Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 109 The Way of Supreme Benevolence
The scenery along the way was nice, but it took Zhao Yifu more than half a month to cross a mountain range and enter the territory of Yuzhou Prefecture.

In fact, Zhao Yifu frowned when he entered here.

He doesn't like it here very much.

Because although the space here has denser spiritual energy of heaven and earth, this spiritual energy is also more complex.

Of course, this complexity has no effect on humans and animals, but it will take more effort to refine external energy during cultivation.

However, this was nothing for Zhao Yifu who maintained the 'Shou Ren Fa'. Instead, the increased concentration of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth accelerated his cultivation.

He even discovered that the transformation process of his 'Martial Arts Holy Body' was also speeding up... Perhaps it wouldn't be long before he would be able to transform the Martial Arts Holy Body to a certain extent.

And when he achieves the Saint Body of Martial Arts, he will be ready to start forming the elixir.

He had consulted Liang Zhongzhi many times about the steps and key points of Danjie, and he believed that he could do it all.

Before going to Fenglin County, Zhao Yifu first came to Yugzhou City to meet with the local prefect, Mr. Cheng.

This Lord Cheng was very arrogant and made Zhao Yifu wait in the city for three days.

Zhao Yifu was staying at the city's posthouse. Seeing Wu Zhong rushing over, he asked, "Did you find out anything? What's going on with that Prefect Cheng lately?"

Wu Zhong said with a strange expression, "Master, that Cheng Zhizhou actually has quite a bit of free time. He's been entertaining or accepting invitations from local celebrities over the past three days, and he's been living a very carefree life."

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "So what's the specific situation in Fenglin County?"

Wu Zhong sighed, "The situation in Fenglin County is not good. The county magistrate there actually died a fortnight ago. Now there's no leader, and they're relying on a chief clerk to temporarily maintain order."

Zhao Yifu was surprised to hear this and asked, "Are the ways over there so wild? Have you found out how the county magistrate died?"

Wu Zhong looked around, then lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "There's a lot of talk out there. Some say a vengeful spirit is taking his life, while others say someone broke into the house and assassinated him... but the latter is obviously more likely."

Zhao Yifu laughed dumbly after hearing this. He clenched his fist and said, "Well, no matter if it's a living or dead person causing trouble, we can just go there and beat them to death."

"The county magistrate is dead... That's great! I, the county magistrate, was originally only second in command, but now I can be the first in command, right?"

"By the way, since the county magistrate is dead, why did Governor Cheng react so calmly?"

Wu Zhong glanced around again, then lowered his voice and said, "I overheard their conversation twice. It seemed that Governor Cheng was having a romantic affair with those local gentry and celebrities, but in reality, they were discussing how to take advantage of the chaos."

Zhao Yifu immediately realized, "What other interests in Fenglin County are worth their efforts?"

Wu Zhong said, "The official fields east of the peak forest have been coveted by these gentry. They want to divide them up before the court sends a new county magistrate."

Zhao Yifu couldn't help but stand up and said, "Then we can't wait here any longer."

Wu Zhong said in surprise, "But Master, you haven't greeted that Prefect Cheng yet."

Zhao Yifu said, "Greeting this superior is just a courtesy. The work will still be handed over in Fenglin County."

"Besides, it seems that Governor Cheng left me here to buy time for them to distribute these benefits."

"How can I stay here any longer?"

"We must set off for Fenglin County immediately. We must not let them succeed."

Wu Zhong said, "Okay, Master, please wait a moment. I'll go get the carriage ready."

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "No hurry. Let's leave the carriage here as a decoy. We can go there on foot. It will actually be faster."

Wu Zhong's expression twitched immediately, revealing a pained look. These days, abandoning a carriage without permission was even more outrageous than Zhao Yifu's car in his previous life.

Especially since this is a four-wheeled carriage, it is even more of a "luxury car".

Zhao Yifu laughed and said, "It's just a personal possession. If we need one, we can always get another one. Don't worry about it."

Wu Zhong then went to pack up his things...mainly taking out some of the things the cats needed from the carriage.

Zhao Yifu put everything into his sleeves, then he and Wu Zhong opened the back window of the room in the post station and got out very flexibly.

"Ha, those people who were watching the young master at the door definitely didn't expect us to go out through the window and then climb over the wall to leave."

Wu Zhong said this with some pride.

Zhao Yifu was also quite pleased with himself. He said, "If they regard me as an ordinary civil servant, they are wrong!"

Wu Zhong agreed: "That's right. It doesn't matter what the young master's background is. How can a few servants keep an eye on us?"

However, when they jumped over the wall, an embarrassing scene occurred.

When they landed, two people met their gazes...

Zhao Yifu said awkwardly, "I was careless. I didn't expect there were people watching them from behind."

The two of them were about to shout.

Wu Zhong immediately stepped forward and made a lightning-fast move, pinching their throats so that they could not make any sound.

Then he turned around and looked at Zhao Yifu and said, "Master, is there any way to erase their memories?"

Zhao Yifu said unhappily, "Do you think I know everything?"

Then he stretched out his fingers and shook the two men's heads gently, and they immediately fainted.

Isn't this just physical intermittent amnesia?

Wu Zhong saw this and asked, "Master, do you want to..."

As he said this, he gestured at his neck with his knife.

This murderous servant was obviously ready to strike again.

Zhao Yifu shook his head and said, "No, there's no need to kill for such a small matter. We just need to get there as soon as possible."

Wu Zhong said, "But if we take the official road normally, it will take us at least five days to get there."

Zhao Yifu said, "What about taking the mountain road?"

Wu Zhong said, "That might only take two days."

Zhao Yifu said, "Okay, let's take the mountain road."

After saying this, he left behind the two servants who were following him and headed out of the city overnight.

There is a curfew in the city, but this curfew cannot stop these two martial arts masters.

Zhao Yifu put the cats and dogs into his right sleeve. The space in the sleeve was much more spacious than that in the carriage, and the small animals felt very comfortable staying there.

And Yiyi still stayed in his chest.

If it notices any movement, it will immediately open its mouth and shout.

Its senses are so sharp that soldiers patrolling at night can spot it from several blocks away.

Therefore, Zhao Yifu and Wu Zhong easily arrived at the city wall.

"Meow meow meow."

Yiyi called out softly again.

Zhao Yifu raised his head and said, "Alright, there's no one on this section of the wall, let's go!"

Wu Zhong said in embarrassment: "Master, I may not be able to climb such a high wall..."

Zhao Yifu said: "You jump first, don't hesitate!"

Wu Zhong did not dare to delay and jumped with all his strength.

Zhao Yifu jumped up immediately afterwards and quickly surpassed Wu Zhong... But when they passed each other, he grabbed Wu Zhong's belt and swung him onto the top of the city wall.

At this time, Zhao Yifu inserted three fingers of his right hand into the three-meter-high bricks of the city wall. With a seemingly casual push, he also jumped over.

If it weren't for Wu Zhong, he could actually be more free and easy.

If he had not been practicing the 'Shou Ren Fa' and was unable to unleash part of the power of 'Shuang Lu Bu Tian', he could have crossed the city wall in a very elegant manner.

But there is nothing we can do now, it’s all in the past anyway.

There were not many guards patrolling the parapet on the city wall. They happened to be in a dark corner and did not alarm anyone.

Then they jumped off the city wall and disappeared quietly into the night.

In this way, it doesn’t matter if they are discovered, because no one can catch up with them anyway.

……

The two unconscious servants were discovered just before dawn.

Everyone immediately reported it to Lord Cheng who was still fast asleep in a certain "club".

The prefect immediately took action himself and ordered a search of the rooms in the post house.

The result is naturally empty.

Looking at Zhao Yifu's carriage parked in the stable... there was no luggage at all.

"They are a bunch of losers. They actually let someone escape like this!"

At this time, a man dressed as a country gentleman said worriedly, "Sir, what should we do? How about I send a pigeon to send a letter..."

He made a motion of raising his hand and cutting with a knife.

Cheng Zhizhou said angrily, "No, if he hadn't come and was killed on the road, it would be fine, but he has already arrived in this state. Many people know about him. If he dies now, it would mean the death of two important officials in Fenglin County."

"Anyone would have known there was a big problem there."

"Don't be reckless. Let's just spare him for now. There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him later."

"Send a pigeon to Li Liang first, and ask him to destroy the evidence immediately and terminate all transactions."

The squire said unwillingly, "Sir, he's just a county magistrate. Isn't that a bit too cautious?"

Cheng Zhizhou said: "You don't know, these officials are all candidates who have passed the imperial examination. They are qualified to speak frankly in the memorial. They must not be offended."

"Don't attack Fenglin County for the time being. Besides, there aren't many good plots of land there to begin with. Why bother coming here just for a few acres of government farmland?"

As he was speaking, his followers had already prepared carrier pigeons behind him.

In order to increase the success rate of delivering the letter, five carrier pigeons were released at once, as long as one of them reached Fenglin County.

Although carrier pigeon messaging is fast, its success rate has always been a problem.

……

Zhao Yifu and Wu Zhong were crossing the mountains.

It's rare to see Hua Da Nv also taking steps to "exercise" beside him.

At this moment, it suddenly turned its head to look at the sky in the northeast, and a flash of light flashed in its emerald cat eyes.

Then it suddenly meowed towards the sky.

The sound was loud and sudden.

Zhao Yifu felt a strong spiritual power radiating from the cry.

A moment later, the sound of flapping wings was heard in the sky, and five carrier pigeons landed in front of Zhao Yifu one after another.

He was amazed at the letterbox tied to the pigeon's leg, then looked at Hua Da Niu who looked like she didn't do anything, and couldn't help but praise her: "Da Niu, you are awesome."

"Meow~"

Hua Da Nv cried out sweetly, and the flesh on her neck trembled along with it.

At this time, Wu Zhong had already taken the letter from the foot of a carrier pigeon and handed it to Zhao Yifu, saying, "Master, take a look."

Zhao Yifu took it, glanced at it, and sneered, "It was our prefect who notified the Fenglin County Chief Clerk to destroy the evidence."

Wu Zhong immediately took the letter from the remaining carrier pigeon and said, "Master, let's not let these letters reach the county."

Zhao Yifu laughed and said, "No, I have a better idea."

He pondered for a moment, then reached out and wiped a piece of letter paper...

The ink that had already dried on the letter paper immediately became wet again.

Then the ink on the paper began to move and changed its appearance!
He did not use his true Qi to perform this action, but instead used his water control ability and the spirit of ink-splashing technique to manipulate the water spirit to complete it.

The original content of the letter was to warn the chief clerk Li Liang to be careful of Zhao Yifu, but now it was telling him: Don't worry, the new county magistrate is one of us.

In other words, Wu Zhong was illiterate and didn't know that he should applaud at this time, otherwise Zhao Yifu would have enjoyed the astonishing gazes of others.

"Master, this is..."

Zhao Yifu altered all five pieces of paper before saying, "I'm just trying to convince Li Zhubu that we're on the same side."

Wu Zhong thought for a moment and said, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Zhao Yifu said, "Of course, using carrier pigeons to spread this kind of information is a bit of a cover-up, so I plan to have these pigeons arrive in Fenglin County after us."

Wu Zhong didn't understand.

Zhao Yifu said, "In fact, intercepting the carrier pigeon itself is enough to gain the upper hand. The later arrival of the carrier pigeon will make Li Zhubu think for a short time that this is a precautionary move by Cheng Zhizhou to prevent us from misunderstanding."

"We just need to complete the handover as quickly as possible and obtain the entire county government's data and account books. By then, it won't matter whether Li Liang is willing to discover it or not."

As he spoke, he suddenly waved his hand and splashed ink, putting the five carrier pigeons into the ink birdcage.

Zhao Yifu paused for a moment, then stepped forward and extended his hand, muttering, "I think I should give it a try."

As he spoke, he reached out and touched the first birdcage, exhaling a breath of true energy from his palm.

He was practicing the 'Shou Ren Method', how could he release his true energy like this?

But in fact, if you look closely, you can find that the true energy did not dissipate, but guided a stream of spiritual energy to circulate in the birdcage and then returned to his body.

It is as if he temporarily expanded the scope of perfection in the "Shou Ren Fa" without interrupting the operation of the "Shou Ren Fa".

The birdcage, however, was completely different. Its original ink-and-wash fictional state suddenly became solid, and even the carrier pigeon inside flapped its wings and hit the cage, but it couldn't break.

This is... a water seal!
Zhao Yifu's idea was correct, that is, the sealing technique, which had to be performed in order to be perfected, could actually be used in conjunction with the 'Shou Ren Fa'!
Indeed, this "Law of Keeping Benevolence" is a method of ultimate benevolence.

It limits the cultivator's spells, but gives him strong enough self-defense capabilities.

Of course, it doesn't matter if Zhao Yifu doesn't use magic...

He used sealing techniques to temporarily solidify the birdcage.

This solidification is also time-limited and will dissipate on its own in about a day.

As long as Zhao Yifu arrives in Fenglin County at this time, he can stage a very interesting show.

　The state is much better, but the coding state has not recovered, 嘤嘤嘤
　　
　
(End of this chapter)