Chapter 104: Becoming Bigger and Stronger is the Only Way

Even if Lin Pingzhi does not use his swordsmanship now, relying on his pair of poisonous palms and icy silver needles, he is enough to easily defeat the average innate realm cultivators, and is hard to find an opponent in the same realm.

Li Ming examined it for a long time and found that there was nothing wrong with Lin Pingzhi's practice of the Red Snake Palm, so he felt relieved.

Although under Lin Pingzhi's repeated requests, Li Ming agreed to teach him the secrets of the Five Poisons and also allowed him to practice the Red Snake Palm.

However, because it involves the use of poison as a special method, and considering Lin Pingzhi's hatred and slightly extreme temperament, Li Ming has always been worried, fearing that he would be too eager for success and practice in the wrong way.

Therefore, he has always been very concerned about Lin Pingzhi's progress in martial arts, checking it frequently so that if there are any problems, he can correct them in time.

Now seeing that Lin Pingzhi's progress was faster than he expected, and he had already poisoned his palms according to the secret recipe of the Five Poisons, and had made initial achievements, but he had not gone astray, Li Ming felt relieved.

It is estimated that during this process, Lin Pingzhi's understanding and mastery of the secret of the Five Poisons also reached a higher level.

As for the difficulty in making progress in the Jade Girl Heart Sutra now, it is normal.

This is the performance of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra in the middle stage. This stage is the most difficult and it is also the place where Li Mochou suffered setbacks and injuries during her practice before.

During this stage, the energy gained from practicing the Jade Girl Heart Sutra accumulates inside the body, causing heat to rise from the whole body, which is difficult to relieve.

However, Lin Pingzhi does not need to practice naked, the cold jade bed in the martial arts hall can solve this problem.

But another point is that the operation of internal force is like walking on a tightrope, which is very easy to lose balance. It requires two people to practice together to guide and protect the true energy in Lin Pingzhi's body so that he can overcome the difficulties.

At present, there is no other person practicing the Jade Girl Heart Sutra in the martial arts hall, but Li Ming has already made plans.

He stood up: "Pingzhi, follow me."

Soon, Li Ming and Lin Pingzhi appeared beside the cold jade bed in the underground secret room.

Lin Pingzhi followed Li Ming's instructions and skillfully meditated on the cold jade bed to guide his internal energy. Soon, that familiar feeling of stiffness appeared again.

According to the practice route of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra, I did not have the previous feeling of clarity and improvement. Instead, the internal energy in the meridians had difficulty moving and conflicted with each other. Not only did it not increase, but it was also lost.

Lin Pingzhi frowned, and heat rose from his neck, but it was quickly dissipated by the chillness of the cold jade bed, allowing him to remain mentally clear.

But this time Li Ming was beside him. He stretched out his hand and pointed, and a stream of free and easy Qi condensed from his fingertips into a thread and communicated with Lin Pingzhi.

Soon, the Xiaoyao Qi was introduced into Lin Pingzhi's meridians.

But it did not conflict with the Jade Girl Heart Sutra like other true qi did.

Instead, it exerted the powerful plasticity of the Xiaoyao Qi and instantly simulated the same properties as the Jade Girl Heart Sutra. It was not rejected at all, but successfully integrated into the practice route of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra.

This stream of free and easy true energy protected Lin Pingzhi's practice of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra. Wherever it passed, the feeling of astringency disappeared and all obstacles were cleared.

Soon, the discomfort in Lin Pingzhi's body gradually disappeared, and the feeling of constantly increasing his internal strength through practicing internal skills returned.

After a full hour, Lin Pingzhi finally finished his practice, slowly opened his eyes, and emitted two rays of light.

With Li Ming's strength, maintaining the operation of his internal energy is a piece of cake, and it can even be of great benefit.

In just a short while, Lin Pingzhi's internal strength increased significantly, and his strength increased as a result.

"Master!"

Lin Pingzhi jumped off the cold jade bed and looked at Li Ming with a sore nose.

Although he had always known that Li Ming had been so kind to him and that he could never repay him, Lin Pingzhi was still deeply moved when he saw that Li Ming had specially made time to support his inner cultivation.

Lin Pingzhi felt that his master was doing this for him, and even sacrificed his own practice time to help.

How can I repay this kindness?
Lin Pingzhi was touched, but he didn't know that Li Ming didn't need to practice at all since he was just sitting around anyway.

Lin Pingzhi was filled with gratitude, but Li Ming looked normal.

"Just follow this method for a few more days and you will be able to get through the middle stage of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra. Then, your practice will be smooth sailing."

Li Ming took back a wisp of free and easy Qi and explained to him.

After solving the problem of Lin Ping's internal strength, Li Ming turned to check Yang Guo's progress.

When Lin Pingzhi and I arrived at a spacious wing, we saw the hired doctor from Xuejiazhuang lecturing on medicinal materials and medical principles. Yang Guo, Zi Yu, and some other interested disciples were listening attentively.

Yang Guo waited until the lecture was over, walked out of the house, and when he looked up he saw Li Ming.

"Master!"

Yang Guo ran over excitedly and saluted.

Just then, the doctor from Xuejiazhuang came out. When he saw Li Ming, his face was immediately filled with enthusiasm and he came over, rubbing his hands.

"Master Li, you are always nice..."

He first exchanged a few words with Li Ming to get closer to him, and then pointed at Yang Guo.

"Master Li, your disciple is really spiritual and a good candidate for medical studies. I almost have nothing to teach him. Master Li, look at this rough diamond. If he can concentrate on studying medicine, his future is limitless. If Master Li agrees, why not let him go to Xuejia Village to study with Doctor Xue?"

“With his talent, in ten years… no, within five years, he will definitely be a famous doctor! His reputation will definitely not be lower than that of Divine Doctor Xue!”

As he spoke, he looked at Yang Guo, his eyes full of admiration for his talent.

Yang Guo scratched his head when he was praised, but there was a hint of pride in his eyes.

Li Ming felt a little helpless when he heard this.

It turns out that this doctor from Xuejiazhuang was poached here. Last time he liked Ziyu, but disliked her because of her disability. This time he liked Yang Guo again.

However, Li Ming believed what he said.

Yang Guo's medical skills have indeed improved rapidly recently. With the guidance of a famous teacher, he also takes time out every day to study the Diegu Medical Classics. Although he is young, he has already far surpassed the average famous doctors in the world.

But then again, Yang Guo is good at more than just medicine. Now, in addition to martial arts, he has shown great talent in the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, medicine, divination, astrology, music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

After Li Ming's initial guidance, Yang Guo showed varying degrees of interest in various miscellaneous subjects.

In addition to this doctor, Lu Xiucai, who had taught him to read and write, as well as Yue Qing and Ouyang Shi, had all praised Yang Guo to varying degrees.

Even Li Ming himself felt a lot more relaxed, because after teaching Yang Guo the methods of refining Xiaoyao Xiaohuan Dan and Xiaoyao Yiqi San, he did a very good job and he could just become a hands-off boss.

Recently, most of the elixirs in the martial arts hall are made by Yang Guo, and he is becoming more and more skilled.

Li Ming has already started to let him practice making Nine-Turn Bear Snake Pills and Tendon-Breaking and Bone-Rotting Pills.

It is really hard to imagine that Yang Guo has only been in the martial arts school for a little over half a year, but he has already shown talent in so many areas.

He is like a sponge, absorbing any knowledge he comes into contact with very quickly.

Correspondingly, these also promoted his progress in martial arts.

What Li Ming taught Yang Guo was mainly based on the martial arts of Peach Blossom Island, which was all-encompassing and integrated many miscellaneous studies.

The wider Yang Guo's knowledge was, the better it was for his martial arts. After he had mastered the Jade Flute Sword Technique and the Orchid Finger Technique, Li Ming taught him the Air-Splitting Palm and the Qimen Dunjia formation technique.

After just laughing it off and fooling the doctor about his request, Li Ming took Yang Guo away.

Arriving at the courtyard where several disciples were given special lessons, Li Ming first checked Yang Guo's internal strength.

The progress of the Shen Zhao Jing is still very fast. Combined with taking Yi Qi San every day, Yang Guo's strength should now be able to cross the border and compete with ordinary Xiantian realm masters. He is also about to break through.

In addition, he checked Yang Guo's other martial arts and found that they all met the requirements perfectly, so Li Ming was satisfied.

"Next, I will teach you this martial art called Dou Zhuan Xing Yi."

Upon hearing that their master was going to teach them new martial arts, Yang Guo and Lin Pingzhi became excited and began to learn seriously with Li Ming.

It was another busy afternoon, and it was not until dark that Li Ming finished teaching his two disciples.

Letting them slowly digest what they had just learned, Li Ming turned to inspect the martial arts hall.

After the martial arts hall was reorganized and divided, the lax atmosphere was swept away, and wherever he went, the disciples all saluted with a bit of fear.

Li Ming first went to the pharmacy to inspect, where he saw several disciples making medicine and smelled a fragrance from afar.

All of them were selected by Yang Guo. They had limited talent in martial arts but were quite interested in alchemy and medicine making.

It’s just that their skills are still inadequate and they are far from being able to catch up with Yang Guo. Currently, they can only practice by making some medicines to treat illnesses and injuries.

After greeting a few people, Li Ming walked into the secret room of the pharmacy, activated the mechanism and stepped in.

Only he and Yang Guo can enter here.

As soon as you come in, the unique fragrance of the Xiaoyao Sect's elixir rushes straight into your mouth and nose, making you feel refreshed.

Looking at the shelf in front of him, there were jars full of the results of what Yang Guo had taken time to refine during this period of time - Xiaoyao Xiaohuan Dan and Yiqi San.

Especially the Qi-boosting powder, which is the most consumed elixir in the martial arts hall. Basically, it is distributed to the disciples every day. For example, his three direct disciples eat this thing as a snack. Therefore, the internal strength of the martial arts hall disciples is generally much stronger than that of the martial artists of the same level.

The Nine-Turn Bear Snake Pills and Broken Tendon and Rotten Bone Pills are less available because the main ingredients needed are difficult to collect and are very expensive, and Yang Guo is not yet proficient in making them.

After the martial arts hall was reformed and reorganized and a medicine hall was established, Yang had a few more disciples to help him, and his efficiency became higher.

In just one night, he used up all the materials on hand and refined the pills in front of him.

Making medicine requires proficiency, so after letting him practice at all costs and experiencing a high failure rate in the beginning, Yang Guo has now completely mastered the skill and is learning it at an incredibly fast speed.

Li Ming took a look around and was very satisfied.

The current inventory is enough for the martial arts school disciples to consume for two months.

Next is the Hall of Instruments——

As soon as I arrived outside the workshop, I heard the sound of metal knocking.

As soon as you come in, you will see various weapons made of fine steel on the shelves, mainly swords.

Ever since this group of disciples followed Ouyang Shi to become disciples, Li Ming sent people to purchase a large amount of fine iron for them to practice.

This workshop is just sitting there anyway.

Soon, the weapons in the martial arts hall were all brand new, and all the disciples were equipped with weapons made of fine steel.

The martial arts school even has its own special weapons storehouse.

During the last battle with the Songshan Sect, the swords and knives of his martial arts school disciples were no weaker than the weapons used by the elite disciples of famous sects like the Songshan Sect.

After the establishment of the Qi Tang, Li Ming arranged for the Foreign Affairs Hall to regularly allocate funds and provide convenience for the Qi Tang's purchases.

At the same time, it also puts higher demands on the instrument hall.

In the past two days, the disciples in the Weapon Hall began to study and figure out how to create various hidden weapons, as well as sleeve arrows and bows and crossbows that are convenient for the disciples to carry. Once the difficulties are overcome, they can be mass-produced.

Naturally, Li Ming asked someone to get the drawings from Yue Qing.

Although Yue Qing didn't like making this kind of weapon that was purely used to kill people, since Li Ming asked him, he didn't refuse.

Li Ming took a look around and saw that his disciples had already built the finished products according to the drawings, but they were not very successful. Either the appearance did not meet the requirements, or the performance was too poor.

After all, this thing is different from a sword and is more difficult to make.

But each batch of finished products is visibly improving.

After reading it once, Li Ming encouraged his disciples and promised that after they succeeded, everyone would be rewarded according to their merits. At the same time, he told them that if they had any questions, they could go outside the town to ask Yue Qing for advice at any time.

Such a skilled craftsman is right under our noses, so it would be a waste if we don't make use of him.

With Li Ming's encouragement, these disciples suddenly became more motivated.

Next came the Medical Hall, Foreign Affairs Hall, and the other courtyard groups...

Li Ming inspected them one by one and was initially quite satisfied.

Originally, there were more than 200 disciples in the martial arts school. The management was quite chaotic and it was a bit crowded to accommodate them.

But after this reorganization, the establishment of the rules and regulations, and the completion of the sorting, the martial arts hall suddenly became much cleaner and tidier.

The disciples strengthened management and each took charge of their own tasks, which actually freed up a lot of space.

Next, recruiting disciples will be easy, just fill in this framework.

Li Ming estimated that with the main part of Qianming Martial Arts School plus a few branch courtyards, it should not be a problem to recruit a few hundred more people.

And if the part of the martial arts hall that Yue Qing and Zhu Ting have built outside the town is completed, the space will be even larger, enough to accommodate one or two thousand people!
This number is terrifying just thinking about it.

The scale of a thousand people is already far beyond that of most sects in the martial arts world. Even some famous sects do not have so many disciples.

What's more, the scale of the martial arts school can continue to expand, and it will be able to accommodate more people in the future.

At this scale, it has far exceeded the level of a regular martial arts school.

It is estimated that only the major gangs or sects like the Sun and Moon Sect can compare with it in the underworld.

But then again, with this reorganization, Li Ming is no longer following the path of an ordinary martial arts school.

After all, I have never heard of any martial arts school that can make its own medicine and forge equipment for treatment. It is so comprehensive that it is almost forming a complete industrial chain.

In the future, as the martial arts school continues to expand, it will continue to be reorganized and improved, and its internal hierarchical structure is expected to become more complex.

Although the atmosphere is less warm and casual than before, it is the only way for an organization to grow bigger and stronger.

After finishing the inspection, Li Ming was in a good mood and just walked around to the gate.

The new doorman of the martial arts school, Di Yun, was seen pacing back and forth at the gate with his hands behind his back, looking outside from time to time, but his main attention was on the training of the martial arts school disciples.

Seeing Li Ming coming, Di Yun hurried to greet him, but his expression was somewhat guilty.

Li Ming heard from Lin Pingzhi that Murong Bo sneaked into the martial arts hall two days ago and a fight broke out, which made Di Yun very upset.

As the doorman of a martial arts gym, he ended up not being able to help at all and felt like he had failed in his duty.

Although no one blamed him, after all, no one in the martial arts hall could match Murong Bo's strength except Li Ming.

But Di Yun still felt uneasy. He always felt that the martial arts school gave him a place to stay and a sense of belonging, and he should do something to repay them.

Originally, Di Yun had not been very enthusiastic about learning martial arts, but this time, for the first time in his life, he had an urgent desire to improve his strength.

"The owner..."

"No need to say anything, I understand everything."

Li Ming interrupted Di Yun and looked at the two small rooms inside the gate.

Now this place has been tidied up by Di Yun very neatly. Although it is simple, it is also quite warm.

Li Ming first asked him how he had been spending the past few days in the martial arts gym, and then changed the subject.

"I've said before that you can practice martial arts with the disciples. In addition, I'll ask Pingzhi to prepare a few martial arts for you to practice in the next few days. The necessary resources will be distributed to you regularly according to the treatment of core disciples. As I said before, after all, your martial arts skills cannot be wasted."

After hearing that Li Ming's arrangements were all correct, Di Yun said nothing, but pursed his lips and nodded heavily.

After taking care of everything in the martial arts hall, Li Ming finally relaxed and returned to the backyard to continue being his hands-off boss.

Now that there are more disciples in the martial arts school, he sometimes feels even more relaxed than before.

For those new disciples who joined the martial arts school, he no longer needed to teach them the basic martial arts personally. He only needed to group them according to their qualifications and let some outstanding core disciples teach them on his behalf.

After all, basic introductory martial arts don’t have much depth, so just make sure they learn it and check it yourself regularly.

In this way, Li Ming can devote more energy and time to teaching higher-level martial arts to his core elite disciples.

The next few days were much more relaxed. The operation of the martial arts school was back on track and there were fewer troubles. Apart from receiving visitors from various factions every day, it was not too busy.

However, Qing Lingzi and Master Tanhua, after witnessing Li Ming's battle with Murong Bo last time, went out and revealed the news to many fellow martial artists, which again sparked a discussion among everyone.

While marveling at Li Ming's powerful strength, many people were also wondering who the guy was who sneaked into the martial arts gym and was killed by Master Li.

According to the personal observations of several people, this person has a strength no less than that of a peak Grandmaster, and must not be an unknown person.

After guessing for a long time, there was no result, but I had a deeper understanding of Li Ming's strength.

There are even many people who secretly classify Li Ming as a grandmaster, feeling that only this level of realm is worthy of his achievements.

Just like this, nearly another month passed, and several core disciples in the martial arts school lived up to expectations and successfully entered the acquired realm.

At the same time, the second person in the Xiantian realm, Yang Guo, also made a successful breakthrough as expected.

On the contrary, Mo Xiaobei, who was just one step away from success, has fallen behind due to being busy recently.

The town of Qixia became more and more lively, and many sects and forces in the martial arts world sent people there.

Finally, two days before the inauguration ceremony of the new leader of the Five Mountains, the people from Shaolin Temple finally arrived.

Like everyone else, after visiting the Hengshan School, he went straight to the martial arts hall.

"I am Xuancheng, a poor monk, and I have come to visit Master Li."

"The people from Shaolin Temple are here again!"

When two monks appeared at the entrance of the martial arts gym, they immediately attracted a lot of attention.

(End of this chapter)