Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 172: Blood Domination, Talismans and Lists

The next day.

The sky is dotted with stars, and the sky in the east is already turning pale.

Shen Qing, who was lying on the cart, slowly opened his eyes. He sat up, looked around, and light gradually gathered in his hazy eyes.

In the distance, the fields in the early morning were gently covered by a thin layer of morning mist. The rice fields swayed in the wind, appearing full of vitality. The sounds of frogs and cicadas could be heard one after another.

Shen Qing took a deep breath and smelled the freshness of soil and flowers in the air, which made him feel relaxed.

After strengthening his belief, what happened last night no longer made him think about it, and his thoughts became clear.

Knowing is not difficult, doing is difficult.

A gentleman should be slow to speak but quick to act.

In Shen Qing's opinion, since he has made the decision and has the ambition, the next thing to do is to put it into action.

He got off the cart quietly without disturbing Shen Er and others beside him, and walked to Tian Xiaohu who was on duty nearby and said, "I've slept well, you go and have a rest, we'll set off again after daybreak."

What happened last night made Tian Xiaohu and others very worried, so they took the initiative to ask to be on duty to prevent any accidents and respond in time.

Tian Xiaohu had practiced martial arts after all, so even after not sleeping all night he was still full of energy and was not affected too much.

However, he also knew that the journey was long and arduous, and that it was important to conserve his strength and not try to be too aggressive.

Tian Xiaohu nodded and said, "Then I'll lie down for a while. Call me when you leave."

He found a corner, spread a layer of straw, and fell asleep with his clothes on. After a while, he began to snore.

There was no sign of waking up for the time being from the uncle, aunt, and others, and Shen Qing had no intention of waking them up. He walked quietly to the side and began to practice the Domination Blood Skill.

At present, there are no medicinal foods or pills, nor various training media, so it is just right to practice the Blood Domination Skill.

He stood with his legs apart, like an old pine tree, absorbing the morning glow of heaven and earth.

He kept practicing until the east was bright and the sun rose like fire, and then he stopped.

Shen Qing's consciousness moved, and he summoned the ink panel.

[Skill: Blood Domination (Minor Achievement)]

[Progress: 801/800 points]

[Status: Upgradable]

[Note: This is the new martial arts you have learned from the Nine Merits Brocade. After continuous practice, with the help of demon pills and prescriptions, this technique has made significant progress. Your strength is gradually increasing, your physique is getting stronger, and you are constantly breaking the limits of your body.]

"Huh... I've finally completed my training."

As a limit-breaking skill at the ninth level of martial arts, the Blood Domination Skill had no one to guide him, nor were there any martial arts techniques for him to refer to, so he had to rely entirely on trial and error.

Therefore, the progress of practicing this martial art has always been very slow, much slower than other martial arts.

In addition, as a martial art that breaks the limit, the required progress value needs to be accumulated, so Shen Qing can only work hard bit by bit and improve slowly.

Fortunately, after continuous practice in the early stages, this martial arts technique finally successfully met the conditions for a breakthrough.

Shen Qing put aside all distracting thoughts and focused his mind. Then he moved his mind and chose to break through.

All of a sudden, the ink panel in sight began to refresh the progress information about the Blood Domination Skill.

[Skill: Blood Domination (Great Mastery)]

[Progress: 1/900 points]

As the information on the panel was refreshed, new energy and blood suddenly seeped out from the flesh and blood all over the body.

It is like squeezing a lot of water out of a sponge, melting together, gathering into a stream, and flowing into the blood and qi throughout the body.

Shen Qing's already powerful qi and blood became even more powerful, and the muscles all over his body became tough again and were strengthened.

"After it was fully developed, the Hegemony Blood Technique made my body stronger. Before I enter the Qi Sea Realm, if the Hegemony Blood Technique continues to improve, I'm afraid it will be able to increase my Qi and blood to a terrifying level."

"With such a strong physique, it will be incredible when he breaks through the Qi Sea."

Feeling that he had become stronger, Shen Qing became satisfied and returned to the rice field in the village, full of energy.

It was already dawn, and everyone who was resting in the rice field woke up one after another.

After waking up, everyone had no intention of relaxing.

Shen Xiaoshan used a sickle to cut a lot of green grass, mixed it with some hay and grains as a supplement, and fed it to the two horses and the donkey.

Xiao Zhi, the cook, set up the pot and started cooking breakfast.

Everyone does their own job and it's quite lively.

After breakfast, Shen Qing led the others to search house by house, taking away all the food, meat, eggs and salt they could.

These had become ownerless items, and Shen Qing and the others did not feel embarrassed at all when they picked them up.

Xiao Zhi even used the firewood from these people to fry a whole bag of rice as dry food.

After finishing all the chores, Shen Qing peeled off the skin of the three-headed dog demon, took away the demon pill, and then set the whole village on fire.

These village houses are made of thatch or wood, and can be easily ignited by a big fire.

The bodies of the many villagers inside were gradually engulfed in the fire.

"Let's go."

Shen Qing didn't say much, and no one else asked any more questions.

Amid the raging flames, Shen Qing led everyone and strode towards the direction of the rising sun.

……

With Zhuifeng's speed, the thousand-mile distance from Taiping County to Yongzhou can be reached in about two days.

But Shen Qing had a family to bring with him, and having learned from their previous experience, they no longer approached the village to accept the kindness of the villagers. Instead, they rested more often in the wild and forests, and therefore walked very slowly on the road.

In a blink of an eye, after walking for seven days, they finally arrived safely in Yongzhou.

Seeing the increasing number of people, Shen Qing and the others breathed a sigh of relief. The group continued to move forward, and in the afternoon, they arrived at a dilapidated temple.

The dilapidated temple had only a few rotten wooden boards hanging diagonally on the door frame, and the threshold was covered with moss and weeds, as if it had been abandoned for a long time.

Fortunately, the overall structure of the temple remains intact and can protect against wind and rain.

Shen Qing went in and took a look, and found several extinguished bonfires and some charred food residues.

The ashes left behind from these burns are of varying ages.

It can be seen that people often stay temporarily in this temple.

They had been traveling all the way and stopped to rest in the wild, their bodies stunk. The men were fine, but my aunt and eldest sister Shen Fang could no longer bear it.

Even when they lived in Hongshan Village in the past, they were not so slovenly.

After Shen Qing used his eagle eye ability to confirm that there was no danger around, he decided to settle here.

This instantly brightened the mood of both my aunt and my elder sister Shen Fang. Women always have a few days of discomfort, and going away at this time is simply torture.

There is a well in the temple, where you can get some clean water for washing.

It was still early at this time.

Shen Qing, who was guarding outside the temple for his elder sister and the others, took out a thin book and started flipping through it.

This was what he took out from the general of Huang Tian Sect.

I just took a quick look at it at that time, but now that I have nothing to do, I might as well check it carefully to see if there is any valuable information.

This booklet looks like a roster, and there is no text on the outer cover.

Shen Qing turned to the first page.

"Yun Yinfeng, male, 32 years old, from Yanyu Town. His parents died when he was young, and he was adopted by a martial arts master in the martial arts world and taught martial arts. In the third year of Tianguang, he joined our Holy Church and served as an angel. He is good at lurking in the market, often using the identities of merchants, scholars, and beggars as cover..."

This entire page is densely packed with records of Yun Yinfeng's life.

Shen Qing had no impression of this person, so he turned another page.

"Qiao Lan, female, 19 years old, from Taifeng County. She was born into a martial arts family, but her family was implicated in a sudden coup, so she joined the Holy Church. She is beautiful, skilled in martial arts, and reliable."

"Zhang Biao, male, 20 years old..."

Shen Qing looked through them all, and found that they were all people with a certain status in the Huangtian Sect. There were also some detailed or simple descriptions of their abilities.

There was also an opened letter tucked into the book.

Shen Qing took out the letter from it, unfolded it and felt a little surprised.

This is a letter sent from the Yongzhou government office, recording the departure date, route and number of people of the Yongzhou Weiwu Division.

There were people from the Huangtian Sect in the Yongzhou government office, who secretly revealed the whereabouts of the government office's guards to the Huangtian Sect.

No wonder the Huangtian Sect was able to successfully ambush and kill all the Weiwusi of the county city Yongzhou on the way. It seems that it was because there was an insider.

The water in Yongzhou’s government office must be extremely deep.

Shen Qing's expression suddenly became serious, and he carefully put away the books and notebooks without making a sound.

These things might be of great use to him in the future.

After putting away the roster, he took out a stack of yellow talismans and a pennant.

This was also something he took out from the general of Huang Tian Sect.

Shen Qing remembered very clearly that when this talisman was in the other party's hands, it was very powerful and could add many effects, comparable to the diverse Nine Revolutions Profound Art.

And this talisman seems to be extremely convenient to use.

It seems that there is no need for hard training, only sacrifice and stimulation.

Shen Qing lowered his head and looked at it carefully.

These talismans are about ten inches long and three fingers wide, with the edges outlined with fine vermilion lines.

The ink on the talisman varies in depth, outlining a complex and delicate pattern.

There are both dragons and phoenixes dancing and clouds rolling and unrolling, and so on, but overall they can be classified into three styles.

These seven or eight yellowed talismans should represent three types of talismans.

It’s just that Shen Qing doesn’t understand the art of talismans and doesn’t understand their specific meaning.

Shen Qing held one of the talismans in his hand and imitated shaking it.

He tried several times, but none of the talismans were activated, so he had to give up temporarily and focus his attention on the triangular formation flag.

With Shen Qing's limited knowledge in this area, he could not see the mystery in it.

Just then, Shen Qing heard the sound of horse-drawn carriages in the distance outside the temple. He hurriedly put away the talismans, formation flags and other things and looked into the distance.

I saw a group of people in front of me holding a large flag with the word "Wu" embroidered on it. About ten of them were approaching the ruined temple little by little.

Shen Qing looked behind her and shouted, "Aunt, sister, hurry up, there are people coming outside the temple."

"what……"

There were bursts of panic noises coming from the dilapidated temple.

Shen Qing ignored them and gestured to Tian Xiaohu and Xiao Zhi.

The two men took out their crossbows with ease, sat in the car, and looked vigilantly at the people coming from the front.

The man at the front of the escort agency was riding a tall horse. He was quite surprised to see Shen Qing and others at the gate of the dilapidated temple.

"Shut up!"

He stopped his horse, and after a brief consideration, he slid off the horse, asked the others to stop, and walked step by step towards the entrance of the ruined temple.

(End of this chapter)