Chapter 8: The Twelve Knives
On the second day, the sun shone on Li Rui, he instantly opened his eyes, immersed in cultivation, Li Rui forgot the existence of time.
"No wonder it is said that there is no time for cultivation, I am just cultivating internal strength, and it will be like this. Li Rui sighed and stood up, "It's time to go to Uncle Zhang's house to have a look." β
This is what Li Rui thought about last night, according to Zhao Mingyu, Zhang Yi went out to run errands, but the current situation is special, Li Rui wants to know when Zhang Yi will come back.
There are some things that still need to be asked about Zhang Yi, after all, Zhang Yi is an old catcher, and he is also a martial artist who has practiced for many years.
The sun had just risen in the sky, and it was the hour of the hour.
Glancing at the 'Zhang Mansion' plaque in the middle of the door, Li Rui pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard.
This is a small courtyard, with houses in the east, west, north and south, and an inner house in the backyard, just like a courtyard house with two entrances, and the whole house is made of hard wood, which is a hundred times better than Li Rui's adobe house.
"Young Master Rui!" In the courtyard, a girl in red was busy, and when she saw Li Rui coming, she immediately laughed happily.
"Pendant. Li Rui also smiled happily.
This is Zhang Yi's maid, as a member of the public family, Zhang Yi also has a lot of money every month, not to mention, there are other incomes, and it is common for the family to have maids.
"Miss, Miss, Young Master Rui is here. Pendant whispered to a room.
After a while, a woman walked out of the room, only to see that this woman was like cream, beautiful and moving, and a pair of slender legs made Li Rui even more amazed.
"Such a beautiful woman, with this beauty, this world is not in vain. β
In Huaxia, Li Rui has also seen a lot of beauties, and even TV and movie stars, however, Zhang Yunyao's beauty is even better than the beauty of some stars.
This is beauty without makeup, and it is beauty without embellishment.
"Brother Rui!" Zhang Yunyao walked out of the room and immediately smiled.
"Yun Yao. Li Rui nodded and smiled.
In memory, the relationship between Zhang Yunyao and Li Rui has always been very good.
Not only because the two are married, but also because Li Rui has written many poems for Zhang Yunyao, and Zhang Yunyao is extremely fond of Li Rui.
Although Li Rui's family property is now in decline, it has not reduced Zhang Yunyao's admiration at all.
Zhang Yunyao looked at Li Rui with a hint of shyness on her face.
And Li Rui was a little silent, although his predecessor had seen Zhang Yunyao more than once, but since he crossed Dazhao, this was the first time he had seen Zhang Yunyao.
The two looked at each other and were speechless for a while.
The maid next to her glanced left and right, and her heart was a little impatient, "Usually Young Master Rui is not like this, why is he a little dull today." β
In order to gain fame, Li Rui has always lived in a simple place, but he doesn't come here often, but the beautiful poems are known by Shen'er, and Li Rui is not a stupid person.
"Miss, why don't you invite Young Master Rui into the house, this is not a place to talk. Shen'er spoke.
Da Zhao did not have strict feudal etiquette, but men could not enter women's boudoirs at will, and the three of them came to Zhang Yi's study.
As a martial artist, Zhang Yi's study is only equipped with a few books, more swords and sticks, these martial arts things.
Entering the room, Li Rui and Zhang Yunyao sat down separately.
"Miss, I'll go prepare tea for Young Master Rui. The pendant excused himself and ran away.
Li Rui rarely came to Zhang's Mansion once, Shen'er is an informed and interesting person, of course, he has to create opportunities for the two.
What's more, the two of them are married, and their own young lady will be Li Rui's wife in the future, and Shen'er will not stand here to disturb the two.
"Brother Rui, the matter of the yamen is still agreeable, right?" Zhang Yunyao said first.
Zhang Yunyao knew about Li Rui's entry into the yamen, the Li family had declined, and it was impossible to support Li Rui to continue studying for the imperial examination.
Zhang Yunyao also said that he could provide some money to help Li Rui, but Li Rui did not accept it.
Entering the yamen to do things, this is still the only help Li Rui accepts.
"Well, it's okay. Li Rui nodded and said, "Yun Yao, I heard that Uncle Zhang went out to run errands, I don't know when I will come back?"
Zhang Yunyao is Zhang Yi's daughter, and she should know when Zhang Yi will come back.
Zhang Yunyao thought for a while and said: "Lord Headcatcher needs his father's help with some things, so he called his father away, but when his father left, he said that he would be able to come back in as little as one month or forty or fifty days at most." β
"A month?" Li Rui frowned.
Now that Ma Zhikang is just a monster in the nascent stage, he can kill Ma Zhong, if he is given another month to grow, it will be repaid.
At that time, even if Zhang Yi comes back, he won't be able to kill Ma Zhikang, and even if he doesn't have to wait for a month, the entire Qiyang City will become a ghost.
"What should I do?" Li Rui was upset, Zhang Yunyao's words also said, it will take a month to catch the head to come back, and in the entire Qiyang County, the two most powerful people will take a month to come back, so who else in Qiyang City can kill Ma Zhikang now.
"I really can't do it, so I can only escape. Li Rui stood up, he looked at Zhang Yunyao, "But how can you let Zhang Yunyao go with you?"
Zhang Yunyao is his fiancΓ©e, the closest person he has in this world, and Li Rui doesn't want to give up on her.
Zhang Yunyao looked at it and said, "Brother Rui, what's wrong, have you encountered something unsatisfactory in the yamen?"
"Not really. Li Rui shook his head and said, "Yun Yao, let me ask you something, if you were asked to go with me, would you leave?"
"Let's go?" Zhang Yunyao was stunned.
What does this mean, Zhang Yunyao thought of eloping, but no one objected to Li Rui's marriage with her, and Zhang Yi never objected.
"Brother Rui, this ......" Zhang Yunyao didn't understand what Li Rui meant.
"Oh, it's okay, we'll talk about it later. Li Rui said helplessly.
Now he plans to let Zhang Yunyao go with him, Li Rui also knows that it is impossible, Zhang Yunyao doesn't know what the situation is, how can he go with him.
But Ma Zhikang's matter can't be told to her, if she does, how does Li Rui know and how he escaped, which will arouse Zhang Yunyao's suspicions.
Li Rui was a little irritable in his heart, and the whole person walked back and forth in the house.
At this moment, Li Rui came to the knife holder where the weapons were placed, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Good knife." β
Li Rui looked at a knife on the knife stand, and saw that this knife had a dark body, like coal, but it shimmered with metallic luster, and the blade was slender, like a knife and like a sword, and the knife body was engraved with many ornaments, like clouds.
The blade shimmers with sharp light, and the entire blade is extremely delicate.
"Demon-loving!" Li Rui looked at the hilt of the knife, and the word 'demon-loving' was engraved on the hilt.
"This knife ......" Li Rui stretched out his right hand and gently stroked the blade, as a martial artist, he still loves a good knife very much.
However, the moment Li Rui touched the blade, his whole person suddenly froze, and he didn't make any movement.
"It's ...... This is ......" Li Rui only felt a stream of air, which quickly poured into his right hand from the blade.
In the void of Li Rui's eyes, I saw that the system page opened, and it displayed, "Energy ......"
"There's energy in this knife. Li Rui's heart was suddenly shocked.
Zhang Yunyao looked at Li Rui and saw his hand caressing the Demon Devouring Knife, quite a feeling of falling in love.
Zhang Yunyao said with a smile: "Brother Rui, this knife was given to my father by Lord Headcatcher, if you like it, when my father comes back, I will personally beg him to give this knife to you." β
"Sent by Lord Headcatcher?" Li Rui said with a smile, his hand leaving the Demon Devouring Knife, "No need, I just think this knife is good, I don't want it." β
Don't? Of course not.
In this short period of time, the air flow in the blade has been absorbed by Li Rui, which means that he has absorbed all the energy in this knife.
Without energy, the Demon Eater was useless to him.
Li Rui continued: "Yun Yao, there are still some things in the yamen today, and I should also say goodbye." β
Zhang Yunyao nodded, "Well, Brother Rui, when you do things in the yamen, you must pay attention to safety." β
Zhang Yunyao can understand Li Rui, once he enters the county office, there will be a lot of things, her father is like this, sometimes he eats and eats, and suddenly leaves.
In Zhang Yunyao's affectionate eyes, Li Rui left Zhang's mansion.
Back home, Li Rui immediately said in his heart: "System." β
Immediately, in the void, the system page opened, like a computer desktop.
Li Rui's eyes quickly looked at the energy column, only to see that it showed that the energy was 50.
"It's really energy. β
In Zhang Yi's house, Li Rui didn't take a closer look at the system, and now he saw that the energy was 50.
This means that the exercises can be improved again.
The first time he gained energy, Li Rui changed from a scholar who had no power to a martial artist with a huge strength of six or seven hundred catties, and the second time he gained energy, Li Rui's strength reached a small two thousand catties.
This time, he doesn't know how much his strength can be improved.
Ma Zhikang is very powerful, the more time passes, the more powerful he will become, Li Rui has to hurry up to increase his strength, "System, upgrade the unknown exercises." β
On the system page, I saw the energy column, which instantly changed to 0.
In the column of exercises, there is no change in the task, or it is unknown exercises - the early stage of the first form.
"Or is it still the early stage of the first form?" Li Rui clenched his fists, "Although the column of exercises has not changed, I feel that my strength has increased." β
"Huh!"
The Hundred Battle Knife was suddenly drawn and slashed down at the chair in front of him.
"Click!" is a knife, and "click" is another knife.
A knife was faster than a knife, and the sharp blade slashed at the chair in an instant.
Twelve knives!
Li Rui slashed out twelve knives in a row.
With a "bang", the blade of the knife was sheathed, and the chair in front of him split from a complete piece to twelve sections, scattered on the ground.
"I can now slash twelve knives, reaching Ma Zhong's strongest state, and I have even stronger confidence in killing Ma Zhikang. β