Yefutidaolu

Chapter 159 Luck
Gao Jian sold all the monster materials, mechanical wreckage and other things in his mustard bag at Jinyouzhai.

Suddenly, there was more than 12,000 gold in my pocket!
Especially the Yin-Yang Roulette, which is ridiculously expensive, worthy of being something that a fourth-level mechanism master carries with him.

On the contrary, the materials of the third-level monsters are lower than Gao Jian imagined. It is said that this is because too many of them have died recently, so the market price has been pushed down.

This made Gao Jian very happy.

This means that the blood sacrifice is really stopping, and many of the "gods" that were high and mighty before should have been killed now, and the market price of the materials has been lowered by one level.

After dealing with these, he pushed the door open and walked out, but Shu Jian had disappeared silently.

Since things here have been discussed almost completely with Gao Jian, Shu Jian also needs to prepare for what he needs to do.

Although Shushu doesn't look very reliable, he is still quite reliable when it comes to doing things. Gao Jian still trusts him in this regard.

However, there is still one problem that cannot be ignored.

That is... does Li Zuofang really want to save Gao Jian?
For Li Zuofang, Gao Jian's death seemed to be an acceptable outcome for him.

Gao Jian has already messed up the Zuo family, so if Gao Jian kills all the heirs of the Zuo family, is there any need to keep Gao Jian alive at this time?

Gao Jian killed the heirs of the Zuo family, and then let the Zuo family kill Gao Jian.

Then, that's where it ends.

The Zuo family suffered a severe blow. Li Zuofang took the opportunity to take control of Cangzhou and completely insert his own forces into it. As for Gao Jian... he died, as a chess piece, he deserved to die. As long as Gao Jian died, all matters would stop here with Gao Jian. No one would investigate, and no one would come to Li Zuofang.

For Li Zuofang, this was the perfect ending.

Everything ended with Gao Jian, and then the fruits of victory were picked by Li Zuofang himself without being stained by any dust. Gao Jian took all the blame.

On the contrary, if you keep your high opinion, it will cause many, many problems.

If he had to deal with the aftermath, he would be easily traced back to himself by the subsequent investigation and his identity as the mastermind would be exposed. He would be easily implicated in other places, and even Gao Jian himself would be uncontrollable for Li Zuofang.

If we analyze it from the perspective of pros and cons, Li Zuofang is completely untrustworthy. For Gao Jian, it is very important to guard against Li Zuofang, so as to avoid being abandoned by the other party.

however……

Gao Jian was not prepared for any of this, and no one knew what he was thinking. He just stretched and headed towards the stable.

Shu Jian has already left, and then he will take Lao Ma away, and then go back to his own hideout in the outer city to familiarize himself with his abilities and wait for the registration for the Imperial College selection.

It only took more than a month.

Gao Jian thought so and came to the stable.

As soon as he arrived at the stable, he heard the groom rushing towards him, then bowed and smiled: "Congratulations, sir! Your horse has transformed into a monster! It's now in the first realm!"

"Ah?" Gao Jian was stunned, then looked over.

But the walking dragon had become strange, with some cloud patterns appearing on its body.

The horse is tall and big, with the body of a horse, its mane is like red whiskers, its eyes are like chicken's eyes, with purple threads running through the pupils, which are bright and unshakable. No matter how the body moves, its eyes always remain locked, like a cloud platform.

Under the auspicious cloud patterns, red sweat flowed down, and the sweat foam was ochre, with a faint purple light. Fire was spewing out of the tip of its nose. Its hooves were five inches thick and as hard as stone. Its hooves were about to open, and it looked like a pair of ducks.

The original walking dragon was already very majestic, but now it had a dragon head like chicken eyes, a unicorn belly and a tiger chest, a tail like a cloud comet, ears like plugs, and the clouds under its feet were more than twice as thick!
Gao Jian was in a very good mood. He laughed three times, led his horse into the market, then jumped on the horse and headed towards the outer city.

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In the outer city...

In the outer city, Li Jun was working hard.

Unlike the inner city where the whole city is as warm as spring and even the rivers are not frozen and there are pleasure boats floating on the rivers, the outer city at this moment is experiencing a cold winter scene.

In the cold winter, the grass withered, the water was desolate, the branches were broken, and the dead leaves were falling.
It was completely dark and drizzling.

It was freezing cold, with a drizzle of rain and strong wind, which made the crows on the dead branches feel very cold. When the wind blew, they cawed and flew around. The word "jackdaw" was the most appropriate description for them.

Even with the efforts of Gao Jian and Li Jun, there was a lot more coal in Cangzhou, including ghost charcoal, but the outer city was still in a state of desolation.

Gao Jian did indeed greatly reduce the internal consumption of transportation costs and increase the amount of charcoal, but these measures only resulted in "fewer deaths" rather than "no deaths".

In the outer city of Cangzhou, with a population of tens of millions, there is always a death toll.
Even the rivers in the outer city, which serve as an important transportation network, were all frozen solid. If people wanted to transport goods, they could not rely on boats, but had to use cars and people to carry them.

Fortunately, this is not the first cold winter in Cangzhou, and everyone has gotten used to it.

Besides, this year is much better than previous years.

Therefore, even if the weather is cold, there are still many people walking on the streets braving the wind and rain. After all, everyone has to make a living, and when it comes to work, who cares about the wind and rain?
No one dares to be lazy because it is related to livelihood, especially in winter.

You know, the only thing worse than working is looking for a job.

No one would want to go hungry in such a cold winter, leaving their wife and children at home cold and hungry, and then run around outside trying to find a new job.

Moreover, compared to before, I am really much happier now.

Li Jun glanced at the charcoal basin under his feet and saw hot steam rolling up from it.

Look at the houses around us. They are certainly not as good as those of the big shots. But they are made of rammed earth, which is much better than shacks and keeps the heat out.

He no longer has to go out to do physical labor often. Now he is too busy with paperwork every day, and physical labor is simply a waste of time.

The Ligong Gang has become an indispensable force in the outer city of Cangzhou that cannot be ignored. Because of the cooperation with the Hundred Gods of Cangzhou and the support of a demon-suppressing general Si Ya behind them, the young master of the Shui family has some traces here, so he has been smooth sailing and safe all the way.

And now, the Ligong Gang is about to enter the next stage!
Knock, knock, knock. There was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in." Li Jun put down the pen in his hand and said.

Then, a scholar walked in from outside.

The scholar was wearing ordinary cloth clothes with some patches, but the lining was cotton, which showed that his conditions were not bad and he was still very warm. He also had some flesh on his body and did not look skinny. It looked like his meals were usually good.

The scholar's name is Zhou Sheng.

He is not from the Divine Dynasty, but a mortal living outside the domain. He was once raised by the Baishanjiang Dragon Palace, but after the fall of the Baishanjiang Dragon Palace, he successfully escaped to the Divine Dynasty with the help of Gao Jian, and is now working for the laborers. "Foreman Li, this is the recent result. To be honest, I didn't expect it to be so good. Now the more than 200 laborers you sent over have learned to read. I also taught them some basic math. I guess they can all work at various docks. In this way, the accounts of various places will be much clearer. They will definitely be able to keep the most basic running accounts, so there is no need to hand over everything to you." Zhou Sheng walked over and reported his current work progress to Li Jun.

Zhou Sheng came to Cangzhou and had nowhere to stay, so Li Jun was impressed by his academic level.

You know, Zhou Sheng is a Confucian practitioner of the first level. Although he himself has no self-awareness, he did achieve this just by reading. It is precisely because of this that he was not eaten by the Baishanjiang Dragon Palace.

So Li Jun hoped that he could set up a private school to teach some of the boatmen who were relatively smart to read, and the reward would be a yard, enough salary, and food to feed dozens of children.

It now seems that the cooperation between the two is quite smooth and both sides are very satisfied with the current situation.

"Mr. Zhou." Li Jun stood up and said with a smile, "It's almost the end of the year. Have you prepared the New Year's goods? You are a realm after all, you can't be too shabby."

"Let's talk about those things later." Zhou Sheng smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Zhang has more and more practitioners in the first realm. Basically, there is one for every fifty docks. I came here to tell you a good news."

Mr. Zhang, Zhang Yiyuan, is the owner of a martial arts school. He was found by Gao Jian and is now the coach of the Ligong Gang. He works very hard, is a good teacher, and has a righteous aura.

With his help, there is almost one first-level warrior in every fifty of the thousands of docks in the outer city. With this number of first-level warriors, it is obvious that the Ligong Gang has completely established itself in the outer city, except for the lack of high-end combat power in the second level.

However, Li Jun knew that this was actually just digging up the old mines.

Many trackers and laborers had already reached the threshold of the first realm on their own. This was the result of twenty or even thirty years of accumulation in their lives. What they lacked was just the finishing touch. Zhang Yiyuan and Yijing's skills helped them take that finishing touch.

That’s why the number of people in the first realm has increased explosively in just half a year.

To achieve high-end combat power like the second realm, it will take a long time to accumulate.

Except Li Jun himself.

Li Jun felt that... he seemed to be about to reach the second realm, and his talent... might be a little good.

There is just one problem.

The problem is... they don't have the practice method for the second realm.

No matter whether it was the method passed down by Zhang Yiyuan or Gao Jian, there was no method to reach the second realm. Li Jun could only find a way on his own.

"Good news? What good news?" Li Jun asked.

"I have found the second-level method I mentioned last time, but the other party requires you to go in person to trade." Zhou Sheng said in a low voice.

"Can this be found? The person you contacted?" Li Jun came closer.

He really needed the second level technique.

It is extremely urgent both for the laborers' gang as a whole and for himself.

However, the second level skills are relatively delicate things, and few people are willing to sell them, at least not in the outer city. In the outer city, any skills are something that can only be used to make a living, and no one will sell them.

As for contacting the big shots in the inner city, few people are willing to deal with people like Li Jun.

Even if they were willing to help, the Laborers' Gang probably couldn't afford the money, because... there were actually very few second-level skills in the inner city. As I just said, second-level skills were something with a more subtle form of existence.

This is because, in fact, there are very few exercises for the second realm, even fewer than a complete set of exercises.

In the inner city, it is easier to find complete sets of exercises.

The so-called "complete set" means that it can at least open one level and can be practiced to the fourth level. This kind of practice is considered a set.

In fact, many practitioners who have achieved a certain status but do not have a specific inheritance are like this. They will have several sets of exercises, one set for body training to open the essence gate, one set for spirit training to open the spirit gate, and one set for qi training to open the qi gate. According to the nature of different exercises, they will look for suitable or makeshift exercises, and let these different exercises be responsible for a part respectively.

After all, practicing cultivation is a very difficult thing.

Of course, there are also those martial arts methods that are passed down in an orderly manner, with one book opening two levels. Generally speaking, this kind of skills can only be mastered by forces with clear inheritance.

There are even books that have three levels of opening, which is a top-level inheritance. Only top-level families, super immortal sects, and the divine dynasty itself can master this kind of skills.

Those that cannot open any level and can only open a few acupoints are called "incomplete" martial arts. There are not many of them in stock in the inner city. After all, no one would be free to get a few incomplete martial arts books, and if there are complete books, it is impossible to split them up and sell them.

Therefore, the techniques of the second realm are basically either broken fragments with no subsequent advancement methods and a fixed foundation for practice, or they are antiques, which are very old techniques that are really useless.

Finding this kind of skill is like looking for a usable Nokia. New mobile phones are everywhere and can be bought with money. This used phone is not expensive and may not be found. It all depends on luck.

If you are lucky, you can find it in a roadside trash can or on a street stall.

It's bad luck, there's really no good way.

Therefore, progress is stuck here.

As for a normal set of one-level exercises that can be practiced to the fourth level, its value is so high that the Ligong Gang cannot afford it at all.

Knowledge is very expensive in the Divine Dynasty.

Therefore, Li Jun has been worried about this kind of thing. He wanted to go to Jinyouzhai to buy the incomplete martial arts skills, but the other party did not have any stock here. However, he could apply for transfers from the warehouses of other branches.

Li Jun asked about it and found out that the shipping fee was more than ten times more expensive than the technique itself, which was enough to buy a copy of the fourth realm. This left him with no choice but to ask for notification if there was any in the future.

Therefore, he asked around, hoping to find some ways to help the laborers find the next path to improvement.

Then, after searching for a long time, the opportunity finally came to Zhou Sheng without any effort.

Zhou Sheng was a very good student and made friends with books. He made friends with a teacher from the inner city. The teacher was not a big shot in the inner city, but the things he could access were much better than those in the outer city.

When Zhou Sheng asked, the instructor claimed that he had an incomplete training manual with two levels, which could open the Tanzhong and Dazhui acupoints, and was used by martial artists to strengthen their bodies.

The original usage of this martial arts book has been lost, and it is meaningless garbage to the inner city, but it happens to be very suitable for Li Jun's current martial arts method, and the method taught to them by Gao Jian.

Maybe it's... luck.

"I'll go and contact them." Li Jun nodded.

He has been very lucky recently.

(End of this chapter)