Chapter 6850 New Direction

Chapter 6850 New Direction

Up to now, Zhao Zhen has completed 60% of the Road of Oath. The number of powerful smelters above the sixth level who have been defeated by him has exceeded . Every confrontation is a test of his own strength.

On the other hand, the brand new bluestone bricks at the Medical College are enough to prove how much repair work Zhao Zhen has done.

Even if young sixth-level warriors like An Ling and Bedivere had not yet mastered the finishing move, once they fought Zhao Zhen without reservation, there was no way Zhao Zhen would be able to subdue them in an instant.

After all, they were all geniuses, and their strength should not be underestimated. Even if Zhao Zhen was the top one in the Sixth Layer Smelting, he would have to go all out in a head-on confrontation. This kind of fight would inevitably be a fight between dragons and tigers. Even if Zhao Zhen could win, he would not be able to save the battlefield.

Ever since the day Zhao Zhen set up camp at the gate of the Medical College, the floor tiles in front of the gate have never been at peace and have been under repair all day long.

At first, the number of sixth-level strongmen who came was limited, and they acted relatively restrained. When fighting with Zhao Zhen, they would pay attention to the floor tiles under their feet and avoid destroying them wantonly.

But as time went by, everyone knew that Zhao was truly fulfilling his oath, and those who came later acted without any scruples, completely disregarding the surrounding environment.

Even though Zhao Zhen did not repair the tiles immediately after every fierce battle, he still had to work on the broken tiles several times a day to maintain the basic appearance of the front of the Medical College.

During the initial days, He Zhen would bring some stone slabs to Zhao Zhen from Weiyang Palace every day. Those stone slabs were all made by the sharp old men of Weiyang Palace.

Each of these old men was a master of the Sixteen Cuts. They would do carving in the Weiyang Palace when they had free time. They cut bluestone slabs one after another, and over time they had accumulated a lot of stock. This made it convenient for He Zhen to deliver the slabs to Zhao Zhen.

He Zhen had a good relationship with Zhao Zhen. At the beginning, He Zhen took the initiative to undertake the task of transporting stone slabs for Zhao Zhen from Weiyang Palace, which also provided convenient conditions for Zhao Zhen to display his skills without any worries.

I thought it was a piece of cake, but I didn't expect that after just half a month, Zhao Zhen had used up almost all the stone slabs that the veterans of the Weiyang Palace had accumulated over the whole year.

There is no way. The main job of the Rui Shi veterans is not to work with bluestone slabs, and in the past when there were too many of them, Liu Tong would order people to take them away to pave some places. This year, there are only this many left.

Later on, Zhao Zhen had to buy stone slabs from other places at his own expense, and his increasingly thin wallet was a pity.

In addition, as time went by, the opponents who came to fight became more and more difficult. In fact, it was not the case that the later the opponent appeared, the stronger he was. After all, those who could reach the sixth level of smelting were all strong. The difference in strength between them was not that big, not to mention the mutual restraint.

Zhao Zhen's battles became increasingly difficult because his opponents had more and more detailed intelligence about him, and even began to carefully plan and design tactics based on his talents, making Zhao Zhen face unprecedented challenges in every match.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Zhen was still able to accumulate more than 130 victories. Zhao Zhen's strength is beyond doubt.

"Let me be frank with you. I don't have any money." Nan Xi straightened his back and stared at Zhao Zhen seriously, his eyes full of unquestionable determination.

"Uh..." Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and the news he had heard before flashed through his mind. Didn't Li You successfully recover all the assets that the witch had swindled away? How come there was no money left when it came to him?
"You all know something about my affairs." Nan Xi's expression was calm and his tone was steady. He did not show any of the frustration that one would have if one had been cheated out of all his property.

"But I still have to emphasize that what you know is just a rumor." He raised his eyebrows slightly, with a firmness in his brows, which aroused Zhao Zhen's curiosity. He couldn't help but wonder what kind of story was hidden behind this.

"Okay, in that case, I won't mention anything else." Zhao Zhen quickly came to his senses, and said in a serious tone, "Whoever loses will have to cut 300 pieces of qualified bluestone slabs!"

"Okay! I've long wanted to compete with you to see how much I've improved!" Nan Xi's voice was low, with a bit of irrepressible excitement and anticipation.

As soon as he finished speaking, Nan Xi exerted force on his feet. With a "crack", the stone slab under his feet instantly shattered under Zhao Zhen's distressed gaze. Then, like an arrow from a bow, he rushed towards Zhao Zhen.

Nan Xi was the type who was good at frontal attacks. At this moment, he was full of curiosity about the unrivaled strength of Zhao Zhen that other veterans talked about, and he wanted to experience it for himself.

Without any fancy moves or unnecessary attempts, Nan Xi immediately threw a punch at Zhao Zhen. The wind from his fist whistled, compressing the air into a conical solid shock wave, and the fierce momentum rushed towards him.

This punch really surprised Zhao Zhen. He was secretly amazed in his heart, this guy is much stronger than before. He has already reached this level. Where did he find the room for improvement?

Whether he was amazed or surprised, Zhao Zhen, who had experienced hundreds of battles with strong men, would not miss the opportunity to fight because of this momentary shock.

Instead of dodging, Zhao Zhen, who had already prepared himself, decisively exerted force from his feet, and with his superb skills, gathered all the strength in his body.

The half-open force collapsed, causing the half of Zhao Zhen's body that was swinging the fist to suddenly swell greatly. His body seemed a little uncoordinated for a moment, but in this seemingly unbalanced state, the pressure brought by his swung punch was even more terrifying than Nan Xi's. The sense of oppression came like an overwhelming tidal wave, as if it could crush everything that stood in its way.

"Bang!" A loud noise, like a dull thunder, exploded in the air. Nan Xi's swift punch hit Zhao Zhen directly, and at the same time, Zhao Zhen's long-prepared swing punch also hit Nan Xi accurately. The huge impact force made the bodies of both of them slightly tilted along with this violent force.

However, with the superb skills honed over the years, both sides skillfully mobilized their skin and muscles to do their best to remove the powerful force. The moment they stabilized their bodies, their eyes flashed with a fiery fighting spirit, and they simultaneously swung their iron fists again to launch a new round of attacks.

This time, Nan Xi's fist hit Zhao Zhen's abdomen heavily. The terrifying fist force penetrated Zhao Zhen's body and formed a circle of energy on his back, like ripples spreading on the water, demonstrating the tremendous power contained in this punch.

Zhao Zhen's other punch hit Nan Xi's left face hard. This punch, with the effect of power collapse, was so powerful that it was enough to knock down the beast with its internal energy out of its body.

But Nan Xi didn't flinch at all. He gritted his teeth and exerted force with his feet in the opposite direction. At the moment when his body was about to tilt, he managed to hold on again. Then, he turned his body and swung his fist diagonally, hitting Zhao Zhen's face with a force as powerful as thunder.

This blow was so powerful that even if Xiong Yi was in Zhao Zhen's position, he would have been knocked away by this force. However, Zhao Zhen only staggered slightly and quickly stabilized his body.

The next second, a cold light flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes. His right arm, with bulging veins and like a coiled dragon due to the bursting of power to the extreme, was wrapped in endless power and slammed towards Nan Xi fiercely. The air seemed to echo with the whistling sound of the punch tearing the air.

"Dang!" The loud sound like the collision of metal made people's eardrums hurt. It was clearly the collision of fists, but it was also like a heavy hammer hitting an anvil.

Nanzhi's body trembled violently and he took three steps back. His feet left three terrifying cracks on the bluestone slabs - the first step made spider-web cracks that instantly covered more than a meter square bricks; the second step made the splattered gravel scatter like arrows, embedding into the columns and piercing the walls; the third step made a pit, and the scattered stone powder mixed with the exploding winter snow formed a meter high cloud of smoke.

"You are really a monster." Nanzhi was shocked and couldn't help blurting out. He boasted that he had spent a lot of money to successfully break the six shackles. In the three dimensions of strength, speed and defense, he was definitely among the top six. However, he never expected that he would completely lose to Zhao Zhen in the wrestling process.

"This is a punch I used almost all my strength, and you're not hurt at all." Zhao Zhen frowned as he looked at Nan Xi. In his impression, Nan Xi was one of the best among the sixth-level veterans. If the restraint factor was not taken into account, her strength was basically on par with Empress Xiao's. But what was Empress Xiao's level in front of him, Zhao Zhen?
The half-opened power collapsed. With Zhao Zhen's current foundation, it can be said that there are people in the sixth level who can withstand it, but there are very few people like Nan Xi who don't even dodge and just go through it.

“Is this just close to my full strength? No wonder you have the confidence to embark on the road of oath. I’m afraid even when the seventh level of smelting comes, it may not be easy to defeat you!” Nan Xi didn’t dare to hold back anymore and completely put on airs.

"Five Level 7 warriors have already been defeated by me." Zhao Zhen looked calm, and his tone was as even as if he was just narrating a trivial matter. "Those truly top Level 6 veterans, even though they studied tactics painstakingly based on my weaknesses, have not been able to defeat me to this day. Brother Nan, from now on, I will not show mercy. You deserve to enjoy the same treatment as those people of Slavonis."

After saying that, Nan Xi saw that Zhao Zhen's muscles suddenly swelled, and his originally smooth skin was now bulging with blue veins.

"Is this the seventh-level talent you are going to refine, the collapse of power?" Nan Xi looked at Zhao Zhen, who exuded a kind of coercion just by putting on airs, and said solemnly.

"Yes!" Zhao Zhen's words were as loud as thunder, and even had a somewhat mind-shattering effect.

"This is equivalent to a successful smelting." Nan Xi has a good vision. Zhao Zhen can use so much power to destroy it, and nothing is wrong. Guess whether the smelting is successful or not!

"The so-called completion of the Road of Oaths and reaching the seventh level, I think it was fake news from the beginning. You are actually at the seventh level now, right?" Nan Xi looked at Zhao Zhen with some admiration, "The Road of Oaths is probably another set of rituals to complete the will of the soul."

Zhao Zhen was stunned. What on earth was Nan Xi talking about?

"It seems that I'm not the only one who has found a way to break through. You all have your own methods, too. Very good, this is more interesting!" Nan Xi suddenly reached out and pulled off his hair crown, and his long hair instantly flew wildly. Then, he took a stance again. The action seemed to be no different from the previous one, but it made Zhao Zhen's intuition, which had been tested by life and death for a long time, send out a thunderous warning.

"This is more interesting!" Zhao Zhen shouted loudly, his breath was as sharp as a sword. The sharp breath seemed to be real, and it easily blew away the snowflakes falling in the sky.

At the moment when this breath slightly disturbed Nan Xi, Zhao Zhen flashed and rushed towards Nan Xi like an arrow. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: no matter what secrets you hide or what tricks you play, let's see if you can take my full-strength punch!
Zhao Zhen, who was unreserved, rushed towards Nanzhi like an angry bear with an indomitable momentum. He gathered his unparalleled strength into his fist and punched at the opposite side without any fancy moves. During the pounce, Zhao Zhen instantly felt a strong resistance as if he was stuck in a quagmire, but it didn't matter - even if you are a shock wave, I can get through it with this punch!

"Dang!" The sound of bronze cracking tore through the twilight. The bluestone slab in the courtyard of the Medical College was like being hit by a meteorite, and a circular crater was instantly blown out. The flying debris wrapped in snow turned into thousands of shrapnel, and honeycomb-like holes were chiseled out on the blue brick wall; the rising dust and mist mixed with ice crystals formed a ring-shaped air wave, which even swallowed half of the stone statue on the eaves to suppress evil.

"If you want to fight, go outside and fight!" At this moment, Fan A, the doctor on duty here, finally pushed open the window because of the outrageous turbulence and roared at the two people below.

The dust, fog and snow gradually dissipated. Zhao Zhen looked at Nan Xi, who was half buried in the soil with a slightly red face. He then looked at Doctor Fan, who was really angry, and ran away with Nan Xi in shame.

Frosty wind swept through the remaining snow at the entrance of the alley. Nan Xi stopped and looked at the crack extending to the entrance of the alley. "I lost."

"Your strength is really too exaggerated. Jiang Guang's Demon Disintegration may not be to this extent. It really exceeds my expectations." Nan Xi said with a sigh.

"But you still caught it. If it was a battlefield, I wouldn't be considered a winner if it ended like this. But in this kind of competition, I won. However, your defense is too good." Zhao Zhen said with a complicated expression. Nan Xi was not hurt at all. At most, her blood was boiling because of the two heavy punches from him.

"It's not that serious." Nan Xi thought about it and didn't hide it. "My will is a little special. It interfered with my state to a certain extent, making my own defense ability stronger. Or to be more direct, my idealism only works on myself."

When will interferes with reality, generally speaking, it means interfering with others. Nanzhi is very special. His will interferes with reality only on himself. This is also an important reason why Nanzhi can withstand Zhao Zhen's attack.

"The will interferes with reality, only interferes with oneself?" Zhao Zhen was a little stunned. At their level, many strange things are no longer difficult for them. Even such a high-end thing as the will interfering with reality is just a matter of willingness and suitability for them. But what the hell is the operation of interfering with oneself?

"My will cannot affect the outside world, but it can be used to strengthen myself. In fact, it seems to me now that my will and my body are the same, and they are integrated into one." Nan Xi explained casually, "The will that should exist in the mind is completely combined with my own muscles and blood. My will power is also integrated into the body."

"I don't understand." Zhao Zhen scratched his head. He had never encountered such a situation before.

"This is what I spent 1200 million and bankrupted myself to get." Nan Xi said calmly. After all, he was a top veteran. Although he was cheated by Zhang Yong and indulged in feudal superstition, an ordinary fortune teller could not deceive him.

A big part of the reason why the witch was able to swindle all of Nanzhi's property was that the feudal superstition, or special rituals, she created were effective on Nanzhi.

This is also the reason why Nanzhi continued to spend money and eventually went bankrupt.

"Ah? You spend money to enhance your combat effectiveness? Is that even possible? I want it too, but how do you have so much money?" Zhao Zhen looked at Nan Xi as if he had seen a ghost. Twelve million coins, this amount was really too exaggerated.

"Through my savings, my house, my land, and my hard work in saving money, I was able to make so much money." Nan Xi said calmly, "I am still using the ritual that the witch gave me. It is very effective. The more troublesome thing now is that I don't know what materials I need to buy for the next round. The last round cost me 3.23 million."

Zhao Zhen had less than one million in savings, and when he heard Nan Xi say that they had spent more than three million on materials in the last round, he felt a little nervous.

"You are doing evil." Zhao Zhen looked at Nan Xi with a complicated expression and said, "Is it worth spending so much money?"

"It was already difficult for me to feel the improvement before. It was so frustrating that I couldn't feel the progress despite continuous efforts. The rituals given by the witch made me feel the progress clearly. Even if it was slow, it was indeed continuous progress." Nan Xi said frankly, "I am from Liangzhou. There, there is nothing more desirable than being strong."

"I can more or less understand your situation in Liangzhou, but the cost is too high. Brother Nan, your strength was almost at the level of Empress Xiao before. Although it has improved now, it's probably only increased by about 10%." Zhao Zhen frowned. In Zhao Zhen's opinion, it was somewhat not worth it.

After all, Nanzhi was already among the top 10 veterans of the Han Dynasty before. Now that he has improved by %, it doesn’t seem like he has moved up that many places. Top ? I guess it’s hard to say!

"You are still making progress after all." Nan Xi looked at Zhao Zhen with a complicated expression. "Can you imagine how it feels to have tried your best but in the end, you can't move forward because of your so-called qualifications. No matter how hard you try, you can only keep from regressing? Whenever I look at Zhang Yong and Zhang Ping, I feel despair."

"Well, Brother Nan, because of the curse of world consciousness, the seventh level requires not only basic qualities, but also a stronger belief in oneself at the will level. It is difficult to reach the seventh level relying on external forces." Zhao Zhen said cautiously.

Nan Xi was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this.

"To reach the seventh level, you must not have any doubts about your own will. Things like qualifications and inability to improve should not be obstacles." Zhao Zhen continued to work hard to popularize what he had summarized to Nan Xi.

"External forces can strengthen oneself, but if one does not believe that one can exceed one's own limits, one will only be locked at the current level." Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "Queen Xiao, there is a problem at the spiritual level, so it is stuck, and Brother Nan, you are wavering. After the sixth level of smelting is completely completed, no one can make any progress."

It's not that there is no progress, but the way to progress is no longer to rely on oneself to continue to strengthen quality and consolidate the foundation, but to transform into a combination of talent structure to form a finishing move, and increase experience in actual combat, rather than piling up the foundation when physical fitness can continue to increase as before.

"After all the sixth levels have mastered their talents, can't they make any more progress?" Nanzhi looked at Zhao Zhen in silence. This was completely different from what he thought.

"Yes, what we need to do next is to break our own limits, and this depends on our will." Zhao Zhen said truthfully. Nan Xi's expression became more and more ugly. In this case, did he take the wrong path?
"Don't dwell on right or wrong, Brother Nan!" Zhao Zhen quickly interrupted Nan Xi's thoughts, "There is no right or wrong in things like refining talents. As long as you can become stronger, it is correct. General Huangfu said that the Imperial Guards are the correct route, but they are more capable of fighting miracles and overturning the so-called correctness with force. The Tao is only a direction, but power can distort the Tao!"

Is it the earth that revolves around the sun, or the sun that revolves around the earth? Such things can be reversed by force for hundreds or thousands of years. Things like right and wrong are naturally not important in the process of mastering power. What is important is how to strengthen oneself.

It is true that Nanzhi's route is problematic, but the fact that he can withstand a heavy punch that destroys his strength is enough to prove that he has indeed become stronger. Since he can become stronger, whether he follows the orthodox or evil path, as long as it does not violate universal morality, it is really not important to this society.

"Thank you." Nanzhi's turbulent mood calmed down. Strength is strength. Even if it is not orthodox, he has become stronger. That is the right path and there is no need to worry about it.

"By the way, does your enhancement plan work for everyone? If it does, you can find a few rich guys to exchange for some resources, and then continue to strengthen it." Zhao Zhen thought about Nanxi's situation and suggested, "If it is even universal, you can ask Lord Chen to exchange for some resources. I think Lord Chen doesn't mind spending money."

"I don't know the reason, but I asked a few brothers to try it, and it worked for me. It's a complete set of rituals, and I have completed five rounds now." Nan Xi shook his head and said, if it was really effective, he would have contributed it long ago.

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