Chapter 197: Chapter 128: The Stormy Assassin, Voluntarily Facing Calamity (Part 2)

The bottle before me holds three pills, each worth three hundred taels, and these ten bottles of medicine are worth a total of nine thousand taels, almost ten thousand taels of silver, given away directly, which is indeed a generous gesture.

According to Han Xiaoru, their Primordial Martial Arts Hall takes in disciples and resolves matters for people, and at the end of the year, they only have a surplus of about three thousand taels of silver.

Even so, their Primordial Martial Arts Hall is considered one of the four major martial halls in Xingqing Prefecture and is quite famous.

Ordinary small martial halls and small escort agencies may not make much money all year round and live with tight belts.

Of course, many also go out of business.

Whereas these officials and wealthy merchants, noble families and grand households, are on a different level.

For them, ten bottles of medicine are but a small gift, and problems that can be solved with money are not problems at all.

A gift given means there is a request.

Chen Ping glanced over, already having an idea in his mind.

The other party sought them out, possibly for something not simple.

The value of these medicines, at current market prices, is more than enough to buy the life of an Innate Expert.

Hence, they want us to risk our lives for them.

"This gift is too heavy." Chen Ping had calculated, "Our Primordial Martial Arts Hall is weak, and now the Hall Master is injured, unable to move easily, it’s probably difficult to help."

Of course, neither Pei Hao nor Shang Zheng believed these words.

Who doesn’t know that the Primordial Golden Body Technique is the top Body Refining Technique, not to mention just getting injured, even if the body is pierced with seven or eight large holes, it’s not a big deal.

The reason why an Innate Body is revered by the world and generally considered even more troublesome than Qi Cultivation Innate is for exactly this reason.

Body refining and blood refining, while slow in the early stages, have various deficiencies, lacking long-range attack methods, no ability to move with agility, and its flexibility and ingenuity are far inferior to Inner Qi Cultivators.

It can only be said the style is too clumsy, very easy to be worn down by others.

However, once cultivated to the Innate Level, all the frustrations experienced by those refining their bodies are returned.

Especially for an Innate Body practicing the Primordial Golden Body Technique...

Once the Innate Blood Gang covers half a foot around the body, knives and swords cannot cause harm.

Even if one breaks through this layer of Blood Gang, they still face an iron-like body... impossible to damage or move.

The most ridiculous thing isn’t even that.

Those who train their bodies bitterly refine their blood, bones, and muscles to be as controllable as one’s arms, seemingly alive.

As long as the head isn’t directly smashed, it isn’t considered a major issue. Ordinary injuries can be recuperated through willpower, and replenishing the Blood Essence enables recovery to normal in a very short time.

Legends tell of body cultivators who recover even after their limbs are severed, but that’s a whole other level.

In summary, saying a master of the Primordial Golden Body Technique is injured to the point of being immobile, needing to stay home for a long time to heal, shows a lack of sincerity.

Haven’t you seen that even Beizhou Barbarians masters haven’t immediately retaliated?

On one hand, they’re busy with important matters, unwilling to lose troops and fight to the death with the Primordial Martial Arts Hall.

On the other hand, everyone knows Han Wushang’s injuries are definitely not that severe.

At worst, he still has some fight left, with combat power not greatly diminished.

Since the fifth generation ancestor’s cultivation of "Sword Gang Stream" led to major issues, internal troubles arose within the Primordial Sect, insufficient for outsiders to know.

Moreover, Gao Yue and his adopted son secretly practiced Sword Gang Stream, invoking Celestial Star Power for sword forging, certainly not telling a third person...

Therefore, forget the Beizhou Barbarians, even the Jiangdong Pei Family could not detect how formidable and virulent Gu Chen’s Sword Elemental Power was at that time.

Though Han Wushang took a blow, his heart didn’t explode into powder immediately, showing his defense to be extremely strong.

He truly suffered severe injuries, unable to act for a short time...

and wasn’t pretending.

Nonetheless, Chen Ping certainly wouldn’t reveal such secrets.

With Han Wushang as a trump card here, the enemy is wary, allowing everyone to be more secure. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

They can thus gain not a short amount of time.

"Sigh... Young Hero Chen, don’t be in a hurry to refuse, first listen to me explain the reason in detail, and discuss it with your esteemed teacher... may it be okay?

Whether help is possible need not concern; a few pills are nothing, just take it as my gratitude for ridding the Great Desert Mad Saber, raising the prestige of Central Plains Martial Dao."

The difference in upbringing of noble families is ultimately outstanding.

No matter what he may be thinking.

When interacting with people, one always feels comfortable.

Such a gift given, Chen Ping couldn’t find any reason to refuse.

"Please speak."

"Here’s the situation: When the Lord Prefecture took office, he encountered many dangers multiple times, and his route south faced assassins.

With methods such as poisoning, traps, assaults, and ambushes appearing endlessly.

Only after much difficulty reaching Xingqing Prefecture, he’s hindered at every turn, unable to fully exert himself..."

As Pei Hao spoke, he hesitated, seemingly contemplating how much to reveal, deeply looking at Chen Ping, then continued: "Young Hero Chen also knows, Deputy Magistrate Wu Song, long before the Lord Prefecture came to Xingqing, had already managed the entire prefecture seamlessly.

Not only did he secretly collude with the Hu People, but he also allied with Xuanwu Guard Captain Zhang Lianshan, forming a counterbalancing force against Jinghai Prince’s Mansion..."

Xingqing Prefecture has two forces: one is Jinghai Guard, basically the private army of King Jinghai.

After years leading the army and cultivating it, even when Ji Changlie received the Court’s decree forbidding meddling in military affairs, the Jinghai Army still follows his orders.