35. Chapter 35
Although I was speechless in my heart, since a newcomer came, I thought there should be a new task. She is annoyed by the many tasks, but now she is not happy without the task. It just so happened that Ding Peng came, the future sword god, the owner of the magic knife "Xiaolou Listening to the Spring Rain All Night", although he is still a swordsman who has not deleted the number and retrained, but at least he can give some points, thirty is not too little, fifty is not too much.
"Jinjiang Jinjiang, how many points is Ding Peng worth?"
"No points." The system answers. "Ding Peng in this state, are you embarrassed to start? When he first entered the rivers and lakes, although he was called Xiaoye Lonely City, he was able to fight the enemy with the moves on the sword spectrum, and the power was good, but the changes were insufficient,"
"Why are you embarrassed?" Canghua righteous words.
"Can you think of anything else besides points?"
"You made me think about it more, don't believe it, go and look at the chat history?"
"Tell me like you have a chat history." The system sneered.
Canghua really didn't, she had no choice if the system didn't give her points, at most a few sarcastic words.
"If you don't give it, you won't give it, it's so stingy, Jinjiang, you're too angry, you said before that I don't do the task well, what should I do if you don't send the task?"
"You can knock over Ding Peng, who got the magic knife, and give you 200 points, what are you doing?" The system scoffed.
"Why don't you do it, come on, if you don't accept it, you have to save up for a long time to do other tasks." Canghua is very confident, she doesn't believe that Ding Peng, who is in the state of the magic knife, is powerful, and can be powerful in the long song magic skill, as soon as the Jiang (all) department (chasing) is stunned (month) forced (day) out, it is not necessary to shout to Qin Dad to spare his life when he encounters the confused circle.
The system doesn't talk anymore.
"What about the mission?" Canghua asked.
"Why don't you ask the magic knife?" The system asks rhetorically.
"Isn't the magic knife under the cliff of that plot?" Canghua vaguely remembers a little bit of the plot of "Full Moon Scimitar", Ding Peng seems to have fallen off the cliff after this competition, anyway, he finally ended up in the deep valley, and then it happened to be the base camp of the Demon Sect, so he got an adventure.
During this period, he got the transmission of the gong, got the magic knife, and learned the "Heaven and Earth Intersection Yin and Yang Great Compassion Fu", the name Canghua felt that although he couldn't understand it when he first read the novel, he felt that although he couldn't understand it, he felt so powerful, so he firmly remembered it until now. There is also a similar one is "Heaven and Earth Forever Immortal Changchun Gong", which looks much more compelling than "Nine Yin True Scripture" or something.
Speaking of this, Canghua suddenly paused.
Since Ding Peng duel with Liu Ruosong on that hill, after the defeat, he was depressed and strayed into the Demon Sect base camp, it stands to reason that it is impossible to be too far away, that is to say, the Demon Sect base camp should be nearby, it is likely to be between the two mountains and valleys that Cheng Lingsu said?
However, when Canghua was in the village, he looked at it from afar. Although there are two peaks in this mountain, the mountain is not high, it forms a canyon, and it is impossible to fit many people in the middle. It's better to find a famous mountain and river, such as Zhongnan Mountain, where there are ancient tomb sects and Quanzhen sects, and everyone is lively as neighbors.
"I finally thought of it." The system said that it was finally generous this time, and it didn't pick the door at all, and said, "Aren't you asking for a task?" I'll give it to you, successfully break through the Demon Sect Altar, help Ding Peng get the items he deserves, and then defeat him completely, and reward him with 500 points. β
"Is it really here? Can it fit? Canghua raised his eyebrows.
"People don't know how to dig tunnels?"
"Okay, but why bother, then I won't do it. Are you stupid for me? Worked hard to help him raise the trumpet to the big one, just to beat him up for himself? "Canghua doesn't have the invincible opponents of some masters, so he has to cultivate a boring interest by himself. This kind of troublesome task, even if the reward is rich, she is not sensitive.
And Canghua remembered that there were also masters in the Demon Sect in the original plot, it seemed that Ding Peng's grandfather or grandfather was here, even if the ancient dragon world focused on moves and artistic conception over internal force, unlike Jin Yong's martial arts, which was not progressive, if it wasn't for being passed on, Ding Peng's combat effectiveness was estimated to drop by several levels.
"No other tasks?" Canghua asked again.
"It's still picking and choosing for you, it's gone." The system ignores the vicissitudes.
"Will there be a penalty for not succeeding in this task? What if it's not very successful? Canghua asked, if she really didn't have a task to do, she could only do this, it was too time-consuming.
"What do you mean by not being very successful?"
Canghua thought for a while, and said, for example: "For example, under my efforts, Ding Peng apprenticed to Ye Gucheng and became a disciple of the master of Baiyun City. Succeed in becoming a famous swordsman not inferior to his division? How many points do you give? I'm just giving you an example, the process of development is changing rapidly, maybe it will become something else? β
System: "......"
"How?" Canghua asked.
"You're very thoughtful." The system doesn't know if it's a boast.
"I specialize in forging, if you praise me, I won't learn to cook with you, excavator stir-frying is an evil way!" Canghua said righteously: "Obviously, it should be smashed with a sledgehammer." Oh, there's another question, if I don't influence Ding Peng according to the original book, I go to the Demon Sect's lair myself, how many points can I have? β
After Canghua raised this question, the system modified the task requirements, saying: "Let Ding Peng grow to a certain Cheng dΓΉ and defeat him, and the reward will be settled according to the growth Cheng dΓΉ, and the growth Cheng dΓΉ will refer to the original force value, if the basic requirements are not met, the reward will not be settled, and there is no time limit for the task." β
This is undoubtedly much better than the previous one, Canghua was content, and said, "Take it." β
"As for ending the Demon Cult's lair, there is no reward. But there are some good things there, and you can go if you are interested. β
"We'll talk about it then." Canghua saw that there was no task, so he was cold.
Canghua's strange silence made Cheng Lingsu feel a little strange, and at first she thought she had said something wrong, but she herself was a person in the book, and it was impossible for her to read "Full Moon Scimitar", and it was impossible to synchronize it with Canghua's brainwaves, she could only remember that Canghua hadn't eaten yet, and thought that she was hungry and had no patience to listen to these on an empty stomach, so she hurriedly ate it.
Although Canghua was not hungry and was still talking nonsense to the system, he was still talking to the system in his brain while mechanically stuffing things into his mouth.
This mechanical chewing lasted about a quarter of an hour.
Cheng Lingsu watched Canghua eating, and suddenly saw the bronze box on the table, and remembered what he hadn't done in the morning. She said: "I thought this pattern was familiar before, but I thought about it later, and I have indeed seen it, if it is correct...... Sister Cang, you come with me. β
Canghua originally wanted to go and see Ding Peng, after all, it was related to her points, but thinking of the weird attitude of the box system before, it seemed that there was something to do, so he immediately put Ding Peng aside. Now he's too vegetable, when the mobile ATM that provides points can't work, it's not interesting to think about it.
So he went to the basin next to him to wash his face, and said, "Sister Cheng, let's go." β
Cheng Lingsu took Canghua to the study, she walked in front, and Canghua followed behind with the box.
At this time, the sunlight was no longer so dazzling, and the wreckage left over from the original burned dining room had been dismantled, and the remnants had been piled up into a high pile of debris, which had exceeded the height of the courtyard wall, and could be seen by looking up. It is estimated that it will take time to transport it away in the future, and then start repairing the house.
The study was located in the middle of the courtyard, and as soon as he entered the house, Cheng Lingsu asked Canghua and others to start rummaging through things.
Canghua asked her if she wanted to help.
Cheng Lingsu asked her to be free, these books can be read if she wants to, Canghua doesn't know the location of the book Cheng Lingsu wants to find, and it is difficult to help.
Most of the books here are medical books, but Canghua flipped through them, and these medical books are not too boring, because in addition to the boring dialectic of illness, there are also some travelogues. Most of the doctors in these years have been honed by time in the countryside, so it can be regarded as a travelogue novel, and the customs and customs in it are very authentic.
Canghua reads medical books as novels with relish, but unfortunately, perhaps because the person who wrote the book is a doctor, the ink left on the plots that she finds interesting is far less than the later about the symptoms. If I have to say it, this is a fly in the ointment.
Cheng Lingsu searched among several commonly used bookcases and turned out a ...... Strange books. Among these medical books, there are also a few traitors. She flipped through the pages, found the correct number of pages, and smiled when she saw what Canghua was looking at. She is the master of this place, and of course she knows what is written in the book.
"Sister Cang, look, isn't this it?" Cheng Lingsu walked in front of Canghua with the book.
There are some strange lines drawn on the book, but it seems to have a strange charm, and it seems to be regular, but when you look at it so flat, it's really hard to see anything. Canghua took the box and compared it, and found that if these lines become three-dimensional on the box, it seems to be really similar.
She pushed the box over and continued: "Sister Cang, you see the ...... here and here" One hand pointed to the bronze box, and the other pointed to the page. It's just that the box is quite large, the pages are small, and the size does not match.
Cheng Lingsu is really good eyesight, and Canghua admires it very much. If it were her, she would definitely not be able to find the connection between the two patterns. There is also a moon drawn in the sky next to the pattern, and there are several strange symbols next to it, which are not Chinese characters, and it is not known who left them, and what is the meaning.
"It's Sanskrit, but I don't know it, I don't know what those words mean." Cheng Lingsu explained. "This page is Master's manuscript during his lifetime, recording some of his life experiences, but he didn't seem to want to mention these things, and before he died, he ordered me to burn all the manuscripts in that book."
Canghua took a closer look, only to find that the paper on this page and the two next pages was not the same as that of other pages, it looked more old, and there were traces of re-ruling and scorching marks on the edges, and then it was carefully filled by Cheng Lingsu, and it was not burned to any critical places.
Cheng Lingsu explained: "The whole book was thrown into the basin, I couldn't bear to read it, and when the fire went out, there were only these few pages left." "Cheng Lingsu was raised by the King of Poison Hand Medicine since she was a child, and she has no second relative, Master's words, she will naturally listen, although these are Master's relics, how to deal with Cheng Lingsu still followed her last wish.
It's just that Providence left these pages, so she let them go, picked them up properly, and put them back in the book. Most of them here are medical books, she often needs to use them when studying medical skills, Cheng Lingsu is also clear between public and private, afraid of being caught in medical books, and when the time comes, she will see things and think about people and affect her feelings, and make mistakes when dealing with medical problems, so she specially chose such a rare book that has nothing to do with gods and monsters.
Canghua saw that her expression was quite sad, so she didn't say anything more.
Cheng Lingsu quickly eased up, the deceased is gone, and it has been so long, it is impossible to say that it is not sad, but it is not enough to live and die.
"Do you want to clean the box carefully?" Canghua asked. Because she had simply thrown some of the easiest dust to wash off in the water before, more attachments had not yet been removed, and the patterns on the box could not be fully displayed. In the process of moving from flat to three-dimensional, there may be a difference.
Cheng Lingsu nodded, the Poison Hand Medicine King didn't tell her anything about this box, and she was also a little curious, what exactly needed to be hidden so secretly. And at this time, there are only two people, she and Canghua, she can trust Canghua, so naturally there is nothing suspicious. That's the benefit of the high favorability brush,
The two of them worked together to find a small brush, one left and one right to brush off the dust little by little, because some patina dirt or something was completely contained together, in order to avoid damaging the structure, it took a lot of time, more tiring than a fight, and finally completely got it done. I carefully compared it and found that except for some small traces damaged by rust, they were basically matched.
The pattern on the picture and on the box can be said to be almost identical.
I couldn't tell what the hell it was on the picture before, but from the box, it was clearly a rather abstract dragon. Although some places require a bit of imagination, as long as you put the box in front of you, you can basically find the mystery. This is because the dragon's mouth is right in the center of the keyhole.
Originally, the keyhole was blocked by dirt, and they tried their best to clean it, but they could only remove part of it, and they didn't know if it could be used. And this dragon is extremely twisted and hovering over the box. In ancient times, the dragon has always been dedicated to the royal family, a symbol of the Son of Heaven, and the martial arts world is forbidden by martial arts, and the royal majesty has been weakened a lot, and martial arts people dare to use it, but not everyone is so bold.
Especially Cheng Lingsu's master, Master Wang Wuyi, he was really irritable in his early years, but later he cultivated his temperament, was much gentler, practiced medicine and saved people, and did a lot of good deeds, and he was not a person who would have nothing to do with the court, so the reason why he hid such a box in a place like the stove instead of disposing of it is very complicated.
Canghua said casually: "This picture has a moon drawn on it, should it be opened at night?" β
Cheng Lingsu said: "With my understanding of Master, his moon should have another reference. β
No matter how clever the memory of the ancient craftsmen is, they should also do their hands and feet on the box itself, and it is impossible for any box to open on its own when it is exposed to the moonlight. And the texture of this box is very clear, it should be bronze. Bronze is originally an important weapon of the country, plus this dragon, to say that the possibility of the things inside not violating the ban is probably much smaller than the ban. If it's really okay, why hide it?
Canghua agreed, but what she was thinking about was the light at night. If you have any shiny paint on the box, you may be able to see it at night. At this time, the sky was getting dark, and at dusk, it would be completely dark if you waited, and it took a lot of time, and it was not so bad.
Cheng Lingsu did not object.
Canghua and Cheng Lingsu were stunned for a while.
The box was facing Cheng Lingsu and facing Canghua on the side, Canghua looked at it and suddenly found a problem.
This dragon has no eyes.
It is said that the finishing touch, the eye is the essence of a dragon, the dragon without eyes is "dead", only after giving the finishing touch to the dragon, can it take off. And this piece of dirt is cleaned very cleanly, and it can be seen that there is no loss, and there is no problem of zΓ i "wiping" the eyes, but it itself is not.
After Canghua made this discovery, he didn't react immediately, and unconsciously began to wander again. But after being stunned for a while, she subconsciously appeared in her mind that dense circuit map, when she had no thoughts, she felt that it was messy, but after knowing that the three-dimensional diagram would form a twisted and circling dragon, Canghua began to try to assemble the lines.
A bunch of lines twisted around in her mind as if consciously, Canghua felt that she was dizzy when she looked at these lines a few more times, but she unconsciously wrote them down after a few glances. It seems that this body, the memory is really good, at least if she has this level before wearing it, she will definitely study hard and go up every day, and she will never be a scumbag.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.
All the lines froze for a moment.
Canghua seriously started from the dragon's eye that was not lit, and went all the way around, and she found that if this dragon was drawn according to the method on the page, in this way, the whole painting would only need one stroke. Such a complex pattern was created overnight, and it was no different from the box on the box.
This must not be a coincidence!
Canghua got up and grabbed the page, and re-ran it with his fingers on the page to confirm that it was correct.
The big action led Cheng Lingsu to raise his head and look inquiring.
Canghua looked at the lines of the dragon's mouth again and again, and felt a little more sure in his heart.
She asked, "Sister Cheng, look here." She repeated the route to Cheng Lingsu just now.
Cheng Lingsu is also a smart person, she was quite surprised, glanced at Canghua, and looked at the dragon's eye together. If there is no problem with this picture, then the switch of this box may not be the keyhole, but the unfinished eye. The box is so hidden that there is insurance inside, and I don't know what it is.
Canghua and Cheng Lingsu's hands stretched out at the same time, and then retracted at the same time, letting the other party come first.
Cheng Lingsu had to be humble no matter what, and in the end it was Canghua who came to see it.
Canghua's hand groped for a while in the dragon's eye, except for the pattern left during the carving, there was no hidden button to press, she thought about it, and asked Cheng Lingsu to borrow a hairpin to tie her hair, so that the force poked down at the dragon's eye of the box. This time it was very smooth, the dragon's eye was slightly sunken, and only the sound of Kakaka's mechanism could be heard, and at the dragon's eye, a keyhole also appeared at this time.
If the expectation is good, then this is the real unlocking place of this box, if you open the front rashly, I don't know what is waiting for her. There is no way to lock the lock, and the key is also needed here, Canghua looked at Cheng Lingsu, asked for advice, and tried to find a way to crack it brute-forced.
Cheng Lingsu looked at the shape of the lock and shook his head at Canghua.
Since the Poison Hand Medicine King chose to burn the manuscript and hide the things, he obviously wouldn't leave the key to her.
Canghua smiled and said, "Sister Cheng, since we can't open it, it's better to ask a foreign aid to help." β
Cheng Lingsu didn't understand what Canghua meant by foreign aid, but she soon understood.
Canghua turned out the door, and it didn't take long for her to see her carrying a strange young man over. A petite little girl, holding a young man who is much taller than her, how to look at it makes people feel funny.
Putting the person down, Canghua smiled and said: "Sister Cheng, this is the famous Sikong Xingxing who has the title of the king of stealing kings on the rivers and lakes." β
Sikong Xingxing once again fell into the hands of Canghua, and he really won't die if he doesn't die.
After he was robbed by Canghua once before, he was reluctant to lose all his money, and gambled his luck to enter the study to find something.
The manuscript of the Poison Hand Medicine King he was looking for was unexpectedly burned by Cheng Lingsu. Things are destroyed, Sikong picks up the stars is to have one more pair of hands and feet, he can't find anything, he can only jump up and down in the house to find those secret doors, places that are not often used, the head of theoretical knowledge preparation is the way, but unfortunately the prototype is missed in practice.
In other words, Sikong Picking Star was pitted by Bai Xiaosheng's news of organizing those Wenqing intelligence officers, after all, before the death of the Poison Hand Medicine King, only Cheng Lingsu was present, and finally saw him, the real situation was unknown to no one except the two of them, and the intelligence said that the Poison Hand Medicine King did not transfer the news or things to Cheng Lingsu, and Sikong Pickup Star also believed it, and went to a secret place to find it.
It's a pity that I haven't found it.
With the deterrence of Canghua, Sikong didn't dare to stay for a long time, and withdrew when he saw that the opportunity was wrong, which happened to miss Wang Lianhua, who came back. Once lucky not to be caught by the vicissitudes, Sikong picked up the stars bolder, there is a saying that there must be one and two, he still does not give up, so he wants to explore the road again at night.
As a result, it was still far away, and he hadn't noticed that Canghua and Cheng Lingsu were just inside the house, so they were exposed to the focus of the moray eel.
As an expert in unlocking, who don't look for him?
At this time, I found it, and it didn't take much effort to get it, but unfortunately there was such a murderous guy as Canghua, and I couldn't take things away. Sikong looked at the manuscript with starry eyes, as if looking at his most beloved lover, at this time, I am afraid that the manuscript is more precious than anything else.
And Sikong Xingxing is still immersed in the sage time, he has changed into a completely different outfit from before, and he thinks that there is no flaw, that is, if he does not have himself, it is impossible to recognize himself from such a distance, how did Canghua recognize him? It's as if he didn't change his face at all.
Cheng Lingsu hadn't seen Sikong Picking Stars before and just missed it, so her expression was slightly revealed, and she said, "I have admired the name for a long time." β
Sikong Xingxing was in a very bad mood, but Canghua was there, he could only force himself to reply a sentence, and his eyes slowly moved with the page, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit.
Canghua smiled: "Sister Cheng, this Sikong 'hero' seems to have taken a fancy to something in your hand." β
Cheng Lingsu frowned slightly, if it was something next to her, it would be okay for her to give it away, but this thing was a relic of the teacher, and it was extremely rude to give it away.
When Sikong Xingxing heard Canghua's words, he made another plan if he couldn't make a plan, and said, "That's right, is this book sold?" I really need it. β
Cheng Lingsu shook her head, she felt that it was not a matter of money.
Sikong picks up stars: "Ten thousand taels? β
Cheng Lingsu: "......"
You must know that since the death of the Poison Hand Medicine King, Cheng Lingsu has spent so much money, if you don't count the people who asked someone to rebuild the dining room, you haven't spent two taels, but the person in front of him is ten thousand, which really shocked Cheng Lingsu, so much so that he felt that he might still be dreaming and didn't wake up.
But when Sikong Xingxing saw this expression, she only said that she was not satisfied in her heart, and she was relieved now. The most fearful thing is not dissatisfaction, but that I don't plan to talk about it at all. Since he is willing to talk, he will admit how much money he will pay, and if he can't do it, he will ask the employer to increase the price, and then he can't pay out of his own pocket, no matter what, he can't let himself fail to play a task, and his reputation will be ruined.
"Thirty thousand? Fifty thousand? Lakh? "It took less than sixty breaths for Sikong to pick up the stars, and he multiplied ten thousand tenfold to one hundred thousand. If it weren't for Canghua telling Cheng Lingsu that this was a famous thief, she would have thought that Sikong Xingxing was now hysterical, and she didn't know who she was.
It can be said that Cheng Lingsu has never seen so much money in her life, and 100,000 taels of silver are enough to drown her.
She felt that her throat was a little dry, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said, "No need, as long as you help us untie this box." "Sikong picking stars and smashing people with money has already stunned Cheng Lingsu, so she is relieved.
Sikong Xingxing didn't expect it to be solved so easily, and hurriedly took the box.
The professional counterpart is different, tinkering with the real keyhole for a while, and the box is opened.
The contents were dusty for a long time, and as soon as the box was opened, Canghua seemed to smell a dull air.
She couldn't wait to take a look, only to see that the box was divided into two halves, half of which was the result of the opening of the fake lock, which was the anti-theft mechanism, and the other side was the button to open the real lock, in which there was only one thing, a lifelike, carved from jade, which seemed to be a little transparent. Other than that, rummaging through the whole box, nothing else is gone.
This lotus flower is indeed very delicate and ingenious, but what is the purpose of mysteriously putting it in such a box? It can never be just an ordinary craft. The three of them lined up to study this lotus, but of course there was no result.
Sikong Xingxing quickly lost interest, he thought about his mission items, and looked at Cheng Lingsu pitifully. If it weren't for the fact that Canghua's previous force value was too scary, Sikong Xingxing would have grabbed something and ran away. But now, even if something is in front of him and has a psychological shadow, he doesn't dare to run, lest he be forced to circle by Canghua, and the result will be even worse.
Cheng Lingsu was stunned by Sikong Xingkan before, and he agreed by mistake, but he couldn't regret it at this time, so he had to agree.
Canghua looked at Sikong picking stars faintly.
Sikong Xingxing shuddered, not knowing what this eldest lady wanted to do.
Canghua made a lip shape money, you can't take things for nothing.
Sikong Xingxing breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed a handful of silver tickets, and after making sure that there were many or less, the task items quickly ran away to avoid long nights and dreams. This time he really left to hand in the task, anyway, he clearly knew that even if he kept it, it would be impossible to get something back from Canghua's hands.
Cheng Lingsu was stunned for a moment, and then went to look at the silver ticket. These silver tickets are issued by the money village under the Jiangnan Flower Family, the Jiangnan Flower Family is rich in the world in Lu Xiaofeng's plot, at this time, among the comprehensive martial arts, it is not too much, Sikong Picking Stars has a friend Lu Xiaofeng, Lu Xiaofeng has a friend Hua Manlou, and his friend's friend is also a friend, so he supported the Hua family's business.
"What ...... is going on with throwing down the silver ticket and running? Cheng Lingsu obviously couldn't adapt to the experience of becoming a rich woman in an instant. She paused and said, "Let's ask the Hua family to return these things to Sikong Daxia on behalf of you in the future." Although Cheng Lingsu is short of money, she still doesn't want such money.
At this time, the sky had already darkened, and Canghua looked at the lotus flower on the table, and felt as if it had changed color.
Soon, not as if, but as if it was the case, when Cheng Lingsu turned around, she was also stunned and asked, "Sister Cang, if I don't have dazzle, it seems to be glowing?" β
When the light is very blurry, it seems to glow.