Chapter 226 Good Bone The river tide surged, splashing white water on the rocks. Liang Qu sat on the bluestone slab, his muscles were clearly defined by the rain, and his naked upper body was steaming with heat. He reached back and combed his wet black hair neatly, then calmly tossed the scroll in his hand. Wei Shao's brain felt like it had exploded, and a cold poisonous snake was crawling along his spine, hissing and spitting out its core. He stood unsteadily and took a few steps back, looking around. The sneer in the wind and rain was infinitely amplified in his ears. The world is spinning. The Thunder Seal of 3,400 taels... How can it be? Why are you faster than me? Treasure fish...
The bright red skin of the red blood bass pulled Wei Shao's spine away. His long hair, wet by the rain, stuck to his face, with water dripping down his chin. He leaned his hands on his thighs, his eyes wide open, and gasped for breath, like a dehydrated fish lacking oxygen. A hand climbed up to his shoulder and patted it gently. “As the martial artist of Heboso, Fushui still needs to practice more, after all, it is his signature skill. But compared to others, you are not too bad, just barely up to standard. Come and work for us. As long as you are willing to come, I will pay for you a bottle of Qi-restoring pill out of my own pocket. What do you think, Lord Shao?" A rejuvenating pill worth a small amount of merit! The corners of Wei Shao's eyes twitched, as if something was jumping under his skin. His five fingers deeply gripped his kneecap, and the joints were glowing with a bluish-white light. Wei Shao did not answer. Liang Qu was not annoyed. He was not as wealthy as others. He could not offer sausages to entertain the dog, only dry rice. It was normal for him not to react. After saying this, he picked up the fish basket and walked towards the crowd. The faint light from the sky cast a layer of gray around his back. The figure left behind kept drooping his body, bathing in the heavy rain. The sky and earth were dark blue and it was raining heavily. …… Compared to the loneliness of Wei Shao and others, Xu Yuelong and Yang Dongxiong were much more lively and congratulated Liang Qu one after another. Liang Qu kept bowing and kowtowing, expressing that they were all colleagues. As an official of the Hebo Office, one should be diligent in his job. Swimming is a vital basic ability and one is just doing his duty. He spoke polite words more and more fluently. "Good boy, good boy, I have seen so many people, and you are the best at swimming! There is no mistake in entering the river."
Xu Yuelong patted Liang Qu's shoulder and laughed. Even though Wei Lin did not show any emotion, he knew that the other party must be very unhappy! He was one major realm behind Fushui, but he actually lost! If it were the Monster Hunting Division or the Three Law Divisions, it would still be understandable since their main tasks are not on the water and they rarely practice the corresponding skills. What is Heboso? Who can hold a position there without the ability to swim? It's really embarrassing to lose a fight. This is also the reason why Liangqu is better than Fushui, it is a naked conspiracy. As it is an advantageous project, if it is not compared, it will not only be embarrassing for Wei Shao himself who is at a higher level. This was exactly what Liang Qu wanted. "In the year-end performance evaluation, Ah Shui should be ranked first, and he will definitely be rewarded. If he performs really well, he may even make a great contribution." Perhaps because his performance today was too outstanding, Xu Yuelong called Liang Qu by his nickname, seeming more intimate. "Brother Yue Long takes care of them all." Liang Qu clasped his fists and thanked him. As the saying goes, even if there is no credit, there is still hard work. No matter how many small merits you have, they cannot be exchanged for big merits, but to be honest, it is not that absolute. During the annual year-end assessment, the top-ranked officials based on performance will receive additional rewards, and if they perform particularly well, they may even be credited with great achievements. So in a sense, accumulating a lot of small merits is not completely incapable of "exchanging" for big merits. Liang Qu's merits are not as good as Xiang Fangsu, Ran Zhongshi and others. They rushed to the front line of Daze and took the head of the Ghost Mother Sect to claim credit. It was said that they killed two members of the sect some time ago, which was a much greater achievement than killing monsters. But the assessment compares officials of the same place and level. Liang Qu currently has more than 200 minor merits and two major merits on hand. He is unrivaled among the eighth-rank officials and is a definite top spot. With a little more effort, it is not impossible to achieve great success at the end of the year. After a lively moment, Liang Qu bid farewell to Xu Yuelong and Yang Dongxiong and hurried to Qianchishan, the headquarters of Tianbo Chamber of Commerce. On the way he took the scroll in his hands and examined it carefully. The opening of the scroll is hot-stamped with sealing wax, and two vertical and two horizontal lines are engraved on it with gold, forming a well shape, which means that the thunder seal method is a medium-level martial art. At first glance it doesn't sound very high-end. The first three moves of Liang Qu's Qinglong Spear are already top-notch martial arts, and the Falling Star Arrow is at an intermediate level, and can be extended to the top-notch Moon-Chasing Arrow and Sun-Piercing Arrow. Actually, it’s not calculated that way. As a martial art with universal characteristics, the intermediate level is already quite good. In the nearby Fengbu County, there might be a bloody storm of open and covert fighting over this martial art. Liang Qu is standing on the shoulders of giants and has learned the good things that Yang Dongxiong has accumulated over his decades of military career and life-long hard work.
It is true that superior martial arts are much more difficult to learn than mid-level or inferior martial arts, but many people are eager for this "difficulty". For a "wild" martial artist who has no knowledge of tiger hunting, the martial arts he can use are basically all in the lower three levels, and occasionally there is a middle level martial art that is a very good killer move. Wolf Smoke is one level higher than Galloping Horse, mainly of medium quality with occasional superior quality. This is the case with martial arts, and the techniques are similar. This is how the successors crush the unconventional ones. Not to mention classics, history, medicine, and treasure identification, while others are wasting a lot of time and money to save money to learn martial arts, they can get skills that ordinary people will never be able to access in their lifetime without spending too much money. The gap of time, money and energy saved will become difficult to cross. The current lineage that overthrew Daqian was no small figure before they achieved the great unification. In the Tianbo Tower stable, a servant swept the water stains on the ground and led a large red horse up to the front. "Your horse, sir." Liang Qu collected his thoughts, took the reins from the servant, and put on the raincoat given by the Tianbo Chamber of Commerce. Underwater, it doesn’t matter what kind of magical performance you perform. When you are outside, you still have to pay attention to the impact and try to behave the same way as others do. He stuffed the scroll and the glass bottle into the leather compartment next to the saddle, tied them with a hemp rope, and rode home. When the weather is occasionally sunny during the rainy season, every household will rush to move their quilts and clothes out to dry, but it usually won't last more than half a day. The last sunny day was five days ago. A series of heavy and light rains made the road from Pingyang County to Yixing Town muddy, with puddles of water everywhere. The slippery ground and puddles did not affect Chishan. As a dragon-blood horse, it braved the wind and rain, and turned into a ball of burning flames under the dim sky, galloping past. The fallen leaves were floating in the puddles. "one two Three!" A donkey-drawn cart loaded with goods sank into the mud and the gray donkey neighed. Three old men wearing straw raincoats shouted slogans and pushed the wheels hard to try to push the cart out of the mud pit. Their lower bodies were soaked by the yellow mud and they were shivering in the cold. Liang Qu pulled the reins to rein in the horse, grabbed one end of the whip and made a loop around it, bent down to put the loop on, hooked one corner, and bent his arm to pull the cart out of the mud pit. The three men thanked him repeatedly, and one of them even took off his hat and bowed in the rain. Liang Qu nodded slightly and was about to leave when he suddenly felt a malicious needle piercing his forehead. This is…… He pulled the reins hard, and Chishan's long neck was bent violently. The whole horse's body fell down uncontrollably like an outstretched bow! The old man who was caught in the rain threw his hat away in an instant. A long-accumulated sword light tore the hat in mid-air, breaking it into bamboo strips, and cut down several huge trees in succession, but it just barely brushed past the fallen Chishan. "What a good body!" (End of this chapter)