Me and countless me.

Chapter 613 Is the golden scale a thing in the pool?

"It looks very useful."

Touching her chin, Li Ke couldn't help but laugh out loud, then shook her head and prepared to continue sweeping.

After all, his martial arts skills were not yet fully developed at this moment, so there was really no need for him to leave now and go to the Quanzhen Sect to mingle in the martial arts world.

Putting everything else aside, if he didn't steal or rob, he wouldn't have money to eat. While the Quanzhen Sect provided simple meals, they could still guarantee two meals a day.

Forget about three meals a day; in this day and age, three meals a day are a real luxury. He himself only keeps a few steamed buns for breakfast.

It's best to hone your skills to the point where you can absorb sunlight before venturing out into the world.

As Li Ke was thinking this, he saw Zhao Zhijing, who hadn't died after his save file was rewound, strolling around as before. However, this time he wasn't deliberately trying to lure anyone, so after a while, Zhao Zhijing went back to continue reading.

Not long after, Zhao Zhijing and Yin Zhiping received a message from another Daoist sect leader looking for them, so they left, leaving only a group of disciples behind.

While Li Ke was activating the Wind and Cloud Twin Techniques to absorb sunlight, he watched these people playing around after their masters left. After all, most of them were fellow disciples of the same age, and people of that age usually like to play around.

In an instant, Li Ke's mind became clear and serene. Under the impetus of the tiny bit of internal energy he had forcibly gathered, strands of internal energy began to circulate in his body with a cellular-level fineness, following the route of the Fengyun Twin Masters.

The Wind and Cloud Twin Techniques truly lived up to their reputation as a technique tailor-made for him by the world. With just a slight circulation, Li Ke felt the sunlight and heat shining on his body being slowly absorbed by his body under the attraction of the 'field' generated after the formation of the internal force path. This 'internal force magnetic field' transformed it into an energy similar to an internal force attack.

However, the moment the energy entered his body, it was absorbed, and Li Ke felt his hunger from not eating breakfast lessen slightly; he was no longer so hungry.

However, Li Ke was even more surprised by the logic behind the operation of this internal energy!

"This is... according to the energy I want to absorb, using internal energy pathways, human internal organs, magnetic fields, and blood as a catalyst, to create a magnetic field device to absorb external energy, and then convert this energy into secondary energy similar to internal energy, which my body can absorb... tsk tsk, this can no longer be considered internal energy!"

Li Ke couldn't help but gasp in amazement, because the moment the internal energy was activated, he no longer needed to operate it himself; his brain automatically took over this part of the operation, making the operation of the internal energy as natural as breathing.

Of course, once you see these words, you will be able to control your blinking and breathing.

"It's as if birds evolved wings in the process of survival, and I evolved the ability of 'internal strength' in thousands of years of evolution! It truly lives up to its name as 'the deduction of the world,' it is indeed mysterious."

However, because of this, Li Ke glimpsed the limitations of this internal skill. Although it was a natural creation, it was also insufficient because humans had too many expectations. For example, Li Ke was now slightly modifying his internal skill, reducing its amplification of wind and cloud attribute moves, turning the original wind and cloud attribute-oriented internal skill into a neutral one, so that he could use other attribute internal forces more smoothly.

However, he can easily revert to this minor change at any time. At worst, he can just switch it when using the Wind and Cloud Inner Force, which won't have any impact at all.

After his modifications, the internal energy became balanced and gentle, yet majestic and imposing, possessing the power of Mount Tai. Once his internal energy had accumulated to a great depth, even a single punch or kick would generate an overwhelming force.

After a moment's thought, he found a suitable move for himself from Li Ke's vast knowledge.

"Cloud-Dispelling Palm, Wind God Leg, and Heavenly Frost Fist."

Li Ke covered his face. These three martial arts techniques were created by Tang Seng Li Ke himself when he had nothing to do. His Cloud-Dispelling Palm could create thunderclouds of the level of Calamity Cloud, and the Wind God Leg was named after he outran the Wind God Fa You.

The Heavenly Frost Fist can freeze the Ganges River directly, far surpassing the techniques used in the world of Wind and Cloud.

"Fine, let him be the overlord then."

Li Ke shook his head and realized that in no time, he had accumulated enough internal energy to reach the level that an ordinary person would take three days to accumulate. However, he felt warm all over and even felt that his clothes were a little too small.

This was not an illusion; he could clearly feel the heat flowing into his limbs and muscles, filling his body.

This comfortable feeling brought a sunny smile to his face, while at this moment, the disciples became even more unruly and started chasing and hitting each other.

He just smiled as he looked at them. After all, whether he went into the Black Mist Space or not, he was now thinking like an adult, and he felt a bit emotional looking at these teenagers.

However, at this moment——

Yang Guo started to be bullied.

The disciples who had grown up in the Quanzhen Sect all looked at Yang Guo. In their eyes, he was someone who was taking advantage of them because he had Guo Jing backing him up. They knew that they had all suffered a lot to become Zhao Zhijing's disciples, and each of them had made considerable efforts.

However, Yang Guo, who had never grown up with them, was able to become Zhao Zhijing's disciple right away, having never experienced their menial tasks and hardships. So, although they knew that Yang Guo was not someone to be trifled with, they still couldn't help but want to make things difficult for him.

As Li Ke swept the fallen leaves, he clearly saw that many crumpled pieces of paper hit Yang Guo on the head. Not only that, those people also deliberately spilled ink on the books that Yang Guo was copying, and even on Yang Guo's body.

But Yang Guo endured it all without any intention of resisting, because he knew very well that he couldn't defeat so many people by himself, and once he started fighting, he would never be able to integrate into their group again.

Guo Jing and Huang Rong didn't want him anymore, and he really had nowhere else to go after leaving this place. If it were before, he wouldn't have cared about being lonely all day long, but after being taken away by Guo Jing and escaping from that life of hunger and hardship, and living a few good years, Yang Guo would never want to go back to the past if there was any chance.

So Yang Guo, who still wanted to integrate into the group of disciples, endured the torment without begging for mercy or resisting. He simply wiped the ink off his body, tore up the destroyed paper, and continued copying the scriptures.

"This child can endure even more than I can."

Li Ke couldn't help but shake his head. If it were him, he would have already grabbed the inkstone and started smashing people. At the very least, he would have beaten the senior brother who was leading the bullying until his head was bleeding.

However, the consequence of doing so would be being expelled from the sect. People in this era were not as gentle and kind as they are now. In particular, those who could become the eldest disciple were all the master's confidants. If you hit the master's confidant, then you would definitely be punished by the master.

If one's health is poor, it's possible to die accidentally.

Therefore, Yang Guo's choice cannot be considered wrong, but—

"Hey, Yang Guo, do you have parents? Why was it Guo Jing who brought you here?"

Lu Qingdu chuckled as he looked at Yang Guo, who was bowing his head and remaining silent. Then, he suddenly grabbed Yang Guo's hair, pulled his chubby face close to his, and continued to speak with a grin.
"You don't have it, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Guo's eyes widened instantly, while Li Ke whirled the broom, his inner strength instantly merging into the wind whipped up by the broom!
"The wind is coming."

The next moment, a strange wind suddenly appeared between Li Ke's brooms, forming a tornado-like force that swirled up the withered branches, fallen leaves, gravel, and dust that Li Ke had swept together!
However, Li Ke's mentally challenged system also started to function.

"...You see your son, Li Chengqian, being bullied by his peers, and you can't help but wonder if this is the reason for your son's psychological problems. So you decide to give those who bullied your son a small punishment as a warning, rescue your son, and show a glorious image in front of your son. Reward: Quanzhen Heart Sutra."

Upon hearing this, Li Ke's lips twitched violently, almost shattering the tornado he had been conjuring. "Yang Guo is Li Chengqian, is that all... One has a broken hand, the other a broken leg, right? Then who is my Guanyin maid? It's not Little Dragon Girl, is it? And who is Wu Zetian? Is it Guo Xiang or Guo Fu? And this Quanzhen Inner Power... Are you kidding me? Is Li Chengqian really that shameless?!"

He couldn't help but complain, but in his heart he felt that according to this idiotic system's judgment, Wu Zetian should be Guo Xiang.

After all, in terms of age and experience, Wu Zetian could be said to have been ruined by meeting Li Shimin, and she was also much younger than Li Shimin. Therefore, Li Ke felt that Guo Xiang was the real Wu Zetian.

However, he wasn't entirely sure. After all, many of Wu Zetian's ruthless actions during Li Zhi's reign were actually orchestrated by Li Zhi himself. These two were like two carefully selected patients from an asylum and a mental hospital, both half genius and half mad, and each finding their own way to malfunction. So, if we really had to say, Qiu Qianchi or Mei Chaofeng's experiences were more like Wu Zetian's...

But who knows the criteria for this system of judging intellectual disability? We can only wait and see when we encounter it in the future.

However, it doesn't matter to Li Ke who it is.

"After all, no matter how powerful this system is, Wu Zetian can't possibly be Huang Rong, right?"

Regaining his composure, Li Ke looked at Yang Guo, the son the system had chosen for him, and prepared to make his move.

At this moment, Yang Guo had already clenched his fists, intending to punch and kick Lu Qingdu a few times before running away.

After all, Lu Qingdu had many people around him. They used the pretext of mediating the fight to restrain him, so he had no way to fight back. But just as he was about to make a move, he heard the handyman Taoist named Li Ke suddenly shout out.

It's going to rain!

Li Ke suddenly swung the broom, and the tornado carrying countless withered branches and leaves rushed into the Sutra Repository. In an instant, strange winds swirled inside the Sutra Repository, and countless fallen leaves and withered branches hit Lu Qingdu and the others. In particular, those who led the way in surrounding Yang Guo were hit by the mixed stones and withered branches and leaves, and countless small bloodstains appeared on their bodies and arms.

They screamed and began to flee, but Yang Guo, who was in the center of the storm, was not harmed at all. This made him pause for a moment, and then he decisively took advantage of the storm to punch and kick Lu Qingdu, making Lu Qingdu cry for his parents.

Li Ke's skill was not yet profound enough, so he could no longer maintain the strong wind. He swung the broom again, and a wisp of wind pushed a leaf in front of Yang Guo's fist, preventing him from knocking out Lu Qingdu's front tooth.

Yang Guo was startled when he saw the leaf that had just intercepted him, and then he immediately understood.

"Yes, this must be some kind of expert helping me! I just don't know what kind of expert they are, to be able to manipulate such a raging wind! But the expert is stopping me at this moment, probably to prevent me from taking too much revenge?"

Thinking of this, Yang Guo immediately ran towards the door. However, seeing Lu Qingdu still screaming in pain, he couldn't help but cover Lu Qingdu's head with his Taoist robe and kick him to the ground before running out of the Sutra Pavilion.

Yang Guo ran out of the Sutra Pavilion and saw Li Ke calmly sweeping the floor. He glanced at Li Ke in surprise and was shocked that there wasn't a single leaf on Li Ke's body. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Lu Qingdu's miserable scream.

"Who's hitting me! Who's hitting me! Is that Yang Guo kid hitting me?!"

Yang Guo and Li Ke both looked in Lu Qingdu's direction and saw that Lu Qingdu was being beaten by his fellow disciples with his head covered by a Taoist robe. Li Ke and Yang Guo couldn't help but laugh.

But after Li Ke finished laughing, he looked at Yang Guo.

"Stop laughing, they'll come and beat you up in a minute. Do you think they'll admit they did it?"

Yang Guo's expression froze instantly. Before he could speak, he ran out of there, only to bump into Zhao Zhijing. His face turned ashen, and Zhao Zhijing picked him up with one hand.

Then Zhao Zhijing saw the disciples still kicking Lu Qingdu in the circle, and his face darkened. He lost interest in bothering Li Ke for not sweeping properly and went straight to bother his own disciples.

The reason was that Yin Zhiping's disciples were quietly cleaning up the fallen leaves, and there wasn't a single fight or brawl. Moreover, Yin Zhiping had witnessed everything that happened there.

So the furious Zhao Zhijing assigned Li Ke's work to his disciples, and even stood there watching them do it. Li Ke, on the other hand, had a rare vacation, and he did nothing but head straight to the Ancient Tomb Sect in the forbidden area of ​​Zhongnan Mountain.

However, Li Ke wasn't looking for Little Dragon Girl or the Nine Yin Manual; he was looking for money and weapons.

Because he had no obsession with Xiaolongnu, and even if he did, it was with Zhao Ling'er.

Moreover, based on other Jin Yong novels that Li Ke has read, Xiaolongnu's personality is not acceptable to everyone. From the perspective of people in the 21st century pandemic era, Xiaolongnu's personality is actually similar to that of Xiaoxiannu.

Interestingly, from the perspective of people in the post-pandemic era of the 21st century, Xiaolongnu was just a bit flawed in personality; she was actually a very nice person.

It can only be said that the changes in later generations were too rapid.

However, although he had no obsession with Xiaolongnü, he was more concerned about the subsequent collapse of the Han Chinese regime and the treasures in Zhongnan Mountain.

After all, it takes money and resources to build a team!

"Even if we don't get the money, the weapons and armor are damaged. We can melt down the damaged weapons and use them to forge new ones."

At this time, Zhongnan Mountain, where the Quanzhen School was located, was no longer in the Central Plains, so the control over iron tools was quite strict, and the people were very poor. The phenomenon of several families sharing a single kitchen knife and an iron pot did not originate after the Yuan Dynasty.

That's why Li Ke thought of these dilapidated things in Zhongnan Mountain.

He followed his memory and found the pool in Zhongnan Mountain. He had found this pool several years ago, and it was very likely the back entrance of the Ancient Tomb Sect. However, at that time, at his age, diving into it would have been tantamount to suicide, so he hadn't figured it out until now.

Looking at the cold pool in front of him, Li Ke didn't plan to swim directly across, since he wasn't sure if this was the right place. So he sat on a large rock next to the pool.

He sat cross-legged and actively circulated his internal energy, amplifying his absorption of sunlight. He then transformed all the absorbed sunlight into his Wind and Cloud Internal Force, and the pool in front of him began to change silently!

Water vapor began to rise from the pool, and driven by the wind, it quickly formed a cloud tornado. The rapidly rotating cloud tornado quickly swirled up the water in the pool, and then quickly formed a spiral channel leading to the depths above the pool!

Based on the feedback from the water flow, Li Ke finally confirmed that this was the back entrance of the Ancient Tomb Sect!
On the side, Yang Guo, who was inquiring about Li Ke's whereabouts, learned from several gatekeeper Taoists that Li Ke had gone to the back mountain. At this moment, he also sensed the difference in the wind and clouds, so he quickly came here and just happened to see the scene of countless water mists rising in front of Li Ke and a tornado appearing in the pool!
"Is this a deity?!"

The moment Yang Guo saw this scene, he immediately thought of this matter, and Li Ke also noticed Yang Guo at this moment, and then Li Ke's idiot system kicked in again!
"You encountered Qin Qiong, Qin Shubao, whose family had fallen on hard times during your youth. You decided to demonstrate your martial prowess and recruit this number one general of the Tang Dynasty ahead of schedule. Reward: Xiang Yu martial arts, Overlord Spear."

Li Ke was too lazy to complain about how Li Chengqian had turned into Qin Shubao. He gathered his internal energy into his fist, and countless icy energies suddenly gathered in his hand before he swung it out!
"Heavenly Frost Fist!"

A phantom dragon formed from freezing air flew out from his fist and instantly rushed into the hole he had punched, creating an icy passage!

The next moment, a third-rate, no, even substandard, marksmanship appeared in Li Ke's mind!

But it was indeed Xiang Yu's spear technique!
A set of 5A-level combo gun techniques!

(End of this chapter)