Chapter 47: Winning by Laying Down
The next day, Qin Ziling pretended that he knew nothing and went to the martial arts gym early.
As soon as Qin Ziling arrived at the martial arts gym, many outer courtyard apprentices who had arrived early looked at him, whispered to each other, and pointed fingers at him secretly.
Because of Nangong Yue, these outer courtyard apprentices kept their distance from Qin Ziling and did not dare to get too close to him, for fear of being misunderstood by Nangong Yue and his younger brothers.
Qin Ziling ignored the outer courtyard apprentices and walked straight to the inner courtyard disciples' special martial arts training area.
In the martial arts training area, a fit and healthy-looking woman with an apple face was doing some warm-up exercises. When she saw Qin Ziling coming over, she stopped and said to him with a smile, "Everyone is talking about you, but you are just acting like nothing happened."
"Pastor sister, are you referring to the martial arts competition at noon? Since it has been arranged, just face it calmly. And Master Zuo also said that the mentality is very important in a martial arts competition." Qin Ziling said calmly.
The apple-faced woman was naturally Mu Xuan, one of the two female disciples in the inner courtyard of Hantie Dean's academy.
"What? Don't you know that Yan Kui is dead? You got a great bargain, no need to compete!" Mu Xuan said in surprise.
"Yan Kui is dead? When did it happen?" Qin Ziling showed a hint of surprise.
"The night before yesterday, he was poisoned by his own military advisor and his throat was slit, and he died. Several key members of the Yanluo Gang also died at the same time. The Yanluo Gang is finished." Mu Xuan replied.
"So, I won without doing anything!" Qin Ziling said.
"Win by lying down?" Mu Xuan was slightly startled when she heard this, then she pursed her lips and laughed out loud, saying, "People who have read books are different. You can say this in such a humorous way. Win by lying down, it really is like winning by lying down!"
After saying that, Mu Xuan couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
"Mu Xuan, what happy things are you talking about with Zi Ling ? You are laughing so happily." At this moment, Zheng Xinghan walked over from the inner courtyard.
"Since Yan Kui is dead, Junior Brother Qin won without any effort!" said Mu Xuan.
“Winning by doing nothing?” Zheng Xinghan was slightly startled, then he laughed and said, “It really is a win by doing nothing. Junior Brother Qin is quite lucky.”
"Actually, I don't want to win easily. I would rather compete with Yan Kui." Qin Ziling said seriously.
It's true, if Qin Ziling hadn't been worried about the tree that stood out in the forest being destroyed by the wind, and if he hadn't been worried about the consequences of killing someone, he would have really wanted to kill Yan Kui openly during the fight.
"Young people are full of energy. When you reach your senior's age, you will understand that this result is the best." Zheng Xinghan patted Qin Ziling on the shoulder and said.
Qin Ziling smiled without comment when he heard this.
Zheng Xinghan is a steady person who is honest in his work, but he lacks a sense of sharpness. The fact that he has been struggling at the iron plate level for many years without making a breakthrough may have a lot to do with his lack of sharpness.
After this little turmoil, Qin Ziling's life returned to normal.
Of course, the thirty taels of silver that Yun Lan gave him were what he deserved. He did not return it, but just asked someone to take a letter to him, saying that Yan Kui was dead and that he could come to him again if he needed help with anything else in the future.
Because of this incident, Yuntai mocked Qin Ziling in front of his sister, saying that Qin Ziling was shameless, but was severely scolded by his sister.
The weather was getting colder and colder, and one day it even started snowing, which was relatively rare in Fangqiao City.
In the blink of an eye, another month passed, and it had been four months since Qin Ziling entered the cowhide level.
The Yanluo Gang was just a small gang, and its demise was soon forgotten.
The power vacuum they left behind in Qulin Street was quickly filled, after several struggles, by the Qinglin Gang, a small gang supported by a young master of the Yu family in the inner city.
This month, Qin Ziling went to the martial arts gym less frequently.
I used to go there once a week, but now I go there about once every ten days.
On the surface, his qi and blood still looked normal, without much change, but his body had grown taller, almost 1.85 meters, and he became more taciturn.
Qin Ziling's situation was within everyone's expectations.
After all, he is not cut out for martial arts and his family background is average. Now that he has broken through to the membrane realm, it is natural that he should focus on making money.
In fact, many inner court disciples at the membrane level were like this before. In order to make money, they first came to the martial arts gym once every few days, then only once every one or two months, and finally they simply left the gym to focus on making money and gave up martial arts.
In the martial arts gym, only Zheng Xinghan and Zuo Le knew that Qin Ziling did not make money to accumulate wealth, but spent it all on practicing martial arts.
Because the amount of Xuanhan Iron Chicken Secret Pills Qin Ziling purchased from the martial arts gym every month was almost the same as that of Lu Taiqiang and Nangong Yue, and he also had to purchase a large amount of medicines for preparing potions every other month.
However, Qin Ziling's progress was really disappointing. At one point, even Zuo Le couldn't help but advise Qin Ziling in private.
It’s a pity that Qin Ziling was like a weight that had been weighed down on him and refused to listen to any advice. Zuo Le could only shake his head helplessly.
No one knew that apart from night hunting once every two days, Qin Ziling spent the rest of his time practicing martial arts and cultivating his soul instead of making money.
During this month, ever since Qin Ziling changed his training ideas and clearly distinguished the primary and secondary parts of his training, the progress of his limb training has obviously accelerated.
Now the bones, tendons and muscles of his limbs are getting tougher and stronger, as if they were made of steel. The skin on his limbs is also getting tougher. If someone with X-ray vision could see that the subcutaneous tissue that should have been loose and soft is now incredibly dense and thick. His muscle fibers are entangled together like steel wires. His bones have a faint metallic luster. His blood flows in his blood vessels, seemingly slowly but very powerfully, as if the blood is refined essence, incredibly pure and heavy.
Of course, the obvious improvement in cultivation speed is not only related to the change in cultivation ideas, but also has a lot to do with the huge amount of money Qin Ziling has invested in this month.
He seized nearly two thousand taels of silver from the Yanluo Gang. Except for the one thousand five hundred taels that Qin Ziling kept specifically to buy the Tianji Bone Restoring Ointment, he spent all the remaining five hundred taels of silver, plus the silver he earned from hunting in this month, totaling nearly six hundred taels.
He is no longer satisfied with just buying Yixue Pills and Buyuan Dan from "Yiyuantang", and from time to time he also directly purchases special nourishing medicinal materials and wild animals from "Shanye Suju".
Ever since he mentioned this to Shopkeeper Zhu last time, Shopkeeper Zhu later consulted Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing, for some unknown reason, made things very convenient for him. Even those particularly nutritious medicinal herbs and wild animals were sold to Qin Ziling at the purchase price, and he didn't make a penny.
Qin Ziling is a smart man. He sees through it but doesn't point it out.
