Chapter 76 The second martial art!
Xu Chong returned to his staff dormitory.
A staff dormitory with a total area of over 100 square meters, divided into a dining room, bedroom, bathroom, and main hall.
Xu Chong stood by the window on the north side of the main hall, quietly looking at the magnificent city in the distance.
In this world, the word "interest" is what he feels most deeply.
From yamen runners, to court officials, to Taiping Dao rebels, most people were like this.
In fact, it is the same for ordinary people. The only difference is that they can only sacrifice their time and health in exchange for benefits.
In short, for the sake of profit, people will naturally give up other things.
And this is the reason why Xu Chong has been able to maneuver under the noses of more powerful people until now.
Wu Wenjing, Zhou Ze, Fu Yuanlong, Wei Wuxie...
It’s the same now that Qianhu Suo has arrived.
If it weren't for the attention attracted by the Broken Wind Hand, even if he could pass the assessment and become a small flag, he would still have countless troubles in the future.
And Kou Ruohai's words also proved that there are clear and inevitable interests involved.
Only in this way is Xu Chong worthy of Ge Wanshan's expectations and kindness.
So here comes the question.
Why Duan Yuanming?
Xu Chong clearly remembered the kindness that was so clear that it was too clear.
Since Duan Yuanming has no clear benefits to gain from becoming the commander-in-chief's last disciple, why would he show such kindness to me?
Just hope that 'if you become rich and powerful, don't forget me'?
Xu Chong didn't believe that the ruler of a prefecture could be so naive.
That being the case, let’s start with the hypothesis.
Let’s first assume that Duan Yuanming does not have any complicated thoughts, and his kindness towards himself is simply an appreciation for outstanding young people.
If this is the case, Xu Chong can only admit that his heart is too dark. There are also people in this world who hold high positions but have a clear conscience.
Excluding this, let's assume that Duan Yuanming is not innocent and his kindness to me is for profit...
What will this benefit be?
What aspect of me can be useful to Duan Yuanming?
Maybe not……
He got a lot of information about Duan Yuanming from Kou Ruohai.
He was just forty years old and his realm was the eighth level of Tongmai.
The fourth-rank prefect is just one of Duan Yuanming’s identities.
Another more important identity is that he is the second son of the Duan family in the capital.
Kou Ruohai described the Duan family as a behemoth.
As for who this huge French bandit Ruohai was, he didn't know either. He just said that he heard the captain mention it.
In a word, it is the most valuable.
Even if Xu Chong became the commander-in-chief's last disciple, the resources and support he could get might not be as much as Duan Yuanming.
This once again proves from the side that something is wrong with Duan Yuanming.
If you don't even seek a future for yourself, what are you seeking?
After much thought, there is only one possibility left under the assumption of "profitable".
Fragments of the cave.
Don't forget that Ge Wanshan and Duan Yuanming were also involved in the cave fragment incident, but their duty was to stop other people from Taiping Dao, and they did not go to Canglong.
"Kou Ruoming said that after Wei Wuxie obtained the fragments of the cave heaven, all the troops of the Blood Robe Guard, the garrison, and the government office were withdrawn... Either the court allowed Wei Wuxie to leave, or the court knew that Wu Xiangyi was there and could not be caught by the local people."
"No matter which one it is, it is very likely that Duan Yuanming has some thoughts about the fragments and is unwilling to just let it go."
"But the question is, how did he connect me with the fragments of the cave?"
"Just because I'm from Canglong County?"
"Well... it's not impossible. After all, I'm a Dianshi, and I've experienced many battles between the Blood Robe Guards and the Taiping Dao without any damage. Not only that, I was able to join the Blood Robe Guards because of this."
"However, he couldn't possibly know my true strength. Even if he had the idea, he probably just noticed me and wanted to get some details from me to speculate on Wei Wuxie's whereabouts."
"It seems that we need to find an opportunity for Wei Wuxie to show up."
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something.
It is better not to let someone with such a powerful background and strong personal ability focus on you.
"But there's no rush. Ge Wanshan gave me the privilege, so I can stay at home in the station. Even if Duan Yuanming has any intentions, he can't do anything to me in the Qianhu Station."
"Let's improve our strength first..."
Thinking of this, Xu Chong suddenly felt that Daqing’s official system was pretty good.
Except for special yamen like the Blood-Clothed Guards, most yamen did not have such strict requirements on the realm of their chief officers, and the lower limit of the standards was set very low.
For example, Duan Yuanming, who is already a fourth-rank official, has only reached the eighth level of Tongmai.
However, his predecessor, the Lord who was killed by a water ghost, was only at the fifth level of Tongmai.
"Even if Duan Yuanming is hiding something, as long as I break through to the tenth level of Tongmai, I won't be afraid of him anymore."
Xu Chong called up the panel and took a look. The sentence 'The spiritual energy concentration has reached the minimum standard' changed to 'The spiritual energy concentration has reached the standard'.
So, the short-term plan was decided.
Stay home first.
The house is at the tenth level of Tongmai.
Then let Wei Wuxie appear and walk around to divert Duan Yuanming's attention.
You can contact Sun Yourong later to inquire and try to unblock your status.
As for what’s next, we’ll just take it one step at a time.
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Seven days later.
Xu Chong looked at the panel with excitement.
【Name: Xu Chong】
[Realm: Seventh level of Tongmai]
[True Dharma: Bao Yang Gong (unprecedented in history)]
[Side Technique: Wind-Breaking Hand (Reaching the Peak)]
[Rule: Immortality (consumes 10,000 spiritual energy to activate)]
[Spiritual Source: 0]
When I left Canglang, my spiritual source was 2 points. After only seven days of coming to Xueyiwei, it was generated to 1 point again.
Xu Chong used the 3 points of spiritual energy he had saved up on the Baoyang Gong without even thinking twice, raising his realm to the seventh level of Tongmai.
Anyway, with Wu Xiangyi here, there is no need to worry about the evil majesty being exposed.
Qianhu Suo is not as powerful as Canglong. More strength means more protection.
"The speed of spiritual energy generation is more than twice as fast... This is just the government office at the prefecture level. The provincial government offices should be even more exaggerated, not to mention the blessed places and caves in the capital."
"At this rate, it will only take more than two months to break through the tenth level of Tongmai. After that, I will be able to do it with ease. I believe that it won't be too far before I am promoted to a higher position."
"Step by step, I will rise to the capital. Perhaps activating immortality is not just a luxury!"
With excitement and enthusiasm, Xu Chong once again devoted himself to the practice of the Broken Wind Hand.
The spiritual source is automatically generated and he doesn't need to worry about it. The training methods of the Broken Wind Hand are the same over and over again. If you just look at it, you can't tell the real progress.
Xu Chong simply relaxed and continued to practice to see if he could make another breakthrough, while also letting Ge Wanshan feel at ease.
It is worth mentioning that on the tenth day, Yang Xiong came out of the Black Prison and had a fight with Kou Ruohai.
Since both of them were at the second level of Tongmai and were both wearing the blood-red robes of the general flag, and because of the internal disputes they could not use weapons, in the end no one was really able to determine the winner after fighting for a long time.
But this time, the friendship was completely destroyed, and they now were in a relationship where they would sneer at each other when they met and gossip about each other behind each other's backs.
Apart from that, nothing much happened worth noting.
Others often came in and out in groups, but Xu Chong had never been assigned any tasks, and Duan Yuanming had never appeared again.
It should be just as he thought, the other party just paid a little attention to him.
The days passed by, and it was time to distribute the year-end bonuses.
That is to distribute contributions.
He had already looked into this before. Under the same rank, the monthly salary of the Blood Robe Guards was higher than that of the military law system, but their contributions were the same.
From the time when one never entered the official rank until the fifth rank, the contribution increases by 1 point for each higher rank.
For a small flag position of the eighth rank, the contribution is 6 points per year.
However, Xu Chong did not have any extravagant expectations. After all, he had only been in office for less than a month. It would be good enough if he could make a contribution according to the standards of a historian.
But he never expected that the court would be so generous in this regard and directly gave him a full year's salary according to the standard of the eighth rank - a full 6 contribution points.
In this regard, he just wanted to say that his boss was generous.
"6 contribution points... the skills at the Tongmai realm can be exchanged for one level at exactly 6 contribution points."
Xu Chong sighed, "With these six contributions, I can gradually expose my realm to the ninth level of opening the orifice, and then openly exchange it for the Tongmai Gongfa, and then expose the first level of Tongmai."
When you reach the first level of Tongmai, you can take the assessment for the general flag.
If you become the general flag bearer, you can move to the third level, have fifty followers, and your annual contribution will also increase a little.
But Xu Chong doesn't care about any of this.
The only thing he cares about is the high degree of freedom that comes with being the general flag bearer!
As long as he becomes the general flag bearer, he can go out freely like Fu Yuanlong did before, alone or with a team, as long as he finds a reasonable excuse.
This is the unspoken rule that Ge Wanshan tacitly agrees to.
After all, everyone has secrets and personal matters to deal with, and too much pressure will only lead to disunity.
Xu Chong was thinking about adjusting his plan when there was a knock on the door.
Boom boom boom.
"Xu Xiaoqi, the commander asked you to go upstairs."
A strange voice came from the door. It should be the captain in charge of running errands in the station.
"Um?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows slightly and responded: "Okay, I'll be there right away."
Footsteps fade away.
"I'm not sure what it is, never mind. I'll have to do this sooner or later..."
Xu Chong pondered for a moment, took out the Wuxiang Clothes from his arms, and tilted his head back.
Gulp!
The sign, which was half the size of a palm, was swallowed by him!
In fact, when Xu Chong learned that he was going to join the Blood-Clothed Guard, he had already considered the issue of the formless clothes.
The formless clothes are indeed powerful, but they are still a real object after all, unlike the golden finger which is a virtual existence that only you can see.
The only way to be sure of not being discovered is to swallow it.
With the control of force flow, it can be ensured that the Wuxiangyi only stays in the stomach and does not go anywhere else.
But after all, it was such a big stone, Xu Chong always felt uncomfortable and was unable to take any action.
Now, this is Ge Wanshan's first summons, so he shouldn't be so quick to react with malicious intent, but we still have to be on guard.
“…Fortunately, it works fine.”
Xu Chong "savored" it for a moment, and after confirming that the Wuxiangyi could still be used in his stomach, he pushed the door open and walked out.
It's funny to say that there are stairs on all four sides, but without exception, they are like one-way streets, only going up and not down.
He had never seen anyone walk down the stairs obediently. All the masters and thousand households in the mansion were like this.
Not long after, Xu Chong arrived at the main hall on the fifth floor of the north building.
Unlike what one might imagine, this place is not that magnificent. Although it is spacious, it is very simple, even simpler than the inner hall of the county government in Canglong.
There are two rows of wide screens on the left and right of the entrance, separating the study and the practice room. There is a straight red carpet in the middle, covering the seats on both sides and extending to the main seat at the end.
Ge Wanshan was sitting alone at the end, with his horse and sword in his hands.
It looked like a private meeting.
Xu Chong clasped his fists at the door and said, "Master Qian Hu."
"Just come in directly."
Ge Wanshan smiled and waved.
Xu Chong stepped forward and asked: "I wonder if you have summoned me, sir, but do you have any mission to assign to me?"
"I have already explained your mission."
Ge Wanshan shook his head and said, "I asked you to come here because I have something to give you."
Xu Chong looked surprised.
"A martial art that I created on my own."
Ge Wanshan stretched out his right hand and opened it, with a transparent bead in the palm of his hand.
Xu Chong was stunned.
On the way, he speculated that there were only three possibilities for Ge Wanshan to look for him. Either he wanted to improve their relationship or he wanted to inquire about the progress of Zhe Fengshou. There was a small probability that he wanted to assign a task.
The current situation is consistent with the first assumption.
But the question is... original martial arts?
Xu Chong looked at the beads in Ge Wanshan's hand, his face hesitant.
If it's just a martial art, no matter how special it is, it's only worth 1 contribution point. Just take it, no big deal.
But original martial arts are different. Giving it to someone in person already means passing on one's skills...
What to do, take it or not?
"Don't be nervous. I have no intention of taking you as my apprentice."
As if seeing Xu Chong's concerns, Ge Wanshan smiled and waved his hand, "This martial art has been exchanged by many people, and I have also given it to many people, but I have never seen anyone become my disciple."
"this……"
Xu Chong was even more confused.
"I gave you martial arts because I was afraid that you might find the Wind-Breaking Hand boring. I gave you a different martial art to practice. Maybe you can learn something from it."
Ge Wanshan patiently explained, "In fact, I wanted to give it to you when you showed the Wind-Breaking Hand, but I didn't have any contribution surplus at that time, so I waited until today to exchange it... You also know that martial arts handed over to the arsenal cannot be taught privately."
Well, that makes sense.
Xu Chong took the beads and saluted, "Your Excellency's kindness, I will remember it in my heart."
"It's not necessary. We are just making each other better."
Ge Wanshan waved his hand indifferently and got back to the point: "This martial art is called Swift Shadow Step. It can greatly enhance your ability to dodge and maneuver when used against enemies at close range. It can also be used to hide by using shadows, angles, obstacles, etc. to avoid being seen. It can be so high and deep that you cannot be seen in a busy city in broad daylight."
Forehead……
Xu Chong always felt that he had seen this kind of description in a movie.
Looks like it's made in Korea?
Ge Wanshan frowned.
For some reason, although Xu Chong 's expression and movements remained the same, Ge Wanshan felt a sense of contempt.
A disdain for the stunt that made him famous.
Is it because of the Zhefeng Hand in front?
"What I just said was just martial arts."
Ge Wanshan's tone became higher, "If you can practice it to a higher level..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ge Wanshan felt dizzy.
No-face clothes?!
Xu Chong’s eyes suddenly widened.
Unfortunately, he guessed wrong.
This blurry scene looked very similar to when a false image was used, but when the blur became clear again, Ge Wanshan had completely disappeared from the sight!
"What the hell! Invisible?!!!"
Xu Chong cried out in horror.
