Chapter 104: The Great Mastery of Exorcism and the Heaven-Repairing Hand
Chapter 104: The Great Mastery of Exorcism and the Heaven-Repairing Hand
The moment the Ziwei Emperor Meridian was completely opened, Xu Qing only felt that he had established a mental connection with the Ziwei Star in the sky, and the subtle sensation became stronger and stronger.
boom!
In his sea of consciousness, the Purple Star was completely lit up, echoing the natural Purple Star.
The Ziwei star power was injected into Xu Qing's hands in a way invisible to ordinary people. A slow but steady change was continuously taking place in his hands.
"I still need more star power, Brother Tree, please help me." Xu Qing subconsciously called out to the old Wutong tree that could condense moonlight.
The old tree seemed to sense it, and its breathing became heavier and stronger than before.
Within a radius of several miles, the purple star power that was scattered on the earth seemed to be summoned and gathered towards Xu Qing's Wutong courtyard.
The Ziwei Star is so huge that even if the star power within a radius of several miles were gathered together, it would be just a drop in the ocean compared to the star power of the Ziwei Star that is scattered on the earth.
If someone hadn't left his body and approached Xu Qing's courtyard, he wouldn't have been able to see anything.
However, for Xu Qing, the star power gathered by the old Wutong tree was like dry wood meeting a raging fire, making the Ziwei star in his sea of consciousness brighter and brighter.
It was not until the second half of the night that Xu Qing felt a burning sensation in his soul and realized that he had reached the stage where too much was as bad as too little.
He slowly finished his work.
His hands underwent miraculous changes. He could feel the slight night breeze, the barely perceptible air currents, and even the starlight...
The touch was too subtle.
He touched the trunk of the old paulownia tree with his hands, and instantly felt the breathing of the old paulownia tree, the trembling of its branches and leaves, and even the insects lurking on the trunk were vaguely perceived by him.
This absolute touch brought about a profound change in his perception of the entire world.
After a while, Xu Qing felt a little tired, so he withdrew his hands, ending this "absolute touch".
"Is this the Heaven-Mending Hand?" Xu Qing felt a subtle feeling in his heart.
He even had the feeling that his hands could replace his eyes, and that touch was even more real than vision.
He observed the bronze mirror and found that the words "Innate Divine Power" appeared in the Dao Fa column:
"Heaven-Repairing Hand (rough version)."
It's just a rough understanding, not even an entry level one.
Xu Qing knew that his hands still needed a long period of cleansing by star power before they could truly transform.
Fortunately, the old Wutong tree has the ability to condense starlight and moonlight, otherwise Xu Qing might have interrupted the process of creating his innate magical power, the Heaven-Repairing Hand, due to insufficient star power tonight.
Once it is interrupted, even if it is completed later, there will definitely be defects.
"Now that I have mastered the Heaven-Repairing Hand, all I have to do is continue to accumulate proficiency and upgrade my level." Xu Qing put aside his thoughts on the Heaven-Repairing Hand.
This magical power actually consumes a lot of spiritual energy.
In order to fully exert its effect, a more powerful soul is still needed.
Of course, Xu Qing’s soul is already quite powerful now.
After his soul reached the realm of mastering the power of driving away objects, the biggest difference from before was that Xu Qing no longer needed to concentrate on visualizing and moving his soul.
With just a thought, his soul could leave his body.
The advantage of this is that, as before, under the control of King Lin's powerful martial arts energy and blood, the disadvantage of not being able to leave the body is no longer there.
This is because the essence of the pressure of Qi and blood is that it makes it difficult for the soul to concentrate, so it is impossible to break out of the shell.
The soul that has achieved great success in driving objects is extremely solid. One step further will lead to the realm of the soul's manifestation. At that time, the soul can be directly manifested in front of ordinary people, or even hidden, and look no different from ordinary people.
At this stage, the soul can be called "Yin God".
Even if the physical body dies, the Yin spirit can still survive in the mortal world for a short period of time.
The Yin Spirit can go a step further and possess a living person, forcibly occupying their body, but it still cannot give up its own body, otherwise, over time, the Yin Spirit will still have problems.
Xu Qing's ability to be "reborn" through a dead body was obviously related to the help of the bronze mirror.
The more he cultivated his soul, the more he could feel the high level of the bronze mirror.
Xu Qing had an idea.
The peach wood sword across his knees made a slight tremor, and under the starlight, it turned into a ball of sword light, circling around Xu Qing, sometimes like a bird flying into the forest, circling in the branches and leaves of the old phoenix tree, and sometimes like an eagle flying into the sky, flying several miles away.
"Two miles!" Xu Qing calculated silently.
Within two miles of his physical body, the power of the peach wood sword would not diminish. Beyond this range, the power of the flying sword would rapidly diminish, and it would even be easy for someone to knock it down and take it away.
A thousand miles begins with a single step.
This is also a good start.
It can be said that Xu Qing now masters the peach wood sword and controls the sword light. Facing any warrior below the Lian Zang level, he feels like a dimensionality reduction attack.
Because warriors of this level simply cannot keep up with his reaction and flexibility in controlling the flying sword.
It's like firearms versus cold weapons.
Like a flintlock meeting a bow and arrow.
"The master of exorcism is indeed terrifying, but the Qi and blood of the internal martial artists have begun to undergo an essential transformation, and can have a strong restraining effect on the visible Yin Spirits, let alone the master of exorcism." Xu Qing compared the combat power. The masters who have mastered the exorcism are more suitable for assassination. On the front battlefield, if they encounter an organized army that has seen blood, their souls will be severely affected, resulting in a reduction of their strength.
"No wonder they say that when a country is about to fall, there will be evil spirits. Because during the heyday of a dynasty, officials of all ranks can be blessed by the dynasty's luck, so they are naturally very resistant to evil spirits like spirits. Once the dynasty declines, the dynasty's luck that protects them will also greatly decline, and then the spirit masters will naturally have a lot of room to use their skills."
The religions of this world, such as the Yellow Turban Sect, the Tianshi Sect, and Buddhism, all flourished in the late years of dynasties or during periods of separatism, but their influence declined after the unification.
But so is the history of previous lives.
Xu Qing had a vague suspicion that these things might have existed in his previous life, but as an ordinary person, he couldn't access them.
After trying out the power of controlling the flying sword with the Great Mastery of Driving Objects, Xu Qing's only regret was that the peach wood sword could not be transformed into a sword ball or something like that.
He always carries a knife when he goes out, so it doesn't matter if he carries a sword as well.
This is called living your life to the fullest.
Later, Xu Qing felt very hungry, so he called his maid and started to grill the meat. He used the weak branches of the old sycamore tree that were cut by the peach wood sword to increase the flavor.
After eating twenty kilograms of meat in this meal, Xu Qing finally felt slightly full.
He was cultivating his spirit and body at the same time, and he was still in the growth stage, so his appetite was terrifying.
Xu Qing was very worried.
It’s like this now. If I can cultivate to the level of a Martial Saint in the future, I’ll probably be able to eat half a cow a day.
Just taking medicine is not enough. Over time, too much drug poison will accumulate in the body. Even if you practice Zang training and Tiger, Leopard and Thunder Sound, there will definitely be stubborn toxins remaining.
"I still have to find some exquisite food suitable for practicing martial arts and cultivating Taoism." Xu Qing thought to himself.
In this regard, Dachan Temple is professional.
It seems that he needs to find Master Yankong again to ask about the situation in the Great Zen Temple.
After all, Guards Wang and Ma were no longer aware of the more profound things in the Great Zen Temple.
However, the old monk is also a poor man and does not have any fine food that is beneficial to the cultivation of qi and blood.
This also shows that the old monk has a need and is a good opportunity to cooperate with Xu Qing.
Two days passed like this.
Xu Qing was trying to stabilize his soul, polish his body, and adapt to the flying sword technique.
He has stayed at home and refused to see any visitors these two days.
This really made all the merchants and small and medium-sized landlords in Jiangning Prefecture very anxious.
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Over the past two days, there has been an endless stream of local businessmen and small and medium-sized landowners outside the Li residence who wanted to give gifts, but unfortunately no one could see Mr. Xu.
When the commotion broke out that day, many of them could not sit still and wanted to go to the Jinguang Temple to withdraw the incense money. Some people also started to speak ill of the chicken farm. As a result, the situation changed suddenly in less than half a day.
County Magistrate Zheng took the initiative to apologize to Jinguang Temple and offered incense money.
He also went to the county school in person and enjoyed the cured chicken produced by the chicken farm in front of all the students.
The rumors disproved themselves.
This made some people who wanted to take advantage of Xu Sanyuan dumbfounded.
I am ready to fight to the death, why did the county magistrate surrender first?
They were dumbfounded and wanted to return the money they had paid for the incense. However, Jinguang Temple said that they would not accept any more money from them without Xu Sanyuan's consent.
What’s even more outrageous is that Jinguang Temple also posted a list of people who have requested a refund for their incense donations.
Do these merchants care about the little bit of money returned from incense donations when doing business?
Everyone in Jiangning Prefecture, from the government office to the county office, and even the inspectors of the Jiangning River waterway, claim to be Xu Sanyuan's disciples.
He really loves to learn. He has attended the lectures given by Fushe to children from poor families at least once.
It is correct to call yourself a disciple.
Their names were on the Jinguang Temple's list of people who had withdrawn from offerings of incense. Once the news got out, naturally any yamen runner would dare to come to their shops and stalls to take bribes.
If this continues, I will not be able to do business anymore. Not only will I not get any profit, but I will also be complained by my family.
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"Gongming, we have to give an explanation on how to deal with these people." Since Yan Shan was the second-in-command of the Fushe Society, many people came to him for help, and it was difficult for him to refuse.
What's more, with the sword hanging, no one could sleep.
It wasn't that Xu Qing was intentionally leaving it alone, but he had just made a breakthrough and didn't have the time to care about these things.
Besides, since these people are anxious, he doesn't need to be anxious either.
After two days of fermentation, the incident at the county government office that day was leaked and exaggerated. Xu Qing's power was more terrifying than ever before.
It has to be said that County Magistrate Zheng directly became a stepping stone for Xu Qing.
If it were in the past, when Master Wu was still around, Xu Qing would not have been so arrogant. That would have been called disrespecting one's teacher and ancestors.
Xu Qing pondered for a while, then said to Yan Shan: "These people, together with the small and medium-sized landlords, are all well-fed and well-clothed. When food is in the granary, one knows etiquette; when food and clothing are adequate, one knows honor and disgrace. Logically, they should know etiquette and know honor and disgrace. I didn't expect that they would lose their temper when something happened. I think they still lack organization."
"Could it be that Gongming's intention is to establish a society among them through the Xuefu Society?"
Xu Qing smiled and said, "Since Wei Zhong is so proficient in practical matters, he will probably become the Prime Minister in the future."
Yan Shan coughed, then joked, "I'll just be the deputy assistant, and you can be the first assistant."
Xu Qing: "As a leader, you will inevitably experience ups and downs. Wei Zhong is the one who can protect me from the wind and rain, and I will rely on Wei Zhong for many things in the future. This incident gave me an inspiration. These people are involved in all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the city. Let's set up a chamber of commerce in these four aspects. We will use the Yihe of Yihetang as the name, and all members in the future will be righteous merchants and righteous people, and we will teach them about righteousness. In addition, in the future, the prices of their purchases and sales, including the grain of the landlords, must be unified and cannot be changed easily."
Yan Shan: "What's the difference between this and the county yamen's city yamen?"
"The difference is that they are more willing to listen to us." Xu Qing said softly.
Yan Shan seemed to be thinking about something.
If this matter is really accomplished, Xu Qing and Fushe will have a greater influence on the people of Jiangning Prefecture in the future. The emperor cannot control the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation, but Xu Qing can.
As the second-in-command of Fushe, the benefits he received were self-evident.
To be honest, he felt that if this matter continued to develop, the court's foundation in Jiangning Prefecture would be undermined.
but……
It was really hard for Yan Shan to refuse this.
The imperial court belongs to all the people of the world, and Jiangning belongs to the people of Jiangning.
It would not be a big deal for the imperial court to lose a Jiangning Prefecture. There were still dozens of Zhili Prefectures in Nanzhili.
Besides, it’s not like we don’t pay taxes.
"This is also for the benefit of our local people. From now on, when we go to the city to buy things, at least to a large extent, we can get fair treatment regardless of age or family." Yan Shan sighed.
"And if we all unite, we can also prevent corrupt officials in the court from competing with the people for profits."
Yan Shan looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
Xu Qing nodded: "I just put forward a general idea. If you want to implement it, you still need to think more about it. But will this affect your future provincial examination?"
"No, being an official is also for the country and the people. Now that we have this opportunity, what's the big deal whether we become an official or not?" Yan Shan said righteously.
In fact, he had already found a way, and with Xu Qing's guidance on eight-legged essay, with his current level, he had a good chance of passing the provincial examination.
Besides, he didn't seek to be the top of the five classics. Even if he was the last one in the imperial examination, he was still a juren.
In comparison, Xu Gongming's great cause is more important.
In a trance, he seemed to see the famous founding minister in history possessed by himself.
Hallucinations are all hallucinations.
This kind of thing cannot be thought about too deeply.
He must be overthinking it.
After Xu Qing gave his instructions, Yan Shan immediately took action. He had a large number of Fushe members under him, all of whom were scholars and had a good influence on public opinion. With Xu Qing's name, he was able to do things easily.
Xu Qing was not confident in Yan Shan, but these were the only people he could use.
Moreover, to do big things, the most important things are personnel power and financial power. If you grasp these two, there is no need to get too involved in the details of other matters.
Don't worry about ability issues.
As long as your IQ is fine, your abilities can be developed.
We are all human beings, who is worse than who?
Another very important point is that Xu Qing himself has powerful military force, and if his subordinates dare to rebel, he can suppress them.
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"Sir, this is a portrait that was brought back from Magistrate Zheng's hometown by the followers who were sent to Jinyang Prefecture in Northern Zhili. It shows Magistrate Zheng's wife and two children."
This was done before County Magistrate Zheng took office. After Xu Qing found out the other party's hometown, he instructed Su Lianqing to do it.
But before the portrait was sent back, County Magistrate Zheng took action.
It's a bit useless now that I have it.
Xu Qing pondered for a while and said, "Let's put it aside for now."
This kind of thing can only be described as an extreme measure. Now that the other party has been intimidated, there is no need to further provoke Lao Zheng.
Su Lianqing asked in surprise: "Sir, are you really not going to use it?"
Xu Qing: "Everyone has parents, wives and children, which are their weaknesses. It's not that we can't do this, but it's unnecessary unless it's absolutely necessary. Think about it, if we behave like this, the people under us will follow suit in the future, and everyone will be in danger. This is no joke."
Su Lianqing couldn't help feeling a little sad when he heard this, and said, "I don't have parents, wife, or children, so I can't think of these things."
Xu Qing patted her shoulder and said nothing.
Su Lianqing suddenly thought that the young master was also an orphan, just like the Orphan of Zhao in the opera.
Su Lianqing couldn't help but ask again: "Sir, what kind of world do you think can be like the vacuum hometown?"
Xu Qing shook his head: "I don't know."
Su Lianqing: "Young Master wants the world to become a better place."
Xu Qing pondered for a while and said, "It can't be that things get worse because of us."
Su Lianqing clasped her hands together and said, "Young Master, you are very kind."
She used to have an instinctive desire to rebel, but now it is suddenly clearer. I hope there will be fewer orphans like her in the future.
Xu Qing smiled and said, "This is not called great kindness, it's conscience."
"Conscience? How is this different from kindness?"
"I don't quite understand it now."
Xu Qing was just an ordinary person in his previous life. Although he was interested in studying literature and history, his understanding of the world was still very superficial.
He has reached his current level due to many coincidences and opportunities.
If someone else had the same opportunity as him, it shouldn't be bad either.
So he couldn't explain clearly what "conscience" was.
It was just like the portraits of County Magistrate Zheng's family. If he was in trouble, he would definitely take them out, but now he doesn't want to take them out.
It turns out that when people have nothing to do, they like to think about random things.
Xu Qing felt that he had to continue working. Only when his strength became stronger would he have more room for wild thoughts.
Now, his capital is not strong enough.
Xu Qing grasped the knife in his hand and chopped forward. Suddenly there was a tiger roar and a stream of air rushed out, splitting the wooden stake in front in half.
This is one of the last two moves of the Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword.
This is another wonderful feature of the Heaven-Repairing Hand.
With the help of the Heaven-Repairing Hand, the Five Tigers Breaking Door Sword became more exquisite, and Xu Qing easily incorporated the Tiger Roar and Dragon Roar, one of the Nine Slashes of Thunder God, into the sword technique.
Faster and more sophisticated than he had imagined.
Especially the airflow that was chopped off at the end, although it was not as powerful as the flying energy released by the martial arts master, it was also quite lethal.
"Unfortunately, I didn't find a particularly good sword."
Xu Qing now has a magic sword like the Peach Wood Sword, which can exert extremely strong long-range combat capabilities, but for close combat, he still needs a precious sword to unleash the power of his swordsmanship.
Fighting power with bare hands and with magical weapons are two completely different things!
I heard that there is a feathered sword in Qingyun Temple, which should be worthy of him.
(End of this chapter)