"Qionghua Secret Realm?" Xu Yinhe sat in the main seat.
With the rain pouring outside, Xu Yuan nodded: "It seems that you already know, father."
"Lou Ji has informed me of this matter."
Xu Yinhe's voice was neither urgent nor slow, and anything involving the secret realm would be handed over to him for review as quickly as possible.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan asked, "Father, have you already sent someone to explore?"
"No." Xu Yinhe gave a direct negative answer to this question.
Xu Yuan was slightly surprised when he heard this: "Why?"
“The risks are not proportional to the rewards.”
Xu Yinhe answered simply: "Lou Ji reported that there are second-grade soul puppets inside, and the formation is still functioning."
Xu Yuan couldn't understand what his father meant.
Xu Changge glanced at him at this time, neither cold nor indifferent:
"This secret realm has existed for too long, and the only valuable Charming Sakura tree in it has been beheaded by you."
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Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment, secretly cursing the old woman in his heart, and then said: "Twenty thousand years is indeed a long time, but when I entered before, the basic formations inside were maintained, and there were even some remaining spirit puppets. The mountain gate was basically It’s all complete.”
"So what if it's complete?"
Xu Changge took a sip of tea and said, "You haven't dealt with things like secret realms yet, so you don't understand many things."
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If you don’t teach me, how will I understand?
Xu Yuan resisted the urge to smash his fist into the elder brother's face and rolled his eyes.
But since Xu Changge said so, the Prime Minister's Office probably already has a complete set of evaluation and development methods for these secret realms.
At this time, Xu Yinhe gently put down his teacup and asked a very crucial question:
"Changtian, listen to what you mean, this Qionghua Secret Realm seems to have never experienced war?"
Suppressing the dissatisfaction in his heart, Xu Yuan thought for a moment:
"Yes, the Qionghua Sect's fall was a very accidental thing."
Xu Yinhe tapped his fingertips on the table and said:
"It's a pity. A complete secret realm is hard to come by, but it just takes too long."
The father gave the same evaluation as Xu Changge, but again, Xu Yinhe added:
“The hanging stone used to create this ten thousand-year secret realm has long lost its stability, and the space will vibrate every time we enter.
"In other words, we don't know when it will completely collapse. And even if the mountain gate is intact, time will corrode all the resources such as materials and medicine gardens. Even if we go in, even if we clean up the spirit puppet formations, it will be at most I can only collect some outdated skill secrets."
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After hearing his father's explanation, Xu Yuan finally understood.
Time is like a butcher's knife, treating people and things equally.
Ten thousand year elixirs and ten thousand year elixirs only exist in story books in this world.
There are indeed many medicinal materials in this world that have a long growth cycle, but they can only be used as medicine in more than twenty years at most. A hundred-year-old elixir is already at its limit, and beyond that it will just rot in the ground.
The same goes for the various elixirs and equipment in the ancient sect's warehouse.
Although some secret realms will have special puppets and formations to take care of these inventories, greatly extending this corrupt time cycle backwards, twenty thousand years is really too long.
The three melons and two dates left in the Qionghua Sect's secret realm are a huge windfall for an individual, but for the behemoth of the Prime Minister's Mansion, they can only be said to be useless.
The rain fell softly, and the main hall fell into silence for a while.
Xu Yuan does have secret realms in his mind that meet the needs of his family, and he estimates that there are more than a dozen.
On the way back to Beijing, after the treasure hunter Da Bingtuozi left, even if he knew the general direction, he couldn't find it at all with his ridiculously low fortune.
I’ve never been there, how can I take it out?
You can't just say: Dad, I feel like there is a secret realm over there. Can you send some people there to look for it?
Xu Yinhe looked at Xu Yuan who fell silent and comforted softly:
"Since you mentioned this matter, Changtian, let me tell my father about the Qionghua Sect. I have never heard of this sect before."
"You don't know Qionghua Sect?"
Xu Yinhe looked at Xu Yuan with a hint of smile in his sharp eyes:
"My father does know many things, but there are also many things in this world that my father does not know."
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Xu Yuan smiled awkwardly when he heard this.
His habitual thinking made him think that the Qionghua Sect, which was very prosperous for a while, would have some records in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he ignored that this happened 20,000 years ago.
Thousands of years and vicissitudes of life can erase many things.
The people and things of Qionghua Zong's time have disappeared in the long river of time.
After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan softly recounted the general situation of Qionghua Sect.
The Dual Cultivation Sect, relying on the Meishen Daoyun of the Meishen Sakura Tree, cultivated a group of strong men who flourished for a while, and there was probably something in them.
Xu Yinhe listened carefully, pondered for a moment, and asked;
"In that case, what happened to the Sumeru Ring you just mentioned?"
Xu Yuan replied without any scruples:
"Many powerful people died in the Qionghua Secret Realm. Most of the powerful people in the world died there, so there should be a lot of remaining Sumeru Rings."
"oh?"
Hearing this, Xu Yinhe narrowed his eyes slightly and did not ask the reason.
How things happened 20,000 years ago is not important to the Prime Minister's Mansion. What is important is whether these remaining things can bring them benefits.
Seeing Xu Yinhe's expression, Xu Yuan asked tentatively:
"After 20,000 years, the formations engraved in these Sumeru Rings have become corrupted, right?"
I had talked about Xumijie with Xu Xinyao before.
The reason why the Sumeru Ring is rare is, firstly, because it can only be assisted by saints, secondly, it requires formation masters, and thirdly, because those sects in the past mined it without restrictions and used the hanging stones to create secret realms for their own sects, resulting in the formation of hanging stones. It is almost extinct in this world.
The first two can be solved, but the third point is a dead end.
Xu Xinyao even said that maybe in a few thousand years, there will be no such thing as the Sumeru Precepts in this world.
Xu Yinhe did not answer immediately, but glanced at Xu Changge beside him.
Xu Changge understood, took out the Tianxun Yuanjing and started to contact Jiang He from Gewuyuan.
After a while,
The old man Jiang He's voice sounded in the room, a little dissatisfied:
"Xu Changge, if you fart, hurry up. I've just made progress in my Heaven-Destroying Formation."
The moment he heard the Heaven-Destroying Formation, Xu Changge's face darkened.
"Jiang He." Xu Yinhe's voice sounded.
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Xu Yinhe spoke out a sentence in a calm and unhurried manner, without anger or authority:
"I remember that this formation seemed to have been stopped by me."
After all,
He glanced at his eldest son calmly.
The words fell, and there was deathly silence.
Xu Changge lowered his eyes and pretended to be dead.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan laughed out loud beside him.
Hearing the laughter, Xu Changge glanced at Xu Yuan coldly.
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The old man over there was silent for a while, coughed slightly, and then smiled slightly awkwardly:
"Ahem, that's a slip of the tongue. It's a new type of crossbow array pattern. It's almost ready for mass production."
Xu Yinhe exhaled a breath without delving into it:
"I'm looking for you this time to ask you something."
Jiang He's old voice was filled with flattery. After all, Hua Hong had just allocated the money for him:
"Ah, Lord Xiangguo, if you ask, I will tell you everything I know."
"There is a batch of Sumeru Rings from 20,000 years ago. Is there any way to repair them?"
"Twenty thousand years ago?!"
Jiang He's voice rose slightly, and then he took a breath: "How many?"
Xu Yinhe did not reply, but glanced at Xu Yuan.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan made a slight estimate and said in a somewhat uncertain voice:
"About a few dozen?"
According to the remaining memories in my mind, and considering the reserves of hanging stones in the world 20,000 years ago, there should be about a hundred Xumi Rings scattered in the Qionghua Secret Realm.
However, when Yu Chu activated the Charming Mystic Technique, not all of them gathered together, and they could find dozens of them already reaching the sky.
"Dozens?!"
Jiang He's voice rose again. After realizing his gaffe, he coughed lightly: "It seems that Mr. Xiangguo has made a fortune. The reserve of suspended stones in my Gewuyuan has almost reached its bottom. There are dozens of them." The Sumeru Ring, you see...hehehe."
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The meaning is obvious, if you can repair it, you have to pay more.
The father and son ignored the old man's request for money.
Xu Yuan has no authority.
Xu Changge's small movements were just discovered and he didn't dare to bite.
Xu Yinhe didn't want to pay attention to this greedy old friend.
Seeing that there was no word, Jiang He's tone became a little impatient:
"Okay, okay, we should be able to repair some. If it doesn't work, we should be able to make some by melting them and re-refining them. How long will it take to deliver them?"
After a pause, Jiang He said with a hint of joking:
"Zong Qingsheng's people have come to our Gewuyuan to pick up several batches of military equipment. The war in the north shouldn't go smoothly, right?"
Hearing these mocking words, Xu Yuan sighed slightly in his heart.
As Xinyao's master, Jiang He is also a person who hates war.
This is a common problem among scientists.
But unlike Xu Xinyao, this old man is very sober and knows that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.
Therefore, he has been developing some new weapons for the Prime Minister's Government. Even the military use of the spirit-blocking slime developed by Xu Xinyao was led by him.
Xu Yinhe did not directly answer Jiang He's question, but simply said:
"The Sumeru Ring will be sent to you within a month. How long will it take for the repairs to be completed?"
Jiang He also did not express his position immediately and said:
"It depends on the wear and tear of the array patterns on these Sumeru Rings, as well as the stability of the hanging stones."
"I'll give you ten days."
"Ten days?" Jiang He snorted coldly: "Xu Yinhe, do you think this Sumeru ring is just cabbage? There are dozens of them."
"Changge will allocate an additional five million taels to your Gewu Institute for funding."
"Okay."
Jiang Hechuan's face changed, and he replied with a smile: "Today, old man, I will start asking the people below to prepare repair materials."
After finishing the business, Jiang He didn't seem to want to hang up, but suddenly asked, with a hint of indifference:
"Xu Changtian, I heard that you met Xinyao's nanny on the road?"
Xu Yuan smiled and responded:
"Yes, we met."
When Jiang He heard this, his tone was neither cold nor indifferent: "How is Nizi doing lately?"
"It's okay." Xu Yuan was ambiguous.
"What do you mean okay?" Jiang He sounded a little dissatisfied.
Because of what he did in the Imperial Capital, many senior officials in the Prime Minister's Palace actually disliked him. Among them, Jiang He was the worst because he liked to bully Xu Xinyao, and Jiang He had no children. The most precious one was Xu Xinyao, his good disciple. .
Every time Xu Xinyao was found out after being wronged, Jiang He would come to him aggressively to demand an explanation.
Of course, under such circumstances, the old aunt Lou Ji would block her back.
Because this old man was much more sinister than Xu Changge.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan's voice was filled with a hint of humor:
"Ah? No way? Has Xinyao not contacted you for so long? She even came to Jingjiang Mansion to look for me before."
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The communication was cut off angrily by the other party.
The main hall was temporarily quiet.
Xu Yuan gathered his thoughts for a while, looked at Xu Yinhe who was sitting in the main seat with a thoughtful expression on his face and asked:
"Father, I'm afraid one month is not enough, right?"
The Guanyin Mountains where the Qionghua Secret Realm is located is near the Wanxing Mountains in the southwest. It takes at least two months to go back and forth.
Xu Yinhe's eyes showed a rare complex look and said:
"Time is running out, I'm going to let your uncle go."
Xu Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this.
My maternal uncle Feng Jiuxuan is a sword master.
Xu Changge hesitated slightly when he heard this and asked:
"Uncle, is he willing to go?"
The other younger brothers and sisters were basically not sensible yet, but he remembered it very clearly.
Because of the death of his mother, the relationship between his uncle and his father was not good.
He even said it himself,
If Xu Yinhe failed to live up to his mother's vision, he would kill him with his own hands.
Xu Yinhe was silent for a while and sighed:
"The war in the north is urgent, so we can only do this."
After saying that, Xu Yinhe stood up slowly and raised his eyes to look at an attic in the northwest of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Xu Changge also looked at it.
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After thinking about it, Xu Yuan also pretended to look over there.
But as soon as he looked, the father and son had already withdrawn their gaze.
Xu Changge stood up and saluted at the door of the main hall:
"uncle."
Hearing this, Xu Yuan came back to his senses and looked sideways.
The sky is overcast and the rain is pouring.
I saw a figure dressed in white, Sheng Xue, suddenly appearing in the main hall.
His face is as clear as a sculpture, and a large lotus pattern appears on the white clothes. A white silk thread binds more than half of the inky hair high on the back of his head. The black eyes under the willow eyebrows are as thick as a puddle. Mo opened his eyes, holding the spiritual sword Qingyuan in his hand.
Just standing there is a bit hard to look at, physically.
The years did not seem to leave any traces on him, like an unsheathed sword.
Feng Jiuxuan's expression gently swept over Xu Changge and Xu Yuan, and after landing on Xu Yinhe who was sitting on the main seat, his eyes suddenly became a little cold and he uttered two words:
"What's the matter?"
Xu Yinhe was still sitting, looking at Feng Jiuxuan calmly:
"I need you to do something for me."
Feng Jiuxuan said nothing.
Xu Yinhe continued:
"Changtian discovered a secret realm. There are a large number of Sumeru Rings in the secret realm. Time is tight, so I can only trouble you."
"Long sky."
Feng Jiuxuan murmured and slowly looked sideways at Xu Yuan who was still sitting there.
And when his eyes fell on Xu Yuan,
The eyes of Feng Jiuxuan and Xu Yinhe condensed at the same time.
because,
The spiritual sword Qingyuan was trembling.
a little late
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(End of chapter)
