Chapter 20 The Rain of Qielan Temple (2/2)

Ever since he started cultivating his inner Qi, he had unblocked all of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians, with the toughest two points being the Conception Vessel and Governor Vessel.

When the man in green was ambushed by the army, the Green Bamboo Sect, and Jin Daowang, he was too drained and got caught alive. He did not even manage to protect the young beggar.

When he woke up in the prison after the near-death experience, he managed to break through the blanket of ignorance and attained epiphany in his martial arts studies.

He unblocked the Huiyin point by accident; both of the posterior and anterior Huiyin points were joined into one, the inner Qi was delivered from Huiyin point to Changqiang point.

Although the Huiyin point was near to the Changqiang point, one of them was on the Conception Vessel and the other on Governor Vessel; they were practically unrelated.

However, once they were unblocked and joint, inner Qi could circulate smoothly in an endless loop throughout the body.

If it were not for his pierced clavicles on that day he was captured, causing his inner Qi to be a mess, he would have broken through the shackles and killed his way out.

As for the few batches of Jianghu drifters who caught wind of his whereabouts and had come for his Deity Vanquishing Sword, they should have known better. Of course, they were taken care of by his Deity Vanquishing Sword.

These people did not know that the Deity Vanquishing Sword had nothing to do with inner Qi; they did not even know how and why did they meet their deaths.

Even if they have a chance to be reborn into their next life, they would still be born an idiot.

Due to the disturbance by these intruders, combined with the side effect of the Deity Vanquishing Sword – 'for the damage that you deal with your enemy, eighty percent of it will be inflicted back upon yourself'; his spirit had been considerably impaired. If it was not for Ling Chongxiao's effort to soothe his spirit by playing Tai Wei for the past month, he did not know when he would be able to break out of here.

Tai Wei was the name of Ling Chongxiao's temple block. It was an important instrument treasured by his martial sect and had the effect of calming and soothing one's spirit. This compensated the damage inflicted by Deity Vanquishing Sword.

However, the Deity Vanquishing Sword was a means to attack one's spirit, which was against the natural law. Apprentices from his martial sect were prohibited from cultivating that skill, and even if the skill were to be passed down, the recipient apprentice would have to be someone upright and honest.

Every time that the Deity Vanquishing Sword was unleashed, the user will be inflicting damage on his or her spirit. If used frequently, the user would have to spend months, if not years to recover.

Despite the reputation for using the Deity Vanquishing Sword, the man in green actually had only used it for a couple of times.

He knew what Ling Chongxiao was thinking. When Ling Chongxiao had set his mind on killing someone, he would make sure that his opponent was in his best form; it was not him to strike when his opponent was not fully prepared.

Shen Lian was lifted up by the man in green single-handedly; the wind was breezing past his ears, as though he was flying past smoke and clouds.

The man in green did not stop after getting out of the prison; he marched on. Shen Lian saw a shadow moving on the rooftop up ahead.

He could no longer hear the sound of the temple block. It was replaced by a dense and convoluted passage of words, which had an ancient and intricate ring to it.

The entire passage consisted of a mere hundred and eight words, which was nothing challenging for Shen Lian's memorizing capability. However, the moment he committed the passage to memory, he felt lightheaded and overpowered.

It seemed as though a magical sword was flying at him from the bier, and the sword slashed at him. That left him drenched in cold sweat. His forehead was ice cold.

That was when he realized that the man in green had stopped moving.

An ancient temple stood in the rain, and the entire world had fallen into a shade of grey.

He knew where this was. They were at the highest mountain peak, which was located at the south of the state capital. The prison was at least ten kilometers away.

Shen Lian felt the Qi energy coursing through his body, and estimated that roughly fifteen minutes had passed.

He recognized the ancient temple too; it was the famed Qielan Temple, located on the outskirts of Qing State Capital.