"Soul-destroying technique!"
After returning home, Zhou Shan took out the soul-destroying secret book and read it carefully.
The soul-destroying technique recorded in this secret book is divided into six levels.
The first-level soul-destroying technique can deeply hypnotize people, making them forget some things, or implant a false memory. The second-level soul-destroying technique can interfere with people's emotions within the range of mental power. Perception can form ghosts and hit walls to make people spin in circles. The third level of Soul Deterrence Technique can outline illusions, form illusions, confuse and frighten opponents, and the fourth level of Soul Deterrence Technique requires mental strength. Only when you reach the point of interfering with reality can you practice.
"With the spiritual art of Soul Deterrence, my strength will be further improved."
Zhou Shan's eyes showed joy.
Originally, he just wanted to buy a book on water combat skills, but he didn't expect to be able to obtain the spiritual art of intimidating souls.
With the Soul Deterrence Technique, he can use his mental power in battle.
Immediately, Zhou Shan began to practice the soul-destroying technique.
He followed the method of Soul Deterrence and controlled the spiritual power in the sea of consciousness to focus on his eyes.
Gradually.
A spiritual power condensed into a spiritual vortex in Zhou Shan's eyes.
This vortex seems to have a magical power that can attract people's minds and make people sink into it unconsciously.
However, with the emergence of this whirlpool, Zhou Shan's mental power also disappeared quickly, several times faster than using mental detection, and he could only last for a cup of tea at most.
Name: Zhou Shan
Talent: Infinite Spirit (every day, one point of spiritual attribute will be added)
Strength: 10
Defense: 8
Agility: 5
Constitution: 15
Spirit: 117
Martial Arts: Turtle Breath Kung Fu/Second Level (1%), Soul Deterrence Technique/First Level (1%)
Zhou Shan opened the attribute panel, and the soul-destroying technique appeared on the panel.
With his mental strength, even though he was just new to the soul-destroying technique, he successfully practiced it successfully.
After closing the panel, Zhou Shan began to use insects, ants, cockroaches, mice, etc. to test the power of the soul-destroying technique to hypnotize these creatures.
After some tests, Zhou Shan also discovered that the smaller and more fragile a living being is, the easier it is to be hypnotized. However, hypnotizing larger rats requires more mental energy than hypnotizing insects, ants, and cockroaches.
But this is also common sense.
The stronger the individual life is, the stronger the qi and blood will be, which will also have a certain impact on the spirit. Some powerful warriors do not practice spiritual martial arts, but they will also gain a certain increase under the nourishment of qi and blood, so they want to hypnotize powerful beings. Individuals naturally have to consume more mental energy.
Zhou Shan estimated that with his soul-destroying technique that had just reached the first level, it could only affect ordinary people at most. Those who wanted to hypnotize and strengthen the blood level of quasi-warriors would still need to undergo a period of hard training.
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time flies.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Chenshi.
Zhou Shan has cooked porridge and is having breakfast.
Dangdangdang——
At this moment, Zhou Shan heard the sound of a gong coming from outside.
"Everybody come out."
Someone was banging the gong and shouting.
Hearing the shouting, Zhou Shan also put down his bowls and chopsticks and went out to check.
"Fellows, the Southern Barbarians have invaded our border. The war situation is tense. The Emperor has issued an order. As a common citizen, every household must contribute to the country and provide food and grass for the army."
"For specific requirements, there is an announcement issued by the court and posted on the street bulletin board."
The people shouting were all county government officials wearing official uniforms.
When people in Guyu Street heard the sound, they all went out to check the situation.
"What, the Southern Barbarians have invaded the border."
"Not long after the war in the north ended, it has only been three years and there is another war."
"The imperial court is collecting food. I don't know how much it will cost this time. It would be fine if we only need to collect food once. I am afraid that the war will drag on. It would be troublesome to collect food every once in a while."
"Let's go over to the notice board and take a look."
"..."
Immediately, a group of people rushed towards the notice board at the street entrance.
"Fight a war and collect food!"
Zhou Shan provided useful information from the words of the county government official.
At this time, he also followed the crowd to a notice board standing at the street entrance.
On the notice board, there is an official document issued by the court, stamped with the official seal of the county government.
"Zhou Shan, if you know how to read, what does it say?"
Standing next to Zhou Shan, a dark man asked.
"Uncle Chen!"
Zhou Shan said hello.
The swarthy man named Chen Yong is a neighbor next to Zhou Shan and he is a warm-hearted person.
When Zhou Shan first crossed over, the cold and high fever he suffered did not subside. Chen Yong's wife also helped to take care of him. When he was not recovering from his illness, she would also send some fish and shrimp over, so that he did not starve to death.
"Uncle Chen, it says that each household should hand in grain according to the number of people. Those over the age of sixteen must hand in one hundred and twenty kilograms of polished rice. Those under the age of sixteen must also hand in forty kilograms. The county government will send people to collect the grain in ten days." Zhou Shan looked at the notice above and said: "If the grain cannot be handed over, a man will be sent out to become a grain keeper."
"What, hand over the food according to the number of people."
After learning the contents of the notice, Chen Yong's expression changed slightly.
There are two adults in his family, as well as a son and a daughter. The son is thirteen years old and the daughter is ten years old. However, each person also has to pay forty kilograms of polished rice, which adds up to three hundred and twenty kilograms of polished rice.
Three hundred and twenty kilograms of polished rice, even if calculated at twelve kilograms per kilogram, would still cost three thousand eight hundred and forty kilograms.
What's more, once the grain requisition notice comes out, the grain merchants and rice shops in the city will definitely take the opportunity to increase their prices.
For example, when Daqian and Beiyuan went to war three years ago, the price of rice was several times what it is now. At its peak, polished rice rose to eighty cents per catty, making rice simply unaffordable to ordinary people.
Moreover, it was not just the price of rice that increased during the war, but the prices of all commodities increased dramatically. I don’t know how many people starved to death. It was not until the war stopped and three years of recuperation that some strength was restored.
But now, there is actually another war in the south.
"Let's go home quickly and get money to buy rice!"
"Yes, yes, if you go late, there will be no rice."
"If you can't hand over enough polished rice after ten days of labor, you will be taken to work as a grain keeper."
"..."
After learning what the notice said, everyone immediately ran home to get their money.
Once you become a grain keeper, you can never come back until the war is over. Being a grain keeper is hard and tiring. You have to travel across mountains and rivers. Moreover, it is completely free labor without any wages.
Therefore, no one wants to be a farmer who keeps food.
There are many families who are in a similar situation to Chen Yong's family. There is only one breadwinner in the family. Once they are taken to work as a grain keeper, the only orphans and widows left in the family will be left to be bullied.
Even if I come back alive by then, I'm afraid my family will be separated.
