Hidden Corners

The rumble of thunder spread across the sky.

Dark clouds were approaching, almost touching the tallest sentry tower at the top of Xinmeng Town.

The cold wind is getting stronger and stronger, making the signboard flags of the shops in the town flutter.

Li Chengyi left Wang's house and walked towards the bookstore in the town.

Along the way, you can see some old farmers wearing thin clothes, using a piece of rag to sell the vegetables they brought on the roadside.

Thin boys and errand boys, carrying heavy burdens, came and went in a hurry, basket after basket, to replenish goods for shops everywhere.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and there are also children on the street playing games like jumping sandbags in the alleys.

On the gray-black street, Li Chengyi took a quick look and saw that all the people he could see were strong and well-off.

Unlike Earth and Moon, the backwardness of productivity makes life more difficult for ordinary people.

Not to mention the monsters that may appear from time to time in the wild.

Not long after, he turned an intersection and walked on the cracked gray stone road. Among the several houses with black tiles and red doors, a bookstore with a withered yellow wooden sign appeared in front of him.

Yang's Bookstore.

This is the only bookstore in town.

In this era where force is paramount and scholars are useless, even ordinary people know who is more useful if they study literature or martial arts.

There were several young men in gray clothes standing at the door of the bookstore, discussing some topic with each other in low voices.

The cold wind blew by, and several people shrank from time to time, holding the books in their hands tighter.

These young people are all born in the town and are not qualified to learn martial arts. The so-called poor in culture and rich in martial arts is the same here.

The cost of martial arts training is too high, and ordinary families cannot afford to learn it. On the contrary, Shaoyin country has developed papermaking technology, and the cost of paper is not expensive. Ordinary families can buy some books if they save money.

Therefore, if these young people who cannot afford to practice martial arts do not want to be craftsmen or ordinary miscellaneous workers, they can only study literature and take the civil service route.

Although the treatment of civil servants is not good, it is still an official position and it is a way out and can change your destiny.

Li Chengyi walked closer and pushed open the wooden door of the bookstore, only to hear several scholars discussing the contents of a book called Journey to the West.

He has read almost all the books in the bookstore in the past two months. With his strong consciousness, he can almost achieve photographic memory, and he will naturally remember all the contents.

I came here just to ask the bookstore owner if there are any new books.

Journey to the West mainly records the story of a master of both civil and martial arts named Yue Houxi who traveled around.

Many of the contents are unclear whether they are true or false, and are quite exaggerated.

"If it is true or false, how can we explain the Black Moon Valley on the border?" At this time, a scholar with a mole on the corner of his mouth blushed and argued loudly.

"As Brother Han Song said before, the strongest masters in our Shaoyin Kingdom are all on the two lists of the Earth-Splitting and Sealing Heavens. The number one martial artist in the Earth-Splitting World is Yao Xiang Yumu, and the palace master National Master Song Yunhe is on the Sealing Heavens List. The two are There have been countless fights between people.

The most intense one was just a large lake dozens of miles away in the Black Pine Mountains. In this way, both of them suffered losses after that, and each returned to practice for a long time. If it is true, as mentioned in the book, that there are strong men who can burn mountains and boil seas, and split the sky and paint the earth, isn't that even more powerful than those two extremely strong men? There is no such person in this world! ? "

Another person followed closely and said: "Not to mention that it was written in the book that the author saw with his own eyes that someone could pull the star and fall into the earth, destroying a country with hundreds of cities in an instant! This is ridiculous! If someone really pulls the star, I When everyone is standing on the ground, how can they not be aware of it?"

"But according to my careful speculation, there are many details recorded in the book. If they are really false, these things can be found to be wrong with a little scrutiny. But when I scrutinized, I found that every detail was different from what was stated in the book. The writing is very similar."

The black mole scholar argued unwillingly.

"Are you good at martial arts? It's ridiculous. If you are not a martial artist, how can you imagine what such a world is like?"

"Brother Gao seems to have drank too much rice wine. People who have enough food at home are really different from us."

"It's over, it's over. This topic is too ridiculous and boring. It's a waste of our time."

A group of scholars were too lazy to pay attention to the scholar with the black mole, and dispersed in groups, leaving him alone, with a red face and unwilling eyes.

Li Chengyi heard this group of people talking at the door of the bookstore, and his heart moved slightly.

He also remembered the content of Journey to the West, which contained too many false and exaggerated contents.

"You don't understand anything!!" At this time, the young man with black mole said angrily, "I have checked the ancient books and found out that the contents in the books are true. The purple and gold dragon beads worn on the head of the current saint are the ones left by the man who led the stars. The legacy comes from the body of a dragon-shaped monster with colorful scales!"

"Since the Dragon Ball is real and exists, the thing that pulls the stars must also be true!"

".!?" Li Chengyi's heart trembled.

Colorful scale dragon monster! ?

Isn't this the colorful dragon? ?

In the memory he got from the language of flowers, there was the image of a phantom dragon. Its appearance was exactly what the young man with a black mole said. It was covered in colorful scales and looked like a dragon. However, compared with other dragon species, it was even more different. Like a dragon.

He began to think in his mind.

‘If the records in Journey to the West are true then, the man who led the stars to destroy hundreds of cities will hiss! ’

He knew how far apart the cities here were. If a hundred cities were destroyed, it would be equivalent to at least millions of square kilometers of the earth and moon.

Destroy such a large area with one move.

Even the technological weapons of Earth and Moon do not have such exaggerated power.

Ever since he killed that crazy old woman with red eyes, he had a vague feeling that the force value of this place seemed a bit too high.

Now if the records in Journey to the West are true, then the colorful dragon and even the dragon beads were dug out and used as decorations

The water here is really too deep

After calming down the distracting thoughts in his mind, Li Chengyi became more determined to hide his identity and integrate into this place along with his true energy.

Integrate first, then secretly investigate to find the heart of the colorful dragon.

If the Dragon Ball is real, then there will definitely be traces and clues found in the flesh and blood of other dragons.

Immediately, he quickly asked the store owner a few questions to confirm that there were no new books, and then wanted to turn around and leave.

"Wang Yichen."

Suddenly a female voice called him.

Looking back, it was Guo Yurong whom I had met before.

She is wearing a green waist skirt, white belt deerskin boots, and a pearl silver rocker on her head. Compared with most other women in the town, she is more delicate and noble.

Although silver pearls are not valuable on earth and moon, they are very valuable here.

"Have you finished reading the three books I borrowed from you last time?" Guo Yurong asked with a smile.

"Well, after reading it, I will go back and bring it back to you later." Li Chengyi smiled and nodded.

"Okay. I bought a few more ancient books. A few days ago, a wealthy family in the county was found to be spreading poisonous blood. All members of the family were confiscated and exterminated. This left a lot of ancient books in my collection. I collected a few of them. , if you want to read it, I can lend it to you." Guo Yurong has a good impression of people who like to read books.

"Thank you for your kindness, but no need." Li Chengyi refused, "Next month, I will leave the town and go to the county."

"Next month?" Guo Yurong's smile paused, "What's going on? Are you moving?"

"That's not true. I plan to take the Shenwu Division exam." Li Chengyi replied.

Shenwusi.

When Guo Yurong paused, her father Guo Hu, the deputy guard of the Shenwu Division, came out. Naturally, she was quite familiar with him.

Occasionally, colleagues of Mr. Shenwusi would pass by and come to the house for a drink.

It was precisely because of the familiarity that she was stunned, because she knew that in order to pass the Shenwu Division, the first thing she needed was to write a letter of recommendation from the guard here.

It can be said that as long as you can enter that place, persist, and come out later, the worst you can do is to be a deputy guard.

Therefore, Shenwusi is also one of the best paths for all non-blood warriors.

"Your martial arts" Guo Yurong clearly remembered that Wang Yichen's martial arts seemed to be very ordinary.

"Ah, my martial arts progress is pretty good, I'm just qualified." Li Chengyi said with a smile.

"Really?" Guo Yurong was also relieved, guessing that maybe the opponent had hidden his strength before, practiced hard for many years, and finally waited for the opportunity.

Although the Wang family's pine deer sword skills are mediocre, if they are lucky and can stay in the Shenwu Division for a longer time, and then come out later, they can also stabilize the family's status.

"Congratulations then." Guo Yurong said.

"Thanks."

The two of them exchanged a few more polite words and then parted ways.

Standing in the store, looking at Li Chengyi's leaving figure, Guo Yurong sighed slightly.

"What's wrong, miss? Do you regret it?" Xiaoqin, the maid behind her, asked jokingly.

"I don't regret it. Although Wang Yichen has changed, the foundation of the Wang family is too weak. Songlu swordsmanship is not as good as the first grade. This means that his upper limit will not be high in the future." Guo Yurong shook his head.

"I just regret that I don't have a friend to read with in the future."

She looked away, and as she said, she felt no regrets.

Her father had already told her about a family that was also a wealthy family in the county.

In that big family, there were many warriors who practiced high-level martial arts, and there were also bloodline members who served as the heads of the family.

Bloodline warriors are the true foundation for this world to remain unshakable.

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Time passed quickly as the Wang family prepared and inquired carefully.

In the blink of an eye, it is already September, and the temperature on the black soil is getting colder and colder.

The news that Wang Yichen was recommended by Shenwu Division slowly spread in the city.

The friends he used to hang out with, whether they knew him or not, came to get close to him, but Li Chengyi kicked them all out.

When my predecessor returned home from a near death, these people did not come to visit him. They were all afraid that he would be infected by the poisonous blood on his body.

Now that I heard that he had a future, I came over to try to improve relations and get close to him.

Don't say that he is not Wang Yichen, even if it is true, it is impossible to pay attention to such people.

In the Wang family courtyard.

Li Chengyi slowly performed the three movements to improve his true energy, feeling a large amount of mysterious substances pouring into his body rapidly, gathering his spirit and condensing it into true energy.

In the white light of zhenqi that enveloped his body, forty pine lines faintly appeared at this moment.

This means that he now has forty years of Song Wen Qi cultivation.

With this kind of growth rate, the flower language ability is superimposed on the already exaggerated cultivation speed. One month of practice for him is equivalent to twenty years of practice for others, which is a gap of nearly 240 times.

Wang Yifeng only had nineteen pine lines when he captured his head. This was not only due to the innate limitations of his physique, but also because his body itself could only hold nineteen years of skill. No matter how much more, it couldn't be contained.

But Li Chengyi is different. His physical capacity now seems to far exceed that of Wang Yifeng.

Even with forty years of total energy, it only occupies a very small position in his body.

Whether it is the bloodline of the shadow dragon, the evolution of the dragon realm, or the powerful physique modified by genetic drugs.

All of them gave him a huge amount of energy.

Standing in the room, Li Chengyi slowly repeated the three major exercises for improving Qi.

He didn't stop until the meridians inside his body ached slightly.

Feeling the increasingly strong Songwen Qi, Li Chengyi thought in his mind that since he was about to leave this place, based on his development, there was a high probability that he would not be able to come back again. Therefore, the little guy Liu Mingyang from Jingwei Village should also be arranged. .

Liu Mingyang was able to escape alone in the wild for so long and still be fine. He definitely couldn't be a simple person.

There is definitely a secret about him, but Li Chengyi didn't bother to ask, and the other party didn't tell him either.

After all, no matter how big the secret is, it can't be as big as his.

‘Unfortunately, only Songwen Qi is used as research material, which is still too little. I need more materials as a reference for comparison. ’

The power of Songwen Qi is not satisfactory, it doesn't matter, the power can be improved, even soft water can cut steel after being pumped under high pressure.

Li Chengyi, who came from a modern technological society, is not superstitious about inherent impressions. Just to improve the power of Songwen Qi, you must have enough research materials.

It is the correct approach to do research on other people first, and then finally implement it on yourself after success.

There was no way to improve the Qi for the time being, so he could only make a fuss about the density and concentration of the Qi.

Using his strong physical fitness, he forcibly squeezes the pine grain air to increase its density.

It is difficult to compress the true energy simply by controlling the mind, but he is different. He has the experience of the Seven Mind Holy Spirit Skill.

He directly adjusted the part of Songwen's true energy that was fused with the god. The purer and firmer the god, the stronger the extracted true energy would be.

Then he used the Huijian to compress the true energy in his own meridians, blocking it front and back and squeezing hard. Under this simple and violent compression, the Songwen true energy was easily compressed into pure white true energy with a much higher concentration than before. .

Instead of being pale white, its density is at least three times higher than before.

This method can only be used by people with terrifyingly tough bodies like Li Chengyi.

For others who dare to squeeze their true energy like this, the first thing that will explode is their own meridians.

After compressing his true energy for a while, there was suddenly a knock on the door.

Boom, boom, boom.

"Brother, are you resting?" The second sister Wang Yiheng's voice came from outside the door.