Chapter 72

When Tang Jie woke up, the sky was already brightening.

The little one had cried himself to exhaustion and was already asleep beside him.

Looking at the dust scattered on the ground, Tang Jie felt a bit speechless.

He now truly understood what the 'Soldier' technique was all about.

That one finger last night had almost drained all his strength.

If it weren't for the three years he had spent practicing the Zangxiang Classic, which made his constitution far superior to that of ordinary people, he would have been the one to collapse first.

Fortunately, the target was a magical tool. If it had been a magical treasure, he would have been dead.

After a night had passed, Tang Jie still felt dizzy and his steps were heavy, as if he had just partied with seventeen or eighteen young ladies all night.

No wonder the Lord of Soldiers said that a strong physique was the foundation. With his current constitution, it would take at least seven or eight days to recover from shattering a magical tool.

But... something still felt off?

Tang Jie looked at the scattered debris on the ground.

Damn!

A low-grade magical tool, just destroyed like that?

Although the Purple Fire Sword was of no use to him, it was still a magical tool that could fetch a lot of spirit coins.

Thinking about how he had destroyed nearly a thousand coins with that one finger last night, Tang Jie felt a deep pain in his heart.

Just as he was about to clean up the pile of broken iron, Tang Jie suddenly noticed a glint of gold shining in the dust.

He squatted down and moved the pile of broken iron aside, only to find a speck of gold mixed in.

He gently picked up the gold speck, and felt a strange connection between himself and the gold. With a slight thought, the gold speck began to dance around him, circling gracefully.

With a casual gesture, the gold speck seeped into his body, circulating in his blood. Tang Jie could feel that he could release it at any time if he wished.

The image of the Lord of Soldiers' mighty and invincible appearance when he issued the 'Soldier' command, shattering all weapons and gathering them in his palm, suddenly appeared in his mind. Tang Jie instantly understood and blurted out, "Condense the weapon!"

There is destruction, and there is condensation!

Shatter all weapons, refine divine weapons!

This was the true meaning of the 'Soldier' technique.

However, for now, the grain of gold refined from shattering a magical tool seemed to be of little use.

Despite this, Tang Jie was still pleasantly surprised. The thought of destroying an enemy's weapon in battle and being able to fight as he pleased was truly exhilarating.

But then his brow furrowed.

The Lord of Soldiers' techniques were extremely simple, yet extremely difficult to master.

One required gathering all the world's spiritual herbs, and the other required shattering all the world's divine treasures. No wonder the Lord of Soldiers had to rely on battles to become supreme; otherwise, he would have no future!

Actually, Tang Jie had never had the idea of conquering the world and being the only supreme one. In his view, being surrounded by enemies was a sign of failure in life.

But today, the immortal techniques he had learned told him that some things were unrelated to pursuit, personality, intelligence, or life itself!

The way of the strong should be forged through battles. Being adaptable in all situations might make one smooth, but it also loses the edge!

Sometimes, it's not that one doesn't know how to deal with people, but that one doesn't want to!

"So when necessary... one must fight when it's time to fight!" Tang Jie muttered.

He had originally regretted being forced into a meaningless battle by the Heavenly Palace. If the Heavenly Palace didn't retreat because of this and instead launched a more疯狂的反击，那就不值得了。

现在有了这种领悟，他心中豪情大起，心想你顾长青若真要不识好歹，不顾后果地行事，那我背靠洗月与你血战一场又如何？

毕竟是本性难移，虽然坚定了战斗之心，唐劫还是不忘“背靠洗月”这个先决条件。

如果兵主再世听到唐劫的心声，多半是一脚踢得他要多远有多远。

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将那点金芒收起，唐劫径自去上课了。

上午上完课后，唐劫将那个傀儡拿给卫天冲。

得知自己的傀儡做好了，卫天冲自是大喜不已，拿在手上反复把玩，同时连连问这傀儡有什么作用。

唐劫便为他细细讲解，当然那闭灵散就算了。这狼傀儡个子虽小，却行动敏捷，攻击凶狠，昨天要不是它，唐劫多半就已死在庄申手上。

一边听唐劫讲解，卫天冲一边欣赏自己的宝贝傀儡，一搭眼突然看到傀儡上几道裂纹，大感惊奇：“怎的这傀儡好象裂开了？”

唐劫忙道：“哦，那是阵纹。”

“阵纹？阵纹不是隐藏的吗？”卫天冲不解。

“也有一些阵纹不适合隐藏。”

“你确定？”卫天冲眼中露出一丝狐疑。

“那是当然。”唐劫一本正经道。

卫天冲反复看看，嘟囔道：“为什么我总觉得它打着打着就会散架呢？”

唐劫立刻道：“那你可得注意，这只战狼傀儡是以轻盈、快速、灵便为主，高速高攻，攻击还附带电流麻痹，能放暗器，也能近战，再加上体积小最适合偷袭，就是不适合强攻，不过这也没办法，毕竟是一品战傀，能有这样的攻击已经很不错了。”

“哦，这样啊。”卫天冲抓了抓头皮。

“要不，我们试一下？”唐劫怂恿道。

“好啊。”卫天冲连忙将傀儡放下，已用出灵引术，在那灵线术控制下，那战狼果然是迅捷如风，灵活无比，一爪子下去，一棵小树已被拍成两截，若是拍在人身上，不死也得扒层皮，单以攻击力而言，已不输于低级攻击术法，就是花样少了些，除了用爪子拍，用头顶，没有其他的战斗手段了。

但术法修炼需要费时苦练，这战狼却是一旦完成就可以连续进攻，且不消耗灵气，比之术法又实用多，也不枉他花这两千灵钱。

唐劫趁机问他：“怎么样？”

卫天冲自是连声夸奖：“恩，不错不错，一品战傀能有如此灵活，果然少见！”

“那是，灵敏型的嘛，记着千万别让它硬抗哦。”唐劫有些不放心，又嘱咐了一句。

“放心吧。”卫天冲随口道：“情愿我受伤也不能让它受伤。”

总算是糊弄过去了，唐劫暗吐一口长气，心想这次还是取巧了些，重攻弱守，以后再做傀儡，除非是本身材质坚硬难以损毁的，否则定要加上防护法阵。

这边卫天冲已带着这傀儡遛狗般遛了出去，一路上果然回头率猛增。

不少人看着稀奇，纷纷过来问他是怎么做出来的，卫天冲自是少不了一番添油加醋，引得众人大加艳羡，卫天冲虚荣心得到满足，只觉得光凭这一下露脸就大大值了那两千钱。

有几个女修看着稀奇，也被这傀儡吸引过来，卫天冲借机与对方说话，那一刻战狼化身宝马，引来佳人无数，卫天冲如处云端，只觉得自进入学院以来，人生从未如此美好过。

陪着卫天冲胡闹了一会儿，两人一起沿着路回居所。

正走着，突然见前方匆匆走过来一行人，为首的赫然是那上师辛越，面色凝重，后面还跟着一群学子，全是纠察，一个个全都神情严肃，一看可知怕是又出什么事了。

其余的学子看得奇怪，纷纷议论，惟有唐劫清楚，多半是山下小树林里的尸体被发现了。

既然洗月学院得了消息，那么顾长青应该也已经知道了吧？

不知接下来，这两派又会如何反应，倒是颇值得期待呢。

想到这，唐劫嘴角已凝出一丝笑意。

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“啪！”

又碎一张。

鹰巢最近的桌子很倒霉。

顾长青阴沉着一张脸，脸色铁青，到是真应了他顾长青的名字。

在他下首处，高飞、启明、赵新国等人则垂手而立，噤若寒蝉，不敢说话。

顾长青瞪着高飞：“为什么会弄成这样？”

高飞低头回答：“是属下无能，办事不力，应该是庄申发现了我们意图杀他灭口，所以临阵反水，杀了闵东后自己跑了。”

行动彻底失败，唐劫什么事没有，反倒是执行的两人一死一失踪，连带着还顺走了，这件事他高飞注定难辞其咎。

最要命的是，虽然庄申是暗子，但闵东的天神宫身份却是公开的。

如果只是庄申失踪，天神宫还可以推说此事与自己无关，但闵东一死，天神宫就是想赖都赖不掉了。

尤其可恶的是留在那尸体旁的一行字，更是把责任直接归到了天神宫头上，这样一来，天神宫就算想反咬一口抵赖都不行，却给了洗月派一个机会。

这刻顾长青看着高飞，无力地坐在椅子上：“刚才谢枫棠派人找过我了，他要我就此事给他洗月派一个交代……明明是我天神宫的弟子被杀了，我却要给他洗月派一个交代！！！”

说到这顾长青已是不顾风度的大吼起来。

“废物，一群废物！”

也难怪顾长青如此光火，一连两次行动，都出了纰漏，目标到底是人是鬼没摸清楚不说，反倒是把天神宫自己弄得极为被动。

他怒火滔天，一口气把包括高飞在内，鹰堂的一干属下全部骂了。

下首众人互相看看，终于还是那叫启明的修者拱了拱手道：“鹰主，属下有话要说。”

顾长青阴测测道：“你是不是想说，我鹰堂弟子久经训练，多年来执行各种任务，比这更艰难艰巨的也不知有多少，从未出过差错，至少未出过如此低级的差错，怎的对付一个唐劫，却是连连失误呢？”

启明张了张口，终于只是道：“是，鹰主英明。”

顾长青已是哼声道：“怀疑，我自然是有的，但失败就是失败，你们办事无能这也是事实！”

“是！”高飞已抱拳：“弟子愿意领罪！”

“你犯了错，自然要领罪，不过当务之急，还是先弄清楚这中间到底是怎么回事。高飞，庄申是由你负责的，你对这个庄申了解如何？”

高飞回答：“庄申是由弟子引入门下的，对我一向也算信任。这人头脑一般，不过练功勤恳，也算是个努力之人。本来我挺看好他的，谁成想……却是个水货。”

说这话时，高飞很不甘愿的表情。

“你觉得他有可能因为察觉我们的计划而反戈一击吗？”顾长青再问。

高飞张了张嘴，终究只是摇摇头没有回答。

顾长青知道这事在高飞心中烙下了阴影，不敢轻易答复，叹了口气，道：“人心叵测，难以揣度，看不清楚也是常有的事。如果你在言语或安排上漏了马脚，被那庄申发现问题也不无可能……”

“但同样有可能是那唐劫搞的鬼！”启明立刻道。

他对上次失败心有不甘，正如高飞努力保他一样，现在也是投桃报李，努力为高飞开脱。

“是，有这个可能。”这一次顾长青到是没有反驳：“不过高飞，你给了庄申多少术器？”

高飞忙回答：“紫火剑，天神甲，炼兽牌还有捆仙绳，仅战斗用就有四件，更别说还有法符和丹药了。庄申原本就在门下努力修炼，虽然境界较低，但战斗经验还算可以，反应也算灵活，以他的实力再配上随便一件术器，除非是遇到同辈中的天才，否则都不应落败，身有四宝在手，就算是碰上戚少名安如梦这样的变态，也是未必输的。”

“那么如果是唐劫搞的鬼，他至少要先有能赢庄申的实力，这点没错吧？”

“……是。”

“你觉得他会有吗？”

高飞张了张嘴，终于回答：“根据我们查知的结果，唐劫来之前的确没学过任何术法心法……玉门五转，身无资源，唯一得到的好处就是李余给他的一块鳞片，实无理由弥补这许多差距。”

“那就还是无法确认了！”顾长青哼了声。

这件事，老实说他也越来越看不透了。

就算唐劫心思诡秘，布下陷阱，但怎么说他也没理由能打赢庄申的啊。

旁边赵新国已道：“鹰主，要知道事情原委还不简单？找到庄申就行了。他既然杀了闵东跑掉，时隔一夜，应当还没走远，现在去找他还来得及。”

“找他？说得是没错。”顾长青哼了一声，少见的没训斥他，只是道：“可我问你，如果你是庄申，杀人反逃后，明知道天神宫要找你报复，你会怎么办？”

赵新国怔了一下，一时答不上来。

还是高飞接口：“人在危急之时，往往是会狗急跳墙的。庄申清楚兵鉴的秘密，也清楚天神宫对此有多重视。如果我们追得他太紧，又不能一下将他抓住，逼急了，只怕他会主动泄露一切。与那唐杰不同，他手上可没兵鉴，是不在乎兵鉴的消息泄露出去后会如何的。”

听到这话，赵新国立时滞住。

他还真没想到这茬。

顾长青已道：“要抓庄申，不是不可以，却是不能大举出动，只能秘密调查，并务必保证一击即中，以防他狗急跳墙。可人海茫茫，要想秘密追查，又谈何容易啊。”

找不到庄申，也就暂时无法证实这一切的真实性，或者说，只能表面看到什么就相信什么，这让顾长青也感到很无奈。

“那我们现在怎么办？”高飞问道。

顾长青终于又坐回位置上。

他揉揉太阳穴，想了好一会儿道：“对庄申进行秘密追捕，对唐劫的行动暂时停止，看着他就行。至于洗月派那边，我会去跟他们交涉的。赵新国你去一趟安阳，再去找那几个曾经见过唐杰的人来。”

曾经顾长青不信任这些人，但现在看来，他不得不再对将希望放在这些见过唐杰的老人身上。

“可来往费时……”赵新国对这种没挑战的事到是不怎么乐意。

“唐劫要在学院里待十年，我们有足够的时间慢慢来。”顾长青已下了决定。

面对唐劫的计划，顾长青起初选择了暴力破局。

可惜暴力是暴力了，局却没破。

在连续吃亏后，他终于决定一改之前的冒险激进策略，改为徐徐图之了。

目前的状况下他也实在没资格再去速战速决。