Chapter 309.
Inside the brightly lit room, smoke curled and drifted, seemingly real.
As the flame of the oil lamp swayed, this smudge of smoke, too, swayed at the same time, constantly swaying.
Gradually, the smoke, in front of Zhou An’s eyes, gradually took shape.
In front of his eyes, after the smoke gradually took shape, familiar words slowly emerged from the smoke, floating in mid-air, showing in front of Zhou An’s eyes.
[Please choose direction]
[Magic Shadow of a Thousand Shadows: Speed +12, Dodge +12, Flight +12, Magic Shadow +24]
[Like a Dream: Fantasy +12, Falsehood +12, Truth +12, Speed +24]
It was still the same as before, two choices, two directions, in front of Zhou An.
The second skill, those attributes, just by looking at them, Zhou An said he couldn’t understand them.
Still applying the old rules, Zhou An chose the first skill.
After he made his choice, the misty smoke in front of him, immediately changed gradually in front of his eyes, eventually transforming into lines of information that surfaced in Zhou An’s mind.
As the information rushed into his mind, Zhou An immediately felt that the Qi and Divine Soul in his body were once again enriched.
And with the enrichment of the Qi and Divine Soul, Zhou An’s steps towards the All Saints Realm were already minuscule.
Only after a long while did Zhou An open his eyes.
Before his eyes, the familiar smoke had completely disappeared.
“This Demon Shadow Skill, it’s a bit interesting.” Zhou An savored the information in his mind, and had already completely devoured the Demon Shadow Wannabe Skill.
The first few attributes, naturally, needed no introduction, nothing more than reaching the doubled level.
As for the Magic Shadow in the back, in Zhou An’s opinion, the skill of Body Technique had been utilized to the extreme.
Thinking about this, Zhou An ran the air in his body and shouted at Black Jade.
“Black Jade.”
At this moment, Black Jade was sitting in place bored and fuming.
Ever since that trip to the black palace, whenever Zhou An was busy, Black Jade would fall into a dazed state with a very silly and naive look.
Zhou An had once asked Black Jade why she was dazed.
To this, Black Jade’s answer was that her daze was actually comprehending the way of fusion of the Eight Absolute Techniques all the time.
Now, when Black Jade suddenly heard Zhou An call her, subconsciously, she turned back to her senses and looked over in confusion.
Not far ahead, Zhou An was sitting on a chair, illuminated by the flame of an oil lamp, shining brightly and dimly.
Black Jade was just about to reply when another voice rang out.
“Black Jade.”
“Black Jade.”
“Black Jade.”
One by one, Zhou An, appeared abruptly after the voice rang out.
Immediately afterward, the room was filled with Zhou An’s figures.
These figures, looked extremely real, and even Black Jade couldn’t help but scratch her head.
She was somewhat unable to distinguish which one was Zhou An.
Just then, Black Jade felt a gust of wind, coming from behind.
When she turned her head, she felt her waist, being wrapped around by Zhou An behind her.
“You’re real.”
Black Jade placed her hand on Zhou An’s chest and said with certainty.
Zhou An smiled and reached out to stroke Black Jade’s head, “Of course it’s true.”
As he finished his sentence, the shadows around him, quickly disappeared.
Soon, within the room, only Zhou An and Black Jade remained present.
This was the Demonic Shadow Attribute from the Demonic Shadow Wannabe.
It was possible to cast a skill while leaving a shadow in place at the same time.
And this shadow, it wasn’t as simple as being fake.
The shadow was real, possessing a portion of Zhou An’s strength, and could launch an attack.
Just like the name, Zhou An could transform into thousands of demonic shadows.
Each and every one of them, could launch an attack.
Although this attack, wasn’t as powerful as Zhou An’s attack in his heyday, the characteristics of being real within the virtual and virtual within the real, could make the enemy indistinguishable.
“It’s worth it.”
Zhou An felt that the qualitatively different skill of Demonic Shadow Wannabe was really not a waste of his Liver, either.
Afterwards, Zhou An let go of his hand and let Black Jade play again.
As for himself, he looked at the smoke in front of him and fell into deep thought.
[Armor Breaking Evil Suppressor Blade lv.9 (Speed +24, Accuracy +24, Sharpness +24, Defense Breaking +24): 1/160000]
[Heaven and Earth in Pot lv.9 (Strength +24, Destruction +24, Seal +24, Refinement +24): 1/160000]
[Demon Shadow of a Thousand Shadows lv.9 (Speed +24, Dodge +24, Flight +24): 1/160000]
[Unbreakable Golden Body lv. 9 (Hardness +24, Fusion +24, Defense +24): 1/160000]
[Read a Thousand Scrolls lv. 7 (Spirit +10, Understanding +10, Bounce +10): 1/120000]
[Rising Winds and Waves lv.7 (Watery +10, Water Control +10, Healing +10): 1/120000]
[Healing Poison Holy Body lv.9: (Healing +24, Toxicity +24, Poison Penetration +24, Devouring +24): 1/160000]
[Eye of Chaos lv.9 (Detection +24, Illusion Breaking +24, Ranging +24, Confusion +24):1/160000]
[Holy Spirit Evil Demon Body lv.9 (Purify +24, Dispel +24, Might +24, Scapegoat +24):1/160000]
[Heavenly Worker’s Divine Calculations lv.9 (Precision +24, Deduction +24, Formation +24, Great Potential +24): 50,000/160,000]
[Trick Fishing lv.5 (Harvest +4, Unknown +4): 1/80,000]
[Holding Breath lv.2 (Concealment +1): 1/20000]
[Storage Proficiency: 80,000/100,000]
The skill, Magic Shadow Wannabe, brought about an increase of 80,000 points in storage proficiency after reaching the qualitative change of level nine.
Now, with only 20,000 points missing, Zhou An could continue to use it.
Currently, there were only three skills missing to successfully reach the full realm.
These three skills were Reading a Thousand Scrolls, Xing Feng Breaking Waves, and Trick Fishing.
As for the newly learned Breath Holding skill, Zhou An did not include it in the list.
“Let’s read a thousand scrolls then.” Zhou An thought to himself and already had an idea.
To say the best liver, for now, it would be Reading a Thousand Scrolls.
Because of this thing, for Zhou An, there was a ready-made method of livering.
Previously, when he went from level 6 to level 7, Zhou An had used the method of writing epiphanies to increase his proficiency.
For every book he read, he wrote an epiphany.
He felt that he might be able to try this with the Black Jade.
Thinking about this, Zhou An turned his gaze, again, to Black Jade.
Black Jade was continuing to daze, and after feeling Zhou An’s gaze, he immediately turned his head.
“Get a copy of the Miscellaneous Hundred Skills to take a look.” Zhou An said it very easily.
As a matter of fact, it was indeed easy, because today’s Black Jade not only possessed the Eight Absolute Techniques, but even had the Hundred Techniques of the Miscellaneous Sect.
Because of this, many people from the Miscellaneous Sect wanted Black Jade to become the Lord of the Miscellaneous Sect.
If Zhou An’s words were to be heard by the people of the Miscellaneous Sect, they would surely hang their feet and pout.
Because the Hundred Skills of the Miscellaneous Sect that other people could only dream of, falling into Zhou An’s hands and acquiring them with ease, was simply outrageous.
Black Jade let out an oh-so-behavioral sound and raised her hand.
A light flashed, and then a book of Miscellaneous Sect Hundred Skills, coalesced by Black Jade’s own hands, appeared in mid-air.
Black Jade gently waved her hand, and the Hundred Skills of the Miscellaneous Sect flew towards Zhou An.
Zhou An received it in his hands, and then he took out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to carefully observe it.
Perception, naturally, came from books, and one of the Hundred Skills of the Miscellaneous Sect also had the qualification of being able to make Reading a Thousand Scrolls improve.
Soon, Zhou An began to watch while writing his epiphanies.
In fact, Zhou An just didn’t want to learn it, otherwise with the attributes provided by the Thousand Readings Scrolls, his level of learning for these things would not be lower than others at all.
As Zhou An began to copy the epiphanies, soon, in front of Zhou An’s eyes, familiar smoke surfaced.
[Read a Thousand Scrolls +1]
Zhou An looked at the familiar smoke and nodded, feeling that this method, perhaps, could be used for a long time.
Thinking about this, he began to liver up.
As for the matter of sending troops to the Barbarian Kingdom, he had already spoken with He Sheng and asked him to inform himself of the news once a day.
If there was an opportunity, he would strike.
If there weren’t many chances, he would ascend to the All Saints Realm and then go after those dogs.
Steady, that was the most important thing.
At least for now, it seemed that he would reach the All-Saint realm in just over a month at most.
At that time, the experts of the Absolute Enlightenment Realm could be destroyed with his hands.
The night, like flowing water, flew by.
Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, many more days had passed.
Due to the dispatch of troops from the Great Yue Country, a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the Jianghu people had finally fallen.
Jianghu people breathed a sigh of relief, because it can be considered to send troops.
Although sending troops wasn’t a good thing, at least, they didn’t have to worry about whether Emperor Yunqi was aiming for something else now.
The army of the Great Yue Country, at this time, after a long trek, had already arrived at the border of the Great Qi Country.
The King of the Far West led the group, and along with him, there was also the Abbot of the Empty Dust Temple, as well as the middle-aged man with a long sword.
The abbot of the Empty Dust Temple, who was also Empty Wen’s senior brother, was named Abbot Empty Dust.
As for the middle-aged man with the long sword, he was called the Knife Venerable, one of the only remaining peak Heavenly Realm.
The three veteran Ascension Realm experts, leading various experts from the Ordinary Ascension, Absolute Enlightenment, and All Saints Realms, as well as a large number of soldiers, had already arrived at the outermost perimeter of the border.
And at this moment, at the border of the Great Qi Kingdom, a black shadow appeared from the shadows, revealing its true form.
“Your Majesty, just you three Dengtian, going to besiege the Barbarian Kingdom?”
Underneath the shadow was a man with a scarred face, wearing a black robe that was slightly grim.
The King of the Far West looked back, swept a glance at this man, and said indifferently, “This king, Abbot Empty Dust, and Venerable Blade, are enough, don’t worry.”
The Scarred Man was silent.
The King of the Far West sneered, “Your Da Qi Kingdom’s Demon Removal Division, is it possible that you want to stop this king? Yin Yue, I’ve heard that your strength has recently progressed, and with one hand, the Yin Stab, you seem to be even stronger, do you want to have a discussion with this king before letting him pass?”
Just like the Great Chu Kingdom’s Zhen Gui Division and the Great Yue Kingdom’s Evil Execution Division, the Great Qi Kingdom also has a similar organization called the Demon Removal Division.
And Yin Yue, was the head of the Demon Removal Division, one of the oldest Deng Tian Realm powerhouses.
The Heavenly Realm powerhouses in the Jianghu also have, but the peak of the Heavenly Realm, now under the count, but to talk about a few people.
The barbarian country’s side is not mentioned for the time being.
Da Chu country is Wei Gong Gong, State Master, Prime Minister, General Secretary.
The Great Yue Country is the Far West King, Abbot Empty Dust, Venerable Knife, and Daoist Xuanxin.
However, Daoist Xuanxin was already dead, having died on top of Emperor Xingwu’s birthday banquet in the first place.
As for the Great Qi Kingdom, there were five of them, namely Yin Yue, who was in charge of the Demon Removal Division, State Master Nan Yun, Chancellor Liu Ping, Military Marshal Broken Army, and Emperor Feng Teng’s sister, Yue Ming.
All of these, not counting the emperors of the countries.
However, just counting the veteran Heaven Ascension Realm experts, the Da Qi Kingdom undoubtedly had the most, while the Da Yue Kingdom had actually been on the weaker side after the death of Daoist Xuan Xin.
Yin Yue sneered, “If it wasn’t for the big event, I would have really wanted to experience, Your Majesty’s strength, but unfortunately, there was no chance.”
The Far West King disdainfully said, “You at first, by the Chief Secretary of the Great Chu Kingdom a rod of ice and fire gun, destroyed half of the face, nowadays the mouth, but is hard, if you come to nonsense, hurry up and get out, today, the barbarian country must pay for the blood debt.”
When Yin Yue heard the King of the Far West mention the Chief Secretary, his heart swelled with anger, but his face did not show the slightest expression.
A token was thrown over by Yin Yue.
“This is His Majesty’s warrant, you will take the special official road in the middle of nowhere, and you must not disturb the other jianghu forces in the Great Qi Kingdom.”
The Far West King received it in his hands, and then he put the token away, and without saying a word, he directly turned around and left.
And as the Far West King left, Yin Yue’s expression, had gotten more and more eerie.
“To even mention that son of a bitch who uses a gun, it really doesn’t give me face.”
Yin Yue said in a cold voice: “That fool of the Chief Secretary, is just relying on the long gun to overcome my short thorns, put it into today, I won’t necessarily lose.”
Around them, there were quite a few members of the Demon Removal Division, all of them lowered their heads and did not speak.
Their leader was losing his temper, speaking at this time was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
“You guys, have there been any recent movements on the side of the Great Chu Kingdom?”
Yin Yue asked.
Several members looked at each other, then shook their heads, indicating that there were none.
“Be sure to keep a close eye on them, and remember, any movement from the Great Chu Country must be reported to me!”
Yin Yue continued, “Hehe, I’ll see them, what exactly are their plans.”
“I can’t wait, for that fellow from the General Division to come over and find me, so that I can avenge the revenge of that day.”
While Yin Yue was speaking, a man dressed as a fisherman, with a fishing rod on his shoulder, was rapidly leaving.
Beside him, there were also two people dressed in ordinary clothes.
Recently, the soldiers at the border didn’t know what was going on, they always felt as if they were tired.
Obviously there were not many people, but it just felt as if they were checking on a lot of people.
It was a strange feeling, but the truth was that there wasn’t much of anyone.
They also attributed it to the fact that they were hallucinating.
Yin Yue left, his trip was originally to give a warrant.
And with Yin Yue leaving, at this moment, there was a large mass of people with an extremely tiny presence that were quietly advancing.
The man holding the fishing rod, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, “This dog thief, still remembers the revenge from back then.”
Surrounding this man was the man with a long beard and an elegant face, as well as the man with a metaphysical aura on his body.
The three men, although their auras were different, it was as if there was something on their bodies that took their auras and covered them all.
And at this moment, in this wilderness, there were all kinds of experts, one could not see them at a glance, but even if one looked at them, they would quickly forget them.
The State Master brushed his hand over his white beard, “The ability of the Hidden Master is truly magical, even if you, Yin Yue’s lifelong enemy, walks in front of him, it’s as if he doesn’t see it.”
The Chief Master awkwardly touched his head, the fishing rod in his hand, flashed with a cold aura.
This ice and fire spear, which was a fishing rod in the eyes of others, was also a credit to the Hidden Master.
They wouldn’t be exposed as long as they didn’t make a move.
“How do we move?” The Chief Minister asked.
Beside him, the Prime Minister said indifferently, “To make a play, naturally, we have to do it all.”
“Nowadays, together with us, the convergence of six peak Ascension Realm experts is already stronger than the Great Qi Kingdom by one.”
“However, the Verticality, Wild Dao Sect, and Wild Buddha Sect, all have Peak Ascension Realm as well, and when added together, there are instead two more than us, which is not very stable.”
“Therefore, Zhou An’s side is needed to step in.”
Zhou An?
Upon hearing those two words, the Chief Minister revealed a puzzled expression.
The State Master was speechless, “You are at least the Chief Secretary of the Zhen Gui Division, why do you look so stupid?”
The Chief Division instantly became angry, “It’s not you guys! I clearly didn’t want to die in the first place before I comprehended the Water Fire Gun, but you guys turned it into a realization that the people were in deep water before I comprehended it!”
“Do you know what pressure I’ve been under for so many years? You few dogs, give me lift too high, I have to pretend to be deep every day!”
“I really want to stab you all with one shot!”
Speaking of this, the Chief Minister acted as if he had uncountable words that he wanted to utter.
The Prime Minister hurriedly rounded off the conversation, saying, “Alright, down to business, Eunuch Wei has already gone to find Zhou An, just wait for a letter from Eunuch Wei.”
“What exactly is going on?” The Chief Minister continued to ask.
The Prime Minister laughed, “Naturally, there is a method, and Zhou An will be happy to make them suffer a big loss.”
Saying this, the Prime Minister shut his mouth.
The Chief Minister didn’t ask again either.
At this time, he was also too lazy to use his brain, after all, in the entire Great Chu Kingdom, the two most capable brains were already here.
The Chief Secretary felt that he would just be responsible for stabbing people when the time came, and didn’t need to care so much.
“By the way, the Far West King’s side, should have gotten the news already.”
The State Master patted the dust on his body and said, “They will lower their marching speed until Eunuch Wei and Zhou An’s side, start to fight the first battle, and by that time, the war, too, will have completely begun.”
The crowd sniffed, then nodded their heads in understanding.
This densely packed group of experts and military men of the Great Chu Kingdom similarly slowed down their speed.
Huaixi Capital.
Zhou An looked at the smoke in front of him and yawned in his mind.
In front of his eyes, the smoke changed for a while, eventually transforming into a line of text that appeared in front of his eyes.
[Read a Thousand Scrolls lv.8 (Spirit +12, Understanding +12, Rebound +12): 1/140000]
[Storage Proficiency: 0/100000]
During this period of time, he had utilized his liver’s, as well as the bonus from storing proficiency, to raise Read Thousand Scrolls to level eight.
Now, the strength had increased by leaps and bounds again.
Originally, Zhou An had planned to continue to raise it until he had raised Read a Thousand Scrolls to level nine, then he would all pike the skill of Trick Fishing.
But …… things have changed.
At this time, in this house, Eunuch Wei was drinking tea in an old and relaxed manner, with a dying look.
Zhou An, on the other hand, was sitting quietly next to him, waiting for Eunuch Wei to speak.
Honestly speaking, when Eunuch Wei first arrived, Zhou An really didn’t notice.
Even now, with Eunuch Wei sitting in front of him, if he hadn’t slightly revealed so much as a hint of his breath, he would have thought that it wasn’t Eunuch Wei.
He would even think that there was no Eunuch Wei.
Zhou An Xin was clear in his mind that this must be the work of the Hidden Master, otherwise it would never have been possible for him to not even be able to detect it.
“Going to war?”
Zhou An stroked his chin and asked, “It seems like I’m needed.”
This was a very obvious thing.
Eunuch Wei had come over here, so he was bound to be looking for him for something.
As expected, after Zhou An asked this, on Eunuch Wei’s side, he quickly gave a reply.
“That’s right, you have to accompany our family and make a trip to the capital.”
Eunuch Wei said, “After all, in the Great Qi Kingdom, there are three Peak Ascension Realm experts that are waiting for you.”
Three, peak Ascension Realm experts?
Zhou An knew who they were after just a slight thought.
It was none other than the Vertical Leader, the Taoist Master of the Wild Dao Sect and the Buddha Master of the Wild Buddha Sect.
It was just that what he did not expect was that Eunuch Wei would say such words.
Those three dogs, they were waiting for him in the Great Qi Kingdom, but now, they wanted him to go to the capital, the Dao here, what exactly was the situation, Zhou An couldn’t figure it out.
Fortunately, Eunuch Wei did not let Zhou An wonder for long, and soon gave an answer.
“Through the scouts, it can be learned that those three fellows, should be in the Da Qi Kingdom, and have reached an understanding with Emperor Feng Teng.”
“Since that’s the case, it would be a straightforward move to exterminate them.”
Zhou An sniffed and frowned, “But what does this have to do with me going to the capital, if I go to the capital, will I be able to exterminate them?”
This was the point he couldn’t figure out.
Why would a trip to the capital be enough to exterminate those three guys?
Eunuch Wei smiled, “Your Majesty, it’s ready.”
Your Majesty?
Upon hearing these two words, Zhou An fell into deep thought, he always felt that there was something big going on here.
Eunuch Wei continued, “Ever since all of the previous dynasties of the Dafeng Kingdom were wiped out, nowadays, the Dachu Kingdom’s fortunes have been replenished.”
“And His Majesty, this time, intends to pour out half of the national fortune, all of which will be given to your body.”
“You will travel to the Da Qi Kingdom, and our family will follow, and at that time, His Majesty will use you as the basis for half of the National Fortune to decimate the three Jianghu Demons.”
When Zhou An heard this, his frown deepened, “Is it worth it?”
Half of the national fortune was extremely terrifying for an emperor’s line of work.
If that was the case, I was afraid that the subsequent Great Chu Kingdom would see its strength plummet.
“It’s worth it.”
Eunuch Wei slowly said, “It would be worth it if Emperor Yun Qi of the Great Yue Kingdom also centralized half of the national fortune.”
“As long as we can exterminate the Great Qi Kingdom and the Barbarian Kingdom, and then exterminate the three heads of the Jianghu Demons, at that time, everything will be worth it.”
“If we exterminate the three Jianghu Demons, the Great Chu Kingdom and the Great Yue Kingdom will lose half of their national fortunes.” Zhou An slowly said, “How do we deal with the next Da Qi Kingdom and Barbarian Kingdom?”
Eunuch Wei said, “Your Majesty, alone, can take on two Peak Ascension Realms.”
“Weakening by half is also the strength of a Peak Ascension Realm.”
“There were always five peak Heaven Ascension Realms counted in the Great Qi Kingdom, and now, six of us have arrived in the Great Qi Kingdom.”
“Plus our family, we can count one and a half, that’s seven and a half.”
“Even if we count the emperors of the Da Qi Kingdom, Emperor Feng Teng counts as two, they can only be counted as seven, we have an extra half.”
“As for the Barbarian Kingdom, it’s a long way to travel and won’t be able to make it over.”
Hearing this, Zhou An felt that this was really feasible.
Other than that, this simplest method of determining strength was actually the most accurate.
If I have more than you, then I’m stronger than you, no comment.
Besides, on their side, it wasn’t seven and a half.
Emperor Yunqi and Emperor Xingwu split half of the national fortune, according to half counts as a Peak Ascension, that’s two, that’s nine and a half.
On their side, there was still the cheap mother-in-law, which could be counted as one, that would be ten and a half.
Even if you add them over there, there are only ten.
Ten and a half against ten, cost-effective.
Thinking about this, Zhou An clapped his hands.
“Bottoms up, new grudge, old grudge, together!”