Chapter 170: The Second Cultivation Technique

The sunset falls, and the sunlight shines obliquely on the river, the river surface rippling with golden fish scales.

On the deck, the four brothers from Huazhu County cup their hands in unison.

Liang Qu is surprised.

He didn't expect that someone would want to rely on him, and for a time, he falls into deep thought.

He can actually become someone else's backing?

Yan Qingshan and the others hold their breath and lower their heads.

They thought that joining the River Patrol Office would allow them to handle affairs well and seek resources for themselves.

They didn't expect that it was divided into two such distinct factions, not even working in the same office, divided into two tall ships.

They asked around and chose the milder Xu Yuelong faction, but after joining, they found that it truly lived up to the saying that where there are people, there is a world.

There is no place that is truly easy to mix in.

Outside there is outside competition, inside there are inside disputes.

The noble children above the seventh rank look down on the four country bumpkins, and the locals look down on the outsiders, hugging together and not taking them along, everywhere there are invisible walls.

Good tasks can't be received, and there are a lot of bad tasks, with much hard work and little reward.

People are like fine rain, unable to cover the sky.

It just so happened that the news of Liang Qu breaking great merits in Fengbu County spread, making the four who were hitting walls everywhere remember Liang Qu. After asking around.

Born from humble origins, deeply related to the deputy commander, young and promising, with excellent reputation, currently low status, low strength, but can be called a hidden dragon in the abyss. If they could follow...

The four's hearts thump.

"Sorry, you all should look for someone else."

Liang Qu refuses flatly.

Unaccountable.

Underlings pick the boss, but the boss also has to pick the underlings.

Suddenly four people popped out wanting to follow him; who knows what their nature is?

Not particular enough.

The four are like mourning parents.

Yan Qingshan cups his hands: "In that case, excuse the presumption."

"No matter, everyone is in the River Patrol Office, we are colleagues, just do your best."

Liang Qu returns the salute and jumps off the tall ship.

Leaving the four to cast long shadows on the deck.

"Alas."

Yan Qingshan sighs long.

"We were too impatient."

Liang Qu walks along the street, crosses the threshold, and enters a bank.

According to what Liu Jie said, the three thousand taels of silver notes can be exchanged at Tongbao and Tongshun banks.

It just so happens that there is a Tongbao bank in Pingyang County. Tongbao and Tongshun are in an alliance, connecting several prefectures in the surrounding area. With silver notes, you can take out money from any ticket number in the surrounding prefectures.

Honored guest visits, the waiter welcomes with a smiling face.

"Is the guest depositing or withdrawing money? If withdrawing, do you have a voucher?"

Liang Qu shakes the four silver notes: "Withdrawing."

"Guest, please this way."

The waiter leads Liang Qu to the counter, behind which is an old shopkeeper.

Seeing someone come, he puts down the account book in his hand, puts on a lens, identifies the silver notes one by one, and puts down the lens after reading.

"The guest's four silver notes can only exchange these three. This one, I'm very sorry, it can't be exchanged."

Liang Qu lowers his head to look. Among the three that can be exchanged, two are damaged, while the one that cannot be exchanged is intact.

"Why can the damaged ones be exchanged, but the undamaged one can't?"

The shopkeeper's finger hooks the silver note that cannot be exchanged: "The lord doesn't know, the two damaged ones are broken in places that don't matter, and the patterns are undamaged.

This one, although not damaged, its two colors don't match, the color is light. If I'm not mistaken, the lord's silver note has been soaked in water, right?"

"That's right."

"I'm truly sorry, this silver note has faded. The old man also acts according to the rules, so it can't be exchanged."

"No matter, then please help me reopen the ticket, deposit six hundred taels, open it into six one-hundred-tael silver notes, and take out three hundred taels for me."

Liang Qu's worst plan was two that couldn't be exchanged and two that could. Now that three can be exchanged for nine hundred taels, he is satisfied.

"Guest, wait a moment, please go to the backyard to rest, I'll have someone make tea for you."

Tea fragrance curls.

The shopkeeper quickly handles six one-hundred-tael silver notes, the waiter follows behind, covers the tray with red cloth, and offers three hundred taels of silver.

A horseshoe silver ingot is fifty taels, the size of a fist; three hundred taels is six, which can be packed in a small box.

Liang Qu puts away the silver notes and silver, and after going out, he turns to various shops, buying some things as gifts.

A crystal mountain peak brush rest for Cao Shixiong Xiang, a thumb ring for Cao Shixiong Hu, plus jade carvings, coral accessories, purple bamboo flutes, white corundum whetstones...

All sorts of things, Liang Qu prepared one for everyone, spending nearly two hundred taels of silver.

It's truly spending money like water.

For the same thing, some are just expensive. Bamboo brush rests, ceramic brush rests, and stone brush racks are three different price levels.

Those noble families truly have tens of thousands of family wealth to maintain the "decency" in all aspects.

After buying, Liang Qu didn't rush to send them, preparing to go again the next day.

Breaking through the blood barrier and becoming a martial artist requires inviting people to eat. The sky is already late, and he estimates everyone has finished eating, so it's better to finish the matter tomorrow.

Carrying many goods, Liang Qu passes by a restaurant, packs a few good dishes, tells the address, and takes the food box from the pier to go home by boat.

Eleven days have passed, and the house hasn't gathered dust; someone has been cleaning it.

The door of the west wing is open, and he doesn't see the old monk's figure.

"Don't know if the old monk found the evil monk he mentioned."

Liang Qu shakes his head, enters the room, puts down the things, and goes to the kitchen.

The aunt who cooks has already gone back at this point, but there are leftovers in the pot, which should be left for the old monk.

Liang Qu scoops some rice into the basin, opens the food box, and eats the dry rice with the dishes packed from the restaurant.

Halfway through eating, the old monk's figure appears in the courtyard.

"Benefactor, long time no see."

"Hmm!" Liang Qu swallows the rice and greets, "Master, have you eaten? I have two vegetarian dishes here, let's eat together?"

The old monk puts his hands together, picks up the bowl and chopsticks, serves rice, and sits down silently opposite.

Liang Qu changes the position of the vegetarian dishes, moving them in front of the old monk.

"Master, did you find that evil monk?"

"Not yet."

"So long?"

Liang Qu calculates. The old monk has been in Pingyang County for about a month, and the other party can hide so well?

"My Dantian is lacking, losing the ability to lock souls within a thousand miles, and the other party's aura is somewhat blurred."

"Lock souls within a thousand miles, what is that?"

"Take a wisp of the other party's aura, and I can track him within a thousand miles."

That powerful?

Perfected Form Grandmaster is terrifying.

When can I reach this realm?

Liang Qu is envious.

"If you can't find him, will there be danger?"

Liang Qu eats rice in big mouthfuls.

Thinking of a guy who can make a Perfected Form Grandmaster chase him, hiding secretly in the Huaiyin Prefecture area, he is restless and can't even eat well.

"I stayed in Qingzhou for a year before. The evil monk knows I am looking for him. As long as I am here, he dares not make any big moves."

The old monk is not in a hurry.

He has been wandering around, it doesn't matter where he is, as long as he stays in Huaiyin Prefecture, the other party dares not show his head.

"What about you, benefactor, how is your cultivation technique progressing?"

"Haha."

Liang Qu puts down the bowl and chopsticks. On the days of rushing, he gnawed on books the same way, and now he has gnawed through the entire "Vajra Sutra of Subduing Dragons and Tigers"!

"Don't hide it from you, Master, I will start practicing tonight!" ===== CHAPTER 171 =====