Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Corpse Bearer
Seeing that Qin Zheng carried the "purple golden body" of Qingyangzi, Zhu Rong looked at the two lines of words on the ground: "If you want to enter my door, you can bury my bones on the top floor of the Linglong Pagoda in the back mountain, kneel three times and knock nine times, and spread the word to the Tao." He guessed Qin Zheng's thoughts, and at this time, Yang Gou had already guessed that Qin Zheng could not understand the sword trick left by Zhan Ruoli, so he wanted to get Qingyangzi's secret book and relic, so as to practice the magic skills of the Yun Ji Sect to take revenge.
Zhu Rong shook his head and said, "It's useless, it's useless." But looking at Qin Zheng's resolute eyes, he knew that persuasion was useless, so he said: "That Linglong Pagoda is on the Houtian Peak." Qin Zheng asked where the Houtian Peak was, and Zhu Rong said: "What we are in now is the Xiantian Peak, which is the highest peak in Qingniu Valley, and is connected to the Xiantian Peak by a stone beam. β
There is only one stone beam in the Qingniu Valley, that is, the place where Sun Zongyi knocked Qin Wei down to the abyss.
Qin Zheng carried the "purple qi golden body" of Qingyang on his back, walked to the back of the mountain, and silently prayed when he stepped on the stone beam: "Daddy, please bless the child in the spirit of heaven, I will definitely practice the magic left by Qingyang Zhenren to avenge this great revenge!"
This stone beam is slippery and narrow, and there are many broken places in the middle, even if the empty body runs over, it is also very dangerous, Qin Zheng is not bad, it is not difficult to cross this stone beam with an empty body, but carrying a heavy corpse, it is several times more difficult to walk, on this stone beam that is difficult to stand on, if you rush over it with all your might, it will be fast and steady, if it is stop-and-go, it is even more dangerous.
Qin Zheng walked to a rugged and slippery place, and had to stop several times, but finally gritted his teeth and survived, but he felt that his body was gradually heavy, and the true qi in his body was gradually turbid, and there was an abyss on both sides of his body, and the wind under his feet could almost knock people down! When he was uncomfortable, he suddenly remembered that Shen Mohuai had taught him the method of connecting true qi, which had been used when he had carried his father, and it was very useful, and then he thought: "Qingyang Zhenren has passed away, and people die like lights going out, but I don't know if this method is effective." β
At this time, his physical strength had been exhausted seventy-eight out of ten, and he couldn't stop on the stone beam, and he couldn't move much when he walked, so he tried hard, and a faint true qi was transported to the Laogong acupoint in the palm of his hand, and penetrated through the back of Qingyangzi.
This true qi was transported to Qingyangzi's body, and it was no longer driven by Qin Zheng, but there was another force that dragged it around Qingyangzi's body for a small week, and then it came out of Qingyangzi's chest Tanzhong acupoint, Qin Zheng only felt that his vest was cool for a while, and a stream of true qi had seeped in from his Lingtai acupoint - after this true qi walked around Qingyangzi's body, its quality was very different from when Qin Zheng sent it.
Qin Zheng was surprised and delighted: "Qingyang Zhenren is really cultivating as a god." He has passed away, but the 'purple qi golden body' left behind seems to still have life!" "The spirit was lifted, he was not only connected with the green sheep, but also with the help of the green sheep's true qi, only to feel that his feet were light, and his steps were brisk.
Zhu Rong and Yang Gou followed behind Qin Zheng, the two of them ran empty, Zhu Rong was just that, but Yang Gou also ran a little hard, look at Qin Zheng carrying the corpse of the green sheep walking slower and slower, Zhu Rong was afraid that he would be exhausted and even fall into the valley with the corpse, so he was about to step forward to help him, but suddenly saw Qin Zheng's footsteps suddenly became lighter, and with one step, they all changed from staggering to calm, and the layer of purple gas shrouded in the green sheep gradually coiled around Qin Zheng, Zhu Rong was secretly surprised, but Qin Zheng himself was unconscious, and then Qin Zheng ran faster and faster, almost about to fly off the ground, although Zhu Rong flew away empty, he was also left far behindγ
After the stone beam, set foot on the peak of the day after tomorrow, there is a seven-story exquisite pagoda standing on the top of the mountain, there is no stone step road between the stone beam and the pagoda, but there is a huge rock, gravel and forest trees, at this time Qin Zheng did not hesitate, just look at the direction of the pagoda and rushed over, step on the foot a little bit, every step out is one or two zhang, meet the rock and jump over, meet the forest on the tree and jump, not long to come to the bottom of this pagoda, the heart is full of excitement, the body is also full of strength, he crossed the stone beam, On the high mountain, speeding all the way, he was addicted to running, and he was unwilling to stay at his feet, and circled around the pagoda to wait for Zhu Rong and Yang Gou.
After two meals, Zhu Rong and Yang Gou arrived, Yang Gou was out of breath, pointed at Qin Zheng and scolded: "Brother Ah Zheng, what are you doing so fast, do you want to exhaust me to death?"
Qin Zheng was in a good mood, and he didn't reply to his mouth, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhu, Brother Yang, let's go up to the tower." β
Zhu Rong said coldly: "Don't get too excited, calm down, and see what this 'pagoda' looks like first." β
It turned out that Qin Zheng had just gotten the purple qi of the green sheep through the meridians, and he felt it greatly, and he didn't look at the tower carefully when he got to the side of the tower while being excited, and then he listened to Zhu Rong's words, stopped and looked up, and a wave of disappointment poured down like cold water.
Although this pagoda in front of me has the name of exquisiteness, where is it a "pagoda"? However, seeing that its portal is dilapidated and damaged, the glazed bricks are 19 colorful, the color is dull, and it is full of bird droppings, emitting bursts of foul smell, obviously it has been on the top of the mountain for a long time, and has become the dwelling of birds.
Zhu Rong said: "When I saw the sentence left by Qingyangzi in the cave, I immediately thought that he might have hidden all the secret books in this Linglong Tower, and immediately came after finding the location of this tower in the manual, and searched all over the inside and outside of the tower, but where was there any hidden Dao Secret? β
Yang Gou also smiled and said: "If there is really any secret to the Dao, we would have taken it out and practiced it a long time ago, and we would have waited until you came? Hmph, do you think I really want to stay in this Qingniu Valley and farm? If I can practice the peerless magic skills, who wants to nest here." β
Qin Zheng looked at the seven-story exquisite pagoda and was stunned for a while, and Zhu Rong shouted: "Let's go! Unexpectedly, Qin Zheng said: "No! Since you have already come, go up to the tower." Since I have made a wish in the Bagua Cave, I have to go up and place the purple qi and golden body of Qingyang Zhenren, even if I can't get the secret of the Dao Treasure, I can't give up halfway. As he spoke, he stepped into the tower gate.
Qing Yangzi and Yang Gou glanced at each other, both shook their heads, and secretly scolded Qin Zheng for being a fool, but they still followed him.
The tower is really dilapidated, cobwebs and ant nests are everywhere, some of the original murals on the first floor have long become mottled, and there are more than a dozen crooked and oblique statues, stepping on the stairs, babbling, obviously the tower ladder is also rotting badly. The second layer is also nothing, but there is a straw rope hanging in the middle of the ceiling, and there is a potted plant in the center of the third layer, but it has withered, the top of the fourth layer is imprinted with a falling Taiji diagram, the fifth layer is piled with some ashes, and there is a shriveled gourd hanging in the corner of the sixth layer.
Yang Gou pointed at Qingyangzi and said with a smile: "Niubi, you are also blessed, when you meet such a stupid boy, if you change someone else, who will pay attention to you?"
Qin Zheng saw that there was a futon in front of the shrine, so he respectfully performed the ceremony of kneeling three times and nine knocks, and when he knelt and knocked, Yang Gou smiled and said: "Ah Zheng, you really worship him as a master, he is a dead man, and he has not left any Xuanwu secrets, so it is useless for you to worship him." β
Before he finished speaking, suddenly seven streams of purple qi floated out from the seven orifices of Qingyangzi, first enveloping the golden body, and then enveloping the entire shrine, Qin Zheng knelt on the futon and seemed to have a sense, so the purple qi also floated out, lingering around the futon, haunting Qin Zheng!
Inside the shrine, the withered face of the green sheep gradually became ruddy, and the eyebrows were stretched out, floating like a god, as if they had come to life!
Zhu Rong and Yang Gou were taken aback when they saw such a vision, and they were dumbfounded, unable to speak for a long time.
Qin Zheng was also surprised by the changes in the purple qi golden body after entering the shrine, and he was both surprised and happy, knowing that most of his sincerity was not in vain.
But seeing that the purple qi golden body suddenly moved, the middle finger and ring finger of the left hand were bent inward, and the thumb pressed the fingertips of the middle finger and ring finger - Zhu Rong recognized that this was the "Dao finger" of the Taoist - the right hand of the purple qi golden body was pinned, and then there was a purple qi spiraling upward, condensing into a seven-story pagoda shape above the right hand of the Qingyangzi Void, Zhu Rong saw it and exclaimed: "Linglong Pagoda, Linglong Pagoda! This is the real seventh-level Linglong Pagoda! The 'Seven Treasures of Yunji' contained in the manual of the 'Reading Hole' turns out to be really there!"
Suddenly, a few lines of words appeared out of thin air in front of Qingyangzi's purple gold body, those words were like smoke and gas, suspended in mid-air, looking at it like an illusion, Qin Zheng read: "Back then, I and Xie Long knew that the gentlemen of Lu opened up the Peach Blossom Source according to the legacy of the "Mountains and Seas", and hated the view of the demon who separated the world, and retreated alone without success, which made the Taoyuan defective and incomplete, which was a regret for the rest of my life. Those who get my seven treasures must carry the exquisite pagoda to the Peach Blossom Spring, and use my golden body to calm their eyes, and fulfill my wishes. Qingyangzi is a masterpiece. β
Qin Zheng was shocked when he saw it: "Qingyangzi is also related to Taoyuan?"
Yang Gou didn't understand it and asked, "What does this mean?" β
Zhu Rong said: "It seems that Qingyangzi and a few people opened up a place called Peach Blossom Spring, and before the matter was completed, he had a conflict with other people, quit halfway, and regretted it before he died. β
Yang Gou said: "What? Send the treasure out again? Who is so stupid! Leave him alone!"
Before he could say this, the purple qi in the shrine suddenly turned into a wave of qi and forced out, filling the entire space! Qin Zheng, Zhu Rong, and Yang Hook couldn't resist it, and rolled down from the tower ladder, and were forced out of this space, rolling to the sixth floor.