Chapter 67: Epilogue (Volume 1 Finale)
Back at the entrance of the underwater tunnel, Ji Yiming found that the suspended ancestral Gu body in the air had completely disappeared as he expectedβonly the Gu snake "Xiao Yang" looked at the top of his head with his head held high, biting a piece of ancestral Gu flesh and blood in his mouth, with a stunned expression.
The aura on its body was getting closer and closer to the top grandmaster realm at this moment, and it seemed that it was only one step away.
It's a pity, unless Yan Siguang loses his mind and goes crazy to break the ban of the "Transformation Ancestral Gu Array" again, and re-condense an ancestral Gu body to satisfy its appetite and evolutionary needs, it is estimated that it will take a long time...... It can't even grow again and enter the realm of a true top grandmaster.
(What should I do with it when I get out?) With such a big python by his side, walking on the street will cause panic and chaos, and the police will already come to the door before he returns to Hanzhong. οΌ
These thoughts only flashed in his heart, and he soon quietly beckoned Ying Xingtian to see Jiang Zhiyou to leave clues.
Ou Haichao was helping Yan Siguang to do the final reinforcement of the formation, and when the finishing work was completed, he was ready to leave this underground ancient kiln city from the entrance of the underwater tunnel that had already thawed.
As for rearranging the formation later, sealing the entire "Transformation Ancestor Gu Array" like the Qianlong Yuan more than a thousand years ago, this part of the work would naturally be completed by Yan Siguang.
The black fat man finally made a contribution, and at this time, he even walked with the expression of "the formation scientist in the whole world, Lao Tzu is the most dick", and on the other hand, he was looking forward to leading the team to come and bring all the formations in the entire space, including "Transformation Ancestor Gu Array" and "Great Unification Array", all the happiness of one net, smiling so that the nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not the eyes.
Ying Xingtian followed Ji Yiming back to find the ruins of the ancient kiln, and after looking at the handwriting on the ground, he quickly nodded slightly: "It's Xiaoyou, that's right, I know that with her skills and temperament, there will be no accidents here." β
"What do these words mean?" Ji Yiming relaxed slightly, but the doubts in his heart remained unabated: "Rate, Su, speed, shirt, Sui." Each word is recognized separately and together it does not mean anything at all......"
"Xiao Yu likes to play this set of puzzle games the most, and it should be a clue specially left for you. Ying Xingtian shook his head and smiled, and then there was a helpless look in his eyes: "It seems that the ruins here don't have what she wants to seek." This guy, when is it going to be troubled!"
This is not the first time that this top martial arts master of the "Hidden Dragon Yuan" has said that Jiang Zhiyou is chasing something, but when Ji Yiming asked, he didn't explain again, only sighed and patted the former on the shoulder: "These things should be told to you by herself." β
(The problem is concerned, I have to find her!)
Ji Yiming secretly complained in his heart, and in the end, he could only take a few photos of these three lines with his mobile phone, and planned to study the meaning after he went back - although each clue before seemed obscure at first glance, it could be confirmed with some small details before, and it was unknown when it might be unintentionally unsolved.
When the two of them went all the way back, Yan Siguang and Ou Haichao, who were working in place, had completed all the work of the formation reinforcement and were preparing to wait for them to cross the underwater tunnel together and return to the surface. Ji Yiming hesitated, and then asked Ying Xingtian: "This Gu snake-hmm, I named it Xiaoyang, and it can be regarded as a trophy......, right?"
Halfway through the words, Ying Xingtian waved his hand: "What belongs to you in the first place, the organization will not confiscate it." β
Ji Yiming relieved himself at this time, and began to worry a little again: "The problem is that such a big python can scare ordinary people half to death when it is brought out, and I have no place to raise ...... when I go back to school."
Ou Haichao, who was lying next to him, smiled "hehe", and suddenly took out a roll of rags from his clothes pocket, and shook it into a crumpled broken pocket: "I have already prepared it for you." When I found the corpses of the three Grandmasters in the 'Worm Pig Dao' before, I knew that you would be in trouble when you took the Gu Snake out, so I secretly hid this treasure. β
Ying Xingtian glanced at the cloth bag and nodded slightly: "The top Gu cultivation equipment among the inheritance treasures of the 'Worm Dao' is rumored to have existed since the pre-Qin Dynasty when the hundred schools of thought were prosperous, and it is most suitable to adopt Gu worms. β
"Boss Win is really insightful. Ou Haichao smiled at him flatteringly: "I don't know the specific name of this thing, but the only three remaining grandmasters of the 'Worm Dao' can use it to raise Gu worms, it will definitely not be a mortal thing." β
He opened the mouth of the bag and greeted the Gu snake "Xiao Yang" next to him with his head held high and his golden eyes blinking: "Come in!"
Xiao Yang shook his head, his eyes flashed with a hint of humanized disdain, and he didn't move.
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Ou Haichao handed his pocket to Ji Yiming with a dark face with a dark face: "The Gu snake you raised, don't listen to me." β
The latter took the pocket and touched the material first, and found that the so-called Gu raising artifact that was turned into a "Wanzhong Qiankun Bag" by Ying Xingtian was not a crumpled rag as it appeared on the outside, but had an extremely comfortable feel - like cloth but not cloth, like silk and non-silk, more like a mixture of natural hemp and some kind of leather.
And as his hands shook, the crumpled pockets that were originally in Ou Haichao's hands instantly became as smooth as new, just like when they were carried behind by the three Sect Masters of the "Worm Dao" before.
The mouth of the bag opened, Gu Snake Xiaoyang only tilted his head and "considered" for a moment, and then instantly turned into a golden streamer and directly drilled into the bag, and then it looked like a pocket that was not as big as a schoolbag...... It was fully packed with its huge body more than ten meters long, and it still seemed to be empty without any changes.
Ji Yiming grabbed his pocket and lifted it, but it weighed only thirty or forty kilograms. For him, who now has almost a low-grade martial artist's internal breath, there is no difference from carrying a five-kilogram dumbbell in the past.
Sure enough, it's a treasure.
He was happy in his heart, and nodded solemnly to Ou Haichao: "Brother has a heart." β
The latter smiled very happily when he saw that he was satisfied: "If you like it, brother, what I am best at is borrowing flowers to offer Buddha." It doesn't cost money, and everyone is satisfied. Brother, remember that the way of cultivation, whether it is a breakthrough in ordinary cultivation or a battle, in the end, it consumes resources and money. Usually there is no harm in being frugal and saving, but it's a pity that my brother has spent too much this time......"
Speaking of this, he peeked at Ying Xingtian again, and his expression was written directly on his face when he wanted to speak.
The latter's face darkened slightly: "I made a promise to Qianlong Yuan, and it will always be valid." All the consumption of your battle will be sent by someone after you go out, and I will also set aside a share of the later harvest of this ancient kiln city to share with the 'Yan Dao'. β
Lying silkworm eyebrows are waiting for this sentence, and when he heard this, he instantly smiled and wrinkled: "Thank you for winning the boss." β
"Alright, let's go. β
Yan Siguang was a little impatient to wait, and finally couldn't help urging: "I've been doing it all night, and I'm hungry." β
The rest of the people glanced at each other, and finally got into the two-meter-square underwater tunnel under the leadership of Ying Xingtian, and swam to the stone gate at the bottom of the ancient Shangao Lake.
The deep and dark underground ancient kiln city gradually faded away behind him.
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The sun is rising.
Shanglin Lake, Du Lake, Silver Ingot Lake and Shangao Lake are sparkling and rugged, and are reflected by the sun into pieces of broken gold.
In the early morning, there are no tourists in the scenic area of Shanglin Lake Yue Kiln Ruins in eastern Zhejiang, and even the museum staff a few kilometers away have not yet gone to work, only a few egrets are wading their feathers on the shore, tilting their heads to enjoy a rare moment of tranquility.
"Wow!"
An explosion suddenly came from the bottom of the water, startling the egrets to flapping their wings again and again, and they fled from the lake like half-jumps.
In a series of explosions, four figures rushed straight out of the lake and jumped onto the shore.
The egrets were so frightened that they rushed back into the lake and ran out for a while before flying straight into the sky.
"Finally came out, this night...... It's like a world away. Ou Haichao wiped the water droplets on his face, with a blue nose and swollen scars, but even the two lying silkworm eyebrows wrinkled with laughter: "I didn't expect that Lao Dao I would have a chance to come out alive, but the Qingqiu and the insects turned into porcelain corpse fragments...... Life is impermanent, life is impermanent!"
Ying Xingtian and Yan Siguang were silent beside them, obviously thinking of the dead Qianlong Yuan peers - Li Qi, Zhou Ze, Ma Ben, and Mo Chabai. Fortunately, no matter what, it can be regarded as avenging them.
"When the logistics force goes in, I will arrange for everyone to collect the corpses and go back for burial. Yan Siguang whispered, and Ying Xingtian next to him nodded slightly, took out his mobile phone and arranged for his subordinates to come and answer.
"Win Xingtian, I'll withdraw first. Please take care of the rest of the matter. Ou Haichao knew that the "Qianlong Yuan" army was coming, so he quickly beckoned to the sky and said a simple "order", and then turned his head to Ji Yiming: "Brother Ji, leave a contact information first, and when you are all settled, our brothers will make an appointment for that meal." β
"Thank you, brother, for greeting all the way, and I'll make an appointment when the time comes. Ji Yiming high-fived him and reported a string of phone numbers.
Lying silkworm eyebrows hesitated for a long time, and waited for the airship in the air to slowly descend fifty meters above the ground, and was about to climb up along the hanging rope, before finally couldn't help asking: "Don't you have WeChat?"
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Ji Yiming was silent for a while in embarrassment before responding: "WeChat has the same number as a mobile phone." β
(Next time, you must pay attention, these practitioners are more and more trendy, and you really can't treat them as primitives.) οΌ
As he spoke, he had climbed up to the fifty-meter-high airship pod, waved his hand at a few people from inside, and slowly rose up.
It didn't take long for one Alpha and two Coasters from Qianlong Yuan to finally arrive.
Ying Xingtian took Ji Yiming and Yan Siguang into the car, and first arranged for the logistics troops to be stationed here and wait, and was not in a hurry to enter the underwater ancient kiln city: "When the large army enters, you still have to coordinate the relationship with the government first, if there is no suitable reason, it is easy to be stopped by the relevant units." However, this part of the work organization is responsible for its own government coordination department, and generally there are no major problems. β
He was a little tired and half lying on the car seat, but he still didn't forget to explain to Ji Yiming: "You will naturally come into contact with it in the future, and if you have any needs, you can also apply to the Coordination Department, as long as it is not too exaggerated, it can generally be satisfied." β
The latter hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "Xingtian...... Classmate, until I find Jiang Zhiyou and figure out her true purpose, I don't want to get involved too deep in the world of cultivators. So ......"
Yan Siguang next to him was closing his eyes and recuperating, and he couldn't help but sneer when he heard the words: "Stupid boy, you don't know how difficult it is for our 'Hidden Dragon Yuan' organization to enter. As a technical expert like me, ten years ago, BTA Factory 3 and even those top unicorns in Silicon Valley took the OFFERS casually, and it took a lot of effort to enter Qianlong Yuan at the beginning. β
Ji Yiming glanced at the black fat man with some surprise, and before he could ask a question, Ying Xingtian explained beside him: "Siguang used to be a top student who graduated from Stanford, with two doctorates and a master's degree in engineering, and he is also a top researcher in our organization. If you stayed in Silicon Valley back then, at least you would have less than 100 employees in those hundreds of billions of companies. β
Ji Yiming, a pseudo-academic bully of a second-rate university, was in awe.
After Alpha drove a section of the mountain road, the situation began to calm down on the road. The car gradually quieted down, and when Ji Yiming wanted to talk again, Ying Xingtian and Yan Siguang next to him unconsciously made an even breathing sound and fell asleep.
He shook his head and smiled, closing his eyes as well.
The ruins of the kiln in Shanglin Lake have finally come to an end.
Volume 1: Shanglin Ancient Kiln (End)