Zhao Shu looked at his mother's tombstone. He had thousands of words in his heart, but now he couldn't say a word.
In Zhao Mian's memory, his mother was always sick and often bedridden. Later, when he practiced the practice, he realized that if his cultivation was exhausted, he would not only lose his magic power.
Because cultivation is the result of regulating the body and mind and condensing spiritual energy. If one's cultivation is completely useless, it is equivalent to an ordinary person's physical disability and terminal illness. Even if he can survive, he is destined to have a weak vitality and a short lifespan.
It was extremely difficult for Zhao Shu's mother to give birth to him. Maybe it was because her mother had a high level of cultivation and was able to keep her mortal life even if her cultivation was completely destroyed.
"You know, I hated you before." Zhao Shu said to the tombstone with a half-smile: "After you...left, grandpa's health went from bad to worse. In the last few months, he asked me to endorse him every day. If I write it down somewhere,
If I made a mistake, I would have to copy it dozens of times, and I would not be allowed to sleep until I finished copying it. It was winter at that time, and I had to glance at the inkstone almost every time I copied half a page to prevent the ink from freezing.
The more times like this happen, the less I understand why you want to leave? Do you and your father have no affection at all? Or is it that you yearn for glory and wealth and can't stand the boring life? "
Zhao Shu covered his face with his hands and whispered to himself: "I can't remember you and my father clearly. You...are so far away from me."
Instead of crying loudly, Zhao Shu just shed tears silently in front of the tomb. Until the sky turned dark, the servants of the Hou Mansion were worried about Zhao Shu and came to visit.
Zhao Shu felt much calmer. After cleaning the tomb a little, he left Zhong Xiushan without stopping.
When the carriage and horses returned to the Hou Mansion, it was already dark. Anyang Hou called Zhao Shu to the study to hold a candle and talk.
"I feel relieved to see that you look good." Anyang Hou comforted him: "Actually, your father is very guilty of you and feels that he has not fulfilled his responsibilities in raising you. However, he is afraid of dragging down your cultivation, so he has not dared to come to you."
Zhao Miao sighed and said: "I have known that my mother was frail and sick since I was a child, so I didn't dare to expect too much. Now that I think about it, I regret that I didn't take care of her with all my heart. Was my mother still suffering from illness before she left?"
Marquis Anyang replied: "I don't have much pain, but my body is weak and I can't catch the wind. I have been recuperating in my room and rarely show up."
Zhao Shu nodded silently, and Marquis Anyang took a wooden box from the side and said, "This is what she left for you."
Opening the wooden box, Zhao Shu saw a scroll of sapphire slips inside, which was shaped like bamboo slips and had gold threads as knots. There was a faint air gathering and flowing around, and he could tell at a glance that it was an extraordinary thing.
"What is this?" Zhao Shu asked.
Marquis Anyang replied: "Xuanpu Jade Book...does my nephew know the origin of your father's house?"
Zhao Shu said: "I remember that she is a disciple of Xuanpu Hall, which is a sect of cultivating immortals with a long tradition. However, the sect was invaded during the war and evil spirits attacked the mountains, which caused the sect to decline and the disciples to flee.
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"That's true." Anyang Hou looked a little serious: "But there is a hidden reason, which outsiders don't know. The sect's dojo in Xuanpu Hall is a Lingshu Immortal Cave in Kunlun Continent, and there is an Anzhen ground line.
His merits have always been coveted by demons and evil spirits. The so-called crime of possessing a jade is that during the War of the Five Kingdoms, some great demon kings and evil cultivators set their sights on the Taoist temple of Xuan Pu Hall."
Zhao Shu's expression was solemn, and Marquis Anyang continued: "At that time, Xuanpu Hall asked for help from Chongxuan Hall, but Liang Guoshi did not take action, but allowed the evil cultivators to invade, causing Xuanput Hall to fall into the hands of evil spirits, and the disciples suffered heavy casualties. Chongxuan Hall suffered heavy casualties.
Xuan Guan later came forward to fight against the evil spirits, and occupied the sect's dojo in Xuan Pu Hall, and took the immortal scriptures and magical treasures there as his own."
Zhao Shu didn't think it was unusual for Chongxuan Hall to do such a thing. Taking over the cave dojo and plundering the magical treasures of the Immortal Scriptures was the consistent style of Chongxuan Hall.
However, since the end of Tianxia, there have been hundreds of years of chaos. Not to mention the evil spirits causing trouble, even the Immortal Cultivation Sects have been fighting each other. It is common for the dojos and caves to change owners. Zhao Shui has no intention to worry about who is right and who is wrong.
"I wonder where Uncle Shi found this Xuanpu jade album?" Zhao Shu asked.
Marquis Anyang smiled: "Chongxuan Hall is not a monolith. I have also made friends with several of its characters. After all, we are both serving in the court, so it is always good to make more friends."
Zhao Shu thought about it carefully and felt that what Marquis Anyang said was reasonable. As far as outsiders know, in Chongxuan Hall, there are four surnamed families in the Xueyin line of Xianxue. Among them, the Yongjia Liang family is undoubtedly the pillar, and Liang Tao is the chief and the national master.
No one can challenge his position, but this does not prevent the other three surnames from interacting with outsiders for their own interests.
"What Uncle Shi means is that you have a way to get the immortal magic weapons and elixirs collected in Chongxuan Hall?" Zhao Shu suddenly had an inspiration.
Marquis Anyang said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. Most of the treasures passed down by the immortal ancestors of the Liang family are in the hands of Liang Guoshi. As for the magical treasures and pills that Chongxuan Hall has seized from various places over the years, many of them have been distributed to the other three families to appease them and prevent them from worrying.
Resentment.
This Xuanpu jade album was left to the Zheng family in Jiujiang by Liang Guoshi. He hoped that they could study the immortal magic and concentrate on serving the Chongxuan Pavilion. Unfortunately, it was difficult for the Zheng family's children to interpret the jade album, so I asked Mr. Zhang for some copies.
The easy-to-use Kung Fu book, after a slight modification, was successfully replaced with the Xuanpu Jade Book."
"Which books are they?" Zhao Shu asked.
Marquis Anyang recalled: "One volume of "Gui Kong Jue" and "Six Qi Zong Zhenji", and a complete set of "The Secret of the Spiritual Chamber"."
""The Secret of the Spiritual Chamber"?" Zhao Miao exclaimed.
Marquis Anyang asked: "Does my nephew also know this Dharma book?"
"More than just knowing..." Zhao Shu muttered: "This book is a collection of various talisman diagrams collected by the teacher, but most of them are messy and superficial. After the teacher and several coaches sorted them out, they barely have some rules. It's really hard to talk about.
Go to a higher level. Zheng won’t be fooled easily, right?”
Zhao Shu's most commonly used arrow evil and feather step techniques are from "The Secret of the Spiritual Chamber"; as for "Gui Kong Jue" and "Six Qi Zongzhenji", Zhao Shu has also read them, and they are both related to Qi refining.
Qi exercises are not very advanced.
Is Jiujiang Zheng's eyesight so poor that he can't even tell the difference between the high and low of the Kung Fu book?
Marquis Anyang chuckled and said: "It's not difficult. I specially found an old stone tablet, carved the text on it, and buried it in a manor in the countryside. Then I had someone use the magic to create a dazzling movement. At that time, the Zheng family
I had a banquet nearby and decided that a divine object had appeared and I couldn't miss it. As soon as the stone tablet was unearthed, Mrs. Zheng asked for it on the spot. I spent a little time and exchanged the stone tablet for the Xuanpu Jade Book."
Zhao Shu was surprised for a moment, thinking that Marquis Anyang was taking advantage of the Chongxuan Pavilion, and was fooling the Zheng family in Jiujiang from beginning to end. This method was much more clever than Zhao Shu's bluffing Liang Shuo.
"But these three techniques are not very good. Even if there are no experts among the Zheng family, they can immediately find the flaws in them if they ask Liang Guoshi for advice." Zhao Shu said.
Marquis Anyang said calmly: "The Zheng family in Jiujiang was not willing to be subdued, but was unwilling to disclose the stone tablet to Liang Guoshi. Even if they knew afterwards that they had been deceived, they would not dare to say anything. Otherwise, how would they gain a foothold in Chongxuan Hall and Dongsheng in the future?"
And sometimes, even if I know I have been deceived, I will not admit that I am ignorant. I am in the capital, and I am not one of those charlatans who cheated me once and then ran away. This made Zheng even more certain that the stone tablet was a treasure of ancient immortals.
It’s just that I haven’t understood it yet.”
Zhao Miao was greatly educated. Although monks are familiar with magic, they will still be confused. Moreover, because they are familiar with cultivation and magic, they are limited by their past opinions and cannot gain insight.
Marquis Anyang's grasp of people's hearts and his understanding of the Jiujiang Zheng family are extremely good. Since he can use this method to deceive the Xuanpu Jade Book, is it possible to find the True Essence Lock in a similar way?
"Uncle Shi, I have something that I don't know whether to say or not." Zhao Shuyan said.
Marquis Anyang seemed to have expected it: "You also want to find a certain Immortal Scripture from Chongxuan Pavilion?"
Zhao Shu nodded and said: "Huaiying Pavilion accidentally discovered an ancient cave before, but it was occupied by Chongxuan Pavilion and looted all the treasures in the cave. The owner of the cave was called Bai Egong, and he left some immortal scriptures. I
I hope to find one of the jade cong magic weapons."
"Mr. Bai'e? I seem to have an impression." Anyang Houyan said: "At that time, Duke Zhang stated the matter to the king, but Liang Guoshi refused to return it to the cave because he was born in the cave and the earth's veins were shaken."
When Zhao Shu heard this, he felt vaguely strange. From Xuanpu Hall to Bai'egong Cave, Liang Tao's goals seemed to be all kinds of blessed caves that gathered pure energy.
It is not surprising that people who cultivate immortals are looking for a blessed place to settle down, but Liang Tao's pursuit seems to be a bit too much. Not to mention that he himself can use the Qingya Fairyland to breathe fresh air, the Difei Mountain where Chongxuan Hall is located is Kunlun
The first blessed place in the southeast of the continent, it seems unnecessary for Liang Guoshi to seize so many blessed places and caves.
Marquis Anyang asked again: "Why are you looking for the jade cong magic weapon?"
"My nephew was lucky enough to sense a remnant of Bai Egong's remaining soul, and he made great progress in his cultivation. However, the techniques he obtained were incomplete. I hope this can make up for the regret." Zhao Shu replied.
Marquis Anyang said thoughtfully: "I can help you find out, but if the thing is in Liang's hands, I'm afraid I don't have many means at my disposal."
Zhao Shu hurriedly stood up and bowed to him: "My nephew dare not ask for anything extra. Even if he can only say a few words, he has received great kindness from his uncle!"
Marquis Anyang raised Zhao Mi's arm and said, "My nephew, you don't have to be like this. I have received the grace of saving my life, and I will try my best to repay it to my descendants."
Zhao Shu thanked him again, and Marquis Anyang asked: "There is one thing that I hope my nephew will tell you truthfully... Zhang Gong mentioned the talisman soldiers earlier. I have seen the actual object today. Was this thing made by your own hands?"
"The Talisman Soldier was indeed created by me on a whim, and I also asked other monks in the hall to help make it." Zhao Miao said.
Anyang Houyan said: "I talked to General Wei Xiuwen today about the armor and weapons. He said that the talisman soldiers were very popular among the soldiers, and that the golden armor talisman might be able to greatly change the situation on the battlefield. Even the monks who accompanied the army to help.
In the future, magicians may not simply be placed behind military formations."
Zhao Shu sighed with emotion: "But when Xingluo County was suppressing bandits, the power of the rebellious party's divine sword was simply not something that my talismans could handle."
Marquis Anyang shook his head and said: "The Divine Sword is not held by anyone. Facing such a powerful enemy, naturally there are experts like Zhang Gong and Liang Guoshi to deal with it. Moreover, there are only a few monks and magicians after all, except for those who are not subject to conquest and avoid.
There are very few outsiders who are fighting to protect themselves and are truly worthy of appointment.
So on the battlefield, we mainly rely on soldiers to fight, and the city walls and passes must also be garrisoned by ordinary soldiers. If ordinary soldiers have the help of talisman soldiers and armor, they can also be bolder on the battlefield."
"That's right." Zhao Shu asked, "What does Uncle Shi want me to do?"
"My nephew will tell you the truth." Marquis Anyang said: "Gong Zhang has proposed to the king of the country that he plans to establish a new Jinding Division to manufacture all kinds of magical objects for the imperial court, not only talismans and soldiers, but also all kinds of elixirs and baits.
Talisman tools. This Jinding Division does not stick to any tavern, but will try its best to attract talents from all walks of life to be used by the imperial court."
Zhao Shu said: "I thought that only the Huaiyingguan family would be enough."
Marquis Anyang said with a smile: "Those words just now were said by the country's leader. As the country's leader, naturally he cannot favor one party. If Jindingsi can be successfully established, it is indeed inappropriate for only the Huaiying Pavilion to participate. It will monopolize all the benefits and not share them with other pavilions.
, I’m afraid I will make enemies for no reason.”
Zhao Shui suddenly felt admiration in his heart. Before, he had thought of making a lot of money by relying on the Huaiying Hall family to take over the production of talismans and artifacts. Unexpectedly, there was a danger hidden in this idea. It seemed that the big shots in the court were indeed
It cannot be underestimated.
"But don't worry, nephew. When the Jinding Division was first established, you will definitely need your Huaiying Pavilion to play the leading role." Anyang Houyan said: "I have also thought about it. Before the official establishment of the government office, you first build a group of talisman soldiers. No.
The quantity is required, but it must be exquisite and high-quality. At least it must be approved by the king first, and then things will be easier to handle."
Zhao Shu nodded, and then asked: "But I'm afraid I don't have enough magical objects and spiritual materials on hand."
"What is this place that my nephew said?" Hou Lang of Anyang laughed and said: "This is the capital of Dongsheng. Are you still worried that there are no natural resources and treasures for you to use? I will take you to the place of business tomorrow.
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Zhao Shui was also confused for a moment, and then he thought of something: "Uncle Shi, the court is so eager to establish the Jinding Division, is it possible that they are going to raise troops to fight again?"
Marquis Anyang sighed: "It's hard to say. A few days ago, a palace upheaval broke out in the Xiong Kingdom. The situation is ambiguous and unpredictable. If there is any slight disturbance, it is likely to lead to a war. In the past few years, some people were looking forward to Shouyang annihilating the army.
It can last for a long time, but all knowledgeable people understand that the five countries are accumulating strength and there will still be wars to fight."
Zhao Shu himself did not want to see wars and wars resume again, but now he gradually understood that the situation in which the five countries of Kunlun Continent coexisted relied on a fragile alliance, and everyone was on guard against each other.
"You don't have to think too much." Marquis Anyang said to Zhao Shu: "In the past, Tianxia established five capitals in five directions. In the troubled times, only Dongsheng was not captured. If the current situation is considered peaceful, I am afraid there is no place in the world that can
Comparable to Dongshengdu."
"I'm not afraid that the army will attack Dongsheng Capital." Zhao Shu sighed. At least when Xiong Guo's soldiers approached Dongsheng Capital, Liang Tao personally took action to defeat the enemy.
"Are you afraid that the Chongxuan Hall will be detrimental to you?" Marquis Anyang said: "My nephew, you have to understand that if you are just a monk in the hall, you have no power to protect yourself. You can only stay in the court and make yourself a useful person.
Only by letting others rely on you for success or failure can you gain a foothold and be invincible!"