Jia Wen is sixty-two years old this year, the same age as Zhou Zhichang.
According to legend, Jia Wen and Zhou Zhichang got to know each other when they were young. Although their identities were quite different, their feelings were sincere and they became close friends.
After Zhou Zhichang reached the age of sixteen, he went out to travel to the Zhou Kingdom according to the instructions of his ancestors, and invited Jia Wen to accompany him.
It is said that it was this year that Zhou Zhichang met the current empress Yue Qiluo, and the two fell in love at first sight.
It is said that it was also this year that Jia Wen received immortal fate and was led by an immortal to leave the country to cultivate immortality.
What happened after that is known to everyone.
Emperor Chang ascended the throne at the age of 27 and initially made the decision to step into the world.
When he was 30 years old, Jia Wen, who had been cultivating immortals for fourteen years, returned home. Zhou Zhichang appointed Jia Wen as his national advisor. At that time, Jia Wen was already in the middle stage of foundation building.
He was 32 years old, and when Yue Qiluo was 30 years old, Yue Qiluo achieved the second rank, destroyed the Ling family, and set foot on the world.
Until today.
…
Every time he saw Jia Wen, Zhou Xingwu felt that Jia Wen had a melancholic temperament.
I can't tell you exactly what it feels like... is it a mixture of sadness, sadness, and indifference and calmness?
It’s quite a conflict anyway…
But should I say it, the starry sky robe that Jia Wen wears is very dazzling.
"teacher."
In a quiet room on Dishi Road, Zhou Xingwu bowed respectfully and bowed to Jia Wen, who looked younger than him, and then heard a clear voice.
"how?"
That's Jia Wen's style - Shen Shen Na Nao.
Because the inheritance of immortality he received was the deduction of heavenly secrets, observing the sky and setting up formations.
The secret cannot be leaked, so when Jia Wen speaks, he always says half of it and half of it.
Zhou Xingwu has long been accustomed to Jia Wen's style. He is also smart and can understand the meaning of Jia Wen's words.
What Jia Wen was asking at this moment was naturally about the decline of dragon energy.
Zhou Xingwu's expression darkened, and then he said: "All living beings are in ruins."
"It must be so." Jia Wen nodded and then looked at Zhou Xingwu: "So you come back..."
Zhou Xingwu knelt down on the spot, kowtowed and said in a deep voice: "Please help me, Master Jia, to force my father to abdicate!"
Zhou Xingwu came back just for this!
According to his original intention, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor.
His eldest brother can do it, and his second brother can do it too - it depends on the outcome of the martial arts battle at that time.
But now this result makes Zhou Xingwu quite embarrassed.
The prince lost and almost all his teeth were pulled out.
King Lin won, but he got a second-grade opportunity and found another place to recuperate and break through...
The winner is not in Kyoto, and the loser has died down and been beaten, but the issue of dragon energy cannot be delayed.
After much deliberation, Zhou Xingwu could only come to see Jia Wen first.
Jia Wen is currently in the middle stage of pill formation, which is equivalent to the second-grade true martial arts.
And he was good at formations. Jia Wen had a lot of involvement in the architectural layout of Kyoto. No one knew how many large and small formations he had arranged in Kyoto.
However, Kyoto is the land of dragons, and the emperor's dragon energy is the strongest, which will suppress the strength of the immortal cultivators.
In addition, Kyoto has a large population, a prosperous mortal energy and is not located on the spiritual veins, which will suppress Jia Wen's power.
——One plus two minus, no one can guess whether Jia Wen can stop the second-grade Yue Qiluo in Kyoto.
But one thing is certain.
Jia Wen is a big leg. With his help, everything will be much easier.
However, after Zhou Xingwu finished speaking, Jia Wen remained silent.
This made Zhou Xingwu look up at Jia Wen, and saw the starry sky looming in Jia Wen's eyes, and the light was flowing.
Soon, he shook his head: "This matter cannot be done now."
Zhou Xingwu opened his mouth, but had nothing to say.
Jia Wen cannot change his decision, and his characteristics also make him rarely explain to others.
But the kindness in his heart still made Zhou Xingwu look ugly and silently clenched his fists.
Thinking of the ghost disaster in Dong Lam Province.
Thinking of the people wailing and crying.
Thinking of the scenes of human tragedy.
Jia Wen suddenly spoke, breaking his habit of speaking half and hiding half.
"Because of Qiluo."
"I can't beat her in Kyoto."
Jia Wen publicly admitted that he was no match for Yue Qiluo in Kyoto.
Zhou Xingwu breathed a sigh of relief.
"I push my eldest brother to take over!"
Zhou Xingwu's idea is simple. If he can't be defeated, then he should be on his side.
I don't care about the throne, so I will put your son Yue Qiluo on the throne! In this case, you should always be on my side, right?
After saying that, Zhou Xingwu quickly added: "Master Jia, do you think this is okay?"
Jia Wen suddenly smiled.
"Do you think it's okay?"
Zhou Xingwu nodded fiercely: "It will happen! It will definitely happen! The premise is that we can get the support of Master Jia!"
Jia Wen nodded simply: "I support you, I support you in whatever you do."
Zhou Xingwu's face lit up and he heard Jia Wen say again: "Then you go and try it."
Zhou Xingwu immediately saluted and left.
Seeing Zhou Xingwu gradually walking away, Jia Wen just smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My child, how can everything in the world be so simple?"
He sighed again and again.
"The time has not yet come."
…
That night, Zhou Xingwu returned to Beijing, but instead of returning to his own Prince Wu's Mansion, he stayed at the Prince's Mansion.
According to legend, Zhou Xingwu and the prince spent the night together and had a very happy conversation.
…
The next day, the prince left the prince's residence and went to Kunning Palace to pay his respects to the queen.
The queen closed the door behind her, and the prince let out a long sigh as he left the palace.
It was also on this day that Lu Ming successfully understood the Killing Styx Sword.
[Killing Styx Sword (Fourth Grade Martial Arts) (One Star)]
[Effect of the skill: Every 10 seconds, a sea of blood of the Styx is erupted that can attack enemies on the whole screen, causing 2000 points of damage. 】
In the mini-game, the Killing Styx Sword has no special effects, but it is a full-screen attack designed to catch fish that slip through the net.
The performance of this skill seems to be very high, but the attack frequency of once every 10 seconds seems a bit useless.
However, the performance still surpasses the fifth-level skills.
Replace Sword Two with it.
"And the meaning of this technique is indeed somewhat related to the Nirvana Sword, the Impermanence Sword, and even the Blood Killing Sword."
Lu Ming muttered as he came to the porcelain vase with green dragon pattern.
Then such a possibility came to mind.
Can I fuse the four rebellious swords headed by the Nirvana Sword, the Impermanence Sword, the Blood Killing Sword, and the Killing Styx Sword? Use this to create a swordsmanship similar to the Four Swords of Rebellion?
Although they are both at the fourth level, the self-created one is definitely easy to use, with low consumption and high power.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Ming came to a conclusion.
able.
But how to do it, Lu Ming didn't have a clue for the moment, but he had a vague hunch that he might be able to do it after he reaches the fourth level.
Standing in front of the green dragon pattern porcelain vase again, I began to sense the martial intent contained in this object.
…
Three days later, Lu Ming came to the rockery and water in a daze. In his mind, a green dragon roared and ran, and in front of him were mountains and rivers stretching as far as the eye could see.
"The meaning of mountains and seas...the meaning of blue dragon traveling..."
"Thunder Step of Mountains and Seas..."
Faint inspirations kept flashing, and at this time Lu Ming's transparent martial body had made great progress. It was no longer like before when he had inspiration but couldn't capture it and could only waste it in vain.
Soon, Lu Ming made a mistake.
The meaning of the mountains and the sea, the meaning of the green dragon, inspires the celestial phenomena, just like the blue dragon entering the mountains and returning to the sea, free and at ease.
Fourth grade Qinggong, Qinglongyou.
[Qinglongyou (Fourth Grade Kung Fu) (One Star)]
[Effectiveness of the skill: 10% probability to dodge any form of damage, increase the player's movement speed by 30%, every time the player moves 100 yards, a green dragon wave will be automatically released. The green dragon wave does no damage, but can push back all enemies around the player. (Also valid for the bottom boss). 】
The mountain and sea thunder steps disappeared and turned into nutrients for Qinglong You.
Here, start with the fourth level Qinggong.
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The second day.
The first morning of March.
Early in the morning, a large number of carriages headed towards the palace.
Soon, hundreds of officials entered the palace, and there were still four people standing at the front.
Jia Wen, Lin Zhengguo, prince.
But the position of King Lin was changed to that of King Wu Zhou Xingwu.
Different from the last time, this time the four people gathered together and talked with solemn expressions.
There are good people who want to come forward and listen, but they are always in the wrong direction and cannot get close.
Looking at the faint spiritual lines rippling under Jia Wen's feet, he knew whose method this was.
Soon, a sharp sound sounded.
"Invite all the ministers to enter the palace!"
When the ministers entered the palace in an orderly manner, they saw Emperor Chang sitting on the dragon chair in the Changlong Palace, leaning forward with one hand on his forehead, his eyes wandering and his expression indifferent.
"If you have something to do, talk about it; if you have nothing to do, leave the court."
As soon as he finished speaking, the prince walked out of the queue and knelt down in front of Emperor Chang with a bang.
"My son, please abdicate the throne and give the people of Zhou a peaceful future!"
As soon as Zhou Xingdan finished speaking, most of the ministers and officials behind him walked out of the queue and knelt down in the court hall.
For a moment, the sound in Changlong Hall roared and trembled.
"Your Majesty, please abdicate!"
Emperor Chang was slightly confused.
With one glance, he already had a judgment in his mind.
Most of the officials kneeling with the prince at this moment are the prince's people - the prince has been in charge of the country for more than ten years. He does not have the name of an emperor but has the reality of an emperor. With the prince's mind, he will of course win over some officials as his own political power.
There are also a small number of people from Lin Zhengguo.
As one of the two heroes in the court, Lin Zhengguo has a large voice in the court, and can even compete with the prince.
At this moment, Lin Zhengguo's people also accompanied the prince to force the palace. To a certain extent, this also represented Lin Zhengguo's intention.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhichang suddenly smiled.
He glanced at everyone, and soon looked at Jia Wen, Zhou Xingwu, and Lin Zhengguo who were still standing.
"What do you think?"
When Zhou Zhichang asked, Zhou Xingwu did his part!
He walked out of the queue, stood next to Zhou Xingdan, and said loudly: "My son, I also ask my father to abdicate the throne!"
"The Dragon Qi matter cannot be delayed. The people of the five border provinces are already in dire straits! If my father does not abdicate, the country will not be able to survive!"
Hearing this, the corners of Zhou Zhichang's mouth slowly curved. He looked at his two sons kneeling on one side with a half-smile, and soon, the voice came out of his mouth again.
"Then I abdicate, who will be the emperor?"
The ministers were speechless for a moment, but Zhou Xingwu said loudly again: "The achievements of the prince in supervising the country are obvious to all, and I believe that the eldest brother should succeed to the throne."
He really didn't think about fighting for the throne. All he wanted to do was solve the dragon energy problem as soon as possible.
Hearing these words, Zhou Zhichang's face smiled even more, and Zhou Xingdan prostrated on the ground, feeling extremely excited in his heart!
What is another village with hidden flowers and bright flowers?
That's it.
In a battle with King Lin, he was defeated by the martial artist.
This was a big blow to the prince.
But after Zhou Xingwu came back, things took another 180-degree turn!
In a night talk at the Prince's Mansion a few days ago, Zhou Xingwu made it clear that he was willing to support him in ascending to the throne and only asked Zhou Zhichang to abdicate as soon as possible.
Zhou Xingwu's meaning represents Jia Wen's meaning to a certain extent.
At this point, the meaning of this matter has changed again.
Even Zhou Xinglin's attitude has become less important.
Because King Lin has not yet reached the second level...but Yue Qiluo and Jia Wen are serious second-level combat powers!
They are the pillars supporting the sky of Zhou Kingdom!
Zhou Zhichang looked at Jia Wen again.
Then Jia Wen sighed and stood next to Zhou Xingwu.
"My lord, I also ask your Majesty to abdicate."
Zhou Zhichang said softly: "That's it."
Then he asked again: "Do you also support the crown prince's succession?"
Jia Wen was silent for a moment and nodded slowly: "Yes."
Just as he said.
He supported Zhou Xingwu.
No matter what Zhou Xingwu does, he supports it.
He supported Zhou Zhichang's abdication.
He also supported Zhou Xingdan's rise to power!
Zhou Zhichang slowly sat up straight, and the expression on his face was no longer so indifferent, but full of dignity.
He looked down.
Jia Wen, in the middle stage of alchemy formation.
Lin Zhengguo, the current prime minister.
His eldest son and third son.
There are also ministers and officials...
After thinking about it, he suddenly said: "What if I don't want to abdicate?"
The ministers were speechless.
Zhou Xingdan and Zhou Xingwu also took deep breaths and remained silent.
After a long time, Zhou Zhichang smiled.
He curled up his fingers and quickly moved the armrest of the dragon chair, and heard a crisp sound of doo-do-do.
Suddenly, the wind blew through the hall.
Then a figure suddenly appeared on Zhou Zhichang's right hand side.
She is graceful and luxurious.
She is beautiful and dignified.
She looks to be in her late thirties, with the charm of a mature woman but also the youthfulness of a girl.
The current empress, Yue Qiluo.
She held a three-foot green sword in Changlong Hall and looked at Jia Wen with a smile on her face.
"National Division."
"The Queen."
"I have recently realized another sword. I am worried that no one will try it. I think Master Jia is quite leisurely now, not as good as..."
The words are not finished yet.
But the attitude is clear.
Zhou Xingdan suddenly raised his head and looked at where the dragon chair was.
There, his father and his mother were sitting and standing.
The man is young and handsome, the woman is gentle and beautiful.
Not like an old man in his sixties, but like a couple of gods and immortals.
He finally understood something...
From beginning to end, his mother was never on his side!
In fact, he had already had a premonition about this matter, and what happened today finally completely shattered his fantasy.
Regarding the throne alone, Yue Qiluo supported Zhou Zhichang.
Regarding Zhou Xinglin's matter, Yue Qiluo did not fully support him.
He never guessed what she was thinking...
Jia Wen was silent for a long time, and finally shook his head slowly: "Today I am in Menglang."
After saying this, he bowed and stood back in line, closing his eyes and no longer looking or speaking.
Queen Yue Qiluo looked at Jia Wen for a long time, then sheathed her sword and stood beside Zhou Zhichang.
The two looked down.
Then Zhou Zhichang's voice was heard again.
"Xingdan, get up and talk."
Zhou Xingdan stood up tremblingly.
Zhou Zhichang spoke again.
"You, from today on, go back to your prince's residence and don't come out again. You help me handle state affairs. I want to use this to hone your ability. Since I have made you the prince, then sooner or later, this dragon chair will It’s yours, why are you anxious?”
Zhou Xingdan's face twitched, and he was full of resentment and couldn't express it.
Will it be mine sooner or later?
When you burn out the dragon energy, what use will I have to this country? Become the emperor of the ghost kingdom?
Not to mention this, if you are successful in cultivating immortals, don’t you know how much life you will have? If you don’t want to abdicate, I will die of old age and I won’t be able to wait for the day when I succeed!
But in this situation, there is no need to say these words.
He returned to the queue in silence.
Zhou Zhichang looked at Zhou Xingwu with a confused face again.
"You, Third Brother, have always been stupid, so you are not suitable to come to this court."
"I sent you to the West Factory before because I wanted you to experience more things and hone yourself more... honing your martial arts is one thing, and honing your temperament is another."
"But now it seems that the effect is not good. You have to continue to practice."
At this point, Zhou Zhichang suddenly looked at Jia Wen and said with a smile.
"The National Master thinks, where would it be better for the third child to go to hone his skills?"
Jia Wen finally opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Zhichang.
He said calmly: "Tonglin Province, Zhouliang border area."
Zhou Zhichang nodded gently without thinking.
“It’s really a good place to hone your skills over there.”
"Xingwu?"
Zhou Xingwu bent down with difficulty: "My son is here..."
"Go, go to Dong Lam Province, and don't come back."
After speaking, he waved his hand.
"Retreat from the court."
…
After the dynasty dispersed, outside the palace.
Jia Wen pulled Zhou Xingwu into the carriage.
He opened the car window again and looked outside.
Outside, Zhou Xingdan staggered, as if he had lost his soul.
After watching Zhou Xingdan get on the carriage of the Prince's Mansion and return to the Prince's Mansion, Jia Wen turned back to look at Zhou Xingwu.
"This time, do you understand?"
Zhou Xingwu took a deep breath and nodded: "I understand."
"My father and my mother are of the same mind."
"but why!?"
Jia Wen waved his hand suddenly: "I don't know why."
"I don't know what your father promised to Yue Qiluo, and I don't know what's sordid between the two of them. I only know that as long as Yue Qiluo is here, no one can touch your father, and no one can make him abdicate."
"Neither can I."
As he spoke, Jia Wen rubbed his forehead.
"Actually, things shouldn't be like this."
"Qiluo has her own ideas. She did not support Zhichang's cultivation of immortality from the beginning."
"But I don't know when things started to change."
"The situation is like this at the moment, so I can't move lightly. If I move first, I will die without a chance, and my death will be worthless. If I don't move, they won't dare to push me too far, and I can see some hope. .”
The two sides saw each other, and only then did this game maintain a fragile balance.
Jia Wen looked at Zhou Xingwu again and asked softly.
"Where is the hope?"
Then he saw enlightenment flash in Zhou Xingwu's eyes.
"Second brother..."
Jia Wen nodded slightly: "A new second-grade person is enough to change a lot of things."
But he frowned and muttered: "But I can't see through the fate of Xinglin."
"Hey, I shouldn't have taught Zhichang the art of deceiving the secrets of heaven in the first place."
After saying this, Jia Wen fell silent again.
Not long after, he spoke again: "This time when you go to Tong Lam Province, be careful."
"It might be a mess over there."
Zhou Xingwu nodded slightly, and then heard Jia Wen say again: "Don't let little Aguo accompany you this time, take Li Weian with you."
…
The next day, Zhou Xingwu left Beijing again.
Li Weian and Qu Li were accompanying him.
Three of them, two of whom are fourth grade, and one of whom has reached the Great Perfection stage of Qi training, this trio has full combat power.
Little did he know that in front of the gate of Dishidao Mountain, Jia Wen looked in the direction of the three of them, his eyes deep.
"Tonglin Province, Liang Kingdom, King Wu Tong, Six Desires Demonic Way..."
"The art of blood sacrifice, royal true blood..."
Thinking of the frequent bad news in the Zhou family branches in recent years, the frequent disappearances of concubines in the emperor's harem, and the fact that Zhou Zhichang only had three sons in his life... Unknowingly, Jia Wen's expression became serious.
"That's not how you cut off love and desire, and that's how you cut off ties to the world."
"Zhichang, why have you become like this?"
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Seven days later.
Lu Ming walked out of the Bajimen Martial Pavilion and solemnly raised his hands to Tianji outside the Martial Pavilion.
"Thank you for the hospitality, I learned a lot."
Tianji smiled and said, "That's good."
"The boy felt that he had gained a lot, so he went back to the house to understand and digest."
When Lu Ming said this, Tianji nodded: "Okay."
Then he watched Lu Ming leave.
When Lu Ming walked away, a voice suddenly sounded from behind Tianji.
"How many doors?"
There was a smile in Tianji's eyes: "Fifth Gate. His qualifications are much better than I expected."
Zhou Xinglin appeared beside Tianji like a ghost and stretched out his hand shamelessly.
"Then neither of us is right, so we have to put up our bets and give it to me."
Tianji was immediately speechless.
"In terms of talent, he is better than you. In terms of shamelessness, even ten of them can't catch up with you, Zhou Xinglin."
…
Returning to the room, Lu Ming immediately opened the properties panel.
On the panel, five new fourth-level skills came into view.
Winter Sword, Killing Styx Sword, Green Dragon Travel.
as well as:
[Chaos Star Sword (Fourth Grade Martial Arts) (One Star)]
[Effectiveness of the skill: Every 1 second, 15 rapid stabs with a short attack range are fired forward. Each stab causes 100 points of damage to the enemy hit, and is accompanied by a vulnerability effect. 】
[Vulnerable: The damage taken is increased by 50% for 5 seconds. 】
This Chaotic Star Sword is a sword technique that Lu Ming learned from candles.
There is order in the chaos, and the sword emerges like a star!
It is essentially a fast sword, and after stimulating the stars and celestial phenomena, it has the effect of confusing and hallucinating.
[Dragon's Golden Bell Cover (Fourth Grade Martial Arts) (One Star)]
[Effect of the skill: Passively increase health by 200 points. 】
This technique is the integration of the dragon's chanting iron shirt and the golden bell cover, and its meaning comes from a clock in the martial arts pavilion.
Similar to Qing Gong, the secret method of the fourth level also requires concentration, and for Lu Ming, it is much more difficult to comprehend the secret method of Qing Gong than to comprehend the sword technique.
Not only do you need to understand the meaning, but you also need to use your previous foundation as a resource.
Finally, Lu Ming glanced at his list of exercises and nodded slightly.
"It's time to leave."
With this in mind, he took out two porcelain bottles from the package and placed them on the table, then turned and left.
…
It wasn't until long after Lu Ming left that the door was pushed open.
Tianji and King Lin walked into the house hand in hand.
Looking at the two porcelain bottles on the table, King Lin chuckled: "It's not a loss."
In a martial arts pavilion, there are two big returning pills, and it is impossible to say who will take advantage of whom.
Tianji shook his head and smiled: "That's why I said, this kid is much more shameless than you. How can I covet his pills?"
I just saw that Lu Ming was very talented, so I casually formed a good relationship with him.
…
Lu Ming didn't care about this.
He left the elixir and took away his martial arts knowledge, and he left with a clear conscience.
After leaving Bajimen, he went to the nearest town and bought a carriage in the city. Lu Ming drove the carriage and set off on a starry night.
Target: Dong Lam Province.
In the past half month, Lu Ming has opened up another aperture, and is currently only one aperture away from reaching the peak of the fifth level.
It is not difficult for Lu Ming to achieve the fourth rank.
But after the fourth level, you still need to practice real skills and strengthen your vitality.
For Lu Ming, Tonglin Province was the best training ground.
"By the way, let's go back and have a look."
On the carriage, Lu Ming was driving leisurely, his eyes twinkling, and he was talking to himself.
(End of chapter)
