Chapter 147 Leiyin Continent, 7 Star Palace
Chapter 147 Leiyin Continent, Seven Star Palace
"Old-fashioned! Old-fashioned! Unchanging!"
"Starting fire, blowing air, hammering iron, forging steel, quenching... It was like this decades ago, it was like this a thousand years ago, is it still like this today?"
"If you don't change, you will die. The Palace Master is not lying to me. The Divine Weapon Valley has been declining for generations, and there is a reason for that!"
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After walking out of the Hantan Cave and before reaching the forging ground, Lei Jingchuan had already heard the harsh comments.
"This old thing!"
Lei Jingchuan was furious and wanted to rush out, but was held down by Jing Shuhu on the shoulders.
"Don't be impatient."
Jing Shuhu's face was as gloomy as water, and he walked to the front.
In the forging field, Wan Chuan stood with one hand behind his back, pointing and talking, and Qiao Tianhe beside him agreed and nodded from time to time.
The master and the apprentice commented on the pros and cons as if no one was around, which made all the blacksmiths glare at them angrily, and some of them almost started a fight.
"An old friend came to visit, but you didn't even go out to greet him. Tiger, you are even less magnanimous than your master!"
Suddenly, Wanchuan turned around and looked at Jing Shuhu and the other man who were walking towards him: "Why, the Lianfeng Banquet is not even being held?"
"Old thing!"
Lei Jingchuan was going to endure it, but when he heard him mention his master, he immediately became furious: "You are too presumptuous!"
boom!
Lei Jingchuan attacked in rage, and his forging hammer was like thunder, leaving a trail of white marks in the air.
In an instant, he struck out dozens of times with the hammer, and even an iron ingot that had been tempered a hundred times could be smashed into a discus.
Even though they were ten feet away, Qiao Tianhe felt a strong wind blowing on his face and could not help but take a few steps back, but Wanchuan just smiled.
He raised his hand and tapped into the air, and a burst of strong energy gushed out.
He pointed as many fingers as Lei Jingchuan struck out with his hammer.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gas explosions, smoke and dust rose in the forging field, and everyone retreated in embarrassment.
Bang!
Lei Jingchuan staggered, and the sledgehammer in his hand slipped out of his hand and rammed deeply into the wall:
"Refine the internal organs!"
When the dust cleared, Wanchuan still had one hand behind his back, and he hadn't moved a step: "Tiger, do you want to try your hand?"
"The Seven Star Palace's life-saving finger?"
Jing Shuhu casually picked up a forging hammer from the forging table, and said with a strong aura: "I would like to test whether you have really succeeded in refining your internal organs."
The two looked at each other from a distance, and the atmosphere in the forging field suddenly became solemn.
Behind Wan Chuan, Qiao Tianhe saw his master's gesture and woke up from his dream: "Master, don't forget the important things."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Wanchuan immediately stopped, clapped his hands, and said:
"But I forgot. I have something important to do here. Tiger, you want to spar with me. How about we find a deserted place afterwards?"
Jing Shuhu stared at him for a while and nodded: "Okay."
"How about we talk somewhere else?"
Wanchuan looked around.
"Ah."
Jing Shuhu looked calm and asked the two men to go to Hantan Cave.
"What are you all standing there for? Get to work!"
Lei Jingchuan shook his numb palms, scolded, and left, but before he reached Chirong Cave, he ran into Li Yuan.
"Elder, what is this?"
The roar in the forge was very loud in the tunnel, so Li Yuan naturally heard it.
"There are a few unexpected guests."
Lei Jingchuan looked unhappy.
"uninvited guest?"
Li Yuan frowned slightly. Judging from Lao Lei's expression, it seemed that he had suffered a loss?
"Ah."
Lei Jingchuan kept walking until he arrived at Chirong Cave, then he spread out his hands.
His palms were dark blue, his knuckles were cracked, and drops of black blood seeped out, falling to the ground with a hissing sound.
"This is?"
Li Yuan's eyelids twitched and he smelled a fishy odor, like a deadly poison.
"The Seven Star Palace's Life Pointing Finger is indeed as good as its reputation. That old fellow..."
When he put his palm into the ice water in the tub, Lei Jingchuan's face twitched. After a moment, he let out a sigh and his complexion returned to normal.
Li Yuan saw that the water jar had become completely black, as if several scoops of ink had been poured into it.
"Seven Star Palace?"
Li Yuan sounded familiar, and after a moment's thought, he came up with the following idea: "Seven Star Palace in Ziyun Province?"
The Divine Weapon Valley was originally rooted in Ziyun Prefecture. After Dayun established the country, the founder sealed Yunju Prefecture and chose the prefecture. Then the Qixing Palace was in charge of this prefecture.
Ziyun Prefecture is more than ten thousand miles away from Huizhou, and there is no hatred between the two places. Why did they suddenly come here and seem to have bad intentions?
Li Yuan frowned slightly, thinking of Wang Wenyuan's letter.
"good."
Lei Jingchuan relaxed his palms, his face as solemn as water:
"The Seven Stars Palace governs an entire state. The Seven Stars Life Pointing Finger is one of the sect's secret teachings. It is as powerful as the Military Dao Fighting Hammer and is an extremely vicious poison finger."
"Are they here to forge weapons?"
Li Yuan pretended to be confused.
"Forging weapons?"
Lei Jingchuan shook his head. He closed the large jar filled with cold pond water and sat down.
"More than 1,400 years ago, our ancestor went against all odds and decided to move to Zhelong Prefecture. At that time, there were many people who were dissatisfied and took the opportunity to leave.
Several of these sects joined other large sects after they broke away, including the Seven Stars Palace.”
“There is this connection?”
Li Yuan's heart tightened slightly.
"More than a thousand years have passed, and most of those branches have disappeared, but the branch in the Seven Star Palace is thriving."
Lei Jingchuan did not hide it and said coldly:
"Originally, we were thousands of miles apart, with no intersection or grudges between us. But about seven hundred years ago, that lineage came all the way here..."
"Seven hundred years ago."
Li Yuan didn't even need to count on his fingers. That period should have been the weakest time after the turmoil in Shenbing Valley.
Since that day, the Divine Weapon Valley has never forged another magical weapon, and its status and reputation in the martial arts world have continued to decline to the present day.
"From seven hundred years ago to now, that lineage would bring its talented disciples here every sixty years or thirty years at least, under the guise of learning forging techniques..."
Lei Jingchuan sneered: "In fact, it is still to explore the Heavenly Destiny Mysterious Soldier, the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer!"
Over the past thousand years, countless people have suspected that the Black Whale Hammer is in the Divine Weapon Mountain, and many of them have come looking for it under various pretexts.
Shenbing Valley welcomes everyone, and over time, not many people come.
"Genius disciple?"
Li Yuan was not surprised that the Seven Stars Palace came for the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer, but if they brought a genius disciple...
He thought of Han Chuijun. Old Han had been searching for a genius in hammer techniques for many years. Could it be that he learned it from the people in the Seven Star Palace?
Does anyone in the Seven Stars Palace know how to find the Black Whale Hammer?
"The Seven Stars Palace governs an entire state, and its disciples are numerous masters and geniuses. Thanks to this, every generation in that lineage has extremely gifted disciples in the art of forging weapons."
Lei Jingchuan thought of the silly-looking boy in the forge, and his expression suddenly improved.
That kid might have good physique and talent, but he's obviously not as good as Li Yuan.
"Ah."
While Li Yuan was still digesting the meaning of his words, Lei Jingchuan's mood suddenly improved a lot:
"I'll go take a look around. Don't be lazy. You'd better master the Weapon Forging Technique as soon as possible."
Li Yuan nodded, feeling somewhat curious as to whether the people from the Seven Stars Palace really knew something.
"Seven Star Palace, Zhaixing Tower, Evil God Cult, the water in Zhelong Mansion is getting deeper and deeper."
Rubbing his brows, Li Yuan turned back to the forging table and sped up the making of the leather armor.
……
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"The Cold Pond Fire Vein, this is truly a treasured place for forging weapons. No wonder your clan's ancestor abandoned Ziyunzhou and chose Zhelong Mansion."
In the cold pond cave, Wanchuan looked at the bottomless pool and pretended to sigh: "What a great place."
"Yeah, nice place."
Qiao Tianhe nodded repeatedly, his face full of envy.
The forging method in Shenbing Valley seemed very ancient to him, but he envied the environment so much.
"Nonsense, no need to say more." Jing Shuhu said expressionlessly: "I've already turned around, it's time to go, right?"
He knew very well the purpose of Wanchuan's visit, but this was something that the ancestors of the Weapon Casting Valley had promised to do, so he could not object, let alone oppose it.
Once they oppose it, it will attract attention, and then it will not just be the two people from the Seven Stars Palace who will come.
"There's no rush."
Wan Chuan did not comment and led Qiao Tianhe around the Hantan Cave. He was very serious and moved step by step.
Qiao Tianhe was also on high alert, sweeping around.
'No movement yet?'
Wanchuan frowned in his heart, this shouldn't be the case.
Qiao Tianhe is a natural born craftsman, a forging prodigy that only appears once in a state in a hundred years. His talent must have reached the requirements of the secret scroll that the sect obtained from a secret place.
Could it be that someone got there first?
"Tiger, I heard there is a Chirong Cave underground. Could you take my master and I to have a look around?"
Wanchuan suddenly spoke.
Jing Shuhu frowned, almost unable to hold back his anger: "This is a forbidden area of the sect, outsiders are not allowed to enter!"
"Can't you accommodate me?"
Wanchuan asked.
"There is absolutely no such possibility!"
Jing Shuhu glanced at Qiao Tianhe and flatly refused.
Although he did not believe the Seven Star Palace's claim that "if you have good talent, you can get the Black Whale Hammer to recognize you as your master",
He wasn't even sure whether the Black Whale Hammer was underground, but he couldn't take the risk.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.
"Um……"
Wanchuan frowned and pondered for a while, then waved his hand and asked Qiao Tianhe to leave the cave.
"When we met a few days ago, there were some things I couldn't say. Now, I can talk about it."
After taking a glance at Jing Shuhu, whose face was as gloomy as water, Wanchuan didn't dare to continue provoking the tiger.
In the Divine Weapon Valley, he was only afraid of three people, and Jing Shuhu was one of them.
"No matter what you say, the sect's rules cannot be crossed."
Jing Shuhu was already a little impatient. He didn't have such a good temper. If he wasn't afraid of the Seven Star Palace, he would have hit it with a hammer right now.
Wanchuan sat on the ground and asked, "When did the Evil God Cult start targeting Zhelong Mansion?"
"Ok?"
Jing Shuhu, who didn't want to pay attention to it, was moved when he heard this. He thought about it and replied:
"About four years ago."
More than four years ago, there was the first rebellion in the area under the jurisdiction of Zhelong Prefecture, and it was also the first time that traces of the Evil God Cult were discovered.
Over the next four years, the situation intensified; the lord of the mansion was killed, counties revolted, and even blood sacrifices occurred one after another.
Is it...
"Five years ago, a major event happened in my Leiyin Dao. The details are inconvenient to reveal, but the Evil God Cult's attack on you is probably related to that major event."
Wanchuan carefully considered his words, seeming to be quite cautious.
"What's the big deal?"
Jing Shuhu's heart was slightly shaken, but no matter how he asked, Wanchuan just shook his head.
"I mentioned this not to threaten you, but to tell you that my Seven Star Palace, at least my lineage, has no ill will towards the Divine Weapon Valley."
Wanchuan stood up:
"Well, I don't have to go in. I just want my disciple to go in and take a look around. How do you think?"
Jing Shuhu's mind was filled with mixed thoughts. He was silent for a moment before nodding:
"He can go in alone."
"it is good!"
Wan Chuan then smiled and said, "How about going now?"
Jing Shuhu immediately regretted his haste:
"It's too late today, how about a few days later?"
"Yeah, that's fine."
Wanchuan also realized that he was too impatient, so he quickly calmed down, smiled and nodded.
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Huhu~
The night breeze is gentle.
In the small courtyard, Li Yuan climbed out of the large vat filled with iron sand and took a break for a while, waiting for the pain from the bone changes to subside. Then he quickly washed himself and went out.
It was late at night and there was no moon in the sky.
Li Yuan unleashed a black-sailed boat from the shore, looked around, then paddled it and floated downstream.
When he was still a few hundred meters away from the entrance, Li Yuan dived into the water, groped his way into the tunnel, and came to the temporary gathering place of Zhaixing Tower again.
The cave was very deserted. Li Yuan looked around and found the old snake man who was guarding the place.
Wang Wenyuan mentioned this person at the end of his letter.
"The core killer."
Taking out a letter from his arms, the snake-faced old man looked at Li Yuan as if with a sigh, then slowly returned to the house.
Li Yuan went to the "Cave Restaurant" from yesterday.
The restaurant was also deserted, with only a few masked killers scattered around, standing quite far apart from each other, and no one spoke.
Li Yuan ordered a pot of monkey wine and found a corner to sit down.
"Five years ago, a world-shaking event occurred in Leiyin Dao."
After opening the letter, the first line of words caught my eye: "In the East China Sea, a spirit turtle carrying a palace fell from the sky and landed on the shore of the East China Sea."
The turtle carrying the palace?
Li Yuan was slightly startled, and then he was horrified. This spirit turtle carrying the palace was not named...
According to what was said in the letter, the spirit turtle was carrying a group of palaces stretching for dozens of miles on its back!
How big is this?
Li Yuan was a little confused. The red dragon fish king under the cold pond was already a giant, so how big would this spirit turtle be?
"...In the crashed palace, there was a mention of the Divine Weapon of Heaven...The Evil God Cult Leader used the tortoise shell to tell fortunes, and it seemed that he had figured out something..."
The letter was incoherent, and Li Yuan saw the corrections. From the words, he seemed to be able to sense Wang Wenyuan's fear.
"Could it be that they figured out that the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer is in the Divine Weapon Valley?"
Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat, but he felt it was unlikely.
If the location of the Black Whale Hammer had been determined by divination, it would not be possible for the Evil God Cult to have only one branch taking action.
"You can't see the Mysterious Soldiers of Heaven without fate. Many people, including me, believe that fate is a gift."
Wang Wenyuan said in his letter:
"I have average talent and bad luck, but I heard that you have a dragon-shaped bone structure and good talent. Maybe you can give it a try."
"If there is no destiny, there is no need to force it..."
The handwriting on the letter ended here, but Li Yuan understood what he meant.
"Someone has set their sights on the Divine Weapon Valley, and perhaps there is more than one force. So what Old Man Wang meant was that we should leave immediately without any chance, right?"
After putting away the letter, Li Yuan looked solemn.
Wang Wenyuan didn't reveal much, but it was obvious that he was not optimistic about the Divine Weapon Valley.
"What if it's fate?"
Li Yuan muttered to himself.
According to Wang Wenyuan, one cannot see the Heavenly Promise Mysterious Soldiers without a chance, but he saw them...
"call!"
After sitting for a while and finishing the monkey wine, Li Yuan stood up and left quickly.
(End of this chapter)