"Oh, the business can't be stopped."
Gao Zhengzheng sat in front of the desk with a depressed look on his face and looked up at Xu Ke.
"Tiangong Pavilion has joined the Southern Alliance, and the Four Seas Merchant Alliance has joined the Four Factions Alliance. All the shops opened by various sects have been closed and all personnel have been withdrawn. The market in Haoyang City has become depressed."
"You won't believe it when I say it. Even the pavilions opened by the Maiden Sect and the Hehuan Sect are closed."
Gao Zhengzheng let out a long sigh, "All the elixirs, spells, magic weapons, and even food supplies are all increasing in price, but I can only watch and have no way to get involved."
"You definitely can't get involved."
Xu Ke smiled and shook his head, "It's okay to do business, but you have to stand firm. You can do business with peace of mind because you have the support of the sect. You can't just care about your own interests and harm the interests of the sect."
"Your surname is not Ma, so don't be so stubborn. You must be consistent with the overall situation of the sect. Otherwise, will the sect really be unable to deal with you?"
"Sell the magical weapons, spiritual weapons, and other purified materials in your hands to the sect at a low price!"
Xu Ke put down the jade slip of "Yuan Fu Jing" in his hand and said to Gao Zhengzheng: "In addition, keep some magic weapons and put them in the Baibaozhai of Bishuitan and sell them to the disciples of Bishuitan at a low price. Bishuitan, too. Ready for war!"
"clear."
Gao Zhengzheng nodded and didn't care about the question of whether his surname was Ma. "I understand the truth. I've already done what you said. I just wanted to chat with you for a few words."
After saying that, Gao Zhengzheng came up again and lowered his voice and said: "I heard that Master Ming Hong, the master of Sinong Palace, passed away. Who do you think will be the next master of Sinong Palace?"
"Don't worry about these trivial matters."
Xu Ke waved his hand, "Hurry up and prepare yourself with combat equipment, magic weapons, spiritual weapons and so on. Prepare a few more in case you need them."
"clear."
Gao Zhengzheng nodded and said, "What I mean is that only true disciples are qualified to be the master of Sinong Palace. You are also a true disciple, can you..."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and get out!"
Xu Ke waved his hand and sent Gao Zhengzheng away.
The master of Sinong Hall, Master Minghong, died, leaving the position of Master of Sinong Hall vacant.
Although Master Minghong also accepted disciples and held the position of "supervisor" in the Gong Examination Department of Sinong Hall, his sense of presence was very low. He almost never participated in the affairs of the Gong Examination Department and only focused on cultivation.
According to Gao Zhengyi's statement, Xu Ke is indeed qualified to take over as the master of Sinong Palace.
Moreover, the real headmaster has already expressed this intention.
only……
Xu Ke sighed, I really just want to be a research-oriented monk. I don't want to be in power. There are too many trivial matters.
"Senior Brother Liu, are you free? Please come to Kunwu Academy."
Xu Ke picked up the communication talisman and sent a message to Liu Yongtian from Bishuitan Baibaozhai.
"I am coming over now."
Liu Yongtian hung up the summons and hurried over.
A moment later, Liu Yongtian came to Kunwu Courtyard and raised his hand to Xu Ke, "What are your orders from Fang Zheng?"
"Senior Brother Liu, you are too polite."
Xu Ke greeted him with a smile, led Liu Yongtian in, and sat down in the main hall.
"Senior Brother Liu, I wonder how you are doing since you started practicing Five Elements Kung Fu?"
After the two sat down, Xu Ke asked Liu Yongtian.
"The transfer went smoothly. It is expected that I will be able to return to a perfect level of Qi training within the year."
Liu Yongtian stood up and bowed to Xu Ke, "I would also like to thank Junior Brother Xu for his guidance, otherwise, Old Liu, I would have to sit back and wait for the dust to come out."
"Senior Brother Liu, there is no need to be polite."
Xu Ke reached out and made a move, and the "Five Elements Wheel" fell into his hand.
This was Xu Ke's first practice of refining a spiritual weapon. I don't know whether it was due to his good skills or good luck. After cultivating it on the altar for a period of time, the Five Elements Wheel actually formed a spiritual barrier and transformed into a spirit weapon. For a spiritual weapon.
Xu Ke strengthened the material and planned to give the "Five Elements Wheel" to Liu Yongtian for protection.
"Senior Brother Liu, this is a spiritual weapon that matches your martial arts very well. Now that the sect's war is about to begin, it's just the right thing to give to Senior Brother for self-defense."
With that said, Xu Ke handed the "Five Elements Wheel" to Liu Yongtian, "Take it, you don't have to be polite to me."
"This...thank you so much, Junior Brother Xu."
Liu Yongtian bowed and reached out to take the spiritual weapon "Five Elements Wheel".
Opportunities in life are really fickle.
I had wasted several decades, and even reached the point where my life was about to end and I could only wait for death, but I suddenly got the opportunity to build a foundation.
Now... I haven't built a foundation yet, I even have a foundation-building spiritual weapon.
Xu Ke is really the noble person in my life!
"I still have things to do these days, and Senior Brother Liu has to worry more about the management of the Bishuitan disciples."
Xu Ke stood up and returned the gift to Liu Yongtian, "Senior brother, please be patient."
"Don't dare."
Liu Yongtian cupped his fists and saluted, "But if you have a destiny, you can do anything."
"Then please leave it to my senior brother!"
Xu Ke smiled and nodded, and then after explaining to Liu Yongtian, Liu Yongtian left.
After sending Liu Yongtian away, Xu Ke began to immerse himself in... studying.
Yes, study hard.
The process of analyzing the Heavenly Demon Talisman has encountered difficulties, or in other words, there has not been much progress at all. It is still stuck at the first step, and I still can't understand the basic magic patterns.
This made Xu Ke doubt his "knowledge" for a time.
So, Xu Ke started to make up lessons.
The Foundation Building Talisman of the Yuan Fu Jing, the Twenty-eight Stars Technique of the Tianxing Sect, and the Canglang Sword Technique of the Manghe Sword Sect. All the foundation-building spells, exercises, and alchemy weapon arrays that have been reviewed in the Haoyang Mountain Scripture Pavilion.
It even includes the natural texture structure that Xu Ke saw when he helped Zhuo Muxian to release a special seed.
Some of this knowledge is revisited, some is studied with concentration, some is drawn from analogies, and some is used for reference...
Xu Ke even achieved a hundred-fold gain when studying and reviewing knowledge, integrating the knowledge and knowing it like the back of his hand.
However, even so, Xu Ke still could not find a way to decipher the magic patterns.
Whether it is the foundation-building spell of the Yuan Fu Jing or the talisman structure of the two golden elixir techniques, there is no basic rune that is the same or similar to the basic magic pattern.
Could it be that...basic runes and basic magic patterns are two completely unrelated things?
This is impossible!
Since demonic techniques can be practiced and demonic spells can be cast, it means that the demonic system must still be within the scope of the spiritual power system.
The so-called "demon energy" must be just a special form of spiritual energy.
There are also rumors in the cultivation world that "it is better to practice Taoism for a hundred days than to become a demon with one thought." This is talking about the quick success of demonic skills, and it is also talking about the power of demonic skills.
In Xu Ke's view, this further illustrates that the practice of the demonic path and the practice of the immortal path are essentially two sides of the same body, with different paths leading to the same goal.
Wait, two sides of the same body? Positive or negative? yin and yang?
If spiritual energy is positive energy, demonic energy is negative energy?
This is indeed an idea!
An idea flashed in Xu Ke's mind, and he sank into in-depth research again.
——
Southern region.
In a remote mountain cave, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were lying in the cave, feeling hot all over and coughing violently.
After being hit by Xinglin Fairy's "Typhoid Curse", even if the devil took over the body, he was tossed around the bed and dying.
With Jindan Zhenren's cultivation, he actually has the ability to regulate the four Qi of his own "Yuanzong Yingwei".
However, having this ability does not mean that it can be done.
Having hands gives you the ability to write, but you still have to learn how to write before you can write.
The Ming and Qing Master indeed has the ability to regulate the four qi of the "Yuanzong Yingwei" in her body, but she is not a doctor, so how does she know how to regulate it?
Not to mention that he transformed into a demon of freedom. He is not a flesh-and-blood creature and does not even have the concept of illness. How can we expect him to know medical skills?
Therefore, the Ming and Qing masters could only hide in the barren mountains and suffer slowly, waiting for their bodies to overcome the disease and recover on their own.
For a demon like "He Transformed into a Free Demon", staying in one place for a long time without being able to go out to cause trouble is like being in jail, which is completely unbearable.
"How long will it take to recover?"
He turned into the Demon of Freedom and inquired into the consciousness of Master Ming and Qing in his soul.
"How do I know? I'm not a doctor!" replied Mingqing.
"You flesh-and-blood creatures are so fragile that you still get sick?" He turned into a demon of freedom and was very dissatisfied.
This is not a disease, this is a medical spell.
Under normal circumstances, how could Master Jindan get sick?
Master Mingqing murmured in his heart, not bothering to pay attention to "he turned into a demon of freedom".
On the contrary, Master Ming and Qing was very satisfied with the current situation.
If you are unwell, you cannot go out to kill people and set fires, and you will not continue to do evil. It would be best if he could stay sick like this forever.
"Do you think it's better to be sick?"
"You think you can't do evil if you're sick?"
"Haha! How childish!"
"I'm the 'he-turned-common demon'! Do you think that's all I can do?"
He turned into a demon and burst into laughter, "There is also an incarnation of the Seven Emotions over there, and there are many fun things!"
"Do you think...it is better for a father to be kind and a son to be filial, or for a father and a son to be fratricidal?"
——
Manghe Sword Sect, Tianjian Peak.
In the back house of Canglang Hall, Master Youquan and his wife stood side by side in front of a bed.
Lying on the bed was a handsome young man wearing a brocade robe, a golden crown on his head, holding a sword in both hands.
This young man is naturally the body of Master Youquan's son...
After unsealing the ice coffin, tidying up, and placing his son on the bed, after taking one last look, Master Youquan was ready to kill the golden elixir in his son's body with one sword.
Now that he has become a demon, and since he has been refined into the incarnation of the seven emotions, even if there is still a trace of life left, even if he is not completely dead, it is still "life is worse than death."
"Han'er..."
Master Youquan's wife, who is also his junior sister, Master Youlan, stretched out her hand to touch her son's face, tears rolling down her eyes.
Seeing this situation, Master Youquan felt a sharp pain in his heart, his eyes were red, and he clenched his fists tightly.
"Junior sister, it's time!"
After a while, Master Youquan stretched out his hand to pull his wife over, "He was transformed into the incarnation of the seven emotions. Even if there is still a trace of life left, life is worse than death. I... help him free himself with my own hands!"
"Son..."
Master Youlan burst into tears, but she also knew that this was the best choice.
It is better to live than to die, and to be liberated directly in order to seek reincarnation.
There was a "choking" sound.
Master Youquan pulled out the long sword from his waist.
With the cultivation level of Master Youquan, the sword must be as stable as a rock without any looseness.
However... when Master Youquan pulled out the sword, he was worse than a novice who had just learned swordsmanship. His wrist trembled and the sword light trembled.
I raised my hand several times, but the sword was so difficult that I couldn't penetrate it at all!
"Son, let me help you escape!"
"I will definitely find the real murderer and avenge you!"
Taking a deep breath, Master Youquan closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, raised his sword, and was about to stab the bed.
The real Youlan next to him turned around, closed his eyes, and two lines of hot tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Dad, Mom."
At this time, the soundless body lying on the bed suddenly came to life and called out to Youquan Zhenren and his wife.
The sound of "Mom, Dad" made Master Youquan tremble all over, his eyes filled with tears, and the long sword in his hand could no longer stab him.
When Master Youlan heard this call, he was startled, as if struck by lightning, and turned around suddenly to look over.
"Son..."
Seeing his son come back to life, Master Youlan let out a cry of sorrow, got up and rushed forward.
Master Youquan quickly stretched out his hand to stop him.
Taking a long breath, Master Youquan raised his eyes and looked at his "son" sitting on the bed. He gritted his teeth and asked in a hoarse voice: "Who...are you?"
"Father, mother, what's wrong with you? Don't you recognize me? My common name is Jiang Zhongliu and my Taoist name is Chengming. I am your son!"
The young man on the bed had an innocent look on his face, clear eyes, and no trace of demonic aura at all, just like his previous son.
However……
How could Master Youquan not know the weird and terrifying ways of the devil?
"If I hadn't seen the demon talisman in your body with my own eyes, you might have been able to deceive me."
Master Youquan gritted his teeth and raised the sword in his hand again, "My son is strong and upright, brave and decisive, devil, how can I allow you to desecrate my son's body?"
"Suffer death!"
The sword light like water rippled, the sword light condensed into a line, and the sword of torrent lingered.
"Dad, do you really believe what Haoyang Sect says?"
"The incarnation of the seven emotions is just a one-sided statement from the Haoyang Sect."
"Do you think it's possible that I was just cursed by the Haoyang Sect using magical means?"
Facing the sword that Master Youquan was about to strike, the young man did not dodge. He just looked up at Master Youquan and spoke calmly.
"Youquan..."
As soon as he said this, Master Youlan next to him grabbed Master Youquan and said, "What he said makes sense. Don't..."
"Let go! He is no longer our son. When I talked to him, I never mentioned the Seven Emotions Incarnation..."
Master Youquan quickly explained to his wife.
Uh...we were actually discovered? This is boring!
He turned into the demon of freedom and had a change of thought. If the father is kind and the son is filial, then the father and the son can only kill each other.
"Qiang..."
A sword whistle rose into the sky.
The young man jumped up and thrust his sword at Master Youquan. The watery light condensed into a drop, which was the sword of dripping water.
What a trick: "Father is kind and son is filial, sword is filial"!
Lich King Arthas calls him an expert!
(The famous joke in World of Warcraft is about the patricide of Prince Arthas of Lordaeron.)
(Those who have never played World of Warcraft can ignore it and regard it as an allusion that they have never heard of.)
(End of chapter)
