Chapter 79: Xu Kuangmo comes out of seclusion
The annual leave finally didn’t take place.
Late in the night, Xu Chong was attracted by the noise and saw a large group of people escorting an old man back.
After that, no one left the Qianhu Suo.
I don’t know whether it was Ge Wanshan’s order or if he was disappointed by the sudden task.
Xu Chong didn't care too much. As long as no one looked for him, he would just stay at home and ignore everything else.
The harshness of winter and the vitality of early spring have nothing to do with him.
It was almost four months after joining the Blood-Clothed Guard that the opportunity Xu Chong had been waiting for finally arrived.
【Name: Xu Chong】
[Realm: Tenth level of Tongmai]
【True Dharma: Bao Yang Gong (Supreme)】
[Side skills: Wind-Breaking Hand (Reaching the pinnacle), Swift Shadow Step (Transcendental)]
[Rule: Immortality (consumes 10,000 spiritual energy to activate)]
[Spiritual Source: 5]
Before coming to Qianhu Suo, Xu Chong had saved up 2 points of spiritual energy, plus the 15 points in the past four months, a total of 17 points of spiritual energy.
12 of these points were used in the Baoyang Gong, which pushed Xu Chong's realm up to the tenth level of Tongmai. It also made him realize that the term after transcending the ordinary and becoming a saint is "supreme".
The reason why he continued to stay at home until now was because the plus sign after Shadow Step did not appear until he had a surplus of 5 spiritual sources!
This was something Xu Chong had not expected.
In fact, as early as the day he got the Swift Shadow Step, he had practiced it to the level of a miraculous skill, which was actually the eighth level, and it took even less time than the Broken Wind Hand. However, at this level, it got stuck just like the Broken Wind Hand.
Until the day Yang Xiong came to the door.
Xu Chong watched Duan Yuanming and Ge Wanshan go away. When he was the only one left in the huge office, he finally stopped caring and drank the pot of Jiyi Brew.
Then it was natural for him to become a saint.
The Shadow Step at this level has already shown its unscientific side.
The instantaneous explosive speed is close to the speed of sound, but because the strong force flows throughout the body, there is no sound barrier and the movement is silent.
However, no matter how outrageous it was, it was still understandable compared to the secret weapon Tan Guang.
"Five points of spiritual energy is a bit expensive, but as the saying goes, expensive things have their reasons."
Xu Chong's mind moved slightly and fell on the plus sign after the Swift Shadow Step.
The words "Swift Shadow Steps (Transcendence into Sainthood)" twisted and condensed into a new line of words - "Greedy for Light (Beginner's Practitioner)".
Apart from a breath of fresh air filling his brain and bringing with him the technique of using Greedy Light, Xu Chong did not feel anything unusual.
After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Xu Chong probably understood.
If the Swift Shadow Step at the martial arts level is to control the different amounts of force output from the fixed acupoints and meridians, then the Greedy Light at the secret martial arts level requires adding the frequency and sequence of force output.
Those acupoints and meridians seemed to have turned into a heart-like existence, breathing in and out, contracting and expanding, moving forward and backward according to a unique pattern.
And the effect was just as Xu Chong had imagined. The combined force covered the body surface, deflecting the light and achieving an effect similar to invisibility.
In general, secret weapons are still just a technique of using strength, the difference is that the control of strength is more subtle.
“It’s time to take the next step.”
Xu Chong opened his eyes.
He took a step forward and his figure suddenly disappeared.
As he took the second step, he suddenly appeared as if he had walked out of nothingness.
Step 3, Step 4…
By the time his hands were against the door, he had become thoroughly familiar with the use of Greedy Light.
——Squeak.
The door was open.
"Well……"
Xu Chong was stunned.
From his perspective, on the second, third, fourth floors... many people were leaning on the wooden railings, with their heads tilted and their ears pricked up as if trying to catch some sound.
Kou Ruohai was even more exaggerated, half of his body reached outside the reviewing platform.
Xu Chong asked as he walked: "Who is General Kou?"
“Shh—”
Kou Ruohai straightened up, turned his head and gestured, "Come over and listen, and you'll know."
Xu Chong walked over curiously.
Before he got close, he heard Ge Wanshan's voice coming from below the platform.
No, it didn't come from under the reviewing platform, it should be coming from the ventilation vents on the ground of the Black Prison.
"Grandpa Jiang, Ancestor Jiang, please eat one bite, please."
"I invited all the chefs in the Zhanghua Mansion to cook for you. They cooked meat, vegetables, sweet, spicy, red, green, and any dish you can think of. What else are you not satisfied with?"
"I don't care about the monks or the Buddhas, but can you please at least give me a bite of food for the sake of me following you around like your grandson these past few months?"
“…”
After begging for half a minute, Ge Wanshan sighed as if he had accepted his fate and said nothing more.
Crash.
All the onlookers were like frightened birds and immediately went back to their rooms.
Kou Ruohai was originally planning to jump up, but when he saw Xu Chong still standing there in a daze, he pounced on him, picked up Xu Chong and ran away.
When they returned to Xu Chong's room, Kou Ruohai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "You are really brave. If the captain finds out that you are watching him, he will throw you to the third floor for a few days no matter how much he values you."
"Uh... I've been staying in my room for a while, so I don't know much about it."
Xu Chong explained and asked, "What happened, Master Qianhu?"
This was the truth. The captain took care of his eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and he had not left his room for several months.
"Stay in the room the whole time?"
Kou Ruohai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "No wonder everyone below calls you Xu Kuangmo"
"Xu Kuangmo?"
Xu Chong was confused.
"He is just a cultivation maniac. I don't mean to belittle him."
Kou Ruohai smiled and said, " At first, the people below were jealous of you, saying that you were lucky enough to be noticed by the chief commander, but later they stopped saying that... Even I admire you for staying in your room the whole time without coming out to take a breath."
Xu Chong touched his nose.
He really doesn't deserve the title of "cultivation maniac".
In the past few months, he has been practicing the Wind Hand and the Shadow Step every day, which takes less than an hour in total. Most of his time is actually spent in a daze and standing by the window looking at the scenery.
"I don't know what that was just now..."
Xu Chong asked again.
"Didn't we capture an old man on the New Year's Eve? Who do you think he was?"
Kou Ruohai said, lowering his voice even lower: "Left Censor Jiang Zhihong!"
"Left Censor-in-Chief?!"
Xu Chong was shocked.
He is an official of the second rank, not to mention the power of the chief official of the Censorate. Just in terms of realm, even if the government system is relatively loose, he should be above Tongmai, right?
How could such a person, who had already stood at the top of Daqing in terms of status and power, be captured by a small captain?
what's the situation?
Kou Ruohai saw Xu Chong's confusion and explained, "It should be said that he was the former Left Censor-in-Chief. He resigned years ago and was arrested by us on his way back home."
Arrested on the way home from retirement?
Xu Chong's heart moved, "Is this a struggle between big shots?"
Looking back at past history, there are too many examples of people being taken down as soon as they left office.
"Oh? I didn't expect you to have such a keen sense of smell in this area."
Kou Ruohai looked at Xu Chong with some surprise and said, "About this matter, on the surface, it was Taiping Dao who said that as long as Jiang Zhihong nodded, they were willing to add another elder position, making the nine elders into ten elders. In order to be on the safe side, Prime Minister Lou had no choice but to order the arrest, but in fact..."
Kou Ruohai glanced out the door and continued speaking after making sure no one was around: "Everyone is privately guessing that this is because Jiang Zhihong offended Prime Minister Lou so badly back then, and Prime Minister Lou doesn't want to see him enjoy his old age."
It is true.
Xu Chong shook his head secretly and asked, "Then he didn't resist?"
“Not really.”
Kou Ruohai shook his head. "He originally refused to be arrested, but he also had no intention of resisting. He told us to either kill him or let him go back home. Later, the Lord of the Mansion read the imperial edict, and he knelt down and obediently put on the shackles and shackles."
"No one expected that the problem was with the arrest order... It only said arrest, but it didn't mention execution or sending him to Beijing."
Does that mean on-the-spot detention?
No wonder Ge Wanshan begged everyone just to get the other person to eat a bite of food...
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something, thinking about the scene just now, and asked: "How long has he been on a hunger strike?"
"Since I was imprisoned in the Black Prison until now."
Kou Ruohai smiled wickedly, "What happened just now is not the first time... In addition to personally taking action, the captain also ordered everyone to try it once, but unfortunately..."
Not eating or drinking for more than two months...it really is the best way to open up your meridians!
Otherwise, even if one has the tenth level of Tongmai, at most one can only hold out for a month and a half before his strength is completely exhausted, and death is inevitable.
After thinking for a while, Xu Chong asked again: "We have so many magical weapons in our institute, is there nothing that can restrain him? At worst, we can give him some strong medicine, or even force him to drink it."
"Ahem, Jiang Zhihong's strength is indeed restrained by the forbidden shackles."
Kou Ruohai's eyes wandered, as if he was a little embarrassed. "But the problem is, drugging is useless."
"Drugs don't work?"
Xu Chong frowned, "Can't we knock him out?"
"You don't know that after the meridians are opened, even if there is no energy flowing, the body is still extremely powerful. This is why those medicines are ineffective on him."
Kou Ruohai blinked and said, "If we knock him out, I guess only a thousand households can do it, but..."
"But he doesn't dare?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows and added what Kou Ruohai didn't dare to say.
"Hey, he was once the Left Censor-in-Chief, and his students and former officials are all over the country. Those people are afraid of the Prime Minister, so are they afraid of a thousand households?"
Kou Ruohai didn't comment, and suddenly changed the subject, "But, you have a good brain, so you can give it a try."
"Me? Never mind."
Xu Chong shook his head repeatedly, "Even if the captain begged humbly, it was useless. I am just a small flag, and he may not even look at me."
"Too."
Kou Ruohai nodded, "Unfortunately, it seems that no one can afford those fifty contribution points ."
"Um?!"
Xu Chong's face shuddered. "Fifty contribution points? What does that mean?"
"Didn't I just say that?"
Kou Ruohai was stunned for a moment, then explained: "It was because the captain really couldn't do anything with that stubborn old man, so he offered a reward in the station. Anyone who could make that old man eat obediently would get a reward of 50 contribution points."
"Is that so?"
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something.
"That's all. Let me see if it's safe."
Kou Ruohai nodded to Xu Chong, walked to the door, looked around, confirmed that Ge Wanshan was not there, and jumped away.
Fifty contribution points?
Xu Chong touched his chin.
With his position of eighth rank, if he wanted to be transferred from the Qianhu Division to the provincial Blood-clothes Division, he would need 200 contribution points. Fifty contribution points was one-quarter of that, which saved a lot of time.
And even if he didn't choose to be transferred, so many contributions would be enough for him to exchange for the first to ninth level of Tongmai Gong technique.
There's no harm in giving it a try.
