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Chapter 104 Divine Sword [Dragon Bird]! Improved swordsmanship! Superb! (Please subscribe!)

"Xu Ji, the captain of the Yiling Prefecture Military Academy, has met the envoy of Chen Zhen!"

But in front of the young man, he saw a man in chainmail who had a round face, big ears, a straight nose, a square mouth, a tiger's jaw and a tiger's beard, and an eight-foot-long figure, clasping his fists respectfully.

Chen Yan was quite unfamiliar with the word 'Chen Zhenfu Shi' when he first heard it, but this strangeness only came to his senses for a moment.

Then he looked at the Qian Yiling Mansion Army behind Xu Ji, and saw that these Thousand Mansion Mansion Army were arranged in a neat square formation. Each of them had a bloody look on their face, and their eyes were hard and iron-blooded. They are elite soldiers and strong generals.

With a slight movement in his heart, Chen Yan nodded without changing his expression:

"Captain Xu, you have worked hard all the way."

"Your Majesty, you are serious, this is all the responsibility of the general."

Xu Ji's respectful expression remained unchanged. He knew that the young man in front of him who looked too young had become a rising star from today on. He was the youngest governor in the history of the Wu Dynasty. It was almost imaginable. The future of youth is limitless.

Thoughts were swirling in his mind, but Xu Ji continued:
  "Master Chen, this is what Commander Wei will bring you at the end of his life."

Saying that, Xu Ji gave up his position, and behind him, several personal guards came forward.

One of the guards was dragging a delicate wooden box with both hands. The box was three feet long and six inches wide, with dragons and phoenixes dancing on the surface. Just looking at the box seemed priceless, but I had no idea what was inside.

On the other side was a stone shaped like a millstone, with a rough surface covered with marks, carried by three big and powerful men.

The three weird men all wore thick fur gloves on their hands. They were lifting the boulder through the gloves, which looked weird.

The Wei Shuai in Xu Ji's mouth refers to Wei Shanhe. As for these two things, they are probably the rewards that Wei Shanhe said he had received from Jian Tiansi before.

He was a little curious about what these two things were, but they were not in the right place, so Chen Yan nodded:

"Captain Xu is helpful. Just put him in our courtyard."

Xu Ji waved his hand and ordered his guards to deliver the wooden box and stones to Chen Yan's courtyard, and then asked respectfully:
  "Following Commander Wei's order, I will accompany you to Xiangxi County, but please follow Master Chen's instructions."

No wonder the attitude is so respectful. It turns out that this is the team Wei Shanhe gave him to establish a foothold in Xiangxi County.

Chen Yan suddenly felt enlightened and couldn't help but feel more and more grateful to Wei Shanhe.

There is no doubt that the Thousand Yiling Prefecture Army was privately ordered by Wei Shanhe. Thinking that Chen Yan would be alone in Xiangxi County to go to work, he arranged for the assistance of the Thousand Yiling Prefecture Army.

Thinking of this, Chen Yan couldn't help but look at Xu Ji kindly, and looked at the Qian Yiling Army behind Xu Ji with a hint of joy.

This is the team he will use to establish himself in Xiangxi County in the future!
  After thinking for a moment, Chen Yan ordered:

"There are still a small number of skinned puppets left in the outer city. You can lead the soldiers to assist General Deng in clearing out the skinned puppets in the city."

"Yes! I will obey the order!"

Xu Ji's expression did not change at all, he respectfully clasped his fists and accepted the order to leave.

Seeing Xu Ji leading a thousand Yiling Mansion troops to leave, Chen Yan's eyes widened.

This order is a small test of the combat effectiveness of the Thousand Yiling Mansion Army. Although they all appear to be battle-hardened veterans, the actual performance on the battlefield will depend on the subsequent clearing of the outer city. This can be seen in the casualty ratio of the Skinned Puppet.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Chen Yan turned his attention to the reward given to him by Supervisor Tiansi.

But when he saw Facai spinning around the huge millstone-like stone, he was so curious that he couldn't help but jump up. But as soon as he got up, he screamed as if his feet were being burned and jumped down again. They all laughed.

During the time when he was dealing with the Painted Skin Demon, Fa Cai was arranged by him to protect the old lady and her family.

It is naturally easy for Fa Cai to perform such tasks. After nourishing himself with the ‘Animal Food Pills’ during this period, Fa Cai’s strength has surpassed the second level of Qi and Blood and is close to the third level of Qi and Blood.

The strange thing is that the energy and blood are increasing, but the wealth has not turned into a demon yet.

That is to say, the evil spirit was produced. At least Chen Yan saw it through the Netherworld Technique and did not see any evil spirit in Fa Cai's body. Chen Yan was quite puzzled.

Generally speaking, like ordinary birds and beasts, when their Qi and blood are strong enough to a certain extent, they will be demonized, and then the demon Qi will be born. There are some people with outstanding talents who can even understand the demon method from their blood, such as the one Chen Yan killed before. The century-old spider demon is a typical example.

But the wealth and energy and blood are already comparable to those of martial arts masters with three levels of energy and blood, but there is still no movement of demon transformation, and I don't know why.

After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason. Chen Yan could only attribute this to the fact that getting rich is a strange beast. Unlike ordinary birds and beasts, it may turn into a monster later.

After joking about getting rich for a while, which made the rich man glare with dissatisfaction, Chen Yan did not rush to study what this huge millstone was, but first looked at the exquisite wooden box.

He stretched out his hand and summoned it, and the wooden box flew into his hand. After a closer look, he saw that the wooden box was made of the finest rosewood, with exquisite patterns of auspicious clouds carved on the surface, and lifelike dragons and phoenixes soaring. It was so beautiful.

This wooden box alone looked quite extraordinary, and Chen Yan became more and more curious about what was in it.

With a trace of curiosity, Chen Yan opened the wooden box, and the first thing he saw was a scabbard.

It turned out to be a knife!

There was a hint of joy in Chen Yan's eyes.

The Yulong Dao was broken in two by Taoist Zhengxiao during the battle with the Painted Skin Demon. Although Chen Yan still had feelings for the Yulong Dao, for the sake of future battles, he would definitely consider changing to another knife.

Unexpectedly, the imperial court directly rewarded him.

The scabbard was dark black, with exquisite stripes all over the surface. It seemed to be made of the leather of some kind of animal, but it was not an ordinary mountain bird or beast, because Chen Yan felt a faint trace of light on the scabbard. Demonic spirit.

At least it was a scabbard made of the leather of a demon incarnation.

The scabbard is so stylish, Chen Yan is even more curious about what this knife is!

But it is definitely not a fish dragon knife.

Of course, the Fish Dragon Sword is precious and worth thousands of gold. It is also very rare in the Wu Dynasty. It is comparable to a precious sword and is not even worse than a practitioner's magical weapon.

But the Fish-Dragon Sword is a standard weapon after all. With Chen Yan's great contribution this time, no matter how stingy the court is, they won't reward him with another Fish-Dragon Sword, right?
  Thinking like this, Chen Yan focused his eyes on the exposed handle of the knife.

The handle of the knife is in the shape of a ring, and the shape looks like a long-beaked beast, resembling a dragon but not a dragon, a phoenix but not a phoenix. The handle is decorated with hooked cloud patterns.

He stretched out his hand and gently touched the handle of the knife. Surprisingly, it was not cold.

On the contrary, holding the handle of the knife, Chen Yan only felt warm in the palm of his hand. It felt as if he was not holding the handle of the knife, but touching a piece of warm jade, and a heat was constantly radiating from the palm of his hand.

What makes Chen Yan even more satisfied is that the handle of the knife seems to be designed to fit his body. It fits just right in the palm of his hand, neither long nor short. Even the lines on the handle fit Chen Yan's palm prints!
  Chen Yan's eyes became even more curious. He no longer hesitated and drew out the long knife!

"laugh--"

Just listen to a clear and sweet knife sound.

What comes into view is a snow-white long blade that is as white as snow and exudes a deep chill!

"Good knife!"

The first time he saw the blade, Chen Yan couldn't put it down. His eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help but praise it.

The blade was three feet and nine inches long, more than nine inches longer than Chen Yan's Yulong Dao. It was one of the rare long knives.

The blade has a straight back, and the blade is covered with black hammer marks and is engraved with gold-gilded seal script. On the other side of the blade, there is a line of small characters engraved in fly-head seal script.

Chen Yan looked at it carefully and saw it written: "Ancient sharp weapon, Wu Chu Zhan Lu, Da Xia Longque."

Dragon Bird Knife? !
  Chen Yan was startled, and then his pupils shrank with shock in his eyes.

It turned out to be the Dragon Bird Sword!

Whether this sword is placed in the past life or this life, it is a famous magic sword!

For example, during the Wu Dynasty, it was said that the Dragon Bird Sword was forged from the bones of a real dragon and was forged by tens of thousands of swordsmiths for ten years. It was a magical weapon!
  This sword has always been a symbol of royal power in the Wu Dynasty.

The wielder of this sword can slay faint kings at the top and sycophants at the bottom. When the dragon bird sword comes out, it is as if the emperor is personally present. It is not an exaggeration to say that the sword is superior.

Chen Yan was very curious as to who the governor at the mouth of the Weishan River was, who could directly bestow this magical sword that symbolized 'royal power'.

The Dragon Bird Sword not only represents far-reaching power behind it, but the Dragon Bird Sword itself is also a sharp and sharp sword that cuts iron like clay!

It is not difficult to deduce from this that the situation in Xiangxi County has become so corrupt that the Dragon Bird Sword was actually given to him.

Chen Yan's heart condensed slightly, but he didn't feel any fear at all.

The soldiers will block it, the water will cover it and the earth will cover it. With the magic sword and dragon bird in hand, it can only be killed on the left and right!
  Kill him and his head will roll! “Buzz!”

As if sensing the murderous intention in Chen Yan's heart, the Dragon Bird Sword chirped softly, releasing a cold sword aura, which made the people on the side jump in fright, and jump up to the eaves as if their hair was exploding.

Chen Yan chuckled lightly and returned the long sword to its sheath. Chen Yan took off the Fish Dragon Saber from his waist and hung up the Dragon Bird Saber.

Reaching out and gently touching the surface of the Fish Dragon Knife, Chen Yan sighed softly:
  "Old man, it's your turn to rest."

Saying this, Chen Yan solemnly put it into the exquisite wooden box containing the Dragon Bird Knife and sealed it.

This sword that followed him through several battles and achieved great success finally retired from the stage.

Then, the magic sword Longque followed Chen Yan to fight in all directions!
  Chen Yan's emotion only lasted for a moment, and then he turned his attention to the last thing rewarded by the imperial court - the huge stone like a millstone, with a rough surface covered with marks.

Being able to be given together with the divine weapon ‘Dragon Bird Sword’, it goes without saying that the value of this seemingly unattractive boulder will definitely not be weaker than that of the divine weapon Dragon Bird!

But how did Chen Yan look at it, and why did he feel that this huge stone was just an ordinary stone, except that there were some knife marks all over it.

Yes, after careful study, Chen Yan saw that the marks on the surface of the boulder were left by the blade of a knife. They looked like ordinary stones used to sharpen knives.

and so……

What is the use of this whetstone?

Chen Yan was confused.

Can't you give me a manual or something?

Chen Yan couldn't help but complain.

Then he took a step forward and gently touched his hand on the surface of the boulder.

"hiss!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as they touched each other, Chen Yan subconsciously pulled away and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise:

"So sharp?"

Yes.

Stone, sharp.

Such two seemingly unrelated words were strangely combined at this moment.

No wonder Fa Cai jumped up and jumped down again as if his feet were hot.

This huge whetstone was so sharp that it spontaneously produced sword energy. The sword energy was so sharp that Chen Yan even felt that if he held his hand for a little longer, he might even bleed!
  He will be bleeding!
  You must know that Chen Yan's physical strength is so strong that he is invulnerable. Ordinary weapons cannot even break through his defense.

But the ordinary whetstone in front of him was so sharp that it could cut him and bleed.

Weird...

It's so weird...

With a hint of interest in his heart, Chen Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he mobilized a trace of spiritual power to invade this huge whetstone.

This is a method used by practitioners to refine magic weapons. Chen Yan plans to try it to see if it has any effect.

Who knows.

This trace of soul power just invaded the boulder.

next moment.

hum-

There seemed to be a yellow bell ringing in his mind, and after a moment of trance, blurry and jumping light and shadow scenes unfolded before his eyes like a revolving lantern.

Chen Yan only felt that the scene in front of him changed, and he came to a completely unfamiliar place.

His perspective seemed to be from a third-person perspective, and in front of him, an old monk with drooping white eyebrows appeared.

The old monk was wearing a worn monk's robe, holding a rusty hatchet in his hand, sitting on a huge stone, and sharpening the knife on the surface of the stone.

This stone is clearly the huge whetstone in Chen Yanyuan!
  But Chen Yan's focus is no longer on the boulder, but on the old monk!

The pupils vibrated, eyes full of disbelief.

Because he knows this old monk!
  Do not!
  To be more precise, all the martial arts masters in the entire Wu Dynasty knew this old monk!
  Patriarch Bodhidharma!

Patriarch Bodhidharma opened up the martial arts line of the Wu Dynasty and is the ancestor of all authentic martial arts in the world!

clank clank clank clang –

Under Chen Yan's shocked gaze, Bodhidharma seemed oblivious. He held a hatchet in his hand and quietly polished the surface of the boulder, leaving traces of time one after another.

I don’t know how long time has passed.

Maybe it's a short moment, or maybe it's a hundred years.

When the rust on the surface of the hatchet disappeared, and when the surface of the boulder was covered with knife marks, Bodhidharma finally stopped sharpening the knife, and instead held the smooth hatchet in his hand. He seemed to nod with satisfaction, and then swung the knife casually.

What a knife that was!
  "Keng!!!"

At this moment, the knife was like thunder!
  A sword light glowing with cold light burst out!

The cold sword light soared into the sky, the sword light was as cold as a piece of steel, and the terrifying sword energy burst out as if to tear the sky apart!

"So fierce?!"

Chen Yan's eyelids twitched wildly.

But wherever the sword light passed, the air was cut and made a hissing sound.

Its color is like ice, with no variegated colors throughout its body, and it is extremely sharp and cold, making people's eyes sting when they look at it, as if they are about to bleed.

Can't look straight.

boom!
  A hurricane suddenly arises, and the air waves are evacuated.

It was as if the gas around it didn't dare to get close to it, and was running away frantically in all directions.

For a moment, like a boulder falling into water, substantial ripples appeared in the void, and everything on the mountaintop was trembling and terrified!

吟！
  There seemed to be a dragon's roar resounding.

Then, Bodhidharma turned around calmly, looked straight at Chen Yan, and said quietly:
  "Do you understand?"

Can he see me? !

Chen Yan was shocked!
  Then, the light and shadow in front of him shattered.

In the quiet courtyard, Chen Yan was in a daze for a while, and it took him a long time before he came back to his senses.

Looking at the boulder in front of him again, Chen Yan's eyes were filled with shock.

This is no ordinary whetstone!
  This is the enlightenment stone of the founder Bodhidharma!
  At this time, Chen Yan's personal panel changed again.

[Blood Evil Sword Technique (Superb)]...

His sword skills have improved again.

Simply because he watched Bodhidharma's shocking strike.

He stretched out his hand and gently touched the surface of the boulder. It was no longer sharp and turned into an ordinary stone.

……

(End of this chapter)