Lingzhang

Chapter 252: The Holy King

"Mr. Shang, you——"

The business master came to visit at night, and Yue Hanzhang, who was still waiting for General Daohai Liuguang, was quite confused.

He invited Master Shang into the house, but before he could say anything, Master Shang flicked his wrist, and six alloy safety boxes appeared in front of Yue Hanzhang.

Almost in an instant, Yue Hanzhang seemed to have guessed something. His eyes suddenly brightened, but he still looked confused and asked the merchant.

"This is--?"

The merchant clasped his hands together, not knowing whether he had experienced something recently, or whether he had secretly learned more exhausting news.

She looked increasingly older, and the deeper wrinkles on her face seemed to reflect her fatigue.

"In the safe box are the three golden seals of [Ten Thousand Laws: Palm Fire Thunder] that you need to refine for your current cultivation of the first level of legal authority.

And the rest, the extraordinary thunder species that need to transform and sublimate the power of the Tao, the earth-shaking rock pattern thunder! The sharp gold demon pattern thunder! The mysterious wave pattern thunder!
I have no way of knowing the exact timetable of your practice. Of course, you are a 'late bloomer' and your progress is probably only a slight change every day. Putting it all together, I'm afraid even you can't tell when you will be promoted to the next level.

But I'm going to make a broad calculation, even if each level of refining only advances your time by a few days.

Your practice progress is terrifying!
It would be fine under normal circumstances, but this is the time to publicize your extraordinary talent.

But now is such a critical moment, it’s no use, it’s better to be still than to move, you need to expose more of your dormant talents.

The shocking changes in Yanzhou have put the fourth pass in jeopardy. If the situation deteriorates, Haiquan Pass will become the top priority, and Qin Linhui is there.

Everything will become sensitive because of this.

In the provincial capital, you and I, especially you who are practicing the path of [Yudu Taichang], will become equally sensitive because of this.

Be careful! Don't let people think you are a good test or even a remote control chess piece of Haiquanguan at this critical juncture!
So for a while, please don’t go to the laboratory building that we applied for for our project, and even... try not to come to my place unless it is necessary.

The golden seal of ordination and the extraordinary thunder seed will be handed directly into your hands, and you will be in control of your own short-term practice schedule!

In a few days it will be a new January. I think someone in the Forest District ranking competition will take the initiative to try to test your foundation in the current field of extraordinary Taoism.

How to choose a suitable degree, you also need to consider carefully! "

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanzhang nodded repeatedly.

The business master's move solved Yue Hanzhang's urgent problem.

The golden seal of ordination and the extraordinary thunder seed are in his own hands, which means that the timetable for practicing this extraordinary Taoist authority is completely up to him.

He no longer needs to find any excuses or reasons for his promotion.

It even disturbs the merchant's mood.

You know, it has been about twenty days since the last time we went to the laboratory building to work on a breakthrough, and the various military families have taken various urgent measures.

Now, there is not much time left before Yue Hanzhang can start refining the golden seal of ordination again.

Perhaps, the business master handed over all these key resources to Yue Hanzhang at this juncture, also with the intention of asking Yue Hanzhang to keep a low profile while seizing the time to improve himself secretly.

These thoughts became slightly firm in Yue Hanzhang's mind.

He immediately spoke.

"Through the tests during the qualifying round, I am quite confident. I have already understood their level in the extraordinary realm and their fighting state. I probably only need to show my second-tier Taoist skills and cooperate with the first extraordinary thunder seed to win the fight!"

Hearing this, Shang Shi nodded.

“That’s fine. When a cultivator is able to hold his breath, whatever level of cultivation you display at that time, the appearance of the Taoist crown corresponding to that level will appear.

Only when you can no longer hold your breath and reveal your true aura of cultivation, will the false cover be dissipated, revealing the proper appearance and color of the Taoist crown.

This should not be a difficult task for a cultivator like you with a long-lasting aura. You just need to practice secretly these few days to learn how to keep your aura calm and steady even in the midst of the fierce attacks of your body and mind.

It's a good thing that I kept a hand. When you heard about the various projects for promotion in the laboratory building, I had them all in my hands. The electronic files and videos are also stored in the server of our laboratory building.

I haven’t had time to properly upload it to the school’s intranet yet. I’m trying to find a way to change the timestamps on the files to a later date…”

Look, this is what it means to keep something in reserve!
This is the real cunning old man... no, this is the real shrewd old man!

And at this moment, Yue Hanzhang seemed to have thought of something.

"By the way, will the Forest Region Qualifying Tournament be held as usual in the next few months? Recently, all kinds of news have been flying around on the forums, spreading all kinds of news about the Taoist Academy and various families, making it difficult to tell the truth from the false."

Upon hearing this, Master Shang thought for a moment and then revealed some information to Yue Hanzhang.

“It is difficult for the noble families to obtain the qualifications to set up a war camp. After all, this is not only encroaching on the foundation of the military family, but also encroaching on the authority of the Dao Alliance City Defense Department!

There is no reason to give such an opening to the noble families of various states just because of the sudden changes on the battle front. When the survival of Beiting Protectorate was at stake, the Taoist Alliance had never seen such convenient power given to the noble families of the Protectorate by the Dao.

Of course, just because it cannot be done now does not necessarily mean it cannot be done in the future.

I see that the people in the noble families also understand this truth, so this discussion is very rampant, but there is no further propaganda from the noble families. I am afraid that they are still mainly testing the wind and spying on public opinion. But if time goes on and the battle line really breaks down, then... everything will be uncertain...

As for the joint petition from all the Taoist temples in Qizhou, this is something to talk about. Generally speaking, the Qizhou Education Bureau is willing to agree on the general direction. After all, this is the current situation.

However, the reason why there has been no reply is that the presidents of various academies are now gathered in the Education Department and are holding meetings every day.

Beneath this broad direction lie numerous details, each of which affects the entire body, and every step requires extensive discussion.

But just speaking of the various fighting-type 'activities' in our academy, there is only the Sea of ​​Trees District Qualifying Competition right now, and the on-campus trials are still to come.

Therefore, it is very likely that when the qualifying rounds in the Forest Area begin in the second month, the iron rule prohibiting casualties in the qualifying rounds will be slightly relaxed. In a way that does not encourage but does not punish bloody fighting, the practice atmosphere of the Taoist temple will be gradually brought into a truly austere environment.

Of course, if the preparations were slower, we might have to wait until the third month’s Forest Area Qualifying Competition for such changes to occur.

What I said may not be accurate. It will be the new January in a few days. Everything will be subject to the notification from the Taoist Academy. But I told you in advance so that you can make preparations in advance."

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanzhang raised his eyebrows, and almost instantly, the figures of the resurrected saints of the Songsheng Sect flashed through his thoughts.

"Yes, disciple will definitely be prepared!"
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The third floor of the dungeon.

In a secret warehouse in the shantytown, Gu Qinghan moved the "headquarters" of the provincial holy religion, which she replaced the leader, to this place.

After all, what Fengshengjiao did was too big.

It is precisely because of this that the northern states and various holy religions are having a hard time.

In the provincial capital, the Patrol Wind Division seemed to have caught some clues and was searching all the way to find the "headquarters" of the Holy Religion. As a last resort, Gu Qinghan moved here.

The dark side of the city is the most secretive.

The dark side of a grand city like the provincial capital is as unfathomable as the abyss.

At this moment, Gu Qinghan and Zeng Yunhe were reading another secret letter.

Just as I read the beginning, Gu Qinghan sighed softly.

"The fourth and fifth levels of Yanzhou were breached one after another. It really is a chain reaction..."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zeng brushed his arm armor over his hand, and several forum pages flashed on the pop-up light screen.

"There is no news on the public platform yet. Sigh, this is the 'disadvantage' of having the information cocoon torn apart. Once the news is released, the situation will deteriorate to such an extent that it will cause widespread panic. Perhaps even the noble families will find it very difficult..."

And just when I was feeling this way.

Gu Qinghan had already found several ultra-high-definition photos from this thick stack of secret letters, which probably came from Yanzhou.

"Mr. Zeng, look..."

And when Zeng Yunhe looked in the direction of the sound.

"hiss--"

He actually took a deep breath, his face full of disbelief.

This is because in those ultra-high-definition photos one after another, among the ruins of the broken city of Yanzhou Jiuguan, among the blood, mud and mess everywhere, there are a group of very strange and evil creatures standing there.

Each of them looks very much like Xu Shijin of the past.

With its unnaturally sturdy and robust structure, it embodies the ferocious and brutal aura of the Dragon-Blooded Violent Ape.

In addition, after the Song Sheng Sect integrated various methods of transforming monks, using the organs of demon beasts implanted in the body as the source of power, long and narrow bone spurs, bone blades, bone knives and even bone hammers pierced the flesh and blood along the joints of the forearms, growing out strangely and hideously.

Even the Taoist seals and demonic patterns are intertwined on it, presenting a kind of evil and chaos.

However, these human-shaped violent apes were now standing on the ruined city gate, riding on the most common snowfield demon wolves in the Northern Territory. The moment of their arrogance and ferocity captured in the photo made it seem as if they had put in a lot of effort in breaking through the city.

"This is the path of cultivation for the 'new human' of the Holy Church. It is a brand new version of a technological surgery that breaks through the realm of the extraordinary... How could it appear in the Nine Gates... and among the demon race..."

Gu Qinghan's voice sounded vague and dreamy.

At the same time, Mr. Zeng's equally solemn voice also sounded.

“It is the Holy Religion. Their ideas were very radical in the past. They believed that the key to destroying the Beiting Protectorate was to let the demon tribe move south.

They also believe that humans are the most intelligent among primates, and there should be no distinction between humans and demons.

On the other hand, only when humans fully integrate into the demon race should they become the holy king race that rules over the demon race!

At that time, some people suspected that there was some secret connection between them and the demon clan.

As for how the technical means were spread...this is not our current iterated version, this is the original version of the surgical method!

It’s Luo Zhaoqing——!”

(End of this chapter)