Immortality begins in the Great Wilderness Grotto Heaven

The next day at noon, the sky was clear and a gentle breeze was blowing.

"The moves of the Pure Yang Evil-Repelling Sword are light and swift, focusing on the instantaneous burst of power between single points."

The Overlapping Wave Palm emphasizes using Qi to generate power, like a continuous tide.

If the power of the Overlapping Wave Palm is used to enhance the sword technique's power...

With just a burst of strength, I can achieve my goal in a short time.

However, one's initial momentum is often followed by exhaustion, and a third attempt will inevitably lead to a decline.

The goal is to fully integrate the power characteristics of the Overlapping Wave Palm into swordsmanship, making it perfect and unleashing three times the power.

The current sword techniques are far from sufficient.

This means I need to create a completely new sword technique, or sword move, that perfectly blends the characteristics of both.

On the street, Zhou An, lost in thought, glanced at the azure sky.

Creating a completely new sword technique is too difficult and too time-consuming.

However, it would be much easier to come up with a sword move.

"The same principle applies to swordsmanship, and also to saber techniques."

In an instant, sword techniques, saber techniques, and palm techniques—three completely different styles of moves—repeatedly blended and changed in Zhou An's mind.

"Junior Brother Zhou, what are you thinking about?"

Just then, a deep, steady voice came from beside him, pulling Zhou An back to reality.

He looked in the direction of the sound.

The owner of that voice was none other than the eldest disciple, Guo Tao.

"I'm thinking about how to change the internal force to make my sword and saber techniques even stronger."

Zhou An didn't hide anything and spoke frankly.

Now is the time to pool our wisdom, and Guo Tao has already entered the second stage of Qi and Blood Transformation.

If he could be given guidance, it would be much easier to create sword and saber techniques.

"Junior Sister said before that you had been practicing swordsmanship with Master for several days in a row, and it seems that it is true."

However, let's think about swordsmanship and saber techniques later; the city defense team has arrived.

Guo Tao smiled, and as the image of Xu Hongyu's confident face appeared in his mind, he raised his hand and pointed forward.

Then he saw a towering city wall, like a mountain blocking his way.

The city wall is mottled and dark gray in color, with moss covering the corners, but there are intricate patterns on the wall, like strange murals.

Following the direction Guo Tao pointed, Zhou An could clearly see buildings built against the wall.

One of the buildings prominently displays the three large characters "City Defense Division".

Even with just a cursory glance, a sense of solemnity and antiquity immediately came over you.

"Three days ago, I reported your identity. You only need to take the token I gave you to the City Guard to report."

That's where the Night's Watch gathers. Once you get there, Captain Ge will make arrangements for you.

I will come to see you after my performance review, which should take about half an hour.

At this point, Guo Tao pointed Zhou An in the right direction while giving him a serious reminder.

"Commander Ge is a rigid man, but he values ​​rules the most. As long as you remember what I told you before, he naturally won't make things difficult for you."

"Don't worry, senior brother, I know what to do."

Upon hearing this, Zhou An nodded and immediately followed the direction Guo Tao pointed, heading towards the City Guard Division.

After Zhou An's figure disappeared through the gates of the City Guard, Guo Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

He straightened his clothes and then walked towards the city defense headquarters.

"Your subordinate, Guo Tao, deputy centurion of the Chenwei Guard, has now completed his leave and has come to report to Commander Jiang. Please convey my regards."

Before long, Guo Tao arrived in front of a solemn building and bowed to the guards at the gate.

"Commander Guo, there's no need for such formalities. The commander has ordered that anyone returning from leave should proceed directly to Ju'an Hall."

As he spoke, the gatekeeper stepped aside to make way for him.

Thank you.

Guo Tao did not delay; after bowing and nodding, he stepped through the gate.

"Um?"

However, as soon as he stepped through the gate, he sensed something was amiss.

Repressed.

A heavy sense of oppression immediately washed over me.

Although the city defense bureau has always been strict, strictness and heaviness are two completely different things.

"Could something major have happened while I was on vacation?"

Upon realizing this, Guo Tao's heart sank, and he quickened his pace by three points.

Before long, Ju'an Hall came into view.

Guo Tao looked up and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Then it was discovered that most of the 24 captains and deputy captains of the city defense division were inside.

The last time such a lineup appeared was when several centurions of the Twelve Earthly Branches perished at the hands of demons.

"This humble servant is Guo Tao, deputy captain of the Chenwei Squad..."

Upon arriving at the door, Guo Tao clasped his hands in a fist salute and bowed respectfully to the person in charge of the Ju'an Hall.

"So it's Deputy Commander Guo. Please come in and take a seat."

Before Guo Tao could finish speaking, Commander Jiang Zheng, who was sitting in the chief seat, waved his hand and interrupted him directly.

"Your subordinate obeys."

Upon hearing this, Guo Tao felt relieved. After glancing at the captain sitting upright in the crowd, he quickly walked over.

"Is everyone on vacation here?"

As soon as Fang Yi sat down, before Guo Tao could ask his captain, Commander Jiang Zheng, who was sitting at the head of the table, spoke again.

"My colleagues are quite capable. They took a perfectly good vacation, but instead of giving back, they desperately tried to stuff people into the city defense department."

It's like this city defense office is like a vegetable market at the street corner; all sorts of people can come in.

Upon hearing this, everyone present held their breath.

"Oh no, it's coming for me!"

Guo Tao, who had just sat down, subconsciously tensed up, clenched his buttocks, and didn't even dare to breathe.

However, as the atmosphere in the room became increasingly oppressive, Guo Tao, who was already drenched in sweat and was about to get up to explain and apologize, was suddenly grabbed tightly by a large hand.

He looked up and saw his captain shaking his head slightly.

"I don't want to say any more."

Just then, Guo Tao saw Commander Jiang, clad in armor, suddenly stand up from the head of the table.

"Now that everyone has arrived, I would like to trouble you officers and deputy officers to accompany me to the city guard headquarters."

"Let's see what kind of people you've recruited."

As soon as he finished speaking, Commander Jiang Zheng took the lead and walked towards the door.

"Captain Lin, what exactly happened?"

"Didn't we agree to take this opportunity to go back to our respective martial arts schools and recruit people? Why did this happen out of nowhere..."

Taking advantage of the break, Guo Tao quickly approached his captain and asked in a low voice.

During this process, he could clearly see the crowd following behind Commander Jiang Zheng, who were also whispering among themselves.

"Don't ask anything, don't say anything. I don't know why the higher-ups are suddenly making such a big fuss."

"What about the people we brought? They are all our closest fellow disciples."

Judging from Commander Jiang's furious yet restrained demeanor, if he were to truly follow the rules of private dealings...

Guo Tao's expression was solemn, and he spoke with great urgency.

"That could kill people."

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