Martial God Development Plan

The next morning, everyone gathered in the center of the square. Except for Ji Tan who was too lazy to move, all the other disciples were present, and the group headed towards Wuling City.

Wuling City is not far from Mount Daizong. Any normal adult can get there in half a morning by walking and stopping. If it were a few days ago, Gu Qu would have been exhausted, but her physique was really strong. Her half-hearted practice in just a few days was equivalent to a month of hard work for an ordinary warrior. In addition, the martial arts she practiced were not ordinary ones, and the physique accounted for a very high proportion in the formula. Therefore, her internal energy now was at least twice that of Ji Zhao. Although she was panting along the way, she rarely complained of being tired.

Thinking about how the other party almost collapsed from exhaustion just carrying luggage a few days ago, Ji Zhao felt very complicated.

Of course, the quality of internal energy cannot fully represent the strength of a warrior. For example, if Ji Zhao really fought with Gu Qu, he would probably be able to defeat the enemy without fighting with just a glance. You must know that Liu Wei, a bandit who has killed countless people, felt cold hands and feet and weak legs in front of Ji Zhao, let alone such a girl.

"We're here." After entering the city, Yun Xiao took out two lists from his arms and handed one to Ji Bei. "There are a lot of things to buy. It's too inefficient to go all together. Ji Bei, you lead a team, and we'll act separately."

Ji Bei took the list, his eyes a little suspicious: "Master Yun wouldn't go out alone to be lazy, right?"

Yun Xiao held his forehead with his hand: "I wouldn't go to such a point... And you guys wouldn't feel comfortable being with an elder like me, right?"

Ji Bei said: "I don't feel that way."

Ji Zhao squinted: "Me too."

Nan Xue nodded silently.

Gu Qu laughed and said, "Because Master Yun, you don't behave like an elder at all."

"My heart hurts so much." Yun Xiao covered his heart sadly, "Can't you just say that I'm loved and trusted by my disciples? Why do you say such hurtful words... Anyway, Ji Bei, you are responsible for leading the team. After buying things, you can also take your junior brothers and sisters to have fun around. Meet at the inn over there at about 4:45 pm. I might be late, so you can eat there first. Here, this is money. If you encounter any problems, remember to report your identity as a disciple of Luohe Pavilion. Although the deterrent power is not as strong as in the previous dynasty, this is after all at the foot of Emperor Taizong."

Ji Bei took the purse and agreed to the deal.

Ji Zhao interrupted: "Isn't it too late? We might have to walk back to the mountain at night."

"You are a careful boy." Yun Xiao said, "These days there is chaos and war. If it were somewhere else, it would be better not to walk at night, but this is at the foot of Mount Tai."

Volume Three: Taizong and Luohe: Chapter 23: Biographies of Twenty-Four Heavenly Books!

"Eh...are you only buying the most basic fireworks?"

After Yunxiao left, the four of them started shopping for New Year goods. When they arrived at the fireworks store, Ji Bei bought some fireworks according to the items on the list, but Gu Qu seemed a little unsatisfied. She said excitedly, "Let's have some Fire Dragon Flying Swallow Hundred Flowers Blooming or something like that."

"No." Ji Bei rejected Gu Qu mercilessly, "There are many trees on Mount Daizong. If there is a flood, the consequences will be disastrous."

"How boring." Gu Qu sighed, leaning over to look at the note in Ji Bei's hand, "Hey, why is there no mutton? If we don't eat this during the New Year, it means that the New Year is not over. In my hometown, no matter how poor we are, we will sell everything we have to eat a bite of mutton dumplings during the New Year... Speaking of which, what do people eat during New Year's Day in their hometowns?"

————I don't know where this ancient song came from. I heard this kind of nonsense. Since the Yan Dynasty lost the northwestern livestock land, the price of mutton has soared. In the early years of the Yan Dynasty, ethnic minorities in the northwest region could pay sheep money to the government to redeem their sins according to the old rules. Each sheep was worth only 500 coins, and the price was so low that the herders were trembling with anger. But now, a pound of pure meat alone costs more than this price. People in all regions can afford it. It's almost the same to say that they get some worthless scraps such as mutton offal.

Ji Bei said: "Rice cakes and glutinous rice balls."

"That sounds good." Gu Qu looked at Nan Xue, "What about you, Brother Nan?"

Nan Xue was silent for a moment: "...I don't know."

Gu Qu was stunned: "I don't know what you mean...?"

"Big sister." Ji Zhao suddenly spoke up, "I think the New Year should be more lively. How about I pay for some interesting fireworks myself?"

Gu Qu's attention was drawn to him, and he forgot about Nan Xue's matter. "Is this okay?!"

"If you want to buy it, no one can stop you." Ji Bei shook his head, "Use your own money to buy a little, and be careful when the time comes."

The ancient song cheered, and the female voice was almost exposed in the middle. The person reacted belatedly, cleared his throat awkwardly, and said: "Well... the weather has been cold recently, I caught a cold, and there is something wrong with my throat. Don't worry!"

"......Um."

After leaving the fireworks shop, Gu Qu was awakened by Ji Zhao and ran to buy a lamb...which really scared Ji Zhao.

He had been so absorbed in spiritual practice in the past few days that he had not paid attention to other things. Now that he saw Gu Qu could so casually buy a lamb to satisfy his appetite during the New Year, he suddenly woke up. A rich woman is actually by my side? !

His eyes sharpened.

[“It’s time to sell your body!”]

"Gu...Brother Gu has a good family background." Ji Bei was also a little surprised by the other party.

"Hehe." Gu Qu hugged the lamb and smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's okay, my dad left me some money."

I have to say, since she brought this sheep, Gu Qu's rate of turning heads has increased a lot, and many people are staring at her.

"Be careful." Ji Bei reminded, "There are a lot of interferences these days."

Although Ji Bei said so, few people dared to attack Gu Qu. As for the reason, it was probably because Nan Xue was there and he had no other clothes, so he wore the disciple uniform of Luohe Pavilion when he went out. Coupled with his conspicuous white hair and expressionless face, he looked like someone who was not easy to mess with.

After all, these days, people whose hair, eyes, skin and even inner breath color are different from those of ordinary people probably practice some special skills, and special actually means some degree of strength.

As for those who can see through Nan Xue's true strengths, they can probably see that Ji Bei is not an ordinary person, so they naturally won't seek trouble.

At noon, Ji Bei brought everyone to a restaurant that was doing quite a busy business. Ji Bei thought that the chefs here were very skilled, but when they came in, he realized that everyone was attracted by the storyteller inside.

Thinking that since they were already here, Ji Bei decided to stay with everyone else.

The storyteller was telling the story of Duke Wu'an Weihuo. He was now in the nineteenth chapter, where a black-blooded ghost plotted to bring disaster to Weihuo, but he luckily got the heavenly book back to Chengtai.

Who is this black-blooded vampire? He is not worth mentioning. He is just an insignificant villain in Wei Huo's growth process. As for this heavenly book, we need to talk about it in detail.

Legend has it that during the Feng Dynasty, a young Taoist priest received guidance from the Taoist ancestor in his dream. After waking up, he went to a place and dug out twenty-four blank scrolls. He thus attained enlightenment and established the Zhitian Pavilion in Longhu Mountain.

In later generations, the disciples of Zhitian Pavilion gradually recorded the lives of twenty-four top martial artists in these twenty-four volumes, which are known in history as the Twenty-Four Biographies. People call them the Twenty-Four Heavenly Books because someone once got one of the biographies, but found that there was not a single word in it. When he asked the disciples of Zhitian Pavilion, he was told that this was something that only those with a predestined relationship could see. Hence, it was given the joking title of "Heavenly Book without Words" to satirize the Zhitian Pavilion's deliberate mystification.

If it ended here, then these twenty-four biographies would be a joke, but not long after, another legend emerged among the people, that these twenty-four biographies contained the power to travel through time and space. At the beginning, Wei Huo relied on a biography to travel back two hundred years ago, and not only escaped the pursuit of his enemies, but also cultivated peerless martial arts there.

No one knows where this saying came from, but it was spread in a very convincing way. Some people even looked through ancient books and found a lot of evidence in them. For example, a technique that was not created until 500 years later was used by a mysterious person who suddenly appeared 500 years ago...

All these things made the Twenty-Four Biographies famous all over the world. Many martial artists came to Longhu Mountain, but found that Zhitian Pavilion had been deserted. Only the old Pavilion Master was sitting in the center of the hall, smiling and dead. The whereabouts of the Twenty-Four Biographies were also unknown...

Since then, the name of "Heavenly Book" has changed from a mocking name to a compliment. What's more, some people say that there is a shocking secret hidden in the twenty-four biographies. As long as someone can find all twenty-four biographies, he can become the best in the world and achieve immortality!

However, by the time of the Yan Dynasty, except for a very small number of dreamers, not many people actually cared about this matter. They just brought it up as a joke after dinner. So many years have passed, and no one in the world can find even one copy, let alone twenty-four copies.

However, Ji Zhao did not regard this as a simple legend... In the game, anything is possible, and the author of the game might have really written such a plot.

Moreover, even if we don't look at it from the perspective of a 'game', there is another thing that may also cause 'time travel' to occur, and that is the 'bell'.

For both emotional and logical reasons, and both internally and externally, Ji Zhao could not just laugh off these twenty-four biographies as a joke.

Volume 3: Taizong Luohe: Chapter 24: The White-haired Man

"A heavenly book that can travel through time and space..."

Gu Qu is obviously a dreamer. He started rubbing his hands, and stars almost appeared in his eyes: "I really want to see it with my own eyes~~"

————With that look and tone, Nanxue was simply an idiot for not recognizing that she was a woman, and Guqu was an even bigger idiot for thinking that his men's clothing had not been discovered. It was truly a blessing from heaven that these two heavyweights could meet each other.

"It's just a legend." Ji Bei obviously didn't believe in such things. She shook her head and said, "Time travel is nothing but a joke made by a bunch of idlers who are neither good at literature nor martial arts to attract attention."

"That's hard to say." Gu Qu had no intention of arguing with Ji Bei, but looked full of ambition, "One day I will find the Twenty-Four Heavenly Book!"

"What a great dream." Ji Zhao actually agreed with Gu Qu in his heart, but he didn't show it. He just smiled casually and said, "To find something that doesn't exist is a great dream that will never end."

"...It sounds like you are attacking me with your words, Brother Ji." Gu Qu touched his chin, revealing a thoughtful look, "But I can't be angry. Brother Ji, you speak so nicely. The great dream that will never end... It feels so romantic to describe something that cannot be achieved as this."

Ji Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it amazing?"

Gu Qu nodded seriously: "Great!"

"Want to learn?"

"miss you!"

"Ha ha......"

Ji Zhao laughed heartily, which was rare for him. He thought this little girl was really interesting.

Gu Quze asked: "So, Brother Ji, were you praising me or criticizing me with what you just said?"

Ji Zhao asked back: "When you said I was amazing just now, were you praising me or did you have any other intention?"

"I'm just praising you, I just... I don't mean it in a weird way!"

"Well, I was just praising you."

Even Gu Qu couldn't be fooled by such words. She said with empty eyes, "It's a lie."

Ji Zhao smiled and said, "Don't you think that what you just said is a bit cool?"

"Hmm..." Gu Qu actually thought about it seriously, "It seems a bit like that, but if you take the initiative to ask me to think about it, it won't feel so cool."

Ji Zhao nodded in approval: "That's right."

Ji Bei said: "It's a pity that Ji Tan is not here for this kind of occasion. If she could hear your conversation just now, she would definitely say something interesting... although it's just my intuition."

Nan Xue ate silently on the side and did not participate in the conversation between the three people.

As the few people were chatting, Ji Zhao suddenly felt an indescribable sense of crisis in his heart. He raised his head almost subconsciously and happened to meet the eyes of a pale young man outside the restaurant. The man was wearing a black robe, and the clothes covered his hair, but there were still a few strands of hair hanging in front of his forehead... It was the same white hair as Nan Xue!

After this person made eye contact with Ji Zhao, he seemed to be frightened. He quickly lowered his head and turned away. His steps were hurried, and it was obvious that he had something to hide!

"Big sister!" Ji Zhao's mind raced in an instant, and he shouted subconsciously, pointing his finger at the man, saying concisely, "That man is a wanted criminal! Capture him!"

————This was a lie, but Ji Zhaoqing knew that time was pressing. If Ji Bei did not do as he said immediately but asked why, it was very likely that he would not be able to capture that man. Therefore, he lied without hesitation.

"Huh?!" Ji Bei also reacted quickly. He looked in the direction of Ji Zhao's hand and saw the black-robed man fleeing in a hurry. Without saying anything else, he burst out his internal energy and rushed over in two steps.

Her speed and reaction were fast, but the mysterious man in black was no ordinary person. Seeing Ji Bei chasing her, his internal energy burst out. His internal energy was extremely strange and the speed of the burst was supernatural. He almost instantly increased his speed to the maximum. Then, relying on the complex terrain and large number of people in the city, he took advantage of various turns and disappeared without a trace!

Ji Bei's strength is definitely better than this person's, but this is how a chase works. The more complex the terrain, the more obstructions there are to the vision, and the more irrelevant pedestrians there are, the more advantage the escaping party has.

Ji Bei didn't dare to pursue further and had to return empty-handed, looking a little unhappy when he came back.

“I didn’t catch him.”

Ji Zhao walked past Nan Xue and Gu Qu, walked up quickly, and whispered in Ji Bei's ear: "That man is not a wanted criminal, but he is spying here... His hair is white, the same as Nan Xue's."

Although the teachers did not tell their disciples about Nan Xue's origins, Ji Zhao and Ji Bei were not idiots like Gu Qu who knew no martial arts. They knew at once that he was forced to practice some evil skills. And now that he had run into those people with the same white hair... they were probably enemies, not friends.

Therefore, after hearing Ji Zhao's words, Ji Bei also realized the meaning of his previous lie and felt very ashamed for a moment. Ji Zhao's reaction was perfect, but she ruined things.

"You're really quick to react... Too bad I didn't catch it."

"It's not a question of not catching him." Nan Xue and Gu Qu had already come closer, and Ji Zhao's words could be heard by them. "When I saw him, he turned around and left without hesitation... He is most likely not alone. We have been targeted!"

"Being... being targeted?!" Gu Qu heard this as soon as he came over, and was a little flustered, "By whom, the wanted criminal?!"

"He's not a wanted criminal... It's a little complicated to explain." Rather than saying it's complicated to explain, it's better to say that Ji Bei actually didn't know who the white-haired man opposite him was, but the man ran away as soon as he made eye contact with Ji Zhao, so he didn't think he was a serious person. So he said, "Anyway, let's meet up with Master Yun first. I've also seen his shopping list, and I'm familiar with Wuling City, so I should be able to guess the approximate location... Without further ado, let's go!"

If it was normal, Ji Bei's reaction might not be so big, but now she was with three junior brothers and sisters who had just entered the sect and had no fighting power, so she felt a little anxious and took everyone to find Yun Xiao directly. Ji Zhao was calmer and followed Ji Bei's footsteps while walking to Nan Xue's side: "Brother Nan, let me make a long story short... That person has white hair like you, he is about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, and his skin is a little pale. Do you have any impression of this person?"

Nan Xue was stunned and looked confused, but she still answered Ji Zhao quickly and calmly.

"No."

He answered so quickly that Ji Zhao frowned slightly.

"Really? Do you want to think about it carefully?"

"Need not."

Nan Xue said.

“Everyone I knew was dead.”

Volume 3: Taizong Luohe: Chapter 25: Some things are unavoidable

Everyone I knew was dead.

A breathtaking sentence was said by the white-haired young man in a very calm tone. Even Ji Zhao was slightly stunned at this moment.

"......Feel sorry."

"Brother Ji, you didn't do anything wrong." Nan Xue shook her head, "No need to apologize."

As he spoke, he took two steps forward and walked to Ji Bei's side, asking softly, "Senior Sister Ji, what is that person's inner breath like? Are there any obvious characteristics?"

Ji Bei responded without hesitation while keeping an eye on his surroundings: "Explosive power."

That’s right, the explosive power of the mysterious white-haired man is simply too terrifying.

If we use a car to measure the distance, Ji Bei can accelerate to 10 km/h in 150 seconds, and although the white-haired man can only reach 100 km/h, he can complete the acceleration in just 3 seconds, so he can get rid of Ji Bei unreasonably. The explosive power still makes Ji Bei tremble with fear. Let me ask, if a person with such inner energy assassinates others at a banquet or something like that, who in the world can stop him? !

Ji Bei thought about this and asked, "Do you have any idea?"

"As for internal energy, I think I have practiced it before." Nan Xue said, "My former master taught me... This technique is called the Starry Sky Sutra. It has great explosive power, but consumes a lot of energy and causes a lot of damage to the meridians. If it is a normal practitioner, he can't even sustain the battle for half an incense stick."

As a warrior, Ji Bei had a keen sense of smell and caught the key words in Nan Xue's words.

"So, what's abnormal?"

"It's abnormal. They can maintain that state for a long time... However, because this technique is extremely stimulating to the meridians, it is impossible for it to last more than two incense sticks."

————However, among warriors, it is very rare for a battle to last more than two incense sticks. It is a different story on the battlefield.

"These people are from your sect?"

"I don't know... My master never told me this." Nan Xue paused, then continued, "But, people who practice the Star Dou Sutra have a very special perception. They can sense other people who have practiced the Star Dou Sutra and whose cultivation is lower than their own. The range of this perception is far beyond that of normal warriors, even if the person who has practiced the Star Dou Sutra no longer has the star inner breath... My fellow disciples and I have tried to escape, but no one has ever succeeded. I think they may have relied on this to find me."