One month later, early morning.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged on the futon in the bedroom of Zhulou.
The palm-sized black moon blade and the white bone ball, chasing each other like swimming fish, are flying in the air.
After a long while, Chen Mu opened his eyes and ended today's soul-nurturing spell.
After breakfast, Chen Mu lay down on a bamboo rocking chair, holding a leather volume of "Donling Medicine and Stone Illustrated Book" and reading it with relish.
Dongling stretches for tens of thousands of miles and has a humid and warm climate, which breeds many unique poisonous insects and weeds.
This medicinal stone illustrated volume is collected by the Yanxia Sect and records thirty-nine kinds of medicinal herbs unique to Dongling.
Now that he was registered in the School of Scripture, he bought the copy with only one white jade coin to increase his experience in pharmaceutical techniques.
"Senior brother, I have checked, and there should be no problem with the Taoist forum held by Vice-capital Sun." Bai Xiuwen quickly walked into the bamboo building.
Chen Mu pointed to the bamboo chairs next to the short ones and said, "Sit down and talk carefully."
"Thank you, senior brother." Bai Xiuwen clasped his fists.
"Vice-President Sun has held more than ten gatherings in Wuyan Mountain."
"Most of the participants are from the Inspection Institute. They were the first line personnel to defeat the Yanxia Sect. They probably stole a lot of good things at the beginning."
"Sell the stolen goods." Chen Mu understood.
"Not bad." Bai Xiuwen nodded.
"I asked two participants to inquire about it, and they all praised the Taoism seminar a lot."
"Three days ago, I sneaked in to check it out."
Chen Mu couldn't help but look sideways.
I just asked you to get some information, but you still go there in person, is that such a waste of money?
Bai Xiuwen chuckled and said, "Except for using Taoism as a cover, it's just like a store in Yuquanfang."
"I guess that this small meeting on Taoism is basically organized privately by the inspection, general affairs, and sutra preaching schools. Otherwise, it would not be so blatant."
Of course there is a backer behind the party.
Vice-President Sun showed off his family background to him, just to tell him that he would have a background and be safe when discussing Taoism.
“The people there are sincere and enthusiastic, and they speak nicely.”
"The things are not bad, there are all kinds of secret techniques, magic weapons and medicinal materials, insect-repelling pills."
"Except for the Taoist skills, everything else is pretty good." Bai Xiuwen said with regret: "You should really go take a look."
Chen Mu was a little annoyed after spending a month and a half refining elixirs.
With a backer, praise from participants, and Bai Xiuwen going to check it out personally, it seemed that the forum was indeed safe.
"I'll go take a look later." Chen Mu took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Bai Xiuwen.
"It contains my little understanding of the Golden Pearl Talisman. It may help you condense the Talisman."
Although Bai Xiuwen always restrained his emotions, he still couldn't help letting a smile creep onto his face at this moment.
I was busy looking around, not just to learn how to make alchemy.
With the right person!
Senior Brother Qi is not so generous!
"Thank you, senior brother!" Bai Xiuwen immediately stood up and saluted with clasped fists respectfully.
Chen Muhun waved his hand carelessly: "As long as you are satisfied."
But the Golden Pearl Talisman is just an understanding, and it doesn't even involve the refining of the Bigu Pill.
Chen Mu thought it was a good deal to exchange this information for Bai Xiuwei's help in gathering information.
In the past, when I went to a teahouse to collect information, didn't I have to buy some tea and snacks?
Of course, the matter of him secretly learning other people's dim sum recipes has to be dealt with separately.
…
There is an open square on the mountainside to the south of Wuyan Mountain. There are five-meter-wide stone steps in the north and south, extending to the top and bottom of the mountain respectively.
A circle of buildings of different heights is built around the square, which is the main activity area for former Yanxia disciples.
There is a two-story building with white walls and black tiles in the southwest corner.
The entire second floor is transparent from left to right, with no partitions except for a few load-bearing columns.
"Everyone, a new comrade is coming soon." Sun Wuhuan looked solemn.
"This comrade is an alchemist. You should be polite to him." He glared at the dozen or so people in the room and warned.
"What a pity, a potential high roller..."
"Oh, I just made up a little story about the origin of the magic weapon last night, so I can't use it."
"Touyuan, we don't have to fool him, but you can't stop him from taking the initiative to buy goods, right?"
"Yes, yes, what if he takes the initiative to buy it?" A group of people tried to test it.
Sun Wuhuan's eyes widened and he looked at each one with a solemn expression.
Everyone who was in a mess just now suddenly didn't dare to speak.
Sun Wuhuan suddenly grinned: "I want you to use your special skills and trick me hard!"
"Let him eat as much as possible of what you have in your hands."
"Eat until he can hold on, eat until he is full of throat, eat until all the more than 4,000 Taoist skills in his pocket are spent!"
Everyone: "..."
"ha!"
"Don't worry, Capital City, we will definitely entertain this scapegoat! Haha..."
Chen Mu, who had just arrived downstairs: "..."
Is it too late for me to leave now?
"Hey! Isn't this Junior Brother Chen? Come up quickly!" Sun Wuhuan's fat face was full of enthusiastic smiles at the window on the second floor.
"The tea has been prepared, and all the colleagues are here, waiting for you!"
Chen Mu's mouth suddenly twitched.
…
"Fellow Taoist, it's nothing to spend a little money on Taoism. If you learn my secret technique of Yin Feng Gui Roar, your Qi pulse will be long and your elixir refining will be smoother. Won't you earn back after a few batches of elixirs?"
"Fellow Taoist, you must learn to allocate Taoist power, save half to resist risks, and spend the other half boldly to enhance your own safety. Wear my three-color earth tortoise shell on your body, and you won't be afraid if the alchemy furnace explodes!"
"The alchemy furnace exploded? Fellow Taoist, please consider the unique yellow mud alchemy furnace in Dongling..."
"The alchemist's secret handbook, cipher text records, you deserve to have it..."
Chen Mu felt that his face was about to freeze with laughter.
Looking at the eager comrades in their eyes.
It felt like I was surrounded by a bunch of insurance sellers.
There is nowhere to escape!
He quickly bought the alchemist's notebook full of ghostly drawings and ran away in despair.
If he stayed any longer, he was really afraid that he would be deceived into a pauper by this group of people.
…
Late at night, under the foggy mountain.
In a four- to five-meter-high arched tunnel, footsteps sounded suddenly.
The green light spreads bit by bit from far to near.
Wearing emerald green robes, with white beard and hair, he looks like an eleven or twelve-year-old child with his teeth flying in the air.
Three large flames with human heads burned silently behind him, illuminating the cave.
"This altar tunnel wasn't dug recently, was it?" Xin Ya squinted at the burly man beside him: "Did you already arrange the Liangyi Transformation Forbidden Technique in Wuyan Mountain?"
Wei Donglai's tattooed face was expressionless: "It's just a mine."
"Ah……"
"If your disciples and the mountain people under your rule knew that your leader Wei Sect has been treating them as sacrifices, I wonder what they would think." Xin Ya sneered.
Wei Donglai rolled his eyes and glanced at Xin Ya: "It's probably similar to what the mountain people in the Hundred Insect Valley, the disciples you planted with Gu worms, thought."
Xin Ya paused, snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Not long after, the two came to the end of the tunnel.
"The altar tunnel will continue to be dug, but Liu Ling is sitting on the mountain, and the secret bombardment can be easily detected. I need your insect puppets to help me dig the hole." Wei Donglai pulled out a roll of animal skin from his waist and handed it to Xin tooth.
"When it's done, I want half of the Hunyuan Qi." Xin Ya held the animal skin and stared at Wei Donglai.
Wei Donglai glanced at Xin Ya.
"A mountain of spiritual inspiration will bring in a large amount of Hunyuan Qi, enough for three or five people to refine their divine apertures." Wei Donglai said indifferently: "I only want my part."
"The rest, as long as you can take it and take it away, you can do whatever you want."
A smile suddenly appeared on Xin Ya's wrinkled face.
With his right hand, a black beetle appeared.
Throw it into the green flames behind you and burn it to ashes.
Accompanied by dots of emerald green fluorescence, ashes quickly filled the cave.
Tap tap tap...
A series of neat footsteps came from far and near.
Figures wearing tattered animal skins and dull expressions walked out of the tunnel one by one.
Five strong men walked out of the crowd and walked straight to the end of the tunnel. They raised their hands and gently explored the hard soil.
The palm with dark nails was like a sharp sword. It sank into the cave wall and quickly dug out a piece of soil.
The follow-up personnel stepped forward without saying a word, filled up the soil in bamboo baskets, and handed it to the people behind them.
In this way, one person passed it on to another, and a manpower was used to form a digging assembly line.
The tunnel was immediately pushed forward quickly.
"There is no mana fluctuation and there is little movement. Now you are not afraid of being discovered." Wei Donglai nodded with satisfaction.
Xin Ya glanced at Wei Donglai and said with a proud face: "Don't worry. With these insect puppets here, we will be able to dig out the Forbidden Law Altar for you without anyone noticing!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a slight invisible wave suddenly swept past.
It was like an invisible big ball that suddenly spread away from the two of them.
Xin Ya was sluggish all over.
Has it been discovered? !
Wei Donglai's expression suddenly turned sinister.
…
In the underground secret room, Chen Mu sat stiffly on the soft couch.
The truth of listening to the Dharma in my hand has not yet been dispersed.
Just now, he discovered two obstacles underground through listening to the feedback.
The kind of interference, as if the sound and picture were caused by signal chaos, made Chen Mu's pupils suddenly shrink.
Underground...there are actually two Ningqiao experts hiding!
(End of chapter)
