“I-I…” Lu Zheng was lost for words.

  Xia was now standing in front of him and, without hesitation, she raised her fist.

  Lu Zheng blocked his face with his arms, raising it, but when Xia’s fist collided with his arms, it was instantly broken.

  Lu Zheng spat out blood. He was deeply startled by Xia’s violent punch.

  However, Xia’s punch did not stop there.

  After breaking Lu Zheng’s arms, her fist pushed through, punching his jaws, breaking it.

  Lu Zheng instantly felt unconscious.

  Before he lost consciousness, Ravyn’s voice echoed inside his head.

  “There it is. She begins this early, huh?”

  …

  Xia cooled down after a minute of staring at Lu Zheng’s lifeless body. She breathed heavily.

  After all, her emotion clouded her mind—she was completely enraged.

  Elder Ming’s voice echoed behind her.

  “If you don’t heal him now, he might die at any second.”

  Xia was surprised. She stared at Lu Zheng and grinned.

  She mumbled. “Yeah, killing him early might be too merciful of me. He has to suffer more than this.”

  She bent both of her knees, facing Lu Zheng.

  Her face twisted in disgust, staring at Lu Zheng's dirty and bloodied figure.

  She grumbled. “Hump! To think I have to touch his dirty skin.”

  As she was hesitating, her eyes widened. She smiled devilishly.

  She did not hesitate anymore to touch Lu Zheng’s broken arms and clenched her fist, breaking his bones once again.

  Lu Zheng awoke unconsciously, screaming in pain, before falling unconscious once again.

  Xia made a smug expression and was completely satisfied with what she had done.

  She closed her eyes and manipulated the qi through her internal technique.

  Compared to external technique, which would manifest qi in accordance with the execution of stances and techniques, the internal technique could control internal qi depending on the benefits the internal technique could bring.

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  For instance, aside from enhancing the qi flows in the meridians, growing, even summoning, a qi ball, and enhanced the body with qi, the qi manipulation of the internal technique could provide benefits like healing and stealth—depending on the elemental qi the cultivator cultivate.

  One of the benefits in the qi manipulation category the internal technique of Xia could bring was called Moon Nectar Flow.

  It was a supportive healing technique that channels nourishing qi into allies via touch or mist, mending spiritual and physical damage.

  Now that her mastery of her internal technique was higher than any average Adept rank in her clan, he would even be able to mend broken bones.

  It was why she broke Lu Zheng’s bones, for she knew she would be able to repair it.

  Lu Zheng’s bones were only on the level of Intermediate Rank anyway. If he was on the Adept rank, she might have to spend many sessions repairing them.

  However, this time, she would only need ten minutes for it.

  At the same time, she was meditating, so she was simply not wasting time.

  On the contrary, it benefitted her.

  It should be why her clans were violent not only to others but to themselves—through healing, they would be able to increase their Qi Manipulation more.

  Of course there were still other two benefits of her Qi Manipulation level of her internal technique.

  However, it was only good for combat techniques.

  It was also why her clan was also known as a top-tier assassin community.

  They acted like owls—silent when they fly and hunt for their prey, only working in the evening.

  When the sun arose, they disappeared alongside the moon.

  In other words, the path towards the place of their clan was only open at night—it was even clearer when the moon hung in the middle.

  As the nourishing moon qi flowed through Xia’s arm, to her hands, passing to Lu Zheng’s skin where she clenched her arm, it slowly glued itself on the broken bones, manually repairing it.

  Even though they were in the shadows, the moonlight suddenly shone in Lu Zheng’s body, as though the moon appeared inside him.

  At this point, Xia was closing her eyes, deeply focusing on her qi manipulation.

  It only took half an hour to repair all Lu Zheng’s broken bones, from his arms to jaws, and he was now sleeping comfortably.

  Seeing his serene expression, Xia growled in frustration.

  She mumbled, “This guy has the audacity to sleep peacefully, huh?”

  She was about to clench her fist to break his bones again when Elder Ming’s voice echoed.

  “Why are you not letting go of him? Don’t tell me you got attached?”

  Xia was utterly startled as she hastily detached her hand away from Lu Zheng.

  She turned around and growled.

  She said, “Stop teasing me, Grandpa! What do you mean getting attached to this peasant? Not in a million years.”

  Elder Ming laughed to his heart content, causing Xia to feel frustrated even more.

  She glanced at Lu Zheng and was about to torture him when she halted her hand.

  She snorted and said to Lu Zheng, “You are lucky now, I don’t have any idea in the future of touching you. Since you teased me Elder Ming, then you will be the one to heal him in the future.

  I won’t do it again.

  N.E.V.E.R”

  Her tone was dead serious, amusing Elder Ming even more. He laughed from the bottom of his heart and did not even bother turning around, not even once, not when Xia passed by him and punched Lu Zheng.

  After all, he was mesmerized by the fire dancing atop the bonfire. Furthermore, he was used to having a conversation without facing them.

  In fact, he has eyes everywhere, he could even see at the back of his head. Despite not having a clear vision, what appeared on his mind and what happened earlier were no more than different.

  He was on the level few achieved, especially in the Central Plains.

  Most of those he knew were his friends or rivals.

  That was why he highly recommended for Xia to have a friend or rival, or in the future, she might fell into depression and might committed suicide.

  After

  all, a life without connections might be better not having one.