Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 249 The Temple of War

The ability to break through at such a fast speed is closely related to Xu Guan's unparalleled cultivation in addition to his extraordinary talent.

The cultivation materials Xu Guan now has in his hands are not inferior to those of big families and powerful forces.

Even the family forces in Suicheng cannot obtain many dungeon materials related to the Golden Desert in the north of the region.

Xiaoyao's growing up environment was much better than that of Xu Guan, and Xu Guan, a teacher who was proficient in all kinds of martial arts, was attentive and gave guidance.

Xiaoyao's cultivation basically lacked everything from the very beginning. After fulfilling his talent, it is normal for his cultivation to progress rapidly.

After a long time, Xiaoyao was finally exhausted. He was sweating profusely and couldn't even lift the black wooden knife in his hand.

Xu Guan's attitude towards his cultivation has always been strict, and he cannot endure any hardships in practicing any kind of cultivation.

"Yeah, not bad." Xu Guan put away his knife and took out a blue and red blade.

Xiaoyao took it and ate it, feeling a cool feeling in her body, which accelerated her depleted energy. After a few minutes, her pale face returned to rosy.

This green fallen leaf is a dungeon material found in the golden desert. It has dual effects on physical recovery and mental recovery. It is more practical than ordinary green recovery elixirs.

In the market in Suicheng, these are all good cultivation items that cannot be found.

"Come again." Xu Guan said again.

Xiaoyao immediately grasped the knife again, gritted his teeth and attacked Xu Guan, constantly exploring every potential of his body.

Although Xiaoyao looks thin and small, she seems to be a huge treasure house that can never be exhausted, and she can always bring unexpected surprises to Xu Guan.

Snapped!
Half an hour later, Xiaoyao was too tired to find Bei again, but her eyes became brighter and brighter, like two bright stars with infinite possibilities.

"Huh?" Xu Guan suddenly put away his knife and stopped, his eyes falling on Xiao Yao.

At a glance, he could see that the blood and qi in his body were boiling more intensely, and his body temperature was also rising.

"Master, Master, I seem to be about to make a breakthrough." Xiaoyao was also stunned, and after briefly feeling her current situation, she said with some uncertainty and surprise.

Seeing this, Xu Guan didn't waste any time, put away his knife and walked towards the back room.

"Decoct medicine and forge bones!"

He had already prepared the medicinal materials Xiaoyao needed to break through to the bone-strengthening realm.

They are all medicinal materials with the best quality and best medicinal properties, which can increase the success rate of breakthrough.

After that, everything fell into place. After a wave of decoction, Xiaoyao successfully entered the first level of bone.

With this great breakthrough in body training, Xiaoyao's height seems to have grown by two or three centimeters, a little taller, and her body has become plump, not as thin as before.

After the breakthrough, Xiaoyao was overjoyed, very happy, and extremely grateful to Xu Guan.

"Don't be too happy. You may be able to stand alone in a small village with your strength, but in Suicheng, you are still far behind."

Xu Guan warned, to prevent Xiaoyao from being too happy and blindly arrogant.

"Yes, young master." Xiao Yao immediately stopped celebrating and looked at Xu Guan cautiously, for fear of making him angry.

Seeing this, Xu Gu'an shook his head and said, "I'll allow you to be happy for two days, go to Uncle Zhang to get some silver coins, and walk around the streets with you."

After hearing this, Xiaoyao immediately grinned again, revealing two rows of big white teeth.

She might not dare to go out on the street alone, and she still had a psychological shadow on those human traffickers, but with Xu Guan accompanying her, she still felt very safe with Xu Guan.

That night, after the sun set, the courtyard felt a little cooler.

Xu Guan sat at the stone table and waited quietly.

Xiaoyao had already returned to his room to fall asleep. After practicing so much during the day, he needed sleep to restore his energy.

After a while, Liang Hong arrived with the Five Ghosts of Black Mountain from the past.

"Sir, I brought it to you." Several people met Xu Guan and knelt down on one knee to salute.

Xu Guan glanced around. He hadn't seen them for a while. The divine spells on several people had been initiated, and their bodies were much stronger than when they first obtained the curse seals.

He is the source of the divine curse, so with just a touch of induction, he can detect the degree of evolution of the divine curse on several people.

Among them, Liang Hong has the best grasp. This person does have good training potential and is more consistent with the divine curse itself.

Then his eyes fell on the two figures placed on the ground by Black Tiger and Black Bear.

They all looked seriously injured, but they were still alive, looking at Xu Guan with weak expressions.

Seeing Liang Hong and others saluting Xu Guan so respectfully, they knew that everything was instigated by this young man.

"I have no grievances with you. Why did you order someone to beat me and bring me here?" One of the tall men with long hair said coldly.

The other fierce-looking bald man was silent and glanced around.

"Water Dragon Single Hero, Night Devil Wu Guangxin, this is indeed the first time we have met." Xu Guan nodded.

These two people were also on the wanted list he bought with a high reward.

Although the nicknames are very domineering, to put it bluntly, one is a water bandit and the other is a thief.

It's just that in these two ordinary professions, these two people are considered to be leaders. Their work has made them famous and they have been rewarded.

"Although you two have nothing against me, you are still considered to be first-rate evildoers. It makes sense for me to arrest you and come here to eliminate harm to the people.

After all, if I remember correctly, the combined bounty amount on both of you is several thousand gold. "Xu Gu'an said calmly.

Both of them fell silent.

"I admit defeat when I fall into your hands, but you probably didn't bring us here with the intention of taking our lives." The bald Shanxiong said at this time.

If it was purely for the bounty on their heads, why bother talking to them at this time and just send them to collect the money.

Although the bald man looks fierce and reckless on the outside, he is not a simple reckless man.

"It depends on you whether you want to survive or not." Xu Guan said.

"If you surrender to me and serve me, you will live, otherwise"

Xu Guan didn't need to continue talking. The two of them understood each other and instantly understood what Xu Guan meant.

Between life and death, neither of them wanted to die. They immediately expressed their opinions and chose to be loyal to Xu Guan in order to survive.

"Very good." Xu Guan was quite satisfied.

The reason why he keeps looking for strong men like these bandits to surrender is because these people have almost no bottom line.

It is easier to surrender to him than those decent people who would rather be broken into pieces.

As for the issue of loyalty, with the divine spell, he didn't need to worry too much.

Right now, he needs a strong enough fighter, not a convinced person.

The next thing was much simpler. Xu Guan followed the same method and planted a divine curse on these two people.

From now on, the two of them will only belong to him.

Both of them are masters of innate internal strength. In terms of strength, the water dragon is superior, while the long-haired night devil's combat effectiveness is slightly inferior. He is better at night attacks rather than head-on confrontations.As a result, Xu Guan now has three talented masters under his command.

He asked the night devil Wu Guangxin, who was originally a loner, to stay near the house day and night and be responsible for the safety of the house when Xu Guan was out.

Shanxiong, the water dragon, arranged for him to go back and disband his water village, and with the available people, he and Liang Hong continued to hunt for the famous people on the reward list.

This can be regarded as eradicating evil in disguise.

The next day, as agreed, after the daily practice, Xu Guan continued to take Xiaoyao out for fun.

After the streets of Suicheng regained their vitality, there were many new things.

In addition to all kinds of delicious snacks, there are also many weird street performers. Every time Xiaoyao sees them, she will stop and watch them, full of curiosity.

She had not been in the big city for a long time, and it was only after she met Xu Guan that she could travel around the city so cleanly.

In a short time, the girl had a lot of delicious street food in her hands. She was cheering hard as she watched the street performers, and the smile on her face never stopped.

Xu Guan leaned against the wall and felt the atmosphere of the crowd on the street. For him, it also felt like a long absence.

This excitement does not belong to him. The tricks of wielding swords, guns, and even breathing fire are naturally nothing magical in his eyes. When it comes to playing with fire, he can slip much faster than these people, and he does not need to use props.

But for some reason, he didn't find these performances boring.

Joy and happiness can be conveyed, and being here, Xiaoyao's bouncing mood was also conveyed to him, making him couldn't help but smile.

I couldn't help but feel that it would be nice to occasionally pause the boring practice and experience life.

"Sir, it's really lively." After the performance, Xiaoyao, still holding a bunch of candied haws in her hand, ran to Xu Guan and said with a bright smile.

After all, it is a child's nature, but Xiaoyao doesn't show it often.

"Then let's go shopping some more." Xu Gu'an walked away with his hands behind his back, and Xiao Yao immediately followed.

We didn't go back until dusk.

After two days of playing, Xiaoyao also returned to the cultivation of the strong bone realm.

"Brother Xu, Grandmaster Martial Arts School said in August that it will hold a martial arts competition among students. Winners will be rewarded. Will you participate?" Zhongshan Shan went to Xu Guan for a drink that day and asked.

"I won't go, why not drink here." Xu Guan shook his head.

In fact, during this period of time, there were a lot of student activities in the Grandmaster Martial Arts Academy. Xu Guan had heard about no less than three similar martial arts competitions.

Since it is related to one's ranking among the students of the same class in the martial arts academy, many students will participate. This is also an excellent opportunity to shine and cannot be missed.

But for Xu Guan, he really wasn't interested in such a small fight.

Instead of participating in this kind of competition, it would be more fun to have some wine with friends and go shopping with Xiaoyao in the street.

As for the rewards provided by the Grandmaster Martial Arts Academy, Xu Guan honestly didn't think much of them.

Unless the martial arts academy can take out the master-level cultivation techniques as a reward, or present other purple-grade things, to him it will be better than nothing.

"Also, with Brother Xu's current cultivation strength, it really doesn't make much sense to participate in this kind of internal martial arts competition. The two talented people of the Ye family also rarely show their faces in such competitions.

At their level, the only thing they have to participate in is the Hundred Cities War before the war. "Zhongshanshan said.

"Indeed, the Hundred Cities War is still interesting." Xu Guan nodded.

He also knew something about this so-called Hundred Cities War.

As the name suggests, a showdown between hundreds of great cities.

This is a martial arts competition organized by major city-states in order to maintain stability during peaceful times.

It is held every three years, and all the participating contestants are top-notch talents from the city, representing the city in the competition.

In previous years, every time we returned to the Hundred Cities War period, it was always the event that attracted the most attention among the big cities.

If there were television broadcasts in this era, this hundred-city battle would be a major event comparable to the Olympic Games, and all the heroes from all over the world would be present to compete.

Therefore, it also feels a bit like the best martial arts club in the world.

It's a pity that after the war, the feelings between the cities broke down, and the Hundred Cities War had to be suspended.

Xu Guan also regretted this matter.

It’s not that he wants to participate, but that the Hundred Cities Battle brings together the world’s heroes. In his eyes, isn’t this an occasion where each card starts with a guaranteed blue card, a large number of purple cards gather together, and even higher-quality cards appear.

If the Hundred Cities War still exists, he only needs to prepare all the character copy cards to join in the fun, and he will definitely gain a lot by then. There is no need for him to search for targets all over the world and struggle to find high-quality character cards.

While Xu Guan was chatting and drinking with the Chongshan people, a little red bird suddenly flew over and landed in Xu Guan's hands.

"Huh?" Xu Gu'an frowned slightly. He remembered that he gave this red bird for communication to Liang Hong.

Usually only when he encounters important matters that cannot be solved, he will use the red bird to come back to communicate.

Xu Guan opened the letter and glanced at it, his brows suddenly furrowed.

"Brother Xu, is there something important?" Zhongshanshan couldn't help but ask after seeing this.

Xu Guan nodded and stood up, saying, "I have something urgent to do today. I'll invite Brother Shen for a drink another day."

"It's okay, it's urgent. You go and do your work. I'll leave first." Zhongshan nodded.

"Okay." Xu Guan sent Chongshan away, and after explaining to Zhang Yang Xiaoyao, he rode out of the city.

At night, somewhere on the plain below Suicheng, Liang Hong and his party were passing by quickly.

There was a scream from behind, and another subordinate was caught up by the enemy. The opponent's big hand squeezed his head, and his head was ripped off directly. The blood was dripping, and the scene was extremely cruel.

"Give you liberation!" A rough roar, coupled with the scene of twisting the head with bare hands, made people's hearts tremble.

"These lunatics!" Liang Hong glanced back and caught a glimpse of this scene. Even though he had seen too many corpses and rain of blood, he couldn't help but feel tingly at this moment.

Shan Xiong on the side also complained in his heart.

He had just joined the team not long ago, and he suffered this disaster before he had even done anything.

"Judging from the current situation, we should not be able to escape." Shan Xiong said.

"It's better to fight them!" Black Bear said through gritted teeth.

"The opponent has a large number of people. Our chances of winning in a head-to-head fight are too small. I have already sent a message to your Excellency. Maybe it's still too late!" Liang Hong said loudly.

His words shocked everyone.

No matter what, hearing that reinforcements might be coming gave them a glimmer of hope.

It needs to be delayed now.

As more and more of their subordinates failed to keep up and were chased and brutally killed by the other party, their situation became increasingly critical.

Once they are entangled with each other, they have no chance to escape.

(End of this chapter)