126. Persistence
Chen Ji is a paranoid person.
To achieve his goal, he would resort to any means necessary, even to a bloody battle, and would not turn back until he hit a wall. He recited Zhayun over and over again, determined to produce purple energy within his meridians.
However, that radiant sword energy, like the scorching sun, was even more persistent than him...
Chen Ji sat cross-legged in the dim apprentice dormitory and recited it for a full hour, a total of twelve times.
Without exception, all the wisps of purple air that were born were ruthlessly cut off.
"That's strange."
Chen Ji muttered to himself, "The Tiger Sect and the Sword Sect can coexist peacefully, but why can't Zhayun?"
"Could it be that because the sword species and Zhayun are both sword arts, they cannot coexist? Try again."
Just as he was about to recite it for the thirteenth time, he heard the rapid chirping of birds outside the yard.
Chen Ji recognized it as the copper whistle of the Secret Service.
But the birdsong in the past was as clear and sweet as a magpie, but this time the birdsong was so urgent, as if the bird's nest was about to be robbed.
He stood up and walked out of the clinic, but saw Golden Pig's carriage parked diagonally opposite the clinic.
Chen Ji got into the carriage with ease. Before he could speak, Jin Zhu said ferociously with sweat on his forehead, "It can't be repaired. It's the ninth level."
Chen Ji: “!!!”
He pretended to be puzzled: "Master Jinzhu, how do you know that I can't succeed in cultivation? Are you watching me?"
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Jin Zhu realized he had spoken out of turn and quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I'm worried that you might be too hasty after just receiving the cultivation path, so I came all the way to remind you. You must know that while the cultivation path can allow you to transcend the mundane, you also need to practice with a sense of balance. You must not rush in blindly."
Chen Ji said, "Thank you for your concern, sir."
The golden pig's eyes rolled. "By the way, did you encounter any confusion during your cultivation? Perhaps I can help you with some of it."
Chen Ji shook his head: "No..."
The Golden Pig was heartbroken: "Think about it carefully."
Chen Ji glanced at him and explained nonchalantly, "Sir, when I practice this method, I always feel that there is a kind of energy that is about to be born, but I can't touch it or find it."
The Golden Pig pondered for a moment and said with concern, "Perhaps you've been too exhausted these past few days. That's why you can't concentrate on your cultivation. Think about it, you've only slept for three or four hours these days. How can you possibly cultivate well? Why not get a good night's sleep first?"
Chen Ji hummed and said, "Your Excellency, what you said makes sense. I will go back and have a good sleep."
Jin Zhu was relieved. "Very good, very good. Go ahead."
When Chen Ji got off the carriage, he leaned back weakly in the car. Twelve of his ribs had been pulled out in an hour. How was this any different from torture? He was afraid that if he fell into the hands of the thieves of Jing Dynasty, this would be the end.
At this moment, Jinzhu sat in the dim carriage, enjoying a moment of peace alone.
There is no excruciating pain, no need to worry, and it feels extremely relaxing.
After a short break, he muttered quietly, "This kid is quite hardworking, much more diligent than Tianma was back then. But, what's wrong with his cultivation method? He clearly has a top-tier talent, so why can't he get started? Could it be a problem with his cultivation method?"
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He patted the carriage and said to Xifeng who was guarding outside, "Go back to the inner prison and continue to interrogate that thief Jing Chao. ... Ouch..."
Jin Zhu's expression changed drastically. "Didn't you just agree to this? Why don't you sleep well after you go back and start practicing again?"
When Xifeng heard his exclamation, he quickly lifted the carriage curtain, poked his head out and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you? Did you have an upset stomach?"
The Golden Pig gnashed his teeth and said, "Blow the copper whistle and call Chen Ji out."
As the birdsong began, a moment later, Chen Ji got into the carriage again and asked in confusion: "Sir, you just said goodbye, why are you calling me again?"
The Golden Pig asked seriously, "Did you remember my advice to have a good rest?"
Chen Ji said calmly, "I remember. I went back and fell asleep. I didn't practice anymore."
The golden pig was speechless.
He was well aware of the allure of the cultivation path to a young man. When he first obtained the cultivation path, wasn't he also
I rack my brains day and night to think about how to step into that threshold?
He could understand the young man's feelings, but he was a little overwhelmed.
At this time, Chen Ji bowed and said, "Sir, if there is nothing else, I will go back to the clinic and sleep."
The golden pig is just a means of usurping the master's legacy: "No."
Chen Ji raised his eyebrows: "Hmm?"
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Jin Zhu patted the carriage wall and shouted, "Xifeng, go back to the inner prison. Chen Ji and I are going to try the thief Jing Chao again."
Chen Ji was puzzled: "Sir, didn't you ask me to have a good rest?"
Jin Zhu said earnestly, "I just remembered that Jing Chao Si Cao must have a lot of information to extract. If he says anything more, you can help me analyze it. If you want to sleep for a while, you can sleep in the car."
After saying this, he actually took out a copper hand warmer from under his seat, carefully poured carbon powder on it, lit it with a fire stick, and then stuffed it into Chen Ji's arms: "Hold me to sleep, it's warm. Bringing down the Liu family and the Military Intelligence Department is serious business. Back then, I stayed awake for three days and three nights just to keep an eye on a thief from the Jing Dynasty. Now that you're in the Secret Service, you'll have to get used to it slowly."
Chen Ji thanked him, slowly leaned against the car wall and closed his eyes.
He was certain that the purple energy he obtained during his practice should be immediately fed back to the golden pig.
The brilliant sword energy that cut through the purple air must have caused considerable damage to the Golden Pig, otherwise the other party would not have been so vigilant, not even daring to let him out of his sight.
I just don't know if the tiger and the sword will be fed back to the golden pig immediately?
We'll have to try again to find out.
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The carriage swayed as it moved along the bluestone road. Chen Ji seemed to have lived a wandering life, coming and going all day long, drifting with the flow.
Outside the car, the cries of vendors walking through the streets and the laughter of children chasing and playing gradually faded away.
The carriage took him into the afterglow of sunset and back to the world of martial arts.
"Wake up!"
The golden pig patted the old traces.
Chen Ji opened his eyes and asked in a daze, "Sir, have we arrived at the inner prison?"
Jin Zhu said with a complicated expression, "It's really hard for you. You have to live a life on the edge of a knife and blood at such a young age. Don't worry, after we overthrow the Liu family, I will take charge and give you a long vacation."
Chen Ji smiled, stood up and jumped off the carriage: "Thank you in advance, sir."
The two men lowered their heads, entered the iron gate, and walked deeper into the inner prison.
In the deepest cell of the inner prison, Manager Yuan had changed into a clean white prison uniform and was sitting at a dark red eight-immortal table, eating beef with chopsticks and taking a sip of wine.
The nails on his ten fingers were missing and bloody, and the way he held the chopsticks was particularly strange.
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Hearing the sound of the cell door opening, Panpan's shopkeeper Yuan looked up and smiled at Jin Zhu and Chen Ji: "My two lords, what was your harvest last night? Judging from your expressions, you must have stopped the Liu family's plan."
Chen Ji leaned against the door frame, unwilling to get close to this Jingchao master.
Jin Zhu, however, sat opposite Shopkeeper Yuan with a smile on his face, pinched a piece of beef and put it in his mouth: "We are out there fighting for our lives, while you are living a carefree and happy life."
Shopkeeper Yuan spread his hands and said, "I'm just a prisoner. How can I live happily ever after? Have you two apprehended the mastermind, Liu Mingxian? If so, it would be a great achievement, and I congratulate you both."
After saying that, he picked up the white porcelain wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Jin Zhu said calmly, "Liu Mingxian is dead."
Manager Yuan was puzzled: "Master, did you kill him?"
The Golden Pig replied, "No, it was the Liu family who killed him."
Shopkeeper Yuan was startled for a moment, then burst into laughter, causing the oil lamp on the stone wall to shake.
Jin Zhu frowned: "What's so funny?"
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Manager Yuan gradually stopped smiling and said, "Liu was obviously killed by the Liu family. That means that from now on, the two of you will be
The person he faced was no longer Liu Mingxian, the second-generation rich man. Instead, he faced the elder Liu who had stood firm in the court for over thirty years.
"What about Elder Liu?"
Shopkeeper Yuan said in a serious tone, "Emperor Ning hates the Liu family to the core, yet Elder Liu was able to control the Ministry of Personnel for fifteen years and manage Yuzhou like an iron barrel. Can you two defeat such a giant?"
Golden Pig pinched another piece of beef and put it into his mouth. "We two are not fighting alone. Behind me is the entire Silijian of the Ning Dynasty and the Minister of Internal Affairs. Don't worry, you can't scare me away. Even Mr. Feng beside Liu Ge Lao can't scare me away."
At this moment, Jin Zhu wiped the oil stains from his fingers on his robe and changed the subject, "Do you want to get out of the inner prison?"
Shopkeeper Yuan smiled and said, "Of course I want to. I told you two of the Liu family plans honestly. Isn't it just to gain freedom?"
The Golden Pig stared at Shopkeeper Yuan and said, "Then spit out some more. I'll go to the Minister of Internal Affairs and ask for your commendation."
"What if I don't vomit?"
"Do you have any choice?"
The cell fell silent.
The Golden Pig and the Shopkeeper Yuan were at loggerheads, like two knives touching each other, neither of them willing to give in.
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After a moment, it was Shopkeeper Yuan who relaxed his tone first. "I've done a great service for the two masters, but I still haven't seen any sincerity from the Secret Service. If you want to be honest with me, you have to give me hope, right?"
Only then did Jin Zhu pull out a roll of documents bound in gold silk from his sleeve. "This is the handwritten letter from the Minister of Internal Affairs, which just arrived in Luo City today. You see, my letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs should have arrived in the capital yesterday, but the handwritten letter from the Minister of Internal Affairs arrived in Luo City today. Do you know what this means?"
"What does it mean?"
"This handwritten order needs to reach Luocheng within a day. It needs to leave the capital before sunset yesterday and pass through the six post stations of Baoding, Hengshui, Handan, Hebi, Xinxiang, and Zhengxian. It takes six war horses, not a moment..."
Chen Ji was standing by and the more he listened the more familiar it became.
He was a little amused and helpless. This Mr. Golden Pig always gave him a little shock inadvertently.
Across from the Golden Pig, Shopkeeper Yuan took the document and unfolded it, silently examining it for a long moment. His expression shifted constantly, as if he were struggling.
He put down the written order and looked up at the Golden Pig: "If I can truly become the Hidden Dragon of the Secret Service, then you will understand how correct my decision today was."
Chen Ji was puzzled. He didn't know what was written in the imperial edict that could make Manager Yuan change his position on the spot?
The Golden Pig stood up with the handwritten letter in his hand. Standing beside the stone wall, he burned the letter to ashes with the flame of the oil lamp. "Tell me. What else can you do for us?"
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Shopkeeper Yuan silently stared at the burned imperial edict. After struggling for a long time, he said, "I once made an appointment with Chang Jing to meet tonight, and he agreed."
The Golden Pig suddenly turned around and asked, "Are you serious?"
Then he shook his head: "No, no, now that Bailu Pavilion is destroyed and the battle at Mudan Bridge is known to everyone, why would Changjing keep the appointment?"
Shopkeeper Yuan said, "But during the battle at Mudan Bridge that day, everyone saw me jump into the river to escape, but no one saw me being captured alive on the mudflats. What if he did keep the appointment?"
Jin Zhu's eyes were uncertain, "Where is the meeting?"
Shopkeeper Yuan said calmly, "Take me there tonight. I will lead the way for the two gentlemen."
The Golden Pig chuckled, turned around and walked out, saying loudly: "Xifeng, call all the spies here. No one is allowed to act alone tonight."
After the cell door closed, he turned to look at Chen Ji: "What do you think?"
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After thinking for a moment, Chen Ji said, "Your Excellency should be able to see that he wants to take this opportunity to escape. Otherwise, he wouldn't have to lead the way for us. However, his agreement with Chang Jing must be true. If no one helps him create chaos, he won't be able to escape."
Jin Zhu sneered as he walked out, "Then let's go for a walk. I'm worried that I can't find these Jingchao rats!"
End of this chapter.
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