Chapter 125, Demonic Qi, Secrets of the Treasure House
When I went up to the second floor, I saw an old man with a tall hat and a wide belt, and a strange appearance, sitting at the table and drinking by himself.
At this time, the old man also looked up at the two of them. When he saw Shan Wanjing, there was a hint of obvious surprise in his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure and said with a smile:
"The girl's features really resemble those of an old friend of mine. If it weren't for the age difference and completely different aura, I would have thought she was an enemy who came to visit me."
Even though Shan Wanjing didn't know who the "old friend" the old man was talking about, she could guess from his words that this old man's old friend and enemy was probably the Queen of Yin.
She smiled sweetly at the old man and said crisply:
"I am sorry for coming here and frightening you. I apologize to you."
As she spoke, Yingying bowed.
"The little girl is quite likable. Come over here, my two friends, and have a taste of the six-fruit wine I brewed myself."
The old man said with a smile, picked up the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, and pushed them to the table.
Ouyang Feng and Shan Wanjing went over and sat opposite the old man, each holding a glass of wine. Ouyang Feng only touched his lips lightly, tasted a hint of wine and put the glass down, while Shan Wanjing took small sips with an intoxicated look in her eyes, obviously she liked the fruit wine brewed by the old man very much.
The old man looked at Shan Wanjing and became more and more pleased. Seeing that she had drunk most of the cup, he picked up the wine jug and added more wine for her.
Then he looked at Ouyang Feng and said:
"Is this old man's wine not to your liking?"
Ouyang Feng shook his head. "The six-fruit wine you made is very good, but I have given up drinking and cannot enjoy this delicacy."
The old man asked curiously, "You are young, your blood is strong, and you are healthy. Why do you give up drinking?"
Ouyang Feng said frankly: "Because I don't want to give up sex."
The old man was startled, then he clapped his hands and laughed: "Young man, you are really a wonderful person."
Ouyang Feng also smiled and bowed to the old man:
"My name is Ouyang Feng. I have come here uninvited. Please forgive me for any impoliteness, Master Lu."
There is no doubt that this old man is Lu Miaozi, the world's number one craftsman and polymath, the designer and chief engineer of Yang Gong's treasure house, and the admirer and victim of Queen Yin Zhu Yuyan.
"I have heard of young friend Ouyang's reputation. Even the Yuwen clan withdrew the bounty and publicly admitted defeat. It's true that young people are to be feared. It is said that young friend has also fought against the Demon Sect? Assisted Princess Shan Wanjing of Dongming and killed Bian Bufu of the Yingui Sect? When I heard this news, I was really happy and drank three pots of fine wine in one breath."
Lu Miaozi stroked his beard and glanced at Shan Wanjing again. He already knew where the familiarity between her eyebrows came from - the relationship between Madam Dongming, Princess Dongming and Queen Yin was unknown to ordinary people in the martial arts world, but it could not be hidden from Lu Miaozi, who was well-informed and paid special attention to the Yingui Sect.
But since Madam Dongming and her daughter had already broken with the Demon Sect, and Shan Wanjing had killed Bian Bufu with her own hands, with Lu Miaozi's broad mind, he would not hate everyone in the family.
He even had some affection for Shan Wanjing. Because of the heroic spirit and confidence in Shan Wanjing's eyes, she looked very much like the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan in her teenage years, who had not yet completely turned into a cold-blooded, sinister and vicious Yin Queen because of Shi Zhixuan's incident.
After a moment of sighing, Lu Miaozi's eyes showed strange colors again:
"But how did young friend Ouyang know that Lu lived in seclusion here?"
Ouyang Feng said: "I have some unknown intelligence channels and know a lot of secret information that ordinary people don't know."
Lu Miaozi was obviously not satisfied with this statement and frowned:
"Why don't you be more honest, young friend Ouyang? Only one person in the ranch knows that I'm living in seclusion in the back hills of Pegasus Ranch. Ning Daoqi is the only one who knows about it outside the ranch. Could it be that young friend is familiar with Ning Daoqi?"
Lu Miaozi is older and older than Ning Daoqi in seniority. Whenever Ning Daoqi sees him, he has to address him respectfully as "Teacher Lu". Therefore, he can also call Ning Zhenren, who is respected by the world, by his name.
Ouyang Feng shook his head. "It's not that I intentionally lied. This is really my source of information. I'm afraid Mr. Lu won't believe it."
"If you don't tell me, how do you know I won't believe it?"
"So, when I meditate, my mind wanders in the sky and I occasionally get a glimpse of the secrets of heaven. Can Mr. Lu be trusted?"
"..."
Lu Miaozi looked at Ouyang Feng with a half-doubt, stroked his beard and pondered:
"As far as I know, your origins are very mysterious, as if you suddenly appeared out of nowhere... Well, I guess you have information channels that are difficult for ordinary people to understand. So, did you come to find me on purpose?"
"Exactly."
"Why?"
"Yang Gong's treasure house."
"I knew it……"
Lu Miaozi smiled bitterly, "Since you have discovered that I live here, you should also know that Yang Gong's treasure house was designed and built by me..."
Ouyang Feng nodded, "I already know the entrance to the treasure house. But I still need to ask Mr. Lu for details of the internal mechanisms and secret passages. In return, I am willing to do two things for Mr. Lu."
Yang Gong's treasure house is hidden deep underground, and there are many internal mechanisms, and there may be some self-destruct mechanisms. If you force your way in, God knows what will happen. It is better to treat them with sincerity and trade fairly.
Lu Miaozi asked, "What are you willing to do for me?"
"First, kill Cao Yinglong and the other four bandit leaders and lift the siege on Pegasus Ranch."
"The four major bandits are nothing to worry about. They are a mob that cannot break through the Canyon Pass. Block the gate for a while, and they will retreat after their food runs out."
"For the time being, it is indeed unbreakable. But the four major bandits have been harassing us every year, and they are constantly consuming us. How many people and weapons does Pegasus Ranch have to fight against the endless supply of bandits? As far as I know, Pegasus Ranch rarely recruits outsiders. The soldiers of the ranch are almost all descendants of the Shang, Liang, Liu, Tao, Wu, Xu, Luo and other families. Every family is related to each other. For every death, the ranch loses a relative. Mr. Lu may only care about the mall owner, but the mall owner may not be the same. If the ranch suffers too much loss, how much pressure will the mall owner bear?"
Lu Miaozi was silent for a while, then said, "Cao Yinglong and the other four bandits are all highly skilled in martial arts, and they have tens of thousands of bandits under their command. How do you plan to kill them, young friend Ouyang?"
Ouyang Feng said calmly: "Sneak into the bandit camp, find the target, and kill him."
Lu Miaozi burst out laughing, "How can it be that easy!"
Ouyang Feng nodded and said, "It's that easy."
"..."
Lu Miaozi looked at Ouyang Feng in astonishment. Seeing that he looked calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter, she didn't know for a moment whether he was just young and arrogant, or whether he really had the ability.
After staring at each other for a while, seeing that he had no guilt at all, Lu Miaozi sighed softly, "It's great to be young... Let's talk about the second thing."
Ouyang Feng said: "The second thing is that I can cure Mr. Lu's old injury and let him live a few more years. Maybe, he can live to see the mall owner get married and have children. Then Mr. Lu will have the opportunity to hug his grandson in person."
"My friend, you are really confident..." Lu Miaozi sighed, "My friend, do you know where my old injury came from?"
"Old Lu was injured by Yin Hou Tian Mo Gong." "Zhu Yuyan's Tian Mo Gong is strange and unpredictable. A stream of Tian Mo Zhen Qi is like a maggot attached to the bone, entangled with this old man for many years, torturing this old man to the point of almost exhaustion. Even Ning Daoqi couldn't get rid of it..."
"I can."
Ouyang Feng understands the Heavenly Demonic Art, and the "Hunyuan Wuji Art" has the ability to accommodate and evolve all kinds of skills. Even though his skills are not as good as Ning Daoqi's, he can still do things that Ning Daoqi cannot do.
He looked at Lu Miaozi and said slowly:
"I can first help Elder Lu remove the demonic qi that has tormented him for many years, so as to give him some confidence."
Lu Miaozi smiled and said:
“If you can really do that, I will tell you all the secrets of Yang Gong’s treasure house.”
Anyway, after the death of Yang Su and Yang Xuangan, father and son, the Yang Gong treasury had been ownerless, and Lu Miaozi was not greedy for the treasury. Instead, he regarded it as a hot potato that could cost someone's life. And the only person he really cared about now was Shang Xiuxun, the owner of Pegasus Ranch.
If Ouyang Feng could completely resolve the four major bandits, eliminate Shang Xiuxun's biggest worry, and allow Lu Miaozi to see his daughter get married and have children, and hold his grandson, then why not let Ouyang Feng get his wish?
Ouyang Feng nodded, raised his hand and said:
"Please, Mr. Lu."
Lu Miaozi pondered for a moment, put his hands on the table, rolled up his sleeves, and exposed his wrists.
Handing over the wrist pulse to someone with great martial arts skills is equivalent to handing your life into the hands of someone else.
But in Lu Miaozi's opinion, with Ouyang Feng's martial arts that could make the Yuwen clan admit defeat and dare to confront the Yingui Sect head-on, if he really had bad intentions, he could just capture Shang Xiuxun and use her as a hostage to threaten and intimidate her - in the previous conversation, Ouyang Feng had already made it clear that he knew that Shang Xiuxun, the current owner of Pegasus Ranch, was his, Lu Miaozi's daughter.
But Ouyang Feng did not do so. Instead, he made a deal with the more difficult task of healing the wounds and destroying the four bandits.
So Lu Miaozi was willing to believe his sincerity.
Ouyang Feng placed his fingertips on Lu Miaozi's pulse point, slowly injected a wisp of true energy, sensed it for a while, and said:
"The Queen's Heavenly Demon Qi is indeed unpredictable. It relies on the vitality of Elder Lu to maintain its existence, and has taken root in Elder Lu's meridians and acupoints. Even if ordinary means are used to grind away the Heavenly Demon Qi in the meridians, it is still difficult to eradicate it. Before long, the 'roots' of the demonic energy still hidden deep in the meridians and acupoints will devour Elder Lu's vitality and vitality, revive, and grow stronger again."
Lu Miaozi sighed and said:
"That's what Ning Daoqi said when he felt my pulse. If the Heavenly Demon Qi in my meridians is worn away, when the remaining roots grow and recover, they will absorb more of my energy and vitality, which will hurt me even more."
As for why even Ning Daoqi couldn't remove the remaining roots of the demonic energy, it was because the Heavenly Demon Qi was not only stubborn and tenacious, but also very good at hiding. If you don't understand the Heavenly Demon Skill, you really can't find the deep-lying roots of the demonic energy.
Ouyang Feng nodded and said, "Normally speaking, that's true."
"In that case, are you sure?"
"of course."
As he spoke, Ouyang Feng activated the Wuji True Qi, evolving and simulating properties similar to those of the Heavenly Demon True Qi. He used the mental method that came from the same source to detect and find out one by one the "roots" of the demonic energy that had already penetrated deep into the meridians and acupoints.
This was a patient job, and it took more than an hour to find all the roots of the evil spirit.
During this period of more than an hour, Ouyang Feng sat upright like a mountain, without moving an inch. His patience, concentration, and confidence made Lu Miaozi feel a little excited.
Perhaps, this young man with a mysterious origin can really do something that even Ning Daoqi can't do?
At this time, Ouyang Feng had found all the roots of the evil spirit and had a plan for healing. He said:
"Master Lu, we are now officially going to start healing. If you feel uncomfortable during this period, don't be alarmed. That is a normal reaction when removing the evil spirit."
Lu Miaozi stroked his beard and smiled:
"My friend, feel free to do whatever you want. I have endured the torture of the evil spirit for many years. What's there to worry about if I feel a little uncomfortable?"
Ouyang Feng nodded, and evolved the Wuji True Qi again, giving rise to a strange suction force, removing the evil energy of the Yin Queen.
Although he was not using the Heavenly Demon Qi, the essence of the mental method that gave rise to the suction force was from the same source as the Heavenly Demon Art, so the Yin Queen's demonic energy was like iron filings that met a magnet, and was easily removed by the Wuji True Qi. First, the demonic energy in the meridians was removed, and after the demonic energy that permeated the meridians was completely removed, it began to remove the roots of the demonic energy that was deeply buried in the meridians.
At this point, the difficulty of extraction began to increase sharply, and Lu Miaozi also really felt the discomfort - how could it be just "discomfort"? It was clearly the pain of cramps and pulse extraction!
But this old man was really able to endure it. Even though his eyes twitched in pain, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his fingers unconsciously broke several whiskers, he continued to smile and nodded slightly from time to time, as if it was no big deal.
Since the old man could endure it, Ouyang Feng did not bother to be polite with him and continued with the previous rhythm of removal. It took more than an hour until the sky outside the window turned pale, and he finally removed the last trace of the evil spirit.
At this time, Lu Miaozi's face was pale, his heavy clothes were soaked with sweat, and steam was coming out of his head.
"It's over. It's completely eradicated. There's no chance of it coming back."
Ouyang Feng nodded and said with satisfaction.
Lu Miaozi's body swayed, and he felt exhausted all over and almost collapsed. Fortunately, the chair he was sitting on had armrests and there was a table in front of him for support. He managed to keep his body steady and did not lose face in front of the two juniors.
Despite being so exhausted, when he circulated his true energy, a sense of ease and comfort that he had not felt in many years suddenly arose.
He felt a sense of relief, as if all the shackles had been removed and the troubles had been eliminated. He even felt as if he had been reborn. Tears welled up in his old eyes.
“I never thought…” Lu Miaozi’s beard trembled, his lips quivered, and he said in a trembling voice: “I have suffered for many years and was in despair. Now that I am about to be buried, I can still be reborn…”
Ouyang Feng shook his head. "Old Lu has lost too much energy and vitality. Even if we remove all the evil spirit, it will only allow Old Lu to live a few more years comfortably."
Lu Miaozi smiled carefreely, "It's enough to be able to spend my old age without illness or pain. What's more, if I live a few more years, I will have a chance to hold my grandchildren. I will definitely repay my friend's kindness."
After saying that, he stood up and walked to the desk. He pressed the mechanism, and the floor flipped over, revealing a secret passage. Lu Miaozi went down the secret passage and came back a moment later with a pile of blueprints: "My friend Ouyang, the mechanism blueprints of Yang Gong's treasure house are all here!"
As he spoke, he spread out a blueprint on the table and explained the various mechanisms and secret passages to Ouyang Feng in detail.
Ouyang Feng listened carefully while copying the blueprints with Tongtian Baojian, occasionally asking a few questions, and gradually he understood the secret passages and mechanisms of Yang Gong's treasury.
After I finished recording the drawings and listening to Lu Miaozi's detailed explanation, it was already bright outside the window.
Ouyang Feng said: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your guidance."
Lu Miaozi smiled and said, "It's a fair deal between you and me, no need to thank me."
Ouyang Feng nodded, "Tonight I will go to the four major bandit camps to take the heads of Cao Yinglong and others. During the day, I will need to stay in Old Lu's cozy home to recuperate."
Lu Miaozi waved his hand and said, "There is a room on the first floor. You two can go and rest there."
(End of this chapter)
