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

Yang Jianxin left, and the place became quiet again.

At this time, there were no other chores to disturb Zhou An, and Zhou An began to work hard on his proficiency.

There was nothing else going on during this period, so Zhou An kept worrying about this routine.

Apart from eating, he didn't even read the information, and just kept taking high-intensity showers every day.

Of course, that barrel suffered a lot, but fortunately he couldn't speak.

Many days passed like this.

…

Zhou An sat on the chair, poured himself a cup of tea, looked at the smoke in front of him, and let out a sigh of relief.

After the smoke appeared, it gradually condensed and finally turned into a line of text, which appeared in front of Zhou An's eyes.

【Please select direction】

[Holy Spirit: Purify +1, Dispel +1]

[Evil Spirit: Terror +1, Evil +1]

There were still two choices. Zhou An chose the Holy Spirit skill without any hesitation.

When he finished choosing, the proficiency in front of him disappeared.

The smoke turned into a large amount of information and entered Zhou An's mind.

Zhou An closed his eyes and absorbed all the content before opening his eyes.

The attribute of purification has reached the level of +2, and the impact of the curse will gradually deepen.

The other attribute is called dispersion.

The so-called dispersal is actually very simple.

In the past, his purification could only be used on himself.

Now you can influence others through dispersal.

Especially for those who use negative status as a means of attack, he can defeat the opponent.

As long as you are within his range and are hit by his dispersion, corresponding effects will occur.

And, most importantly.

This dispel not only dispels negative effects, but also dispels positive effects.

In other words, someone comes to him with a lot of positive effects, and he only needs one to dispel...

Thinking of this, Zhou An stood up.

He first placed the Qingxincao on the table, and then used Dispel on his shadow.

A layer of white light appeared from Zhou An's fingers, and then fell on his own shadow.

The next moment, the shadow twisted, and the woman in black appeared.

He was still wearing black clothes that were well-knit but had uneven features that made one want to commit a crime.

Even if it's tightly wrapped, it can't block that body that makes people's blood boil.

After the woman in black appeared, she stretched out her white hand again and wanted to press it on Zhou An's chest.

But before this action was completed, the body of the woman in black began to twist gradually, as if it was difficult to adapt to Zhou An's white light, and a painful expression appeared on her face.

But that was all, the pain of the woman in black faded away in the shadows.

Zhou An could feel that it was not completely eliminated.

In fact, this is normal, because his level is only level three.

After Zhou An mastered this skill, he was able to use it flexibly.

If he waits until his strength is high and the level of this skill is high, after he is purified, it is likely that the woman in black will disappear completely.

"It's effective, but not much. Let's wait until the skill level is higher." Zhou An thought in his heart.

Then, he split the woman in black into two halves with a knife, showing no sign of pity.

The woman in black blended into the shadows again, revealing her pale face again.

This time Zhou An did not try again, but put the Qingxincao back into the pink purse.

The Qingxincao shook for a while, and the figure of the woman in black completely disappeared into the shadows.

Level three skills are not enough to solve it, but now there is a new way and there is hope.

Zhou An felt the changes in the shadows and felt that he had to hurry up.

but……

You cannot rely on this skill alone. Even if you want to defeat the woman in black, you cannot spend time on just one skill.

Zhou An thought about it, now there is a large amount of secret information, and there is also a ready-made casting room and a large amount of iron materials.

He felt that he had to allocate his time.

After thinking about it, Zhou An decided to do the liver fusion casting method in the morning, read these materials in the afternoon, and practice the Holy Spirit in the evening.

As for how to use the Holy Spirit skill, Zhou An actually has a method for it.

He turned to look at the barrel, then jumped in and used Dispel on himself.

After the dispersion was used, a layer of white light appeared on the barrel, and a line of smoke appeared in front of his eyes.

After the smoke emerged, a line of text condensed.

[Holy Spirit +1]

Since it was related to dispersal, he could just focus on it.

"Changing the method really improved my proficiency." Zhou An rubbed his hands.

It was morning now, so he decided to proceed with his previous idea, so he walked towards the nearby casting room, intending to try out the fusion casting method.

The casting room is very large, and there are a lot of iron materials placed in it.

The people at the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce are very sensible and have prepared everything here. There is also a large pool next to it, where you can also practice waterbending.

But Zhou An now plans to master the fusion casting method first.

Zhou An skillfully put the iron material into the stove, waited until the iron material was red, then took it out and started beating it.

His proficiency is constantly increasing, and Zhou An is getting more and more excited.

The whole morning passed like this.

At noon, he went out to have dinner again. When he came back, he picked up the box, opened it, took out a book at random, and started to read it carefully.

"Sure enough, my basic knowledge was too weak before." Zhou An looked through the books and sat in the yard.

There is also a wicker chair placed in the yard.

This wicker chair is extremely comfortable to lie on, especially in this sunny weather. Zhou An feels quite comfortable lying on the wicker chair and reading a book.

There is a lot of important knowledge in the book that even some people who have entered the industry may not know.

The more Zhou An looked down, the more he felt that this transaction was worthwhile.

Immediately afterwards, he became obsessed with the contents of the book.

The afternoon wore on.

When it was almost evening, Zhou An put the book aside and went out for dinner again. Then he returned home and entered the barrel to start practicing the Holy Spirit skills.

This liver disease passed in just one night.

Fortunately, Zhou An is now a first-class master, and sleep has long been dispensable for him.

He would only take a nap unless he really wanted to try to be a normal person.

Now that I have a new goal, I naturally stop sleeping.

The real horror of a Liver Emperor is that once you have a goal, you must achieve it.

When morning came, the wooden barrel in front of Zhou An was already in shape.

Due to the continuous use of the Holy Spirit, the barrel actually reflected a luster, just like jade.

Zhou An felt that this thing could be sold for money, and it was also worth a lot of money.

This night, the proficiency level also increased a bit. After reaching the third level, although it was a little slow, Zhou An had plenty of time.

Time seems very tight for him, but once he is free, it is extremely abundant.

"Have a meal and come back to the liver fusion casting method."

After Zhou An finished washing, he stretched, opened the door again, and walked out.

Fenglin Prefecture is naturally much larger than Tingyun Mansion, and even those stalls are doing booming business.

Zhou An is not usually a person who pays attention to food and clothing, but at least the food he eats must be to his taste.

When he was in Tingyun Mansion, he liked to eat noodles at that noodle stall.

The current eating habits of Fenglin Prefecture are very different from those of Tingyun Prefecture.

Breakfast here is no longer about noodles, but rather steamed buns, fried dough sticks and porridge.

Of course, Zhou An doesn't have a fixed eating habit.

He was a happy-go-lucky person, so he found a bun shop and ate whatever happened.

Not long after, a basket of hot steamed buns was served, as well as a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge.

Zhou An was eating and enjoying the moisture of the food.

In fact, Zhou An feels that breakfast is very important to a person.

A pleasant breakfast can make the day full of energy.

When he used to go to work, no matter how busy he was, he would eat breakfast slowly.

He can also wake up early to have a breakfast.

Now that he has arrived in the Great Chu Kingdom, Zhou An's habit has become even more profound.

Next to it, several people were eating and chatting about their daily life.

Not only is the noisy sound not annoying, but it is filled with some urban atmosphere that makes people feel lingering.

When I was young, I liked to eat at the breakfast stall and listen to the neighbors chatting about their homely affairs.

The scene now is very similar to before.

Breakfast shop, a bowl of gruel and a cage of steamed buns.

With the sound of chatter around him, Zhou An felt very comfortable eating the meal.

After paying the bill, he was ready to go home and continue the liver fusion casting method.

This skill will undergo qualitative changes after reaching level six, and Zhou An is looking forward to it very much.

But just as he stood up, there was a sound of gongs and drums coming from the corner of the street.

This sound sounds extremely harsh during the day, and at the same time, the king of musical instruments, the suona, runs through it.

Zhou An was curious and looked over.

As a result, I saw a group of people carrying a coffin, walking towards this side.

Everyone was wearing linen clothes and had white cloth on their heads.

The sound of suona came from this funeral procession.

Many people were curious at first, but after taking a look, they muttered a word of bad luck and turned around and stopped looking.

Everyone was happy early in the morning, but now they encountered a funeral procession, which was indeed unlucky for the people.

Zhou An had no such taboos and looked at it with some interest.

Because he found that this funeral procession was not ordinary people.

This person exudes a faint aura, and is made up of people in the industry.

"It's so early in the morning, it's okay to encounter a funeral procession, but it's all composed of people from the industry, which is a bit fun."

Thinking of this, Zhou An asked casually as the owner of a steamed bun shop happened to be passing by.

The owner of the bun shop looked at the funeral procession that was gradually walking away, and then whispered: "It's from the Fuguang Escort Bureau. I heard that the recent escort trip cost them more than ten people, and the old escort boss seemed to be directly involved because of this incident." I’m so angry, today is the day the old escort master goes out for burial.”

The owner of the bun stall only said a few words, as if he didn't dare to say more, and left directly.

Zhou An touched his chin and felt strange when he heard the words Fuguang Escort Agency.

But then I thought about the strange group I met on the official road that day.

That team of strange people were bodyguards in life, and they were all shady escorts. They died on the road of life and death. In the end, they turned into strange people and were killed by Zhou An with one knife.

Zhou An now also understands the so-called path of life and death.

After all, I read a lot of information yesterday, and it mentioned the path of life and death.

This involves the special abilities of the escort profession.

This industry uses a special technique to carve out a unique path when darting.

This road is called the road of life and death.

As for this road, it is difficult for ordinary people in the industry to enter, but it is weird but easy to enter.

Therefore, if a person who is an undercover escort takes the road of life and death, it means that the escort he uses is very important, and he must not let people in the industry know about it, even if he encounters something strange.

As for the danger involved, only they themselves know.

Zhou An estimated that something was wrong with this situation.

Anyone who runs an escort agency will encounter the situation of dead people, and it will not make the old escort owner angry to death.

Of course, although he felt something was wrong, he didn't think much about it and turned around to leave.

He still has to go back and read the information, so there is no time to do these things here.

The way back was smooth.

When Zhou An returned home, he continued to read the information given by the emperor.

This looks like an afternoon.

In the evening, Zhou An went out as usual and ate two stir-fried dishes. After returning home, he planned to continue Gan Yanling.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped what he was doing, and then turned his attention to the door.

With Zhou An's current strength as a first-class master, he could already sense a group of people standing at the gate, and their footsteps were very hurried.

"what's the situation?"

As soon as he had this idea in his mind, there was a knock on the door.

Zhou An was confused, came to the door, opened the door, and saw several police officers standing at the door.

The policeman held a lantern in his hand. Due to the night, the light of the lantern was erratic.

When Zhou An opened the door, the leading detective clasped his fists and said, "Is this Mr. Zhou who is the supervisor?"

Zhou An nodded and said that he was.

He looked the agent up and down and asked, "What's the matter?"

The leading detective was probably in his forties. He had a knife at his waist and seemed to be a good hand with a knife.

After getting Zhou An's reply, the detective quickly said: "Mr. Zhou, something happened, and we may need your cooperation to go to the Yamen with us."

"Your Majesty the State Ling is already waiting there."

Zhou An frowned and said, "What on earth is going on?"

He and the state magistrate cannot be beaten with eight poles.

He is in charge of the craftsmen and supervisors, and the state magistrate is in charge of Maplewood State. If nothing happens, they really can't even interact with each other.

Zhou An didn't plan to go there, let alone get to know the state order. He just wanted to gain proficiency now.

But trouble seems to have come to the door.

The policeman showed a bitter smile: "Mr. Zhou, please don't embarrass us. We really don't know what happened. We only know that in the middle of the night, a man ran to our Yamen to report the crime, and then Master Zhou Ling called us over. .”

Hearing this, Zhou An also understood that the detective might really not know what was going on.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Wait for me outside."

The policeman didn't dare to say anything, so he quickly nodded in agreement.

Zhou An then returned to the room, put the materials away, and opened the door: "Let's go."

Under the leadership of the police, Zhou An soon came to the Yamen.

Since it is the yamen of Fenglin Prefecture, it is naturally much larger than Tingyun Mansion, and there are even more arrests inside.

At this moment, it was not dark inside the Yamen, there were lanterns all around.

Even inside the lobby, there were a lot of firelights.

Many detectives gathered inside, standing in two rows, all with serious faces.

And in the middle, sat a middle-aged man wearing state uniform.

The middle-aged man is handsome and looks majestic.

There is a long beard on the chin of the middle-aged man, adding a bit of scholarly temperament to his majesty.

At this moment, the middle-aged man was stroking his long beard and waiting patiently.

And below, stood a man from the world in linen clothes.

When Zhou An arrived, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone present turned their attention.

Although Zhou An was confused, he still walked up and said with cupped hands: "I, Zhou An, have met your Excellency. What do you call me?"

Since it is an officialdom, Zhou An's name for himself has naturally changed.

The middle-aged man put down his long-bearded hand and said with a smile, "My surname is Lu."

"Master Lu called me here late at night. Something must have happened." Zhou An asked.

Lu Zhouling nodded, then pointed to the Jianghu people standing below the lobby and said, "Does Mr. Zhou recognize this person?"

Zhou An glanced at it, then shook his head and said, "I don't recognize it."

The Jianghu man in front of him looked ordinary, and Zhou An had no impression of him.

Unexpectedly, after these words were spoken, this Jianghu man suddenly became excited and complained to Lu Zhouling.

"Sir, that's him! We who are escorts will all bring Yin Zhu. Once there is any problem with the escort, the breath of Yin Zhu will be contaminated by the corresponding person."

"After the old escort master died today, we conducted a thorough investigation and found that he had the aura left by Yin Zhu."

The people in the world pointed at Zhou An and said through gritted teeth.

Black candlestick?

Zhou An naturally knew about Yin Zhu, after all, he had read a lot of relevant information before.

The so-called black candle is a special method used by escorts.

After they make it, they hide it on their body.

Once any danger occurs, it can not only serve as a signal for rescue, but also allow the breath of the black candle to spread to others.

And this will also allow the escort agency to find out what the cause is when they investigate later.

Zhou An touched his chin and remembered the situation he encountered on the official road.

He killed those weird people, and he might have been indirectly infected with Yin Zhu's aura.

But why did they come to him inexplicably? He just killed a bunch of weirdos.

"Then what?" Zhou An asked.

At this time, the Jianghu people finally came to their senses and said: "Yin Zhu's aura is on you, you must have snatched the escort!"

Dart?

When Zhou An heard this, he roughly understood it.

He thought it was something, but it turned out that these people thought that the escort fell into his hands in the end.

Zhou An thought in his heart, then shook his head and said: "I did meet your team of escorts, but when I met them, they had turned into something strange, and I killed them with one knife. As for the escorts, I didn't see them either. Even if you see it, it will probably be destroyed by a knife."

After the words fell, the escort became very excited: "You are talking nonsense, you are definitely seeking wealth and murder!"

"I really didn't see it." Zhou An frowned.

At this time, Lu Zhouling, who had been sitting on it, said: "Master Zhou, it's like this. The escort object seems to be very important to their escort agency, and they said there is a special method to sense that the escort object is still there, so they found the Yamen. Let me make the decision for them.”

In fact, Zhou An felt that the whole thing was quite normal.

If there is a problem, just solve it.

Since it is something that the Yamen should handle and you are involved in it, then you should cooperate in solving it.

But now that everything has been made clear, if the other party is still messing around, that won't be a problem.

Thinking of this, Zhou An said: "This trip was driven by the driver of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce and came with me. He knew that I met the group of escorts along the way, and I killed them all. There was no one." See your escorts."

I have a witness on my side, so there is no need to be verbose.

Who knew that after Zhou An said these words, the escort became even more excited.

"They must be colluding, and he must have taken the escort!"

Zhou An frowned even more when he heard this.

He always felt that this escort was too excited.

Lu Zhouling quickly waved his hand: "Mr. Zhou, please cooperate with us in investigating this matter. After all, this matter involves many lives, so it is difficult for me to do it."

Both sides are from different agencies, but these matters fall within the yamen. At present, it is indeed the Luzhou Order's responsibility, so the Luzhou Order also handles matters in accordance with the law.

Zhou An relaxed his frown, then looked at the escort next to him, and suddenly said: "Who told you what to do?"

The escort was slightly startled.

Zhou An continued: "You are too excited, and you concluded that I took it just based on the information left by the escort. This is a bit unreasonable. What's more, I have a witness, and you have no evidence, so you just rely on one A black candle?"

Having said this, Zhou An turned to look at Lu Luzhou Ling: "Sir, if there is evidence, I can cooperate, but now he doesn't even have evidence, how do you ask me to cooperate?"

"I am also an official of the imperial court. I still have my own things to do. If I stay here for a few days, no one will solve my affairs there. Wouldn't it cause trouble to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Things like Yin Zhu, to put it clearly, are actually the words of the escort agency.

He had read the information before. Once he found the target through Yin Candle, the aura of Yin Candle would naturally disappear.

To put it more clearly, even if you don’t have it on your body and the other party says that you have it and your aura disappears, the other party can make another excuse and say that it disappeared after being found through a black candle.

What kind of evidence is this?

What's more, he felt that the escort in front of him was very suspicious.

The bodyguard reacted at this time and became even more excited: "Mr. Lu, he is slanderous. You can't just because he is the supervisor of the craftsman..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Anle was relieved.

"I don't know who's behind you, but it's really fun to send a fool like you here."

By now, Zhou An has determined that there is someone behind this escort, and they are targeting him.

Because what the escort just said mentioned the word "craftsman as supervisor".

After I came here, I kept a very low profile. Even people in the industry probably didn't know that there was a new master as the craftsman supervisor.

But this escort mentioned it in one sentence. It was obvious that he had been investigated.

After the words fell, Lu Zhouling also heard the meaning and shouted: "Tie this person up!"

Immediately, two detectives came forward and captured the escort.

The escort was pushed to the ground, still struggling wildly.

"Let me go, let me go! You officers, officers protect each other! We have lost more than a dozen members of our escort bureau, even the old escort master has left, and yet you still protect each other like this!"

The escort became extremely agitated and kept struggling.

Zhou An frowned, and then came to the escort: "For this reason, you still don't know what you have exposed."

In his opinion, there must be something behind this guy, otherwise it would be impossible to target him so accurately.

But after saying this, the escort was still in the same situation as before and scolded him even harder.

This scene made Zhou An confused.

In fact, the truth has been told to this extent, and you should have understood it, but the appearance of this escort does not seem to be just pretending.

Lu Zhouling also stood up at this time, came to Zhou An's side, looked at the escort in front of him, and suddenly said: "Master Zhou, why do I feel that what he said is true?"

"You feel it too?" Zhou An raised his head and asked.

"Either he acted well, or he was telling the truth, but I'm leaning towards the first possibility."

"Master Lu, this matter is no longer under the yamen's control."

The fact is that this is correct. In fact, up to now, it has been regarded as a dispute between two people in the industry. This matter should be the turn of the Suppressing Secretary.

There was something unusual about this escort. Not only did he discover it, but Lu Zhouling also discovered it.

When Lu Zhouling heard what Zhou An said, he thought for a moment and then nodded.

According to the rules, if the escort came to him to report a crime just now, he would take it easily, but what is involved now is not within his jurisdiction.

Not only because both of them are in the industry, but also because Zhou An's current status is different, it is better to be managed by the Zhensi.

But before Lu Zhouling could say these words, there was a burst of footsteps outside the door.

Zhou An turned around and saw that Hou Sizhou had arrived leading several members of the Zhenguisi.

"Master Zhou, Master Lu, hello, sir." Hou Sizhou cupped his hands towards the two of them.

Zhou An said: "Master Hou suddenly came to this government office. There must be something going on. Could it be that this escort is here too?"

Although Lu Zhouling didn't say anything, his meaning was the same as Zhou An's.

How could things happen by such a coincidence?

As soon as something was wrong here, Sizhou arrived.

If there is nothing wrong with this, even a fool would not believe it.

When Hou Sizhou heard what Zhou An said, he nodded and said, "There is indeed something going on. The person in front of me is probably involved in a secret matter, so I came to take him away in person."

Zhou An asked: "What big thing is involved?"

Hou Sizhou fell into deep thought, as if there was something he couldn't say.

Zhou An is very open-minded about these things, so if he can't talk about it, forget it.

After all, who doesn’t have a secret these days?

This is not in Tingyun Mansion, this is a new place. It is normal for the other party to keep something secret from you.

But there is one thing that Zhou An must figure out, and he must let Hou Sizhou figure it out.

Zhou An pointed at the escort in front of him and said: "Master Hou, there is something I hope you understand. Now the fire is burning on me. You have a secret this time. I don't need to care about it, and I won't ask you." , but if there is a second fire burning on me, I hope Mr. Hou will not hide anything. If he hides it, I may handle it in my own way."

Sizhou is different from Sifu. Sizhou is stronger than Sifu and controls more areas.

Hou Sizhou retaliated with his fist: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, this matter has nothing to do with you at the moment. Maybe it's because you met him on the official road, and it happened to happen, so this fire is burning on you. I promise that if there is a next time, I will tell Mr. Zhou all the things I investigated."

Zhou An nodded and said no more.

Soon, the group of people who suppressed the traitor took the escort away.

After the escort took him away, the place returned to deserted.

From the time when the bodyguard was taken away to when the deserted situation returned to normal, Lu Zhouling did not say a word during the entire process.

It was only after Hou Sizhou left that Lu Zhouling touched the beard on his chin with his hand and said with a smile, "Is Mr. Zhou free?"

Zhou An turned around and asked, "Is there something wrong, Mr. Lu?"

"Of course there is something. Master Zhou doesn't want to know what Hou Sizhou is doing?" Lu Zhouling said with a smile.

Zhou An narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

Sure enough, this is the way the world is.

The bigger the place, the more complicated things are. Look at this, there should be some problems between Lu Zhouling and Hou Sizhou.

I didn’t say it just now, but now I’ll say it after Hou Sizhou left. To say there’s no problem here is false.

Thinking of this, Zhou An nodded: "You want to say it here?"

"Of course not." Lu Zhouling shook his head and pointed to the courtyard behind him: "Let's go to the inner courtyard and talk."

With that said, Lu Zhouling led the way.

Zhou An touched his chin and followed behind him to the inner courtyard.

The two of them walked like this, and soon they came to a rockery.

Next to the rockery, there is a stone table.

"Master Zhou, please take a seat." Lu Zhouling waved his hand and then sat down.

Zhou An had just sat on it, and before his butt was warm, Lu Zhouling spoke.

"Master Zhou must be wondering why Master Hou is unwilling to tell you what happened. It's actually very simple, because Master Hou doesn't believe you." Lu Zhou ordered.

Zhou An nodded: "This is normal. He and I have only met once. After all, this is their job to suppress the traitors. He is right not to believe me."

No one has everything smooth sailing.

Zhou An has been very popular all the way from Anding County, and his journey has been smooth, but it does not mean that he can continue to be so smooth.

He felt that what happened tonight, especially Hou Sizhou's performance, was actually normal.

As he said, he believed in defeating the enemy once.

But if this fire burns on him again, if Hou Sizhou doesn't say anything at that time, he will solve it in his own way.

Lu Zhouling took a sip of tea and sighed: "Actually, you can't blame him. No one can believe what happened to him now."

"Master Zhou, have you ever heard of the magic of the mind?"