Chapter 369: The Second True Gang (4k)

Li Li Shoufu, a mere eighth-rank bookkeeper, had no right to inspect, so he had no idea what was in the box beforehand.

Now seeing the two names on the treasure box, he naturally understood the meaning!

Liang Qu had really borrowed a great merit in advance!

Having been a bookkeeper for seven or eight years and nearing thirty, Li Li Shoufu had never heard of anyone being able to borrow a great merit in advance. He had no bottom in his heart when he made this suggestion.

The Holy Emperor's oral instruction was truly extraordinary.

The most substantial benefit of the oral instruction was only one thing: in any matter, as long as it was not too excessive, the superiors would open the door of convenience.

With convenience, there is naturally profit.

Handling affairs, promotion, retention, reporting... many invisible barriers disappeared one by one, and the benefits were huge!

Liang Qu was currently a seventh-rank Water-Director. To continue upward, he had to be promoted to a sixth-rank Hengshui Envoy, Hengshui Guard.

If the former manager Yang Yang Dongxiong wanted to use the relationship of the Great Martial Artist to protect him, there would be some bumps.

Who would have thought that Liang Qu would strive for himself, go to Huazhu County to show his talent, get the Holy Emperor's oral instruction, and the small road that was gradually becoming bumpy would be rebuilt into a wide, galloping road!

People compare with people and die; goods compare with goods and should be thrown away.

A large Yang tree as thick as a water vat cannot compare to purple sandalwood as thick as a bowl!

Li Li Shoufu was glad that Liang Qu's first day on the job was when he was on duty.

Many people wanted to serve him, but didn't have that opportunity.

Snap!

Liang Qu closed the box and looked around.

Li Li Shoufu was quick-witted and took a bunch of keys from the hanging board behind him: "Would you like to go to the study to take a detailed look, my lord?"

"Study?" Liang Qu looked up at the back of the government office, "Is my study built?"

Officials of the seventh rank and above should have their own study, which is an office.

Since the clearing of the Yellow-surname branch of the Ghost Mother Sect, many low-level officials had filled the vacancies, and the government office had started construction again, which was in the process of expansion.

Li Li Shoufu counted the days: "The expansion was completed on the 5th of the month. We have been adding tables, bookshelves, and carpets one after another. It hasn't been tidied up yet, so I didn't tell you, my lord, but it's not too far off."

"Go! Whether it's tidy or not is another matter, take me to see it!"

Liang Qu held the wooden box and followed Li Li Shoufu to the door of a room on the second floor of the government office, on the back side of the east.

Li Li Shoufu found the corresponding key and opened the square lock.

As soon as he entered the door, the walls flowing with rich rosy light showed reflections.

Liang Qu looked around.

The study had a transparent view and good lighting. On the side close to the Great Marsh, there were two windows, all open for ventilation, to disperse the paint smell on the new desk.

The location was good, and the scenery was excellent.

If it were on the west side, it would definitely not have such good lighting.

It was estimated that Ran Ran Zhongshi had arranged it specially; he was in charge of logistics.

Liang Qu took a few steps to measure the size.

The area was not small, about twenty square meters, covered with carpets, and it was silent when stepped on.

The layout inside was simple: a bookshelf, a desk, a Luo Han bed against the wall opposite, and a small quiet room of about five square meters behind the desk. The upper half of the quiet room wall was hollowed out, leaving a wall cabinet.

Adding the two places together, Liang Qu's study reached nearly thirty square meters.

"I wanted to tell you after it was completely perfected, but since you are here, would you like to see if there is anything inappropriate? Some common furniture can all be added by logistics."

"No need, it's enough."

Liang Qu turned around and felt it was enough to use. He was not as dedicated as Ran Ran Zhongshi and would not come to the study every day.

He put the box on the desk.

Liang Qu first checked the small one, and as soon as he got it, it shook.

There was water inside.

He pulled open the box lid, and the fragrance was refreshing.

The treasure box was filled with clear, transparent water liquid with a fragrant scent, as expected.

A green long insect the size of half a thumb was submerged in it, motionless, curled into a ball.

Morning Dew Insect.

Liang Qu recalled the introduction, thinking that the water liquid was mostly dew from some kind of plant, which smelled refreshing.

He poked it with his finger; the Morning Dew Insect's shell was hard, not like an insect body, and the texture of its appearance was close to a green elixir.

Seeing this, Liang Qu's psychological burden of swallowing the insect was reduced a lot.

Compared to the Morning Dew Insect, the Withered Wind Water Fairy appeared quite peculiar.

As soon as it was uncovered, the sunset poured into the pitch-black wooden box, revealing the pale golden water fairy flower, while the whole Withered Wind Water Fairy was like it had been exposed to the sun in the desert for several days, suddenly withering!

The whole precious plant shrank from the length of a forearm to the size of a palm in the blink of an eye, and its whole body produced a scorched, brownish-yellow color.

Anyone who saw it would think it was a dead plant dehydrated to the point of being brittle!

Liang Qu shook the treasure box, feeling a bit of interest.

He was not worried about the Withered Wind Water Fairy's sudden "withering."

It was a normal phenomenon, the same principle as animals playing dead.

It proved that the Withered Wind Water Fairy was fresh and energetic; as long as it avoided direct sunlight, it would recover on its own.

Liang Qu came to the dark quiet room.

The Withered Wind Water Fairy avoided the sunlight, and the brownish-yellow on the flower petals really faded away slowly. The flower petals gradually stretched out, and in a moment, it turned back into a beautiful pale yellow water fairy flower.

No problem.

Liang Qu closed the lid.

The harvest of two heavenly materials and earthly treasures was worth rejoicing, and now only the last one was left.

"Green Dragon Killing Scripture"!

Liang Qu untied the brocade bag rope, took out the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture," and opened the cover. In the dimness, a unique divine charm was derived.

Jiang Zongshi divine charm!

The book Liang Qu got was brand new, obviously not the original.

But the Jiang Zongshi divine charm could be intercepted and copied through divine charm stones, similar to metal and stone rubbing.

And like metal and stone rubbing, when rubbing the divine charm, it would inevitably have some influence on the original work, but as long as it was not a large-scale rubbing of hundreds or thousands, it could be completely ignored.

Great Shun was not a stingy imperial court; the exchanged martial arts techniques had divine charms, so if they could be copied, they would naturally be copied.

Seeing the martial arts, Li Li Shoufu tactfully took a step forward, folded his sleeves, and looked at the scenery outside the window.

Under the shattered gold of the sunset, fishing boats were coming and going, very busy.

Further away, the Kui Pavilion stood tall, and on the low mountain, there were occasionally a few large trees with faded leaves, most of which were still deep green.

Unknowingly, winter had arrived.

Liang Qu sat on a wooden chair, roughly flipping through the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture," his brows knitted into a few lines.

"Strange."

The so-called second half of the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture," just like what Si Si Tianye and Si Si Shenfu said, was not spear technique at all, but if one said it had nothing to do with it...

Liang Qu took out two booklets from his bosom, "Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear"!

Since he knew he was going to receive a reward, he naturally carried the corresponding martial arts secret manual with him.

He compared and flipped through them one by one.

"Same intent? Taiqing Dragon Gang?"

After a long time.

Seeing that Liang Qu had no movement, Li Li Shoufu saw his furrowed brows from the corner of his eye and couldn't help but ask.

"Master Liang, is there anything inappropriate?"

"No, no problem."

Liang Qu closed the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture," stacked it with the "Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear," and put it into the brocade bag.

It was not spear technique, but there was an unexpected harvest.

Li Li Shoufu didn't know what the situation was, so he tactfully didn't ask more. Confirming that there was no mistake in the reward, he took the study key from the iron ring, handed it over together with the box key, and sent Liang Qu out the door.

Liang Qu shouldered the setting sun and went straight home.

It was late, no need to disturb the master, let him ponder it himself first.

In the quiet room.

Book pages rustled.

In the River Po Office study, Liang Qu had already noticed the trick.

In addition to the martial arts content itself, the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture" had many insights and annotations, and it was those annotations that radiated divine charm.

But two of the annotations were quite special.

They were not written in the blank spaces above or below, but on the side, and they were not written horizontally, but vertically, which was older and had been eliminated!

Liang Qu remembered clearly that there were also vertical annotations on the "Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear," not many, three paragraphs!

"There's something here."

Both martial arts books had horizontal annotations, and specifically leaving a few paragraphs of vertical annotations, Liang Qu didn't think it was a coincidence.

Copying martial arts, keeping it original is a consensus.

Even punctuation and spacing are best not changed; it is best to copy one-to-one.

Unless the copier is the creator himself.

Therefore, although the few books in Liang Qu's hands were not the originals, there was not much difference from the originals.

Opening them and comparing them one by one, comparing the two, connecting the first characters, connecting the last characters, Liang Qu tried various methods and finally squeezed out a place name on the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture"—Flowing Gold Sea.

Similarly, he dug out a second place name on the "Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear"—three miles east of Withered Wood Cliff.

Flowing Gold Sea, three miles east of Withered Wood Cliff!

A fairly clear address information!

"There actually is..."

Liang Qu leaned back against the back of the chair.

He never expected that he would actually run into the anecdote of hidden information in a book.

Do all big shots love doing this?

Liang Qu rubbed the paper, thinking of the "Consciousness-Only Theory" in the wooden carving.

"The imperial court should know."

There are so many capable people in the imperial court, he didn't believe no one could see the trick.

Vertical annotations, hidden head characters, it was too simple to see.

The only problem was that the only thing that could be figured out on the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture" was a Flowing Gold Sea.

And the Flowing Gold Sea was very large!

Outrageously large.

Sixty years ago, the Flowing Gold Sea was the largest inland lake in the entire Northern Court.

Sixty years later, Great Shun was founded, and there had been a world-shaking battle with the Northern Court, which was located in the Flowing Gold Sea!

In that battle, several Martial Saints fell.

The final result was gratifying; the Flowing Gold Sea, a fertile land that had always belonged to the Northern Court, was completely incorporated into the Great Shun territory!

The Great Shun territory reached the extreme of all dynasties!

Such a large inland lake, for a true technique, spending huge manpower and material resources to search, was completely not worth it.

With that effort and manpower, it would be better to go to the Flowing Gold Sea to catch a few precious fish, which could yield greater benefits, so Great Shun knew it but was too lazy to move.

But Liang Qu was different; he had the "Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear" in his hand!

The horizontal coordinates and vertical coordinates were gathered!

From Huaiyin Prefecture to the Flowing Gold Sea, one had to cross more than half of Great Shun along the way. It was impossible to go back and forth in three months normally.

It was unlikely for Liang Qu to go find it himself; three months was too long, but there happened to be someone there!

Cao Shixiong Yang Xu!

In the battle of the Flowing Gold Sea, Great Shun defeated the Northern Court, but suffered heavy losses itself and was unable to advance further.

Therefore, the Flowing Gold Sea became a border land, where the Western Army was stationed!

Liang Qu only needed to ask his master to write a letter there and ask Cao Shixiong Yang Xu to help look for it.

The secret there would be within reach!

"The 'Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear' is derived from the 'Green Dragon Killing Scripture,' so the intent is the same. The Jiang Zongshi who left the divine charm might be the creator of the Seven Kills Spear."

Liang Qu guessed, otherwise a specific location should not appear in two martial arts books.

If his guess was correct, he might get two true-technique-level martial arts at once!

Huge profit!

Not to mention the Taiqing Dragon Gang in the Green Dragon Killing Scripture, which was quite mysterious, and Liang Qu was very interested.

"Discuss with Master tomorrow."

Liang Qu was not in a hurry.

A letter back and forth would take at least four months. It didn't matter if it was a day late or early. Swallowing the heavenly materials and earthly treasures was the top priority.

Liang Qu ran to the courtyard, processed the Seven-Colored Rainbow Flow, and then took out a small box from under the floor tiles of the bedroom and returned to the quiet room.

First, swallow the Yuan Aperture Great Elixir.

The medicine coat broke.

The surging medicinal power burst forth.

While breathing and absorbing, a mysterious energy machine was born in the body, which was similar to the mysterious spiritual energy.

The final Yang Aperture and Zhonggong Aperture were actually worn away by more than half under the scouring of the energy machine!

Liang Qu struck while the iron was hot and swallowed the Seven-Colored Rainbow Flow.

【Water Essence +1623】

The boiling intent rose, but there was still a gap from opening the aperture.

Withered Wind Water Fairy!

Boom!

Along with the Withered Wind Water Fairy entering his stomach, a vast heat rose.

The Ze Tripod emitted a piece of essence information.

Liang Qu couldn't care about checking it. The blood in his body surged like a great river, steaming with misty high temperature, and the whole quiet room erupted with scorching heat waves.

Countless blood energy bombarded the last two apertures, Yang Aperture and Zhonggong!

Yang Aperture, also known as "Spirit Platform," belongs to the expansion of Yang energy.

Located between the "Hundred Meetings" and "Fontanelle" on the top of the head, it is the key to the unity of energy and strength in "Spirit."

When the Yang Aperture is opened, energy is smooth and strength is combined, Yang energy rises to the Spirit Platform, and the whole body is strong!

Zhonggong, also known as "Mud Pill Palace."

Located between the "Upper Dantian" and the "Jade Pillow Pass," it resides on the vertical line above and below the Yang Aperture, so it is called "Cross," which is the key to the unity of intent and spirit in "Emptiness."

Once this aperture is opened, spirit and intent are combined, true energy returns to the right, the whole is unified, fully balanced, and a qualitative change is achieved!

The three apertures of the upper realm are the most difficult to open, but at the same time, they provide the greatest improvement!

Once opened, Liang Qu would have no rivals within the Galloping Horse realm, and the former Cheng Chong might become a defeated opponent!

At the same time, the similar and non-similar characteristics of the Withered Wind Water Fairy gathered, further drawing out the "Dragon-Descending Tiger-Subduing Vajra Skill."

At the Dantian, strands of golden light gathered.

In an instant, the whole quiet room had wind following the tiger and clouds following the dragon, with golden light crisscrossing!

A prototype of a golden light little person slowly revealed itself!

The next morning.

Liang Qu was full of energy and spirit, rode on Red Mountain, rushed to the Yang residence early, took out the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture" and "Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear," and told his master the cause and effect.

Yang Yang Dongxiong flipped through a few pages, his face revealing realization.

"Speaking of which, the 'Green Dragon Seven Kills Spear' was indeed captured from others when I was fighting in the army. It is normal for the rest to be in the Flowing Gold Sea."

Yang Yang Dongxiong's two heirs would go to the Western Army because Yang Yang Dongxiong had served there, leaving many connections for the two.

Unfortunately, the second son later sacrificed, causing Yang Yang Dongxiong to retire. Now only the eldest son, Yang Xu, remained in the army.

Yang Yang Dongxiong didn't use a spear, only a saber. After capturing the Seven Kills Spear, he didn't pay much attention to it.

It was only because his disciples Xu Xu Zishuai and Liang Qu used spears that this martial art was passed down.

Xu Xu Zishuai didn't learn the spear exclusively. It wasn't until Liang Qu that Yang Yang Dongxiong paid attention and used his connections to find the fourth and fifth forms.

Now Liang Qu obtained the "Green Dragon Killing Scripture" and then asked Yang Xu to find the first half. Going around in circles, it can be said that every peck and drink has its own destiny.

"I will write a letter immediately and send it to the post station, asking your senior brother to help find it. In my impression, the army he is in is not too far from Withered Wood Cliff."

"Thank you, Master!"

"Reciprocity. Junior brother gives senior brother the Three-Knowledge Method, senior brother helps junior brother find martial arts, it is the proper thing to do."

Yang Yang Dongxiong stroked his beard and laughed. While laughing, he suddenly paused and grabbed Liang Qu's arm.

"Nine apertures all opened, extreme realm?"

Liang Qu cupped his hands: "Yesterday, the flood control reward came down. The disciple took the precious plant, broke through at night, and together with the Yuan Aperture Great Elixir, opened two apertures in a row. This is the Galloping Horse extreme realm!"

"Good boy!" Yang Yang Dongxiong leaned back in his chair and said "good" repeatedly, "Entering the extreme realm, Wolf Smoke is not far away, right?"

To have such progress in more than a year, with Yang Yang Dongxiong's vision as a Great Hunting Tiger Martial Artist, he had only heard of it, never seen it.

One in a million!

With such talent, he didn't think there would be any difficulty in breaking through the realm.

"If there are no accidents, the day Cao Shixiong sends the martial arts technique will be the day the disciple breaks through the realm."

"Oh, why?"

"The disciple still has a Morning Dew Insect that hasn't been swallowed, to prepare for the 'Ten Thousand Victories Holding Yuan' to enter the Spirit-Storing realm. Master should know the help of Spirit-Storing for entering Wolf Smoke.

Plus the Flowing Gold Sea is far away. When Cao Shixiong sends the martial arts technique and the disciple learns the Taiqing Dragon Gang in it, it should be the time to break through!"

"Taiqing Dragon Gang? I asked you before, didn't you say you had your own True Gang prepared? Why, are you planning to change to a True Gang method?"

Yang Yang Dongxiong was naturally concerned about his disciples. He had asked Liang Qu what kind of True Gang he was prepared to condense, and the answer he got was that he had his own preparations.

Liang Qu cupped his hands: "The disciple wants to try and see if he can make a one-time effort to practice the Second True Gang!" ===== CHAPTER 370 =====