Chapter 188

【Getting along harmoniously with superiors is a very important quality for an official, but if you encounter a bad superior, you must also have a way to deal with it, for example, killing them...】

【Completing the task "Harmonious Superior-Subordinate Relationship," reward calculation in progress...】

【Task rating: A.】

【Obtained 40 achievement points!】

【Name: Li Rui】

【Age: 10】

【Talent: Martial Bones, Superb Comprehension, Wisdom Eye】

【Cultivation Method: Long Spring Art, Dragon Wandering Nine Heavens Chart】

【Achievement: 80/100】

Li Rui looked at the words on the panel, the corners of his mouth twitching.

He could imagine that killing Gao Zhen might very well complete an achievement, but he still underestimated the system's integrity.

But killing Gao Zhen actually obtained the "General and Minister" achievement.

And what the hell was a "Harmonious Superior-Subordinate Relationship"?

Li Rui rubbed his brow.

"Forget it."

After all, this time he had obtained a rare A-level rating, getting 40 achievement points in one go.

Most importantly, the danger was finally eliminated.

Li Rui turned his head to glance at the ground, then disappeared into the mountain forest.

Li Residence.

The sky was just beginning to brighten.

Li Rui pushed the door open and walked out as usual, as if what happened an hour ago hadn't happened.

He had returned to his room through a secret passage.

So even Liang He and the others living in the house were unaware of this matter.

It wasn't that he didn't trust them.

It was just that for some things, the fewer people who knew, the better.

Li Rui pushed open the door, looking like he was practicing martial arts in the courtyard as usual.

"Master."

He was practicing martial arts when he saw Liang He push open the door first.

Seeing his master already practicing in the courtyard, Liang He felt ashamed.

'Master is already over seventy and still so diligent; what right do we young people have to be lazy!'

He immediately exercised his authority as the eldest disciple.

Calling Liu Liu Tiezhu and Wang Zhao up.

The only one who was spared was Yang Yong.

Li Rui's Immortal Su Xuan Qi could improve aptitude, but this process was actually extremely slow, often taking several years.

Wang Zhao was still young and could wait.

Yang Yong might not be.

And what was almost certain was that even if he injected Immortal Su Xuan Qi into Yang Yong, it was absolutely impossible for him to practice until the day of Willow Sinew and longevity.

Not all old men were like Li Rui, who had cheats.

So Li Rui also injected Immortal Su Xuan Qi into Yang Yong, but he didn't force the matter of practicing martial arts.

Yang Yong was open-minded about this.

As he said, now that he was old, instead of asking for trouble, it was better to seize the time to enjoy himself; he had suffered for most of his life, so it was time to enjoy it.

When Yang Yong came out of his room.

The four master and disciples in the courtyard had already finished practicing, and even meat porridge and pickled vegetables were prepared.

The five of them ate sweetly.

Li Rui finished his porridge and pushed the door open to walk out.

As usual.

He came to the Galloping Tiger Cavalry.

Just as he walked into the camp, he heard Tan Hu's scolding of dissatisfaction: "You guys are the worst batch of soldiers I've ever led. Ask your Brother Tang, isn't that right?!"

Tang Hai decisively turned his head away.

If he remembered correctly, when he first arrived, Tan Hu said the same thing.

Only new recruits would take such nonsense to heart; veteran soldiers would just dismiss it and practice as they should.

"Head Li."

The soldiers of the Galloping Tiger Cavalry saluted in unison when they saw Li Rui appear.

Li Rui looked at the spirited new recruits of the Galloping Tiger Cavalry and laughed happily:

"Being young is good."

After the last battle, most of the Galloping Tiger Cavalry had died at the hands of the four-armed demon ghost, so they could only re-select elite soldiers from other battalions to fill the Galloping Tiger Cavalry.

These people were personally selected by Li Rui and Tan Hu; not to mention their aptitude, at least they were all the type who could endure hardship.

Tan Hu's first task was to retrain these new recruits.

For this matter, he hadn't complained less to Li Rui.

Seeing Li Rui appear, Tan Hu immediately put the training matter aside and said excitedly: "Brother Li, shall we have a fight?!"

Li Rui chuckled:

"I can't beat you, why fight?"

But Tan Hu didn't intend to let Li Rui, an excellent opponent, off easily.

When Li Rui had just entered the Willow Sinew stage, he could indeed only rely on his movement technique to circle around him.

But now, as his foundation solidified, the effect of cultivating true qi in advance became prominent, directly skipping the Qi Cultivation stage and becoming a strong practitioner in the Qi Gathering stage.

Li Rui had already shown the combat power to exchange dozens of moves with Tan Hu.

Well, at least on the surface, it was like that.

Ge Hong and Wei Ming were both scared of Tan Hu, and it wasn't appropriate to fight others, so he wouldn't let Li Rui go.

"Fine, let's fight."

Seeing that Tan Hu didn't intend to let him off.

Li Rui had no choice but to agree.

Just like before.

He showed three or four tenths of his strength, just enough to exchange moves with Tan Hu.

To be honest.

Tan Hu's natural Jin Gang body was indeed very strong; at least in the Willow Sinew stage, there were few opponents.

But now... Li Rui was still Willow Sinew on the surface, but in reality, he had long since stepped over the Longmen; he could kill Gao Zhen, so defeating Tan Hu was actually very easy.

After exchanging over a hundred moves, Tan Hu became more excited the more he fought.

There weren't many people in the Willow Sinew stage who could exchange so many moves with him.

"It's the Dragon Form!"

He soon realized the key to the problem.

Because Li Rui had Dragon Form true qi, his strength and speed were stronger than ordinary martial artists, which was why he could take advantage in front of him, a natural Jin Gang.

But relying on his exquisite movement technique, he could also exchange moves with Tan Hu.

At this moment—

Tan Hu gave a low shout, and his whole body, including his beard and eyebrows, turned golden-yellow, looking just like a Jin Gang in a temple.

Jin Gang Angry Eyes Chart!

Tan Hu's qi-walking chart was precisely the Jin Gang Angry Eyes Chart passed down from the Buddhist sect.

This chart didn't belong to the army, but was exchanged by Ning Ning Zhongtian from an old monk at a high price.

Ning Ning Zhongtian really had nothing to pick on when it came to Tan Hu.

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Before, Tan Hu had always been trapped by Qi Cultivation; although he obtained the Jin Gang Angry Eyes Chart, he had always been unable to display it, but now it finally showed initial results.

This was also Li Rui's first time seeing Tan Hu display the Jin Gang Angry Eyes Chart, and for a moment, he was delighted.

He leaped up and slashed at Tan Hu's golden arm.

Clang!

A metal clashing sound that made one's bones and sinews numb exploded.

Missing the strike, he immediately retreated several steps.

"I concede."

Just as the soldiers around were dumbfounded, Li Rui decisively put away his weapon and shouted that he conceded.

It was as swift as lightning.

"You're not fighting anymore?"

Tang Hai and the others were waiting to see a battle between thunder and fire, not expecting it to end.

There was a sense of powerlessness and emptiness from stopping halfway.

Just now, when Tan Hu transformed into an angry Jin Gang, they thought it was going to reach a climax, not expecting that it was already the climax.

Tan Hu was also stunned, his face bitter:

"Brother Li, don't, let me hit you once, just once."

He had also just cultivated Jin Gang true qi today.

He just wanted to show off to Li Rui, but didn't expect Li Rui wouldn't give him this chance at all.

Failing to show off, this feeling made one want to scratch their ears and cheeks.

Li Rui chuckled: "No way."

With that saber strike just now, he had basically tested the power of the Jin Gang true qi.

Let's put it this way.

No one in the Willow Sinew stage could break Tan Hu's defense.

Of course, except for him; once the Dragon-Immortal dual forms were opened, no Jin Gang was of any use.

Even so, Tan Hu's Jin Gang true qi was indeed extremely overbearing.

"You brat, you've already cultivated qi, and you still want to bully an old man like me."

Tan Hu grinned and laughed.

He had finally taken the first step of the Jin Gang Angry Eyes Chart; the road ahead would be much easier, and perhaps in ten or eight years, he would have the opportunity to step over the Longmen and see the scenery of the Sixth Rank.

Li Rui was also happy for Tan Hu.

A natural Jin Gang had only one bad point, which was that it was difficult to cultivate qi; once past this hurdle, the future would be quite extraordinary.

"If you become rich, don't forget me."

"Dog, Brother Li, why are you still scolding people?"

"... Forget it."

Li Rui suddenly felt that he usually spoke too little.

Gao Zhen hadn't returned for three days.

The Anning Guard hardly changed at all; it was very normal for a Garrison Commander to go out patrolling, and even Gao Zhen's subordinates like Guan Peng didn't think there was any problem.

Gao Zhen hadn't returned for ten days.

The confidants Gao Zhen brought from the Gao family finally felt something was wrong and began sending people to search.

Gao Zhen hadn't returned for fifteen days.

This matter was finally noticed by Cao Wei; he realized something was wrong, so he began to personally order people to search for Gao Zhen's whereabouts.

"General, Lord Gao rode his horse out of the military camp that day, and then went onto the official road; he was alone, Wang Shu saw it at the time."

Feng Yu said in a deep voice, looking at the guard to the side.

The guard looked panicked, and seeing Feng Yu signal, he nodded repeatedly: "What Lord Feng said is absolutely true; the small one saw Lord Gao riding out half a month ago, and I even asked a few extra questions at the time, but Lord Gao just said he was patrolling outside the city, and then he left; the small one didn't dare to ask any more."

Cao Wei frowned slightly.

Patrolling?

"Just him alone?"

"Yes, yes, just Lord Gao alone."

"Strange."

Cao Wei touched his chin and pondered.

With Gao Zhen's temperament, he shouldn't go patrolling outside the city without bringing anyone, and he had already sent people to look for him, but there was no news, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.

And Gao Zhen seemed to have intentionally hidden his tracks; when he first left the city, someone had seen his figure, but then the clues were all broken, and no one knew where he had gone.

"Don't die, please."

Cao Wei had a bad premonition in his heart.

Gao Zhen leaving the city was definitely not for patrolling.

But what he was doing, he wasn't a tapeworm in Gao Zhen's stomach, so of course he couldn't guess.

Feng Yu asked tentatively: "Lord Cao, this matter... should it be reported to the town?"

A Sixth-Rank official disappearing for no reason, involving an official of the Imperial Court, must be investigated for the cause, and he was a Gao clan member like Gao Zhen, so the influence was too great.

Cao Wei also had a headache and cursed in his heart:

"Trash!"

"These aristocratic playboys only know how to cause trouble for others."

When he was in the capital, he looked down most on those playboy disciples of great families who bullied men and women; Gao Zhen was undoubtedly a playboy in his eyes, at most a playboy who still had some use.

But now that this had happened, not only did it not help him at all, but it also landed him with a hot potato.

If Gao Zhen really died.

How could he explain it to Annan Town, how could he explain it to the Gao clan?

The credit of these few years had all gone down the drain; it would be strange if he were in a good mood.

Cao Wei gritted his teeth:

"Investigate, you must find Gao Zhen for me; if he's alive, I want to see the person, if he's dead, I want to see the corpse!"

(End of chapter)