It's obviously a life skill, but you developed it into a magical skill

The surrounding space suddenly appeared densely packed with bright sword lights.

These sword lights were like hair, hovering around Zhou An's body, as if dancing.

But the sword light didn't shoot out, it just surrounded it.

Some threads of light even hovered around, like strands of white hair.

"In a true sense, it can be retracted and released freely, and the lifting is as easy as light."

Zhou An smiled, stretched out his index finger, and flicked the blade lightly.

"clang!"

There was a clear sound, and the silk sword light that had been floating around suddenly shot out.

But just when he was about to reach the wall, he stopped suddenly.

If you look carefully, you can see that there is only a hair's length between the light of these silk threads and the wall.

Zhou An gently waved his sword again.

The next moment, the silk threads and sword lights collided with each other and disappeared.

"My control has reached its limit. I don't know what will happen if I continue to improve."

The better the control, the stronger the power exerted. Coupled with the pure Qi in the body, if he meets the former County Magistrate Chen again, just swinging the long sword will be enough.

What's more, he also has the bonus of fusion casting method and reading hundreds of volumes.

A total of 30% of the power is terrifying.

"Now, the chef Ding's skill can be put on hold for a while."

Zhou An thought.

Now Pao Ding's skill has reached level five, and his other skills have reached level four, but his ability to read hundreds of volumes is still at level three.

Zhou An thought, first upgrade Baijuan Reading to level 4, and then start to improve those level 4 skills to level 5 one by one.

After thinking about it, Zhou An took the long knife back into the pink money bag.

Qi Shuo's voice came from outside the door.

"Brother Zhou, I have spent a lot of effort to collect more than ten books on the readers' experiences. These are all for entry level."

Zhou An opened the door, looked at the book in Qi Shuo's hand, and said thank you.

If you want to continue to improve after reading hundreds of volumes, you need to find new ways.

Now, Zhou An wants to learn from the experiences of other scholars and explore new methods.

I have to say that the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce is really very resourceful.

Those scholars who enter the door are willing to hand over their hearts, which shows the methods of Hengtong Chamber of Commerce.

Although the smell of copper is stinky.

But it smells really good.

Although money is not everything in this world, nothing can be done without money.

Even in the novels I read before, Cultivation talked about a land of wealthy couples, with wealth ranking first.

So this matter was left to the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, and the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce did a good job.

"this……"

The moment the door opened, Qi Shuo was stunned.

During this period, Zhou An has been in retreat and rarely goes out.

Qi Shuo also followed Zhou An's instructions and handled Zhou An's affairs properly.

But after not seeing each other for such a short time, Qi Shuo suddenly felt that Zhou An in front of him seemed to be a different person.

The aura became deeper, like a deep lake that no one could see through.

This is the momentum that has not yet been confiscated after the strength has improved.

Qi Shuo himself is a man in the industry, so he can naturally feel it.

But he was really surprised!

"If he can make such a big progress in such a short period of time, is he still a human being?" Qi Shuo thought in his mind with his mouth wide open.

If Zhang Sixian and others were here, after knowing Qi Shuo's thoughts, they would definitely nod in unison and tell Qi Shuo in the most affirmative words.

——He is not human!

"Brother Qi, why are you so surprised?" Zhou An said with a smile.

Only then did Qi Shuo come back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "I am sighing, sometimes people are really different. I have seen some geniuses break through under extreme anger, but I have never seen it. Brother Zhou, as plain as water, has reached a height that I look up to."

Yes, as plain as water.

Just like water flowing through the earth, everything is so natural and falls into place naturally.

But this kind of plainness creates a strong sense of contrast.

Compared with those geniuses who roar that I want to defy the heavens, Zhou An, who is so mediocre, is the real genius.

Inexplicably, Qi Shuo felt like he was being slapped in the face.

And it’s so satisfying to eat.

"Brother Qi is too flattering." Zhou An said.

He felt normal.

If the improvement is slow even with cheating, then what's the point of cheating?

Zhou An, who was already a second-rate master, did not feel that being a second-rate master was his peak, and he still had to climb up.

"Brother Qi, you can go eat alone today. I have something to do."

Zhou An declined Qi Shuo's invitation to have dinner together, but closed the door and continued to study what he had just learned.

The Casting Competition will be held soon, and the woman named Mi Mo will also show her claws. Only by improving herself can the back be more stable.

After returning home, Zhou An picked up a dozen books that Qi Shuo had found for him and began to read them carefully.

The whole afternoon passed like this. Qi Shuo also brought food. After Zhou An ate, he continued to look at the thoughts of these scholars.

It wasn't until almost evening that he finished reading all the books.

What is mentioned above is roughly how to improve a scholar.

Like other categories, scholars are also divided into mental methods and techniques.

Let’s not talk about mental skills for now, the most important thing is the scholar’s ​​technique.

Techniques are divided into two categories.

One is by looking, and the second is by writing.

To read is to read some books by famous people or some books by colleagues.

As for writing, I obtain corresponding insights through copying.

Reading and writing, both are important.

And they complement each other.

The book that the original Magistrate Chen copied was written by the current Prime Minister.

Zhou An suddenly thought that copying might be a good method.

He thought carefully for a moment, then picked up the paper and pen on the table, took out a book, and copied them.

When he made his first stroke, he could see the improvement of his proficiency before his eyes.

[Read a hundred volumes +1]

Zhou An immediately became excited.

"My method is right. This method can indeed improve proficiency."

With a new way to improve proficiency, Zhou An will naturally not let it go.

He continued to copy without losing any time.

Time passed gradually, and in the blink of an eye, the afternoon passed like this.

Above the willow trees, the moon hung high in the sky, sprinkling white silver ash and illuminating the streets with a silvery light.

Zhou An lit the oil lamp and fought at night.

The proficiency in reading hundreds of volumes is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He gave up other skills for the time being, and wanted to use all his strength to upgrade the white reading scroll to level four, so as to achieve better results.

Although the night is dark, from time to time I think of the sound of the watchman's gong.

Zhou An was in the room, copying carefully.

The pile of papers in front of him has reached half a person's height. Fortunately, Hengtong Chamber of Commerce has the strength, and these things will not cost him a penny.

If a scholar is here, he will sigh.

Zhou An's seriousness is no worse than that of their scholars.

In fact, Zhou An loves copying. Sometimes when he is in a messy mood, taking out a masterpiece by a famous artist and calming down to copy can help soothe the messy mood.

Zhou An's copying speed was not very fast, because he tried it out at the time, and if he speeded up the copying and it was not in place, he would not be proficient.

So he takes every transaction very seriously.

Being serious will easily consume energy. Fortunately, his spirit +2 can make up for this shortfall and achieve a wonderful balance.

As Zhou An's copying deepened, his proficiency increased.

At this moment, Zhou An stopped his brush and looked at the window sill.

There was nothing there.

But just now, when Zhou An was about to change another book, he suddenly felt like something was staring at him.

That feeling was indeed there, and Zhou An did not doubt that it was an illusion, because after +2 Spirit, he had a sharper perception and he could feel it.

And now is an important moment, there is no room for doubt.

"Go and have a look."

Zhou An put down the brush in his hand, walked to the window, and opened it.

Outside the window was a dark street with no pedestrians crossing it.

At this time, every house has closed its door.

After all, the idea of ​​staying open at night is just a thought.

"What I felt just now was correct, but where is that thing?"

Zhou An looked around from the window to the left and right.

But still no abnormalities were found.

That feeling of being watched is disappearing.

It proved that the other party seemed to be aware of it, and the feeling of prying eyes was gone.

After searching for a long time, I still found nothing.

Zhou An did not give up the idea of ​​searching. He climbed out of the window and searched everywhere.

After searching for about a stick of incense, he found a trace on the ground.

There were some white marks on the originally flat ground, as if they had been scratched out by something.

The mark is so thin that if you don't look carefully, you won't be able to find it at all.

Zhou An squatted down and checked it carefully, and found that there were several traces.

Looking from this direction, it looks more like something's claws were left on the ground.

"Claws? And with this number and this sharpness, why do I always think it's a bird?"

Zhou An touched his chin and thought to himself.

When I think about it, I can't help but think of the exchanges I had with Zhengui Si in the past few days.

The commander-in-chief has not been idle either and has been conducting a carpet-like search.

But the results were far from satisfactory.

They were powerful, and it didn't take long for them to discover Mi Mo's traces.

But now, Mi Mo seems to be invisible and cannot be noticed at all.

And some clues that were originally found disappeared.

The Zhengui Si also gave a guess, and he probably colluded with some people from Yunlai Mansion.

After all, if there is no one to cover, it will be difficult for Mi Mo to avoid it alone.

"What if we change the approach? What if she takes some actions to suppress the enemy and the enemy gets the upper hand?" Zhou An thought.

"Claw marks, if we rely on these claw marks for surveillance, the result will be obvious."

Claws, and able to monitor, Zhou An thought of a place.

-Falcon Gate.

If you use a hawk for surveillance, then it all makes sense.

And the claw marks on the ground looked like those left by an eagle.

In addition, not long ago, when I passed by, the owner of the Falcon Gate said that he was not here.

So to put it another way, could it be that Mi Mo was inside at that time?

Thinking of this, Zhou An didn't even put out the oil lamp in the room, and ran directly towards the Falcon Door.

He had a feeling that his guess was correct and he wanted to confirm it no matter what.

If it's really inside, I'm afraid there will be blood tonight.

…

Falcon Gate.

"Idiot! Who let you be so close!"

Mi Mo's face was extremely cold. Looking at Hu Ying who was kneeling on the ground, his tone was extremely cold.

Hu Ying knelt on the ground and said bitterly: "The man named Zhou An has not been out for many days recently. My subordinates were just worried that he would come up with a plan to make an empty city, so they wanted to get closer and have a closer look. I didn't expect him to be so sharp."

Mi Mo stood up, grabbed Yu Hang beside him, and said, "I want to leave here first. There is a way to remedy this. You just need to get over this matter."

After saying this, Mi Mo walked out directly, leaving Hu Ying alone.

Hu Ying himself is the master of the Falcon Sect and is proficient in various investigative techniques. Of course he knows that Zhou An is coming with all his strength.

In fact, Hu Ying is very uncomfortable now.

Maybe Hu Ying could really fool him, but as soon as Mi Mo left, he was completely exposed to Zhou An's gaze.

It’s okay not to do this.

He knows the cruelty of the organization better than anyone else.

Hu Ying stood up with difficulty, looked at the empty room, took a deep breath, and walked towards the door.

At this time, there was a loud noise outside the door.

"What are you doing? Do you know that this is the center of the Falcon Gate? You can't enter or exit casually!"

"Stop, if you take another step forward, don't blame us for being rude!"

"This is Yunlai Mansion. If you dare to break into other people's houses, aren't you afraid of being caught?"

A wealthy family like theirs would have servants on duty even at night.

The servants' shouts came from outside, but soon the shouts stopped.

There were cracks in the door of the room.

In an instant, it turned into debris.

The servants were lying in a mess, falling into coma. A man walked in from outside with a long knife in hand.

Hu Ying could feel the terror of this man.

That cold murderous aura was intertwined in flesh and blood, and could never be that kind of greenhouse flower.

Murderous, very cold.

But even though Hu Ying's scalp was numb, he still took two steps forward.

"Who is your Excellency? Why..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou An had already taken action.

Hu Ying couldn't even see how Zhou An took action.

He saw Zhou An still standing in front of him, and the houses behind him had been wiped out by shards of sword light.

From beginning to end, Zhou An didn't even touch the long knife in his hand.

"Quick! What a fast knife!"

Hu Ying has also seen the world, so he naturally understands that it is not that there is no movement, but that after reaching the extreme speed, it gives people the feeling of no movement.

"you……"

He still wanted to speak, but then, Zhou An's words reached his ears, making him tremble all over.

"Two choices, tell yourself, or I'll take you to the dungeon of Suppressing Spies, or I'll ask."

Zhou An's tone was calm and unquestionable.

Hu Ying suddenly felt that the rhetoric he had just prepared was of no use at all.

There was a look of color in his eyes, and he suddenly put his hand in his mouth and whistled.

In the sky, a dark curtain emerged.

As the black curtain that covered the sky appeared, Zhou An raised his head and looked at the sky.

Then he saw an eagle with a wingspan of more than four meters falling from the sky, its claws with a cold light, clawing at his chest.

"kill him!"

Hu Ying showed a ruthless look, and his state had changed from groveling before Mi Mo to being vicious and vicious.

He figured it out.

It is absolutely impossible for him to explain Zhou An's state.

Because the other party didn't give him a chance to explain at all, how could he explain it?

The dungeon of Zhensi Si, how miserable it is inside, makes one feel chilling just thinking about it.

After all, no one in the entire Chu Kingdom could survive in a dungeon.

Even if you can bear it, will you really have to suffer torture for the rest of your life?

Kill Zhou An, then run away, and then tell the organization that it was Mi Mo who asked him to do this without permission.

The reason why he was able to be a thorn in Yunlai Mansion was because there was something like a falcon that could detect intelligence.

If he leaves because of this matter, the organization will definitely punish Mi Mo severely.

With the falcon around, he could completely avoid sight and escape Yunlai Mansion alone.

As for the people at Falcon Gate...it doesn't matter!

As long as he lives, there will be a second and third Falcon Gate coming out.

Moreover, his son is also in the organization, so he no longer has any worries.

The huge eagle was like a bolt of lightning, striking at lightning speed.

Zhou An raised his head, looked at the eagle in the sky, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

The Qi in the body is flowing rapidly.

At the same time, the special effect of reading hundreds of volumes appeared.

In his eyes, there was an inexplicable luster.

There was an obvious flaw in the belly of the huge eagle.

"It's just a bluff. Big doesn't mean strong." Zhou An said calmly.

He was still standing where he was, but the white sword light suddenly appeared and turned into a thread, binding the huge eagle layer by layer.

One of the silk threads penetrated the eagle's belly.

The eagle let out a mournful cry.

After being tied up, the eagle lost its strength and fell directly into the yard, struggling wildly.

But all to no avail.

Zhou An just moved in his heart, and tightened the light of his freely retractable sword, cutting the huge eagle in front of him into pieces.

Everything happened in an instant, and Zhou An had already killed the eagle.

Hu Ying in front was still immersed in his own fantasy, and everything in front of him slapped him hard.

"I'm so afraid of going to the dungeon. It seems like I'm already convinced."

Zhou An was still holding the long knife, and his murderous aura became even stronger.

Hu Ying's face was full of disbelief, and even his voice trembled: "What level are you at? How is it possible! A master like you suddenly appears!"

You must be seriously ill!

How could such a strong person come out of a small Anding County?

His words were not answered, because the silk-like sword light reappeared, weaving a cage from top to bottom, binding him layer by layer.

Hu Ying could feel that this cage was woven by the light of swords, and if it was touched even slightly, it would end in pieces.

"You want to trap me and take me to the Guilty Dungeon?"

Hu Ying knew very well what Zhou An was doing.

But the thought of the dungeon made him tremble.

"I originally wanted to kill you, but you have a lot of information that can keep you alive." Zhou An said without hesitation.

Hu Ying looked at the light of swords around him, with panic on his face.

"Can you please let me go? I am also a very miserable person. My child is being taken advantage of and I have no choice."

Despite his desperate look just now, when it comes to this kind of situation, the first person to be afraid of is people like him.

Zhou An chuckled: "Just because of this, you come to harm me, how about I give you another hard-earned award?"

Hu Ying listened to Zhou An's teasing and knew that he was desperate.

The fight between the two just now naturally attracted attention.

Soon, one after another Falcon Gate doormen appeared in the courtyard.

These disciples all carried eagles and surrounded Zhou An, all looking cautious.

When Hu Ying saw this scene, he immediately shouted: "Quick! This man! He broke into the Falcon Gate without permission, capture him!"

The disciples looked at each other, and the circle surrounding Zhou An was shrinking.

Zhou An looked around and said calmly: "Do you also want to follow him and be sent to the dungeon of Zhensi by me?"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was silent.

The disciples looked at each other and understood what he meant.

This means that their sect leader seems to have violated the law and is now about to be taken to the jail of Suppressing Suisi.

If this is the case, if minor characters like them take action, they will probably be punished by sitting together.

It was at this time that they hesitated.

Being able to easily trap their sect leader inside, even if they go together, they are no match.

What's more, there are legitimate reasons for them to put down their weapons.

"It's over."

Seeing this scene, Hu Ying knew that his escape method had been completely blocked.

He lost all his strength and sat down on the ground with a look of dejection on his face.

At this scene, he had given up struggling.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps at the door of Falcon Gate.

The bearded Zheng Sifu led the way.

A large number of members of the Guild Squadron came in and surrounded the courtyard.

As soon as he entered, Sifu Zheng saw the cage woven by the light of swords.

He is a master and has a wide range of knowledge. Naturally, he can see the wonder at a glance and can't help but speak out.

"Have you reached the final level?"

"You can actually reach the ultimate level of being able to move freely and lift a weight with ease at your age?"

"Incredible, really incredible!"

Zheng Sifu even forgot what he came for and walked around the cage made of swords and lights, praising it loudly as he walked.

"No wonder, no wonder."

"No wonder that guy Zhang Zuiniu is also impressed by you."

He finally knew why Zhang Si County was so interested in Zhou An, and when he talked about Zhou An, he was full of praise.

He is young enough to reach this level of strength.

Even the exaggerated praise from Zhang Si County would not be too little.

Not only him, but also the members of the Suppression Squadron who came had a look of horror on their faces.

Some of these people had conflicts with Zhou An in the first place.

The way they looked at Zhou An now was a bit awe-inspiring.

That's how it is these days.

When you are strong, you are surrounded by good people.

"Fortunately, I didn't offend him in the first place."

Several members of the Suppression Division thought this way and felt relieved.

"This man named Zhou An is both powerful and related to Mr. Si Fu. Such a person will still be fawning in the future."

Of course Zhou An didn't know what these people were thinking. He just wanted to return to the topic as soon as possible, so he pointed at the trapped Hu Ying and told what happened.

As for why Zheng Sifu and the others came so quickly, the reason is actually very simple.

Yunlai Mansion was full of spies who were spying on Zhensi Si. When Zhou An hurriedly ran down the street with a knife in his hand, the secret agents of Zhensi Si had already been spotted.

So the news was notified to Zheng Sifu.

Zheng Si Mansion learned about Zhou An's temper through Zhang Si County.

He was afraid that Zhou An would do something, so he hurried over.

Unexpectedly, the scene in front of him was really eye-opening for him.

"This is the general story of what happened. Interrogation is what you are best at, including Mr. Lao Zheng."

After hearing Zhou An tell the details of the incident, Zheng Sifu waved his hand and his men took Hu Ying away.

Zhou An also removed the sword light, and members of Zhenguisi took away Hu Ying.

"Let me just say that that guy can escape our pursuit every time because he has Falcon Gate as his helper." Sifu Zheng looked at the empty Falcon Gate.

"If she can throw away the Falcon Gate this time, she must have a back-up plan. It's hard to find one. We can only wait for the Casting Competition."

Just now, after the members of the Town Spies took Hu Ying away, some of them searched the entire Falcon Gate, but found nothing.

In fact, this was not beyond Zhou An's expectation. The other party was able to throw Hu Ying out, and he must have escaped.

"Zhou An, do you want to go to Zhensi dungeon and learn something?" Zheng Sifu asked.

In the rumored dungeon of Suppressing Spies, as long as a person goes in, he will confess when he comes out.

In fact, Zhou An is also very interested. These are also necessary skills for traveling in the world. Now that Zheng Sifu invites him, of course he wants to learn them.

He did not refuse and went to suppress Guisi with Zheng Sifu.

It was still very dark at this time, with dark clouds in the sky.

When Zhou An walked out of Zhenguisi, the sky was already dark.

The whole night, he was in the dungeon of Zhensi.

And this night, he also saw the interrogation methods used by Zhensui Si.

It can be described in four words, it is eye-opening.

The scene in the dungeon cannot be summed up in one word.

If many of the scenes in it were to be written down in words, Zhou An would probably be blocked immediately.

Hu Ying was very tough at the beginning, like a man about to go to the execution ground.

But as time went by, the so-called toughness was dispersed like a dark cloud.

If the other end is knocked, it will make a sound.

The results obtained were actually not satisfactory.

This Hu Ying comes from an organization called Zongxing.

The essence of verticality is to do whatever you want, do whatever you want, and never do good things.

What's even more outrageous is that this organization has only been established not long ago.

This is the first time Zhenguisi has heard of the existence of this organization.

Of course, although it has not been established for a long time, it has already planted a nail in Yunlai Mansion, which is a bit worth pondering.

As for the rest, Hu Ying didn't know anything about it.

He originally became a member of the organization because of his son's problems. In addition, this organization is very strict with its subordinates, so it is impossible to ask any questions.

Mi Mo took away the most precious eagle of Falcon Gate. As Zheng Sifu said, it will be difficult to find again.

Now we can only wait until the Dao Casting Competition, and then wait and see.

"Zhou An, remember, if something happens, don't be impulsive."

Before leaving, Sifu Zheng gave a reminder.

Zhou An waved his hand and returned to Qi Shuo's residence.

On the way back, I also had some food at a roadside stall.

By this time, Qi Shuo had already gotten up.

He didn't ask Zhou An what he was doing. After all, you couldn't ask about these things casually.

"Brother Zhou, the Dao Casting Competition will be held in a few days. I am here to wish Brother Zhou a successful start."

Qi Shuo said something.

Zhou An nodded.

There are still five days left before the Casting Competition. There are still a lot of things that can be done in these five days. Maybe you can improve your reading of hundreds of volumes to another level.

"Brother Qi, please prepare some extra pens, ink, paper and inkstones for me recently. I will use them. I don't plan to go out recently." Zhou And said.

Qi Shuo agreed.

Pens, inks, paper and inkstones are indeed very expensive for ordinary people, but for the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, they are just drizzle.

As long as Zhou An wants something that Hengtong Chamber of Commerce can afford, they will buy it.

Next, Zhou An followed his daily routine and started to get mad.

…

For five days, Zhou An copied crazily every day, except for meals and necessary rest.

If an outsider walks into Zhou An's room, he will find that Zhou An's room is filled with papers, and this paper is all filled with copied books.

After copying the books, Zhou An asked Qi Shuo to go to the bookstore to buy them and continue copying them.

The continuous madness made Zhou An feel extremely boring, but in this boringness, the sense of gain also came back in time.

Proficiency is rising crazily.

Zhou An's fingers were stained with a lot of black ink, but he still copied without hesitation.

When morning came and after writing the last stroke, Zhou An let go of the brush in his hand and threw it to the ground aside.

"call……"

He let out a sigh of relief and rubbed his forehead without bothering with the ink on his hands.

The smoke in front of me changed for a while, and finally turned into a line of text.

[Read Hundred Volumes lv.4 (Spirit +2, Understanding +2): 1/60000]

A large amount of information poured into Zhou An's mind as the smoke dissipated, and the Qi in Zhou An's body shrank by one point and became more solid.

At the same time, he felt that although there was no change in spirit, there was a difference in understanding.

Twenty percent!

Nowadays, as long as you can see through the opponent's flaws, you can get a 20% improvement.

Coupled with the 20% of the fusion casting method, he can now increase his power by 40%.

A full 40% is terrifying.

"Perhaps I can compete with the best among the second-rate masters." Zhou An thought to himself.

This is just his guess, after all, there is no target for him to try.

It's impossible to go to Zhenguisi and have a fight with Zheng Sifu, right?

Zhou An moved his body and then saw the ink on his hand.

When he left the room, he didn't see Qi Shuo. He probably went to buy breakfast.

Taking advantage of this moment, Zhou An boiled water, took a bath, changed his clothes, and then walked out of the house.

As soon as he arrived at the lobby, he saw Qi Shuo rushing over with breakfast.

"Brother Zhou, you finally came out. Let's set off after dinner." Qi Shuo put breakfast on the table.

Today is the first day of the Casting Competition.