Thousand Mountains Peak (Upper)

  Before the special department personnel arrived, the police came first. The three of them, including Liu Zhi, were fighting with others. On one side was the Pujisi Temple, and on the other side were ordinary residential houses. Although all the doors were closed, a fight had broken out and someone had been killed, so it couldn't be hidden. Someone called the police.

  As soon as the police arrived, they immediately became tense. Liu Zhi knew still held a Japanese sword in his hand, with a fierce light that intimidated people. Cheng Zhen's scimitar had been sheathed, but he still grasped it in his hand. Only Lai Ji Xue was empty-handed.

  The police were naturally tense, and these few people not only did not escape but also held sharp objects waiting here. The police had never seen such arrogant criminals before. They immediately drew their guns at the three: "You are surrounded, put down your sharp objects, raise your hands!"

  The three of them thought it was a special department and immediately froze. Lai Jixue asked inexplicably: "What department are you from?"

  "We are police officers. We received a report of a fight here and someone has been killed. Did you kill him? Put down your weapons and surrender, and we will show leniency!" one of the policemen shouted.

  Lai Jixue heard it and knew that something was wrong, so he couldn't help but bitterly say: "These people are Japanese running dogs and Japanese people, they want to kill us, we are self-defense!"

  As soon as this was said, the police leaders became even more tense. This time, the murder case actually involved a foreigner, and things were too serious. Immediately, they shouted: "Put down your weapon, or we'll open fire!"

  Liu Zhi knew bitterly and threw the Japanese sword to the ground, but Cheng Zhenqian did not put down his Miao Dao. The Miao Dao was his own, it had not been unsheathed, nor had it killed anyone, so it shouldn't be considered a murder weapon, therefore he didn't put it down.

  He didn't put it down, and the police got nervous. One of the policemen pointed his gun at Cheng Zhen: "Did you hear that? I'm talking to you! Put down your weapon! Be honest!"

  "This isn't a murder weapon, it's an art piece I bought!" Cheng Zhenqian said with grievance.

  "Is this a work of art?! The standard is a deadly weapon, and you still won't put it down. Are you trying to resist arrest?!"

  Cheng Zhenqian saw that the situation was not favorable, so he had to put it on the ground. The police rushed up and handcuffed the three of them, then carefully searched the scene. The three were not taken away, but were prepared to be brought back to the bureau together after the on-site investigation.

  "Xing team, these two seem to be ninjas?"

  "You must have read too many comics, how can there be ninjas?!"

  "Don't believe it, Xing team come and see?"

  An officer walked over: "It really looks like a ninja, maybe these guys have watched too many and think dressing up as a ninja makes them one!"

  "Xing team, there's another one with a pulse over here!"

  Xing team leader immediately went over, but what made him disappointed was that the person had obviously gone mad, constantly saying: "Monster! There's a monster!"

  Just then, someone came in: "Halt, this is a crime scene, please leave!"

  "Where is your captain? This is my ID, we're taking over here, you can leave!"

  Upon hearing this, Captain Xing immediately went over, took the documents, and his expression immediately became respectful. He bowed and then shouted: "Fall in!"

  "Nobody is allowed to leak this today, it's discipline, got it?"

  "Alright! Dismissed!" Xing's team let out a sigh of relief. This case was too big, and handing it over to someone else was a good thing.

  "You've finally arrived!" Lai Jixue let out a sigh of relief and stretched out his hand: "Unlock our handcuffs for us!"

  Instead of one person, five people arrived, all in casual clothes, four men and one woman. Liu Zhi knew he could sense a hint of danger, knowing that these people were not simple, the police opened the handcuffs on three people and left in a hurry, somewhat abrupt, this time without even sounding the police siren.

  "You're Lai Jia's Lai Jixue, your elders said you've done something, and at this stage, you're quite famous!" The speaker was the middle-aged man who led the way.

  "Too kind! It's not me who caused trouble, it's trouble that found me! Just like this time, I just didn't want domestic law enforcement to flow overseas. That little Japan is really nothing, and that hooligan head Han Jian is a standard traitor. The government must eliminate the traitors! Sorry, leaders, can you tell me your esteemed names?" Lai Jixue cried out in grievance.

  "Alright! Don't be so slick, I've heard from your Third Uncle that you're quite smooth in front of senior leaders. I've read a lot about you over the past few months. As soon as you arrived in Shen City, it was chaos. Although colleagues can be rivals, try not to do things that are too embarrassing for others. We're all part of the same school. My name is Duan Chengxin, and this is Zhou Daqiang, Yan Bing, Huang Chunsheng, Ji Dongsheng. Who are these two?" Duan Chengxin introduced himself to the three men, and from his words, Liu Zhi knew that Lai Jixue had apparently offended many people since arriving in Shen City. Seeing the other party ask for their names, Liu Zhi and Cheng Zhenqian reported their own names.

  "Can I be blamed for this? The Luan Tou and Zong Miao factions can't stand each other, but they're also helpless against each other. Seeing that I'm young, these two gangs want to use me to show off their power, and they come to me with a slap in the face! If I don't fight back, it would be too humiliating!" Lai Ji Xue appears refined and elegant in front of Liu Zhi Zhi and Cheng Zhen, but unexpectedly reveals this side of himself in front of these people. It's possible that he has different personas when interacting with different people. The Luan Tou and Zong Miao factions he mentioned are unfamiliar to Liu Zhi Zhi and Cheng Zhen.

  Duan Chengxin, however, ignored him and instead showed interest in Liu Zhi and Cheng Zhen. "The land of China has produced many extraordinary people," he said, "I don't know what background you two have, but I'd like to ask: Mr. Liu and Mr. Cheng, what school or sect are you from?"

  "They are not from the Mystic Door! They're just my friends, Liu Zhi is a national martial arts master, dark and powerful, Cheng Zhen's knife skills are excellent!" Lai Jixue helped them out of trouble, and neither Liu Zhi nor Cheng Zhen spoke up, letting Lai Jixue represent them.

  It's said that the two aren't those mysterious door people, so Duan Chengxin lost a lot of interest. However, it's said that Liu Zhi Zhi is actually a master of dark energy, and he couldn't help but take another look at him, thinking to himself whether or not to pull this person into the outer circle of the organization. A master of dark energy, if they're close by, even if the mysterious door people can't handle it, they'll still have to deal with it. Earlier, I saw two ninjas dead on the ground, maybe he had something to do with it. He decided in his heart to go back and thoroughly investigate these two people's backgrounds.

  The other four people checked the situation of the eight people on the ground, except for one who had almost become an idiot, all the others were dead. The four people reported the situation to Duan Chengxin, and Liu Zhi knew silently beside him. Lai Jixue recounted the experience in detail, which basically matched the scene investigation. A group of people came from the alley entrance, put the bodies into body bags and took them away.

  "Duang Zu, can we go now?" asked Lai Jixue.

  "You can go now, Lai Jixue will come to my office tomorrow and there are some things I need to ask him!" Duan Chengxin waved his hand, the three of them thanked him and walked out towards the alley.

  "Duan Zu, why don't you take him back and interrogate him!" Yan Bing, the only woman among the five, asked.

  "Lai Jixue that kid has a family backing him, and is also cunning. The other two are probably martial artists, but don't know much about the mysterious gate, can't get anything out of them. Tomorrow, investigate those two thoroughly. That Liu Zhi doesn't seem simple, young age, already has internal energy, one knife to the throat, no discomfort at all, another ruthless character, maybe he's killed people before!"

  Liu Zhi and the other two walked out, Cheng Zhen asked curiously: "Lai younger brother, you know magic, what's the story with that female ghost, and what happened to that yin-yang master who attacked from behind?"

  "What I did just now is considered a spell in the eyes of ordinary people, but it's actually the manifestation of the spiritual axis of heaven and earth in Feng Shui. To put it bluntly, it's borrowing the power of Feng Shui. Those few ghost things are the evil spirits raised by the Yin Yang Master, and that Yin Yang Master has run away, why would he still be staying here!" Lai Ji Xue said.

  "Can I learn magic?" Cheng Zhen had become more interested in these things after today's events.

  "Cheng Ge, your swordsmanship is quite good. Keep practicing and you'll be fine. When Liu's sword comes out, even a demon wouldn't dare to mess with him. You don't necessarily need to learn any magic spells!" Lai Jixue pointed out a path.

  "That's right, today I experienced the addiction of a great hero." Cheng Zhenqian nodded in agreement.

  "Cheng Ge, this knife technique is too violent and not good for your body. Go back and search online, learn some Tai Chi or something to nourish your body, it's good for you." Liu Zhi Zhi interrupted, changing the subject: "Lai brother, what are those Lingtou Pai and Zong Miao Pai sects?"

  "That's the Feng Shui Kan Yu school, also known as the Gan School, Xing Fa School, or Xing Shi Zong. This school emphasizes the spatial image of mountains and rivers to achieve harmony between heaven, earth, and man. The Zong Miao School is also known as the Min School, Li Qi Zong, or Li Fa School. They emphasize achieving harmony between heaven, earth, and man through time sequences, considering factors such as yin-yang, five elements, gan zhi sheng xiao, four seasons, eight trigrams, nine winds, and three yuan opera. In the previous stage, several of their disciples had a dispute in Shencheng, and they even bullied me when I first arrived, trying to take advantage of me, but I turned the tables on them." Lai Jixue said disapprovingly, then asked, "What are you planning to do next?"

  "Cheng Ge will stay in Shencheng for over a dozen days, I'll buy some things tomorrow and return to Mazhai Elementary School the day after tomorrow. Probably won't be back until after Chinese New Year, train tickets are already bought!" said Liu Zhi Zhi.

  "That's also good, leaving Shenzhen and temporarily avoiding those official guys?" Lai Jixue said.

  "By the way, Lai brother, what is the name of the special department of the government?" Liu Zhi asked again, and Cheng Zhenqian also perked up his ears.

  "Named under the National Security Department, but in fact it's an independent department, specializing in mysterious events, called 091 Meteorological Research Institute, a very ordinary and misleading name, also known as the Dragon Team in folklore, we normally call it the Special Department." Lai Jixue's tone seemed to have some resentment towards this department.

  ……

  Liu Zhi now returned to Ma Jiazhai Primary School, feeling as peaceful as a paradise on earth. He thought of his experience in Shencheng a few days ago and couldn't help but think that cultivators avoid the world and live in seclusion because after the hustle and bustle, there are too many things that make people uneasy.

  Liu Zhi knew this time back, to everyone brought some small gifts, even each student has, on the day before getting on the car, Liu Zhi knew specially went to the supermarket to buy more than ten kilograms of chocolate candies, in the country is a high-quality Dove chocolate, fifty yuan per kilogram, Liu Zhi chose it because it uses real cocoa butter, rather than pseudo-cocoa butter of other brands, is considered to be relatively authentic goods, each student has ten pieces, classmates are very happy, of course, told classmates that it was two teachers from Shanghai back brought gifts.

  Cao Yu Ying has been different from the usual since she returned from Shenzhen. She is no longer a fool and brought some gifts for the principal and teachers, but did not buy any gifts for the students, which is normal. She thinks about problems differently from Liu Zhi Zhi, everything is for her own future prospects, while Liu Zhi Zhi does not have any utilitarian mind, did not expect to get anything in return, seeing Cao Yu Ying being much closer to him, but instead feels a bit uncomfortable.

  Liu Zhi gave Ali a set of clothes, Ali liked it very much and wore it to show Liu Zhi immediately. He also brought some gifts for Ali's mother.

  For Liu Zhi Zhi, everything returned to calmness. He found himself liking this feeling and didn't realize that his cultivation had unknowingly influenced him, allowing him to savor this kind of serene life.

  Liu Zhi didn't know that all his information and Cheng Zhenqian's information had been placed on Duan Chengxin's desk. Fortunately, Liu Zhi's life experience was quite ordinary, except for his romance and breakup with You Jiajia, there was nothing special about him, and the reason he became a volunteer also had to do with his heartbreak.

  But the data is so detailed that it's really admirable, and the collector is obviously a professional. Even a thread related to Liu Zhiyi was not missed, including the theft in Liu's hometown at night, and after Liu went to Mazhai Elementary School, events in surrounding cities were recorded as background, including several car accidents in Linsan Town recently. Major cases and news were also included, but these things have little to do with Liu Zhiyi.

  Duan Chengxin furrowed his brow and looked through the materials once, then handed them to Zhou Dajiang: "Dajiang, you're good at this sort of thing. Take a look at these documents. Who is Liu Zhizhi?"

  Zhou Dajiang, the brain of a special department, was born with super strong computational power and is considered a super intelligent being. Later, he was discovered by a mysterious person who taught him the art of Bagua Liuyao calculation and ancient military formation tactics. His information processing ability is comparable to that of a real computer, but his intelligence far surpasses that of a computer. Although he is not outstanding in terms of martial arts, he excels at analyzing situations and grasping the essence of things.

  Zhou Dajiang quickly flipped through it, and all the information was already etched in his mind. He closed his eyes, rapidly finding various connections in his heart, calculating various possibilities. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes again.

  Liu Zhi knew was not prominent before his grandfather's death, just a rich family son, but practiced Xingyiquan and other internal martial arts, should have some fire, that day encountered thieves, has already shown very good skills, estimated to be no weaker than Ming Jin. According to the public security department's personnel and security guards' descriptions, the thief easily climbed over the wall and walked away, and was stealing books, there are some problems! Afterwards, Liu Zhi knew went to a mountainous area to teach, hiding in a corner of the mountainous area, without drawing any attention, but two things may be related to him. One is that Li Mingyi, the head of the local education bureau, had a dispute with him over donations in Linshan Town and left in anger, resulting in a car accident, although it's not necessarily related to him, I always feel Liu Zhi knew's shadow is behind it. Then there was the incident of Hu Changtang, the vice mayor in charge of education, jumping off a building to commit suicide, too coincidental! Zhou Daqiang found so many messy things related to Liu Zhi knew in just a few minutes, if Liu Zhi knew finds out, he will probably be unable to eat or sleep.

  "Are you saying that Liu Zhi might have used his skills to take action?" Duan Chengxin's eyes flashed with a stern glint, using his skills on ordinary people was not only a major taboo in the cultivation world, but also something that special departments did not allow.

  "It's hard to say, the information only shows that he is a martial arts expert, without any indication that he knows Taoist magic. This time, when encountering the Yin and Yang master, he didn't show any signs of knowing Taoist magic either. The scene only had the traces of the little kid from the Lai family's magic, no other traces were found. Moreover, Liu Zhi knew surprisingly didn't recognize the magical artifact in his hand and donated it at a low price. If he knew Taoist magic, he wouldn't have done that, even if it was an auction, the price wouldn't be so low!" Zhou Daqiang also couldn't understand Liu Zhi's actual situation, Liu Zhi's unintentional auction of the Miao knife actually showed that he didn't know Taoist magic.

  "That day, I asked Lai Jia Xiaozi to lend me the Miao Dao, wanting to study it carefully. That kid only agreed after much difficulty, and even then, he had to be by my side every step of the way!" Duan Chengxin said, getting annoyed just thinking about the treasure. He was too embarrassed to mention that he had also promised some other conditions, which Lai Jixue had reluctantly agreed to.

  "The magical tools are only effective when used by the people in the mysterious gate, and many things that modern science can't analyze. I really don't know how these magical tools were refined. Based on some research results of the magical tools, we have developed some special devices, but they are still far inferior to the magical tools. The bullets with laser-engraved talismans must be placed in a spiritual cave with sufficient spiritual energy for nurturing to be effective, but the effect is much worse than those drawn by real cultivators."

  "By the way, is there any news about Abe no Seimei, that Onmyodo master?" asked Duan Chengxin to others.

  "No, it's said that on that day, Abe Kiyoshi was secretly sent away after entering the Japanese Consulate in Shencheng, and there is no clear evidence, making it difficult to deal with the other party!" The speaker was Huang Chunsheng, an expert in tracking down clues. His abilities lay in two aspects: one was the re-emergence of residual sensations such as smell, and the other was related to concealment, specializing in tracking down assassins.

  "Even if they leave the country, it's still a hidden danger at home. Have those two ninjas' identities been investigated clearly?" asked Duan Chengxin.

  "Those two ninjas from Iga are low-ranking, Japan's younger generation now is also indulgent in pleasure and few young people are willing to suffer, the ninja lineage is also declining. Abe no Kiyoshi had no choice but to bring along those two low-ranking ninjas just for show!" Huang Chunsheng replied that Japanese ninjas mainly have two schools of thought, Iga and Hattori, which like traditional Chinese martial arts, are facing a relatively embarrassing situation.

  "Should we keep an eye on Liu Zhi, it's not easy to get ahold of him, who knows what new discoveries he might make?" Yan Bing asked. Although she was a woman, she was the main force in direct combat, with abilities in object manipulation and temperature control that could instantly freeze someone into an ice stick, or even control the trajectory of bullets. She was a person that many colleagues found headaches when dealing with.

  "Just let the local office staff pay attention, don't overemphasize it, he's just a small figure now, and there's no big background, can't stir up big waves, if necessary, absorb him into the organization to achieve hidden strength, also considered a good hand!" Duan Chengxin determined his approach to dealing with Liu Zhi.

  Liu Zhi didn't know that he had already fallen into the eyes of the relevant departments. Apart from teaching, he became interested in the compass obtained from Li Yi on that day. This was because Lai Ji Xue was a geomancer who had said before that the compass was an important tool for geomancers and some compasses were magical instruments. He remembered that he still had a compass and began to study it.

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