Knife splashing

Chapter 206: The Age of Noise
As soon as they left the alley, Wang Daoxuan said with a smile: "This Captain Huang really knows how to protect himself..."

What happened in Shangjin City is too big.

At the same time, it is also a huge achievement.

Captain Huang was out on duty, and Captain Liu was arranged next to him to be a nuisance, which shows that his position in the Duwei Division might be a bit awkward.

A great achievement is not necessarily a good thing.

After all, this matter has just begun. If he takes the lead and continues to investigate, who knows if someone will deliberately hinder it.

If something goes wrong, your life may be in danger.

His illness was a good opportunity to divide the credit. If he took a step back, others could continue the investigation.

Another wily and calculating official...

Although he felt emotional, Li Yan had no interest in the affairs of the court. He and Wang Daoxuan walked through the streets and prepared to go back.

At this moment, there was chaos on the street, people fled in all directions, and vendors along the way hurriedly pulled their stalls back, not caring how many bottles and cans were broken.

Then, the sound of heavy footsteps and the friction of armor was heard. It turned out to be an army from Yunyang Guard, wearing armor and holding spears, passing through the street.

Also traveling with them was a captain riding a horse.

Soon, a roar rose from the distance: "The commander-in-chief has ordered that anyone who attacks the government office be arrested!"

There was a sudden chaos in the square outside the Yunyang government office...

On the street, people who were watching the excitement fled in all directions.

Various curses were heard outside the government office.

"Killing!"

Screams of terror followed...

Li Yan's eyes condensed, and he said in a deep voice: "Master, hurry up, let's go back from somewhere else!"

After saying that, he turned around immediately.

Wang Daoxuan also shook his head slightly and followed closely.

They passed through several alleys and climbed up the stone path on the hillside, and they were far away from the place of trouble.

The north side and rear of Yunyang Prefecture are all slopes, which get higher and higher. At the same time, you can also see the scenery outside Yunyang Prefecture.

There was great chaos there, with troops roaming around, arresting the natives who were causing trouble, and fires had broken out in some places, sending up thick black smoke.

Li Yan shook his head and said, "Yunyang Prefecture is becoming increasingly chaotic. We don't know what kind of big incident will happen. Bring the imperial edict tomorrow and we will leave immediately."

The city was in chaos, and the two had no desire to stroll around. They quickened their pace, and in less than three incense sticks of time, they returned to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall.

Outside the guild hall, many people were standing and looking in from afar.

Judging from their appearance and conversation, they were all merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Chen Jizu was among them, and they all had serious expressions on their faces.

One of them attracted Li Yan's attention.

He was a tall man, different from other businessmen. Although he was also wearing a clerk's robe, his face revealed a fierce look, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a beard, making him look more like a gangster.

What’s even more special is the big parrot standing on its shoulder.

Parrots have existed in China since ancient times, commonly known as "parrots".

There is a poem in the Tang Dynasty that mentions: Longshan Mountain is thousands of feet high, and parrots build their nests on its top.

But the one in front of me is particularly special. Not only is it huge, but it is also very brightly colored, colorful and very eye-catching.

It looks more like the rainforest macaw I had seen in my previous life.

However, the size seems to be larger.

"Fuck him!"

"Fuck him!"

Seeing the chaos in the city, the parrot seemed very excited, with its feathers standing up and shouting and cursing in a pinched voice.

A businessman nearby laughed when he saw this and said, "Brother Luo, you come from a great family, so why is it so rude to raise a parrot?"

"what is this!"

The man laughed, took out a dried fruit and fed it to the parrot next to him, shaking his head and saying, "This little thing has been wandering with me on the sea, and the people I've been dealing with are all rough people, so naturally it can't learn good things, and sometimes the scolding is very unpleasant."

As he spoke, his eyes were filled with doting: "It is also thanks to this little thing that delivered the message, otherwise I would have been buried in the sea and would never come back."

After hearing this, other people also became interested.

One of them said in a deep voice: "The chaos in Yunyang Prefecture will not be resolved in a short time. Brother Luo, why don't you continue to tell us about your experiences at sea."

"Come on, I'm waiting to hear something important!"

Everyone was talking at once, surrounding the man and entering the guild hall.

Li Yan's heart moved, and he quickly pulled Chen Jizu to ask, "Did this guy just return from overseas?"

Chen Jizu smiled and said, "This man is called Luo Rulie, from the Luo family in Jiangnan. He is active by nature and has superb martial arts. He was the first person to organize a fleet to go out after the sea was opened."

"Originally, the harvest was quite good, and the Luo family was also thriving, but they encountered a shipwreck, and the fleet was wiped out, and they lost their capital."

"This time, I came here to persuade some Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chambers of Commerce to help him revive his business and go out to sea again."

"But the risk is too great. Besides, he has been in trouble before, so not many people are willing to invest. Therefore, this person wanders around the chambers of commerce in various states, telling stories about his experiences at sea, hoping to find someone willing to invest."

"If you are interested, Mr. Li, you can go and listen."

Li Yan was of course interested, and he had nothing to do anyway, so he asked Wang Daoxuan to go back to the room and tell him the news, while he followed the merchants into the wing room in the front yard.

Quite a lot of people have gathered here, all of them are merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Luo Rulie was describing his experiences overseas in vivid detail.

"Toyota is not interesting. The Toyotomi clan is in power now. They are called Taiko. They just unified the country, but there are still evil spirits everywhere."

"But there is a lot of silver over there. Some merchants specialize in trading with them and exchange silver for the money they bring back home, making a lot of profit."

"Also, many of the unlucky people who failed in the battle against the Toyotomi clan became ronin pirates and caused trouble everywhere. I killed many of them..."

"The countries in Southeast Asia are rich in spices and gems, and most importantly, some natural treasures. These idiots didn't know what they were, but now they have learned their lesson and are following our people to look for them everywhere."

"There is a strong witchcraft atmosphere over there, and there is also a lineage of magic passed down from Shenzhou, but it has gone astray, and the magic is sinister and bloody, and it is very difficult to deal with..."

"Further south there is a continent, which is called Luosuosi in the "Records of the Island Barbarians". It is inhabited by natives and contains many poisonous creatures..."

"The majority of people on the sea now are red-haired barbarians. They look for gold everywhere and stick a wooden cross wherever they go. They are very annoying and we have fought with them many times..."

"There are some pirates who are disgusting. We destroyed their ships and threw all the sheep into the sea after we caught them."

"Why is this?"

"Tsk, tsk, you don't understand. When sailing on the sea for months, sometimes when people get angry, good-looking men and ewes will suffer."

"What a beast!"

"Brother Luo, have you ever encountered any strange things at sea?"

"Of course there are strange things, but the most frightening thing is to encounter a ghost ship that chases you in the middle of the night and disappears without a trace after dawn..."

"Also, I've seen mermaids..."

Luo Rulie had a good mouth and amazing eloquence. He could tell strange stories at sea in a rhythmic way.

Of course, there are more stories about getting rich.

After listening for a while, Li Yan vaguely realized that this should be the Age of Discovery.

But unlike the previous life, many evil spirits and monsters in this world really exist, so it is more difficult to explore.

Moreover, many places inherit strange powers.

According to Luo Rulie, if you go out to sea without a sorcerer, you will definitely not be able to come back. Some people from the Feng Shui school in Ganzhou also went out to sea and began to study the Feng Shui terrain at sea... Guanzhong is located inland and is still mainly agricultural, so it is relatively closed. Ezhou connects the north and the south, but there is already chaos.

Only in the port cities of coastal states, large-scale handicraft workshops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Silk, tea, porcelain...are in short supply.

As the fleet went out to sea, it brought back large amounts of gold, silver and treasures, and various legends of getting rich overnight became widely circulated along the coast.

This is a chaotic and turbulent era!
Li Yan was fascinated by what he heard, but he was not in a hurry.

For him, the right way is to continue practicing and constantly improving his strength.

When I returned to the room, it was already noon.

After a casual lunch, Li Yan recounted what he had seen and heard and talked about his plans.

Chaos has already emerged in Yunyang Prefecture today. Even if they have some abilities, they are outnumbered and it would be unwise for them to get involved in any trouble.

Therefore, leave immediately after receiving the certificate tomorrow.

First, he went to Yichang to help Yan Jiuling's mother get treated and fulfill his promise, and then went to the Zigai Mountain paradise to find out what had happened.

Afterwards, he took jobs from all over the place in preparation for building a building in Wudang Mountain.

After making up their minds, the others returned to rest. After all, the journey to Yichang was long and they had to get enough rest.

Li Yan took a few books on divination and read them carefully while pondering.

There is no way around it. The spells and techniques in the "Beidi Sutra" become more powerful and more complex as you go further in the text.

If you don’t understand the art of numerology and yin and yang, you will never be able to learn it.

Now he has mastered "Beidi Chu Ling Shu", "Beidi Protective Spell", "Beidi Divine Movement Shu" and "Beidi Yin Lei Palm".

Of course, one has only mastered half of the "Art of Divine Movement". One must learn how to use the armor horse and understand numerology before one can master the other half of the dangerous spell.

When the two are combined, one can enter some dangerous places, such as the strange situation formed by the gathering of innate evil energy.

If you are trapped by evil spirits, you can also use this method to escape.

In addition, he also had to learn a new technique called "Beidi's Disaster-Removing Technique", which was specifically used to remove curses, disasters and possession by ghosts.

Of course, these are all basic techniques.

The "Bei Di Jing" he compiled was under the command of Beiyin Fengdu Emperor. He is the Northern Ghost Emperor among the Five Ghost Emperors. He is the Taiyin God, whose taboo name is Nuogao, and he governs Luofeng Mountain.

Going further down, it involves its fundamental techniques.

The first thing to master is "Northern Emperor's Mysterious Water Escape", which is the escape technique of the Northern Ghost Emperor. Because Luofeng Mountain is located in the extremely yin sea and the north is associated with water, water escape is his specialty.

After the initial mastery, there are two abilities. One is to make fog rise around, and use the mist to hide, and escape or kill the enemy.

Secondly, one can enter the water, move back and forth using the escape technique, and go for a long time without breathing.

As his Taoism level improves, his skills in escape techniques become sophisticated enough that he can even combine water mist with Yin thunder to cast spells. He is no longer afraid of being besieged and can even injure and trap enemies on a large scale.

This is the art of escape, and it is definitely not just for escaping.

Of course, if you want to learn "Bei Di Xuan Shui Dun", you must master the basic "Shen Xing Shu" and Dun Jia Shu.

After watching for two hours in a row, Li Yan also felt dizzy.

Numerology is indeed difficult to learn, which is why Wang Daoxuan taught him a lot of the basics. Ordinary people cannot even get started.

After putting the book down, Li Yan took out a copper ball from his arms.

The copper ball is solid, with many tiny dents around it.

Whoosh!
Li Yan threw the copper ball up, then pulled out his knife with a clang. As the copper ball fell, he shook his wrist and lightly lifted the back of the knife.

With a crisp sound, the bronze ball jumped up again.

This is the method Huashan Yufengzi taught him.

The copper ball is smooth and the dents are extremely small, so one must have extraordinary eyesight to hit the dents exactly each time to make it jump vertically.

And the force must be just right.

No matter how the copper ball rotates, it must maintain the same height when it falls and is hit up again.

This method can be used to practice sword control and strength.

The so-called "hua jin" means that the hidden power is running smoothly. When it encounters a circle, it becomes round; when it encounters a square, it becomes square. When the enemy attacks with the hidden power, it can be easily neutralized.

This is the precise control of one's own strength.

Whenever the copper ball collides with the knife, there is no need to press the knife to relieve the force, but instead rely on the hidden power to dissipate the force without making any sound, which is equivalent to stepping into the state of dissipating power.

Ding Ding Ding!
Li Yan felt it carefully, and as the copper ball fell, he swung his sword left, right, and upward, and each strike hit the target accurately.

No matter how its shape changed, the height to which the copper ball jumped remained the same, and the sound became smaller and smaller.

And this method can be used continuously in the future.

Once you become thoroughly proficient, you can replace them with completely smooth copper balls without dents, and even increase the number.

Before I knew it, it was dark.

After having a quick dinner, Li Yan packed his luggage for tomorrow, concentrated his breathing, and lay down to fall asleep.

……

It was the middle of the night and the moon was dim.

Li Yan, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

He smelled some special odors. Although they were very faint, they could not escape his sense of smell. It was a kind of grassy fragrance mixed with fishy smell.

Judging from the smell, it was actually a small human figure!

Paper figures, straw figures, or some kind of magic?
Li Yan remained calm and slowly grasped the Dust-Breaking Knife.

The breath was very careful, without making any sound, crawling in the corridor, and actually came to the door of Lu San.

Li Yan's mouth corners suddenly raised, waiting to see the joke.

"squeak!"

Sure enough, a scream was heard outside the door.

In the silent night, it was extremely obvious.

Li Yan jumped out with a knife in hand, but when he saw what it was, his face was filled with surprise.

It was indeed a small human figure, but it was not a paper figure, but a half-foot-tall monster with skin as black as tree bark, a pair of green eyes, and crawling on all fours like an animal.

It was covered in black mist and gloomy energy, its figure was blurry, and it was rushing around, obviously trying to escape.

However, more than twenty large hornets flew out from Lu San's room, buzzing their wings and surrounding him.

There is also a hidden member in their team, which is the magic gourd carried by Lu San.

This magic gourd releases poisonous hornets, which are very aggressive but very docile. Lu San feeds it honey regularly every day and offers incense, and it becomes a powerful protective magic weapon.

What kind of monster is this?
Looking at the strange little man, Li Yan's face was suddenly filled with surprise.

At this time, Lu San also pushed the door open and looked at the little man on the ground with a puzzled look on his face. Only Wang Daoxuan, who was also leaving the house, had his eyes lit up.
"It's Mu Ke!"

"I heard that this kind of little monster hides in the deep mountains and forests of southern Jiangxi, western Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangxi, and rarely appears in front of people. How could it appear in Ezhou?"

"Catch him first, then talk about it."

Li Yan strode forward and was about to take action.

At this moment, a fat figure pushed open the door from the opposite side, ran over in a hurry, and begged:

"Everyone, please show mercy."

(End of this chapter)