However, Lu Zheng didn’t immediately head to the Netherworld. Having just defeated Bai Yuqing, according to Xin Zhanting, Night Mountain and the Chaos Corpse Pool were currently on high alert.
He decided to wait until things settled back to normal before quietly investigating.
…
“Not bad, not bad. You’ve finished the fifteenth form. Keep practicing, and you’ll soon master all eighteen movements.”
“Then I can develop a sense of qi?” Lin Wan asked, slightly moving her small hand.
“Not necessarily,” Lu Zheng shook his head. “Most people need long-term practice to build up their blood qi, hoping for a qualitative change through accumulation to condense internal blood qi.”
“What about me?” Lin Wan pressed.
“Ahem, well, with the lingzhi wine I’ve been giving you, your chances are much higher than others.”
Lin Wan nodded, satisfied, her heart filled with anticipation.
Lu Zheng was also quite curious about what would happen if Lin Wan, a modern policewoman, cultivated blood qi.
“Once you develop a martial artist’s blood qi, I’ll give you a gift,” Lu Zheng said with a smile.
“What gift?”
“It’s a secret,” Lu Zheng grinned. “But it’ll definitely exceed your expectations.”
Lin Wan shot him a skeptical glance. “Exceed my expectations? Are you planning to give me a star-destroying ship or a jade disc of creation?”
Lu Zheng stumbled. “Don’t be like that… I’m just an ordinary homebody, not capable of such grand gestures.”
“Tch, you, a homebody? The bar for homebodies must be sky-high then.”
Lin Wan smiled, linking arms with Lu Zheng. “I’ve been drinking the lingzhi wine, and I can feel my blood qi surging. Once I finish the ‘Mountain-Bearing Eighteen Forms,’ I think I’ll naturally condense blood qi.”
“Oh, really?”
As they strolled hand in hand down the street, Lu Zheng sent a strand of true qi into Lin Wan’s body to check.
His eyes flickered. The stalactite essence’s effects exceeded his expectations. Once Lin Wan completed the eighteen forms, her blood qi could circulate through her body’s great cycle, likely condensing on its own.
“Impressive!” Lu Zheng gave a thumbs-up.
“Hehe… Be honest, did you add something extra to the lingzhi wine this time?”
“Smart!” Lu Zheng gave another thumbs-up.
“Enough!” Lin Wan tightened her grip. “I feel like you’re mocking me!”
“Absolutely not!” Lu Zheng shook his head quickly, changing the subject. “By the way, remember Sanders, the owner of that Italian restaurant?”
“Yeah, what about him? Oh, right, the summer wine party?” Lin Wan recalled.
“Exactly,” Lu Zheng nodded. “He’s hosting a wine party at his restaurant this weekend and invited us. Are you free?”
“Sure,” Lin Wan nodded. “We’re not too busy lately, as long as nothing…”
Lu Zheng quickly covered her mouth. “Alright, no need to say more. I get it. I’ll reply to him later, and we’ll go together.”
Lin Wan swatted his hand away. “Grown man, still superstitious.”
Lu Zheng chuckled, “Hehe…”
“Bang!”
A loud crash rang out.
“Car accident! Car accident!”
“The car’s flipped!”
Lu Zheng and Lin Wan looked toward the noise, seeing a white sedan flipped onto the nearby sidewalk, with people scattering in retreat.
“How did it flip?” Lu Zheng was surprised.
“Someone’s hurt!”
“How did it end up here?”
“Quick, quick, quick! Save them!”
Lu Zheng and Lin Wan rushed over, hearing screams from inside the car.
“I’m a police officer!” Lin Wan shouted, pushing through the crowd with Lu Zheng.
Glancing around, Lu Zheng noticed a dented fire hydrant by the roadside.
Clearly, the car had veered onto the sidewalk, hit the fire hydrant by the steps, and flipped due to the sudden stop from high speed.
A crowd had gathered, some trying to open the car doors to rescue those inside, while others recorded with their phones or stayed back.
“Open the door quick!”
A man struggled with the door but couldn’t budge it. “The door’s deformed, it won’t open!”
“No good, all four doors are stuck. The roof’s caved in, everything’s jammed!”
“Help! Help!”
“My leg! My leg’s stuck!”
“Should we flip the car over?” someone suggested.
“Everyone, together!”
“Stop!”
Lin Wan shouted urgently. “The car’s upside down. We don’t know how badly the people inside are hurt. Flipping it could cause secondary injuries.”
“Then what do we do?”
“Call the police! Get an ambulance!”
Lin Wan reached the car, grabbed the door handle, and pulled with force.
“I just tried, it’s stuck… Holy crap!”
“Crack! Crack! Screech—”
The crowd watched as Lin Wan slowly pried open the deformed door.
Holding the car body with one hand and pulling the door with the other, she gritted her teeth, exerting strength.
“Creak! Bang!”
As the last gap widened, the entire door detached from the car.
The deformation had already broken the door’s connection to the body, so pulling it open effectively removed it.
“Holy crap!”
“Wow!”
The crowd gasped in shock.
Lu Zheng: (°ー°〃)
Weren’t you supposed to hide your strength?
Well, what he was anticipating just happened early…
Looking at the deformed door in her hands and hearing the gasps around her, Lin Wan realized her mistake, glancing nervously at Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng blinked, shrugged, and gave a helpless expression.
Lin Wan’s face fell, but she couldn’t stop now. Wiping sweat from her forehead, she climbed into the car and pulled out the passenger from the front seat.
There were only two people inside. The passenger seemed okay and was smoothly extracted by Lin Wan.
The driver, in worse shape, was still crying out, his leg trapped by the steering wheel.
Lin Wan tried to free him, but it was stuck tight. As she considered her options, fire truck sirens approached from the distance.
“The fire department’s here!”
Lin Wan sighed in relief and backed out of the car.
…
With the fire department and ambulance arriving, Lin Wan grabbed Lu Zheng and bolted.
“Why are we running?” Lu Zheng teased. “Don’t you need to explain the situation to them?”
“You’re insufferable!” Lin Wan swatted him, huffing. “If I’m backed into a corner, you’re not getting away either!”
“That’s tricky. Plenty of people were recording back there!”
Lin Wan’s face soured. “What do we do?”
“What’s the big deal? Is being strong a crime?” Lu Zheng feigned shock. “Taoist Chen can scale walls and roofs. Isn’t it scientific to be a bit stronger from martial arts training?”
Lin Wan: ⊙_⊙
