Martial God Development Plan

But most of the warriors were intimidated by Ji Zhao's aura and did not dare to expose their backs at all. So far, the only person who used this tactic against Ji Zhao was the warrior from the Xing Dou Sect. The internal energy of the Xing Dou Sutra is extremely low in concentration, and there is no damage at all after it is released... What's more, with the explosive power of the Xing Dou Sutra, he could win in close combat with Ji Zhao. He would just be stabbed twice by the dagger. If it was a desperado like Liu Wei, he might have exchanged his injury for his life. However, this man looks fierce, but in fact he is a coward. It can only be said that things are unpredictable.

The roar of internal breath resounded, and a silver light flashed at the tip of the spear. The spear seemed to be given life, thrusting and stabbing like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue or a falcon swooping down, sharp and poisonous, making it difficult to resist.

Ji Zhao had a dim look in his eyes and took light steps to meet him actively. He held the spear in his hand, shook it lightly, and the tip of the spear hit him. The sharp and powerful spear was like a soft whip in his hand, full of infinite changes. He stepped back three steps in succession. The spear in his hand seemed to have magnetic force, sucking Lie Yun's spear tightly. It looked like Lie Yun was cooperating with him, but in fact, Lie Yun was using too much strength, so he couldn't stop his strength after being slightly pulled by Ji Zhao, and could only go with the flow.

Ding Ding Deng!

Ji Zhao took three steps back in succession. Lieyun's initial momentum weakened and he wanted to stop the attack, but Ji Zhao seized the moment of pause. The whip, which was soft and powerless a second ago, instantly turned into a sharp king of weapons and rushed straight in. Lieyun felt a gust of evil wind blowing in his face, and the shining gun tip stopped on his chest.

Volume 5: Human Escape: Chapter 3: All the Freedom in the World

Ji Zhao is in a state of being timid when facing a strong enemy but strong when facing a youngster. He knows too well how to deal with these inexperienced people. Even though the opponent's overall rating is two levels higher than his, after the actual fight, the winner is still decided in one encounter.

The scene fell silent for a moment...Everyone saw Lie Yun's inner strength, and no one expected that he would be defeated so easily by Ji Zhao.

“Not bad.” In the silence, Ji Tan was the first to react. Her dynamic vision was average, and she was afraid of being affected, so she was far away. She only saw two mosaics collide with each other. When they stopped, Ji Zhao won. “This is the winner, right?”

Ji Zhao did not speak, but looked at Lie Yun. Most warriors had the common problem of "I am unwilling to accept defeat because I haven't used up all my internal energy". He was also ready to fight again... If it was a life-and-death battle, he dared not say that he would definitely win against Lie Yun, after all, the opponent could wear him out by fighting and running at the same time. But now in front of his sister Lielian, if the opponent could use this tactic, Ji Zhao would have no problem accepting defeat.

“…I lost.”

However, Lie Yun did not stick to his guns like Fu Xieshi did. He sighed and frankly admitted his defeat.

In fact, he may have felt unconvinced in his heart, but he also understood that if it was a life-and-death battle, he would have died just now, and those trump cards and big moves would only be left for the next life.

"Concession."

Ji Zhao retracted his spear.

Lie Yun looked at Ji Zhao deeply, and without saying anything to him, walked towards Lielian.

"Second brother..." Lie Lian was actually a little embarrassed standing here. No matter who won or lost, she was caught in the middle. She couldn't feel happy or depressed.

"Walk with me." Lieyun's expression showed no emotion. "It's a long way from Jiange. It's not easy."

Lie Lian responded softly, glanced at Ji Zhao, and left with Lie Yun.

Ji Bei and Gu Qu were so shocked that they were speechless, but Ji Tan was very calm and spoke immediately.

"It's boring." After the two left, Ji Tan sighed, "I really wanted to see you get beaten up, but it ended just like that."

Ji Zhao put the spear back on the weapon rack. He was somewhat used to Ji Tan, and said casually, "Can't you just wait for me a little bit?"

Ji Tan smiled and said, "I still miss the scene when you were beaten and lay on the hospital bed begging me to change your dressings."

Ji Zhao's face darkened. This happened when he was seriously injured. "I didn't ask you to do anything... and you have absolutely no ethics as a doctor! How can you have fun with a patient?"

"hehe......"

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Luohe Pavilion, mountain road.

Lieyun and Lielian walked for a while in silence. After a long while, Lieyun slowly spoke, but he mentioned something completely unrelated.

"Can you imagine what those young ladies from the wealthy families in Wangbei City who are on good terms with you are saying about you right now?"

Wangbei City was the front line against Ning, and there were actually not many young ladies from official families living there. It was a very small circle, but precisely because there were no other people of the same age and similar status, it was strangely stable.

Lielian was startled when he heard this, then shook his head slightly.

"You're lying." However, Lie Yun exposed her without hesitation, "You can definitely guess... I can guess too, they are laughing at you and your father, it's just like a joke, the son of a prostitute, your meridians are completely broken, and just because of 'luck' you activated Qingshan Bu Gai, so you have to leave Wangbei City and travel thousands of miles to Lizhou where you are unfamiliar with the place... They are laughing at you, even though the last time I saw those faces was a few years ago, but I can fully imagine this kind of self-righteous stupidity... just like me."

The last five words came out of nowhere, and Lielian's brain went blank in an instant when she wanted to refute. Even though she was such a well-educated and considerate girl, she didn't know what to say at this moment.

However, Lie Yun continued talking without caring.

"I don't want to admit it, but this is the fact. Father...his vision, his foresight, his intuition, his judgment, his courage, are completely beyond my comprehension and imagination. Why did he dare to do this, spend most of the family's money, owe so many favors, and send his daughter to such a place? Before just now, I couldn't understand it at all. I even planned to go north directly after defeating Ji Zhao and ask him about this matter in person, but now, there is only one thing left in my mind."

Lielian asked subconsciously: "What's the matter?"

Lieyun said: "From today, from now on, I will not be able to sleep."

Lie Lian was stunned for a moment, and then remained silent, not knowing what to say.

Lieyun didn't care and just said, "I was planning to stay here with you for a few days. After all, it's not easy for us to meet each other. Now it seems that this matter has to be blown like going north... I want to go back."

Lie Lian said, "Second brother has come all the way here, and you're leaving now?"

"I have already done what I needed to do, and I have already got the answer I wanted. If I don't leave now, when will I leave?" Lie Yun shook his head, looking somewhat carefree. "But before I leave, I have one last thing to ask you."

Lie Lian said, "Second brother, please speak."

"Are you happy?" Lieyun said bluntly, "Or are you living an uncomfortable life?"

He paused, then continued: "Don't ask me questions, don't change the subject, and don't say anything against your will."

"...I'm not unhappy." Lielian was silent for a moment and responded, "But I'm not happy either. It's the same as when I was in Wangbei City. It's still like this."

Lie Yun then asked: "So, do you like Ji Zhao? And do you think he is interested in you?"

In this day and age, this question is indeed a bit...too radical.

When hearing the second half of the sentence, Ji Tan's figure flashed through Lielian's mind for no reason. Then she smiled, looking much calmer and more comfortable than when she answered the previous question: "My fellow disciples and masters all praise Master Ji. No one hates him. It's the same for me, my little sister. As for whether I like him or not, I really can't say now. Master Ji and I have only known each other for a short time. There is still a long time to come... Besides, even if I don't like him, I have to marry him. Even if he doesn't like me, I will be his legal wife. This is a foregone conclusion, isn't it?"

Lie Yun was silent for a while, then suddenly said, "Let's practice martial arts."

These four words came so suddenly that at first glance they had nothing to do with the previous text, but Lie Lian understood the meaning of this sentence.

"All the freedom in the world is in one place." Lieyun stretched out his palm towards the sky, as if to catch the sun, "I don't hate him, but I hope that next time we meet, you marry him because you like him and are happy with him, not because you can't disobey your father... Go practice martial arts, Lielian, all the freedom in the world is hidden in it."

Volume 5: The Escape of Man: Chapter 4: Marriage

In the afternoon, after seeing off Lie Yun, seeing that dinner time was approaching, Ji Zhao and the other five went to Wuling City together. She chose a restaurant called Bu Yuan Huan. A poet once wrote a poem here, which roughly meant that the food in this restaurant was so delicious that even an immortal would not want to go back. This restaurant became famous because of this and is considered one of the famous restaurants in Wuling City.

Lizhou has a superior geographical location and is the state least affected by the war in Yan State. Its economic situation is considered good, so there are many diners coming to the restaurant.

The group had a meal here, and the food was indeed delicious... at least much better than Han Gong Qiu's.

After eating and drinking, Mo Yu went to the blacksmith shop, and the remaining four planned to stroll around the night market... When the fellow disciples were still here, life in Luohe Pavilion was quite lively. Now that the fellow disciples have gone home for the New Year, there are not many people in Luohe Pavilion at this time. It's a rare opportunity to come to the bustling Wuling City, so naturally they want to have some fun here.

“It’s so lively…”

Coming to the bustling night market, Lie Lian felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. Although she was a daughter of an official family, she had not enjoyed much. After all, Lie Yufei had only been valued in the past few years, and since then, she had been living in Wangbei City. Needless to say, what kind of place that was.

Ji Zhao smiled and said, "It's almost the New Year, it's always lively, is there anything Miss Lie is interested in?"

"Don't say such things!" Gu Qu interrupted, "Brother Ji, how can you say such things? This question is just like 'Do you have any clothes you like?' Most people can't answer it. After all, not everyone wears such showy clothes like you all day long... You should be more purposeful. You should ask like this... Miss Lie, do you want to play word guessing?"

Seeing her excited look, Ji Zhao said sarcastically: "You want to guess the riddle yourself, right? If you want to go, go by yourself."

Gu Qu was silent for a while, but did not refute. Instead, he said faintly: "...I can't guess."

This strange honesty was just right and left everyone speechless for a moment. After a moment, Lielian chuckled and said, "Then go and give it a try."

The group came to the riddle guessing stall. There was no need to introduce the rules in detail. It was nothing more than spending money to open a blind box puzzle. There were prizes for guessing correctly. Ji Tan claimed to be well-read and knew what would happen 500 years ago and 500 years later. She stepped forward confidently to challenge... There was no strange contrast. She was really good. She guessed five riddles in a row while chatting and laughing, and even inexplicably gave Gu Qu confidence to let her go up and try twice.

Of course a miracle would not happen, Gu Qu failed... Ji Zhao was actually very curious. After seeing those questions, wouldn't Gu Qu feel very confused and clueless? Just because Ji Tan explained them to her afterwards, did she think she could do it?

Afterwards, Lielian also tried it, but her intelligence was obviously not as good as Ji Tan's, and she kept hitting a wall. The boss saw that they were dressed gorgeously and had extraordinary temperament, so he gave them some small hints, which allowed Lielian to guess a few of the answers correctly.

"Ha." Ji Tan never knew what modesty was. He proudly shook his long, smooth black hair and said proudly, "It's understandable that you can't beat me. After all, I know the past 500 years and the next 500 years. I'm the best fortune teller in the world."

"Miss Ji is very smart. I have to admit that she is superior." Lie Lian smiled calmly, obviously not taking the matter to heart.

Ji Tan was quite bored by Lielian's reaction, and he stood up and said lazily, "It's no fun if I'm the only one happy, let's change someone else."

Gu Quze said, "Brother Ji, why don't you come and try?"

Ji Zhao waved his hand: "I can't do it."

Gu Qu provoked: "Don't you dare?"

Ji Zhao sighed: "Just consider it that I don't dare. How can I be worse than you?"

When Gu Qu heard this, her face turned red and she felt very unhappy, but she couldn't think of any excuse to refute. She could only fold her arms across her chest and sulk.

However, Gu Qu never holds grudges. If she did hold a grudge, seeing Mo Yu would probably be like seeing her mortal enemy - she has been scolded too much.

She stopped in front of a stall, where sat a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest. On both sides of the stall was a piece of white cloth with writing in a very flamboyant style. Ji Zhao had to work very hard to vaguely make out the words "half-immortal in the world, with amazing fortune-telling skills" written on it. On the stall in front of her was the fortune stick that Zhao Hongyue had asked Ji Zhao to draw.

"Miss, would you like to draw a fortune?" Perhaps because he saw that Gu Qu was interested in fortune-telling, the middle-aged man took the initiative to invite her, "It's always good to draw a fortune-telling fortune."

He said, paused for a moment, and added: "The drawing is free."

"But the interpretation of the fortune has to be correct, right?" Ji Tan interrupted.

The middle-aged man did not feel ashamed of being exposed, he just smiled and said, "I need to eat."

"That's right." Ji Tan nodded and looked at Gu Qu, "If you are still hesitating, why not let me go first."

Gu Qu was indeed interested, but he had not yet thought about what he wanted to divine. Upon hearing Ji Tan's words, he immediately gave up his seat.

Ji Tan sat down, and the middle-aged man smiled and said, "What do you want to be told, young lady?"

"Whatever." Ji Tan said calmly, "I can calculate this kind of thing clearly myself...then let's talk about marriage, let's see how good you are as a fortune teller."

Marriage is an eternal topic in the world of fortune-telling. It is the most basic and the most difficult to master.

The middle-aged man smiled and pushed the fortune stick tube in front of Ji Tan: "Please... Miss, you seem to be an expert at this, but I still want to remind you that for the marriage fortune sticks, you have to draw twice for each fortune stick tube."

"Of course I know." Ji Tan said lazily, "Some third-rate fortune tellers are of low level and can't interpret complicated lots, so they just let people draw once. If you say that, I will turn around and leave."

As she spoke, she first drew a lot from the tube. After the middle-aged man had seen clearly, she put the lot back into the tube, shook it, and drew again.

After seeing the two draws, the middle-aged man looked calm. He smiled and said, "The 'person' lot in marriage represents both parties. The two lots you drew are both average, with some meanings of yin being strong and yang being weak. This means that in this relationship that you don't know if it has started yet, you are the active one. However, the yang being weak is 'burned by a dark fire', which means that the man is restraining himself or even refusing for some reason... Since you understand, I'll stop here."

The remaining words are too straightforward these days and are actually inconvenient to say. If it were someone else who didn't understand, the middle-aged man would have to choose his words carefully. But since Ji Tan understood, it would be a good thing to end it here.

Volume 5: The Escape of Man: Chapter 5: The tangled mess

"Yeah......"

Ji Tan's face had no expression and no one could tell what she was thinking.

She reached for the lottery ticket and pulled it out twice in succession.

After these two draws, Ji Tan and the middle-aged man both changed their expressions... Not to mention the two of them, even the other three people who were watching from behind and knew nothing were dumbfounded.

Because Ji Tan drew the 'Earth Evil' sign both times, which corresponds to the 'Earth Luck' sign, and is the worst draw in the entire lot box!

Ji Tan's face turned dark, but he reached out and drew another lottery ticket from the lottery box.

The middle-aged man did not stop her...The way fortune sticks work is, no matter what you are fortune-telling, as long as you draw the same lot from the same lot tube, you have to draw again.

The third draw...it's still the Earthly Evil Sign!

The middle-aged man gasped.

"this......"

"Why the third blow?" Gu Qu, who was watching from behind, was puzzled. "Three Earthly Evils... this means something bad, right?"

The middle-aged man briefly explained to Gu Qu why he drew the third lot, and then responded: "It's more than just bad..."

He paused and explained, "The Earth Lottery Tube means 'worldly' in marriage. To put it roughly, it means whether your parents, relatives and friends support this marriage, how others view this marriage, whether it is a fairy couple in the eyes of the world, etc. The better the lot, the more others will support you. On the contrary, it means that the whole world is against it... Three Earthly Evil Lottery, I have been in this industry for many years, and this is the first time I have seen it..."

Gu Qu was puzzled: "How bad is it exactly?"

"......once." Before the middle-aged man could speak, Ji Tan, with an expressionless face, responded to the ancient song first, "Looking back over the past thousands of years, there has only been one recorded case of the Three Lands Evil Sign, and that was Emperor Feng Ai, the last monarch of Feng State, which was destroyed by Ning State... He married his father's concubine!"

No one in the field knew the history of Feng State. After all, they couldn't even understand the history of Yan State, let alone the history of Feng State.

"That's right." The middle-aged man stroked his goatee and sighed, "Yao Ji was the concubine of Emperor Feng Ling, seventeen years older than Emperor Feng Ai, and was also Emperor Feng Ai's martial arts master. But after Emperor Feng Ai ascended the throne, he asked his father-in-law to succeed him... Even barbaric people like Ning would hardly do such a thing. Moreover, Feng Country has been influenced by Yan for a long time and is considered an ancient civilized country. When this matter was brought up, it really shocked the court and the public... This is the bad sign of the three places."

In fact, in ancient times, the practice of father inheriting wife's inheritance was not particularly uncommon, but it was usually done secretly. For example, Emperor Feng Ai, who openly established his queen...tsk tsk.

"It means that this marriage is hated by both heaven and man... No one will support it, and no one will bless it." The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and said, "I shouldn't have said this, but a normal person is not qualified to draw the third level of evil..."

Perhaps seeing Ji Tan's bad face, Gu Qu said, "You Taoist priest, can't you say something nicer?"

"......He has said it very nicely." However, Ji Tan said slowly, "Third Earth Demon......Hehe, I have to fall in love with someone."

As she spoke, a hint of genuine doubt suddenly flashed across her extremely bad expression.

[“How could it be the Three Earthly Evils? Even if it was worse, it shouldn’t be the Three Earthly Evils…”]

Perhaps because Ji Tan looked really unhappy, Ji Zhao also spoke out to comfort her: "Second sister, I have said it before, fortune-telling is just a trick. If you draw a good fortune, then you are happy. If you draw a bad fortune, it doesn't mean anything."

It was quite rude to say this in front of the fortune teller, but the middle-aged man looked at his nose, his mouth, and his heart, pretending not to hear anything.

"...Who knows?"

Ji Tan muttered something and reached out to touch the Tianqian tube.

"Do you want to draw more?" However, the middle-aged man put the lottery tube back and said, "Girl, if you don't believe, then there is no need to draw lots. But if you do believe, you should know what the three evil spirits mean. Do you want to test your fate with the three evil spirits?"

The Tianqiantong means "fate" in marriage, which has nothing to do with the relationship between the two people and the secular concept. There may be some people who have a very good relationship and the secular world also thinks they are a perfect match, but they just don't have fate and therefore can't be together... When both the human and earthly fortunes have good results, the Tianqian is naturally also very important.