Chapter 44: Treasure Moonlight King, Red Stick Upgrade

In Cangzhou, the Iron Lion stood silently outside the city with its mouth wide open, looking towards the sea with its head held high.

This time when they passed by, Cao Jie and his party went to pay their respects to this steel creation.

From the outside, there is nothing magical about it, and even the surface has rusted due to corrosion from rain, wind and sand.

But inside, he could roar to pieces the condensed souls of the God-Conceiving Practitioners, and silently guard this land and the people on it.

'Iron Lion!'

In the previous life, this Zhenhaihou lasted for thousands of years, and eventually it corroded and collapsed under the protection of "experts". What a pity.

"If I rule this land, I will reshape your golden body for you."

After making a secret wish, everyone went straight to the manor of Mr. Chai without stopping.

After arranging the wine and meat, Chai Jin unfolded the human skin Buddha picture and looked at it for a while. Then he twisted his short beard with his hand and said, "Second brother, you got an incredible treasure!"

Cao Jie looked at the Buddha statue and waited for a while but Chai Jin still didn't speak. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, please don't keep us in suspense. We almost got caught in Jizhou City for this skin."

Shi Qian, who was sitting at the last seat, shrank his neck and dared not speak.

Beside him, Cao Zheng put down his wine bowl and exhaled a breath of alcohol: "If it weren't for my brother's prompt decision, we would have really been defeated in Jizhou. Brother Ruan Qi, if your true energy had not been consumed, could you have captured that woman?"

Ruan Xiaoqi gulped down the wine in his bowl and said with a smile, "If we fight alone, we won't be afraid of her. But there are thousands of cavalrymen there, how can we fight? It's more important to escape."

"Seventh Brother, this is wrong. As the saying goes, to shoot a man, shoot his horse first; to capture a thief, capture his leader first. If Seventh Brother can find the real location of that woman, charge in and capture her, then even if she has thousands of troops and horses, what use will it be?"

Shi Xiu is still very smart and is not a reckless man.

He is both brave and resourceful. From the fact that he revealed the weakness of the female cultivator in just one sentence, we can get a glimpse of the whole situation.

"I trust Seventh Brother's strength. Brother Shi Xiu's ability is not bad either. Even Brother Cao Zheng's swordsmanship is close to the Tao. Brothers Meng Kang and Shi Qian are both talented... I don't worry about safety issues."

Cao Jie sighed slightly: "Now I am afraid that she will find out our identities and take her anger out on the caravan or Yinmachuan. Many of our brothers are still in Liao. It seems not worth it for this map!"

"Alas! It seems that my second brother really doesn't know the value of this picture!"

Chai Jin tapped the table with his hand and said solemnly: "I, Chai Jin, have also reached the threshold of a pregnant god, and have the strength of the eighth level of night travel. What I visualized was just a golden toad. You all know that this is a Buddha. If you were to choose between the Buddha and the golden toad, which one would you choose to visualize and practice?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The person who was asked this question naturally chose Buddha!

In this era, Buddhism does not just chant "Amitabha". Buddhism has monk soldiers and there are warrior monks in every temple.

Who hasn't heard the story of the Thirteen Monks who saved the Tang King?

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are the three major forces that maintain the stability of the Song Dynasty. All the masters who conceived gods came from these three sects.

Chai Jin looked at the expressions of the crowd and kept them in suspense, making them eager to try. Then he said, "This is the Buddha of Precious Moonlight King! Among the thirty-five Buddhas, the first is Sakyamuni Buddha, the second is Vajra Indestructible Buddha, and this Buddha is ranked eighth.

Contemplating this Buddha can activate the power of the moon. It is like the brothers met the Princess Tianshou, who has all kinds of magical powers under the moonlight. "

"Baoyueguang Wang!"

Cao Jie repeated it several times and asked, "Master, are you going to practice the Buddhist method of visualization?"

Chai Jin shook his head and pushed the human skin Buddha picture in front of Cao Jie: "There is no chance to change it. This picture is a priceless treasure for Buddhism. Keep it well, second brother. Even if you don't practice it, it will be of great use in the future.

As for the trouble Princess Shou wanted to cause us that day, we are not afraid. Now those Khitan nobles are coveting my second brother's precious medicine, how can we let them do whatever they want. Drink, drink! Leave the affairs of Liao to me, Chai Jin..."

After three rounds of drinking, Cao Jie stood up and said, "Although Shi Xiu and Shi Qian have just met, they are friends for life and death. Mr. Chai, I will lend you my precious land today and invite you two brothers to join my Hongmen."

Chai Jin's eyes lit up: "Second brother, I have heard that you founded the Hongmen and made great aspirations with all the brothers. You invited two brothers to join you today, why didn't you invite me? But Chai Jin's cultivation is low, and he is not loyal enough."

Cao Jie proposed this now, naturally he also wanted to recruit him, and immediately took advantage of the situation: "Sir, Hongmen is just established, I dare not invite you! May I ask, Sir, are you willing to be a white paper fan here?"

"White paper fan?"

"That is, the military advisor."

"Haha, I'm not good at fighting and killing, but I'm very good at allocating money and making money through business."

There have been many experiences in holding ceremonies in the secret room. It had been held once before in Yinmachuan, with Deng Fei and Meng Kang invited to attend. Now it is arranged more solemnly and majestically.

Since Wu Yong joined the Hongmen, the rituals have become more and more perfect.

Several red lanterns were lit, a portrait of Guan Erye was placed in the middle, three animals were offered as sacrifices, and Ruan Xiaoqi and Cao Zheng stood on the left and right holding broadswords.

Cao Jie tied a red scarf on his head and held three incense sticks in his hands.

Chai Jin, Shi Xiu and Shi Qian knelt on the ground.

The oaths echoed in the secret room. "Since you join Hongmen, your parents are my parents, your brothers and sisters are my brothers and sisters, your wife is my sister-in-law, and your son is my nephew. If you violate them, I will be struck by the five thunders."

"If a parent or brother passes away after 100 years and has no money to bury him, and a white silk comes flying to ask for help, he should immediately tell the person who has money to give money, and the one who has no money to give labor. If he pretends not to know, he will be killed by the five thunders."

"Brothers of the Hong family from all prefectures and foreign countries, regardless of whether they are scholars, farmers, merchants, or people from the underworld, must stay overnight and have two meals. If anyone pretends to be ignorant and treats them as outsiders, they will be killed by ten thousand swords."

"Though the Hong family brothers were not acquainted with each other, if they met someone with a fake name and talked about speculation without acknowledging each other, they would die under the knife."

"..."

"If anyone commits adultery with his brother's wife, daughter or sister, he will be annihilated by the five thunderbolts."

"...Five Thunders to Destroy..."

"...die under thousands of swords..."

After the oath, Cao Jie said loudly: "I swear to spread the word of treachery and loyalty, all brothers in the world are the same, loyal and righteous people will be honored as dukes, and treacherous ministers will be killed by the sword."

Suddenly, lines of words appeared under the shaking flame of the lamp.

[“Chai Jin” joins Hongmen]

[Gang Leader Experience +18]

[“Shi Xiu” joins Hongmen]

[Gang Leader Experience +21]

[“Shi Qian” joins Hongmen]

[Gang Leader Experience +20]

Cao Jie was surprised that Shi Qian actually had 20 experience points.

But when you think about the fact that he was able to hide under Ruan Xiaoqi's nose for so long, you can tell what he is capable of.

[Soul aspect: gang leader (aggressive, arrogant, loyalty first)]

[Experience: Level 3 (7/600)]

[Talent: Red Stick LV3 (Enhanced Combat Instinct)]

Cao Jie was naturally eager to upgrade his talent.

He invited Shi Xiu and started practicing against each other at Chai Jin's spear and stick training ground.

Exhaling and speaking, Cao Jie kicked out with both feet, took a step forward, and with his other hand, he turned his fist and made a mountain-shaped fist.

The mountain-shaped fist print is clenched, highlighting three punches: collapse, flatten, explode, stab and rush, all in one go.

As these three punches were launched, the fist intent surged, just like three peaks suddenly rising from the flat ground, rushing straight up, as if to pierce a hole in the blue sky!

A series of sharp screams were emitted fiercely.

Facing this punch head-on, Shi Xiu's eyes suddenly brightened. He did not dare to be careless and countered the punch.

"This is... Taking Huashan in Five Steps!"

"Brother, you watched the master's fighting method several times and you actually mastered it?"

Cao Zheng, who was watching the fight nearby, was stunned. It had only been a few months and Cao Jie had already acquired such strength. It was not an exaggeration to call him a martial arts genius.

It's really sad.

Conquering Huashan in Five Steps is the most fierce killing move among the boxing techniques created by Emperor Taizu of Song!
At that time, Taizu and Taoist Chen Tuan competed on Mount Hua, with the entire mountain as the stakes.

Taizu lost one move and lost the entire Huashan Mountain.

After Taizu returned, he reflected carefully on the shortcomings of his boxing skills, and thus the earth-shaking move "Five Steps to Seize Huashan" was created in Taizu's Changquan.

The world belongs to me, and Mount Hua must also be mine.

The Five-Step Seizure of Huashan is the most domineering and fierce move!

With the third-level Red Stick Talent, he already had the ability to fight against Shi Xiu. It was just that the difference in the Refining Essence Realm made him unable to keep up in terms of physical fitness and strength.

Still need to work hard.

After staying in Chai Jin's house for a few more days, they said goodbye to Chai Jin and set off to return to Yuncheng...

(End of this chapter)