Li Chengdao was sitting cross-legged in the secret room, with a jar in front of him containing fresh human blood.
Li Chengdao picked up the jar and poured it into his stomach.
A person's blood enters his abdomen, and a warmth rises.
Li Chengdao immediately activated the Long Family Mental Technique and Ghost Pulse Technique.
The secret method of the Li family's royal family is Xuanwu Jue. Outsiders think that the beauty of Xuanwu Jue is that the Xuanwu Turtle Shield has high defense.
In fact, when Xuanwu Jue is cultivated to the highest level, it can be divided into two levels.
Xuanwu is a combination of turtle and snake. After cultivating to the highest level, the turtle and snake are separated, and the divine turtle and the spiritual snake are independent.
After the ghost fetus appeared, Li Chengdao had been cultivating in hiding. No matter what humiliation, he swallowed it and practiced with all his strength in secret.
His qualifications are not bad. If he attacked the realm with all his strength, he would have broken through to the real realm long ago.
But he didn't, he chose to attack Xuanwu Jue and cultivate the Li family's royal secret technique to the highest level.
Finally, yesterday, Li Chengdao practiced Xuanwu Jue to the highest level.
Although his cultivation level is still Emperor Zun, Li Chengdao already feels different.
When circulating his Qi, he could feel the existence of two forces within his body. The two forces were independent of each other and intertwined, like a spiritual snake coiling around a divine turtle.
When practicing, Li Chengdao can practice two techniques at the same time.
The divine turtle practices the Long Family's Heart Technique, and the spirit snake practices the Ghost Pulse Technique.
The Long Family Heart Technique is masculine, while the Ghost Pulse Technique is cold and vicious. Practicing the two techniques at the same time gives a wonderful feeling.
"Wonderful..."
Li Chengdao looked slightly happy, he hadn't smiled for a long time.
Time passed little by little, and by the time Li Chengdao opened his eyes, two days had passed.
After coming out of the secret room and outside, He Mengsheng hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, the Holy Son, please come over and discuss matters."
Li Chengdao's face was still gloomy and he walked quickly to Prince Qingren's Mansion.
When I arrived at the palace, I walked into the main hall. Gui Fei was sitting at the head of the palace, while Yin Shan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Duan Juncai, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, were kneeling at the bottom.
Li Chengdao knelt down at the door, slowly crawled up to him, and said, "I pay my respects to the Holy Son."
Guite stared at Li Chengdao for a while and said coldly: "Raise your head."
Li Chengdao looked up and saw Guifei flying up from his seat and hitting his chest with a palm.
Li Chengdao exclaimed: "The Holy Son..."
boom!
With a muffled sound, Li Chengdao was beaten and flew out of the door. A blood mist sprayed in the air. Li Chengdao fell to the ground, his body curled up in pain.
The people around them immediately lowered their heads, and Yin Shan and Duan Juncai were trembling with fear.
The ghost fetus is moody, killing people and sucking blood all based on a thought.
The ghost body was erratic, landing next to Li Chengdao, and said with a cold smile: "I thought you had broken through the real realm, but it seems that your cultivation level has only improved slightly, trash!"
When Li Chengdao came in, Gui Fei felt something was different about Li Chengdao. He thought Li Chengdao was deliberately concealing his cultivation, so he tried to test him.
After one blow, Li Chengdao had no room for resistance. Only then did Gui Fei determine that Li Chengdao had only improved his cultivation level a little and had not broken through to the true state.
Guitai sat down again and said, "I asked the Ministry of War to make gunpowder. How is the progress?"
Yu Ziming, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was killed, and the matter fell on the Ministry of Works. Minister Yin Shan felt unlucky, and it was a hard job.
"Making gunpowder requires saltpeter and sulfur. After Li Zhaoliang became emperor, Shicheng's raw materials were no longer available."
Yin Shan trembled when he reported the incident, fearing that the ghost would be unhappy and kill him in anger.
Guitai looked unhappy and cursed: "If you can't get the raw materials from Shicheng, you won't look for other places?"
Yin Shan did not dare to talk back and immediately said: "I obey the order."
Guitai looked at Duan Juncai and said, "The army rations are gone?"
Duan Juncai's voice trembled as he replied: "Military rations have always been transported from Jinling by the Ministry of Household Affairs. After Li Zhaoliang's rebellion, there was no military rations transported to Jinling, so...military rations are not enough."
Guite had expected this, so he asked Li Chengdao to take back Jinling City, but it was a pity that he failed.
"You are the Minister of Hubu. Wherever you are, the Ministry of Hubu will be there."
"Bypass Jinling and send people directly to counties to collect grain and rice."
Guitai gave Duan Juncai advice, and Duan Juncai immediately bowed and said, "I obey the order."
After talking about gunpowder and military rations, Guitai looked out the door and said coldly: "Dead?"
Li Chengdao got up with difficulty and slowly crawled back into the hall, his mouth still bleeding.
The injury was a bit serious, but he couldn't die, so Gui Fei didn't care.
"I heard that Long Chen is quietly deploying troops, don't you know?"
Li Chengdao coughed, blood spurted on the ground, and replied painfully: "I already know that Long Chen secretly mobilized his troops to the south. I thought he intended to capture Zhangcheng, cut off the connection between Qingren County and the south of Daliang, and turn Qingren County into a
It became an isolated city."
Zhangcheng is not big. It is located in the southeast of Qingren County and is a thoroughfare. If it is captured, Qingren County will not be able to communicate with the southeastern city, and the material supply will be completely cut off.
Guitai said coldly: "I thought you didn't know. Now that you know, how should you deal with it?"
Li Chengdao reported back: "Zhangcheng is not far from here. I want Liu Feibai to guard it. If anything happens, reinforcements can be sent quickly."
Guitai nodded slightly and said: "Well, Liu Feibai is okay, let's do it like this."
"There is a shortage of ordnance and food in the city. You should think of your own ideas. This beam is yours, not mine!"
Li Chengdao kowtowed and said, "This slave accepts the decree."
Guite waved his hand, and Li Chengdao got up in pain and walked out slowly.
Yin Shan and Duan Juncai left immediately.
When he returned to the Yamen, his hands were pouring tea. Yin Shan's hands were trembling. He wanted to pick up the tea cup, but he couldn't hold it firmly and the tea spilled on the ground.
Duan Juncai is better and can hold the cup steadily.
"Master Yin, when will these days end?"
Duan Juncai drank a cup of tea and felt a little better.
Yin Shan asked the others to go down, the servants retreated, and Yin Shan poured himself another cup of tea.
Holding the tea cup with both hands, he reluctantly put the tea into his mouth.
"Who knows, the day is at risk."
Both of them were taken to work by the ghosts, and both of them knew that the work was impossible.
Guite wants the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for the construction of firearms. How can it be constructed without raw materials?
Moreover, firearms were a new thing that Yin Shan couldn't understand at all. With his eyes darkened, he was sure he couldn't do it himself.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is even worse. There is a shortage of military equipment and food every day. The surrounding counties and counties have already exhausted all their houses, so they have to arrest people to serve as military rations.
Duan Juncai said in a low voice: "I heard rumors in the city that Li Zhaoliang is recruiting people to surrender. As long as he is willing to go back, he will be reinstated..."
Yufu State sent people to spread the news in Qingren County. As long as they were willing to return to Jinling, they would be appointed according to their original positions.
Yin Shan's face changed slightly and he said: "I heard that each ministry has a new minister. The current minister of the Ministry of Revenue is Niu Qianren. I remember that he was personally guided by Master Duan."
Duan Juncai nodded slightly and said: "Yes, he was just a small official at the beginning. I saw that he was diligent in his work, so I promoted him."
Yin Shan said: "I also heard that Long Chen and Li Zhaoliang negotiated peace. The condition is that the west of Qingren County will be returned to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and then a monument will be erected for the Long family army."
Duan Juncai put down his teacup and said, "Will Long Chen really give up? If...if Qingren County cannot defend it, Long Chen can march straight in and break through Jinling in only ten days."
Yin Shan shook his head and said, "I don't know. The most important thing for us right now is to save our lives. Our children are all in Jinling. Fortunately, they have not done any harm. I don't know when we can see our family again."
The two sighed deeply and sat silently without speaking.
After a long time, Yin Shan suddenly said: "Master Duan, have you ever thought about leaving this place?"
