Chapter 142 The Power of the Giant Sword

[Alchemy, second level 85/2000]

After completing the day's practice, Chu Ning took a look at his proficiency in divine refining techniques.

It went up 2 points.

At the same time, Chu Ning could also feel that among the hundreds of drops of divine consciousness fluid in Niwan Palace, one of them became stronger.

"This analysis of the source of symbols can indeed strengthen the spiritual consciousness!"

Chu Ning was overjoyed.

In the next two days, Chu Ning continued his practice while waiting for Cheng Jinhe to recruit everyone.

Practice the Flame Fire Divine Wood Kung Fu to temper your magic power, analyze the source of talismans and cultivate your spiritual consciousness at the same time.

Even in this place where spiritual energy is thin in the mortal world, cultivation is not greatly affected.

During the meal, Cheng Jinhe and others would take the initiative to invite him to join them every time they had a meal.

You don’t have to worry about food, housing, and daily life.

Three days passed like this, and this morning, Chu Ning was continuing to analyze the sword-sealing talisman.

"Bang! Bang!"

A knock on the door suddenly sounded, followed by a voice from outside.

"Young Master Chu, my boss asks you to pack your things and meet in the backyard of the inn. We will set off immediately."

Have you recruited someone?

When Chu Ning heard this, he immediately stood up, grabbed his giant sword, hung the animal skin bag on his body, and walked out.

Outside the door, a waiter next to Cheng Jinhe whom Chu Ning had met before was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Young Master Chu, our boss has recruited someone, we will set off now."

"Okay, let's go."

As Chu Ning went downstairs with the waiter, she said with some surprise:

"Yesterday, I heard that your boss was frowning. This trip is too far. Are you recruiting people today?"

"Yes, a few people came yesterday afternoon and today, that's all."

The two of them talked and came to the backyard of the inn together.

In the backyard at this moment, besides Cheng Jinhe and the short-bearded man named Li Song, there were more than thirty people.

Most of them were dressed as workers and were loading boxes and shipping goods onto the carriage.

There were another six or seven people dressed in the same guard attire as Li Song.

These should be Cheng Jinhe's original guards, and there are five others wearing different clothes.

It seems that he must be someone recruited separately to escort and protect him.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and Li Song also introduced each other to everyone at this moment.

"This is Young Master Chu Ping Chu..."

Through Li Song's introduction, Chu Ning finally got to know the four men and one woman.

The oldest man in gray, about forty years old, with a medium build, named Yu Zhengchun, didn't talk much, and held an unsheathed knife in his hand.

There were two other men who looked two or three years younger.

There was a man as thin as a monkey, with a long whip hanging from his waist, named Dai Zuen.

The other man was tall and burly, carrying a big copper hammer in one hand, and his name was Han Wangang.

The only woman among the five is about thirty years old. She is dressed in smart clothes. Although her appearance is ordinary, she is also somewhat plump.

Holding a long sword in his hand, his name is Du Huarong.

The last young man, who was about 26 or 27 years old, was named Shen Shaohai. He was dressed like a scholar and held a fan in his hand.

Chu Ning just took a look and realized that the fan contained something strange. It seemed like it was a hidden weapon or something.

After several people introduced each other, Li Song immediately greeted everyone:

"There are still buyers waiting for us at the owner's side, so we will set off directly. I will trouble you all along the way."

Cheng Jinhe on the side also immediately said:

"I have troubled you brave men along the way. As long as you can reach your destination safely, Cheng will be very grateful."

Just when a few people were waiting, the guys had almost packed the boxes, and Li Song asked the inn waiter to lead a few horses out.

Judging from their demeanor, they are indeed fine horses.

Chu Ning took the horse's reins from a waiter, but was not in a hurry to get on the horse. He just paid attention to the other people first.

After everyone got on their horses, he was still standing on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Shen Shaohai, who was holding an iron fan, couldn't help but smile and asked:

"Brother Chu, why don't you get on the horse? It's not like you don't know how to ride a horse."

Chu Ning smiled, turned over and climbed directly onto the horse's back. His movements were extremely agile.

It is true that he has never ridden a horse before, but as a cultivator, his body has been cleansed by spiritual energy, and he can also train his body.

The control of the body is naturally far beyond what ordinary mortal warriors can match.

Just now I saw a few people mounting their horses and riding in the same posture, I can learn it in no time.

"Good skill!"

At this moment, Shen Shaohai opened his mouth to praise.

"Brother Shen, thank you very much." Chu Ning said modestly.

Li Song assigned positions to everyone at this moment. Chu Ning, Shen Shaohai and Han Wangang, who was holding a sledgehammer, were assigned to the front of the motorcade.

Along with them were two of their own guards.

Li Song himself and the remaining recruiters walked on both sides of the team.

At the very back of the convoy are their own guards.

Among them was a man named Yao Rong, who had two swords at his waist and looked very capable. Like Li Song, he was the leader and deputy leader of the guard.

The group of people left the city gate from the north gate of Yuhua City. Since they had just set out on the road, the atmosphere was quite relaxed.

After walking for a while, Shen Shaohai took the initiative and said to Chu Ning:

"Seeing that Brother Chu is one or two years younger than me, I don't know what sect Brother Chu belongs to, and he is going out on his own at such a young age."

Chu Ning shook his head and said:

"I don't have any mastery, I just accidentally learned some farming skills, which didn't catch my eye."

"I'm afraid not." Han Wangang took over from the side at this time.

He was a tall man and spoke in a gruff voice.

"Little brother, this giant sword is not a weapon that can be used by humans."

Chu Ning's expression remained normal and she smiled:

"I just happen to have two kilograms of strength and don't know much about anything else, so I made a heavy sword to fool people."

"It's good to have strength!" Han Wangang said with a smile.

"Old Han, I just rely on my strength. Brother Chu, why don't we have a spar while we take a break."

Chu Ning quickly waved her hands, "No, no, Brother Han, I can't stand these two blows."

Hearing Chu Ning's words, Han Wangang raised his sledgehammer and laughed, with a look of contentment on his face.

A few people were chatting, and in the middle of the process, Shen Shaohai chatted with Chu Ning several times, making insidious remarks about Chu Ning's origins.

Chu Ning also dealt with them one by one, without letting the other party find out anything at all.

After a few times, Shen Shaohai gave up.

However, along the way, I still exchanged a few words with Chu Ning and Han Wangang from time to time, and they looked very familiar with each other.

The three of them walking together were much more lively than the silent ones behind them.

After walking like this for a long time, the young woman Du Huarong also drove her horse to the front.

When Han Wangang saw Du Huarong coming, he immediately smiled.

"Sister Du, did you come all the way here because you have a crush on me, Old Han? Or do you have a crush on these two young men?"

"Spit!" Du Huarong spat at him lightly, and then said with a smile:

"I just felt bored staying back there, so I came here to chat with the two little brothers.

I don't like this rough guy. "

"Don't just look at faces." Han Wangang chuckled again, "There are quite a few people with silver spears and wax spear heads."

After saying that, he seemed to realize something again, smiled at Chu Ning and Shen Shaohai and said:

"I'm sorry, brothers, I didn't mean you..."

For a time, with Du Huarong joining in, it became even more joyful.

In the blink of an eye, it has been nearly a month since the team left.

This month has not been completely peaceful. There have been two or three groups of thieves on the road.

However, most of the food was taken care of by the guards, except for the aggressive Han Wangang who couldn't wait to take action once.

The others didn't do much.

This is what Li Song has already said before. Generally, thieves don't need everyone to take action.

Only a few people are needed when there are many people or the idea is difficult.

That night, the convoy arrived at a place called Feicuiping, because it was still more than half a day's journey from the nearest village or town.

He could only find a relatively open place to rest in the wild.

After everyone settled down, Cheng Jinhe brought Li Song to Chu Ning and others.

As a boss, Cheng Jinhe is indeed quite good. Although he took a carriage along the way, as long as he stopped for a while, he would definitely be with everyone.

Menial tasks such as dividing grain and cooking can also be done directly.

Whether it is to the fellows or to the warriors recruited by Chu Ning and others, they are always polite.

Whenever you go to a bigger place, you will be entertained with good wine and good food.

It is no exaggeration to say that harmony brings wealth.

At this moment, Boss Cheng was taking dry food and giving it to several people one by one.

"I'm going to trouble you all to sleep in the wild tonight. I'd like to ask you to keep an eye on me at night. When we get to town tomorrow, I'll prepare good food and wine."

As soon as Cheng Jinhe said this, Han Wangang, who was more impatient, immediately said in a rough voice:

"Boss Cheng, you are too polite. We have eaten and drank well along the way. What does it matter if we have to work hard all night?

We are all rough people, so we can only sleep in this place. "

Chu Ning and others did not speak, but the expressions on everyone's faces were similar.

Cheng Jinhe was naturally grateful.

At this time, Li Song said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, we have to work hard tonight. We will be on duty at midnight. There is a group of horse thieves that are extremely rampant around here. We need to be more careful."

With that said, he divided into groups again.

Chu Ning and other front-line personnel, together with Li Song, were assigned to watch in the first half of the night.

The rest of the people were divided into the rest of the night.

No one had any objections. After eating dry food, those who were not on duty fell asleep on the floor, and the entire team gradually became quiet.

And the people on duty are different for everyone.

Li Song jumped up to a big tree, sat cross-legged on the tree, and looked around cautiously.

Han Wangang was walking around there, looking very bored.

Du Huarong used the fire to simply become a female celebrity, but she didn't look like a Jianghu woman at all.

As for Shen Shaohai, he was holding a small knife and carving something with a tree root.

At this time, Chu Ning simply crossed her legs and closed her eyes, looking like she was adjusting her breathing and recuperating.

In front of so many people, it is naturally not appropriate to practice the Yanhuo Divine Wood Technique. After all, no matter how much he controls it, there will still be a slight fluctuation in mana as long as he practices it.

Chu Ning didn't want to cause trouble.

Therefore, when he can usually rest in an inn or other places, Chu Ning will practice the exercises.

In the wild, Chu Ning usually practiced divine arts.

At this time, Chu Ning was constantly analyzing and thinking about an intermediate and low-grade talisman called Xuanshui Talisman.

He has already completed the analysis of the sword-sealing talisman's runes, and now he can easily make the sword-sealing talisman if he wants, and the quality is not low.

So Chu Ning set his sights on the Xuanshui Spirit Talisman again.

This talisman was one of the intermediate-level low-grade talismans he bought from Yunhai Pavilion.

After trying several times, Chu Ning also found that when analyzing a talisman at the beginning, he really had to observe the talisman carefully before he could analyze the talisman pattern.

However, as long as he understood it to a certain stage, these talismans were like engraved in his mind.

When he wanted to analyze and understand, he only needed to meditate in his mind, and he could understand the principles of the talismans little by little.

This made it convenient for him to pass the time along the way.

Sometimes, even on horseback, he could pretend to close his eyes and rest to explore the art of the source of the talisman.

I don’t know how long it took, Chu Ning finally blinked his eyes slightly and exhaled lightly.

"This intermediate-level lower-grade talisman is indeed much more profound than the primary-level upper-grade talisman.

It took me only six days to analyze and comprehend the primary-level upper-grade talisman Sealing Sword Talisman.

But this Xuanshui Spirit Talisman took more than twenty days.

Of course, this is also because I don't have enough time, but the profundity of the talisman is also a big reason."

After sighing in his heart, Chu Ning began to practice the Soul Refining Technique.

This kind of meditation practice, let alone just in the middle of the night, he would have no problem even if it was a whole night.

After practicing the Soul Refining Technique, Chu Ning felt that his consciousness was fully restored, and his consciousness was faintly growing stronger.

He looked inside his Niwan Palace and saw that among the hundreds of drops of spiritual consciousness liquid, another drop had grown to the size of the drop of spiritual consciousness liquid in the first level of the Soul Refining Technique.

Chu Ning took the opportunity to check the progress of several cultivation techniques in his mind, and he had a clear concept in his mind.

[Yanhuo Shenmu Gong (Xuan-level upper grade), first level (35/5000)]

[Jiuyan Refining Body Art, first volume, continuous tendons 868/1500]

[Spirit Refining Technique, second level 145/2000]

If the first level proficiency of Yanhuo Shenmu Gong reaches 100, it is estimated that all the mana in his body has been converted into wood and fire dual-attribute mana.

Now the proficiency increase is less than 1 point per day, but it will take some time.

The body refining technique has been basically stagnant recently.

And this spirit refining technique, when these 100 drops of spiritual consciousness liquid can be the same size as the undispersed spiritual liquid, the proficiency can reach 2000.

It is also a long way to go, but at present, this spirit refining technique can increase by about 2 points a day with the analysis of the source of the talisman.

It is considered to be the fastest among several types of cultivation.

For Chu Ning, who has been practicing very fast before, this speed is a bit tormenting from a certain perspective.

Chu Ning regards it as a way to temper his state of mind.

After completing the practice of the soul-refining technique, Chu Ning was about to get up and move around.

The next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes inadvertently looked towards the woods on the west side, his body remaining motionless.

After a long while, Li Song, who was sitting on the tree, suddenly shouted:

"There are horse thieves, watch out!"

While shouting, Li Song jumped down from the tree, stretched out his hand and grabbed the saber at his waist.

When the others heard Li Song's shout, they also jumped up and showed their weapons.

"What's wrong, are there horse thieves?"

Cheng Jinhe got out of the carriage at this moment, his face full of sorrow and lament.

Obviously, for him, the last thing he wanted was to see such an accident.

"Boss, go back to the carriage and hide first. There are many thieves this time, and it may take some effort."

Li Song said, looking at Chu Ning and others, the meaning was also very clear, this time they had to do their best.

Chu Ning nodded to the other party as a response, and the others also responded.

Just at this time, a group of masked men rushed out of the woods, there were as many as seventy or eighty people.

"Kill!"

Accompanied by a roar, the two sides soon fought together.

Chu Ning also went up with a giant sword.

He had not learned any secular martial arts, so naturally he didn't know any moves.

However, in his eyes, all the movements of these people were flaws.

This alone was enough!

The giant sword was swung out freely, and the horse thieves close to Chu Ning were either swept and their bones were broken directly.

Or they were accurately chopped in the neck by Chu Ning, and the whole head fell directly.

In the blink of an eye, there were five or six horse thieves who died in Chu Ning's hands.

Chu Ning saw that there was no one on his side, and his figure flashed and came to the end of the convoy.

Compared with the front, the strength of the guards on this side was obviously weaker, and it was a bit difficult to deal with it at this moment.

This was also thanks to the deputy leader named Yao Rong, who used his double swords to fly up and down, attracting the siege of several horse thieves.

Otherwise, the guards behind might have been injured.

However, everything changed completely after Chu Ning joined.

The guards looked at Chu Ning in amazement as he rushed into the group of horse thieves, just like cutting watermelons.

He chopped down the horse thieves one by one with his sword.

In the blink of an eye, there were only four horse thieves besieging Yao Rong.

Chu Ning's figure flashed again, but he only used 40% of the speed of the ordinary Thunder Step, but it only made everyone feel dizzy.

The next moment, Chu Ning appeared beside Yao Rong.

With a swing of the heavy sword, the heads of two horse thieves fell to the ground.

The remaining two horse thieves saw this, and they were terrified and turned around to escape.

Chu Ning picked up the giant sword from the ground, and two bowl-sized stones flew out like stray bullets, hitting the backs of the two horse thieves.

"Puff!"

The two of them spurted out a mouthful of blood, and then fell to the ground.

The guards looked at this scene in a daze, and then turned their heads to look at Chu Ning, with shock and awe in their eyes.

Such strength was really shocking to them.

"The wind is strong, pull it!"

At this time, the other horse thieves seemed to realize that something was wrong, and a leader shouted.

Suddenly, the remaining horse thieves scattered.

The guards who were fighting wanted to chase, but Li Sheng immediately shouted to stop them.

"Don't chase the poor enemy!"

When the horse thieves dispersed, at this time, the eyes of Li Song, Hu Shaohai, Han Wangang and others all fell on Chu Ning.

Everyone was fighting just now, but everyone's strength was not weak, so they would naturally observe the movements around them.

Chu Ning's understatement showed his superb skills in killing all the bandits, and everyone saw it.

"Brother Chu, you have great skills!"

The young woman Du Huarong was the first to praise, with a complicated look in her eyes.

Han Wangang also stared with two big eyes, and then shouted:

"Let me see, a total of thirty bandits were killed, and you killed thirteen by yourself.

Damn, it's a good thing I didn't compete with you before, isn't this asking for trouble?"

The middle-aged man in gray, Yu Zhengchun, the skinny Dai Zuen, and Hu Shaohai, who usually talks the most, didn't say anything.

But the three of them looked at Chu Ning with fear at this moment.