Chapter 4: The Governor

A magic technique! ?

"Are you sure it's a magic technique?" Uncle Liu's expression froze.

"Well, it's a technique, but I don't know what happened. I... seem to have learned it too?" Li Qi rubbed his head.

Yes, in addition to the inexplicable extra progress bar in his mind, he also had another memory.

No, it can’t be said to be a memory, because it doesn’t contain any visual words, patterns or anything like that. It’s more like a kind of... perception?

"Have you learned it too? Can you teach it to the gang?" Uncle Liu's originally depressed expression suddenly turned into one of surprise.

"I don't know... I can't use it yet, and I don't know how to describe it. It seems to be a feeling. I can't describe it without words. Give me some time." Li Qi didn't know what to say.

"It should be the inheritance of divine will. It's normal that you can't tell." Uncle Six nodded and agreed with Li Qi's statement.

"Uncle Six, do you know?" Li Qi was stunned.

"Who do you think founded the Paibo Gang? And who was the first to bring Paibo Jin here?" Uncle Six said with a smile.

Later, he comforted Li Qi: "It's okay. We have obtained the inheritance of divine will. Even if we make money in vain, there is only one question. How did the Li Zhuang Gang get close to the master?"

Li Qize explained, "I heard from the side that an expert divined that the Li Zhuang Gang could help him get a 'heretic object', so he hired the Li Zhuang Gang to look for it, and he actually found it, so The master rewarded them with a magic technique. I happened to see this scene and seemed to be affected. Uncle Liu, what is the inheritance of divine will? "

It was once again confirmed that Li Qi had mastered the inheritance of divine will. Uncle Liu's expression was completely relaxed. He first looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then continued: "I don't know what the inheritance of divine will is, but I know it. Yes, it’s like putting a book into your mind. As long as you practice regularly, you can learn the techniques in it. I also had the opportunity to learn Paibo Jin before, and that’s how I came to have the Paibo Gang.”

"You will teach us, right?" Uncle Six asked, looking a little nervous.

Although he trusted Li Qi very much, but...it was a magic technique after all.

"Don't worry, after I learn it, I won't forget to help others." Li Qi quickly promised.

The Paibo Gang taught him Paibo Jin no matter what, and it was Uncle Liu who saved him in the first place. He was not an ungrateful person, nor would he hide a secret technique.

Besides, if you teach the gang, if the gang is stronger, they may be able to do other businesses, and they will be able to live better at that time. Cooperation will benefit both sides, so there is no need to hide selfish things.

"That's good. You don't have to go to Kaihe. We will help you carry it. Your reward will not be less. Now go back and think about the divine intention in your mind to see if you can get the magic." Liu Shuyi Waving his hands, he was ready to let Li Qi go back.

But Li Qi shook his head: "No, we can't go back now."

"Although I have my face covered, someone from the Strong Gang did see me, and they will definitely not let it go."

"They will definitely chase after us. When they find out that someone did not go to open the river, they will definitely find something wrong just like us." Li Qi said.

Because the Li Zhuang Gang did not come to open the river, I and others went to find it. The people from the Li Zhuang Gang were not stupid, and they would definitely have noticed that there was something wrong with the people who returned.

"So, let's open the river as usual. When you came to save me before, you told the public that I had a cold and fever and suddenly fainted, and that I went to save him. The caliber must be the same. Uncle Six, go and tell them in person, remember "No one of us went out today. I fainted because of a fever."

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm in a hurry, so I'll do as you say! You rest first, and I'll go talk to them." Uncle Six nodded repeatedly, then immediately walked out of the shed and walked quickly towards everyone in the Paibo Gang.

Li Qi, on the other hand, shook his head and sat down again.

Until the next open river relay.

Throughout the day, he continued his business on the river, hauling the boat all day long and exerting extra effort.

Until the evening, in the Lishui River in the city, the ice was crushed by the pressure, the water flow started to bounce, and the opening of the river was over.

But he showed nothing.

At the end of the day, he had realized...

I'm afraid, what's in my head is the little bit left of my game console.

The so-called "heretic thing" is the progress bar.

This was his guess, and it might not be correct, but after thinking about it for a day, it should be like this.

I guess this might be some residual game progress bar? Is it the only thing left of your game console?

Damn, if the game console was good, would he have a system by now? Rather than just a progress bar that seems to be of little use?

But there's no point in complaining, it's better to accept the reality.

As for the strange "reflection" in his mind, he also saw clearly what it was.

How do you see clearly?

Of course, you just need to pay attention to that insight, and the progress bar will pop up in front of you:

"Learning: Ox Power Technique, progress is 1%."

It turns out that this insight is called Niu Li Shu?

With the suffix "shu", it seems that it is indeed a "spell".

Originally it was 0%, but after he tried it, it seemed that he only needed to immerse himself in it and gradually move his body according to the rhythm inside, and he could begin to gradually understand the methods.

He just immersed himself in his insights and used his "instinct" to pull the boat. After pulling the boat for a whole day, he finally became 1%.

"The river is open, come here, the governor will personally reward you!" An official stood by the river and shouted to a group of exhausted trackers.

When the trackers heard this, even if they were sweating and exhausted, they all got up.

After a day of hard work, and even before the competition for the river opening, they had paid a lot, isn't it for today's reward!

Now the boats can't pass, because only this section of the ice was crushed. The entire Lishui River is thousands of miles long, how can it be possible for the boats to pass through?

The river opening is just a ceremony, a ceremony to pray for the river to thaw as soon as possible.

However, after the river opening ceremony, it usually takes only seven or eight days for the whole river to be open to boats.

And Li Qi also threw away those extra thoughts, ran over and stood in a group.

He was not in a hurry, and he could delay it for a while.

After all, during the river opening, the Lizhou military reserve team was here, and the governor of Lizhou was also here. The young man who was seen before should not dare to make trouble, right?

Although he knew that this was useless, and that if the other party really wanted to cause trouble for him, no one could save him, he had no choice but to hide for a while, right?

There were many people around, about tens of thousands, lining up for two or three miles along the Lishui River.

The opening ceremony of the river was not only for trackers, but also for sailors, boatmen, cicadas, etc. There were about dozens of groups that came together to hold a complete opening ceremony.

So after the ceremony, the governor of Lizhou would circle the river under the guard of honor and reward all the people who participated in the ceremony around the river.

Li Qi also looked at the progress bar of the opening ceremony in front of him, which reached 97%.

It is estimated that after the reward is given, it will become 100.

"The governor has arrived! Bow!" an official shouted loudly.

With an order, the people on the riverside knelt down one after another. Within a three-mile range of the Lishui River, tens of thousands of people along the way fell to the ground in a flash, like a wheat field blown by the wind!

The governor of a state has such a powerful presence.

Beating drums, carriages, ceremonial guards, and flags.

At the beginning, there was a line of black-armored warriors in front, each of them was eight feet tall, extremely strong, with cold eyes, looking at the trackers like pigs and dogs, not caring at all, just silently holding long spears and leading the way.

Li Qi participated in two river openings, so he naturally understood what this was.

This is the military team of Lizhou.

Each person is a humanoid Gundam. Li Qi saw with his own eyes that the general of the military team cut off the Lishui River with a knife, causing the water of the river to stop for several seconds.

The black-armored warriors led the way, and behind them was the carriage.

The carriage was luxurious, engraved with mountains, rivers, layers of Danxia, ​​steep rocks, mist and light, and the color of the stones was about to fly. Behind countless mountains and rivers, two towers faced each other, and there was a big river passing through the cliffs.

If you pay a little attention, you can find that the carriage is a geomancy map of Lizhou.

The governor was on the carriage, and a man nine feet tall and handsome drove the carriage slowly past the Lishui River.

Every time he passed a place, he recited a sacrificial text, and then an official came forward and put down the reward.

He walked all the way to the boatman on Li Qi's side.

A voice came from the carriage, full of energy: "In the Qinghua Palace, there is the God of Lishui, with 42 departments and 90 million people, in charge of the affairs of the Lishui River. You boatmen are one of them. You pull the boats and sail the boats, relieve natural disasters, and save the dead. Today is the grand ceremony of opening the river. You Qi will relieve the disaster, eliminate sins and crimes, and you deserve a reward!"

Following this sacrificial text, three officials came forward, dragged up nine fat pigs, nine nets of fresh fish, two handfuls of copper coins, and two pieces of ice that had just been fished out of the river, and put them in front of the kneeling Water Horse Gang leader and Sixth Uncle.

The pigs were estimated to weigh about 1,000 to 2,000 jin, with black hair and sharp teeth. The bristles on their bodies made them invulnerable to swords and guns, but now they were tied up tightly and could not move.

The fish were also nearly half a meter long, and some even had sharp teeth, which made them extremely ferocious.

Each side had half, and the Pai Bo Gang, as the leader, got the rest, five pigs and five nets of fish.

The two gangs took the rewards, but did not leave.

Because they had to wait until all the rewards were over before they could leave together.

"What's going on...?" Li Qi, who originally just wanted to spend some time in peace, saw a progress bar pop up on the prefect's carriage: 'Ritual Enhancement: 90%. '

This progress bar progressed very quickly, and it ended after the rewards to the tracker gang were given.

Li Qi did not continue to look down, but continued to stare.

Then, he saw with his own eyes that every time a person was rewarded and a different sacrificial text was recited, the progress bar for ritual enhancement would appear once.

All the rewards were given out.

The governor's carriage left without saying a word or showing his face.

But Li Qi suddenly thought of something.

It was what the young man said: "The law of humanity is to gather people for your own use. All countries in the world are humane."

Is this kind of sacrificial ceremony a kind of humanity?

Li Qi guessed so.

Then, he looked at the Lishui River again.

This time, he was shocked to find that there was a progress bar hanging on the Lishui River.

"River opening ceremony: progress is 99%."

"Not finished yet? What's going on?" He discovered this unexpectedly.

In the past, after all the rewards were over, the river opening ceremony was over, and everyone else could disperse.

If it weren't for the progress bar reminding him, he would have noticed for the first time that the river opening ceremony had not yet ended.

At this time, a boatman came up and called Li Qi.

"Brother Li, let's go! We have to find a butcher to kill the pig tonight!"

"Today's five fat pigs and big fish are definitely enough for us for a year!"

The trackers were in high spirits, some were preparing to take fish home, and a dozen others were carrying fat pigs, preparing to move them to the butcher to kill the pigs.

In this world, killing pigs is a technical job. Even if these trackers hold machetes, they can't cut through the fur of such big pigs. They have to find specialized butchers. Their skills are powerful and powerful, and they are proficient in the vital points of pigs and sheep. Only they can kill such fat pigs and remove the meat.

Therefore, the butchers also formed a small group.

In this world, almost everyone must belong to a small group with Kung Fu as its core.

"You go back first, I won't go." Li Qi said suddenly.

"Ah? Not going? Then Brother Li, where are you going? There will be an eviction next to Lishui in a while." A tracker was confused.

But at this time, Uncle Six came out and gave him a kick: "Why are you asking so many questions! I have arranged things for Xiao Li, what are you pigheads asking for? Let's go, my mother-in-law is still waiting for the meat to be cooked!"

When Uncle Liu said this, the others stopped asking and their thoughts turned to the fat pigs and fresh fish.

I don’t usually get to eat these!

Fish can be caught, but they are all small fish, but these big fish in front of them are frighteningly powerful in the water. If they are not good at it, they can be knocked out of breath immediately, which is not something that these trackers can always do. Delicious food.

So they gathered around Uncle Liu and Zhuyu one by one and left happily.

Uncle Six did not ask Li Qi what he wanted to do.

After all, Li Qi is still carrying a mission, which should be related to this aspect.

This is also a benefit of small groups.

Here, an individual is nothing without the group, so rules and trust are particularly important. After Li Qi made his promise, Uncle Six gave him equal trust without hesitation.

After Li Qi watched them leave, he was also ready to go out.

It’s impossible not to leave. Just like what the tracker said before, if you don’t leave, you will drive people away.

After the river was opened, no one was allowed to stay.

It was this rule, coupled with the constant 99% on the progress bar, that made Li Qi suspicious.

The humanistic method...relying on rituals to strengthen oneself?

The river-opening ceremony was not over yet, but the prefect began to drive people away.

This gave Li Qi a crazy idea.

Can he participate in the river opening ceremony? ?

You know, he is a participant in opening the Hetou Road and is also part of this ceremony.

Now that he has secretly learned the skills of the Strong Gang, according to the conventions of this world, he is a must-kill person!

Besides, he doesn’t want to be a tracker for the rest of his life!

The sudden awakening of the golden finger and the magic in his mind gave Li Qi the idea of ​​giving it a try!