"Yes, that's Wuji Gym."

How much impact can a sword have on a country? If it were in other world lines, Balliard can guarantee that even if it is a divine weapon, it will not destabilize a country. Which country does not have it?

How many artifacts?

Besides, the artifact has a spirit and will choose its own owner. For a big country, instead of snatching the artifact away when it is born and putting it as a decoration in the treasure house, it is better to wait for someone to take away the artifact and get the artifact's approval.

Then recruit that talent.

Which is more important, an unusable artifact or a talent who can use it?

However, in this world line, the Deno Empire is in a prosperous age of swordsmanship. Eighty percent of those who want to travel in the world will choose to learn swordsmanship. Ten percent have no talent for swordsmanship and cannot learn swordsmanship.

Five percent are naturally weak and unfit to travel in the world, while the remaining five percent are those who don't like swords and use other weapons to travel in the world.

A divine sword is born, or a jade sword made by a legendary literary saint is born. It is not very attractive to swordsmen, and literati will also pay attention to this sword, not only because this sword has the power to grant the user immortality.

Ability, and because this sword was made by a literati, it has a very strong "religious" significance to literati.

A gentleman is paired with a sword. If someone can be paired with a jade sword, his status in the circle of literati will rise slowly. Without considering being framed by other jealous literati, such a person will sooner or later become

The leader of a faction.

"Do you want to challenge the successors of the Wuji Gym? They are planning to take away the jade sword. As a swordsman, how can you sit back and ignore it? Since ancient times, the gods have been inhabited by the virtuous. The Wuji Gym only sends three contemporary disciples and

The fourth disciple went to snatch the jade sword, if they don’t show the strength to shut us up, why should we let them take it away!”

This person went further and called on the surrounding people to go to Qingzhu Peak to join in the fun and cause trouble.

"Those of us, even if we get the jade sword, can we use it? Do we have the qualifications? It is a magical weapon."

There are some self-aware people in the tavern who have magic weapons and look down on you. You can’t use them no matter what. Even if you use them to cut people, they are at best holding a large brick. What’s the point? It’s all about hurting people.

With my own sword energy and swordsmanship, carrying that brick is not as easy as holding a wicker stick.

"How can you know some things if you don't try them? As a swordsman, if you don't even have the courage to try, what kind of swordsman is that? The so-called swordsman, isn't it just a human madman who is not blocked by anything in the world and pursues his own way?"

Tuo boasted that the swordsman was very powerful, but Balliard still believed that the swordsman was illiterate.

Not blocked by everything in the world? They don’t have enough knowledge about the world. Of course, they don’t know whether the world has blocked them or controlled them. In an era when technology was underdeveloped and magic had not yet emerged, mortals had never thought that they could not survive in the water.

Are they breathing down because they can't absorb the oxygen in the water?

They don't realize this, so they naturally don't know what prevents them from breathing underwater.

As for the way of self, that is, "doing one's own way", no one can control what these swordsmen want to do. With the temperament of the swordsmen, as long as they become the ninth level, everything that stands in front of them will be destroyed by their will.

Cut it open and do whatever you want.

But illiteracy is illiteracy, and the literati can easily destroy the hearts of these swordsmen with a few calculations.

"Well said! That's what swordsmen like us should be like! I'll decide on this Qingzhu Peak!"

A swordsman was inspired by Tuo's words, and looked like a dragon, a god, and a strong horse, as if he had made a breakthrough in the way of swordsmanship and advanced to a higher level.

However, Balliard could clearly see that this somewhat arrogant swordsman was not even a fifth-level swordsman.

"It's just a sword, it's of no use to people like us."

In the northeastern part of the empire, there are many various gymnasiums. Some sects teach not swordsmanship, but boxing, marksmanship and other skills. And here, probably on the road from Wuji to the hinterland of the empire, there are still some occasionally.

A knight other than a swordsman rested in the tavern.

"It's hard to say. Just because you can't use it doesn't mean that others can't use it. The jade sword is a priceless treasure. It can be given to a demigod-level swordsman, just to earn a favor from a demigod.

Ah, what enemy do you still need to worry about? The officials in the court also care about this sword. After all, it is a sword forged by Wen Sheng. If you give it to those high officials, you can get at least 100,000 gold coins. The world is difficult.

, why bother with money?"

Having said this, Tuo stopped talking, sat back on the bench, picked up the wine and started drinking.

Half an hour later, the knights left in twos and threes. Most of them were moved by the man's words and planned to move towards Qingzhu Peak.

"Can you tell me who the mastermind behind this is?"

Seeing that everyone was almost gone, the owner of the tavern had gone back to his room to take a nap, and the waiters were washing dishes in the back kitchen, Valliard suddenly rushed behind the waiter.

This Tuo is not very strong and has no literary training. It stands to reason that he will not be too smart or eloquent. However, the words that this Tuo said when he tempted the knights just now were one of them using his reputation to seduce the swordsmen.

One is to seduce non-swordsmen with benefits, which is something that ordinary agents cannot do.

Maybe they have undergone some kind of training, just like MLM. Since it is training, even if you don't know who the owner of the training institution is, you should know the location of the training institution.

"who are you?"

Tuo behaved very calmly and could appear behind him silently. He was probably an extraordinary person, or even a master at worst. After finishing this job, he could get one hundred gold coins, enough to keep him cool for several years.

In this case, if you can save your own life, then do your best to save your own life.

"Me? It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that the person who asked you to spread such news, does he want foreign invasion, or does he want to launch a coup? And an accomplice like you, is it considered treason or rebellion?

Woolen cloth?"

Balliard revealed part of his theory to test whether the agent knew the mastermind's plan.

"What nonsense are you talking about! What treason and rebellion! I didn't do anything like that!"

Tuo was very excited, treason? Conspiracy? Wasn't he just helping others spread the news to attract swordsmen to Qingzhu Peak? In the world of martial arts, once someone wanted to hold a conference or make some noise, would they hire people to spread the news like this?

How could it be related to treason and rebellion?

"It seems that you are not aware of the conspiracy behind the scenes. Tell me, have you ever met the person who hired you? Who is he?"

As an extraordinary person, he is still the best at essence

As a supernatural being of the Shadow Island series controlled by God, it would be easy for Balliard to analyze the thoughts of a mortal. Coupled with the tens of thousands of years of wisdom that Balliard possesses, it would be even easier to see through the thoughts of a mortal.

.

"yes……"

There seems to be no reason to deceive him, let alone to frame him with such a big crime. With the ability of the extraordinary, he can kill him quietly and dispose of the body. No one will find out.

There wasn't even a chance to make a fuss.

So, does this extraordinary person really understand certain situations? Is what he is doing now really treason?

However, it is not up to one person to decide whether to treason or not. He and others are just the entrusted parties. They know very little about the entrustment they have received, so there is no reason to convict them, right?

If the person who contacted him was revealed, wouldn't it be possible that he wouldn't be able to get his share of the money?

Which is more important, life or money? Of course, life is more important, but as long as this extraordinary person abides by the law, his life will not be in danger. There is no need to explain the person who hired him,

"If you don't tell me, you will die. I am not an ordinary person. Don't think that after you die, the people behind the scenes will avenge you. Killing a mortal is not even enough to convict me, but it will convict you."

Although he obtained this "privilege" because of Ryze's relationship, Balliard would not give up his privileges just because of this reason.

In this world line, he is considered to be a "natural Taoist body" and the reincarnation of a saint. With the character of a scholar, he will probably not really give Baliard any rights, but they will not let Baliard's reputation

Damage is related to the reputation of the entire literary community. No matter what Balliard committed, the entire bureaucracy will try its best to turn a deer into a horse and distort the facts.

Of course, if Valliard committed too many things in the end, the literati might let Valliard disappear from the world and then claim to have become an immortal.

"It's... Mr. Huzhen, he contacted me and asked me to publicize this information and attract more people to Qingzhu Peak."

Regardless of whether Balliard's last words were true or false, this agent understood that now, his life was in the hands of others. Taking revenge after the fact? That's useless! Others are dead, can revenge for him make him live?

cannot!

"Who is that?"

The names I have never heard of are not those extraordinary beings who may become demigods, nor are they the bureaucrats of the Qing faction and traitorous factions in the court, or the royalists? Or are they just an insignificant little person? In fact, the mastermind behind this is someone else.

There is someone else.

"He is the city lord of Huayuan Township."

Although Huayuanxiang was downgraded from a city to a countryside, the name of the bureaucrats did not change much. The city lord was still the city lord, but the actual power was much less.

Tuo was curious about why Valliard didn't even know who the Lord of the City of Huayuan Township was. Even if he was not a local, he should have heard about Lord Huzhen's famous corruption and bullying of the people.

"Is it that corrupt official?"

Balliard can be sure that the person is a member of the traitor party. The traitor party and Qingliu are both a group of people who are committed to making this country develop better. However, Qingliu is willing to sacrifice his own interests when achieving this goal.

Before the traitor can achieve this goal, he must first satisfy his own desires.

Being able to use means to control those bandits, and squeeze this downgraded city for a long time, without being captured by the above, is enough to show this person's personal ability. If he is the kind of corrupt official who preys on officials, but does not have such abilities, he must be

Traitor party.

"That's right, it's that corrupt official! Only he can pay us so much money. If you have anything to do, sir, go find that corrupt official."

Corrupt official? That's a good point. To put it this way, he definitely doesn't like Huzi any more. He doesn't know what Balliard's official position is, whether it's lower or higher than that corrupt official. Anyway, he told the answer. This person

You shouldn't be holding on to him, a civilian, and either let things go and make peace with him, or you're really going to find Husband really troublesome, right?

"The ability to divert misfortunes to the east is quite good. I will go to Huzhen and ask, but if you lie to me, I will give you a real estate certificate from the underworld and personally take you home."

Balliard noticed the little calculation of this mortal. Why would a traitor do such a thing? There are intact eggs under the nest. The talents on the traitor side will not be unaware of this kind of thing.

But why would they create opportunities for foreign invasion?

"How dare I lie to you? However, if the corrupt official lies, he cannot blame me. If I tell you the news, I will definitely be punished by Huzhen afterwards. You'd better let me escape as soon as possible."
To be continued...