Jining put down the token and picked up another item in the gray cloth bag, which was an old and thin yellow booklet. The booklet has three words "Secret of Immortality" written in ancient Chinese characters.
Jining hurriedly rolled his eyes and shook his head, and looked carefully at three ancient Chinese characters.
Seeing the three words "Secret of Immortality", Jining opened the booklet and found that the content of this booklet was similar to the "Secret of Immortality" that the master left for him, but it contained much more content.
After Jining saw the Secret of Immortality, he roughly guessed the whole story of what happened yesterday. No wonder the Blue Blood Sword Sect wanted to steal these things even if they were ruined.
After calming down, Jining felt restless. Although he had gotten rid of the masked men by the darkness last night, the masked men still knew that a Taoist priest had taken the treasure, and there was a Taoist temple nearby. They would definitely find it. . Jining broke into a cold sweat when he thought of this.
Not caring about anything else, he hurriedly packed his things and escaped from this place first. So Jining quickly packed up his belongings, regardless of the other things left by the master, and hurried to the inner room, took out an antique wooden box from under the bed, and took out a few silver notes and broken silver that he had accumulated over the past few years while collecting herbs. When he came out, there were a total of five 100-tael silver notes and a few taels of broken silver. There were other things in the wooden box. Jining saw that it was not easy to carry and put it back into the wooden box, and then put the wooden box back to its original place.
Jining wrapped several banknotes and booklets and carefully stuffed them into the secret pocket of his underwear. Then Jining hurriedly packed a few changes of clothes, broken silver and the token into a package, changed the Taoist robe into ordinary clothes, and took a shortcut with the package on his back and hurried towards the small town at the mouth of the river.
A few hours after Jining left the Taoist temple, several men in black tracked him near the Taoist temple.
But this matter has nothing to do with Jining. At this time, Jining had already taken a passenger ship all the way down the river and left the small town at the mouth of the river.
Sitting on the bow of the boat, Jining's fear calmed down a little. He watched the mountains on both sides of the Yulong River being left behind one by one. He had a lot of thoughts in his heart. He thought that he had lived here with his master for almost ten years, and how could he treat someone who didn't know his parents? For someone who has lived with his master in no fixed place since he was a child, Jining has always regarded this place as his home. But this time he left the small town of Hekou, he felt that it would be difficult to come back again, and he was also worried about his future life. Hesitant.
After a day and night of turbulence, the passenger ship anchored at a place called Xinshi Wharf. The Xinshi Wharf is neatly built with neat bluestones. A row of round stone piers beside the riverside of the wharf are used for anchoring the passenger ship's rope. The pier was large and looked quite spectacular. Jining had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery and hurriedly walked onto the pier with the people on the boat.
The city where Xinshi Wharf is located is called Yidu. Yidu City is located in the middle of Lu State. Yidu City has always been famous for its prosperous commerce and trade. Therefore, Yidu City has water and land thoroughfares, which can lead to Qi, Jin, Chu and other countries by water. On land There is an official road leading directly to the capital of Lu State. Especially in the past few decades, there have not been many wars in various countries, and the geographical advantages of Yidu City have enabled various types of commercial trade to develop rapidly. Jining saw people walking shoulder to shoulder in front of the pubs, inns, pharmacies, cloth shops, jewelry stores and other businesses operating on the street. The streets were filled with traders from all over the world, speaking various dialects, busy and noisy.
The fresh large and small department stores brought by foreign merchants are also an eye-opener and feast for the local people. But unlike the hustle and bustle on the streets, there was only hesitation and fear in Jining's heart, the fear of being chased and the hesitation about his future life.
It was just after noon, and the weather was good today, the sun was shining brightly. The streets of Xinshi are bustling with people. Jining was walking blindly on the street. Suddenly, a thin middle-aged man in ordinary clothes lost his balance and fell towards him. Jining quickly reached out to help him. While helping the person, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy ran over from the side and reached out to snatch the package he was carrying.
Jining wanted to grab the little boy with his backhand, but found that his hands were not grasped by the thin middle-aged man. When Jining threw away his hand and was about to catch the little boy, he found that the package in the little boy's hand was shooting towards the alley in front of him as fast as an arrow, and the thin middle-aged man who was looking at him disappeared. Jining reacted and hurriedly chased after him.
However, people on the street seemed to be a common sight, and everyone was minding their own business. It was as if the scene just now had never happened.
Seeing the little boy fleeing into a small alley, Jining quickly chased after him. When Jining chased into the alley, there was no one in the alley, so he could only walk towards the end of the alley.
After passing through the alley, there was a hillside covered with weeds. Along the hillside, he saw dozens of simple thatched houses made of wood. Jining looked around, and he still noticed the figure of a little boy.
So I continued walking towards the thatched huts and saw a group of idle men in tattered clothes basking in the sun beside some thatched huts on the barren slopes. They looked at Jining with evil eyes. One of them, a sturdy middle-aged man with a beard, said with a sneer: "A fat fish actually came to the door. This kid's clothes are clean and he should have some money. Wait." I will use his money to treat you all to drinks."
There was a burst of laughter from the side, and one of the idle men laughed and said: "Er Gouzi, before we invite everyone to drink, the money has gone to Xiao Cui from Yihong Building, but Xiao Cui will not be able to receive guests for a few days." Then the group burst into lewd laughter.
Jining ignored them and walked towards the deserted slope. The man named Er Gouzi stood up, walked towards Jining and shouted: "Stop, boy, and leave the money on your body to the uncle." After saying that, he rushed over and kicked Jining in the chest.
Jining has a pure and peaceful nature and does not like to fight with others. However, he has practiced Taoist Kung Fu since he was a child. He is unable to deal with the martial arts masters in the world, but he is more than capable of dealing with a few rogues on the opposite side.
Today, he was simmering with anger since the package was robbed. Jining turned his palms into claws and used his Taoist grappling hand, grabbing Er Gouzi's calf and leading the sheep with one move, throwing Er Gouzi several feet away. After being thrown down like this, Ergouzi knew that he was going to have a hard time today, so he hurriedly called other idle men to join him regardless of the pain. But this group of idle men was stunned by this fall, and no one came forward for a while.
Jining didn't care about this. He flew forward and used "Search for the Moon from the Sea" to throw Ergouzi, who had just stood up, into the air like a straw. Ergouzi spun around in the air and then hit the ground heavily.
After Ergouzi was hit, Gui cried for help, but the cry for help stopped abruptly. It turned out that after he hit the ground, Jining stepped forward and stepped on his chest hard and passed out. His life and death were unknown.
In an instant, Ergouzi, the most powerful person in the group, was knocked unconscious. The rest of the idle men only dared to shout but no one dared to come forward. Jining took a deep breath and felt this wave. The tightness in his chest eased slightly. He looked around and saw a man who had been hiding behind sneaking away. Jining jumped up and followed him regardless of the others.
After Jining left, the others dared to step forward, pick up Ergouzi, and hurried out, probably to seek treatment from a doctor.
Just after following the man for about a hundred meters, Jining's ears and eyes, which had been practicing inner martial arts for many years, were more sensitive than ordinary people, and the man's voice calling his companions to escape could be heard in his ears.
Several people just ran to the door of the hut and found that Jining was already blocking the door. When several people saw that something was wrong, they hurriedly knelt down and shouted for their lives, heroes. Jining took the package back and checked it. He saw that the token and some broken silver were still there, and ignored the others and left with the package. Several people looked at each other, not daring to say anything when they saw this young man leaving like this. After Jining left, they also hurriedly ran in the same direction.
After Jining left the residence of several thieves, he found an inn in Yidu city to rest. After all, he had not had a good rest since the disaster that night and after escaping from the Taoist temple.
He had just beaten Ergouzi so hard that he had reached the limit of his body. When he calmed down, fatigue also followed.
Jining slept a full night in the inn. When he woke up, it was noon the next day. He suddenly felt hungry, so he was going to go downstairs to have some food. Jining walked to the first floor and saw a lot of people eating there, so he casually ordered some food and found a corner to sit down.
"Did you hear about the murder case at the mouth of the Yulong River?" "Oh, it was the massacre of the Qijia Drug Store! I didn't expect that a little Taoist priest would be so cruel and ruthless, and even wiped out everyone in the Qijia Drug Store.
However, the birth of such a treasure can only be blamed on the lack of strength of the Qi family. This is a treasure of materials. Those who are capable can occupy it. If the Qi family has no strength, it will become a disaster. "
As soon as Jining sat down, he heard two middle-aged vendors with ordinary clothes and weathered faces drinking and chatting in a corner of the inn.
Jining was shocked when he heard what the young Taoist said about killing Qi's medicine shop, so he pricked up his ears and continued to listen. "Do you know what Xuantian Ling is?"
"I heard rumors that this object is the key to a treasure."
"No, where is the key to the treasure? I heard it is something belonging to the Immortal Family, but I don't think this little Taoist priest will live long. I heard that various sects in the world have issued hunting orders to provide the real whereabouts of the little Taoist priest. , the reward is five hundred taels. If the little Taoist priest is caught, the reward will be five thousand taels..."
"Really or not, it only happened two days ago, how could it happen so fast?"
"Although Hekou is a small town, there are many escort bureaus and drug stores in it that are controlled by Jianghu sects. You don't know that my brother-in-law is the bodyguard of Huiyuan Escort Bureau. I also met him yesterday and he accidentally mentioned it."
When Jining heard this, his expression became worse and worse. He hurriedly took a few bites of food and returned to the guest room. Sitting on the bed, Jining looked at the token in his hand that he now knew was called Xuantian Ling, thinking about how to get out of the current predicament.
While he was lost in thought, a quarrel came from downstairs. Jining was now frightened. Jining looked out from the crack of the door and saw the rogue idler who was beaten by him the day before rushing into the inn with a group of well-dressed people from all walks of life. . Because there were so many people eating, there was a quarrel. Seeing all this, Jining still didn't understand, so he picked up the package and climbed out of the window.
