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

Chapter 157 Preparation and Conspiracy

Zhao Hongming calmed down his mind and constantly adjusted his breathing, sitting posture and state of mind in order to better enter the state of cultivation.

After two months of training, the Thunder Destruction Body has reached the sixth level of Xiantian.

According to the current progress of his cultivation, in more than three months, he will be able to cultivate the Thunder Destruction Body to the Martial Arts Realm.

When he reaches the Wudan realm, he can initially try the method of controlling thunder.

This is the power of heaven and earth that can only be mastered in ancient immortal magic.

Before that, the true meaning of thunder in this immortal martial arts method needs to be assisted by the blood of the true dragon and various precious medicinal materials, so that the true meaning of thunder can be refined enough and the physical body can be strengthened enough so that he can be more powerful. Well able to accommodate the power of thunder.

After refining all the wish power in the wish stone in his body, Zhao Hongming took out the true dragon's blood and some precious medicinal materials from the practice room.

sizzle.

His naked upper body exploded with small and dense lightning arcs.

At this time, Zhao Hongming has become very proficient in the mastery of the Thunder Destruction Body, and can easily transform the true meaning of Thunder into the power of Thunder, and release it instantly when attacking, making his attack power even more powerful.

The lightning wrapped around him was like silver snakes, constantly swimming around.

Suddenly Zhao Hongming's eyes froze, and the porcelain bottle containing the true dragon's blood exploded on his body.

The true dragon's blood was spilled.

The thunder snake that was swimming on his body rushed out, enveloping the blood of the true dragon.

In an instant, the true dragon's blood shattered into countless tiny blood beads and turned into a suspended blood mist.

At the same time, the precious medicinal materials on the ground also collapsed into tiny pieces and merged into the blood mist.

Zhao Hongming walked into the blood mist with his upper body naked, and his blood boiled all over his body. Under the urging of the immortal true intention, his body seemed to turn into a furnace, and billowing heat waves surged out of him.

Those precious medicinal materials began to exert their medicinal properties under the high temperature, washing his flesh and blood, and refining all the essence of the dragon's blood into it.

This situation lasted for half an hour, until the blood mist on his body completely faded and disappeared.

There is a long straight knife in the practice room, which Zhao Hongming usually uses to practice swordsmanship in the practice room. It is a good knife that has been tempered for many times. When using this knife to perform the [Open Heaven] martial arts, it is also very handy.

After Zhao Hongming finished refining the true dragon's blood, he opened his eyes and took out the long straight knife from the scabbard.

Suddenly, he found an electric arc beating on the blade.

Zhao Hongming was surprised. He held the sword with both hands and urged the true meaning of thunder to transform into the power of thunder and surge up the blade.

This time, it is not a one-time act, but the sword is treated as if it were one of his own limbs, allowing the power of thunder to flow inside.

The power of thunder fit perfectly on the blade and became continuous.

Crackling lightning appeared on the blade.

He felt the violent sword intent bursting from the blade.

Zhao Hongming was silent.

He waved the long sword gently, and the thunder light changed accordingly, turning into a thunderous sword energy and slashing down.

Zhao Hongming took down some of his defenses and let his hands touch the blade, and he suddenly felt numb.

"This should be an ability optimized through [Tiandao Rewards Diligence]."

The ultimate goal of the entire "Thunder Destruction Body" technique is to master the brilliant sky thunder through practice. In order to achieve this goal, the early stage focuses on strengthening the flesh and blood.

Therefore, there is no clear supporting martial skill. If there is one, it would be the power of thunder that comes with the strengthening process.

There are five major realms of this Immortal Martial Arts Kung Fu. For the Thunder Destruction Dharmakaya, the Pulse Opening Realm and the Aperture Opening Realm are the entry points. Only at the Innate Realm can one truly transform thunder.

"However, in more than three months, with the help of many resources such as the Wish Stone, I have cultivated the Thunder Destruction Body to the level of the innate sixth level, which is already very fast. But during this time, in order to improve this immortal martial art, I will practice The focus is all on this skill, and the progress of other martial arts and immortality skills has been slowed down a lot."

Practicing through the [Tiandao Rewards Diligence] martial arts panel requires a lot of energy and time to achieve results.

However, Zhao Hongming's time in a day is absolute, and he will not get a few more hours because of his diligent study and practice.

The progress points improved through diligent study and practice every day almost fall within a fixed range.

If you spend too much time practicing the Thunder Destruction Body, the progress of the Eight Desolations Eternal Age Skill and other martial arts will be delayed.

After practicing too many exercises at the same time, it is almost inevitable that the progress will be spread out.

But the more gratifying thing is that while practicing the Thunder Destruction Body, it will also bring bonuses to the bones, which can also make up for the loss of his energy sharing to a certain extent.

Zhao Hongming held the long sword in his hand and continued to use his sword skills.

Combined with the power of thunder, the sharpness of the long knife has been upgraded to a new level.

The extremely hard diamond rock was left with knife marks about an inch deep.

Zhao Hongming is quite satisfied with this result.

After many attempts, Zhao Hongming held a sword in his hand and sheathed the sword.

Several arcs of electricity popped up on the handle of the long knife and then calmed down.

The two true meanings in Zhao Hongming's body were surging, making him continue to engage in intense training as if he was not tired at all.

A month later, the armaments from Daliang City were secretly sent to Ying County and into the hands of Zhao Hongming.

Gao Yanshi stood next to Zhao Hongming, who had just finished training, and reported: "Your Highness, the [-] armaments sent by His Majesty this time are currently piled in the warehouse. Do you want to check them?"

"No need, let Zhang Yi and Wu Qi fight each other." Zhao Hongming ordered: "Be sure to have [-] Wei soldiers in full armor."

It turned out that the number of Wei soldiers Wu Qi trained was only 1000. These 1000 soldiers had shown great organization and extraordinary combat effectiveness in some past actions.

Later, the 1000 people expanded to 3000 people.

But the number is still too small. A thousand people are often at a disadvantage on a large-scale battlefield, especially when they are about to face the Zhao army. This number, even if it is an elite, cannot determine anything at all.

What's more, there are many high-level warriors in Zhao's army.

Zhao Hongming, Wu Qi and others all knew that if they wanted to gain a foothold on the border and deal with the menacing Zhao army, they must expand the size of the army.

Therefore, under his instruction, Wu Qi also started a series of recruitment activities. In the name of Mingjiao, he recruited warriors from the ten cities of Ying County to expand new soldiers.

Fortunately, a large number of martial arts forces in the south of Wei State went bankrupt and followed several waves of refugees to Ying County.

There is no shortage of people.

In order to recruit troops smoothly, Wu Qi worked with Zhang Yi to formulate an extremely detailed military merit system with distinct levels, covering from first-level public servants to second-level superiors, all the way to the highest level [-] Chehou.

As long as a soldier of the Wei Dynasty is a soldier, regardless of his position, whether he is a noble, a commoner, or a slave, as long as he beheads an enemy officer "Jiashi", he can obtain the first-level title "Gongshi" and get One hectare of field.

The more enemy heads you kill, the more military merit you will receive, the higher your title will be, and the more generous rewards you will receive.

Until Chehou, who obtains the highest title, can turn a county into a food town, receive clothing, rent and food taxes, and can be hereditary for two generations.What's more important is that if the contribution is great enough, in addition to the title, it is also possible to obtain the "King of Death", a book of immortal martial arts.

With this design, Zhao Hongming calculated that if he basically wins a battle, a small official will be promoted to one level, and a high official will be promoted to three levels.

With the resources he has collected now and the support of Jian'an Emperor Zhao Hongming, he can afford it.

After comprehensive consideration, he approved the military merit system formulated by the two men.

Under such a policy, the treatment that can be obtained by joining Wei Wuzu can be compared with the first- and second-rate martial arts forces in Wei State, and in some places it is even better than many martial arts forces.

As a result, a large number of warriors who had no place to settle or had other ambitions wanted to get a better life and future by joining Wei Wuzu.

After a period of recruitment and strict screening, the number of Wei Wu soldiers has expanded to more than 2, and it will take some time to achieve the set goal of [-].

Now that Daliang's armaments have been delivered as scheduled, Zhao Hongming has almost no hesitation and plans to hand them over to Wu Qi so that they can equip them as soon as possible.

Spring is about to begin, and there is not much time left for them.

Gao Yanshi bowed his head in agreement and turned around to convey Zhao Hongming's will.

At this time, Zhao Hongming seemed to have thought of something and said, "Wait a minute."

Gao Yanshi paused and said, "Does your Highness have any other instructions?"

"You can send someone to my king's warehouse to give those triangular formation flags to General Wu as well. There are corresponding instructions in them so that General Wu can make good use of them."

The Wang family's formation methods are very subtle. Even an ordinary martial artist can produce some powerful effects.

The array flags collected from the Wang family's arsenal, plus some he refined while practicing the Array Dao Sutra, were quite numerous, and it was really a waste to store them in the warehouse.

Gao Yanshi nodded in agreement and didn't stay any longer.

Winter comes and spring comes, everything recovers.

Another three months passed in the blink of an eye.

According to the news returned from the border and Zhao's domestic spies, Li Mu of Zhao has not made much movement and is still in the state of gathering a large army.

At this rate, Li Mu will not launch an attack this summer and will have to wait until after the autumn harvest.

There are still more than four months to go.

Although Li Mu had not yet planned to attack, his intention to capture Ying County was already very obvious at this time.

Freight traffic to and from Zhao on the Yinghe River has been suspended, and many unfamiliar faces have appeared in Luling City, and the public security situation has deteriorated.

For a time, the entire Ying County was enveloped in a depressing and dull atmosphere.

Taicheng, the main tent of the Eastern Army.

Pu Yuanqing, the lieutenant of Yingjun County, has been staying in the Eastern Army since Feng Yi returned to the court. He rarely even goes back to Yingjun County.

As a warrior at Zhujian Villa, he was originally from the Eastern Army, and he became the county lieutenant of Ying County by coincidence.

In his opinion, he is a ninth-grade innate warrior with considerable strength, and in this remote and remote place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the so-called position of county captain is nothing more than a nominal salary. Anyway, something went wrong. , we still have to rely on the Eastern Army.

There is not much difference in Ying County with or without him.

He simply stayed in Taicheng where the Eastern Army was located most of the time. Even when Zhao Hongming had been vassal for half a year, he did not show up.

After all, it's not too weird to be a county lieutenant on patrol for half a year. A young prince is not worthy of his respect.

Their Sword Making Villa was indeed a low-level martial arts force at the beginning, but now it is no longer what it used to be, and he has the confidence to do so.

"What's going on today? If Captain Pu doesn't practice martial arts or discuss the principles of life with the pretty girls, why does he have time to come to my little place?"

Outside the camp, a burly man wearing precious armor walked in.

He was seven feet tall, had a long beard, and looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He was Lu Zonghui, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army.

"General Lu, you are well." Pu Yuanqing stood up, clasped his fists and greeted, "It's just been a while, so I came here to see the old general."

Lu Zonghui sat on the main seat, took off his helmet and said hahaha: "Pujun Lieutenant, you don't need to go through all these hoops with me. Tell me, what's the main reason?"

Pu Yuanqing complimented: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the general's eyes. I wonder if the general has heard about the current developments in Zhao State?"

"Is it about Li Mu's troop deployment?"

"Exactly."

The general of the Eastern Army raised his head and said, "What, has there been a change?"

"Hey, I wonder what the general thinks about this matter?"

"What can you say? As usual, we just set up defenses. Daliang has learned about Zhao Guo's movements as soon as possible, and has ordered me to prepare the army accordingly and defend together with King Wu. At present, I have something to look forward to. It’s 12 people, enough for defense.”

"I have a big gift here for the general. I wonder if the general will accept it?"

"What gift?"

Pu Yuanqing said mysteriously: "One hundred thousand soldiers and armor."

Lu Zonghui's face was moved: "Pujun Lieutenant, please elaborate."

"I only learned about this by chance at Sword Making Villa. I feel that I have a very deep relationship with the general, so I came here to tell him." Pu Yuanqing said in a persuasive way: "Do you know what Zhao Guo's main goal is this time?"

The general of the Eastern Army said without thinking: "Yingjun."

"Does Yingjun have any interests as a general?"

General Lu Zonghui of the Eastern Army reacted and said: "Do you want me to ignore the life and death of Yingjun and let the Zhao army go? This may cause criticism and give other martial arts forces an excuse. I don't know whether Yingjun and Shiwan What does armor have to do with it?"

"No. I want the general to use this to negotiate terms with Emperor Jian'an."

"Oh?"

"The general didn't know that he was not in the temple. Emperor Jian'an secretly prepared [-] soldiers and gave them to King Wu in Ying County, and this was given to the Eastern Army."

"Is this true?"

"Many of these weapons came from our Sword Forging Villa, how could we not know?"

Pu Yuanqing was also entrusted by the sect this time, hoping to take this opportunity to make the still wavering Eastern Army completely fall to them, so he had to come here to act as a lobbyist.

After hearing this, the Eastern Army general became a little confused.

"I think it is better for the general to negotiate terms with Emperor Jian'an before attacking Zhao. Before that, you can sit back and wait until Emperor Jian'an agrees to the general's request before making a decision." Pu Yuanqing struck while the iron was hot: "For example, giving King Wu one hundred thousand soldiers A, this originally belonged to the general, so it’s not too much to ask Emperor Jian’an to give it to the general, right?”

"Let me think about it again."

"No rush, it's still early." Pu Yuanqing knew that the Eastern Army general didn't have much information, so he simply stopped and said, "Well, I only told the general because of our good relationship. You must think carefully, I am also doing it for the general's good."

(End of this chapter)