Chapter 127: Spirit Patterns, Spirit Talismans

The interrogation results of the Canghe Society remnants were placed on Chu Danqing's table early the next morning.

"Preparing for a decapitation strike?" Chu Danqing understood that the greenwood was forced into a corner by him, plus Li Wanwu's foster children were fanning the flames.

Therefore, they gathered the famous greenwood bandits of the world to enter the capital together.

Among them were the greenwood heroes who had been gathered after the destruction of the so-called greenwood holy land, Mount Pingdou.

It would take about three more days to arrive.

As for how glorious Mount Pingdou was before, it was that miserable after being destroyed.

The so-called greenwood holy land could exist simply because it was related to the interests of the court; now that the court had new people replacing the old, they were treated as achievements to be brushed.

"The main force will take three days, but the vanguard personnel should have already arrived in the capital."

"These remnants of the Canghe Society are among the vanguards." Chu Danqing analyzed the situation and had his subordinates behead the Canghe Society remnants and display them in public.

He hung the heads at the North Gate and dispatched masters from the Imperial Yulin Guards to keep watch.

This group of greenwood bandits called themselves loyal and righteous, so let's see if they go to take the heads.

If they went, they would be caught and pulled out by the roots.

If they didn't go, it would also have a deterrent effect.

As for doing this too cruelly?

"Confucius said: 'How then will you repay kindness? Repay injury with uprightness, and repay kindness with kindness.'"

Using kindness to repay an enemy was purely problematic.

Confucius also said to repay injury with uprightness, and repay kindness with kindness.

The actions were issued one by one, while Chu Danqing started brushing daily activities, and after completion, started cultivating the two secret arts of Five Elements Spirit Patterns and Five Elements Spirit Talismans.

It took a total of ten hours to cultivate the two secret arts to the perfection level.

After all, he had already experienced it three times, and practice made perfect, which greatly accelerated the cultivation speed, plus the level of the Five Elements Spirit Beast Scripture had also risen, and the difficulty of the secret arts as derived skills was bound to further decrease.

"Fortunately, secret arts are derived from cultivation methods, relying on skills and proficiency, and do not need to rely on resources; otherwise, they would really be stuck."

【Five Elements Spirit Patterns (Derived) LV. MAX】

【Gold Spirit Pattern: All summoned objects Strength +0.5】

【Wood Spirit Pattern: All summoned objects Agility +0.5】

【Water Spirit Pattern: All summoned objects Constitution +0.5】

【Fire Spirit Pattern: All summoned objects Spirit +0.5】

【Earth Spirit Pattern: All summoned objects Perception +0.5】

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【Five Elements Spirit Talismans (Derived) LV. MAX: Requires 1 mana to condense after use】

【Gold Spirit Talisman: Applies a 5-second armor-breaking state to the target; during the state, when summoned objects attack the target, they cause (Total Damage × 5%) points of additional Gold Spirit damage】

【Wood Spirit Talisman: Applies a 5-second poisoning state to the target...】

【Water Spirit Talisman: Applies a 5-second suffocation state to the target...】

【Fire Spirit Talisman: Applies a 5-second burning state to the target...】

【Earth Spirit Talisman: Applies a 5-second slowing state to the target...】

(Note: If the target simultaneously possesses the five negative states applied by the Five Elements Spirit Talismans, the duration and effect are doubled)

(Note: If the target simultaneously possesses the five negative states applied by the Five Elements Spirit Talismans, the Five Elements damage caused by summoned objects during the state is doubled)

The Spirit Patterns merged into Chu Danqing's meridians and wandered constantly, not belonging to the surrounding objects like the other four secret arts.

Therefore, it became a passive skill.

Don't look at it as only increasing 0.5 points of all attributes; in fact, it was already very excellent.

There was no range limit and it was a permanent buff, not to mention directly increasing attributes.

Compared with the other four secret arts, it was indeed a bit worse, and Chu Danqing suspected that this might be used as the core of the Small Five Elements Spirit Array and the Small Five Elements Spirit Summoning Dao Foundation.

After all, it was the most special, not a surrounding object but merged into Chu Danqing's body.

Besides passively enhancing summoned object attributes, there were no other effects.

As for the Five Elements Spirit Talismans, he thought it would be an attack skill, but it turned out to be an auxiliary skill.

However, there was damage, but it was still mainly based on summoned objects.

There were advantages; its speed far exceeded the speed of the Five Elements Magic Orbs, and the consumption was also lower.

The Five Elements Magic Orbs required 5 mana to re-condense after shattering, while the Five Elements Spirit Talismans only required 1.

The method of use was to continuously stack the negative state time on the enemy through high attack speed and low consumption, and then control and enhance the damage of summoned objects through negative states.

In addition, within the range aura of the Five Elements Spirit Seal, the Five Elements Spirit Talismans could be freely controlled, which could be said to have obtained a lock-on hack.

But once it left the range aura, it became a projectile, equivalent to flying out and not being able to control it, relying on long-range damage.

Chu Danqing tested it; controlling it within the range aura also had a control time, and after five seconds, the mana within the Five Elements Spirit Talisman would start to decay.

At this time, even if it hit the target, whether it was the time, effect of the negative state, or the Five Elements damage caused by summoned objects during the state, there would be a year-on-year reduction.

And after thirty seconds, the mana within the Five Elements Spirit Talisman would completely dissipate, eventually causing the Five Elements Spirit Talisman to annihilate.

Clearly, mana was consumed during the flight, which was considered a normal phenomenon.

Taking advantage of the time, Chu Danqing continued to test the Five Elements Spirit Talismans; he found that striking the target in the order of Five Elements generation could increase the additional Five Elements damage of summoned objects.

And striking in the order of Five Elements overcoming could enhance the duration and effect of negative states.

"Then what if I combine magic orbs with spirit talismans?" Chu Danqing touched his chin and looked at his only attack skill.

The Five Elements Magic Orbs surrounding his body were indeed gone, but he could spend 5 mana to condense them himself; what was transformed was the resident Five Elements Magic Orbs, not stripping his skills.

"Using two things at once to control five spirit talismans and five magic orbs doesn't really work; it will affect hit, judgment, etc."

"That is to say, my attributes are not high enough; this cannot be solved for the time being."

"Secondly, the speed of the magic orbs is far inferior to the spirit talismans, increasing the difficulty of linkage."

"Let the spirit talismans carry the magic orbs to fly?" Chu Danqing tried it immediately.

It exploded very quickly, without any hesitation.

Fortunately, Chu Danqing had the Spirit Flag to protect his body; otherwise, he would have been hurt quite a bit.

Then he tried the Wood Spirit Talisman and the Wood Spirit Magic Orb; it was still a failure.

Although it didn't explode, it turned into a ball of useless Wood Spirit mana and dissipated.

"Forget it, it's not something I can improve; we'll talk about it later." Chu Danqing felt a bit regretful; low attributes plus low skill levels and insufficient knowledge reserves—failure was normal.

After cultivation was completed, he quickly went through the accumulated official business, and Chu Danqing found an interesting piece of intelligence.

"At noon today, the greenwood bandit leader Blood Hand Night Fork Bai Yi from Mount Pingdou quietly entered the palace to meet the young Emperor."

"During this period, there were insiders who secretly tipped him off and let him pass, which allowed him to smoothly meet the young Emperor."

"It should be the young Emperor who summoned the other party; it seems the young Emperor and the bandits who came to kill me have already linked up."

Chu Danqing put down this piece of intelligence, and a sentence was attached at the end.

That was that the Blood Hand Night Fork had been beheaded and displayed in public by the Imperial Yulin Guards.

Since they had been discovered, it was naturally impossible to let him leave alive.

You couldn't just record the intelligence and watch the other party leave, right? Wouldn't the Imperial Yulin Guards and the Investigation Bureau be eating for free?

"The Blood Hand Night Fork is dead; the news probably couldn't be passed out."

"Just today alone, seven famous greenwood bandits were pulled out for me."

"Tsk, it seems I am really hated."

The capital was too big; even if Chu Danqing held absolute power, he couldn't pull them all out.

It was impossible for the people under him not to have any leaks when executing, and everyone would have mistakes.

"Get off work, go home and sleep." Chu Danqing took Dabao back.

Not only did he want to go back to rest, but he also wanted to see if he could fish some people out.

Anyway, they had to be killed sooner or later; killing them early could also weaken them a bit.

The road back was calm; it seemed this group of greenwood bandits acting as vanguards wasn't stupid either.

"Little Chu, someone, in the room." Before entering the room, Dabao spoke first.

Hearing this, Chu Danqing decisively let Dabao lead the way, then held the Five Elements Spirit Talismans in his hand, ready to stack them at any time.

Pushing open the door, an old man wearing a scholar's robe was stunned.

Chu Danqing hid behind Dabao and asked: "Who are you?"

The old man took one look at Chu Danqing's hiding appearance and felt three parts displeased.

A man should be a man; how could he be willing to be behind others?

"The old man is He Yun, formerly the Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate." He Yun stroked his beard and smiled: "In the Jianghu, people call me the Wonderful Pen Scholar."

"Today I come here to see Commander Chu, entrusted by the greenwood hero Overturning River Long Wang, to make peace with you."

He Yun had the attitude of an old senior, speaking quite like an old man selling his age.

However, his strength should be good; it was highly probable that he was a top master like Yuan Chong.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have sneaked in so silently.

"I don't know how this Overturning River Long Wang intends to make peace?" Chu Danqing asked from behind Dabao.

The room is too small; if the opponent were to suddenly lash out, Da Bao might not be able to block it.

He didn't need to take risks.

"Not much, just need Commander Chu to take back the bandit suppression order, and then apologize to a group of heroes."

"I think Commander Chu doesn't want to be trembling with fear every day, afraid of being replaced by heroes for heaven." He Yun saw this and thought Chu Danqing was afraid, so he threatened him immediately.

In his view, the other party's martial arts were not refined, and the distance was so close, so he had to do this.

Hearing this, Chu Danqing understood that the other party had no sincerity at all.

Dabao moved in an instant, pouncing towards He Yun.

The Five Elements Spirit Talismans were faster, hitting He Yun first in the order of Five Elements overcoming.

"Despicable, actually sneak attacking!" He Yun was caught off guard and hit by the Five Elements Spirit Talismans first, then negative states were added to his body.

While cursing, he saw Dabao pouncing over, and couldn't help but be shocked and angry.

He came to make peace, but the other party actually took action, not caring about Jianghu morality at all.

Even if it was a war, the two sides wouldn't kill the messenger.

"With you kind of bandit villains, what's wrong with sneak attacking?" Chu Danqing leisurely condensed five more Five Elements Spirit Talismans and went towards He Yun again.

When Dabao's attack fell, besides its own damage, it also added 10% of the total damage in Five Elements damage.

One blow severely injured him, and Chu Danqing's second set of spirit talismans didn't even have time to hit.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 128 =====