Chapter 266: The Story of Yuan Qing
Chapter 266: The Story of Yuan Qing
In the dead of winter, there were few pedestrians on the streets of Hengshan City, and people from the Street Department were clearing the snow.
The only things that were not affected were the many restaurants along the street. The noisy voices, singing, and storytelling were much clearer than usual.
Li Yuan randomly found a restaurant, ordered a few side dishes, and paired them with the herbal wine he brought with him. He ate slowly and relaxed his mind.
In the restaurant, the storyteller's rhythmic voice echoed, telling the widely circulated "The Story of Yuan Qing". The protagonist of the book is Yuan Qing Zhenren, the owner of Yiqi Manor of Gusu Dao and the grand master of the Divine List.
Among the five major Taoist sects in the world and the twelve land immortals, Yuan Qing Zhenren is not the strongest, but his reputation is widely spread.
The reason is simple: he is extremely talented and has experienced enough ups and downs in his life.
This great master of the Divine List was born in a farmer's family, but he showed amazing talent since childhood. With only an incomplete sword manual picked up on the roadside, he killed a local bully who had been trained to be very powerful at the age of seven, which caused a sensation.
At the age of eight, he entered Yiqi Mountain Villa. At the age of ten, he had developed the "invisible strength", which attracted the previous generation of the villa owner to accept him as a disciple. From then on, he could not stop.
At the age of twenty, he became a true disciple of Yiqi Villa. At the age of thirty, he had mastered Yiqi Villa's unique skill "Innate Sword Form". Before he was forty, he had fully understood the yin and yang and became a master.
Li Yuan had heard about his deeds in many places.
"Innate sword form, invisible true energy..."
Li Yuan chewed slowly. Storytellers always exaggerate, but any immortal on land is a legendary figure. Whether in terms of understanding, talent or opportunity, they are all the best among the best.
While listening casually, he was also looking at the other drinkers in the restaurant. This restaurant was just one he chose at random, but there were masters among them.
The light from several top-quality famous artifacts was very eye-catching.
Without having to think, he knew that this was a master who was attracted by the "Zhudao Martial Arts Performance" two years later.
"It's a grand event."
Listening to the drinkers talking and discussing, their subdued voices were filled with excitement, Master Li Dao turned his wine glass around, feeling a little sad.
He has practiced martial arts for many years, but he has no interest in these grand events that are sought after by people in the martial arts world.
He prefers to spend his days doing iron work, practicing martial arts, occasionally listening to interesting stories and having a few drinks.
However, he also knew that this was purely because he had the Military Control Scroll and enjoyed the treatment of a genius due to his extremely high talent. If he were really an ordinary inner sect disciple, whether he had the support of a sect or family, he would now have to travel back and forth in misery and exhaustion.
"Praise the Grandmaster."
Whenever he felt emotional, Li Yuan was glad that he had not forgotten the ceremony of bestowing the ordination from heaven.
Li Yuan finished his meal in nearly an hour before he took out the silver, settled the bill and left. But before he went downstairs, his eyes suddenly froze.
On the long street, a carriage rolled over the snow and passed by the door of the restaurant.
The style of the carriage was very common, but it was very dazzling in Li Yuan's eyes. A faint golden light came into view:
[Flesh and Blood Four Diamond Armor (Level 7)]
[…Tiger, dragon, eagle, turtle, the bones and blood of four spiritual beasts are the main materials, supplemented by hundreds of high-quality iron materials, using incense as fire, and the "Blood and Flesh Vajra Ceremony" as a furnace. The divine weapons and armor forged are spiritual enough…]
[Control conditions: Fifth level of God Worship, Fifth level of Flesh and Blood Vajra Worship]
[Control Effect: Level 7 (Light Gold): Worship God Method 7th Level, Worship God Vajra Method 7th Level, Horizontal Training Talent
Level 6 (Yellow): Shenzu Meridian (Upper), Shenzhang Meridian (Upper), Shenzang Meridian (Upper)
Level 5 (light yellow): bloodthirsty, calm]
Wow, I encountered a big fish as soon as I came down the mountain!
Li Yuan's eyelids twitched, and he looked away after a glance.
Among all weapons, armor is the most important. Armor of the same level is more difficult to forge than any other weapon, and because it can protect oneself, it is extremely valuable.
and……
"Instead of worshipping the Blood Vajra Dharma, you're worshipping the Four Vajra Dharmas of Blood, Flesh, Tendons and Bones? Who is this person..."
Li Yuan was slightly surprised. After a few years, with his deliberate collection of information, he naturally knew much more about the Evil God Cult than before.
Normally, masters of the evil cult all practice the method of worshipping gods, and depending on the gods they worship, this method is divided into dozens or hundreds of different branches.
There are the methods of worshipping the Blood Vajra, worshipping the Thousand-eyed Bodhisattva, worshipping the Hundred-armed Taoist, worshipping the Cang Shen, etc. The martial arts are different because the gods they worship are different.
Normally, worshiping multiple gods may cause conflicts or even backlash, but this is only the case for a few gods, such as the Blood and Flesh King Kong and the Viscera Jialan...
"Could it be a guardian or Dharma King-level monster?"
Li Yuan, who wanted to go out, sat back silently and ordered a few more dishes and drinks.
Isn't this guy coming for me?
Thinking of what Nie Ying said before, Li Yuan frowned and felt a little uneasy.
After talking with the old dragon head, he became more wary of the evil god cult. He could understand martial arts such as the God Worship Method and the God Foot Sutra, but those rituals...
"I'll take the hammer and leave. I won't go down the mountain. Let Liu Zheng help me carry it up the mountain..."
Li Yuan took a deep breath and buried his head in his meal. He was not planning to come down the mountain this time, so he naturally had to eat more.
……
……
On the long street, the carriage was moving slowly.
An old man in a long robe and a felt hat slowly lowered the curtain:
"Tell me about it."
He lowered his eyelids, and another thin old man in the carriage spoke calmly:
"Reporting to the Protector, several strongholds in Hengshan City have had many spies eliminated by the Dragon and Tiger Temple, and the few that have not been exposed are also trying their best to hide..."
Lin Chonghu nodded slightly. The old man in the felt hat in front of him was named Fang Chaotong. He was one of the eight guardians of the headquarters and his immediate superior.
"So, there is no news at all?"
Fang Chaotong asked again
"Where is the Dao Ya?"
"The Dragon and Tiger Temple has always been overbearing. The Hengshan Dao Yamen and Zhenwu Hall have been suppressed by it. In the past six months, it has been dispatched by the court to hunt down the Zhaixing Tower..."
Lin Chonghu replied.
"So, after all this time, there's nothing to gain?"
Fang Chaotong frowned slightly.
"There are tens of millions of people in Hengshan City. We don't even know who Li Yuanba is, what he looks like, or whether his name is real or fake. It's really difficult to catch him."
Lin Chonghu lowered his voice. He had been nervous since entering Hengshan City.
Even though many hall masters of the Longhu Temple followed Long Yingchan down the mountain and out of the city, once they were discovered, Fang Chaotong didn't know whether he could escape or not, but he would definitely die here.
"Without intelligence, it's not easy to catch someone..."
Fang Chaotong whispered to himself, and suddenly opened his eyes, his pupils were as red as blood:
"If we don't have spies, then we'll recruit some. As I recall, the Longyin Hall of the Dragon and Tiger Temple is responsible for gathering intelligence?"
"What does the guardian mean?"
Lin Chonghu's heart moved.
"I just heard someone say that Chu Xuankong from Longyin Hall failed to break through to the Grandmaster level, and his Qi and blood are both declining. Is he going to die soon?"
Fang Chaotong smiled. He suddenly remembered that someone in the sect had tried to recruit Chu Xuankong many years ago... "I understand."
Lin Chonghu sighed inwardly and accepted the task.
"Ah."
Fang Chaotong nodded and asked, "Dragon King has not contacted you since he separated from you?"
"The Dragon King suspected that Qin Shixian had also come to Hengshan City, and then left behind his subordinates and took Yu Banzhou away. I wonder if he is still on Hengshan Road."
Lin Chonghu shook his head.
"Even if a land immortal is seriously injured and dying, he is still an immortal. The courage of the Dragon King is really beyond the reach of this old man."
Fang Chaotong felt a little emotional.
You are no less courageous,
Lin Chonghu secretly complained in his heart that the Five Avenue City was also an extremely dangerous place for him.
"Well, you go."
Fang Chaotong did not ask any more questions and waved his hand to let Lin Chonghu get out of the car. The latter bowed slightly and was about to leave when he was called back:
"By the way, there is no news about the Huizhou expert named Han Chuijun who killed Huangfu once before?"
"This……"
Lin Chonghu smiled bitterly and lowered his head:
"There is news about this person. Over the past six months, many branches in Huizhou, Youzhou, and Dingzhou have been severely damaged by him, but the people who came later also disappeared..."
"That's quite courageous."
Fang Chaotong sneered and waved his hand to let him go.
Then he told the driver:
"Go to Hengshan Daoya."
……
……
Relying on the 36,000 taels of gold borrowed from Xin Wenhua, the Weapon Forging Shop expanded rapidly, and the number of blacksmiths in the shop more than doubled.
Over ten days or so, nearly two thousand long-handled hexagonal hammers had been piled up in the backyard, many of which had been upgraded.
Liu Zheng called for six carriages and sent them to his residence at Huntian Peak according to Li Yuan's instructions.
Li Yuan packed up the spirit beast bones and leathers in the warehouse and put them on the carriage. He asked Liu Zheng to continue expanding the weapon forging shop, and hurried back to the mountain without stopping.
"Including the hammer on the stone platform, it's almost a seventh-level heavy hammer. These spiritual beast bones and skins can be made into bone ornaments and boots. If we combine them together, we can make a few famous weapons."
In the carriage, Li Yuan was counting his belongings.
Over the past six months, he had spent a huge amount of money, even borrowing 40,000 taels of gold, but he had also gained a lot.
Not only have the various control combinations in the military control talisman been updated, but the equipment on his body has also been replaced with famous weapons, and various characteristics have also been greatly improved.
Among them, besides the hammer soldier combination having the biggest change, the second is boots.
There was no shortage of spiritual beast leather in Hengshan City. He had collected hundreds of them and estimated that he could make two pairs of fifth-tier boots. He also had a lot of other things, such as inner armor and bone ornaments.
What is most lacking is incense...
"Incense, incense."
Li Yuan felt a little conflicted while counting the remaining incense sticks. These incense sticks were barely enough for him to combine two seventh-tier divine hammers, but there would not be much left after that.
But if you put the boots and bone ornaments together first, it won't be enough to put the hammer together.
"It's easy to change the incense burner for our own ancestor, but the other halls don't have this excuse..."
Li Yuan returned to the yard with a hint of worry. Before he even moved the heavy hammer down, he saw Fang Yunxiu, whom he hadn't seen for more than half a year.
"Senior Sister Fang, have you just returned?"
Li Yuan went to meet him.
Fang Yunxiu, who had not been seen for many days, looked more capable than before. She wore a martial arts robe that fitted her body, her long hair was tied back, and she walked on the snow, looking quite dashing.
"Well, I just handed in a mission and will be going down the mountain tomorrow, so I came to see you."
Fang Yunxiu's face was a little complicated. It was her first time entering the inner gate, and it was because Li Yuan was famous enough.
"So urgent?"
Li Yuan also admired this hard-working woman. The Divine Weapon Valley provided support to the disciples who joined the Dragon and Tiger Temple, but Fang Yunxiu still traveled back and forth.
It's not just about elixirs, gold and silver, it's also related to martial arts.
If the inner disciples of Longhu are on the Dragon List, they can learn martial arts for their contributions, and have the hope of obtaining superior or even unique martial arts, but the outer disciples have no qualifications to be on the Dragon List at all.
With a sigh, knowing that he couldn't persuade her, Li Yuan invited her into the house and sit for a while.
"No, since we have accepted the mission, we must prepare early."
Fang Yunxiu shook her head and declined. She came back this time with the intention of staying for a few days, but the dragon list she saw on the mountain road made her feel a little uneasy.
When they first met a few years ago, Li Yuan had not yet developed his inner strength, but she had already reached the threshold of shapeshifting. After a few years, she still hadn't mastered shapeshifting.
Li Yuan has already achieved the success of Tongmai, ranked 42nd on the Dao Sect Dragon List, a Dragon and Tiger Rookie, and the second most talented person in the past hundred years...
How could she sit still?
"Then why not have a few glasses of water?"
Li Yuan invited again: "I have gained some experience in martial arts training in the past six months, and I hope that Senior Sister will be generous in giving me some advice."
"Um……"
This time Fang Yunxiu did not hesitate. She had also gained a lot from Li Yuan's experience before.
Li Yuan did not hide anything from Fang Yunxiu. He shared with her his experience in practicing martial arts over the past few years and discussed it with her.
At first, Fang Yunxiu could still chat for a few words, but later she could not get a word in and could only listen to Li Yuan's story. The complexity in her heart gradually turned into shock.
Li Yuan started his discussion from the aspects of Qi and blood, and then went on to explain how to change the body shape and open up the meridians. He did not use any abstruse terms and his discussion sounded plain and simple, even a little too crude.
But Fang Yunxiu thought about it and felt that every step he said seemed to correspond to her own.
She even had the illusion that if she had done as he said, she would have achieved success several years ago!
"you……"
More than two hours later, Fang Yunxiu was a little dazed when she went out. It was not until she had walked a long way that she suddenly remembered the important business. She hurried back and handed a letter to Li Yuan.
After that, she hurried back to the outer gate. After this conversation, she suddenly understood something and was eager to try it out.
"This is?"
Li Yuan closed the gate and narrowed his eyes slightly:
"A letter from Lao Han?"
(End of this chapter)