Chapter 18: The Rival of the Narrow Road

One man and one beast, in the vast mountains, walked under the bright moonlight for an unknown number of days. During this period, the man had a good life several times with the help of "treasure hunting mouse" tofu. First of all, I found a medicine garden hidden in the mist and harvested the medicinal herbs that are priceless in the outside world, you must know that this small world has been isolated from the world for thousands of years, and it is not an exaggeration to buy a city of medicinal herbs here in Great Xia. Later, he also found some talismans carved on cyan rune paper in a crevice of a cliff.

The method of talisman is a highly respected technique in Taoism, except for the two veins of Quanzhen and Zhenda, who are not very enthusiastic about the art of talismans, the rest of the veins regard it as one of the techniques that must be practiced by the disciples. Among them, the Taiyi vein is the most famous in the rivers and lakes for its spells. And the Heavenly Master Fu Patriarch, who wore a jade hibiscus crown on his head, once said, "The art of spells is the art of the Dao Ancestor, and it should be cultivated with the learning of the Dao Ancestor, and the art of the Dao Ancestor should be used to precipitate the world." And known for its strongest lethality, the Zhenjing lineage, which is good at exorcism and demon hunting, is also good at using the method of talismans to catch or kill ghosts. And between the three veins, there has been an endless debate about who is the orthodoxy of the Fu Gong lineage for thousands of years.

In addition to the cultivation of the person who drew the talisman and the mastery of the talisman technique, the material of the talisman is also very important. The general runes are often drawn on yellow dansha paper, and the higher grades will be painted with purple runes with silver runes, and the best runes are painted on gold paper and gold inscriptions. However, it is rumored that the Dao Ancestor had left 7749 cyan rune papers in the world, which was when the Dao Ancestor rode the green ox to ascend to the Tao, the green ox stepped into the air 7749 to make up, and one step transformed into a cloud, and each cloud turned into a cyan rune paper that was treasured and offered by several disciples under the Dao Ancestor's seat, and then scattered in the various veins of the Taoist. It is not known whether there is really a cyan rune paper left in the world, and no one is naΓ―ve enough to go to the Taoist ancestral hall to find out. But it is a fact that on top of the golden talisman is a superb cyan talisman. It's just that the cyan rune paper must be drawn with the blood of the person who draws the rune, which is extremely depleting to the person who makes the talisman, and when the talisman is cast, it takes a huge amount of energy to stimulate the talisman gall, and often the person who casts the talisman has almost no combat power after using the cyan talisman. Therefore, there are only a handful of people who make and use cyan talismans. Despite this, the cyan charm seemed to be as precious as a resurrection elixir or an immortal weapon.

And the man got seven cyan talismans and thirty-six golden talismans at one time, although he didn't know how the talisman was made, but the talisman that could be collected by a martial arts powerhouse who refined the moon spirit and hidden in such a secret place would naturally not be ordinary. Although the man has the guidance of the little beast, it is not difficult to find these opportunities, but if it is someone else, he may not be able to find these medicinal talismans if he wants to break his head. The man felt more and more that the owner of the tomb seemed to have a bad taste for tricks.

After a few days, the cooperation of one person and one beast is more tacit, and the man does not refuse to come, as long as it is the little beast to find something, he will accept it all, and a small mountain is piled up in the mustard seeds he carries. From time to time, the man with a smile on his face and heart would pick up the little beast and kiss it, making the latter feel as embarrassed and angry as a girl who had not left the cabinet being kissed on the mouth by a man she didn't know.

The man followed the guidance of the little beast to a mountain cliff, a stream two feet wide flowed through it, leaving the cliff with the help of the steep mountain to form a silver waterfall hanging from the cliff, the cliff is not high, the sound of the waterfall falling into the bottom of the cliff can be heard clearly. The man stood on the edge of the cliff and looked around, and there seemed to be no place to hide the treasure other than the stream. The little beast was lying on the man's collar at this time, and the man lowered his head and asked, "What's here?, where is the thing?" This sentence The man will ask the little beast in his arms every time he encounters this kind of nowhere to start or has no clue when he comes to a certain place. The answer was different each time, sometimes it was a few "squeaks", sometimes it was a pair of angry claws, and sometimes it was silent, as it is now.

The man slapped the beast's head with the palm of his hand, and the beast willingly burrowed back into the man's clothes. The man came to the cliff and looked down. The cliff was only as high as four or five people, and at the bottom of the cliff was a near-circular pool. The clearing by the waterhole was flat, and a bonfire was burning at the moment. I could vaguely see a few people sitting cross-legged, and a few figures walking around.

Since that day, the man had not seen a single living person since he met everyone in the Colorful Fantasy Mansion. Although he was determined, when he saw this group of people at this time, he was immediately diluted by the fireworks and anger in front of him.

The man didn't rush to show up, first, he wasn't sure where these people came from. If he is a rule-abiding sect or a child of a big force, even if he is a little arrogant, he will be rude to him at most, and he will not think of doing anything with himself or have bad intentions. However, if some people from small forces who are scattered in the rivers and lakes or come out of the poor countryside are unprincipled, they are likely to rely on their own strength and have the intention of killing people and overselling goods.

There are many people who believe that these rules and principles in the rivers and lakes are designated by those big forces and big sects to rule over other small forces or loose cultivators. In fact, this is not the case, but the people of great power are the most well-behaved people in this Jianghu. Because they are strong enough and confident enough to reason with others in the rules, and everyone is in harmony if they don't want to reason with themselves, or feel that their reasoning is crooked, then the powerful people can still compete with them within the rules. There is no right or wrong in the truth, but the positions of reasonable people are different, so whoever has a hard fist will have a reason, and whoever has a soft fist can only be beaten. Of course, the intrigue and deceit between the big forces behind the scenes are far more exciting and fierce than those on the table, and it may involve the entanglement of interests between several forces, this so-called conspiracy or the so-called small actions, also have its rules, because of the mutual restraint between the forces, making all this a long equilibrium of consumption, and even a game of several generations, so these rules in the rivers and lakes, these balances have not been broken, and the so-called disputes and frictions are just waves everywhere on the vast sea, and will not cause a real tsunami。

However, the small forces or the wild cultivation of the mountains have become the most unprincipled and unruly group of people in this river and lake. This is not to say that as long as you are a wild cultivator or as long as you are from a small force, you are all a person of the wooden house law. It's that these people often do some short-sighted things because of their own selfish desires or the immediate interests of the sect. For them, there is no big or small benefit, only big and bigger, they do not know how to choose, but want to have both, so they will do whatever it takes to maximize the immediate benefits, but do not consider whether what they are doing is to promote the whole body and affect the long-term interests in the future. Because of short-sightedness, there is no principle, because there is no principle at all, so the rules are just a few lines written on the legal code of their sect, and the legal code is dusted in the ancestral hall of the ancestor, and the rules are also dusty in the psychology of these people.

In addition to the difficulty of distinguishing between the friendly and evil of the other party's enemies, the man's greater concern is that this is the place where the little beast pointed him to come, and there should be some chance treasures hidden in this stream, waterfall or waterhole, he doesn't know if these people are here just a coincidence or if they also have some way to know that there is a secret here, if the former is okay, he can wait for everyone to repair and leave before exploring, but if it is the latter, the other party is too strong to get the treasure, I am afraid it will not be easy.

The man lay on the ground at the top of the cliff, and through the black robe and the night, the people at the bottom of the cliff could not detect his existence, although the sound of the waterfall flowing into the pool was a bit deafening, but the man could still vaguely hear the conversation of several people by the pool.

"Senior Brother Ye, did you say that the people of Yunyin Mountain Villa and the Yuwen family will go to war?"

"It's hard to say, both of them have a pivotal position in Great Xia, and they are both hereditary kings with different surnames, although they have also fought openly and secretly over the years, they still have to get by on the scene. What's more, the two Yu Wenxing and Yun Xue Xiao, who led the team this time, are both people who are extremely deep in the city, and I am afraid that they will not easily tear their faces here. ”

"But Yuwenxing's maidservant, after being killed by us, blamed Cheng Yun's children, it is said that Yuwenxing values this maid very much, and has privately accepted it as a concubine to warm the bed, if he sees his woman being humiliated to death like that, he will not give up. ”

"Don't be too happy, our layout is too rough and full of flaws. If Yuwen Xing is angry, he may not find a flaw in his heart, and he will be enthusiastic about the people of the Yun family for a while. But if he calms down, or if the people around him warn him of something wrong, he should also notice that something is wrong. ”

"I thought that this time the Four Great Palaces would only come to one Yunyin Villa, after all, this is also someone's territory. I didn't expect the Yuwen family to come from so far and want to share a piece of the pie with us. ”

"I heard that the Yuwen family sent Yuwen Xing to Luoshi City this time, but they only came by detour when the tomb was opened. Anyway, we were expecting that their Yuwen family and the Yun family could really fight, although the fisherman's profit is good, but how do you know that there is no one else behind the fisherman who is pointing a knife at him?"

"What Senior Brother Ye said is reasonable, if the Yun family and the Yuwen family can really compete with each other, our Meditation Valley can naturally walk sideways here. Even if they don't want to do it, with Senior Brother Ye's ability to hunt for treasures, I'm afraid that all the fortuitous treasures here will also fall into Senior Brother Ye's pocket. ”

"You and I are both working for the sect, and when we return to the sect, I will hand over all the proceeds here. β€œβ€

"Yes, yes, Senior Brother Ye, you understand the righteousness, Senior Brother, I lost my words. But Senior Brother Ye, is there really a treasure behind the waterfall?"

"I only came here by intuition, my intuition can only allow me to perceive the general location of the genius earth treasure, but I don't know where it is, so let's wait for the disciple who went to investigate to come back. ”

At this time, a few people came out of the pool, and the man on the cliff was stunned, and he didn't notice that someone was swimming in the pool. Several soaking disciples went ashore, and before they had time to change their clothes, they came directly to the two people who were talking just now and said, "Senior Brother Ye, I have investigated, there is nothing else at the bottom of the pool except for some stones, but there is a cave behind this waterfall, we didn't dare to move it, so we came up to report it and asked Master Ye to decide." ”

The man who had been flattering Senior Brother Ye just now was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly made an excuse and said: "Senior Brother Ye is really clever, there is really a treasure behind this waterfall, congratulations to Senior Brother Ye for getting the treasure." ”

The man surnamed Ye seemed to be very useful for this, but he still pretended to be righteous and awe-inspiring and said, "It's still too early to congratulate you. I was instructed to go down and rest for the time of the two pillars of incense, and after the two pillars of incense, a group of people were left here to guard, and the others went into the cave with me to hunt for treasures. Several people dispersed one after another.

The man lying on the cliff frowned when he heard this, and sure enough, the other party also knew that this was the place where the treasure was. But he came here because of the guidance of a small beast, and the other party should have come to this tomb for the first time, how did he conclude that there were treasures hidden here? He recalled the conversation between the two just now, and it was a little abrupt that the man surnamed Ye should have a natural ability to sense treasures or some kind of natural ability, so he came here. These people are from the Valley of Enlightenment, the man recalls carefully but has no impression of this force, he also often reads the bottom reports sent back by spies from all over the world, it stands to reason that if a force in the rivers and lakes has a surface, he should have an impression. There are more than ten people on the other side, and the forces that can afford such a fee should not be nameless.

Listening to the conversation between the few people just now, it seems that they killed the people of the Yuwen family and blamed Yunyin Villa. This kind of scheming and vicious person, the man has no good feelings. What's more, what they want to rob is the purpose of their trip, and he can't tolerate it.

The man thought for a long time, the other party of the line of more than ten people, if they rushed down rashly, they will not be able to get a little cheap, unless they directly use their hole cards, otherwise there may be a worry about their lives, but if they use the hole cards directly, it is inevitable that the momentum is too big, and it will inevitably attract the prying eyes of other warriors. Thinking of this, the man laughed evilly, since the other party is playing tricks, then he will use his own way to govern others, and he will also break these people behind his back, not only to kill them, but also to frighten their courage and destroy their minds. The man doesn't think he's a bad guy, but he's not a good guy either. Some people, those who are sincerely good to him, he will repay them with sincerity, those who he really gives birth to recognition from the heart, he will treat them with a bodhisattva's heart, those who want to harm him, or have evil thoughts in their hearts and do not stop them in time, those who only benefit themselves and do not care about others, those who harm others and benefit themselves, he will also have thunderous means to kill them.

At the bottom of the cliff, everyone in the Immortal Valley was ready to go, leaving five people in the gate to wait by the pool, and the remaining twelve people jumped into the pool one after another and swam towards the waterfall. When the men who remained on the shore saw that their companions had entered the waterfall, they sat together, at first a little guarded, but soon began to gossip, as if glad that they had not followed the group into the pool and were cold. They didn't notice that on the cliff above them, a sly smile was reflected in the moonlight, and the white teeth that showed in that smile seemed to reflect the figures of several people.