Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 263 Captain Ren

After the plum blossom season ended, Jiankang City entered midsummer.

The scorching sun was burning the earth recklessly. The streets that were previously soaked by the plum rain had now become like a steamer, not as comfortable as before...

During this period, the Censorate conducted a brief investigation into the case of the killing of Xiao Zhengde and Xiao Zhengze by the Gouchen Division.

It was not known whether General Chen had resorted to some trick or the Censorate was overjoyed at the execution of the two thieves, but the investigation was quickly concluded and the conclusion was that the Gou Chen Si was acting purely in accordance with the emperor's orders and did not have to bear any responsibility.

In the end, only the fifth dimension was demoted to the master of the building because of his disobedience...

Xue Dingnan did not receive any punishment, but he has been staying at home due to illness for some time. It is said that he has submitted a letter to be transferred to another post and has no plans to return to the Gouchen Division.

There was no other way around it. After this battle, he had completely lost his image in the eyes of his brothers and could no longer lead the Lingguang Guards.

At present, the position of Lord Wei is temporarily served by Ji Buli.

As for the people in Chongguang Chuang, there was no delay in rewarding them for their merits.

Yan Fei finally became the leader of the group he had always dreamed of, and Zuan was successfully promoted to team leader.

Ren Yuanze was credited with a great merit for rescuing the princess and Xi Mei. As a result, he accumulated enough merits and was promoted to team leader together with Zuan.

A Yao and Yang Zhong also accumulated enough merits and were promoted to deputy team leaders.

Only Chen Baxian remained where he was, continuing to serve as his ghostwriter...

There was no other way. Just resisting the increasingly powerful lower corpse gods had already exhausted all his energy. How could he dare to display his magical powers? Not to mention charging into battle and showing off, naturally his contribution was minimal.

He was about to burst from all the senses, but he had already persisted for 260 days, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it...

"There are still a hundred days left, hold on!" Chen Baxian shouted with a red face and jumped into the ice cellar specially made for him by his brothers.

"This guy is really a ruthless person." Zuan was convinced. "Who said that lustful people are weak-willed?"

"Yes." Ren Yuan and the others nodded. They were actually very impressed by Chen Baxian. "With such ruthlessness, anything can be accomplished."

Even Yang Zhong sighed: "I used to laugh at his jokes every day, but who dares to laugh at him now?"

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As they were talking, everyone came to the chief clerk's office to go through the promotion procedures.

"Oh, the whole team was promoted?" Gongsun Lu checked the merit book and nodded approvingly, "Not bad."

He wrote new official certificates for the four people.

When he was about to issue Ren Yuan the certificate of the captain's officer, he said worriedly, "You are moving too fast. Be careful not to overdo it. It's better to slow down and calm down."

"Time is running out, sir." Ren Yuan said with a wry smile, "I have offended a big shot, I have to improve my strength and protect myself."

"Silly boy." Gongsun Lu smiled casually and said, "You should learn how to kill people without using a knife. Don't just think about fighting head-on."

"Thank you for your teachings, sir." Ren Yuanshen bowed, took the official certificate, and went to the next room to exchange it for another badge.

The badges of the captain and deputy captain are exactly the same, except that there is one word missing on them, from "Deputy Captain of Team A" to "Captain of Team A".

On A Yao and Yang Zhong's waist badges, it read "Deputy Captain of Team A".

Zuan was transferred to Team C as the captain.

The four of them hung the new badges on their waists, and came to Xuanji Tower again, showing the certificate issued by the Chief Book Office, and entered the tower. The tower hall was still dark, with only one oil lamp lit, and the one who received them was Poison Grandma.

"There are quite a few people here today." Poison Granny took their badges, looked at them, and shouted inside, "Two portions of Nine True Powder, two bottles of Jade Marrow Juice."

The hunchbacked old man then brought out four external pills on a tray.

Zuan presented a heavy little jar as usual. It's not that they are stingy, but everything in Xuanji Tower is based on rules. Anything more or less will break the rules.

When the four of them went upstairs with the oil lamp, the ugly and weird old people gathered around the lamp and watched the old poison woman open the small jar.

"Haha, this time it's finally my turn to enjoy the feast." A one-eyed man snatched the small jar, picked up a handful with his fingernail, licked it on the tip of his tongue, and said with a look of enjoyment: "The best Crane's Head Red, it's really delicious."

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Over there, the four of them went up to their respective floors.

Ren Yuan stopped on the fifth floor, found a room at random, hung the oil lamp at the door, and then pushed the door open and went in.

Everything in the room remained the same, with strange beasts and demons like stars all over the sky, staring at him hungrily.

Ren Yuan did not dare to be careless at all, because this time, in addition to learning supernatural powers, he also had to open the fifth orifice.

The fifth orifice is called the "Jianggong orifice". As the name suggests, it is located in the Red Emperor's Palace, with a radius of one inch and two fen. It is the place for refining qi and transforming spirits, and contains the innate true qi. The future golden elixir will also be nurtured and formed here.

The senior brother told him that the previous four orifices were used to receive the "weather", but this orifice is to focus on self-improvement in preparation for the formation of the elixir in the future.

The senior brother said that when a practitioner opens the "Jianggongqiao", his body functions will be greatly improved, he will have stronger vitality, and his strength and reaction will increase exponentially.

Spiritual perception will also be enhanced several times. Not only can you see farther and hear more clearly, but you can also feel the flow and changes of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth more keenly, and the speed of absorbing the light of the sun, moon and stars will be greatly increased.

At the same time, the meridians throughout the body will be widened exponentially, and the speed of drawing spiritual fluid from the Creation Furnace to the Red Emperor Palace will naturally increase greatly, allowing him to burst out all his strength in an instant, greatly improving his combat effectiveness.

All in all, although there are not all the mysterious things that happened after the previous enlightenment, the improvement in strength is the most significant.

After sitting cross-legged and adjusting his breath, Ren Yuan took out the bottle of 'chalcedony juice' he had just obtained from his arms, pulled out the stopper, and poured the jade-colored juice in the bottle into his mouth...

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Soon, the Yinglong with wings on its back swooped down and rushed into Ren Yuan's body.

With the blessing of 'Jade Marrow Juice', Yinglong's strength became even stronger this time. The twenty-four immortals and six Taoist priests in Ren Yuan's body were obviously struggling, and they fought with him for a long time without a clear winner.

The Yinglong rushed around in Ren Yuan's body, and the three corpses and nine insects also attacked the Shangqing Jade Talisman frantically. The cage was formed, and Ren Yuan's body was shaking, the mountains collapsed, and the ground cracked, and it was about to collapse.

The pain made him sweat profusely, and he sat there swaying, almost fainting.

Seeing the critical situation, Sun Youyue said loudly: "Masters, I will rely on you from now on!"

As he spoke, he turned into a ray of clear light and entered Yinglong's body. Amidst a violent explosion, Yinglong screamed and fell from the sky, seriously injured.

The Taoist Kun had tears in her eyes. She rushed towards Yinglong and shouted, "Everyone, hurry up and kill him while he's sick. We can't let Taoist Sun die in vain!"

“Go!” The four Taoist priests responded loudly and rushed towards Yinglong with twenty-four gods, beating him to death.

As Yinglong transformed into thousands of golden lights and sprinkled on Ren Yuan's body, his 'Jianggong Acupoint' opened, and he obtained the fifth magical power 'Damage Transfer' - he could transfer the non-fatal damage he suffered to others!

In other words, unless he is killed in one blow, he will not be harmed as long as there is someone nearby.

(End of this chapter)