According to the plan discussed in advance, Long Chitai arranged for his men to notify hidden stakes throughout the city to slowly reveal the news that the Bai Ye Kingdom envoy was not dead, deliberately making it look like the news was accidentally leaked.
Shao Xi and Lao Wu moved into Dali Temple. Although Bai Jinqing and others have been cleared of suspicion, they still cannot leave Dali Temple in the past two days, claiming to the outside world that they have not been freed from suspicion.
In the past two days in Dali Temple, Shao Xi not only practiced swordsmanship and exercises in his room, but also exchanged body skills with Bai Jinqing. Nowadays, the movement skills taught by the two of them have improved rapidly. It must be said that their talents are indeed extremely high.
And Lao Wu has been shutting himself in the workshop for the past two days to study the face of the Baiye Kingdom envoy, as if he was making a mask.
What surprised and depressed Shao Xi was that on the second day after moving into Dali Temple, he finally reached the fifth level of Canghai Jue, which meant that his martial arts had now also entered the fifth level. But what is depressing is that such a big thing was actually completed in Dali Temple, without any sense of ceremony.
After Shao Xi reached the fifth level, he specifically tested his ability to control weapons.
Now it is no longer like the fourth-level weapon that flies around in the air and has to be returned to the hand. The control power now allows the weapon to continuously turn and fly in the air and attack the designated target. But if you want the weapon to stay suspended in the air, you have to wait until it reaches the sixth level.
Due to the insufficient air control of weapons at the fourth level, its practical value is not great. But it's different after reaching the fifth level. Because the control of weapons through the air becomes more flexible and changeable, the role of releasing weapons at this time is more practical than the forms of exercises such as sword gangs and sword energy.
However, everything has two sides, and there are advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage of continuously controlling weapons in the air is that the continuous consumption of vitality increases. In the past, it only took one burst of vitality to send out a Dao Gang or Sword Qi, but now you have to control the weapon to continuously attack the target in the air. You need to keep consuming vitality, and it consumes very quickly.
It seems that the saying that mental cultivation is the underlying foundation of all martial arts is indeed true. No matter how good the skills, techniques, or body skills are, if there is no support from good mental training and sufficient energy output as the basis, everything will be in vain.
Shao Xi performed the Canghai Jue in the backyard of Dali Temple, and then used the Canghai Liuyun Sword Technique to shoot a sword in the air. I saw a blue sword energy that seemed to be covered with a thin layer of white mist, emanating from the tip of Liuyun Sword, like a turbulent wave, or like clouds opening and mist dispersing. Although it has not formed a concrete form, it already makes people feel the artistic conception of energy taking form.
After practicing Canghai Jue and raising his martial arts to the fifth level, even the released air shield appears more solid and solid. It seems that within the same realm, the improvement of level does have a considerable impact on strength.
Shao Xi moved the Qi sea and stimulated the vitality.
I saw the Liuyun Sword in my hand coming out of my hand, and as my consciousness flew and danced in the air, the moves of Canghai Liuyun Sword Technique were as smooth as the sword in my hand.
Suddenly, the Liuyun Sword struck a sword in the air, and it was able to emit a sword energy that was exactly the same as before. The energy and direction were the same as when the sword was in hand.
Nowadays, although the control of weapons in the air is not as good as using arms and fingers, the use of sword moves and the emission of sword energy can be like holding a sword. The only drawback is that after withdrawing the move, the sword must be taken back into the hand. It is impossible to make the weapon move freely in the air and retract and deploy it appropriately.
After taking back the Liuyun Sword, Shao Xi took an inner look at his own Qi sea. He found that the Qi was indeed being consumed very quickly. It seemed that he would need to strengthen his mental training in the future. Considering that I am now cultivating the most unique mental method in the world, I still feel that my energy reserves are somewhat insufficient, and it is conceivable that other people who practice ordinary mental methods feel the same.
In an actual battle, even if two people are at the same level of martial arts and have similar techniques, when they are in a stalemate, the final comparison is actually the reserves of vitality in the sea of qi. Whoever has a fuller Qi Sea and more abundant vitality will gain the advantage in the end.
It's like two people running a race. Their explosive power at the start is similar and their running speeds are similar, but in the end the person with better physical fitness and longer endurance must win.
The improvement in rank made Shao Xi feel more confident, and he was more sure of catching Wu Riyeti.
Practicing this kind of thing is just like making money. When you find that your efforts have paid off, you will become more confident and positive. So in the next two days, Shao Xi became more diligent, locking himself in his room to practice all day long.
After breaking through the bottleneck period, practice has become smoother and the effects of practice have become more obvious. In just two days, Shao Xi could already feel the vitality of Qi Hai increasing continuously.
On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Shao Xi had just finished practicing and walked out of the room when he saw Lao Wu and Long Chitai waiting for him outside the door.
"You guys are waiting for me here. Has anything progressed?"
Long Chitai was the first to speak: "The news came back from our hidden stakes in the city. The false news we spread in the past two days has worked. Someone just saw Wu Riyeti appearing in the city, although he was quickly lost. His whereabouts, but at least for now, it is confirmed that he has not left Daliang City, and as Brother Shao expected, he is preparing for a second assassination."
Old Wu also said at this time: "It would be best if he didn't leave, otherwise the mask I spent a lot of effort on making would be useless. Now that this person's purpose has been confirmed, I think we can start. It’s the next step.”
Shao Xi lowered his head and thought for a moment, confirming whether there were any omissions in the plan.
After a moment, Shao Xi raised his head and asked Long Chitai: "Brother Long, have you arranged the personnel who will disguise themselves to sneak into the post house? Are there any personnel arranged to ambush him everywhere in the city?"
Long Qitai patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry! I have arranged all the men in place, and they are all good at catching thieves."
"This person will never be captured easily, and he may have to use some tricks. If he escapes from the post house, the two of you will follow our previous plan and be responsible for driving him south of the city. There are traps there. Brother Luowanglong, have you already arranged for people to be ready?"
Long Chitai nodded and replied: "Everything is arranged according to your arrangement. The traps and nets there will be set up by special personnel every night. And when I deployed my manpower in the city, I specially set aside the south direction of the city. There is a gap, even if we don't rush him there, he may run in that direction after judging the situation."
Shao Xi was very satisfied with Long Qitai's ability to do things. He was worthy of being one of the chief ministers of Dali Temple. It seems that he was able to achieve his current status in Dali Temple not because of his brother's relationship, but because of his own real ability.
"Old Wu, you may have to work hard at that time. Although you don't need to do it yourself, there should be no problem in keeping an eye on this person in a certain direction with your body skills."
Lao Wu waved his hand impatiently, "Don't talk nonsense. When have you not worked hard for me, old man? I don't know how good that guy's martial arts is? You just have to watch out for me and don't get beaten by that guy."
Shao Xi couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect that this old guy had some self-awareness. He knew that he was a rookie when fighting against others, so he thought of protecting him in advance.
"Don't worry! All you need to do is keep an eye on him and pass the message to us. You're not good at fighting, so I'm really worried if I leave it to you."
After saying that, Shao Xi took out the porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured out an explosive pill and handed it to Old Wu's hand, which made Old Wu look surprised.
Shao Xi joked to Lao Wu: "Don't look at me like that. This thing is for you to run away temporarily. If I can't get over in time and you get bitten by that guy on the butt again, remember to take it." Go down, and don’t be reluctant to let go. No matter what happens, save your old life first.”
This pair of old and young peck each other like a pair of fighting cocks on weekdays, never giving in to each other, but whenever something really happens, they still think about each other in their hearts. It is a typical example of saying the cruelest words but acting the most cowardly. thing.
Old Wu looked at the Explosive Qi Pill in his hand, and he was actually moved in his heart. You must know that Shao Xi didn't have much left of this thing.
Last time when I was saving people in Wanxian County, I asked him for one. He talked a lot about it, but this time he took the initiative to give it to me. It seems that the child was a little unsure about what happened this time and was afraid that he would show up. What an accident.
"Master, you look down on me as an old man, don't you? I didn't use Wanxian to save people last time, so what's the use of you this time? With my physical skills, how many people in the world can catch up with me? No, no, keep it for yourself!"
Of course Shao Xi knew in his heart that Lao Wu wanted to save this explosive energy pill for himself, but he just refused to say it clearly.
"I didn't say you must use it, it's just in case! Just like last time, if you don't use it, just give it back to me later!"
Old Wu rolled his eyes to the sky.
"Look at how stingy you are! If I had known I wouldn't have given it back to you last time."
"Don't talk nonsense! Anyway, be careful when the time comes. If something goes wrong, I won't be the one to deal with you."
Old Wu put the Explosive Qi Pill in his arms, pressed Shao Xi on the chair and said, "Okay, don't move! Now I'm going to change your face."
Shao Xi knew Lao Wu's craftsmanship. If he said he could change his face, he would just change his face. It was no exaggeration. Long Qitai, who was standing by, came over curiously. Although their spies from Dali Temple would also wear some disguises on weekdays, even he had never seen someone like Lao Wu who could completely change a person's facial features. Pass.
We don’t understand if we leave professional things to professionals, and we don’t dare to talk nonsense.
In short, Lao Wu worked on Shao Xi's face for a long time, and finally put the fake beard on it bit by bit. After it was completed, Shao Xi's face looked exactly like the envoy of Baiye Kingdom.
Long Qitai stood aside and was dumbfounded. It turned out that there really was such a skill in the world that could completely change a person's face!
thump……
Shao Xi and Lao Wu were both startled by Long Chitai's kneeling, wondering what's wrong with this guy? Did you go to a brothel and spend the whole night there last night?
"Senior Wu! I beg Senior Wu to accept me as his disciple and teach me the skill of changing faces."
"Uh! Brother Long wants to be my junior brother?"
