Chapter 35
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The familiar text surfaced once more, Zhou An waited patiently, and after a while, the text in front of him dissipated and new text appeared.
[Vajra Leg: Strength +1, Destruction +1.]
[Swimming Dragon Steps: Speed +1, Dodge +1.]
Two options appeared before his eyes, Zhou An stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
These two options were a bit interesting, taking completely opposite paths.
One of the items was called Vajra Leg, possessing strength plus one and destruction plus one.
Obviously, just by looking at the meaning of the words, one could tell that running had been practiced by him as a leg technique.
And the leg technique was so rigid and fierce that it not only increased strength, but also increased destruction.
When the original Bumping Thing, which also increased the attribute of destruction, was able to bump Liu Kitchen to death alive.
Vajra leg also has this addition, the power is naturally needless to say.
But there was no speed, no speed at all.
The second item, Swimming Dragon Steps, was a solid stance, not only did it add one to speed, but it also added one to evasion.
Zhou An pondered over these two choices for half a day before finally choosing the Swimming Dragon Steps.
The reasons for choosing the Swimming Dragon Steps were also very simple.
For one, it was because he wanted to choose on top of the original speed plus one, so as to best comply with the rules of proficiency.
For two, he did need stance.
The ability to attack had the Bumping Object in addition to the Planing Ox Knife, and these two skills were already completely sufficient.
One more stance skill to have one more kind of base card.
With very few skills at the moment, making up for one’s shortcomings was the most important thing.
Thinking about this, Zhou An chose Swimming Dragon Steps.
When the selection was complete, the text in front of him changed.
[Swimming Dragon Steps lv.3 (Speed +2, Dodge +1): 1/40,000]
A large amount of information drilled into his mind, and the Qi flow in Zhou An’s body grew again.
The air that was originally two fingers thick turned into three fingers thick.
It seemed very little, but there was a real qualitative change in how this air was used.
Zhou An closed his eyes, and only opened them after absorbing the information in his mind.
He had already mastered the tricks of the Swimming Dragon Steps.
The so-called Swimming Dragon Steps was about only eight words.
–Fluttering like a shock, just like a swimming dragon.
Through extremely subtle changes in airflow, the effect of dodging was achieved.
And the speed is not slow, it can even be said to be fast.
Speed +2 brings a bonus that cannot be underestimated.
Let’s use a very simple analogy.
Zhou An now had his back to the enemy, and the enemy threw a concealed weapon at him.
He could completely not turn around.
When the concealed weapon was about to be added to his body, he would be able to change his stance and dodge it through the change in the airflow of the concealed weapon.
“Try it.”
Zhou An lowered his head, picked up a stone on the ground and casually threw it towards the wall behind him without looking back.
The stone landed on the wall and reflected back, and the target was exactly Zhou An’s back.
The air in Zhou An’s body flowed, and when the stone came to his back, he sensed the stone’s presence through the vibration of the air inspired by the stone.
Immediately afterward, Zhou An took a slight step to the side and narrowly dodged it.
The entire process was very subtle.
Zhou An was able to feel the subtle changes and was also able to make the most appropriate movements through the changes.
And the movements were very natural.
Fluttering like a stunning dragon, just like a swimming dragon.
These eight words were used by him to the extreme.
“What a wonderful skill.” Zhou An Xin thought in his heart.
This flurry of tests and choices just now had wasted quite a bit more time.
Zhou An estimated that the time was almost dusk.
He didn’t stay long, went home, washed up, ate a breakfast outside, and once again came to the Yamen.
The yamen was as usual, and the recent street patrols hadn’t fallen off.
Zhou An nodded off and then patrolled the streets with Yu Hang again.
At noon, the two ate outside again.
Recently, Yu Hang’s interest was not too high.
The closer the imperial examinations got, the duller it became.
Zhou An knew deep down that this hairdresser was not in a good frame of mind.
He had persuaded all he could, and could only rely on Yu Hang to regulate himself.
Adjusted well, through the imperial examination a leap into the dragon and phoenix, poorly adjusted, can only continue next year.
“Don’t think too much.” Zhou An patted Yu Hang’s shoulder and comforted again.
Yu Hang ate a mouthful of rice, cried and laughed: “Old Zhou, I don’t want to ah, but it’s always in my head, come on, you don’t comfort me, I’ll take my own time.”
There is something’s, not not to think about it is not there.
Zhou An sniffed and stopped comforting.
The two ate, took a short walk, and then continued to start patrolling the streets.
It wasn’t until it was almost time for the duty to be dispersed that they returned to the Yamen.
“The two of us are not patrolling today, why don’t we fix something to eat?” Seeing that Yu Hang was still dull, Zhou An made a suggestion.
Yu Hang thought yes, his recent mood was indeed too tense, it would be good to relax.
And there was no threat with Zhou An, after all, a mysterious expert was here, the Beast Sect’s people came, they all had to see blood.
It was also too irritating to live in the courthouse every night.
Thinking of this, Yu Hang nodded.
“Let’s go, let’s both go buy food right now.”
There was no street patrol tonight anyway.
The two of them just pondered, going back to buy a few small dishes and have a good meal.
The two of them hooked shoulders and greeted the passing constables with a cheeky hello before they were ready to leave.
But before they could walk out, they were stopped by Sheriff Xie who came in.
“Unexpected situation, don’t go yet, wait inside the yamen, I’ll come over after a while.”
Sheriff Xie said this and hurriedly headed to the backyard.
The footsteps were fast and eager.
The backyard was where the magistrate lived.
In recent times, the county magistrate had been in seclusion to deal with the selection, so Zhou An had never seen it.
Now that Sheriff Xie rushed over, there must be something big to report, and this is something that can only be done by the county magistrate.
Yu Hang elbowed Zhou An and whispered, “Old Zhou, something big must have happened!”
Zhou An said breathlessly, “You can tell with your nose, let’s go, today’s gathering seems hopeless.”
Both were stopped by Sheriff Xie, and the two no longer went to the potluck, and hooked up again to return to the room.
At this moment, the room was filled with constables, all talking.
They had also received the news from Sheriff Xie.
Situations like this gathering of all the constables were basically not there except for some big events, so the crowd was also very curious.
Zhou An guessed that perhaps it had something to do with the Beast Cult.
Recently, it had been quiet for so many days.
Zhou An did not believe that the people from the Zhen Gui Division would not investigate and rectify the Beast Cult.
The calmness on the surface was actually a dark current.
Today’s sudden call to all the constables was that the undercurrents were raging to a degree and had finally erupted.
He waited patiently.
After about half an hour of effort, Sheriff Xie’s voice came from outside.
“All come out, there is an urgent matter.”
When the constables heard the voice, they immediately stopped talking and walked out of their rooms to the courtyard.