Chapter 42: The Secret of the Emperor Shocked the World
Dong Shisan Niang felt something was wrong.
She clearly saw with her own eyes the carriage drive into the alley and the old man and the young man enter the bamboo forest.
But when they caught up, they found that not only were there no traces of the two men, but even the cart was gone.
There are only countless green bamboos in the bamboo forest, which are everywhere as far as the eye can see, covering the mountains and plains, and covering the sky. Even the direction of return is lost without knowing it, and for a moment I can't tell east from west, south from north.
"Qi Men Dun Jia?!"
Dong Shisan Niang's heart tightened, knowing that she had been tricked. She quickly took out the insect flute from her waist and held it across her lips. After a short, sharp flute sound, two firefly-like poisonous insects flew out of the flute, turned into two points of lightning, and flew towards the back.
This is the "Guiding Firefly", a poisonous insect refined by the Miaojiang Gu Master that is specifically designed to break illusion arrays.
They can see through illusions, find a way to survive, and lead people out of the illusion.
The two guiding fireflies were extremely fast, and Dong Shisan Niang used her agility to quickly catch up.
at this time.
Suddenly, a terrifying murderous intent erupted from the right rear, a strong wind suddenly blew up in the bamboo forest, and countless green leaves swarmed in!
Dong Shisan Niang's face changed drastically. She turned back hurriedly and raised her flute to block it. She saw a green leaf flying towards her. It seemed light, soft and weak, but when it touched the iron flute, sparks flew out and a deafening sound of metal and stone was emitted!
It's a blade!
The iron flute collided with the blade, air waves swept in all directions, and leaves fell!
Dong Shisan Niang groaned, her knuckles cracked, blood gushed out, and she retreated several feet!
"Oh?"
A voice came from the bamboo forest: "I underestimated you."
"Illusion array!"
Dong Shisanniang gritted her teeth and took only one move, which made half of her body numb and her body began to tremble!
What a strength!
It looks like the giant claws of a giant beast from the mountains and seas!
What's even more bizarre is that this illusion can actually affect her five senses. The enemy is clearly right next to her, but she can't see him. She can only guess where he is attacking from by sensing his energy.
"Just you follow behind."
The voice in the bamboo forest said calmly: "This is really a narrow road for enemies to cross."
"who are you?"
Dong Shisan Niang held an iron flute in her hand and stood guard around her. She secretly used her poisonous energy to infuse the iron flute with her poisonous internal energy, and taunted her, "If you are a man, fight me openly with swords and guns! What's the point of attacking from behind?"
"Hehehe... You have followed me all the way, and now you are in the formation. The situation is unfavorable, so you have to play fair and square... I think you are quite shameless! You get all the good things, right? You are a Gu Master from Jiuli Village, secretly following me, and you don't want to play fair and square with me..."
Zhao Wumian felt that the internal energy of the person following him had the shadow of poisonous energy when he was on the road. He didn't want to take action because he was afraid that the poisonous energy would hurt Lu Chang.
The old man has good internal strength, but he is not good at fighting. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be too serious.
I wanted to wait until he was settled, stay away from him, and then deal with the person behind him.
Of course, it would be better to hand the person over to Liu Bowen as it is now.
"..."
Dong Shisanniang's face changed: "Which one of the Zhenfu Division are you?"
"The dead don't need to know that much."
According to the information, Dong Shisan Niang's cultivation level is at the eighth level of the second realm, which is the lowest compared to the other three generals of King Kaoshan. However, her poison and witchcraft are strange and unpredictable, and she has also practiced a set of seductive skills. Ordinary people would be so bewitched and distracted when they see her, and by then the poison and witchcraft would take effect, and they would not even know how they died.
Two months ago, the entire Zhoujiazhuang family in Xiangyang Prefecture was wiped out overnight, and all 360 people in the village died with a smile on their faces.
It's her handwriting!
This person was originally very troublesome.
But now, she relied on the witchcraft to come to the door and entered the illusion array set up by Liu Bowen, which made things easier.
Zhao Wumian’s true energy exploded, and he once again activated the Yin-Yang Formation "Heaven and Earth as Soldiers"!
Dong Shisan Niang in the formation immediately felt the drastic change in the surrounding vitality. The next moment, countless vines rushed out from the ground like poisonous snakes!
Crisis is coming!
Dong Shisanniang immediately activated the [Blood Spider] magical power, raised her hands, and a bloody light flowed out from her palms, turning into spider silk, forming a cocoon around her body. The vines pierced the spider silk cocoon, making it difficult to break through. Instead, the spider silk cocoon flew into the air with the impact force, intending to escape the formation.
"Blue Sea Calming Wave Palm!"
Zhao Wumian stomped his foot hard, flew into the air, and slapped the giant cocoon!
A huge palm print fell from the sky with unparalleled power!
The spider silk cocoon hadn't even flown three feet high when it was knocked down by a huge palm force. With a muffled groan, the spider silk cocoon hit the ground and dissipated, revealing Dong Shisan Niang inside. Her face was flushed, her right hand was broken, her internal organs were damaged, and she spurted out a mouthful of blood.
"you……"
Blood was oozing from the corners of Dong Shisanniang's mouth, and she pointed at Zhao Wumian with wide eyes.
She didn't expect that Zhao Wumian, who was only in the second realm, could have such terrifying speed. He was performing magic underground one moment, and the next moment he had leaped into the sky and slapped down with a fierce palm.
——There are so many things you don’t know!
Zhao Wumian snorted coldly, drew his sword from its sheath, and the three Xuantian styles reappeared!
The cicada-wing knife suddenly slashed upwards, and in an instant three bright knife lights flew out of the knife, and the knife energy passed through the body!
"what!"
Dong Shisan Niang screamed.
Three blade energies burst out from the body at the same time, and the man was instantly broken into six pieces, with flesh and blood blasting in all directions.
"Ouch!"
It was the first time that Lu Chang saw Zhao Wumian killing someone like this. He screamed in shock, feeling helpless and speechless: "You kid, it's enough to just kill someone and behead him, why bother destroying the body? This is a disgrace to morality!"
"Uh……"
Zhao Wumian was a little embarrassed: "This trick is like this, I can't stop it. I will deal with the body immediately."
He also didn't want to kill people like this in front of Liu Bowen and Lu Chang, but Dong Shisanniang was more troublesome. Her whole body was poisonous, so he couldn't fight or get close to her, and her magic was slow to activate. He could only use this trick to end the battle quickly.
It’s just that the “Xuantian Three Styles” is too overbearing, and the sword energy is extremely fierce, so the people killed often die tragically.
"The body comes second. I'm not talking about her, I'm talking about you."
Lu Chang sighed and said in a gentle voice: "Killing people is not the right thing to do. Don't do this kind of thing in the future. The ancients said: 'Good and bad fortune have no doors, but people bring them upon themselves. The rewards of good and evil follow like a shadow. Therefore, the gods of heaven and earth are in charge of sins. They will take away people's lives according to the severity of their sins.' Even if you do evil, you will be unconscious after death. There is no point in mutilating the body. Besides, it is not good for you either."
The ancients believed that there were gods above their heads and they emphasized accumulating good deeds.
Lu Chang was not speaking up for Dong Shisan Niang, but for Zhao Wumian's sake, he advised him to stop.
Zhao Wumian naturally understood that no matter how he disapproved in his heart, others were caring for him, so he nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, Lu Gong. I will pay attention next time."
"Ah."
Seeing that he understood what he meant, Lu Chang nodded and said no more.
Liu Bowen remained calm from beginning to end. He was accustomed to seeing dead bodies. In the past, tens of thousands of enemies had died under the "Eight Diagrams", and there were all kinds of deaths. He didn't care about this, but he didn't intend to say much either.
Gentlemen are harmonious but different.
Zhao Wumian searched for the body and cremated it on the spot using magic, and Liu Lian also came to help.
Soon, all six bodies were dealt with.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Zhao Wumian noticed a black purse under the haystack, which belonged to Dong Shisan Niang.
It looks like a Qiankun bag.
No way……
Zhao Wumian's eyes lit up.
He had been coveting the [Qian Kun Bag] for a long time, but unfortunately he had only seen it a few times, let alone bought it.
This thing is damn expensive!
Even the smallest pocket, with only a few feet of space, is worth a fortune, and there is nowhere to buy it if you want to.
The [Qiankun Bag] is made of the skin of the "Bashe" beast from the mountains and seas. In the entire martial arts world, only one of the four families, the "Needle God Shen Family", has this craft. However, even with the combined strength of the Shen family, they can only make less than thirty bags a year.
The skin of the python is difficult to obtain and sew, so the [Qiankun Bag] is destined not to be in short supply.
Unexpectedly, Dong Shisan Niang actually had it.
Zhao Wumian picked it up and took a look. He was overjoyed. It was true!
He opened the bag and looked inside. The space inside was not big, only about one cubic meter. It couldn't be compared with Shen Weiyang's two cubic meters, but it was not bad. After all, the things placed inside did not take up any weight.
Inside was a Gu altar for refining Gu, two secret manuals, three letters, a few sets of clothes, and some elixirs and poisons, such as wound medicine, detoxification pills, rejuvenation pills, and heartbreak powder...
Also, an exceptionally exquisite rosewood box, which felt cool in the hand.
When turned on, the blue light is dazzling.
An ice-blue bead lay quietly in the box. Once it was exposed to the air, frost and ice immediately formed on the surface of the wooden box, and the surrounding temperature dropped sharply.
"Is this, the Ice Jade Bead?"
Zhao Wumian had only read written records and could not be sure, but the characteristics were consistent with what was described in the book: "crystal clear", "brilliant blue", and "icy cold throughout the body".
"Yes."
Liu Lian took a look and nodded: "The Gumo Kingdom in the Western Regions presented it once. I saw it in the court. This is indeed the Ice Jade Pearl."
"Ah."
Zhao Wumian thought for a moment and said, "I remember that this bead seems to have only two uses. One is to put it into the mouth of the dead to keep the body from decaying. The other is to condense cold air to help cultivate ice-attributed spiritual medicines..."
As he spoke, he quickly opened the three letters, read them quickly, and understood the whole story.
This [Ice Jade Bead] was originally brought down from the Kunlun Snow Mountain by Zhou Yi, the second owner of Zhoujiazhuang, in order to protect the body of his beloved wife. However, for some reason, the news leaked out, attracting the covetousness of Wang Xi, the "King of Backers". He secretly sent a message to Dong Shisan Niang, asking her to bring the bead back, and also said that he would give her one of the [Blue Spring Flowers] when they bloomed.
[Blue Spring Flower] is a rare spiritual material, ranked at the upper level of the Xuan level. After eating it, it can not only improve your skills, but also delay aging. It is the main ingredient of the anti-aging pill.
In order to stay young forever, countless noble ladies flock to this flower.
It is obvious that King Kaoshan asked Dong Shisan Niang to seize the Ice Jade Pearl in order to ripen the Blue Spring Flower.
Are there blue spring flowers on Yunmeng Mountain?
Zhao Wumian raised his eyebrows, as he had one more reason to kill them.
"Brother Liu, are you interested?"
Zhao Wumian looked at Liu Lian and said, "How about you and I work together to eliminate the traitor, and then we can each take half of the Blue Spring Flower?"
"It is my duty to punish evildoers and eliminate evil, but the technique I am practicing is somewhat...special."
Liu Lian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have been in the breakthrough stage for the past three months. My power is internalized and it is difficult to release it externally. I am just like an ordinary person. If I follow you up the mountain, I am afraid that I will not only be unable to help you, but will also be a burden to you."
No wonder his Dantian is empty...
Zhao Wumian originally wanted to secretly learn his martial arts... after all, it was Liu Bowen's martial arts!
Unfortunately, this father and son, one has an empty Dantian, and the other is also empty, just like his own "Great Formless Sutra". If he doesn't want others to see it, then they won't be able to see any clues even if they use pupil techniques.
That's it.
Back to the topic.
Zhao Wumian sat down again: "Mr. Liu, what on earth is the emperor asking you for? Why is it so mysterious?"
Liu Bowen was adding firewood to the stove when he asked casually, "Do you know what kind of martial arts the emperor practices?"
Zhao Wumian replied: "There are not many people who don't know this, it's the kingly secret martial art 'The Imperial Supreme Ability'."
Liu Bowen asked, "Then do you know who created the achievement? And who was the last practitioner?"
Zhao Wumian was stunned: "I really don't know about this."
Liu Bowen asked again: "Then do you know what kind of strange beast the emperor planted the spirit of?"
"Uh……"
Fortunately, it was not a defense.
Otherwise I would be sweating profusely.
Zhao Wumian had read all the information in the archives, but there was not a single book or volume recording this incident. Of course, such secrets concerning Zhu Yuanzhang could not appear in the archives, but it was understandable that the spiritual materials could be kept secret, and the skills were passed down, so there should not be no trace of them at all.
But it is so magical that the martial art "Emperor Extreme Shocking World Skill" has never appeared in the past.
Since the Qin Emperor and Han Emperor, none of the emperors in every dynasty believed that the key to martial arts was "using power as a fist."
The most likely possibility is that it was created by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.
But what was Zhu Yuanzhang’s background?
What can a cowherd boy create? How can he create? Even if martial arts can create, how powerful is it?
Judging from what is known so far, the materials he used to grow his spirit are definitely top-notch among the top-notch, and this strange beast must be extremely powerful!
Zhu Yuanzhang had no power, so who would give him such a treasure? He couldn't have killed him himself, right? If he could, why would he take blood?
"I always found it strange."
Zhao Wumian spoke the truth, clasped his hands and said, "Please enlighten me, Mr. Liu."
Lu Chang smiled and said, "I also know nothing about it. Bo Wen, please explain it in detail."
Liu Bowen smiled, but did not answer directly. Instead, he chanted softly: "... Heaven and earth multiplied by one, and suddenly the Jiazi year came and the Yuan year came. At the age of 28, the world changed, and I watched all the withered flowers without saying a word. After all, heroes started from the common people, and the rich are not the old yellow city. It's common for swallows to fly here, but when the plum blossoms bloom, spring is no longer here..."
Lu Chang was shocked.
Zhao Wumian was also stunned: "Prophecy?!"
Liu Bowen nodded, showing a teachable expression, and directly announced the truth: "On the second day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Zhizheng, the dragon under the Huangjue Temple turned over, and an ancient Yinglong came out with a book in its mouth. It bowed down to the True Dragon Emperor, left its essence and blood, uttered prophecies, and ascended to heaven in a thunderstorm. The book is called "Huangji Jingshi Shu", which is the foundation of the current emperor's martial arts."
"..."
What the hell.
Zhao Wumian was stunned after hearing this. What kind of strength did this give to Old Zhu?
Lu Chang was also confused, and felt like he was listening to a story in a restaurant: "So, the emperor's martial arts and blood are 'given by heaven', right?"
"No."
Liu Bowen looked at the expressions of the two and couldn't help laughing: "This is just an appearance. In fact, it is related to an ancestor. These are just jokes of the ancestors. This person is called Shao Yong. He was born during the Dazhong Xiangfu period of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty. He was gifted since childhood. He studied Confucianism and Taoism as if he had divine help. He made great achievements in comprehending the "Hetu", "Luoshu" and Fuxi Bagua. One day, he understood the hexagram technique and glimpsed the way of heaven, reaching the realm of Taoist saints. Before he passed away, he calculated that in two hundred years, the Central Plains would be in turmoil and the land of China would sink. In another hundred years, the emperor would appear. Therefore, he buried the "Huangji Jingshi Shu" and Yinglong blood under the Huangjue Temple, waiting for the opportunity to pass it on to the current emperor..."
(End of this chapter)
