Heaven rewards those who work hard: There is no bottleneck in my martial arts

Chapter 155 The undercurrent of winter

In an alley in Luling, a burly figure walked out of it, it was Zhao Hongming who looked like "Wei Wuji".

At this time, the curfew in Luling City was about to begin, and vendors on the street began to close their stalls.

Pedestrians on the street were either rushing out of the city or rushing to their residences in the city.

Now in Luling City, after his many annexations of martial arts forces, the security has improved a lot.

But even so, Luling City is still a mixed bag, and the security situation is still relatively complicated.

In order to maintain public safety, Zhang Yi implemented this system in particular.

During the curfew, no one is allowed to move on the streets except those with special permission.

So Tang Zai also hurried to leave Wanhua Building before the curfew, otherwise he would be strictly interrogated.

This made it easy for Zhao Hongming to find Tang Zai's traces.

Including the time it took to do it, in the end, he only used a few dozen breaths of effort to beat this ninth-grade innate warrior to death in the street.

A ninth-grade Xiantian warrior was simply vulnerable to him.

This was accomplished even though he only used the power of his physical body and had not yet used the Dharma.

After the thunderous destruction of the dharma body broke through to the innate world, all the power was concentrated on the physical body.

At this time, his skin has become extremely hard. Even without any martial arts, ordinary sharp weapons cannot hurt him at all.

Every shot carries the power of thunder and has a paralyzing effect.

A martial artist in the martial arts realm would have no chance of surviving against him, and would be killed in one hit.

And Zhao Hongming also discovered that the body of Thunder Destruction, which was trained by Thunder Destruction Dharma Body, had been greatly strengthened by the continuous training of Thunder Destruction's true meaning, and the production speed of the whole body's true meaning and Qi and blood was much faster than before. Get some quick.

It is indeed an immortal martial arts technique.

He couldn't help but look forward to the performance of Thunder Destruction in the Martial Arts Realm.

Zhao Hongming waved his sleeves and dusted himself off. As if he felt that he was just doing an insignificant thing, he walked towards Prince Wu's Mansion, his figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.

……

In Yu Study Room, Shu Ziteng sat on a chair.

There was a small stove in front of him, with an earthen pot above it, cooking pickles and stewed tofu.

The delicious soup inside is constantly tumbling under the temperature of the charcoal fire, giving off a mouth-watering aroma.

"Eating this pickled vegetables and rolled tofu on a cold day is really a great enjoyment in life."

Shu Ziteng picked up a piece of tofu with chopsticks, fanned it with his palm and put it in his mouth. He picked up a glass of sake and took a sip, showing a satisfied look.

Bang bang bang.

While he was enjoying it, suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door.

"Who?"

Shu Ziteng shouted with an unhappy expression.

"Sir, it's me."

A man's voice came from the door, and Shu Ziteng frowned immediately.

This is another spy in his hands named Zheng Yunqiang.

Due to his average ability, he sent him out to be an idle worker, running errands and doing odd jobs.

Seeing that business was coming, Shu Ziteng put down the chopsticks in his hands, walked quickly to the door, and opened the door by unlatching it.

"It's already curfew, why are you running to me?" Shu Ziteng glanced at Zheng Yunqiang up and down, looking a little unhappy.

"Sir, it's bad, something happened." Zheng Yunqiang said hurriedly: "Sir Tang, he was beaten to death."

He spoke very quickly, with a bit of surprise and shock when he spoke.

Tang Zai's cultivation level is at the ninth level of Xiantian. He is a person who can build a mountain in Ying County, and he has a considerable status in the Haoran Sect of Zhao State.

In his mind, he is a high-ranking figure.

But I didn't expect to be beaten to death so hastily.

Shu Ziteng's eyes suddenly widened, and his voice was high-pitched: "What? Who did it?"

"I don't know." Zheng Yunqiang shook his head and said, "When the incident happened, there was no one around."

Shu Ziteng forced himself to calm down quickly.

For Tang Zai to be able to gain a firm foothold in the Haoran Sect and join the inner sect, he must have two skills.

If you want to kill him, you will probably need a martial artist who is at the ninth level of Xiantian or even the martial arts realm.

Looking at Luling City, there are only a handful of such masters.

Is he the leader of Mingjiao?
Shu Ziteng couldn't help but guess.

"Have you seen how Tang Zai died?"

"He was beaten to death by two punches. One punch shattered his right arm, and the other punch pierced the chest, and his heart was broken." Zheng Yunqiang recalled: "I was afraid of being exposed, so I didn't dare to get too close and observed from a distance. After a while, you can only know so much.”

"Two punches?"

Shu Ziteng's heart skipped a beat.

A ninth-grade martial artist was killed in two punches?
This kind of power must be in the martial arts realm.

In the past, there were Chen Shenghai and several Wu Dan realms in Luling, but now they are all dead except for that one.

There is no doubt that he is the leader of the Ming Cult.

But why would he attack Tang Zai?
Was there any news leaked?

Shu Ziteng is unknown.

However, Tang Zai's death had nothing to do with him and he had little responsibility. He didn't need to be too anxious. He only needed to report what happened to Shangfeng in a timely manner.

Go up to the peak to get rid of the headache.

Moreover, if the Mingjiao leader really takes the initiative, there is nothing he can do about such a top martial artist. He can't do anything to the other party, and it is useless to think too much.

Now that Tang Zai is dead, the beautiful woman's spies in his hands don't need to take risks and can continue to lurk until they are needed.

Shu Ziteng didn't know why, but he felt that it was good that Tang Zai was dead, and he felt relieved.

With a tense expression on his face, he hurriedly sent a message to the beautiful woman in Prince Wu's palace.

Late at night, the beautiful woman in Prince Wu's palace was still tossing and turning.

She was lying on the bed, staring at the roof with her big charming eyes, without saying a word.

She couldn't help but feel sad when she thought that she was not going to die soon.

She is still very young and has not lived enough yet.

At this moment, the beautiful woman heard a familiar movement on the window, tensed up, and looked in the direction of the window.

I don't know when a black bird appeared in the window. It pecked out a piece of jade as big as a fingernail with its beak and placed it on the gap in the window. It flapped its wings and flew away.

It was a mission from above.

The beautiful woman walked over carefully and picked up the small jade piece from the crack of the window without disturbing other people.She placed the small jade piece between her eyebrows.

The words "lurk" and "cancel" appeared in her mind.

Suddenly, the beautiful woman was overjoyed. She felt like she had survived the disaster, and a smile appeared on her face.

She looked around to make sure no one was paying attention. She squeezed it into powder with her fingers and carefully sprinkled it in the walkway outside the window.

The beautiful woman twisted her hips and returned to the bed, and quickly fell asleep.

……

A few days later, the news that Tang Zai died in Luling City quickly spread back to the Haoran Sect of Zhao State, causing dissatisfaction with the Haoran Sect.

"Which crack in the stone did Wei Wuji of the Ming Sect pop out from? He is so audacious. I have to show him how powerful our Haoran Sect is. What do you think, Senior Brother Li?"

In a meeting hall of Haoran Sect, many elders gathered together to discuss the death of Tang Zai.

Their eyes all fell on a man with white hair and a boyish face.

This person's name is Li Zixu, and he is Tang Zai's master. He is already at the fifth level of martial arts at the age of more than 100 years old, and his martial arts cannot be underestimated.

When he heard the news of his beloved disciple's death, he did not get angry as expected, but sat quietly on the chair and remained silent.

"General Li Mu is secretly recruiting an army, and our first target is Yingjun. Now is a critical moment, and I think it's better not to cause trouble."

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look a little surprised at Li Zixu. They didn't expect Li Zixu to be so calm.

"Senior Brother Li is really calm and can endure for important things. No wonder the head brother has always praised Senior Brother Li highly."

Li Zixu shook his head and said: "My heart is similar to that of all the junior brothers. After all, they are my disciples who have spent a lot of effort to teach me. It is impossible to say that they are not angry at all. In fact, I have a ball of anger in my heart. I want to I want to avenge my beloved disciple, but even revenge cannot bring my disciple back to life."

"Instead of being so impulsive, it is better to find a way to help Li Mu capture Ying County in one fell swoop, and to plow the court and clear the holes is the right way."

"Brother is right."

"Next, let's discuss the cooperation with General Li Mu next year. I have found out in ancient books that the seal of the Yin Kingdom's national destiny is in the royal tomb in Ying County. This matter concerns us Haoran Zong’s future must be obtained.”

……

In one month, Ying County's long and cold winter is coming.

In such a season, Yingjun, which is located on the border of Wei State, has nothing to see.

The ground is yellow.

The tree is dead.

The weather is often gloomy.

Even the wind that was blowing was cold.

In such a season, if there is nothing important, most people would stay at home and would not go out.

Luling City is less noisy than before.

Only those who are forced to make a living or pursue a future have to travel around.

Gao Yanshi, who was wearing a felt hat, rushed back to Prince Wu's Mansion. He walked into the palace, took off his felt hat, patted it in his hands, took it back again, and walked towards the practice room.

After a while, he walked to the door of the practice room and shouted: "Your Highness, this slave is back."

"Enter!"

Zhao Hongming's loud voice came from the room.

Gao Yanshi responded and pushed the door open.

As soon as he entered the practice room, Gao Yanshi felt waves of heat sweeping over him.

In the center of the training room, Zhao Hongming stood in the middle of the training room. His upper body was naked, and his well-proportioned muscles were steaming with cyan aura, and the heat was billowing like a furnace.

This hot air is the result of the warrior's blood boiling all over his body after practicing a lot of martial arts.

It is the same reason that ordinary people will feel hot and sweaty after exercising a lot.

However, the qi and blood contained in martial arts are much stronger, and after intense practice, they will dissipate more heat than ordinary people.

Even so, people like Zhao Hongming are really rare.

Zhao Hongming turned around and asked, "Have you found out about Zhao Guo?"

Gao Yanshi lowered his head and said, "Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."

Zhao Hongming raised his chin and motioned for him to continue.

Gao Yanshi understood, lowered his head and said, "My servant has already inquired that Li Mu of the Zhao Kingdom has indeed mobilized an army and secretly prepared food and fodder. In fact, the Haoran Sect is secretly promoting this matter, and the Zhao royal family does not participate much."

"Haoran Sect?" Zhao Hongming asked: "Is the Zhao royal family's control over the country now weak to this extent?"

"It's already gone beyond what His Highness thought." Gao Yanshi continued: "Now the aristocratic families and martial arts forces in various parts of the Zhao Kingdom are still nominally subjects of the Zhao Kingdom's royal family, but in fact they have Each occupies their own territory and becomes king. Even in the court, King Zhao’s rights have been eclipsed.”

"The military generals are mainly Li Mu and Pang She. The Li family and the Pang family behind them have become bigger. The civil service is divided among many ancient families. As for the martial arts forces, there are countless forces."

Zhao Hongming said: "In this case, this King Zhao is just a king in name only, and has become a tool for producing the wish stone."

It's no wonder that as a big country among the six countries, they have been slow to respond in all aspects.

Zhao Hongming was filled with emotion, and couldn't help but feel how difficult it was for Zhao Meixu, his father-in-law, to be able to control the court and make a group of people willing to follow him under such circumstances.

Gao Yanshi said: "That's right. I also heard from the Zhao State that this time Li Mu leads the army, the Haoran Sect has a lot of support. Recently, Luling City has been flooded with many warriors from the Haoran Sect and its subordinate forces."

"Send more manpower to keep an eye on it. If there are not enough manpower, ask the Chang Guards to provide support."

Gao Yanshi nodded in agreement.

Zhao Hongming was serious and felt that there would inevitably be a tough battle next year: "Go back and sort out the information you investigated in Zhao State. I plan to report this matter to my father and ask him to provide more support."

"In addition, you should discuss with Zhang Yi and prepare some false information to show the enemy's weakness." Zhao Hongming said casually: "For example, Ying County has taken in too many refugees and has run out of food depots, or the martial arts forces have become too violent. , the loss of warriors is serious, Luling's defense is empty, etc., I will find an opportunity to show it to that beautiful woman in the future."

"Yes, Your Highness. This servant has taken note of it."

Zhao Hongming said: "You have been working hard these days, so go back and rest early. In addition, don't slack off in your martial arts training. You must pick up your training as soon as possible and take charge of yourself earlier."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will definitely cultivate seriously." Gao Yanshi bowed and said, "I will take my leave first."

After watching Gao Yanshi leave, Zhao Hongming suddenly realized and activated the [Tiandao Rewards Qin] martial arts training panel, which displayed the results of his training during this period.

【Name: Zhao Hongming】

【修炼功法：八荒不老功-武胆二品（86722/400000）、阵道经精通（103/1000）、雷霆破灭法身-先天三品（1102/40000）】

【武技：开天第二境（1210/2000）、荒秘行（18612/∞）、碎岳第二境（2314/3000）、镇魔第一境（1921/2000）、搬山第二境（136/2000）】

[Martial arts that can be broken through: None]

[Today's training time: 8 hours]

[Physique: Body of Thunder Destruction]

[Root Bonus: 7]

There is still a big gap between the third level of Wudan.

There won’t be much time until next summer and autumn.

It seems that we still need to practice hard.

(End of this chapter)