Chapter 157 Wu Jinghou
The deal is done.
Bai Liuli confirmed that she wanted to go to Donghai to learn skills, but she was not in a hurry. Zhao Wumian asked Wang Pu to wait for another half a month.
Wang Pu agreed.
The shuttle boat is a treasure of the mermaids. It can travel through water at a very fast speed. It only took half a day for the three of them to return to Longjiang in Yingtian Prefecture. Zhao Wumian asked Bai Liuli to take Wang Pu back to Jinghu Villa, and he went to the palace to meet him.
When he came back, the letters sent by carrier pigeons from Li Wenzhong and Mao Xiang had also arrived in the capital, and the official documents were on the way.
When Zhu Biao received the information and looked at the text, he felt relieved but also felt very dreamy.
The good news is that Zhao Wumian’s danger is over, and the mermaid “Yu Xiang” has kept his promise.
What he didn't expect was that the famous general Wang Baobao just died like this!
What an unexpected surprise!
This time, Zhao Wumian not only took back the artifact and cooperated with Li Wenzhong to kill Wang Baobao, but also led the arrest of the White Lotus bandit leader Wang Guming, Tianfan, Xuanque, Shi Jinghe, the four evil men and He Zongzhe, a general under Wang Baobao!
The main threat that coveted the northwest was almost wiped out in one fell swoop.
From now on, the Northern Yuan Dynasty will never dare to invade the border easily again, and the underworld forces there will be stable.
People's lives will be much better.
This is undoubtedly a great achievement!
Zhu Biao was overjoyed, but he did not have Zhu Yuanzhang's filter and hoped to persuade Wang Baobao to surrender. In order to persuade him to surrender, he even married Wang Baobao's sister to his second brother Zhu Chong to be the Qin King's principal wife. For him, death was better than life. He immediately rushed to the Jiuwu Feilong Hall where Zhu Yuanzhang was in seclusion with the information.
When I reached the palace gate, I remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang was in a critical stage recently and avoided any external interference...
"..."
Zhu Biao's expression froze and he turned around to leave in shame.
"Biao'er."
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice came out.
"Father."
Zhu Biao said quickly: "Your son..."
Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted and said, "It may have something to do with that kid Zhao Wumian."
Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes. How did father know?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Right now, only the Northwest issue can make you like this. Zhao Wumian has returned and is now in front of the palace gate. Call him in and let's talk about it together."
Zhu Biao was startled and looked back towards the palace gate.
The Nine-Five Flying Dragon Palace is located far behind the imperial city, and it was able to sense it from such a long distance.
Isn't my father's attainment in magic very ordinary? For a warrior to reach this level, he must be in harmony with nature. I'm afraid that ordinary harmony between nature and man cannot make the whole imperial city understand it. My father's realm is even more elusive. It seems that Song Shenzong's Xuan bone has brought unexpected gains.
"Yes."
Upon learning that Zhao Wumian was at the palace gate, Zhu Biao personally welcomed him into the palace and inevitably praised him again. Even though Zhao Wumian was in a bad mood, he smiled. The two of them came to the Nine Five Flying Dragon Hall, and Zhu Yuanzhang had already walked out of the hall.
After not seeing him for more than two months, his dragon power has diminished a lot and he is becoming more and more like before.
It can be seen that the control over power is becoming more and more subtle.
"Your humble servant Zhao Wumian pays respect to His Majesty."
"no."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and nodded, looking him up and down, like an old farmer looking at his own crops.
Look how good it looks!
"The mermaid Rain has some tricks..."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked towards the Mirror Lake and narrowed his eyes. "Our original intention was that if he said that you were not in danger in the northwest or had already passed the danger, the deal would be void. Now it seems... he really helped, otherwise you wouldn't have this attitude."
"Yes……"
Zhao Wumian sighed softly.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Why sigh? He is taking your little mermaid to inherit the throne of the Black King, and she even has the chance to inherit the position of the Scale King of the mermaid tribe. This is a good thing no matter how you look at it, for both you and her. Or do you want to keep her in that Mirror Lake forever?"
"of course not."
Zhao Wumian expressed his thoughts and finally said: "I feel a little guilty..."
Zhu Yuanzhang understood and laughed: "You still want her to make her own decision? How old is she? She is relying on you at this time, so she will probably give up. You are stubborn, if she doesn't want to go, you will definitely not let her go. The mermaids will not allow the royal bloodline to remain outside, and there will definitely be disputes!
Even if you don't dare to be blatant, you can't avoid some tricks. Fighting over such a thing will only hurt both sides, which is meaningless! When you reach a higher level and she finishes her studies and inherits the throne, who can stop you from meeting? It's only a few years, which is better than her staying by your side as a weak link. Two heavenly-grade magic weapons, a tree stands out in the forest!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the wordless book on his waist.
Zhao Wumian nodded seriously: "Indeed, it is dangerous for her to stay with me now."
"Life is full of ups and downs."
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke earnestly like an elder: "The masters of the Heavenly Book in the past dynasties all had bad luck. Jiang Ziya lived in obscurity for half his life and finally found a wise master when he was nearly eighty years old. Zhang Liang had the hatred of losing his country and his clan, and he hid for nearly ten years after assassinating Qin Shi Huang. You are intact now, but you just suffered a little anger. Is it worth holding a grudge against you?"
When it comes to counseling, the words used are all the same, but they are indeed useful.
Zhao Wumian felt better and bowed: "I understand, thank you, Your Majesty."
"Ah."
Zhu Yuanzhang walked down the steps and took the two to the Wangjiang Pavilion, looking out at the river waves: "Tell me about the situation in the northwest."
Zhao Wumian recounted the entire process, from the White Lotus traitor, to Wang Guming's use of the art of diplomacy to persuade multiple parties to cooperate and plot to eliminate the living forces in the Central Plains, to using the same trick against the enemy and cooperating with Li Wenzhong to kill Wang Baobao...
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelids twitched, and he turned back suddenly: "Kill him?"
Zhao Wumian nodded: "Killed, the body is being transported back."
"..."
Zhu Yuanzhang had a complicated expression. He didn't think the killing was bad, but he felt a little emotional: "One less enemy from the past..."
He picked up the wine jug on the table, poured a glass of wine, and poured it on the ground to pay tribute to the heroic souls.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the river and sighed, "Wang Baobao is a talented person. In the fifth year of Hongwu, we sent 150,000 troops and divided them into three armies to march north, preparing to swallow up the remnant Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop. It was he who used the strategy of luring the enemy and ambushing in Mobei, saving the last lifeline of the remnant Yuan Dynasty. Today, there is only one Wang Baobao in the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty. The likes of Nahachu in Liaodong are not a threat. Only he..." At this point, he changed the subject and said to Zhao Wumian, "Very good! After Wang Baobao's death, the northwest can be peaceful for at least ten years. After ten years, the Ming Dynasty will have enough soldiers, horses, and food, and it can destroy it in one fell swoop! Such a great achievement must be commended! Biao'er, immediately draft an edict to confer Zhao Wumian a title of nobility: Wu Jing!"
To conquer disasters and chaos is called Wu, and to quell wars and pacify the people is called Jing.
Marquis Wu Jing!
This is much higher than the titles of Pingliang Hou and Nanxiong Hou, who directly used the place name as the title. His official position was promoted twice, and he became the fourth-rank commander of the Jinyiwei.
Zhu Biao accepted the order and Zhao Wumian thanked him. He was not very interested in this thing, but promotion was always a good thing.
There were more rewards afterwards. Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Biao to watch over it and turned his eyes to the Huangshi Heavenly Book.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and the heavenly book flew into his hands. He opened it and found not a single word on it.
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "The heavenly artifacts are all the same, and they have a bad temper. The [Eight Formation Diagram] is like this, and so is this [Yellow Stone Heavenly Book]. Choosing a master who only focuses on aptitude can only add wings to a tiger, but not help it in times of trouble. The strong will always be strong, so it's useless and is worse than ordinary iron!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked disdainful.
hum!
The Heavenly Book seemed to understand, and its vital energy surged, making a buzzing sound.
Zhao Wumian and Zhu Biao found it interesting.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and his terrifying power was immediately retracted.
The Heavenly Book immediately retracted, but the handwriting and its own magic were still not visible. This made Zhu Yuanzhang look at it with a higher opinion and threw it to Zhao Wumian: "Choosing a master and not rebelling, this is a good thing. Sima Quehun used it to create a technique and refine a magic weapon?"
Zhao Wumian nodded: "The Seven Stars Secret Martial Arts and the Three Heavens Treasures are both. The Heavenly Book can help people to open their minds and gain enlightenment, but it cannot create something out of nothing. Your Majesty is right. It is a treasure that can make smart people smarter, but it cannot turn a fool into a genius. Sima Quehun has learned a lot in his life, and he is proficient in all of them, so he can create more advanced martial arts based on this."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "What are those things?"
Zhu Biao replied, "The Three Heavenly Palaces' most valuable treasures are the [Heavenly Star Formation Diagram], [Taiwei Sword], and [Heavenly City Mirror]. The Seven Luminaries refer to the internal energy 'Tian Gang Yi Qi', the magic 'Heaven and Earth as Soldiers', the leg energy 'Divine Pardon Footprint', the sword 'Universe Sword Style', the formation 'Qian Kun Wu Mo', the anti-aging 'Changsheng Jue', and the use of force to counter force 'Moving Stars and Changing Constellations'."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhao Wumian and asked with interest: "You have seen it, can you create it?"
Zhao Wumian simply nodded: "The Seven Stars are not difficult, they are all derived from the Wutai Sect's unique skills. For example, the "Eternal Life Secret" is derived from the "Five Treasures Sutra". I already have his general idea, it is not difficult to copy it, and it can even be better than that. The other few are also the same in essence, only the method of refining equipment..."
Zhao Wumian frowned, "I don't know what he learned. The Wutai Sect has a lot of records on this, at least a dozen methods of refining weapons, but none of them can be as fast as this. I suspect he learned casting techniques from other sects, but I can't guess... If I created it to make the magic weapon spiritual, I would choose "The Magic Seed Formula" and use it as a basis for expansion, but this is the Gongshu family secret technique. From Lin Xianrong's memory, Sima Quehun doesn't know it, and there is no such method in his martial arts. It's a bit strange..."
"Simple!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed instead: "You think too highly of him. From the perspective of the orthodox way, it is difficult to refine a magic weapon quickly. There is a saying in the world that there is a 'Jia Zi Magic Sword', but the evil way of refining is much simpler. The [Tianshi Mirror] can confuse people's minds. From your description, the [Taiwei Sword] can fractalize and the [Heavenly Star Formation Diagram] can also confuse and frighten people. These are all the same kind of stuff, and they are unconventional. There is an 80% chance that it is an evil way, and most of it is blood refining!"
"Blood refining?"
Zhu Biao was surprised.
Zhao Wumian seemed to be thinking about something.
The so-called blood refining method is the "sword sacrifice method".
This is an ancient sword-making method that can be summed up in eight words: "The transformation of divine objects requires human effort."
It wants to sacrifice a living person to the sword!
Since ancient times, the forging of magical weapons requires the right time, right place and right people.
In order to make a magic weapon have spirit and supernatural powers, it also needs a "weapon spirit", which is something like the sword soul.
This is the root cause of time consumption.
In order to make general natural treasures have spirituality, it takes decades of nurturing, but there are also quick ways to achieve it - when some masters pass away, they choose to dissolve their physical bodies and place their spirits on the weapons they carry with them. When the weapon and spirit become one, a magical weapon is formed!
Most of these weapons are upright and can use the power of heaven and earth, such as the [Thunder Blade] in the hands of Vajra Master Liu Mingrui.
It was originally the personal weapon of Master Shandao, the second patriarch of the Lotus School. It was just an ordinary sword. Until Master Shandao passed away and his body dissipated, his spirit was placed on the sword, which attracted the vital energy of heaven and earth to gather and thunder from the sky to fall. The magic weapon was successfully completed and became one of the four treasures of the Lotus School.
This category also includes the famous sword [Qiuli] from the pre-Qin period, which embodies the spirit of sword appraiser Xue Zhu.
Ou Yezi's famous sword [Seven-Star Dragon Abyss] is also possessed by the spirit of the fisherman.
Most of these righteous divine soldiers are voluntary souls.
But some of them are not voluntary. The divine soldiers are born with resentment and become evil soldiers and demon soldiers!
For example, the evil swords [Gan Jiang] and [Mo Ye], and the magic knife [Xinting Hou].
The first two forced the sword master to sacrifice his sword, and the latter was created by devouring its master, full of the murderous aura and evil spirit of its master Zhang Fei.
Among them, the most famous are the magic soldiers [Tiger Soul] and [Emperor's Hatred] in ancient legends. In the pre-Qin era, there was also the [God of Killing Flag] in Bai Qi's hand. Legend has it that in order to refine this treasure, Bai Qi killed 400,000 surrendered soldiers of Zhao State and used 400,000 ghosts to forge the world's most powerful magic soldiers. The Black Dragon God of Killing Flag later became the sacred weapon of the Qin Dynasty, helping the later Qin kings to be invincible in every battle.
Zhao Wumian took out the Tianshi Mirror and sensed it carefully: "It's not very obvious, but it does have a fierce feeling."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "He killed few people, his realm is low, his spirit is not strong, and his viciousness is not obvious, but it is enough. He is only at the Earth level, and it does not take decades. Don't delve into this method, it is not necessary."
Zhao Wumian readily agreed: "Yes."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "The appearance of heavenly weapons one after another is not a good sign..."
Zhao Wumian was silent. That was true. The Eight Diagrams Formation was better. It really looked down on mediocre people and would rather keep itself hidden than come out into the world. The Heavenly Book was different. Every time it appeared in the world, it was during a time of great chaos. It began to emerge in recent years, and it was very likely that it had foreseen something.
There are many other heavenly weapons like this one...
There are records of the “Twenty-four Heavenly Soldiers”.
Twenty-four types...
Xuanyuan Sword, Tiger Blade, Shennong Ding, Zeguo Battle Map, Taixu Axe, Emperor Hate Armor, Qinglu Sword, Killing God Flag...
There are also the Eight Diagrams and the Yellowstone Heavenly Book, each of which has magical power.
Zhao Wumian felt it was troublesome just thinking about it, so he simply put it aside. Anyway, he only cared about the [Zeguo Battle Map], and let others deal with other troubles in the world. He couldn't just target him alone. At most, he could add the [Zhonghu Talisman], which was the rival of the Eight Diagrams Formation, so it barely counted. He wouldn't bother with the others.
"【Zeguo Battle Map】..."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and thought for a moment: "Why does it sound familiar?"
Zhao Wumian immediately looked at Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao shook his head. He didn't know and had no impression of such a thing.
"I remembered!"
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and said, "There is one in Xuanwu Lake!"
Zhao Wumian: “?!”
Zhu Biao: “?!”
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As expected, there are more things to do during the day shift, so the time for slacking off is greatly reduced, but I can have a good rest. I will probably update at this time in the future.
(End of this chapter)
