Under the bamboo forest in the backyard of his residence, Zhang Yu, wearing a Taoist robe, was slowly moving his sword, realizing the connection between the sword and his mind, and the light on his body was floating with his breathing.
After a long time, he withdrew his sword and sheathed it.
Although there is the seal of "Sword Harmony", the communication between people and swords does not end there.
This sword was forged by his teacher himself, but many of its magical powers are limited by his own cultivation and have not yet been able to be used. Now he can only use the sword as much as possible under limited conditions.
of power.
However, he also found that relying entirely on his sword for his attacks was too extreme.
If the sword is damaged or breaks away from one's control due to some accident, then one's strength will be greatly reduced. In battle, it will be a fatal flaw.
So in addition, you should also have other ways to fight the enemy.
He walked aside, picked up the pair of scarlet gloves from the bamboo stand and put them on.
This pair of gloves is actually also a magic weapon, which was given to him by the teacher that day together with the Xia Jian.
But compared to Xia Jian, this thing doesn't seem to be called a magical weapon at all.
Because this object does not have the power to break through the spiritual surface, it can only provide a layer of protection for his hands when facing the enemy, and his teacher has never said that this glove has any magical properties.
But now that I have a clear mind, this thing seems a bit useless.
But recently, with the improvement of his true breath technique, he gradually discovered that this pair of gloves could also undergo certain changes with his own breath while breathing continuously.
Then he thought that according to the old cultivator's view, a magic weapon that has not been touched by human hands is like the most primitive rough material. It needs to be refined and polished by the monks themselves, so as to gradually bring out its inner potential. For example, he and the
Xia Jian's communication seems to be like this.
This made him feel that he might not have been able to find the correct way to use this thing before.
The reason here should not be his negligence, but that some magical instruments first require the owner to have a certain level of cultivation. At the same time, this thing is made for old practitioners, so it needs the breathing method of old practitioners to activate it.
Perhaps his teacher didn't think his breathing technique could reach this level, so he didn't mention it.
Now that he is aware of it, he is also trying to see if he can get additional help from it.
Although he didn't know what the correct method of sacrifice was, he believed that since the breathing method could help him communicate, there was nothing wrong with following this method.
In fact, it was just as he thought. After working hard in the past few days, every time he focused his mind on this glove, even if he didn't use his mental light, he could feel that there would be a response from above at the same time, and he would raise his fist.
Between the light waves, there will be the sound of wind and thunder.
He sat down on the futon in the courtyard, closed his eyes and meditated, and breathed in. After a while, a thin shimmer appeared on the pair of vermilion gloves, rising and falling with his breathing.
It was almost half a summer before he came out of meditation.
He calmed down, stood up, took off his gloves and put them back on the bamboo stand. Then he walked to the stone table behind the bamboo branches, and saw at a glance that Mr. Miaodan was lying on the soft cushion of the stone table, taking medicine.
Sleepy, his tail was swaying there.
He walked over, stretched out his hand and caressed his back a few times, causing a cloud of colorful mist to appear. Then he sat down on a stone bench nearby, took today's newspaper, and started reading.
There hasn't been any news worth noting recently, and thanks to the joint efforts of the Academy and the Security Council, slander and disparagement of him have rarely appeared in newspapers.
Not only that, after the Yao family completely disappeared, the three academies headed by Linning Academy were still advocating and publicizing their candidates for the scholar council, but now they are slowly dying down.
The main reason here is that since the beginning of the year, several elderly people over 100 years old have spoken out in newspapers to support him.
These few people all became scholars of Tianxia sixty years ago. Nowadays, many officials in the governor's office are the descendants of their students, and their influence is not ordinary.
The most important thing is that compared to the rhetoric in the newspapers, the people at the bottom of the Duhu Mansion obviously believe more in these respected elders who protected the Duhu Mansion during the Battle of Honghe.
Zhang Yu has seen the specific deeds of these people. More than 40 years ago, they had proposed in the scholar's conference for several consecutive years that the Duhu Palace should restore the previous ritual structure with Xuanfu as the leader and Duhu Palace as the second.
However, after successive failures, they realized that this pattern could no longer be changed, so they simply stopped participating in future scholar discussions and lived in seclusion outside Tenghai, never setting foot on the land of the Protectorate again.
He thought about it, more than 40 years ago, more than ten years after the Battle of Honghe Pass, it happened to be the time when Governor Yang was at his most powerful, and his prestige also reached its peak at the same time.
It is normal that those few discussions failed to change anything. After the war, the new structure of the Dongting Protectorate has been stabilized, and people at that time were determined not to want another internal strife.
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Even the Xuanfu itself, as Qi Ao is still leading a dozen students to restore the vitality of the Xuanfu, probably has no intention of pursuing these things.
And when these elders came now, they probably didn't just want to support him. They must also have seen that the tide of turmoil was about to subside, and the Protector's Mansion was about to face another change.
However, no one can say for sure whether it will usher in new life or decline after this change.
After reading the newspaper, he put it aside and began to think about it.
Although there are still more than ten days before Shiyi, he has already learned from Xuegong and Xuanfu in advance that this year Shiyi has set the specific start date on the fifth day of February.
Just because most of the famous people in the Protectorate were gathered during the scholar's meeting, and a large number of dignitaries were present. In addition, there were too many changes in Ruiguang City last year, so the protection this time will be unprecedented.
Strengthening, not to mention the participation of most of the spiritual cultivators of the Xuan Palace, even the military commanders of the Shenwei Army may show up, and I am afraid that there will be another open and covert fight.
Li Qinghe walked into the backyard at this time, holding a box of things in his hand and said: "Sir, someone has sent another gift."
Zhang Yu asked: "Who sent it?"
If there are people in the Protectorate who exclude him, then naturally there will be people who think highly of him and want to be on good terms with him in advance.
Recently, many people have come to give gifts, but unless they have known each other in the past or were recommended by acquaintances, they will usually return them directly.
Li Qinghe replied: "It was sent by Mr. Zhao, Xiangcheng Zhao. Mr. Zhao said that if this person sends something, there is no need to refuse."
Zhang Yu nodded and said: "Put the things here."
Li Qinghe said yes, walked over, and gently placed the things on the table. Then the cover on it was lifted, revealing an exquisite jade box.
Zhang Yu opened the lid and pulled away a piece of silk cloth. He saw a simple stone statue inside, with an extremely thin and obscure warmth lingering on it. He couldn't help but pause slightly.
At this time, Mr. Miaodan stood up and came over to look at the things inside curiously.
Zhang Yu reached out and kneaded its little head, then took out a letter from the jade box, took out the letter paper, opened it and read it.
This letter first contained a greeting, and then mentioned that a few days ago, for unknown reasons, a large island suddenly appeared overnight in the originally deserted waters of Tenghai.
The people from the Security Patrol Committee sent people up and found a half-ruined stone ruin on the island. There were many statues inside, all of the same shape. Other than that, there were no words or murals.
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Because this island happened to exist on a certain trade route, many people in the security patrol were worried about whether there might be some supernatural force behind this island that appeared out of nowhere.
Zhao Xiangcheng knew that his major was ancient natural history and he was now a metaphysician, so he specially sent one of the stone statues over and asked him to take a look at it to see if there would be any problems.
Zhang Yu picked up the stone statue. The source energy on it was extremely weak, even less than the strange bone fragments he came into contact with that day. In just a short time, he had absorbed it completely.
After taking a closer look at the statue, it was not difficult for him to determine that it was the sculpture style of the Yidi people.
He couldn't help but think about whether there was any relationship between the underground tribe that was destroyed by Dou Chang and others, and the dormant god whose power was transferred away, and this island that suddenly appeared?
But no matter what, since there is source energy on this statue, there might be more on that island. I should take some time to take a look, but I may not have time before the discussion.
After thinking about it, he asked Li Qinghe to get a pen and paper, put pen to paper, and wrote a reply.
It is mentioned above that he will go to this island after the scholar's meeting. At the same time, he also told Zhao Xiangcheng not to worry. He will ask a fellow Xuanxiu to go here to inspect to ensure the safety of the trade route.
