Has the breath disappeared? Zhao Chen looked at the long river flowing north in front of him, and searched for its imprint from the memory of the original owner.
This river seems to be called the Li Gong River. It is said that the ancestors of the Li family took pity on the drought and lack of rain in Yumen County, which made it difficult for the people to drink water and irrigate it, so they split the snowy mountains in the south with a sword and led countless streams from the mountains.
Then he opened the river with another sword, allowing the streams to converge into the current Li Gong River, flowing to the large lake around Yumen County.
Therefore, the main channel of this river is not as winding as other rivers, but goes straight to the north, so it is also called "Tianjian River".
The grandfather of the original owner once wrote a couplet of poems, "Creating mountains and clearing roads to carry the saints, channeling the rivers and casting swords according to the situation", praising this period of great achievements of the ancestors of the Li family.
It can be said that there is a reason why the Zhangye Li family has been dominant in Ganzhou for hundreds of years and is highly respected by the people.
After briefly recalling the past experience of the original owner painting with his biological mother by the river, Zhao Chen retracted his thoughts, only to find that Yan Hongxia was still standing by the river watching, her brows furrowed, as if she was thinking about some problem.
"Sister Hongxia, what are you thinking about?" Zhao Chen thought for a while and asked proactively.
"'Breathing Technique' is my newly cultivated natal magic. So far, there are only three people who know about it, including you..." Yan Hongxia did not look down on Zhao Chen because of his young age, but Instead, he asked, "Do you understand what this means?"
"Did the people from the 'Xinguang Temple' know your tracking method from somewhere and used the 'Tianjian River' to cut off the breath? So you suspect that the other two people besides me may have leaked the secret?" Zhao Chen immediately Got the point.
He didn't pay much attention to Yan Hongxia's pursuit of her target before. After all, the "Hongxia Sword" had a good reputation, and it was normal for the other party to target her if they knew her methods.
But now it seems that is not the case.
"The other two people who know are me and my immediate boss, the highest official of the 'Daoguan Office' in Yumen County... I don't believe he has any problems.
"Although the members of the 'Xinguang Temple' are indeed good at stealing secrets, it only took me five days to practice this spell, so they were too late..."
"So, I'm a little confused about what went wrong." Yan Hongxia seemed to be telling Zhao Chen, but also seemed to be talking to herself.
Hearing this, Zhao Chen also lowered his head and pondered for a while. Combined with the many crime-solving movies and TV series he had watched in his previous life, and the problem that the master had mentioned about the differences between ancient and modern names of the exercises, he suddenly had some inspiration and asked again. : "Sister Hongxia, your 'Breathing Technique' spell sounds completely different from the naming style of the Li Family Sword Art. Where does it come from?"
Yan Hongxia was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then turned her head and stared at Zhao Chen with burning eyes: "I got it at an auction at the monks' gathering... What do you mean, there is something wrong with the person who sold me this spell?" ?”
"It's not necessarily the seller, but the person who knows that you bought this spell." As Zhao Chen spoke, he also had doubts about Yan Hongxia's ability to handle the case. After all, even a half-hearted person like himself who had only watched detective movies and TV series Everything she could think of, she, a professional "Taoist official", failed to notice?
Although Zhao Hongxia is indeed young and may lack experience, doesn't the "Taoist Office" provide internal training?
Oh, by the way... Even if there is training, she will probably be given some cases to study by herself at most, and there should be no rules or other summary... After all, knowledge is "poisonous", involving rules, academics and "Tao" things, even if it is A "mana realm" monk like Yan Hongxia might not be able to see too much...
This world is such a trap!
When Zhao Chen began to think about it, Yan Hongxia had already listed several suspects in her mind. She decided to clean up the remnants of the evil organization in "Bingquan Town" and then immediately return to Yumen County to investigate and find out the "heart" The tail of Hikaru Temple.
"Xiaochen, you are so smart. Do you want me to recommend you to the 'Taoist Office'?"
"I see that you use Taiyi Five Elements Boxing to train your body. I think what you should practice should be "The Secret Records of the Twelve Gates of Jinlou and Jade Room".
"This technique was passed down directly from the Taoist Emperor Taichu. Although there is no good translation of its basic mental method, it is used as the basis to refine the 'True Qi', and the quality is quite good. Generally, it is used to achieve the 'True Qi' At the same time, it can directly open two of the twelve serious meridians.
"With two 'serious' Qi foundations, you have the opportunity to practice opening your eyes first.
"And once the eye orifices are opened, they will have magical powers. No matter which school of gun fighting skills you have, you can immediately master it. Coupled with the 'Silver Moon' your mother gave you, ordinary monks who have opened the seven orifices can fight." fight.
"In this way, in two or three months at most, I can recommend you as the 'evil-killing envoy' of the ninth grade.
"This is a position with good remuneration and relatively freedom. And with an official status, you will have less trouble in doing business." After solving her doubts, Yan Hongxia's mood improved. The more she saw her friend's stepson, the more she liked her. I think he should join the "Taoist Office" to show his talents.
But no matter what she said, Zhao Chen, who didn't know much about "Taoist officials", was not tempted at all. However, he did not reject it directly. He only said, "Think about it and talk about it after reaching the true Qi state." Then he asked about what puzzled him about what she just said:
"Sister Hongxia, aren't 'Zhen Qi' and 'Lian Qiao' the first two independent realms of 'Tongxuan'? And the "Secret Records of the Twelve Gates of Jinlou and Jade Room" only records the twelve levels of "Tongxuan". The eight main meridians and extraordinary meridians, as well as the methods of many small meridians, do not have the content of refining the orifice...
"How come you, sister, tell me that before the 'Zhen Qi' is perfected, you can 'refining the orifice'?"
Yan Hongxia smiled when she heard this and explained: "The inner disciples of the Shang Sect and the core disciples of the aristocratic family must first cultivate the true energy to perfection, penetrate the twelve main meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, and then practice to open the nine orifices in sequence. Gather your soul, build a 'bridge between heaven and earth' and draw the energy of heaven and earth into your body, achieving 'mana' in one fell swoop.
"This kind of practice will get twice the result with half the effort. They often build the foundation in a hundred days at the age of thirteen or fourteen. After condensing their true energy, they can achieve 'magic power' within two or three years..."
"But I belong to the Shangzong and aristocratic family... I have abundant resources, so I can just focus on cultivation, and there is no need to consider other things...
"But we ordinary practitioners are different... Oh, don't talk about us, even the Li family only has those direct descendants who can barely get this treatment..."
At this point, her face showed some complicated emotions, and she paused for a few seconds before continuing,
"In short, we need resources to fight for and take risks, which naturally requires means of self-defense.
“On the other hand, except for some moves that are slightly more powerful in the pure Qi realm, or the Qi that has been cultivated is of high quality and has its own supernatural powers, it is not much stronger than the body training, and sometimes it can even not beat the talented body training warriors.
"So it's impossible for ordinary practitioners like us to practice Qi to perfection in a step-by-step manner. Generally, two to four main meridians are opened up. Once the Qi is sufficient, the 'eye apertures' and 'ear apertures' will be opened first.
"Haha, if it were hundreds of years ago, the order of refining the acupoints would still need to be based on the techniques learned, and one would first choose to practice the powerful moves listed in one's own classics.
"But in the past hundred years, with the prosperity of firearms, Jianghu people will basically choose to refine the 'eye aperture' and 'ear aperture' that can enhance the 'gun fighting skills'.
"As I said before, once the 'Eye Aperture' is opened, no matter which school's 'Gun Fighting Technique' is successfully opened, and once the four apertures are successfully opened... that is, both the 'Eye Aperture' and the 'Ear Aperture' are opened. , that 'gun fighting skill' was instantly mastered, and his combat power was no less than that of a master with all nine orifices open.
"If you can tailor-make a 'Renzhu Divine Gun', even in the ordinary 'mana' realm, you can only avoid its edge.
"Have you heard of my uncle 'Desert Flying Eagle' Yan San? Although he has only developed the 'Nine Apertures' at present, with his 'Condor Gun Fighting Technique' combined with the exclusive 'Flying Eagle Divine Gun', he can even Kill the leader of the horse thieves who have passed the realm of mana.
"Even I can only defeat him after I have mastered the 'Red Emperor Yangyuan Sword Qi'."
