Xu Zhiqiong bought twenty kilograms of mutton and a jar of wine, and the master and apprentice chatted while eating.
"This method of possession is called the Soul-Calling Technique. It is an original creation of mine and has never been taught to others. I thought you were a pretty good person, so I taught this method to you.
Of course, you are also destined to be my teacher. Your meridians are similar to mine. If your meridians are not similar to mine and you still want to practice this skill, once your soul leaves the body, it will never come back."
I have similar meridians to Tao Chang?
Xu Zhiqiong was shocked.
Could it be that the Taoist Priest and I have a special relationship?
Looking at Xu Zhiqiong's eyes with a strong thirst for knowledge, the Taoist priest explained: "Originally, our meridians were not similar. Later, I changed your meridians and you became similar to mine. You and my teacher still have a deep bond.
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Xu Zhiqiong nodded sincerely.
Talent can create!
Fate can also be created!
After being promoted to the lower level of the seventh level, the basic attributes were improved again, and the speed reached 38 pills. Taking into account Xu Zhiqiong's talent, the speed basically reached 40 pills.
"Where's the eunuch?"
"Forty pills."
Forty pills too!
This proves that the gap between judges and eunuchs is further narrowing. Judges like Xu Zhiqiong who are talented in speed are no longer inferior to eunuchs of the same level in terms of speed.
The stage of being restrained by eunuchs is about to pass.
In terms of strength, a judge under the seventh grade has a strength of thirty-five jun.
The lower section of the seventh-grade killing path has the power of 170 jun, which is completely incomparable, but the eunuch only has the power of 12 jun.
As long as you guard against the opponent's fierce skills, the opportunity to counterattack with one strike is not difficult to find.
Next time you meet a dead eunuch, fuck him to death!
While Xu Zhiqiong was feeling proud, the Taoist priest reminded him: "The seventh-level skills are powerful enough to make the Tao of Killers envious. Do you want to learn them?"
This old man seduces me again.
Does he think I really can't control myself?
"Master, don't worry, I will get the three meritorious deeds soon."
The Taoist priest shook his head: "Don't praise Haikou, you don't know the difficulties of an eighth-grade judge."
Why don't you kill people?
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Disciples should try their best to practice, but there is still one thing I want to ask for. I hope Master can fulfill it."
"What's the matter?"
"This disciple has more than 200 meritorious deeds left. I will eat them now. Master, please help me rise to the seventh rank!"
Nine hundred and eight merit pills, 700 pills eaten, 203 pills left.
Xia Shengzhong, completely transformed, took advantage of the fact that the Taoist priest had not fallen asleep, so he directly took care of the matter.
Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest shook his head and said, "It takes four hundred meritorious deeds to advance from the seventh rank to the first rank. You are still a little short."
Four hundred?
This is too cruel!
Now Xu Zhiqiong knows why the act of recommending officials is so deeply involved.
A referral officer like Xia Hu can take on one or two cases a month, and at best, she can take on 20 cases a year, with five merit points for each case, which adds up to a hundred merit points.
It takes four hundred meritorious deeds to advance to a higher level, which takes four years.
It takes twelve years to advance to the third rank to reach the sixth rank.
During these twelve years, you must not make mistakes in judging cases, let alone be punished by your superiors, and you must guard against vicious competition from other referees.
Xia Hu is now caught in vicious competition among her peers. Except for Xu Zhiqiong, she can't get any business at all.
Xu Zhiqiong sighed softly and said: "If it weren't for me, my wife would probably not be promoted to the sixth rank in another twenty years."
"Twenty years is a short time," the Taoist priest smiled and sighed, "It is indeed not easy to be promoted to an official position. If a judgment is written accurately, it will only have five points of merit. If it is not written accurately, not only will there be no merit, but it will also be left behind.
He gained a bad reputation, was hated by his peers, and was also hated by the underworld, but no one will come to visit him from now on."
Xu Zhiqiong actually heard Xia Hu say what the Taoist Master said.
The judge judged the wrong case and lost five points of merit.
But the judge who came to him to judge the case had lost all the merits he had gained this time, so he must have some complaints.
The ghost officer who took over the case also received no reward, but had to waste his efforts in punishing the criminals, so naturally he had to complain a bit.
If the verdict is wrong once, that's fine. If the verdict is wrong three or five times, there will be more complaints and the reputation will spread. In the future, no one will look for such a referee to judge the case again.
In the Punishment and Punishment Department, there are quite a few such officials, and they are living in a miserable state in the Punishment and Punishment Department, fearing that they will never get another chance to turn around.
"Nine rises and eight easy steps, eight rises and seven difficulties, seven rises and six difficulties are as good as climbing to the sky! Zhi Qiong, you have to understand the painstaking efforts of our Taoist sect. We are the masters of the right path and the righteous path. We cannot rely solely on killing. You have to sharpen your mind."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Master, if I get three meritorious deeds, where should I find you?"
"Don't worry, this doesn't happen overnight. I will visit you from time to time these days. If I don't come to see you, you can come to my place to find me."
The Taoist priest stopped talking and concentrated on eating and drinking.
Xu Zhiqiong ate just one piece of twenty kilograms of mutton.
A jar of wine, Xu Zhiqiong drank a bowl.
"Master, does today coincide with fasting again?"
The Taoist priest burped and disappeared without a trace.
…
Having just been promoted to seventh rank, Xu Zhiqiong was a little tired and slept at home for a whole day and night. When he woke up at dusk the next day, he saw Tong Qingqiu moving.
"Brother Tong, where are you going?"
Tong Qingqiu smiled and said: "I'm moving to Yin Yang Division with Zhuo Jing. I originally wanted you to come over and help me, but seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I didn't want to wake you up."
Xu Zhiqiong saw that there were still many salutes scattered on the ground, and quickly helped load the car. Tong Qingqiu took out the land deed and house deed and handed them to Xu Zhiqiong: "This house will be handed over to you in the future. If you like it, please give it to me."
Open up the two courtyards and make it into a big house. If you don't like it, just sell it. If you have anything to do in the future, come to the Onmyoji Division to find me."
Xu Zhiqiong gave in several times, but Tong Qingqiu forced it on him.
"I've prepared the medicinal powder you asked me for before. Zhiqiong, your job is too dangerous. The last time you fought with those Gu sects, I was frightened. You must not fight with them in the future.
Work hard and be careful in everything."
After the luggage was packed, Xu Zhiqiong sent the couple all the way to the Yin and Yang Division. Madam-in-law was wearing a new Xia Pei and a newly struck gold step today, and she looked very dignified as an official's wife.
She was very happy. She thought it was a good thing that Tong Qingqiu was willing to become an official.
Xu Zhiqiong also felt that this was a good thing. With his talents, he should be able to flourish in the Yin and Yang Division, although this went against Tong Qingqiu's original intention.
After returning from the Onmyoji Division, Xu Zhiqiong felt empty, but he could no longer go to Brother Tong's house for food.
What to do with his house?
Xu Zhiqiong was naturally reluctant to sell it, and as Brother Tong said, he demolished the partition walls and built a big house?
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No, building a house will take at least a year, cost a lot of money, and involve energy. It would be better to buy a house elsewhere.
Or rent it out?
It's not appropriate either. Xu Zhiqiong is used to living with Brother Tong, so Xu Zhiqiong feels uncomfortable with unfamiliar neighbors.
What to do?
This house cannot be left empty. An unpopular house will become unlivable over time.
Xu Zhiqiong was feeling depressed and wandered to the north of the city to relax. He wanted to go to the peach blossom shed, but when he walked to a deserted path in Beiyuan, he suddenly heard a sound of yelling and cursing in the distance.
"If I can't get the monthly payment today, this girl will have to come with me!"
"Master Kang, we and I sold it for twenty copper coins. If there is one more, I will give it to you."
"Why are you telling me this?"
A harsh slap came over. A man in his forties was slapping a woman selling groceries. Next to him, a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old was howling.
This woman did not have a shop, but only set up a small stall on the ground. The alley was also remote, and few people usually came there. No one would set up a stall here unless they really had no other livelihood.
In such a remote place, there are still people who collect monthly money?
It seems that wherever there are people, there will be scum.
The man who was beating the man was named Kang Guangsi. It is said that he was also a famous troublemaker back then. When he and Lu Wu were fighting for territory, he was blinded in one eye and was given the nickname - Single-eyed Long Kang Guanggun.
He was blinded, and there was no fight over the territory. Kang Guangsi lost the territory of Wang'an River and was forced to come to Beiyuan.
Kang Guangsi was also a ruthless man at the beginning, and he also committed life-threatening lawsuits. When he was at his most prosperous, like Lu Wu, he had many thugs around him. He could earn a hundred or ten taels of silver every month by knocking out bone marrow.
Now that he has lost his power, he is the only one left, and his livelihood is not that easy to find. He does not dare to go to bigger shops, so he can only start from the roadside. Last night, he met a beggar who tried to steal some of his rice bowl. He beat the beggar to death for a copper plate.
When he met this stall selling groceries tonight, he naturally refused to let him go.
But the mother and daughter really didn’t have any money.
What to do if you have no money? Then you have to rob people.
Xiao Nizi was twelve or thirteen, and could be sold for thirty or fifty taels at least. Kang Guanggun knew that the government was hunting down Yazi recently, but people like him would not consider the consequences as long as there was immediate profit.
The woman was knocked to the ground with several slaps, and Kang Guangguan stepped forward and grabbed the little girl's hair.
"Come with me!"
The little girl struggled desperately, and the woman stepped forward and hugged Kang Guangguan's ankle, crying: "Master, please spare my daughter, you can beat me any way you want, even if you kill me, please spare my daughter!"
"You bitch, let me go!"
Kang Guangguan kicked the woman in the face. The woman's face was covered with blood and she still held on to his ankle.
"Give me back my daughter, give me back my daughter!"
Kang Guanggun kicked her again and the woman's eye socket was broken, but she still refused to let go.
"You're not going to let go, right? Don't give it to me! I'm going to give you a longer face and a longer memory!" Kang Guangguan raised his foot and was about to kick the little girl in the face, when he suddenly felt his scalp tightening.
Someone pulled his hair.
"Let me see, you have no shame, how can you give others the face?" Xu Zhiqiong pulled Kang Guangguan's hair and pressed Kang Guangguan to the ground.
Kang Guangguan cursed loudly: "Who the hell are you? How dare you touch my one-eyed dragon..."
Before he finished speaking, he stepped on Kang Guangguan's face.
"You still dare to hit me, try touching me again..."
Xu Zhiqiong stepped on Kang Guang's mouth.
"If you touch me again..."
Xu Zhiqiong stepped on his nose.
"you you……"
Xu Zhiqiong stepped on his eye.
"Grandpa, please spare me..." Kang Guangguan gave in.
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "Are you rich?"
Kang Guangguan was frightened. Who did he meet? Why are you asking me for money?
"I asked you if you have money?" Xu Zhiqiong put more strength on his feet.
"Yes, yes..." Kang Guangsi took out a bag of loose money from his arms, not knowing where he got it.
Xu Zhiqiong handed the money bag to the mother and daughter and signaled them to leave quickly. The mother and daughter thanked them profusely, packed up the groceries on the floor, and left quickly.
Kang Guangsi begged: "Grandpa, please spare me."
Xu Zhiqiong picked up a ball of rags from the gutter, stuffed it into Kang Guangsi's mouth, and carried him into the Begging Village.
Beggar Village is the most desolate place in Beiyuan, a place where even beggars are unwilling to live. Xu Zhiqiong once killed Bai Lanlang Wang Shijie here. This is a good place to kill people.
Tonight, he dragged the troublemaker Kang Guangsi into an abandoned house.
This house used to be a beggar's house, but it has been abandoned for many years and is almost falling apart.
Xu Zhiqiong took off the rope from his waist, tied up Kang Guangguang, picked up a wooden stick from the ground, lit it, and began to burn Kang Guangguang's left foot.
There were bursts of smoke rising from the house. Kang Guangsi wanted to shout, but he couldn't make a sound and could only hum twice in his throat.
Xu Zhiqiong lit another firewood and began to burn Kang Guangguan's right foot, and bursts of charred smoke rose up again.
In the blink of an eye, six pieces of firewood were burned, and Kang Guangsi, who was completely burnt, almost fainted.
Xu Zhiqiong pulled the rag out of his mouth and asked, "Do you want a good time?"
Kang Guangguan nodded.
Xu Zhiqiong pulled off the waistband of his trousers, hung it on the beam, and tied it in a knot.
"Come on, put your head in and stand firm. I asked you to stand firm. Can't you hear me?
I almost forgot, your feet hurt, right? It’s okay, it won’t hurt after a while. Kick the stool, push hard, kick, kick, hurry up, you see you are making me anxious..."
Who says you can't earn merit if you can't kill people?
I didn't kill him, he died by himself!
This is not difficult, just a little troublesome!
Xu Zhiqiong was urging Kang Guangguan to kick the stool when the Taoist priest suddenly appeared in front of him, pointed at Xu Zhiqiong and shouted: "Pi, can this count?"
The Taoist Master knew that Xu Zhiqiong must have special thoughts and had been observing Xu Zhiqiong secretly.
Xu Zhiqiong didn't give in. He puffed up his chest and said, "Why can't you count?"
"I told you not to kill anyone. What's the difference between doing this and killing him with your own hands?"
"That's not what you said!" Xu Zhiqiong raised a firewood stick, lit it, and looked at Kang Guangsi, "Tell me, do you want to die?"
Kang Guangsi nodded.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Master, you see, he wanted to die on his own, I didn't do anything, it has nothing to do with me!"