This martial artist just wants to be an official

Chapter 457 Punishment
Sure enough, from the moment the boy put his hand into his chest, a group of strong men stared at his movements.

The next moment, a stream of white powder suddenly flew towards the group of people along the boy's hand.

Lu Yuanzhi could even smell the spicy smell from the powder.

This is……

Chili mixed with lime?

The first to bear the brunt was the fifth-grade warrior in front of the boy.

"Ah!!!" The moment the powder entered his eyes, the fifth-rank warrior screamed, and then he saw that boy's eyes became fierce. He took the risk of being hacked by the sixth-rank warriors around him, and stabbed the fifth-rank warrior with his sword.

"Pfft!!"

"Pfft!!"

The two weapons cut a deep wound on the boy's body that was visible to the bone.

But the boy also took advantage of this opportunity and stabbed a sword into the eye socket of the fifth-grade master.

"what!!"

The fifth-rank master just screamed, then rolled on the ground, covering his eyes.

After struggling for a while, there was no sound.

When Lu Yuanzhi saw this, his eyebrows raised slightly.

After the boy stabbed the fifth-rank master on the ground to death, he himself was at the end of his strength. His face turned red and he spat out blood, staggering.

Those sixth-grade masters looked at each other and looked at him warily.

Judging from the way this kid just touched his chest and threw a handful of lime, he is definitely a small coin.

They didn't dare to act rashly.

"Aren't you going to take action yet?"

The boy knew that he had reached a dead end, and with a playful look on his face, he said sarcastically:

"A few men in their thirties don't dare to take the life of a boy in his early twenties like me?"

No one spoke. A few people just looked at him vigilantly and slowly surrounded him.

The boy didn't move, his eyes full of contempt.

"He has no backup plan anymore, let's fight him shoulder to shoulder!"

A man suddenly spoke, with a vicious look in his eyes, and said harshly to the boy.

"superior!!"

Several people looked at each other, raised their weapons, and attacked the boy without hesitation.

"Damn it! I knew I couldn't scare you!" The boy cursed and tried to turn around and run away.

But at this time he no longer had the aura of a warrior, and his injured body did not allow him to move very fast.

Soon he was caught up by those men.

"Take the initiative to hand over the Luo Yujing, and I will leave you with an intact body."

Someone was looking straight at him.

The boy's eyes rolled and he said, "Can't you just spare my life?"

"You killed so many people in our Jianzhou Dao martial arts world. If we spare your life, we will have a hard time reporting back."

The man snorted coldly: "But if you insist on not changing your ways, we will kill you and throw you into the lake to feed the fish! Don't worry, we are all from reputable and upright sects and will not break our promises."

"Go to your grandma!!"

The boy suddenly cursed: "You can't beat me to steal my things, and now you blame me for killing your people! You are really a reputable and upright family!"

"That thing won't be of much use in your hands."

The man looked at the boy seriously and said, "Only by giving it to us can we contribute to the country and save the people!"

When the boy heard this, he was so angry that he started screaming.

No one can compare to these people in their ability to confuse right and wrong.

Your face is thicker than Mother's city wall!
"Oh? To save the people?"

A teasing voice suddenly sounded from the forest.

Hearing this voice, everyone was shocked.

Then he looked at the person who suddenly appeared with extreme vigilance.

With their level of cultivation, they didn't even notice how this person appeared. It seems that this person is not easy to deal with.

"When did Dayong fall to the point where it needed a bunch of peasants like you to save it?"

Lu Yuan sneered and slowly walked towards the crowd. It was not clear how fast he was, but he appeared in front of everyone in the blink of an eye:
"When the time comes for you to step up and save the people, Dayong will be completely rotten."

"Who is your Excellency?"

Even though Lu Yuanzhi's words were blunt, these people did not dare to act rashly.

After all, this is Beijing, a place where many hidden dragons and crouching tigers are present.

And judging from Lu Yuanzhi's accent, he is a typical Beijinger.

"You are not worthy to know my name."

There was no fluctuation on Lu Yuanzhi's face, he just slowly looked towards the boy.

At this moment, the boy was trembling all over, looking at Lu Yuanzhi in disbelief, his voice stuttering:

"North……"

He knew Lu Yuanzhi.

When Lu Yuanzhi wiped out the entire clan at Duanya Mountain, he announced his name.

At that time, he was still the Marquis of Qinghe.

But everyone in Dayong now knows that Qinghe Marquis Lu Yuanzhi traveled to the border, killed the Demon King and was named Duke of the North.

"You came after all."

Lu Yuanzhi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked at the boy and said: "It seems that you are in big trouble?"

"Please save me, sir!"

The boy felt much more relaxed the moment he saw Lu Yuanzhi appear.

He ignored the danger and fell to his knees with a thump.

"Hehe, where's the token?"

Lu Yuanzhi simply ignored those fifth-grade peasants and asked the boy indifferently.

"Here!" The boy naturally knew what Lu Yuanzhi was talking about.

After Lu Yuanzhi left Duanya Mountain, he gave this kid a token, which allowed him to come to Beijing to find him with the token.

The boy carefully took out a small cloth bag from his chest and opened it layer by layer.

It can be seen that the token was well kept by this guy.

"Haha." Lu Yuanzhi waved his hand lightly, sucked the token into his hand, and put it into the scripture space, "It's okay, stand aside."

"Yes!" The boy looked at the warriors with pity, then walked aside obediently.

"Who are you, Your Excellency?"

Seeing Lu Yuanzhi's extraordinary demeanor, coupled with the boy's fearless look, several people felt a little unsure. They frowned at Lu Yuanzhi, bowed, and said:

"We are from the Jianghu of Jianzhou. This man has killed many of our followers, so we cannot let him go. Please give us some favors. When you come to the Jianghu of Jianzhou in the future, we will treat you as honored guests!"

Hearing this, a look of disdain flashed across Lu Yuanzhi's face:
"Who do you think you are? Are you worthy of negotiating terms with me? Now either get out or die."

The people who heard Lu Yuanzhi's words blushed and stared at him intently.

After a long time, someone finally said with a sinister look in his eyes:

"Brothers, there are only two of them here. Although this kid doesn't seem to have any skills, he looks no more than 20 years old. Let's go together and kill them both. Then go back to Jianzhou directly. The earliest someone will find their bodies is tomorrow. By then, I'm afraid we will be far away."

Before anyone else could react to what he said, the boy burst into laughter.

"These blind people dare to think of anything!"

"No time, go ahead!!"

One of them raised his brows, raised his knife and rushed towards the two men.

Seeing his action, the remaining few people who were still hesitating didn't think any more and attacked with their swords raised. For a moment, the whole forest was filled with a murderous atmosphere.

Lu Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at this overconfident warrior, and sighed:
"I wanted to spare your lives, but you dared to attack me."

"and many more!!!"

After hearing Lu Yuanzhi's words, those people stopped instantly and looked at Lu Yuanzhi with disbelief on their faces.

"What did he just say??"

"My Lord?"

"Such a young master..." "Gudong."

Several people broke out in sweat instantly, looking at Lu Yuanzhi with fear.

"Hehe, you guessed it right. What a pity, if you dare to attack the Duke of Beiguo, not only will you guys die, but the sects behind you will also be buried with you!"

When the boy saw this scene, he found it extremely funny. The actions of these people stopping their bodies abruptly were really laughable.

“Puff!!”

Without any hesitation, several people knelt on the ground:

"Duke Lu... Although we attacked, we didn't really use the blades to cause any offense. Please spare our lives for the sake of us stopping at the brink of death!"

There was no hesitation. They were not fools.

Given Lu Yuanzhi's ghostly appearance just now and his demeanor, no one dared to bet that he was impersonating the Duke of Beiguo.

Even if the Duke of Beiguo is not in person, he definitely has someone to rely on.

"hehe."

It was the first time for Lu Yuanzhi to experience such a scene.

In the past, if someone was disrespectful to me, I would slap him to death.

But although these people were disrespectful to me, they were not completely disrespectful to me...

"One of you cuts off one of your arms, and then destroys your own Dantian. Get lost. Oh, and the one who suggested killing us, cut off one more leg."

After thinking for a while, Lu Yuanzhi felt that his judgment was more reasonable.

If they offend me but not completely, then I will take their lives, but not completely.

This makes sense.

After hearing Lu Yuanzhi's words, several people hesitated on the spot.

Everyone gritted their teeth, with hesitation on their faces.

"Why don't you hurry up? If the Duke really takes action, not only will you die, but the sect behind you will also be wiped out."

The boy took advantage of his master's power and looked at them shouting.

"you!"

Those people were in a dilemma. The method Lu Yuanzhi mentioned was actually no different from killing them...

But... do you dare to bet?
Then suddenly another person stood up and stared at Lu Yuanzhi:
"The Duke is devoted to the people and would never say such cruel words. In my opinion, you are not the Duke at all."

This man was the one whom Lu Yuanzhi forced to break an extra leg.

"Oh?"

Lu Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly: "The Duke is not as noble as you say."

"I don't believe you!!"

A cold light flashed in the man's eyes, and he slashed towards Lu Yuanzhi with a knife.

"hehe."

Without seeing Lu Yuanzhi make any move, he saw the man who was attacking suddenly stop.

The next moment, the head fell silently from the neck...

Seeing this scene, all the remaining people broke out in a sweat.

Lu Yuanzhi just looked at them with a smile.

Without any hesitation, everyone slashed their arms.

"puff!!"

"puff!!"

"puff!!"

"..."

Several arms fell to the ground.

"Ok!"

A few people groaned, but no one screamed. They just endured the severe pain in their arms.

"You are indeed some brave men. Go away now. Tell others that you saved a life from my hands. Then you will become famous in the martial arts world."

Lu Yuanzhi sneered.

"Thank you, Duke, for not killing me!"

Several people covered their arms, tucked their tails between their legs, and ran away in the direction they came from.

For a moment, Lu Yuanzhi and the boy were the only ones left in the forest.

"Pfft!"

The boy knelt on the ground and kowtowed:

"Thank you, Duke, for saving my life!"

Lu Yuanzhi looked at the boy calmly and asked, "What's your name?"

"My Lord, my name is Li Jin."

……

Lu Yuanzhi's heart trembled slowly. He looked carefully at Li Jin in front of him and felt that his eyebrows were indeed somewhat similar to the dead Li Jin.

"Good good."

Lu Yuanzhi just said three good words, then came to Li Jin and slowly stretched out his hand:

"Get up."

Hearing this, Li Jin was stunned and stared blankly at Lu Yuanzhi's hand.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yuanzhi frowned.

"Hmm!" Li Jin swallowed hard, held Lu Yuanzhi's hand, and felt the warmth in Lu Yuanzhi's hand. His heart seemed to be blocked by something.

"What's the matter with the injuries on your body?"

After Li Jin got up, Lu Yuanzhi glanced at him indifferently, walked forward alone and asked.

"After getting this object, they went after the ones I left behind."

Li Jin took out a bronze mirror from his arms.

Lu Yuanzhi glanced at the bronze mirror. The mirror was so smooth that he couldn't see anything. He asked casually:

"What is the use?"

"The speed of absorbing the energy of heaven and earth is at least three times faster, and it can reach five times faster at night. When the moon is full, one night is equivalent to a year of hard training."

Li Jin had nothing to hide, he told everything out loud.

"That's it?"

Lu Yuanzhi, who had hardly practiced, could not understand the horror of this thing at all. He sneered at the mirror:

"They are so desperate to snatch this kind of rubbish. I'm afraid those people have brain diseases."

"Uh……"

All right, whatever you say is what's going on.

"Put it away. Work hard when you get into Peiyinlang. When you reach the fourth rank, I will become a high-ranking official with you."

"Thank you, Duke." Li Jin was shocked when he heard this.

The two of them talked and walked, and before they knew it, they had walked out of the forest and arrived in front of Qinghe Academy.

As soon as I came out, I heard someone protesting.

"Hai Wuyang is more talented, but he is just of the same generation as us. How can he be worthy of the position of chief examiner?"

"Yes, Qinghe Academy really doesn't take us students seriously!"

"No, I want to go into the academy to protest!"

"Let's go together!"

"What virtue and ability do I have as a junior? I will go and question the dean!"

"........."

Although Hai Wuyang had already passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer.

But in the eyes of these students, his qualifications and status were not enough to convince them.

"Tsk."

Seeing this scene, Lu Yuanzhi raised his eyebrows slightly, and immediately knew that there was something interesting to watch. He smiled and said:
"Follow me into the courtyard and watch the show."

Li Jin was stunned when he heard it, then looked at the group of people curiously, and followed Lu Yuanzhi towards the distant place.

(End of this chapter)