Counterattack from Douba

Chapter 8 Preparation for the Test
Zeng Xiaoshi closed his eyes, and began to predict using the secret technique, exuding a mysterious charm all over his body.

This is a kind of dao rhyme, formless and incomparably mysterious, gradually spreading outwards until it covers the entire imperial palace.

This is the limit of what he can predict at present, and it is mainly aimed at the fate of everyone in the palace, so as to deduce the changes in the palace.

After the prediction, Zeng Xiaoshi slowly opened his eyes, his expression was a little tired, and there was a trace of shock on his face, the result just predicted was terrible.

Dakang suffered a disastrous defeat, blood flowed like rivers, and the national fortune was less than three years away.

After all, it is a kingdom with a population of tens of millions, how could it be possible to say that it is defeated?

In order not to make mistakes, Zeng Xiaoshi made another prediction. This time it took a long time, and the result of the prediction was clearer, but also more terrifying.

Not only is Dakang's fortunes over, King Dakang died once within ten days, and the little princess also...

Will not!My celestial secret technique is only at the first level, so the predicted result must be inaccurate, it must be an illusion.

That night, Zeng Xiaoshi lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He couldn't start his mission without seeing King Dakang.

If King Dakang died, his mediation task would also fail, and the task assigned by the master for the first time could not be completed. How could he face him in the future?
If the little princess has no news tomorrow, she must find her own way and go to see King Dakang.

Fortunately, the next day, the little princess finally sent someone to send the news, saying that her father had agreed to see him, and intended to let him serve as the national teacher, responsible for mediating the disputes among the Three Kingdoms.

It's just that the officials in the court objected, thinking that it would be too unreliable to entrust state affairs to a thirteen or fourteen-year-old Taoist priest.

Under her persuasion, King Dakang finally reached a compromise with the ministers and asked Zeng Xiaoshi to take the three-level test first to show his ability in mediation. If he passed the test, he was allowed to take on the important task of mediating the disputes among the Three Kingdoms.

The little princess told him to be especially careful about a man named Prime Minister Jia. This man is so powerful, he is the core figure of the capitulation faction, and he is always scheming.

After hearing the messenger's reply, Zeng Xiaoshi raised his eyebrows. The officials of Dakang are too abominable. The country is about to perish, yet they are so demanding of themselves.

If it wasn't for the master's fate, and the fact that the little princess was pleasing to the eye, I really wanted to leave. I'm here to help you, not to gain power.

The three-level test is scheduled to start at noon, and there is still some time. Zeng Xiaoshi sent the messenger away and started to prepare.

Although he has confidence in his six arts of immortal interpretation, there are many old foxes in the court, so we have to guard against their tricks.

Calm down and adjust quickly.

There must be contradictions in mediation, no matter what situation Jia Cheng and others set up, they must be inseparable from contradictions.

In order to make themselves fail, Prime Minister Jia and the others will definitely set up conflicts that are difficult to resolve, and even make people deliberately refuse to listen to mediation.

Therefore, it is useless to simply reason, let alone subdue with a magic whip. Although the effect is very good, who is Prime Minister Jia?He would let himself mediate in such a rough way?

Since it is impossible to convince people with reason, and it is also impossible to convince people with force, then the only thing is to "convince people with art".

The master once said that the sky is big and the earth is big, and there is no problem that cannot be solved by the six arts of Xianjie.

Tomorrow, let everyone experience the magic of Xianjiemen's supreme skill!

The Six Arts of Xianjie - Alchemy, Artifact Refining, Formation, Heaven's Mystery Technique, Painting and Calligraphy, Temperament, including the most important auxiliary occupations in Xuankong Continent.

Martial arts are paramount in Xuankong Continent, and auxiliary professions are created to serve martial arts.

Compared with martial arts, auxiliary professions pay more attention to talent, difficult to learn and difficult to master, and the number of personnel is extremely rare, and its profession is very noble.

Take an alchemist as an example, the requirements for talent are extremely high, and a practitioner must have two attributes of fire and wood, each accounting for 50.00%.

Most of the fighters in Xuankong Continent are of miscellaneous attributes, and the ratio is very chaotic. The fewer attributes, the purer they are, and the higher their talents.

There are very few people with two attributes, and they each account for 50.00%. Such a person is called a perfect physique with dual attributes. It is too difficult to find, and there is more than one in a million.

To become an alchemist, you not only need a perfect physique with both fire and wood attributes, but you also need a strong soul force. Souls are born innately, and most of them are not much different. Only a very small number of souls have mutated to be stronger.

These two conditions are so harsh that they have already ruled out 90.00% of the nine point ninety-nine people in Xuankong Continent, but having these is not enough.

These are just the basics. One can be considered as qualified to become an alchemist. To become a real alchemist, one must have a complete inheritance.

Then spend a lot of time to practice hard, and in the process of cultivation, it often takes countless precious materials to practice.

For various reasons, alchemists are extremely rare, and they have also achieved their incomparably noble status.

Take the Dakang Kingdom as an example. In a kingdom with a population of tens of millions, there are only a handful of alchemists, and they are all only first-level alchemists, but they are regarded as national treasures by the Dakang Kingdom.

The difficulty of other professions is not worse than that of alchemists, and even the difficulty of such professions as Tianji masters is far higher than that of alchemists. Not to mention that there are no such low-level kingdoms as Dakang, it is difficult to see even the sixth-rank dynasty.

Eleven members of Zeng Xiao held six major occupations, all of them successfully cultivated within ten years. Their talents and aptitudes were unimaginable, and no one would believe them when they told them.

But because of this, mediators are very rare in Xuankong Continent, and most people have never even heard of them. No wonder the old Taoist said that mediators are the greatest profession.

During the time of going down the mountain, Zeng Xiaoshi has verified the strength of the six mediation arts several times, and he has strong confidence in his heart.

Think clearly and start preparing.

During the mediation process, in order to prevent accidents with the mediation object, pills must be prepared.

Zeng Xiaoshi's alchemy technique has reached the second level. Using the medicinal materials sent by the little princess, he refined three ordinary first-grade elixirs.

There is no need to prepare for the secret art and rhythm; the refining equipment is not available temporarily, and the materials are not enough; the formation method is not mandatory.

But calligraphy and painting are very important. Calligraphy and painting here do not refer to ordinary calligraphy and painting, but a skill based on calligraphy and painting, using mysterious secrets as a means to draw the charm of heaven and earth, and can exert many magical effects .

For example, the talismans in calligraphy and painting, using talisman paper to make various talismans, can often have unexpected effects in the mediation process.

This time Zeng Xiaoshi prepared the phantom talisman, the escape talisman, the diamond talisman, the magic note, etc. These low-level talismans of the first and second ranks have their own magical effects.

After preparing these things, the sky is almost dawn.

Zeng Xiaoshi meditated and rested for a while, refreshed, and went outside, only to see the little princess waiting here.

After the two had breakfast and exchanged some ideas, they began to walk towards the martial arts arena in the palace.

At this moment, flags were fluttering in the spacious Martial arts arena, surrounded by guards in silver armor, and a wide martial arts arena in the middle.

There is a high platform in front of it, full of people, all of them are expensively dressed and have extraordinary identities.

On the main seat in the middle, sat a middle-aged man wearing a royal robe, with a straight waist, a square face, and a strong aura.

This person was the king of Dakang Kingdom, and beside him, sat more than a dozen Dakang ministers, all of whom looked at Zeng Xiaoshi curiously, with scrutiny in their eyes.

(End of this chapter)