Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 87 Advancing to the fourth rank, leaving the capital

eight days later.

On February [-]th, at night.

in the dormitory.

Lu Fan and the three roommates were meditating on the bed.

Everything was quiet.

Breathe, breathe out.

Inhale the spiritual energy, and then expel the foul air.

The remaining essence will be turned into spiritual power and stored in the dantian.

Over time, it will form a vast sea of ​​Qi in the body, which has the power to move mountains and seas.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Fan opened his eyes with joy on his face.

Vientiane town magic skills have been upgraded.

The next moment, majestic spiritual power poured into his body instantly, filling the dantian, and there was a surplus, to hit the next realm.

"boom!"

The barrier was broken, and the capacity of Dantian expanded several times again.

promotion!

Four grades of cultivation!

Open the properties panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/600
Power: 115.68
Agility: 38.13
Mental Power: 37.82
Physical strength: 100.74
Cultivation level: fourth grade

Kung Fu: Vientiane Suppressing Demon Kung Fu is complete
Martial arts: the perfection of Liu Yushen's body skills, the perfection of thousands of hammers and hundreds of exercises, the perfection of body training skills of gods and demons, the small success of nine-turn golden body skills (3/20)

Assignable Attribute Points: 99.89
In the past few days, Lu Fan has refined the nine-turn golden body to a small level, increasing his strength by 3 points, mental strength by 1 point, agility by 2 points, and physical strength by 6 points.

Just now, after he was promoted, his various attributes increased again.

Strength increases by 12 points, physical strength increases by 6 points, agility increases by 4 points, and mental strength increases by 2 points.

Now Lu Fan's true strength is equivalent to the second-rank middle-level, or even higher.

Even if he goes to participate in the big competition now, he is confident that he will come back with a few first names.

Let alone three months later.

He'll be more sure then.

However, during these three months, he still couldn't relax.

Practice how you want to practice.

continue!

Lu Fan closed his eyes and re-entered the cultivation state.

……

……

Fast forward to March.

Today is the first day of March.

morning.

Lu Fan came to Li Yongtai's residence and knocked on the door.

"come in."

"Yes."

Lu Fan pushed the door and entered, only to see Li Yongtai with a smile on his face, looking very happy.

"Sir, look for me."

"sit down."

Li Yongtai poured a cup of tea and placed it opposite him.

"Yes."

Lu Fan and Li Yongtai sat down face to face.

"I came to you today because I want you to identify someone for me."

While talking, Li Yongtai took out a picture scroll and unfolded it in front of Lu Fan, "Look at it, do you recognize him?"

"Oh?"

Lu Fan took a closer look and felt familiar.

In the painting is a young nobleman, graceful and luxurious, with high spirits.

But those eyes made people feel very uncomfortable.

There was a hint of coldness and harshness.

"it's him!"

Lu Fan recognized this person at a glance, "That young master at the back mountain that night was him!"

"it is good!"

Li Yongtai nodded slightly, "That's right! His name is Chu Zhaonan, he belongs to the royal family of the Chu Kingdom, and Liao Jinzhong works for him."

"Exactly what we guessed."

Lu Fan said: "It seems that this is the order of the court of Chu State, for the purpose of harassing the border of our Great Zhou and plundering property by the way."

"Ah."

Li Yongtai put away the scroll and put it aside casually, "However, that letter was not written by him, nor by Liao Jinzhong."

"Oh?"

Lu Fan frowned, guessing: "Could it be someone from our Dazhou?"

"Probably."

Li Yongtai thought for a while, and said: "I sent someone to obtain the handwriting of Liao Jinzhong and Chu Zhaonan. After I got it, I checked it carefully, and I can confirm that it is different from the handwriting of the writer."

"But this letter appeared in our Dazhou territory again, so there are two possibilities."

"Either Chu Zhaonan and Liao Jinzhong carried this letter with them, or this letter was received in Dazhou."

"It is very unlikely that you have a letter with you."

"So, there is a high possibility of receiving this letter in Dazhou."

After a short pause, Li Yongtai continued: "Based on my guess, I received this letter through Liao Jinzhong and handed it to Chu Zhaonan."

"That's how it should be."

Lu Fan agreed very much, "The reason why Chu Zhaonan killed Liao Jinzhong to silence him was not because he was worried that Liao Jinzhong would betray him, but because he was worried that Liao Jinzhong would tell someone else."

"That person is most likely Chu Zhaonan's internal response in Da Zhou."

"And in a high position."

"It is very important to Chu State."

Lu Fan analyzed: "So, Chu Zhaonan would rather kill his trusted subordinate than expose that person."

"Yes."

Li Yongtai nodded, "Your analysis makes sense. After all, Chu Zhaonan belongs to the royal family of the Chu Kingdom. Even if he reveals his identity, we can't do anything about him."

"But the person hiding in our Great Zhou is different. If this person is exposed, he will definitely die."

"And it can involve a lot of secrets."

"The most urgent thing is to find this person. It is not so urgent to clean up Chu Zhaonan."

Li Yongtai's expression was serious, "Liao Jinzhong is dead, Han Chuang may not know the existence of that person, maybe only Chu Zhaonan knows who that person is."

"But it is almost impossible for us to capture Chu Zhaonan. If we send people to Chu State, the risk is too great, and we may not succeed."

Lu Fan continued: "If you want to find that person, you can only start from that letter at present, which is undoubtedly difficult."

"Yeah, it's really hard."

Li Yongtai sighed: "The key is that we don't want to scare the snake away. We can't investigate with great fanfare, we can only do it in secret. Even if we can catch Chu Zhaonan, we can't touch him. We must first catch that person, otherwise that person may take risks after hearing the news and do something that is not good for Da Zhou."

"There are always clues."

Lu Fan thought for a while and said, "Even if that person hides well, there will be a day when he will show his feet."

"Ah."

Li Yongtai pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about it, but you, are you ready? We will set off the day after tomorrow, head to the capital, and participate in the big martial arts competition. It may take several months to go back and forth."

"Ready."

Lu Fan responded loudly.

"it is good."

Li Yongtai was very satisfied, and nodded slightly, "This big competition depends on you and Ye Wuchen, and the others have no hope at all. How many competitions are you going to participate in?"

"I want to be all in."

Lu Fan did not hide his thoughts.

"Have courage!"

Li Yongtai praised, and said: "That's how it should be! After all, such an opportunity is too rare. Not only the high-ranking officers in the army, but also the officials of the court, as well as the heads of families, sect leaders, etc., all the famous people will go to watch the battle."

"However, if you all participate, there is still a certain risk."

"It will be very difficult to achieve results in every competition."

"You still have to distinguish between primary and secondary, and let some games go as soon as they should."

Li Yongtai suggested: "First do a good job in the most confident competitions. Even if you are as strong as Yan Qing, you can't say that you can get a ranking in every competition."

"Ok, I know."

Lu Fan knew in his heart that the hardest part was physical strength.

Fist, sword technique, spear technique, sword technique, body technique, concealed weapon technique, archery technique, plus the competition of overall strength, if one participates in all of them, there may be several contests in one day.

Just started fine.

In the later stage, after the opponent's strength is stronger, daily physical exertion is a big problem.

If it consumes too much, it may not be able to recover and affect its strength.

thereby affecting performance.

Then it's not worth the loss.

Therefore, in order to ensure the results, many people will choose to participate in a competition.

There are not many people who can do both.

There are very few people who participate in the three events at the same time.

The one who participated in all the projects like Lu Fan was probably himself.

"Okay, as long as you know what's in your mind."

Li Yongtai got up and said, "Go back and prepare."

"Yes."

Lu Fan bid farewell and left.

……

……

Two days later.

The third day of March.

morning.

In the open space in front of the dormitory, five hundred Dragon Shadow Guards were neatly lined up in ten teams.

Ten captains stood at the front of the line.

Li Yongtai stood face to face with everyone.

"Today, everyone is called together for the purpose of the martial arts competition."

"The number of places is limited. I will only take ten people to the capital this time."

Li Yongtai looked around the crowd with a majestic expression, "The ones whose names I read come out."

"Yes."

Everyone agreed loudly.

In fact, they already knew who these ten people were.

As early as a few days ago, the captains of each team had notified the candidates for the contest.

Exactly one person per team.

"Lu Fan, Ye Wuchen, Qin Yu, Meng Ran, Cao Ning, Song Yu, Zhou Tong, Lu Rui, Gu Xiao, Luo Xing."

"To!"

Ten people went out together.

"set off!"

Li Yongtai stopped talking and waved his hand.

"Yes."

The ten people found their horses and got on them.

Li Yongtai got into the carriage.

"drive!"

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and everyone left in a hurry.

In addition to Lu Fan and his ten people, there were also several followers of Li Yongtai riding horses.

Li Yongtai was sitting in the carriage by himself, and his bodyguard was driving the carriage.

Several followers led the way, followed by Lu Fan and others.

The carriage came last.

A group of people quickly left the barracks and were speeding along the official road.

From south to north, more and more prosperous.

It didn't take long for everyone to arrive at Langui Street.

At the end of this street is the North City Gate.

"drive!"

Lu Fan was riding a bay red horse, wearing a Dragon Shadow Guard military uniform, with a knife hanging from his waist, and a bow and arrow hanging from the horse's back.

This was the first time he came to Langui Street wearing the Dragon Shadow Guard military uniform.

There were quite a few common people along the street, who seemed to have known the news in advance, and were waiting here to see them off.

"Lu Fan!"

Someone called out his name.

It was Xu Wei, standing in the crowd, waving at him.

Lu Fan smiled and nodded in response.

He also saw a few acquaintances.

Xiaoyu, Cailian, Tang Chuowan, Tang Rongxing are all there.

Almost all eyes were on him.

"So he is Lu Fan."

"Sure enough, he is very heroic."

"What a young hero!"

Everyone kept admiring, and when they saw Ye Wuchen beside Lu Fan, they couldn't help admiring a few more words.

Then turned their eyes to Qin Yu, Meng Ran, Cao Ning, Song Yu and others who were behind them. Everyone felt dazzled.

Each of them is heroic, not only extraordinary in temperament, but also full of energy.

"Wow!"

Several girls even exclaimed.

Their eyes were full of spirits, and they looked back and forth at several of them.

Especially Lu Fan and Ye Wuchen are the most attractive to them.

Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Fan and others slowly left the city.

After leaving the city, he picked up his speed again.

evening.

A group of people arrived at Caiyun City.

Walking on the official road, Lu Fan saw the tall city wall and the open city gate from a distance.

Many people gathered outside the city gate.

As if they were specially greeted.

When they got close, they could see clearly that these people were all dressed in official mansions and hats, with respectful expressions and a little expectation in their eyes.

"Shut up!"

The few followers at the front rode to the two sides to make way for the passage in the middle.

Lu Fan and the others also followed suit, lined up on both sides, and stopped their horses.

"drive!"

Li Yongtai's carriage passed the crowd and drove to the front.

"Xiaguan Mo Nian, I have met the Commander."

The leading officials stepped forward and saluted.

"I have seen the Commander!"

Everyone behind Mo Nian bowed and saluted together.

The curtain of the car was lifted, Li Yongtai got out of the carriage, raised his hand slightly, "My lords, don't be too polite."

"Yes."

Mo Nian got up, and waved his hands to Lu Fan and the others.

Lu Fan and others returned the gift together.

"My lord, please follow me into the city."

Mo Nian looked at Li Yongtai again.

"Lead the way."

Li Yongtai waved his hand.

"Yes."

Under the leadership of Mo Nian, everyone entered Caiyun City.

Lu Fan knew who this person was, he should be Mo Zhu's father, the lord of Caiyun City.

A group of people walked on the street mightily.

Many people came to watch and pointed at Lu Fan and others.

"This is the Dragon Shadow Guard?"

"Yes."

"Amazing!"

"I heard there is someone named Lu Fan?"

"It should be inside."

The common people looked at Lu Fan and the others curiously, and mentioned Lu Fan's name from time to time.

They only knew Lu Fan's name.

This street is very long, and it took a long time to arrive at the City Lord's Mansion.

"My lord, I have prepared a banquet, and I invite you to attend the banquet with your face."

Mo Nian came over to seek Li Yongtai's opinion.

"Then there is Lord Laumer."

Li Yongtai did not refuse.

Even he is not immune.

He also needs this kind of human relationship.

"Sir, please."

Lu Fan and others got off their horses and entered the City Lord's Mansion accompanied by many officials.

"I have seen the Commander!"

A noble son came out with a few followers.

"This is the little Mo Zhu."

Mo Nian introduced with a smile.

"So it's Mr. Ling."

Li Yongtai praised, "Sure enough, he is a talented person."

"Thank you for your compliment!"

A few polite words.

Mo Zhu stepped forward to greet Lu Fan, "Brother Lu, we meet again!"

"Yes."

Lu Fan knew that the other party recognized him.

Although his appearance has changed, Mo Zhu has already known his identity in advance and can easily recognize him.

"Meet you guys."

Mo Zhu bowed his hands to everyone.

"You're welcome, son."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mo Zhu walked ahead and led the way, "Everyone, please follow me."

He also deliberately pulled Lu Fan to walk in front, and said with a smile: "Brother Lu, it's hard for me to hide it from me."

"I had a mission before, please forgive me."

Lu Fan didn't like such occasions very much, so he could only deal with it casually.

Fortunately, all his exercises have been practiced to perfection, and now he doesn't need to work hard to practice.

Have a rare leisure.

"There is no intention of blaming."

Mo Zhu smiled and said, "I'm just happy in my heart, and I'm lucky enough to be friends with Brother Lu."

While talking, Mo Zhu led everyone into a separate small courtyard.

The courtyard is full of greenery and full of fragrance of flowers.

There is even a small bamboo forest in the northwest corner.

"This is where I live."

Mo Zhu pushed open the door and led everyone into the house, "I will be the host today, please have a few drinks, brothers."

"it is good."

"Then there will be Mr. Lao Mo."

Everyone nodded together.

Lu Fan was thinking, Mo Nian was the one who would do something, he went to accompany Li Yongtai, and handed over the Dragon Shadow Guards to Mo Zhu.

This is building connections for Mo Zhu.

It's easy to deal with young people.

They are also more comfortable with each other.

When everyone came to the hall, a large round table had been set up in advance.

Exactly eleven chairs.

"Brothers, sit whatever you want, we are all of the same generation, there are not so many rules."

Mo Zhu called everyone to sit down.

A few servant girls came over to serve tea and water.

"Brother Lu, drink tea."

Mo Zhu purposely sat beside Lu Fan, and said with a smile, "Did we meet each other in Caiyun City, Bicui Garden last time?"

"Still can't hide it from you."

Lu Fan nodded in agreement.

"I felt familiar at the time, but I didn't dare to recognize it."

Mo Zhu said: "After hearing the news of the horse thief's destruction, I realized that the person I met that day was you."

"Today I finally saw Brother Lu's true face, which is even more outstanding than I expected."

"It's still more cordial the way it is now."

Mo Zhu opened the chatterbox.

Lu Fan listened quietly, occasionally replying.

He could feel Mo Zhu's sincerity and enthusiasm, it was indeed from the heart.

"Brother Lu, may I take the liberty to ask a question?"

Mo Zhu asked in a low voice: "I don't know what level your cultivation is now?"

Many people heard his question and pricked up their ears.

"Fourth Grade!"

Lu Fan didn't hide anything.

His cultivation level is indeed the fourth rank, but his real strength is far more than that.

Open the properties panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 17/720
Power: 128.56
Agility: 41.93
Mental Power: 41.12
Physical strength: 125.37
Cultivation level: fourth grade

Kung Fu: Vientiane Suppressing Demon Kung Fu is complete
Martial arts: the perfection of the six imperial gods, the perfection of the practice of thousands of hammers, the perfection of the body training of gods and demons, the perfection of the nine-turn golden body
Assignable Attribute Points: 111.39
These days, Lu Fan has practiced the nine-turn golden body to perfection, increasing his strength by 12 points, his agility by 3 points, his mental strength by 3 points, and his physical strength by 24 points.

Coupled with more than ten days of practice, his various attributes have slightly increased.

Now Lu Fan's true strength is equivalent to that of a second-rank high-ranking powerhouse, or even higher.

Even if he encounters a second-rank peak master, he can remain invincible.

But it is still a little bit worse than the first-rank powerhouse.

However, even if he can't fight, he can still run.

With his current agility, few people can catch up to him.

Even if he could catch up, it would not be so easy to kill him.

Because he has an extremely strong physical body, but also has a strong spiritual power.

He is not afraid of consumption.

He was really in a hurry, he used desperate fighting style, even a first-rank master had to avoid his sharp edge.

Of course, the average person wouldn't push him to that extent.

There was no way he could have put himself in that situation.

"No wonder."

Mo Zhu was relieved, and cupped his hands, "I admire, admire!"

The others were not surprised, but breathed a sigh of relief.

They had already guessed Lu Fan's strength, at least rank four.

Now it is good that Lu Fan stays at the fourth rank, at least he is not too far behind them.

Give them room to catch up.

Otherwise they would be really restless.

Only Ye Wuchen frowned, as if pondering the truth of Lu Fan's words.

The maids filed in with trays.

Dozens of dishes filled the dining table.

Mo Zhu picked up the wine glass, stood up, and said: "Come on, let me toast you brothers first."

"cheers!"

Everyone raised their glasses in response.

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

……

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Lu Fan and the others left Caiyun City and headed northeast.

Wherever he went, he was received by local officials.

Delicious food and drink are waiting for you.

Let Lu Fan's assignable attribute points increase quickly.

This day is March NO.12.

in the afternoon.

A group of people arrived at Jinling City.

After coming to the post house to settle down, Ye Wuchen changed into casual clothes.

Brocade robe and jade belt, one looks like a noble young man.

"Lu Fan, let's go, come and sit at my house?"

Ye Wuchen smiled and extended an invitation to Lu Fan.

"Yeah, you're home."

It was only then that Lu Fan remembered that Ye Wuchen was from Jinling.

"However, I won't go? It will delay your reunion with your family."

"It's okay, don't delay."

Ye Wuchen shook his head slightly, "It's okay for me to get along with my parents for a while, but after a long time, they can't help picking on me, and I will talk back."

"If we can't say a few words, we will quarrel."

"That's why I ran so far to join the army at Zhennan Pass."

"I can't stay at home."

"Okay, let's not talk about that."

"I actually complained to you."

Ye Wuchen smiled and said: "Don't forget, you promised me before that you would come to my house as a guest? You can't count your words."

"This……"

Lu Fan didn't expect that when he casually agreed last time, the other party remembered it in his heart.

Now he couldn't refuse.

Moreover, according to Ye Wuchen, it seems that the relationship with his parents is not good?
An outstanding person like Ye Wuchen will be scolded by his parents.

How strict is that?

"Also, if you are at the posthouse at night, there will definitely be officials coming to entertain you."

Ye Wuchen reminded: "Do you like to stay here to socialize?"

"Too."

Lu Fan sighed: "However, if I go to your house, I'm not prepared? I can't go empty-handed, can I?"

"No need to prepare anything."

Ye Wuchen said: "I know you don't like socializing, and neither do I. When you arrive at my house, I'll take you directly to where I live, and you don't have to meet my parents."

"Then follow your arrangement."

When Lu Fan heard that he didn't need to see Ye Wuchen's parents, he lost a layer of worry, "We have to talk to the Commander, right?"

"I have already told the adults."

Seeing that Lu Fan agreed to come down, Ye Wuchen was very happy, "Let's go, before it's dark, I'll take you for a walk in the street."

"Wait for me to change my clothes."

Lu Fan went to change into casual clothes, and walked out of the posthouse with Ye Wuchen.

Neither was riding a horse or carrying a weapon.

Compared with Ye Wuchen, Lu Fan's clothes seemed too ordinary.

However, wearing even the most ordinary clothes on him did not affect his appearance and temperament in the slightest.

On the contrary, it made him look imposing, and walking with Ye Wuchen was no less impressive.

As the two walked down the street, they immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Especially the young girl who is in love, her eyes are shining when she sees the two of them.

A few girls even quietly followed behind the two of them for a long time, reluctant to leave.

Jinling City is very large and extremely prosperous.

It is more than ten times bigger than Caiyun City, let alone Zhennan Pass.

Before reaching the busiest area, the street is already full of people, busier than Langui Street.

There are many shops of all kinds, selling arts, singing, flowers, juggling, storytelling, too many.

Not to mention, pubs, restaurants, restaurants, and other places to eat.

But the most popular places are Goulan, brothels, boats, and other places for fireworks.

The two walked through the streets and alleys, gradually moving away from the hustle and bustle, and came to a relatively secluded place.

From a distance, I saw a deep house compound.

By mountains and rivers.

The house is surrounded by green trees and backed by green hills.

A big river is like a jade belt, wrapping the whole mansion.

A pair of stone lions in front of the gate shows the power of this family.

Jinling Ye Family!

One of Da Zhou's super families.

Even compared with the Liu family in the capital, it is not inferior.

……

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(End of this chapter)