"However, I would like to remind you that these three internal skills are all health-preserving skills that only focus on maintaining health. After being practiced, they have little power in fighting with others. They are suitable for family cultivation and not suitable for fighting. The highest level can only be practiced at two levels. "

Duanmuwan reminded.

"There are only two levels of health-preserving skills and there is no real inner martial arts?"

Lu Sheng frowned a little.

"If you have that kind of internal strength, it may come from a certain sect, even if you give it to the young master, do you dare to practice it, young master?"

Duanmu Wan raised her beautiful eyes and looked at Lu Sheng with a slight smile.

Lu Sheng was silent for a moment and then smiled.

"Indeed, I don't dare to cultivate that kind of internal strength. Once the sect's internal strength is leaked, it will be an unending hatred."

"Young master, it's good that you understand. Of course, there are some low-end internal strength secrets, but compared to these three, those secrets take a very long time and are not as powerful as these three."

Lu Sheng immediately gave in, but Duanmu Wan gave her a high look. In front of a beauty like her, almost all men would unconsciously become competitive. They must be strong-minded and show their strong and heroic side no matter what.

But Lu Sheng was able to say the words "I don't dare" without changing his expression. This is not something ordinary people can do.

"Your three internal skills don't quite meet my requirements."

Lu Sheng said solemnly.

"Mr. Lu, don't refuse in a hurry. You must know that this internal skill secret book is not a big deal. You can have it whenever you want."

Duanmu Wan smiled and said.

"It's just a coincidence that I have so many copies here now. After a while, I may not have them anymore."

Lu Sheng didn't understand what she meant.

“Can’t the secret book be copied and resold after a few copies?”

"That's what I said, but here, all the original copies are sold," Duanmu Wan said confidently.

"Is this true?" Lu Sheng's heart moved.

"Of course I take it seriously. It's better for Mr. Lu not to practice the Black Evil Technique. Even if the technique is incomplete, it's still a fragment of it that was handed down hundreds of years ago. It's almost impossible to find a complete follow-up."

Duanmu Wan advised.

Lu Sheng pondered for a moment.

"I don't know, does Miss Wan'er have any other secret books in her hand? I don't want the original, just a copy. How about one hundred taels per volume?"

Duanmu Wan's expression remained unchanged, with a faint smile.

"Master Lu is so obsessed with martial arts?"

"Yes, I am actually a martial arts fanatic." Lu Sheng answered seriously.

Duanmu Wan looked at him with interest. They looked at each other for a moment, and she suddenly burst out laughing.

"In that case, let's pay with one hand."

"Delivery with one hand. I want the Jade Crane Gong."

Lu Sheng randomly clicked on one. She took out the banknote from her arms. It was his last savings, and it would be gone after it was used up.

Duanmuwan took the banknote without looking at it, stuffed it into her sleeve, and put down the Jade Crane Gong.

"Then I wish you great success in martial arts as soon as possible."

"Thank you for your kind words."

Lu Sheng stood up to see her off.

After delivering Duanmu Wan to the gate and watching her get on the carriage and leave slowly, Lu Sheng felt slightly relieved.

For some reason, every time he faced Duanmu Wan, he would be slightly cautious.

It was obvious that the other party was just a weak woman who didn't seem to know much about martial arts, but he just felt something was wrong.

Watch the carriage drive slowly until it exits the end of the street and is no longer visible.

Lu Sheng then turned around.

Holding the Jade Crane Skill in his hand, Lu Sheng hesitated for a moment, but decided to take a look at this internal skill first.

**********************

Jiuliancheng magistrate's office.

In the square-shaped yamen compound, the courtyard faces the court hall. The ground is paved with white stone tiles, and the sunlight reflects slightly dazzling light on them.

In the court hall on the inside of the courtyard, more than ten vermilion pillars support the red roof.

There were two rows of killing sticks on both sides of the courtroom, both painted red.

The prefect, Song Duanchi, was sitting in the courtroom with his brows furrowed. Behind him was a huge picture of a blue sky and a white sun, with a crane fluttering its wings.

There were two people standing on either side below, a total of four people.

They are the heads of the four families: Zhao, Li, Lu, and Zheng.

These four companies represent most of the forces from all walks of life in Jiulian City.

Lu Quan'an is one of them.

He was wearing a money-dollar jacket and a red jade official's outer cap. He kept pinching his beard on his chin with his hand and stared closely at the prefect sitting in the hall.

Including the prefect, five people did not say anything.

The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Shide, is a bald old man with strong muscles. His Zhao family leads all the restaurants, brothels, music shops, and casinos in Jiulian City. He is the most powerful among the four.

Seeing that no one spoke at this time, he twitched his face and spoke first.

"Mr. Song, you asked us to look for people and things, and we sent people to look for them. We thought it was just a small matter.

But now more than ten of our people have disappeared in succession. This is a matter of life and death.

If you still don't tell the truth in this situation, then don't blame us for not accompanying you. "

Lu Quan'an made up his mind to keep silent.

The other two seemed to have the same plan as him.

Magistrate Song Duanchi frowned and sighed.

“Things and people are orders from above, and there’s nothing I can do about it.

Moreover, strange things have happened one after another in the past few days, both inside and outside the city. I also asked the abbot of Honglian Temple to perform rituals, but to no avail.

The knight-errant who was invited has also left and never returned. I don't know if he ran away or the case in Wangjiazhuang outside the city has not been settled yet.

I asked the four of you to get together, just to see if you have any good ideas.

This Jiuliancheng is, after all, the Jiuliancheng for all of us. "

Lu Quan'an and the other two remained silent.

Then Zhao Shide sneered.

“Let’s not mention the matter of finding someone for now, let’s just stop.

As for other matters, since I can't do anything about it, I invited an extraordinary expert to investigate. It’s just that this remuneration is not enough for my family to pay, right? "

"Since he is a master, if he can really solve the case, I will give him the entire reward." The prefect took the lead to confirm.

"My family will contribute a thousand taels as a sponsor."

"me too."

Lu Quan'an quickly spoke up.

"I am the same." The last person's home page leaked a thousand taels.

"Okay, the Xu family case has been taken over for the time being, but the Wangjiazhuang case..." The prefect started to have trouble again.

"What about the case of the concubine who fell into a well in Wangjiazhuang? Wouldn't it be better to just settle the case according to the laws of the Song Dynasty?"

The head of the Li family said calmly.

"It would be nice if it was that simple. But the problem is, now even the concubine's body can't be found, and there isn't even a drop of blood at the bottom of the well.

But many people in Zhuangzi swore that they saw the concubine throw herself into the well with their own eyes. We did find footprints from the well.”

The magistrate shook his head.

"It's been such a troubled time," Lu Quan'an said with emotion as he watched this scene.

When he thought of the fearful face of his old friend of the Xu family before he died, his heart suddenly twitched.

*********************

Lufu.

In the bedroom.

Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on the bed, focused his mind, and according to the Jade Crane Technique, he began to imagine a crane on his chest that was about to fly. It kept vibrating its wings and continued to gain strength, but it just wouldn't fly.

Lu Sheng closed his eyes for a while and then slowly opened his eyes. He took out the Jade Crane Skill secret book from his arms and opened it to read.

On the first page that was opened, there was a clear hand-drawn picture of a crane fluttering its wings and about to fly. The posture of soaring into the sky and about to fly gave people a slightly depressing feeling.

Lu Sheng stared at the painting for a moment, then immediately closed his eyes and continued to imagine the crane on his chest.

Repeat this three times.

The light outside the window gradually dimmed.

Xiaoqiao also came over and asked him to eat several times. Lu Sheng refused one by one, keeping the door closed and continuing to sit on the bed.

The Songhe he imagined became more and more realistic and real.

When it was just dark in the evening, Lu Sheng, who was sitting on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

call.

He spit out a breath of turbid air.

He took a deep breath and clearly felt an ant-like thin line on his chest, slowly rotating in his chest to form a simple oval.

This ellipse rotates clockwise, very slowly, and you can't tell it unless you feel it carefully.

Lu Sheng relaxed tiredly and hurriedly thought to himself.

"Dark blue."

Suddenly the modifier page appeared in front of his eyes.

In the dark blue modifier box, under Black Tiger Sword Technique, there is another line of small text.

‘Jade Crane Kung Fu: Not yet started. ’

"As soon as possible."

Lu Sheng quickly began to concentrate and clicked the modify button to prevent this trace of aura from disappearing.

As the button was pressed, the entire dark blue modifier flashed.

Lu Sheng quickly focused on the Jade Crane Technique.

"Upgrade one level!" He muttered silently.

Yuhe Gong's state suddenly jumped.

I have never started, but I suddenly became a beginner.

Lu Sheng stopped for a moment and felt a faint stream of water suddenly appear in his body, and it began to flow slowly from his chest to his lower abdomen.

An oval ring is formed between the chest and lower abdomen. The strands of cool air are constantly flowing between the two.

“It doesn’t seem to be a heavy physical burden once you get started.”

Lu Sheng thought for a while, then continued to concentrate, imagining that the realm of Jade Crane Technique would be improved to another level.

Ahem! !

Suddenly he felt a dry itchiness in his throat and coughed loudly.

A feeling of boredom and heat rose from his lower abdomen and welled up in his heart. Lu Sheng's mouth suddenly became dry.

"No, my body is yin-deficient! This Jade Crane Skill improves quickly, and it does damage to the body, but it's not as domineering as the Black Tiger Sword Technique."

Lu Sheng relaxed his mind and allowed the modifier to slowly fade away.

"Is this internal strength?"

He stretched out his legs and slowly got out of bed.

Carefully feel the inner Qi of Jade Crane Gong that is constantly circulating between the chest and abdomen, and it feels very novel.

"It feels like there's an extra line in my body."

Lu Sheng tried to control this line and found that this thing seemed to be unable to move to other places and could only be fixed in circles between the chest and abdomen.

And during the process of this inner energy turning in circles, he obviously felt that his breathing was much easier and his energy was more vigorous.

"Let me take a look at the internal strength you have gained." Lu Sheng took out the secret book and looked at the records above.