Yefutidaolu

Chapter 164: Standard Kung Fu, Internal Fighting of the Zuo Family

Gao Jian took the book.

To be honest, it's no problem to call this kind of book an antique. Gao Jian even doubted whether he could break it into pieces with a little force.

However, if it is stored normally, it should not go bad.

Because there is charm on it.

Things like Shen Yun can protect one's own "essence".

A piece of stone can easily be weathered away.

But if a famous master picked up a brush and wrote a poem on a stone that will be passed down through the ages, then the stone would not necessarily be damaged even after being passed down for thousands of years. It would only slowly be damaged as the charm itself faded.

Looking at this book, the charm it contains should have no problem lasting for hundreds of years.

Let’s look at the content again.

It is a body-refining method that contains methods to open the Dazhui and Tanzhong acupoints. It emphasizes "broad daylight, a touch of spring sunshine" and uses the Yang energy of the Dazhui to temper the entire body. It does not conflict with the methods taught by Gao Jian, and belongs to the category of extremely yang and extremely strong methods, which is very suitable for adult strong men to practice.

The muscular guys like boatmen who do physical labor all day are perfect for this.

Moreover… this thing seems to be even stronger than the standard martial arts method, it’s just incomplete.

This is quite interesting.

In the inner city of Cangzhou, there are places like Jinyouzhai that actually sell quite a few "standard exercises".

The price of a complete set of standard skills is usually between 5,000 and 10,000 gold. Occasionally there will be stronger ones that sell for a higher price, but they are generally not seen.

The so-called standard exercises are those developed, printed, and widely disseminated by the official school of the Divine Dynasty. This kind of exercise is "improved", at least they claim to be improved.

In the market, independent people without systematic inheritance, or emerging forces, if they have no other options and do not have many adventures, most of them will practice this kind of technique. For the practitioners of the Divine Dynasty, this kind of thing is something they are used to and it is very normal.

However... people like Li Jun might not be able to see it, but Gao Jian had already known these things from the Dao Song of Xuanhua Tongmen in the Four Realms.

The strength of these so-called improved skills has been weakened in various aspects. Compared with the truly excellent inheritance, they will simply shatter at the slightest touch.

This is also a strategy of the Divine Dynasty.

In this world, there will always be people who break the law by using force, especially the many independent cultivators who are uncontrolled and cannot be restrained.

If these independent cultivators are left unchecked, it will have a very serious impact on the rule of the Divine Dynasty.

However, if we directly suppress the independent cultivators on a large scale, it may cause a greater impact.

Then, it is better to remove the firewood from under the cauldron.

For those independent cultivators who have become influential, we invite them to serve in the Divine Dynasty and provide them with salaries and status. If they don't want to come, that's fine too, we can give them the status of guest officials to prove that they are members of the court, so as to appease them and make friends with them.

For those low-level independent practitioners, sufficient skills are directly available to them.

Compared to digging for martial arts techniques in ruins, stealing by various means, or even fighting and robbing each other, this kind of martial arts technique that can be purchased directly with money is obviously a more cost-effective option.

It is common for a group of them to save money, buy a set of exercises, and share one set.

Even though this kind of martial arts is well known to be not very effective, but... for many independent practitioners, they have no other choice.

The powerful independent cultivators were gradually recruited, and the weak independent cultivators began to adopt standardized exercises.

As a result, the powerful independent cultivators naturally disappeared slowly.

This is called 'cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron'. Compared to directly debating a war with the scattered cultivators collectively and suppressing them forcefully, using this method to slowly eliminate the threats and influences of the scattered cultivators is obviously more convenient and safer.

For a gang like the Laborers' Gang, if Li Jun could come up with 10,000 gold, he would definitely buy a set of standard martial arts techniques without saying a word. Anyway, this would be enough for him to gain a foothold in the outer city.

Will there really be some strong workers who will feel that they are being taken advantage of and will object?

Impossible, everyone would just be ecstatic, because they got a set of skills that can be practiced!
The knowledge of the Divine Dynasty is very expensive.

Therefore, the way it is presented to these low-level cultivators is that as long as they are willing to struggle throughout their lives, they will be able to join the ranks of cultivators in exchange for the hope that their offspring and future will become better.

This not only satisfies their desire for promotion, but also increases the number of practitioners. Even these independent practitioners become famous with the help of this technique. They themselves or their descendants will take the initiative to go to various immortal sects and official schools to learn from masters and practice those real and systematic good techniques.

In this way, the entire class of independent cultivators will spontaneously become stable, and it is natural that they will also actively castrate themselves, stop causing trouble, pay taxes diligently, and actively practice standardized exercises.

All it takes is a set of standard techniques to transform a restless, violent individual with a certain amount of power into a staunch supporter of the Divine Dynasty.

It won't even affect the birth of a genius, because as long as you practice these standard techniques, it will be easy to identify whether you are a genius and whether you are qualified to join a real immortal sect.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. There are so many affairs of the Divine Dynasty and so many subtle means involved that it is difficult to count them.

Otherwise, this country would not have lasted for so many years.

But Gao Jian glanced at Li Jun.

For Li Jun now, he probably doesn't consider these things. He is not yet at the stage of considering these things. What he needs to pay more attention to now is another point.

That is the problem of the survival of the Ligong Gang. For the Ligong Gang, the standardized martial arts are beyond their reach.

But now, this set of skills... seems to be even stronger than the standard ones. Is this a lucky find?
"How much did you buy it for?" Gao Jian put away the book and handed it back.

"Eight hundred gold." Li Jun replied.

"You've made a lot of money, but there's a problem. This thing doesn't come in a complete set. If you want to practice to the third level, you either need to find other techniques with similar ideas and levels to put together a set, or develop a set yourself. Or do you think the second level is enough?" Gao Jian asked.

Kung Fu techniques can indeed be pieced together, but practicing in this way is prone to self-contradiction, which can result in incomplete skills at best, and in worst, the body can explode and die.

Therefore, you need to find a technique with a similar purpose, so that the backlash will be smaller.

Of course, there are also those who, although they are two sets of skills, can make up for the weaknesses of both sides by practicing them together, and become a super magical skill. However, if you expect that, you might as well go digging a hole. Maybe there is a peerless secret book buried in the ground? Right.

Li Jun smiled and put away the technique: "The boat will naturally straighten itself when it reaches the bridgehead, and the lower part will emerge on its own."

Gao Jian was speechless at this answer.

Okay...

"Then I'll leave first. I do have something else to do." Gao Jian waved his hand and walked out of the alley.

"Boss, take care. Leave it to me and don't worry." Li Jun emphasized.

Gao Jian did not comment. In fact, Li Jun had already demonstrated his abilities, so there was no need to say more. He just waved his hand, turned around, mounted his horse, and rode the dragon horse to a place outside the outer city.

The Demon Suppression Division camp is located in Cangzhou. There, Gao Jian wants to familiarize himself with his current strength and wait for the news of the start of the Imperial Academy selection.

Sima probably already knew about the registration, and he should also be aware of the current situation of the Zuo family, but he has not reacted until now. Gao Jian felt that Sima of the Demon Suppression Division should be happy to see it happen.

In that case, don't worry about it.

Return to camp!
The walking dragon exhaled a breath of fire, accelerated, and walked towards the outside of the city.

It only took a quarter of an hour to arrive.

Now that the dragon has transformed into a monster of the first level, its trotting speed has increased by about 30% compared to before. If it runs at full speed, it is not impossible to travel 15,000 miles a day, and it is not so easy to die.

As for the instantaneous maximum speed, I can only say... it has doubled compared to before.

The shorter the acceleration time, the greater the improvement. As for long-distance trekking, the speed increase is not that significant.

Maybe the dragon is good at short-distance acceleration, but long-distance travel is not its strong point.

In fact, you can tell from the body shape.

Horses that are good at long-distance traveling are generally thinner and more well-proportioned, neither too tall nor too strong, and rarely have violent personalities.

Only horses with fast charging speed and average endurance will look tall and strong, like a dragon or a tiger.

But what is counterintuitive is that stronger and bigger horses cannot run very fast and cannot be used as mounts. They become livestock similar to cows, which cannot be used for galloping but only for carrying things.

Normally, Zoulong is the tallest horse that can be used as a mount, which may be the reason why its endurance is relatively poor.

If you sell the Walking Dragon now... it would have to be at least five thousand gold. A mount of this level is actually quite powerful. After Gao Jian resold it, the value of the Walking Dragon increased tenfold.

However, Gao Jian actually still regards this divine horse that has been through life and death with him as a brother, otherwise he would not have fed Zou Long so much flesh and blood of monsters.

Good brother! Upgrade quickly, let’s go together in the future!

Gao Jian excitedly rode his dragon back to his tent in the Demon Suppression Division.

call!
The next step is to kill the successors of the Zuo family, and then run away depending on the situation.

If you can run away to the Imperial College, then run away to the Imperial College.

If he was discovered and was hunted by the Divine Dynasty, he would go to the East China Sea to seek refuge with Dansha with the help of Shushan. The world is so big, there is always a place for him to stay. Gao Jian is not worried at all!
As for Li Zuofang's decision to get rid of the donkey after it has done its job, then...

That's it, what else can he do? After all, Gao Jian is only at the fourth level. If a powerful person really wants to deal with him, what can he do? If the sky wants to rain and the mother wants to marry, let him do it.

So Gao Jian didn't feel any psychological pressure at this moment.

When enemies come, we will fight them; when water comes, we will block it with earth. Just like when he first faced Gui Liu, he just had to charge and that was it. As for how to charge, the charge route, and various charge plans, those were things to consider after the charge.

From the beginning, the option of retreating did not exist.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian returned to the camp.

After taking a bath, I threw Zoulong aside and let him play happily by himself.

Zoulong couldn't wait to run away. He went to bully the war horses. It was probably because there had been some friction here before.

Now that he has turned into a monster, those war horses probably are no match for him.

Gao Jian swept the dust from his tent, then lay down on the bed, turned over and covered himself with the quilt.

sleep! ! !

Even if the sky falls, it can’t stop it!

Snoring, Gao Jian soon fell asleep.

At this moment, while Gao Jian was sleeping soundly, things in Cangzhou were also developing rapidly.

The fight within the Zuo family has become increasingly intense.

The conflict between Zuo An and Zuo Qing has come to light. Zuo An openly accused Zuo Qing of "selling out the clan" and using the Legalist method to replace Cangzhou's original sacrificial form.

At the same time, he also accused Zuo Qing of collaborating with foreign enemies and joining forces with the Demon Suppression Division to kill him, the former helmsman.

Zuo Qing's response was cold and ruthless. He publicly said that Zuo An was not honest and had been trying every means to hinder the development of the family for personal gain. The "law" was much stronger than the "blood sacrifice". At this critical juncture, he was clinging to the old ways, turning the tables on the current helmsman, splitting the family and preventing the implementation of the new law. According to the family law, he should be executed.

But the decision to execute him was made but could not be carried out.

Nearly half of the eight-level elders of the Zuo family chose to live directly in the courtyard where Zuo An was recuperating. What execution? If you have the guts, send the ancestor to come and kill them all.

The entire Zuo family garden was quickly divided into two parts.

Everyone supports Zuo An and hopes that Zuo Qing will be severely investigated.

Another group supported Zuo Qing and hoped that Zuo An would be executed quickly without leaving any trouble.

The main point of dispute between the two sides is whether Zuo Qing really introduced the Legalist method?
Regarding this, Zuo Qing took the initiative to hand over his own method to the doctors within the family for review.

However, the Zuo'an faction believes that the doctor is on Zuo Qing's side and that the method should be handed over to a neutral third party, such as the Li family of Yangjing, the capital of the gods. They are knowledgeable and have rich knowledge reserves and can make fair judgments.

Then Zuo Qing personally came forward and criticized Zuo An, shouting: "The Zuo family is the Zuo family of the Zuo family! Not the Zuo family of the Li family!" This statement was supported by the clan members.

But Zuo An responded: "How about letting a doctor I trust do the appraisal?"

Zuo Qing refused and said he would not give in.

The two sides were on the verge of a fight. Although there had been no gunfight, there were still various minor frictions. From time to time, you could see a divine light flashing in the inner city of Cangzhou, or a bolt of lightning striking down. The killing range was not large, but the killing power was not small at all.

When the first death appeared, the conflict between the two sides became irreconcilable.

And the most crucial thing is...the first person to die was a fourth-level deacon who supported Zuo'an.

Zuo An immediately chose to hold a grand funeral for him, and publicly accused Zuo Qing in the mourning hall of not only assassinating him, but also wantonly killing his blood relatives.

Zuo Qing claimed that he was punishing according to family rules, and as the helmsman he had the authority to do so. As the previous helmsman, had Zuo An never executed anyone according to family rules?
In short, the two sides were fighting fiercely, and all aspects of the Zuo family began to operate sluggishly.

Some people wanted to seek justice from Zuo Lang, but were told that the old man had gone into seclusion and was trying to reach the second level of Grandmaster.

In this atmosphere, the Imperial College selection will actually take place in a few days.

(End of this chapter)