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

The streets outside Zhenguisi were silent and deserted at this time.

Even when members of the Zhenguisi passed by and saw Zhou An and He Sheng, they left wisely.

At this time, He Sheng had a solemn look on his face and clenched his hands into fists.

"Could the trouble you are talking about be the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

Zhou An touched his chin and asked, "It's still related to Princess Fuling, right?"

He Sheng nodded: "Yes, Mr. Zhou, once Princess Fuling dies, I'm afraid her admirers will come looking for her."

Admirer?

After hearing these three words, Zhou An finally understood what they meant.

As the princess of the previous dynasty, she could be said to be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.

With such an identity, coupled with Princess Fuling's appearance and strength, there are naturally admirers.

But Zhou An wanted to know what level the so-called admirers of Princess Fuling were.

"Keep talking." Zhou An said with interest.

He Sheng looked around and then began to tell.

"When the previous dynasty was still there, Princess Fuling was a person of extraordinary splendor. Not only was she extremely beautiful, but her strength was also outstanding."

"Coupled with the aura of the princess, there are so many admirers."

"And during the battle in the capital, Princess Fuling's admirers brought a lot of trouble to the Chu Kingdom."

"Although they were all killed later, some of them still escaped."

"One of them is the most troublesome."

Speaking of this, He Sheng sighed, as if he remembered the battle in the capital.

He Sheng had personally experienced that battle, which could be described as a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Everywhere you look, there is a river of blood. If you step on it at will, your feet will be covered in blood.

Because of this, He Sheng still feels a little emotional when he thinks of those years.

But He Sheng also knew that now was not the time to express emotion, so he retracted his thoughts and continued talking.

"That person, named Taoist Hanyuan, was a being who had reached the realm of ultimate enlightenment at that time."

"He is an orthodox spell-flowing Qi practitioner. He is different from Princess Fuling who is in the extreme state of enlightenment. He is stronger."

"And Taoist Hanyuan is Princess Fuling's most loyal admirer."

"Master Zhou killed Princess Fuling, I'm afraid Taoist Hanyuan will come to visit."

"Now is the Ancestor Worship Festival again, and trouble may occur."

At this point, He Sheng has already said everything that needs to be said.

Zhou An put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth several times.

After a moment, he released his hands.

"I know, just be on guard." Zhou An said.

He Sheng agreed but did not continue.

When they reached their position, they knew deeply that some big things needed leaders like Zhou An to do them.

What they need to do is to do their part well.

"So be it."

Zhou An said calmly: "Do what you should do. If Taoist Hanyuan dares to come, just kill him on the spot. If you can't solve it, I have a way."

He Sheng agreed again.

Zhou An didn't say anything more and went straight to Zhenguisi.

But before going in, he turned his head.

"In the past few days, until the Ancestor Worship Festival is over, I will stay in Zhenguisi. If you have any questions, please come to me directly."

He Sheng was slightly startled, then nodded and said: "I obey."

Hearing what Zhou An said, he finally felt relieved.

With Master Zhou sitting in Huaixi Jing Town, the Ancestor Worship Festival will be much more stable this time.

Zhou An waved his sleeves, turned and walked towards his room.

After returning to the room, Zhou An closed the door and fell into deep thought.

Zhou An felt that what He Sheng said just now, especially about the Ancestor Worship Festival, was just that.

If Taoist Hanyuan comes, then troops will come to block the water and flood the soil.

What I have to do now is to completely improve my proficiency.

Thinking of this, Zhou An cast his eyes on Black Jade.

Black Jade immediately understood, and sat down next to Zhou An obediently, tilting his neck: "Please have mercy on me."

The corners of Zhou An's mouth twitched slightly.

Before he became proficient in liver, he still used formation attributes to isolate the surroundings to prevent the sound of black jade from spreading out and having a bad impact on himself, and then he started to become angry.

Not long after, black jade's voice sounded in the room, and it kept stumbling.

…

There are still a few days before the Ancestor Worship Festival, and during these few days, Zhou An has been staying in Zhenguisi, basically in a state of never leaving the door or taking a step forward.

In addition to eating every day, it is the proficiency of the Liver Holy Spirit Demonic Body.

Of course, before that, Zhou An will still enter the psychic space and extract double proficiency.

And the rest of the time is spent on liver.

However, in addition to liver proficiency, Zhou An would spend some time every day to get various things about the Ancestor Worship Festival from He Sheng.

At present, due to the problem of Taoist Hanyuan, Zhou An guessed that there may be big disturbances during the Ancestor Worship Festival, so he did not relax. Instead, after handling the daily affairs, he worked hard to improve his strength and passed the He Sheng provided various information to speculate on Hanyuan Taoist's situation.

The method of speculation is very simple, which is to use Bagua arithmetic as a method of speculation.

It is a pity that Zhou An did not find any clues related to Taoist Hanyuan, and the Ancestor Worship Festival is about to officially begin.

It is worth mentioning that when the sacrificial sects came to Huaixi Jing, they immediately dispersed and uniformly divided the entire Huaixi Jing area.

Finally, three areas were divided to collect the remaining power from various tombs in Huaixijing.

And this is equivalent to a summary.

The grievances generated by the people when they worship their ancestors will be gathered in the right places along the areas created by the sacrificial gates, and the strange things that arise will be dealt with in a unified manner.

There was no abnormality in the whole process, everything went smoothly, so smoothly that even Zhou An found it a bit weird.

"If he doesn't take action at this time, he will take action during the Ancestor Worship Festival." Zhou An thought to himself.

After all, Taoist Hanyuan was a loyal admirer of Princess Fuling during the previous dynasty, and a person like this would definitely seek revenge when the object of his admiration was killed with his own hands.

If it had not happened before the Ancestor Worship Festival, some trouble would have occurred during the Ancestor Worship Festival.

Over this period of time, the proficiency of the Holy Spirit Demonic Body has also increased a lot, but there is still a long way to go before level nine.

As for the storage of proficiency, it does not increase too much because it is halved.

Everything is still as stable as before, but the steady growth is already considered very good for Zhou An now.

When Zhou An was thinking this, the black jade next to him became naughty again. He walked tiptoe in front of Zhou An, then grabbed Zhou An's sleeve and stretched his head directly over.

"Start, start!" Black Jade used a tone that was almost pleading, shaking Zhou An's sleeves, looking pitiful.

This means that he wants Zhou An to use the Holy Spirit Demonic Body to brush her.

During this period of time, Heiye was completely addicted to this thing. Sometimes he forgot, and Heiyu would take the initiative to remind him.

After all, Zhou An didn't care when being brushed by the Holy Spirit Demonic Body, but Black Jade was very happy.

This kind of refreshing feeling is something that not even the Guild of Guilds can refuse, let alone Black Jade.

If it were other times, Zhou An wouldn't care. He would take advantage of today's proficiency, but something was wrong today.

Because today is the first day of the Ancestor Worship Festival, Zhou An will not stay here, but will go to the scene.

He touched Black Jade's head and said, "In a few days, the Ancestor Worship Festival usually lasts for three days. After three days, we will continue."

Black Jade grunted in agreement and nodded. He was also very well-behaved and did not act petty.

Afterwards, Zhou An took Black Jade's hand and walked out of the room.

As soon as he walked out, the surrounding formations completely disappeared with the appearance of Zhou An.

This formation was not strong in the first place, it was just to isolate the sound, and it could be easily resolved by Zhou An.

Outside the room, He Sheng had already led many members of the Suppression Division to guard the outside.

The Ancestor Worship Festival is very important. Except for some basic members who did not go out to allow the Suppression and Rebellion to operate as usual, most of them will be taken out by He Sheng.

Among the various departments of Zhensi, Zong Shanyin, who was supposed to be in charge of field work, was currently cooperating with the other two agencies to deal with the purge. He could not get away for the time being and could only be led by He Sheng.

Here, in addition to the members of the Zhenguisi, there are also some members of the yamen, all of whom were called out by He Sheng.

The Ancestor Worship Festival is not something that the town government department alone does. After all, many people participate, and the yamen is responsible for managing the people, so the yamen must also help.

When he saw Zhou An coming out, He Sheng's eyes showed a hint of admiration, and he lowered his head and said nothing.

Other members of the Suppression Division and the Yamen's agents also looked at Zhou An with fanatical eyes.

The person standing in front of him is a famous person in the entire Chu Kingdom. He is also unpredictable and well-known in the world.

It's okay for the members of the Suppression Division, after all, they can meet Zhou An from time to time.

But the policemen in the yamen were different. These policemen rarely saw Zhou An.

So when they saw Zhou An, a character who only existed in legends, in addition to enthusiasm, there was also a hint of reverence and fear in their eyes.

Zhou An nodded, feeling that he should say something on this occasion.

After organizing his words, Zhou An took two steps forward, waved and said, "Let's go!"

I originally wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, I still didn’t have anything to say.

When it comes to improving morale, everyone is old-fashioned, and it cannot be improved with just one or two sentences. It is better to do something practical and deal with the Ancestor Festival matter as soon as possible.

Although there were only two words, after these members heard it, they became even more enthusiastic and answered in unison: "Yes!"

There's no way around it. Sometimes, a person's ability to speak more or less has something to do with his identity.

If you say your identity is ordinary and unremarkable, even if you speak eloquently, it will have no effect.

But when he reaches Zhou An's level, his identity is different. Even if he just says two words, others will feel superior.

It's cheesy to say this, but that's the reality.

Zhou An said nothing more, holding Black Jade's hand and leading the way.

Afterwards, together with the members present, they quickly left the Zhenguisi and rushed towards their destination.

…

Although the people worshiping ancestors during the Ancestor Worship Festival are scattered and chaotic, the strange gathering area divided by the sacrificial gate is very concentrated and remote.

The gathering area is located in a deep mountain on the east side of Huaixi Jing. It is impossible for ordinary people to find it. This is just for safety reasons.

After all, after gathering the remaining forces, there will be a fierce battle. If any people pass by here, they are likely to be hurt.

In this regard, Zhenguisi naturally came to mind.

At this moment, in this unknown deep mountain, there are beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

As I walked closer, I could feel the breeze blowing, and I could even smell the humidity in the air.

When Zhou An brought He Sheng and others to this unknown mountain, He Sheng immediately led the way towards the mountain.

It didn’t take long to reach the mountains from Huaixi Capital.

At this moment, there is an open space ahead, and the originally dense woods have been cut down in advance.

The open space is very large and is divided into three areas. Each area is surrounded by various spiritual positions in a circle and covers a very large area.

The disciples of the Sacrifice Sect sat cross-legged on the ground one by one, surrounding each area, holding a wooden sign in their hands, closing their eyes and concentrating.

The leader of the Lu clan stood at the front, looking around and waiting.

This is the way to sacrifice the family, and it is a way to look after the family. It is difficult for outsiders to understand.

Only those who hold the sacrifice door know the specific operation method.

They won't spread it outside, after all, these are guys eating.

Originally, I often do this thing in normal times, so Sect Master Lu should feel used to it.

But today, Sect Leader Lu is particularly nervous.

There is no other reason, because Master Lu heard from the Zhenguisi members that Zhou An would come in person today.

This made him completely nervous. After all, Zhou An was now well-known and had experienced the killing of Princess Fuling not long ago. Master Lu felt that he was now walking on thin ice as if he were next to a tiger. .

When Master Lu saw Zhou An, he immediately straightened his clothes and walked up cautiously.

"I've met Mr. Zhou."

Zhou An nodded, looked around, and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Everything is operating normally at present. There is no difference from usual, and there is no abnormality." Master Lu pointed around and began to explain to Zhou An.

After Zhou An listened, he nodded: "It's better to follow your way and leave me alone."

His trip this time was just to take precautions against the so-called Hanyuan Taoist, and he would not take the initiative to participate in this ancestor worship festival.

After all, there are professional personnel taking over here, so Zhou An has no intention of stopping the sacrifice.

After saying this, Zhou An paid no attention to Master Lu, but found a seat by himself, sat down, and waited patiently.

The other members of the Town Guild looked at each other and were doing their own things.

Time gradually passed, and the Ancestor Worship Festival began, causing the entire people of Huaixi Capital to move.

Remembering the ancestors and paying homage to the ancestors, this annual Ancestor Worship Festival is particularly lively.

There are rare solitary graves in the wilderness, and relatives are here to express their condolences.

And as people began to express their condolences, a trace of resentment began to accumulate in the three areas of this nameless mountain.

Zhou An was also experiencing this for the first time and was still a little curious about the process, so he watched patiently.

The accumulation of resentment will inevitably lead to strangeness, and the appearance of the memorial master will accelerate the process of forming strangeness.

At this level, whenever something strange emerges, people who suppress the secrets will immediately take action to solve the mystery.

The whole process was extremely smooth and smooth, and Zhou An finally understood why the memorial master was needed.

If such extremely scattered weirdness is not concentrated, it will be a huge pressure for Suppressing Spies when it is scattered.

And with the memorial master, this pressure has been reduced a lot.

Every profession in this world has its role, and the profession of memorial master is particularly popular at certain times.

Moreover, this annual ancestor worship festival is almost indispensable for the memorial ceremony.

Time slowly came to night. Zhou An originally thought that things would get worse after night, and Taoist Hanyuan would also find this place.

But what he didn't expect was that the night passed quickly without Taoist Hanyuan appearing.

He was a little confused and even killed Princess Fuling. Why hasn't this strongest admirer arrived yet?

Taking advantage of this moment of doubt, Zhou An also used Bagua arithmetic to make a calculation.

But the result is very obvious. There are no clues or news, not even the slightest hint of trouble.

"Is this guy plotting against me somewhere else?" Zhou An thought to himself.

With this thought in mind, he became more cautious.

Gradually, the Ancestor Worship Festival came to the next day.

The second day was the same as the first day, with the same process and passed smoothly.

Although there were more weird things that appeared on the second day, because they appeared at the same time, it was relatively easy for the people to deal with them, and there was not much of a problem.

In a blink of an eye, the third day arrived.

As long as this last day of the Ancestor Worship Festival is over, the people will not go to pay homage to their ancestors, but will go back one after another.

And the last day is also the most important moment.

At least for Zhou, it is indeed the most important.

Because so far, the so-called Hanyuan Taoist has still not appeared.

Zhou An was thinking that on the last day, he would definitely have to play some tricks for him, so he became more cautious.

He Sheng was also very cautious.

He knew the whole story, so even if he was guarding here, he would look left and right and be on full alert.

After all, in the previous dynasty, Taoist Hanyuan was also famous as a powerful person in the ultimate enlightenment realm, and he would attract everyone's attention wherever he was placed.

In this cautious and solemn atmosphere, time slipped away again, and it was night in the blink of an eye.

"Master Zhou, something seems not quite right."

He Sheng stepped forward and said, "Why has this Taoist Han Yuan kept silent? With his temper, it is absolutely impossible not to avenge Princess Fuling."

"Just do your own thing well. If he comes, kill him. If he doesn't come, then finish the Ancestor Worship Festival properly." Zhou An patted He Sheng on the shoulder and said.

It doesn't matter whether he comes or not, Zhou An understands now.

If you don’t come, it would be better to finish the Ancestor Worship Festival.

If you want to come, then do it directly.

If you can beat him, kill him directly.

If you can't beat her, call her aunt out and continue killing.

Even if he goes to several levels of ultimate enlightenment, Zhou An estimates that his aunt can handle it.

Although my aunt always blamed herself for finding trouble for her, she would help her every time. She said she disliked her, but she was willing in her heart.

And he can also try by the way to see if the eighth-level Holy Spirit Demonic Body can keep his aunt awake.

Although Zhou An was cautious about this, he did not feel any pressure.

After He Sheng received Zhou An's words, he saw Zhou An's calm expression and breathed a sigh of relief.

This is sometimes the case. When a leader appears calm and composed about a major event, they, the subordinates, will not feel the pressure either.

So almost instantly, He Sheng felt that the pressure on him was much lighter.

Time continued to slip by, and in the blink of an eye, night fell, and today’s Ancestor Worship Festival was finally over.

Sect Master Lu wiped the sweat from his head and felt that his pressure was relieved a lot in an instant.

After all, he was operating in front of Zhou An personally, so he was still under pressure. Now that everything was completed smoothly, he felt relieved.

"Master Zhou, the Ancestor Worship Festival has been completely concluded." Master Lu bowed his hands in front of Zhou An.

Zhou An stood up, patted the ashes on his body, and held Black Jade in his hands.

"Since there is nothing to do, take your men and go back to your sacrificial gate. Although things here are over, this credit will still be recorded for you."

Zhou An said calmly.

Master Lu's face showed a look of joy. He felt that it was a great honor to be praised and praised by Zhou An.

"I will take my disciples back right away."

After finishing speaking, Master Lu also knew that Zhou An was a person who did not mess around and had no ink stains, so he immediately left with his disciples.

Zhou An stood there, yawned, turned to He Sheng and said, "Let's go back."

He Sheng was stunned.

He really didn't expect that this time the Ancestor Worship Festival would be so ordinary, without any disturbance at all, which made him not only wonder whether Taoist Hanyuan was afraid of Mr. Zhou.

But nothing happens, which is better than something happening.

He Sheng nodded, greeted his men, and walked towards Huai Xijing.

But just when Zhou An was about to leave, an accident suddenly occurred.

Zhou An raised his head and heard a gust of wind in his ears.

Looking in the direction of the wind, Zhou An and the members of Huaixi Jing's Suppression Division also turned their heads subconsciously.

In this dark night, the stars were shining with faint light, and at the end of the light, a figure approached from far away and fell rapidly towards Zhou An.

This figure could not be seen clearly at first, but when it came closer, its appearance finally became clear.

This is a Taoist priest, wearing a gray-white Taoist robe, which seems to have been washed many times and has an old color.

But when worn on a Taoist body, it has a unique flavor of immortality and Taoism.

This is not the most important thing.

Although the Taoist looked very young, his eyes had a completely different sense of age than his appearance.

The masters in this world cannot tell their specific age, but through these aged eyes, one can also tell that the age of the Taoist priest is not as young as he appears.

And when the Taoist priest landed on the ground, his actions were even more surprising.

I saw the Taoist priest vomiting a mouthful of blood, and the hand hidden in the Taoist robe slowly stretched out, holding a palm-sized wooden box in his hand.

When the Taoist priest spit out the blood, he immediately fell to the ground.

On his back, wisps of blood appeared on the white Taoist robe, obviously he had been seriously injured.

Zhou An didn't think anything was wrong, but He Sheng reacted immediately.

"This is Taoist Hanyuan, how could he be so seriously injured?" He Sheng said in surprise.

Taoist Hanyuan?

Zhou An narrowed his eyes.

From what He Sheng said just now, he already knew the identity of the Taoist priest in front of him. He was the admirer of Princess Fuling and the enemy Zhou An had to deal with this time.

But what I didn't expect was that Taoist Hanyuan fell from the sky before he could take action and suffered extremely serious injuries.

Fortunately, Taoist Hanyuan was still awake at this moment.

He watched Zhou An throw the wooden box to the ground and spit out a few more mouthfuls of blood.

"Bring this thing to the capital, quickly!" Taoist Hanyuan said eagerly, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Zhou An did not open the box and let it fall on the ground. With a wave of his right hand, a long black knife appeared and he was dragged to Taoist Hanyuan.

He turned Taoist Hanyuan's face with his long knife and narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean?"

This situation happened so unexpectedly that Zhou An was a little confused. After all, a seriously injured enemy suddenly arrived and threw himself a wooden box and told him to take him to the capital. Every sentence was filled with suspense.

Taoist Hanyuan raised his head, his old eyes full of exhaustion: "Zhou An, hurry up and bring the box to the capital. That is one corner of the jade seal. I tried my best to knock it out of the complete jade seal." from!"

The remaining corner of the jade seal?

Zhou An raised his eyebrows.

He knew about the jade seal. It was someone from the previous dynasty who tricked the Chu Kingdom and used part of the Chu Kingdom's national destiny to condense a jade seal. He then took it out of the capital and hid it from then on.

Now, Taoist Hanyuan actually said that he would take a corner of the jade seal with him and ask him to send it to the capital. This is a bit unbelievable.

While Zhou An was thinking, Taoist Hanyuan raised his hand and tried to support Zhou An's black sword to stand up, but Zhou An dodged it.

"I am an undercover agent. I am an undercover agent of the Great Chu Kingdom in the previous court. I have been pretending from beginning to end. I am not an admirer of Princess Fuling!"

"This jade seal fragment can cause the previous dynasty's jade seal to become damaged, which is a devastating blow to the previous dynasty. Take it to the capital quickly and hand it over to His Majesty!"

"How to prove it?" Zhou An narrowed his eyes and said slowly.

"It can't be proven!" Taoist Hanyuan became excited: "My Majesty and I are in separate contact just to avoid being exposed. How can I prove myself? When you bring this corner of the jade seal to the capital, everything will be free. Hurry up. , I’m worried they will come after me!”

Zhou An raised his head, then looked left and right, then looked at the darkness in the sky: "It seems that he didn't catch up."

Upon hearing this, Taoist Hanyuan's face became even more anxious: "What are you waiting for? Don't worry about them. Quickly bring the fragments of the jade seal to the capital and present it to Your Majesty. I can't hold on any longer."

Zhou An nodded and said, "Then you die first."

Taoist Hanyuan was stunned.

There was doubt in his eyes, and he couldn't understand why he had reached this point. Zhou An still looked lukewarm, and kept saying that he would die first.

"It's boring." Zhou An also saw Taoist Hanyuan's eyes and said with a smile: "You Taoist Qi practitioners seem to be able to deceive some fortune-telling businesses. They are indeed clever."

When Zhou An was talking, a golden gossip appeared in front of his eyes.

The golden Bagua rotates slightly, and it shows great auspiciousness, which means that bringing this remnant of the jade seal to the capital is a sign of great auspiciousness.

But all this was superficial, because when Zhou An tried to connect the remains of the jade seal with Taoist Hanyuan and Princess Fuling, he felt that things were not that simple.

Because on the golden Bagua, gold is still auspicious, and this kind of auspiciousness is abnormal.

If only one thing is considered auspicious, it is naturally a piece of gold.

But after several things are added together, it is also a good situation, and the golden color will at least change a little.

But now there is no change, which can only explain one reason. His gossip calculation has been deceived.

The Hanyuan Taoist in front of me is a Taoist priest in the realm of ultimate enlightenment. The Taoist sect also has spells related to arithmetic.

In this case, Zhou Anlai made a bold guess.

——Taoist Hanyuan deceived his own Bagua arithmetic to make everything seem to be a normal trend.

As for the reason, Zhou An had already figured out the result after a little thinking.

This so-called incomplete jade seal is probably the strategy of Taoist Hanyuan.

If he really brought this thing into the capital, unimaginable things would probably happen.

And all this seems to be a serial plan.

Princess Fuling probably didn't know that she was being used against her, and after she killed Princess Fuling, she attracted Taoist Hanyuan.

These three days of Ancestor Worshiping Festival were supposed to be the time when Taoist Hanyuan took revenge, but there was no disturbance. It just sent a wrong message to himself, telling him that Taoist Hanyuan must be in trouble.

On the last day, Taoist Hanyuan suddenly appeared, pretending to be holding the remains of the jade seal in his hand. Combined with the three days of peace, it was possible for him to believe this.

The whole process made full use of the Ancestor Worship Festival.

If it were someone else, maybe under this situation and the huge benefits of the jade seal fragments, they would really believe it.

Fortunately, Zhou An was different. His Bagua arithmetic reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Taoist Hanyuan sighed, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and slowly stood up: "How can you tell...what are you doing!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the long black knife in Zhou An's hand stabbing straight towards his chest.

On top of the black long knife, there is a dark green knife light.

"Stop talking nonsense and die quickly. Your old mistress is waiting for you down there."

(I'm sick again, the author cursed me to be) (End of this chapter)