Chapter 130: Baiyujing Little Thief
Lingyuan Cave.
Everyone walked in slowly. The stone walls in the cave were inlaid with luminous stones of various colors, and the light was very bright.
The cave is full of exotic flowers and plants, but unfortunately most of them are common medicinal herbs. The deeper you go, the rarer the flowers and plants are, and their age is older.
Everyone walked to the deepest part of the lake. There was no Golden Crocodile Dragon King in the lake, and the remaining "dragon sons and grandsons" were not a threat, so they were all killed quickly. They came to the other side of the lake and saw the "Lingyuan Spring".
Its shape is very peculiar, with a natural earth platform on the outside, and the whole thing looks like a huge wolf-shaped relief.
The spring water is right at the wolf's eye position, and its color is light gold, like surging amber.
The main ingredients needed for [Qianlong Pill] grow on the edge of the spring, [Golden Sword Grass], [Nine-Leaf Orchid], [Xuan Ji Jade Basket], etc. They are basically all Xuan grade, and after being stimulated, they can reach a hundred years old.
Qi Shizhou understood immediately: "This relief must be the 'transformed snake'. The Records of Strange Things in Shenzhou records: 'Its appearance is like a human face with a jackal body, bird wings and snake movements. Its sound is like a shout, and when you see it, there will be a flood in the city.' The name of this strange beast contains the word 'snake', but it does not look like a snake, but moves like a snake."
Zhao Wumian nodded. "It has a second talent, which is to suck the essence and blood of the body without damaging the skin. There is a woman in Yipintang who uses this skill to wear human skin and disguise herself. Lingyuan Spring obviously absorbs the vitality of heaven and earth, turning water into spiritual springs and promoting the growth of spiritual plants... It is a bit like Han Li's little green bottle."
The last sentence was whispered.
Qi Shizhou didn't hear clearly and wanted to ask in detail, but seeing Li Yanhui and He Tianhao's nervous faces, he smiled secretly in his heart and simply pointed out, "This transformed snake must have reached the fifth stage, its essence is restrained, and its skeleton is so magical. It is the key to this spring water. Don't worry, we won't take it all away. The transformed snake bones will be left to you, but you can wait until next year for the spring water and elixir."
Li Yanhui and He Tianhao were overjoyed when they heard the first half of the sentence.
If the Snake Bone is gone, the Giant Whale Gang will not be able to create the [Hidden Dragon Pill] again, and the gang members will not be able to go out to sea to search for treasure, which is equivalent to removing the foundation of the gang. The Giant Whale Gang is bound to decline, and it would be best if the Jinyiwei did not take any action against it.
But when I heard the second half of the sentence, I felt helpless.
The generation of spiritual spring water is very slow. It will take half a year to fill up this eye pit. Before that, the effect of the spiritual spring water will be greatly reduced, and it will be much slower... But if you want to get protection, you have to pay protection fees. Not only today, but every year in the future. You can only watch Qi Shizhou and Zhao Wumian divide the treasure and water among themselves.
After Qi Shizhou pulled out his half, Zhao Wumian stood by the spring and began to practice the "Food Qi to Nourish the Organs Method". As the seals and gestures changed, the yin and yang energies in his body kept changing, and Zhao Wumian once again felt that mysterious feeling.
The mind feels as if it is inside the five internal organs, and the brain is empty.
Zhao Wumian took a light breath, and in an instant, the remaining eight flowers and plants withered and dispersed, transforming into streams of essence that poured into his nasal cavity, passed through his heart and lungs, cleansed his five internal organs, and merged into one.
This magical scene makes people both shocked and amazed.
Zhao Wumian felt light all over and comfortable.
Although these spiritual plants were young and of low grade, there were eight of them in total. At that moment, he clearly felt his five internal organs beating more powerfully, his body became more relaxed, and all his fatigue was swept away. He felt refreshed!
This feeling is truly intoxicating.
The personal dashboard changes accordingly.
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Name: Zhao Wumian
Fate: God is jealous of talents
(God is jealous of talents: all attributes are full (except luck), training speed +130%, lifespan limit -30, health limit -30)
Age: 18
Remaining life: 5
Health: 70
Attributes: Strength 50, Spirituality 50, Root 50, Agility 50, Charm 50, Comprehension 50, Luck 13 (the attributes of ordinary people are around 20)
Status: Earl of Jingyuan, the head of the Zhenfu Division
Martial arts: Luban Book, Sushu, Eight Shape-shifting Techniques, Jinghong Stepping on Snow, Longteng Spear Technique, Cangtian Hualong Jue, Heart-controlling Technique, Qiankun Damoyi, Actor's Treasure Mirror...
Props: Nine-turn Soul-Restoring Pill, Mengji Robe, Rolling Cloud Spear, Soul-Locking Spear, Whale Song Knife, Shark Tooth Sword, Moon Gui, Duyou Qin, Soul-Nourishing Wood, Taibai Star...
Pets: Parrot Xiaokui, Millennium Ice Silkworm, Chili
Cultivation: The second level of the third realm
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Zhao Wumian breathed a sigh of relief, and his remaining lifespan increased from "4" to "5".
After filling the spring water, several people were preparing to leave.
Zhao Wumian had sharp senses, and without the cover of the flower scent, he suddenly smelled a faint smell of gunpowder. He paused and looked towards the southwest corner of Lingyuan Cave.
Qi Shizhou said: "Wumian, what's wrong?"
Zhao Wumian used his lightness skills to leap up, moved away the stone blocking the outside, and saw the fifteen heavenly thunder seeds inside.
This number is enough to blow up the entire Lingyuan Cave!
He Tianhao was shocked after seeing it clearly: "Who put this here? Is someone going to blow up Lingyuan Cave?!"
Li Yan replied with gritted teeth: "It must be those damn Japanese pirates! Nakajo Ittoryu!"
"It's not like them..."
Qi Shizhou frowned: "If it was really done by them, since the Heavenly Thunder has been placed, it will definitely explode directly, regardless of whether the treasure can be taken out... Strange, who gave up halfway?"
“There are words on the stone.”
Zhao Wumian put away the Heavenly Thunder Son, strode back, and showed the stone: "They have already stated their identities."
When everyone looked carefully, they saw two lines of poetry written on the stone.
——The White Jade Palace in the sky, with twelve towers and five cities.
——The immortal stroked my head and gave me eternal life.
It was written with the force of fingers, with unique brushwork, strong spirit and profound expression, showing great skill.
The person who wrote it is extraordinary.
Several people looked at each other.
Li Yan replied: "Is this... a poem by Li Bai?"
He Tianhao was puzzled: "What does it mean? What is the meaning of leaving these two lines of words?"
Qi Shizhou looked at Zhao Wumian.
Zhao Wumian studied the characters and said casually, "It seems like the style of the 'Yujing Society'. I have only read a few words about it in some ancient books. Simply put, this is a long-standing secret organization whose purpose is to achieve the word 'immortality' as written in the poem.
As far as I know, many famous people were once members of this group, including Xu Fu, An Qisheng, Li Shaojun, Ge Hong, Lü Dongbin, Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tiangang, and it is said that Li Bai was also among them. They used various strange techniques to collect natural treasures and elixirs in order to achieve immortality. As for the current situation and who are the members, I don’t know. ”
The concept of Baiyujing was proposed very early.
Zhao Wumian first saw the three words "Yujinghui" in a travelogue written by a famous person.
Later I looked it up and found it was recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian.
"Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Emperor Wu of Han" said: "The alchemists said: During the time of Emperor Huangdi, five cities and twelve towers were built to await the arrival of gods and immortals on the appointed time, and this was called welcoming the year." These five cities and twelve towers were Baiyujing.
According to legend, Baiyujing has five cities, twelve towers, 810,000-meter-long heavenly roads, and 810,000 mountain caves. It is the residence of Yuanshi Tianzun and many immortals. Later generations used it to refer to immortality and becoming an immortal.
When Zhao Wumian first discovered it, he was quite happy. If he could find this ancient organization, the information they possessed would definitely be more abundant and detailed than the archives of the Zhenfu Division. Perhaps he could find clues to longevity and immortality from it. However, after searching for a long time, he only found superficial information.
The An Du Ku was the library of the former Yuan Dynasty court, and it didn't include any of them, which meant that they were either fictitious or so powerful that even the royal family couldn't find them...
Finally gave up.
This organization is as illusory as "Bai Yujing".
Zhao Wumian looked at the stone. This was the first time he came into contact with the "Yujing Society" in the events of this dynasty. They played the role of taking advantage of the conflict between the Giant Whale Gang and the Sea Shark Palace. From this point of view alone, this organization was most likely a villain, or at least not a purely righteous one.
Zhao Wumian doesn’t understand Yujing Society, but he knows a lot about game planning.
Generally, such powerful organizations are stumbling blocks and troublemakers on the road to players killing monsters and upgrading!
Qi Shizhou pondered and said, "There is actually such an organization... Then is it leaving this letter to show off to us?"
"Maybe so."
Zhao Wumian smiled and threw the stone away: "From the current situation, this kind of small fight should not be done by the core members. It is most likely the work of the new generation of young people. Otherwise, a golden crocodile dragon king cannot stop the fifth and sixth realms, and there is no need to take advantage of the fire to rob."
"That's true."
Qi Shizhou nodded. There were many evil cults in the martial arts world, such as the White Lotus Sect, the Fire Worship Sect, the Samsara Sect... Since they had already retreated and there were no more clues, it would only cause more trouble if he thought about it, so he simply let it go: "The matter here is settled, Young Gang Leader, Great Elder, please don't let other monsters break in again."
Li Yan replied and the two of them responded immediately.
Qi Shizhou looked at Zhao Wumian and said, "Let's go."
Everyone walked out of Lingyuan Cave.
Li Yanhui and his companions took the elders of the gang to re-deploy the vortex formation and guard it strictly. Qi Shizhou wrote a document and sent it back to the court. The matter of the Giant Whale Gang was temporarily settled, but he still had the task of "cooperating with Gongchang Hou Guo Xing to eliminate internal worries, quell external troubles, and clear the island of bandits in one fell swoop", so he had no time to rest.
Zhao Wumian and Cheng Xuyuan were relatively free, as they came here just to kill the Golden Crocodile Dragon King.
Now that the trouble has been cleared, one wants swords and spiritual plants, and the other wants driving skills, so each of them gets what they want.
Inside the small courtyard of the Giant Whale Gang's guest rooms.
Cheng Xuyuan was wiping the mechanical tiger dragon, while Zhao Wumian was sitting at the table, playing with his newly acquired [Whale Song Knife] and [Shark Tooth Sword]. Both of them were magical weapons. When their fingertips touched them, the chill went straight to the heart.
With the magic weapon in hand, Zhao Wumian became interested and stood up to practice sword and knife dance in the yard.
He had profound attainments in swordsmanship and knew a lot, such as "Ten-Li Wild Blade", "Three Styles of Xuan Tian" and "Eight Methods of Mimicking". He had not dabbled in swordsmanship much, but when he danced with the sword after the sword, the sword light was wielded without any delay. Between movement and stillness, it was cool and elegant, wanton and unrestrained.
"Good swordsmanship!"
Suddenly a voice was heard. Zhao Wumian put away his sword and looked in the direction of the voice.
Outside the courtyard, about two miles away, there was a four-story building. On the raised eaves of the building, a young man dressed in black squatted. His face was very clean and smart, seven parts handsome, three parts smart, with smiling eyebrows and eyes, and he was obviously a smart and obedient person.
What Zhao Wumian was dancing was not the "Blood Shark Sword". He was just doing it as he pleased and it was not a secret. Others did not have his understanding and it was impossible for them to learn anything from his moves.
Generally speaking, even if someone is two miles away, Zhao Wumian can detect someone's prying eyes.
But this person was interesting. To Zhao Wumian, he felt like a wooden stake.
"Dead Wood Zen?"
Zhao Wumian raised his eyebrows and said, "You are the inner strength of the Tianlong Temple in Dali, the superior secret technique of concealing your breath. Since you are not a monk, you must be a disciple of the Duan family... The Duan family is now in trouble and is not on good terms with me. You must be a distant branch... and you like to steal and pry into people's privacy... I see, you are Xiao Yi, the 'little thief' of the Dao Sect."
"Hey! That's a bit harsh!"
Xiao Yi's body turned into lightning, and he deployed the Lightning Steps and landed in the courtyard. He frowned and said, "I came to tip you off, but now that you mention it, I suddenly don't want to say anything."
Zhao Wumian laughed and said, "I was wrong? Don't look at what is inappropriate, don't listen to what is inappropriate. You have been watching for a long time, right? According to the rules of the martial arts world, stealing martial arts is despised."
"I just want to take a look. To see how well the famous Jingyuan Bo weighs."
After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he changed the subject and raised his head and said, "Besides, I have your eyes, so who told you not to practice secretly?"
This was not the first time Zhao Wumian had heard of the “little thief”.
This person is a rising star in the underworld recently. He is a skilled thief with miraculous methods.
Not only is he an expert in light skills, coming and going without a trace, and stealing, he also understands mechanisms and hidden weapons, and is good at dividing gold and locating burial sites, and is an expert in tomb robbing.
But he himself is not actually a bad person.
From the known information, he is a master thief, but he never steals because he is short of money. He only steals when someone pays him. He rarely steals gold and silver, but he is interested in stealing the daily necessities of the big shots in the mansions of princes and nobles.
His design prototype should be the classic character in Gu Long's novels, Sikong Zhaixing.
Zhao Wumian was very surprised as to why he suddenly came to his house.
It takes skill to communicate with such people.
Zhao Wumian did not argue with him. He sat back at the stone table and asked leisurely, "Do you know me?"
Xiao Yi came over and sat down as well. "I didn't recognize you before, but when I saw the mechanical beast and then saw your flying fish uniform, I recognized you. I had something important to remind you of, but now I'm very unhappy and don't want to say it~"
Tsundere?
Zhao Wumian thought that tsundere has already retired, not to mention that you are a man, so he said casually: "What important things can you have? Besides, why should I believe you?"
"Because I came from the sea."
Xiao Yi said proudly: "Believe it or not, I know what you know, and I also know what you don't know!"
"Do not believe."
Zhao Wumian answered straightforwardly, and blurted out the method of provoking: "If you know things that Jinyiwei doesn't know, then Jinyiwei would have nothing to do."
Xiao Yi really fell for it: "The Jinyiwei are not omniscient, why can't I know? Was Tong Tianshou captured by the Japanese?"
Zhao Wumian said: "So what?"
Xiao Yi winked and said, "Then do you know why they arrested him?"
Zhao Wumian's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm: "Why?"
Xiao Yi was mysterious and blurted out: "Because of the Water Soul Formation..."
There was a small problem with the all-nighter. I was a few minutes late tonight. Please bear with me.
(End of this chapter)
