
Yuanyang Prefecture, Xiangu County.
Yuanshun Escort Agency, in an open space in the backyard of the side room. This is the place where firewood is piled in the escort agency. Usually, few people come here, but at this time, there are more than a dozen thin figures standing sparsely in the open space. These people are teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old. Most of them have not grown up yet, and their faces are pale due to long-term malnutrition. These teenagers are all the new errand disciples recruited by Yuanshun Escort Agency this year. When they first entered Yuanshun Escort Agency, they were all very excited. Because the errand disciples of Yuanshun Escort Agency have the opportunity to learn some basic boxing and martial arts. Those who learn well have the opportunity to be promoted to apprentices. Once you become an apprentice, you can learn real martial arts, and you can follow the escort master and go out to escort. In time, when you are proficient in the business, you can also become an escort master. Although the escort master is a dangerous trade, it is a bit risky, but for these poor teenagers, this is already a very good job. At least they can have enough food, and they can make some money. But now, they have been in the sect for two and a half months. Their mood has gradually changed from excitement to gloom. Among the errand disciples, only one or two can become apprentices, and often, they are wiped out in batches, and no one can make it. Half a month later, it will be the day of assessment. They know best how well they have practiced. Most of the errand disciples have come to accept that they will not be selected, so they have begun to give up and live a lazy life. Since the past few days, some people have been absent from the evening martial arts practice. At this time, Mo Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead and ran into the yard from the corner gate. He was the last errand disciple to come in, because he was assigned to the farthest horse stable from here. Mo Qian wore brown shorts, and his body was a little thin, but this was all because of long-term hunger. In fact, his skeleton is not small. Mo Qian glanced at the number of people in the yard. There were only about a dozen people. Yuanshun Escort Agency recruited more than thirty new errand disciples this year. More than half of them had left before the assessment. Mo Qian sighed, but he could understand the thoughts of those who left. These errand disciples had to work hard every day and practice in the evening. If there was a goal, they could grit their teeth and persevere. If you know that you will not be selected, what is the point of working so hard? Mo Qian looked at the old weapon rack standing in the corner of the yard. There were broken blades on the rack, which were used for these errand disciples to practice. Mo Qian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw that there was an extra knife on the rack. Mo Qian immediately walked over with some excitement, found the new knife, and held it in his hand. This is an ordinary oxtail knife. The handle is worn, and the blade is broken in four or five places, just like a wounded veteran who has retired from the battlefield. Mo Qian took a breath nervously and said in his heart: "Read the spirit of the weapon!" A set of data immediately appeared in front of Mo Qian's eyes. Weapon: Oxtail Knife. Weapon spirit level: Second level. Devouring requirements: Host mental power level 2 (not met). Devouring effect: Mastery of Five Tigers and Sheep Knife, Entry of Shura Knife, Entry of Plum Blossom Knife. After seeing the data, Mo Qian's bright eyes dimmed instantly. These retired, useless knives had weapon spirit levels of either second or third, and he could not devour them at all. Mo Qian cursed inwardly and put the oxtail knife back on the shelf. He had only been in this world for a few days. Although he had inherited the memory of the original owner, he was still confused about many things. Especially the ability to devour the spirit of the weapon that came with him. So far, he did not know whether this ability was reliable or not. After all, he had already tried all the useless knives on the shelf, but none of them had been successfully swallowed. Mo Qian stood in the team with some depression. As soon as Mo Qian entered the crowd, several people covered their noses and distanced themselves from him. "You smell like horse manure, it stinks!" Mo Qian was indeed smelly. He worked in a stable, and horses were important assets of the escort agency. He had to feed the horses with softened hay every day and clean up the horse manure. If there was a convoy the next day, he had to brush the horses. After a day of work, it was inevitable to be covered in stinky sweat and horse manure. Mo Qian looked at the frowning and disgusted expressions of several people, but he was secretly happy inside. In his previous life, Mo Qian had been an insurance salesman, and he had long developed a thick skin impervious to contempt. This kind of disgust was just a breeze and drizzle to him. "I'll suffocate you ungrateful lot..." Mo Qian cursed in his heart. At this moment, a large figure stepped out from the gate of the courtyard. Zhao Mu is an intern escort in the escort agency. He is a big and strong man. Because he made a small mistake in the last escort, he was scolded by the escort leader and was assigned to lead the errand disciples, which was a laborious but unprofitable job. Although Zhao Mu was quite dissatisfied, he did not dare to slack off. The escort leader already had a bad impression of him. If he did not teach well, he might lose his internship that year. That would be a great loss. Zhao Mu crossed the threshold and walked in arrogantly, holding a scabbarded oxtail knife in his arms. Zhao Mu spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground, and his eyes swept through the crowd like a wild dog's, stopping at Mo Qian, and shouted: "Boy, come here, wipe my knife with an oily rag!" Mo Qian was standing in the team with no one around him, and he was indeed a little eye-catching. He had not expected to be called out by Zhao Mu. Mo Qian wrinkled his nose and walked over reluctantly. A low laugh came from behind him. In fact, Zhao Mu did not call Mo Qian because he was eye-catching in the team. He himself had come from among the errand disciples, and he knew who practiced well and who did not among these people. Mo Qian not only practiced poorly, but also had no real chance of being selected as an apprentice. In addition, he had suffered a serious illness some time ago and had fallen behind in his progress. Wiping his knife was at least a useful task. Mo Qian took the knife from Zhao Mu, picked up an oily rag from the windowsill, and sat on the steps of the courtyard gate. This rag was soaked in castor oil. Using it to wipe the knife served a certain maintenance purpose. Mo Qian pulled the knife out of its scabbard, and saw the white, bright blade emit a cold light, which was completely different from the shabby appearance of those useless knives on the shelf. Mo Qian called out "good knife" in his heart, and with a movement of his mind, he tried to read the level of the weapon spirit of the knife in his hand. "Read the weapon spirit!" Mo Qian looked at the set of data before him, and his heart jolted.Latest Chapter
Chapter 178 Finding a Sparring Partner
Once he pondered carefully and deeply absorbed the elemental forms within them, he discovered he had developed a distinct capacity to break down any sword technique into its component elemental forms.In other words, he could decompose any sword technique into combinations of elemental forms.This opened a path he had previously been searching for without success: a genuine framework for fusion.Introduce the elemental form into fusion, Mo Qian thought, his eyes brightening.He turned the idea over and began to try it.But after the first attempts, his confidence deflated. He had oversimplified the problem. Even if he could break a technique apart, how would he reassemble the pieces into something new?As the saying goes: destruction is easy, creation is hard.No wonder Xiao Zongting, having devoted his whole life to this pursuit, had only produced three incomplete moves to show for it.Creating martial arts from the level of elemental forms was not easier than existing methods. It wa
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The promotion was nothing to dismiss either. Apprentice escorts and full escorts did the same work, but apprentices earned less. Becoming a full member meant his pay would finally match the work."In addition, I have authorized a special allocation from Chief Accountant Xu Shouxian of one thousand taels of silver to be used toward your cultivation. It will be distributed to you monthly over ten months.""I caution you that this money is not to be spent carelessly. It is to be used for cultivation."Mo Qian cupped his fists and answered firmly, "Understood."He thought to himself, however: I am worth tens of thousands of taels at this point. Why would I spend a cultivation stipend carelessly?What Ruan Fengshan had said so far had clearly been agreed upon before Mo Qian arrived and came as no surprise to the room. Most people responded with little more than a glance in Mo Qian's direction.But the next thing Ruan Fengshan said produced a shift in nearly every expression in the hall."T
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At that moment, Ruan Fengshan said calmly, "The rice-character lantern meant the gold had left the city, everything proceeding as planned. A single-character lantern meant things had gone wrong and to evacuate immediately. Is that not correct, He Guizhou?"Hearing Ruan Fengshan lay out precisely the signal he and Yu Wenlong had agreed on, He Guizhou's legs went soft beneath him."The county magistrate has his methods. You already know all of this. Would you rather be sentenced and broken on the rack, or will you confess now?" Shen Yanliu looked at He Guizhou with cold, still eyes.The moment He Guizhou met Shen Yanliu's gaze, something in him gave way. Shen Yanliu's manner of sentencing was even more frightening than Jie Daohan's.He Guizhou collapsed forward, kowtowing repeatedly like a chicken pecking grain. "Your Honor, this subordinate was blinded by greed for a moment. Yu Wenlong offered me five thousand taels of silver to release that sky lantern signal. I was deceived by him...
Chapter 175 Magistrate's Hall
Zhou An's shoulders trembled. He forced a look of concern onto his face and said, "Have you found the young master? The young master is only three years old. The longer he is in the hands of those people, the greater the danger..."Ruan Fengshan looked at Zhou An's face without any expression. He had not expected Zhou An to still be trying to hold the line at this point. He sighed quietly and said, "Was it you who had Jing'er write that message?"The moment the words reached him, Zhou An's body jerked and he slid from the stool to the floor. He was terrified, but his eyes moved with a murmur under his breath. "Yu Wenlong, you idiot, how did you let that child stay alive..."Ruan Fengshan's face went utterly cold. He reached behind his back, drew a leather whip with a hiss of metal fittings, took two steps forward, and brought it down across Zhou An's face with a crack, the words coming with it. "Faithless, poisonous dog."A weal two fingers wide appeared on Zhou An's face, the flesh r
Chapter 174 The Request for Peace
Luan Jingfu was surprised. He had not expected Ruan Fengshan to say this so plainly, or to speak on Mo Qian's behalf directly. He had always been in genuine awe of this man. His expression shifted immediately and he cupped his fists. "I would not dare."Ruan Fengshan saw the alarm on Luan Jingfu's face and smiled slightly. "After you have secured the gold, Mr. Luan, please go and rest. I will see to the rest.""Yes." Luan Jingfu replied with full deference, then drove the escort cart away.Ruan Fengshan carried the sleeping Jing'er and went first to Ma Chunying's room.Since Ruan Jing's disappearance, Ma Chunying had been consumed by self-blame and had not stopped weeping. The moment she saw Ruan Jing come back safely, she broke down completely. Ruan Jing woke at the sound and immediately wrapped his arms around her neck and would not let go.Ruan Jing had been raised by Ma Chunying from infancy. Ruan Fengshan was occupied with affairs and could not always be present, and when he was,
Chapter 173 Return to the Bureau
Mo Qian dug further, and the fine-steel box came into view under the soil.He tossed the shovel aside, channeled inner breath into his arms, and lifted the thousand-pound iron box straight out of the pit.Even with inner breath supporting his arms against a thousand pounds, he felt the strain.Mo Qian's steps were unsteady, and he sank several inches into the soft ground beside the grave before he was able to set the iron box down on the escort cart.He shook the dirt from his hands and body, looked at Ruan Fengshan, and said, "Bureau head, shall we go?""Wait." Ruan Fengshan set Ruan Jing on the escort cart, then moved quickly and pulled two unconscious figures from behind a nearby grave, dropped them onto the cart, and said, "Take these two back as well."Mo Qian looked at them by the light. They appeared to be merely unconscious, nothing like the gang members who had died violently. They were not injured.They were also wearing the clothes of Yuanshun Dart Bureau servants.These tw
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