Chapter Thirty-Six: The Appraiser in the Secret Workshop
"It worked!"
Lu Zhan cheered in surprise.
Then he struck while the iron was hot, and emitted another red light, succeeding again.
However, after the two red light cast, Lu Zhan felt collapsed and almost fell apart from exhaustionβwhen he killed General Duobao, the phenomenon of weakness was repeated again.
Although the red light shot out this time was not as earth-shattering and weeping as the one when he killed General Duobao.
But Lu Zhan still felt very relieved, after all, he had already found the trick, as long as he practiced diligently, he believed that the power of this "Blood Light Slash" would become more and more powerful.
While learning to send out the "Blood Light Slash", he also discovered a big flaw in this trick, that is, the "Blood Light Slash" is extremely qi consuming, because the whole body qi must be operated to the palm of the hand in an instant, whether it is in terms of mental power or qi consumption, it is extremely depleted.
At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun shrouded this world of ice and snow Qiongyao with a layer of pale golden light and shadow.
Lu Zhan dragged his tired footsteps and was about to walk out of the stone forest and go down the mountain, when Huo Ran heard a voice outside the stone forest.
At this time, Lu Zhan was already exhausted, so he was extra careful, he quickly flashed behind a boulder and looked out through a narrow crack in the stone.
I saw two men standing on the hillside not far from the stone forest, standing on the edge of a bush. One of them, an old man in his fifties, was a fat man, wearing a well-made sable fur robe, with a majestic face, and he looked quite powerful.
The other was a short, middle-aged man, with a pale complexion, narrow cheeks, and a very striking set of inverted eyebrows, giving people a very gloomy feeling.
The two stood in front of the bushes, the old man in the leather robe with his hands behind his back, looking down at the open space in front of the bushes, his face gloomy and silent.
The eyebrow man stood behind him with his head slightly bowed, his expression very respectful.
After a while, the eyebrow hanger was the first to speak:
"Second master, it's not early, let's go down the mountain. β
The old man in the leather robe didn't answer, and was silent for a while, before turning his face sideways and slowly asking, "What is the origin of the guy who killed the sea, have you found it?"
The eyebrow guest replied: "Yes, the second master, his name is Lu Xuan, he is Lu Bufan's nephew, judging from the scene of the day, he and Young Master Hai died together." β
The Lu Bufan mentioned in the mouth of the hanging eyebrow guest is the owner of the Lu Mansion, and the current righteous and brave Marquis Lu Bufan.
Lu Zhan, who was hiding behind the stone forest, heard that his heart moved, and then he remembered that the place where the two of them were standing at the moment was the place where Lu Xuan and Yan Dahai fought when it was called the "Martial Arts Examination". After killing Lu Xuan, he put the bodies of the two together, making the scene look like the two of them had died together.
Now the two people standing by the bushes are probably the elders of Yan Dahai's family. It seems that Yan Dahai's background is quite intriguing, obviously his family is good, how could he come to Lu Mansion to compete for the position of a nurse?
The leather-robed old man asked again, "Then how is this Lu Xuan's martial arts attainments?"
"At most, it's in the late stage of the refining realm. β
"What, just this little ability can hurt the sea?" The old man in the leather robe frowned and muttered: "Hmph, it must be the sea that is proud of its martial arts and is guilty of the old mistake of underestimating the enemy. This child has been arrogant and arrogant since he was a child, and he has suffered a lot of losses for this, but he didn't expect to grow up and still not remember his surname for a long time. This time, he went to the Lu Mansion to participate in the 'martial arts examination' without telling the old man, saying that he was going to get into the Lu family and make a big fuss, but this is good, even his own life is involved. β
The eyebrow man said: "Young Master Hai's death is not because of the underestimation of the enemy, in fact, although Lu Xuan's martial arts attainments are not high, he is very close to the third son of the Lu family. β
"Lu Bufan's third son?" the leather-robed old man said: "Well, it's no wonder, the third master of the Lu family is not right, and he is doing some crooked things, so since Lu Xuan is his person, it is inevitable that he will have some evil arts." I'll just say, the fatal wound on the sea looks weird. Alas, this boy ......" said the back, his voice was a little choked, and he stopped there and did not speak.
The two of them were silent for another cup of tea, and the old man in the leather robe sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go back." β
After speaking, he walked towards the mountain road, remembered something after walking a few steps, and asked the eyebrow man who followed him: "I heard that there was an accident at the Ghost Face Cliff, what kind of news did you receive there?"
The eyebrow man shrugged his eyebrows, and showed a look of surprise: "I heard that it was completely destroyed by a mysterious master." β
"Completely extinguished?" the old man in the leather robe stopped and looked at the eyebrow hanger: "How is it a thorough method?
"The whole cottage was burned down by a fire, but a few people escaped alive, but they were all small minions. The eyebrow guest said: "Listen to those minions who escaped, the one who killed the cottage was a terrible person covered in blood and shining with blood, like a devil." Wherever the big devil passed, he saw a piece of blood shining and invincible, killing the flesh and blood on the ghost-faced cliff, and the blood flowed like a river, just like a Shura slaughterhouse. Even the treasure of the Ghost Face Cliff's walled town, the 'Panyun Iron Tower Array', was instantly destroyed by the big devil, and later the general of Duobao was also solved by the big devil in three moves and two styles. β
"Oh, is it so powerful?" The leather-robed old man's face was shocked, and he said in surprise: "Most of the minions of the Ghost Face Cliff are rabble, and it is nothing to be slaughtered by masters above the Condensation Qi Realm, but their 'Panyun Iron Tower Formation' is indeed an extremely mysterious formation, and we in the Yan Mansion have always wanted to find out where General Duobao learned that formation." And this big devil can break through the Xuan Array and kill the Duobao General, at least he is a master who has reached the realm of condensation. Have you found out where this person came from?"
"Nope. The eyebrow man shook his head: "However, there is news from our eyeliner near the Ghost Face Cliff that we have seen the people of the four princes of the capital moving around there. β
"Is there such a thing?" the old man in the leather robe frowned and muttered: "The appearance of the people of the four princes in this area is a bit intriguing. It stands to reason that it is normal for the royal people to destroy the Thirty-six Ways Anti-Army, but the fourth prince is not simple, he is by no means the kind of person who rashly makes a move and easily exposes his strength, and at present, the capital is surging, and several princes are fighting endlessly, I think there must be something else hidden in this matter. β
"It doesn't matter what it's secret," the eyebrow lifter said with a little impatience, "It's just that the destruction of the Ghost Face Cliff will have a great impact on us." β
"What impact do they have on us?" the old man in the leather robe sneered: "These guys don't know how much money they have earned from us to buy roads, and the money we give them every year is hundreds of thousands, millions of taels of silver, and their destruction is only good for us, not harmful." β
"It seems to have an impact. The eyebrow man whispered: "Don't forget, we have impersonated them several times, and half-robbed our opponent's goods, especially five years ago, the batch of red goods in the other party's secret workshop was intercepted and killed by us pretending to be Ghost Face Cliff, causing their secret workshop to close down." This time the Ghost Face Cliff has been completely wiped out, so if we want to pretend to be someone from the Ghost Face Cliff to loot the goods of other family forces and caravans, I'm afraid it's a bit too much. β
The old man in the leather robe said "um", "This is a problem, but it is not without a solution, the goods from the south to the north, we will rob the goods, and the people of the Ghost Face Cliff, we will also pretend to do the same, and then we will say to them: We are the remnants of the Ghost Face Cliff, supported by the 36th Route rebels, and we have regained our strength." And the rebel brothers want to live, so they have to come out and double the robbery, with this reason, we can rob and kill a few more times, anyway, the crime can be pushed to those dead ghosts in the Ghost Face Cliff, do you say yes or no?"
The eyebrow hanger gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's still the second master's idea that you came up with, so that there is no trace of the bitter master who wants to investigate and ask for the guilt, hehe......"
While the two of them discussed sinisterly, they quickened their pace, and their figures soon disappeared from the mountain path.
Lu Zhan stood in the stone forest, and only after he was sure that the two of them had gone away did he come out of the stone forest.
He walked to the mountain road, looked at the two almost invisible footprints under his feet, and thought to himself that among the two people, especially the old man in the leather robe, with such a fat figure, the footprints under his feet were so shallow, and his body was as fast as an ape when he went down the mountain, and his martial arts attainments must be very profound.
I just don't know where these two people came from?
Thinking of Yan Dahai's surname Yan, and the only one in the Yunmeng City area who can compete with Lu Mansion in terms of strength is the mysterious Yan Mansion that occupies half of the territory in the west of the city, could it be that those two people are actually from Yan Mansion?
Lu Zhan listened to what they talked about about the catastrophe of the destruction of the Ghost Face Cliff, and he actually called him the "big devil" over and over again, presumably it was those minions who escaped from their lives who added fuel and vinegar to the scene at that time, so he said it so moving and appalling to the listeners.
Lu Zhan walked down Zixia Mountain and walked into the market.
At this time, it is already the beginning of the lights, and the market is bustling with people, busy with traffic, and it is very lively.
Lu Zhan ordered two bowls of braised pork noodles in the small noodle shop on the street, and while eating, he thought about what the old man in leather robe said, and it seemed that the old man was very interested in the "Panyun Iron Tower Array" composed of fifty warriors in the Ghost Face Cliff. It seems that this formation is really a secret that is not passed on, but it's a pity that I don't know anything about the way of appreciation, and I don't know how much the price of the "Complete Book of Heavenly Evolution" is on the market.
Thinking of this, his eyes glanced at the northwest corner of the market, where the location of the secret workshop was located.
Lu Zhan thought to himself: Anyway, now that we have time, why don't we go to the secret workshop, there are many connoisseurs there, and it just so happens that in the collection I got from General Duobao, there are a few things that I want to find out their caste and value.
After making up his mind, he left the small noodle shop, walked to a no-man's corner, took out the very light gray soft leather armor from the Qiankun bag and put it on his body, and then took out a short bow and put it on his shoulder, and dressed himself like a wandering warrior before walking to the secret workshop.
Lu Zhan came to the secret workshop, passed through the door smoothly according to the method taught by Xi Liuzi, and walked into the underground trading place.
He pretended to wander around the various shops in the trading hall casually, and finally next to the weapon and armor shop, looking at the moment when there was no one around, he walked to a white-faced middle-aged man who was sitting at the counter and looked very knowledgeable, and saluted him with a fist: "This gentleman is invited, can you identify the items for me?"
The middle-aged man was leisurely looking at a book, looked up at Lu Zhan, and saw that he looked ugly and looked very obscene (Lu Zhan was still wearing a face-changing mask on his face at this time), so he frowned and waved his hand and said, "Go and go, don't you see that I'm busy." I'm an intermediate appraiser, so if you want to identify a general item, you can go to a junior appraiser. In our secret workshop, as long as they are qualified to receive customers on the counter, they are all qualified as junior appraisers, and you just go to them. β
Lu Zhan sneered disdainfully in his heart: As soon as he heard this guy speak, he knew that he was the kind of snob who judged people by his appearance. For this kind of person, it's best not to talk nonsense, just take good things to attract his attention, and see how he looks?
So he took off the soft armor on his body and shook it in front of the white-faced middle-aged man: "Look at this, doesn't it enter the eyes of you, an intermediate appraiser?"
The middle-aged appraiser raised his eyes and glanced at the soft armor with disdain, and was about to say a vicious and mean word to ridicule the ugly-faced man who didn't know what to do, when suddenly, his eyeballs popped out of his sockets, his hand shook, and the book in his hand fell off the floor, "This...... This armor is you...... Your old man?" he stretched out a trembling right hand, gently caressing the leather of the soft armor, and his eyes were full of envy.