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Chapter 1453 Li Shizhou in Action

Of course, considering the current strength and scale of the Shushan Sword Sect, it would be a bit presumptuous to directly set the Ghost Market as an imaginary enemy.

At this moment, one of the reasons why Taoist Taiqing pointed out this information was to indirectly inform the two that the current situation in Shushan was completely different from when they were in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

You should know that this magical skill was one of the rewards given to them by the other party after they joined Fuxi Heavenly Palace.

As the Emperor of Heaven, Fuxi, who must have obtained all the memories of his destined body, didn't he know that this magic would lead to the birth of the Evil Sword Immortal?

In other words, the value of their Shushan has been reduced by more than half after completing the plan of splitting off the Far East Demon Realm. Among the remaining small part, the existence of the Evil Sword Immortal occupies a very important proportion.

So, they had no choice.

Immediately after Qingwei and Canggu left the Sanqing Palace, Zhenren Taiqing also sighed.

He opened the Hidden Dragon List again, and his eyes first stopped at Xue Wuxia, who was ranked third. He then looked at Jiang Qing, who was ranked forty-seventh, Dugu Yuyun, who was ranked sixty-second, Ning Xiaoyao, who was ranked seventy-third, and finally Situ Zhong, who was ranked ninety-fourth.

It also contained a meaningful sigh that echoed throughout the entire hall.

Then he sent a message to the other three elders, telling them to go into seclusion for a period of time, and then he walked into the secret room.

And in this world of Fairy Sword, there is another person who is busy.

Zhejian Villa, Yunzhou, Hebei.

This place is home to one of the four great families, the Ouyang Family. People in the martial arts world call it the Zhejian Villa, but its original name, the Yingxiong Villa, has been forgotten.

It is said that his sword-making skills were so exquisite that sword-makers all over the world were ashamed and broke their swords.

Another theory is that the Ouyang family got its name because their family swordsmanship was almost invincible in the martial arts world. There is also a saying that "all heroes in the world break their swords in Yunzhou."

His fame was closely related to the imperial court.

In other words, apart from those immortal cultivation sects that have some connection with the divine world, all the forces in the martial arts world have more or less connections in the officialdom.

However, in the Xianjian world, the prestige of the imperial court is not as great as that of the Daxuan Dynasty in the Shanhai Realm. It is not even as great as that of the Daxuan Dynasty led by Yu Hengyuan, the second-generation traitor, at the end of the Great Contention Era. After all, the Daxuan at that time still dared to attack the entire Buddhist land under the decrees it issued.

And they also suppressed the opponent and won one victory after another.

The imperial court of this world can only barely defend various cities with the troops it has gathered. The core force that can resist the attacks of the two races of demons and monsters still needs to rely on the forces of the martial arts world and the immortal cultivation sects.

Its real use is to act as a lubricant between these frictional forces, or when facing the threat posed by the two demon tribes, these forces are unable to choose a leader, so a suitable puppet is needed to avoid this meaningless infighting.

Therefore, the imperial court came into being.

Of course, on the surface, these forces in the martial arts world all respect the orders of the imperial court, but in private they are still in a state of division. As for the immortal cultivation sects, they are even more distant.

This also made the monarchs who ascended the throne in successive dynasties feel helpless in the face of this kind of split in the situation that the masses were accustomed to.

It's not that there haven't been ambitious rulers or overlords among them, but these high-ranking human beings are all aware of the existence of the God Realm, and they know even better that the real masters of this world are the gods who are high above them and allow the three races to fight each other in the human world.

During this period, which is buried in the dust of history, there are also records of several times when the heroic rulers completed the unification of the human world and wanted to rebel against the divine world, but the ending was usually an even more bloody purge.

And those immortal cultivation sects are even more glaring nails planted by the divine world in the human world.

This will make the so-called heroic leader feel helpless even if he is born again.

Therefore, this also led to a situation where the court was filled with corruption and stupidity from top to bottom.

Anyway, there is also the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce in this world. As an absolutely neutral force that regulates prices and guarantees food production, even if there are incompetent rulers who only care about having fun throughout the ages, they will not ruin this world.

As long as he doesn't rebel against the God Realm, and as long as he doesn't have too much time to settle accounts with those immortal sects and martial arts forces, this tyrant can actually live a more comfortable life.

On the contrary, some wise rulers who want to eliminate the two races of demons often die suddenly on the throne due to an accident or mistake.

And it is precisely because of this delicate situation that it is difficult for those separatist forces in the martial arts world to have ambitions to dominate the world, because before the two races of demons are eliminated, the general environment will not provide them with the conditions for internal strife.

At the same time, the gods are also quite partial to those incompetent rulers, and occasionally give them some small props that can protect themselves and deal with assassinations.

Therefore, the world of Legend of Sword and Fairy has been going around in circles over the years, and it seems that the main goal from top to bottom is for people to just get by and live until they die.

Of course, this does not refer to those underworld forces.

Some of them still have more faith and ambition. Even if their ambition is not so big as to conquer the whole world, they still have ideas in their hearts such as driving out the two races of demons, protecting the human homeland, expanding their sphere of influence, increasing their own influence and so on.

The Ouyang family is one of them.

He is now known as the leader of the four great families, which is inevitable because of the outstanding performance of his disciples when dealing with demons attacking the city, and their daily chivalrous deeds around the world.

It is inevitable to establish a relationship with the imperial court, which seems useless but can provide some help at all times.

For example, at this moment, after the Chief of the Left Division of the Demon-Suppressing Division of the Shenxiao Yuxie Platform took office, his first stop was to visit the Ouyang family.

The Shenxiao Yuxietai is a special institution established by the imperial court to deal with the two races of demons. Although the name sounds domineering, its actual power is minimal, because over the years, the underworld forces and immortal cultivation sects have their own unique ways of dealing with demons.

Officials from this force would only be used when faced with high-intensity demonic disasters or demonic tides and the court needed to act as intermediaries to pass on messages.

All these officials can do is to pass on a message and establish a connection, which can be regarded as a testimony to temporarily waive the past grievances between the two forces.

No more.

Just like the Shenxiao Yuxie Tai, it is divided into the Left Division of Subduing Demons and the Right Division of Killing Demons. At first glance, it is obvious that they are specifically responsible for targeting the demons and monsters, but in fact, the chief of the Left Division of Subduing Demons has no more than thirty people under him.

And half of them are poor scoundrels who eat government food.

If it were really pulled out to deal with the attack from the monsters, it would be crushed into meat scraps in minutes.

And it was precisely because this position was so useless, but had a certain value, that Li Shizhou, who was very good at officialdom, seized the opportunity.

"Director Li, you are a young talent."

Ouyang Ying looked at the man in front of him with an extraordinary demeanor and appearance, and his expression was somewhat surprised.

After all, he knew the situation in the court too well, and he understood how rotten the Shenxiao Yuxie Platform was inside. But the newly appointed Director of the Zuosi, a man named Li Chenzhou, according to the intelligence he had obtained, had obtained this position by some inferior means.

This reality is completely different from the image of corrupt and greedy officials.

Li Shizhou responded politely with a bow.

His current name is directly copied from one of its original owners, Li Chenzhou, while his image is a restoration of another original owner, Fang Yingkan.

After all, there is a line in the original work: "It is not an exaggeration to describe Young Marquis Fang with these eight words: 'Angel appearance, devil heart'."

In addition, he inherited Fang Yingkan's political tactics, which allowed him to be tough and rude at times, and humble and polite when necessary; he was arrogant at times, but warm and emotional when appropriate.

He knows how to be radical, but also how to compromise. When the time comes, he will do whatever it takes to grab everything; but he also knows how to give in, be patient, and wait for the right opportunity.

Positive but not just optimistic, conceited but not complacent, can put on a disdain, roll up sleeves to fight and say harsh words, but is also more adept at retreating safely, dodging conflicts, making roundabout speeches, and even stepping down to clean up the aftermath. He is proficient in everything, and can advance and retreat freely, making people likeable, respectable, frightening and confusing.

With such excellent conditions and factors, it would be a pity not to enter the officialdom.

After all, he was able to gather a faction loyal to him in the Great Xuan Dynasty, so it would be even easier for him to come to the court of this world.

It's just because there is a divine realm over his head that he has to act much more low-key.

With all the operations during this period, he has obtained the position of Chief of the Left Division of Subduing Demons, which can be regarded as a temporary settlement. As for being in charge of the Divine Sky Yuxie Platform, he needs to further test the spies in the God Realm in the officialdom before making a decision.

At this moment, he came to Zhejian Villa. On the surface, he was the newly appointed director of the Left Division of the Demon-Slaying Department, and he came to communicate with the underworld forces. In reality, he had already targeted several people.

During the greetings, Li Shizhou did not reveal his true intention, but his words made the shrewd Ouyang Ying feel the surprise of meeting a friend regardless of age difference.

Li Shizhou then repeatedly stated that he was quite nervous about taking up the position of director, and was very worried that he would inadvertently make enemies with some underworld forces. After drinking two pots of tea, he also stated that he hoped Ouyang Ying, who had the closest relationship with the court, would give him a few handwritten letters.

After all, Ouyang Ying has face in the court, and even more face in front of the three major families.

He implicitly gave official stamp of approval to the other party's current reputation as the head of the four great families in the martial arts world, which made Ouyang Ying feel even more surprised.

In this case, Li Shizhou's request is naturally not a big problem.

It's not just the three major families, he also takes care of Nanlin, Beishen, and even several immortal cultivation sects.

Just as Li Shizhou was about to say goodbye and leave, Ouyang Ying looked at his lonely figure and thought of the situation of Fu Yao Zuo Si, so he couldn't help but recommend that his four disciples serve as guides.

Li Shizhou hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement to this proposal.

After Ouyang Ying sent the two of them all the way out of the city, Li Shizhou looked at the young man in purple in front of him and finally smiled from the bottom of his heart for the first time.

"Brother Jiang, I'll trouble you next."

Jiang Chenglian didn't dare to say anything and just followed the orders of his master.

Looking at the honest child in front of him, Li Shizhou's smile became even more genuine.

In fact, when he went to the Far East Demon Realm, the Mountain and Sea Realm had not yet faced the impact of the Immortal Sword's destiny body.

Even when he unexpectedly met Yue Piaoling during his training in the Far East Demon Realm, he did not know at that time that the entire demon realm had an extremely close connection with the Immortal Sword Family.

Fortunately, it has been purchasing some intelligence information from players at high prices since a long time ago.

There are not only some predestined bodies that have been made public, but also a lot of extremely trivial bits of information that seem to be related to the predestined bodies.

One of the lists that Li Shizhou saw was a ranking of villains in the Chinese Paladin series.

And Jiang Cheng, or should I say Demon Lord Jiang Shili, occupies one of the positions.

As one of the protagonists of the fifth generation prequel and the apparent final boss in the fifth generation main story.

It would be a bit too much to compare it with Chonglou of the third generation and Yuyu of the sixth generation, but as one of the few who awakened the blood of Chiyou, he has initially reached the pinnacle of human combat power. It is clearly stated that if it were not for the power of the three divine weapons, even the Seven Sages of Shushan would not be able to defeat him.

Then, as long as it awakens the memories of its original owner, its future potential plus the actual combat power bonus will ensure that it is at least in the top 50 of the Potential Dragon List.

This is why Li Shizhou is able to grasp the talent with huge flaws that are rare in this fairy sword world.

Of course, for now he is just preparing to have some contact with the other party.

Because he himself could not confirm whether Jiang Cheng was targeted by others.

Previously, in the Far East Demon Realm, he had fought with the sudden attack from the Demon Lord Hun Tian, ​​and both of them were injured. Later, when he met the second-generation mid-stage BOSS Kong Lin, he learned some relevant information from the other party.

It was also through Kong Lin that he further confirmed the value of the villain rankings, and through trivial collection, he pieced together 60% to 70% of the previously obtained information related to the Fairy Sword.

Therefore, his rash contact with Jiang Cheng this time was also a risky move.

But only by taking risks and exploring can we get more fruitful results.

Essentially, deep down he is a madman who gambles with his life.

Then, in the communication with Jiang Cheng, the other party soon stopped calling Li Shizhou "Director Li" and changed to the more intimate "Brother Li", and this happened while the carriage was still traveling and had not yet reached the next small town.

Li Shizhou has basically confirmed that the other party has not awakened the memory of the destiny body, and the Chiyou bloodline has not been activated at all. However, even so, his martial arts aptitude is extremely extraordinary. His current strength in the middle stage of the Tianxiang realm is already at the top level among the younger generation of the Jianghu martial arts world in this fairy sword world. (Not including those who cultivate immortality)

Then, in order to show the breakthrough in the relationship and for further testing, the carriage they were riding in changed its route and soon arrived at a wasteland.

"Brother Li, this place seems to be a small town away..."

"Wait a minute."

In less than an incense stick of time, a huge rock fell from the sky.

"This..." Jiang Cheng looked surprised.

Li Shizhou looked at his expression again and again, confirming that there was no disguise at all, and also confirmed that this was really a foolish boy who had not awakened his memory.

After all, if he had the original owner's memories, he would understand that the stone in front of him was the Yunlai Stone that he, as one of the protagonists, rode in the fifth generation prequel.

This is also one of the few good things that the Shenxiao Yuxietai organization could produce when it was doing practical things in the early days.

"Come on up, the next stop is the Shangguan Family in Kaifeng, but there is a place you can visit first."

"Where?" Jiang Cheng, standing on the Yunlai Stone, was still a little frightened.

"Qianfeng Ridge." (End of this chapter)