Zongwu: The Rise of the Little People

Time flows.

Keep moving forward.

After completing the investigation, Zhao Xu quickly came into contact with the three hall masters.

as predicted.

Zhao Xu's visit to Sha Huanjin stimulated the three of them.

The contact went smoothly.

In order to win over Zhao Xu, Hong Biao of Yuntang and Li Hu of Yantang quickly used their open cards to demonstrate their strength.

Hong Biao has the support of Wu State, while Li Hu has the support of An State.

The two were very confident and did not hesitate at all.

Directly reveal the backer to Zhao Xu.

Wu State controls the entrance of Jinsha River into Liangjie River, so Hong Biao, the leader of Yuntang, naturally has to rely on Wu State.

The salt source of Yantang is in the hands of Anguo. As the head of Yantang, Li Hu can only choose it.

Among the three hall masters, Zhao Xun is the most mysterious.

The head of the Punishment Hall has always been the gang leader's confidant.

As the head of the Criminal Court, Zhao Xun should have been completely loyal to Sha Huanjin and be his absolute supporter.

However, this was beyond everyone's expectations.

When Sha Huanjin's old injury relapsed and he was dying, he, the head of the Punishment Hall, suddenly became out of control.

Did not report to Sha Huanjin.

He announced his candidacy for gang leader in a high-profile manner, broke away from control, and became the third force to compete with the other two hall masters.

Although Zhao Xun wanted to get Zhao Xu's support, he did not directly reveal the forces behind him.

However, he hinted that his backer was stronger than the other two.

Such mystery made Zhao Xu think more.

However, he didn't come up with an answer in the end.

After all, the world is so big and there are so many forces!

In the end, Zhao Xu asked Jin Meiniang and Wang Zhong to focus their attention on Zhao Xun.

Then he put it out of his mind. Now, it was more important to improve his strength.

Afterwards, Zhao Xu delegated power to Wang Zhong and asked him to negotiate cooperation with the three major halls and delay the process, while he himself remained completely silent.

On weekdays, Zhao Xu would visit Su Mingyu from the Nandu Su family and talk about classics.

The rest of his time was spent on cultivation, especially practicing the Wind and Rain Sword Technique.

Of course, all of this is on the surface.

Secretly, Zhao Xu often met and communicated with Jin Meiniang.

As a result, the two of them came into contact more frequently.

As time went by, there were some subtle changes in the relationship between the two.

Zhao Xu couldn't tell what had changed.

He just felt that there was some change in the way Jin Meiniang looked at him.

Zhao Xu's feeling was not wrong. Jin Meiniang did have a different opinion of him.

Zhao Xu has been in this world for almost four years and has now completely integrated into it.

However, the influence of modern education on his thoughts and ideas has been deeply rooted.

In the world of martial arts, there are many female heroes and talented women who are famous all over the world.

But we still cannot get rid of it. This is the essence of a feudal society.

In feudal society, most ordinary civilian women had a very low status.

Jin Meiniang was born in Zhuyiwei.

The women in the Zhuyi Guard had a lower status than ordinary women.

Among the cold Zhuyiwei, she had only felt respect and warmth from Ren Xin.

Zhao Xu had good qualifications. He was handsome and had a good appearance. He was not only skilled in martial arts, but also had a good memory and extensive knowledge.

During their daily interactions, Zhao Xu inadvertently revealed his modern thinking of respecting women, which made his image more beautiful in Jin Meiniang's heart.

Now, Jin Meiniang looked at Zhao Xu with a look that contained not only admiration but also a hint of adoration.

Of course, Jin Mei Niang kept all these thoughts hidden in her heart, and only Zhao Xu, the person involved, had a vague sense of them.

For them, the most important thing now is to fight for the position of gang leader. Sha Huanjin’s time is running out!

Time flies.

It was the end of April.

Wang’s Trading Company, the big manager has a small courtyard.

In the empty yard, a figure was shuttling back and forth, dodging and moving.

The sword in his hand flies with him.

At this time, Zhao Xu was combining the instant step and the wind and rain swordsmanship.

He has been practicing the Wind and Rain Sword Technique for some time.

During this period, Jingcheng was very peaceful, but this was only on the surface.

Now, even a blind man can feel that beneath the calm surface of Jingcheng, there are undercurrents.

Zhuyiwei and Liudaotang are rapidly increasing their strength.

Zhao Xu and Jin Meiniang also secretly gathered troops and were on standby.

At the residence of Zhao Xun in the Xingtang, there were secret masters who frequently visited him.

Jin Meiniang's power consists of two forces.

Part of it was accumulated during her operation of Jinsha Building and Jinsha Stack.

The other part is the force secretly cultivated by Sha Huanjin, such as the Shadow Killer Group.

On Zhao Xu's side, it was naturally himself and part of the Wang Chamber of Commerce's southern guard force.

A tense atmosphere began to spread in the air of Jingcheng.

Everyone was waiting for one piece of news: the news of Sha Huanjin's death.

Zhao Xu is now a junior grandmaster of the second rank, and has mastered many of his own skills. Coupled with his extraordinary comprehension, he has mastered the Wind and Rain Sword Technique in just nine days.

Zhao Xu's Fengyu sword technique is perfect, and the power it displays is much stronger than Sha Xing.

Sha Xing Fengyu's swordsmanship was perfected and reached the threshold of sword energy, while Zhao Xu directly understood the sword energy.

The sword intent reached the realm of sword aura, which was a huge surprise for Zhao Xu at this moment.

For ordinary swordsmen, it is considered good enough if they can comprehend the subtlety of sword energy below the first level.

The realm of sword intent that can be comprehended only after one reaches the first level of sword energy.

Of course, if it is someone like Li Chungang, a sword-fighting genius that appears once in a century, it is a different matter.

Understanding the secrets of the sword energy at this time not only demonstrated Zhao Xu's talent, but also greatly enhanced his strength.

This made him full of confidence in this gang leader election.

Today, Zhao Xu dares to make such a boast that if a weaker person comes before him, he will dare to take action and kill him on the spot.

Sword energy is a power that can only be used after reaching the first level.

When Zhao Xu used it at this time, his power was still insufficient, and the attack distance and number of times it could be used were restricted.

In order to improve his attack power, Zhao Xu combined instant step with swordsmanship, using the advantages of instant step to make up for the shortcomings to a certain extent.

In the small courtyard, Zhao Xu's steps were getting faster and faster. Later, there were many afterimages, and the sword was emitting sword energy, moving with the figure.

For a moment, sword beams were everywhere and the sound of swords breaking through the air was endless.

Half a quarter of an hour later, all the afterimages disappeared.

Zhao Xu stood in the courtyard, facing the tree, holding a sword and closing his eyes.

Soon, a breeze blew past, and his eyes suddenly opened, with a cold light flashing.

"Sword Breaks Thunder Sound"

With a light shout, Zhao Xu thrust out the sword in his hand.

This time was different from the duel in Sha Xing. Countless sword shadows appeared in front of Zhao Xu, and needle-like sword energy shot out.

In an instant, the ancient trees in the yard turned into ashes.

Fortunately, Zhao Xu reduced his power output before using this move.

Otherwise, if the sword energy were a little stronger, not only this tree but the entire yard would be in trouble.

When Zhao Xu saw that the sword breaking the thunder sound had such power after being added to the sword energy, a smile appeared on his face.

"After the improvement, the power is amazing. It is not appropriate to call it 'Sword Breaking Thunder Sound'."

After some hesitation, Zhao Xu made a decision.

This is a variation of the "Sword Breaking Thunder Sound" move.

Named "Sword Breaking Thunder Gang".