Chapter 83: White Lotus Head, Vajra Lord ()
Madam Xiaoxiang Liu Piaopiao's appearance is not outstanding, she can only be considered pretty, especially compared with Shen Weiyang, she is even more ordinary.
But her temperament and aura are much stronger than the newly grown Shen Weiyang.
Her famous skill, "Xiaoxiang Thirteen Swords", is known for its speed, as fast as lightning and like a dream.
With a flash of sword, the enemy's head fell to the ground.
When Jin Chi was shocked by Zhao Wumian's continuous reasoning and temporarily lost his will to fight, she quickly dealt with the other three realms of black-clothed men with lightning speed, and then cooperated with Jiang Huan who came from the Pacification Office to destroy Jin Chi.
Shen Weiyang then told Jiang Huan, Zhao Wumian and others where they were going.
Because of Shen Wansan, Jiang Huan still trusted her, and immediately brought a large group of people to support Zijin Mountain as soon as possible.
Jinghu Villa fell into silence again.
Shen Weiyang let out a long sigh and looked towards the direction of Zijin Mountain: "I hope nothing will happen over there."
"Do not worry."
Liu Piaopiao walked back to the piano platform and said with a smile, "Miss, you have seen what happened just now. There is no need to say how useful his brain is. This Korean general was just angry and mocked him, so he deduced so much information in one breath. Their delaying plan did not work. The Purple Mountain Meritorious Officials Cemetery is full of traps, so the body will not be destroyed so quickly. Now there is the pacification envoy with troops to support, so nothing will happen."
Shen Weiyang breathed a sigh of relief, walked over to sit next to Liu Piaopiao, hugged her arm, and said coquettishly: "Aunt Liu, why do you listen to him? He said it's troublesome, and you really help!"
Liu Piaopiao looked at her strangely: "Miss, don't you want me to help?"
Shen Weiyang blushed and quickly shifted her gaze: "...not really."
Liu Piaopiao said leisurely, "I'm afraid that if I agree a little slowly, someone will personally give the order. Girls should be more reserved. Even if you love him madly in your heart, you can't show it too much on your face... Alas, it's all in vain. Miss, you smiled brightly when you mentioned him. It seems like a waste of time."
"Aunt Liu! What are you talking about? What is love..."
Shen Weiyang grew up in Persia when she was young, but she lived on the Silk Road. Her father was a big merchant and had close contacts with the Central Plains. She was obsessed with Sinology and knew that the Central Plains was a country of etiquette. Women in the Central Plains were more likely to be shy, but she was naturally different. She followed her heart and expressed her feelings boldly. But after hearing Liu Piaopiao say it so bluntly, she couldn't hold it in anymore and blushed: "Really, really disrespectful to the elderly!"
Liu Piaopiao touched her face and sighed, "I'm only forty years old, am I already old?"
Shen Weiyang's face turned pale, and he said hurriedly: "Aunt Liu, that's not what I meant..."
"Hahaha."
Liu Piaopiao laughed and tapped Shen Weiyang's cheek: "Such a good girl, it's really a bargain for that boy!"
"..."
Shen Weiyang was embarrassed, angry and helpless, and turned her head away: "I'm not going to pay attention to you!"
Liu Piaopiao sat on the side and laughed so hard that she fell backwards. At the end, she smiled, held Shen Weiyang's hand, and sighed softly: "That's great."
I don't know whether he was praising Shen Weiyang or praising youth.
the other side.
Chang Mao rushed to Zijin Mountain at a rapid speed, his heart burning with anger.
After my father passed away, his body was bathed in dragon blood, so even after death his flesh was impervious to water and fire, and invulnerable to swords and guns. It was truly a "flesh relic" and "mysterious human bones" that embodied a great deal of power!
If the emperor did not have a deep affection for his father and could not bear to see him suffer restless after his death, his corpse would have been a magical weapon!
The art of controlling corpses is not limited to the Miao Jiang Gu magic.
There is also the art of corpse-driving in the Central Plains, but it was not used on my father.
These damned bastards actually dared to target my father. They are courting death! !
Behind him, Zhao Wumian, with his ghostly lightness skills, followed like a shadow, and Qi Shizhou, Bao Buyi, Chen Xuanli and others followed closely behind.
Zhao Wumian briefly explained the situation.
Qi Shizhou then realized that the entire tribute was a trap.
"This Liu Mingrui is really all-powerful!"
Qi Shizhou said with hatred: "He was able to develop followers in the southwest, call the shots, and escape from the southwest. He was also so resourceful that he actually connected with the Korean envoys within two months and came up with such a vicious chain of schemes. If the Korean mission succeeds, the two countries will get the divine artifact list, set off a war, and the Central Plains will be in chaos. He will take advantage of the situation to incite the people to rebel! If the mission fails, it can also help him attract attention so that he can rob tombs and dig up corpses! What a vicious heart!"
The White Lotus Sect started out as a rebellion, and its message was that "Maitreya will be born and the King of Light will be born," and that the world will soon be filled with light and bliss.
Simply put, this group of people are troublemakers. When the country is peaceful, they stir up trouble and want to cause chaos. When the country is not peaceful, they are the first to rebel.
In this world, winners and losers are mostly unacceptable.
Like Han Shantong and Liu Futong, they were both leaders of the White Lotus Sect. They were the first to raise the banner of rebellion against the Yuan Dynasty. But in the end, they were not the ones who gained the empire. How could they and their descendants accept this?
If they are unwilling to accept the result, they will naturally fight for what belongs to them. To achieve this, they will collude with foreign powers, use conspiracy and trickery, and use every possible means!
"You're right, we can't let them get away again this time!"
Zhao Wumian looked at the Purple Gold Mountain from afar: "They should have gone down to the tomb by now. The Purple Gold Mountain cemetery is full of traps and defensive formations. They must have found a tomb-robbing master, otherwise they wouldn't take such a big risk. The more so, the more determined they are to get it. The greater the sunk cost, the more reluctant they are to give up. Perhaps we can seize this mentality of theirs and catch them all in one fell swoop!"
Qi Shizhou was stunned: "What? What are you sinking..."
Zhao Wumian explained: "What I mean is that after such a big fight, they will never be willing to withdraw immediately. In addition, none of us have reached the fourth realm yet. Liu Mingrui will definitely choose to take a gamble and wait until the corpse Gu merges with the corpse, and then directly control General Chang to break out of the encirclement!"
Qi Shizhou nodded, a little anxious: "What if they really delay it... He is the war god of the Ming Dynasty, the King of Kaiping. Even if he has passed away for ten years, his divine power is still there! If he falls into the hands of the White Lotus Sect, the consequences will be disastrous!"
"so."
Zhao Wumian glanced at Meng Jipao behind him and said, "I'll go down first and try to use poison to disrupt the process until everyone arrives. I still have some poison left from Lu Zhongheng's alchemy room, but [Five Poisons Soul-Destroying Powder] is originally a poison from the Five Poisons Sect, so it's unlikely to work..."
"I have it!"
Qi Shizhou directly took out a bottle of poison from his arms and handed it to Zhao Wumian: "Tianshan Sect's highly poisonous medicine, top grade Xuan level, [Sad and Soft Breeze]!"
"Uh……"
Zhao Wumian opened his mouth and took it with a complicated expression: "Good medicine..."
Chang Mao also threw a bottle over: "Death Heart Sect, [Wan Miao San Gong Yan]."
Zhao Wumian: “…”
Jinghu Villa was only about ten miles away from Zijin Mountain, and everyone quickly arrived at the mountain.
The troops divided into two groups.
Chang Mao and Qi Shizhou led the Jinyiwei stationed at the State Guesthouse to attack Chang Yuchun's tomb.
Zhao Wumian infused his true energy into the [Mengji Robe] and walked underground alone. When the robe glowed faintly, a faint purple light enveloped his entire body and he disappeared directly into the rocks.
The strange beast Meng Ji can escape into the five elements, making all materials within a certain range around his body "liquid". He can penetrate into wood when encountering wood and melt into water when encountering water. The most useful of the five elements is earth escape, which allows him to swim freely in the earth.
It's a pity that this robe, like the [Bone Mirror], requires nourishment from vital energy to recover. It can only be used once a day and can last for half an hour at a time. After half an hour, if it is still in the soil, the spell will be lifted and the person will be stuck in the soil and sand, and will suffocate to death due to lack of breath!
Therefore, you should calculate the time every time you use it.
Zhao Wumian took a deep breath and dived into the mountain.
……
"somebody is coming."
In the tomb passage of Chang Yuchun's underground palace, Liu Mingrui frowned and opened his eyes. He was 42 years old this year, dressed in white, thin, and weak. He did not look like the "Vajra Lord", the leader of the three White Lotus Sect in the rumor. However, no one in the whole world dared to look down on this unprepossessing middle-aged man. He was Liu Futong's only son, and he inherited the Lotus Sect's direct lineage!
"It's so fast!"
Liu Mingrui's face changed slightly, and he frowned and thought: "Could it be that Jin Chi and the others have been captured? How is this possible? After all, he is in the fourth realm, even if he can search souls and read minds, it shouldn't be so fast... What's more, Mao Xiang, the strongest expert in this field in the Pacification Division, is not in the capital. What went wrong..."
"Who?"
Not far ahead, the old man who was casting a spell to break the formation looked back in panic.
"It doesn't matter."
Liu Mingrui stood up and said to him, "It's only the third realm. There are people blocking outside. Have you cracked it?"
"It's over."
The old man clasped his hands together and a magical force emanated from him, hitting a jade tablet in front of him. The white jade tablet quickly dimmed and turned yellow, and the terrifying pressure that was ready to be unleashed around it slowly dissipated.
The old man walked carefully past the jade stele and pushed open the bronze door with force. Inside was the underground palace of Chang Yuchun's tomb, which consisted of corridors, doorways, main rooms, corridors, etc. There were also screen walls and cross streets inside the corridors. It covered a large area and had a unique layout. It was built completely according to the specifications of a vassal king's tomb.
Liu Mingrui said with satisfaction: "You are indeed the most gifted person in the Lei family in the past three hundred years. You can go to any tomb in the world as you wish!"
"Your Excellency is too kind."
The old man wiped his sweat and said with lingering fear: "If I didn't have the complete tomb map and magic array arrangement you gave me, I wouldn't dare to come here even if I had a hundred courage! Any one of the [Thousand Faces Search and Killing Array] and [Five Ghosts Yinfeng Sword Array] can cut me into pieces!"
Liu Mingrui raised his lips slightly: "Is there no problem inside now?"
The old man nodded: "No, the eight array eyes are all sealed, isolating the earth's energy. Within an incense stick, the two killing arrays will not be opened again. The only thing left is the ten thousand year black ice coffin."
"very good."
Liu Mingrui slipped in and opened the heavy stone door of the main room. A bone-chilling cold air hit him in the face. Looking inside, he saw a crystal clear ice coffin lying across the room.
Liu Mingrui walked to the coffin, took a deep breath, pressed the coffin lid with his palm, and began to push it outwards. The ice coffin was extremely heavy. Liu Mingrui's true energy burst out, and a green lion appeared and disappeared. A loud rumbling sound was heard in the room. The ice coffin weighing 60,000 kilograms was slowly pushed forward, revealing Chang Yuchun inside.
"The power of the venerable one!"
The old man looked excited and immediately started to flatter him.
"Dragon Picture."
Liu Mingrui shouted.
Long Tu, who was standing obediently in the corner, immediately made hand seals and cast a spell, using the Five Poison Sect's supreme secret technique, "Heart Sutra of Ten Thousand Gu". A gray, deathly silkworm crawled out of his ear - a sub-worm of the Corpse God Curse Gu. As Long Tu pointed his finger, the sub-worm flew into the ice coffin like lightning.
The person in the coffin is the "Ming Dynasty God of War" Chang Yuchun!
Wearing a set of [Cang Yun Armor] and holding a [Rolling Cloud Spear], although he is dead, his remaining power is still there, with surging murderous aura and boundless tyranny!
"He still has such power even after death. He is truly worthy of being called the God of War!"
The old man was deeply impressed.
Long Tu manipulated the Gu to crawl into the ear of Chang Yuchun's corpse.
The mother and son corpses were connected, and almost instantly, Long Tu's body felt cold, his meridians were almost frozen, a thick layer of frost formed on the surface of his clothes and skin, and he was shivering with cold.
The old man said: "Ten thousand years of black ice, frozen for ten years, the cold poison has accumulated in the corpse, the child Gu can't bear it, this situation is normal."
Liu Mingrui said: "Then please ask Elder Lei to help him. I will give you the second half of the Qingwu Sutra and the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill you asked for after the matter is done!"
"it is good."
Old Lei nodded, flashed behind Long Tu, and pointed a finger at the Tianzhu point behind his neck. The powerful true energy poured into it, and the frost on Long Tu's face quickly melted away. His complexion returned to its rosy color, and heat came out of his head. At the same time, the sub-Gu in Chang Yuchun's body also began to heat up, dispelling the cold poison from the corpse and allowing his frozen bones and blood to return to normal.
There are many people in the world who practice body cultivation, and there are also people who have reached the fifth realm and can keep their bodies incorruptible and immortal.
The reason why Liu Mingrui took a huge risk and attacked Chang Yuchun in the capital was not only because of his powerful strength, but also because of his special condition.
Although ordinary people in the fifth realm can preserve their physical bodies after death, their bodies will inevitably become rigid. Even if they become "physical relics", they only retain their skills and thoughts. They cannot move naturally after many years of death. At most, they are "zombies" but not "walking corpses".
Chang Yuchun is not like that.
The bones and blood in his body have been tempered and are closer to dragon bones and dragon blood. Dragon bones are indestructible and dragon blood is invincible!
The existence of these two things can make his body as agile as when he was alive, and burst out with terrifying fighting power!
With the combined efforts of the two, the cold poison in Chang Yuchun's body was quickly dispelled, and Long Tu began to cast a spell to make the insect merge with the corpse.
Liu Mingrui looked up at the sky. It was as if his eyes were looking through the thick soil and he saw the battle on Purple Gold Mountain. He said, "The Art of Transforming Heaven into Dragon... Chang Mao is here, as is Xuanwu from the Pacification Division. These two are extraordinary. I'm afraid others are on their way... I'll give you a cup of tea. Is that enough?"
Long Tu said: "Enough."
"it is good!"
Liu Mingrui said: "Please ask Elder Lei to take care of him. I will go up to buy you some time..."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for the two to reply, his figure disappeared into the underground palace.
"quick!"
As soon as Liu Mingrui left, Mr. Lei stopped pretending and looked anxious.
No matter how skilled a tomb robber is, he is still a tomb robber. He will be afraid of the government troops, let alone the Jinyiwei. This is the shadow left over from the time when he was not well-trained. It is like being bitten by a dog when you were a child, and you will still be afraid of dogs when you grow up.
Chang Mao and Xuanwu are here, and others must be here too. We must get this body as quickly as possible. Only in this way can we be sure to break out of the capital!
Long Tu nodded and mobilized all his strength to perform magic. The body of the Gu in Chang Yuchun's brain became more and more illusory, and the essence in the body began to merge with the brain stem of the corpse. The power of the Gu poison flowed throughout the body. Chang Yuchun's body became more and more lively, and the heart in the chest began to beat weakly.
But it is not the frequency of a human, but the frequency of a poisonous insect.
Insects have brains and hearts, and poisonous insects naturally have them as well.
When the insect merges with the flesh, the corpse becomes an extension of the corpse insect. When combined with the remaining spiritual will in the corpse's brain, the corpse becomes a "walking corpse".
Seeing that success was imminent, suddenly, Lei Lao's nose twitched, his face changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked towards the southwest corner, only to see two porcelain bottles quietly placed in the corner. The stoppers were removed, and wisps of water vapor were floating over!
Lei Lao has been robbing tombs for decades and is very sensitive to all kinds of smells. He noticed something was wrong the first time and shouted, "Quick, hold your breath! [Sad and Soft Breeze], [Wonderful and Dispersing Power Smoke]!"
【Sad, Soft and Clear Breeze】, the Tianshan sect is extremely poisonous. They collect poisons from the Joyful Valley in the Great Snow Mountain and refine them into water, which is usually stored in a bottle. When using it, unplug the bottle and the poisonous water will turn into steam and come out like a breeze on the body, which is difficult to detect. By the time the eyes start to sting, the poison has already rushed into the brain. After being poisoned, tears will fall like rain, which is called "sadness". The whole body cannot move, which is called "softness". The poisonous gas is colorless and odorless, which is called "clear breeze".
【Wan Miao San Gong Yan】is extremely poisonous from Si Xin Sect. It is formed by poisonous smoke from miasma. If you smell it, you will be poisoned and lose your power. After seven days, your bones and flesh will disappear and turn into thick blood, and you will die.
Two poisons, one more powerful than the other.
Lei Lao's mind raced. Who on earth had broken in so quietly? !
This underground palace is built with dragon-breaking stone. The earth escape of [Li Li] is useless. There is a spectrometer at the entrance, and the invisibility of [Ostrich] cannot avoid it. Excluding these two common ones, it seems to be a more advanced magical power of exotic beasts!
With one hand, Lei Lao was infusing his strength, and with the other hand, he was making hand seals and casting a spell, performing the "Five Elements Positioning" and deploying a Yin-Yang magic formation that covered an area of dozens of feet. He wanted to find the person in the dark, but he didn't find any unusual movement.
"What happened? Has he left?"
While hesitating,
Suddenly, there was an unusual movement under his feet, and the short dagger, the Cold Moon Blade, pierced out from the ground like lightning!
The Yin-Yang magic formation is not invincible, the center of your feet is a blind spot!
Old Lei was used to being cautious when robbing tombs, so he subconsciously used his Qinggong to dodge. However, as soon as he jumped up, he realized something was wrong and shouted "Oh no" - Zhao Wumian grabbed Long Tu's ankle with his other hand. Long Tu just held his breath obediently, but the magic had reached a critical moment and could not be interrupted. Without checking for a while, Zhao Wumian seized the opportunity and used the power of the Overlord to directly break his right foot. Amid Long Tu's screams, he activated [Devouring the Heaven and Eating the Earth]!
A huge amount of true energy surged from his body...
Zhao Wumian sneered, I’m going to suck you dry right now, let’s see how you can still cast spells!
(End of this chapter)
