The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 523: Soul Exchange, Plan, Ironclad Ship (5K)

"It's quite a coincidence. It's like a stepping stone that was delivered to my door, allowing me to successfully infiltrate the armored fleet... Perhaps, I can also use Zheng Liren's body to break through to the seventh realm and try to become a core leader of the enemy?"

At this moment, dense clusters of nerves have grown between the liver and gallbladder of the middle-aged man in the yellow robe, extending to the entire Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, establishing a new circulation system of essence, energy and spirit.

Zhao Qing's gallbladder body spirit was residing here, with the gallbladder and gallbladder meridian as the basis, and many meridians and nerves as pathways, quietly controlling Zheng Liren's entire body, including his brain and consciousness, while manipulating his normal actions and retrieving the other party's stored memories.

Possession and parasitism are one of the abilities of the body and soul to manifest externally. After integrating into the corresponding organs of another person, it can establish a thinking center independent of the brain based on this, and communicate with the consciousness of the owner of the body to achieve a thinking connection.

Since it only occupies one organ and suppresses the original spiritual aura in it, theoretically it will not cause much impact on the possessed person.

However, if the latter does not resist or the gap in mental strength is too great, the body's authority can be increased to a point that exceeds the original owner's brain, taking over the other party's body.

At first glance, it seems to be not much different from the so-called possession of another's body, but the origin of the body and spirit is tied to the original body. The less blood, strength and energy are used outside, the harder it is to get enough replenishment.

Unless it is some legendary secret method, or one's spiritual realm reaches the level of self-reflection like Zhao Qing, there are great limitations.

According to her understanding, the body and spirit nurtured in this state has this ability in order to experience other people's lives, realize the changes in the spirit and energy, and understand the true self. At the same time, it also lays the foundation for the subsequent establishment of the "House of Gods", the transformation of the yin and yang, and the promotion of the extreme number of qi transformation.

Normally, if one wants to forcibly seize control of the body, one basically has to make the body spirit much stronger than the opponent. In this way, a lot of energy is consumed but a weak body is obtained, which is of no benefit to combat power and can only be used to obtain memories and collect intelligence information.

Zheng Liren is undoubtedly a very strong existence among the peak six realm practitioners. He is much stronger than Di Qingmei from Qingteng Sword Academy, Feng Qianzhuo who practices by taking drugs, and others. However, each of Zhao Qing's body spirits is currently equivalent to ordinary peak six realm practitioners and does not have much advantage on the panel.

Of course, some top talents are strong enough to challenge or even surpass the seventh realm when they are in the sixth realm. However, these people naturally practice extremely advanced true energy techniques and have accumulated a very deep foundation. Their panel attributes may not be weaker than many lower-grade seventh realm talents. This is very different.

Therefore, when she quickly defeated Zheng Liren's consciousness in the mental battle and her spirit entered the body, she wanted to disguise herself perfectly under the nose of the master of Jiaodong County and even break into the seventh realm. It was undoubtedly an extremely bold plan, and its difficulty can be imagined.

"Although the possession of the body spirit can be removed without side effects, when encountering such stubborn elements of evil forces, in order to avoid counterattack, it is better to completely erase the original consciousness..."

Zhao Qing pondered in her heart that for her, killing a character who was involved in the act of feeding monsters with humans and replacing his identity was essentially the same as arranging Zheng Liren's "reincarnation". She herself would be temporarily reincarnated in this body and would reasonably and legitimately inherit everything that was originally there.

However, the most crucial innate vitality in the practice of the Sixth Realm and the Seventh Realm of Moving Mountains is of a very special nature. It is not the product of the step-by-step practice of ordinary scriptures, but the "rhyme of Tao" shaped by all the experiences and emotions of a person. It is the mark of the identity of every practitioner above the Sixth Realm.

It is easy to deceive others, but difficult to deceive yourself.

In Zhao Qing's opinion, it is not that difficult to make it difficult for others to distinguish the difference between the new "Zheng Liren"'s life energy and the original owner's. However, if he wants to deceive Zheng Liren's life energy and make the two "brands of Tao" indistinguishable from each other, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

To use identity recognition as an example, the former is at most at the level of scanning pupils and verifying fingerprints, while the latter is at least equivalent to requiring that the genetic sequences of all cells in the body must meet the standards without missing a single one. The two cannot be compared at all.

"If I want to make my already limited body spirit drive my body to further improve, I must achieve a perfect fusion between the 'soul' and the body. I must not only reflect my own, but also reflect the manas of others, so that the alaya consciousness also believes that I am the original owner of this body."

Zhao Qing was thinking: "Only in this way can I be exactly the same as a living person, and hopefully 'cultivate' the same life energy, and have the capital to impact the seventh realm... As Zheng Liren's mental strength and life energy gradually fade away, if he can't break into the seventh realm within three days, I'm afraid it will be impossible..."

According to the information she had obtained, the armored fleet transporting the prisoners should pass through Changling within these three days. More specific details would depend on the transmission of previous secret letters and discussions with relevant senior officials in Jiaodong County.

In times of crisis, she broke through the seven realms and tried to turn the tide but unfortunately failed. This "loyalty" setting may pave the way for her to quickly gain the trust and reuse of the enemy.

"The gallbladder governs the yang channel, and it penetrates the nine orifices of the head. It reaches the void above and the nine earths below. Together with the stomach, it governs the day and night defenses, and manages the power of digestion and benefits. It regulates the harmony of the internal organs, and leads all yin to return to the internal organs. It governs the movement of the nucleus and desert to income and expenditure, manages the way of yin and yang and maintains balance."

The people in Jiaodong County act with little determination and always rely on conspiracies and sneak attacks, which in a sense is a manifestation of their lack of courage.

Perhaps the fear of life and death is the reason why Zheng Liren has been stuck at the threshold of the seventh realm for more than ten years. He needs to give full play to the characteristics of his courageous body and mind and make progress courageously.

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Controlling Zheng Liren's body, Zhao Qing quickly flew over a dozen miles and came to a small town called Honghe. He booked a superior room in the hotel. Along the way, he also took the opportunity to master the "Lunbu Sword Sutra" and "Yangyu Sword Sutra" practiced by this person.

This is a port where many merchant ships dock. It is rich in clay for making pottery. There are many merchant ships coming and going, and the silt on the riverbed stirred up is also red, making the water of the entire river appear somewhat reddish, flowing southward into the Wei River.

There are more than one such ports near Changling and along the Wei River, and Honghe Town is not special.

However, this was exactly the place where Zheng Liren had indicated in a secret letter that he was going to board the ship, and he hoped that someone would come to pick him up and do the corresponding communication work.

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Soon, a whale blubber incense produced overseas, which helps to calm the mind, nourish the soul, and condense vital energy, was lit in the guest room.

Zhao Qing's thoughts went back and forth in many neural networks, quietly completing the restart of "Zheng Liren's" brain, completely transforming it into a "broiler" attached to the gallbladder, running a series of original behavioral "programs".

When she sent the information about the Zheng family and the armored fleet to Baiyang Cave through the Lingxi Jade Talisman, Zhao Qing also retrieved some parts of the person's memory that involved Zheng Xiu, and analyzed and interpreted them in detail, obtaining a lot of important information:

"As expected, there is no imprint of the vitality of Zheng Xiu's Starfire Sword in this body. It seems that the minimum requirement for 'summoning' the Starfire Comet Tail Sword should be to reach the seventh level of moving mountains before being qualified to master it and produce a long-distance resonance and attraction of the innate aura."

Although she had never seen the scripture itself, she had already made a rough judgment that the incomplete "Starfire Sword Scripture" inherited by the Zheng family was likely to have attracted the annihilation energy from the Big Dipper, and was highly suspected to be related to the inheritance of the Western Patrol King of the You Dynasty.

In recent decades, Zheng Xiu's Starfire Comet Tail Sword has been one of the most feared and intimidating secret swords among today's practitioners. Although her specific practice methods are still unknown to the outside world, some of her methods have been known to practitioners.

When a practitioner is willing to use her innate vital energy to maintain a certain vital energy imprint of hers, this practitioner herself will have some unique connection with her, just like Zheng Xiu's flying sword.

She can gain some special perceptions from this practitioner and indirectly achieve breath locking, which allows her to lock onto the aura of some enemies from thousands of miles away and drop the Starfire Sword to kill them.

In this way, when Zheng Xiu's enemies in the world faced the subordinates she cared about, they would not only have to fight against her subordinates individually, but also have to face her full-strength sword at the same time.

However, which subordinates can obtain the support of the Spark Sword and what the conditions are are still a mystery known to outsiders, but many people are willing to believe that as long as they accept Zheng Xiu's vitality imprint, it is equivalent to putting their lives in the hands of the other party.

From Zhao Qing's perspective, this method of summoning sparks to fall at a fixed point and kill the enemy is essentially a kind of "pulling the thread". The party pulling the thread must have enough strength to pull a rope across a long distance and make Zheng Xiu feel it.

Perhaps she could copy one or two of these tricks, and based on her own "Sun God Thunder Sword", she could achieve summoning and precise strikes from thousands of miles away. If Zheng Liren, who had broken through the realm, was valued by Zheng Xiu and given the Starfire Sword brand, she should be able to complete further analysis and create Zhao Qing's own "Starfire Sword".

Before this, if the gods and friendly forces encountered trouble, they could only broadcast their coordinates through the Lingxi Jade Talisman, and according to the calculated ideal ballistic trajectory, they would use all their strength to slash out with a sword to provide support as much as possible. This was not only quite delayed, but also easily caused a large number of accidental injuries.

Thinking this in his mind, Zhao Qing's thoughts turned slightly, and he transmitted some new knowledge to Zheng Liren's brain, allowing him to digest it slowly, so as to make better use of this extra thinking capacity, increase his experience in practice and combat, and cooperate with and execute the instructions issued by the gallbladder.

In a pottery warehouse a few streets away, two practitioners, one tall and one short, were sneaking in, looking for a clean place to stay for the night.

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After a while, the lights in the stone chamber in Baiyang Gorge were still brightly lit.

Several Zhao Qings exchanged glances and suddenly merged into one. The door that was not closed tightly opened without wind, and a blue carrier pigeon flew in from outside. It cooed twice and rested on her hand with a vigilant look, allowing Zhao Qing to take a thick letter.

This was naturally what Ye Celeng sent over, including drawings of the ironclad ship's structure and confidential information such as related talismans, magic arrays, personnel, etc. Since the patterns were difficult to describe clearly in the communication jade talisman, professional carrier pigeons had to be sent out in person.

Baiyang Gorge is located in a remote area. It was the first time for the little pigeon to come here. Even with Ye Celeng's special guidance, it would still be dizzy and disoriented. It had been searching for an unknown amount of time. Even though it was a spiritual bird with cultivation, it was tired and a little flustered, so it closed its eyes and took a rest on the side.

"Drink some water and replenish your energy." Zhao Qing smiled slightly, and casually called for a basin of clean water, sprinkled some grains of the elixir that Ye Celeng had sent earlier, signaled the carrier pigeon to eat, and then opened the secret letter and read it quickly.

The first thing that caught my eye was a hand-drawn exterior view of a UFO ship.

All the lines in the picture have been altered, and the proportions and perspective relationships are also quite unbalanced. The majestic aura of the large ship cannot be seen at all in this picture. Instead, it looks like a child's graffiti, which makes people laugh.

Upon closer inspection, the ink on the entire painting has been repeatedly soaked and precipitated, and it is obvious that it was affected by the water control technique. From it, we can see that Ye Celeng tried his best to cover up the shortcomings of his painting skills. However, after countless revisions, the result is still so clumsy.

Imagining how the other party couldn't find a suitable painter at night and had to take up the painting himself, but encountered repeated setbacks, Zhao Qing couldn't help but smile knowingly. At the same time, he also admired Ye Celeng's dedication and persistence.

The lifespan of people in this world is not much different from that of ordinary people. Practitioners usually focus most on the true essence techniques and various sword scriptures, and rarely dabble in many external practices. Therefore, it is expected that their drawing skills are generally not very good.

She sighed softly, put the first drawing aside, and continued to read the rest of the secret letter. As she read deeper, Zhao Qing's brows gradually relaxed.

Obviously, the other information in the secret letter was more detailed and practical, from the array of talismans at the bow to the layout of the magic array at the stern, to the personnel allocation and function allocation of each cabin, nothing was missed, which was enough for her to have a clearer understanding of the internal structure and personnel allocation of the ironclad ship.

For many years, Jiaodong County's strength came from its rich overseas production, and many of the Qin Dynasty's miraculous medicines, some of which allowed practitioners in the Qin Dynasty's practice sites to make rapid progress, were closely related to overseas shipping.

When the Qin Dynasty began its reform, it used its armored fleet to conquer the waters outside Jiaodong County and many island countries. From then on, the Qin Dynasty's fleet had been able to sail to unknown waters of other dynasties and sail for months without returning.

The ironclad ships of the Qin Dynasty were unique to the Qin Dynasty and were much more advanced than those of the other three dynasties. It is said that the manufacturing instructions came from the Dayu Dynasty of that time, and the instructions were even engraved on eight golden men.

This giant ship was called "UFO" during the Great You Dynasty. It was the second-class main battleship of that era, second only to the giant ship of the God King. It is also one of the most powerful comprehensive talismans in the world today, representing the pinnacle achievements of many technologies such as talismans, magic arrays, metallurgy, and shipbuilding.

Naturally, the manufacture of such a difficult ship cannot be accomplished overnight. Even if the drawings of the You Dynasty include all aspects of the construction details, it still requires a process of gradual development and accumulation of experience.

The earliest ironclad ships of the Qin Dynasty were the result of years of research and development by the Zheng clan of Jiaodong County, which integrated other local clans and recruited outstanding craftsmen from the seven dynasties of the time.

That was actually a scene that happened just a few decades ago. A black-armored merchant ship that doubled the size record of Qin Dynasty ships went upstream from Jiaodong and anchored at the Wei River port outside Changling City, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding wooden boats.

On that day, Shenzhou was "as majestic as a mountain, floating on the waves, with brocade sails and a swan-shaped bow, subduing dragons and snakes". Its huge figure like a mountain and the cold and chilly reflection of the metal shocked the world, and the whole country cheered and admired it.

Based on relevant data, Zhao Qing estimated that this first-generation ironclad ship had a displacement of more than 6,000 tons, a total length of about 100 meters, and could carry up to 1,200 people. However, it still used a keel made of huge wood and had sails as power.

However, with the rapid expansion of Jiaodong County's power and its in-depth cooperation with the Qin Dynasty's military, ironclad ship technology quickly shifted from civilian to military use, and the entire set of technology became more perfect, upgrading from a wooden hull covered with iron armor to a structure with steel inside and outside.

A few years later, dozens of brand-new ironclad warships appeared on the surface of the Wei River Naval Port. With their strong ships and powerful guns, they had an overwhelming advantage over the navies of other dynasties, forcing craftsmen from other countries to try their best to build some small ironclad ships, pulling the world into the era of ironclad ships.

To date, there are more than a hundred "UFO" ironclad ships of the Qin Dynasty, with an average displacement of more than 10,000 tons. There are also multiple models and internal grades. Since the technology of the You Dynasty era has been partially restored, their combat effectiveness is incomparable to that of early ironclad ships.

As for the common people, apart from the increasing number of ironclad merchant ships in Jiaodong County that were spread all over the rivers and seas, other business houses were still rare and rarely sailed to the open seas. After all, the technical requirements for construction were too high, and they did not dare to compete with the queen's family for profits.

In contrast, in Jiaodong County, almost all ships with a tonnage of over 1,000 tons now use iron hulls, which have become their exclusive symbol and significantly enhanced the ships' protective capabilities during navigation to resist sea waves, collisions and possible attacks.

Ironclad ships are becoming increasingly smaller, perhaps because of the cost advantage of steel. After all, the wood that can be used to make large ships is not easily available. In many cases, it requires long-term special planting and extremely demanding material selection.

At the same time, these large ships weighing tens of thousands of tons cannot rely solely on sails to provide normal speed, but they cannot be powered by coal or oil. Therefore, they must be driven by magic arrays, which require specialized array masters to steer and command, and the maintenance costs are also sky-high.

According to the registration records of the Tianjian Division, the armored fleet that Zhao Qing suspected of secretly transporting prisoners was composed of two 9,000-ton armored ships and twelve 3,000-ton armored ships, carrying more than 7,000 people. The first two ships were early models of "retired" UFO ships.

Theoretically, some offensive magic arrays and giant talismans will be dismantled from retired warships, but heavy stone magic arrays used to lower the center of gravity and increase stability, echo magic arrays that detect dangers such as reefs and are equivalent to sonar effects, as well as silent magic arrays, patrol sword formations, etc. should still be retained.

And those protective runes engraved layer by layer on the inside of the hull and all over the body of the ship will obviously not be deliberately erased, giving the armored ship an amazing defensive power that is enough to ignore attacks below the fifth level and only suffer slight damage when facing attacks from the sixth level.

Not only is it an almost indestructible fortress, but with its extremely hard ramming horns, the hull itself is also a powerful weapon. The kinetic energy of a full-speed run is enough to allow it to easily crash through a wall tens of meters thick. Only a master of the seventh realm can stop it.

In addition, whether the people in Jiaodong County would illegally modify the hull, add new magic arrays, hide some powerful talismans, and secretly load hundreds of rune chariots is an unknown, which is a scope that Ye Celeng has no way of investigating.

Zhao Qing casually burned the secret letter he had just read to ashes, then turned his gaze to the blue carrier pigeon that was leisurely drinking water. A hint of tenderness flashed in his eyes, and he said softly, "Little guy, you have worked hard too. Go back and tell Ye Celeng that the plan is about to start, and ask her to get ready."

The blue carrier pigeon seemed to understand what Zhao Qing said. It cooed twice, flapped its wings and flew high, soon disappearing into the sky.

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For the specific settings of the ironclad ship, please refer to the introduction of the new post in the book circle
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