"It's from the book," Qian Chao had known they would ask such a question, so he reached out and took out a book from his storage bag, put it on the stone table, and pushed it to the two people.
The book is called "Old Stories in Liubei", and it is one of the books that Cheng Qantang gave him last time. Liubei refers to the name of a small sect. Now this small sect has disappeared for a long time. This book The beginning of the book talks about the founding of the Liubei sect by the founder of the sect. The founder's surname was Miao and he was called Miaozu in the book.
According to what is recorded in the book, the Miao ancestor traveled around the world with his disciples and came to a high mountain on the north side of a large river called "Liuchuan". Halfway up the mountain, the Miao ancestor and his disciples discovered A lush ancient tree appeared. Not only did this tree have thick branches and towering green leaves, but the place where the ancient tree grew was full of aura, and there was a faint aura of chilling coming from the ancient tree.
The Miao ancestor was very surprised when he saw this ancient tree. After walking around the tree for a long time, he knelt down and worshiped under the tree. Although the disciples were confused, they had no choice but to kneel down together and then asked Miao Zu for advice.
The Miao ancestor sat with his back against the ancient tree and then said: This tree is an extraordinary tree, it is a living sword.
The disciples didn't know why, and the Miao Ancestor said: This tree is a wooden sword that the senior spiritual sword cultivator used in his life was planted in the soil before his death. It is used to kill evil spirits, but it is also a flexible tree. If it is planted here, it will take root and be nourished by the spiritual energy of the mountain to become a spiritual tree. It is so prosperous now. From this, it must be a good place. We can By building an ancestral court here, establishing a sect, and recruiting disciples, we will surely carry forward what we have learned.
The above is the story of the founding of this small sect.
After reading the book, Song Yuan asked in confusion: "Why is the sword in this book a big tree? If this stick is planted in the soil, it can also grow into a spiritual tree?"
"That's not right," Tao Miao said, "What this book talks about is living sword shedding. Those who are alive must be dead. Junior Brother Qian, is this what it means?"
Qian Chao smiled slightly, then took out another book, turned through a few pages, and then showed it to the two of them.
The two of them probably didn't read much, but when they saw Qian Chao taking out another book, they couldn't help but frown.
This book is called "Master Liao's Questions and Answers", which Qian Chao took from the library. It tells the story of a once-prominent sect, in which there was a monk named Liao who was good at refining weapons. He is respected as "Master Liao". This book records the questions Master Liao’s disciples asked him for advice and Master Liao’s answers, etc. It is actually for disciples who practice weapon refining. The content covers some weapon refining techniques and materials. Provenance and selection, etc.
The page that Qian Chao turned to recorded the content about Sword Slaughter.
Zhong Heng asked Master Liao, "This tree sinks when it enters the water. It makes a sound when knocked but tasteless when smelled. It is as strong as gold and iron and cannot be damaged by an axe. What is it?"
Don’t pay too much attention to Zhong Heng. Since the book is called Q&A, there must be questions and answers. Zhong Heng is a disciple of Master Liao in the book. Whenever there are questions in the book, they are all asked by Zhong Heng. Then Master Liao answered.
The meaning of this is also very simple. It is that this wooden stick is very heavy. If it is thrown into the water, it will not float. It will sink directly to the bottom of the water. When it is struck, it will make a clanking sound, just like striking gold and stone. The wood itself does not have any strange smell. , but the wood was very hard and could not be damaged with an axe, so he asked Master Liao what kind of wood it was.
Master Liao replied that this thing is the sword that sheds. Therefore, if the thing left behind by the sword cultivator is a sword cultivator with an elixir, it can be a beautiful tree. If it is a sword cultivator with an elixir, it can be a beautiful tree. If it is less than the elixir, it can be a dead tree.
Zhongheng asked what it could be used for, and Master Liao said it was useless.
The meaning in the book is also very clear, that is, the sword slough is left by the dead sword cultivator. If the dead sword cultivator is a pill-forming practitioner, then the sword slough can be planted in the soil and grow into a big tree. If If the dead sword cultivator's cultivation level is below that of forming pills, then the sword slough will be a useless stick.
The stick was in Tao Miao's hand. After seeing this paragraph, Tao Miao carefully weighed the stick in her hand, brought it to her nose, smelled it, and tapped the stick with her index finger. Knock, and sure enough there is a "ding-ding" sound.
"Useless thing!" Song Yuan was a little dazed when he saw this and murmured. He turned to look at Tao Miao's actions, then looked at Qian Chao and said, "Is it really useless?"
"Not necessarily," Qian Chao said. After saying that, he reached into his storage bag and took out the third book.
This book was still given to Qian Chao by Cheng Qantang. It is titled "Strange Stories of Lianchuan", Lianchuan is the name of a place. Qian Chao flipped through a few pages in the book and then gave the book to the two people to read.
According to legend, there were several small aristocratic families near Lianchuan, and they were living in peace and harmony. However, one year, a powerful monster suddenly appeared from somewhere else and attacked these small aristocratic families repeatedly, causing many injuries to these small aristocratic families. . So these small aristocratic families organized a team to kill the monster with the same hatred. However, they underestimated the monster. Many monks were injured and killed in the battle, resulting in heavy losses. Later, in order to kill this monster, these small aristocratic families jointly spent a large amount of spiritual stones after discussion, and wanted to ask people with advanced cultivation in the spiritual world to help them kill this monster. Many of the people who got this spiritual stone returned injured, and some even died from the fangs and claws of the monster. Unfortunately, these small aristocratic families had to repeatedly increase the reward of this spiritual stone, but this monster The raging pain has never been relieved.
Later, a rogue cultivator came here and claimed that he could kill this monster. These small aristocratic families had given up hope of killing this monster and were preparing to move their families away. A man of great ability had no companions to help him and no powerful magic weapon at his side, so he couldn't help but advise the casual cultivator not to be greedy for money and take risks. Unexpectedly, the casual cultivator smiled and said that he would definitely be able to do something for him. They beheaded the monster, and actually made an appointment with the leaders of these families to watch him while he killed the monster.
When it was time to make the appointment, the heads of those families watched the battle from a distance. They saw the casual cultivator outside the monster cave, taking something and placing it on the ground and burning it with fire. In an instant, green smoke filled the air. Then the casual cultivator used magic to draw out the monster. When the monster was thrown out, it was surrounded by green smoke. It was as weak as a drunk and sick man, and it collapsed on the ground. The casual cultivator took out a long sword to kill it. Except for this harm.
The people of these aristocratic families were greatly surprised. After careful questioning, they got the answer from the casual cultivator. It turned out that this monster was called Liehuang and was the most difficult to deal with. The beast that the casual cultivator had burned outside the cave of the monster before was The thing is a special kind of incense, which is secretly made by grinding sword slough, poisonous dragon scales into powder and Mu Bing powder. It is specially used to restrain Liehuang. When Liehuang smells the green smoke of the incense, His limbs will become weak and he will have no choice but to wait for death.
Seeing this, Song Yuan was stunned for a while. Although he believed what was said in the book, he still asked without giving up: "Is this... is it true?"
Tao Miao had already believed it. Seeing Song Yuan like this and knowing that he had finally obtained such an almost useless thing after many scheming efforts, she smiled sweetly and said: "I think it's pretty much the same. Senior Brother Song, don't forget this thing." The place we went to is called Jianzhong Mountain."
If this wooden stick is useful, it is when it is held in the hands of its former owner. At that time, it was naturally extremely sharp. However, its owner has died and lost the nourishment of that person's wood spirit energy. It is just a piece of wood. Just a dry stick.
"Alas!" Song Yuan smiled bitterly, looked up at Tao Miao and Qian Chao, and said, "If I had known this, I would have read a few more books like Junior Brother Qian. After a lot of trouble, this is what happened."
After saying that, he took the wooden stick from Tao Miao's hand and looked at it, then put it on the table with some frustration and stood up.
"Junior sister Tao, now that we have figured out what this thing is, I didn't take advantage of it that time. Instead, I suffered some losses. Humph, you brought it upon yourself. Since you want this thing so much, then give it to me. I’m giving it to you, so I can give an explanation to Sixth Sister. Junior Brother Qian, I’m leaving.”
After saying that, Qian Chao stood up directly without waiting for a reply, and disappeared after a white shadow.
Facing Song Yuan's departure, Tao Miaoli didn't bother to pay attention and only snorted softly. When Song Yuan disappeared, Tao Miaocai reached out and took the wooden stick in his hand and looked at it. He sighed softly, "We all thought that we were deceived by Song Yuan at first. He took the best thing there." It came out, and the result, hum, the good stuff is true, but unfortunately it’s useless, forget it!”
As she said that, she stood up and looked at Qian Chao.
"Junior Brother Qian, for this thing, I even did some tricks on you, but I was caught by Senior Sister Ruoyuan, who is under Master Guhuo's sect, and got a scolding. The two of us can be considered even. But Senior Sister Ruoyuan He didn't make things difficult for me, he hid the matter for me, well, if I had known this thing was useless, why would it bother me?"
"Senior Sister Tao, doesn't the book say that this sword can be used to make incense to restrain the Fiery Wild Beast? How can it be said to be useless?"
"Fire Desolation? This Fierce Desolation beast is almost extinct. Where can we find it? Besides, even if we find it, it is not something we can defeat. It is a high-level monster that can only be matched by the Danjie monks."
"So that's it," Qian Chao said.
"I'm leaving too, Junior Brother Qian."
Just as Qian Chao was about to give it away, he suddenly found that the wooden stick was still on the table and said, "Senior Sister Tao, this sword slough..."
"Huh, he doesn't want it. Why do I want this? I'll give it to you. Do as you wish." After saying that, a red shadow rose from the Qianchao Courtyard, and Tao Miao disappeared in a moment.
The two men left one after another. Qian Chao shook his head, looked at the wooden stick on the table that they had fought over earlier, reached out and fiddled with it twice to see if it was useful. On the other hand, at least there is a story. I will keep it for now and talk to Li Jian in a few days.
I wonder what those extremely bitter things Tang Ping gave Qian Chao to drink today. Qian Chao is in very good spirits now. Thinking that the armors of the two Senior Sisters Fang have not been refined yet, let Senior Sister Tao Miao stir them up. Most of the day was wasted, and he had to rush back. Qian Chao walked out of his small courtyard again and went straight to Chengqi Hall.
