Chapter 238: Ice

Ouyang Shuo walked out of the Confucian Temple and came to the Martial Temple on the other side.

The pattern of the Wu Temple is similar to that of the Confucian Temple. The Wu Temple enshrines the sages and teachers of martial arts, Jiang Taigong is the first sage, Zhang Liang is the second sage, and then there are ten philosophers and seventy-two famous generals.

Shi Wansui from Shanhai County was among the seventy-two generals. It is a pity that Elai passed by seventy-two generals because of his age and cannot be verified.

Ouyang Shuo took out the last incense pill, and a system notification sounded in his ear.

"System prompt: It has been detected that the player Qiyue Wuyi has Xianghuo Jingwan, do you want to use it?"

"use!"

With a sound of brushing, the incense pills turned into streaks of white light and were thrown into the statues of famous generals one by one.

"System prompt: The statue of a famous general is nourished by incense and fire essence pills, and the building feature derived from the martial arts temple - [martial arts] (increases the breakthrough rate of generals in the territory by 30%)."

The architectural characteristics derived from the Wu Temple are speechless to a large number of generals such as Sun Tengjiao and Zhao Sihu who are stuck in the junior generals, which is simply a great gospel. Ouyang Shuo expected that they could break through the bottleneck one by one.

Ouyang Shuo never expected that the humble five incense pills given to him by Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty would have such a miraculous effect.

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After dinner, Ouyang Shuo called all the girls in the backyard together, including the maids Siqin and Chess of Qingyingyuan. He first looked at Yingyou, and said, "Your, after the Finance Department established the Industry Division, the pawnshops and inns managed by the Finance Department will be funded by the Hou Mansion and included in the property of the Hou Mansion." The pawnshop and the inn are both Ouyang Shuo took the initiative to take over the shops that lost money, which also showed the dignity of the Hou family.

Although Yingyou was a little strange, it was not necessary, so she nodded directly in response.

At the military and political meeting in the morning, Yingyou still felt a little bit sorry for Ouyang Shuo's cryptic criticism. She made up her mind to rectify the property of the territory. It is naturally good to be able to get rid of the two burdens of shops and inns.

Ouyang Shuo looked at the women, and continued, "As the property of the Hou Mansion increases, the internal treasury becomes fuller, and the number of servants increases, the affairs of the Marquis Manor become more and more burdensome. Therefore, rules must be established to regulate the affairs of the Marquis Mansion. The Marquis has decided to set up the Department of Internal Affairs to be responsible for managing the internal affairs of the Marquis Mansion."

Ouyang Shuo's proposal was naturally unanimously approved. As the structure of Shanhai County became more and more mature, on the other hand, there was no constitution within the Hou Mansion. Yingyou had already raised opinions with Ouyang Shuo on this matter.

Ouyang Shuo looked at Song Jia and said with a smile, "The Department of Internal Affairs has its own system and is in charge of the affairs of the Marquis's Mansion. It has nothing to do with the officials of the outer court. Jia Jia will be the head of the Department of Internal Affairs. How about it?"

Song Jia's pretty face flushed, and she could hear the meaning of Ouyang Shuo's words, letting her take charge of the Internal Affairs Department was equivalent to acknowledging Song Jia's position as the mistress of the Marquis Mansion in a disguised form.

Originally, these were faintly visible, but now Ouyang Shuo picked them up all of a sudden, so why not make her shy.

"Okay!" Song Jia said in an air, without too much twitching.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, this is what he appreciates about Song Jia, he doesn't act like a little girl, once he recognizes Ouyang Shuo as his husband, he won't be afraid of other people's gossip. "In addition to the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, there is another head and two assistant heads. Zisu will be the head, and Siqin and Siqi will be assistant heads respectively."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" The three of Zisu knelt down to thank him.

The establishment of the Dongli Sword Sect is imminent, and Song Jia doesn't have much energy to manage the affairs of the Hou Mansion. Therefore, the head of the Department of Internal Affairs is the actual manager. Zisu is naturally grateful for being entrusted with such an important task.

Ban Xia, who was standing behind Song Jia, didn't know what it was like to see the sisters being so valued by Lord Hou. If she hadn't chosen to practice martial arts, there would have been a place for her in the Department of Internal Affairs.

"Master Hou, there will be another week before the Mid-Autumn Festival. What can Master Hou ask for?" Taking this opportunity, Zisu, who had just taken office, asked for instructions.

Ouyang Shuo was taken aback, unexpectedly, it was Mid-Autumn Festival before he knew it. As a traditional Chinese festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still very important, and people miss their relatives during the festive season.

"There is no requirement, just prepare as usual." Ouyang Shuo suddenly lost interest.

"Here!" Zisu nodded in response.

"Let's go!" Everyone dispersed, and Ouyang Shuo returned to his room.

Ouyang Shuo sat cross-legged on the bed, took out the cooling pearl, put it in the palm of his hand, closed his eyes and meditated, and began to practice unshakably. The internal force in the meridians began to slowly rotate according to the operating route of the "Huangdi Neijing".

At this moment, the cool and refreshing beads in the palm of the hand emitted a trace of cool and refreshing air, which passed through the palm of the hand and spread into the meridians. Stimulated by the cool air, the operation speed of the golden internal force is obviously accelerated.

Not only that, the restless blood of the demon god in Ouyang Shuo's body also became much quieter under the comfort of this cool air, and no longer interfered with Ouyang Shuo's luck.

It has been two full months since he reached the third level in the "Huangdi Neijing". The upper limit of the internal strength value of the third layer is 5000 points, which is five times higher than that of the second layer.

During this period of time, Ouyang Shuo read the "Tao Jing" diligently, and his practice became more and more handy. The parts of "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" that were not clear at first gradually became clear, and the understanding of "The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" became more and more profound.

When he first started to practice the "Huangdi Neijing", Ouyang Shuo relied entirely on the cultivation knowledge that Gaia forcibly stuffed into his brain.

With the learning of Taoist knowledge, Ouyang Shuo tried to re-examine the "Huangdi Neijing", gradually gained his own understanding, and naturally practiced differently.

In Ouyang Shuo's dantian, strands of golden internal energy were entangled in a chaotic manner, swimming around, like a ball of hemp thread, like smoke and mist, looking very illusory.

Now, Ouyang Shuo can run seven weekly cycles every day, and each weekly cycle can increase 8 points of internal strength. After getting the Refreshing Bead, he can practice faster, and he can practice nine circulatory cycles.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo can increase his internal energy by 72 points in one day. According to this practice speed, he will be able to cultivate the "Huangdi Neijing" to the fourth level next month.

From this point of view, it is important to persevere in the path of cultivation, but so are the items that assist cultivation. A small cooling bead saved Ouyang Shuo a lot of hard work.

It's a pity that such a rare treasure can only be met but not sought after.

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Early in the morning, Ouyang Shuo got up to practice.

In order not to disturb Bing'er's sleep, Ouyang Shuo had already moved the practice place from the courtyard to an open space in the back garden. In order to cooperate with the practice of Bajiquan, he also ordered people to arrange some wooden figures in the open space.

Since Song Jia's arrival, morning exercises in the back garden have become two people.

Don't look at Song Jia as a delicate young lady in reality, but she has a ruthless spirit in her bones. Compared with the big man Ouyang Shuo, his enthusiasm for practicing kung fu is not too much.

In the back garden in the early morning, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, stepping on the grass, exuding the fragrance of green grass. I have to say that Gaia is really powerful, and the simulation of the game environment is exactly the same as the reality.

The two greeted each other in a tacit understanding, walked aside neatly, and started their respective cultivation.

As the "Huangdi Neijing" is practiced more and more deeply, the inner strength begins to drive the outer strength. Ouyang Shuo's physical fitness is getting better day by day, whether it is boxing or spear practice, he is getting more and more handy.

Ouyang Shuo's advantages of high rootedness and high comprehension, began to show his power gradually during the practice.

Whether it is Bajiquan or Yang Family Spear, they are all making rapid progress. Bajiquan has been cultivated to the fourth level [handling with ease], and Yang Jiaqiang has also been cultivated to the third level [entering the room].

Ouyang Shuo's current force is comparable to Lin Yi's.

The only regret is that he has not yet found a suitable long gun. Holding the fine iron gun in his hand, he always felt a little weak, unable to use it with all his strength.

Especially the barrel of the gun, which is only made of ordinary wood and has not undergone complicated processing, so it cannot withstand Ouyang Shuo's internal force at all.

If Ouyang Shuo poured internal force into the fine iron gun, there would be a slight "creaking" sound from inside the gun shaft, which proved that the wooden texture and fibers inside the gun shaft had been destroyed by internal force.

In desperation, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to give up mobilizing his internal energy, he couldn't exchange a gun for a single practice.

No matter how big the family and business in Shanhai County are, they can't afford such consumption.

After receiving the work, Ouyang Shuo was already covered in sweat, and his clothes were soaked in sweat. He picked up the towel that was on the wooden shelf beside him and wiped the sweat off his face.

On the other side of the grass, Song Jia was still practicing swordsmanship, and she made the Yuenu swordsmanship very handy.

A gust of breeze blew by, and a fallen leaf on the grass was blown up by the breeze, fluttering and swaying, and just happened to touch the sword in Song Jia's hand.

The fine iron sword was like passing through the air, without hindrance, without being affected in the slightest. Looking at the fallen leaves again, they have been divided into two, and the incision is as smooth as a mirror, as if they were born with two fallen leaves. Look carefully, there is a trace of hoarfrost attached to the incision of the leaf, which is the result of the internal force of the "Nine Yin Manual".

"Nine Yin Scriptures" can be practiced by both men and women, and different genders have different attributes of internal force. The Nine Yin internal force cultivated by Song Jia has a trace of ice attribute, and it can penetrate to the bone when practiced to the extreme.

Compared with the refined iron spear, the refined iron sword in Song Jia's hand is much stronger in terms of enduring the infusion of internal force. That's why Song Jia used it so recklessly.

"Papa papa!" Ouyang Shuo couldn't help applauding, "Good swordsmanship!"

Song Jia put away her sword and smiled triumphantly at Ouyang Shuo: "How is it? Is this girl's swordsmanship good?!"

"Master Song's swordsmanship is superb, Xiaosheng really admires it." Ouyang Shuo praised without hesitation.

"You'll be poor-mouthed."

Song Jia was like a proud peacock. With a grin, she drew a beautiful sword flower, sheathed the sword, nodded to Ouyang Shuo, and then turned around gracefully. She really had the style of a heroine.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head amusingly, picked up the spear, and went back to the backyard. Zi Su had already ordered people to prepare cold water for Ouyang Shuo to rinse.