Low-key disciple: 57

  Although the Quicksand Technique is listed as the most basic earth-based technique, it actually has no limit to its power. At the first level of Qi Refining, one can already create a whirlpool of quicksand the size of a sea bowl. By the third level of Qi Refining, one can already turn the whirlpool into a square meter in diameter.

  The higher the cultivation, the greater the power naturally is.

  Ordinary people and beasts, once trapped in it, find it hard to escape being buried alive.

  However, Ye Qin easily discovered that this earth-based spell has two major drawbacks. Firstly, the casting time is very long and the formation of the spell is too slow, by the time the casting is completed, the enemy may have already escaped without a trace. Secondly, once the spell is cast, its location is fixed and unchanging, and its aura is very conspicuous, anyone with discerning eyes can see that it exists.

  Similarly, if two cultivators are fighting and see the opponent cast this spell, they will naturally not foolishly run into the quicksand vortex. So even though it has great power and a killing effect that is no weaker than other basic attack spells, its actual use is extremely small, only being listed as an auxiliary spell to hinder the enemy's actions, without being included in the list of attack spells.

  Ye Qin, having roughly grasped the Wind Control Technique, Wind Binding Technique, and Flowing Sand Technique, enthusiastically attempted the Earth Escape Technique, Water Escape Technique, Wood Escape Technique, and Entwining Technique.

  Earth Escape Technique, Water Escape Technique, Wood Escape Technique, belong to earth system, water system and wood system magic respectively. The required casting environment is different, but their effects are the same, all of which are used for escape, high-speed movement on land, in water, and in woods.

  Once the spell is cast, it can disappear from its original location in an instant and burrow into the ground, water or wood, only to reappear tens of meters away. In comparison, the Wind Control Technique can only fly out a few meters in one breath, which is more than ten times worse than the Earth Escape Technique, Water Escape Technique, and Wood Escape Technique in terms of escape distance.

  Of course, in order to drill through the soil and water, the earth escape technique and water escape technique consume far more spiritual power than the wind control technique. A cultivator of the third layer of the refining stage can exhaust his spiritual power by continuously casting the earth escape technique over ten times.

  This magic is usually used only in dangerous situations to save one's life.

  The last one is the entwining technique, a wood system spell. By inputting spiritual power into the grass vines, control the grass vines to bind the opponent's actions in an entwining way. The size of this spell's power, in addition to being related to spiritual power, also has a direct relationship with the toughness of the grass species and the grass vines themselves. Using ordinary grass species, the effect of the entwining technique is not very good.

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  Ye Qin lived a simple life, going back and forth between the Medicine Pavilion and his own private courtyard every day, quietly cultivating the third layer of the "Sitting Forgetfulness Sutra" and several newly learned spells.

  During this time, with the approaching Medicine King Gang's medicine and medicinal products trading grand meeting, the number of Jianghu figures in Zhujicounty city has greatly increased.

  In the taverns and inns, there were constant brawls and disturbances, with frequent smashing of wine houses and inns. Moreover, some sworn enemies from the rivers and lakes would meet and engage in bloody killings with knives drawn.

  The Medicine King Hall, as the local host, has an inescapable responsibility and has issued several bans on armed fighting, dispatching disciples from the hall to mediate frequent armed conflicts in various parts of the city. The tasks of the hall's disciples are becoming increasingly heavy.

  Even Ye Qin, a young disciple who was "extremely poor in martial arts" and "low-key and inconspicuous" in the hall, was dispatched to perform various heavy tasks and maintain the county's law and order.

  However, despite this, the fights and brawls within the county seat continued to erupt one after another, and were impossible to ban. The Medicine King Hall couldn't spare enough manpower to mediate, and some of the martial arts masters' armed battles were so intense that even the disciples from their own sects couldn't intervene.

  To reduce the various private fights and destructive events in Zhujie County, the high-level of Caoyao Hall decided to open a large-scale martial arts arena on the northwest side of the city, next to the trade market, for public martial arts competitions, sparring, and contests among Jianghu people. Caoyao Hall dispatched a team of young disciples as a security patrol team to maintain order in the arena, arrange matches and provide emergency medical treatment for those injured.

  Whether it's a martial duel or a private fight, revenge or whatever, just go to the performance arena for a trial, and the Medicine Pavilion will no longer intervene.

  The move by Caiyao Hall was widely welcomed by people in the martial arts world.

  In various parts of Takegahana County, hot-blooded Jianghu people who stir up trouble and make a scene have gone to the martial arts arena for public duels.

  These fond of fighting rivers and lakes people, mainly are young rivers and lakes heroes. Most of them simply want to make a name for themselves in the rivers and lakes, want to take advantage of the Medicine King Gang's medicine material medicine products conference, establish their own rivers and lakes prestige, so participate in the armed fight.

  The move by Caiyitang was naturally well-received.

  To establish their own reputation in the Jianghu, young disciples from various gangs within Pingzhou Prefecture jumped onto the arena, issuing challenges to other gang members and engaging in martial arts competitions. They had learned martial arts for over a decade and were top-notch within their respective gangs, with high self-esteem, and were at an age where they wanted to make a name for themselves in the Jianghu.

  True masters of the martial arts world, as well as some middle-aged and older masters, often have a strong sense of self-identity and are not eager to engage in arena battles. If they win against younger opponents, there may be suspicions that their victory was undeserved. If they lose, it would be even more disastrous, losing face and prestige, which is a great concern for them.

  Ye Qin, as an apprentice of the Medicine Pavilion, naturally had to follow the arrangements made by Zhang Dazong, the pavilion's chief manager.

  He was often incorporated into security patrols, performing maintenance tasks around the martial arts arena, or arranged to do some heavy chores.

  However, every time he carried out the security task, Ye Qin was always the most low-key and silent one. When encountering a fight, he never took the initiative to go forward, nor did he show off himself. Even if someone was beaten to death in front of him, Ye Qin would immediately stand far away with a cold eye, without any intention of going forward to stop it. And when working, he was also the most hardworking and complaining one, never picking or choosing the heavy and miscellaneous tasks assigned to him.

  His behavior would inevitably lead to some disdain from his brothers, who saw it as a sign of cowardice.

  The outer and inner disciples of the Medicine King Hall almost all knew that he was practicing a kind of qigong that specialized in strengthening his physical strength, without any martial arts. Behind his back, they secretly ridiculed him for practicing "ox work", only knowing how to plow fields and plant crops, and having no other use besides this. To stop the armed fighting within the county town, they still had to rely on these people with high martial arts skills to take action.

  Considering Ye Qin's usual diligence and hard work in doing chores and miscellaneous tasks, no one would intentionally make things difficult for him.

  Ye Qin was indifferent to the fight, and there was a reason for that. After mastering the immortal family's magic, trying out their terrifying power, Ye Qin's vision had also greatly improved, he simply wasn't interested in intervening in these not-so-clever fights.

  He would rather work and think about the magic he had just learned than waste his time on these hot-blooded young people who were looking for trouble after eating their fill.

  As for the ridicule and sarcasm from his fellow disciples in the hall, he directly ignored them.