Ma Xiaoxiao came looking, the formation flag, jade talisman, and treasure artifact schools of Qimen Magic!

On a bus heading to tourist attractions in Kunshan.

A poor young man is being stomped on repeatedly by a long leg.

"Just because someone calls you handsome, you actually think you are? Don't you have a mirror at home? Don't you have any self-awareness at all?"

The unfortunate young man slumped in his seat, his body curled up, groaning softly. It wasn't that he didn't want to beg for mercy, but that begging would be useless.

If I had known this woman was so formidable, why did I bother provoking her in the first place?

Just as my dad said, any beautiful woman should either be fawned over or kept at a distance.

Beautiful women either have good genes, and those with good genes generally don't have low social status.

Alternatively, if she has a whole platoon of second- or third-generation rich kids chasing after her, that girl might not even need to say a word to give you a sound beating.

Oh, so they fawn over them, chase after them, and you, a nobody, dare to bully them?

This is outrageous! Kill them outright, then burn and bury them.

But this has been going on for almost half an hour, isn't that a bit excessive?

I guess I was being a bit too complimentary just now? I just probably didn't manage my expression well!

The key point is... cough cough, he hadn't even had a chance to extend his hand yet, had he?

If you're so good, why didn't you say so earlier? Next time you go out, could you put a little "I'm an expert" sign on your forehead?

With those long legs and that innocent, harmless look of yours, any bad guy would have some ideas, right?

The carriage was completely silent; everyone quietly watched as onlookers, while some Bored individuals secretly counted how many times the little girl had kicked him.

This woman was none other than Ma Xiaoxiao, who had come out to find Ling Yi.

It's been several days, and Ma Xiaoxiao still can't get in touch with Ling Yi. His phone is always out of service, which is making Ma Xiaoxiao very upset.

Although I know Ling Yi is very powerful, I still feel inexplicably worried.

Coincidentally, she saw a news report online that someone had seen the Redwood Army, who King Zheng, driving more than twenty missile vehicles into Kunshan.

Ma Xiaoxiao immediately thought of Ling Yi.

After all, it's impossible for King Zheng to transfer his Redwood Army to a place like Kunshan without a reason.

Moreover, such a strategic-level weapon is completely unnecessary for dealing with ordinary people.

exercise?

There's no need to conduct exercises in Kunshan, is there? That's a Class I nature reserve.

Moreover, since the chaos of the Nine Princes, the Great Qian Empire has never conducted any military exercises.

After all, exercises are incredibly expensive, and the Nine Princes would rather burn all their money in the Underworld than waste it on this.

The message disappeared from the internet in less than ten minutes.

This further illustrates that the task of King Zheng is certainly not simple.

Or rather, dealing with people is not easy.

And how ruthless must someone be to King Zheng for the King Zheng, and how powerful must their opponent be to warrant such a weapon?

Ma Xiaoxiao couldn't think of anyone else but Ling Yi.

We happened to encounter a tour bus heading to Kunshan on the road.

Ma Xiaoxiao was already in a bad mood, and her mind was full of worries about Ling Yi, when this thing suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Being ugly is bad enough, but not realizing it is already annoying enough, but then you add insult to injury by being lewd and physically indecent?

Can Ma Xiaoxiao still tolerate this?

That's how we got the scene of this unfortunate guy getting brutally beaten up.

Just as Ma Xiaoxiao was about to finish her final kick, a series of muffled thuds suddenly came from afar.

Immediately afterwards, the ground began to shake.

The Siji yelled in terror, "Holy crap, so many big mushrooms!" and slammed on the brakes.

The car skidded along the ground for three or four meters before coming to a stop. The people inside, who had been watching the commotion, were suddenly thrown into chaos.

Ma Xiaoxiao, after all, was Kung Fu Hustle in martial arts. She forcibly steadied herself and ignored the screams, curses, and cries of pain from the people inside the car.

Looking in the direction from which the loud noise came, one could see clusters of giant mushrooms rising out of thin air in the direction of Kunshan.

Ma Xiaoxiao's face turned deathly pale. She leaped out of the open window and landed on the ground like a nimble cat.

First, he took out four round, light blue cesium patches from the backpack behind him. He stuck two on his calves, one on his forehead, and the last one on his heart.

Yingying glow flickered on his finger as he quickly tapped each of the four patches.

Then, bending over and stepping on the Eight Trigrams, he gathered his strength and then dashed out like a Lightning.

This is one of the Rapid Movement techniques of the Ma Family Manor.

These light blue circular patches are made of animal hide and jade powder, and are engraved with four Formation: Illusory Lightning, Illusory Wind, Spirit Guiding, and Divine Sense.

This thing has a specific term: Qimen Jade Talisman, or simply Jade Talisman.

Although Qimen Magic mostly consist of illusory Formation Pattern, they have been developed into various applications by Qimen practitioners because they are based on Spirit-Guiding Formation Marking and Divine Sense Formation Marking.

The Qimen Array, which uses array flags as its carriers, is a unique feature of the Zhuge Family. Once the array flags fall, the formation can be set up. Holding a compass, one can conjure up the heavens, the earth, and all things.

The unique techniques of using Jade Talisman as carriers are a specialty of the Ma Family Manor. The Jade Talisman are small and more suitable for Combat.

The Wind Movement Jade Talisman talisman on Ma Xiaoxiao's calf was composed of Illusory Wind Array Pattern, Spirit-Guiding Formation Marking, and Divine Sense Formation Marking.

After use, it can generate wind propulsion, making Keep Running easier, less strenuous, and faster.

The Jade Talisman at the heart is a Thunder God Thor Jade Talisman composed of illusory thunder, guiding spirits, and Divine Sense.

By drawing upon a small amount of Lightning power, which is channeled through the heart to stimulate acupoints in the body's meridians, one can temporarily amplify their own strength.

Among the major Qimen Magic in the Great Qian Empire, besides array flags and Jade Talisman, there is another school: the Treasure Artifact School.

It involves inscribing Formation Pattern patterns onto various armor, swords, shields, and other weapons and equipment. When used, the Formation Pattern are activated to form powerful offensive and defensive capabilities.

The Treasure Artifact School belongs exclusively to the Nanyang Zhao Family.

That is, the family Zhao Chen belongs to.

The three major schools of Qimen Dunjia— the Formation Flag School, the Jade Talisman Jade Talisman School, and the Treasure Artifact School —are currently the most widely used schools among Qimen Dunjia practitioners.

But regardless of the school of thought, the fundamental factor limiting Li Qiang is the Primordial Spirit, or in other words, Divine Power.

Controlling the array flags requires using Divine Sense Formation Marking; controlling the Jade Talisman and the Treasure Artifact also requires Divine Sense Formation Marking.

If your Divine Power is insufficient and your Divine Sense is weak, then the number of Formation Pattern you can control is limited.

The Li Qiang of all Qimen sorcerers is basically determined by the number of Formation Pattern they control.

However, each school of thought has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Array flags are suitable for large-scale offensive tactics, but they take a long time to set up and consume a lot of Divine Power when used, since it requires a long time to control the Formation Pattern.

The Jade Talisman is small, flexible, and can be activated with a thought, but its power is weak and Jade Talisman duration is short, making it unsuitable for prolonged battles.

The Treasure Artifact School is the simplest; once activated, you don't need to worry about it anymore. Just Dress and charge in.

The biggest advantage of the Treasure Artifact School is that it doesn't consume much Divine Power.

Let's get back to Ma Xiaoxiao.

In just a few minutes, Ma Xiaoxiao rushed into Kunshan. Just as the Ma Xiaoxiao Jade Talisman was about to expire, she finally saw the familiar figure.

Seeing that Ling Yi was unharmed, Ma Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, the Jade Talisman completely lost its effect, and Ma Xiaoxiao's speed gradually slowed down, stopping precisely in front of Ling Yi.

At this moment, Ma Xiaoxiao's face was flushed from the run, and her breathing was rapid. She bent over and panted for a long time.

Pointing at Ling Yi, she angrily demanded, "You, where's your phone?"

"A cell phone?" Ling Yi was taken aback for a moment before realizing that he hadn't taken his cell phone out since it entered his Sea of Consciousness space last time.

With a thought, the phone that had been gathering dust in the space of his Sea of Consciousness for several days finally saw the light of day again.

Immediately following was a flurry of notifications; the phone, needing to process a large amount of data in a short time, essentially turned into a hand warmer.

The already limited battery power was completely drained, and the device shut down.

If it can stay on standby for several days, the battery life of this phone is quite good.

He casually tossed the phone back into his Sea of Consciousness, then put a hand on Ma Xiaoxiao's shoulder.

This action startled Ma Xiaoxiao, who had just straightened up, and her already flushed face turned even redder.

Ma Xiaoxiao felt that her face was incredibly hot, and she even wondered if her head was smoking.

At this moment, if Ling Yi were to utter a couple of lines from a scumbag boyfriend, Ma Xiaoxiao would most likely be unable to resist.

Ling Yi, in reality, only channeled a wisp of Spiritual Power into Ma Xiaoxiao's body.

"Don't use the Illusory Lightning Jade Talisman anymore. It's quite harmful to the body. Every time you use it, it accumulates hidden injuries. If too many hidden injuries accumulate, you're finished."

"Ah, yes, I just..." Ma Xiaoxiao wanted to say, "I was just worried about you," but Ma Xiaoxiao stopped herself when the words came out.

Worried about Ling Yi? If I follow the advice of those online relationship gurus, wouldn't that mean I like Ling Yi?

Looking at the handsome face so close to hers, Ma Xiaoxiao felt a sudden wave of dizziness.

According to relationship experts, this feeling is simply a case of "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," and it makes one wonder if they've fallen for the other.

Imagining things out in one's head is truly the most terrifying thing.

Ling Yi is handsome, okay? If we follow Ma Xiaoxiao's analysis, does that mean we'd fall for any handsome guy we meet?

Ma Xiaoxiao isn't a fangirl, but she's forced herself to imagine herself as one.

Ling Yi didn't know what Ma Xiaoxiao was thinking, but he had previously conducted countless Karma Simulation of this scenario.

So we can make a rough guess.

After all, in some Karma Simulation, the interactions between him and Ma Xiaoxiao were quite sweet.

But their relationship hadn't reached that point yet.

We've only met a few times and spent a little over a day together, how could there be any feelings involved?

Ling Yi, however, never believed in love at first sight.

In his view, all love at first sight is nothing more than lust for someone's body.

"I have already used my Spiritual Power to repair your meridians!" Ling Yi's words shattered Ma Xiaoxiao's preconceived notions.

"Ah? Thank you, thank you. Um, I came to deliver the cultivation manual to you and to return the money." Ma Xiaoxiao was clearly a little embarrassed when she said this.

That wasn't her real purpose in coming to find Ling Yi at all!

"Once the King Zheng is resolved, your grandfather's problem will be solved. As for the people of the Ma Family Manor who have sealed themselves away, the words your grandfather gave you are actually the key to unlocking the sealed base from the outside."

Ling Yi pointed to his eyes and said, "Don't forget, I can see everything, past and future."

"I'm sorry, you're the only person I can think of who can help me."

Ling Yi shook his head. According to the Causality Line he saw, even if Ma Xiaoxiao didn't come looking for him, nothing would happen to the people of the Ma Family Manor.

However, it wasn't him who made the move, but Zhao Chen.

It was precisely because Zhao Chen helped Ma Xiaoxiao and Ma Family Manor that Ma Family Manor came to Zhao Chen's side, becoming a major asset for him to cause trouble in the future.