Sword Mark

Chapter 838 Sword Scar

The white dragon rode on the clouds and flew towards the Taoist gate.

Under the careful care of Taoist Master Lin Xuan, Xiao Chunfeng finally regained consciousness. Taoist Master Lin Xuan smiled and said, "I'm glad that Senior Brother Xiao is okay. I'll treat you. The elixirs and herbs I've used are very valuable, a total of 2,000 Dafeng coins."

Xiao Chunfeng was a little depressed and said, "Two thousand Dafeng coins? I won't owe you anything. Don't worry, I have plenty of skills and will pay you back when I make money."

Taoist Master Lin Xuan smiled and said, "If Senior Brother Xiao has no money, you can teach in my Taoist sect and slowly pay back the money."

Xiao Chunfeng stretched his muscles and asked tentatively, "How much is the monthly salary for teaching in the Taoist sect?"

"The monthly salary is thirty Dafeng coins."

Taoist Master Lin Xuan kindly said, "This is already the price of a high-level Imperial College. An ordinary Taoist Imperial College only charges fifteen Dafeng coins a month. You are very capable, so you are worth thirty Dafeng coins."

Xiao Chunfeng was startled, staring at him intently, and said in a hoarse voice: "Only thirty a month? I don't eat or drink, I don't spend any money, and I have to work for you for five and a half years to pay back this money?"

Taoist Lin Xuan felt a little guilty, thinking: "Back then, Sect Leader Qin severely injured Xu Shenghua, and then treated him. How could he cheat him without batting an eyelid? I feel like my face is about to give out, and I can't help but raise Senior Brother Xiao's monthly salary..."

In Qingyuntian, Yu Chenzi made all the arrangements. The head of Qingyun immediately reported to the Heavenly Court, telling them about the attack on the Heavenly Court's envoy and quietly waited for the Heavenly Court to send someone.

On this day, the sky above Qingyuntian cracked open and a ship came sailing in from the sky.

The connection between Heaven and Qingyuntian has never been broken, even when the Yuanjie was sealed and the space was folded, leaving only places like Daxu, Yankang and Xitu, but Qingyuntian was still able to communicate with Heaven at that time.

For Qingyuntian and other heavens, what was sealed was not the heavens of Yuanjie, but places like Yankang and Daxu.

Sect Leader Qingyun hurriedly led the crowd to meet them. Several demigods from heaven stood on the bow, looking at them with a half-smile. Behind them were demigods with wolf heads and human bodies, holding spears, but making no sound.

Master Qingyun and the Taoists lowered their heads and did not raise them.

"Look up."

The leading demigod said with a smile: "Fu Yuntian, you are the head of the Taoist Qingyuntian, and your status is far higher than that of a constable like me in the Divine Constable Camp. There is no need to be so polite."

Master Qingyun said quickly, "Shangguan, you are joking. Shangguan is the censor of the heaven, a senior official, and I am just a grass-roots god in the lower world. How dare I be so presumptuous? Shangguan, the envoy was attacked this time. It was my fault. Qingyuntian is in awe and fears that the wrath of heaven will punish us. Please say a few good words for Qingyuntian when you go back. I have prepared some small gifts..."

The demigod laughed loudly, and got off the boat with the people behind him. He shook his head and said, "The laws of heaven are strict. Who dares to accept your gift? It is a capital crime! However, you stuffed it into my boat when I wasn't paying attention, so I can't do anything about it, right?"

Master Qingyun hastily apologized with a smile and threw a look at the Taoists, who then quickly sent all kinds of treasures to the boat.

The demigod walked up to him and waved his hand gently. Then the demigods with wolf heads and human bodies suddenly disappeared. Their figures appeared and disappeared, and suddenly appeared in front of the palaces and halls of Qingyuntian. They lay on the ground and sniffed everywhere. After sniffing, they disappeared again. When they appeared again, they lay on the ground and sniffed around again.

Master Qingyun smiled and said, "Shangguan, this is..."

"We are also following the law, please don't blame us, Master Fu."

The demigod held his arm and laughed, "Don't call me sir, it's so formal. These are my disciples, and those Xiaotian gods are my hired servants. I am Zheng Quhe, a member of the Heavenly Court Divine Constable Battalion. The headmaster can call me Old Qu."

Suddenly, a soul flew out from behind him, reaching a height of a thousand feet. The soul stretched out its arms, and there were more than a thousand arms, stretching out in all directions, with the palms facing outwards.

There was actually a big eyeball growing on the palm of his hand. The eyeball was rolling around, and rays of divine light were shining in all directions, searching for various traces.

Qu He still held the arm of Master Qingyun and laughed, "It's just business as usual, don't blame me, don't blame me!"

Master Qingyun smiled repeatedly and thought to himself, "I wonder if Yuchenzi's work is detailed enough..."

Qu He's soul flew up, shining in all directions, and soon searched the entire Qingyuntian. Those demigods with wolf heads and human bodies also leaped up and down like flying at an extremely fast speed, searching all around, and captured several Taoists and tortured them to extract confessions.

After a while, Qu He's soul flew back, and the hundreds of wolf-headed human demigods suddenly appeared, holding some Taoists who were beaten half to death in their hands. They bowed their heads to the hands of Qu He's soul and whispered to each other.

Master Qingyun's expression remained unchanged, but he was indeed unsure in his heart.

Suddenly, Qu He laughed out loud: "Master, I'm sorry for hurting some of your disciples. But this is just an official matter, please forgive me."

Master Qingyun bowed his head and said, "I dare not."

"Who found the messenger's body?" Qu He asked with a smile.

"I am Yuchenzi, one of your disciples."

The headmaster of Qingyun called Yu Chenzi over. Qu He reached out and grabbed Yu Chenzi. In a flash, he landed on the ship and said with a smile, "In that case, let Yu Chenzi take us to the crime scene! Headmaster, please stay. We only need Yu Chenzi to lead the way."

Master Qingyun's expression changed slightly, and Yu Chenzi quickly said, "Master, don't worry. I will go with the superiors to take a look and will be back soon."

Master Qingyun forced a smile and said, "Serve the superior officer well. The superior officer, I will leave my disciple in the care of the superior officer."

Qu He laughed loudly, and the ship took off and flew into the blue sky.

At Yongjiang Academy, Qin Mu searched for the cripple in vain and became secretly anxious.

If anyone from Canlao Village took Yu Tianzun with him to travel the world, he would not be worried, except for the cripple.

After all, the villagers of Canlao Village will not take risks on their own initiative. Even the daring butcher is not the kind of person who would take the initiative to cause trouble.

Only the lame man takes it as his mission to steal all over the world. He will take the initiative to go into danger and go directly to the place where the most treasures are, and those places are often the most dangerous places.

"Don't worry, the Cripple is only interested in anything for three days."

The village chief consoled him, "The lame guy is just an old monkey who likes to break and throw sticks. When he gets tired of playing, he will return Yu Tian Zun to you."

"I hope so." Qin Mu's expression remained worried.

At this time, the blind man brought Yu Tianzun to Yongjiang Academy. Qin Mu was very surprised and hurried forward. The blind man said, "I met the cripple in Yanlong Mausoleum. This bastard was being chased by a group of Yanlongs. Those Yanlongs burned thousands of miles of red fields and chased him to nowhere to hide! He couldn't escape with this kid, so he left him to me and asked me to send him to Yongjiang Academy."

Qin Mu finally felt relieved and looked Yu Tianzun up and down. Yu Tianzun showed a simple smile.

Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat and he also revealed a simple and honest smile.

The village chief and the blind man cheered in unison: "The lame man taught well!"

Qin Mu smiled, revealing his eight white teeth, looking pure, innocent and sunny. Yu Tianzun also smiled, revealing his eight teeth, looking very innocent and sunny, not letting people be on guard at all.

Qin Mu's fingers suddenly moved slightly, and then a pair of panties appeared in his hand.

At the same time, Yu Tianzun's arm turned into an illusion. Qin Mu laughed and said proudly: "I never wear that. I feel bored... Give me back my Taotie bag!"

Yu Tianzun was holding a Taotie bag in his hand. The Taotie bag was too heavy and he had difficulty holding it.

Qin Mu's face was dark. He threw his underwear to him and snatched back the Taotie bag. He said bitterly, "Brother Yu, you didn't learn well, but learned bad things from the old rogue! You see, although I also learned the tricks of Grandpa Lame, I never steal things. I always rob based on my ability. Blind Grandpa, is Grandpa Lame okay?"

The blind man shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. Those fire dragons are extremely powerful. They are guarding the tomb of a very terrifying god or demon. The cripple took your brother into the tomb and stole something from the tomb. It must be a very important treasure, so they chased him. I watched from a distance and felt that any fire dragon could easily kill me, so I set up a trap and escaped with this kid. But the cripple is ever-changing, maybe he can escape."

Qin Mu was still a little worried. He looked at the village chief, who understood and said with a smile, "I will go ask the First Ancestor for help and meet the strong men from Yanlongling." After that, he left in a hurry.

Qin Mu felt relieved and said to the blind man, "If you are free, could you accompany me to the Taoist sect? I have not studied Yan Kang's Taoist magic in the past few years and have fallen behind. I would like to ask the blind man to teach me a thing or two."

The blind man was not without pride: "You are indeed out of date. I have been studying the formations of the Kaihuang era in the past few years. A few months ago, I also communicated with Zixi, one of the four great heavenly masters, in the capital. Now my attainments in formations have reached a new height."

Qin Mu was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Master Zixi's attainments in formations are indeed unmatched!"

The blind man shook his head and said, "Tianshi Zixi has fallen behind. I, Yankang Guoshi and many other formation masters have created several new formation patterns, but she has never seen them. I taught her. But I also learned a lot from her. She can still be called the world's number one formation master. I am still not as good as her."

In the past few years, Yankang has made great achievements in formations. In addition to battle formations, killing formations, city defense formations and other formations, various other new formations have also appeared, the most basic of which is the formation pattern.

Just like there are nineteen basic sword moves in swordsmanship, array patterns are the basis of array formations. Being able to add several types of array patterns on the basis of the original ones is already a remarkable achievement!

There are many formation masters in Yankang Kingdom, but they practice in different directions. Among them, Su Yunzhi, the chief priest of Yongjiang Academy, is an expert in formation, and he specializes in city defense formation. Qin Jian, the general of Tiance, specializes in battle formation, and he and Duke Weiguo are known as the gods of the army.

Sikong Wei Pingbo was in charge of the water conservancy of Yankang State. He was also a master of formations and was good at using geography to set up formations.

Although National Master Yankang became famous for his swordsmanship, his attainments in formations were even better than those of General Tiance and others.

These talented people of Yankang absorbed the achievements of formations in the Kaihuang era and further developed them, so their achievements were naturally extraordinary.

Qin Mu summoned the Dragon Qilin and the Water Qilin, bid farewell to Su Yunqing, Yu Yuan Chuyu and others, came to the riverside, and summoned the Dragon Tamer.

When Huanlongjun saw the blind man, he couldn't help but shudder and said with a smile, "Master Sharpshooter, long time no see."

The blind man closed his eyes, looked him over with his mind's eye, opened his eyes and said, "Why haven't you made any progress yet? Lord Huanlong, your cultivation is too low. How can you lead Tianhe in the future? If you don't strive for progress, you will be killed sooner or later."

The Dragon Master hesitated and said, "Xiaolong is dull..."

The blind man sneered and said, "You have been to Yongjiang Academy to give lectures and served as a chief priest. You should know that there is Zulong Taixuan Gong in the Tianlu Tower of Yongjiang Academy. Why don't you learn it?"

Huan Longjun glanced at Qin Mu and said with a smile: "Zu Long Tai Xuan Gong is such a powerful martial art, how dare I learn it secretly?"

The blind man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and shook his head, saying, "You are too cautious. Your master has already made the Ancestral Dragon Taixuan Gong public. Everyone in the world can practice it. How could he not let you learn it? Those dragons that crawled on you and shouted Maha Maha all learned it. Some of them are even more capable than you. If you don't improve, it will be your turn to crawl on them and shout Maha Maha."

Lord Huanlong was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly before carrying him up the river towards the Taoist sect.

Qin Mu sat on the head of the Dragon Lord and asked the blind man about the formation. Yu Tianzun was also listening. The blind man thought that it would take him half a year to explain before they could learn it, but after six days, he had nothing more to teach.

The blind man's eyes widened, and he suddenly became furious and hit Huanlongjun on the head several times.

Huan Longjun felt pain, but he didn't know what he did wrong to make the old man angry. He only heard Qin Mu say to Yu Tianzun: "As long as you learn the basic array patterns, you can easily learn the array formation. This is called mastering one thing and then mastering a hundred things. It's not enough to master one thing and then master a hundred things. You also need to draw inferences from one thing and apply it to other things. The array formation is not just an array formation, it can also be used in other aspects, such as Taoism and swordsmanship. Some people only know how to memorize by rote, but they don't know that memorizing by rote is the stupidest way."

Yu Tianzun said: "It's not difficult to learn. I have comprehended several formations. Brother, can you help me see if they are correct?"

The blind man got angry and hit the Dragon King on the head twice.

Lord Huanlong didn't dare to speak and could only move forward in silence. Finally, he reached the destination. When Qin Mu and others came ashore, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly escaped into the water.

This place is still a long distance away from Kunlun Realm where the Taoist sect is located. Qin Mu and others continued on their journey. After two days, they saw a ship stopped in the sky. Many strange people with wolf heads and human bodies jumped off the ship and sniffed around.

Qin Mu was startled and asked Long Qilin to stop. He saw a strange man with a wolf's head and a human body finding a corpse. The corpse had been torn apart by wild beasts and his face could not be seen clearly.

"This corpse seems to be a demigod who died in my hands. Then these weirdos are..."

He looked towards the ship and saw a divine man in golden armor standing at the bow with his hands behind his back, and next to him was Yu Chenzi.

Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat.

A strange figure with a wolf's head and a human body leaped up and suddenly appeared in front of Qin Mu and the others. He sniffed hard, then suddenly disappeared, appeared on the boat, and whispered to the golden-armored god.

The golden-armored god Qu He looked over at him, smiled, and said to Yu Chenzi, "This man once appeared in Qingyuntian, and the Xiaotian God Clan smelled his scent. Do you recognize him?"

Yu Chenzi secretly groaned in his heart and hurriedly said, "I recognize him. He is Qin Mu, the Tiansheng Sect Master of Yankang State. I brought him up the mountain to meet the Sect Master."

"Tiansheng Sect Leader Qin Mu?"

Qu He tilted his head and thought for a moment: "I seem to have heard of this somewhere... Since they are your old friends, let them pass."

Yu Chenzi thanked him and said loudly: "Brother Qin, the Heavenly Court is doing business here, please take a detour."

Qin Mu replied yes and told Long Qilin to take a detour.

"Wait a moment!"

Suddenly, Qu He called him and said with a smile: "Qin Mu, you practice swordsmanship? Can you show me a sword technique? I found a sword mark on the wall of the Taoist temple in Qingyuntian, which is different from the sword technique of the Taoist sect."

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