Chapter 146: Progress Bar on Building (8000)

"Oh, tell me about it." Xu Bai instantly became alert when he heard Ye Zi say that, and stood up from his chair.

It must be said that what happened tonight really made him speechless. The other party's behavior was completely taking advantage of his shortcomings and making him afraid to go into the water.

Especially thinking of Lin Yong's arrogant expression tonight, although he had turned the game around this time, not only exposing Lin Yong, but also exposing the government order, but no matter what, he was particularly unhappy that he didn't completely kill the two guys tonight.

In addition to working on the progress bar, he was thinking about how to catch Lin Yong and twist his head off.

Being underwater was indeed a shortcoming of his, so until now, he still hadn't thought of a good way.

If he were to find a martial arts method that was suitable for underwater now, he would need to leave Fengling Mansion, but that was unrealistic. It was obvious that the other party would not let him leave.

Or he could pretend to leave as bait to see what the other party could do.

This is a good method, but it still has some inappropriate aspects. What if the other party tries to lure him away from the mountain, first let him leave, and then find a way to carry out his own plan, wouldn't that be a trap?

For example, if the other party really wants to use this method to force him to leave, and then use other methods to strengthen himself while he is away, and then turn around to deal with him, then it is completely in line with the other party's wishes.

So I can't leave, and I have to find a way to deal with those guys and vent my anger.

Can I bear it? I can't bear it.

Since Xu Bai entered this circle, he has never enjoyed what it feels like to endure.

Ye Zi bent down her waist, leaned close to Xu Bai's ear, and whispered: "Sir, the other party relies on the water as a cover. What if there is no water as a cover? Then they can't be so arrogant."

Xu Bai touched his chin and said: "Interesting, continue."

If the other party does not rely on water, then if I want to kill them, it's just a matter of a knife, it's not that troublesome at all.

Don't forget that he seems to have only the ability of the third rank now, but with the sword intent, he can definitely fight with the first rank. Although I don't know what the result of a fight with the first rank will be, the second rank has no resistance in front of him.

"Sir, I mean to pump water, wouldn't it reveal their traces?" Ye Zi said with a smile.

Xu Bai frowned when he heard it: "I'm afraid it's not that easy."

If it is a lake or a river, then this method is indeed feasible. After all, they rely on water. After draining the water, won't the other party be exposed?

But this idea is good, but there are some difficulties in implementation, because what lies in front of him is not a river, nor a lake, but a river.

Xunle River is a wide river. If he wants to drain the whole river, he doesn't have to do anything else. He can stay in this place for the rest of his life and slowly pump water.

Although he has reached the strength of the third rank, it is extremely difficult to make the whole river disappear for no reason.

So Ye Zi's method seems to be very good, but there are some practical problems that need to be considered in the middle, otherwise it cannot be implemented.

"Sir, I mean that you don't have to drain the whole river. Don't you know the art of ingenuity?" Ye Zi asked.

Xu Bai nodded.

He does know how to use the art of ingenuity, but what does it have to do with draining the river water?

Ye Zi told the story...

"Today I saw their location, including the location of the boats in the entire Xunle River, which is only a few hundred meters long. A few hundred meters can expose where their lair is.

If you use clever tricks to block this few hundred meters and intercept the flow, then the rest is just to drain the water. In this way, our difficulty will be reduced a lot, and we don't have to drain the river."

As he said, Ye Zi stretched out his white fingers, dipped them in water, drew a straight line on the table, and then drew two dots in the middle of the straight line, meaning to cut it off.

"It's a good idea." Xu Bai held Ye Zi's hand and said, "It seems to be useful, and those families can also play their role."

According to the method Ye Zi just said, Xu Bai felt that he didn't even need to do the pumping work, just cut off the upstream, and then the downstream would naturally be exposed.

Ye Zi reminded: "Sir, you must not cut only one section, you must cut both ends, and in the middle of the two ends, you must dig a sufficient channel to allow the water to flow through, otherwise the pressure will be very high."

As she said, Ye Zi stood up from Xu Bai's arms, turned around and went to the cabinet, took out a piece of paper from the cabinet, and then returned to Xu Bai's arms, moving her hips to make herself sit more comfortably.

Keeping this posture, Ye Zi began to draw a sketch.

Xu Bai put his arm around her waist with one hand, put his head on her shoulder, and looked at Ye Zi from this angle.

Soon the painting was done, and Ye Zi took it to Xu Bai as if to take credit.

"Sir, this is the painting I made. You can intercept the river according to this method. It will be much safer then."

After all, it is the Xunle River. If you want to intercept the river successfully, you must be careful, otherwise you will fail.

The painting clearly marks a range, which is cut off from both ends, and a deep ditch is made at both ends to divert the water.

"The only disadvantage is that if we really do this, it will make a lot of noise. If we make such a big noise, if the other party runs away, there will be nothing we can do." Ye Zi said.

After all, it is such a big project, so what we have to do cannot be done carefully or quietly.

The other party is under the Xunle River. Once they do this, the other party will definitely notice it. If they notice it, they will definitely run away. If they don't run away at that time, it would be too stupid.

Xu Bai said slowly: "Don't worry, the preparation will be very complicated. If it is really ready, starting from this stage of the river, it will definitely be very fast."

His mechanical puppetry is at the full level, integrating the mechanical pavilion and the human soldier technique, so he is very good at this. He only needs to make the right skills to be able to cut off instantly. After all, it is not to drain the entire river. He is still confident in this method.

The only thing is more difficult in terms of materials. It does not require particularly good materials, just slightly sturdy.

But is that a problem? That is not a problem at all.

"Tomorrow you ask the head of the Ye family to send a letter to other families and ask them to come to a meeting with me. I will tell them what to do." Xu Bai smiled.

Isn't this family just trying to curry favor with him?

Then he will give these families the opportunity to curry favor with him.

If you want to curry favor with him, I'm sorry, you must prepare the materials for me. The materials I told you are not particularly expensive, but the quantity required is relatively large. The entire Fengling Mansion can definitely get them together.

These family heads are all smart people, and they have been hanging around in this place for so long, they can definitely distinguish right from wrong.

"Young Master, great." Ye Zi said with a smile.

"Just talk about it?" Xu Bai said.

Ye Zi rolled his eyes: "I am praising you..."

Xu Bai stroked Ye Zi's back and smiled: "It's okay to just talk about it, but you have to say it in a different position."

Ye Zi was stunned, then reacted, and bent down with a charming face...

...

The next day.

Early this morning, all the families in Fengling Mansion received a message from the head of the Ye family.

The message was very simple, with only one sentence, that is, Lord Xu invited him to discuss important matters with the family heads.

As for what the important matter was, the message did not say it, and they could not guess it, but at least there was some clues, and they all estimated that it was related to what happened last night.

In the martial arts world, it is rumored that Xu Bai is decisive, ruthless, and capricious.

But these are only part of it. What's more, it is rumored that Xu Bai will take revenge for any slight. As long as he is not satisfied with the treatment, he will take revenge on the same day and will never delay it.

So when they thought of this, they all understood that Xu Bai was definitely very dissatisfied with the situation last night. After all, Lin Yong was about to jump on his face. If he had to endure it silently, it would not be in line with Xu Bai's personality.

These families also have their own ideas, but a large part of their ideas are to help.

As for the rest, they are thinking about how to help well and highlight their own value, so as not to lag behind other families.

After all, with their current intelligence capabilities, they have long known that Xu Bai has invited all the families. To stand out from these families and get Xu Bai's attention, they must be careful.

So, the heads of the families, who are like human spirits, started fighting one after another on the way here.

It seems that there is no wave between them, but in fact, they have already started to fight secretly. In order to get more benefits, they will do everything they can.

Fortunately, they knew in their hearts that they couldn't show it too obviously now, after all, Xu Bai was still here, they were just bickering with each other and testing each other's intentions.

Soon, all the family heads had arrived at the Ye family. Fortunately, this time they only invited the family heads of those families, and did not invite others.

The Ye family was also quite spacious, and it could accommodate them, especially the reception room. Although it was full of people, there was still a very wide distance between each other.

The head of the Ye family personally entertained them here. After all, these people were of similar status to her. Although some people were slightly lower, there were still some people with higher status than her. Because there were so many people, she entertained them all together and was too lazy to be responsible for each one.

"Head of the Ye family, you are so close to Lord Xu. Do you know what happened when you called us here this time?"

"I think some people just want to ask around. Are there things you can find out? Just shut up quietly and wait for Lord Xu to come."

"You can't say that. They are just asking for us. Everyone should be more polite. There's no need to be so angry. After all, we are all helping Lord Xu."

The crowd seemed a little noisy. Some people took this opportunity to find that their competitors were also there, and they said a few words in a sarcastic tone.

Of course, they didn't make a loud noise, but still maintained a little restraint. If they made a noise in this place and made Lord Xu unhappy, they would probably lose this opportunity.

Seeing this situation, the head of the Ye family quickly stopped their open and secret struggles, and said helplessly: "Everyone, don't look at Lord Xu living in my house. In fact, everything is for Ye Zi's face. I don't know what happened today, so don't ask me. It's useless to ask."

It has to be said that these people are as smart as monkeys. Even the tone of their speech can make people guess for a while.

Just like what the head of the Ye family said just now, it seems to be an explanation to everyone, and Ye Zi has to be brought up again, which is a warning to the people present.

She just wanted to let other families know that she was close to Xu Bai now, so everyone had to give her some face in the future.

Once this sentence came out, how could the people around not understand what she meant?

They quickly began to bow and express some compliments, and some even wanted to cooperate.

Those families usually looked down on the Ye family. Although the Ye family was also a prominent family here, after all, their methods were a bit problematic. With Xu Bai's return this time, more and more people cooperated with them.

Xu Bai had not come yet, so they started chatting with each other.

Except for the initial tension, it was much better later. No one wanted to lose the impression at this time, after all, they were about to meet Xu Bai.

After about an incense stick of time, Xu Bai slowly walked out and went to the reception room.

Seeing Xu Bai walk in, the heads of the families slowly turned their heads, and their eyes were all on Xu Bai as he entered.

They saw clearly that Xu Bai was holding a stack of papers in his hand. Although it didn't look very thick, there were still several pages. This situation made them very confused and they didn't know what would happen next.

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. I was preparing these things when I came, so I was a little late. I didn't keep you waiting too long." Xu Bai shook the paper in his hand and smiled.

This look seemed very kind. Compared with the evil spirit on the river last night, Xu Bai at this moment was like a civilized person, without any shadow of last night, which made people dumbfounded.

This was not an illusion, so they quickly answered that it was not long at all.

Xu Bai found a place to sit down, and then smiled and looked at the head of the Ye family, saying: "You divide these materials, and the quantity of each material is also marked on it."

The paper recorded the materials he needed to make, and it not only had the name of the material, but also the required quantity. This was all communicated with Ye Zi overnight.

Including which family is suitable for which materials, they all asked clearly and marked them.

Although the head of the Ye family felt confused, he still followed Xu Bai's method and gave each person one.

After everything was done, Xu Bai slowly said...

"Everyone, take a closer look. I hope you can collect all these things within three days and send them to the Ye family."

When the heads of the families heard this, they all lowered their heads and looked at the contents recorded on their fingers. After about an incense stick of time, when they finished reading them all, they all looked up with surprised expressions.

"Master Xu, do you have to collect all the things you said?" One of the heads of the families asked in surprise.

Although the other heads of the families did not speak, their expressions were the same as this head of the family, and they were all very surprised.

It's no wonder they were surprised. The materials on it didn't look expensive, but the quantity required was a lot, and the quantity was so large that it made people's scalps numb.

They didn't know what it was used for, and they didn't ask about it. They shouldn't ask. If they asked, they would get into trouble.

"We need to find all of them, not one can be left behind. I'll leave this to you. I'm assured that you will have contributed to the cause." Xu Bai took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Although he spoke very slowly, his words revealed absoluteness, which meant that you must do this for me. If you do it well, you will be rewarded. If you don't do it well, it depends on your subsequent situation.

Since he had a deal with the emperor, the emperor would definitely reward those who helped him along the way. This was beyond doubt, so Xu Bai could make a bold promise with confidence.

As Xu Bai finished speaking, all the family heads present fell into silence. After about a dozen breaths, one of the family heads stood up and clasped his fists to Xu Bai.

"Don't worry, Lord Xu, I will definitely do all of what you said. If there is any missing material, you can ask me."

He started it, and the family heads present also clasped their fists and agreed.

Xu Bai nodded and put down the teacup in his hand: "Everyone do as I say. I said within three days, the sooner the better."

The heads of the families nodded in agreement. They did not stay here and left in a hurry.

These things are not expensive, but there are a lot of them, so it will take time to collect them.

"Master Xu, what are you doing..." The head of the Ye family hesitated.

Xu Bai glanced at him calmly and said, "Ask what you should ask, and don't know what you shouldn't know. The less you know, the better it is for you."

Hearing this, the head of the Ye family hurriedly responded a few times and then left directly.

"Let's go, go back and continue reading." Xu Bai stood up and returned to the room accompanied by Ye Zi.

Next, there was nothing else to do.

Xu Bai had been working on the progress bar in the room, waiting for the materials sent by the families.

In the past few days, the heads of the families have also sent materials one after another. Every time they sent one, Xu Bai would tick an item on the general list and mark who sent it at the back.

The materials have not been collected yet, but in the past few days, Xu Bai's nameless sword scripture has been fully worked out.

As the last bit of the progress bar filled up, light blue smoke appeared in front of him, gradually gathered in the air, and turned into a line of text.

[You comprehended the nameless sword scripture and comprehended the armor-breaking twenty-four steps (incomplete). ]

"Another body movement." Xu Bai said secretly.

After the light blue text appeared, before it turned into information and entered Xu Bai's mind, it turned into smoke again.

These smoke did not disappear completely, but flowed in the air and turned into the latest text.

[Found a fusion option, fusion is in progress. ]

[Armor-breaking twenty-four steps (incomplete) + line breaking three turns = line breaking four turns. ]

[Fusion successful! ]

...

At this time, the light blue smoke completely disappeared, turned into a piece of information, and quickly drilled into Xu Bai's mind.

Xu Bai closed his eyes, absorbed the information in his mind, and then opened his eyes again and looked at the latest panel.

[Name: Xu Bai. ]

[Realm: Third-grade wanderer. ]

[Five styles of chess sword (level 7): full level. 】

[Reversing the Yin and Yang of Zixiao Gangfeng (Level 7.5): Full level. 】

[Returning the Wind and Flowing Snow (Level 5): Full level. 】

[Practical Breakthrough (Level 6): Full level. 】

[Star Shift (Level 4): Full level. 】

[Vajra Heart Demon Body (Level 4); Full level. 】

[Strong Kidney Collection Technique (Level 5): Full level. 】

[True Solution to Hundred Poisons (Level 3): Full level. 】

[Mechanical Puppet Technique (Level 6): Full level. 】

[Immortal Body (Remnant) (Level 5): Full level. 】

[Comprehension: Full level. 】

…

Practical Breakthrough reached the sixth level, which is equivalent to the fourth level. He suddenly felt that after the information in his mind was absorbed by him, it seemed that there was something more.

As for what was more, he couldn't say it.

It was like an eagle that had just broken out of its shell, and was about to break out of the shell, but was blocked and could not break out of the shell completely.

Xu Bai stood up and tried to perform the Four Turns of Xingpo. He moved his feet and disappeared from the original place. When he reappeared, he was already in another place.

Both his speed and his agility had been improved qualitatively, but he always felt as if something was missing.

He couldn't feel it when he was at a low level before, but now that his level was getting higher and higher, he could feel it very clearly.

The feeling of a qualitative change was lingering in his heart, but was restrained by something.

"Maybe when I reach the seventh level, it will be the time for a qualitative change, just like the five styles of Yidao." Xu Bai thought to himself.

When the five styles of Yidao reached the seventh level, the sword intent was generated. He wondered if this body method would produce the same effect as the five styles of Yidao when it reached the seventh level.

If he thought about it carefully, it was very possible, but now there was no new progress bar, so he could only guess.

Thinking of this, Xu Bai took out a new copy of the Nameless Sword Scripture and worked on it carefully.

There were still fifteen books left, which was a huge project.

But sometimes, the more you want to do your own things quietly for a while, the more difficult it is.

When he was about to continue working, Ye Zi walked in from outside.

"Sir, the last material has been delivered. Would you like to take a look?"

Since he started working on the progress bar, he has been in charge of Ye Zi. At this moment, Ye Zi has brought the general list to Xu Bai, which is full of her annotations.

Xu Bai took it in his hand, glanced at it roughly, put the nameless sword scripture back, and then stood up and walked outside.

"Let's take a look."

...

Ye family warehouse.

This warehouse was originally very large, but now it is full.

Not only that, even the front and back yards are piled with these materials.

During this period of time, Xu Bai did not hide these things. After all, if he had to do these things, he would definitely not be able to hide them.

However, he had always let the fourth-grade puppet wait by the river for observation.

At least on the surface, there was nothing unusual in Xunle River, and it looked no different from usual.

Xu Bai didn't care whether the other party ran away or not. Even if he wanted to run, he could only run in the river, because if he was caught on land, he would be dead.

Run? It doesn't matter.

The things he made from these materials later can be recycled. If the other party really ran away, he would put these things away, and then take them out again when he met them next time, and stop the other party instantly.

So for him, running away or not is just a matter of time.

"Master Xu, they are all here." The head of the Ye family was guarding outside, especially careful, for fear that these materials would get into trouble.

"Thank you, Master Ye, for your hard work." Xu Bai said politely, and began to lower his head to sort out the materials on the ground.

There were piles of materials on the ground, and as long as there was space in the Ye family, they would all be piled up.

The head of the Ye family, Kong Xu and others were very curious and watched from the side.

Although Ye Zi also knew Xu Bai's mechanical skills, she was also very curious when she encountered such a situation.

Xu Bai started to move. He was like a dedicated master, his hands kept on splicing and polishing the materials.

This time he needed to polish, but Xu Bai was very skilled, after all, he was a full-level mechanical skill.

During this time, he also talked to Ye Zi and knew the approximate depth of Xunle River.

It was just to piece together two simple interceptors, and there was no other function, so there was no need for high-end techniques.

Time passed slowly. Although high-end techniques were not required, it was a huge project after all, so it was also quite time-consuming.

It was not until the afternoon that a large pile of huge parts appeared on the ground.

Xu Bai did not splice them immediately, but made them into components one by one. When the time came, he could just take the components and assemble them on the spot. Otherwise, the splicing would be too large and difficult to carry. After all, he was still in Fengling Mansion.

"Master Ye, I have to trouble you to bring these things over." Xu Bai said.

Even though he divided it into many slightly smaller components, the number was still large and had to be carried by someone.

The head of the Ye family was also very straightforward and immediately asked the servants to carry the things and follow Xu Bai.

When she was short of manpower, she went to the neighboring family to borrow people. Anyway, they were all people involved in this matter, and the other party was also quite happy.

Next, an event that shocked the entire Fengling Mansion happened.

A pair of mighty teams, holding all kinds of strange and weird things in their hands, were passing through Fengling Mansion and rushing towards Xunle River.

The people also knew Xu Bai. After all, Xu Bai was a great star at the Leshui Festival some time ago, so now even ordinary people know who Xu Bai is.

The speed of the march was very fast, and it didn't take long to arrive at the Xunle River.

Standing by the river, Xu Bai began to make the final combination, which was very fast.

After a while, two huge pieces of ingenuity like door panels were formed.

Not only that, there was also a particularly long strip.

Don't get me wrong, this thing is used to dig a tributary. After all, it is very likely to fail if it is blocked by two door panels alone. With one more tributary, it will be much more convenient.

"Master Xu, I'll ask someone to put this down." The head of the Ye family said.

At this time, she also understood what Xu Bai was going to do. If she still didn't understand, she would be really stupid.

But it was particularly difficult to put two such large things down, so she asked the servants to prepare to do it.

Xu Bai shook his head and said, "If I need you to do it, why would I make these things?"

The head of the Ye family was stunned, then reacted and stood quietly aside.

Then, Xu Bai activated his true energy.

The first thing to move was the long and huge machine.

This huge machine rose into the air, starting from one end of the Xunle River, making an arc, landing at the other end, and then sinking into the ground.

The speed was very fast. In a blink of an eye, a branch appeared in the Xunle River, and the water flow was diverted along this branch.

With the strength of the third rank, using the sixth rank mechanical puppetry is too simple, and it is not a complicated mechanical trick, of course it is very convenient.

If you want to talk about the difficulty, it is still more difficult to use the black knife 100 splits.

After doing all this, he turned his attention to the other two huge door panels.

Under his control, the door panels slowly rolled to the riverside, and one of them fell at one end of the diversion, and the next moment it cut off the flow of Xunle River.

Taking advantage of this time, he controlled the other one and landed at the other end.

When both panels sealed both ends at the same time, the entire Xunle River was empty, and this section of the river water disappeared.

Empty, nothing.

In addition to the fish on the riverbed, only some water plants emerged.

Xu Bai walked closer and looked at the empty riverbed, and found that the people inside had already run away.

In the middle, there is a very simple building.

Although simple, it has a large area and can accommodate hundreds of people.

This is Lin Yong's habitat in the water, but there is no one there.

Seeing this scene, Xu Bai fell silent.

Seeing Xu Bai's current state, the head of the Ye family couldn't help but comfort him: "Master Xu, we still have other opportunities."

She thought Xu Bai was a little hit by this defeat, so she wanted to comfort him.

Kong Xu also said: "Master Xu, don't worry, I can take this opportunity to tell fortunes, maybe we have other discoveries."

Everyone present thought Xu Bai was hit, except Ye Zi.

Ye Zi shook her head and said: "Sir, do you have any new discoveries?"

Here, she is the only one who knows Xu Bai best, so she doesn't believe that Xu Bai will be hit by such a small thing.

Xu Bai smiled and said: "Do you think you can stump me? I already considered that he would run away, so next, let Kong Xu tell fortunes, but before that, they gave me a big gift."

The other party is not a fool. Seeing him do these things, it would be strange if he didn't run away. He was prepared for this.

Kong Xu is proficient in fortune-telling. Even if the other party ran away, he could take this opportunity to see if he could figure out something useful.

This was one of his plans.

But he didn't expect that there would be gains beyond his plan.

Looking at the huge building below, Xu Bai's mouth slightly raised.

"Lin Yong, Lin Yong, if it is really what I think, then you may really die miserably next."

On the building, a golden progress bar is slowly growing.

As for how to intercept the flow, I will post an Easter egg chapter with pictures on it