purgatory artist

Chapter 344
Three months later.

county seat.

A small house.

With a spear on his back and a bundle of weapons in his hand, Xu Sheng walked into the yard and placed the weapons one by one in front of Liu Ping.

"Passed?" Liu Ping smiled.

"Brother Liu sent money from top to bottom, and my recent martial arts training is not bad, so I naturally passed the assessment."

Xu Sheng happily took out a set of patrol coats, looked left and right, and couldn't put it down.

Liu Ping nodded and said: "Your blood gushing fist has been completed, and I will teach you a set of boxing techniques later, which is enough for you to settle down here."

Xu Sheng heard something, and quickly knelt down in front of Liu Ping and said, "Brother Liu, people say that a good man is hard to beat with four hands, and a single tiger does not fight a pack of wolves. No matter where you go, I can fight beside you and take care of you." .”

Liu Pingdao: "I'm a person who wants to roll on the tip of a knife. This county is located in a corner and has nothing to do with the world. Wouldn't it be good for you to live a comfortable life here?"

Xu Sheng shook his head and said: "In this troubled world, a man should practice martial arts diligently and become famous. If you only want to be safe, you may lose your life one day."

Liu Ping laughed, clapped his hands and said, "Since you have such knowledge, follow me."

Xu Sheng kowtowed, stood up and respectfully said: "Look, brother Liu, this is a full set of weapons issued to me - these used to be the full set of equipment for scouts in the army, but now they are used to arm us patrolling officers, it can be seen that the situation is getting worse and worse. emergency."

Liu Ping glanced at the weapons on the ground, picked up a sword casually, and danced like a sword shadow in the sky.

"Good!" Xu Sheng applauded.

Liu Ping lost his sword, picked up a standard short knife, put it down again, picked up a bow instead, and shot seven or eight arrows at will.

I saw those arrows flying out, drawing an arc, nailed to the willow tree at the door, and lined up in a straight row.

Liu Ping drew the spear again, swung it back and forth for a week, then stopped suddenly, sighed and said:

"The martial arts taught by the government are just some basic methods. Even if I deduce some moves, they can't reach the top."

Xu Sheng was silent for a few breaths.

Until now, he still can't accept it.

The eighteen kinds of martial arts in the government's collection are all inherited and well-established moves. Although they are not comparable to those of the great sects, they are far superior to ordinary martial arts.

If the news that he became a patrolman is known to his former companions, I don't know how many people will be jealous.

However, the young man in front of him has learned all the martial arts in the county government in one month, and he even finds it meaningless.

Xu Sheng murmured: "Brother Liu, I remember that there are still some internal cultivation methods in the mansion—"

Liu Ping said with a smile: "Those thoughts are interesting. It's the first time I've seen the combination of martial arts and the five elements."

Xu Sheng sighed and said: "I heard that Mr. Zhang spent more than 1 years arresting his head, and he has cultivated the Frost Palm, which is No. [-] in the entire county. I don't know when I will be able to get a glimpse of the door and enter the house."

"Want to learn? I'll teach you." Liu Ping said.

Xu Sheng was overjoyed, and was about to kneel down and kowtow, when he heard a sound outside the door.

tuk tuk-

Someone knocked on the door and shouted: "Some troubles have occurred at the west gate of the city. The boss will arrest everyone and let everyone go."

A burst of footsteps quickly went away.

"What's going on in this county, after three months, it's just a sneaky trick, and it's worth all of us going?" Xu Sheng said.

"Since people are always catching hair, it must not be a trivial matter. Let's go and have a look." Liu Ping said.

The two put on official uniforms.

Liu Ping put on his sword and put away a pair of gauntlets; Xu Sheng drew a spear, tied the bow and arrow behind his back, thought for a while, and hung the long sword around his waist.

Liu Ping glanced at him and said: "The sword is strange, it doesn't suit you, change it to something else."

Xu Sheng muttered: "When I saw someone with a sword in the past, I couldn't help but take a second look—"

——It turned out that I wanted to pretend.

Liu Ping shook his head and let him go.

After packing up, the two went out and went straight to the west gate of the city.

Along the way, I saw pedestrians all looking panic-stricken, passing by in a hurry, and the streets were much more deserted than before.

"What's the situation?" Xu Sheng asked inexplicably.

"The chief arrester is over there." Liu Ping said, looking in the direction of the city gate.

I saw an old man with a majestic expression in the crowd beckoning to the two of them:
"Liu Ping, you came just in time - the others sealed the city gate, and no one is allowed to come and spy."

"Yes."

The crowd responded.

Liu Ping asked in surprise, "Boss Zhang is arresting you, what's the matter?"

"Look." Mr. Zhang stepped aside and pointed at the white preaching on the ground.

"Murder case?" Liu Ping said.

He was about to step forward to have a look, when he suddenly saw a line of small characters appearing on the white cloth:
"Living corpse."

At the same time, the Chief Catcher stretched out his hand to stop him, and said in a low voice, "No!"

"What's wrong?" Liu Ping pretended not to know.

"The origin of this corpse is a bit strange. I heard that the last plague was caused by the cult's release of human corpses. Therefore, as soon as this incident happened, a security line was drawn up and no one was allowed to approach." The chief arrester said.

"The chief arrester is very considerate." Liu Ping praised.

"Liu Ping, you are the only one in the entire county who has awakened the Yanquan, and the flames can ward off evil spirits—you came to burn this corpse." The chief arrester said.

"No further investigation?" Liu Ping asked.

"I've seen it. There is no such person in our county, and he has an evil spirit. I feel that the sooner we can deal with it, the better. If there is any problem, I will fully bear it." The chief arrester said.

"The chief catcher is wise."

Liu Ping gave a sincere praise, put on his gloves, and said loudly: "Everyone, stand back and be on guard!"

The crowd retreated, drew out their weapons one after another, and made a posture of guard.

Putting on his gloves, Liu Ping suddenly punched the corpse.

call--

But seeing the airflow around his fist flow rapidly, a ball of blazing flame exploded, blasting on the corpse covered by the white cloth.

The corpse let out a horrific howl, jumped up from the ground, and rushed straight to Liu Ping.

"Cheat corpse!"

Everyone shouted in horror.

In the chaos, Liu Ping twitched his hand back, pulled out the spear from Xu Sheng's back, and gently handed it towards the living corpse.

The timing of his hand was just right, looking from the side, it looked like a living corpse was delivered to the door by itself, being strung on a spear.

"Ahhhhhhh! Kill you! Brat!"

The living corpse struggled frantically, letting out vicious roars.

Everyone watched clearly from the side, and saw that the corpse had completely turned into pitch black, with flames burning all over, desperately trying to get close to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping shouted in a low voice: "Burn it all."

The spear shook, and the whole body of the spear burst into flames, and the burning corpse made a crackling sound.

A short count.

The flesh and blood of the living corpse was burned away, leaving only a skeleton frame strung on a spear.

Liu Ping picked up the skeleton with a fire spear, raised it high, and slammed it on the ground.

boom!
The flames exploded.

The entire skeleton frame turned into bone dregs.

Liu Ping thrust the red-hot spear into the ground: "Dead."

The chief catcher smiled and said, "It won't die after being burnt to ashes, so let's stop messing around."

With a straightened expression, he led the horse and said, "I'm going to report to the superior immediately, there are twelve patrolmen guarding here, no one is allowed to approach or pass, Liu Ping, follow me."

"Yes."

Liu Ping also took a horse, told Xu Sheng a few words, beat the horse and followed the boss to catch the head.

As soon as the two left, all the patrolmen gathered around and looked at the spear together.

"Wow, it's so hot, I don't know how Liu Xunbu can hold it."

"Just kidding, people have awakened Lie Yan, so they can naturally hold it. From now on, they will have a mouthful of hot food wherever they go."

"You just know how to eat, have you forgotten how scary that corpse was just now?"

"Well, if it's really the work of a cult..."

"We're going to be messed up here too."

"To shut up!"

……

Liu Ping and Chief Zhang hunted their horses and galloped through the city, all the way to the city lord's mansion.

The two got off their horses.

"My lord, did you know any news in advance?" Liu Ping asked.

"Actually, there's no need to hide it from you—the front line has been defeated, and the cult is gradually spreading towards us." Mr. Zhang said with a frown.

Liu Ping sighed.

"The army is defeated like a mountain. We don't have many soldiers in the county. I'm afraid that the entire patrol room will go to the battlefield." The chief arrester said.

"Just relying on that group of rookies? Isn't that sending you to death?" Liu Ping said.

Boss Zhang followed suit with a sigh, shook his head and said, "If we don't go into battle, once the army is defeated, the entire county will be slaughtered."

At this time someone came out of the mansion, cupped his hands and said: "Chief arrester, please."

The head catcher patted Liu Ping on the shoulder, said "wait for me here", and followed the man into the mansion.

Liu Ping watched the horse boredly, and suddenly saw a beggar lying on the corner of the road.

I saw that the beggar was covered with scars, lying still, breathing intermittently, and saw that he was on the verge of dying.

When Liu Ping stared at him, a line of small characters appeared above his head:
"?????"

"Law-like life."

Liu Ping took a few steps forward, squatted down and said, "Do you have relatives?"

The beggar shook his head, suddenly grabbed his hand and said: "Kill a thousand cultists, and relieve the danger here, and save my life! Remember, you must kill a thousand cultists!"

As soon as the voice fell, the beggar suddenly disappeared.

Liu Ping was slightly startled.

In the air, the girl Mizuki suddenly let out a sneer, and said, "The law of fire is in extreme danger, and it's come to beg a 15-year-old child like you."

"I'm not really only 15 years old." Liu Ping said.

Just as he was talking, another person came out of the mansion, looked around, looked at him and said, "Liu Ping?"

"It's me." Liu Ping cupped his hands.

"Come on, my lord is here to invite you." The man said.

Liu Ping followed the man into the mansion, walked straight along the corridor with carved beams and painted buildings, passed through a garden and rockery, and saw several people standing in front of a lotus pond.

A thin middle-aged man with a long beard is looking at the lotus with his hands behind his back.

Beside him, several people in armor guarded the left and right closely.

Boss Zhang stood aside, and hurriedly said: "My lord, Liu Ping is here."

A man in military armor hurriedly said, "You're the kid who can play with fire? You dare to come out as a policeman before you even grow hair. I want to see how capable you are."

He stepped forward and reached out to grab Liu Ping's neck.

Snapped!
Liu Ping scattered his hands, rushed forward to bully him, his hands slashed at the opponent several times like afterimages, turned around and raised his legs, and swept the opponent away like a whip.

The man landed in the lotus pond, his feet were counting in the lotus leaves, and was about to fly up, but suddenly a ball of fire burst out from his body, and he panicked immediately, and fell into the pond with a "plop".

The man in official uniform who was standing with his hands behind his back turned around and said with emotion:

"It's just some basic martial arts, but it can be used to this extent, it's really a talent for killing the enemy!"

Liu Ping cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you for your praise."

The man in the official uniform asked: "I see that you are young and agile. Do you dare to be the vanguard of the army and scout for us to find out the trend of the cult?"

"Why don't you dare?" Liu Ping said.

"Very well, what request do you have?"

"I don't have anything else to ask for, but I don't have any strong boxing skills. Please give me some skills to practice."

"I have a boxing method called 'Transformation', which is the authentic ancient five-element boxing method. Would you like to learn it?"

"Thank you sir!"

(End of this chapter)