When Li Zhiyun saw Wu Ma again after he left Jinyang and went north, Wu Ma's book sculpture had changed from bronze to white silver. Yes, Wu Ma had become a third-level awakened disciple, and all the divine decree stars
They were all exchanged for awakening magic powers, and not a single half was left.
Yuwen Jianxue, who came back from the grassland with Dancing Horse, was in a similar situation, and the Divine Will Star was used cleanly.
Although Yuwen Jianxue left the Tang Dynasty to follow Wu Ma in secret, Li Zhiyun knew it from beginning to end. The reason why he did not stop him was because he considered that if this development continued, it would help eliminate more interference and allow him to master the Tang Dynasty as soon as possible.
Pagoda. What happened after that has been proceeding according to his plan. Now, he is the complete master of Datang Pagoda.
But this does not mean that troubles and obstacles have completely disappeared. For example, the current situation——
Li Zhiyun never believed that the two first-generation awakened disciples of the Tang Pagoda in front of him, who looked tired from the long journey, were completely unaware of his newly proposed rule of uniformly handing over the Divine Will Star. Otherwise, they would not have sneaked in overnight.
In Jinyang City, he quietly entered the Tang Tower and knocked unconscious the awakened disciple on duty.
Of course, these two first-generation awakened disciples still do not admit this. The explanation they gave was that the awakened disciple on duty was sleepy, which was nonsense. However, no injuries were found on the unconscious awakened disciple.
Traces...it's quite thoughtful.
In fact, deep down in his heart, Li Zhiyun fully understood Wu Ma and Yuwen Jianxue's motives for doing this.
If it were Li Zhiyun, he would never hand over the God's Will Star that he had worked so hard to get from the grassland. What's more, there is a light ball floating on the head of the dancing horse that can help him directly advance to the third level of awakened disciples - if Li Zhiyun
If he discovers this light ball in advance, he will definitely use the power of the captain to do everything possible to deprive the use rights of the light ball that does not belong to the dancing horse.
You must know that this increase and decrease is definitely a major change for his and Wu Ma's right to speak in the Tang Tower and even the Jinyang Army.
The deal is done, it's too late to say anything now.
After some simple greetings, Li Zhiyun decided to temporarily abandon the investigation of Wu Ma and Yuwen Jianxue's illegal exchange of divine decree stars and knocking out the guard, because the other party seemed to have a reasonable reason for each of the crimes.
Shirking. There is a long way to go, and there are plenty of opportunities. So, when the other party had tightened his heartstrings and was ready for conflict, he showed his most gentle and heartwarming smile:
"Wu Langjun and Miss Yu Wen have been traveling all the way and are tired from the journey. They must be exhausted both physically and mentally. It's better to rest early... If there's anything else, we'll discuss it in detail tomorrow... As for the guard in the tower sleeping in extreme sleep, this brother
Recently, he accompanied the army to attack Xihe County, and he was extremely tired, so I took a shift for him and asked him to have a good rest."
No one expected that he would let Wu Ma and Yuwen Jianxue leave in such an understatement. Was he trying to show a kind of generosity and easy-going that could accommodate all rivers? But he never thought that what the other party felt was the calm before the storm? Therefore, he brought
He left with cautious and defensive steps. That night, after Yuwen Jianxue returned home, he quietly sneaked to the dancing horse and discussed the countermeasures.
As for Li Zhiyun, he indeed took the place of the sleepy awakened disciple on duty in the Tang Tower. Although he did not believe that the guard was knocked unconscious at all.
Li Zhiyun is no stranger to nights like this. He personally set the rule that awakened disciples must be on duty for twelve hours every day in the Tang Pagoda. In order to lead the above, Li Zhiyun personally took the lead and assumed the most duty tasks.
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Every night when he is on duty? It is a very restless time for Li Zhiyun. During the whole night, except for himself, there will be no second living person in the Datang Tower, and the soldiers outside the tower will not approach the Datang Tower.
There was no life around, not even a wandering soul. Under the cold moonlight, this night was even more dead than the desperate night before he was captured by the Sui army and was about to be beheaded.
Every night like this, Li Zhiyun would wander slowly in the main hall of the Datang Tower, which has a completely different architectural style from the current era. He walked past every floor tile and observed their patterns; more than a foot high, the lifelike Tang Dynasty
Standing in front of the tower soul for a long time, trying to get a glimpse of the mystery of heaven? Sighing how could there be such a magical thing in the world——
As long as you are willing to pay, work hard, sacrifice, and win within the game rules it sets? You can redeem what you want, even the ability to destroy the world. But in the cruel reality
There has never been such a fair and just thing in China. A bastard can only be a bastard? He is also an abandoned son who can be thrown away at any time.
Li Zhiyun walked through the stone forest of the Benming Statue and looked around the entire hall, imagining looking down at the Tang Dynasty from high in the sky. His heart was filled with turmoil - this was the first power he had gained with his own wisdom and hard work, and his revenge was also
It will start from here. From now on, no one can stop it.
He stared at the statues of the monsters of each awakened disciple in Datang Tower, recalling the scene when he had just recruited them.
Li Zhiyun understands everyone's natal monsters and their talents in awakening arts, and carefully plans the development route of awakening arts for them.
This is a wonderful experience - similar to collecting sets of treasures. He keeps recruiting awakened disciples of all kinds, more and more, and gradually develops a hobby, as if every awakened disciple belongs to him.
A precious collection, one day he will collect a set of monster statues exclusive to Li Zhiyun, and will build them into the most perfect look in his mind according to the established drawings.
Except for the horse dance.
Of course, Wu Ma is also an awakened disciple, but in Li Zhiyun's opinion, this person has no aura of collectibles at all, and is more like another collector hiding in the fog, and he is extremely talented.
Thinking of this, Li Zhiyun walked to the book sculpture of the dancing horse and stared at it with vigilant eyes, as if he was really reading a book. There were long words in the book, and Li Zhiyun knew every word, but even the words
At the same time, he had no idea what it meant. This book was destined to be difficult to read, but Li Zhiyun was determined to decipher it all.
If not, he will learn from Qin Shihuang.
Just when Li Zhiyun was about to finish his gaze, a statue of a wolf monster with thorns all over its body located in the middle of the statue forest shook and turned into powder amidst the buzzing sound and scattered on the ground.
Li Zhiyun had seen this scene before. Not long ago, in the innermost row of the main hall, it was said that it was one of the first statues of elders in the Tang Pagoda - the Qingdeng statue. One night, it suddenly turned into a puddle of powder on the ground.
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Liu Wenjing, who came after hearing the news, had a sad face. She looked at the blue-gray powder all over the ground and couldn't speak for a long time. After a while, she said: "A good girl... is gone just like that. Mr. Wu Lang, you are so cruel."
After saying that, he found a broom, swept as much powder on the ground into the dustpan as possible, and put it away. He also took out a white bead said to be called the Alphabet Pili Pill from his arms, and injected a stream of spiritual consciousness into it, and the bead emitted
Bursts of rapid white light seemed to be sending sad signals to some distant place.
Li Zhiyun had long known that the destruction of the statue meant the death of the awakened disciples. But that was the first time he had witnessed such a death with his own eyes.
What he didn't expect was that the second time would come so quickly.
Li Zhiyun hurriedly came to the newly sprinkled powder on the floor. At that time, some of the powder did not have time to fall on the floor tiles with the statues of the Tang Tower, but reflected the bright lights in the tower and danced in the air, as if
The aftertaste of the soul after death.
Li Zhiyun felt a twinge in his heart, followed by a long-lasting and uncontrollable anger.
The dead awakened disciple was nicknamed Black Wolf, and he was the third awakened disciple personally recruited by Li Zhiyun.
Li Zhiyun clearly remembers how this young man with a determined face carried his paralyzed mother and an armful of thick quilts to the Tang Tower and was stopped by the disdainful soldiers at the door. At that time, he spread the quilt on the ground and put his mother's quilt on his back.
Putting it gently on the quilt, the whole person turned into a huge black wolf as tall as a person. Thorns exploded, and then a rain of arrows rained down on the soldiers' heads - he did not kill the soldiers, but stabbed them all under the soldiers' feet.
The thorns were caught, making it difficult for the opponent to move an inch, trembling and frightened, and unable to speak a word.
According to Hei Lang, before this, because he was worried that his mother, who suffered from some kind of delusional disorder, would hurt him when a certain illness broke out, he carried his mother on his back every day and made a living by chopping wood and hunting on the mountain, until he changed from ordinary to ordinary.
Awakening in the body.
He heard about the large-scale recruitment of awakened disciples by the Jinyang Army, and also heard that the benefits offered by Duke Tang far exceeded those of the imperial court, so he came without hesitation.
Standing in front of the thorns on the ground outside the Datang Pagoda, Hei Lang said: "I came here just to cure my mother's illness and let her live a better life."
Whether it was Hei Lang's strong skills or his filial piety and sincerity, Li Zhiyun did not hesitate to include him in the tower. From then on, Hei Lang's mother had a dedicated caregiver, the best in Jinyang City.
Doctors treat me, I have the most comfortable bed, and I have delicious meals every day.
Li Zhiyun also made long-term plans for Black Wolf. His quick speed after transformation, bad temper, thick fur, and powerful attack power are very suitable for charging the hard steel to lead the charge and disrupt the enemy's formation. Li Zhiyun has put a lot of effort into him.
A lot of hard work, a lot of divine will stars were invested in him, increasing the speed, increasing the defense of the fur, increasing the damage of the thorns, watching him become stronger day by day... until the moment when his statue was reduced to ashes.
Full of anger, Li Zhiyun clenched his fists and guessed who the awakened disciple who killed Hei Lang was.
At first, he cast his doubtful eyes on the north - Liu Wuzhou, who ungratefully killed his immediate superior and then defected to the Turks. This was because Black Wolf was heading out of the city to Mayi to investigate Liu Wuzhou's marching movements, so as to prepare for the Jinyang army's southward march.
Prepare.
But Li Zhiyun quickly ruled out this possibility. He didn't believe that facing Liu Wuzhou's gang of crooked awakened disciples, Black Wolf wouldn't even have a chance to escape.
At this time, a small wisp of dust left over from the destruction of the black wolf statue suddenly floated toward the back of the hall. Without any help from the wind, it tried to float forward for a short distance, and finally exhausted its energy and fell to the ground.
Above - It is as if the deceased used his last strength to climb from the abyss of the eighteenth level of hell to the edge of the cliff, stretched out a hand that was so dry that it was almost weathered, struggling to point at the murderer who brutally killed him, so that he could reach the edge of the cliff.
Waiting peacefully for reincarnation in the torture of hell.
Li Zhiyun looked at the wisp of dust. There was a small thin tip protruding from the front, which actually looked a bit like a human finger. The thin tip was pointing at the venomous snake statue of a recently recruited awakened disciple of the Datang Pagoda.
Behind the snake statue is a book sculpture of a dancing horse.