At this moment, Lin Sumo, who was wandering around Longshan Town, had no idea that trouble was about to happen. He was in a good mood, especially with tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket. With full confidence, Lin Sumo spent an afternoon clearing the largest shops in Longshan Town. Shopping around.
I didn’t buy many things, but it opened my eyes a lot. The weapons in the Tianbing Tower, the elixirs in the Shendan Pavilion, the exercises in the Sutra Pavilion, the peerless beauties in the Chong Er Pavilion, etc. all made Lin Sumo stop and linger, witnessing After learning all this, I realized that in front of these powerful forces, even if I had paid all my belongings in the twelfth floor, I was still a poor man.
When it got dark, Lin Sumo found an inn to stay. Although he had collected all the medicinal materials during the day, there was still a key item that he had not yet obtained. Although the whereabouts of this item were clear, he would have to wait until dawn. After dark, the ghost market in Longshan Town opens.
Longshan Huangzhen is located in the plain at the foot of Dalong Mountain. However, with the development and expansion over the past century, the plain under the mountain has long been out of space, so it gradually developed into Dalong Mountain. This is how Shencao Pavilion was built along the mountain, hollowing out Dalong Mountain. A section of the mountain.
The ghost market in Longshan Town is located in Dalong Mountain. It opens every ten days, and today happens to be the tenth day of the lunar month, the day when the Longshan Ghost Market opens.
The location where the ghost market opens is not fixed. The organizer of the ghost market will send ghost stickers to those who hold ghost market tokens one day before the ghost market opens. It records the time and location of the ghost market opening. Lin Sumo After shopping around all afternoon, I used the ghost market token that Wu Ming gave me to get the ghost stickers.
At three o'clock in the morning, Lin Sumo followed the ghost sticker to a courtyard built on the mountain. He knocked on the door, with three long and two short sounds. After three times, the door creaked open a crack.
Lin Sumo handed over the ghost market token. The man took it and examined it for a moment, then turned sideways and invited Lin Sumo in.
Inside the door was a courtyard with three entrances. Under the guidance of the man, Lin Sumo passed through the door and walked along the winding corridor to the end. However, he saw a thick brick wall, but the guide could only see the brick wall. When one of the bricks on the wall was pressed, the entire wall suddenly sank inward, and then a passage leading to the ground was revealed under the wall.
"You go down on your own and you will arrive at the market!"
The guide said, bowed and retreated.
Lin Sumo nodded slightly and walked down the stone steps. When he reached the bottom, there was a dull rumble above his head, and the hole above was slowly closing. At the same moment, the holes on both sides of the passage in front of Lin Sumo On the stone wall, oil lamps lit up one after another.
At the end of the passage is a secret door. The token in Lin Sumo's hand is the key to open the secret door. After the secret door is opened, there is a small compartment inside. There is a black cloak hanging on the wall. When you wear the cloak, you can The figure and face are all hidden under the cloak.
Lin Sumo put on his cloak and pushed open the other door of the compartment. He was slightly startled when he saw that there was another courtyard outside the door. The courtyard was wide and people wearing black cloaks were coming and going. These people turned a blind eye to Lin Sumo's appearance and were obviously used to it.
The ghost market is placed in this courtyard, and the place in front of you is just a corner of it. Most of the items sold are ordinary things. The reason why they are sold in the ghost market is that they mostly have shady origins.
Lin Sumo watched the whole trip, and finally stopped at a stall selling ancient books. He rummaged through a pile of martial arts secrets randomly thrown on the ground. Lin Sumo finally locked on a book called The ancient book "Huang Ting Dao Jing".
"How much does this book cost?" Lin Sumo asked in a deep voice.
"Silver, five thousand taels!" The stall owner sitting in the darkness responded in a hoarse voice.
Lin Sumo shook his head and said, "One thousand taels!"
The stall owner said: "I won't counter-offer!"
Lin Sumo said: "Half a year ago, Que Changqing, the eldest son of the Que clan in Daliang, was intercepted and killed in Wuwu Mountain. Although he barely saved his life, his martial arts were ruined. He carried with him the treasure of the Que clan, the Huangting Dao Sutra. was robbed. The "Huang Ting Dao Jing" was originally the ancestral secret of the Que family. There is no semicolon. If the book in my hand is not a fake, then it should be the one robbed from Que Changqing. I bought this "Huang Ting Dao Jing". 》, it’s like taking over the Que family’s trouble, even a thousand taels is too expensive for me!”
After hearing this, the stall owner pondered for a long time and said, "Okay, deal done!"
Lin Sumo paid the check readily, but before leaving, he took out the two pages of waste paper at the bottom, raised his hands, and said, "This is a bonus!" He put it in his arms. .
"etc!"
At this moment, the stall owner stopped him and said, "Do you want to fool me into thinking I'm a fool? Your real purpose is these two pages of waste paper, right?"
Lin Sumo was startled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really smart!"
The stall owner sneered and said: "I have been hanging out in this ghost market all year round, what kind of people have I never seen? Your tactic of attacking east and west has already ruined the streets!"
Lin Sumo secretly thought that those who can stand in the ghost market are not easy to fool, so he said: "Please give me a price!"
The stall owner sneered: "Ten thousand taels of gold!"
Lin Sumo sneered solemnly: "Do you want me to be a fat sheep?"
The stall owner said: "Whether you buy or not is entirely up to you, no counter-offering is allowed!"
Lin Sumo threw the two pages of waste paper back and said, "Then you can keep it to wipe your butt!" After that, he left without looking back.
With the gold and silver on Lin Sumo's body, ten thousand taels of gold could not be afforded. However, what Lin Sumo cared about was not the two pages of waste paper, but the words recorded on the two pages of waste paper.
The total text on these two pages is only 300 words, written in Qin seal. The content is upside down and confusing, and it is difficult to read. It makes people think it is the work of the ancients. However, to others, it is like a heavenly book. , in Lin Sumo's eyes, after decryption, it turned out to be a body training exercise, and the key was a string of Arabic numerals written on one of the papers.
With shorthand and photographic memory, Lin Sumo had already written down the contents on the paper when he was looking through ancient books. However, out of caution, Lin Sumo decided to buy these two pages without leaving any trace. He never thought, This stall owner is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he suffered a loss.
The "Huang Ting Dao Sutra" and the body-training techniques were just unexpected gains. Lin Sumo's real goal was a tripod, a tripod that was world-famous hundreds of years ago.
The Taixuan Alchemy Cauldron, the treasure of the Taixuan Alchemy Sect, was cast by Taixuanzi, the founding founder of the Taixuan Alchemy Sect, and is hailed as the ancestor of the Alchemy Cauldron by the Alchemy Sect.
The Taixuan Alchemy Sect is located in Taiyi Mountain in the Dayong Kingdom and has existed for more than 800 years. More than a hundred years ago, the Taixuan Alchemy Sect declined and the disciples of the sect were separated. After the last head Danxuanzi passed away, the Taixuan Alchemy Cauldron was buried underground. .
Twenty years ago, Dan Xuanzi's tomb was discovered and subsequently stolen. The fate of Taixuan Danding was unknown. The news that Taixuan Danding appeared in the Longshan black market was provided by Wu Ming. As for the source of the information, Wu Ming also Keep silent.
After walking around the ghost market for a few times, he finally found his target in a dark corner. Lin Sumo sat down in front of the stall owner, casually looked at a few things on the stall, and said, "I'm looking for something." thing?"
The stall owner stared at Lin Sumo for a moment and asked, "What are you looking for?"
Lin Sumo said: "This thing can fly without wings, walk without legs, and live without a heart!"
The stall owner heard this and said, "I have this thing, but I wonder if you can afford the price?"
Lin Sumo raised his right hand, wrapped his palm in his sleeve and stretched out towards the stall owner. At the same moment, the stall owner also reached out his hand with tacit understanding. After a while, the stall owner took his hand back and said: "The deal is done, but the items are not here. I will pick them up in the woods outside the north gate tomorrow at 10:00, and pay a 30% deposit in advance!"
Lin Sumo nodded and said: "No problem, but the thing must be real!"
The stall owner chuckled and said, "Since Mr. Wu introduced me, I wouldn't dare to lie to you even if I had a thousand guts!"
After paying the deposit, Lin Sumo left the ghost market quickly without staying much longer. The stall owner also looked around for a while, packed up his things and left quietly. However, just after the two of them left, there were also a few people missing from the nearby stalls.
"It seems that someone has noticed that guy a long time ago!"
In a deserted alley, Lin Sumo broke the necks of two tails and said, "I hope that guy will be smarter, otherwise my deposit of three thousand taels will be wasted!" After that! , searched the two corpses for a moment, and took out two black iron plates. One side of the iron plate was engraved with a thunder cloud pattern, and the other side was engraved with the word "Beifu" in official script.
"Dayong Kingdom, Beifu Division?"
Lin Sumo frowned and said, the South and North Offices of the Dayong Kingdom are institutions similar to Jinyiwei and Dongchang. The South Office is responsible for internal affairs such as guarding and counterattack, while the Beifu Office is responsible for external affairs such as spying, infiltration, and assassinations.
These two organizations, especially the Beifu Division, have developed rapidly in recent years, and their sphere of influence has spread to the nine kingdoms of heaven and earth. The borderlands of these four kingdoms are where their spies frequently operate, and are even more unscrupulous than within the nine kingdoms.
"Why is the Beifu Secretary of Dayong Kingdom interested in the Taixuan Alchemy Cauldron?"
Lin Sumo pondered for a long time, and suddenly thought of the news about the Nine Kingdoms of Tianlu that he had bought at Chong Er Pavilion.
Li Cunxu, the emperor of Dayong Kingdom, has been in power for more than thirty years. Although he has not been able to expand his territory or establish unparalleled achievements, he is still a conservative king. However, in recent years, Li Cunxu has become obsessed with alchemy and attempted to practice alchemy. Make the elixir of life.
Thinking of this information, Lin Sumo had roughly guessed the reason. He then took off the black clothes of the Beifusi spy on the ground who was similar to himself and put it on himself, and sneaked towards the north area of Longshan Town.
The North District of Longshan Town is the territory of the Golden Wolf Army. At this moment, a man in gray clothes is moving quickly towards the north gate tower through the shadow of the corner. When he reaches the city gate, the man in gray clothes is lurking in the darkness, cautiously approaching Looking towards the city gate.
Near the city gate, I saw a few soldiers of the Golden Wolf Army hiding in a sheltered place and leaning against the fire. On the gate tower, there were occasionally a few soldiers walking back and forth. Their defense was lax. Seeing this, the man in gray was relieved and was about to He stood up and dived toward the city gate. Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the darkness behind him and covered the man in gray's mouth and nose, dragging him into the alley behind him.
