fifth form

Chapter 3216 New Imperial Fortune Technique Boosts
Zhang Xuezhou took some time to go home and brew a batch of medicine.

The small alchemy furnace usually produces about three to five pills, but Zhang Xuezhou produced four pills this time.

After the elixir was completed, only a small fire was needed to nurture it. The residual heat of the coal lasted for a long time, so Zhang Xuezhou was not worried about a lack of care during the nurturing process.

He chatted with Wei Shao'er for most of the night, and also explained the sword-drawing technique.

Finally, Zhang Xuezhou also sent a message to Wei Shao'er, instructing him to keep a close eye on Liu Xuan and to try to extract as much skill as possible from him.

If Liu Xuan is indeed Ying Fusu, as Zhang Xuezhou guessed, then the fact that he could communicate with the outside world through that thick rocky mountain demonstrates his extraordinary abilities.

Zhang Xuezhou and his group's attempt to coerce Liu Xuan with high pressure and low tactics will backfire, and the other party may use secret techniques to escape.

He did not want to confront the questioning directly, but instead used Wei Shao'er to indirectly make his demands.

Whether it was Wei Shao'er's boldness that played a role, or Liu Xuan's inability to refuse women, Wei Shao'er took the initiative in dealing with them, and Liu Xuan repeatedly gave her pointers and help.

Zhang Xuezhou even knew that Wei Shao'er had performed a livestock sacrifice at the old site of Xianyang City, which led to a mysterious opportunity that guided his swordsmanship to the realm of selflessness.

Wei Shao'er's "Unique Self Realm" may seem a bit weak, but his explosive power of qi and blood has been genuinely enhanced.

Sacrifice may sound like just slaughtering livestock or people, but sacrifice has specific ritual implements and procedures. Sacrifice without these procedures is useless, let alone helping to promote cultivation breakthroughs.

Using twelve live pigs as a sacrifice to unlock Wei Shao'er's breakthrough point is a great achievement with a small investment.

This cannot be called a simple sacrifice, but rather a top-level sacrifice.

Priests who were skilled in this type of ritual held an extremely important position in past dynasties, and some were even called national advisors.

"Let's go, let's go. You'll be my bodyguard today!"

As dawn broke, Wei Shao'er had just yawned when Zhang Xuezhou woke him up.

It was rare for Zhang Xuezhou to ask for his protection when he went out, so Wei Shao'er was immediately excited, as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He quickly went upstairs to change his clothes and didn't bother to urge Huo Qubing, who still had to go to the Imperial Academy for class.

She put on her leather boots, tightened her clothes, and concealed three short swords, including the Fish Intestine Sword, close to her body. Then, with a solemn expression, she followed behind Zhang Xuezhou.

Debts of money are easy to repay, but debts of gratitude are hard to repay. Wei Shao'er's excitement had no other reason than that she hoped to do something useful while guarding the bodyguard. If she killed the opponent who was harming Zhang Xuezhou, Wei Shao'er felt that she would have repaid Zhang Xuezhou for saving her life with the elixir, and they could be even after the debts were settled.

She secretly hoped that some foolish assassin weaker than herself would suddenly appear and be stabbed in six eyes by her three sword strikes.

But as Wei Shao'er continued to follow Zhang Xuezhou, he felt the place becoming more and more familiar.

"Hey, what are you doing at our house?"

After turning three streets, Wei Shao'er looked up and saw the Wei residence in sight.

"Huo Qubing, get up and go to school!"

Wei Shao'er shouted loudly, feeling that the daily routine was still repeating itself. Even today, when she was serving as Zhang Xuezhou's bodyguard, she couldn't help but call her own child to school.

"Having you around makes things so much easier; it saves me the trouble of knocking on the door!"

Zhang Xuezhou lowered his hand that had been raised to knock on the door.

Quick footsteps sounded behind the door, and the door opened in response.

"Second Sister is back!"

"Third brother, you're back?"

Wei Qing opened the door, and Wei Shao'er was somewhat surprised, clearly unaware that Wei Qing had returned to Chang'an.

"I just got back a few days ago, and returned to the mansion last night," Wei Qing said.

"You say you haven't held a high-ranking official position, yet you're always so busy you seem to have vanished. You're like that, and so is Manager Chen. Can't you both learn from Dongfang Shuo? Look at Dongfang Shuo, he became an official, made money, and even had elixirs to eat. He didn't do any work at all. I've never seen him do anything productive as an official. You..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

After Wei Shao'er's long-winded chatter, Wei Qing could only cough repeatedly.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't do much work as an official, but what he did was irreplaceable at the time.

Don't even mention officials who don't do their jobs. Even if Zhang Xuezhou disappeared for a few years, he would still be given important responsibilities when he came back. There are no suitable replacements; that's how comfortable it is for someone to be an official.

Wei Qing had too many competitors, many of whom were even stronger and more experienced in leading troops.

Compared to these players, Wei Qing's only advantage is his age; he is more malleable than the veterans, but that's all.

If Wei Qing didn't run faster, it would be difficult for him to meet the new emperor's requirements, so it's normal that he's away from home for many years.

If it weren't for this special transfer, Wei Qing wouldn't have been able to return to Chang'an for some time.

Has Dongfang Shuo arrived yet?

Only when the new emperor's voice came from behind did Wei Qing pull Wei Shao'er to quiet him down.

"We've arrived, we can set off now!"

Wei Qing shouted and whistled, and two horses pulling a carriage galloped over from the side of the street.

"Traveling by horse-drawn carriage is such a hassle!"

The voices from behind drew closer, revealing the new emperor's face.

Wei Qing's carriage driving skills were exceptional, but none of that could compare to the convenience of the Imperial Shuttle.

Having experienced faster vehicles, riding in a horse-drawn carriage undoubtedly adds a bit more discomfort.

The new emperor sighed, stepped out from behind the gate, and patted Zhang Xuezhou on the shoulder.

"Actually, I can now pilot an airship!"

"I'm not sitting anymore!"

The new emperor waved his hand.

Zhang Xuezhou piloted the Sky Shuttle, which was at least 100 meters high, and possibly even several hundred meters high.

If Zhang Xuezhou's illness causes the Imperial Shuttle to go out of control, there is at least a 90% chance that he will be thrown out and die. As for Zhang Xuezhou's own fate, it is hard to say.

The new emperor felt he couldn't risk doing something so risky for the sake of short-term convenience.

"Try to learn from Wei Qing as much as possible and see if you can learn from him and enter the True Self Realm," the new emperor said. "As long as your cultivation undergoes a transformation, your physical ailments will definitely be reduced or even disappear!"

The Empress Dowager's head was pierced, and fragments of a flying knife remained in Tian Fen's head. Both of them struggled to maintain their cultivation levels and continued to decline. Zhang Xuezhou, on the other hand, was spared the flying knife because Cheng Bushi shielded him from the attack, and his injuries were relatively minor.

If his cultivation could advance rapidly, the new emperor believed that Zhang Xuezhou was fully capable of suppressing his injuries.

His seeking out Zhang Xuezhou to discuss the Sword Drawing Technique was not a whim or purely for the purpose of improving his own swordsmanship. The new emperor genuinely hoped that Zhang Xuezhou would benefit from it. After all, he, Zhang Xuezhou, and Wei Qing were not old, and they had all entered the Realm of Selflessness. At this level, they were considered very young and genius cultivators in the eyes of ordinary people.

Given just the right opportunity, their combined genius might just change everything.

The Sword Drawing Technique provides just such an opportunity.

This technique is not recorded in the Royal Secret Archives, but there are related descriptions.

Emperor Jing repeatedly lamented while holding the catalogues that had been lost to the point that only records of magical arts remained.

The new emperor had no intention of studying the origin of this technique, nor did he want to investigate and cause any potential disturbance. He had identified and understood this sword-drawing technique, and he only wished that more people could benefit from it.

He glanced at Wei Shao'er for a moment, then looked back at Zhang Xuezhou, before inviting everyone to get into Wei Qing's carriage.

The autumn and winter sky was gloomy, and the new emperor had a solemn expression, but his heart was bright.

Once it was confirmed that the Prince of Huainan would be deceived by the fake Chixiao Sword, the new emperor began to focus on the long-abandoned art of magic.

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he had a unique advantage in cultivating martial arts.

His physical form condenses and takes shape in the short moment of driving his movement technique, and then continues to grow rapidly.

Putting aside his practical combat abilities, this kind of cultivation must have brought him good fortune, and he will certainly have a higher probability of success in his actions at this time.

If he can gain something from this and find the opportunity to reach the realm of true self, even if his luck brings backlash in the future, he should be able to withstand the backlash.