Chapter 100: Crazy Deduction! Body Protection True Gang!

"A large number of heretic cultists and Black Mountain Bandit martial artists are gathering near some small towns, likely plotting to attack the towns."

Qin Ruobing's majestic gaze swept across the hall.

"After discussion by the Demon-Suppressing Division, it has been decided to send you all to provide support..."

As soon as these words were spoken, a huge uproar broke out on the field.

"How dare they? The towns have defense armies, and there are strong bows..."

Many people were full of horror.

You must know, a single soldier is not scary, but if they gather together and form a spear formation with long spears, that is the nightmare of ordinary martial artists.

After all, not every martial artist practices horizontal refinement techniques.

Furthermore, this kind of body-tempering martial art is extremely difficult to practice and cannot be popularized on a large scale at all.

Not to mention there are strong bows; when the arrow rain falls, no Flesh Refining martial artist is enough to look at.

Legend has it that only Innate martial artists can fear no threat from a sea of people.

Even an army of one hundred thousand cannot do anything to such a person.

It can be said that such martial artists are already another kind of life form.

Hearing this, Lu Zhangsheng felt a tightness in his heart.

These heretic cult bandits were becoming more and more unscrupulous.

If it were during the peak of the dynasty, who would dare to do this? It's simply seeking death.

Until this year, the Old Emperor had not appeared for several years; for the throne, several Imperial Princes were still fighting fiercely, and coupled with the fact that Qingning Prefecture was located on the border, it was even more difficult to control.

This also increased the arrogant momentum of that group of heretic cult bandits.

"Later, this Seat will organize you all into teams to support the small towns outside the city."

Xiao Tianci said with full majesty.

"We obey."

Everyone nodded repeatedly.

Soon, everyone stepped forward in turn to receive their mission tokens.

Lu Zhangsheng also went to Qin Ruobing to receive his token.

Just as the group was dispersing, Qin Ruobing suddenly spoke up and called Lu Zhangsheng and Tong Yuhua to stop.

"The two of you come with me; there are some things to entrust to you."

Lu Zhangsheng and Tong Yuhua nodded and followed Qin Ruobing toward the main hall in front.

Not long after, the three arrived at Qin Ruobing's office location.

"Sit."

Qin Ruobing smiled faintly.

Lu Zhangsheng and Tong Yuhua sat down honestly.

The two looked at Qin Ruobing quietly, seemingly waiting for something.

A few breaths later.

Qin Ruobing's expression was somewhat worried: "Just do your best in this mission; if it is not feasible, break out directly, and don't hesitate."

"The two of you are young and have hope for Blood Exchange or even Tuotai, and even Innate has a sliver of hope."

She only had these two good seedlings under her, and she planned to bring them to the Prefecture City and State City in the future, so naturally, she didn't want to see them fall.

"Does the Hall Master know something?"

Tong Yuhua looked heavy.

She had executed countless missions and had never heard Qin Ruobing say such words.

"You just need to know that even within the government, it is not an iron bucket."

Qin Ruobing's eyes were deep, spitting out a sentence ambiguously.

Lu Zhangsheng and Tong Yuhua exchanged glances, feeling quite heavy in their hearts.

The two understood immediately.

In recent years, the situation of the imperial court had been precarious, and it was common for some people to be unable to resist temptation.

Even within the Demon-Suppressing Division, presumably, they dared not say they were one hundred percent clean.

There were even many people thinking about the collapse of the imperial court, so they could fight for that dragon throne in the chaotic world.

Just then, Qin Ruobing suddenly changed the subject: "You have been quite in the limelight recently, beheading several Bone Forging experts in the Haisha Gang."

She looked at Lu Zhangsheng with a smile.

Tong Yuhua on the side also had a teasing expression.

She had also heard about this matter.

Lu Zhangsheng smiled sheepishly: "Yue Shulan and I have an old acquaintance..."

He did not explain too much.

"Those gang Bone Forging martial artists are not top-tier; your strength has not reached Blood Exchange, so do not be arrogant and complacent."

Qin Ruobing warned.

"This subordinate understands."

Lu Zhangsheng nodded honestly.

It was impossible for him to expose the news of his breakthrough to Blood Exchange to the other party.

He also understood what the other party said; generally speaking, martial artists from the imperial clan and top-tier sects had the most top-tier strength.

Both techniques and martial arts were superior.

Those gang martial artists mostly practiced ordinary techniques, and their strength was much worse at the same realm.

Qin Ruobing's solemn reminder was also out of good intentions.

The other party clearly regarded him and Tong Yuhua as confidants to cultivate.

Afterward, the three chatted for a while, and Lu Zhangsheng stood up and left the main hall.

The next day, early morning.

Early in the morning, after washing up, Lu Zhangsheng prepared to go out of the city.

Just arriving in the courtyard, he found the Fang siblings looking worried.

Fang Qing walked up gracefully and carefully tidied Lu Zhangsheng's clothes.

"Be very careful when going out to execute the mission this time."

The two of them also heard about the situation outside the city, and their hearts became more and more uneasy.

Every time they went to execute this kind of large-scale mission, experts would fall.

Even Patrol Envoys died one after another, leaving the two terrified.

"Rest assured, you two stay at home and reinforce the cellar, and wait for me to return."

Lu Zhangsheng nodded with a smile.

Then he turned and walked forward with large strides.

Facing the morning sun, he went out of the Inner City all the way and arrived near the City West gate.

He saw a man dressed as a black-clothed servant walking over.

In his hand, he was also leading a date-red precious horse.

"Lord Lu, the little one has brought the horse."

The man looked flattering.

"Hmm."

Lu Zhangsheng threw down a silver ingot, took the reins, jumped up, and landed on the horse's back.

The mission location this time was quite far, so he had bought a horse long ago.

"Slap..."

With a flick of the reins, the horse rushed forward quickly.

The guards at the city gate gave way one after another, their faces full of awe.

For some famous officials, they did not dare to block them at all.

Lu Zhangsheng drove the horse forward all the way, soon arriving on an official road.

At this moment, six people were already waiting on horseback beside the dense forest, just missing him.

Five Patrol Envoys, plus one Blood Exchange expert from the Demon-Suppressing Division.

Lu Zhangsheng had some impression of this person.

The other party was named Zhao Yicheng, belonging to the older generation of experts in the Demon-Suppressing Division.

However, he had no intersection with this person.

The other two unfamiliar Patrol Envoys were precisely Xiao Tianci's subordinates, who had just been promoted not long ago.

However, the two looked somewhat unpleasant.

"Sorry to keep everyone waiting."

Lu Zhangsheng smiled faintly and drove the horse to approach slowly.

"We also just arrived not long ago."

Tong Yuhua smiled beautifully, making people feel like a spring breeze.

Zhu Houyu and Chen Zhanpeng looked cold.

Zhao Yicheng also just nodded to signal.

Afterward, the group drove their horses and galloped away along the official road.

Lu Zhangsheng drove the horse and stayed far behind the group with Tong Yuhua.

"Those two newly promoted Patrol Envoys are quite old."

Tong Yuhua's expression was somewhat strange.

Hearing this, Lu Zhangsheng smiled faintly.

Xiao Tianci's Patrol Envoys had accidents one after another, resulting in no young experts daring to step up.

They had to randomly pull out two Bone Forging Perfection martial artists.

These two were also forced onto the shelves, fearing that something would happen to this mission again.

Wu Qiong Town.

This town was more than three hundred miles away from the County City; leaning against the mountains and by the water, it was quite wealthy.

At noon.

Seven figures rode quickly toward the gate of Wu Qiong Town.

Soon they arrived at an open space.

It was precisely Lu Zhangsheng's group.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the low "city wall" in front; rather than calling it a city wall, it was more like a mound made of mud and bricks.

As for the city gate, it was built from a kind of hardwood.

Only a passage more than three meters wide was left in the middle.

There were many soldiers patrolling near the city gate.

These scenes were almost standard for every town. Most small towns did not have the money to build city walls and could only spontaneously build them into this kind of fortress to resist bandit attacks.

Just then, a middle-aged man dressed in brocade walked out slowly.

"I am the Town Mayor here; may I ask if you are the lords from the Demon-Suppressing Division?"

The man cupped his hands toward Lu Zhangsheng and the others, quite polite.

"We are."

Lu Zhangsheng's group nodded with a smile.

Then, Zhao Yicheng handed the letter issued by the government to the other party.

The middle-aged man took the letter and opened it to see.

His expression became even more kind.

"We are extremely grateful for you lords coming from afar to support us."

Mei Yongzhang smiled and welcomed the group in.

The group entered the town, left their horses, and walked through the streets.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Just then, a middle-aged man wearing armor walked toward them, his momentum extraordinary.

Behind the other party, there was also a large group of tall armored soldiers, their military appearance quite orderly.

"I, Mo Wanyun, have met you all."

Mo Wanyun arrived before the group and cupped his hands in a salute.

Lu Zhangsheng and the others also cupped their hands immediately.

This person should be the Commander of the City Guard Army.

His martial arts cultivation was at least at the Blood Exchange level.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng and the others, led by Mo Wanyun, arrived at a guest room area.

After settling Lu Zhangsheng and his group, Mo Wanyun left the place.

For the next few days, the atmosphere in the small town became more and more tense.

A large number of heretic cult bandits appeared outside, seemingly plotting something, and the civilians did not dare to go out at all.

Every day, besides patrolling, Lu Zhangsheng stayed in the courtyard to practice martial arts.

Occasionally, he would go out of the city to inquire about some news.

After secretly investigating for these days, he guessed that the group of heretic cultists would sooner or later take action against the town.

He discovered many traces of weapons and arrowheads, and coupled with the gathering of figures, they must want to break the town in one fell swoop.

Late at night, in a courtyard.

Lu Zhangsheng stood quietly in the open space.

Open the panel.

Source Energy Points: 1300.

After frantically mining for these few days, the resources in his hands became abundant again.

He looked at the deduction button behind the blade technique, which actually appeared bright white.

"Could it be that the consumption for technique and skill deduction is different?"

Thinking about it, he understood.

Technique deduction requires a bit more to be considered normal; after all, the improvement is huge, while the boost of various skills to strength is a bit less, and the resources required will be reduced accordingly.

And the consumption is also related to one's own talent and strength.

For example, after his strength became strong, going to practice low-grade martial arts had almost no consumption.

This panel modifier was quite reasonable.

Lu Zhangsheng did not hesitate and immediately began to improve.

"Deduce."

With a thought.

The Source Energy Points instantly decreased by one thousand points.

"Hum..."

A vast fluctuation descended into the depths of his mind, as if some expert were deducing blade techniques day and night.

【After your years of deduction, extracting the strengths of many, you finally pushed through the old to bring forth the new, deducing the blade technique to a higher realm.】

【Rename the new blade technique?】

Crisp prompts echoed in his mind one after another.

Lu Zhangsheng nodded lightly.

"Name the new blade technique Absolute Spirit Slash."

In his mind, that overbearingness that slashed and extinguished everything made it hard to forget for a long time.

【New blade technique being recorded...】

Skill: 【Absolute Spirit Slash】.

Note: Top-tier blade technique; practiced to the peak, the power is extraordinary; the more compatible the martial artist's temperament, the stronger the strength exerted.

After this blade technique breakthrough, he seemed to feel the blade breathing in his hand.

As if it had life.

This feeling was quite peculiar.

Lu Zhangsheng began to verify it immediately; he gripped the slaughtering knife tightly and slashed forward.

"Whoosh..."

The sharp blade light flickered in the night sky, shuttling quickly around, extremely shocking.

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng stood with his blade, looking satisfied.

After the blade technique transformed, his strength increased by several notches again.

The great battle between the two sides was imminent; the stronger his strength, the safer he would be.

For the next twenty-odd days, a large number of heretic cult bandits outside had gathered openly to the city, preparing to attack the city.

Besides occasionally walking around with Tong Yuhua, Lu Zhangsheng almost did not communicate with anyone, mining spirit jade with all his might.

When he had time, he practiced the blade in the courtyard.

This day, at noon.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at his own Source Energy Points, full of joy.

Source Energy Points: 2200.

After his day and night efforts, mining spiritual objects almost every moment, he finally gathered enough for the deduction.

He did not hesitate and immediately began to deduce and improve.

"Deduce Giant Cauldron Art."

"Deduce Cloud Mist Step."

Two techniques deduced at the same time, quite bold.

"Hum..."

In his mind, it was as if infinite sparks of inspiration were flickering, and the sparks of wisdom were colliding...

【After your years of bitter practice, Giant Cauldron Art and Cloud Mist Step finally walked out on a new path...】

【Rename them?】

【Treading Snow Without a Trace】.

【Body Protection True Gang】.

Lu Zhangsheng directly named the new techniques.

Skills: 【Treading Snow Without a Trace】 (Entry Level) 【Body Protection True Gang】 (Entry Level).

Note: Top-tier skills; practiced to the peak, the momentum is extraordinary.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately began to verify it.

He kicked his feet lightly, and he saw his entire body moving quickly in the courtyard, like lightning.

His footsteps seemed not to have touched the ground, quite terrifying.

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng stopped in the courtyard, and the residual shadows around him gradually dissipated.

This kind of footwork had already surpassed ordinary Tuotai-level experts, and there were not many people in the entire County City who could practice to this point.

Even if the situation of this mission changed, he could advance and retreat freely by relying on this footwork.

Then, Lu Zhangsheng began to test the new body protection technique.

He lightly urged the Qi and Blood in his body.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A massive amount of Qi and Blood surged in his body like a volcanic eruption.

Then it gathered toward the entire body surface, turning into a transparent Gang Qi protective cover, wrapping him firmly inside.

Lu Zhangsheng took out his long blade and slashed quickly toward the body protection Gang Qi.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Crisp collision sounds rang out one after another.

The body protection Gang Qi did not even ripple, far from the limit of being broken.

This was just entry-level, and it had such strong defensive power; if it were improved a few more times, presumably Blood Exchange level martial artists would not be able to break it.

That spirit jade mine mountain still had quite a bit of spirit jade; as long as there were no accidents, stable mining could still allow his strength to improve by several grades.

Just as Lu Zhangsheng was pondering, movement suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

Lu Zhangsheng turned his head to look.

He saw a man dressed as a Shiyé walking slowly toward the courtyard, followed by two young girls.

The three soon arrived before Lu Zhangsheng.

"Lord Lu, these two maids were arranged by the Town Mayor to serve the lord's food and daily life..."

The man looked respectful.

The two women in white behind him, upon seeing Lu Zhangsheng, flushed slightly, feeling quite expectant in their hearts.

Before they came, the two were quite resistant, thinking they were going to serve an old man; they never expected it to be a young, handsome expert.

"No need, this official is used to being alone."

Lu Zhangsheng waved his hand and refused directly.

He had many secrets, and he did not want to get involved with this kind of woman of unknown origin.

"Then this little one will not disturb the lord."

The man smiled sheepishly, then turned and left with the two women.

The two women looked disappointed.

As relatives of the Town Mayor, they had finally fought for this opportunity, never expecting not to be looked upon by the other party.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 101 =====