Under the bamboo forest in the backyard, Zhang Yu was wearing a Taoist robe. He was slowly operating his sword force, comprehending the intersection between sword and will. The light on his body floated along with his breathing.
After a long time, he withdrew his sword force and sheathed his sword.
Although he had the Seal of Sword and Harmony, the communication between man and sword did not stop there.
This sword was personally forged by his teacher. However, many of its mysteries were limited by his own cultivation and could not be unleashed. Now, he could only unleash the sword's power as much as he could under limited conditions.
However, he also realized that it was too extreme for him to rely solely on his sword to attack.
If the sword suffered any damage or left his control due to some unforeseen event, then his strength would be greatly reduced. In a battle, that would be a fatal flaw.
Therefore, other than that, he should have other ways to deal with the enemy.
He walked to the side and picked up a pair of vermillion gloves from the bamboo rack and put them on.
This pair of gloves was actually a magic item as well. It was given to him by his teacher along with Xia Jian that day.
However, compared to Xia Jian, this item did not seem to be worthy of being called a magic item.
This was because this item did not have the power to break through the surface layer of spirituality. At most, it could only provide a layer of protection for his hands when facing an enemy. Moreover, his teacher had never mentioned anything about this pair of gloves.
Now that he had the Light of Heart, this item seemed to be of little use.
However, with the recent improvement of his True Breath technique, he gradually realized that this pair of gloves could also change according to his own breath as he breathed continuously.
Thus, he thought that according to the words of the old cultivators, a magic artifact that didn't pass through the hands of a person was like the most primitive and crude embryo, and it required the cultivator to refine and polish it himself before gradually bringing out the potential within it. For example, the communication between him and Xia Jian earlier seemed to be like this.
This made him feel that he might not have been able to find the correct way to use this item in the past.
The reason should not be due to his negligence. Some magic items first required the owner to have a certain level of cultivation. At the same time, this item was made for old cultivators. Therefore, it needed the breathing method of the old cultivator to activate it.
Perhaps his teacher did not think that his breathing method could reach this level, so he did not mention it.
Now that he had noticed it, he was trying to see if he could get any additional help from it.
Although he didn't know what the correct method of sacrificial refining was, he believed that since the breathing technique could help him guide and communicate, then there was nothing wrong with following it.
In reality, it was just as he had thought. After working hard for the past few days, every time he focused his mind on this glove, even if he did not use his Heart Light, he could feel that the glove would respond to him at the same time. When he raised his fist and waved it gently, there would be the sound of wind and thunder.
He sat down on a futon in the courtyard and closed his eyes to meditate, breathing in and out. Not long after, a faint light appeared on the red gloves, rising and falling with his breathing.
About half a summer later, he finally came out of his meditation.
He collected his thoughts and stood up. Taking off the gloves, he placed them back on the bamboo rack. Then, he walked over to the stone table behind the bamboo. He saw Miao Danjun sleeping on the soft cushion of the stone table, his tail wagging from side to side.
He walked over and reached out a hand to gently stroke his back a few times, creating ripples of multicolored mist and spiritual light. Then, he sat down on a stone stool, picked up today's newspaper, and began to flip through it.
Recently, there wasn't much news worth paying attention to. Moreover, under the combined efforts of the Education Palace and the An Xun Association, there were already very few reports of him being slandered in the newspapers.
Not only this, after the Yao family completely disappeared, the three Education Palaces led by Linzhi Education Palace that were still promoting their own candidates for the scholar-councilor also slowly ceased their banners and drums.
The main reason for this was because after the beginning of the year, there were several elders who were over a hundred years old who expressed their support for him in the newspapers.
These people had all become scholars of Tianxia sixty years ago. Today, many of the officials in the Protectorate Office were the descendants of their students. Their influence was not ordinary.
Most importantly, compared to the words in the newspapers, the lower level commoners of the Protectorate Office clearly believed in these elders who had protected the Protectorate Office in the Battle of Honghe more.
Zhang Yu had seen the specific deeds of these people. Forty years ago, they had continuously proposed in the scholar-councilor meeting that the Protectorate Office should return to its previous structure of etiquette, with Xuanfu at the head and the Protectorate Office at the second.
However, after successive failures, they realized that this structure could no longer be changed. As a result, they simply no longer participated in the scholar-councilor meetings, living in seclusion outside of Teng Hai. From then on, they never set foot in the Protectorate Office's territory.
He thought for a bit. Forty years ago, which was more than a decade after the Battle of Honghe Pass, was when the previous Governor Yang's power was at its peak. His prestige also reached its peak at the same time.
Those scholar-councilors had not been able to change anything. This was also very normal. After the Dongting Protectorate Office had experienced that great battle, the new structure had already stabilized. Moreover, at the time, the people had already decided that they did not wish for internal strife to break out again.
Even Xuanfu himself, Qi Huan, was still leading ten-some students and doing their best to restore Xuanfu's vitality, so he probably did not have the energy to pursue these matters.
And these elders had probably not come purely to support him. Presumably, they had also seen that the turbid tide was about to dissipate and that the Protectorate Office was about to undergo another change.
But after this change, whether the Protectorate Office would welcome a new life or decline, no one could say for sure.
After reading the newspaper, he put it to the side and began to think.
Although there were still ten-odd days until the scholar-councilors' meeting, he had already learned from the Education Palace and Xuanfu in advance that this year's scholar-councilors had set the specific start date for the fifth day of the second month.
It was only because most of the famous people of the Protectorate Office would gather during the scholar-councilors' meeting, as well as a large number of high officials and nobles. In addition, too many unforeseen events had occurred in Ruiguang City in the past year. Therefore, the protection this time would be unprecedentedly strong. Not to mention most of Xuanfu's intelligent Xuanxiu, even the marquises of the Army of God would probably appear. At that time, there would probably be another open struggle and covert struggle.
At this time, Li Qinghe walked into the backyard with a box in his hands. "Teacher, someone has sent a gift again."
Zhang Yu asked, "Who sent it?"
There were people in the Protectorate Office who criticized him, so naturally, there were also people who thought highly of him and wanted to be on good terms with him in advance.
Recently, there were many people who came to give gifts. However, unless they were people he knew in the past or were recommended by an acquaintance, he would generally directly return them.
Li Qinghe replied, "It was sent by Manager Zhao, Zhao Xiangcheng. Teacher said that if this person sends something, there is no need to reject it."
Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Put it here."
Li Qinghe said yes and walked over. He gently placed the item on the table. Then the cover was lifted, revealing an exquisite jade box.
Zhang Yu opened the lid and pulled out a piece of silk cloth. He saw a simple and unadorned stone statue inside. There was a very faint and very obscure warm current lingering around it. He couldn't help but pause his actions.
At this time, Miao Danjun turned over and curiously looked at the thing inside.
Zhang Yu reached out and rubbed his little head. Then he took out a letter from the jade box and opened it to read.
In the letter, there were some greetings. Then, it mentioned that a few days ago, on the originally empty sea region of the Teng Sea, a large island suddenly appeared overnight for some unknown reason.
The people sent by the Security Patrol Association found that there were half-destroyed stone ruins on the island. There were many statues placed inside, large and small. Other than that, there were no words or murals.
Because this island happened to exist on a certain trade route, many people in the Security Patrol Association were worried that there might be some supernatural force behind this inexplicable island.
Zhao Xiangcheng knew that he specialized in ancient natural history and was now a Xuanxiu, so he specially sent one of the stone statues over to ask him to take a look to see if there were any problems.
Zhang Yu picked up the stone statue. The Origin Energy on it was extremely weak, even less than the strange bone fragment he came into contact with that day. In just a short while, he had already absorbed all of it.
After taking a closer look at the statue, it was not difficult for him to determine that this was the sculpture style of the Yi people.
He could not help but think of the underground tribe that was destroyed by Dou Chang and the others, as well as the sleeping EsGod whose divine power had been transferred away. Could there be any relationship between this island that suddenly appeared?
But no matter what, since there was Origin Energy on this statue, there might be more on that island. He needed to take some time to take a look, but he would not have the time before the meeting.
After thinking about it, he asked Li Qinghe to bring over a pen and paper. With a swish of the pen, he wrote a reply.
The reply said that he would go to the island after the meeting. At the same time, he also told Zhao Xiangcheng not to worry. He would invite a Xuanxiu fellow to check this place to ensure the safety of the trade route.
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