Chapter 413 Qu Ling Prefecture Three

After quickly going through all the Black-grade martial arts' Fusion True Seal Methods, it couldn't be said that the gains were huge, but he did gain some ideas.

However, such ideas were of little value to Li Cheng頤, because each True Seal's modification route was different, and the modification goals of each martial art were also different.

The True Seal he corresponded to wasn't here.

The True Seal corresponding to the Loose Deer Saber Art had the shape of a male deer, with huge antlers on its head like loose pine patterns.

This was also the source image of Loose Pine Pattern Qi.

After reading the Black-grade manuals, Li Cheng颐 reached out and grabbed the higher-level Silver-grade secret manuals.

But after taking them down and flipping through a few pages, he discovered that the text on them was all incomprehensible symbols, seemingly encrypted with some special method.

'Too bad.'

He knew that something placed here so easily definitely wouldn't be that valuable.

After all, Silver-grade martial arts, even if they were True Qi martial arts, were top-tier martial arts second only to the Golden-pattern level. Although True Qi martial arts didn't have a big impact, they could easily create a brand-new martial artist family.

Therefore, strict control was normal.

Adhering to the principle of not looking was a waste, he flipped through the Red and White-grade martial arts again, memorizing them in his mind.

It only took him two hours before and after.

When he exited the martial arts library, Li Cheng颐 had already begun to ponder creating his own True Seal fusion method.

'To fuse True Seals to the point of engraving, you must first understand what the True Seal Spirit itself looks like in detail...' He had thought about using Flower Language to forcibly control it, but that was obviously unrealistic.

It was already so difficult for Flower Language to control a few Blood Clones; wanting to control the mysterious True Seal Spirit was terrifying to think about.

'Modifying one's own body and mind, attracting the True Qi of the True Seal Spirit, and then linking it to the power of consciousness. The next step is to allow the power of consciousness to see the appearance of the True Seal Spirit... These martial arts all follow this model...'

It felt very familiar to Li Cheng颐.

On the way back, he pondered in his heart.

The Death Energy system relied on Engraving Spheres to help condense Engravings. The advantage of this method was that it was difficult to make Engraving Spheres in the early stages, and it was difficult and dangerous to open the Non-Gate, but once it was done, it was naturally integrated with the Engraving, inseparable from each other, because it was originally a sublimation of oneself.

The martial arts system of Midraan, on the other hand, took another path. The Engravings here seemed to be controlled by the True Seal Spirit. As long as people practiced martial arts step by step, they could fuse with the True Seal Spirit at a certain level, thereby mastering the fused Engraving.

But the problem with the martial arts system was that the Engraving wasn't completely fused. After a person died, the True Seal Spirit would return to its original place and be fused again by the next round of fusion practitioners.

'This True Seal Spirit, how does it feel like a tool? It doesn't need to open the Non-Gate, doesn't need to laboriously collect materials to make Engraving Spheres, as long as you follow the steps, you can fuse and obtain the power of Engraving... And these, are likely to be the True Seal Spirit preparing in advance.'

Li Cheng颐 suspected that the core of the martial arts system was to use the True Seal Spirit to communicate with the Black Sea in advance, condense Engravings, and do all the preliminary work. This was equivalent to a shared Engraving Sphere system.

'Speaking of which, the Heart of the Prism Dragon is the main material for Engraving Spheres, and this is also the main activity area of the Prism Dragon... The Engraving Sphere system may have some deep connection with the True Seal Spirit system here.'

With the transfer order, he quickly obtained a small courtyard allocated for his residence.

The three-bedroom, two-living-room house also came with a courtyard of over a hundred square meters, planted with many flowers and plants, indicating that the previous owner was quite fond of plants.

After settling down, Li Cheng颐 went to the street to buy daily necessities and bedding, then went to the barracks again. As a result, there were only two drunkards, lying on the edge of the training field, snoring loudly, covered in the scent of cosmetics, and couldn't be awakened no matter how hard he tried.

He had no choice but to return to his residence and wander around, checking the environment.

Solving three meals a day in restaurants outside, in the blink of an eye, three days had passed since Li Cheng颐 arrived in Qu Ling Prefecture.

In those three days, he went to the barracks every day, finally resolving miscellaneous matters such as his position, subordinates, and salary.

As the Deputy Commander of the battalion, he had nearly two hundred men under his command, responsible for dispatching manpower to cooperate with the Blood Guardians in handling infection cases in half of the prefectural city area.

However, due to the excessively extreme safe atmosphere in the prefectural city, with the Yin Eye present, any infected person would be discovered immediately, then warned to leave the border. If they ignored the warning, the second warning would be followed by the Yin Eye attacking them in an inexplicable and unknown way, instantly causing them to disappear from the world.

Therefore, Li Cheng頤's work was more of a formality. His nearly two hundred subordinates were basically invisible.

He couldn't forcibly mobilize them, because these two hundred people were basically the children of various influential families in the prefectural city, sent in to hold empty positions and receive salaries.

Martial strength was definitely out of the question, and don't even think about discipline. Being called "Sir" to your face was already considered good. Most people were just names on a roster, completely invisible.

With nothing for the Blood Guardians to do, naturally, the Divine Martial Division also had nothing to do, and the Crow People Prefecture had become official peddlers who professionally bought and sold information.

After Li Cheng颐 understood the situation, he developed a strong interest in the Yin Moon True Person and the Four Yin Gods, who were stationed in the prefectural city, suppressing everything.

How strong did they have to be to guarantee such an exaggerated level of security?

After spending a few days of comfortable life in the city, he checked the past security records of the prefectural city.

He found that Qu Ling Prefecture hadn't had any wars for nearly a hundred years. Basically, it was only Qu Ling Prefecture attacking other places, with no precedent of other places attacking them.

The prefecture records were all about: "On such and such a day of such and such a month of such and such a year, the Prefecture Lord cleared out xxx; the Prefecture Lord resolved xxx; the Yin God captured xxx; the Yin God suppressed xxx turmoil," and so on.

Basically, as soon as the Yin God and the Prefecture Lord made a move, everything would be calmed down.

'How am I supposed to earn merit?'

Sitting in the courtyard, Li Cheng颐 put down the hand-copied prefecture record and sighed deeply.

With the Yin Eye monitoring at all times, no one around dared to cause trouble or stir up trouble. The only things he could find were some extremely minor criminal incidents.

But at his level, he had never heard of anyone being promoted for catching ordinary murderers or thieves.

In this way, if he wanted to stir up trouble, he would also face great danger. What if he was also targeted by the Yin Eye...

Since he had nothing to do in the city, Li Cheng颐 simply began to study how to enter the next step: True Qi sensing the True Seal Spirit?

At the same time, he also inquired again from the Crow People Prefecture here and found out that, without having to go to other places, right here in Qu Ling Prefecture, there were various Master Flowers he was looking for.

It was just that they were traded and sold as potted plants.

While researching how to enter the next step of observing the True Seal Spirit, Li Cheng颐 didn't forget to write a letter to his family using the Black Crow.

But unexpectedly, five days later, Wang Yi Feng quickly sent him a reply, pointing out in the letter that because he had informed the Wang family's main branch, they attached great importance to this clan member who had been promoted to Qu Ling Prefecture. Coincidentally, the Wang family's main branch also had some property in Qu Ling Prefecture, and it was estimated that people from the main branch would come to visit him soon.

After receiving the letter, Li Cheng颐 wrote a reply persuading Wang Yi Feng to come to Qu Ling Prefecture to live, and then let the matter drop.

He didn't care about the visit from the Wang family's main branch or the Wang family's people.

Unexpectedly, after another week passed, just as he had gradually made some progress in observing the True Seal Spirit, the Wang family's people really came.

Dong, dong, dong.

After eating lunch, Li Cheng颐 had just returned to the courtyard when he heard a slight knock on the door.

He was just about to practice some moves in the courtyard to digest his food, so he immediately waved his hand at the courtyard door latch.

A faint white gas shot out, accurately hitting the latch and lifting it up.

"Please come in," he said loudly.

Only so few people knew his address. In these days in Qu Ling Prefecture, other than the people from the yamen, he really couldn't think of anyone who would take the initiative to come to him.

The courtyard door was gently pushed open.

A handsome young master with a confident demeanor, leading two strong guards, strode in.

This young master was wearing a short-sleeved robe, with blue-black patterned metal arm guards on his exposed arms.

His robe was snow-white, with a deep blue patterned ribbon in the middle, hanging from his chest all the way to the end of the robe.

It gave people a fusion of scholarly and heroic feelings.

"Is this the residence of Divine Martial Division Deputy Commander Wang Yi Chen, Sir Wang? I am Wang Zhi Jun, from the Wang family clan."

The young master clasped his fists in both hands and gave a slight salute to Li Cheng颐.

"I am Wang Yi Chen. Since you are from the main family, please come in." Li Cheng颐 roughly sensed the other party's aura. All three of them were martial artists, but... their strength wasn't high.

They all cultivated True Qi, but that True Qi gave him a strange feeling.

Very gentle, harmless, without any aggressiveness.

Leading Wang Zhi Jun to sit down in the living room facing the courtyard, Li Cheng颐, because he hadn't hired any servants, had one of Wang Zhi Jun's guards go to make tea and bring it up.

The two sat cross-legged opposite each other. After a few polite words, Wang Zhi Jun stated his purpose.

"Sir Wang, Zhi Jun has come this time to persuade you to acknowledge your ancestors and return to the clan, representing your lineage's return to the main family."

"Whether or not I return has no impact on me, and it's too troublesome, causing many problems," Li Cheng颐 shook his head slightly. "Since we separated and started our own family back then, and the connection between the main family and the separated family isn't deep, why bother with such a troublesome return to the clan now?"

"I heard that you cultivate Loose Pine Pattern Qi, and your cultivation progress is extremely amazing. Your talent is rare, and you are a rare genius of my Wang family's Loose Pine Pattern Qi. Presumably, you should also know now that Loose Pine Pattern Qi was not actually created by the main family, right?" Wang Zhi Jun wasn't in a hurry, and continued with a smile.

This young man was only in his twenties, but he spoke very logically, with the demeanor of a great family.

In this era when many people might not even be able to recognize all the characters, it was obvious that only a large family could have such basic education.

"I do know that it was created by my separated family's ancestor. So what? What about it?" Li Cheng颐 said.

"Then you should also know that Loose Pine Pattern Qi is actually greatly influenced by the Wang family's traditional martial arts. Its roots have at least half come from the main family's martial art, Azure Wish Pill Method," Wang Zhi Jun said with a smile.

"Azure Wish Pill Method..." Li Cheng颐's heart stirred, "What grade of martial art is it?"

"Black-grade," Wang Zhi Jun said confidently, "Because they come from the same source, the difficulty of switching from Loose Pine Pattern Qi to Azure Wish Pill Method isn't great, and since you have strong talent in Loose Pine Pattern Qi, you might also be very strong in Azure Wish Pill Method. From a non-ranked True Qi martial art to a Black-grade martial art..."

"Does the main family currently have anyone who has fused with a True Seal?" Li Cheng颐 interrupted him and asked.

"Uh..." Wang Zhi Jun's expression froze, unable to speak.

Looking at his expression, Li Cheng颐 already knew the answer.

"A martial art that no one can fuse with a True Seal, and you want me to switch to it. I have to bear the losses myself. What can I get in the end? What if my body is damaged and my talent is damaged after switching? What will the main family do then?" He continued.

"Don't you want to practice a Black-grade martial art? At least the difference in grade can greatly advance your strength..." Wang Zhi Jun persuaded.

"Not for now. At least for me right now, the gains don't outweigh the losses," Li Cheng颐 refused. "If you want us to return to the clan, you must at least offer more sincere conditions."