Chapter 108: Where is the wooden sign?

Chapter 108: Where is the wooden sign?

Chapter 108: Where is the wooden sign?
After the first skin tempering, Hua Changxi felt the benefits of skin refining. His skin not only became smoother and more lustrous, but also more resilient.

It feels like rough straw paper turning into fine rice paper.

It can be imagined that if the leather is refined continuously, the straw paper will eventually turn into gold foil, and the defensiveness will definitely increase rapidly.

The cultivators who practice body-refining techniques are called body cultivators, and the cultivators who practice by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth are called method cultivators.

Hua Changxi compared these two methods of cultivation.

To practice Dharma, one must be able to endure loneliness and boredom. Not everyone can sit still and calm down all day long.

To cultivate the body, one must be able to endure pain and hardship. Physical training is not just about strengthening the body, it can be said to be about reshaping the body and renewing it. The hardships involved require great perseverance to accomplish.

No matter which method of cultivation you choose, it is not easy.

Hua Changxi looked at the not-so-clear sword pattern on wooden sign number eight and took out the skin quenching formula and skin refining technique that he had copied from the stone wall.

She had the herbs on hand, so she used them to make twenty doses of skin-quenching decoction, and then called over the twenty people who had their spirit veins tested and their blood totems taken.

These twenty people have neither spiritual veins nor emit totem images.

Hua Changxi explained to them what body refining techniques are, what body cultivation is, as well as the hardships and pain that one has to endure during body refining, and then let them choose whether or not to temper their skin.

None of the twenty people refused and all chose to temper their skin.

Then, roars came one after another in the No. 8 Qihuang Clinic.

Hua Changxi had set up an isolation array in advance, so the sound did not get out. She carefully observed the situation of the twenty people and found that their skin hardening level was not even half of that of the nine people led by Eunuch Jia.

Um.
The body refining technique on the stone wall is cost-effective and relatively affordable, but the effect of the body refining technique cannot be compared with that of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Art" body refining technique.

As the twenty people were tempering their skin, the sword pattern on the No. 8 wooden sign gradually became "three-dimensional", and sword patterns were also marked on the stone pillars outside the No. 8 Qihuang Hall.

After the twenty people finished tempering their skin, Hua Changxi went directly to the old courtyard in the square and took down the last wooden sign.

There are eighteen Qihuang Halls, and correspondingly there are eighteen wooden plaques. Hua Changxi only got ten wooden plaques, which means that eight wooden plaques are in the hands of other people.

"Senior Gu, who have the other eight wooden tablets?"

Gu Xing looked at Hua Changxi blankly: "Why, you want to get the other eight wooden tokens as well?"

Hua Changxi looked at him: "Is it not possible?"

Seeing that she really had this idea, Gu Xing took a deep breath and said, "As far as I know, one person can only get one wooden sign." He paused.

"Your wooden plaque is the key to the Qihuang Hall. Can you open all nine Qihuang Halls in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall?"

Hua Changxi: "Didn't you say before that you knew nothing? How do you know that the wooden plaque is the key to Qihuang Hall?"

Gu Xing remained calm: "I am just a gatekeeper and I really don't know anything, but I can definitely sense that you opened the Qihuang Hall."

Hua Changxi curled his lips, looking disbelieving.

Gu Xing saw it and didn't mind it either, but he looked at her seriously and said, "Qihuang Hall is a place where medicine is taught. Since you can open it, I hope you won't let it continue to be covered in dust."

Hua Changxi looked back at him: "I'm the one who opened the museum, I'm the one who gave the lectures, and I'm also the one who bears the consequences that follow. So, old senior, your hope is just your hope. What I should do is something I should decide for myself."

Gu Xing choked and said, "I don't want to teach you how to do things, but since you took the ten wooden signs, you have to take the responsibility of teaching medicine."

Hua Changxi: "I didn't say I won't take responsibility. I just have my own pace."

Gu Xing looked at her and suddenly realized that the girl in front of him was the youngest among those who received the wooden sign, but she had the most independent ideas and was not easily influenced by others.

Even Wei Zhenjie, the Minister of Heaven, would think over and over again about what he said, unlike this girl who didn't care at all.

Is this good or bad?

Hua Changxi left with the wooden sign. When he stepped out of the old courtyard in the square, he stopped and looked in the direction of the apprentice hall.

Although she had marked all the nine Qihuang Halls in the Miscellaneous Services Hall, she just wanted to occupy the territory quickly, and she had not completely unlocked the things in the Qihuang Halls.

There is no need to rush to explore the Qihuang Hall over at the Apprentice Hall. She can wait until she has learned everything in Qihuang Halls No. 1 to 9 before exploring.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Hua Changxi left, someone else came to the old courtyard in the square.

When Gu Qiming entered the yard, he saw Gu Xing with a distressed look on his face. This look surprised him. When he came here before, Gu Xing was either sleeping or in a daze. He had never looked like this before.

"Senior Gu, are you worried about something?"

Gu Xing glanced at Gu Qiming, and seemed to know why he came, and said directly: "You are late."

Gu Qiming was confused and wanted to ask what it meant, but he saw that all the wooden signs on the wall were gone. His eyes widened immediately: "Senior Gu, where are the wooden signs? Why are they gone?"

Gu Xing looked at him and closed his eyes somewhat boredly: "You guys continue to fight. When you are done, you will find that the sky has already changed."

Gu Qiming ignored Gu Xing's reluctance to pay attention to him and stepped forward: "Senior Gu, who took the wooden signs?"

Gu Xing closed his eyes and said, "Don't you claim to be the head of the Medical Department? You shouldn't ask me about this kind of thing."

Gu Qiming knew Gu Xing's personality and understood that if he said that, he would really not tell him anything, so he could only leave helplessly.

After returning to the Medical Bureau building, Gu Qiming immediately issued an order to his men, asking them to find out all the people who had been to the old hospital in the square in the past two months, without missing a single one.

He never imagined that he had been dealing with various forces on First Street for the past two months and had not paid attention to the old courtyard in the square, and all nine wooden signs in the old courtyard were taken away.

Not everyone can take the wooden sign away!

It was several decades ago that the minister took away the first wooden plaque. During these decades, nine more wooden plaques were taken away one after another.

He never imagined that the remaining nine would be gone in just two months.

Gu Qiming thought of the many things that had happened in the past two years, his face solemn, and he muttered to himself: "Is the world really going to change?"

At the same time, Gu Jinfan, who had just returned from Kunlun Mountains, was also in extreme shock like Gu Qiming.

Before Gu Jinfan entered the Medical Department, he noticed the pale green light covering First Street. He flew into the Medical Department at a whoosh, and then stood at the intersection of First Street and Pilgrimage Road, staring at the two lanterns on both sides of the intersection that were burning with green fire, his face full of disbelief.

"How could this be?"

In the previous life, the first Danhuo Lamp in Dan Sheng Temple was clearly lit two years later after the Meng family came to Beijing. How come it was lit so much earlier in this life?

Could it be that the Meng family arrived in Beijing early?

Gu Jinfan was in a very uneasy mood at the moment, and walked quickly towards the No. 1 Pavilion on the Second Street. She wanted to find someone to find out what happened immediately. This was the second time since she was reborn that she had a strong feeling that the progress of the spiritual energy recovery in the Four Spirit Realms had deviated from the development trajectory of her previous life.

The first time was the battle at Wuzhi Mountain.

In the previous life, the Five Finger Mountain was taken by the Jiang family of Jizhou. In this life, a Fire Lotus Fairy appeared, took away the Five Finger Mountain, and also made the matter of the revival of spiritual energy public in advance.
The early announcement of the revival of spiritual energy made ordinary people who were kept in the dark aware of the matter, and the consequence was that many people embarked on the path of cultivation ahead of time.

The change in the ownership of Wuzhi Mountain has also changed the pattern of power among various parties to a certain extent.

In the previous life, the Jiang family relied on the Five Finger Mountain to become a top-notch immortal cultivation family and attracted a large number of cultivator followers. The ancestor of the Jiang family was an outsider cultivator, but because of the power of the Jiang family, he participated in the subsequent competition for the master of the four continents.

Now that the foundation for the Jiang family’s rise is gone, a series of subsequent events will change as a result.

The second time is now.

The Dan Sheng Temple is one of the four major formation centers that suppress the Demon Prison. The premature ignition of the Dan fire on the first street is no small matter. This change will affect the overall direction of the Four Spirit Realms in the future.

On the first day of her rebirth, she knew that her rebirth would cause some changes. But she didn't expect that in just a few months, two major events would happen that could change the course of her previous life.

Gu Jinfan felt the rich spiritual energy in the Medical Department and had a strong sense of being out of control. She was very anxious. If the direction of the Four Spiritual Realms became completely different from her previous life, then what was the meaning of her rebirth?

"Brother Zeng."

"Junior Sister Gu, you're back."

As soon as Gu Jinfan returned to the Pharmacy No. 1 on Second Street, she quickly found Zeng Hong who worked for her, took him to her alchemy room, and then began to ask questions impatiently.

"Brother Zeng, who lit the two lanterns on First Street? When were they lit?"

Zeng Hong: "On the night of March 29, someone broke into the Medical Department, and the lanterns were lit at that time. Several monks stationed there were dispatched, but unfortunately, they did not catch the person who broke into the Medical Department."

Gu Jinfan frowned: "The person who ignited the Dan Fire was an intruder from outside? Is this news confirmed?"

Zeng Hong shook his head: "This is what the director said. Junior Sister Gu, a lot of things actually happened during the time you were away."

"In February, ten rebirth pills were lost in Second Street. The higher-ups sent Jinyiwei to investigate, and they found out that it was a disciple of Shura Sect hiding in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall who stole them."

"After the lanterns on First Street were lit, all parties fought desperately to seize the medicine shops on First Street."

Gu Jinfan was not interested in these power struggles and interrupted him: "I asked you to keep an eye on the old courtyard in the square. Is there anything happening over there?"

Zeng Hong: "Minister Tianbu went to the old courtyard once, but left very quickly. By the way, the gate of the old courtyard has been completely open for the past two months."

Hearing this, Gu Jinfan's face changed: "What did you say, the gate of the old courtyard in the square is completely open?"

Zeng Hong saw her big reaction and quickly explained the incident in detail: "It was on the day when the lanterns on the First Street were lit. Eunuch Zhou from the First Office of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall wanted to drive Gu Xing out of the old courtyard. Gu Xing didn't want to, so he made quite a commotion."

"Later, a female servant from the servant hall came forward to stop Eunuch Zhou. When the female servant helped Gu Xing into the courtyard, she pushed open the gate."

"After that, the gate was never closed, day or night."

"I heard that the female servant was a cultivator. When the Royal Guards went to the servants' hall to search for the person who stole the elixir, she confronted the Royal Guards head-on."

Gu Jinfan's eyes were shocked. Zhou Bing's forcing of Gu Xing actually happened ahead of time!

"How is Senior Gu now?"

Zeng Hong paused: "It should be okay."

Gu Jinfan was very dissatisfied with this answer: "What do you mean by 'should'? Didn't you go and see it?" After saying that, he walked out of the house and walked quickly towards the old courtyard in the square.

In his previous life, Gu Xing died on the third day after Zhou Bing forced him to leave the old hospital.

As the gatekeepers of the Dan Sheng Temple, the Gu family has never broken off the inheritance. The spiritual energy of the Four Spirit Realms began to revive a long time ago, and the Gu family must know about this.

Logically speaking, as the only heir of the Gu family, Gu Xing should be a cultivator, and his body should not be so dilapidated. It was only later that she found out that Gu Xing had tied his fortune and longevity to the Dan Sheng Temple.

The spiritual energy is reviving, and the seal of the Demon Prison is also loosening.

As one of the four key points of the formation that suppresses the Demon Prison, Dan Sheng Temple will definitely be affected.

It can be said that Gu Xing withstood these attacks on his own, which caused his body to be so badly damaged. He was beaten to death by several mortals under Zhou Bing.

When she knew about this in her previous life, she sighed for a long time.

Gu Xing absolutely cannot die so early. She still needs him to teach her how to use the wooden sign and how to become the master of the Dan Temple.

Soon, we arrived at the old courtyard in the square.

As soon as Gu Jinfan entered the yard, she noticed the empty stone wall. When she came last time, there were twelve wooden signs hanging on the wall. She had only been away for a few months, and all the wooden signs were gone!

"Senior Gu, where is the wooden sign? Where did it go?"

Gu Xing opened his eyes and glanced at Gu Jinfan, then said calmly, "The wooden sign is for those who are destined to get it. If you were able to take the sign, then others can do the same."

Gu Jinfan still found it hard to believe: "How could it be?"

In the previous life, when the Dan Sheng Temple was controlled by the Jiang family, all the wooden signs on the wall were not removed. Why are all the wooden signs gone in this life?

Gu Jinfan looked at Gu Xing and asked anxiously, "Senior Gu, who took the wooden signs?"

Gu Xing glanced at Gu Jinfan and closed his eyes.

Gu Jinfan could see that he didn't want to pay attention to him, but he continued: "Senior Gu, please believe me, I don't have any bad intentions. Everything I do now is for the good of Dan Sheng Temple. You don't want to see Dan Sheng Temple being taken over by outside cultivators, right?"

Hearing this, Gu Xing suddenly opened his eyes, his face stern: "The Dan Sheng Temple is the Dan Sheng Temple of the Four Spiritual Realms, how can outsiders dare to get involved!"

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed.

"How do you know about the monks from the outside world? Who told you?"

Gu Xing couldn't quite figure out Gu Jinfan. When this girl appeared in front of him for the first time, he felt that she was a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

Gu Jinfan certainly couldn't reveal the fact that she was reborn, so she organized her words and said, "When I was a child, I read about the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty in the library of the imperial palace. Emperor Taizu obtained a magic lamp that fell from the sky, so he founded the country and established the capital."

"Five hundred years later, someone saw a big hole in the sky, and an immortal flew down from the hole like a shooting star."

"At first, I thought these were fabricated, until I became a monk and got a travelogue from a monk from Shura Sect. Then I knew that the magic lamp was from the outside world and the leader of Shura Sect was also a monk from the outside world."

"The Great Jin was founded nearly a thousand years ago, which means that a thousand years ago, the boundary of the Four Spiritual Realms began to loosen, and at that time, outsiders broke in by force. Now that the spiritual energy has revived, it goes without saying that the boundary will become looser and more outsiders will invade."

"As one of the five holy places in Zhongzhou, how can Dan Sheng Temple not be targeted by outsiders?"