusion.

As far as he knew, the Nine Skills martial art could basically only be cultivated to the Great Perfection of Qi and Blood.

By reaching this step, the qi and blood in the body already hit the limit that the physical body could withstand. No matter how much you continued to cultivate, you couldn't increase qi and blood or practice strength.

It's like a cup filled with water; if you add more water it will overflow, but the total amount of water hasn't changed.

At this moment, the ink panel suddenly reminded him that the Nine Skills also had a limit breaking technique, which indeed somewhat overturned his newly established martial arts understanding.

In fact, through continuous exploration these days, Shen Qing had already discovered the pattern of the ink panel.

Generally speaking, once he had Entry Level Skill, the ink panel would log it in.

After being logged into the panel, every time he practiced, his progress could increase continuously, deepening his understanding.

When hitting a bottleneck point, he could subjectively break through, integrating all the practiced details. Sometimes, it would even trigger some additional changes in skill and talent.

Like recognizing characters and reading, practicing daily, deepens wisdom and understanding. Once the quantity changes trigger a quality change, a breakthrough occurs.

He unexpectedly awakened the "Never Forget" skill at the same time.

Currently, all the skills in the ink panel could mainly be divided into "Entry Level," "Skillfully," "Small Success," "Level of Mastery," and "Great Perfection."

It's the first time he encountered this so-called break limit.

"However, this is not a bad thing. Reaching the realm of Great Perfection of Qi and Blood, I already have Half Bull Strength. If I continued to break through and reach the limit breaking, my whole body strength should improve further. Undoubtedly, it should be stronger than those with the same Great Perfection of Qi and Blood."

Shen Qing showed a hint of excitement in his eyes.

"Since that's the case, then I shouldn't be slack. I should persistently practice."

Shen Qing spread his legs apart and stood firmly on the ground like a rock.

He slowly raised his hands, palms facing the sky, and his aura settled as he began to guide the qi and blood within his body to refine.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

After discovering that the Nine Skills could break limits, Shen Qing devoted most of his energy to cultivating this martial art every day.

Through arduous training, Shen Qing pushed the progress of Nine Skills a little further.

At this time, there was no significant change in the qi and blood inside his body.

However, with the continued practice of Nine Skills, Shen Qing vaguely felt that he seemed to have become more robust, his whole body's muscles seemed fuller, brimming with strength, and his mental state improved.

Shen Qing couldn't help but look forward to what the scene would be like once Nine Skills broke the limit.

After three days of training ended, he walked outside.

At this time, the sunny Hongshan Village had not seen snow for many days, and everything was basked in a bright glow.

The village's snow had long melted, with only the thick snow on the mountain remaining.

Calculating the time, it was time to make a trip to the county town.

Now, having reached the realm of Great Perfection of Qi and Blood, his strength far exceeded ordinary people. Even passing through the outer city's shantytown area, he had self-defense power.

As he was thinking this, Tian Xiaohu came running over with a joyful face, shouting, "Qingzi, Qingzi, I have good news."

Shen Qing was puzzled and came out, asking curiously, "What good news?"

"A friend of mine went to the county town yesterday." Tian Xiaohu smiled and said, "He told me Old Ba Zi was injured."

After hearing this, Shen Qing furrowed his brows, slightly puzzled, "Who is Old Ba Zi?"

Tian Xiaohu slapped his thigh and said, "Didn't you kill quite a few people the last time you went out of town? I found out that those people were all Old Ba Zi's subordinates."

Shen Qing was slightly taken aback, then realized.

He didn't expect that these days, Tian Xiaohu had been secretly helping him investigate this matter, which surprised him.

"What happened? Tell me the details."

"As soon as you returned last time, Xiao Hu told us about the things along your way. I figured you'd have to go into town again, so I helped you keep an eye on things in the outer city. Then I learned a bit over these past few days."

"I heard from a friend that Old Ba Zi fought Wang Mazi with his men a few days ago, seemingly grabbing territory in the West City area. They killed quite a few people. Old Ba Zi was also seriously injured and hadn't shown up for several days. You should be safe going to the county town for a while."

"I see." Shen Qing nodded solemnly and said, "Thank you. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about these things behind the scenes."

"My life was saved by you. If it weren't for you, I might have been killed by that Chen Yuan guy. This little thing is nothing." Tian Xiaohu waved his hand and continued, "Besides, the price you offered last time was very fair. Everyone wants to sell mountain goods to you and keeps asking when you'll go to the county town. Helping you is helping everyone."

"It's really kind of everyone." Shen Qing pondered for a while and said, "I'll inform everyone that I'll go to the county tomorrow."

"I'll go and tell Zhang Bazi in a moment; he's best at organizing this. Like before, tomorrow everyone could bring the things over to you directly."

"Works for me. Sorry to trouble you to run this errand."

"No problem. I'll head back first."

After sending Tian Xiaohu off, Shen Qing returned to the house and looked at the bow and arrow hanging on the wall. A sharp gleam flashed in his eyes, his face calm as still water.

Previously, killing Chen Tai brothers, and then killing the whole Chen Yuan family, up to killing that group of lowly people in the outer city…

Initially, when he first took action, he appeared a little inexperienced, but the more he killed, the more he became accustomed and adapted to it.

That Old Ba Zi must be killed.

If he wasn't killed, according to Zhang Shuyuan's words, once he healed, there was always the risk of a clash anytime Shen Qing entered the town.

Open assaults are easy to dodge but hidden arrows are hard to guard against.

Who knew if there was someone above Old Ba Zi?

"Here, I'm the only one who can fight. If the other side has backing, some martial master comes along, I'd be in trouble to deal with it."

If he wanted to continue the mountain goods business, that Old Ba Zi must be killed; there was no other way!

No time like the present.

Tomorrow, I'll do it!

To be more secure, Shen Qing pulled out the poison powder he took from the Chen Family Brothers and a dagger, planning to take them when entering the city tomorrow.

The night passed without incident.

At dawn the next day, under Zhang Baqing's arrangements, many villagers had already registered their mountain goods.

By the time Shen Qing came out, the mountain goods were already starting to be loaded onto carts.

Shen Qing didn't have money at hand now and needed to buy on credit, but the villagers seemed to trust Shen Qing greatly, not even questioning him.

The previous penny-pinching attitude had vanished completely, leaving Shen Qing deeply moved.

Before long, all the mountain goods in the village were organized.

Considering that Shen Xiaohu was young and inexperienced, plus he might want to practice martial arts, Shen Qing called Tian Xiaohu to go with him to Taiping County, having an extra pair of hands to assist along the way.

Tian Xiaohu happily agreed, took care of some family matters, and followed along.

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