Chapter Seventy-Three: The Mystery of the Fire Cloud
() When Ye Shenrong was tired of dealing with the masters of the Tribulation Period, Li Yuanxiao was hurrying to Tiandao Mountain.
He couldn't contain the excitement in his heart, and his face was full of joy. When Ye Shenrong took out the piece of white silk, he faintly felt as if he had seen the piece of white silk somewhere. After looking at it for a long time, he suddenly remembered that the piece of white silk was exactly the same as the piece of white silk in swaddling clothes when he picked up Tianxiao!
This coincidence made Li Yuanxiao's heart beat wildly. Because he had personally held the white silk in the swaddling clothes of Tianxiao back then, he took the initiative to ask for it after Ye Shenrong's failure to do it, in order to be able to touch the white silk with his own hands. The moment his hands touched the white silk, Li Yuanxiao was sure that the material of the two pieces of white silk was exactly the same!
Since Ye Shenrong's piece of white silk had the hidden sword diagram of the Zhan Lu Immortal Sword on it, what was on that piece of the swaddling clothes that day? Li Yuanxiao couldn't wait to report back to Ye Shan to report to Lu Hailong, and flew directly towards Taiqing Sect.
Tianxiao and Tianyao are practicing swords in the courtyard. The spirit crystal given by Lu Hailong was indeed a priceless treasure, and the cultivation speed of several disciples in Zhuyuan had greatly improved. Li Yuanxiao hurriedly came to the bamboo garden, and the two were very surprised.
"Grandpa, why are you here?" the two brothers were puzzled, "Didn't you go to Huoye Mountain to defend against demon beasts?"
"Tianxiao, Tianyao, when you were packing up your belongings in Yundu Villa, did you ever see a piece of white silk?
"But the piece of white silk in my father's room?" Tianxiao was a little apprehensive, and his heart was full of thoughts, "Could it be that my grandfather just knew that I was not born to my father?"
"Yes, yes, it's the white silk! This is a big secret, and now the white silk is with you? Give it to me!"
Tianxiao's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he lowered his head, thinking that he had guessed that Li Yuanxiao really didn't know that he had picked it up before. What else could that "great secret" be? It was nothing more than his life experience.
Tianyao glanced at Tianxiao, saw what Tianxiao was thinking, and said dissatisfiedly: "Grandpa, we have known for a long time that Brother Tianxiao is not my own brother. But so what? Our brotherhood will not be erased in this life and this life, so why should you pursue it? Who slandered you, this person is hateful!"
Li Yuanxiao was stunned, looked at the expressions of the two, suddenly understood, and laughed: "You two stinky boys, don't you look down on Grandpa Bian too much? Tianxiao, but I saw Yun Du bring back from outside the village with my own eyes, and even the name was given by me, how could I not know? Besides, your mother is my daughter, don't I even know how many children my daughter has born? The secret I am talking about is not this. ”
"Huh?" Tianxiao raised his head, glanced at Tianyao, and touched his head embarrassedly. Yes, how can there be a father in the world who doesn't know the reason why his daughter has given birth to several children?" "Grandpa, that piece of white silk is not here, we buried it in the yard outside my father's room......"
Before he finished speaking, Li Yuanxiao dropped a sentence: "You continue to cultivate!" and left in a hurry.
"Grandpa, what's the matter, what's the secret of that piece of white silk that makes him so anxious?" the brothers looked at each other.
Li Yuanxiao rushed out of the sect and quickly descended the Tiandao Mountain, and the imperial sword flew eastward. Dongshi Mountain was not far from Tiandao Mountain, but he was still too slow, and he couldn't wait to teleport over immediately.
With a "bang", the door of Yundui Villa was suddenly pushed open, startling the old housekeeper Huang in the courtyard. Old Steward Huang remembers the old love of his master, and often comes to Yundui Villa to clean and hoe weeds. The empty house, which has not been inhabited for so many years, is still as clean as ever. Seeing that it was He Yundui's father-in-law who came, the old housekeeper Huang hurriedly stepped forward, Li Yuanxiao nodded slightly, and rushed into the small courtyard where He Yundui and his wife lived. The grass in the courtyard was green, neat and beautiful, but he couldn't care about that much, so he took out the fairy sword and began to dig holes around.
"This sword is really not easy to use!" Li Yuanxiao was angry and anxious. The Chengying Sword had already been handed over to Lu Hailong before he set off, and now the fairy sword in his hand was just a good quality fairy sword. The sword body was long and soft, and the strength was not easy to control, and he was afraid that he would accidentally destroy the white silk buried in the soil, so he simply threw away the fairy sword, squatted down and dug with both hands.
The old housekeeper Huang who chased after him looked at Li Yuanxiao in puzzlement, not knowing what he was digging holes around like crazy. He hesitated again and again, plucked up the courage to ask, "Master Li, what are you doing here?"
Li Yuanxiao replied without raising his head: "I'm looking for a piece of white silk, Tianxiao and Tianyao said that they buried the white silk in this yard, why can't they find it?" He dug a soil pit every other foot, and the whole yard was dug into potholes, but he couldn't find the white silk of the person who was in a hurry to die.
"Oh, that piece of white silk......" Old Butler Huang said slowly, before the words fell, Li Yuanxiao got up suddenly, rushed to his side with an arrow, held his shoulders and shook it: "Have you seen that piece of white silk?
Old Butler Huang was dizzy by him: "A few days ago, the heavy rain did not stop, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard were soaked and rotten, and I found the white silk in the mud, and there were some handwriting written on it. Although I can't read, I recognize the handwriting of Master He. I didn't want to lose it, so I took it home and put it away. In the past, the master used to teach the two young masters in this courtyard, and I couldn't bear to see this place being flooded by the rain, so in the past few days, I dug out the upper layer of soil to dry it, and then spread it back and planted flowers and plants......"
Li Yuanxiao looked at the ground in surprise, indeed, except for this small courtyard, the land everywhere else was muddy. Just now, his mind was tied to the white silk, and he didn't notice these details. Looking at the ground that had been dug up in a mess, and then looking at the loyal and simple old housekeeper, Li Yuanxiao felt a trace of emotion in his heart: "Old housekeeper Huang, I'm really sorry! I will definitely help you re-cultivate the soil in the future." ”
Old Butler Huang smiled, revealing his few remaining teeth: "Master Li doesn't have to worry about this, the matter of resisting demon beasts is important." I'm an old bone, I can't do anything else, fight
It's still okay to tidy up the yard. In the past, when the old man was teaching the two young masters here, the lady sat next to me and watched, and I always stood aside. But now, the master and the lady are gone, and the young masters are busy cultivating, and it is too difficult to see them again. Here are the memories of most of my life, so I am cleaning and tidying up here, as if I am still serving the lord and the lady......" Speaking of this, the old housekeeper Huang suddenly choked up.
Li Yuanxiao knew that he was thinking of sadness again, so he patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "When I go back, I will definitely let Tianxiao and Tianyao come to visit you often." Now the matter of the white silk is extremely urgent, you take me to get it first. ”
The old housekeeper wiped his tears and led Li Yuanxiao back to where he lived, a small village not far from Yundui Villa. After entering the house, the old housekeeper took out the white silk cloth from the innermost part of the cabinet drawer and handed it to Li Yuanxiao. Li Yuanxiao couldn't wait to spread the white silk on the table, and put his palms on it, injecting spiritual power. The old butler's room was dimly lit, and the green glow under his palm was particularly noticeable.
Li Yuanxiao was overjoyed, he guessed correctly, there are secrets on this piece of white silk!
After a while, he withdrew his palms, and the white silk was covered with green lines, forming maps, words, etc., the layout was the same as Ye Shenrong's, but the content was different.
The top of this piece of white silk is the five stars of the East Dipper, and the bottom is a big "wood" character. At the bottom left of the word "wood" is a map, and three words are written on the map: "Konoha Cave." There are also four verses on the right:
"Dongdou Five Stars,
Hidden in the Konoha Cave.
If you are not a Mahayana,
If you enter, you will not be killed. ”
In the lower right corner, "Xuanyu Ximen White".
Li Yuanxiao's hands holding the white silk were trembling constantly, and he kept muttering: "Xuanyu Sword Immortal, Ximen Bai, Chixiao Immortal Sword ......"
Xuanyu Sword Immortal Ximen Bai is the owner of the third-ranked Immortal Sword Chixiao Sword in the "Immortal Sword Spectrum". If Ye Shenrong's "Southern Dipper Six Star Silk" is the hidden sword diagram of the Zhanlu Immortal Sword, then this "Eastern Dipper Five-Star Silk" is undoubtedly the hidden sword diagram of the Chixiao Sword!
But the question is, where is the Konoha Cave? Dongdou belongs to the wood in the Five Elements, and the Konoha Cave must be in the eastern part of the Qinglong Continent, so it stands to reason that it should be in the territory of Kanglong County. But Li Yuanxiao thought about it for a long time, and he didn't expect that there was a cave called "Konoha Cave". I don't understand it when I look at the map, and I don't seem to have any place in Kanglong County that matches this map. "Do you have to send someone to find it again?" Li Yuanxiao smiled helplessly, "These sword immortal masters, why bother playing this kind of game?"
Old Butler Huang didn't know what was going on, he only felt that Li Yuanxiao was playing a trick, and he held the white silk with both hands for a while, and green calligraphy and paintings appeared on it. He looked at Li Yuanxiao's wry smile and asked, "Master Li, what's wrong, is there anything wrong with this white silk? I don't know other words, I only know this 'wood' character." ”
"Old Steward Huang, this is a map of the Five Stars of the East Dipper and the Konoha Cave, do you know where the Konoye Cave is in Kanglong County?"
The old housekeeper thought for a while and shook his head: "I have followed the old man around before, and I am very familiar with Kanglong County, but I have never heard of any 'Konoha Cave' in my life...... The Five Stars of the East Dipper, the Five Stars of the West Dipper, the matter of your immortal cultivators, is too difficult to understand. ”
Li Yuanxiao was shocked, and the old housekeeper's words woke him up, "Southern Dipper Six Star Silk" and "East Dipper Five Star Silk" have been discovered, and it stands to reason that there should be "West Dipper Four Star Silk", "Big Dipper Seven Star Silk" and "Middle Dipper Three Star Silk". In other words, there should be three other hidden sword diagrams of peerless immortal swords. The more Li Yuanxiao thought about it, the more excited he became, and he realized that he was gradually revealing an extremely precious secret.
"Old Butler Huang, you must not tell anyone about today's incident, no one can, do you know?" Li Yuanxiao hurriedly advised. Now immortal cultivators think that the white silk is only the one in the South Dipper, and if others know about the existence of the East Dipper Five-Star Silk, not only will they be coveted, but others must also be able to guess that there are three other pieces of white silk. Li Yuanxiao planned to hide the Dongdou Five-Star Silk first, and while looking for the Zhanlu Immortal Sword, he also sent someone to secretly find the whereabouts of the other three pieces of white silk. At the moment, confidentiality is paramount.
Old Butler Huang grinned: "Who are you, what are you doing in my house? I don't recognize you, you should leave quickly!"
Li Yuanxiao also smiled and said goodbye.
On the way back to Blaze Leaf Mountain, he was elated. Because of the fear of being attacked by other sects, the Taiqing Sect did not dare to speak out when it got the Seven Star Sword. If you find four or five more peerless immortal swords, what is there to fear?
When he arrived at Huoye Mountain, Li Yuanxiao immediately invited Lu Hailong into the room and recounted the incident and his guesses in detail. Lu Hailong was greatly surprised when he heard this, now the Taiqing Sect has two peerless immortal swords, the other six major sects each have one, and Yi Liuchen has one, which together only accounts for half of the eighteen peerless immortal swords, and nine are missing. If you find five pieces of star silk and find the cave on the star silk, then there may be five peerless immortal swords at once! This white silk is really too precious, Lu Hailong instructed Li Yuanxiao to hide the Dongdou five-star silk, and then do a detailed study after finding the Zhan Lu Immortal Sword.
After seeing Li Yuanxiao's copy of the Nandou Fire Silk Diagram, Lu Hailong pondered for a while and said, "Yuan Xiao, your analysis is extremely that the cave is eroded by water. However, you didn't take into account the meaning of the word 'fire' on the silk. ”
"'Fire'?"
"The southern glow confuses Mars, and the heavenly stem belongs to Bingding, which is the 'Bingding fire'...... Since the location of the Fire Cloud Cave cannot be determined by the hidden sword map alone, it is necessary to look for clues elsewhere. ”
"What do you mean...... Does this word 'fire' tell us how to find the Fire Cloud Cave?"
Lu Hailong nodded: "Fire, said Yanshang." Speaking of Xianglong County, where is the land of 'Yanshang'?"
Yuan Xiao suddenly realized and blurted out: "The misty basin, Fuqin Lake!"
"That's right, according to my guess, the so-called 'fire' must be extremely hot, and the 'cloud' must be the breath of water. The water of 'Yanshang' is therefore a Yang Qi Lake. That Huoyun Cave must be at the bottom of Fuqin Lake!" Lu Hailong said firmly.
Li Yuanxiao hurriedly looked at the copied map: "Could it be that this terrain depicts the landform at the bottom of Fuqin Lake? No wonder I can't find it compared to the map of the entire Xianglong County!" Suddenly, he had another question, "Strange, if the Huoyun Cave is at the bottom of Fuqin Lake, and Biyou Sword Immortal hides the Zhanlu Immortal Sword in it, how could Ding Ruohai, the Cloud Sword Immortal, not know that day?"
Lu Hailong smiled: "How do you know that Ding Ruohai doesn't know? In my opinion, with the friendship of the eighteen sword immortals, Ding Ruohai must know about this." It's just that the Zhanlu Immortal Sword is not a thing of the Tianyun Sect in the first place, and Biyou Sword Immortal's move is undoubtedly to let the immortal cultivators who are destined for future generations get it, even if Ding Ruohai knows, how can he tell this secret to the disciples of the Tianyun Sect?"
"However, the Southern Dipper Six Star Silk was finally obtained by the people of the Tianyun Sect. Also, why did the Biyou Sword Immortal write such an important message on a mere piece of white silk? After hundreds of years, the white silk has not been damaged, what a miracle! If the white silk has unfortunately been burned by fire, blistered, torn, and bitten by insects in the past few hundred years, won't no one ever know the secret of the peerless fairy sword?"
Lu Hailong said: "You give me the white silk." After he took the five-star silk of the Eastern Dipper, he took off the outer cover of the candle lamp and put the white silk on the fire to burn it.
Li Yuanxiao was so anxious that he shouted: "Don't! I haven't copied a copy yet!"
Lu Hailong laughed, took back the white silk, and unfolded it to him: "You take a closer look!"
Li Yuanxiao fixed his eyes and saw that the white silk was still as white as ever, not to mention burning, not even a trace of black ash. "It's ......," he was surprised.
Lu Hailong twisted the white silk into a strand again, and tore it vigorously with both hands, but the white silk did not tear in the slightest. Then he took out the Chengying Sword, wrapped the blade tightly in white silk, and slashed it lightly on the table, and with a "bang", the table was cut in half!
Li Yuanxiao understood, this white silk is absolutely extraordinary, it is not afraid of fire, tearing, and cutting, and it must not be able to help it with water immersion and insect bites! No wonder the sword immortals chose to leave a clue of the peerless immortal sword on this silk. What is the material of such a peculiar white silk?
Lu Hailong said: "When this piece of white silk was just touched, I felt that it was different, but I have never seen such a flexible and strong material in my life. In short, the sword immortals were thoughtful and would not make such low-level mistakes. ”
Li Yuanxiao put away the white silk: "Since it is surmised that the Huoyun Cave is at the bottom of Fuqin Lake, how should we act? The lake is extremely deep, and the further down it goes, the hotter it gets, and ordinary disciples will definitely not be able to bear it." ”
"Look at these four verses, 'If you are not a Mahayana, you will be given all your life if you enter.'" It means that those who do not enter the Mahayana period will die when they enter the cave of fire clouds. In other words, as long as you are above the Mahayana period, you can enter the cave. Lu Hailong analyzed.
"Then Master can dive to the bottom of the lake alone and quietly retrieve the Zhanlu Immortal Sword. Li Yuan said.
"You're oversimplifying. How precious is the Zhan Lu Immortal Sword? How can it be so easily obtained? If you can get the Immortal Sword by diving into the bottom of the lake and finding the cave, then why does the Biyou Sword Immortal go to great lengths to leave behind a complicated hidden sword diagram? I expect that there will be many tests in the Huoyun Cave, because the 'Southern Dipper Six Stars' on the white silk have not yet been used!" Although Lu Hailong has a rough appearance, his mind is very meticulous.
"I and all the elders are in the realm of annihilation, and we are not in the Mahayana realm, so it seems that the matter of finding the sword needs to be bothered by a few seniors. Li Yuan said.
"We followed the original plan, and three people from each of the seven major sects and the scattered cultivators went to the bottom of the lake to investigate. After all, Fuqin Lake is on the territory of the Tianyun Sect, and it is impossible for us to go to find the sword without permission. It's really what I guessed, what if you can grab the sword with your ability at that time?" Lu Hailong was full of spirit, and he basically knew the masters of the Mahayana period of various sects, and he had not studied for many years, and his hands were very itchy. It's a pity that he didn't know that after Li Yuanxiao left Shizhou, there were already masters of the Tribulation Period who appeared.
"Then I'll immediately notify the other sects with the Spirit Breath Jade. Li Yuanxiao turned around and left the room.
He briefly informed the other six sect masters and Yi Liuchen of his speculation about the Fire Cloud Cave, and everyone made an appointment, and a month later, they gathered in the Tianyun Sect to discuss the search for the Zhan Lu Immortal Sword.
On the side of Taiqing Sect, Miao Haoshang was recovering from a major injury, and Jiang Huangu was his partner, so Lu Hailong decided to leave the two of them to defend Huoye Mountain, and he went to Tianyun Sect with Shi Chongyin and Liu Yinyin. Although Shi and Liu are both in the middle of the Mahayana period, they are not as good as Miao Haoshang and Jiang Huangu in the realm, but the two of them are double cultivation couples, and they cooperate tacitly, even if they fight with the two masters of the late Mahayana period, they will not necessarily fall behind. The Chengying Sword was also left in Huoye Mountain by Lu Hailong to defend against demon beasts.
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In the air, the three of them flew rapidly, and the first one was Lu Hailong. Behind him to the left is a resolute-looking man. With a short flat head, an angular face, and a pair of blazing eyes under the thick sword eyebrows, his thin and tightly pursed lips reveal his wisdom, and the slightly raised corners of his mouth reveal his heroism. This person is Shi Chongyin, a master in the middle of the Mahayana period.
On the sword to Shi Chongyin's right, there was a petite woman standing in her negative hand. The long hair is not too groomed, it is simply tied into a ponytail. The petite face is embedded with a pair of large watery eyes. With a small and delicate nose and a mouth as red as a cherry, he is now smiling sweetly, and there is a pair of dimples on his cheeks. Just looking at this lovely appearance, who would have thought that she was actually a master in the middle of the Mahayana period? Her name is as cute as her looks.
These are the three people from the Taiqing Sect who went to the Tianyun Sect this time, and they have the heavy responsibility of winning the Zhanlu Immortal Sword on their shoulders.