Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

[Nine-thousand-character chapter. 】

evening.

In a dark hut.

Liao Xun, Eunuch Liao, bowed his back slightly, and stood respectfully in front of a kang.

A young man with disheveled hair, old clothes, dressed like a Jianghu man, with a pale face and a smooth chin, sat cross-legged on the kang, peeled edamame and drank wine, and asked faintly:
"Identified? Isn't it the same name and surname?"

His voice was a little hoarse, as if his throat was broken, and he seemed to be deliberately suppressing his voice to speak.

Even so, one can still vaguely hear that his voice is somewhat feminine and delicate.

Liao Xun arched his hands and replied respectfully:

"Master Hui Ding, the villain has carefully looked at his appearance, and asked someone to inquire about his origin. It is indeed Shen Lang from Yingzhou Prefecture."

The pale young man with a smooth chin threw a few edamame beans into his mouth and asked again:
"Has he disappeared for more than two months, has his strength improved?"

Liao Xun solemnly said:

"This kid's strength has indeed improved a lot. When he announced the reward on the black market more than two months ago, his martial arts was only at the seventh rank. Now it seems that he has cultivated internal strength and has a sixth-rank cultivation. I just don't know how deep his internal strength is. , how pure the skill is."

Master Ding disagrees:
"In just over two months, even if you have cultivated your inner strength, how deep and pure can it be? This kind of martial arts is not worth mentioning. But his spells...

"Although the 'Double Cultivation of Law and Armament' is just a joke. At most, one or two minors can be cultivated at the lower third rank, and it is impossible to have the time and energy to do both at the sixth rank and above. But when he was in Yingzhou, since he used spells to kill For a martial artist who has passed the fifth rank, his spells should not be underestimated. Can you find out the details of his spells?"

Liao Xun pondered for a while, then said slowly:

"Even for the geniuses of the Taoist school, it takes an entire month on average to learn a ninth-rank spell. So no matter how talented Shen Lang is, can he still exceed the average level of the students of the Taoist school, and even reach the level of 'little celestial master'?" 'The realm of Lianyunxiao?
"It's only been more than two months, so the villain speculates that his spell cultivation should still be at the eighth rank. After entering the Taoist temple, there may be a certain improvement, but it will never improve too much in a short time. Don't worry, my lord. The villain has already found a helper, and he will keep a close eye on him to find out what spells he has practiced in the monastery."

Master Ding nodded in satisfaction, and asked again:

"Find it for the dead ghost?"

Liao Xun said with a smile:
"Master Hui Ding, I have found the dead ghost. He is a Taoist student named Zhou Shicheng. He is from Hezhou Prefecture. He is ambitious and wants to make progress. He was once the favored son of heaven in his hometown. When he entered the Taoist academy at the beginning of the year, he was also very famous. for a while.

"It's a pity that his talent is a 'pseudo-talent'. Two years before he entered the Taoist academy, he reached the seventh rank by leaps and bounds, but now five years later, he is still only at the seventh rank.

"It's not that the primordial spirit is not qualified enough. Zhou Shicheng's ability to practice 'viewing thoughts' is actually quite good. Now that the primordial spirit has reached the fifth-rank realm, it's just that his wisdom and comprehension are limited. You can't even learn a sixth-grade spell.

"But he refuses to admit the reality, and has always hoped to break through the 'lower third rank' and reach sixth rank or even fifth rank.

"Nowadays, there are no wealthy businessmen and high-ranking tycoons who are willing to subsidize his cultivation. He despises those who are willing to subsidize him. He learned alchemy, but he failed, and he learned how to refine weapons. .

"Therefore, he has no way to make money by selling pills, magic tools, and amulets. He has been short of money for the past few years, which also makes him attribute the reason for his stagnation to lack of money. He is already a little paranoid. It's crazy.

"And if you kill Shen Lang, you can get [-] silver dollars. If a second-rank official with real power only relies on salary and New Year's reward silver, he will have to save for seventeen or eight years without eating or drinking. The sky-high bounty, if the villain confuses him at will, he will be blinded..."

After explaining in detail how to persuade Zhou Shicheng to dispel his doubts, Liao Xun said again:
"Contacting with the kid surnamed Shen and finding out his details are all done by Zhou Shicheng, the villain will not have any contact with the kid surnamed Shen.

"After the matter is done, all you need to do is to kill Miekou surnamed Zhou, and the villain stay away, even Yan Tianying and Master Wanfa can't do anything about it.

"If we really want to get to the bottom of it, if they really find out the truth, don't they dare to turn against His Majesty?"

Upon hearing this, Master Ding glanced at Liao Xun coldly, and said lightly:

"As slaves, we can only share worries for His Majesty, and must not cause trouble for His Majesty. Even if you and I are dead, we cannot let this matter implicate His Majesty, understand?"

Liao Xun was shocked and fell to his knees:
"What Master Ding said is that the villain will keep it in mind, even if he dies, he will not let Yan Tianying and Chang Yuzhen get involved with His Majesty."

Master Ding hummed in a drawn-out tone, peeled a few more edamame, drank a glass of wine, and then said lightly:

"When we start, I will send you a 'Ding Hao' who is a fifth-rank martial artist. After the matter is completed, you will be responsible for disposing of Zhou Shicheng. Then 'Ding Hao' will disappear from the world. As for you...

"From now on, change your appearance, hide your name, and go to the Eighth Prince's 'Secret Tower' to work."

Liao Xun respectfully kowtowed:
"It's all up to Master Ding to arrange."

……

seven days later.

Zhou Shicheng came to the Buddhist scripture hall, found a familiar junior who was doing odd jobs here to earn tuition fees, and was responsible for registering the people who came and went, pushed over a silver dollar, and asked:

"The new Shen Lang, has he been staying in the scripture hall for the past few days?"

"Brother Zhou is polite."

The younger brother put away the silver coins with a smile, picked up the registration book and looked through it for a while, and said with a smile:

"That's right, Shen Lang has been staying in the scripture hall for seven days. Not only did he pay for three meals a day, but he also rented a small private room and never left at night. He spends at least twenty silver dollars a day. He is really rich and powerful." guy."

The monthly salary of Qipin county magistrate is only twenty silver dollars.That guy named Shen Lang can spend a day in the Buddhist scriptures hall as much as a month's regular salary for a seven-rank county magistrate, isn't that just rich and powerful?
Zhou Shicheng frowned slightly, and said to himself seven days ago, when Shen Lang first entered the Taoist monastery, in order to gain his trust, I told him about the hole in the scripture hall, but he still studied in the scripture hall by himself ?

Really young and frivolous, ignorant of the heights of the sky and the earth!
Zhou Shicheng secretly despised Shen Lang, and asked again:

"What spell secret scrolls has he read these days? Which spell secret scrolls did he borrow to comprehend?"

In seven days, unless Shen Lang is a peerless genius like "little celestial master" Lian Yunxiao who is expected to be a first-rank spell, under normal circumstances, he would not even be able to learn a ninth-rank spell.

So from Zhou Shicheng's point of view, Shen Lang may have looked through many spell secret scrolls, but in the end he would only choose a satisfactory Taoist secret scroll for enlightenment.

The younger brother looked at the record book and said with a smile:

"Then I don't know which secret scrolls Shen Lang has read. After all, when he reads the classics in the palace, it is impossible for the younger brother to follow and stare at him the whole time. But the secret scrolls he brought to the private room are just one." Qi binding technique'. He hasn't been out of the private room for the past seven days, and he seems to be fully contemplating this technique."

Air Binding, a ninth-grade spell, can send out a rope formed by condensed airflow to bind the target tightly from head to toe. It is a technique that combines control and capture.

As the cultivation level of this technique increases, the number and strength of the airflow ropes will increase accordingly.

The "Qi Binding Technique" performed by a ninth-rank monk can only capture eighth-rank warriors.But if a fifth-rank monk uses this technique, even a fourth-rank warrior who has not yet reached the realm of great accomplishment can be captured in one fell swoop.

"It's reasonable for the people of Shenchuitang to practice this technique."

Zhou Shicheng slowly nodded thoughtfully, then took out another gold lock and handed it over:
"Please ask my junior brother to keep an eye on Shen Lang for me. I want to know how long it took him to cultivate the 'Qi Binding Technique'. If he wants to continue to practice in the future, please help me pay attention to which spells he learns."

The younger brother took the golden scorpion, weighed it, and it was almost two or two heavy. He laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth but his eyes:

"Senior brother Zhou is too polite! Don't worry, brother, I will help you keep an eye on that Shen Lang and grasp his every move!"

Senior Brother Zhou nodded in satisfaction, and said:
"Don't let him know that I asked about him."

The teacher nodded again and again:

"Senior brother, don't worry, little brother, don't worry."

……

In a cramped single room with only one bed, one table and one chair, Shen Lang was sitting cross-legged on the couch, practicing with his eyes closed.

The scroll of "Air Binding Technique" was randomly placed on the table, and it was never opened at all - this scroll was just a tool borrowed to deceive people and mislead people with ulterior motives.

In other words, on the first day when he came to the Tibetan scripture hall, Shen Lang scanned hundreds of spells from the ninth rank to the fifth rank in one go, and stored them all in the little moon of the taming formula.

As for spells of the fourth grade and above, it's not that he doesn't want to scan them.

It's just that the spells of the fourth grade and above are all deeper in the Tibetan scripture hall, guarded by various restraining formations.

If you want to go in and read it, you must have a cultivation level above the fifth rank, and you must have a certificate issued by the full-time professor of the Taoist Academy.

To prove it, Shen Lang has the Wanfa Daoist Jade Talisman token, which can be used as evidence.

But his cultivation base is not enough, and now he only has a cultivation base of the sixth rank, and he is not qualified to read the magic scrolls above the fourth rank.

To be honest, most of the spells in the Imperial Capital Taoist Academy are just high-end goods.

At the beginning, the Great Chu Taizu swept the world, unified the eastern land, established the imperial capital Taoist temple, and ordered the world's practice sects to contribute their respective codes and secret volumes as teaching materials for the Taoist temple.

At that time, the great Chu who had just pacified the dragons and snakes in the world, beheaded all disobedient ministers, and established a country after a hundred battles was extremely powerful.

Chu Taizu himself is the world's number one martial arts master.

With a "Nine Suns Sword" and a "Battle Soul Flag", there are two martial arts great masters who have been killed by their own hands, and there are also three first-rank Daoist people who have been beheaded. Under the circumstances, countless heroes and strong men came into being.

In just 30 years, five great martial arts masters and eight first-rank masters have emerged one after another.

The newly promoted thirteen great masters and great masters, plus the stocks from the previous dynasty: two great masters and five great masters, there were twenty great masters and great masters in the Eastern Land at that time. coexist in the world.

Of course, most of these great masters and great masters eventually perish in the troubled times.

There were as many as five people beheaded by Taizu Chu himself.

After the world was stabilized by this mighty power, the Taizu of Chu ordered all sects to surrender and hand over the legal code, and none of the sects of practice dared to resist.

Even Buddhists were forced to make three-rank and above martial monks and dharma cultivators with Chu Taizu, and they were not allowed to interfere with the secular death agreement, and offered a lot of Buddhist martial arts and spells.

However, all the practice sects also kept a hand.

The real core secrets and top-level true biography of each faction have not been honestly handed over to the Imperial Capital Taoist Academy.

It is also impossible for Chu Taizu to go to war because of this, to start another conquest, and to wipe out the practice sects in the east - the world is so big, won't people run away if they can't beat it?
When Chu Taizu swept the troubled times, there were several sects who were on the wrong team. They were afraid that Chu Taizu would settle accounts in the fall and dared not surrender. Sail out to sea.

Therefore, if all the practice sects are really forced to run away one after another, what will be lost will be the background of Dachu, and what will be boosted will be the strength of Siyi.

Therefore, Great Ancestor Chu can only turn a blind eye to his reservations about the various sects, and it is impossible to get to the bottom of it.

As a result, although the Taoist monastery has countless collections of law codes and the most comprehensive magic training system in the East, there are very few truly top-notch boutiques.

For example, Shen Lang obtained the true secret method of Buddhism, which was collected by the Taoist monastery, and it only stopped at the seventh rank.

And there is no fundamental concept of Buddhism, so it is difficult to exert the strongest power of those Buddhist secret methods.

Most of the codes and secrets of other sects are also like this.

Only a very small number of practice sects who stood in the wrong team, supported the wrong real dragon, refused to run or surrender, and stubbornly resisted to the end were all wiped out by Chu Taizu taking advantage of the chaos of the war, and all his codes and secret books were collected.

However, those practice sects whose sects have been wiped out, and their top true biography, will not be easily placed in the Taoist monastery.

They are all collected by the royal family, and unless they serve under the real person of the royal family, they will have no chance to see them.

In short, if you want to find top-quality spells in the Taoist "Sutra Library Hall", it is tantamount to panning for gold in the sand.

But Shen Lang didn't care much.

He already had top-notch true-inherited secret techniques, but lacked too many mid-level and low-level spells, and needed more and more comprehensive spells to fill his large number of vacant "spell slots".

As for the top true secret methods, in fact, there are not many schools and sects.

It's like Buddhist practice, most of them use few top-notch secret methods, combined with various common spells of relatively large roads.

Furthermore, Shen Lang's "Monster Taming Art Little Moon" also has the ability to deduce.

Although it cannot be deduced out of thin air, as long as it is given enough reference materials, it can deduce a spell to be more perfect and powerful.

For example, the ninth-grade magic "Qi Binding" of Daluhuo, and the demon taming formula Little Moon can use "Qi Binding" as the basis, refer to similar binding and capturing spells, and deduce it into a spell comparable to the true secrets of various famous sects .

The only problem is that if the deduction ability of the Monster Taming Art is activated, the speed of producing the emperor's liquid will slow down or even stagnate. Shen Lang needs to carefully consider and make a choice.

In addition, even if Shen Lang can fully comprehend any spell in a second, it will take time to construct spell runes.

A ninth-grade spell, he needs about a day and a half to successfully construct it.

The eighth rank needs a little more than two days, the seventh rank takes three to four days, and the sixth rank takes about six days.

So even if he scanned hundreds of spells in one go, just seven days would not be enough for him to accomplish much.

And he doesn't have so many spell slots, so many spells scanned, in fact, most of them are just used as data reserves.

Having said that, after these seven days, he actually didn't complete a single spell.

The reason for this is that after he browsed a classic that explained the basics of Taoism in detail, and finally supplemented the basic knowledge of Taoism, he finally understood the characteristics that a real sixth-grade Dharma cultivator needs to have.

The real cultivation of sixth-rank spells is not only about perfecting spells, but also cultivating all ninth-rank and eighth-rank spells to the point where they can "fire instantly". The most important thing is to be able to "permanently solidify" a ninth-rank spell. .

The spell that has been "permanently solidified" can not only be cast immediately when it is cast, but also consumes very little, less than one-tenth of the normal cast, and the spell will not cause any concussion impact on the rune of the spell, and it can be used infinitely. The number of times to cast at will.

This is almost equivalent to some "natural abilities".

After discovering this, Shen Lang checked many classics one after another, and finally found the way to permanently solidify the spell.

So for the past seven days, Shen Lang has been practicing this method, trying to permanently solidify the "iron cloth shirt" on himself.

Iron cloth shirt is only a ninth-rank spell, but this technique is a true secret method of Buddhism. It can get the bonus of Shen Lang's "Dari Tathagata Contemplation Idea". Also quite impressive.

This technique is also a kind of blessing spell, which is directly blessed on one's own flesh and blood, unlike the "golden bell cover", which requires a golden, translucent upside-down golden bell.

Therefore, after this technique is permanently solidified, it can be activated 24 hours a day and be under the defense of the "iron shirt" at any time.

With the iron cloth shirt on the spell side that is turned on around the clock, plus the iron cloth shirt and golden bell cover on the martial arts side, plus the various enhanced defenses given back by the little monsters, Shen Lang felt that with his current armor layers, even a fourth-rank The warriors in the early and middle stages tried to give themselves a cold shot, but they failed to break through their own defenses.

After spending seven days to make the "iron cloth shirt" permanent, Shen Lang began to formally practice spells, intending to make up for the sixth-grade spells first.

He now only has three sixth-grade spell slots.

There is already an attack-type "Dragon Curse", the remaining two sixth-grade spell slots, and a plan to practice the "Traveling Curse" recorded in the one-foot-thick tome given to him by Fa Liuli. .

This spell is a group control spell that persuades people to "put down the butcher knife".

It can shake multiple enemies at the same time, attack their spiritual loopholes, arouse and magnify the negative emotions in the enemy's heart such as guilt, remorse, sadness, fear, despair, etc., and can make the enemy collapse without fighting, or commit suicide without fighting, or Defected on the spot, in short, the effect is very powerful.

With an attack, a control spell, and a third sixth-grade spell, it is natural to choose defense.

Among the secret scrolls of the true biography of Buddhism that Shen Lang got and the bulk of the tomes presented by Fa Liuli, there were no defensive spells at the sixth-rank stage, and one had to wait until the fifth-rank to practice the "Vajra Indestructible Body".

Therefore, Shen Lang chose the "Floating Clouds Returning to the Ruins Technique" obtained from the Buddhist scriptures hall.

This technique is not a spell to resist the attack like the iron cloth shirt, golden bell cover, and Vajra Indestructible Body, but a spell to "guide and unload" the enemy's attack.

It can send out a cloud of flowing cloud to wrap itself. After the enemy's attack falls on the cloud, it will be guided to the ground under the feet and into the void.

Regardless of martial arts strength or offensive spells, as long as it does not exceed the defense limit of this spell, it can be guided away with no force.

After starting to practice spells, Shen Lang once again deeply realized why "Dual Cultivation of Law and Martial Arts" can be deeply rooted in people's hearts even if it is not a law of heaven and earth, and is deeply regarded by all warriors and monks as an iron law of practice.

Even with his talent, after coming to the Tibetan Scripture Hall for self-study, he has not yet been involved in alchemy, weapon refining, formations, etc. He is only practicing spells, and he has no time to practice martial arts. He can only spare an hour a day to meditate and practice There is no time to practice internal strength and martial arts moves.

Ordinary warriors basically meditate all night, replacing sleep with meditation, and practice martial arts during the day, so as to ensure continuous improvement of martial arts.

If one only cultivates internal strength for one hour a day, and does not practice moves at all, then this martial art really does not matter.

It is also Shen Lang's amazing talent. Originally, he could meditate for an hour, and he could outperform an ordinary warrior for two or three hours. With the help of "Millennium Chalcedony", the efficiency was increased by three times. This did not delay the cultivation of internal strength.

As for martial arts moves...

Anyway, he is a macho man who advocates simplicity, why are he playing so many fancy moves?
A man just wants to stand up and output, punch to the flesh, and hold his palms hard.

Whoever takes the position is a bitch!

Well, you can learn a seventh-rank spell "Spiritual Flying Technique". This spell can make a monk as light as a feather, and greatly improve the monk's reaction ability, movement speed, and vertical jump ability, so that the monk's agility is not inferior to the lightness skill of a fifth-rank warrior ...

Of course, Shen Lang learned this technique not for moving and dodging during fights, but just for the convenience of daily traveling, chasing and fleeing enemies, and preventing the enemies from wandering and dodging by relying on their speed, that's all.

In short, he practiced the spell to improve agility, but also to implement the macho way and better confront the front.

After that, Shen Lang stayed in the small room of the scripture hall for a whole month at a stretch.

In other words, why the natural environment of the Taoist Temple in the Imperial Capital is so good, but there are hardly any people in the outdoors? From Shen Lang's practice mode during this period, we can see one or two.

The practice of magic is really addictive.

Daoist students, unless they are so shy that they have no money to practice and must come out to work to earn money, otherwise, if they can survive, they are basically the same as Shen Lang. Studying the codes, practicing spells, or comprehending alchemy, utensils, and formations, I don't have the mind to wander around at all.

This is not only the case for the students of the Daoist Academy, but also for the monks of the outside sects, the priests of the wealthy families, and the casual cultivators in the mountains.

So when Shen Lang is outside, warriors can meet him every day, but Taoist monks rarely see him.

The few people I met occasionally got together under the guidance of the "behind the scenes" design.

Originally, Shen Lang deliberately retreated to practice until the new year.

During the Chinese New Year, Mu Qingxue will return to Beijing, and the Daoist Academy will also have an annual holiday. Of course, Shen Lang has to go back to surprise Mu Qingxue, and then go to pay a visit to Yan Tianying, Wanfa Zhenren, and Fa Liuli, and give them a new year's greetings , Send some New Year's gift or something.

But an accident interrupted the rhythm of Shen Lang's retreat - Xiaoyu was finally going to be promoted to the third level.

In other words, since Xiaoya was promoted to the second level, all the imperial fluids produced by the fine brush were given to Xiaoyu on a first-come, first-served basis.

But going from the second level to the third level is much more difficult than the first level to the second level.

Even with a large number of Yumulong young leaves and blood orchid nectar to assist in his practice, Xiaoyu himself practiced very diligently, and it took more than two months before he showed signs of a breakthrough.

If the little fish wanted to break through the realm, Shen Lang would of course have to shut it down to give it enough space to let it show off its new abilities after breaking through.

The space of the fine brush is still too small to accommodate the little monsters in the third realm.

Before leaving the customs, Shen Lang checked his own state comprehensively.

The two sixth-level spells "Turning People Curse and Flowing Clouds Returning to Ruins" have all been completed, and the sixth-level spells have been completed.

The six seventh-rank spells are all completed.

Nine eighth-rank spells, two short.

Of the twelve ninth-rank spells, four are missing.

Because he completes the spell positions from high to low, first completes the sixth-rank spells, then completes the seventh-rank spells, then the eighth-rank spells, and finally the ninth-rank spells.

And this month's retreat is really not enough for him to fill up all the spell slots of the eighth and ninth ranks.

However, the spells of the sixth and seventh grades have been fully cultivated, and seven of the eighth grade spells have been cultivated, and they have all been cultivated to the state of "striking at the moment of thought". Shen Lang's magic power has exploded.

In addition, in the past month, although he has only cultivated his inner strength for one hour a day, with the assistance of the "pure yang vitality" of the thousand-year-old chalcedony, his inner strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.

Although the realm has not been improved, the total amount of internal energy has increased by more than [-]% compared to before, and the degree of refining and refining the internal energy has doubled.

The physique also became stronger under the tempering of pure yang vitality.

With his current skill, if he faced Bai Shishi in his heyday again, one palm would make her vomit blood and break her arm.

The power of spells has exploded, and the "Iron Cloth Shirt" has been permanently solidified, and the internal strength has also been improved bravely. With Shen Lang's current comprehensive strength, even if he toughens the seven spider sisters at the same time, he can be sure to win the battle.

Checking the results of this month's retreat, Shen Lang nodded with satisfaction and pondered for a while, put on a little make-up, dirty clothes with a sour smell, messy hair and beard, and two big dark circles. single.

By the way, he also brought out the scroll of the "Air Binding Technique".

Well, he has no time to cultivate this ninth-grade spell after all...

When Shen Lang returned the scroll, under the subtle eyes of a Taoist student who was working to earn tuition fees, he walked away with fluttering steps. The student immediately entrusted the task to his colleagues, and then quickly left the scripture hall and went to Blessed with a ninth-grade "wind and body technique" on his body, he flew all the way to Zhou Shicheng's residence without touching the ground.

Obviously, this student was the guy who took Zhou Shicheng's money to help him keep an eye on Shen Lang.

"Senior Brother Zhou, that Shen Lang left the scripture hall. He stayed there for a whole month and seven days, and took a "Qi Binding Technique" from the beginning to the end. When he came out, his whole body was sour, his eyes were straight, and his footsteps Fluttering, the state looks very bad. But it should have learned the 'air binding technique'."

"Heh, I only learned a ninth-grade spell in one month and seven days..."

Zhou Shicheng sneered:
"That's just a lower-middle qualification. With such a qualification, he still has the courage to study in the Buddhist scriptures hall... I really don't think money is money!"

The man following him laughed at himself:
"Almost every newcomer will have this kind of experience, thinking that they are the chosen one. To be honest, senior brother Zhou, the younger brother has stayed in the Buddhist scriptures pavilion for a month, but he is not as addicted as he is. At least he eats and sleeps outside. After this incident, Shen Lang probably won't go to the Buddhist scriptures hall again."

Zhou Shicheng nodded, his eyes were subtle, and he said in an erratic tone:
"Yes, he will never go to the Buddhist scriptures hall again..."

After giving ten silver dollars to send that junior brother away, Zhou Shicheng pondered for a while, and blessed himself with a "wind and body technique", then chose a secluded path and went straight to the gate of the monastery.

When Shen Lang came to the gate of the Taoist monastery and was about to retrieve the horse he had fostered for more than a month, he found that the gatekeeper had changed today.

An old man in his 60s and [-]s was sitting at the gate and playing with fireballs, as if he was a monk.

Shen Lang stopped by the door, watched the old man play with fireballs for a while, stepped forward to salute and asked:

"Hi sir, may I ask if Deacon Liao Xun is there?"

The old man didn't stop with both hands, quickly throwing five fireballs in a circle, in order to exercise his spell control, and he didn't delay to speak:
"The surname Liao is off today, and the little old man is in charge of the door."

"I see. Sir, what's your last name?"

"Miangui's surname is Zhang, you can call me old man Zhang."

"Then how do you do it? I'll call you Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang, your 'Lianzhu Fireball' is really beautiful."

"You kid looks young, but you can recognize this seventh-rank spell?"

"I found it in the scripture hall. Uncle Zhang, are you a seventh-rank monk? Disrespect and disrespect!"

In fact, Shen Lang not only turned it over, but also completed this spell.

This seventh-rank spell "Lianzhu Fireball" can fire five fireballs at a time when it is in the seventh-rank realm.Based on this, Shen Lang deduced the realm of the concierge, Uncle Zhang.

When a monk reaches the sixth-rank realm, he can shoot seven fireballs at a time.

The higher the realm, the more fireballs are fired and the greater the power.

This technique is just an ordinary high-end spell, it cannot be locked and tracked, it can only hit a straight line, but the fireball has an extremely fast attack speed and a range of thirty feet.

The power of each fireball is equivalent to a fist-sized cannonball, and it also comes with explosion and burn damage.

With Shen Lang's sixth-rank cultivation base, if it hits, it is not a problem for a fireball to kill a fifth-rank monk.

If a series of seven fireballs hit all of them, the fourth-rank entry-level fighters, or even the fourth-rank early-stage warriors, might be blasted to pieces.

Of course, with the warrior's reaction speed and lightness skills, even if it's just a fifth-rank warrior, if they don't first use control and restraint spells to restrain them, it will be difficult for this kind of spell that goes straight and cannot track and lock the enemy to hit them.

Not to mention that the whole string of fireballs hit all the fourth-rank warriors.

At this moment, facing Shen Lang's compliment, the concierge, Uncle Zhang, was both proud and sad when he said:

"What's there to respect? You're only seventh grade at a very old age. How can you compare with you arrogant sons of the Taoist academy? Come on, little guy, stop talking nonsense here. Tell me, you can find someone surnamed Liao." What's up?"

"I fostered a horse here last month. It was handled by Deacon Liao. I want to use it today. I wanted to ask Deacon Liao to get the horse back..."

"Okay, report your name, the date of foster care, the location and characteristics of the horse's imprint, and the old man will help you bring the horse."

"Then thank you, Uncle Zhang! The boy's surname is Shen, with only the word wave. My horse is a dark horse. The brand is branded on the left buttock, and the pattern of the brand is..."

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Lang took the rein from Uncle Zhang, without saying a word of thanks:

"Uncle Zhang, thank you very much!"

Old man Zhang waved his hands nonchalantly:

"There is nothing to thank for the responsibility. In addition, except for the scouts and scouts who convey the emergency military information, no one else is allowed to ride horses in the capital, and they can only walk slowly. You should pay attention, kid. You must gallop your horse recklessly, otherwise, if you are captured by the inspector of the City Patrol Division, you will lose face."

"Thank you for reminding me, sir, I will pay attention."

Shen Lang got on his horse, cupped his hands to old man Zhang, lightly pinched the horse's belly with his legs, and drove the horse away slowly.

Leaving the gate of the monastery, just turning two streets, I heard a greeting from the side:
"Junior Brother Shen? But Junior Brother Shen Lang?"

Shen Lang followed the prestige, and saw Zhou Shicheng holding a white horse, standing by the side of the road, waving to himself.

Shen Lang got off his horse, led the horse and walked over and asked with a smile:
"Why didn't Senior Brother Zhou practice in the Taoist monastery?"

"Of course there is something to do." Zhou Shicheng sighed: "I received a mission from a professor to go to Taiyi Mountain in the north of the city to catch ten red clams. Junior brother, do you know red clams?"

Shen Lang nodded:
"I've seen it in the "Strange Beast" in the Buddhist scriptures hall. It is a petite toad, but its cry is like a bull's roar, and its whole body is red like fire. This toad has no demon skills and low intelligence, so it is not considered a monster. But also quite powerful.

"It is so powerful that it can knock over a calf. It is also addicted to poison, and can even prey on poisonous snakes ten times its size. It can also spray venom from its mouth like a poisonous snake, with a range of up to ten feet. Ordinary people touch it Immediately.

"Even the warriors of the third rank will stay away from it. If you use it to refine Gu insects, you can refine the poisonous Gu of the sixth rank at most, and the power is comparable to that of the fifth rank warriors."

Zhou Shicheng smiled and said:
"I didn't expect that Junior Brother Shen would learn so much after entering the Daoist Academy for just over a month.

"Since my junior brother knows about this different clam, I'll just say it bluntly. Although the Manggu Zhu clam is powerful, even warriors of the third rank will avoid it, but it won't trouble us Taoist monks.

"It's just that the Taiyi Mountain has not been very peaceful recently. There are frequent horse thieves, bandits, and Jiangyang thieves. It is said that there are also wild monks who can use magic to join the bandits. To catch the red clams, you need to go deep into the mountains, in the shadows of the mountain streams. Look for it. In that kind of place, there are likely to be horse thieves, bandits, and Jiangyang thieves hiding.

"I think that with my brother's cultivation base, I will not be afraid of bandits and bandits. There are wild cultivators among them, how can they be against serious monks from Taoist monasteries like us?
"Just be careful when sailing for ten thousand years. No matter how vigilant a person is, there will always be times when he loses his mind. I thought that my brother had found a junior brother to accompany him, but I didn't expect that when he was about to set off, that junior brother was picked up by his professor. It's a bad catch..."

Hearing this, Shen Lang said with a smile:

"Senior Brother Zhou doesn't need to explain so much, I understand. Brother, do you want me to accompany you on this trip?"

Zhou Shicheng sighed, and said with shame on his face:

"Brother Wei really can't help it. The time for this task is tight, and the students of the Dao Academy don't go out unless necessary. Brother Wei really doesn't have time to find a suitable person to accompany him.

"Junior Brother, although you have just entered the Taoist Academy not long ago, you have not weak martial arts, and you were recommended to be admitted to the hospital by Master Wanfa. Presumably, you have a certain foundation in Taoism. Therefore, since you are destined to meet Junior Brother by chance, you will have the audacity to ask for help. Junior brother accompanied me on this trip!"

As he spoke, he bowed to Shen Lang:
"Junior brother, if this task is done beautifully, it is very likely to be appreciated by the professor and become his disciple. This matter is very important to my brother, please do me a favor. Thanks a lot!"

Shen Lang raised his hand to support Zhou Shicheng, and sighed:

"Senior brother Zhou is serious! When I first entered the Taoist monastery a month ago, my senior brother guided me all the way, helped me complete the procedures without hesitation, and introduced me a lot of common sense of the Taoist monastery, which helped me avoid many detours. The younger brother has always remembered it in his heart.

"Since this task is so important to Senior Brother, then I must be obliged to accompany you through this journey!"

Zhou Shicheng was overjoyed and bowed to Shen Lang again, then got on his horse and led Shen Lang towards the north gate.

Just walked two streets, still far away from the North Gate, Shen Lang suddenly slapped his forehead:
"Oh, Senior Brother Zhou, I forgot my weapon at home. There are horse thieves and bandits in Mount Taiyi, there may be fights, so I have to go home first to get the weapon.

"Senior Brother Zhou, my younger brother's home is in 'Xingyefang'. Although it's not on the way, it doesn't need to go too far. How about going to my house with my younger brother first, and get the weapons before going out of the city?"

Zhou Shicheng was stunned, forced a smile and said:
"Junior, do you use weapons? I thought you were good at unarmed kung fu..."

Shen Lang smiled and said:

"My little brother has good claw skills, but he is better at weapons. The weapon he is best at is muskets, followed by knives, and then swords. Unarmed can only be ranked fourth. More than a month ago, because I went to the Taoist monastery to practice, my little brother thought about the Taoist monastery. There is no need to use weapons, so I put all the weapons at home. Brother, can you let me go home first?"

Zhou Shicheng reluctantly nodded:
"Alright, let's go home with you, junior brother, to get the weapons."

At that moment, the two of them turned another corner and walked towards Xingyefang in the inner city.

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