There was strong confidence in Yajiu's words, and the smile on his lips was as contagious as those eminent monks.
In addition to the Haotian Dao Sect on Taihao Mountain, the Academy is the largest and most powerful gathering place for practitioners in the world.
Sensing Qi, hiding in the body, listening to the rain, patrolling the clouds, and holding the candle in the sky, each state progresses step by step, and there will be no lack of practice materials that prevent progress.
According to Li Ang's estimation, with enough materials such as fine gold and orichalcum, he should be able to reach the Cloud Patrol Realm within a few years and become one of the handful of geniuses with the fastest cultivation speed in the history of the Academy.
This progress is already terrifying.
No matter how you think about it, the future envisioned by Zhao Ming and Ya Jiu cannot be compared to the Haotian Dao Sect or the Academy as a whole...
"Like I said, the academy is stuck in the old ways and is stuck in its ways."
Yajiu raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "It must have been mentioned many times in the national history class of the Xuegong. In the late Sui Dynasty, various spiritual sects and warlords fought, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the lives were devastated. In the end, Li was helped by people from the Xuegong. The warlord with the last name stood out, wiped out the spiritual sect and other warlords, established the Yu State, and ruled the world together with the Xuegong.
Most people in the Yu State know this period of history. The only problem is that it is incomplete, or that part of it has been deliberately concealed. "
Yajiu paused and said: "Those cultivating sects have completely different ideas and interests. In order to protect themselves or driven by ambition, they are involved in long-term melee.
Betrayal, assassination, inducement, deception...
Various means emerge in endlessly,
The long-term chaos caused these sects to try their best to improve their strength regardless of the cost.
The fastest way to gain power is to practice magic techniques that are eager for quick success, or to use special alienated substances.
The result is that the competitive situation deteriorates rapidly.
Most of the practicing sects have begun to practice techniques that are similar to the devil's way, or they have abused alienated substances.
In fact, the alliance between the Li family and the academy was not the main force in the extermination of the practice sect.
The latter largely kill each other and die together.
Part of the heritage of each sect, as the monks of the sect fled to places such as the Shiwan Barren Mountains and the Endless Sea, wandered outside the Yu Kingdom and took root in other places.
For example, the colleges established in the Southern Zhou Dynasty and Western Jing Dynasty were modeled after academic palaces.
Part of it was taken over by the alliance between the Li family and the Academy - to this day, this rich inheritance has not been consumed, and a large part has been sealed.
The Academy made a large number of deletions from those ancient practices, eliminating the parts they considered inappropriate, and limited the original practice categories to five types: Talismans, Techniques, Swords, Mind, and Body, and formulated accordingly A step-by-step training system. "
Yajiu curled his lips and said: "The ancient cultivation technique, as bright as the stars, has declined in the Yu Kingdom.
There are only some rural monks left among the people, and one or two shadows can be seen in the thousand-year-old families like Qiwang with the fifth surname.
And we, Zhao Ming, have the academy’s cultivation system and thousands of ancient cultivation techniques. "
"Is it..."
The strange look in Li Ang's eyes flashed away. He had felt strange a long time ago. In the history books, the former Sui monks had many unusual methods.
There is a way to curse - make a straw man out of the enemy's hair and specific materials, drive it through with a long nail, and you can curse the opponent to death.
Incarnate sword light - some ancient monks can merge with the sword light when they are still in the Xunyun Realm, and whatever their heart desires can be reached in an instant.
There are also weird spells - raising dead bodies from the graveyard and transforming them into immortal, mindless golems burning with soul fire.
Or by devouring flesh and blood, severed limbs can be regenerated.
Even if you don’t study with the purpose of becoming stronger,
These ancient practices are also very interesting in themselves and can provide new solutions to problems.
"We have ancient training materials that are larger than the academy. You can see them anytime you want."
Yajiu smiled and said: "In addition, we can also provide you with a variety of alienated objects to assist in your practice.
What the Academy can give you, we can also give.
What the Academy cannot provide, we can still provide. "
"Sounds good."
Li Ang nodded, "So, what's the price?"
"What's the price..."
Yao Jiu smiled and said: "There is no price. In other words, the only price is loyalty.
We are the future of the world.
To be loyal to us is to be loyal to yourself. "
It was really unconvincing to say these words from a person who had been bullying me just now.
Li Ang was still indifferent in his heart, nodded and said: "I can join, what are the benefits, how can I contact you."
Li Ang didn't really believe in Yajiu's words, whether it was 30% true or 70% false, or 70% false or 30% true.
In the absence of evidence to support this content, it should be treated as lies.
However, this does not affect Li Ang and the other party's hypocrisy.
"this."
Yajiu threw a square piece of iron over, and Li Ang reached out to catch it.
The iron piece is about the size of a palm, rectangular, brownish red, with some flowing cloud patterns engraved on the surface, and a tadpole-like pattern in the middle. It seems to move on its own when illuminated by light.
"Similar to the communication command of [Close Insect], I will use this to contact you when there is news."
Yaojiu said: "I can try to recruit new members in Chang'an, but it is up to others to decide whether to let you join. I will notify you then.
Within Zhaoming, the greater the contribution, the greater the benefits.
This is the same as the Academy, so I shouldn’t need to remind you. "
"good."
Li Ang turned over the iron piece twice and put it into the bag on his waist.
Mosi showed a moderate desire to devour iron pieces, which was slightly stronger than the same amount of fine gold.
It is probably some kind of alienated substance.
"It went smoother than I thought."
Seeing Li Ang accept the iron piece, Ya Jiu smiled and nodded, "It seems that you are indeed not the same group as those disciples who don't think for themselves and only know how to follow the orders of the academy."
"Do I have any reason to refuse?"
Li Ang glanced at Crow Jiu indifferently. The other party claimed to control the lives of Song Shaoyuan and Aunt Song. With the information unknown, Li Ang did not want to take risks and break up with the other party.
"ha."
Yajiu smiled, as if he knew what Li Ang was thinking, and said, "As long as you become one of my own, I will make people stop monitoring your relatives and friends.
A necessary precaution, isn't it? "
Li Ang refused to comment.
At present, as for the Zhaoming claimed by Yajiu, we only know that among them is Jun Qianzi, a traitor from the academy, who has a large number of ancient cultivation techniques, possesses alienated objects and is willing to use them.
As for the leader of the organization, the size of the organization, the structure of the organization, the purpose of the organization, principles of conduct, internal promotion rules, etc., I don’t know anything about it.
Further information is needed.
"As short as seven or eight days, as long as one month. I will prepare a gift and a task for you."
Ya Jiufeng Danyun waved his hand lightly, turned sideways, looked at the row of Pingkangfang women who had been kidnapped under the ruined Buddha statue, and asked: "They will be next. How do you plan to solve it? "
Li Ang asked: "What do you think?"
"Well... keep them. Whether it's the government officials from Wannian County in Chang'an, the police from Dali Temple, or the soldiers from the Zhenfu Division, they may be able to track them down and find clues that point to you."
Yajiu said casually: "The best solution is to silence them."
Li Ang said expressionlessly: "Didn't Zhao Ming want to change the world and let more people live a good life?"
"Yes, everyone has the right to be happy. The problem is that some people's rights take precedence."
Yajiu pouted and said, "Don't think these Pingkangfang women are so innocent. Living in that environment, they will inevitably gradually deteriorate.
Many of them will help the madam to supervise and suppress the women who have just entered Pingkangfang.
Or deceive a good girl to fall into disgrace,
Or beat and scold their maids, forcing them to fall into the world of mortals like them. "
Li Ang was unmoved. Yajiu's words were clearly suspicious, and he still asked: "So many people have disappeared at once, which will only cause Wannian County, Dali Temple, and Zhenfu Division to divert their attention, and in turn increase the number of our Risk of exposure.
Does Zhaoming not have the means to erase or modify memories? At least help me cover up the past. "
Yajiu had previously said how kind and selfless Jun Qianzi was. As his disciple, he threatened Li Ang with the lives of Song Shaoyuan and Aunt Song, and had a vague intention of killing these Pingkangfang women to silence them.
Li Ang couldn't help but wonder whether Zhaoming's internal thoughts were unified and whether there were principles in his actions.
"No trouble, I've already designed it in advance."
Yajiu said casually: "I am not kidnapping them out of the city, but as a distinguished guest of Chang'an City, I am inviting them to board the boat.
As long as we create the illusion that the distinguished guest drank too much and was left unattended, causing the boat to catch fire and sink under the Qujiang Pond,
This can be said about Zhenfusi and Dali Temple - every year, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of nobles who die chasing happiness in Chang'an and Luoyang for various reasons.
Afterwards, even if Jiao Cheng's mastermind wanted to be traced, there was no evidence.
Once and for all. "
After saying that, Yajiu flicked the handleless sword at his waist.
Only a ripple of water light was seen, centering on the scabbard and spreading to the surroundings.
The long sword did not fly out of the scabbard;
But the women in the row struggled even more desperately - lake water mixed with algae continuously flowed from the corners of their mouths, and they all used their tied hands to desperately try to scratch their throats.
The scabbard on Yajiu's waist was also an alien object. He flicked the scabbard with his fingertips. The expressions on the faces of the women became even more painful, as they fell into a drowning situation, and their struggling movements became more intense.
Several people ignored the pain and put their fingers into their mouths and scratched their throats desperately, but they still couldn't stop the air they inhaled from getting thinner and thinner.
clang! !
A sharp voice sounded in the ruined temple,
Yajiu pressed down his right arm, and his palm stopped Li Ang from swinging the sword towards the scabbard.
"Risheng, what are you doing?"
Yajiu asked with narrowed eyes.
"I don't like covering up your tracks this way."
Li Ang said indifferently, "Stop."
"...Can,"
Yajiu smiled and said, "As long as you can stop me."
He stood motionless on the spot, while the two magistrates from the Prosecution Department on both sides rushed forward, attacking from both sides, and punched Li Ang.
The bodies of these two judges were covered with long needles, but their movements were unimpeded.
As soon as he stepped out, the stone slabs cracked under his feet.
Two phantoms of tigers and wolves appeared out of thin air behind them, staring at Li Ang with burning eyes, causing an inexplicable throbbing in his heart.
Li Ang didn't know the internal training methods of Zhenfu Division, but in the physical education class, instructor Ren Chao once taught similar martial arts.
[Ominous Appearance], wash the whole body with animal blood for several years, and then use bone powder as the main material to tattoo alien animal patterns on the back.
Once activated, it can summon the ferocious appearance of strange beasts and frighten the weak.
The most powerful martial arts master can even make thousands of armies frightened and stop moving forward just by his momentum.
The two Zhenfu Division judges controlled by Yajiu were both at the level of acquired warriors, and the ferocious look they aroused made Li Ang stand still in place.
Just when his fists were about to hit,
Li Ang suddenly pulled away and took a step back to avoid the fists swung by the two judges.
At the same time, the palm of his hand stabbed out like lightning, hitting the soft flesh on the inside of the two elbows.
squeak!
Li Ang tensed his fingertips, dug his fingers into the flesh of the judge's elbow, and pulled out half of the long needle from inside.
The ferocious look of a warrior is aimed at people’s souls;
Activates the subconscious fear of poisonous insects and beasts in humans, causing people to subconsciously stop their movements and dare not move.
Only by constantly wandering between life and death and overcoming instinctive fear can we resist the influence of the ominous appearance when we first meet.
It just so happened that Li Ang watched the ink in his body swallowing metal every day, thinking about how his body might be riddled with holes. His nerves had long been trained to be extremely strong, and he was not affected at all. Instead, he caught this fleeting moment. Chance.
sand--
Li Ang's hands were like surgical forceps, and he accurately pulled out the long needles from the elbows of the two judges, and dropped them to the ground along with the blood beads stained on them.
The movements of the two judges suddenly froze, and their waving arms went limp uncontrollably, as if their bones had been removed.
Regardless of the specific situation of these two judges, one thing is certain - Yajiu controls their bodies through long needles.
The long needle was pulled out, causing the two of them to become stiff.
Li Ang stepped forward, turned sideways, passed through the gap between the two judges' fists, and came to Yajiu's side. He held the scabbard on his waist with his left hand and exerted force.
Squeak——
The scabbard itself began to make a metallic twisting sound, and the ripples of water lingering in the ruined temple shook violently.
Yajiu's pupils shrank, and he held a long needle between his index and middle fingers, stabbing Li Ang between his eyebrows.
However, at the same time, Li Ang's two fingers of his right hand also hovered in front of Yajiu's neck, and he could crush his neck with just a little force.
"You are not in hiding."
The two sides stared at each other, and Yao Jiu said softly: "It seems that the alienated objects in the Sword Immortal Tomb are indeed magical enough..."
Li Ang said expressionlessly: "Let them go."
"If I say no..."
Before Yajiu finished speaking, Li Ang increased the strength of his fingertips, causing his neck to suddenly tighten.
"Okay, okay, you win."
Yajiu reluctantly put down the long needle hovering in front of Li Ang's eyebrows. With a wave of his hand, the water ripples lingering in the ruined temple dissipated on their own.
The women from Pingkangfang also coughed out the lake water and resumed breathing freely with tears streaming down their faces.
"This alienated object is the legacy of the former Sui sect's Lihua Valley. It is the only one in the world."
Yajiu rubbed his faintly blue neck, pulled out an old piece of paper from his arms, curled his lips and said, "It's called [Forgetting Lovesickness]. A third-level alien. Just draw a portrait on the paper and paste it on the face." It can make people forget the memory related to the portrait.
The more detailed the portrait, the better the effect of clearing the memory.
It is only effective for ordinary people and low-level practitioners.
I will completely erase the memories of these Pingkangfang women about you, so that's all. "
Li Ang said calmly: "Demonstrate it to me."
"trouble."
Yajiu curled his lips, pasted the paper on the wall of the ruined temple, took out the charcoal pencil used in the academy, and drew a portrait of Li Ang on the paper. Finally, he covered the paper in turn. On the faces of those Pingkangfang women.
By the time the demonstration was over, all the women were in a daze.
"Are you satisfied?"
Yajiu spread his hands and saw Li Ang finally nodded, then he snapped his fingers.
The two controlled magistrates were asked to pick up the long needle from the ground and stab it into their elbows again.
Several carriages were summoned at the same time, and each carriage had a driver - whose expressions were a bit cold and dull, and they were obviously under the control of Crow Nine.
"I will ask the coachman to take them to the boat in Qujiang Pool in Chang'an City and finish the drama. Their memories of you have been erased. Even if Jiao Cheng's mastermind behind the scenes sends monks to investigate, they can only detect that something is wrong. , I can’t contact you.”
Yajiu said: "Do you want my people to take you back to Chang'an?"
"No, I'll walk back by myself."
Li Ang glanced at the coachmen who were helping the Pingkangfang women into the carriage with similar expressions, and felt a chill all over his body.
God knows how many puppets of Crow Nine are still in Chang'an City, and how many people are secretly controlled by Crow Nine.
In the conflict just now, both of them clicked to stop.
When the two magistrates of the Zhenfu Division attacked, they did not draw the simple swords at their waists, but only used fierce looks, fists and kicks.
Li Ang also didn't release his true power - he knew that he still had enough value in Zhao Ming. Ya Jiu spent so much effort not to break up in a hurry.
However, judging from the fact that he can control so many people at once, Yajiu's true strength definitely exceeds that of most teachers in the academy, and even doctors.
Thinking about it this way, there doesn't seem to be much water in the description of Zhao Ming's strength.
"it's up to you."
Yajiu spread his hands and looked at Li Ang's back as he walked out of the ruined temple and disappeared into the vast wilderness.
His expression suddenly became dull without any warning.
Like the two judges and the coachmen.
Snap.
The last woman from Pingkangfang, who was wearing a blue dress and sitting under the Buddha statue, stood up from the ground.
Like other companions, her hands and feet were tied with cloth, and her eyes, ears, and mouth were covered. She also struggled violently and suffered in the crisis of drowning just now.
Tear--
With a calm expression, she stretched out her hands and easily broke the rags binding her wrists.
Pulling off the cloth that covered his face with tears still remaining,
Revealing a face that was a little too cold and gorgeous.
"interesting."
The real Yajiu raised his head slightly, looked at the direction Li Ang left, and murmured.
