Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 384: The New Form of the Zhanlu Sword

Around the same time.

Prime Minister's Office in Kyoto.

The scent of sandalwood floated in the study, and shadows formed pairs. The moonlight covered the floor in front of the door in a thick layer. Lin Dabao sat on the steps of the eaves diagonally opposite, holding a windmill made of hard yellow paper, blowing air into it, and flicking it with his fingers when he thought it turned too slowly.

Lin Ruofu and Yuan Hongdao had been playing chess for nearly an hour, a total of three games, and they lost every game. Even if they cheated and regretted their moves, they could not reverse the situation.

Yuan Hongdao gently pressed Heizi into the corner: "Prime Minister, you lose again."

Lin Ruofu frowned and threw the white piece in his hand directly onto the chessboard.

"That Chu Pingsheng... have you seen him?"

Yuan Hongdao raised the dimming oil lamp and said, "I've seen it."

"how?"

"This kid is not a good person."

After listening to Yuan Hongdao's description, Lin Ruofu's expression looked very ugly.

Emperor Qing first wanted Lin Wan'er to marry Fan Xian, which caused a lot of chaos, and then he suddenly arranged a marriage with the Western Hu envoy. What was he up to? Wasn't the court chaotic enough?
Although Fan Xian offended the Crown Prince and the eldest princess, with his full support, he could gain a firm foothold in the court. At least Wan'er was still in Kyoto, and it would not be difficult for father and daughter to meet. But if she married Chu Pingsheng and went to the wild land of the West, then it would be like a daughter married off and spilled, and it would be difficult to meet again.

According to Yuan Hongdao, this boy was not a good person, and he was even more afraid that Lin Wan'er would suffer hardships and torture after marrying Xihu.

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister..."

"Ok?"

"Are you still going to play? Are you still going to play chess?"

Lin Ruofu waved his hand and whispered, "We must not let Wan'er marry this kind of person."

"Prime Minister, that man is a disciple of the Grand Master."

"I can spare it."

Lin Ruofu tapped his fingers on the table. "I heard that... His Majesty also gave him the position of Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple."

Yuan Hongdao came closer and said, "Prime Minister, you want to..."

Lin Ruofu just snorted lightly and didn't respond to his words. He walked outside with his hands behind his back. His wide sleeves brought up a gust of wind, shaking half of the wall.

"Dabao, what are you playing? Can you show it to Daddy?"

"Okay, okay, this is the paper windmill that Fan Xian folded for Dabao. Dad, you blow it, you blow it hard... Haha, Dad, your strength is too weak, you can't blow it as fast as Dabao."

"..."

The conversation between Lin Ruofu and Haodaer could be heard in the yard.

Yuan Hongdao silently put the black and white chess pieces into the equally black and white jar.

……

Similar situations to those at the Fan and Lin mansions were happening in every corner of Kyoto.

The second prince Li Chengze, who was lying barefoot on the couch with his legs crossed, glanced at Xie Bian, who was neither convinced nor convinced, and vowed to find a chance to fight with the Western Hu envoy in order to put a damper on this guy's arrogance.

While eating grapes without spitting out the skins, Li Chengze casually asked him if he could beat Ye Chong.

Xie Bian stopped talking. Ye Zhong was a ninth-rank upper warrior, and he was a ninth-rank warrior. He couldn’t beat him, couldn’t beat him…

It took him a long time to finally say, "Don't rely on bodyguards if you have the guts."

Li Chengze picked out the grape he was about to bite and threw it at his good study partner.

In the East Palace, Crown Prince Li Chengqian rested his chin on his hand and yawned as he listened to the young eunuch's report on the reactions of the court ministers after Chu Pingsheng's recognition of his relatives in the Taiji Hall. He was thinking at the same time whether he should win over Fan Xian or bet on Chu Pingsheng. In the end, the balance tipped towards the latter, because Chu Pingsheng was both a visiting scholar of Xihu and a disciple of the grandmaster, and might become the king of Xihu in the future. Forging a friendship at this time would undoubtedly be a plus for his future ascension to the throne.

……

"Ah."

"Ah."

In the brightly lit concierge courtyard, Chu Pingsheng rubbed his nose, looking unhappy.

As the saying goes, one thinks, two scolds, and three catches a cold.

He knew that many people were scolding him and cursing him.

The [Great Vehicle Bliss Heavenly Demon Body] and [Great Heavenly Saint Danxin Wonderful Method] are so powerful, can't they block this kind of useless heavenly induction?

The leaves rustle.

A white shadow fell beside the stone table.

"Are you back? Come, have a cup of tea and take a rest." Chu Pingsheng stretched out his fingers, stirred the cooled tea, and handed it to King Lanling.

The monkey took the drink, pointed to the southwest, then to the northwest, and then to the Chaoran Building in the middle of the Protocol Courtyard, and growled a few words in a low voice.

"I know."

Chu Pingsheng also took a sip of tea and said, "No hurry, there are some accounts that I like to settle together. After all, I am a big businessman and I am not interested in too fragmented business. It would be wonderful to enjoy the beautiful scenery, flowers, moon and swords at such a good time."

Lanling Wang glanced at the colorful roses, sneezed, and looked up at the stars and the moon, but he still had no interest in them. However, the sword in Chu Pingsheng's hand looked completely different in his hand and in its hand.

The Zhanlu sword in its hand was simple and heavy, black all over, without any dense forging marks.

The Zhanlu sword in his hand seemed to have life. Beams of purple-gold light flowed through the black sword body, revealing a narrow crystal lattice.

In the world where it was familiar with Yang Buhui and Ji Xiaofu, it had seen Chu Pingsheng use the Zhanlu sword, but there was no such strange phenomenon at that time.

"It's weird, isn't it?"

Chu Pingsheng swung his sword and chopped off the moon: "Because I upgraded it."

upgrade?

Lanling Wang didn't understand what the word meant, and he scratched his ears and cheeks and screamed in anxiety.

"You'll know later."

Chu Pingsheng grabbed the plate of green fruits that Xin Qiwu had brought not long ago, picked up the biggest one and threw it to him, then walked towards the bedroom with the sword in hand.

After completing the mission in the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils world, the system rewarded him with two chances to forge and enchant items. The first time, he was given the Sword of the Heavenly Sword, and enchanted it with the power of the Mysterious Nether Palm, upgrading it to the Frost Sword of the Heavenly Sword. However, because of the night attack on the Hanguang Palace and the beheading of Hong Sixiang and the Empress Dowager with his sword, many palace guards had seen the appearance of the Frost Sword of the Heavenly Sword. Now that he had come to Kyoto with a different identity, if he still used the Frost Sword of the Heavenly Sword, he would definitely be recognized by Yan Xiaoyi and others, which would be very troublesome. So he switched to the Zhanlu Sword and enchanted it.

And the martial arts he chose was neither the Iron Palm Flame Blade, nor the commonly used Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and Six Meridians Divine Sword, but the Four Symbols Palm - this set of palm techniques was not used seldom, but it was the one that helped him the most. It opened up the second meridian system of the [Mahayana Paradise Demon Body], making the palm-generated "Ice and Fire" a reality.

He was very curious about what the Zhanlu Sword would become if he chose this. Logically speaking, the additional effects of the martial arts itself were very powerful, and the upgraded enchantment effect given to the weapon would not be bad either.

So the day before entering Kyoto, he chose the Zhanlu Sword with trepidation and enchanted it. Then, it became like this. When it was given to the white ape, the Zhanlu Sword was still the Zhanlu Sword. When he used it, the Zhanlu Sword became the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword. Those lattice textures seemed like an extension of the human body's meridians, giving him a feeling of being connected by blood to the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword.

Of course, the extension of the meridians is not the key, the key is that in addition to the "meridians", the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword also has a "Dantian". Chu Pingsheng knew that the human body has three Dantians, upper, middle and lower. As a result, the upper Dantian has not been unlocked, and an outer Dantian has been added first.

Moreover, the setting of this outer dantian is very interesting. He once tried to practice Xiao Wuxiang Gong through the external elixir and store the internal force in the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword. Originally, the efficiency of breathing in this world would be reduced by one third due to the interference of nuclear radiation energy. However, after he shielded the middle dantian and the lower dantian, the true energy and the nuclear radiation energy slowly merged after a conflict in the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword.

If a conflict of this intensity happened in his body, he would definitely not feel comfortable. However, because of the special material of the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword, there would be no problem at all. Moreover, when shielding the true qi in the middle dantian and the lower dantian, the mixed true qi in the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword would have no problem flowing through the meridians in the body. After all, the true qi in the dantian is something from the world of martial arts, and would fight with the energy of nuclear radiation. The meridians and dantian themselves are components of the [Mahayana Paradise Demon Body]. How could this level of nuclear energy possibly harm the demon body?

To use a more vivid metaphor, this situation is like connecting a mobile phone to a mobile power bank.

When he left the palace as Bai Feng, he was still regretting the repulsion between the internal skills and nuclear radiation energy in the martial arts world. Now that the Zhanlu Sword has turned into the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword, this problem has been solved.

He also had a bold idea. If he used the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword as the core of the outer Dantian to practice the Tianyi Dao Law and Tyrant Qi of the Joy of Life World, wouldn't Li Yunqian's only "total amount of Qi" that was stronger than him be gone? Then it would be much easier to kill the Grandmaster.

Moreover, the Purple Gold Zhanlu Sword is an external Dantian, and will not be ruthlessly affected by the AI ​​techniques, nor will it have the disadvantage of Li Yunqian's accelerated aging.

That night, Chu Pingsheng slept with the purple gold Zhanlu sword in his arms.

……

A few days later, the funeral of the empress dowager was over and Xin Qiwu was no longer so busy, so Chu Pingsheng temporarily drafted him to guide the Honglu Temple to understand the functions of each agency and the procedures for receiving foreign guests.

At noon, he walked back to the Protocol Courtyard. Before he entered, he saw the black curtain of a carriage parked on the other side of the bluestone road being lifted. A girl of about sixteen or seventeen, dressed in black and with a piercing chill between her brows, walked out of the carriage, supporting a girl in a white dress who was so weak that she seemed like she would fall down if the wind blew.

"Ye... Ye Ling'er? Princess Chen? Lord Chu, I suddenly remembered that I have some things to deal with in the government office, so I won't send you in. Hey, see you tomorrow."

"Master Xin, it's so hot, why don't you go in and have a cup of herbal tea before leaving?"

"No, no, no."

Ye Ling'er and Lin Wan'er came to block Chu Pingsheng's door. It goes without saying that they came for the arranged marriage. He was tired of living and was walking into a trap.

Xin Qiwu said goodbye and ran away. He was faster than a frightened rabbit and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ye Ling'er had already helped Lin Wan'er walk to within two feet of him and asked, "Are you Chu Pingsheng, the evil emissary from Xihu?"

The daughter of Guard Ye had eyebrows as furrowed as the distant peaks with snow, and her cry of hatred was so chilling that it frightened the birds. Even a fool could see that she was here to cause trouble.

(End of this chapter)