late at night

The moon stars are scarce, and the bright moon hangs high.

There was silence in the city of Nan'an Mansion, and only the city patrol officials kept walking on the streets.

In the night, a masked figure jumped over the eaves, and the figure flashed and disappeared in place in an instant, as fast as lightning.

Outside the Zhulu Academy,

Shen Du leaned over the top of an attic and looked down at the academy in front of him.

The entire Zhulu Academy is very large, and even in the middle of the night, there are still fires flickering in some rooms.

Shen Du reined in his breath and ran the "Seven Styles of Heavenly Dragons", swooping down at an extremely fast speed.

Shen Du landed abruptly without making a sound.

The Northern Spiritual Skill he was looking for was hidden in the Scripture Pavilion of Zhulu Academy.

It's just that...... Where is this scripture pavilion?

Looking at the buildings of the same style around him, Shen Du had a headache.

At the beginning, I only stepped on the outside, but I didn't expect this Zhulu Academy to be the same as the Secret Palace.

Shen Du took a deep breath and walked towards the taller buildings in the academy.

As a scripture pavilion, it should be extremely good to think about.

Not long after Shen Du left, another figure suddenly jumped in from outside the Zhulu Academy.

Sneakily glanced around, then took out the map from his bosom, carefully discerned it, quickly dodged and jumped on the roof, and walked forward.

In the backyard of the academy, the figure lying on the bamboo chair slowly opened his eyes.

"Alas!"

"It's a big night, and you're not going to let me sleep."

The old man was dressed in a white Confucian shirt, and his beard and hair were all white, but his face did not look half old, but he looked extremely young.

Wang Shiru sighed lightly, looked at the Hidden Scripture Pavilion not far away, and shook his head helplessly: "A dilapidated building has been about to be turned over all these years, I really don't know what I'm looking for." ”

Shaking his head, he ignored it and continued to lie down and sleep.

……

After Shen Du went to the wrong three rooms, he finally found the location of the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

Even he didn't expect that the Scripture Pavilion of this Zhulu Academy would be built in a remote corner, and even its appearance was not good.

"I don't know if there are any cabinet guards or anything like that."

Shen Du was a little vigilant in his heart.

It stands to reason that such a place where martial arts classics are treasured should be guarded by strong people.

Shen Du tried his best to restrain his aura and cautiously approached the Scripture Pavilion.

As he walked, countless white powders were sprinkled from his robes, and several Gu worms were quietly released.

Be careful, he doesn't trap himself here.

"Squeak~"

The attic room was gently pushed open.

Shen Du felt a little strange in his heart, this was too easy, right?

Is there no one to guard such a place?

However, he did not linger outside the door for long, and quickly entered the building.

Taking out the fire fold, Shen Du walked quickly to the bookshelf in front of him.

I flipped through several bookshelves in a row, but I didn't even have a copy of the martial arts exercises.

The shelves are either Confucian classics or all kinds of idle miscellaneous records.

Shen Du frowned slightly.

Quickly ascended to the second floor, but the situation was similar, except that on the second floor, in addition to Confucian classics, there were many Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures.

Many of them were even lost and orphaned, but they were of little use to him.

Shen Du didn't believe in evil and flipped through various Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures, and even touched the mezzanine of the book, but the results he got told him that these were ordinary scriptures.

Shen Du pinched his eyebrows with a slight headache, what kind of broken academy is this, there is no martial arts practice?

Shen Du looked up at the stairs above.

Only the last floor of the entire Scripture Pavilion remained.

Quickly came to the third floor, and found a lot of martial arts classics on the third floor, but they were all ordinary goods.

The best is just first-class martial arts, and most of them are Taoist and Buddhist schools, focusing on health preservation exercises.

There aren't many real killing martial arts.

"Could it be that something happened?"

As far as he knew, this Zhulu Academy was originally a first-class academy in the Qianguo.

In this academy, there have been many geniuses, and there are many strong martial arts people who have been trained.

But the martial arts treasured by this Tibetan Scripture Pavilion are also ordinary second-rate forces.

To put it mildly, he copied more than that.

At this moment, the child and mother Gu in Shen Du's sleeve suddenly moved.

"Someone's coming?"

Shen Du's expression moved slightly, and he carefully hid behind the bookshelf.

Just in case, he deliberately left Gu worms outside the building when he came to warn himself.

But in the middle of the night, who will come to this scripture pavilion?

As I was thinking, I heard the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets downstairs, and some books seemed to be thrown to the ground angrily.

The corners of Shen Du's mouth raised slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.

It seemed that he was looking for something again, but that also strengthened his thoughts.

There's definitely something wrong with this Zhulu Academy!

After a while, the figure downstairs didn't seem to find anything he was satisfied with, and went up to the third floor again.

As soon as the visitor stepped on the third floor, he suddenly said vigilantly: "Who!?" ”

"Humph!"

"You don't have to hide."

"There's the smell of burning fire in the air, and you're definitely still here."

The black-clothed figure said coldly: "Your Excellency, they are all here to find something, so why hide and hide." ”

Shen Du walked out from behind the bookshelf and chuckled, "What a keen insight!" ”

He did ignore that.

However, how could ordinary people notice the smell of burning fire crackers remaining in the air?

At the moment when Shen Du's voice fell, the two of them raised their hands in unison.

In the dimly lit attic, a cold light suddenly appeared.

"Dingding!"

Sparks splashed in all directions, accompanied by the sound of warp genus collisions.

"Huh!"

"Your Excellency, this is not like a gentleman."

The masked man in black said teasingly, and the hand behind his back quietly sprinkled the powder.

In an instant, I raised my hand again, and the darts attacked!

Almost at the same time, Shen Duzhi shot several willow leaf darts again.

The hidden weapons staggered, and a few "ding" sounds, shot into the wooden frames around the attic.

Shen Du's eyes narrowed slightly, staring intently at the black-clothed figure in front of him.

The strength is not weak!

And listening to this person's voice, it seems that he is not very young, but I don't know if he has deliberately hidden it.

Once they really fight, the movement is too big, and it will inevitably attract the attention of the powerhouses of the academy here.

As everyone knows, Yan Ziyi on the other side was also extremely surprised in his heart.

You've met your opponent!

"Your Excellency, how about you stop here?"

"If there is too much movement and being discovered, it will not be good for you and me."

"Good!" Shen Du nodded.

Yan Ziyi arched his hand, took a few steps back cautiously, and walked to the bookshelf on the side.

I picked up a book and flipped through it.

At the moment when he put down the book, his figure flashed, and he stepped forward quickly, raising his hand and shaking it.

"Look at the darts!"

This time, however, it was no longer a poison dart that flew out of his sleeve, but a piece of powder.

Shen Du sneered, retreated unhurriedly, urged the palm power, and burst out a gust of wind, shaking the powder.

The two of them fought against each other, and Yan Ziyi suddenly felt a huge force surging into his arm, and he felt a chill all over his body, feeling like he was in the ice and snow.

Yan Ziyi was secretly frightened in his heart, and hurriedly used his true qi to dispel the cold qi, and sneered: "If you are hit by my seven steps and scatter your soul, you will die within seven steps!" ”

"Oh?"

"Really?"

Shen Du said with interest: "Then how many steps do you think I have walked now?" ”

As he spoke, he walked a few steps briskly, and he had already exceeded seven steps.

Yan Ziyi was stunned and said, "How could it be ......?"

Shen Du looked up at Yan Ziyi and said lightly: "No matter how clever the poison is, it also needs to be contacted, and this contact is nothing more than using air to inhale the mouth, nose, or skin." ”

"But alas, I've long since avoided it."

"What's more, although your poison is difficult to solve, it is not without restraint."

As for skin-to-skin contact, his indestructible golden body had long been cultivated to the point of integrating inside and outside, which could isolate all external toxins.

To be honest, it was the first time he had met someone who could play poison to this extent.

Especially these seven steps of scattering souls, based on his research on the poison path, there is no perfect detoxification method.

I'm afraid that it is the master of Sanhua Juding, once he is poisoned, he will have to drink hatred.

Sanhua Juding is strong, but after all, it is a human being, not a god, and it is naturally resistant to general poisons, and it can be invulnerable.

But this poison should be a mixture of dozens of different poison powders, and the toxicity is extraordinary.

Yan Ziyi looked at Shen Du coldly, and his heart was extremely vigilant.

Wrong!

He suddenly remembered something, hurriedly pulled back his sleeves, and looked down at his arms.

"It's ......"

Looking at the thin red lines that appeared in his arms, his pupils shrank sharply.

"Spring silkworm!"

Shen Du said lightly.

Hearing this, Yan Ziyi's face changed greatly, and he said in horror: "You are a member of the Western Chu Five Poison God Sect?" ”

A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Du's eyes.

This Spring Silkworm Gu is the Gu worm recorded in the half of the Gu Sutra, and it is one of the few more powerful Gu worms.

This spring silkworm is the most poisonous Gu worm, the moment it enters the body, it will be integrated into the blood of the whole body, and with the blood flowing all over the body, and then lay countless eggs.

As soon as the mother worm dies, the eggs absorb the blood and hatch quickly, then devour everything from the host and break out.

Unless you can remove a piece of flesh, you can't even think of culling this worm.

Yan Ziyi's face was ugly, and there was even a hint of horror in his eyes.

He had heard and seen the Spring Silkworm Gu, so he knew that it was terrifying.

But how could this person understand the method of making spring silkworm Gu?

"Quick, untie me the Gu!"

"Otherwise, no one will want to leave."

Shen Du sneered: "You can shout." ”

"You ......" Yan Ziyi said coldly: "What exactly do you want to do?" ”

"Tell me why you're here!"

"Huh?" Yan Ziyi frowned slightly, and said in disbelief: "Don't you know? ”

As if thinking of something, Yan Ziyi suddenly said, "You're not here for it?" ”

Yan Ziyi was helpless.

If he had known this, he wouldn't have been so vigilant.

"It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that in this Zhulu Academy, there is a map of the treasure buried by the ancestor of the Qianguo Kingdom."

"Emperor Taizu left a treasure in front of him, in order to be afraid that if the future generations are not angry, he will leave a fortune that will make a comeback."

"At that time, the sub-map was kept by Emperor Taizu's mentor, and Emperor Taizu's mentor at that time was the dean of this Zhulu Academy."

At this moment, a cold arrow suddenly shot from outside the window.

Shen Du's eyes were cold, and he dodged away.

At this moment, the black shadow outside the window flashed and slapped Shen Du's chest with a palm, the palm power was ruthless, and the moves were extremely fierce.

The wind is surging!

Boom!

The two fought against each other, and Shen Du was forced to retreat by this palm and crashed into the bookshelf behind him.

The black shadow forced Shen Du back with one blow, and without the slightest hesitation, he quickly fled from the attic when he lifted Yan Ziyi.

Shen Du looked at the figure in the distance, and did not chase it, this person's strength was very strong.

What's more, his purpose was not to them in the first place, but to find the Northern Spiritual Skill.

The appearance of these two people convinced him that there was definitely a secret here.

Suddenly, a dart on a wooden wall not far away caught his attention.

Two identical darts, but one shallow and one deep.

Under normal circumstances, this would never be the case, unless......

Shen Du's eyes flickered, and he stepped forward quickly and knocked tentatively on the attic wall.

"Empty ......"

Shen Du was thoughtful.

The layout of this pavilion is peculiar, with a stone wall on one side near the outside of the academy and a wooden structure on the other three sides.

After looking around, his gaze quickly fixed on the portrait on one wall.

Uncovering the portrait, there is a mechanism within the wall below the portrait.

Gently press the mechanism......

No response!

Shen Du frowned and tried to increase his strength.

With the sound of gears turning, the wooden wall on the outside of the wall slowly opened outward, revealing a pitch-black corridor.

Shen Du didn't walk into it for the first time, but released the trap earth dragon.

"Go!"

The trap earth dragon entered the corridor all the way, and after a short time, it quickly turned back.

After confirming his safety, Shen Du stepped into the corridor.

The entire passage was extended downwards as a whole, and soon, the scene in front of me suddenly opened up, and a huge stone chamber appeared.

Shen Du looked back at Yongdao, and suddenly understood why this scripture pavilion was built against the wall.

Obviously, this is the real Scripture Pavilion, and the stone walls are just a cover.

Ordinary people would probably think that even if there is a darkroom, it will start from the first floor.

But it is clear that the builders of this building did the opposite, and built the passage on the third floor, the most unlikely of places.

"It's cunning!"

Shen Du sighed with emotion and looked around.

The entire basement is not too big, but the surrounding walls are carved with various martial arts techniques.

In the corner of the basement, there are many one-person-high stone tablets, as well as various ancient books.

In these stone tablets, all kinds of martial arts classics are recorded.

Shen Du secretly smacked his tongue, the collection here is really rich, and these martial arts techniques are all advanced martial arts.

Shen Du quickly found his goal.

On the stone wall, there are depicted figures with different postures, which record the various meridians of the human body in detail.

Next to these figures, there are many exercises and mantras.

Shen Du swept them one by one and memorized them in his heart.

Raising his hand and pointing like a sword, the sword qi swept across the stone wall.

Stone chips flying!

The less people know about this kind of exercise, the better!

He didn't stay long, and quickly dodged away.

The Gu worm he left behind is a warning again!

Not long after Shen Du left, a figure wearing a Confucian shirt came here.

Looking at the destroyed stone wall in front of him, his face sank.

"Hit the mark!"

I didn't expect him to discover this place.

"This bastard boy has a really black heart!"

But this guy actually came for martial arts?

The old man looked at the destroyed wall, shook his head, and sighed, "Okay." ”

"If you stay here, you will also be covered with dust."

With his strength, it will not be difficult to catch up now.

It's just that he didn't bother to chase it.

(End of chapter)