Chapter 89 Map
Chapter 89 Map
Old Man Geng saw the change in Chen Yuan's expression and seemed to guess what he was thinking. He smiled, stroked his storage bag, took out a piece of silk, put it on the table, and said:
"Please look at this, nephew Chen. This is the map I drew after I left Dongxu Mountain. I drew all the things I encountered along the way. If you follow the map, you will definitely find the spiritual medicine garden."
Chen Yuan raised his hand, and the silk slowly flew up and fell into his hand.
Looking down, I saw only three or four roads, a few mountains and valleys, and several rivers drawn on it. At the end of the map, there were three words marked "Spiritual Medicine Garden", which looked extremely simple.
Chen Yuan shook his head slightly and was about to put the map down.
He had a sudden impulse and wanted to collect some information about the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, but he didn't expect that what Old Man Geng said was so untrue and the map was so poorly made.
But at this moment, his eyes fell on a certain place on the map, he suddenly stopped, and his brows slowly frowned.
There was a painting of a river here, winding around a hill. For some reason, it gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere.
He thought hard but still had no clue. His brows were furrowed and he was puzzled.
Old Man Geng was overjoyed to see Chen Yuan lost in thought.
The more interested Chen Yuan was in the map, the more money he could squeeze out of Chen Yuan.
"Cough cough..."
Old man Geng coughed twice, waking Chen Yuan from his thoughts.
Since I can’t think of it, I’ll just stop thinking about it. Maybe it’s just a temporary illusion.
He put away the map, and Old Man Geng bowed and said:
"Thank you for your teachings, Uncle Master. I have benefited a lot from it. I will not bother you any more."
After that, he turned around and left.
There are many exaggerated words in old man Geng's words, which are hard to believe. It is futile to listen to him any further.
However, although this map is simple, it records some of the terrain of the inner circle of Dongxu Mountain and has some reference value. It is not too bad to buy it for only thirty spirit stones.
But just as Chen Yuan turned around, Old Man Geng stood up and called him:
"Wait a moment, nephew. I have something that will definitely be useful to you."
Chen Yuan paused, came back to his senses, and looked at Old Man Geng with a half-smile:
"Master Geng is blessed with great fortune. He can find the Spiritual Medicine Garden just by wandering around Dongxu Mountain. But I am an unlucky person. What is useful to Master Geng may not be useful to me."
Old man Geng's face turned slightly red, but he soon put on a smile:
"This is a broken stele that I brought out from the Spiritual Medicine Garden. If you can decipher the secret inside, maybe you can get a glimpse of the secrets of Dongxu Mountain. Then, not to mention the Spiritual Medicine Garden, you can also freely come and go in the entire secret realm of Dongxu Mountain!"
He said this with great confidence, but Chen Yuan knew that he was good at boasting, so he naturally didn't believe it and bowed slightly:
"My disciple is not blessed with good fortune and luck, and I am not lucky enough to enjoy such a great opportunity. Uncle Master, please leave it to someone else who is destined to have it!"
He turned around to leave, but Old Man Geng quickly walked up to Chen Yuan and stopped him.
He was notorious in Lingyun Sect, and the number of disciples he could deceive was decreasing. Finally, one of them took the bait, so how could he let Chen Yuan leave so easily?
Seeing Old Man Geng's behavior, Chen Yuan's face darkened:
"Uncle Master, what do you mean?"
Old Man Geng stroked his storage bag, took out a broken stele, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, nephew. Just take a look at this stele and you will know that I am not lying."
As he spoke, he raised his hand slightly, and the broken monument slowly rose up and hung in the air.
This stele is green in color, about half a foot wide and one foot high. It is broken at the upper and lower ends and is covered with a layer of misty green light. One can tell at a glance that it is not an ordinary object.
There were thirty or forty unfamiliar characters engraved on the stele. When Chen Yuan took a look at it, he found that it was exactly the same as the map he had just seen. It gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
He stared at the inscription in a daze, his thoughts racing, and suddenly he opened his eyes wide, with a hint of shock in his eyes.
Old man Geng had been staring at Chen Yuan's face. When he saw this, he flicked the broken stele and took it back.
The broken monument suddenly disappeared. Chen Yuan's expression changed and he looked at Old Man Geng:
"Uncle Master, what do you mean?"
Old Man Geng chuckled and sat back on the recliner:
"Is your junior brother interested in this broken stele now?"
Chen Yuan frowned slightly, knowing that the change in his expression just now had caught the attention of Old Man Geng, who saw some clues.
But he was also very sure that Old Man Geng didn't know the inside story, and said calmly:
"As far as I know, Master Uncle has a grandson who lives in Lingyun Market, right?"
Old man Geng was startled and nodded:
"Yes."
"I wonder what your grandson's current level of cultivation is?"
Old Man Geng became more and more puzzled:
"Seventh level of Qi refining."
Chen Yuan took out a storage bag and a jade bottle:
"I am not a talented disciple, but I have some knowledge of alchemy. I will give this bottle of Yuhua Pill to your grandson."
When Old Man Geng heard this, he immediately smiled and waved at the jade bottle:
"Junior Brother Chen, you are so kind that I would be remiss to refuse." The jade bottle flew to his hand. He opened it and saw that it was indeed Yuhua Pill. Moreover, the pill was round and flexible, of excellent quality. The smile on his face became even bigger, and his old face looked like a blooming chrysanthemum.
He flipped his hand to put the pill into the storage bag, took out the broken stele, raised his hand and pushed it in front of Chen Yuan, saying:
"Nephew, please look."
Chen Yuan stared at the words on the stele, his eyes flickered, and he nodded slowly:
"This stele is shining with spiritual light, it is really extraordinary, maybe it really hides some secrets, but the words on this stele are obscure and difficult to understand, it seems to be the words of the ancient world of immortal cultivation. If you don't understand its meaning, it is useless..."
Old man Geng smiled complacently:
"Don't worry, nephew. Since I have taken out this stele, I must know the words on it. Otherwise, it is no different from a rock. What use is it?"
Chen Yuan bowed and said:
"Please teach me, uncle."
Old Man Geng was even happier when he saw Chen Yuan swallow another bait, and he said with a smile:
"To be honest, nephew, my grandson's aptitude is too poor. He spent hundreds of spirit stones just to break through the bottleneck of the late stage. I am short of money and cannot even prepare elixirs for him. As a grandfather, I feel guilty and cannot sleep at night. If nephew can take out another bottle of Yuhua Pill, I will tell you the meaning of the inscription."
Chen Yuan did not hesitate, took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and placed it on the table:
"Please teach me, uncle."
Old Man Geng smiled widely, and hurriedly put away the jade bottle, took out a jade slip, handed it to Chen Yuan, and said:
"My nephew's guess is correct. The text on the broken stele is indeed a kind of ancient immortal cultivation text. It was widely circulated tens of thousands of years ago, but as time passed, this text was gradually lost and few people know it now."
"However, I am in charge of the Sutra Library. With the advantage of the location, I carefully searched through the ancient books and classics in the library. I found an ancient book that recorded this ancient language. I copied its content into the jade slip. If you study it carefully, you will be able to learn this ancient language."
Chen Yuan took the jade slip, closed his eyes slightly, and probed his spiritual sense into it with a serious expression as he examined it carefully.
Old man Geng was not in a hurry either. He leaned back in the recliner with a smile on his face, appearing very patient.
Although his words contained many exaggerations, he did not deceive Chen Yuan.
This broken stele was indeed obtained by him from the spiritual medicine garden in the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain, but it was of no use, otherwise it would have been taken away by the elders of Lingyun Sect long ago, and why would it remain in his hands?
Chen Yuan wanted to get a glimpse of the secrets of Dongxu Mountain through the text on the broken stele, but it was just wishful thinking.
He hadn't met such a stupid and rich Qi-refining disciple for a long time. He immediately squeezed out two bottles of Yuhua Pills and thirty spirit stones, making a fortune.
Two quarters of an hour later, Chen Yuan finally withdrew his consciousness, put down the jade slip, and said:
"Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Master. Can I make a copy of the inscription?"
"Please do as you please, nephew."
Chen Yuan stroked his storage bag, took out a blank jade slip, stuck it on the broken stele, injected magic power into it, and printed all the words on the broken stele into the jade slip.
Then he bowed and said goodbye, leaving the Sutra Library.
After Chen Yuan left, Old Man Geng took out the two bottles of Yuhua Pills again, poured out the twenty pills, checked them one by one, and said to himself with a sarcastic look on his face:
“Boy, I don’t even know how I got into the Spiritual Medicine Garden. If you are greedy and die under the restrictions, don’t blame me…”
……
After Chen Yuan walked out of the Sutra Library, he drove the flying boat and, regardless of the consumption of his magic power, returned to the cave in just a quarter of an hour.
He activated all the restrictions, quickly returned to the training room, and took out the two jade slips and the map he got from Old Man Geng.
Afterwards, he probed his spiritual sense into another storage bag for miscellaneous items, searched for a moment, and took out a scroll.
The texture of the scroll is like silk, but it is neither silk nor satin. It feels warm to the touch, as if you are touching a rare ancient jade with a delicate texture. It is extremely strange.
After the scroll was unfolded, it turned out to be a map, about one foot long and high, densely packed with mountains, valleys, dense forests, lakes, rivers and other places.
At these places, there are also extremely vivid images of animals, birds, insects and plants, with a few lines of small words written next to each one.
This map was exactly the strange map he got from the cave where Xie Quan hid his treasure.
The words written on the picture are exactly the same as the ancient words engraved on the broken stele!
After Chen Yuan got the map, he couldn't understand its contents, so he put it aside for twenty years and almost forgot about it.
But he had a photographic memory. After seeing the words on the broken stele, he felt a sense of familiarity. After a little thought, he remembered this strange map.
He took a deep breath, placed the crude map that Old Man Geng gave him and this strange map together, took a look at them, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.
The terrain depicted on Old Man Geng’s map can all be found on the strange map!
No wonder he felt familiar after seeing Old Man Geng's map. It turned out that he had seen the terrain on the map more than 20 years ago.
This strange map is most likely a map of the secret realm of Dongxu Mountain.
Chen Yuan was extremely excited when he looked at the extremely detailed description of the terrain on the strange map.
If his guess is true, this trip to Dongxu Mountain will be very different.
Old man Geng thought he had a good trick and had tricked two bottles of pills out of him, but in fact he had gotten a huge advantage.
Chen Yuan smiled slightly, picked up the jade slip with ancient characters on it, and read it carefully.
I have to go out tomorrow, so the update time may be a little late.
(End of this chapter)