Chapter 131 This Chessboard Is Great! (8000)

When Xu Bai took his first step in, he found something wrong.

On the ground, there were twelve corpses, the twelve sword formations from before.

The death was extremely horrible, with dense scars all over the body, and no one was intact.

If ordinary people saw it, they would probably have nightmares at night.

Except for the twelve sword formations who were already dead, everyone else present was more or less injured.

There was a long scar on Song De's right arm, extending from the shoulder to the wrist, and blood was constantly oozing out.

"What's the situation?" Xu Bai stepped into the government office, frowned, and asked.

Hearing Xu Bai's voice, everyone reacted and looked in the direction of Xu Bai's voice.

"Master Xu, there are masters here, specifically to silence people." Song De smiled bitterly.

Master?

Xu Bai pondered and said, "Even you are defeated?"

So many people are here, and Song De, Zhou Fuling and Jigezhu are also masters among them, how could they be defeated so easily?

If there really is such a master, it is unreasonable to use him to silence him instead of using him against Xu Bai.

"The other party used an extremely advanced hidden weapon." Zhou Fuling, who was also injured, explained: "The hidden weapon category has a wide range of categories. At present, I can't see the trick."

At this point, Zhou Fuling took out a round bead and handed it to Xu Bai.

Xu Bai took it and looked at it carefully.

Iron bead.

Just an ordinary iron bead.

And this iron bead is also the murder weapon that killed the twelve sword formation.

"Just using the iron bead to kill the twelve sword formation, and being able to do this under your protection, this hidden weapon technique is indeed the pinnacle." Xu Bai compared it with his own Huifeng Liuxue.

He found that if he used copper coins to perform Huifeng Liuxue, it would take a lot of effort to kill the twelve sword formation surrounded by so many people.

And the situation around was that it did not cause much damage. Obviously, the other party did not fight hard.

Of course, if Xu Bai had gone all out, he could easily kill the Twelve Swords Formation surrounded by everyone, but this was another situation.

The opponent's hidden weapon alone was worthy of attention.

"The hidden weapons at that time were overwhelming, but the most important thing was that they were aimed at the Twelve Swords Formation. We were only affected by a part of the iron beads." Seeing that Xu Bai was still in deep thought, the Machine Pavilion Master added another sentence.

Xu Bai nodded and showed a paper crane.

After the paper crane appeared, it immediately used the tracking and trace.

But when the paper crane landed on the iron beads, it turned into ashes.

The tracking and trace failed, and the opponent did not leave any clues.

"It's strange, such a master is stronger than Wang Shu just now, why doesn't he come to deal with me?" Xu Bai thought.

This is the point he can't figure out the most.

Sending such a master just to silence him, what other intentions are there?

"Ahem, Lord Xu, Song still has to remind you." Song De heard Xu Bai's mumbling and coughed to cover up his embarrassment: "If he goes against us directly, he may not get any benefit. We just don't have the ability to protect him."

Then, he told the story in detail, and Xu Bai understood the reason.

Being able to fight is one thing, but protecting others is another.

Song De and his men are good at fighting, but when it comes to the word protection, it is not their strong point.

It is obvious that the opponent is a type who is proficient in assassination. From a distance, he used hidden weapons to interfere with them. When they reacted, a large number of hidden weapons were aimed at the Twelve Swords Formation, and at that time, the Twelve Swords Formation had no power to fight back, so this situation was caused.

"Lord Xu may have underestimated his strength. If he really came to assassinate you, he might not get any benefit." Song De said.

The others also nodded silently.

"I see." Xu Bai touched his chin and said, "In your opinion, is there someone behind this?"

Song De shook his head, indicating that he couldn't think of it.

He didn't know whether there was someone behind this.

But he knew one thing.

"Master Xu, congratulations to Master Xu for clearing his name." Song De raised his hands, clasped them into fists, and bowed to Xu Bai.

Now, everything is clear. If Song De still doesn't understand the true meaning, then he would be unworthy of being the chief of the Jiantian Division.

"Congratulations, Master Xu."

"I knew that a righteous man like Master Xu would never do such a thing?"

"Now that the person who framed Master Xu is dead, Master Xu can rest assured."

Seeing this, the heads of the surrounding families also congratulated him. As for the matter of their joint pressure before, it had long been thrown out of the window.

In this day and age, face can be lost. They are all heads of families. If they don't congratulate them now, or if they congratulate them too late, Xu Bai will bear a grudge against them and report them to the capital. Wouldn't that be the end of them?

Faced with all the flattery around him, Xu Bai's mouth corners slightly raised.

This is how it is these days. When you have nothing, you have to call everyone you meet "big brother". When you are already standing higher than others, even if you fart, they will think it smells good.

"Sir Song, Sir Zhou, the finishing work is left to you. And this is the Pavilion Master, right? Let's go to another place to talk?" Xu Bai felt sick of hearing the congratulations around him. He could only say one sentence and walked out.

If there is no clue, then ignore it for the time being and finish the things here first.

Song De and Zhou Fuling looked at each other and were about to do what Xu Bai said. Unexpectedly, the next moment, Xu Bai began to bend down and touch the corpse in front of everyone.

Everyone's expression was like this: "(òó)"

It's no wonder that they have such an expression. After all, Xu Bai is a fourth-grade master, but now he is doing things like killing people and touching corpses. The contrast between the two is really too great.

"Ahem... Sir Xu, you are really true to your nature." Pavilion Master Ji racked his brains and finally came up with a sentence.

The people around him immediately echoed and praised Xu Bai for his sincere character.

Several family heads looked at the Machine Master with admiration in their eyes.

"As expected of the Machine Master, when we didn't know which angle to flatter him, he had already found a new angle. High, really high."

The family heads thought to themselves.

Xu Bai: "..."

While enduring the disgusting praises around him, he put the silver money he had just found into his pocket.

It's a pity that there is no progress bar, only some money full of copper smell.

While Xu Bai stuffed the money into his arms, he looked at Song De and Zhou Fuling: "My two lords, how about we divide it into three parts?"

"No, no, this is the spoils of Lord Xu, we don't have to be thick-skinned to take it." Song De and Zhou Fuling waved their hands.

"Then I'll leave this to the two adults. Master Ji, let's find a place to talk." Xu Bai put away all the banknotes and then looked at Master Ji who was standing beside him.

Master Ji didn't know what Xu Bai wanted to say to him, but when he heard what Xu Bai said, he could only nod: "Why don't we go to Jiqiao Pavilion and sit for a while?"

As he said that, he led the way in front.

Xu Bai didn't refuse, and followed behind, and the two walked towards Jiqiao Pavilion.

No one spoke along the way, but Master Ji always walked behind Xu Bai.

The two were silent, and finally came to an upper room in Jiqiao Pavilion.

Sitting on the chair, two exquisite maids served good tea. Xu Bai took a sip and squinted his eyes.

"Xiaoshan, there is nothing for you here, you go down first." Although Master Ji didn't know what Xu Bai had to do, it was definitely not a trivial matter, otherwise he would not have asked him to change places to talk, so he let Ji Xiaoshan go down first.

Ji Xiaoshan certainly understood, nodded, said goodbye, and left the room.

After they left, the room became quiet again. Xu Bai took a sip of water and was about to speak, but unexpectedly, the Master of Ji Pavilion spoke first.

"Master Xu, let's not beat around the bush. Everything I did was for Jiqiao Pavilion, and you know that." The Master of Ji Pavilion said, "Although Jiqiao Pavilion didn't play a big role this time, it did its best. I hope Master Xu will say a few good words for us then."

He tried to be very humble. Even though he was once one of the best forces, he is now on his last legs and his strength is declining. He still has to rely on the emperor for everything.

"Master Ji Pavilion, you can ask for whatever you want. I will definitely help you do it, but I can't guarantee success." Xu Bai put down the teacup in his hand and smiled.

The Master of Machine Pavilion nodded repeatedly: "I know this, I just hope that Lord Xu can mention the Skill Pavilion by the way."

He needs the medicine in the palace to save his life and to restore his strength. He has mentioned it to the royal family many times, but in the end there was no satisfactory answer. As long as Xu Bai mentioned it a little, the emperor would know his intention.

"Yes." Xu Bai nodded and agreed.

"Lord Xu, you must have other things, otherwise you would not have asked me out alone." The Master of Machine Pavilion asked.

He is not like other families in Zimu Mansion, those families do not have his foundation.

As a family that was once one of the best, it is natural to know a lot of human relationships, for example, now.

"Master of Machine Pavilion, let's not beat around the bush. I want to ask, are there any more secret skills?" Xu Bai filtered the words in his mind and said slowly.

The Master of Machine Pavilion was slightly stunned.

He did not expect Xu Bai to ask this question, so he was stunned instead.

In fact, this was indeed Xu Bai's real intention, and the reason was very simple.

In this battle, he fully realized how important it was to have a good weapon.

Black Blade Hundred Splits directly combined his two skills into one, and using it was not as simple as 1+1=2.

Three Breaks, plus Returning Wind and Flowing Snow, he could skillfully combine the two without even controlling the coins.

As the saying goes, if you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools.

If there are more mechanical tricks, or similar ones, then the strength of his weapon can be improved.

This is a huge improvement, and he can't let it go.

"Uh..." Ji Pavilion Master was just stunned for a moment, then reacted, and finally shook his head with a wry smile: "No, they were all destroyed by that madman, and even I was seriously injured. If I hadn't paid a huge price, I wouldn't have been able to drive that madman away."

"Oh?" Xu Bai took another sip of tea and asked, "Who is that madman?"

"I don't know her identity, but she is indeed a madman, or an idiot." Ji Pavilion Master recalled the scene of that day and couldn't help but pale: "He seems to have lost his soul, and the things he is looking for are related to the soul."

As he said, Ji Pavilion Master took out the crossbow he had used before from his arms.

The shape of this crossbow is very ordinary, the type that can't be found in a crowd, but it played a wonderful role against the Twelve Swords Formation at that time, and its power was extremely great.

"This Tutian Crossbow seems to have been restored by me, but in fact, it has lost its most precious thing." The Machine Pavilion Master said: "Since Lord Xu has seen the secret art of mechanical ingenuity, he should be able to see the general idea."

Xu Bai took the crossbow in his hand and studied it carefully for a moment, then raised his head and said: "It seems that there is something connected in the middle. If it is put on, the power of this crossbow will be greatly enhanced."

In the middle of the crossbow, there is a small pit, about the size of a thumb, in an oval shape.

According to Xu Bai's full-level mechanical ingenuity, some clues can be seen.

The Master of Ji Pavilion explained...

"Every disciple of Jiqiao Pavilion will wear a natal card made by himself. After death, the natal card will absorb the soul once and finally condense in the natal card."

"Of course, all this is what the disciples are willing to do. Collecting natal cards and finally condensing them on the crossbow, I don't know how many outstanding disciples have condensed them, but in the end they can only severely injure that madman."

"After the crossbow lost its soul, the madman also left. I suspect he came for this."

"To be honest, I still dare not restore the original crossbow, just because I am afraid of encountering him again."

At this point, the Master of Ji Pavilion sighed, feeling as if he had aged several years.

A person is not afraid of his low strength, but he is afraid of losing his former spirit, and the current Master of Ji Pavilion has really lost the most important thing.

"Without the soul, but thinking about things with soul?" Xu Bai touched his chin, and somehow, he suddenly thought of someone.

Isn't this the person that the Feng Shui master talked about in Yunlai Mansion that day?

The peerless genius born in Dafeng Country created the technique of Immortal Body, but was eventually destroyed by it.

The so-called Immortal Body has one most important shortcoming, which is that it cannot protect the soul, but the genius suffered a disastrous failure when modifying it, and finally lost his soul and became an idiot.

Xu Bai always felt that it was somewhat similar to what the Machine Pavilion Master described, but he did not say it out.

There was no use saying it out, after all, the other party only knew so much information, and it was impossible to explore any clues.

In fact, Xu Bai also hoped to explore clues, after all, the Immortal Body skill was very powerful, and it was even a crippled one in his hands, but it had already shown amazing potential.

It's a pity that there are not many clues.

But it doesn't matter, this is just an extra gain, and he hasn't asked what he needs thoroughly.

"From what the Machine Pavilion Master said, you don't have any extra books on skills here?" Xu Bai said, recalling the content of the conversation between the two just now.

The Machine Pavilion Master nodded bitterly: "I really didn't lie to Lord Xu. Lord Xu can look for it himself. It is true that there is no more. If Lord Xu is interested in this aspect, there are actually many places with similar things. After all, we are in the same business."

He didn't ask Xu Bai why he wanted these things. This was not something he should know. He just needed to answer truthfully.

Rumor has it that Xu Bai has another characteristic, that is, he is moody.

Although the Machine Pavilion Master is also an old man in the world, he knows that the rumors in the world are very watery, but if you can avoid these things, don't touch them.

Xu Bai was a little disappointed when he heard that there was no such thing here. When he heard that the Machine Pavilion Master said that there were other places, his eyes lit up: "Master Ji Pavilion, do you know which places there are?"

"Since that time, I have been sitting here all year round and rarely go out, but I know one place, which is a mansion not far from Zimu Mansion. There is a family there." The Machine Pavilion Master racked his brains to think about it and answered.

"A mansion not far away..." Xu Bai raised his eyebrows: "Tao Tu Manor?"

"Yes, it is Tao Tu Manor." The Machine Pavilion Master said: "The Ou family there is a branch of our business, but they are better at making human soldiers."

Human soldiers.

After all, Xu Bai is a person who has mastered the skills and secrets to the maximum level, and he quickly searched for some introductions in his mind.

There is indeed an introduction in the mechanical secrets, but it is very brief.

To give a simple example, what he is using now is to create a unique machine and then use people to control it.

But the human-soldier branch is completely the opposite, which is to implant various machines into one's body and let the machines control people.

And the Taotu Mansion...

Coincidentally, it is the next place he is going to, and he can stay there for a long time.

Do you want this skill?

Of course, he wants it. As long as it can make progress, he wants it.

"I already know." Xu Bai drank the tea in front of him: "Whatever the machine pavilion master needs me to do, I will help you do it when the time comes. Since there is nothing else, I will leave."

When asked what he wanted, Xu Bai didn't want to stay here. He still had the nameless sword scripture in his hand to grind, so of course he didn't want to waste time.

"I will see you off, Lord Xu." The machine pavilion master stood up and said.

Along the way, he sent Xu Bai to the door before turning back.

After Xu Bai left the machine pavilion, he rushed to the government office.

Song De and his men were still finishing up there, so he had to go over and take a look, otherwise he would seem too ignorant of the ways of the world.

When he arrived at the government office, the work there was almost done.

Song De happened to see Xu Bai, so he clasped his fists and said hello: "Master Xu, I will leave tonight. Things here have been handled perfectly, and I will report to the Jiantian Division when the time comes."

Jiantian Division actually has quite a few rules, for example, after handling various affairs, you have to write a detailed memorial about the ins and outs of this incident and submit it to the higher authorities.

After submitting it, the higher authorities will conduct a more detailed study of the matter and examine its authenticity before it will be truly included in the archives.

"I need to stay here for a few more days, Master Song, have a safe journey." Xu Bai bowed his hands.

"It is very pleasant to cooperate with Master Xu this time. Song will not stay any longer. I will leave now. If Master Xu is free in the future, you can go to Tiandao Tower and report my name." Song De also bowed his hands.

Just like when he came, Song De left very quickly. After saying this, he left directly.

"I may need to bother you in the government office these days." Xu Bai kept watching Song De until Song De disappeared in the corner of the street, then turned around and said to Zhou Fuling.

Zhou Fuling said generously: "Master Xu, you can stay as long as you want in my place, but the previous invitation to the girl from Chunyu Pavilion was really a joke."

Xu Bai shook his head nonchalantly, indicating that he was also joking.

When the two were communicating, the heads of the families looked at each other, and then walked in front of Xu Bai.

"Master Xu, we..." It was still the head of the family surnamed Zhao who took the lead at the beginning, hesitating to speak.

Xu Bai waved his hand and said, "You don't need to say more. Since you have all contributed to this matter, then the past will be written off and we will pretend that no one knows anything."

In fact, Xu Bai wanted to ask these people for the secret book again, but he thought that if he did it too blatantly, someone with ulterior motives would be interested.

He didn't want the golden finger to be discovered.

"Thank you so much, Lord Xu. Lord Xu, if you come to Zimu Mansion in the future, just come to us for anything. We will do our best to do it." When the head of the Zhao family heard Xu Bai say that the past would not be pursued, his face was full of surprise, and he patted his chest to guarantee.

Not only him, but other family heads also showed joy. After all, it would be a great benefit for them to get over this matter.

Next, the people present also left one after another. Each of those family heads was relaxed and not as solemn as before.

Zhou Fuling found a room for Xu Bai to stay in, and the first time Xu Bai moved in, he took out the nameless sword scripture.

As for the person who killed the Twelve Sword Formation before, he had no clue for the time being, so he didn't care about it. He would finish the book first.

...

Time passed slowly, and in a blink of an eye, Xu Bai stayed in the government office for another day.

On this day, he did nothing else except to progress the progress bar. The Nameless Sword Sutra had been completed to the maximum level.

And the newly acquired skills did not have any novel changes. It changed from the three-style breaking to the four-style breaking, becoming a fifth-level skill.

[Four-style breaking (level 5): full level. ]

In addition, there were 18 books of the Nameless Sword Sutra left, which he put aside for the time being and started to progress the wooden chessboard he got from Wang Shu.

Speaking of this chessboard, he carefully checked it before making the progress bar.

It was carved very delicately, so delicate that the lines on it did not decrease at all, and it was even more delicate than some normal chessboards.

These were not the most important things. After all, the changes in appearance were not a surprise to him.

The most important thing was that this progress bar was much slower than he had imagined.

According to his recent estimate, it is at least a sixth-level skill, corresponding to the fourth-grade stage.

After getting this accurate estimate, Xu Bai was overjoyed, so he put all his energy on the chessboard.

"Master Xu, your breakfast is here."

Outside the door, the maid's soft and crisp voice rang out.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner were all sent by the Zhou Mansion Order. The first thing Xu Bai did when he entered the government office was to do this.

"Come in." Xu Bai smiled as he played with the chessboard in his hand.

The maid carefully opened the door, held the breakfast on a tray, lowered her head and walked to Xu Bai, and put the tray on the table.

Before becoming a scholar and taking this position, the Zhou Mansion Order had a good family background and seemed to be a rich kid.

So his government office was quite wealthy.

"Master Xu, eat first. Call me after you finish eating, and I'll come to clean up the dishes." The maid was very sensible and well-educated.

After saying this, she carefully exited the door and closed it by the way.

Xu Bai ate breakfast while playing with the chessboard in his hand, doing two things at once.

Some people eat with delicious food, some eat with beauty, some eat with wine, but Xu Bai eats with the progress bar.

But... it smells so good!

"Even the girls from Chunyu Pavilion are not as good as the progress bar." Xu Bai thought while eating happily.

Soon, the food in front of him was all gone.

Putting the bowls and chopsticks on the tray, Xu Bai was about to call the maid at the door to come in, but he suddenly found something wrong.

The tray was placed on the table, which should be stable, but it tilted slightly to one side.

One side is high and the other side is low. If you don't observe carefully, you really can't see it.

In this case, there is usually something underneath, otherwise it is impossible to tilt.

"There is a problem." Xu Bai touched his chin and said secretly.

With the family background of Zhou Fuling, how could he use such broken tableware to entertain people? Moreover, Xu Bai's status is not ordinary, and he would never be shabby in this place.

Xu Bai looked around, took a step back, and pulled out the black knife from his waist.

The tip of the knife gently brushed the wooden tray, and the wooden tray split into two. Then, something under the tray appeared.

It was a letter, a very simple letter.

There was no signature on the letter, and I didn't know who brought it.

Xu Bai pondered for a moment and opened the letter in front of him.

The content of the letter jumped out of the paper. Xu Bai looked down carefully, but his brows frowned.

[Sir, this journey to Beijing must be full of difficulties. I have seen your actions in the battle of Zimu Mansion. I admire you, but I am worried that I have disturbed your plan. ]

[The twelve sword formation was killed by me. Sir Xu, please don't doubt it. I am not trying to assassinate your people. I just can't stand these people burning, killing and looting on weekdays, so I want to let them have a due punishment. 】

【That night, I thought Lord Xu would let them live and make meritorious contributions, so I took action. After all, people like this deserved to die. 】

【Besides that, I have no other purpose. Lord Xu can continue to go to the capital. As for my identity, it is inconvenient to disclose it. 】

At this point, the content of the letter is gone, but it has been made very clear.

First, the person who wrote the letter has made it clear that he is not against Xu Bai.

Secondly, the reason why he killed the Twelve Swords Formation was because he was worried that Xu Bai would give them a chance to live and let them make meritorious contributions, so he took action directly.

Finally, he also stated that he should not let Xu Bai check his identity.

"Interesting, you have aroused my interest." Xu Bai put the letter in front of him, and his mouth corners slightly raised, revealing an interested smile.

Although he didn't know the other party's identity yet, he had already aroused his interest.

"Since you are so anxious to let me go to the capital, I will stay for two more days before leaving." Xu Bai took back the black knife and thought.

Thinking of this, he called the maid in, cleaned up the dishes, and continued to play the chessboard in his hand.

The maid was a little surprised to see the tray split in two, but she tried her best to hide it. She lowered her head to clean up the things and left the room directly.

Xu Bai did not bother the maid. Since the other party dared to send a message in this way, he must have made a backup plan. After all, he couldn't even find the trace. If he really made a mistake in this place, then the other party would be too stupid.

"It's not that I don't want to leave, I have to finish this thing, so, Your Majesty, this is not because I'm lazy. After all, my strength is also good for your plan." Xu Bai looked at the chessboard in his hand and thought.

...

Here, Xu Bai was playing the progress bar, and on the other side, in the palace, the head of the eunuchs, Eunuch Wei, raised his hand very politely and knocked on the door.

This is the emperor's study, where he comes every day to review various memorials.

At this moment, the door was closed. Through the window, one could see the Emperor Chu sitting inside the room, writing at his desk.

It seemed that he heard a knock on the door. The Emperor Chu raised his head after writing the last word.

"Come in."

It was a faint voice, but it was full of nobility.

When the voice of the Emperor Chu came from the room, Eunuch Wei gently opened the door, walked in respectfully, and placed the letter in front of the Emperor Chu.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest news. The crisis of Zimu Mansion has been resolved."

After saying only this, Eunuch Wei lowered his hands and stood respectfully aside.

"Panjian Mountain, Qipan Mountain." The Emperor Chu picked up the letter, looked at the contents of the letter, and sneered.

"I will go and destroy those two forces right away." Eunuch Wei's tone was feminine, as if he was talking about an insignificant matter.

"No need." The Emperor Chu shook his head and said, "If I go to destroy them now, wouldn't it expose that I am always observing Xu Bai? Wait a minute, wait until the normal time, and I can get this news normally, but before that, keep a close eye on them and don't let them make any moves."

"Yes!" Eunuch Wei bent over and saluted.

The murderous aura at the beginning disappeared because of the words of the Emperor Chu.

"Go." The Emperor of Chu waved his hand and asked Eunuch Wei to leave.

"I'll take my leave." Eunuch Wei didn't stay for long, said something, and turned to leave.

After Eunuch Wei left, the Emperor of Chu put the letter in his hand into the drawer, leaned back in the chair, and closed his eyes.

"The real big boss hasn't appeared yet. Maybe they will wait until the last moment before they take action."

...

Xu Bai didn't know what happened in the palace, but as time passed, it had been a long time since he saw the letter before.

During this period of time, Xu Bai didn't stop, and kept working on the progress bar every day.

In addition to working on the chessboard progress bar, he ate and drank normally.

After working so hard, he finally got new gains.