A few months ago, after the battle at Fuhua Warehouse, Shu Guan and Xiao Yi had a serious and in-depth discussion.
As for the matter discussed, it is about the souls hidden in the magic weapon.
Many magic weapons have a certain level of intelligence, which is often the criterion for distinguishing magic weapons from magical weapons.
According to what Shu Guan originally knew, the spiritual intelligence of most magic weapons is ignorant. Compared with the IQ of normal people, there is still a big difference. If the spiritual intelligence of that magic weapon can reach two or three The level of a 20-year-old child is already very rare, and can only be possessed by the highest-grade human-immortal magic weapon.
Just like the three treasures of Shan Si Guan today, they all have their own spiritual wisdom, and the one with the highest spiritual intelligence is the number one Man Niu Banner.
Man Niu Qi's intelligence, according to his master Li Zhixia, is equivalent to that of a two or three-year-old child, so sometimes Man Niu Qi can be very disobedient.
As for Man Niu Qi's "disobedience", Shu Guan had already witnessed it in the battle at Fuhua Warehouse.
But these common sense about magic weapons and spiritual wisdom seem to be no longer applicable to Xiaoyi.
Shu Guan had known for a long time that Xiao Yi could communicate with those magic weapons, but he didn't take it too seriously at first. Until that day in the Fuhua warehouse, Man Niu Qi, at Xiao Yi's request, After cooperating with him to kill the men in black, Shu Guan realized that the communication between Xiaoyi and Fa Bao had reached a level that he could not have imagined before.
"Are you saying that the intelligence level of those magic weapons is not like that of children at all, but is no different from that of normal adults?"
"Yeah, like Uncle Qizi, although he is a little more playful, he is still very reasonable. Uncle Zhen is more nagging, and Sister Ling has a very gentle temper."
The Uncle Flag, Uncle Needle, and Sister Ling mentioned by Xiaoyi are naturally the three treasures of Shan Si Guan, Manniu Flag, Ice Soul Cold Light Needle, and Qingxin Ling.
Compared with the Manniu Banner, the Ice Soul Cold Light Needle and Qingxin Bell have lower intelligence. It can only be said that they have some "alive" characteristics.
"Xiao Yi, do you know that in the eyes of us practitioners, the spiritual intelligence of those magic weapons is very low?"
"I know, brother, I know everything you know."
"Then why when they communicate with you, their intelligence reaches the level of normal people."
At that time, Shu Guan was studying this matter with Xiao Yi very seriously.
"Brother, I don't know the reason, but I have a guess, maybe it's because I'm the same kind as them."
Shu Guan was startled for a moment, and then quickly understood what Xiao Yi meant.
Xiaoyi is an artificial intelligence. If judged by the standards of this world's cultivation world, she is no different from the magical weapon spirit.
Therefore, the weapon spirits of those magical weapons regard Xiaoyi as their kind, which can be explained.
But the question is why those magic weapon spirits show low intelligence in front of practitioners, but when communicating with Xiaoyi, their intelligence level suddenly increases a lot?
This is a question that Shu Guan has not yet figured out. .
Xiaoyi didn't understand either, she could just communicate with the spirit of those magic weapons without any obstacles.
Is there anything special about Xiaoyi? Can the wisdom level of magic weapon spirit be greatly improved? But is this improvement limited to Xiaoyi herself?
This is an inference that Shu Guan reluctantly came to after discussing with Xiao Yi later. As for whether this is actually the case, it cannot be proven.
Of course, Xiaoyi can communicate with magic weapon spirits. From the current point of view, it is definitely not a bad thing.
Because the magic weapons in the world of cultivation today are basically those that were refined thousands of years ago at the latest. Now, although the Taoism is declining and the power of practitioners' Taoism is getting weaker and weaker, this is not the case with magic weapons. Still retains its original power.
Therefore, it is becoming more and more difficult for today's practitioners to control the magic weapons of the past. Especially the magic weapons with higher spiritual intelligence are more difficult to control. The Man Niu Banner is an obvious example.
If you want to control some highly intelligent magic weapons, you have to be the one who originally refined the magic weapons, or you are strong enough to suppress them.
But through Xiaoyi, he can use another method to perfectly control the magic weapon, which is even more perfect than the method of controlling the magic weapon through strength suppression.
And at this moment, when Shu Guan walked up to the second floor of the Taiping Dingshi Bell Tower, Xiao Yi's voice rang in his head.
"Brother, there is an old man in the clock above."
Shu Guan was suddenly startled, and subconsciously looked up. Naturally, his sight could not penetrate the roof and see the bronze bell in the attic above.
Of course, this is just an instinctive action on his part.
... Xiaoyi means that there is a spirit in the bronze bell above. This Taiping Dingshi Bell, which has been placed by the Jingcheng River for five thousand years, is actually a magic weapon?
"Yes, brother."
As soon as this thought came to Shu Guan's mind, Xiao Yi took the initiative to answer him.
Shu Guan immediately raised his eyebrows. This world-defining bell, which was placed by the river for thousands of people to admire and even charged a fee for, was actually a magic weapon?
An extremely strange feeling arose in Shu Guan's heart.
Master, do they know about this?
In addition, was this ancient bell really made by the Gengshi Emperor who put down the rebellion of the Monkey Army five thousand years ago, using the weapons of his generals?
Shu Guan had more doubts.
"Xiao Yi, did he say anything to you?"
Then Shu Guan asked in his mind.
After waiting for about tens of seconds, Xiaoyi's voice sounded again.
"No, the old man in Zhongli refused to pay attention to me."
Ignore people? It seems that the weapon spirit inside the bronze bell is very cold!
Shu Guan thought about asking his master after looking back. It was impossible that people in the Seven Immortals Alliance didn't know about such a magic weapon in the past.
Then Shu Guan put this matter aside for the time being and stood by the railing on the second floor of the top floor, concentrating on admiring the scenery outside the building.
Standing here, you can have a panoramic view of the three towns of Jingcheng, overlooking the dragon-like river, which is sparkling and rolling eastward. It is worthy of being called the most beautiful scenery in Jingcheng.
However, the time tourists can stay up there is limited, and they are not really here to enjoy the scenery today. They stood upstairs for a while, mainly to let Shuguan and Longshu, who had never been here before, take a look. After the view of the Taiping Bell Tower, the group of five people went down to the bell tower and began their real mission.
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"If those men in black are really hiding in Jingcheng, it is impossible for so many practitioners to gather together without revealing their whereabouts."
"Just the abnormal fluctuations in the aura of heaven and earth caused by their gathering together is enough for us to discover their hiding place."
"Of course, this kind of perception is limited by distance. According to the joint judgment of Su Shanchang, Guanzhu Li and Master Miki, this distance should not exceed five hundred meters. Once we enter this distance range, it will be easy to detect abnormalities. "
"And this abnormal fluctuation of spiritual energy will often cause some strange phenomena to occur within the area affected by it. For example, flowers and plants will grow particularly lush, well water will be particularly sweet, and ordinary people living in that area will be particularly energetic. , I won’t feel tired even if I don’t sleep for days or nights.”
"Of course, everything may turn out the other way around. Flowers and plants will wither, well water will stink, and ordinary people will suffer from many diseases inexplicably."
"Anyway, they are some visions that you can tell are wrong as long as you notice them."
Before the search mission officially started, Yang Jianqing explained this.
Therefore, the search task is not complicated, but it will be very troublesome. Compared with the entire Yingcheng district, the area with a radius of 500 meters is only a small corner, which means that they cannot miss any corner.
The following days were such a simple and boring search.
They would gather at seven o'clock every day, and then search alleys one by one until they ended around ten o'clock in the evening, and then meet again the next day at the same place where they left off the day before.
In the past few days, they found nothing.
But on the seventh day, something happened.
That morning, as usual, they searched several streets and alleys before noon.
At this time, they happened to pass by a splendid hotel. The sign at the door said "Jinfulou" in three big characters. There was also a smaller signboard that said "Jingcheng's No. 1 Restaurant" in thin handwriting. Elegant and extraordinary.
In fact, several of them have skipped lunch these past few days in order not to waste time. For practitioners like them, it is no problem even if they don't eat anything for a day.
But Yang Jianqing, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped, turned around and said with a smile:
"Everyone has been working very hard these days. Why don't we all relax today? I'll treat you all to a meal at Jinfulou. The Chu cuisine of Jinfulou is recognized as the best in Jingcheng, especially the fish dish. Everyone who has eaten it is full of praise for the soup. The owner of this restaurant actually worked as a chef in the palace of Chuzhou County Prince."
"As for the words "the best baker in Jingcheng", the President of our Republic of China, who is now in Yingtian City, had a meal in this Jinfu Tower when he passed through Jingcheng during the Northern Expedition. After that, I personally mentioned it on the spot.”
Yang Jianqing introduced it to others enthusiastically.
"I heard that dining at Jinfulou is very expensive, so Junior Brother Yang, you don't have to spend any money."
Rui Jianqiao shook his head and said.
"Senior Brother Yang, we monks can't eat fish and meat, so there's no need to go in."
Huiming said the same thing.
"Senior Sister Rui, my little brother's family is relatively poor, so there is no problem in treating everyone to a meal. And Junior Brother Huiming, don't worry, Jinfulou's vegetarian meals are also famous far and wide."
"Now that we've come this far, why not go in and have a feast, otherwise we'll really be sorry for the name of Jingcheng's number one baker."
Yang Jianqing laughed and walked into the door of Jinfulou first.
...It must be that he is greedy...
Shu Guan made his judgment with certainty.
Since Yang Jianqing was quite insistent, everyone followed him in. They saw that the decoration inside was all in Dahua's traditional ancient style, with carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent and magnificent, just like a royal palace.
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Let’s not talk about whether the food here is delicious or not. The decoration alone is worthy of the title of “the best restaurant in Jingcheng”.
Dozens of large round wooden tables were set up in the hall, which were already occupied by guests.
A waiter wearing a traditional Dahua gown came forward with a smile on his face.
After asking the waiter, he was told that all the private rooms on the second and third floors were full at this time, and there were no private seats. There were only a few scattered tables in the corner.
Naturally, everyone didn't mind and followed the waiter to a round table in the corner.
Each of the round tables in the hall can seat ten guests, so the five of them naturally sit in an extremely spacious space.
Not far from them, there was a screen with eight screens as tall as one person, and the sound of people talking could be heard behind the screen.
Separated by this screen is the private seat.
After sitting down, Yang Jianqing didn't look at the menu, but directly started to name a few dishes and signaled the waiter to serve them. It seemed that he was indeed a regular customer here.
And people who can eat here often are probably not like what Yang Jianqing said himself. His family has a small income, but he is probably also a wealthy family.
The waiter also knew from the way Yang Jianqing ordered that this was probably a regular customer of the store, so the smile on his face became more enthusiastic and respectful.
While waiting for the food to be served, several people chatted among themselves, discussing which streets to visit in the afternoon and whether there was anything they missed in the places they walked this morning.
The conversation between them was actually not loud, but what they didn't expect was that a young man walked out from behind the screen next to them.
The young man was wearing a Dahua modified stand-collar suit and black leather shoes. He was fair and clean, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and had a meticulous three-quarter hair parting. He had a reserved and proud look on his face.
"Can you please speak softer?"
The young man frowned at Shu Guan and the others at the table, pointed behind the screen and said:
"Do you know who are the people sitting here? Director Tan is having a banquet, and we are talking about extremely important things. You are making such a loud noise, which is really not civilized at all. Please pay attention to your voices."
After finishing speaking, the young man stared at them fiercely before turning around and walking back behind the screen.
The five disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance looked at each other, and then burst into laughter.
In fact, with their ears, they could have clearly heard the conversation at the table behind the screen just now.
The guests at that table should all be officials from the Jingcheng City government, and their status seemed to be quite high.
Of course, in their eyes, the identities of these people were meaningless at all, but they didn't expect that when they came in for a meal, they would be scolded by a mortal.
Of course Rui Jianqiao, Yang Jianqing, Huiming and the others didn't mean to be angry at all. Even Shu Guan just smiled pointlessly. Now he has become very self-conscious as a practitioner.
A lion is too lazy to pay attention to an ant's offense.
However, Nagarjuna seemed a little dissatisfied. His droopy eyebrows were raised as if he wanted to stand up.
But Huiming, who was standing next to him, immediately picked up a piece of kuai and hit him on his bald head.
"Sit tight and have a good meal later. If you cause trouble, I will take you back to the temple immediately."
So Nagarjuna touched his head a little aggrievedly and just sat there without moving.
At this moment, the laughter of a middle-aged man came from behind the screen.
"Director Tan, a friend of mine gave me something nice a few days ago. Today I brought it to you to see. You are an expert. Please help me check the quality."
Then there was the sound of a box being opened.
Then, the expressions of several disciples of the Seven Immortals Alliance changed and they looked at each other again. Yang Jianqing stood up first and walked directly behind the screen.
