Niu Zhengying sighed: "Although the meritocracy is good, it is a pity that it must be recommended by those big families to be eligible to be selected, so those talents still have to take refuge in the major families in order to get ahead." As a result, the power of the major families has become even greater, and the imperial court has become weaker. ”

"Exactly. Ma Yu deeply sympathizes with Niu Zhengying's opinion.

"As we all know, the imperial court has been corrupt for many years, and now it is crumbling, and all major forces are stepping up their efforts. In fact, no matter what kind of policy the imperial court launches, I am afraid that the outcome will be the same. The eastern part of our country has always been prosperous, and the situation is relatively stable, while the bitter cold area in the northwest has long been a situation where the people are struggling to make a living, and the imperial court decrees in many places have become like a fictitious situation. ”

"At present, Li Yuan founded the Tongtian Sect by himself, claiming to have millions of members, and he also controls the two armies of the Blue Wolf and the Grizzly Bear, and his ambitions are known to the world. The Xiahou family is known as the largest family in the world, with great wealth and power, and Xiahou Feiyang, the eldest son of the patriarch Xiahou Yuan, is the head of the Yanyun Legion, which is famous for its iron cavalry, and is the top master of the younger generation. ”

"These two families have been fighting each other in the northwest for many years, and I am afraid that sooner or later they will meet each other. ”

Ma Yu said more and more impassionedly, "Although Songhu City is the most prosperous town in the east, it is not a long-term solution to protect oneself and a corner of peace after all, because our Ma family has long decided to unite with the strongest Duanmu family in the east to recruit talents, so as to prepare for the future to compete with strong enemies in the northwest." ”

"Brother Shi, in order to defend our homeland in the east, and for the sake of the people to have a safe and stable livelihood in the future, please help us. ”

Saying that, Ma Yu wanted to bow to Shiziling again.

Shi Ziling hurriedly stopped him and asked, "According to Brother Ma's meaning, the imperial court must not be able to count on it?"

Before Ma Yu could answer, Niu Zhengying had already preemptively said: "Ziling, the imperial court has indeed been corrupt for many years, and now the people's grievances are boiling everywhere, and the officials everywhere are still doing nothing, but they are intensifying their exploitation and oppression of the people for personal gain. In my opinion, this court is hopeless. ”

Everyone in the Yu family nodded their heads, obviously all feeling the same way, although most of them lived in a small place like Pan'an, they could also feel that the common people had been overwhelmed by the weight of various harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and their dissatisfaction with the imperial court had reached the point of being on the verge of erupting.

Ma Yu continued: "Lord Su is a rare honest and good official today, but no matter how good Songhu City is, it will be difficult to stand alone after all. Once the war in the northwest is chaotic, I believe that all places will respond soon, and Songhu City will inevitably make a choice at that time. ”

"At present, all parties are actively striving for the cooperation of Lord Su, but Lord Su has always had illusions about the imperial court and has not been moved. And Chen Gongzhao and his ilk have already secretly connected with the two major families in the northwest, and have quietly cultivated power in Songhu City, and when the opportunity comes, they will take the opportunity to seize control of Songhu City. Songhu City seems to be calm, but in fact, it is also internal and external troubles. ”

Shi Ziling had indeed felt the hardships of the people's lives on the way to Songhu City before, and it was expected that in the more barren northwest, the people's lives would be even more difficult.

He agreed to compete for the position of deputy general, and he did come with the mood of wanting to do something for the people, but when it came to the general trend of the world, he had no clue, and he was not interested in the various forces in Songhu City.

Fortunately, Shi Ziling has a lot of trust in Ma Yu's character, and sees that he is a gentleman who thinks about the people, and secretly thinks that although he does not understand the general trend of the world, there should not be too much problem with trustworthy people like Ma Yu and Niu Zhengying to grasp the overall situation.

Shi Ziling Zhengse said: "Brother Ma, although I don't understand the general trend of the world, I believe that you, like me, are also people who want to do something good for the people." So, I will firmly support you. If there's anything you need me to do, just ask. ”

Ma Yu was overjoyed, according to his estimates, Shi Ziling's strength may be close to the top 50 of the top 100 list, and obviously he still has a lot of room to rise. Having such a promising young player join their camp is a great joy for their future plans.

Then Ma Yu gave a detailed introduction to Shi Ziling and the Yu family about the Ma family's personnel, strength, range of power and the situation of the Duanmu family that he knew, and then introduced what they had learned about the Chen family, the Xiahou family, and the situation of Li Yuan, Nangong Xia, Tang Jingtian and other big families.

Before Ma Yu left, he wanted to invite Shi Ziling to his house the next day, but Shi Ziling felt that he had a breakthrough in his spiritual cultivation, and he still needed to retreat to further polish his control, not to mention that the day of the competition was approaching, so he politely declined.

Ma Yu understood that Shi Ziling was a man of temperament, and he didn't care, so he made an appointment with him to meet in the martial arts arena ten days later and left with a smile.

In the following ten days, Shi Ziling has always been studying the soul dementor in his room**, his spiritual power cultivation has just broken through the eighth layer level, and he is still very weak in terms of control, although he is immersed in it every day, it still has little effect.

However, Shi Ziling was not in a hurry, he had already understood when his spiritual power reached the seventh layer, the cultivation of "Soul Dementor" became more difficult the higher he reached, and to break through and improve again, he not only had to redouble his efforts, but also needed a little luck and inspiration.

This time, after he fought with Chen Zhongda to the point of exhaustion, if it weren't for the magic power in the magic token that closely linked his spiritual power with the true yuan, and through seven days and seven nights of sleep, the three were wonderfully fused, he would not have advanced to the eighth layer realm so quickly.

It's just that although there is a close connection between these three now, it has initially been achieved that you have me, I have you, but after all, they are still three different individuals, that is to say, the true yuan is still the true yuan, the spiritual power is still the spiritual power, and the magic power is still the magic power.

It's just that when using the true element or spiritual power, the other two will naturally be brought in, although this is enough to add a little power to any martial arts move issued by Shi Ziling, but if you want to go to the next level, such as switching, adjusting, and combining the thickness of the true element and the strength of the spiritual power at will when using it, it is still powerless, let alone using the magic power that has just sprouted.

After thinking about it, Shi Ziling thought that he must first step up the cultivation of the magic power in his body.

This magic power came from the magical Dead Night Token, which remained in his body in order to save Shi Ziling's precarious life after his spiritual power was overdrawn. Although under the joint nourishment of the true element and spiritual power, this magic power has gradually taken root in the body, but after all, the foundation is still shallow, and it cannot be equal to the other two, and it can only play a role as a link between the true element and the spiritual power.

However, Shi Ziling always had an unusual intimacy with this magic in his heart, and firmly believed that this magic would bring him unimaginable good luck.

Although the "Dementor **" cheatbook does not mention that the magic power in the token will enter the cultivator's body and stay, let alone put forward a specific method for cultivating this magic power, Shi Ziling still wants to find a way to make this magic power stronger and stronger.

He insisted that only when this magic power was strong enough to a certain extent could the triad of true element, spiritual power, and magical magic power be truly realized, and that they would be completely indistinguishable from each other. What kind of situation will arise at that time is still not completely imagined by Shiziling, and he is not even sure whether this kind of practice is right, everything is just intuition.

"Dementor **" pays great attention to the combination of personal understanding and talent, once you break through the realm of the seventh layer, and then go up, it all depends on each person's own comprehension and exploration, different people may use completely different methods, and there are no certain rules.

In the past ten days, Shi Ziling often sat alone in front of the window and talked to himself, talking to the white clouds in the sky, talking to his own spirit, and exploring the possibilities of spiritual and magical progress. Fortunately, he is only like this in his own room, if the people of the Yu family see his strange behavior, they will definitely think that there is something wrong with him, and worry about whether he will relapse from his old illness.

During this period, Ma Yu sent people many times to tell the Yu family the list of candidates for the position of deputy general of the major families, and introduced the number of martial arts that each person is good at.

But Shi Ziling didn't care about this, not that he was confident that he would win, but that he didn't know anything about the major sects at the moment, and he didn't have any concept of their martial arts paths, and he didn't even fully understand his own martial arts paths.

Anyway, no matter whether the opponent is a famous master or a nobody, there is not much difference to Shi Ziling, he doesn't know any of them, he hasn't heard of any of them, and everything has to be fought to find out.

As for what kind of opponent can make the candidate launched by the Duanmu family more advantageous to enter the final round, this is something that Ma Yu should worry about, he just has to try his best to win.

Shi Ziling has never seen Xiao Hui and Yu Yulan in the past few days, and I don't know if they are because they know that they are practicing in retreat and don't want to disturb him, or they have been doing their best to study the secret book dowry given to them by Shi Ziling.

Although Shi Ziling is addicted to the strange world where spiritual power and magic power are intertwined, every time he eats, he still feels worried about the two of them, and he doesn't know whether it is right or wrong for him to give them the "Dementor **" cheats as a dowry.

"Dementor **" is easy to learn and difficult to master, and beginners often suddenly immerse themselves in the fantasy world and can't extricate themselves, I don't know what the progress of Yu Yulan and Xiaohui will be.

Although Shi Ziling was concerned about them in his heart, he expected that the two girls were smart people, and there should be no problem with cultivating the basic entry **. If they have a problem, they will naturally ask themselves.

It is rare for him to have ten days of kung fu retreat and cultivation, and then he will have to compete for the position of deputy general, and then there will be a contest with Ye Zhenzhen, the future successor of Caiyun Xuan, if he doesn't seize the time and work hard to improve, in case of a critical situation, if he is forced to overdraft his mental power again, I am afraid that he will not have the same good luck as the first two times.

It is because Shiziling is immersed in the wonderful world of his own self, and he doesn't care about other external affairs.

Ten days later, Shiziling was finally released. Although there has not been much progress in cultivating magical power, the connection between true element, spiritual power, and magic power in the body has become more solid.

Now every time he urges the true element, the spiritual power and magic power will naturally respond, and it is unknown how much of a role this response can play in actual combat, but at least under the close connection of these three, the possibility of Shi Ziling's spiritual power being overdrawn again has been greatly reduced.

Unless all three are overdrawn at the same time, then it is not a question of being asleep, but of dying.