Chapter 99 Punishing Evil

Shi Potian paused slightly, looking at Zhang Yuanying's tense expression as she stood in front of him.

"I'm not doing anything," he said seriously. "I just want to tell him that he's been practicing his martial arts incorrectly."

Zhang Yuanying was taken aback: "What?"

Young Master Zhang also raised his head, looking at Shi Potian with a wary expression, but a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Shi Potian pointed to his right hand and said, "The way you circulated your internal energy in that claw attack just now was wrong. That claw technique was originally used to generate extremely yin energy, but your internal energy foundation is extremely yang and strong. However, you also forcibly cultivated an extremely yin internal energy. Yin and yang failed to unite, and the two sides fought each other."

He paused, then said, "If your internal energy hadn't gone haywire first, my finger strike wouldn't have been so powerful. It's like... like I poured a drop of water into a frying pan, and you exploded."

"Both of your internal skills are incredibly powerful. Forcibly fusing them won't be that easy."

Young Master Zhang's expression shifted, and he was at a loss for words. He never expected that this young man would know the most secret things about the Zhang family.

The Zhang family's century-old dream is to integrate the Nine Yin and Nine Yang into one and break through the limits of martial arts.

He practiced the Nine Yang Manual from a young age and was well-versed in the Nine Yin Manual. His father and elders in the clan praised him for his unparalleled talent and believed that he could integrate the two unique skills into one.

Over the years, however, he has indeed often felt internal conflicts and occasional stagnation when practicing his internal energy. He has still followed the old path of his ancestors, but he has always believed that this is the necessary path to integration and mastery, and that he can resolve it in time with his own wisdom.

But the young镖头 (bodyguard/escort) said as soon as they met—he had practiced it wrong?

"You... what makes you think I've practiced it wrong?" Young Master Zhang forced a smile. "The balance of Yin and Yang is the fundamental principle of martial arts. My Zhang family ancestors..."

"I don't know anything about your Zhang family ancestors," Shi Potian interrupted him.

"All I know is that if your claw attack had been purely using Yin internal energy, my finger strike would have at most rendered you powerless. But you insisted on mixing Yin and Yang internal energies within your body, and as a result, with just a light touch of my finger, you almost suffered a qi deviation."

He thought for a moment and then added, "Young Master Zhang, if you continue practicing like this, you'll eventually suffer a qi deviation."

He thought of the girl in red, who also possessed exceptional internal strength, but had also practiced it incorrectly.

For a moment, Young Master Zhang was speechless.

Listening from the side, Zhang Yuanying couldn't help but ask, "Then how should my brother train?"

Shi Potian shook his head: "Internal strength is not like fists, feet, swords, or knives. It cannot be learned by watching it once. How can I tell you how to practice it?"

Everyone gasped. What did that mean? That you can learn everything except internal energy after seeing it once?

Is this something a human being would say?

Young Master Zhang stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sighed, struggled to his feet, clasped his hands in a salute, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Young Master Escort."

This greeting was heartfelt.

Although he was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. That one finger strike just now had already proven that the young man's eyesight far surpassed his own. If he said he had practiced it wrong, then he must have practiced it wrong.

As for how to change it... that's a matter for the future. This problem has been troubling the Zhang family for over a hundred years.

Shi Potian waved his hand and turned to walk towards the group of Qingcheng disciples whose faces were ashen.

Fang Renzhi, Yu Renhao, Hou Renying, and Hong Renxiong stood at the front, followed by a dozen or so disciples who had participated in the massacre. Looking at the corpses of Yu Canghai, Jia Kunlun, and Changchunzi, their faces drained of color, and they trembled with fear.

When Fang Renzhi saw Shi Potian approaching, his legs went weak and he knelt down with a thud.

"Young Master Lin, spare our lives!" He kowtowed repeatedly. "We were just following orders, we had no choice! Please, Young Master Lin, have mercy! We are willing to serve you like cattle and horses to repay your kindness in sparing our lives!"

Yu Renhao, Hou Renying, and Hong Renxiong also knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy.

Upon seeing this, the disciples behind him also knelt down, crying and pleading.

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Shi Potian stopped and looked at them.

"Didn't you just say that the real test is in the hands of the fighters, and there's no right or wrong?" Qu Feiyan sneered.

Fang Renzhi choked, banging his head even harder: "That's what Uncle Jia said, I didn't!"

Madam Wang stepped forward and shouted angrily, "When you were killing them, those bodyguards begged for mercy. Did you spare them?"

Fang Renzhi and the others trembled, their kowtowing movements freezing in their tracks.

Master Fang Sheng felt a pang of pity, sighed, and chanted a Buddhist prayer: "Benefactor Lin, one should be merciful when possible. These people certainly deserve to die, but if you are willing to spare their lives, it will be an act of merit."

Shi Potian shook his head: "Master, what is merit?"

Before the words were finished, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar, followed by a heart-wrenching scream—

"Chief镖头—! Chief镖头—!"

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man staggering into the courtyard. He was covered in dust and his face was full of grief and indignation.

Lin Zhennan was startled: "Chief Escort Li!"

That was none other than Li, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) of the Guangdong branch of the Fuwei Escort Agency. He was originally the deputy head镖师 of the Guangdong branch, a calm and reliable man. Three months ago, the Guangdong branch was massacred by the Qingcheng Sect, and he was the only survivor.

Li, the镖头 (bodyguard/escort), stumbled to Lin Zhennan, knelt down with a thud, and burst into tears.

"Chief镖师! Chief镖师! I...I've finally found you!"

Lin Zhennan quickly helped him up, knowing there wouldn't be good news, his voice already choked with emotion: "Old Li, get up, get up—"

Li, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), refused to get up, kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down his face: "Chief镖师, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry to the镖局 (escort agency)! I'm useless, so useless! Out of the thirty-seven people in the Guangdong branch, only... only I escaped!"

The members of Fuwei Escort Agency still held onto a sliver of hope for the Guangdong branch, but they never expected that Yu Canghai would be so ruthless, slaughtering the entire Southern branch.

They immediately erupted in anger and curses, threatening to kill these disciples.

"I fled all the way back to Fuzhou, only to find out that the chief镖头 (chief镖头) had left for the Nanchang branch. I chased him all the way to Nanchang, and from Nanchang to Changsha. I rushed as fast as I could, afraid that I would be too late and miss the chance to avenge my brothers myself."

Li, the镖头 (bodyguard/escort), suddenly stood up, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the group of Qingcheng disciples kneeling on the ground. He pointed at several of them and hissed:

"It was them! These beasts killed dozens of people from the Guangdong branch!"

The disciples trembled all over and lowered their heads.

He turned to look at Shi Potian, knelt down again, and kowtowed heavily:

"Young Master Escort! I, Li, am incompetent; I cannot defeat them, nor can I avenge them! I beg you, Young Master Escort, to seek justice for the thirty-seven members of our Guangdong branch!"

Wang, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), and Ma San from the Nanchang branch also stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and wept bitterly. "Young Master镖师, please seek justice for the thirty-three people from our Nanchang branch!"

Shi Potian hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to help the three of them up.

Li, the镖头 (bodyguard/escort), refused to get up, tears streaming down his face: "Young镖头 (Young Master Escort), if you don't agree to kill all these beasts, I'll kneel here and die!"

Shi Potian shook his head and said, "I have no intention of letting them go."

He turned around and looked at the group of Qingcheng disciples kneeling on the ground.

Fang Renzhi trembled violently and cried out, "Young Master Escort, spare our lives! We were only following orders, we had no choice! Please, Young Master Escort, have mercy! Master Fang, Heaven cherishes life—"

Shi Potian looked down at him without saying a word.

Yu Renhao, Hou Renying, Hong Renxiong, and others also knelt down, kowtowing and begging for mercy. The disciples behind them cried out in despair, their pleas echoing throughout the room.

Master Fang Sheng clasped his hands together and said, "Benefactor Lin—"

Shi Potian looked up at him and said, "Master, protecting evil people is not a meritorious deed; eliminating evil people is a meritorious deed."