Chapter 43: Dark and Windy Night, Time to Kill
"Alas!" Yun Lan closed the account book after hearing this, sighed softly, and said nothing.
Qin Ziling was willing to challenge Yan Kui to a duel for the "Hua Yun" powder and rouge shop, which shows that his character is indeed fine, but character cannot replace fighting ability after all.
In this battle, Yuntai had no confidence in Qin Ziling at all, and Yunlan was not much better.
After all, the facts are there, and you can know the result with a little logical thinking.
"And I don't know what this Qin Ziling is thinking. I heard that during the negotiations, he kept insisting on a five tael share and refused to increase it even a penny, but the bottom line we gave him was clearly fifteen taels! If he hadn't insisted on a five tael bottom line, maybe there would have been a ray of room for maneuver. Now, once he is defeated, not only will our money be wasted again, but the more troublesome thing is that the Yanluo Gang will definitely intensify its efforts to deal with us." Yun Tai saw Yun Lan sighing and keeping silent, and remembered the news he had just heard, and said with an annoyed look on his face.
"You said that Qin Ziling has been insisting on five taels of silver and refused to increase it even a penny?" Yun Lan, who was worried at first, couldn't help but brighten her beautiful eyes when she heard this, and her face became more energetic.
"Yeah, doesn't he know his own weight? If I had known, I wouldn't have looked for him!" Yuntai became more annoyed when he heard this.
"Yeah, he's handsome and well-spoken, how could he not know his own worth?" Yun Lan muttered to himself thoughtfully after hearing this.
"This is called golden outside but rotten inside!" Yuntai curled his lips.
"Okay, things have come to this point anyway. There's no point in worrying or getting angry. Just wait and see what happens! Things will work out when the time comes. If it doesn't work, we can think of another way. Also, you can just say what Mr. Qin said in front of me, and never say it in front of outsiders." Yun Lan said.
"Sister, don't worry, I'm not a three-year-old child. Even if Qin Ziling is no match for Yan Kui, we can't afford to offend him." Yuntai said.
"It's good that you know." Yun Lan nodded.
Xianhefang, a restaurant by the river.
"Qin Ziling actually dared to challenge you to a duel. Haha, you are really a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger!" Zhuang Gaochi laughed out loud.
"Hehe, Qin Ziling was vulnerable and left in disgrace, but as soon as you, Brother Zhuang, stepped in, the matter was resolved. Wouldn't this show how powerful you are, Brother Zhuang? Hehe, when Miss Yunlan saw how powerful you are, she was so bewildered that she threw herself into your arms and let you do whatever you want." Yan Kui said the latter part with a lewd smile on his face.
"Hehe, the one who knows me well is Brother Yan!" Zhuang Gaochi's eyes lit up when he heard this, as if he had already seen Yun Lan undressing in front of him.
On this day, before the sun had even set, people sent invitations to Nangong Yue one after another. Two families even parked their carriages outside the martial arts hall to welcome Nangong Yue.
This scene made many people envious, especially the inner court disciples, who all had complicated feelings.
When they came to practice martial arts, they were looking forward to such a glorious scene. Unfortunately, many years have passed, and they are still struggling to temper their skin membranes, and they don’t know when they will be able to break through.
Luo Yuke's gaze towards Nangong Yue became noticeably hotter. Several times, Nangong Yue found excuses to talk to her and had physical contact with her intentionally or unintentionally, and she did not dodge.
All this made Nangong Yue very proud.
The only thing that disappointed him was that Qin Ziling was so absorbed in his practice that he ignored everything else.
Even until the sun set, Qin Ziling packed up and left the martial arts hall without even looking at Nangong Yue.
Being completely ignored by his opponent, especially by a guy who he thought was a loser, really made Nangong Yue so angry that he was going crazy.
After leaving the martial arts gym, Qin Ziling did not leave the city and go home, but quietly returned to Liu Xiaoqiang's old house alone.
Liu Xiaoqiang’s old house is also located in Xianhefang, just three alleys away from the Yanluo Gang’s lair.
Before leaving home this morning, Qin Ziling had already told his family that he had something to do today and would not return to Anhe Village in the evening.
In the past three months, he has occasionally used the excuse of having things to do as an excuse to not go home, and his family has gotten used to it.
It was still early and Qin Ziling had nothing to do, so he took out the half of a fire cloud leopard that he had not had time to eat yesterday, chopped off a small half, cleaned it, put it in a large earthenware jar, added a lot of medicinal herbs such as jujube and ginseng, and then slowly stewed it over firewood.
Now Qin Ziling has hidden a lot of nourishing medicinal herbs in Liu Xiaoqiang's house, and gives himself a snack at noon every day. He is already familiar with doing these tasks.
After more than an hour, the excellent tonic stewed with Fire Cloud Leopard bones and meat was ready. Qin Ziling ate it with steamed buns in the winter and sweated profusely. Waves of heat surged out of his stomach and spread throughout his body, making his blood surge.
It's just because of the integration of corpse power that the qi and blood are surging. To outsiders, it looks ordinary and there are no signs of surging.
“If the Fire Cloud Leopard is so good, I wonder how nutritious the flesh and blood of other exotic beasts must be!” Qin Ziling secretly yearned for it in his heart, and then began to practice boxing alone in the small yard.
I don’t know when, it got dark and started to rain.
The rain was drizzling, and the winter night was freezing cold.
But in the courtyard of Liu Xiaoqiang's old house, there was a man with muscles all over his body like steel bars tangled together, practicing martial arts shirtless. The cold rain fell on his body and turned into steam rising up. The steam gathered more and more, covering his body, so that in the dark night only a cloud of mist could be seen rolling , faintly revealing a masculine heat.
After a long time, Qin Ziling stopped practicing boxing, took a cold shower, then returned to the house, took out the "Immortal Galaxy Visualization Diagram" to observe it carefully, and then entered into a state of meditation to relax his mind.
"Dong! Dong! Dong!" After an unknown amount of time, the sound of night watchmen beating their drums, one fast and two slow, was heard outside .
"It's the third watch of the night. It's dark and windy, a perfect time to kill people!" Qin Ziling, who was in a trance, slowly opened his eyes, a sinister murderous intent flashing in his depths.
Then a cold wind suddenly blew in the room, and the temperature suddenly dropped several degrees.
The next moment, Yuan Da appeared in the house.
Seeing Yuan Da appear, Qin Ziling closed his eyes again. The next moment, a gust of cold wind blew in the house again. Qin Ziling's soul had jumped out of his body. The soul was wrapped in a thin and sharp blade like a scalpel, and flew out from the crack in the door, heading towards the direction of the Yanluo Gang.
The rain was still falling lightly, and the streets were deserted.
The Yanluo Gang's lair was many times smaller than Xujiabao, and Qin Ziling found Yan Kui's room with almost no effort.
