Chapter 52 (II) The Man with the Treasure
"My master is a land master, as a earth master, in addition to finding the real dragon's lair treasure, the biggest wish in my life is to find the "Earth Ming Book", but in China, for many reasons, there are a large number of fakes in the antique market, including this kind of forged ancient books. My master had searched for it many years ago, but all he found was one forgery after another, and it was not until the 'Coffin Opener' incident that he no longer had the energy to look for it. Iron Tooth looked at the three of them with one eye and told the reason, "After the Arctic Circle incident, the master took me to part ways with the others, because everyone can't get together, the goal is too big, and they also agree not to tell each other their next destination, the reason for this is that if someone is caught, the location of the others will not be revealed." β
After the incident nearly three years ago, although the group of people in the official report given by Zhan Tianya were all "dead", in fact, some countries were still looking around after learning of their existence, so they could only hide everywhere, not wanting to get involved in any incidents again.
Wei Xuanyu began to embark on a journey to find the "Earth Ming Book" with the parasitic Iron Tooth, but soon he learned that the book had left the mainland in the early years, but its whereabouts were still unknown, and just when Wei Xuanyu didn't know where Lu Dao should go next, and discussed with Iron Tooth all day, someone put a copy of the "Earth Ming Book" in his hotel room, but the copy was only a few pages, but as an earth master, Wei Xuanyu could see at a glance that it was copied from the real book.
At the back of the incomplete copy was written "Shangdu" in large letters, and there was also an incomparably detailed map. It even planned a route for Wei Xuanyu.
"We were very excited at the time, but it was very likely that someone would put something in front of us for no reason, and pointed out the route, making it clear that we would get in." Iron Tooth sighed, "Although the legend of Shangdu makes us uneasy, the Book of Earth is a treasure of the Earth Master after all, and we all want to get it, so we decided to take one step at a time and go to Chiang Rai first." Find out the relevant situation and then talk about it. β
The two finally crossed the border to Chiang Rai. The journey went even smoother than they expected. However, on the night they arrived in Chiang Rai Province and stayed, someone knocked on the door of Wei Xuanyu's hotel with a copy of the Book of Diming.
Wei Xuanyu saw a man in a suit and leather shoes through the doorway, after the man shook his face against the cat's eye. He raised the copy of the Book of Earth in his hand. Began to slowly turn page by page. Let Wei Xuanyu inside see clearly that the book in his hand was copied from the real book.
"My master opened the door and let the man in. You must know that in addition to his strange arts, he is also quite strong in fighting and fighting, and it is not a problem for one person to deal with a dozen or so ordinary masters. Iron Tooth recounted, "After the visitor entered the house and closed the door, he claimed that his name was Zhu Weidong, and he was the executive committee member of the Gu Hunting Ground. β
"What!?" Tang Shuxing and Ji Kefeng shouted out in unison, and Gu Huaiyi also frowned, not understanding what would be Zhu Weidong.
"Are you sure it's Zhu Weidong?" Tang Shuxing immediately asked, "I don't think it's possible, it's very likely that someone else is pretending to be him." β
"Yes, we thought so later." Iron Tooth said, "Later, we met Zhu Weidong, but Zhu Weidong didn't know us at all, and the master suspected that the person who came was not him at all, but if not, it can only be said that the person's disguise skills are very superb, and his tone, demeanor, and gestures are exactly the same as the real Zhu Weidong, and the most important thing is his eyes!" You must know that there are many people who can pretend to be a person and imitate his words and deeds, but they can't pretend to be in their eyes. β
"I can only think of one person who has the ability to do this." Gu Huaiyi looked at Tang Shuxing.
"Boom Mengsheng!" Tang Shuxing spoke out first.
"Yesβ" Gu Huaiyi nodded, "Among the people I know the Dao, only Qi Mengsheng can do this." β
"If it were him, he would have a copy of that Book of Earth, and he might have relied on that thing to control Shangdu, wait......" Tang Shuxing looked at Iron Tooth and said, "What is he doing with that book to you?" β
"Help!" "He doesn't know how to interpret the things in that book, so he lists a series of ancient formulas for my master to help solve." β
"We don't understand." Tang Shuxing glanced at Gu Huaiyi, and Gu Huaiyi also shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand any formulas.
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In addition to bringing a copy of the Book of Earth, the mysterious visitor also took out a notebook with a cowhide shell. and motioned to Wei Xuanyu to open the notebook, Wei Xuanyu opened it and found that the notebook was full of strange symbols that seemed to be disorganized, but when he read it carefully, he immediately realized that those symbols were all ancient Taoist alchemy formulas, and also contained some gossip and astrological things, like a group of passwords.
"What is this?" Wei Xuanyu frowned and asked knowingly, he had to figure out the purpose of the comer, and he couldn't immediately show that he knew these things, so as not to get into trouble.
After Wei Xuanyu finished asking, the mysterious comer slowly opened the middle pages of the copy of the "Earth Ming Book", pointed to some similar strange symbols on it, and raised his eyes to look at Wei Xuanyu.
At the same time that Wei Xuanyu saw the same symbols on the "Earth Ming Book", the iron tooth on his back told him through his heart: "Master, the notebook is the password, and the "Earth Ming Book" is the corresponding code book, but he doesn't know the method of interpreting the Dao, and he needs you to answer it." β
Wei Xuanyu also immediately replied through his heart: "I know the Tao." β
Subsequently, Wei Xuanyu asked bluntly: "What are you looking for me to do?" β
"Answer." The mysterious one straightened up, "If you help me figure it out, I'll take you to meet your former friends!" β
"What buddy?" Wei Xuanyu immediately realized that the mysterious comer might be talking about the group of people who had fought side by side with him: Mo Qin, Fu Qingyi, Yaksha King, Wei Daxun, etc.
"Master, there is a deception!" Iron Tooth immediately said in his heart.
Wei Xuanyu also knew the truth, but then the mysterious comer said about the characteristics of the Yaksha King and others. It is also said that they have taken refuge in Shandu because the people of Shandu need them.
Regardless of the reason for the mysterious visitor, Wei Xuanyu at that time did not have the idea of answering the "Book of Ground Ming" to him, but at this moment, the door of the hotel was slammed open, and then a flashbang and smoke bomb were thrown in, and the mysterious person immediately turned over and hid.
Wei Xuanyu also rushed into the bathroom of the hotel at the moment of breaking the door, covered his mouth and nose with a soaked towel, and then decided to immediately deal with the group of people who broke into the door. He couldn't run, because he couldn't run out of here and become a live target for the attackers in the open. It is much simpler to solve them in a small room of a hotel.
This can be done after the smoke has gradually cleared. I didn't hear anyone rush in, and just when Wei Xuanyu was wondering, a figure appeared at the door of the bathroom, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a familiar figure appear there. And the man was still holding a coffin nail. He looked at the man's face. couldn't help shouting: "Boss Hu? β
Wei Xuanyu looked at the person who came and turned out to be Hu Shuntang, his partner who had disappeared in the Arctic Circle incident, but at the same time, Iron Tooth simply didn't use his heart and shouted directly: "Don't fall for it!" That's fake! β
But when Iron Tooth shouted. It was already late, the person on the opposite side had already attacked, and at the moment when he swung his fist at Wei Xuanyu, Wei Xuanyu turned his head to dodge, but the moment the fist swept over his cheek, the fist was loosened, and a handful of powder was shaken out of it and sprinkled into Wei Xuanyu's mouth and nose.
After Wei Xuanyu inhaled that powder, he immediately felt stiffened, knowing that the Dao was poisonous, and he was ready to get out immediately when his body was completely stiff, but he didn't expect that the person on the other side who pretended to be "Hu Shuntang" said lightly: "This is just an ordinary soul dementor powder, the smoke before is an ordinary soul rejuvenation incense, this kind of thing has no effect on normal people, but for you, it is fatal, because in addition to your own soul, there is also a monster in your body, a permanently parasitic monster!" β
Wei Xuanyu immediately stopped his steps, and knew that the person was right, if these two things were mixed together, it would undoubtedly be fatal to him. Because the dementor powder is not easy to make, this ancient technique has long been lost, I heard that only the corpse craftsman faction is still retained, but the use is also very rare, in the past, it was used by the magician to deal with the living people who were possessed by some ghosts, in this way, with the soul rejuvenating incense, the soul of the ghost will be taken away from the body by the rejuvenating incense under the effect of the dementor powder.
"Now, you can only choose one of two options, either you let your soul fall asleep and let the monster in your body control the body, so that you can keep him, or you can wait for the monster's soul to be pulled out of your body, and then your soul will be scattered!" The man pretending to be "Hu Shuntang" grinned.
The stiffness and numbness had spread from the ankle position to Wei Xuanyu's thighs, and he knew that time was running out, this was just a prelude, if he let it go to his waist, he would not hurt himself, but it would be fatal to Iron Tooth.
"Iron Tooth, listen, don't interject, I will hand over my body to you, from now on, you are me, you can decide the rest by yourself, grasp it yourself, have a chance to let the wind go out and find someone else to save me." After Wei Xuanyu finished speaking, he was about to sleep his soul.
"No way!" Iron Tooth said with his heart, "We can't leave anyone!" β
"Iron Tooth! Don't talk back! Wei Xuanyu dismissed his words with his heart, "If I let it go, during this time, the other party can also restrain me through my stiff body, and when the time comes, you will be finished first, and I will be finished later, and everyone will be killed by this king and eight lambs!" That's it! β
Saying that, Wei Xuanyu didn't wait for Iron Tooth to say anything, and immediately slumbered his soul and closed it, completely letting go of the container of his body and handing it over to Iron Tooth.
Recalling this, Iron Tooth added: "Since that day, my master's soul has been sleeping in this body, and I have controlled his body to survive in this place, and at the same time, in order to delay time and wait for rescue, I will help them slowly unravel the mysterious symbols on it." β
"You'll answer that too?" Tang Shuxing asked rhetorically, a little unconvinced.
"I am more or less the leader of the Earth Teachers Association, although it is not a spirit accumulated over a hundred years and thousands of years, I also know that I have read all kinds of books, although I don't interpret them as quickly as the master, but it is not difficult for me." Iron Tooth smiled, "It's just that I didn't expect that after solving these symbols, the numbers obtained would be converted into coordinates." (To be continued......)