Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 104 Stealing Kung Fu
It was lonely at high altitudes, so Chen Ku transformed into a white-feathered eagle, hovering seven thousand meters above Baojiao County. He could see everything within a radius of hundreds of miles below him clearly.

Especially after focusing on the residence of Shangguan Yun, the official of Baojiao County, one could even see Shangguan Yun's beard clearly.

This judge of Baojiao County looked to be no more than 30 years old, with a pretty face. His figure was not strong, but slender, with long hands and feet.

Just standing in the pavilion, he seemed to merge into the environment there, giving people the illusion that he was the center of that environment.

Even when Chen Ku was looking down from an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters, he had the illusion that he couldn't take his eyes away.

"What's going on? Although this county magistrate is the best master in the city, Master Yang is also a great master in the Five Realms. In terms of realm, he and Shangguan Yun are at the same level. But why have I never felt this inexplicable sense of mental oppression from my master?"

Chen Ku looked down from the sky, and saw Shangguan Yun standing with his hands behind his back beside the pavilion. He felt an inexplicable depression in his heart:

“Could this be the power of the official?”

impossible!
Chen Ku quickly overturned this idea.

After all, he had met other county magistrates in the county. If the so-called official authority could really reach this level, then why didn't he have this feeling when he saw the county lieutenant from afar?

There is only one explanation.

This is probably a certain temperament of Shangguan Yun, or maybe...

"Is it related to the technique he practices?"

After all, Chen Ku is a well-informed person from his past and present lives, and he is also blessed with the spiritual power from Ling'e. He has some guesses about many things in this world.

"I have this feeling even though I am more than 7,000 meters away. It gives me the feeling that this county magistrate is like a spiritual vortex that can absorb people's minds. It's dangerous! Fortunately, he doesn't know that I am watching him from above, otherwise... this inexplicable spiritual power is likely to attack me invisibly."

Chen Ku was certain that it was unlikely that the county magistrate could discover him and sense him remotely from a distance of more than 7,000 meters or more than ten miles.

otherwise……

He is no longer a man, but a god.

Just as Chen Ku was silently "looking down and peeking" at the details of the residence of the county's number one master.

He saw it.

A man walked towards Shangguan Yun.

"The master who shook the rattle that day and killed all the masters of the Xu family was also Sui Qingfang's father..."

Chen Ku could see Sui You coming behind Shangguan Yun and his lips moving.

Although he could see clearly, he could not read lips, so he could only vaguely make out the words "sir" from a few basic and simple lip shapes...he was not quite sure about the lip shapes of "mountain", "find", "person" and "death".

"The mountain has been found... but the person is dead?"

Chen Ku analyzed it, and his heart moved slightly:
"Did Shangguan Yun find the location of the Xia Wang's treasure? On a certain mountain? Did he find it from Xu Minjun's memory?... It hasn't been long since he found it... Could it be that the treasure is located on a 'mountain' in Baojiao County?"

He thought about it carefully.

I think it's very likely.

After all, there must be a reason why the Xu family, who knows the location and secrets of the treasure, can appear in this area.

Chen Ku was high in the air, struggling to interpret the lip movements of the two people talking below.

……

In the pavilion, in the cold winter, the fish do not appear in the pond.

Shangguan Yun casually threw down some fish food, and then one could vaguely see a few golden carps jumping onto the water surface, blowing bubbles, and scrambling for food.

"Sir, according to the map drawn by Miss Minjun, we have indeed found the approximate location of the Xia Wang's treasure. It is in Liangjie Mountain. We have conducted several explorations and secretly searched for a tomb robber. After searching for dragons and locating the tomb, we found the entrance to the underground palace. But... the tomb robber dug a hole and heard the sounds of strangulation and screams from below. In the end, we only heard the tomb robber shouting to the top before he died..."

Sui You looked at the fish fighting for food in the pond, his tone calm as he slowly spoke the tomb robber's last words:

"Wood and stone walk, bronze speaks..."

Inside the pavilion.

Shangguan Yun paused for a moment as he fed the fish. He had gotten the answer from these eight words:

"Sure enough, it's Tiangong Mansion."

Tiangong Mansion is a force that has never been famous in Baojiao County.

Sui You raised his head and said:

"It should be the Tiangong Mansion. Wood and stone walk, bronze speaks. Only the 'mechanical puppet' of the Tiangong Mansion can be worthy of these eight words."

"It's quite normal. When the Hong Dynasty was about to rebel, the chivalrous king Pei Dongliu led a group of martial arts sects to rebel against the Hong Dynasty. Most of his family assets and soldiers were from martial arts sects and had served on the battlefield. The four heavenly kings were the leaders of the four top martial arts holy places, among which... Tiangong Mansion was naturally among them."

Shangguan Yun threw all the fish food in his hand into the lake, causing hundreds of carp to jump into the waves.

He clapped his hands, shook off the fish food on his hands, and walked towards the garden:

"Back then, when the Hero King Pei Dongliu was the first to attack Hongjing City, the 'Divine Puppet' of Tiangong Mansion made a lot of efforts. Moreover, when some of the Hero King's treasures were excavated before, the existence of the puppet mechanism of Tiangong Mansion was indeed found in them."

Shangguan Yun was walking in front. It was already winter in his back garden, but there were still many exotic flowers, as if the garden was full of spring. There was a sense of transcendence that was detached from the cycle of the four seasons.

"If there really is a puppet mechanism from the Tiangong Mansion down there, then we're in trouble."

When Sui You followed Shangguan Yun, he was half a step away, neither ahead nor behind, with steady steps and a straight body, and said:

"The Tiangong Mansion was also the top power in the province back then. Although it could not reach the level of a holy land, the exquisiteness of the Tiangong puppets amazed the world. It is said that the Tiangong Mansion back then could even create a puppet comparable to a martial artist of the tenth realm for use in battlefield fighting. Under this, a martial artist of the eighth or ninth realm could create dozens of puppets, and puppets of the fifth, sixth, and seventh realms could be mass-produced... According to Sui's speculation, there are at least puppets of the fifth or sixth realm guarding the Liangjie Mountain Palace, but I don't know how many there are."

“Not too many.”

Shangguan Yun concluded:

"If the Hero King really had such a puppet army back then, then most of them should have been wiped out when our dynasty's founder conquered Hongjing City. Otherwise, Pei Dongliu wouldn't have died in the end."

The army of the five realms is a force that is enough to determine the outcome of a dynastic war.

His Baojiao County City Guards consist of only 300 soldiers who have reached the peak of their strength training. Each of them has the strength of a thousand pounds. Before they even enter the country, with these 300 soldiers and their magical crossbows, they can overwhelm all the forces in Baojiao County.

In Qiulong Mansion, there are even more such divine troops, as many as five thousand people.

That means an army of five thousand powerful strength training masters.

Beyond this.

Qiulong Mansion also has a thousand-man Shenqi Army, five hundred-man Xuanjia Army, and a hundred-man Immortal Army. The soldiers among them correspond to the individual strength of warriors in the first, second, and third realms respectively.

This is just an army of less than 7,000 people.

This is enough to allow the prefect of Qiulong Prefecture to have a strong sense of security in the prefecture and implement the court's policies.

In this way, the Qiulong Mansion only has a team of 100 people in the third realm at most. …

The army of the five realms does not need too many, just a team of one thousand people, organized into an army, can almost sweep across an entire province, form a separatist trend, become a warlord, and proclaim themselves a rebel king.

"I think so too. But even if there are not many fifth-level puppets among them, it is still a dangerous situation for us to move forward."

Sui You speculated:

"Unless we can get a safe map of the underground palace route, we can avoid puppets above the fifth level."

“This matter is still ongoing.”

Shangguan Yun frowned slightly.

The blood in Xu Minjun's body has reached the limit of being able to peek into the secrets of the underground palace. Unless more blood of the Xu family can be integrated into it to purify the bloodline again, Xu Minjun can awaken for the second time...

"There should be half of the Xu family still hiding in Yuan State..."

Shangguan Yun finished speaking and said:
"Besides that, there is another way, which is to take advantage of the situation, but the risk is a bit high."

"I still suggest that you do not easily attract other experts when you are not sure enough in your hands." Sui You said, "Unless you can get something from Miss Minjun that others cannot grasp, and use it as a turning point."

Just as he finished speaking, Shangguan Yun paused and gave him a faint smile.

Sui You was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be? My Lord has already found a way?"

"No need to ask any more questions."

Shangguan Yun said with his hands behind his back:

"Since Brother Sui has followed me for ten years, then just trust me. After the matter is done, this small Baojiao County is not a place for you and me to stay for a long time. You need to do that matter in advance."

"Your Excellency, my daughter's destination has been arranged."

Sui You asked softly with concern:

"But the two young masters and young ladies, especially the second young lady, are still young. Are they..."

"I have already made arrangements for Qian'er. As for Li'er, you can leave with her."

Shangguan Yun said to Sui You:

"I'm going to go see Li'er's training. You go down first and find some more worthless people to try it out. Let's see how far we can advance with human lives."

"Yes."

After the fifth best master in the city left.

Shangguan Yun had a calm expression as he walked to the other corner of the mansion and into the courtyard. There was a two-story building in the courtyard. In the yard downstairs, there was a little girl about ten years old with two pigtails and wearing a red cloth and white mink coat, practicing martial arts in a very methodical manner.

Shangguan Li was only eleven years old. She bent her knees on the ground with a pair of sparkling eyes. Although her fists were swinging without any wind, they had a kind of ancient and mysterious flavor.

"wrong."

She suddenly heard a familiar voice, and quickly concentrated her breath and listened to her father Shangguan Yun's instructions:
"The 'stance' that Daddy taught you and your brother is not just the most basic fist stance, but a number one fist stance that is hard to find even in the thirteen provinces of the Daji Dynasty. This fist uses the stance to circulate qi and uses qi to nourish the stance. It is a stance that can be continuously practiced before entering the country, after entering the country, and even when you reach the tenth level of martial arts. You can't just focus on the fist form. The most important thing is to pay attention to..."

The little girl with pigtails nodded heavily, "Li'er knows. Daddy said that this kind of martial arts is the smartest martial arts in the world in the early stage, but the dumbest martial arts in the later stage. It's like earning one tael of silver every day. In the end, it's still one tael of silver every day, but... as long as you persevere, over the years, and practice day and night without stopping... one or two years may not be a big deal, but after ten or a hundred years, when you look back, you will find that your foundation will be the most powerful in the world."

"Yes, this is the most powerful part of this Zhuang Kungfu. Unfortunately, this Kungfu needs to be practiced from the moment you enter the country. Although Dad has obtained this Kungfu, he has already missed the best time. You must work hard."

Shangguan Yun said:
"This boxing stance is the greatest wealth that Daddy can give you and your brother. Even if Daddy is gone one day, with this boxing stance, you will grow into towering trees sooner or later."

"Daddy, what are you talking about? Why are you gone?" asked the girl with pigtails curiously.

Shangguan Yun chuckled and said, "Okay, let's fight with Daddy."

that's it.

In the winter, under a two-story building, the father and daughter were practicing a set of boxing techniques of unknown origin, but with unlimited potential.

Of course,
Shangguan Yun, the local emperor, was completely unaware of this.

The greatest wealth that he passed on to his children in his life was actually seen by a pair of eyes at an altitude of 7,000 meters.

Every movement is recorded in these eyes.

Including the whole process of him correcting his daughter Shangguan Li's boxing movements, key points, barriers and secret techniques, all of which fell into Chen Ku's eyes and were deeply imprinted in his heart.

"What kind of punch is this?"

Chen Ku's eyes reflected Shangguan Yun's fist stance below. Although he did not have much experience, when he looked at Shangguan Yun, he could instinctively feel the other person's powerful spiritual temperament.

At this moment, he saw the other party teaching his daughter how to walk and punch, and he was able to feel the complexity of this style of boxing purely from an instinctive level.

The simple walking and boxing gave him a sense of invisible aura. It did not seem like he was doing boxing, but rather like some more profound practice and accumulation under the guise of "boxing".

Chen Ku watched Shangguan Yun teach his daughter for half an hour, and he also secretly learned for half an hour.

At last,
She flapped her wings and flew back to the outer city, transformed into a human body, and then imitated Shangguan Yun and learned the nameless standing exercise that he had taught her daughter.

The first time I tried walking and boxing, I didn't feel any difference.

But Chen Ku looked at Shangguan Yun's character and how serious he was about his daughter, and he didn't think that he would teach his daughter an ordinary boxing technique.

Just like that, Chen Ku, with an exploratory mindset, practiced this nameless boxing stance over and over again in the yard.

Until two hours passed, when it was played for the thirty-sixth time.

The internal energy in his body was actually stimulated and began to flow within his body.

"There is something strange and mysterious indeed..."

Tasted the sweetness.

Chen Ku became more aware that there was something special about this boxing stance.

Another two hours passed.

After completing 72 rounds of boxing.

Chen Ku was shocked to find that the internal energy in his body, without being transported, actually started to circulate automatically, and it was moving along a special route. In the end, it actually formed a vertical "∞"-like energy circulation route in his body...

Then, wait until he stops punching.

The internal energy was still running along this route, as if there was no need to worry about it. From now on, whether walking, sitting or lying down, the internal energy could be cultivated on its own.

(End of this chapter)