Chapter 131 Personality Changes
"The power is manifested, this, this is the realm of power transformation!" Zheng Xinghan exclaimed as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
"Now you understand how precious this secret pill is, why don't you thank Zi Ling!" Zuo Le said solemnly.
Zheng Xinghan did not kneel down to thank him as he was told. Instead, he moved his Adam's apple vigorously, and after a while he said in a hoarse voice: "Why give it to me? This secret pill can create a martial arts master. If it is sold to a martial arts master, there will be people vying for it for 100,000 taels!"
"It's more than one hundred thousand taels! In our Fangliao County, this is something that cannot be bought even with money. Even a Hua Jin martial artist would be willing to risk his life to snatch it!" Zuo Le said with great emotion upon hearing this.
Zheng Xinghan only saw Zuo Le taking the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill and breaking through to the Hua Jin level in one fell swoop, but Zuo Le knew that this was the secret medicine for poor Hua Jin martial artists to break through to the Bone Refining level.
When Zheng Xinghan heard this, his brain felt like it was about to explode.
"Senior Brother Zheng, don't think so much. Just because you are my senior brother, and just because you let the pastor sister and I go first when we were in danger, it is completely worth this secret pill." Qin Ziling said calmly.
"but……"
"Don't say buts. Just tell me, do you want to become a powerful martial artist? Do you want the pastor sister to marry you in glory? Do you want to be able to protect and train your own descendants in the future?" Qin Ziling interrupted.
"Yes, of course!" Zheng Xinghan said without hesitation.
"Then don't think so much! Although I may scheme against people silently and kill people without blinking an eye, I am a stubborn person. They are my brothers and friends, and money cannot measure that!" Qin Ziling said.
"Zi Ling will sooner or later be a fish in a pond, and one day he will soar into the sky. The world is becoming increasingly chaotic, and without strength, even if you want to live a peaceful life, it is not up to you.
At the beginning of the year, you also saw that a mere third-generation disciple of the Lin family wanted to beat me up, and even my former fellow practitioners wanted to expel me and did so.
So I have decided that Zi Ling and I are not only a master-disciple relationship, but also a superior-subordinate relationship. From now on, I will listen to his arrangements and orders. So, if you really think that this favor is too heavy to repay, then follow Zi Ling in the future. "Zuo Le took over and said.
After hearing this, Zheng Xinghan smiled bitterly and said, "Master Zuo, I have figured it out since I came back from collecting herbs. Even if you don't tell me today, I will definitely follow Junior Brother Qin's lead after a hundred years. But I am born stupid, and my life is worthless!"
"You don't have to belittle yourself. You were born in a poor family, but you were able to cultivate to the Iron Plate level through your own efforts. If you were placed in a wealthy family, you should have been able to be among the key training candidates. It has nothing to do with being born dull.
You are only 33 years old this year. When you break through the level of Condensing Strength, no one can guarantee that there will not be another world for you. Although there are few late bloomers in this world, they still exist.
As for your life, if Zi Ling really measures it by money, let alone you, even I am not worth him giving out this secret pill." Zuo Le said.
"Master Zuo, Senior Brother, aren't you guys going a little too far off topic?" Qin Ziling was speechless when he saw the two of them talking a lot.
"Haha!" Zuo Le laughed loudly upon hearing this, then patted Zheng Xinghan on the shoulder and said, "You see, Zi Ling doesn't care about these things at all. Okay, stop nagging. A big problem with your character is that you lack sharpness and decisiveness!
You should learn from Zi Ling. You can turn a blind eye to small things, but you must be decisive and resolute in big things. You should act when necessary and kill when necessary, and never show mercy. Only in this way can you accomplish great things."
Zuo Le had pointed out his character flaws before, but Zheng Xinghan didn't feel deeply about it and had never been able to change. But today, Qin Ziling resolutely took out a secret elixir that even Hua Jin martial artists were willing to fight for with their lives, which really stimulated and moved him. Under such circumstances, Zuo Le's old words came up again, and to Zheng Xinghan it sounded like the morning bell and evening drum, a wake-up call that woke him up all at once.
"Yes, Master Zuo!" Zheng Xinghan's whole body trembled, his eyes emitting a bright light of enlightenment. After replying in a deep voice, he turned to Qin Ziling, bent one knee with a determined look on his face, and was about to kneel down in front of him to thank him.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Qin Ziling was shocked when he saw this. Before he could kneel down, he stepped forward and supported him.
"First, I want to thank you for giving me the elixir, and second, I want to swear to follow you!" Zheng Xinghan said in a deep voice.
"You and I are brothers and have already experienced life and death together. Why do we need any empty formalities like swearing an oath?" Qin Ziling pulled Zheng Xinghan up and said with a serious face.
Seeing Qin Ziling's firm attitude, Zheng Xinghan turned his head to look at Zuo Le.
“Since Zi Ling doesn’t care about these empty formalities, then forget it. But you must remember, since you have joined Zi Ling’s camp, if you betray me in the future, even if Zi Ling cares about our former friendship as a fellow apprentice, I will never forgive you!” Zuo Le said the last part with a stern look on his face.
"Yes!" Zheng Xinghan said sternly.
"Xinghan, take the secret pill. I will protect you." Zuo Le's expression relaxed a little and he said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Master Zuo!" Zheng Xinghan said in a deep voice, decisively and resolutely.
Zheng Xinghan's reaction to taking the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill was even greater than Zuo Le's. Fortunately, he was young, and except for his lack of strength, his physique was actually stronger than Zuo Le's.
After Zuo Le's repeated hammering, nothing unexpected happened and he successfully condensed his strength without any danger, becoming a strength martial artist. And because the Nine-Turn Blood Essence Bone Strengthening Secret Pill has a bone-strengthening effect, Zheng Xinghan's bones are harder than those of ordinary strength-condensing martial artists.
Standing in the middle of the yard, Zheng Xinghan felt as if he had endless strength all over his body. A trace of metallic cold breath flowed slowly between his palms. When he struck out with one palm, the metallic cold force hidden in his qi and blood burst out with it, and the power doubled. Finally, he could not help shedding bitter tears, and knelt on the ground with a thump, looking up at the sky.
"Mom and Dad, I am finally a powerful martial artist!"
"A few years ago, Zhengjia Village outside West City was plundered by bandits. Many people in Zhengjia Village, including Xinghan 's family, were killed. His parents' greatest hope before they died was to see Xinghan become a powerful martial artist, and then the whole family would move to the city to live." Zuo Le couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw this, and whispered to Qin Ziling.
"Do you know which gang of gangsters it is?" Qin Ziling asked, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
"Later, Xinghan investigated and found that it was probably done by the Senluo Gang. However, the Senluo Gang is one of the five major forces outside the city, entrenched in Yunluo Lake outside the west city.
Yunluo Lake has a vast territory, numerous islands, lakes and rivers connected, trenches, hills, plains and depressions interlaced, and the terrain is extremely complex. Whenever soldiers came to encircle and suppress them, the Senluo Gang would hide in the mountains, forests and islands in the lake or in the surrounding wetlands and reeds. No matter how many troops were deployed, it was difficult to wipe them out.
Not only that, the five leaders of the Senluo Gang, known as the Five Water Ghosts, are all at the level of Jinli Wushi. The leader, the Red-haired Ghost Che Li, has the level of Huajin, and they are all good at underwater martial arts. Xinghan is just a martial arts apprentice, so what can he do even if he knows who the enemy is? "Zuo Le said.
Qin Ziling walked to Zheng Xinghan's side, knelt down silently, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle and aunt, rest assured that your spirits in heaven will be at peace. One day, I will go to Yunluo Lake with Senior Brother Zheng and kill the five water ghosts of the Senluo Gang one by one, and avenge you and many innocent people."
Zheng Xinghan was shocked when he heard this and slowly turned his head to look at Qin Ziling.
Qin Ziling didn't say anything, but just put his hand on Zheng Xinghan's shoulder.
Zheng Xinghan suddenly leaned on Qin Ziling's shoulder and burst into tears.
The revenge for his parents has always been a knot in his heart, but he just can't make a breakthrough in martial arts, and there is no hope for revenge. This knot torments him day and night. Sometimes he even thinks about rushing into Yunluo Lake regardless of the consequences. But when he thinks that he is the only child left in the Zheng family, if he dies, he won't even leave any descendants. How can he face his parents in the future?
But if he was married and went on his own to seek revenge, what would happen to his wife and children? So under this conflicting mood, his knot in his heart grew bigger and bigger, even close to being a demon in his heart.
This also caused his character to lack sharpness and decisiveness, which was also one of the reasons why he had not found a woman to marry.
Now that he had finally broken through and become a martial artist, and after hearing Qin Ziling's words, the knot in his heart was untied at once, and he could no longer control his emotions. This strong man could not help but burst into tears.
"Thank you, Ziling!" After a long time, Zheng Xinghan stopped crying, wiped away his tears, said something to Qin Ziling in a deep voice, and then stood up suddenly.
Seeing Zheng Xinghan suddenly stand up, Qin Ziling and Zuo Le's eyes lit up, a very different feeling.
It felt like a rusty and dull knife that suddenly had the rust removed and became sharp all of a sudden.
"Master Zuo, I have already mentioned the matter at Sixian Manor to Ziling. How do you plan to deal with it?" Zheng Xinghan asked in a deep voice.
“Logically speaking, I can’t be blamed for being ruthless because Wei Feiju and Ma Chuan were unjust, but some of their family members are good people.
If I really want to have a conflict with them and expel them from Sixianzhuang, those people are so innocent. Of course, if I really want to show my strength now, they will never dare to drive me and the people of the Qu family away again, but a forced melon is not sweet. Now that we are not united, there is no need to live together.
We should start anew and find another manor. This way we will all be our own people and it will be convenient to do things in the future. But in this way, I will have to stay in the manor all year round, and the Hantie Dean will be handed over to you in the future. What do you think, Ziling? "At the end, Zuo Le looked at Qin Ziling.
"I fully agree with Master Zuo's decision. Those people are ruthless and short-sighted. It is best for them to go their separate ways from now on. Of course, we will not act in a domineering way and harm innocent people, but we must give us everything that belongs to us. " Qin Ziling nodded.
