Chapter 245: Treasure Hunt (1)
When they were done, Qingshi and Tu Long swam toward the water together. Soon, the two jumped out of the water and jumped onto the Dragon Tu. They looked at each other and high-fived, and the two laughed together.
Tu Long ordered the three sailors to activate the driving spirit weapon. He personally took the helm and drove the Tu Long away quickly. Qingshi and Tulong lucked out the moisture on their clothes, and under the blow of the sea breeze, the clothes on their bodies were dry in a quarter of an hour.
A few hours later, Tulong passed through a series of small islands and began to sail to the northeast. Tulong breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The most dangerous area has been passed. It seems that we are lucky and we should not encounter Haiyan Hou. patrol!"
"Very good!" Qingshi said lightly.
"Brother Qingshi!" Tu Long said with a smile, "Since you have already pocketed the 'Haixuan Iron', shouldn't you honor the three million high-grade spiritual stones you promised me?"
"Of course!" Qingshi said, casually taking off a black ring from the little finger of his right hand and handing it to Tu Long.
Tu Long couldn't help but stretched out his hand to take it. Unexpectedly, Qingshi suddenly flipped his wrist, grabbed Tu Long's wrist and locked his vein gate. This time, he became hasty. Not to mention that Tu Long was not Qingshi's opponent in the first place, even if he was really stronger than Qingshi. Got the way. Qingshi didn't hesitate to swing Dragon Slaying up, and then hit it hard on the deck. This move turned out to be a move he copied from Fatty's method of beating Bu Ruolang.
Tulong's whole body's meridians were invaded and sealed by the bluestone's true energy, and he lay on the deck like a dead dog, unable to move.
The three sailors woke up and rushed towards Qingshi with strange screams. In an instant, their swords came in front of Qingshi. It was obvious that this posture was beyond the capabilities of ordinary sailors.
Qingshi was already on guard, raised his hand and took out the Moon Soul Sword and started fighting with the three of them.
One of the three people used a sword, and the other two used knives. Their moves were so powerful that they even exceeded Qingshi's prediction. These three people had been pretending to be low-level monks. At this time, their momentum exploded, and Qingshi discovered that their cultivation levels were very high. The two sword wielders were both in the first stage of the Golden Core Realm, only slightly lower than Slaying Dragon, while the sword wielder was The high-level cultivation of the Golden Core Realm is much higher than that of Dragon Slaying.
Qingshi circulated the Five Elements True Qi, activating the Mingyue Sword Technique Yuan Yu Style to engage in the battle, and at the same time activated the Yuan Yu Domain Secret Technique. A looming oval energy barrier appeared around his body, and the sword light swayed at will was as dense as raindrops. Although the swords of the three were powerful, they were unable to break through Qingshi's defense.
After the battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, Qingshi began to counterattack. He suddenly changed from Yuan Yu style to Tian Po style, and stabbed the person on the left with six swords in a row. This person was the one with the worst martial arts cultivation among the three, so Qingshi was naturally the best. After seeing this point, he was prepared.
The man was suddenly counterattacked by Qingshi, and was in a panic for a while. The other two stepped up their attacks. Unfortunately, their attacks were within the range of Qingshi's Yuan Yu Domain secret technique. Their strength and speed were greatly affected, and they were unable to pose a threat to Qingshi for a while.
Qingshi's six consecutive swords interlocked with each other, leaving no room for the opponent to breathe. The sixth sword thrust finally broke through the opponent's shield of sword light. One sword pierced the man's left shoulder, followed by the influx of true energy, which shocked him. His internal organs were severed, and three of his meridians were severed.
Qingshi's attack was measured, and although he made his opponent lose his fighting power, he did not kill him. Otherwise, with the domineering power of the Five Elements Qi, it would be easy to cut off all nine of his meridians and kill his vitality.
The other sword-wielding man and the injured man were obviously brothers. Qingshi could tell from their appearance and sword skills. When the sword-wielding man saw that his brother had been hit by a sword and his life or death was uncertain, he suddenly became anxious and roared wildly. He rushed towards Qingshi, regardless of Qingshi's long sword thrust, he actually wanted to fight to the death with Qingshi.
How could Qingshi do what he wanted? He naturally had a way to deal with such a reckless attack. He pretended to be driven into chaos by the sword wielder's sword. The sword wielder seized the opportunity and stabbed straight with the tip of the sword lightly. Qingshi lightly stabbed Qingshi's left chest, but was unable to break through Xuanyuan Armor. Qingshi took three steps back to reduce the power of the knife. When the man saw that he was about to stab the opponent, he immediately ignored him and shouted again, taking a step closer, trying to Use all your strength to stab again.
Unexpectedly, this was Qingshi's trick to lure the enemy. The man took a step forward and got close to Qingshi, and at the same time blocked the attack line of the sword wielder. He thrust the sword straight with all his strength, but even though Qingshi no longer retreated, his sword The tip still couldn't penetrate Xuanyuan Jia even a little bit.
Qingshi flicked his left hand lightly, and a wind blade formed by invisible Qi instantly reached the sword wielder's chest. It was so close that when he was shocked, he could no longer dodge.
The tip of this man's knife cannot penetrate Qingshi's Xuanyuan Armor, but Qingshi's wind blade can pierce his armor. Not only because this man's armor is far inferior to Qingshi's Xuanyuan Armor, but also because Qingshi The Qingfeng Finger is activated by wind and thunder energy, and it has already reached the realm of 'Dongjin'.
The blade formed by the wind and thunder energy penetrated the man's chest, naturally damaging his internal organs and meridians, causing him to lose his fighting power and fall to the ground unconscious.
In the end, the man wielding the sword was not panicked, nor did he care much about the two companions falling to the ground. He let out a light whistle, suddenly changed his sword moves, and used a set of sword techniques as fast as a storm. In an instant, Then he stabbed Qingshi with seventeen or eight swords.
In terms of the speed of swordsmanship, Qingshi has never lost to anyone else. Seeing this man using a fast sword, Qingshi immediately used the wind and thunder energy to activate the Moon Soul Sword and used the 'Shocking Wind and Secret Rain' sword technique. For a moment, the swords of the two of them clashed continuously, as close as exploding beans.
In terms of swordsmanship and martial arts, Qingshi's 'Shocking Wind and Rain' was comparable to that person's 'Flying Wind Sword'. However, Qingshi's sword was an earth-level top-grade sword that was fully adapted to the two attributes of wind and thunder - Moon Soul, and he urged it. What caused the 'Shocking Wind and Rain' was the true energy of wind and thunder. In these two aspects, that person's sword and true energy pale in comparison. Therefore, even though that person's Qi level was higher and he had been practicing for longer, he still fell behind.
Seeing that he was not as fast as Qingshi, the man snorted and wanted to change his moves again, but his speed was not as fast as Qingshi's. Just when he wanted to change his moves, Qingshi had already changed his moves first. Qingshi changed the Mingyue Sword Technique to Dao Kill. style, seized the opportunity and launched a wave of offensive.
As soon as the Dao Killing Style came out, its power immediately made the swordsman scurry and exhausted to parry. Qingshi's sword was as tight as a sword, and one sword was stronger than the other. Both swords were necessary to attack the enemy. The man fought hard. He tried his best to resist the seven swords, but was finally stabbed in the ribs by Qingshi's eighth sword. The sword energy sealed his meridians and severed his veins, causing him to instantly lose his fighting power and fall to the ground exhausted.
Naturally, Qingshi was merciful, otherwise, with one strike of the sword and a relentless killing style, how could he be left alive.
Tulong Youyou woke up and found that he had five fractures and three broken pulses. He was in severe pain all over his body and could not move. He was half lying on the deck with his back against the port plank, and the three 'sailors' were in the same position as him. The Lei brothers were all in a semi-conscious state. Gao Jiu was conscious but sluggish. It looked like they were more seriously injured than him. And Qingshi was standing in front of him with a smile but not a smile.
"Young Master Qing is so good!" Tulong gritted his teeth and said, "I won't talk about sneak attacks. I am no match for you. But these three people are all stronger than me. How did you subdue them? Use poison or formation? "
"I fought one against three and defeated them with swordsmanship and martial arts." Qingshi said lightly, "Don't you believe it?"
Tulong couldn't believe it, so he turned to look at his nearest companion, Gao Jiu, who was wielding the sword, and saw him weakly nodding his head.
"Impossible!" Tulong whispered to himself, "This is impossible." However, although he said no, he already believed it in his heart.
"Believe it or not!" Qingshi said lightly, "Do you know why I captured you?"
"Of course I know that you betrayed your trust and burned bridges! You have obtained the treasure, but you don't want to pay the spirit stone." Tulong gritted his teeth and said, "Next, you should kill people and silence them!"
"It's you who betrayed your trust and burned your bridges!" Qingshi remained calm and calm, "I just noticed your conspiracy and took action first. What? Do you dare to do it or not?"
"How...there is no such thing!" Tulong denied, "You are making excuses for your betrayal."
"Oh, you still deny it!" Qingshi said with a slight smile, "Let me ask you, you tried your best to convince me not to bring people, saying that the fewer people there are, the less likely it is to be exposed. Then why did you let these three masters pretend to be sailors? ?Isn’t it to deal with me secretly?”
"They are my brothers," Tulong said. "Let them pretend to be sailors to protect our safety. Is there anything wrong with that?"
"It would make sense if you confessed to me directly instead of asking them to conceal their identities and pretend to be sailors." Qingshi said, "Under the current circumstances, your explanation may not be convincing."
"I'm telling the truth," Tu Long said, "They are all my brothers. We shouldn't hide it from you, but we have no intention of dealing with you secretly. Master Qing, you misunderstood!"
"Tch~ you are so stubborn." Qingshi said disdainfully, "Let me ask you again. After I collected the treasure, you pulled the positioning rope and sent a message to the three of them. I can understand this. But why did the three of them receive the message? After your message, another rocket was launched into the sky. Who is this message to?"
"This..." Tulong said, "I don't know what you are talking about. We were both underwater at a depth of more than a hundred feet. I couldn't see any rockets soaring into the sky, and you couldn't see them either. .”
"Hmph!" Qingshi snorted coldly, turned to Gao Jiu and said, "Why don't you tell me, did you launch a rocket to the sky? Were you sending a message across the ocean?"
Gao Jiu said nothing, but looked at Qingshi with surprised eyes.
"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it," Qingshi said, "I just want you to know that I know every move of yours. After bypassing the small island in front of you called Green Sand Island, go ten miles further and you will be out of Yue. The territory of the Yangtze River has reached the border, and now behind the island, Yueyang Zheng personally led six warships to ambush. The rockets you sent should tell Yueyang that the treasure has been collected, so that he can ambush and prepare to intercept us and seize the treasure."
"You..." Gao Jiu couldn't hold back his surprise anymore and asked, "How do you know?"
"Slaying Dragon talks a lot of lies and is full of flaws. How could I not know?" Qingshi smiled and said, "Slaying Dragon said that although this treasure is within the boundary of Yueyang, Yueyang doesn't know about it, but I can see such a big area when I get out of the water. Heiying, do you know that Yueyang, who sends ships to patrol the boundaries of his own sea every day, knows this?"
"Slaying the Dragon said that he only picked up a small piece of 'Ujin', but I didn't find any fragments at all on the seabed. Could it be that such a huge thing only dropped such a piece, and he just picked it up? Obviously he was lying. The real situation should be that Yueyang had discovered this object a long time ago and picked up all the fragments. However, although he knew it was a treasure, he didn't know what to do with it, so he tried every means to find someone who knew the treasure and could use it. . I think Yueyang not only gave the fragments to the Dragon Slayer, he probably also gave the fragments to other refiners, asking them to find the person who knows this treasure."
"I went out to sea with Tu Long to hunt for treasure, so naturally I had to take some precautions. As soon as I got on the boat, I discovered that you three were not ordinary sailors. After entering the water, I discovered the two doubts I just mentioned. After getting the treasure and returning to the boat, I picked up my companions again. The message sent said that you launched rockets to report the news, and also said that you led ships across the ocean to ambush. If I still can't figure out your conspiracy, then I'm really a fool."
"You..." Dragon Tu said, "Do you have companions to monitor and respond in secret?"
"That's right!" Qingshi said, "If you don't do evil, then my companions won't take action. Since you want to engage in conspiracy, you can't escape the eyes of my companions."
"Your Excellency is really superb in his methods and his wisdom is profound!" Gao Jiu said, "Your guess is not wrong at all. This is indeed the case. However, you have overlooked one thing, that is, this treasure is not ownerless. It's from Marquis Haiyan who traveled across the ocean. You are a treasure thief, and I traveled across the ocean to ambush and intercept you in order to take back your treasure!"
"Strong words!" Qingshi said disdainfully, "It is clear that Yueyang set up a trap and used me to collect the treasure, because he did not have the ability to salvage the treasure himself. Now that I have collected the treasure, he is ready to seize the treasure. I guess he will still Catch me and force me to use this treasure to make magic weapons for him. Yes or no?"
Tu Long and the others stopped talking.
"If Yueyang treats each other with courtesy and cooperates with me on an equal footing, and we each get what we need, that's fine!" Qingshi said, "But this guy's pirate nature is hard to change, and he uses all kinds of dirty tricks. You are all his lackeys, so if I take you down, won’t it be considered an injustice to you?”
"It's not unfair!" Gao Jiu said, "Your Excellency did not take our lives, and you have shown mercy to us. Your Excellency's mind is as broad as the sea, and I, Gao Jiu, am in awe of you!"
Gao Jiu's cultivation level is quite high, and his skills in flattering horses are also quite good. Just listen to him continue to say, "If we had known that you are such a great person, we would not have done this. All this is due to Tu Long! My Marquis has always been courteous to virtuous corporals, and he asked Tu Long and other material refiners to The original intention of looking for someone who knows the treasure is to find a capable person like you, and then both parties can cooperate and get what they need. But Tulong said that you are a treasure hunter for a foreign royal family, and after you get the treasure, you must bring it back and donate it to your country. The royal family will never cooperate with outsiders to avoid leaking the secrets. Therefore, my Marquis listened to him and adopted his strategy..."
"Gao!" Tu Long cursed, "This plan was obviously formulated by you, the dog-headed military advisor, and now you're fucking blaming it on me? Your pirate lord has always eaten people without spitting out their bones. When? Have you ever cooperated with anyone? Mr. Qing, please don’t believe what this guy says.”
"Slay the Dragon, you villain!" Gao Jiuyi scolded him sternly, "If we, the Hou Mansion, want to capture Mr. Qingshi and force him to make a magic weapon, we can just capture him directly and force him to collect the treasure first and then make the magic weapon. Why do we have to do it like this? Trouble? It's your idea to do this now, because you want to get the reward from the Marquis and the remuneration from His Excellency Qingshi, and you also want to mislead Your Excellency Qingshi by doing this, making him think that it was the arrest of Marquis Haiyan during his inspection. I captured you, instead of you snitching and setting a trap to drag him into the trap. You are a typical example of being a bitch and setting up a memorial at the same time!"
"Bah!" Tu Long cursed angrily. If he hadn't been unable to move, he would have pounced on Gao Jiu and strangled him to death. "You said that you should let Mr. Qing collect the treasure first. If he succeeds, it means he is indeed aware of it." It only makes sense to arrest the person who knows the treasure..."
"Me too!" Gao Jiu was filled with indignation and cursed, "Tu Long, you are talking nonsense and strong words. Your Excellency Qingshi has eyes as bright as lightning and will never be deceived by your lies..."
"Shut up!" Qingshi saw that the two people were scolding each other, but each of them had some truth. He immediately stopped them and said, "You two are not good birds! My original intention was to deal with you and leave. Now Well! Huh, I want to see if this pirate-born Marquis Haiyan is a hero like a corporal, or a demon who eats people without spitting out their bones!"
