[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t":3,"chapter-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-163":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Living Among All Heavens, Achieving Immortality Through Merit",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2323731,4545,"Chapter 163: She Really Learned Something!","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-163",163,"\u003Cp>\"To wield fist techniques, you must first understand force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing exchanged fist techniques with Gu Renyu, explaining to him the human skeleton, joints, and axes of motion—all core to fist arts; only with a clear understanding of the entire body could one comprehend the transformations of fist techniques and know how to strike an opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu, Zhang Jing, and Tie Xinlan listened intently, while Xiao Yuer feigned indifference, though his ears were already perked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yuer had learned much about human bones, joints, and axes of motion from Wan Chunliu; he understood them best of all, and as for these deceptive fist forms, they were tailor-made for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Jiuxiu Manor, days passed swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing absorbed Gu Renyu’s fist techniques and in turn taught him the Hundred Flowers Misdirection Fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After transmitting these martial arts, Gu Qing gained Virtue Points from Gu Renyu, Tie Xinlan, and Xiao Yuer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tie Xinlan thanked Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tie Xinlan’s family’s Crazy One-Hundred-Eight Strikes was already an outstanding fist art; now, having heard Gu Qing’s lesson, she grasped it even deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He offered to teach of his own accord—we didn’t beg him—why thank him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yuer had already contributed Virtue Points to Gu Qing, but upon hearing Tie Xinlan’s thanks, he cried out immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Xiao Yuer and Tie Xinlan had known each other only briefly, he had already developed a peculiar feeling toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Tie Miss has any questions, she may come to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing glanced at Xiao Yuer and smiled at Tie Xinlan: \"I shall not withhold anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tie Xinlan thanked him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy Zhang Jing watched all this, glanced sideways at Murong Jiu, and seeing her cold, unchanging expression, asked with a smile: \"Aren’t you jealous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu’s gaze was indifferent, her voice cool and beautiful: \"Why should I be jealous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two aren’t already...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy Zhang Jing whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu’s expression didn’t change: \"Already what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing studied Murong Jiu curiously and said: \"I know you don’t like Gu Renyu, but you don’t need to hide this from me—I saw Gu Qing holding your hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing was Murong Jiu’s close friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu said calmly: \"That was him teaching me hidden weapon techniques.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Jianghu, there are sometimes sayings that martial arts are passed only to men, not women—some fear that if women learn, they’ll marry out and spread the arts; others say that certain techniques require physical contact, making it inconvenient to teach female disciples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet some Jianghu youths and maidens pay no heed to such formalities; physical contact during martial instruction is sometimes perfectly normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing blinked: \"I also saw Gu Qing pinch your leg.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu replied calmly: \"He was correcting my lightness skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing was truly baffled—Murong family’s hidden weapons and lightness skills were peerless; for Gu Qing to correct Murong Jiu in these two areas was implausible, yet Zhang Jing had genuinely witnessed their intimacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, I and Gu Qing are completely innocent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, Murong Jiu rose and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To deal with some unwelcome guests.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, Murong Jiu drifted away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing leapt after her, astonished to find Murong Jiu’s lightness skill had changed dramatically—her form floated like a fairy, swift and agile; in an instant, she left Jiuxiu Manor and darted into the mountains. By the time Little Fairy leapt into the forest, Murong Jiu had vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Her lightness skill is truly a step above mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jing stamped her foot and followed traces Murong Jiu had left, walking about half a li before suddenly hearing continuous screams; she hurried forward, and when she emerged from the woods, she saw several corpses on the ground and more Jianghu figures crying out and fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Jiu moved like a flying shadow, her hands swift; with a flick of her fingers, a Jianghu figure would cry out in pain, one after another, as if not a single strike missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy raised her long whip, striking down several Jianghu figures, and cried out: \"Who are these people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An evil brute, formidable in martial skill, blocked Murong Jiu’s path, leaving her no chance to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Murong family received word that the White Ram and Yellow Ox of the Twelve Zodiacs have brought a band of Jianghu figures to attack Jiuxiu Manor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Gu Qing arrived beside Little Fairy and said: \"Murong Jiu’s cultivation has reached a critical stage—she cannot leave. We must kill all these Jianghu people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy looked at Gu Qing, puzzled how he had come here, but upon hearing \"White Ram\" and \"Yellow Ox,\" her face darkened with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Twelve Zodiacs were among the most ruthless bandits in the Jianghu, dominating for thirty years, having been defeated only by Yan Nan Tian and Lady Yao Yue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your worry is justified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a man with a goat-like beard leaned on his cane and looked at Gu Qing and Little Fairy: \"Among the Twelve Zodiacs, the White Ram is the wisest, the Yellow Ox the bravest. For you two to step out and fight us is foolish... by now, our other group should have already breached Jiuxiu Manor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Ram of the Twelve Zodiacs stroked his beard calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy turned to rush back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t panic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing gripped Little Fairy’s shoulder and said: \"The wisest among the Twelve Zodiacs is Wei Wuya; the White Ram is an idiot among them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing loved speaking the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the Twelve Zodiacs, the wisest was Wei Wuya, and the strongest was also Wei Wuya; if one spoke of wisdom, the White Ram was certainly inferior to Wei Wuya—calling him an idiot was perfectly accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Ram had always been proud of his own intellect; hearing such an evaluation, he flew into a rage and roared: \"You say I’m inferior to Wei Wuya?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing shook his head: \"Not just inferior—utterly inferior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enraged, the White Ram lunged at Gu Qing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy’s long whip flashed, striking at the White Ram; he confidently turned his head aside, yet heard another whip’s whistle beside his ear; when he turned back, he saw a white-clad woman standing not far behind him, her whip snapping toward his occiput.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The White Ram barely twisted his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Snap!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whip struck his face, sending him flying through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Qing stood firm and threw a casual punch into the air; the White Ram, mid-flight, shuddered as he felt the condensed inner force, suddenly realizing his own folly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he charged at Gu Qing, he had already courted death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy called out affectionately to the white-clad figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-clad figure was Zhang San Niang—cold as ice, her jade-like beauty peerless; her whip flickered as she rushed toward the Yellow Ox, who was locked in combat with Murong Jiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yellow Ox dodged the whip’s tip, then suddenly saw a flash of white light shoot from Murong Jiu’s hand; before he could react, a flying dagger was embedded in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightness skill... hidden weapons...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Fairy stared at Murong Jiu—she truly learned something!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1202,"2026-06-20T17:04:26.501Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","9612edee14b822e012d6feb1da566d2764c19b4de583bcf08f76c0ae90afcab7","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-164","living-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-chapter-162",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliving-among-all-heavens-achieving-immortality-t-cover.jpg"]