Back in the room, Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "What is the difference between a smart person and a stupid person?"

The fifth master thought for a while, "Take a shortcut?"

"Take a shortcut." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Just just like the disciple taking away the farmer's martial arts, seizing is a process of taking a shortcut, but not everyone is a Heavenly Lord, who can carry this ability to seize it."

"Maoer." Bai Yutang suddenly asked Zhan Zhao, "When you were a child, what was the most common sentence that Yin Hou said to you?"

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, "There is no shortcut to learn martial arts. You must be down-to-earth. Don't rely on your own intelligence to think about evil ways. In the end, it will only harm others and yourself."

Bai Yutang nodded, "So too. My master has always said that there is no shortcut to learning martial arts, and being smart is useless."

"So that's the key."

In the other room, Lin Yehuo leaned against a rocking chair, creaking and looking at Zou Liang who was feeding mutes and having supper on the side, "The reason why ancient martial arts has gradually been lost is that there are too few people who are truly talented to carry this martial arts. Stupid people disdain to take shortcuts, but they can learn the essence, while smart people are obsessed with shortcuts, but they have gone to death. Therefore, as fewer and fewer talented people, their martial arts will develop safer and more mediocre."

Zou Liang gently touched the mute's back hair, raised his head and asked Lin Yehuo, "I always feel that there is a connection with this case."

In Gongsun's room, Gongsun asked Zhao Pu who was yawning and preparing to take a shower and sleep, "Do you martial arts practitioners have any inspiration?"

Zhao Pu laughed and took off his boots and said, "My master didn't change his mind. Such a bad person didn't go astray in martial arts."

Gongsun nodded.

"You gave Cao Kui a test for the autopsy before, don't you say that his body is strange?" Zhao Pu asked.

"yes."

"Cao Kui is like a farmer, a scholar, and a martial arts master. He has all the characteristics, which is very abnormal." said the Ninth Prince. "Following the story told by the Demon King, this guy might not be his own ability, but he took it away."

Gongsun stared at Zhao Pu.

"Isn't it always strange before? What's the use of postponing the exam for a few days?" Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, "We are all stupid people. It is natural to think that practicing martial arts cannot take shortcuts. You can't make a big progress with you ten days. But maybe they are smart people! He can make a big progress with him in a few days."

Gongsun touched his chin, "That's it..."

"But the problem is that smart people have no talent!" Zhao Pu smiled, "The farmer died, and his apprentice died, why? Because they can't bear the internal strength brought by taking shortcuts. But smart people will find a way! Duoqi also said that Cao Kui himself does not have the martial arts skills of the top martial artist. He suddenly performed extraordinaryly during the exam, and then deteriorated again!"

Gongsun was slightly stunned, "Can you say..."

"Think about his dead wife!" Zhao Pu reminded, "Does it look like the apprentice of the farmer in the legend?"

Gongsun nodded.

"Cao Kui, maybe he is a smart apprentice. If you can't bear it, don't take it. Change it to borrow it!" The Ninth Prince smiled coldly, "Borrow it and use it, return it or throw it away after it is used. If you achieve this goal, you don't have to die."

Gongsun clapped his hands, "So the martial arts test will be postponed for a few days!"

Zhao Pu reached out to clean his ears, "Everyone in this world is the same."

Gongsun walked to him and sat down, asking, "How is it the same?"

Zhao Pu smiled with his legs on his back, "If you don't have that life, no matter how smart it is, it's useless. So what Lao Bao said, stupid people are lucky."

...

In the Meow Meow Tower, Zhan Showa and Bai Yutang are also having a similar discussion.

The fifth master said, "Maybe, we all thought wrongly. Not only did we think wrongly, but the Grand Master also thought too much... because..."

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Tai Shi is also a smart person."

"We all think that Cao Kui is obsessed with his deceased wife because of love. He thought that he was the assistant to climb to the position of the Grand Marshal. His deceased wife and those exorcist formations in the cellar were the main ones." Bai Yutang said, "But in fact, maybe he went to the northwest to dig a coffin, the exorcist formations in the cellar, and this ridiculous wedding, etc., all of these are the assistants. Climbing to a high position at a young age and having a good career, this is what he really wants, and everything else is for this purpose."

Zhan Zhao also laughed, "He is a farmer and an apprentice, but he is an apprentice who knows that he has no talent! Cao Kui is a person with a secret. His death may be because his secret was targeted by others."

"Personal internal strength is an ancient martial art." Bai Yutang also came to his own conclusion, "Maoshan secret techniques may all come from some ancient martial arts. The two masters of the Maoshan Sect, one Zhaiyue and the other Zhaiyue, all had examples of sudden killing. The two had different endings. Zhaiyue was driven to the Western Regions, while the Corpse King died at the hands of my grandfather who was passing by."

"It seems that there is a key link missing!" Zhan Zhao frowned, "People who have something to do with Zhaiyue and the Corpse King..."

The fifth master thought about it, and was hit by Zhan Zhao, whispering, "The Maoshan School's division back then was directly related to them, which should be Tao Ming Zhenren."

Zhan Zhao frowned, "Liang Jing, Mei and Su Jiugu's master silently?"

Bai Yutang nodded, "The one-eyed real man Kui Shan and Cao Mo escorted the body of the demon concubine Yu Yan out of the city and went to Xizhou Prefecture to part ways. Didn't Kui Shan and Cao Mo take their brothers? But they broke up because of Yu Yan's body. Didn't Kui Shan say that Cao Mo was obsessed with the ghost?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, "Kuishan's two apprentices, one Tao Ming and the other Chen Tong. Chen Sangua left the Maoshan school very early and was in Kaifeng, but Su Jiugu said... Tao Ming was already sick and I don't remember many things..."

"I don't remember many things." The fifth master smiled slightly, "After my master took over the demon king's internal strength for a hundred years, I don't remember some things."

"Can..." Zhan Zhao also approached and asked in a low voice, "Can Kuishan be a farmer, Tao Ming, Zhaiyue and the Corpse King be both disciples? Tao Ming is the most talented disciple, but..."

"The talent is not that high!" Bai Yutang continued Zhan Zhao's thoughts and said, "The decline of memory means that the internal force he endured is close to the limit. He is different from my master. My master is a demon king and intends to suppress part of his internal force. He forgot what he should forget, but he is not confused. Tao Ming is different. He may have reached a certain limit. If he doesn't think of a way, he will have to die... Who can make the Heavenly Master Liang Jing so obedient? His master is very suspicious."

"If the real murderer is Tao Ming, the reason for killing Cao Kui is..." Zhan Zhao asked, "Do you save yourself?"

"Cao Kui is a descendant of Cao Mo. It is very likely that he has something in his hand that can save Tao Ming's life. The corresponding story of the Demon King is more updated stone tablets." The fifth master said, "Do you guess he found those 'stone tablets'?"

"After the death of the Taiwei, someone went to the Taishi Mansion to search for Cao Kui's relics, and Feng's family seemed to be dug three feet away. It seemed that the Taiwei Cao Kui was looking for something, but he didn't find it. The person who killed him also wanted to find something from him, but he still couldn't find it!" Zhan Zhao reminded, "Salt Escape, postponing the exam seems to be taking charge of a case that happened in the past. Will everything be just a fool, the real purpose..."

"Find something!" Bai Yutang nodded, "Don't forget! If you postpone the exam, it is not the only one who benefits from the first exam!"

Zhan Zhao felt it was reasonable, "Yes! Ten people are taking the exam! Delay a few days, everyone is the same!"

...

Late at night, the doors of Kaifeng Mansion suddenly opened wide. Several masters rushed out and rushed to Lord Bao's study together.

In the study room, Mr. Bao was already there. He was flipping through the files of several candidates who had just taken out of Chuntang Pavilion and the same period as Cao Kui.

Everyone who rushed to the door saw Lord Bao looking up and smiling at his door. Under the dim light, the adult's face looked shiny.

Everyone looked at each other - the essence is still the adult spirit!

After having lunch, the Silver Demon King and the Soy Sauce Group who passed by the door of Lord Bao’s study room saw the people gathered at the door of the study room.

Tianzun and Yin Hou ran in curiously to watch, while the Silver Demon King leaned against the door and smiled.

Gongsun also came over and stood at the door with the Demon King.

Gongsun asked the demon king, "It is said that the Salt Coffin Princess killed so many people, but it was not because of madness or infatuation, right?"

The demon king looked at Gongsun in a blink of an eye.

"If Princess Salt Coffin was the earliest farmer, then the general who took the princess' body away and the Taoist priest who had the idea of ​​making the princess a salt coffin golden pillar, they were all apprentices." Gongsun looked at the demon king, "Same thing, the demon concubine Yu Yan is a farmer, Cao Mo and Kui Shan are apprentices. Cao Kui's deceased wife is a farmer, Cao Kui and the murderer are apprentices... This is a story that has been repeated over time. The root of everything is the stone tablets that record ancient martial arts?"

The demon king reached out and patted his friend on the shoulder, "There is only one way to end all this."

Gongsun asked, "Find the stone tablet and destroy it?"

The demon king spread his hands, "Actually, the most innocent one is the stone tablet. It is obvious that people cannot control themselves, but they have to protect people by destroying innocent stone tablets. How unfair."

Gongsun looked at the demon king, "What are you going to do?"

The demon king suddenly smiled at Gongsun, "Is there really a stone tablet?"

Gongsun was stunned, thought for a while, and looked at the demon king in surprise, "Isn't it... it's just a scam?"

The demon king reached out his hand with a funny look and poked his old friend's cheek, "The little master is very knowledgeable. What medicine in this world is the most fake?"

Gongsun was helpless, "The medicine to cure all diseases is the most fake!"

"What martial arts is the most fake?"

"The invincible martial arts in the world."

"Who is the most fake?"

"A omnipotent person..."

"What lies are the most false, but most people believe it?"

Gongsun was silent for a while and spoke, "Whatever you want is done."

"So...ancient martial arts..." Gongsun looked at the demon king.

The Demon King grimaced at him, "Of course it's a lie..."

Gongsun gasped and pointed at the demon king, "You..."

The demon king endured his laughter, "The best kid is to cheat, it's so funny."

After saying that, he walked away with his sleeves.

Gongsun chased after him, "Then the kung fu of your soy sauce group..."

The demon king turned his head, "Of course, the master is great, so the disciple is great! I created a lot of kung fu, what are the ancients? What about the rice we ate in ancient times? We also ate rice. A thousand years ago, a thousand years later, should we eat rice or rice! At most, the rice grains are bigger and smaller. Could it be that steamed buns can grow on the ancient rice?"

"Then you say the soy sauce group is stupid..."

"If my soy sauce group is stupid, will there be smart people in the world?"

Gongsun was angry, "You lied to the child again! What if the way to investigate the case is wrong?"

"Oh." The demon king stretched out a finger and waved it, "It's not that I want to deceive them, it's that they themselves are willing to believe in the existence of ancient martial arts."

Gongsun blinked.

The Demon King also blinked at him, "By the same reason, the murderer believes it too! If the murderer believes it or not, that is a deviation. If the murderer believes it, you believe it too. Isn't this the right way?"

...

In Lord Bao’s study, everyone who was flipping the file sneezes collectively.

At this time, Gongsun flipped a file and showed it to everyone, "It turned out that Cao Kui was the last one and got the top scorer, and the second to last one that year, he got the third place!"

Lord Bao took the file, took a look, and fell into deep thought, "How could it be him..."

Zhao Pu also glanced at the candidate's name and thought, "The emperor was worried about who he took over as the position of Taiwei before. This person is one of the candidates he has been considering."

Everyone looked up, "Then he is suspicious, but what does he have to do with the Maoshan Sect?"

"Wait a moment……"

At this time, Zou Liang, who had been following everyone to read the file and didn't speak, suddenly ran away. After a while, he ran back with a list of rosters, "This is the list of candidates participating in tomorrow's ring competition."

As he said that, General Zuo pointed to one of the names for everyone to show.

After everyone saw it, a clear expression appeared on their faces at the same time - so that's it!
Chapter completed!