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Confucian Scholar Sequence Seven: Xiucai (a scholar who has awakened the ability to become a leader and can improve his oratory skills).

Suddenly, Zheng Xuan remembered someone: a failed painter who, in a Munich beer hall, used his superb oratory skills to pull off a spectacular feat.

From this perspective, this ability is definitely a god-level ability.

It shouldn't be the case that only the ordinary Seven Shows can awaken.

In fact, Zheng Xuan also discovered that no matter what sequence it is, the awakened abilities are different. There are ordinary ones, but there are also hidden ones and rare attribute abilities.

Take the Corpse Retriever sequence for example. A normal Corpse Retriever sequence nine awakens abilities that are all physical attributes, such as the ability to hold one's breath like a turtle, or Li Jitong's awakened ability to accelerate in water and walk on water. These are all ordinary abilities.

However, there are also abilities like Zheng Xuan's awakened [Drowning Soul], which are clearly beyond the standard, and of course, there are also abilities like Li Jitong's awakened [Talisman Making] when he reached the eighth rank, which are all hidden abilities.

The [Leadership] ability awakened by the seventh-ranked scholar in the Confucian scholar sequence is clearly a hidden ability within this sequence.

Now that it's being used as a reward, Zheng Xuan can only say he's envious.

This ability might not be very useful for ordinary people, at most making them more charismatic when speaking. However, if Zheng Xuan wants to accomplish something great and command thousands of troops, this ability will be very powerful.

If you don't believe me, just look at that painter in Munich who failed the exam.

If this skill were to fall into his lap, it would be no exaggeration to call it a legendary golden opportunity, or even a divine seven-colored opportunity.

The skill is good, but why does it have to appear at this time?

Zheng Xuan looked at Li Jitong who had been arrested and was extremely anxious. In recent days, Zheng Xuan had also experienced what it meant for a master and disciple to be like father and son.

In such a critical situation, Li Jitong actually saved him first. How could Zheng Xuan forget such a kindness?

But what should we do now?

Li Jitong was already trapped in the net, and the frogmen around him were now closing in. If they blocked all the way, he would have no way to escape.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xuan's gaze sharpened as he looked at Li Jitong, who was extremely anxious and frantically waving his hands at Zheng Xuan.

"Run!"

Unfortunately, one cannot speak or make a sound in the water.

Zheng Xuan glanced at Li Jitong again, then gritted his teeth, turned and ran. At this moment, the frogmen surrounded him. Zheng Xuan sank to the bottom. There was a net at the bottom of the water before, and sinking to the bottom would have meant certain death. Now that there was no net, Zheng Xuan could escape.

Upon seeing this, the frogmen immediately gave chase, but unfortunately, these people were neither genuine water ghosts nor water-type sequence users, so they were very slow.

In addition, Zheng Xuan can breathe underwater, so he can dive directly to the deepest part and swim close to the bottom, which greatly increases the difficulty of these people's pursuit.

But these people were not giving up. They chased after him in their small boats, refusing to believe that Zheng Xuan would not come up for air. Even the most powerful water ghost could not hold its breath for several hours.

But they really underestimated Zheng Xuan. Zheng Xuan dived for dozens of miles without taking a breath the whole time. Of course, his [Scuba] skill allowed him to stay underwater without taking a breath.

After leaving Wangjiagu, Zheng Xuan escaped the foreigners' encirclement. He determined a direction and, instead of heading home, went straight to the county town.

Zheng Xuan feared that the foreigners would trap him right at his doorstep, like a turtle in a jar, and that he would walk right into their trap.

Therefore, Zheng Xuan planned to go directly into Tianjin to find Song Jin'ao.

My master must have been captured by those foreigners and taken to their damned Catholic church. I am currently too weak to rescue him alone; it is impossible for me to venture into the enemy's den alone.

Now he has to find help.

Song Jin'ao, a martial arts master at the seventh level of the Transformation Realm, is an excellent helper. The martial arts sequence is the strongest in terms of combat power among all sequences, and since the master's current predicament was caused by him, who else should he turn to?

So Zheng Xuan went straight to Tianjin.

Meanwhile, in Wangjiagu, Richard looked at the captured Water Ghost Li, who elegantly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and sized him up, saying, "Li, I really like your skills. How about this, tell me where that doctor surnamed Wen is? I'll not only release you, but I'll also give you his reward money in advance, how about that?"

"Pah!"

Water Ghost Lee spat a thick phlegm at Richard, which landed precisely on Richard's body.

"You're delusional. I would never betray my own people to a bunch of foreign devils like you."

Richard, seeing his favorite black and red tuxedo covered in the filthy spit of the Chinese man, could no longer maintain his composure. He looked at Water Ghost Lee and said, "You'll regret this. Take him away!"

"yes!"

Upon hearing this, the person underwater immediately agreed. Richard looked at the thick phlegm on his clothes and frantically wiped it away with a handkerchief. Just then, his subordinate ran up to Richard and said, "Mr. Richard, that person has escaped."

Richard's face darkened upon hearing this. "They can run away, but they can't hide," he said. "Send men to the Li family, the Water Ghost's family, and arrest them all. Oh, and the family of that kid who just escaped—don't let a single one escape! Arrest them all!"

"yes!"

Richard's men immediately agreed.

Watching his subordinates get to work, one of them spoke up: "Mr. Richard, do you think that runaway kid might go to Tianjin to file a complaint with the authorities? The higher-ups want to avoid straining relations with the Great Jing Dynasty and turning it into a diplomatic incident."

Richard, upon hearing this, said, "Sue the authorities? Forget about whether the county magistrate will even accept our case; besides, isn't it already curfew in Tianjin at this hour? Can he even get into the city?"

"Wait until tomorrow, haha. Even if the authorities accept the case tomorrow, we'll have already cleaned up the mess. Who can prove we did it?"

Richard smiled at his men, who immediately nodded in agreement. "That's right," they said. "There's a curfew in Tianjin. Even if that kid escapes to Tianjin, he won't be able to get in. By tomorrow, it will be too late."

……

At this moment, Zheng Xuan finally swam to Jinmen City, climbed ashore, and came to the city gate, only to find that the city gate was tightly closed.

Zheng Xuan was directly isolated outside the city. Seeing this, Zheng Xuan frowned. The deadline for him to rescue his master was before noon the next day. If he couldn't enter the city now, it would be too late by tomorrow morning. The most precious time in between would be wasted.

No, I must get into the city today. Thinking this, Zheng Xuan searched everywhere for dog holes. They say that ancient city walls all had dog holes, so he could at least crawl through one.

Zheng Xuan was pacing anxiously, when suddenly a soldier on the city wall shouted, "Who's there, trying to attack the city in the middle of the night?"

Zheng Xuan looked up and his eyes met those of a soldier on the city wall. The next moment, he heard the soldier shout, "Hey, squad leader, it's that kid from the water that day."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xuan saw a person appear on the city wall. He looked up and his eyes lit up. He recognized the person as Cao San, the patrol captain!