Bamboo slips, which have been used in the pre-Qin period, vary in length, from more than ten centimeters to more than half a meter, and are engraved with knives.

The piece in Wang Xuan's hand is golden, with a warm luster under the light.

It is eight centimeters long, three centimeters wide, and two centimeters thick, and its length is shorter.

It is heavy, very pressing, and it can be expected that it will sink when it enters the water.

Instead of words, the golden bamboo slips are engraved with several patterns, and a creature with a snake head and body presents different postures.

It has long hair scattered and it is impossible to tell whether it is male or female, and there is a snake with its body coiled, and there is a carved picture of it rolling on the ground, and there is a picture of the snake with its tail on the ground, standing upright like a sharp sword to the sky.

There is no text on the bamboo slips, only a few carved drawings, and I can't see what it has to do with the old arts, at least Wang Xuan didn't find its value.

"I can't understand it, I can't understand it, I have been playing with jade in my hands for many years." A middle-aged man in a cyan mask spoke.

He had short hair, very thick, and sat there quietly.

"I got too little, a bunch of golden bamboo slips fell into the hands of the chaebol on the Nova side, and I only won two pieces that year." He said flatly.

Wang Xuan is sure that this is a master, and his achievements in the old art are mostly very amazing.

It was not easy for him to dare to grab food, compete with the men and horses sent by the chaebol, and take away two pieces.

This kind of bamboo slip is regarded as a strange thing even on the Nova side, and after the major organizations get it, they will keep it secret from then on, and they are all studying in secret, and it is difficult for outsiders to see it again.

"Has anyone on the Nova side parsed anything?" Wang Xuan asked.

"I don't know." The short-haired middle-aged man spoke briefly, reluctant to talk about the topic again.

For a moment, the room fell silent.

Wang Xuan had met him two years earlier, and it was at that time that he first knew and saw that there was a gray area in this peaceful city.

On the ninth basement floor of a landmark building, every Friday night there is an old-time match, in which the fighters are in an iron cage and the blood is extremely bloody, and the loser usually breaks his hands and feet.

And the stands outside the iron cage were full of unknown people, all wearing masks, men and women, watching the fierce confrontation, followed by roars, followed by screams, excitement and chaos blended together.

Wang Xuan rejected the middle-aged man on the spot, and clearly told the other party that he would never walk in the gray area, he liked the study of old arts, but he would not "bloody show" for others to see.

The short-haired middle-aged man laughed at the time and told him that he was just taking him to see a different side of the city, and that the real world was far from what he usually saw.

And the bloody actual combat of the iron cage has little to do with them, they only occasionally go to select potential seedlings.

As for them, a group of explorers.

What they have to experience is far more thrilling, exciting, mysterious, and even terrifying than this iron cage match, because they have entered the starry sky, not limited to the old land.

The middle-aged man told him that the explorers were brilliant in terms of both prospects and strength, far from being comparable to those who roamed the gray area.

During that time, they chatted several times, but Wang Xuan still rejected him.

The short-haired middle-aged man left him a golden business card and told him that if he changed his mind after graduation, he could come here to find him.

And as early as then, that is, two years ago, the short-haired middle-aged man predicted that the old art experimental class would inevitably be disbanded, and this investment project would be stranded.

"Why did you find me?" Wang Xuan asked him solemnly back then.

The short-haired middle-aged man told him that it was first the investment project of the Old Art Experimental Class that attracted his attention, and then, he observed everyone in the class, and finally only took a fancy to two people.

The rest of the class is not determined enough, is suspicious of the old skills, and even if they follow the old path, their achievements are limited.

In fact, after Wang Xuan stepped on the road of old techniques, he was really out of control, and he succeeded in collecting qi and nourishing himself in only a few years.

The short-haired middle-aged man believes that Wang Xuan has great potential, and most of them will have extraordinary achievements on the road of old art.

This organization is relatively free and loose, but its strength is unquestionable, and it is very mysterious, and its tentacles have long since entered the starry sky, which can withstand the nova.

"Officially, you can call me Aoki." A short-haired middle-aged man in a cyan mask spoke, breaking the silence.

"Am I going to join like that?" Wang Xuan asked.

Aoki said: "Not yet, you are one of the potential seedlings I have selected in the past few years, but you are not the only one. ”

"Is there any test to go through?"

"Yes, this is an established rule, although I am optimistic about you, but I cannot change it."

Aoki, a middle-aged man with short hair, told him that there would be an expedition in two days, which could be used as an assessment for him, and asked him if he would participate.

"Participate!" Wang Xuan nodded.

"After joining us, you have a general idea of what you will have to go through, but now I still want to emphasize what it means to go on an expedition, there will be dangers, and even life worries, you have to think about it."

Wang Xuan said: "No problem, I've thought it through." ”

Aoki was very serious and said, "You can live here, we must make sure that we don't leak any news before this, because this operation is very important!" ”

Wang Xuan said that he understood, and there was no problem in staying.

Holding a golden bamboo slip, he looked at Aoki behind the mahogany desk and said, "Can I ask some questions?" ”

Aoki said: "It depends on what the problem is, if it involves some amazing secrets, etc., even if you successfully join us, you will need to exchange it for the same price." ”

Wang Xuan asked, "I want to know, at the end of the old art road, is it the top powerhouse among the Fang scholars, and there is really no way ahead?" ”

Aoki sighed and said, "I understand your feelings, because, I also started from practicing the old arts, but this road is too difficult, it takes countless efforts and sweat, it takes decades, and it is difficult to achieve results, and the highest peak in the theory is the Fangshi, and the end has been determined." ”

Sure enough, it was the same answer, the same as the conclusion of the life study on Nova's side.

"In fact, the most pessimistic thing is that even if you already know where the end of the road is, there are few people who can get to that point, after the death of Xianqin, there are fewer and fewer people who can reach the level of Fangshi, and there is no more in ancient times."

The old art is declining more and more, and the alchemists have long been legends, difficult to peep into.

"The place where the priest is standing is the end of the road, and no one is trying to continue exploring?" Wang Xuan asked.

"It's not easy to say, for generations, even the real alchemists can no longer appear, how dare future generations think about this." Aoki shook his head bitterly and said, "In ancient times, there were some powerful people who wanted to continue to deduce the road, but unfortunately, no one ever succeeded. ”

"Why are those alchemists able to deduce the old techniques to the extreme, and the latecomers will never be able to surpass them?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Do you think it's the result of the hard work of a few alchemists? No, it is the result of generations of powerful alchemists who have continuously improved the old arts, and later there is really no way out, and the top powerhouse among the alchemists may be the strongest individual among the ancient humans. ”

……

That night, Aoki asked Wang Xuan to prepare all kinds of equipment needed for the expedition, including alloy knives, daggers, protective clothing, and artificial human skin masks

In addition, there are thermal weapons!

The next morning, they set off for the outside of the city, where they boarded a small spaceship in a secret manor and headed for Mount Qingcheng.

The small spacecraft are so advanced that they cannot be detected by satellites in the old soil.

It was the first time for Wang Xuan to sit in this kind of spaceship, and he felt very curious about everything, but he just observed calmly and did not ask questions.

He felt that he had a lot to learn.

Aoki's personal involvement in the operation shows the importance attached to this operation.

In addition to Wang Xuan, there were four other people in the companions, all wearing simulated human skin masks, and they didn't know what their real expressions were.

Aoki said: "The target is Qingcheng Mountain, this time there are chaebols on the side of the new star who are secretly digging in the mountains, and our target is also there!" ”

"What was found in the Qingcheng Mountains that attracted the chaebol of the new star?" Someone asked.

Before the operation, it had been kept secret, and even they did not know the destination earlier.

Aoki was very serious and said, "Someone seems to have found some remarkable records from the bamboo slips left by a certain pre-Qin monk, and the target is directly aimed at Qingcheng Mountain. ”

"Are they still interested in the inheritance of the priests?" Someone questioned that there was a supertechnique on the Nova side, and the old technique had been officially abandoned.

Aoki was very solemn and said: "On the bamboo slips that were deciphered, some secrets were recorded, and Qingcheng Mountain seems to have something that makes the monks excited and excited, so this time the chaebol is secretly here again." ”

Several people were in high spirits, and even Wang Xuan's heart jumped, there was a new discovery in Qingcheng Mountain? Let Fang Shi worry about whether it should be with ...... Lie Immortals have something to do with it, right?!

The top powerhouse among the alchemists is considered to be the Immortals.

But there are also people who don't recognize it, thinking that it is more mysterious and powerful than Fangshi.

"The people of the Zhou family and the Ling family dug up the underground palace, and sure enough, they found the target!" Aoki whispered, he had just gotten the latest tip.

Wang Xuan's heart jumped, it was actually those two?!

The time was not too long, and they approached their destination.

Qingcheng Mountain is known as one of the four famous mountains of Taoism and one of the five immortal mountains.

It is also considered to be one of the birthplaces of Taoism, Zhang Daoling once preached in Qingcheng Mountain, there is a saying that he was finally feathered in this mountain.