A master of supernatural powers who started from low martial arts

Chapter 82 Poor, sad, ridiculous

After half a year.

Lu Yuan not only accumulated the power of luck to nearly two hundred again.

The progress of mastering the ten earth evil arts has increased across the board, especially the most frequently used techniques of taking food and guidance, and the progress is already more than half.

At this rate, these two earth evil techniques will be advanced to the next level in a few months.

According to the annotations of the Heavenly Book, the efficiency of converting essence energy will be greatly improved after the skill of taking food is advanced; after the skill of guidance is advanced, the mastery of steps such as refining gas and refining gas into spirit will also be more profound, both of which It can improve the efficiency of practice in disguised form.

"And I almost forgot."

Lu Yuan took out a leather bag that was no bigger than a palm and looked ordinary from his arms, then he made a seal with one hand and said softly:

"Sumina must be as urgent as the law!"

Buzz.

The true energy in the body was consumed rapidly, and the clear light of mana was poured into the leather bag like a rainbow.

It wasn't until most of his mana was consumed that he stopped using the technique, and then put the leather bag back into his arms and close to his body.

This thing is naturally a storage bag created by Lu Yuan using the Hutian technique, and he named it Hutian Bag.

The inside of this bag is opened up by mana to a seven-foot-square space, and it can last for seven days.

After seven days, he only needed to add another Potian Technique to maintain the effect of the leather bag of Sumina mustard.

Although it is a little troublesome, the storage effect is much better than at the beginning, and it can be officially put into use.

Like now.

He had already packed most of his belongings such as the bronze alchemy furnace, alchemy materials, and gold and silver treasures into the Hutian bag to carry around with him, which was extremely convenient.

"The true Qi is close to a hundred rays, and then we can prepare to move to another place to prepare for big events."

After experiencing a peaceful life for half a year, Lu Yuan felt a little emotional.

The goal he had set before was basically accomplished. It was time for him to move away from the small pond of Fengyang Mansion and go to a wider world to show off his skills and gain luck.

However, there are many large and prosperous cities in the thirty-six provinces of the Jin Dynasty, such as Tianjing, Jinjin, Magic City, Jiangnan, and coastal areas. He has not yet decided where to go next.

And in Li Junxian's place, he spent more than a year of unforgettable time as his disciple, being taught and trained by him, and he also needed to find a suitable reason to say goodbye without saying goodbye.

And just then.

Outside the house, Xu Dahu’s call sounded:

"Ayuan, are you up?"

Lu Yuan immediately got out of bed and pushed the door open. He saw the other party coming to the door and asked mysteriously:

"How about Junior Brother, let's go out today. Have you thought about buying any birthday gifts for Master?"

Lu Yuan was not fooled at all and said with a smile: "Senior Brother, you don't have a clue yet, so you came to my place to spy on the military situation?"

"Young boy"

Xu Dahu was a little embarrassed and annoyed and said:

"Who told that guy Erhu to prepare a birthday gift that he got ahead of me just as I thought? It's still more than half a month away. I'm really anxious!"

Lu Yuan asked curiously:

"What has Second Senior Brother prepared?"

Xu Dahu said angrily:

"Master is very fond of He Pingsheng, a poet from the previous dynasty who died for his country. That boy Erhu got an authentic poem by this man from somewhere. Master must be very fond of it!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said:

"In the early years of Jinting, he burned and destroyed books and created a literary inquisition. The second senior brother must have spent a lot of energy and time searching for the original works of this poet from the previous dynasty. Master should like it."

Xu Dahu refused to give up:

"What about you? You've always been smarter than Erhu. Don't you have no ideas? Tell me quickly and let me refer to it."

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment:

"I remember that Master has a hidden disease. I wonder what kind of hidden disease it is?"

Xu Dahu immediately shook his head when he heard this and sighed:

"Is it possible that junior brother wants to seek medical advice to cure Master's old injuries? It's useless. Master himself knows medical skills. Over the years, he has seen many famous doctors in developed provincial cities, even Master Lin. My uncle's medical skills were no less than those of so-called famous doctors, but in the end there was nothing he could do.

Although the master has not said this, according to our inquiry, it seems that he had damaged his heart and even his kidneys in his early years, and it has become a chronic disease that is almost impossible to cure. It is said in the palace that there is a chief physician who specializes in treating the Immortal Demon Queen and prolonging her life. He might have a way, but..."

The chief physician in the palace who treated the Immortal Demon Queen and extended her life was obviously not something anyone else could ask for. Lu Yuan's eyes moved slightly:

"I see."

In more than half a month, it will be Li Junxian's fiftieth birthday.

No matter what plans and plans he has, his apprentice must first celebrate his birthday.

Especially for birthday gifts, ordinary gifts have no meaning at all in his opinion. It is better to find a way to cure Mr. Li Jun's hidden injuries and extend his life, which can also be regarded as a thank you and reward for the care and guidance of the other party for more than a year.

Although it sounds like Li Jun has visited famous doctors and failed to cure his hidden disease, which seems to be very difficult.

But for him who has mastered [Medicine], it is not difficult.

There is even a great elixir recipe that can cure various diseases and injuries in the "Medicine Refining Method of Immortals Taking Bait Pills".

Already having an idea in his mind, Lu Yuan pretended to think:

"In this case, I don't know what gifts to prepare. Why don't I go to antique shops and places like Treasure Pavilion first? Maybe I'll get some ideas."

Xu Dahu nodded: "Okay, pack up and let's go."

then.

After washing and eating.

The two of them left the Expo Park together and went to some antique and pawn shops in the city that specialized in selling rare and valuable items, asking around.

Fengyang Mansion is also the capital city of a province, and there are many rare things circulating here, such as pocket watches, Western clocks, music boxes and other imported items passed down from Shinra.

In places like black markets and ghost markets, there are all kinds of antiques and curios that are difficult to tell whether they are genuine or not, and their origins are shady.     Just turned around and came down.

It is true that there were some rare items passed down from Shinra that moved Xu Dahu, but he was worried that Li Jun would hate these Western gadgets at first and seemed hesitant.

In fact, given his personality, he would like to make a golden longevity peach directly out of gold and give it to him, which is both elegant and practical.

However, although he is now the leader of the Beitang of the Qinglong Gang, his monthly expenses plus dividends are only one hundred silver dollars. In the past half year of his tenure, he has only saved a few hundred silver dollars in his hand. He wants to spend this little savings. Jin Shoudao is really a bit reluctant.

Although Lu Yuan next to him had money, his origins were unknown and he could not borrow it. As a dog-headed strategist, he did not give any constructive suggestions, so the two of them were still empty-handed after wandering around for a whole morning.

The two of them left an antique store and were about to check out other places.

But suddenly, the bustling street in front of them became chaotic and noisy, which caught their attention.

Lu Yuan looked for his voice and saw two half-year-old boys on the street holding a pile of papyrus that looked like newspapers and shouting loudly:

"Excuse me!"

"More than a month ago, the Daijin Navy was unfortunately defeated in the Yellow Sea and the entire army was wiped out!"

"Then the Rizhao Kingdom landed in Lushun, raped, plundered, and massacred more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians of our dynasty. The crime was heinous!"

"The Japanese thieves have issued letters of credence, demanding that our country cede the Liaodong Peninsula and the Ryukyu Islands, open treaty ports, and pay an indemnity of 200 million silver dollars."

Amidst the shouting, many literate scholars gathered around to buy it, and then cursed indignantly after reading the tabloid in their hands.

Lu Yuan and Xu Dahu, who heard the cries, also looked at each other with slightly focused expressions. They immediately went up to squeeze through the crowd and spent two copper coins to buy a tabloid.

They unfolded the tabloid and scanned it.

Fengyang Mansion is located inland and has relatively little access to public information, but every month there are various tabloids from coastal cities, which are printed in bookstores and sold in the city. They are the only way for the people to learn about the outside world and even national events.

Of course, most of the people at the bottom are illiterate, and those who spend money to buy tabloids are basically scholars and people from well-off families.

At this moment, the tabloid in Lu Yuan's hand was very rough in both material and handwriting, but its content was shocking.

The general content is that the Rizhao Kingdom, located in the East China Sea Islands, violently captured Dawan and Ryukyu Islands before March, and then invaded Korea, a tributary of the Jin Dynasty, and used Korea as a springboard to plot the Liaodong Peninsula.

Rizhao Kingdom is the country of Danwan. For thousands of years, it was a vassal state of various dynasties in China, claiming vassal status and paying tribute.

However, since the rise of the Western HRE powers during the Industrial Revolution, Daikin has still closed its doors to the outside world, dreaming of the great dream of a kingdom in heaven;

However, the Rizhao Kingdom, which had a small territory, poor resources, poverty and backwardness, soon began to learn from the Shinra powers and reform itself, gradually developing industry and even steam machinery. Its musket and artillery casting skills improved rapidly, and later it was even able to independently build giant iron-clad ships. , the national power becomes stronger and stronger.

Although the country's reforms were strong and prosperous, the Jin Dynasty was still decadent and corrupt. Over the years, it had been repeatedly defeated in conflicts with the Shinra powers and the Northern Shah Empire, and suffered constant internal and external troubles.

As a result, Rizhao State's ambitions sprouted, and it increasingly coveted the vast and fertile land of China, and now it launched a brazen invasion.

In response to this, Jin Ting was naturally extremely angry, and immediately dispatched the new navy army, which had only been trained for two years, to fight against the invading army of Rizhao Kingdom.

However, the country of Rizhao had strong national power and had been planning for a long time, but Jin Ting rushed to fight, and the industry and technology started too late. The new navy's self-made weapons and equipment, muskets, artillery, and iron-clad giant ships were a generation behind.

The competition in naval battles is the strength of ships and the power of artillery, and there is no place for martial arts. Therefore, although the new army of the Daijin Navy, which was established shortly after this battle, fought bravely, it was still defeated at sea and the entire army was annihilated. , all battleships were destroyed and sunk.

After the defeat of the new navy army, Jin Ting could no longer stop the maritime power of the Rizhao Kingdom. The invading army landed on the Liaodong Peninsula and massacred all the 30,000 soldiers and civilians stationed in Lushun.

Under such a shocking change, some of the ministers in the Jin Dynasty were furious, some were frightened, and proposed peace.

As for the actual control of Daikin, the Empress Dowager Xici, who had listened to politics behind the curtain for seventy years, also supported this proposal.

However, in the face of Jinting's forced peace talks, the victor Rizhao Kingdom opened its mouth and demanded not only Jinting to cede the Liaodong Peninsula and the Ryukyu Bay Islands, but also a war compensation of 200 million silver dollars!

Such a request can be called a wild ambition, but now the Jin Dynasty is having a heated debate, but the peacemaker has the upper hand and seems to have a tendency to agree.

"How can this not make sense? How can it not make sense!"

"After losing to the Shae Empire, the Holy Roman Empire is nothing more than that. Rizhao is a small country, and its territory is not even as big as our province. It was still paying tribute to us decades ago. How could it be like this!"

"The imperial court spent hundreds of millions of silver dollars to purchase warships and imitate new weapons and equipment. The new army they trained actually lost the first battle. What do the ministers in the court do for a living!"

"Two hundred million silver dollars, how many people's wealth and support does the imperial court have to plunder to get it together? If we agree to such a treaty, it will be a complete loss of national dignity!"

Many literate scholars around were beating their chests and beating their chests, extremely angry. Some poor people nearby also came over curiously to ask, and then joined in and cursed angrily.

Xu Dahu's face turned ugly after reading the tabloid, and he crushed the paper into pieces: "It really makes me angry!"

Lu Yuan read it calmly, shook his head and said, "Let's go, senior brother."

As a time-traveler, these events felt paradoxically familiar to him.

The Rizhao Empire has long coveted the land of the Jin Dynasty and its tributary states, especially after the behemoth Jinting was defeated by the Shinra powers and the Shah Empire in several years, their ambitions could not be restrained and they took this step.

If nothing else goes wrong, Jin Ting will most likely agree to the conditions of Rizhao State and sign this humiliating treaty.

Because the new naval force that was completely wiped out was Jin Ting's strongest maritime force, without the fleet to resist it, the Rizhao Kingdom could now drive straight in from the sea and bombard many important cities along the coast. No one could bear such serious consequences.

Jin Ting was originally a foreigner who stole the country. Even though the country's power is now declining and the top and bottom are corrupt, he has never forgotten to secretly guard against all Han people, for fear that his rule will be overthrown, and he has no courage or ability to fight an all-out war with Rizhao Kingdom.

The Demon Queen Xici even once said that she would rather be a friend than a domestic slave. This sentence is not a joke.

At this moment, as the tabloid was being sold, people were agitated everywhere on the street, and even the traffickers and footmen were talking about the matter, full of indignation.

Nowadays, the Jin Dynasty is in decay, and ordinary people are in dire straits. Most of them want the imperial court to collapse immediately. There is only resentment, not loyalty to the emperor and the country.

There is only one reason why they are so indignant, and that is that once Jin Ting agrees to such a humiliating treaty, the compensation of 200 million silver dollars will inevitably be pressed on the heads of all the people at the bottom, making their already difficult lives worse.

At this news, the streets were filled with people, angry and noisy. Lu Yuan and Xu Dahu had no intention of wandering around anymore, and immediately returned to the Expo Garden.

At this time, tabloids had been sold here. It was obviously dinner time, but the energetic wrestlers in the garden had no intention of eating. They were all holding tabloids in twos and threes, talking and cursing angrily.

The two of them did not stop him and went straight to Li Junxian's courtyard.

Then I saw Mr. Li Jun lying on the imperial chair holding a tabloid, his expression a little silent and sad:

Xu Erhu was comforting him: "Master, don't let your anger break your body, it's not worth it."

Lu Yuan and Xu Dahu looked at each other and immediately understood the situation, and stepped forward to comfort them.

"What kind of humiliation is it for claiming to be a kingdom of heaven, but to be beaten by a small country and lose all dignity like this?"

Having given up any hope for Jin Ting, Li Jun sighed with a livid face:

"The wind and rain are swaying, and the building is about to collapse. Now in this land of China, no matter whether it is a liger, a tiger, a jackal, or a wild dog, anyone can trample on it and bite it. It's pitiful, sad, and ridiculous."

(End of this chapter)