When Ji Zhang heard that Long Chen had given the Long family the magic method, he hated Long Chen in his heart.
He told Long Chen about the movements of the ghost fetuses and killed two of them, but Long Chen only gave him the Secret of Immortality.
He originally wanted to go to Long Chen to ask for the skills, but if he thought about it carefully, if he went to him directly, Long Chen would definitely not give it to him, and the relationship would become tense.
Therefore, Ji Zhang chose to attack the person who obtained the skill.
These people have high and low cultivation levels, and Ji Zhang found someone with a low cultivation level.
After a series of ambush, attack, and kidnapping, he successfully tied the person to his own yard.
By doing this, you can not only obtain the skills, but also avoid offending Long Chen.
The man looked at Ji Zhang and said, "How can I trust you?"
After wandering around in the world for so long, the man is not stupid. Even if he tells the Long family's inner thoughts, Ji Zhang may not let him go.
Ji Zhang smiled coldly and said, "You can only believe me!"
If a man doesn't believe in Ji Zhang or doesn't talk about the exercises, Ji Zhang will kill him.
The man was helpless and said, "Okay, I'll tell you, but I don't remember it very clearly. I have to recall it slowly."
Ji Zhang sneered: "I'm afraid I don't have time, because I have arrested more than one of you. If he speaks first, you don't have to speak anymore."
In fact, Ji Zhang only caught this one man. He deliberately said that there was another man to force and threaten the man.
The man didn't know whether it was true or not, so he panicked and immediately said, "Okay, I'll tell you!"
Ji Zhang took out a pen and paper, and the man dictated.
...
On the west side of the lake.
The sky gradually gets brighter, the rising sun rises in the east, and the bright red sun shines on the lake, half of the lake's water shows a touch of gold.
Water birds fluttered across the water, and fish jumped out of the water from time to time, creating a burst of golden water spray.
The old fisherman came out of the cabin, immediately took out his tobacco stick, coughed a few times, and wanted to have a pipe.
"Eh? Where is the person?"
The old fisherman originally wanted to chat with Long Chen for a few more words, but he didn't expect that he had already left.
"Going back, right?"
The old fisherman walked to the fire and saw a large ingot of silver placed on the stone.
After picking up the silver, the old fisherman looked around and smiled happily: "He is a good young man and he is polite."
At this time, Long Chen and Han Ziping had already taken a sailboat and drifted south.
As soon as it got light, Long Chen and Han Ziping got together, found a fishing boat with a sail, gave them money, and said they wanted to take a tour of the lake and look to the south.
The boatman was originally unwilling and said he wanted to sell fish for money, but Long Chen blocked his mouth with a handful of money.
On the boat, Long Chen wore a black gauze hat and looked at the sparkling golden lake with some expectation in his heart.
If it is true as the old fisherman said, the attack on Linhu City will be just around the corner.
"Master, are you afraid of the sun?"
Seeing Long Chen's face covered with black gauze, the boatman asked curiously.
Long Chen smiled and said: "The sun is too bright, I'm afraid of getting tanned. I'm not a rough guy who gets exposed to the sun."
The boatman smiled in astonishment and said, "Yes, the young master is a wealthy man."
In fact, the boatman himself was very tanned.
The morning breeze blew the sails, and the fishing boat drifted quickly to the south.
The lake is very big, and when we drifted to the south, it was already sunset.
The setting sun spreads on the lake, and the fishing boatmen sing fishing songs, which is quite an artistic conception.
"The fisherman sings late, and the sound echoes on the poor Pengli shore."
Long Chen sighed.
"Sir, that's Linjiang. The lake goes south from this river and is said to go all the way into the sea."
The boatman pointed to the south and said.
Long Chen looked over and saw a narrow opening between the two mountains, from which the lake water poured out.
Long Chen has been to Linjiang City, but never here, so he doesn't know where the water from Linhu flows out.
"No wonder..."
When he saw the lake entrance, Long Chen finally understood why it was blocked.
Last night, I heard an old fisherman say that the river in the south had been blocked once. Long Chen was a little confused.
Because the lake is very large, the river flowing out of the lake must also be very wide. The surface of the river may be several miles wide. How can such a river be blocked?
But the lake mouth near the lake is very special. There are mountains on both sides, and the lake mouth is very small, only a few hundred meters long.
"Sir, we must dock, not near the mouth of the lake."
"The water there is extremely turbulent and there are various whirlpools and undercurrents, making it difficult for approaching ships to be saved."
The boatman immediately anchored to the west, and the sailors on the boat shook the oars desperately. They looked very scared and did not dare to get close to the mouth of the lake.
The boat docked, Long Chen and Han Ziping jumped out, the boatman said with a smile: "If you come here to play again, you can find a small one, and the small one will fish here."
Long Chen gave him a lot of money, and the boatman wanted to make some more.
Long Chen smiled and said: "Thank you very much."
The sailboat drifted northward in the evening breeze.
Long Chen and Han Ziping slowly walked towards the mouth of the lake, and the sound of rumbling water spread hundreds of meters away.
Climbing up the high mountain to the west and looking down at the river at the mouth of the lake, I saw the rapids rushing south.
The lake mouth is located a little higher, and the water suddenly falls, the rapids hit, and the water mist rises from the bottom, making a huge roar.
Han Ziping looked at the torrent and was shocked: "The mountains on both sides are so hard. They were not cut off by such a strong river flow."
The rope cuts the wood, and the water drops penetrate the stone.
Under the erosion of such a fast river, if the rocks on both sides were not hard enough, they would have been washed away long ago, and the mountain might even be cut off.
"I have been to Linhu City, but not here."
Long Chen stood on the top of the mountain, gave a thumbs up, squinted his eyes left and right for visual inspection, and said: "The width is about 300 steps."
Han Ziping felt curious, raised his thumbs up and asked: "Sir, how did you calculate the distance like this?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "This is geometry, you don't understand."
Han Ziping had never heard of geometry, so he didn't ask.
Long Chen always knew some weird knowledge that they couldn't learn.
"Tell me, if I put an iron rope across the river, can I block the entrance of the lake?"
Han Ziping shook his head and said: "The water in the lake is extremely turbulent. If you want to cross the river with an iron chain, you must have a strong enough iron chain and a strong enough tree to block it. This matter... is very difficult."
Long Chen nodded, he also knew that this was difficult.
According to the current level of technological smelting, it is a bit difficult to cast such a long chain.
At the same time, we have to look for trees that are strong enough to be chained and block the lake entrance.
"It is difficult, but it is better than sacrificing hundreds of thousands of brothers."
If we take a forceful attack, we will have to pay at least 100,000 casualties. This is the lowest estimate.
Guitai and Li Chengdao are not useless. There are 500,000 troops in the city. The cost of a strong attack is very high.
Human life is more important than anything else.
Han Ziping nodded and said: "My lord is right, I am willing to spend money."
After Long Chen observed carefully, Long Chen and Han Ziping lit a bonfire on the shore to rest.
...
Xianhe City.
Meng Yidao was sitting in the room, working hard to practice the longevity technique and the Long family's mental method.
Meng Yidao didn't have a disciple, and what he learned was messy. Wu Jian helped him straighten out his routines, and he slowly found his way through practice.
If it weren't for his innate divine power and his level of cultivation, Meng Yidao would have been killed long ago.
While Meng Yidao was practicing, many people in other places in the city were also stepping up their practice.
A woman with a slim face, a long body, a slim waist, and a charming appearance was sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly practicing the Long family's mental method.
This woman is Zhuang Ling'er, a lay disciple of Lianhua Temple.
Zhuang Ling'er's parents died when she was young, and her sister-in-law in the nunnery adopted her.
Zhuang Ling'er doesn't like chanting Buddhist scriptures, but likes to practice martial arts and swordsmanship, and she is quite talented.
There are no good exercises in Lianhua Temple, and Zhuang Ling'er has also reached the late stage of King's practice.
After the recruitment order was issued, Zhuang Ling'er participated in the roundup and was lucky enough to get a stump.
With this, Zhuang Linger went to Xianhe City and obtained the Secret of Immortality.
According to the original plan, she took the exercises and returned to Lianhua Temple immediately, but after meeting Long Chen at the banquet, Zhuang Ling'er felt a little bit crazy.
Long Chen was really handsome, he was a King of Martial Arts, and he had advanced cultivation. She had never seen such a good man.
Therefore, after taking the exercises, Zhuang Ling'er stayed in the city to practice and did not leave immediately.
While Zhuang Ling'er was practicing in her room, a shadow approached quietly.
