Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 499 Li Er, You Are Digging Your Own Grave
Since he wants to be the Demon King, he must trample the Evil King under his feet. People from Buddhism and Taoism obviously will not sit idly by and watch him mess around in the martial arts world. Naturally, a battle with Ning Daoqi and Song Que, the two bootlickers, is unavoidable.

After a few more days, the red true qi in the upper dantian became thicker and thicker. When he looked inside, it almost showed waves like water flow. Chu Pingsheng felt his soul shaken, as if he was leaving his body and entering a mysterious place.

A very strange energy was rippling in the dark stone cave. At the end of the energy was a golden bead with a faint glow. Opposite the altar where the bead was placed was a long basalt path. On the other side of the path was towering ice. Through the faint light, the face of a middle-aged man with a rather elegant temperament could be seen.

"This should be the situation in the Evil King's Tomb."

Chu Pingsheng was not surprised, because Shuanglong had spied on the situation in the Evil King's Tomb many times through the energy of the Evil Emperor's relics attached to the golden armor, so it was normal for him to have such an experience.

The evil emperor's relics...

This one has to be obtained. After all, there is no precedent of breaking the void in "The Secret of Immortality" and "The Cihang Sword Canon" of Huang Yi's four great martial arts books, and "The Atlas of the God of War" is only heard of but not seen in person. It is said to be hidden in the Temple of the God of War, but Chu Pingsheng has no idea where the Temple of the God of War is and how to get there. He only knows that it appears once every seventy years.

In addition to the "War God Atlas", the first of the four great books, the only example of breaking the void is the Dao Heart Planting Demon Method in "Heavenly Demon Strategy". In Huang Yi's martial arts, Xiang Yutian, Pang Ban, and Long Ying all broke the void with this set of skills. Among them, Xiang Yutian achieved great success with the help of the evil emperor's relic without going through too many hardships.

These thoughts are slow to explain, but actually they move very quickly. However, Chu Pingsheng's soul returned to his body due to the brief distraction, and the scene in the Evil King's Tomb disappeared without a trace. But to his surprise, he "saw" another picture.

In a study room in the Duke Tang's mansion, Mr. Li, who was wearing casual clothes and had his hair loose and looked a little casual, was sitting slightly leaning towards the side in a mahogany armchair with its armrests almost patinated with glaze, and was talking to a man who was standing with his back to the door.

"Chai Shao has been practicing the Art of Immortality in seclusion recently?"

"Yes."

"Could it be possible that he can also practice the Art of Immortality? How is his progress?"

"That... I don't know. Chai Shao doesn't let anyone enter the room, and the food is delivered to the door."

"Has he changed in any way? For example, has his martial arts improved rapidly?"

"I haven't seen the little one."

"That's right. It's been less than half a month. Even if Chai Shao can comprehend something, he won't be able to make a name for himself."

"Second Young Master, there is a situation..."

"Don't hesitate, just speak."

"Before Chai Shao came back from Chengping Lake, he asked me to go to the study to clean up the broken Jinsi Nan desk. The cut was smooth and flat, so it must have been caused by a sharp weapon. But he had neither a knife nor a sword in his hand at that time."

"That's weird."

Li Shimin frowned, as if in deep thought, tapping the armrest of the chair with his fingers. It took him a while to come to his senses. He waved his hand and said, "You go back first and keep a close eye on Chai Shao's situation. If there is any unusual movement, report it immediately. Also, be careful not to be discovered by the Chai family."

"Yes."

The man responded by turning around and walking outside.

Chu Pingsheng finally saw the face of the person who tipped off Li Shimin. No wonder he felt the voice was so familiar. It turned out that the spy was none other than his study companion Jin An.

If you think about it carefully, this is normal. Even people like Li Mi, the second in command of Wagangzhai, and Zhai Rang, the first in command who have a life-and-death relationship with each other, have to be wary of each other and place spies there, let alone the Li family and the Chai family.

As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If Chai Shao was not a young man without the ambition to dominate, would Li Shimin become friends with him?
Having said that, the spiritual perception of this Changsheng Jue is simply amazing.

A few days ago, he could only sense the strong emotions directed towards him by the people in the yard, but now the sensing range has expanded to the Duke Tang's Mansion several miles away.

Doesn't this mean that it will be very difficult for someone to plot against him in the future?
With such an effect, even a castrated hearing aid or a clairvoyant would be pretty impressive.

Chu Pingsheng took a look at the golden armor between his legs, hesitated for a moment, and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​comprehending the fifth painting.

Now the sixth and seventh pictures are not yet completed, but he still understands the principle of biting off more than he can chew.

Biting off more than you can chew?
Bit off more than you can chew!
and many more……

He spread out his five fingers, and with a flash of green light, a booklet recording the training methods of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra appeared in his palm. He turned over the yellowed and tattered title page, and on it were lines of tiny Sanskrit characters.

On the first day of this retreat, he tried to practice the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, but the feedback was not very good. The [Mahayana Bliss Heavenly Demon Body] did not respond to his expectations and speed up the practice of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra. Although he practiced this more than ten times faster than ordinary people, it would take more than forty years to achieve great success.

In fact, this was already the level of a peerless genius. After all, King Jinlun was over seventy years old and had practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra for more than sixty years before he could only reach the tenth level. The characteristic of this set of exercises was that it took longer to practice as one progressed. Even if there was no time limit, a genius like King Jinlun would need about two hundred years to practice to the thirteenth level, but he only needed forty years.

But from Chu Pingsheng's perspective, he still felt it was too slow, so slow that it was unbearable.

And just now, he thought of a way out of the impasse.

……

An hour later.

The cicadas chirp softly, and the silk clothes are thin; the summer breeze cools the bamboo lady.

Caiyue, a maid wearing a dark green blouse and a white skirt, put the freshly peeled lychee flesh into an ice bucket, brought it to the study and placed it on the table.

"Sir, it's hot, eat some iced lychees to cool down."

"understood."

Chu Pingsheng waved his hand and Caiyue bowed and retreated.

"Wait." "Sir?"

"Is Jin An back?"

"When I came here, I saw him talking to Tuan. He must have just returned home."

"Tell him to come and see me."

"Yes."

Caiyue left the study room. After a while, she saw the book boy Jin An, with a thin layer of sweat on his cheek, coming from the front yard. Seeing his master behind the desk, he said happily, "Master, are you out of seclusion?"

"Ah."

Chu Pingsheng snorted and pointed at the door.

Jin An understood, walked to the door, stuck his head out to look around, and carefully closed the door.

Chu Pingsheng found it funny. This guy looked like he was on guard against eavesdropping, but he didn't know that he was the most hateful spy.

"Tell me what major events have happened outside during my retreat."

"The news that the Longevity Secret has fallen into the hands of the young master has spread all over the world. There have been many unfamiliar faces in Jinyang City in the past two days. I think they are not friendly, so I have ordered Xia He to send more people to strengthen the security in the mansion."

"Anymore?"

"The third lady of the Li family and her maid Hongfu have left Jinyang."

"When did this happen?"

"Three days ago."

"Do you know what they are going to do?"

Jin An glanced at him and shook his head slightly.

"Where are Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling?"

"I left the city yesterday, too."

Chu Pingsheng groaned in silence. Li Xiuning, Hongfu, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the four of them left Jinyang one after another. I think they were going to Yangzhou to meet the Dongming Sect... No, this should be the second princess of the Dongming Sect.

According to the plot in the TV series, in order to fight back against Yu Wenzhi's slander in front of Yang Guang, the Li family planned to steal the account book on the Dongming that recorded the Yu Wen clan's purchase of weapons and heavily slander Yu Wenzhi.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were worried that Li Xiuning would not be able to convince the owner of the Dongming, so they followed him with the idea of ​​working for the Li family to secure their own future and to avenge Fu Jun'er. Finally, with the help of Shen Luoyan, they successfully obtained the account books of the Li, Dugu and Yuwen clans.

Regarding this matter...should I add fuel to the fire?
Jin An stood at the bottom of the hall with his body slightly bent, glancing at Chu Pingsheng from time to time, his eyes rolling around as if he had some thoughts in mind.

"Son..."

"Ok?"

"And this." Jin An said, taking out a letter from his bosom and presenting it with both hands: "I went out this time to pick up a letter from the posthouse. It's written by the master to you."

Chu Pingsheng took it in his hand, opened the envelope, looked at it for a few seconds, and smiled coldly.

Chai Shen’s meaning was very simple. Yang Guang knew that the secret of immortality was in his hands, and he had already issued an imperial decree, ordering him to hand over the secret of immortality to the court.

laugh……

Jin An heard a slight sound and looked up quickly, only to see that the letter sent by Chai Shen was burning in his master's palm. The heat of summer and fire surged together, and the bright flames reflected in his eyes, and his face was full of shock.

What just happened?
The young master did not use a tinder to light the letter, nor did he use any candles, braziers or other utensils, so how did the letter burn?

Could it be...internal force? !

Impossible, this is impossible. How strong inner strength does one need to be able to light a piece of letter without relying on any external objects? Anyway, none of the martial arts masters he knows can do it.

Could this be the effect of the secret of immortality?

Jin An's heart was pounding.

"Jin An, answer me a question."

"Excuse me, sir."

Chu Pingsheng's words woke him up, and his tone made his scalp tingle and his muscles tense.

"Where were you an hour ago?"

"I'm at the post station, picking up the letter, the one you just lit." Jin An remained calm and collected, and he was just as respectful as he was just now. It can be said that he concealed his feelings quite well, and he was a mature and qualified spy.

It’s a pity that the person he met was Chu Pingsheng, who had already made some progress in the art of immortality.

(End of this chapter)