Qianhu Office did not investigate the matter of directly exterminating the Jincan Sect without reporting it in advance.
After all, the situation is quite urgent. If it is delayed, there may be even greater disasters.
Just when Ding Shichang announced that the meeting was over and Gu An was about to walk out of the hall, Ding Shichang stopped him.
"Sir, I wonder what's the important matter for keeping this subordinate?"
"There is indeed something going on."
Ding Shichang picked up a letter from the table and handed it to Gu An.
"Let's take a look, the message from You Qianhu."
You Hongming? We only met him once, right?
Gu An paused, reached out to take it, opened it and read it.
Gradually, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
"Youzhou is going to hold a competition for young warriors?"
This letter is almost equivalent to an invitation letter.
It is said that on August 13th, a competition for young warriors across the state will be held in Zhennancheng. All warriors under the age of 25 across the state can participate.
You Hongming asked Gu An to attend by name.
"Yes, it will be held every five years, and you will be notified fifteen days in advance.
It just so happens that I am going to Zhennancheng to report on my work tomorrow, so just go on the road with me."
Seeing Gu An's thoughtful look, Ding Shichang said: "Although you have not yet broken through to the Dan Condensation Realm, your strength is indeed indescribable.
It's probably because of what happened in Qinghe Town last time that You Qianhu remembered you.
That’s why I let you go.”
It takes about eight days to get from Dongling County to Zhenna City, which means there is a buffer time of seven days.
There is still a banquet in two days, if you go there with Ding Shichang at this time.
Then I have to go out to attend the banquet at the inn or restaurant, which is inappropriate...
Gu An pondered for a moment: "Sir, it takes eight days to get from the county town to Zhenna City, and there are still fifteen days left.
My subordinate wants to take advantage of this time to stay in Baihusuo and practice with concentration to see if he can break through to the realm of condensation."
Ding Shichang nodded slowly when he heard this: "What you said makes sense, but in this case, you will have to go to Zhenna City alone."
"Don't worry, sir. My subordinate came to the county seat from Ping'an County alone, so he won't be in the way."
"Okay, there's nothing else to do. You can go down first."
"Yes, I am resigning."
Gu An responded and retreated.
Watching Gu An leave, Ding Shichang murmured to himself: "That boy from the Xie family can win, so why do you want Gu An to go and participate by name?
Could it be that there is some powerful character in Wu Mansion?"
…
After leaving the front hall, Gu An went directly to the formation pattern. Gu An did not want to imprint the formation pattern, but he had questions that he wanted to ask.
Gu An met Wu Zhimin, the deacon of the Zhenwen Department, in the reception room of the Zhenwen Department.
"Haha, Gu Xiaoqi came to my formation place today, but what formation pattern did he want to imprint?"
Gu An slightly cupped his hands and said, "Sorry to disturb Deacon Wu.
I came today not to imprint the formation pattern, but I want to ask the deacon about something."
Wu Zhimin smiled and said, "Oh, what's the matter? Gu Xiaoqi might as well tell you."
Gu An went through his thoughts in his mind and said, "When I was in Ping'an County, I heard Deacon Yan there say it.
In recent years, the formation offices in Shangjing City have been studying how to apply formation patterns to carriages, ships, and other means of transportation.
So I want to ask you here if there is any new progress."
Wu Zhimin nodded slowly: "Yes, my colleagues in Shangjing City are indeed conducting research here, and I heard that they have made some gains recently.
Why, Gu Xiaoqi is interested in this?"
Gu An smiled: "I'm just a little curious."
"Curiosity means interest. If Gu Xiaoqi has enough mental strength, I wouldn't mind teaching Gu Xiaoqi how to carve formation patterns."
Wu Zhimin smiled, but when he heard Gu An's second question, he was confused.
"I have a second question for you. Has anyone studied the formation pattern over there and applied it to the human body?"
After finishing speaking, Gu Jing looked at Wu Zhimin quietly, preparing to hear his answer.
Wu Zhimin was stunned for a long time and said slowly: "Gu Xiaoqi, you have never engraved the formation pattern, so you don't know anything.
When we engrave formation patterns, those engraving pens are made of special materials, which contain various properties.
We use our mental power and those special engraving pens to carve out patterns with different effects.
Whether it is the ones we engraved on the weapons made of fine iron, or the large defensive formations like city walls, or the ones we are currently studying.
All the carriers used have one characteristic, that is, they are dead!"
Immediately afterwards, Wu Zhimin gave Gu An another detailed explanation.
Gu An summarized it into two points. One is the engraving. When the engraving pen and mental power are used together, the energy contained in it is very huge.
Therefore, it will be very painful, and some formations are even corrosive to the flesh... This is something they learned from previous experiments on demons. Even the physical quality of demons cannot withstand it, let alone the human body.
Said.
Second, it is unclear whether the body fluids secreted by the human body will have any impact on the lines.
Compared to the first point, Gu An thinks this second point is irrelevant.
After all, there is no way to carve it, so there is no need to consider this second point.
Gu An also asked if there were any warriors who had practiced defensive skills who were willing to be volunteers.
Wu Zhimin said that there was once... but he still couldn't bear it...
This made Gu An couldn't help but wonder if his physical strength could withstand it.
If you can withstand it, your body is so large, and if you carve more formation patterns, you can have more abilities when fighting others in the future.
However, you have to do it yourself when it comes to using the pen to imprint the formation patterns...
Gu An still felt uneasy about leaving his body to others.
It seems that I have to find a way to learn the formation patterns...
"Deacon Wu, do you have some books here on the basics of imprinting formation patterns?"
"Gu Xiaoqi, you don't want to learn how to carve formation patterns and then carve them on yourself, right?
I have to advise you, although you are famous for your defense, the Iron Cloth Shirt with Golden Bell Cover is also at the second level.
But it’s very uncomfortable to live with, and besides, even if you endure it, it may not be useful.”
Wu Zhimin persuaded with earnest words.
Gu An cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Deacon Wu, for your concern. Regarding this matter, I have my own sense of discretion.
Besides, I haven’t learned how to imprint formation patterns, so I don’t know if I have any talent in this area.”
After a moment of silence, Wu Zhimin sighed: "In that case, I won't advise Gu Xiaoqi anymore. Please wait a moment, Gu Xiaoqi, and I'll get you some books."
After saying that, Wu Zhimin stood up and walked to the inner hall.
He thought that when Gu An hit a wall, he would naturally give up.
After a while, Gu An took several blue books from Wu Zhimin.
"Thank you, Deacon Wu."
After thanking him again, Gu An left the formation and walked towards his yard.