Chapter 23 Bronze Guard, Martial Arts Five Grades, Sword Steps, Preparing for Annihilation

Hundreds of corpses lay neatly on the ground, all of them dried corpses.

Jiang Changkong was almost certain that this was definitely not done by Shanjun.

Even if this giant tiger becomes a sperm, it will also eat meat, and it will definitely not only drink blood and devour qi and blood.

It's its instinct and can't be changed.

Unless it has already cultivated into a high-level demon.

This is unlikely.

So far, I haven't heard of the existence of high-level demons in this land within a radius of hundreds of miles.

If there is, it will definitely not be hidden from the Demon Suppression Division.

Under the clear sword heart, Jiang Changkong saw that the dead air was churning around in this space, as if there were countless hideous-looking figures wandering and entangled.

Looking at the neat dried corpses all over the ground, Jiang Changkong was silent.

Among these people are bandits, there are family members of bandits, no matter what their status, but it is absolutely impossible to become a dry corpse voluntarily.

In other words, there are people who have cultivated the Outer Dao of Demons who have withdrawn their blood and qi and blood essence.

If it weren't for the fact that the giant tiger who might have become a high-level demon did it, then as far as he knew, the only ones who could do it were the Corpse Refining Sect and the Blood God Sect.

Of course, there may be other demons out there, but that's the only one he knows about at the moment.

Hundreds of people will be ...... Among them were young children, both men and women, young and old, all devoured and sucked into dried corpses...... It's just madness, completely out of human nature.

Jiang Changkong finally knew why the imperial court had zero tolerance for those who worshiped the Blood God Sect.

Only when you see this kind of heart-wrenching scene on the spot, can you feel the shock that hits your heart.

Law enforcers kill people to protect the weaker common people.

And these people kill people, completely trampling on human morality and madness. They even slashed butcher knives at unarmed ordinary people.

In their minds, these people are not people, but food, cultivation resources.

Just when he sighed, the entire cave was full of cold, and under the rolling of dead air, strange human shapes appeared one by one.

There are many heads, there are many arms, and there are many legs, and these weird things are like piecing together the parts of these lives.

There is no definite theory of how a person is formed after death.

But Jiang Changkong believes that it is most likely due to strong obsession, just like Li Jinnan's eldest wife and her daughter before.

The evil spirit of the baby died because it was not born, and it formed a stronger evil thought, thus forming an evil spirit weird.

Therefore, from this point of view, hundreds of people died here to form a weird, and there is a high probability that they were also forced to die, and after having a grudge, it led to the birth of weirdness.

These people died peacefully, but that doesn't mean they really want to die.

And the apparent tranquility is just an illusion, otherwise there would be no weird birth.

As the weirdness formed one by one, the cold aura in the entire cave became thicker, the temperature plummeted, and the light became darker and darker, as if he had come to the Nine Shadows Abyss.

In less than a moment, seventy or eighty strange appearances appeared, all of which were patchwork together with strange appearances.

But all the weirdness is hideous and very ferocious.

After these weirdness were formed, perhaps because he felt the horror of Jiang Changkong, he didn't dare to approach at first.

But when more and more weird people gathered together, they actually united and rushed towards Jiang Changkong.

Jiang Changkong will not feel pity because these strange people died pitifully before death.

Weird is weird, it doesn't belong to human beings, as the black guard of the Demon Suppression Division, of course it must be killed.

With a wave of his hand, the majestic sword intent turned into a big sword and slashed out directly.

Where the big sword passed, these hideous-looking patchwork weirdness were wiped out by the slaughter before they could get close to Jiang Changkong, and turned into nothingness.

[Dao Fruit: +1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1......]

In the sword codex space, a large number of white light spots appeared.

Slash Weird and gain 81 White Dao Fruits...... Although these white Dao Fruits have weak energy.

But this still made Jiang Changkong a little surprised.

This wave is earned!

The weirdness disappeared, and the temperature in the entire cave began to rise, and the light became brighter.

Even the dead air has dissipated a lot.

Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Jiang Changkong stepped forward and touched the corpse...... Suddenly, my eyes lit up.

There is still money!

These people are dead, and there is nowhere to spend the money in the yang world, and he takes it away for their good.

Then it began to flip up......

But he regretted that all the corpses turned out to be only a few dozen taels of silver, and there were a lot of broken silver.

It is impossible for a bandit den of hundreds of people to have only such a small amount of silver.

"If it's not taken by outsiders, it's probably hidden somewhere."

Then they began to search everywhere in this bandit's den.

But the result was a big disappointment for him.

There was no silver, not even anything of value.

Jiang Changkong returned to the cave full of corpses.

He didn't know if the corpses would be weird again, but just in case, he piled up some dry wood and burned them all in a fire.

Then he sealed the cave and left.

What kind of people entered here and killed all these bandits and their families, and what happened to the giant tiger, so far, there is no clue.

Jiang Changkong could only keep it in his heart.

After descending the mountain and finding the horse, he rode back to Nanping Town.

There was no movement from the Guan family, and Jiang Changkong basically didn't go out in the patrol room.

There is no high-level strong body in Nanping Town, only intermediate, although for the current Jiang Changkong, the effect is much worse, but it is better than nothing.

These were all bought by Zhang Hu, and he continued to practice swords in the courtyard.

The days were back to the way they were.

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

With the resources, Zhang Hu finally broke through and stepped into the martial arts three grades he dreamed of.

At the moment of the breakthrough, Zhang Hu was so excited that he almost cried.

He knew that from today onwards, he would have the opportunity to become the Black Warrior Guard of the Demon Suppression Division and officially become a member of the imperial court!

He's waited too long for this day!

Today, there is finally hope that it has become a reality.

"Master Jiang, I Zhang Hu can have today is all given by you! From today on, I, Zhang Hu, will follow you and never betray! ”

In the secret room, Zhang Hu looked serious, his fists were clenched, and his eyes were firm and he made his oath.

Patrol room.

Zhao Long and Wang Dazhuang saw Zhang Hu break through, and the two were very envious.

"Congratulations Brother Zhang!"

"Congratulations Brother Zhang!"

"Haha, thank you."

Zhang Hu hugged his fists and smiled.

"Let's go, let's go to the adults."

The three of them walked towards the courtyard where Jiang Changkong was.

At this time, Jiang Changkong was practicing his sword.

He can now swing his sword 4,000 times a day, and he has opened up the Fourth Divine Treasure and stepped into the late stage of the Fourth Rank of Martial Arts.

The flesh is uplifted.

After his physical ascension was raised, he began to find time to practice the art of drawing swords.

After five days, the sword drawing technique was finally about to break through.

As the last sword was drawn, swung, and withdrawn, the sword drawing technique was finally cultivated by him to the sixth level.

A smile appeared on Jiang Changkong's face.

The sixth-level sword drawing technique has increased a lot compared to the fifth-level in terms of speed and power.

And the sword swing in the realm, according to his sword swinging speed and physical strength in the past few days, it only takes three or four days to break through.

This visible ascension made him happy in his heart.

Knock knock.

There was a knock at the door.

Jiang Changkong's sword intent swept and found that it was Zhang Hu, Zhao Long and Wang Dazhuang.

With a wave of his hand, the invisible sword intent opened the door.

The trio rushed in.

"Breakthrough?"

Jiang Changkong noticed the difference in Zhang Hu's aura at first sight, and his eyes lit up.

"Thanks to the blessing of the adults, the subordinates have finally broken through!"

Zhang Hu said with a smile and clenched his fists.

Although the words were calm, the tone was not calm.

It can be seen that he is excited.

Jiang Changkong nodded, and said with a smile: "Very good, go back and clean up, and follow me to Qinghe County." ”

Zhang Hu was overjoyed in his heart, and hugged his fists and said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

Then he immediately turned and left.

In a moment, the two horses set off from Nanping Town and headed towards Qinghe County.

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Guanjia.

A guard quickly entered the hall.

"Master, Jiang Changkong and Zhang Hu are riding to Qinghe County."

Guan Shuntong squinted his eyes, his gaze cold.

"But there are others?"

"No, just the two of them."

"It seems that Tong Tianwei should have left Nanping Town......"

"Inform the eldest young master of this matter immediately."

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, a flying eagle soared into the sky and disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.

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Qinghe County.

Demon Suppressor.

Zhang Hu changed into a brand-new uniform, with a brand-new waist knife, and his face was full of joy.

From today on, he will be the black warrior guard of the Demon Suppression Division.

At the same time, he is also a subordinate of Tongtian Weijiang Changkong.

Wutang.

Wei Fuguang said to Jiang Changkong: "From today on, you will serve in the county seat, and I will rearrange people over there in Nanping Town." ”

"From now on, East Street is your management territory."

"But what I want to remind you is that this is different from Nanping Town, we are only responsible for suppressing weird demons, public security is only auxiliary, there is a certain amount of management authority, and taxes and most of the security belong to the county government."

Jiang Changkong's heart moved, thought for a while, and said: "What you mean is that we have an intersection with the county government in terms of public security, but we can use the name of weirdness or demons to carry out multi-faceted management. ”

Wei Fuguang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Hahaha, the son can be taught!" ”

"It took me a long time before my subordinates understood. I'm relieved that you can think of me so quickly! ”

"In this way, after you get acquainted with it for a while, the entire East City will be under your control!"

"The whole East City?" Jiang Changkong was a little puzzled.

If there is no tax, there will be less oil and water, and it will be expanded from East Street to the entire East City at once, isn't it thankless?

Wei Fuguang seemed to see his doubts, and said quietly: "There is a gang in Qinghe County, called the Blood Axe Gang, which has a relationship with the people in the county town, and the main hall is located in Dongcheng. ”

Gang, Bloodaxe Gang...... Jiang Chang's hollow heart moved.

"My lord, can you tell me about the specific situation of this Blood Axe Gang?"

"Yes. It's like this......"

After listening to Wei Fuguang's introduction, Jiang Changkong was stunned.

It turned out that the Blood Axe Gang was equivalent to the Guan family in Nanping Town, controlling almost all the industries in Dongcheng, but they paid taxes to the government.

To put it bluntly, the Blood Axe Gang is a conglomerate.

But the Blood Axe Gang is a gang after all, and there are always some dirty things in it, and it is impossible to clean it up. And this is where "management" comes in.

According to Wei Fuguang's introduction, there is not only a Blood Axe Gang in Qinghe County, but also a Black Wolf Gang in Xicheng.

The type is the same as the Blood Axe Gang, which controls most of the industries in Xicheng.

But in fact, many industries have city defense troops and county officials, they are major shareholders, but they are under the management of the Black Wolf Gang on the surface.

"Does the Demon Suppressor have an industry?" Jiang Changkong asked.

"Nope." Wei Fuguang said with a serious expression: "The Demon Suppression Division has a rule that it is absolutely not allowed to involve local industries, and no one is allowed!" ”

Jiang Changkong nodded.

Such a provision is correct.

Only in this way can the impartiality of the Demon Suppression Division be guaranteed.

However, there must be some people who use their power for personal gain, or use their strength for personal gain, and this kind of thing is difficult to eliminate.

According to the regulations, once such things are discovered, they will be punished, and even directly clean up the team of the Demon Division.

But regulations are just regulations, and in the end, people need to operate them.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are disputes and means.

But for Jiang Changkong, none of this makes sense.

It's not that he's not bad at intrigue, it's just that he doesn't bother to do it.

What can be solved with a sword will definitely not be solved with a mouth.

He doesn't like trouble and is used to doing it once and for all.

For example, the matter of the Guan family.

Next, Jiang Changkong lived in the town of Qinghe County.

He has a separate room and courtyard, and Zhang Hu lives next to him.

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City Defense Army.

Chengwei Mansion.

In a mansion near the left, Guan Yulong listened to the report of the guards.

"My lord, according to the news, Jiang Changkong has been certified as a bronze martial guard, and now he has lived in the Town Demon Division, and it seems that he has lived there for a long time."

"Hmph, come under my nose, do you still want to live?"

Guan Yulong's eyes were gloomy and his gaze was cold.

"Keep watching, I want to know his every move!"

"Yes, sir."

The guards clenched their fists and left.

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Jiang Changkong only walked around Dongjie and the entire Dongcheng with Zhang Hu on the first day, and let Zhang Hu go to Dongjie alone on duty the next day.

But he told Zhang Hu that at present, he should put cultivation first, and being on duty was only a incidental matter.

Zhang Hu was very grateful for this, and he was more and more glad that he didn't follow the wrong person, and he was more and more glad that he didn't have a conflict with Jiang Changkong because of Jiang Bieli's pension, and later he has been working hard for Jiang Changkong.

The cultivation resources of the Demon Division of Qinghe County Town are compared to the patrol house of Nanping Town, which is one place a day.

If nothing else, just because the town demon division is a big fish and meat every meal, it is not comparable to the poor patrol house of Nanping Town.

Even if Zhang Hu didn't have the money to buy cultivation resources such as Zhuang Body San, just these meals could make his cultivation improve quickly.

Four days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the courtyard, Jiang Changkong was practicing swords.

As a sword light flashed, the qi and blood in the body finally reached a critical point, and the qi and blood sword elements of the five great gods quickly converged.

Rumble!

In an instant, he broke through a hole hole, and his cultivation broke through!

The Five Qualities of Martial Arts - Tongqiao Realm!

As soon as the mind moved, the qi and blood roared in the body, and the majestic power surged in the body.

At the same time, the sword intent broke through again and reached level six!

The corners of Jiang Changkong's mouth hooked up a satisfied smile.

At this moment, the sword book turned the page again, and two large golden characters were written on it: Sword Steps.

Then, a stream of information came into mind......

"Sword Steps: Ten Levels ......"

Jiang Changkong's eyes suddenly lit up.

For a long time, he has cultivated the realm and cultivated sword skills, but he has no clever body skills.

The body technique used in normal combat is only the simplest footwork among the basic sword techniques.

Now after the breakthrough, the Sword Book has finally released its body technique.

The information was quickly transmitted, and Jiang Changkong finally knew why he had to go to the five grades of martial arts to cultivate the Sword Step.

It turns out that "Sword Steps" has very high requirements for the body and soul, as well as for the flexibility and mastery of the body, and even has extremely high requirements for the qi and blood sword element in the body.

"Sword Step" is not an ordinary footwork, but a body that can be attacked and defended and moved at high speed.

It is necessary to let the qi and blood sword element reach any corner of the body between thoughts.

And these requirements can only be met after he breaks through to the five grades of martial arts and can successfully open up the acupoints.

Cultivating for a breakthrough and obtaining the "Sword Steps" released by the "Sword Codex", Jiang Changkong was happy in his heart.

The five grades of martial arts can apply to become Yinwuwei, but Yinwuwei is very demanding compared to Tongwuwei, not only for strength, but also for other comprehensive assessments.

Most people can only pass the assessment in the middle or late stage of the five martial arts grades.

Therefore, breaking through to become a fifth grade, Jiang Changkong was not prepared to report the matter to Wei Fuguang immediately.

Moreover, Wei Fuguang is in retreat, and he can't report for the time being.

The more important reason is that now that the cultivation is a breakthrough and the goal is achieved, the matter of the Guan family can be solved.

He planned to go to Nanping Town tonight to settle the matter once and for all, including Guan Yulong.

He didn't want anyone to know about this, including Wei Fuguang.

Continue to cultivate.

In the courtyard, Jiang Changkong stepped on the mysterious steps, and his figure kept wandering.

It was a little jerky at first, but it only took a moment for him to become proficient, and the knowledge of "Sword Steps" that had been instilled in his mind seemed to be copied with each step, becoming more and more proficient.

As he continued to become proficient, he began to swing his sword while performing "Sword Steps".

Even after swinging the sword for a while, he began to practice the art of drawing the sword.

I don't know if it's because the basic swordsmanship is complete, and the footwork has formed an instinct.

Or is this kind of joint cultivation more beneficial to the understanding of the body?

The progress of the sword step was even faster than he had imagined, and the whole process was like an epiphany.

Under the cultivation of the whole body, the body method has improved by leaps and bounds.

The courtyard was full of his afterimage and sword shadow.

This state of affairs lasted until the evening.

It wasn't until Zhang Hu came knocking on the door that he stopped.

At this time, the sword step was actually cultivated to the second level by him.

Jiang Changkong had a satisfied look on his face.

In one afternoon, he cultivated the "Sword Step" that he had just come into contact with to the second level, and this improvement speed was very good.

After his cultivation broke through to the fifth rank, his physical body was already very strong, and he could use the Dao Fruit to cultivate martial arts or improve his cultivation, but Jiang Changkong did not immediately improve it.

There must be a big move tonight, and the cause and effect of the Guan family must be completely resolved, especially between Guan Yulong, and there will inevitably be a big battle.

The use of eleven pale green Dao Fruits and eighty-one light white Dao Fruits, the critical moment can be determined according to the situation.

Usually, I still focus on active cultivation.

Glancing at the sky, it was cloudy tonight, and the moon was faint and faint.

He turned his face to look out again.

The corners of Jiang Changkong's mouth outlined a cold arc.

"The weather was nice tonight...... I'm afraid the whole Guan family can't wait, otherwise they wouldn't be so attentive to me during this time. ”

Although he didn't deliberately inquire about the Guan family, he knew that the Guan family had been paying attention to him.

During the days he was cultivating, he often sensed that someone was passing by outside his courtyard, intentionally or unintentionally.

If you pass by normally, it's nothing, but if you pass by from time to time, and look here from time to time, then there is a problem.

The other party didn't know that his sword intent could be perceived one hundred and fifty meters.

At such a distance, not to mention this courtyard and outside the courtyard wall, even next door and in the front yard, as long as he wants to know the situation, it is not a problem.

This person's name is Wan Haiyun, a bronze guard, and he is twenty-eight years old this year.

There are a lot of people in the Demon Division, but many of them have gone on a mission, and they seem very lonely on weekdays.

Therefore, this Wan Haiyun looks at it from time to time, which is very abrupt.

On the surface, it seemed to be passing by, but Jiang Changkong, who had sword intent and was very sensitive to his breath and emotions, was very sure that the other party was actually watching.

He just came to the Demon Division, he didn't offend anyone, Wei Fuguang also took care of him, and his background was even more innocent, so there was no need for the Demon Division's to monitor him.

And the entire Qinghe County that has had a holiday with him is only about Yulong.

Therefore, Jiang Changkong was almost certain that this Wan Haiyun was Guan Yulong's spy.

For this kind of person who eats inside and outside, Jiang Changkong has never been waiting to see him.

If this person continues to participate in the affairs between him and the Guan family in the later stage, he doesn't mind finding an opportunity to destroy the other party.

Even if he checked it with his sword heart, he didn't find that there was black gas on the top of the other party's head.

In other words, the other party is not a villain judged by the system.

But this does not mean that Jiang Changkong will be soft-hearted and repay his grievances with virtue.

After eating the dinner sent by Zhang Hu.

Taking advantage of the night, Jiang Changkong changed into a night suit, avoided the others, and quickly entered the night.