Ruins of the past

Chu Qiguang looked at the "Sutra of the King of Mount Sumeru" in front of him, looking at the simple portraits on it, his hands unknowingly transformed into various handprints, and his energy and blood circulated violently with the changes in the handprints.

This time when Chu Qiguang read "Sutra of the King of Mount Sumeru", he felt that his physical transformation far exceeded the previous times.

Chu Qiguang still remembered that the effect of practicing "Sumishan King Sutra" was getting weaker and weaker, and he was still thinking of finding a way within the Demon Suppression Division.

'This feeling...the changes in the physical body...are far from comparable to the past few times. ’

‘What’s the difference? Is it the extra knowledge in my mind? Or my enhanced physical body? ’

He felt as if his whole body was on fire, and his body temperature continued to rise, melting the surrounding ice and snow one by one like a large furnace.

And his physical body gradually transformed into an inhuman amidst the rapid movement of Qi and blood, and his physical strength, explosive power, Qi and blood strength, and heat resistance were all increasing bit by bit.

However, this rise in body temperature soon exceeded the tolerable range of Chu Qiguang, and he immediately shouted: "Chen Gang! Fire Pill!"

Fire pill is an elixir recorded in the "Sutra of Mount Sumeru King". It can specifically increase the heat resistance of the user. It is even more powerful when used in conjunction with the practice of "Sutra of Mount Sumeru King".

For example, Zhenmo Si's "Xumi Moving Mountain Strength" is a incomplete version, so it does not have the training effect of this fire elixir.

Chu Qiguang had already given the prepared fire elixir to Chen Gang for storage. Now he took the elixir handed over by Chen Gang and swallowed it in one gulp. He immediately felt that the high temperature in his body was no longer so unbearable.

He looked at the portrait in the scripture in his hand, and even felt that his whole body was warm as if he were soaking in a hot spring, and he wanted to plunge into the portrait more and more...

As soon as he felt something strange in his thinking, Chu Qiguang immediately used great self-control... to suppress his impulse and closed the scripture tightly.

After all, there was no Qiao Zhi by his side this time. Chu Qiguang was afraid that Chen Gang wouldn't be able to stop him, so he chose to give up as soon as he noticed something strange.

Even so, he also felt a layer of fear emerging in his heart. It seemed to be just a little bit close just now... He couldn't help but continue reading.

'This "Sumishan King Sutra" is really too evil. With my willpower... it is so difficult to control. Wouldn't ordinary people burn themselves after just one glance? ’

‘If it weren’t for the fear of exposing the secret book of one of the twenty-five righteous laws, this thing could be used as a weapon. ’

Shaking his head, Chu Qiguang closed his eyes and began to meditate, not only to regain his energy, but also to calm his mind.

Chen Gang retreated to a distance to protect the Dharma silently, listening to the movements around him.

After a while, Chu Qiguang opened the sutra book again and started reading it. The qi and blood in his body circulated violently, and the temperature around him also increased again.

After repeatedly practicing sutras, meditating and resting like this for more than ten times, Chu Qiguang found that the effect of reading the sutras was close to nothing, and the improvement in physical strength and qi and blood had become minimal.

It was as if... something accumulated in the body over the past month had disappeared.

'Since I have the opportunity to come down the mountain in the future... I will give it a good test to see what can drive this "Sumishan King Sutra". ’

Chu Qiguang moved his body after its transformation again, and felt that with every move, there was a powerful force accumulating in his body.

When he looked at his feet, he found that although there were still only two tentacles in the sticky figure, there was a vague shadow twisting in it.

'It seems that the third tentacle is about to grow out. It must be the Sumeru Mountain King Sutra that has once again promoted the growth of my strength. ’

Chu Qiguang smiled with satisfaction and buried the Sumeru King Sutra back again.

Then he turned his head and looked aside: "Chen Gang, when will the next Chongming Bird come?"

Chen Gang said: "Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? It's too urgent..." Chu Qiguang thought for a while and said: "In four days, I will try to find an opportunity to go down the mountain again, and then take the Chongming Bird back to Qingyang County."

"Get ready. Come back with me when the time comes and finish the business in Qingyang County before you come back."

But at the next moment, Chu Qiguang seemed to vaguely hear someone mumbling something in the air.

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Na! Mo! He! Na! Da! Na! Duo! Na! Ye! Ye! Na! Mo!

…

Chu Qiguang raised his head suddenly and listened hard, but in a cold snowfield, except for the cold wind and the sound of melting ice and snow nearby, he no longer heard any sound.

Chen Gang asked in confusion: "What's wrong, Brother Dog?"

Chu Qiguang asked: "Did you hear anything just now? It felt like...a group of people singing something together?"

Chen Gang said in confusion: "No, I didn't hear anything just now."

Chu Qiguang thought to himself: ‘Am I hallucinating? Is it because he has practiced the Sumeru Mountain King Sutra to a certain extent? ’

With this question in mind, Chu Qiguang decided to go to the Big Library tonight to check if there was any record of the Sumeru Mountain King Sutra.

Next, Chen Gang returned to the inn, while Chu Qiguang went to meet the handymen who went down the mountain to purchase, and then briefly checked the purchasing tasks of these handymen.

With his sophisticated eyes, he could easily spot every detail in the procurement process.

There is always a lot of oil and water in the purchase of food and medicinal materials, and it is related to the top and bottom. It is impossible to completely ban it.

After this investigation, it was indeed shocking. All kinds of kickbacks, concealment, and false reports were the norm.

This is also the norm in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, and the Demon Suppressing Division is no exception.

Among them, there was a handyman from the Zhenmo Division who bought useless expired medicinal materials as shoddy goods. He was scolded and he spit out all his money.

Killing chickens to scare monkeys in this way, and relying on Chu Qiguang's methods, he established prestige among these handymen in less than half a day, and trained them to be docile... for a while.

Then Chu Qiguang asked them to make lists, accounts, and time consumption, all compiled into a book, and he also made a ranking...

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That night when Chu Qiguang returned to the mountain, he first went to Yang Ling to report on the purchase.

Yang Ling looked at Chu Qiguang in front of him and smiled secretly in his heart: "If you don't practice hard on the mountain and insist on going down to help me buy it, you are really wasting your time." ’

Although the purchasing work down the mountain is very profitable, the lecturers and coaches who are usually responsible for this matter are not willing to distract him, so they leave the matter to the officials and handymen under the Demon Suppression Division.

In this way, although the people below will inevitably have to do something to get some benefits, the lecturers and teachers above save their own time and have more time to practice and study, so they are too lazy to take care of it.

When Yang Ling saw Chu Qiguang taking the initiative to take the job, he thought that he could waste the other person's time and save his own time, so he felt that he had the best of both worlds.