Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Early in the morning, after giving morning lessons to his fellow disciples, Zhang Zhiwei came to the top of Tianmen Peak, sat cross-legged under a crooked tree, and began to practice.

Recently, Zhang Zhiwei has focused his practice on the Five Thunders Method. After a period of day and night practice, his level of Yin Five Thunders has finally reached the same level as Yang Five Thunders.

The reason why it was so fast was that Yang Wu Lei had reached a bottleneck and was almost at the end.

The Yin Five Thunders were at their peak, and their yin and yang complemented each other, so they were able to make rapid progress. In just a few years, they were on par with the Yang Five Thunders who had been practicing for a long time.

After the Yin and Yang Five Thunders were balanced, Zhang Zhiwei suddenly had a feeling that the Yang Five Thunders, which had reached a bottleneck and had made no progress for a long time, seemed to be loosening.

Thus, Zhang Zhiwei began to practice Yin and Yang together. Of course, his practitioners did not merge into one, but practiced in different time periods.

During the day he would practice Yang Wu Lei's Heart Chi and Lung Chi.

At night, I practice Yin Wu Lei's kidney and liver qi.

Practicing the Yang Five Thunders during the day will make the body masculine and hot, while the Yin Five Thunders at night will neutralize it. Although the yang and yin do not operate at the same time, they are equally beneficial to life.

Reading thousands of books will make you write like a god. The same goes for spiritual practice. The more you practice, the more you understand the skills and the higher the level of deconstruction.

Of course, this requires thinking. If it is just mechanical practice, no matter how much you practice, you will just be reciting by rote and it will be difficult to understand your own truth.

This is the truth: if you study without thinking, you will be confused; if you think without studying, you will be in danger.

Zhang Zhiwei is a studious person, and he examines himself three times a day. Although this may not lead to any improvement in the short term, over time, Zhang Zhiwei has gained a lot. Now he can even deconstruct the Yin Five Thunders and Yang Five Thunders.

What is deconstruction? It is like understanding a complex mathematical formula and being able to break it down and get the same result in different ways, or, of course, different results.

Most of the strange techniques and methods in the cultivation world were born in this way.

Zhang Zhiwei deconstructed the Yang Five Thunders and Yin Five Thunders, which also meant that he did not have to practice according to the fixed Qi trajectories of the two thunder methods.

He can cut a few insignificant Qi circulation rules or add a few unnecessary Qi circulation trajectories while ensuring the formation of the magic.

Thunder Method has been passed down till now, and the difficulty of practicing Qi has basically become very simple. Although it can be further simplified, it is of little significance because it will increase the danger of practicing Qi.

Zhang Zhiwei is not so nitpicking in his pursuit of this; on the contrary, he has complicated the trajectory of Qi.

He added another trajectory to the original Qi trajectory, and it was an outward trajectory.

He placed the Dongfeng sword horizontally across his legs. Every time he circulated a circle, the Dongfeng sword would run through it, forming a flow, just like running an extra meridian.

Running one more meridian only takes a breath of time and does not interfere with cultivation, but it can allow one to combine the inside and outside of oneself with the Dongfeng Great Sword, allowing the Dongfeng Great Sword to also practice the Yang Five Thunders and Yin Five Thunders.

In this way, although the Dongfeng Greatsword cannot gain the ability to cast thunder magic, it can gain some of its characteristics and greatly enhance its strength.

As Zhang Zhiwei's practice became more advanced over the years, the originally indestructible Dongfeng Sword began to fail to keep up with the progress. Zhang Zhiwei was worried that he would accidentally destroy it in a few years, so he began to nurture it.

However, it is very troublesome to warm and nourish the magic weapon alone, so Zhang Zhiwei slightly modified the trajectory of the Qi of the thunder method so that he could practice and refine the weapon at the same time.

I saw a flash of lightning coming out from the fingertips of his right hand, sinking into the Dongfeng sword, and after circulating around, it entered from the fingertips of his left hand.

And so on and on.

If Zhang Huaiyi saw this scene, he would be so shocked that his mouth would be unable to close.

When he practiced thunder magic, he was extremely cautious, fearing that something might go wrong with the circulation of Qi and injure his meridians.

He couldn't even think of adding Qi circulation paths at will, or even circulating Qi outside the body, as Zhang Zhiwei did.

Now, nearly three years have passed since Zhang Zhiwei last went down the mountain to the Magic City.

During this period, Zhang Zhiwei had been practicing in Longhu Mountain and also teaching on behalf of his master.

Zhang Huaiyi returned to the mountain several times, staying for a few months each time, and then went down the mountain again on the pretext of gaining experience.

The disciple had grown up and could not practice in the mountains all the time. He needed to go out for experience. Zhang Jingqing did not stop him, but reminded Zhang Huaiyi that when he was out in the world, he should behave properly and live up to the reputation of the Tianshi Mansion.

Zhang Huaiyi naturally agreed readily, and reported in detail all the chivalrous deeds he had done and the evil bandits he had eliminated, which drew praise from Zhang Jingqing.

Zhang Zhiwei had also talked to Zhang Huaiyi, but Zhang Huaiyi was a very secretive guy and was unwilling to elaborate on many things. As for his dealings with Wu Gensheng, he did not mention a single word.

Even when Zhang Zhiwei asked him about it, he denied it flatly and said that he had no contact with Wu Gensheng. It was not until Zhang Zhiwei took out the Yin-Yang paper and intended to communicate with Wu Gensheng that he smiled awkwardly and said that they actually did have contact.

For more than two years, he has been looking for trouble with Wu Gensheng. When Zhang Zhiwei asked him the reason, he said that he lost to Wu Gensheng at Yinghe Tower and wanted to get back at him.

Zhang Zhiwei asked them whether they won or lost.

Zhang Huaiyi’s answer was that in the past two years, he had lost every time. Every time he made progress and wanted to seek revenge on Wu Gensheng, Wu Gensheng had also made progress. But overall, the gap between them was getting smaller.

Zhang Huaiyi is very confident about defeating Wu Gensheng.

Zhang Zhiwei also asked him what he would do after defeating Wu Gensheng. This time, Zhang Huaiyi did not hide it and told Zhang Zhiwei directly that after defeating Wu Gensheng, it would be his turn next.

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and did not impose too many restrictions on Zhang Huaiyi. He couldn't break his legs and force him to stay on the mountain.

He just reminded Zhang Huaiyi not to have too much contact with Wu Gensheng and not to forget the consequences of that time.

Zhang Huaiyi agreed readily, saying that he was just looking for Wu Gensheng to fight, and anyone who knew about it would be unable to say no.

Having said that, Zhang Zhiwei stopped trying to persuade Zhang Huaiyi. Everyone has their own ideas, and he couldn't impose his ideas on others.

Moreover, Zhang Zhiwei did not care about the Jiashen Rebellion in the original plot. Although it was a chaos, it was not a big deal.

Compared with the chaos of this era, that little chaos was not worth mentioning. He was not worried about such a small thing, so he let Zhang Huaiyi go out to travel. It is worth mentioning that although Zhang Huaiyi did not fight with Zhang Zhiwei during his return, he tried with his brothers. No matter who he faced, he always won by a narrow margin. He also fought with Lu Jin and Lu Ci, and also won by a narrow margin.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this kid was hiding his abilities, because the disciples of Mount Longhu who were easily defeated by Lu Jin and Lu Ci were also narrowly defeated by Zhang Huaiyi.

In the past three years, Lu Jin and Lu Ci have left Longhu Mountain several times.
Lu Jin was away for a longer time, and spent most of his time at Trinity Gate.

Lu Ci was away for a shorter period of time, and he stayed in Longhu Mountain most of the time.

Lu Jin would occasionally come to Longhu Mountain and stay for a month or two, during which time he would frequently compete with Lu Ci.

The two men won and lost in the competition. Lu Ci also avenged himself. He knocked Lu Jin unconscious once and paraded him around Longhu Mountain with him on his back. He asked everyone he met, "How did you know that I defeated the disciple of Daying Immortal of Sanyi Sect?", making everyone in Longhu Mountain laugh at him.

How could Lu Jin, a respectable man, endure such a great humiliation? He immediately worked hard and practiced hard, and finally got his face back.

He defeated Lu Ci, knocked him unconscious, tied his hands and feet with ropes, strung them together with a piece of bamboo, and carried him on his shoulders like a pig. He paraded all over the mountain and even went to Shangqing Town at the foot of Longhu Mountain. He told everyone he met about it, without caring whether those ordinary people knew about Lu Ci's reputation as the two pillars of the Lu family.

There were many fellow martial artists in Shangqing Town, and the news gradually spread among the martial arts world. Even Lu Ci's older brothers in Lujia Village knew about it.

The second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth sons of the Lu family almost all went to Longhu Mountain to help Lu Ci get back his face and give Lu Jin a good beating, but this proposal was rejected by Lu Ci.

This was a personal grudge between him and Lu Ci, how could he allow others to interfere? Wouldn't that mean he was incompetent and couldn't beat Lu Jin?
Even if he wins when outnumbered, he will still lose face. He has to get back the lost reputation himself.

Hard work pays off. Finally, after his Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound was completed, he seized the opportunity and defeated Lu Jin fiercely.

The last time Lu Jin defeated him, he skewered him on a stick and paraded him through the streets like an animal. He was planning to do the same to Lu Jin.

But at this time, a fisherman passed by. Before he could open his mouth, the fisherman picked up a big fish half a man's height and started bragging.

When Lu Ci saw the fish, which was pierced through the gills by palm leaves and tied into a knot, he immediately came up with an idea. He immediately picked up a few palm leaves, then pierced a large, transparent hole in Lu Jin's gill, pierced the palm leaves through the fish, and lifted it up like a fish, displaying it all the way from the Tianshi Mansion to the Zhengyi Temple, and then to Shangqing Town.

This strange scene attracted a lot of attention and also spread throughout the society.

The next day, Lu Jin woke up and touched the two bloody holes on his face. If he had not been temporarily unable to defeat Lu Ci, he would have wanted to kill him.

In the end, Zhang Zhiwei was asked to repair the hole on his face with his bare hands.

In short, the scale of the harm done to each other by these two enemies has become increasingly serious, to the point where neither of them dares to spar with each other casually. Both are practicing with all their might, fearing that one will fall behind and become a laughing stock in the world.

The Lu and Lu families naturally knew that these two people had caused such a big fuss. However, the two family heads were very open-minded and felt that this was a great encouragement, just the right thing to spur them to practice. As long as no one was killed, they could do whatever they wanted.

During this period, the Tiantong Church was also growing and expanding. It had already radiated from the Demon City to the surrounding areas, covering half of China. It had countless believers and enormous power of faith.

Mr. Huang Liu went to the Northeast and invited a group of white fairies to come over, which led to the opening of many branches of Tiantong Medical Hall and increasingly prosperous business.

Wang Ai also completely absorbed the few heavy industries that he had taken over from the Shasun family, and began to grow wildly with the funds that Zhang Zhiwei had looted.

Because it involved many large industries, even though Zhang Zhiwei had already said that he would leave it to Wang Ai to handle it, Wang Ai still felt uneasy. He felt that he could not shoulder the responsibility of such a large enterprise that would affect the country's destiny, and wanted Zhang Zhiwei to share some of the burden.

Zhang Zhiwei agreed, and Wang Ai came up with a bunch of contracts. He participated in the entire process of drafting and signing these contracts, and was extremely detailed. However, Zhang Zhiwei was too lazy to even take a look at them and just signed them directly.

For Zhang Zhiwei, the only things that matter to him are spiritual practice. Other worldly matters are not important to him. Money, identity, and status are not worth mentioning.

Wang Ai brought these documents down the mountain. Relying on the reputation of the Tiantong Sect Leader, as well as the technology and some advanced equipment obtained from the Shasun family, and with the injection of a large amount of funds from Zhang Zhiwei, it only took him two years to build a steel plant with advanced equipment in Yucheng, and production began this year.

If all goes well, the expected output of steel this year is 50,000 tons.

It is worth mentioning that according to Wang Ai’s research, the steel production in the entire China was less than 1,000 tons last year.

This data is indeed a bit rough. When Zhang Zhiwei knew about it, he even found it hard to believe.

Because this was not even one-tenth of the daily output of a steel mill in later generations, he didn't know whether it was true or false, or how much of it was embezzled.

However, in recent years, China has indeed been in great chaos. The previous 100,000-strong army marched eastward and won a great victory, taking control of the Dongjiang region.

In the same year, the chaos in China made Marshal Zhang unable to sit still. He sent people to lead the army into the pass to control the land of Qi and Lu, and went south to Jiangsu to expand the territory, and incorporated the provinces and regions along the Jinpu line into the territory of the Fengtian clique.

The Fengtian clique's southward expansion caused strong dissatisfaction among the Zhili warlords.

In the same year, the Zhili warlords launched a massive attack on the Fengtian warlords. The Fengtian warlords were quickly defeated due to their dispersed forces, lost their territory in the south, and retreated to the five provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian, which were occupied by the Zhili warlords.

At the same time, the Guangdong warlords rose up to retake the Dongjiang area occupied by the Eastern Expedition Army and aimed at Guangzhou.

This triggered the Second Eastern Expedition, which saw a great victory, completely defeating the Guangdong warlords and unifying Guangdong.

The next year, the Guangxi army was merged into the Eastern Expedition Army, and part of the Hunan army was merged into the Eastern Expedition Army. From then on, the Eastern Expedition Army began the Northern Expedition.

In July, the Northern Expedition Army captured Changjun. In October, the Northern Expedition Army captured Jiangcheng, took over Hubei Province, and designated Jiangcheng as the capital. In the same year, the Northwest Army was incorporated into the Northern Expedition Army.

Subsequently, the Northern Expedition Army attacked Jiangxi, won a great victory and occupied the entire territory.

The military governor who had been coming to Mount Longhu to hold birthday ceremonies once went to Mount Longhu to ask Zhang Zhiwei and his disciples for help in resisting the Northern Expedition Army, but was rejected by Zhang Zhiwei and Zhang Jingqing and asked to go down the mountain. In desperation, he followed his direct superiors and fled to Nanjing.

Subsequently, the Northern Expedition Army captured Fujian.

In order to fight against the Northern Expedition Army, Marshal Zhang and the Zhili warlord Marshal Sun, two enemies who were almost beaten to death last year, actually united to form the An Guo Army.

But it was still difficult to reverse the defeat. Before long, several provinces, including Nanjing, were lost one after another, and the area south of the Yangtze River was completely occupied by the Northern Expedition Army.

At this critical moment, a major change occurred in the Magic City. The former principal of the Whampoa Military Academy took the opportunity to take over the Northern Expedition, stealing the success of the Northern Expedition, occupying the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and establishing the capital in Jinling, confronting Jiangcheng. (End of this chapter)