Chapter 8: Ancient Ruins
Sensing Di Yun's attack, Duan Shangwu had no choice but to raise his long sword to block. At that moment, the fire dragon sprang up and flew towards his eyes. Duan Shangwu was unable to support one-armed, and in an instant, his eyes were injured by the fire dragon, and he couldn't see.
Di Yun held the stick in his left hand and threw it at Duan Shangwu. Duan Shangwu held the black stick with his long sword and stabbed forward with force. Di Yun took the opportunity to take off the black rod, turned around and pressed his back against Duan Shangwu's chest, took out a dagger from his sleeve with his right hand, and stabbed at him violently.
The distance was so close, and Duan Shangwu's eyes had already been burned, so it was naturally irresistible. was stabbed into the chest by Di Yun, and blood spurted wildly.
Di Yun's right hand was raised, slapped directly on his forehead, and he made a successful move, and then his body retreated. Duan Shangwu struggled twice and fell to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other two members of the Duan family turned around and flew towards the valley. Peng Zhenying and Situ Yin hurriedly followed. The fierce fire slowed down the speed of the two, and Peng Zhenying and the others suddenly took off their weapons and smashed them at them.
Feeling the strength behind them, the two hurriedly turned around and tried their best to resist. The strength intersected, and the two of them invariably flew backwards with their attack.
Just as their speed increased, Di Yun's figure quietly appeared behind them, only to see him holding a black stick, urging his power to hit the two who were rapidly retreating.
Although the two Duan family heard the wind behind their heads, they couldn't help but retreat too fast, and before they could react, they had already become Di Yun's ghost under the stick.
After dealing with these two people, Di Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and the phantom behind him slowly dispersed. His body also swayed a little. Peng Zhenying hurriedly flew to Di Yun's side, held him up, and the three of them rushed back to Peng's house.
In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the old man Wang opened the door, he found that there were three heads neatly placed in front of the door, which were the heads of Duan Shangwu and the other two. Old man Wang fainted at that time.
After a while, the news that the Grand Elder of the Duan Family and the two guest secretaries were killed after Di Yun spread the news. The second elder of the Duan family, the eldest in the family, hurriedly gathered the people of the whole family to discuss how to deal with it.
The head of the family and the great elder were killed one after another, and the people of the Duan family fell into an extreme panic. In the face of such a powerful enemy, years of pampering have made the people of the Duan family lose their blood surname and pride when they started their business. More people suggested negotiating with Di Yun instead. Give them a certain amount of compensation in exchange for the peace of the Duan family.
For a while, the main battle and the people of the main peace quarreled endlessly, and the second elder Su said that he had no prestige, and he couldn't hold back his position, and the meeting of the people who spoke became a farce of you scolding me and I scolding you......
On the contrary, the Peng family sounded the horn of attack at the first time. And in the secret room of the Peng family, Peng Zhenying invited the first force in Yucheng, the commander of the Ming Emperor's Praetorian Guard in Yucheng.
After a secret conversation between the two, Peng Zhenying promised that if the Duan family was destroyed, half of his property and shops would be transferred to the private ownership of the Grand Commander, in exchange for the silence of the Praetorian Guards tonight.
With such generous conditions, as long as the Grand Commander is not a fool, he will naturally agree. Although the Praetorian Guard has a large influence in Yucheng, it does not mean that the Great Commander has his own power. The movement of the Praetorian Guard is also subject to the constraints of the headquarters, and Emperor Ming has many spies, if he moves the army privately, the punishment he will receive is not something he can bear.
So why not reap so much wealth without much effort?
After gaining the tacit approval of the Praetorian Guard, the general offensive of the Peng family officially began.
That night, hundreds of Peng family guards attacked the Cold Ice Gate, which was located in the east of Yucheng. Although there is no Sect Master and Great Elder, the strength of the Cold Ice Sect is still not to be underestimated. Fortunately, the Peng family had already prepared and spent a lot of money to invite a few hermits from Jiuyin Mountain who had cultivated to a high level. Only then was he able to successfully attack the Duan family's old house.
In the Duan family's old house, the Peng family's offensive was most violently blocked. All the masters of the Duan family are concentrated here. Although there were no masters of refining more than four stages, many ants bit the elephant to death, and the war was at a stalemate for a while.
In the end, after a night of fierce fighting, the Peng family paid an extremely heavy price to conquer the Duan family's old mansion. Although Peng Zhenying is righteous and has an excellent character, he naturally understands the truth that wildfires cannot be burned and spring breezes blow again when he treats the enemy.
After the war, all the men under the age of 14 and the female dependents of the Duan family who were responsible for cultivation were killed, and those under the age of 14 and the female dependents who did not cultivate all moved to the Peng family farm in Jiuyin Mountain, and they were not allowed to go down the mountain for generations.
Just when the Peng family was in the midst of a fierce battle, Di Yun was still in a coma, but he missed this good show.
When Peng Zhenying brought Di Yun back, he was hot all over. Peng Zhenying was still a little puzzled, how could a cultivator still have a fever when he reached the fourth stage of body refining.
Unexpectedly, the temperature on Di Yun's body was getting higher and higher, and when it came to night, it seemed to be on fire. In the end, even the clothes were burned......
Peng Zhenying was busy exterminating the Duan family, so he sent a few good doctors to stay by Di Yun's side and drove out Peng Yu, who insisted on staying by Di Yun's side. The reason is that a big girl who has not yet come out of the cabinet, looking at a man with a ** body, is known to be good to say. Peng Yu also knew that he was at a loss, so he went out sullenly.
Although Di Yun was in a coma, he could also feel that his bones were being calcined by fire, which was extremely painful. It turned out that he crossed the level and used the second transformation of the Divine Emperor Jue, and used the power of the exercises to attract the true fire of heaven and earth, turning into a fire dragon to attack Duan Shangwu. Although he was successfully killed, the fire dragon did not disappear completely, but turned into Di Yun's body at the last moment.
Di Yun had no sea of qi, and as soon as this fire dragon entered his body, it turned into countless small fire dragons, scattered to Di Yun's limbs and hundreds of remains. And slowly fused his flame body into Di Yun's bones.
This is a bitter Di Yun, if he refines his body to reach the fourth stage, then his physical strength is enough to absorb these fire dragons, and after these fire dragons calcined his bones, he can also make his physical strength go further. And he is a step-by-step urging exercise, and the power of the fire element transformed into this fire dragon is several times higher than the energy that his bones can bear.
Fortunately, Di Yun practiced the authentic mental method of the Di family, "Qing Xuan Jue", and at the critical moment, he subconsciously protected his heart with a true qi. Although the body suffered some pain, but still endured, and successfully stored the energy of the fire dragon in the body, although it has not been fully absorbed yet, but with the increase in the strength of the body, it should not be difficult to absorb these energies.
After Di Yun woke up, the Duan family had been destroyed. Immediately annoyed, he complained that he had lost a good opportunity to participate in the battle. Later, after hearing about Peng Zhenying's treatment of the Duan family, he couldn't help but feel a little cruel at first, but after careful consideration, he found that Peng Zhenying's approach was correct. I can't help but secretly sigh that compared with these old foxes, I am still too tender, and I have to learn more in the future.
Dezhi Di Yun woke up, and Peng Zhenying hurriedly sent someone to take Di Yun to the Duan family's old house. After seeing Peng Zhenying, Di Yun was about to salute, but he grabbed him, and then took him into the back garden of the Duan family.
When Di Yun was wondering, he saw Peng Zhenying touch a tree a few times, and a big pit appeared on the ground. Peng Zhenying beckoned Di Yun to follow him.
Walking down the repaired steps, the walls are inlaid with night pearls, and although they are underground, they do not appear dim. When he was about to come to the end, Peng Zhenying pulled out his short sword, pried off a few of the night pearls on the wall, and handed them to Di Yun.
"Although this night pearl is of little use to us, it is an excellent gift for Childe to meet the girl he likes in the future. Haha......"
In the darkness, Di Yun's face turned red and he took it quietly.
After walking through this secret passage, I turned into a secret room. Peng Zhenying said with a little excitement: "Childe, this is the forbidden land of the Duan family, and all the wealth they have accumulated for decades is here. Please choose whatever you want, you can take it away if it suits your heart, it can be regarded as a thank you gift from the old man to the son. ”
Although Di Yun had the intention to refuse, firstly, Peng Zhenying was indeed sincerely grateful, if he resigned, it would seem quite unusual, and secondly, he really needed to get some practical things to defend himself, so he was not too polite. Just bowed to the ground, and walked into the secret room.
Peng Zhenying didn't go in with him, but waited outside, thinking that after he went in, Di Yun would lose face and be difficult to choose.
Di Yun walked into the secret room and took a closer look. The room is not big, only a dozen square meters. The walls of the room are all dark grids, embedded in the walls.
Di Yun looked over one by one. Naturally, he would not look at the gold, silver and jewelry. When he reached the east wall, he saw a dark grid with a brocade handkerchief embroidered with a map-like drawing. He thought about it, and then took this pair of brocade into his arms. Looking further back, Di Yun saw a pale yellow bottle with a small half bottle of liquid in it. Details of this item are noted below the bottle.
Looking closely, it turned out that this liquid was called "Nine Turns Xuan Snake Dew", which was scavenged from other people's corpses by Duan Shangwu by chance. This liquid is said to have healing powers. As long as the injured person's qi sea is not destroyed, taking a little bit can instantly fill the qi sea and heal the injury.
Di Yun himself did not have a sea of qi, his whole body was his own sea of qi. Seeing the introduction of this bottle of liquid, my heart was ecstatic. If you have this, unless you are crushed, you will have a weapon to save your life. Without thinking about it, he put the bottle of pill in his pocket.
Di Yun looked at the secret room side by side, except for these two things, the others were not of much use to him, so he turned and came out. Peng Zhenying didn't expect him to come out so soon, glanced at the secret room, and secretly praised in his heart: "This young man is not a profound cultivator, he is sincere, his surname is calm, and he is not a person who forgets his righteousness." With such achievements and surnames at such a young age, the achievements in the future are limitless. ”
After taking Peng Zhenying away, Di Yun returned to his room and hurriedly opened the Fang Jinpa he had gotten. The mountains and rivers above indicate some places, and in the middle of the map, they are marked with large red dots.
A line of small print at the bottom of the map reads: "In the southeast of Jiuyin, there is a mountain named Hengshi." There are ancient ruins in the mountains, which are extremely dangerous, and they cannot be obtained by those who are destined. ”
There is also a line of words on the back of Jinpa: "Children of the Duan family, there are fierce beasts guarding this place, which is extremely dangerous." Don't go!"
The handwriting is quite new, and it is obvious that the Duan family has just written it.
Di Yun was happy in his heart, the fierce beast guarded, and the last thing he was afraid of was the fierce beast. This ruin must be visited by itself. Wealth and danger are sought, not to mention that he now has this "Nine Turns Snake Dew", no matter how dangerous it is, there should be no big problem with his surname.
Thinking of this, Di Yun got up and walked out of the door, and went straight to Peng Zhenying to say goodbye.
Hearing that he was leaving, Peng Zhenying was nothing. But when Peng Yu heard the news, he hurried from the inner courtyard, and when he saw Di Yun, he asked why.
Of course, Di Yun understood Peng Yu's intentions, but he was really in no mood to think about these things now, so he simply said that he had a heavy responsibility and time was pressing.
Peng Yu saw that Di Yun had made up his mind, but he didn't have the slightest intention of cherishing himself, and ran out crying. Peng Zhenying had already seen his daughter's thoughts, but he had read countless people, of course he understood that Di Yunzhi was not here, and he had persuaded Peng Yu many times, but Peng Yu didn't listen.
Now that she was rejected by Di Yun in person, it was a good thing for her, the long pain was better than the short pain, and it was better to break this idea earlier.
After Di Yun said goodbye, he left Yucheng early the next morning, walked a little north first, and after making sure that no one was following, he turned southeast and went straight to the ancient ruins in the map.