Chapter 116 The Demon Palace Master

Bi Shi'an ate with great relish and couldn't find the words to answer her, so he just kept nodding.

"The fastest way for me to teach you to master this skill quickly is to transfer my internal energy to you."

"Having internal strength is the most important thing. It would take you at least several years to cultivate on your own. Now that you have internal strength, you can learn the moves slowly later."

Tao Tao clapped her hands and cheered when she heard that it was a good idea.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

"But it will hurt a bit, so you'll have to bear with it, little girl."

He wiped his greasy hands, sat cross-legged on the ground, and gestured for her to be in front of him.

She thought it hurt a little, but it shouldn't be too painful. She'd been through all kinds of pain before, so it shouldn't be unbearable.

After mentally preparing herself like this, she sat down.

At first, she didn't feel anything, only a warm current flowing from her back to her limbs and bones, but soon she noticed something was wrong.

The veins in my body seemed to be unblocked, my muscles and bones were reshaped, and then piercing pain followed.

Her brows furrowed, and she couldn't help but scream loudly, her face pale and her voice filled with pain.

Hearing this, Leng Qiao, who was waiting outside, hurriedly pushed open the door and rushed in, only to see the strange old man transferring his internal energy to Tao Tao.

Tao Tao was just an ordinary person, and her muscles and bones had not undergone long-term training. How could she withstand such immense internal force?

If you do this carelessly, your body will explode and you will die.

Leng Qiao was immediately anxious and drew her whip to strike, but it was blocked by an invisible barrier and she was unable to stop it.

"Miss! Miss!"

Seeing Tao Tao's distress and pain, she tried to wake her up with her voice.

"Stop! Stop it now!"

The whip kept lashing out, but it bounced back time and time again.

Bi Shi'an glanced at her, quite impatiently, "Alright, alright, stop yelling."

After he finished speaking, he began to withdraw his attack.

The moment the barrier receded, Leng Qiao rushed forward to support the swaying Tao Tao.

"Miss? Miss! How are you?"

She heard Leng Qiao's anxious shouts in her ears. Cold sweat dripped from her forehead. She slowly opened her eyes and managed a smile.

"Thank goodness, he's not dead."

It hurts so much, it really hurts so much, it feels like my whole body has been broken and then reattached.

She didn't faint entirely because of the internal energy transmitted from behind, which prevented her from fainting even if she wanted to.

This old man... he said it hurts a little, but is it really just a little pain?!

Thinking about it, she looked at him with resentment in her eyes, pursed her lips, and looked like she didn't want to talk to him.

Bi Shi'an touched his nose guiltily and said with a grin, "Little girl, I'm doing this for your own good. This is the fastest way for you to practice martial arts, although it will hurt you a bit."

"But you now possess twenty years of skill, something many people envy, isn't it?"

He laughed and patted her on the shoulder.

Tao Tao took a deep breath and smiled: "Grandpa is right."

Then he took out a secret manual from his sleeve. "Little girl, this is a unique manual I created myself. I guarantee that if you master it, you will become the second best in the martial arts world."

"The second person? Then who is the number one in the world?"

She asked curiously.

Bi Shi'an straightened his clothes, his brows furrowed with arrogance: "Hahaha, of course it's me, Bi Shi'an!"

A strange, evil wind blew by, billowing the sleeves of clothes and making a rustling sound. Accompanied by rampant laughter, it lingered above the mortuary for a long time.

Bi Shi'an?!

Leng Qiao looked up at him in shock, thinking, how could it be him!

If it really is him, then it's true that he called himself the number one person in the martial arts world, but that was fifty years ago.

Back then, the martial arts world was rife with bloodshed, and evil forces ran rampant. The righteous path tried its best but failed to destroy the Demon Palace. The imperial court had to step in to resolve the issue, and then the Demon Palace Master, Bi Shi'an, led his people to retreat to a foreign land.

Now that the Demon Palace Master has arrived, will he make a comeback?

Bi Shi'an is here, so have the people from the Demon Palace already set foot in the martial world?

With the century-old treaty still in effect, how dare the Demon Palace set foot here so easily? This matter must be told to the master, as only the imperial army can barely suppress the people of the Demon Palace.

Bi Shi'an seemed to sense Leng Qiao's thoughts, lowered his head with a ruthless look in his eyes, and reached out his hand towards her.

An invisible thread suddenly pierced through her chest and lifted her up.

Caught off guard, Leng Qiao's face contorted in pain as the silk thread seized her lifeline, rendering her immobile for a moment.

Just as he was about to circulate his internal energy, he felt a sharp pain in his dantian, and his limbs went weak, leaving him vulnerable to being slaughtered.

Upon seeing this, Tao Tao hurriedly shouted, "Don't kill her! Good grandpa, please, please don't kill her!"

She quickly got up and grabbed his arm, looking at him with a pleading expression, then anxiously glancing at Leng Qiao in mid-air.

He frowned and said irritably, "What's the use of keeping this piece of trash around?! We might as well kill him."

"No, if you kill her, then kill me too!"

She stared at him stubbornly, her eyes red-rimmed, which inevitably reminded him of that little baby who cried her heart out. When she wasn't crying, she was especially pleasing to him, but when she cried, it was like the earth shook.

No matter if you are the master of the Demon Palace or the leader of the righteous path, you can't do anything about a six-month-old child.

"Ugh, you really are...aren't you annoying...?"

He angrily grabbed his hair, extremely agitated, wishing he could kill more people to relieve his restlessness.

But for some reason, I just felt soft-hearted towards her, and my face was full of helplessness towards her.

Seeing him like this, Tao Tao was able to put her mind at ease for the time being.

She didn't know if this trick would work on him; she just noticed the way the old man looked at her, as if he were looking through her at someone else.

That loving gaze was just like the way her grandfather looked at her in later years.

A fondness and doting affection for a younger person.

She thought the old man might have a grandson or granddaughter, and since she looked somewhat like them, she accidentally won his favor.

"I understand! I'll release her, okay?"

He suddenly pulled the thread away, and with a bang, Leng Qiao fell directly from mid-air, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Tao Tao was startled and quickly went over to help him up. "Are you alright? Do you have any medicine on you?"

Leng Qiao gritted her teeth, braced herself with her hands on the ground, and tried to get up.

He looked very stubborn and defiant, with a hint of embarrassment and annoyance.

She was furious that she couldn't even withstand a single move from Bi Shi'an, so what right did she have to teach Tao Tao?

This is not Leng Qiao's fault. She was injured at the mortuary yesterday and hadn't recovered yet. She was punished again when she returned to the Privy Council, and now she's injured again. It's a testament to her high level of martial arts that she's still alive.

"Don't be a hero."

She didn't speak, so Tao Tao searched her body for any medicine.

People like them usually carry medicine for injuries with them.

Sure enough, a bottle of medicine was found on her waist.

"Is this it?" Tao Tao asked her.

Leng Qiao nodded, and as soon as Tao Tao opened the package, she took it and drank it herself.