Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

15: Let him collect my body!Qin Jiang remained silent, his face cold as he stared at the woman in the pink dress.

The woman in the pink dress approached him step by step, a charming smile on her face, and wrapped her arms around Qin Jiang’s neck.

”Young Master~ Are you truly unwilling to share a night of pleasure with your humble servant?”

Qin Jiang’s eyes gradually lost their focus. A moment later, he slightly lowered his head and looked at the woman in the pink dress.

Pfft~!

The black water plunged into the woman in the pink dress’s chest, directly piercing her heart.

”I’d rather you like a horse’s head!”

Swish!

He violently pulled out the blade, bringing with it a wisp of black blood, and with a leap, he rushed into the room.

Flipping his palm, a bronze mirror appeared, and he directly scraped it across the black water blade.

The moment the two rubbed together, sparks flew, instantly igniting the blood on the blade, which then dripped onto the flames below.

Whoosh—!

Like oil poured on a fire, the flames surged instantly!

The surging flames spread in all directions, and the scorching heat made him involuntarily close his eyes as the surrounding scenery changed in an instant.

A breath later, when he opened his eyes again, he was back at the corner of the mine tunnel.

Dense pink mist permeated the area, with wisps of fire constantly burning, and after a moment, the pink mist was incinerated into nothingness.

Putting away the bronze mirror in his hand and gripping the black water tightly, Qin Jiang walked out of the corner.

He looked at the mine tunnel space before him, which was almost identical to the one in the illusion.

Only this time, a white-haired figure sat cross-legged in front of the Fox spirit statue, her long white hair spread across the ground, wearing a white Dao robe, leaning against the statue with her head slightly bowed.

Her face was exquisitely beautiful, possessing a unique aura, and bore a seven-tenths resemblance to the statue; it was precisely the woman in the pink dress he had seen in the illusion.

”It was my carelessness; I didn’t expect those two little girls to play a trick on me.”

An aged voice rang out; judging solely by the voice, one might have thought it belonged to a white-haired old woman.

Qin Jiang didn’t speak, but directly stepped forward and plunged his blade into the white-haired woman’s heart.

The white-haired woman raised her head, a hint of a relieved smile on her face, and her eyes, as she looked at Qin Jiang, were gentle.

”Not bad, this is how it should be in troubled times. Thank you. I was corroded by the ominous artifact back then; I’ve lived long enough these past years. If it weren’t for...”

At this point, her gaze became dim, ”After you return, please ask your Master for me, why he hasn’t been willing to see me all these years? Tell him to collect my body!”

With that, she reached out, and a scroll fell into her hand, which she then pressed into Qin Jiang’s hand.

Then, her head tilted, and her breath ceased.

Dense black smoke drifted from her body and then dissipated into the air, and her lustrous white hair also became withered.

[Potential point absorption in progress... 0.1... 0.2...]

Qin Jiang’s pupils constricted as he felt the cool Qi flowing into his body. Potential points?!

A moment later, the cool Qi surging from the scroll gradually weakened until it disappeared.

He glanced at the panel; his potential points had already reached 2.8.

He looked at the scroll in his hand with an unreadable expression. After some thought, he cut off a section of the white-haired woman’s Dao robe and carefully wrapped the scroll within it.

Ominous artifact?

Was Master referring to Old Doctor?

It must be.

He gently pinched his face; the pungent smell of garlic helped him sober up a bit.

No wonder Old Doctor knew so much...

He looked at the white-haired woman’s corpse with a complex expression, raised his black water, and stabbed it into various vital points a few more times.

After all, she was a demon, and thankfully, a dead one.

He walked to the wooden box in the corner, took out ten pieces of blood metal, and then went to the door where the tombstone stood.

He looked inside; seventeen tombstones were already covered in dust.

Whoosh—!

He unleashed a burst of inner Qi, sweeping the air and clearing away the dust.

Boom—!

He kicked the rock wall, and the large stone protruding above the doorway fell, completely blocking the entrance.

After doing all this, he looked at the white-haired woman’s corpse again, deciding to respect her last wish and let Old Doctor personally collect her body.

It was already afternoon when he emerged from Dahei Mountain.

Looking in the direction of Black Mountain City, he could see black smoke rising in the distance, like a pillar reaching up to the sky.

He walked for a long time, and before he even reached the city gate, he smelled a burnt odor. About two li outside the city gate, a group of Gang Disciples were lighting torches and continuously throwing corpses into a pit to burn them.

Looking towards the city gate, there were far fewer refugees, and the original pile of corpses was gone.

Entering the city, the streets were much deserted, with almost no one in sight.

”Who’s there! Stop!” Wang Dali at the checkpoint suddenly stood up, gripping the machete at his feet.

”It’s me, Qin Jiang,” Qin Jiang said, looking at his fair skin with a hint of helplessness.

???

Wang Dali tilted his head, his gaze puzzled.

It wasn’t until Qin Jiang walked closer that he recognized him by his appearance.

”My little teapot spout, little Jiang, what happened to you? You’re so beautiful now! Even prettier than the women in the brothels!” Wang Dali said dazedly.

Not only him, but even his subordinates couldn’t help but size up Qin Jiang, their gazes restrained, yet somewhat unable to be contained.

Qin Jiang was a bit speechless. What kind of comparison was that?

”Physician Baiyun taught me the Five Animals Play before, didn’t he? I fortunately mastered it in Dahei Mountain today, and this is how I ended up.

However, it feels quite draining; I’ve been hungry all day. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going now.”

Wang Dali reacted, nodding repeatedly, ”Oh, oh, oh! Come in! Hurry! If you’re hungry, you should eat! You need to eat to have the strength to work, right?”

Entering the northern part of the city, Qin Jiang surveyed his surroundings. There weren’t many people, but they were all quietly observing him.

Shaking his head helplessly, he walked into a corner and smudged some dirt on himself.

When he walked out again, no one was looking at him anymore, as expected.

Arriving at the medical hall, Old Doctor was examining a patient. Qin Jiang found a place to sit down.

A moment later, the examination ended, and Old Doctor walked over and sat down. ”How was your harvest? Why are you covered in dust and dirt? And your clothes are so torn?”

Qin Jiang placed the medicine basket on the table. ”It was alright. This time, I unexpectedly ate a strange fruit when I went out, and with the help of the five animals pill, I fortunately mastered the third layer, so my skin became a bit... tender.”

Old Doctor nodded, then paused, looked up at Qin Jiang, pulled his arm, and gently wiped it, revealing a patch of fair skin.

Hiss~

’Does the third layer of Five Animals Play have this effect?’

He wasn’t very sure because he was almost forty when he mastered the third layer of Five Animals Play, and besides his face looking younger, there were basically no other changes.

After some thought, he stood up and walked to the counter, took out a jade box from under it, and retrieved a Medicinal Pill placed in its corner.

After handing it to Qin Jiang, as if recalling some unpleasant memory, he spoke with some difficulty: ”This is an ancient bronze pill. After taking it, it can turn your skin bronze.”

Qin Jiang’s eyelids slightly lifted. ”It can only change the color?”

What kind of Divine Being developed such a useless Medicinal Pill?

Old Doctor nodded. ”Yes. When I was young, I traveled the world and met a group of people in a small country who considered bronze skin beautiful. This Medicinal Pill was developed then; I didn’t expect it to be useful now.”

He sighed slightly, thinking that if he hadn’t been so broke back then, he would never have developed such a Medicinal Pill.

Qin Jiang looked at the Medicinal Pill in his hand, his eyes a little surprised, not expecting that in this world, there was a place with such advanced aesthetics.

After taking the Medicinal Pill, with his current perception, he could clearly feel the medicinal power flowing along his meridians to the surface of his skin. In just a few breaths, the medicinal power had completely integrated into his skin.

Whoosh~

His Qi surged, stirring up a cloud of dust around him. Looking at his arm again, it had already turned a dull bronze color.

Seeing this, Old Doctor sat down to count the medicinal herbs. After a while, he finished counting. ”Not bad, you went to the inner area, didn’t you? The quality of the medicinal herbs is indeed much better.”

Counting on his fingers, ”It’s a total of one liang and four qian. Deducting a hundred wen for the five animals pill, I’ll count it as one liang and three qian.”

Saying that, he took out one liang of broken silver from his money pouch and waved to the apprentice at the counter, ”Xiao Fang, bring three strings of copper coins.”

”Aye! Understood, Master!”

Soon, Xiao Fang came out from the back courtyard, carrying three strings of copper coins.

After putting away the money, Qin Jiang looked at Old Doctor, who was sorting medicinal herbs. Old Doctor noticed his gaze and looked up.

”What’s wrong?”

Qin Jiang looked around. ”This time, when I went to the inner area, I encountered a Fox spirit.”