The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

After returning to the Supervisory Military Department, he placed Yuan Jing in place, asked Twenty-Eight to follow him and take care of him, and ordered the military prison to be cleaned and tidied up. After that, Zhao Tong began to sit in the lobby and drink tea.

He sipped the tea and savored the taste, with a slightly complicated expression on his face.

There are some things that he has never figured out, and he is always a little confused. Is it so easy to get rid of his obsessive state, and there will be no future troubles?
  I'm afraid it's not right!

He recalled the history of the Ming Cult. The previous leader, Shao Fangqing, practiced the sky transformation and became obsessed with it. His skin and flesh peeled off and died.

This leader, Fang La, had mastered the transformation of the sky and entered the half-step Grand Master realm. He lost all his mind and only knew how to kill. He didn't even recognize his relatives and turned into a killing machine.

Zi Zi Lao Lao, the old master of the Zi Zi Sect, and his disciples turned against each other and left the sect, taking away countless martial arts secrets. He became so angry that he became possessed and became paralyzed in bed. He did not get better for several years, and finally died in depression.

These are all living examples. If someone goes crazy, I have never heard of anyone being able to turn around and be fine.

Especially the old man Zi Zi here, he is definitely a grand master in martial arts, and he is probably the leader among the grand masters. For such a character, after going crazy, he was unable to reverse his injuries. Instead, he was bedridden and could not get up after a few years. Reported to have passed away.

It can be seen from this that it is impossible to easily get better with things like being possessed. If ten people are possessed, ten people will die, and if a hundred people are possessed, a hundred people will die. Those who are lucky enough to save their lives will be trapped and lingering. As for complete recovery, , recovered as before, Zhao Tong didn’t hear any of them.

But now, after he went crazy, he recovered. Not just as good as before, but almost the same as before. This is very strange.

Thinking about it from the beginning, he didn't do much. He fought a battle with Yuanshen and killed the other party. However, he was not out of the state of obsession at this time. Otherwise, he would not have done whatever he wanted and kidnapped Yuanjing. He did all kinds of evil things.

But then a strange situation occurred. After he bullied Yuan Jing, he miraculously exited the possessed state. Not only was he unscathed, but his whole body was unscathed. What was the reason for this?
  This makes no sense! This is so weird. It can't be because after doing something like a beast, he entered some sage mode, and then directly stopped the madness, restored clarity, and cooled the blood. How could it be so simple!
  But what is the reason?

Zhao Tong thought about it, and although he said it couldn't be that simple, there was no doubt that it was related to Yuan Jing and the bullying of her. As for why this happened and what the reason was, he couldn't figure it out.

And Yuan Jing probably couldn't know. There was no reason for her to know. She didn't even know that she was in a state of obsession. How could she know other things? It was impossible for her to understand the reason why she suddenly became obsessed.

What's more, although it seems that my family has safely exited the possessed state and has not suffered any damage, in fact, it is not without any losses.

He has fallen down.

From the realm of Grand Master, he fell half a step back to Grand Master!

This is worth pondering, Zhao Tong pondered in his mind. He had always heard that after going crazy, the blood and martial arts rioted, forcing him to reach a higher level, but he had never heard of anyone falling down.

Even though Old Man Zi Zi was possessed by the devil and was paralyzed on the bed, unable to move his legs, his realm was still there, and he did not fall back to some master or little master because of this.

But my family is in trouble!
  However, Zhao Tong secretly thought that if he could return even half a step without any damage, he would be able to calm down his body's Qi. He would then go to the Grand Master after he had accumulated enough Qi.

But at the same time, he was worried about the energy and blood in his body, and that the fatal thirteenth sword was not honest, and he would become a monster again and secretly attack the grand master realm.

Zhao Tong didn't know if he would go crazy again if he attacked again, but he knew it was definitely not a good thing, because as before, he had insufficient accumulation in all aspects, and he had not made any progress himself, so there was a high probability that he would make the same mistakes again.

Although he felt clear-headed and clear-headed at the moment, he always had a bad premonition that the Thirteen Deadly Swords and the rebellious energy and blood might come back and attack him again. , but this kind of sneak attack is very difficult to guard against, and there is no telling whether he will be hit again.

What will he do then? This time it was good luck that nothing serious happened. If he didn't go to prison next time, but went directly to the military camp and civilian households, and then went on a killing spree, that would be bad.

Zhao Tong frowned and couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He couldn't just go and go and... bully Yuan Jing just because he felt something was wrong, right?

Although I felt that if I did that, it would be possible to get rid of the obsessive state, but how could I do such a heinous thing again?
  If you do it once, it is an unforgivable sin and no different than an animal. If you do it again, you will not be an animal, but worse than an animal!
  This is so difficult!

Zhao Tong was thinking with a frown on his face, when Shi Qian and Ding Erxie came in from outside.

"Your Majesty, two of my subordinates found something near the corpse in the military prison." Shi Qian saluted.

"Near the corpse?" Zhao Tong thought for a moment. He used the Thirteenth Deadly Sword to cut the soul into countless pieces. He didn't know which piece of corpse Shi Qian was talking about.

"Yes, my lord." Shi Qian scratched his head and said, "It seems to be a martial art atlas."

"Martial arts map?" Zhao Tong looked at Shi Qian's hand. Shi Qian hurriedly took a few steps forward and presented what he had in his hand. It turned out to be a parchment book no bigger than a palm.

This thing is very small, so it can be preserved under the Thirteen Swords net like Zhao Tantianluo.

He took it in his hand, opened it, and found Persian writing inside.

However, in addition to Persian characters, there are more humanoid diagrams, which seem to be a kind of body shape and gait.

Zhao Tong did not originally know Persian writing. After all, he had never been exposed to this language in Tokyo since he was a child. Unlike Liao and Xia writing, it was not easy to see it.

He later learned Persian and the Persian language at Green Willow Manor with Liyanaza. He had a photographic memory and knew it at a glance, so he didn't put much effort into it.

At this moment, he looked at the parchment book and looked at it, and saw that it was indeed a martial arts atlas, but it was not a simple footwork and light skill, but a kind of concealment ability similar to hiding behind a blind eye.

There is no doubt that this thing fell out of the Yuanshen, but how could the Yuanshen have such a martial arts map? Judging from his actions, he is not good at backstabbing in secret.

Zhao Tong thought for a moment. Since the ancestor of the Yuan family came back from Persia, and this book contains Persian characters, there is no doubt that he got it from there.

The most famous assassin in Persia is Huo Shan, the leader of the Eagle Nest. Could it be that this book was obtained from Huo Shan?

He calculated the time. At this time, the old man in the mountain should have just passed away, and the Eagle's Nest was in the process of being torn apart. If the Yuan Shen had a good relationship with Huo Shan, it would be possible to obtain some of Huo Shan's martial arts skills before he died, and the Yuan Shen suddenly Returning to Xixia may also have something to do with Huo Shan's death. Zhao Tong waved to the two of them, and when they went down, he began to read the brochure in his hand carefully.

Although this booklet is small, it has a name, called the Dark Night Sutra.

It is different from light kung fu movements that simply pursue speed, such as Divine Walk without Shadow and Hundred Ghost Night Walk, but focuses more on concealment and some techniques for hiding in dark places at night.

"It's interesting..." Zhao Tong flipped through the pages and found that the Dark Night Sutra was somewhat similar to Japanese ninjutsu.

Japanese ninjutsu is a method of carrying out hidden assassination attacks in accordance with the external terrain environment.

The word nin in ninjutsu means forbearance. In fact, it means patience and forbearance. In some harsh and harsh environments, one can endure and hide, hide oneself, wait for the best opportunity to appear, and then kill the enemy with one blow.

This Dark Night Sutra is also the ability to hide one's figure in conjunction with the external environment. With a skill in hand, there is darkness around you, and you can do whatever you want at all times.

Zhao Tong read it for nearly an hour and already had a rough idea in his mind that the things recorded in this Dark Night Book actually surpassed the Japanese ninjutsu at the current stage.

This is not to say that Japanese ninjutsu is not as good as Persian assassination skills. In fact, at this moment in Japan, ninjutsu has not been fully developed. It is just a prototype at the moment and is still in the stage of exploration and creation. It cannot be said that that kind of ninjutsu is When a hundred flowers bloom and the old is introduced and the new is introduced, it has not yet become the true mainstream of Japan's domestic martial arts.

The name ninja and ninjutsu was officially established in the Edo period, more than five hundred years from now. That was five hundred years later.

Ninjutsu, a kind of kung fu, really began to appear on the stage of history and was promoted by Japanese warriors in the Genpei era a hundred years later, but it was not called ninjutsu at that time.

Nowadays, ninjas are generally called Ranbo. This name lasted until the Warring States Period. Later, in the Edo Period, the name was officially changed to ninja, and the martial arts used were changed to ninjutsu.

Zhao Tong was delighted to see Lie Xin at this time. Due to his talent, he learned martial arts very quickly. After reading the manual, he almost learned it. Then he thought about it and stood up and closed all the windows in the hall, intending to practice.

At this time, he was the only one in the hall, and it was a little dark after closing the doors and windows. After all, he could only rely on the window paper to let in light. Even the scorching summer sun could not shine much light.

Zhao Tong looked around and began to practice the Dark Night Sutra in the hall. This martial art is not an attack method, nor is it a completely light-weight skill. The core method is to hide oneself so that no one can detect it.

He has the power of magic as a foundation, and he can hide in the darkness very quickly. If you don't look carefully, he will seem to disappear in this dim light. If he is seen by someone, he may have to shout loudly to see him. to ghosts.

Zhao Tong was obviously walking close to the wall, but as he walked, the person disappeared. After a while, he actually turned out from behind the pillar in front of him.

Sometimes, the light and shadow below the window flicker, and sometimes it is dark and obscure. It was clear that there was nothing at the moment, but as the sunlight outside flickers, Zhao Tong's figure suddenly appears under the window without warning, just like he originally Just like there.

"Interesting, interesting!" Zhao Tong burst out laughing. In fact, if someone else used the Dark Night Sutra, such a strange scene might not happen.

It's just that he can change his mind, so when he hides or appears, in addition to matching the angle, light, and environment, the speed is so fast that it is difficult to detect, and this kind of situation will appear out of thin air.

Sometimes, you can even pretend to teleport to bluff people. After all, you stand in one place, then calculate the light angle and environment, suddenly hide in, then run forward quickly, and then suddenly appear, it looks like you are teleporting. .

But these are not what ordinary martial artists can do. Even if ordinary martial arts practitioners obtain this Dark Night Sutra, they can only practice hiding skills and cannot perform these tricks at all, because these tricks require extremely high martial arts realm to do.

First of all, you must have top-notch Qinggong footwork, so that the use of the Dark Night Sutra can be used coherently, smoothly and without stiffness. Secondly, you must have a high state of mind, so that you can move silently under the flickering shadows.

Zhao Tong practiced in the hall for a long time, for several hours. It was not until the sun set that Bai Zhan came over and called him to eat, and then he stopped.

He was the only one at the dinner table. Yuan Ying was guarding Yuan Jing in another place and could not be with him.

Yuan Jing's acupuncture points are still sealed and he has lost all his martial arts skills, but even so, Zhao Tong is not at ease. After all, once the sealed acupuncture points are opened, then with fixed techniques to push the palace through the blood, Yuan Jing will recover in half an hour at most. As before, he returned to the pinnacle of martial arts as a half-step master.

But fortunately, this method of sealing acupoints is recorded in Huang Shang's Beidou Six Paths Sutra, and others don't know it. Therefore, even if the acupoints are released, no one will bleed Yuan Jing, and Yuan Jing will not recover his martial arts skills quickly. It takes a full day to recover slowly.

While Zhao Tong was eating, he was thinking about Yuan Jing. He couldn't kill her, but what should he do with her? She was a little unwilling to let her go directly. After all, the opponent was an enemy rather than a friend, and her martial arts skills were very strong. If a war started in the future, she might assassinate her generals and cause huge damage to some soldiers. Her martial arts skills were too high. If that happened, , it would be a big mistake to let her go.

But if I don’t let him go and keep him prisoner...

There seems to be something wrong with this smell. Yuan Jing is Li Qianshun's concubine. What will others think if he keeps her next to him? Even if they are hostile countries, fighting each other to the death, they still have to distinguish something, right? If this kind of thing spreads, it will be very bad for your reputation.

Zhao Tong felt that his family had to cherish their feathers and take into account their reputation. He was the majestic King of Qin, how could he let others point fingers behind his back and scold lecherous people?

How can we lead the literary world in the future? How to lead troops to fight? You will be poked in the back and ridiculed by everyone in the world!

In this case, it cannot be imprisoned by your side. This is a problem!

Zhao Tong was deep in thought. After dinner, he went straight to bed and had no words for the whole night.

On the morning of the next day, he went over to take a look at Yuan Jing, and saw that Concubine Jing's face was pale and haggard. She had not eaten or drank for a day, and she actually wanted to commit suicide by going on a hunger strike.

Zhao Tong was immediately angry and ordered the two women to hold him down while Yuan Ying forced him to drink some water and rice, and then he gave up.

Yuan Jing cursed feebly: "Evil thief, you'd better kill me, don't torture me like this again."

Zhao Tong snorted coldly, frowned and turned to leave, feeling increasingly worried about how to deal with the other party.

(End of this chapter)