Chapter 52: Rushing to the Tiger Clan
Half a month has passed, and there is still no news of the ancient magic weapon in the mortal world.
All the stars can't wait.
Ever since she heard that Master was going to take her down to earth that day, she couldn't suppress her excitement, and from time to time she asked Master if he had any news of the Dharma weapon, but to no avail.
She was about to suffocate in the heavenly realm, and she felt like she was back in Yanshan.
Since beating her apprenticeship, she has been bound by the rules of heaven. First, you can't wander around in the heavenly realm, and second, you can't go down to earth privately, and the places you can go to are the Star Hall and the Canglian Palace, going back and forth to find friends to relieve your fatigue. The rest of the time is spent meditating, reading, practicing spells, and learning swordsmanship. When I first arrived, I felt quite full, but now I feel very boring.
On this day, she helped Zhong Qi wash Master's chess pieces in the front yard, and the two chatted.
"I said, why don't you wash it with a spell? It's a lot of time! Fan Xing took a piece of white cloth and took a piece of chess piece that Zhong Qi had washed and wiped it.
"This chess piece is loved by the Divine Monarch and has been with him for many years. You can't be too casual with the cleaning! You have to wash them one by one to be careful! Zhong Qi scooped up the water with his hands, repeatedly pounced on the chess pieces, and then gently rubbed them with his hands.
Seeing that he was so serious, Fan Xing couldn't help but ask, "Did the Divine Monarch ask you to wash like this?" ”
"It's not, it's the fairy's will."
Fan Xing's eyes widened, full of surprise and admiration: "It is worthy of being an immortal servant who can be selected into the Canglian Palace!" Zhongqi, you are too responsible! ”
"That's nature!" Zhong Qi raised the corners of his mouth, "I won't tell you, I've been short since I was a child, and I've been bullied a lot, if it weren't for the Divine Monarch, I might have stayed in the Heavenly Stable Workshop for the rest of my life to shovel horse manure." ”
"Then how did the Divine Monarch choose you?" Fan Xing asked.
Zhong Qi scratched his head embarrassedly: "Actually, he didn't choose me. Once I was forced into a corner by others, and they threw horse manure on me, and the god came by and saved me, so I followed him with a dead face. At that time, the Shenjun was alone in the Canglian Palace, except for the main hall, the other houses were covered with dust, so I persevered in cleaning him every day, and finally the Shenjun took me in! ”
"Master is so good, compared to some immortals in the Heavenly Realm, he is just a lotus that comes out of the mud and is not stained!" Fan Xing sighed.
"Yes! The Divine Monarch never cares about the identity of others, treats people sincerely and equally, and it is good to have the Divine Monarch here! ”
"Then why has he been alone in the Canglian Palace? What about his family? "Fan Xing wants to know more about Master.
But before Zhong Qi could speak, Shaoguang appeared out of thin air, startling the two of them.
"What about the Divine Monarch?" He asked.
"Master is out, what's wrong?"
"There's news from the Ancient Artifact!"
"Really?!" Fan Xing stood up excitedly, and the chess pieces in his hand almost slipped off.
"Where has the Divine Monarch gone? Call it back! ”
"Oooh! I have a way! Fan Xing wiped his hands, put the white cloth and chess pieces on the stool, and then summoned the fireflies, "Go to the master and tell him to return to the Canglian Hall quickly!" ”
The fireflies fluttered their little wings and quickly soared into the air, disappearing into the clouds.
"This little thing flies pretty fast." Shaoguang looked at the sky.
"Sit down for a while, Master should be back soon."
A moment passed, and before Fan Xing and Zhong Qi could pack up their chess pieces, Cangyuan Baiyu appeared in the front yard.
When Shaoguang saw him coming back, he strode forward: "Shenjun, my father said that there is news about the ancient magic weapon!" ”
"Come into the house and say." Cangyuan Baiyu took Shaoguang into the main hall, Fan Xing followed, and she didn't forget to close the door after entering the house.
"Shenjun, this matter has to start with my uncle......"
Shaoguang's uncle is a famous weapon forging master of the Tiger Clan, named Shao Jinglin. He has a unique skill, which focuses on processing the original weapons with exotic materials to obtain more powerful weapons.
Just two days ago, a young masked boy approached him and gave him a small piece the size of a fingernail to use to rebuild a halberd for him.
Shao Jinglin looked at it carefully and felt that this thing was very rare, so he took a bite and asked the little boy to pick it up the next day.
That night, Shao Jinglin studied the ancient books but found that this thing should be sunflower ink stone, which does not melt when it encounters fire, and there are still stars shining with candles, like the stars in the dark night.
Sunflower stone is a thing from ancient times, and it is often used to refine magic weapons. It was long ago that people could not find it again. Shao Jinglin muttered in his heart, where did this little boy find it?
Early the next morning, he reported the matter to the Lord of the Tiger Clan.
The two discussed, and when the young boy came to get the weapon again, they secretly took him back to the prison to inquire about the origin of the sunflower inkstone.
The next day they sent for him to be taken captive in sacks. But who knows, this little boy has a very hard mouth, and he doesn't say anything about scare. When I lifted the black cloth covering my face, I saw that it was a fox demon.
The lord of the Tiger Clan felt that this matter was not suitable for publicity, so he temporarily detained him and sent someone to send news to Shaoguang.
"Divine Monarch, my father wants you to decide, and he is worried that this thing is related to the five magic weapons." Shaoguang said.
"Okay, I'll leave immediately. Zhong Qi, if anyone asks, they will say that Benjun will try the lower realm with his apprentices. Cangyuan Baiyu turned to his apprentice, "Fanxing, let's go." ”
"Fanxing is also going?" Shaoguang came to the spiritual head, "Why don't I go down too, I'm the most familiar with my own house!" ”
"Okay, let's go along."
The three of them turned into starlight and fell into the mortal world.
The demon race is in the west, separated from the human race by a sea area.
The territory of the Tiger Clan is in a deep forest, surrounded by high mountains, and the waterfall on the top of the mountain in the north flows down to the water, and the water meanders into a river to feed the demons of all races in this area.
As far as the eye can see, on the east side of the stream stands an arc-shaped stone wall, which stretches into the mountains, enclosing a large area, and the main entrance is equipped with a tall hollow iron gate, and the wall exposes the soaring eaves.
"This is my home!" Shaoguang introduced, "Let's go in!" ”
He took the Divine Monarch and Fan Xing to the gate, and the doorman recognized it as his young master at a glance, saluted respectfully, and opened the door.
Walking into the courtyard, you can see that the buildings are surrounded by layers, and the buildings are connected by aisle pavilions, which are scattered and orderly. There is also an old vine tree in the corner of the wall, with lush branches and leaves, as if it has not been infected by the cold air of autumn and winter. It is not like a heavenly dream, not like the majesty of the palace, but it has a different breath of life.
Fan Xing looked around, and couldn't take his eyes off for a moment.
Shaoguang took the two to the main hall, the Tiger King and his wife had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw the Divine Monarch coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
"Don't be polite, I want to see the sunflower ink stone."
The Tiger King took it out of his sleeve: "It's just such a small piece, fortunately, it hasn't been directly refined." ”
Cangyuan Baiyu squeezed it in his hand and observed it carefully: "Benjun has consulted some books before, which have a record of sunflower ink stone, saying that this thing is indeed one of the materials used to build the ancient magic weapon demon slaying axe. Whether it's true or not, though, remains to be studied. Tiger King, can you take Benjun to meet that little boy? ”
"Good! Shenjun here, please! ”