Seeing Xiang Yu turn around and open the door and go out, Lu Zhu hesitated several times and finally said nothing. He watched her leave, filled with sadness.
To be fair, if he hadn't had this sister constantly watching over him along the way, he would have died several times. To reach this point has already been the end of his benevolence, and he has no right to ask for anything more.
But he didn't expect that he would be a little reluctant to say goodbye.
Obviously...the two of them were not happy getting along with each other along the way.
…
Xiang Shu left the earth building, followed the route he remembered when he came here, and soon found a lively market.
The ancient streets were lined with stalls, and most of the pedestrians were casual cultivators. Occasionally, one or two sect disciples could be seen passing by arrogantly. The casual cultivators around them stayed away and made way for them.
Xiang Shu walked around twice, but all he heard were exaggerated and false words from casual cultivators, and he couldn't get any useful information.
She asked several people about the opening date of the ancestral land, and the answers she got were all on the 15th day of the seventh month.
Since the opening date of the ancestral land remains unchanged, why is Wanjia so anxious to arrive ten days in advance?
Or is it that the news was deliberately blocked and no one below knew about it?
Xiang Shen's mind was racing, and he passed by a stall. His eyes inadvertently glanced at a page of gold paper on the stall, and his figure froze for a moment.
Her pupils froze, but she did not linger, but chose to continue shopping.
She wanted to walk around twice before returning to that stall, but as she walked along the way, Xiang Shu unexpectedly found gold paper on several stalls, which was exactly the same as what she got in Mingyunfang City.
Stopping randomly in front of a stall, Xiang Shu picked up the gold paper and looked at it carefully. He immediately discovered that the lines on it were slightly different from those on the gold paper in the stone chamber, but the words recorded on it were exactly the same.
After thinking about it, Xiang Shu also bought this page of gold paper for the same price as a spiritual stone.
After putting away the gold paper, Xiang Shu wandered around for half a day, until he found out where the Blazing Flame Sect disciples were staying, and then returned.
When we returned to the Tulou, it was getting late, and every room in the Tulou was lit up with subtle light, making the corridor quite bright.
Xiang Shen walked quickly, found Lu Zhu's room and opened the door.
Hearing the sound, Lu Zhu immediately stood up and came out. When he saw Xiang Shu, the anxiety on his face suddenly disappeared. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sister, you are finally back. After you left, someone started arguing outside. It didn't take long for the formation to be triggered, and after the two people were killed by the formation, the Tulou has been quiet until now."
Xiang Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, "You mean, there was a period of time between when the two had an argument and the formation was triggered, instead of being triggered immediately?"
"That's right."
Lu Zhu nodded doubtfully, "Is there anything weird?"
Xiang Shu shook his head, "It's nothing, I just feel that the ancient formations in this city are not as powerful as expected."
Lu Zhu suddenly laughed: "Sister, I have heard someone say before that this ancient city has existed for tens of thousands of years. With such a long time span, no matter how meticulous the formation is, there will probably be mistakes, right?"
"Is there any mistake..."
Xiang Shen frowned slightly. She always felt that something was wrong, but when she thought about it carefully, she felt that everything was normal. She was overthinking it.
That’s all.
Xiang Shen frowned and wiped the position of the storage ring with his fingertips. In fact, he took out a piece of gold paper from each of the two rings and pretended to throw it aside casually.
Lu Zhu immediately noticed this action, picked up the two gold papers from the ground, and said with a smile: "Sister, did you just buy another piece of waste paper?"
"Um."
Xiang Shen hummed, walked over to Lu Zhu, took out two pages of gold paper, looked at it, and handed over the one he bought at the stall today, "It's for you."
"OK!"
Lu Zhu happily accepted it, and then said with emotion: "I still remember that when I was a child, my elder brother also gave me a toy. At that time, I was not familiar with the world, and I really thought that the "Breathe Concentration Technique" recorded on it was a shocking secret technique. , I spent a lot of energy practicing, but I couldn't do it.
Later I learned that this "Breathe Concentration Technique" has long been in the public domain, and no one has ever mastered it. I was angry with my eldest brother for a long time before I forgave him..."
As Lu Zhu spoke, he lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes. After a moment, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Sister Shen, if you give me something, I will give you something too."
As he spoke, he turned his palm, white light flashed, and a delicate azure dagger appeared in his palm.
"This is a human-level middle-grade spiritual dagger named Lian Cui."
Lu Zhu forced the dagger plug into Xiang Shen's hand, "Although the grade is not high, it is a spiritual dagger after all. It is much sharper than your bone-breaking knife."
The dagger is slightly heavy in the hand and has an extraordinary texture.
Xiang Shu weighed it and unsheathed the dagger. The dagger body groaned softly, and a cold light suddenly appeared.
"good."
Xiang Shen gave a soft compliment and did not refuse, "I'll accept it, thank you very much."
The bone knife was taken from an ordinary beast. The bones were not hard, and there were already many gaps on the blade, making it difficult to use. She really lacked a weapon, and this spiritual dagger came just right.
Seeing that Xiang Shu readily accepted it, Lu Zhu was actually even happier than Xiang Shu. He dragged Xiang Shu away and chatted for a long time before reluctantly going to the back room to practice.
Xiang Shu stayed at the door and kept vigil all night.
She pulled the oil lamp closer and took a closer look at the gold paper in her hand.
After the Qi refining period, Xiang Shu's memory had greatly improved. It took her a moment to write down the full text of the golden paper, and then she directly tried to practice. As expected, as Lu Zhu said, the talisman condensed by the true energy had no effect at all.
Xiang You gently rubbed the surface of the gold paper with his fingertips, thoughtfully.
The origin of this gold paper is strange. She is 80% sure that the one in her hand is the real original "Breathe Concentration Technique". The text written on it is exactly the same as the fake one. The only difference is the lines.
What do these lines represent? What mystery is hidden in it?
Xiang Shu made repeated guesses, and time gradually passed...
The next morning, with the faint light of dawn, the quiet earth building gradually regained its hustle and bustle.
Xiang Shu woke up from trance, went into the room and took a look at Lu Zhu who was still in trance, but did not wake up. He left a note next to the oil lamp and continued to go out to find out the news.
As the day of the opening of the ancestral land approaches, the number of monks in the ancient city has increased significantly, and it is becoming more and more lively day by day. The market alone has grown by three overnight.
Xiang Yu visited them all non-stop, and only found out that the entrance to the Lu family's ancestral land was in the ruins of Beicheng, and that it had been blocked by various forces for dozens of miles, making it inaccessible to casual cultivators.
The ancestral land has not yet been opened, why is it closed in advance?
The more Xiang Shen inquired, the more certain he became that there was something fishy hidden in it. The top management of Wanjia was one of the people who knew about it, so he came in advance to get involved.
Although he still didn't understand what kind of medicine these cultivating families were selling, Xiang Shen had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Thinking at the best, the cultivator family would not let the casual cultivators know, just to monopolize the benefits; but if thinking at the worst, by hiding the secret from the rogue cultivators, would those cultivating families take advantage of the flaws in the formations in the city... to do something?
Although the formation in the city will be delayed for a period of time, it will not be interrupted. As long as people are not dead, they will be hunted by the formation. How can they take advantage of it?
Unable to figure it out, Xiang Shu could only put it down for the time being, and was about to go find out more about the Blazing Flame Sect when he suddenly saw many people rushing in the same direction.
"Quick, there's a quarrel at the Blazing Flame Sect stronghold!"
"Maybe there will be a fight. If we go late, we won't be able to see it."
"Go, go, go!"
"..."
Xiang Shu heard the conversation passing by and immediately followed many pedestrians to the Blazing Flame Sect's stronghold.
After turning two or three streets and arriving outside an earthen building, Xiang Shu could only hear faint quarrels coming from inside. The monks on the three floors inside and outside the door were tightly surrounded, and they couldn't squeeze in.
Xiang Shen looked left and right, then jumped onto a nearby earthen wall to hold on tight, finally finding an angle from which he could see what was going on inside.
With just one glance, Xiang Shu saw that standing on the side of the earth building patio was Elder Yuan, whom she had been avoiding for many days!
Elder Yuan actually chased him here?
Xiang Shu's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to jump off the earth wall and escape immediately, but stopped as soon as he started to move.
Today is different from the past. She has changed her appearance now. If she doesn't look at her face to face carefully during the foundation building period, she won't be able to see any flaws. In addition, the street here is full of people watching the excitement, and it is impossible for people inside to notice themselves.
Thinking of this, Xiang Shu re-fixed his body, used his eyes and ears to continue watching.
"Elder Yuan, I really don't know how I have offended you, so I thank you for coming all the way. If I have done anything wrong in normal times, I will apologize to you."
Xiang Hongyu's face was livid, and he bowed in a very low posture.
Xiang Shu, who was watching from a distance, was secretly surprised when he saw this scene.
Xiang Hongyu is one of the top ten disciples of the inner sect and has great potential. Elder Yuan is just an ordinary standing elder. Such positions are usually held by outer sect disciples who are over the age and have no chance of joining the inner sect.
Even if Xiang Hongyu doesn't want to make grudges with others, he shouldn't be so groveling.
"Yuan Zhong, Hongyu has a gentle temperament and has always been easy to get along with."
At this time, the young man in black standing next to Xiang Hongyu said with a smile, but there was a hint of unhappiness in his eyes: "It's better to explain some things clearly, so that I can make a judgment, and don't want to be looked at by casual cultivators. It’s a joke.”
Elder Yuan immediately softened his attitude, and said with an unpleasant look on his face: "Senior Brother Shu, since you keep talking, then Junior Brother let it be known today, Xiang Hongyu, your attendant is really too much!"
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Hongyu's eyes suddenly widened and he asked in shock, "The elder is talking about... Shuan'er?"
"Attendant, isn't that a handyman disciple?"
"The handyman disciples bully the inner sect elders?"
"Do you think we casual cultivators are fools?"
"..."
Not only were the casual cultivators around him in an uproar, Shu Gaoming was also stunned for a moment.
He happened to know that Xiang Hongyu's attendant sister had just joined the sect and was still a mortal.
A mortal could not only bully Yuan Zhong, but also make him furious and run thousands of miles to find Xiang Hongyu. Could it be that...that little girl can still go down the mountain and escape?
Shu Gaoming was immediately interested, "Yuan Zhong, please tell me carefully, what is going on?"
Xiang Hongyu also hurriedly expressed his position, "Elder Yuan, if it is really my attendant's fault, my disciple will definitely catch her with his own hands and bring her to you to apologize. If she wants to kill her or cut her into pieces, it's up to you!"
