Chapter 11: The Cuckoo Occupies the Magpie's Nest

Xu's family, the Xu's family is heavily guarded.

Outside the door, in the corridor, in front of the house stood the aggressive barbarian elite soldiers.

Xu Guangting sat opposite Liming, and there was a middle-aged barbarian who looked a bit like Liming. This person was Liming's son Lidong.

"Father-in-law, what are you doing here so late at night?" Xu Guangting said respectfully.

"We are doing a big thing together. The court can no longer manage the affairs of the southwest. Now is the time for us to send troops." Liming's eyes flashed with strong murderous intent.

Chenzhou Wu Lan suppressed him for decades.

He did not dare to challenge the authority of the court.

Now it is different. The court is busy with its own affairs. There have been rebellions in the southern Yunnan area. He just replaced the position of the Chenzhou pacification envoy and was still respectful to the court. It should not be a big deal.

Xu Guangting said excitedly: "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely spend all my family wealth to build a great cause together!"

Xu Feng was also very excited.

Grandpa was the pacification envoy of Chenzhou, and my uncle Li Dong was the successor. The Xu family would definitely be able to get a position as a county magistrate.

"The Wei family has been engaged in business for generations and has long been sinicized. They only have 200 private soldiers. The Wu family is known for 3,000 elite soldiers, but at most they have just over 1,000 soldiers who can fight. And we have 5,000 strong mountain barbarians, so it's no problem to take Chenzhou."

After all, not everyone wants to be king. In the past, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty promised them hereditary wealth. After 200 years, most people don't want to support those expensive armies.

This is also the strategy of the court. When the time is right, this place can be turned into a floating official system and directly governed by the court.

Liming is a native barbarian. Because the position at the foot of the mountain is occupied, he is still with the barbarians. Unexpectedly, he accidentally has a large army.

"May I ask my father-in-law, when will the army be raised?" Xu Guangting asked.

"You don't need to know too much about this. I will notify you in advance when the time comes!" Li Dong said first, obviously not believing Xu Guangting.

Although they are relatives, Li Dong has always looked down on Xu Guangting, a cowardly Han Chinese.

Xu Guangting smiled with great self-restraint: "Okay!"

Liming and his son left.

Xu Guangting said to his son: "In the future, when we start an uprising, we must use all the power of the Xu family, use the spies planted in the city to open the city gates at night, or pretend to be a caravan to launch a sneak attack."

"Yes!" Xu Feng added, "Father, Lizhuang Li Hu has been very popular recently, and it seems that he intends to pass it on to Xu Xuan..."

"Your eldest brother is also a member of the Xu family. How can a family have private wealth? Find a chance to kill Li Hu, take the family property back to the Xu family, and leave a small courtyard for your eldest brother."

Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. Xu Guangting would not think of killing his own son.

Li Hu has been smuggling for many years. Even if they get a small share, they are still very jealous.

When Xu Feng walked out of the door, when he thought of Xu Xuan, his mind recalled the scene of Xu Xuan killing people everywhere.

He sneered and said, "Just a warrior."

…

Lizhuang.

The back mountain.

Although it is called the back mountain, it does not belong to Lizhuang, but is close to it.

At this time, Wu Xiong and a man with an eagle-hook nose went up the mountain.

Headed to the halfway point of the mountain, where the Heavenly Master practiced.

The two had complicated feelings and solemn expressions.

Halfway up the mountain, the jungle was dense and cold fog was blowing.

There was a thatched cottage, outside the thatched cottage was a wooden pavilion, and in the wooden pavilion was a furnace for alchemy.

The alchemy furnace was burning with flames, and a strange fragrance came.

In front of the alchemy furnace was a young man dressed as a Taoist priest, the furnace fire was red, and the red light was reflected on his face.

Wu Xiong was both respectful and afraid.

The mysterious power was intoxicating and scary.

When they thought that they were his subordinates, they felt relieved.

Xu Xuan ignored the two and focused on refining the elixir.

A quarter of an hour later, he pointed to the furnace fire.

Whoosh!

The wind blew and the flame went out.

Then the true energy gathered in his palm, and he effortlessly held the lid of the hundreds of degrees high temperature.

This scene was frightening.

There was some white ash in the alchemy furnace.

This was the Daqinglong powder.

This was not a pill, and the pill was not good enough.

The efficacy of Daqinglong powder was different from that in the other world. Here it was mainly to widen the meridians, improve the efficiency of generating true energy, and replenish qi and blood.

That's right, Xu Xuan no longer needed to practice martial arts.

The qi and blood improved by practicing martial arts were just a by-product of cultivation, and there was no need to practice specifically. This was also the reason why everyone wanted to practice.

The true energy was infused into his feet.

Swish!

A shadow crossed more than ten feet and fell in front of the two.

"Greetings to the Heavenly Master!"

The two knelt down and kowtowed, and the shock in their hearts increased a little more.

Can ordinary martial artists be so fast?

As expected of the Heavenly Master, he was less and less like an ordinary person.

"Get up." Xu Xuan's expression was calm.

In this world where only I am a god, there is no need to be nice to them, you must have the dignity of a god.

Wu Xiong stood up and reported, saying:

"Master, I have integrated the forces. Our current territory includes Chenxi County and Wupo Village. Chenxi County has a total of 12,000 people. The annual tax surplus can support an army of 500 people. If we temporarily recruit men, we can have 2,000 people."

"There are fifteen shops in the city, and the underground forces have a total of 215 minions."

"In short, we have 800 soldiers who can fight, and the warehouse has a total of 3,500 taels..."

Xu Xuan waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't talk about this. Have you brought the materials? Where is the secret method?"

"I am still asking around, but I heard that there is a martial arts hall in Meishan City. It was formerly a Taoist temple, and then it was changed to teach people to practice martial arts. Maybe there is a legacy."

"Check it out more." Xu Xuan pondered, "Taoist temple... You can build a Taoist temple on the mountain someday."

It's not a good idea to stay in Lizhuang. It's not very hidden.

"Yes!"

The two went down the mountain to handle affairs.

Xu Xuan returned to the thatched cottage and took another look at the spirit stones in the box.

Two thumb-sized spirit stones lay quietly in it, and the spirit crystals next to them disappeared.

The next step is to absorb the spirit stones.

"Two low-grade spirit stones should be able to support more than a year of daily practice."

Xu Xuan estimated it based on the speed of consumption of spirit crystals.

But it's not enough.

Now that all six talisman techniques have been mastered, the most important corpse-driving technique has not been practiced yet, which is estimated to consume a lot of spirit stone energy.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Xu Xuan glanced at the bell hanging on the wall.

Now I just hope that the Li family can take over Heihefang.

This should give us a lot more spirit stones.

Xu Xuan closed the door tightly.

Take out the futon from under the bed, sit cross-legged, and hold a spirit stone in his hand.

There is a calligraphy hanging on the wall.

"A gentleman works hard all day long, and is vigilant at night, and there is no fault."

This is to remind myself at all times to be careful and not to be rampant, and my own strength is far from being invincible.

The attitude towards Wu Xiong and the others just now was just some skills to control the subordinates. If it were in front of others, it would naturally not be like this.

Although I have true energy and my physical fitness has greatly improved, I still can't stop the crossbow, and I only have some superficial warnings.

If you practice more advanced, have enough true qi in your body, or find relevant secret methods to make bows and crossbows ineffective, you can basically rest assured.

Xu Xuan adjusted his breath for a moment and took the Daqinglong powder wrapped in paper.

The moment he swallowed it, the heat flow exploded in his body.

In order to avoid heavy metal poisoning, he mobilized the true qi in his body to merge these heat flows.

The heat flow gathered in the dantian and spread out in all directions.

The meridians are widening and the amount of true qi is increasing.

If it is said that before, consuming a strand of spiritual energy can convert half a strand of true qi, now when taking the prescription, it is close to one to one.

Greatly reduce the degree of loss of spirit stones.

The difference between nourishing qi and refining qi is that refining qi can circulate in the whole body, and the true qi in the nourishing qi stage can only be artificially strengthened in the dantian.

When Xu Xuan was practicing.

Lizhuang meeting hall.

The envoy sent by the Xu family found Li Hu.

"Master Li, there is a task from above!"

(There is another chapter in the afternoon)