Chapter 17: Lotus Pond

The pale white light of the night pearl illuminated the lotus pond, which was like a white ocean, and after the two sounds of falling water, the hustle and bustle and ripples slowly fell silent.

Hua Qingzhi had just gone into the water, the skirt on her body was already wet, and her coiled hair was scattered, but she didn't care about it at all at this time, just knelt on the edge of the lotus pond and looked at the bloodstained pool water:

"Nightboy? …… Night Terrors?! ……”

After the two figures fell from the sky, they sank into the water and there was no movement, Hua Qingzhi didn't know martial arts, and couldn't see the process of the two fighting clearly, in the face of the sudden dead silence, the bottom of her heart was completely occupied by fear and worry, and after shouting a few times, she gritted her teeth and wanted to slide into the water to find the night terror.

But fortunately, the night boy, who has always been reliable, did not leave her in this deep underground.

Crash~

Just when Hua Qingzhi wanted to enter the water, a figure suddenly appeared in the pool not far in front of her, and a big hand grabbed the edge of the stone embankment.

"Ahh ~”

Hua Qingzhi sat on the ground in fright, but after recognizing it as Night Terror's hand, she almost cried with joy, and hurriedly rushed to her, grabbed her wrist and pulled it up:

"Hey~......"

But Hua Qingzhi's figure is less than 100 catties, where can she pull up a tall and big night terror.

At the edge of the lotus pond, Night Terror Hall grabbed the stone brick with one hand, pulled his body up directly, and lay in front of Hua Qingzhi's legs, and the sword of the Son of Heaven in his right hand was thrown to the ground, panting like a cow and changing a few breaths:

"Whew...... Call...... I'm fine, what's the ...... crying"

Hua Qingzhi looked carefully, and could see that the blood stains on the mouth, nose and body of the Night Terror Hall had been washed away by the pool water, but her face was white and scary, and even the two-way glow was a little ethereal. She hurriedly pulled the night terror hall up:

"Come on......"

To be honest, Night Terror didn't even have the strength to lift his arms, but he couldn't just soak in the water like this, so he gritted his teeth and put his legs on the shore, rolled over and rolled up hard, lying on the ground and gasping for breath, the reason why he didn't lie down was because the consumption was too serious, and the wound on his back could not heal, so he could barely stop the bleeding.

Hua Qingzhi has been dealing with qin, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, and she has never even seen a chicken, where has she experienced such a scary scene, seeing the two-foot-long wound behind the night terror, she felt that the night terror hall was about to die, panicked but didn't know what to do, so she could only take out the handkerchief and hold down the bleeding wound with her hand:

"Don't you die......"

"Shhhh

The night terror hall was originally a hard resistance, but when it was pressed like this, it almost hurt and almost turned his back on his back, and he hurriedly raised his hand:

"Don't don't, don't touch! I'll just rest for a while. ”

When Hua Qingzhi heard this, she hurriedly stopped, looked left and right at a loss, and asked:

"Do you have any wound medicine? I'm bandaging ......."

Night Terror Hall has been walking darts since childhood, and it is a habit to carry wound medicine with him, but his golden scales and jade bones are far stronger than ordinary people, according to the law of conservation, the recovery must be greater than ordinary people's consumption, ordinary drugs are basically a drop in the bucket, the most reliable way is to take a lot of tonics, and then rely on the fire map to recover.

Night Terror Hall wanted Hua Qingzhi to help take two grain pills from her waist, but Yu Guang found the leaves floating in the pool.

Fang Cai and Huang Liansheng fought, although it was a sacrifice of their lives, but this is Huang Liansheng's home field, Huang Liansheng is definitely not willing to destroy the white lotus, and the night terror hall is even more reluctant, for this reason the two sides almost did not harm the grass and trees, only in the last strong connection to the sword of the Son of Heaven, the aftermath of the shock knocked off some of the petals of the white lotus.

At this time, a white leaf that is as clear as jade floats to the shore with the ripples, and the shape is like ordinary petals, but if you look closely, you can still feel the difference.

Seeing this, Night Terror raised his hand to pick up the lotus leaves floating in the water, and found that his palms were cold, as if he had picked up a piece of ice, and like real ice chips, as the temperature of his palms slowly melted, the coolness gradually penetrated into his skin.

Hua Qingzhi sat next to her, and she didn't know what to do, so she said worriedly:

"It's not going to be toxic, is it?"

Night Terror Hall is indeed worried about poison, but with the fire map in his body, even the 'Imprisoned Dragon Miasma' can't poison him, this is something similar to the Snow Lake Flower, and the impact should not be too great, so hold the petals in the palm of your hand and feel it carefully.

As the cold sensation seeped into his body, the soreness and strain in his arm that Night Terror Hall felt soon began to ease, just like a special bruise medicine; Although the medicinal effect of a single petal is not as unnatural as imagined, this immediate effect has exceeded the ordinary panacea.

"This is a miracle medicine for wounds, and it can be used."

After Night Terror finished speaking, he wanted to continue to go into the water and pick lotus flowers in the lake.

Hua Qingzhi saw that the night terror hall was so seriously injured, where did she dare to let him move, looked left and right a few times, and then signaled to the Sifang platform in the distance:

"Stand on the side over there, I'll help you go and lie down, I'll pick it up."

Night Terror Hall turned around and looked at Hua Qingzhi's legs:

"You're helping me?"

“……”

It is difficult for Hua Qingzhi to walk independently, and it is indeed a little difficult to carry a man on these two legs, but her eyes are very resolute:

"I'll drag you over and go, ......"

"Alright, alright."

Although the Night Terror Hall was empty as if it had been squeezed dry, it had not yet reached the point of crawling, so he gritted his teeth and supported his body, supported the rock wall and walked slowly, and helped pull Hua Qingzhi up.

At this moment, Hua Qingzhi understood what it meant to be useless, supported each other's bodies, walked forward, and asked at the same time:

"What about Huang Liansheng?"

"Dead."

Night Terror Hall stopped in three steps, and after walking out of a section, it signaled to the ground:

"That."

Although the Panlong Cave is illuminated by the night pearl, the brightness is not high, it is about the night of the non-full moon, everything can be seen, but it is difficult for ordinary people to see the details.

Hua Qingzhi saw the signal of the night terror, only to find that there was a black thing not far from the two of them, and there was a dark water trail next to it.

Hua Qingzhi frowned slightly, flipped lightly with her toes, trying to see what it was, but a bloodstained head that was not blind was presented under her eyes.

"Ah——!!h

A scream piercing through the golden cracks rang out from the silent cavern.

Hua Qingzhi Rao was legs were inconvenient, and she jumped up in fright, instinctively wanting to hold the arms of the Night Terror Hall and hide behind her back, but the Night Terror Hall was also unstable, and the two of them fell directly.

Thump~

Night Terror Tang fell to the ground and didn't forget to use his arm to cushion it so that Hua Qingzhi would not fall to the back of her head, seeing that her face was discolored, she was scared stupid, and kicked off her bloodstained shoes and threw them aside, and hurriedly comforted:

"Shhh

A head?

Hua Qingzhi has never dreamed of such a terrifying scene in her life, she can't speak, she just closes her eyes and shrinks back.

Boom~

Night Terror raised his foot and kicked the man's head aside:

"Okay, okay, it's gone, let's hurry over, and toss me again to lose too much blood."

When Hua Qingzhi heard this, she regathered her mind, opened a slit in her eyes, and after making sure that the head of the person who was close at hand was gone, she hurriedly wanted to help the night terror hall up, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand up, let alone help a big man.

Night Terror grew up in Liangzhou, a poor mountain and bad water, and then came into contact with most of the women in the rivers and lakes, and it was indeed the first time I met such a timid girl.

found that Hua Qingzhi was indeed frightened, and Night Terror Hall also blamed herself a little, stood up against the wall, and then helped Hua Qingzhi up:

"Once raw and twice cooked, three times people are not afraid to roll all over the ground, and it is good to get used to it......"

Habit?

It was the first time for Hua Qingzhi to see such a shocking comfort, and she hugged the arm of Night Terror, trying her best to keep her composure:

"Don't talk about it......"

Night Terror shook his head and smiled, and walked forward against the rock wall, quickly rounding around to the quadripartite platform facing the exit.

After Huang Liansheng discovered this place, he had obviously stayed here for a long time, and there were all kinds of furniture on the platform, as well as boxes of candles, emergency dry food, etc., apparently using this place as a temporary shelter, and the water in the lotus pond flowed out from a spring under the platform, and flowed out from the waterway he entered.

Night Terror scrutinized the surroundings and made sure there was nothing going on, then sat down on the couch.

Hua Qingzhi originally turned around and went to the edge of the platform to pick a few white lotuses that were closest to her, but she soon found that on the shelf on the left side of the platform, there was a row of wax-sealed jars, which looked like medicine jars. She thought for a moment and asked:

"Is this a dried herb?"

Looking at the appearance of the white lotus in the night terror hall, it is not like it has not withered for two thousand years, Huang Liansheng has been hiding here for many years, and he must have collected a lot, and he opened his mouth at the moment:

"Bring it to me and I'll take a look."

Seeing this, Hua Qingzhi carefully picked up a medicine jar and came to the couch to sit down.

After picking it up and checking the wax seal, Night Terror opened it and looked at it, only to find that it contained a whole jar of white petals, which had been completely dried in the shade, and there was no cold touch after picking it up.

Hua Qingzhi thought about it, then reluctantly got up, picked up the teapot on the small case, took a pot of water from the spring at the edge of the platform, and poured it into the tea bowl:

"Try it out?"

Night Terror Hall placed the dried petals in it, and as expected, the petals quickly regained their white jade-like color, although they were not as textured as those picked on the spot, but they obviously did not lose their medicinal properties.

Hua Qingzhi asked, "How should I use this medicine?" Just in your hand? ”

Night Terror Hall is not a pharmacist, but from the perspective of absorption efficiency, it is either applied externally or swallowed Anyway, there are quite a lot of medicinal materials, he directly picked up the petals and put them in his mouth, and then lay down:

"Try it on my wound for me...... Hiss~"

Before Hua Qingzhi could do anything, she found that the night terror hall suddenly inhaled cool air, and her eyes panicked:

"What's wrong again?"

Night Terror Hall felt like holding an iced yellow lotus, cold and bitter, his brain was completely clear, and he couldn't spit out the hard-won magic medicine, so he could only close his mouth and raise his hand to indicate that it was okay.

Hua Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, quickly took out some of the petals, put them in a teacup to brew, and then applied the petals around the sword wound on her back in turn.

Although Night Terror Hall made a move, he made himself the same as the last time he fought against Xiang Hanshi, and his limbs felt like they were about to break, but with the moisture of the white lotus, the soreness in his limbs was gradually subsiding.

Because the cold and biting feeling was a little unbearable, the night terror hall lay down for a moment, and then moved his eyes to the desk not far away, and found a stack of books on it.

Hua Qingzhi had been paying attention to the Night Terror Hall's expression, and immediately got up again, picked up the book and flipped through it, and put it in front of the Night Terror Hall:

"This should be the martial arts cheats engraved on the rock wall and the way to govern the country. However, according to historical records, the first emperor was the god of war of ten thousand enemies, and he used troops impermanently, and was praised by everyone in the art of war in the past dynasties. How can Huang Lian ascend to the true biography...... How to ......"

Night Terror Hall naturally understood what Hua Qingzhi meant, and wondered why Huang Lian was still so good when she won the true legend of the First Emperor, so she picked up the book and flipped through it immediately.

The contents of the book were originally engraved on the rock walls around Panlong Cave, and they were all in ancient Liang script.

And Huang Liansheng has been studying here for many years, and has translated all the texts, and the content related to martial arts is even copied with illustrations, with annotations next to it, and the cover even has a name:

The Lotus Book

When the night terror hall saw this name, he always felt that something was strange, because he didn't know how to govern the country and use soldiers, so he directly opened the martial arts cheats left by the first emperor to check.

Because the first emperor is the first emperor in history, his talent should not be underestimated, and he has dabbled in the weapons of the inner family, the outer family and the eighteen classes, and there are more than 20 kinds of martial arts just recorded, and he even wrote a sentence 'If you can eat half of it, you can be invincible in the rivers and lakes'.

When Night Terror Hall saw this breath, his eyes were solemn, but after looking closely, he slowly found that these martial arts were a bit 'primitive'.

For example, marksmanship, the marksmanship left by the first emperor, on the three cores of 'blocking, taking, and piercing', among which the luck vein of 'piercing' can obviously be found in the well-known marksmanship such as Liuhe gun, overlord gun, and dragon gun, and some marksmanship has been refined and added a lot of details, making it more powerful or more suitable for the current era, but the underlying core has hardly changed much.

And the same is true for the knife technique and fist technique, and the Night Terror Hall even found a few places similar to the eight-step mad knife in the knife technique, but they are still rudimentary, and they are integrated into other knife techniques, and they are not taken out separately, creating a peerless knife technique with fast as the core.

If you thoroughly understand these martial arts and put them on the rivers and lakes of 2,000 years ago, you may indeed be able to become the enemy of ten thousand people who dominate the rivers and lakes, after all, these skills and attainments are enough to crush the primitive warriors of the same era.

But in the contemporary rivers and lakes, the Night Terror Hall can confirm that it can't beat any Wu Kui, and it is difficult to challenge a famous grandmaster.

After all, for contemporary Jianghu, these martial arts are simply capable of beating people, they are all basic martial arts, without any sect characteristics, and they are 108,000 miles away from the sect.

Night Terror Hall saw that Huang Lian had won such a big opportunity, but the dishes were outrageous, and he felt that Huang Liansheng's talent was poor; Only now did I realize that it was not easy for Huang Lian to ascend to this ancient martial art, and he could climb to the current level.

Hua Qingzhi applied medicine on her back, and soon covered the back of the Night Terror Hall with white petals, and when she saw the Night Terror Hall shaking her head while watching, she asked:

"Is the martial arts left by the First Emperor very bad?"

Hearing this, Night Terror Hall came back to his senses, shook his head and said:

"How can it be, it's just the limitations of the times.

"The first emperor is a generation of Tianjiao, two thousand years ago to explore the contemporary martial arts school, this talent and understanding can be called the ancient and modern, it can be said that the martial artists of the northern and southern dynasties are now standing on the shoulders of the first emperor, Wu Taizu and other sages, only to have the current achievements.

"If the First Emperor saw the eight-step mad sword, he would still be able to comprehend the dragon slaying order, but if he didn't realize it, it was not because of his talent but because of the environment at that time, he couldn't use such an extreme sword technique at all, so there was no need.

"Even if the First Emperor really doesn't understand, how can I, as a person who can already run and jump, have the right to laugh at the first fish that came ashore."

Hua Qingzhi didn't know much about martial arts, but she was smart and asked:

"Is it the same as calligraphy, the pavilion style used by the imperial court now is considered tacky by the literati, and if it is used for daily inscriptions, it will even be laughed at.

But in the time of the Great Wu Dynasty, the calligraphy who created the pavilion style amazed the whole world, and it was precisely because of its neatness, simplicity, and easy recognition that it could be passed down through the ages and become a compulsory course for all literati. Just because it looks tacky now doesn't mean the pioneers can't. ”

That's pretty much what it means. I shook my head because Huang Liansheng practiced the pavilion very well, and it was neater than what was printed in the bookstore, and then I went to compare with contemporary calligraphy, who couldn't shake his head. ”

As he spoke, he continued to flip through the pages, looking for something valuable, but when he reached the end of the "Lotus Treasure Book", he found that the content began to become mysterious.

The last page, the meaning is probably - the first emperor practiced martial arts all his life, the purpose was to climb the highest mountain, but it turned out that there was a mountain outside the mountain, and he could never finish walking.

When the First Emperor wrote these words, he was already over the age of Jiazi, and in this life he unified the world, completed the great cause of the ages, and did everything he could in the world, and he had nothing else to ask for in his heart, but only to climb over the last mountain he had visited in this life, and to see the back of the mountain.

The first emperor didn't know what would be on the other side of the mountain, and it would be difficult to return to his homeland this time, and he was likely to die in a foreign land, or he might be alone for the rest of his life.

The first emperor has no nostalgia in the world, and as an emperor, he is not willing to become a caged bird in heaven and earth, vowing to explore the height of the sky, even if he will become the first martyr in heaven and earth.

On the way to pursue the avenue of heaven and earth, the First Emperor very much hoped to have a 'Taoist friend' who traveled with him, but exploring the forbidden place of living beings may anger the heavens and cause disasters to the people, this kind of thing should not let too many people know, he hid the stone tablet given by the heavens a long time ago, and there is no one in this world who can walk with him.

But the First Emperor was also afraid that he would fail, and there would be no successor in the world.

Therefore, the First Emperor wrote down the location of the Tianci Stone Tablet - sinking into the Tiantan at the mouth of the river.

The person who can come here is already the darling of heaven and earth, and he can dig up the stele to see, and if he can understand it, he can stand at his height and have the opportunity to go out; If you dare not go, you should inform your new successor of these things.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall propped up his body slightly, and asked:

"Where is Tiantan?"

Hua Qingzhi had already finished applying the medicine, and at this time she also came to the front to look carefully, and thought carefully when she saw this:

"According to historical records, Tiantan should be near the imperial tomb of the Great Liang Dynasty, but after turning into a desert, it has long been impossible to find a place, only knowing that the approximate location is near today's Crescent Lake."

"Crescent Lake ......"

Night Terror pondered for a moment, and turned back and said:

"Where the prince of Liang and the queen mother of the former dynasty lived in seclusion?"

“?”

Hua Qingzhi blinked, originally wanting to pretend not to understand, but finally whispered:

"The Night Boy has also seen the secret history of Cleopatra?"

"Uh......"

Night Terror accidentally exposed his fetish, and his expression was slightly embarrassed:

"Miss Hua has also seen it?"

"The book of the secret history of Cleopatra, in the Southern Dynasty before Jiazi, was a forbidden thing, but not in the Northern Dynasty, and the imperial court also printed a lot...... I haven't seen it either, but I just happened to glance at it. ”

Hua Qingzhi obviously couldn't lie, her eyes fluttered and her face turned red.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall knew that Hua Qingzhi had also secretly seen it, and seeing that she was thin-skinned, Night Terror Hall didn't hold on to it, and closed the book:

"When we get out, we have to go to the Crescent Spring. Judging from the words of the First Emperor, I suspect that the 'Nine Techniques' are the nine Minglong diagrams, and the last three may be recorded on them. ”

Hua Qingzhi bowed her head slightly, glanced at the night terror hall with a good look, and asked in a low voice:

According to the official history, the prince of Liang married many concubines, and later inherited the throne and lived to be in his sixties before dying. Those miscellaneous books are all made up, don't take them seriously. ”

"Of course I know. However, Empress Dowager Yan eloped with someone, it should be true, in the bath of the Empress Dowager's bedroom in Yun'an City, there is indeed a position for the head of the fortunate face......"

"How does the night boy know? Have you ever been to the bathroom of the Queen Mother of the Southern Dynasty? ”

"Uh...... I've been there before, I'm a little tired, so I'll take a break. ”

"Oh......"

……

(End of chapter)