Chapter 195: Star-Picking Tower, Li Yuanba!
Chapter 195: Star-Picking Tower, Li Yuanba!
There is a private school in the backyard of the blacksmith shop.
Wang Wenyuan added firewood skillfully and boiled tea, and the fragrance of tea leaves spread.
The interior of the house was still in the same layout as before. Apart from the bookshelf, there were only two chairs, a wooden table, and an oil lamp.
Li Yuan looked at him from behind with a serious look in his eyes.
He didn't really think that Master Wang had no martial arts skills. He could only say that he had extremely high martial arts skills and was good at hiding.
Even at such a close distance, I couldn't see any clues.
"Come, have some tea."
Wang Wenyuan worked for a while, then came over with the teapot and poured a cup for Li Yuan with a smile:
"This tea was grown by your second brother himself. He opened up a piece of land in the backyard of the forging shop to grow crops and vegetables. It is the small garden that Cao Yan had before."
"Second brother..."
Li Yuan took the teacup and didn't want to beat around the bush anymore, so he said in a deep voice: "Old Master, who are you?"
"You already know it, so why are you asking?"
Wang Wenyuan also got himself a cup of tea, smiling as always: "But since you asked, I won't hide anything."
"My surname is Wang, my name is Wenyuan, and I am a 'celestial being' in Zhaixing Tower. I am too old and frail to kill anyone, so I have found a remote town to retire in."
"The Heavenly Killer?"
Li Yuan's heart was shocked.
There are no more than 108 core killers in Zhaixing Tower, arranged in order of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha, with thirty-six in Heaven and seventy-two in Earth.
The Tianzi Killer is the best killer in Zhaixing Tower and even in the entire martial arts world.
An absolute master!
Li Yuan became more and more alert. He didn't believe in the idea of retirement. Wang Wenyuan had been in Gaoliu for at least 30 years. Thirty years ago, it was the heyday of the country. There was no way it could be retirement.
"I have lived in Gaoliu for decades. If I really had bad intentions, why would I wait until today?"
Wang Wenyuan saw what Li Yuan was thinking, picked up the teacup and took a sip:
"Over the years, I have only done two things. I have led you two brothers to join the Zhaixing Tower. That's all."
"My eldest brother?"
Li Yuan considered his tone carefully. He did not have a deep impression of Li Yue, the eldest son of the Li family. He only had vague memories of him.
"Your eldest brother is extremely talented. He completed his promotion mission several years ago and has now been promoted to the rank of Di. He is considered the core of the building."
Wang Wenyuan did not hide it.
"The core of the building?"
Li Yuan didn't ask him why his elder brother hadn't come back for so many years. He finished the cup of tea and stood up to say goodbye.
"Since you have returned in disguise, then be thorough and don't let outsiders know. Less trouble is worse than more."
Wang Wenyuan reminded.
"Ok?"
Li Yuan's heart moved: "Someone is targeting me?"
"Qianjun Cave has been passed down for thousands of years. How easy is it to destroy it? Ordinary people still have three or five good friends, let alone a large sect?"
Wang Wenyuan put down his teacup and said, "If you destroy their sect and occupy their mountain, you will naturally have to bear the backlash. As a true disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley, do you still want to stay out of it?"
"Thank you for your advice, Master."
Li Yuan thought of the two people he met when he entered the city. After bowing slightly, he turned and left.
"The Li family's feng shui is really good."
Wang Wenyuan watched him go away with a dim look in his eyes. After a moment, the sound of wind came from the backyard, and a middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter came quickly.
"That kid actually changed his shape?"
The middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter was quite surprised. He remembered that this kid had not yet developed internal strength when he went to the provincial capital. How long has it been?
"Shape-changing isn't a big deal. What's difficult is that this kid's shape-changing skills are very steady."
Wang Wenyuan was also somewhat shocked. He felt that he might have really made a mistake. This kid's talent might be no less than that of his brother Li Yue.
"He is Li Yue's younger brother after all, but the second oldest is a little bit inferior."
The woodcutter didn't take it too seriously and bowed slightly, saying:
"Elder, there's a message from the building that the evil god leader has gone to the coast of the East China Sea. He seems to be trying to tell another divination. He suspects that the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer has already appeared."
"He went to the East China Sea again?"
Wang Wenyuan frowned slightly: "The tortoise divination costs hundreds of years of life each time. This old guy really doesn't care about other people's lives."
"Recently, many people in this building have been asking for information about the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer..."
The woodcutter lowered his voice and said, "This is related to the Heavenly Destiny Mysterious Soldiers. Should we try our luck as well?"
"You also said it was just a matter of luck. There's no need to worry about it. Well, where's the stuff?"
Wang Wenyuan stretched out his hand.
The woodcutter hurriedly took out a letter from his bosom: "This is the letter that Feng Mantian sent through Yunshu Tower. The letter said that several great disciples of Huailong Palace and several disciples of Longhu Temple have appeared in Zhelong Mansion..."
"Feng Mantian?"
Wang Wenyuan opened the letter, his eyes cold:
"The Xuanbing is moving people's hearts, that is, they are afraid of King Zhenwu, otherwise, I'm afraid they would come in person."
Tianyun Xuanbing contains the ultimate mystery of martial arts. The more advanced the martial arts skills are, the more attention and care they pay to it.
Even he, if he hadn't had any reservations, would have gone to take a look.
"King Zhenwu."
The woodcutter lowered his head, and just thinking about the man's name, he couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.
Any Grand Master on the God List is a top figure who can intimidate the world, and that one is suspected to be in possession of the 'Demon Subduing Dragon Sword'.
"Bai Li Jingchuan is also a waste. He died once for no reason. Even if he comes back, he is no longer himself."
Wang Wenyuan put away the letter, and he already knew what had happened in Zhelong Mansion recently:
"Yu Ju, you have been so quiet that you want to move, right? So, you can go for me and see if there are any changes under the cold pond."
"Subordinates take orders!"
The middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter's eyes suddenly lit up. He had been hiding in this small town for so many years and was really depressed to the extreme. He immediately bowed and left excitedly.
“Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Hammer… Alas, another ownerless Heavenly Destiny Mysterious Soldier is missing. If the host doesn’t come out of seclusion, I guess he won’t be able to catch up.”
Wang Wenyuan shook his head inwardly. He took out a few golden copper coins from his arms and turned them gently, with doubt in his eyes:
"After a thousand years of searching, I finally got my wish, and the sea was split and returned to the Divine Weapon Valley. Is my divination wrong? Or is it not this kid?
Could it be Han Chuijun?"
Thinking of Han Chuijun, Wang Wenyuan couldn't help rubbing his temples. If he became the master of the mysterious soldiers, it would really be...
"The Jianghu is in great trouble."
……
"Having such a master by my side is not a bad thing for my second brother."
After leaving the private school in the backyard, Li Yuan was thinking deeply.
Although he was wary of Wang Wenyuan, he did not sense any ill intentions from him, otherwise he would never have met him.
The layout of the weapon forge remained the same as before.
Li Yuan followed Wang Wenyuan's advice and did not make a big fuss. After walking around for a while, he went to the inner city.
Ever since Li Lin redeemed the Li family's ancestral home, he moved back. Even though it was more convenient to live in the weapon forging shop, he would rather travel back and forth every day.
In the darkness of night, Li Yuan climbed over the wall and immediately saw Li Lin in the yard.
Under the old tree, he was practicing boxing with his upper body bare, panting and sweating profusely. He was practicing the Mang Niu Kung and he had already mastered it quite well.
"Second brother has average aptitude and average comprehension, but he is obedient and rigid, but if he studies and practices diligently, he will be able to develop internal strength in ten to eight years, if not three to five years."
Li Yuan nodded in his heart.
In just two years, he progressed from Qi and blood to changing his form. This speed was the fastest in the Divine Weapon Valley. In the past hundred years, there was almost no one faster than him.
A normal warrior would need 10 to 20 years just to build up his strength, and this is even possible with the help of elixirs and medicinal baths.
"call!"
In the courtyard, Li Lin was sweating profusely.
Inside the house, Wang Juan was taking care of her two children, and two maids were cooking and boiling water in the kitchen.
"Second brother is willing to hire someone? I guess it's my sister-in-law."
Li Lin practiced for an hour before taking a medicinal bath. Li Yuan just watched him and waited until the two maids had rested before knocking on the door.
"Who?"
Inside the house, Li Lin was very alert. He didn't step forward until he heard a familiar voice:
"The third one!"
After nearly two years of separation, Li Lin was very excited. His eyes turned red and he almost cried on the spot.
"What are you howling about?"
Wang Juan came out of the inner room holding the child, her eyebrows raised: "Old, third brother?"
"sister in law."
Li Yuan greeted them with a smile, then walked up and hugged the two curious little ones.
"Why didn't you tell me you came back?"
Li Lin wiped away her tears, then she remembered that Li Yuan had climbed over the wall to get home, her heart skipped a beat:
"Old Third, you didn't commit a crime, did you?"
"I don't know what I'm thinking all day long!"
Wang Juan glared at him and said, "Old Third is a true disciple of Shenbing Valley. What could he have done wrong?"
"Don't worry, bro. I'm fine."
Li Yuan thought about it and decided not to talk about the migration of Shenbing Valley, as it wouldn’t affect the two of them anyway.
"That's fine, that's fine."
Li Lin finally felt relieved and took Li Yuan to talk about all the big and small things that happened in Gaoliu County over the past year.
Li Yuan held the two children in his arms, while Wang Juan went to the kitchen to prepare a table of wine and food. Now that her life had become more affluent, she was willing to spend money on food and clothing.
There is always chicken, duck, fish and meat in the kitchen, which is also very rich.
The family gathered together and the atmosphere was very good. Li Yuan liked this atmosphere very much and couldn't help but drink a few more glasses. He went back to his room and went to bed after being a little tipsy.
Before going to bed, the little mouse ran out from his sleeve. It sniffed back and forth, and seemed to realize that it had gone home.
"Squeak!"
It barked a few times, but when it saw that Li Yuan didn't respond, it ran out of the house.
……
……
In the darkness of night, Shenbing Mountain was utterly silent, with only the lights still on at the former gate of Shenbing Valley.
On a barren mountain, Huangfu Kun sat cross-legged, looking coldly at the cold pond in the Divine Weapon Valley:
"Huailong Palace!"
With Hantan as the center, more than ten hills have been blocked by Huailong Palace, and no one else is allowed to enter.
The other sects and forces were fine, but he was really stopped outside the valley.
"People from Huailong Palace and Longhu Temple haven't found any clues for more than a month..."
Huangfu Kun's eyes flickered. Another reason why he did not conflict with Huailong Palace was that he had already searched the cold pond thoroughly and did not notice the location of the Xuanbing secret realm.
He suspected that the Sea-Splitting Black Whale Hammer had either recognized its master or had hidden itself again.
"I hope it's the former, otherwise..."
Suddenly, Huangfu Kun felt something and raised his hand, and a kite fluttered down.
"A letter from the headquarters?"
Huangfu Kun's expression changed after just a glance. There was only one sentence on the letter:
"The Xuanbing has a master, the Zhaixing Tower, Li Yuanba!"
(End of this chapter)