Chapter 478 Dead Fragrance

Chapter 478 Dead Fragrance

Chapter 478 Dead Fragrance

The main entrance of Chaoyue Pavilion is an octagonal building which is old but has exquisitely carved beams and painted rafters. It is wide and large, and has withstood the test of time, but its grandeur remains.

Behind the octagonal building is a three-courtyard complex with pavilions and towers.

This building, located in the prosperous area of ​​Dazhicheng, should be a place where wealth is gathered, but in fact it is an old bookshop and a library. It is often seen with scholars chatting in writing or speaking in eloquent tones, creating a pleasant literary atmosphere.

Most of the literati and ladies who love literature in the city like to come here to sit, as the environment and atmosphere are good.

The bookstore was built by the owner Dong Wenshu's father and his ancestors using the family collections from past generations. The name of the bookstore means reading day and night.

You can tell from the old look of the study's gatehouse that it's not a place to make money. You pay ten coins to come in and read for a whole day, with tea provided. Fifteen coins also give you a cake that can be used as lunch. Borrowing a book costs two coins a day.

One piece of sandalwood can be exchanged for one hundred coins. How can there be any profit if this income is used to maintain the expenses of such a large place?

Shi Chun, dressed in a blue servant's uniform, sat crookedly at a desk in the corner where no one usually sat, with his chin propped up on the table. There was a book next to him, but his eyes were always fixed on the figures of some ladies from wealthy families, admiring them.

When he saw someone raising their hand, he would immediately stand up, fetch a kettle from the stove, and run to pour tea or water, or add pens and ink.

After closing time, the books will be collected and sent to the second floor. He doesn't have to worry about classifying them because the owner's second daughter, Dong Liangyu, is in charge of the book collection upstairs.

The owner of the museum, Dong Wenshu, has three daughters and one son.

Since her mother passed away early, the eldest daughter Dong Liangyi had to take on the role of mother and take care of the family's food and drink expenses in the backyard.

The third daughter worked as a shopkeeper and accountant at the front desk of the bookstore.

The son Dong Liangze is the youngest, and is both civil and military. He represents the family and does things that are not easy for women to do, such as going out and showing up in public.

In short, the family education is pretty good. Relatively speaking, it is the father Dong Wenshu who seems to be more pedantic and conservative. At least that's the case in Shi Chun's eyes. How much money can the family make by guarding this library? It's better to rent it out and collect rent.

Shi Chun himself never thought that one day he would be able to work as a handyman in a library.

The reason why he appeared here was because he felt that what Master Nan said was right. He won the first place in the Sky Rain Meteor Conference and the championship of the Divine Fire Alliance. He was involved in the struggle for interests, and so many people were killed and injured. He made a lot of money at once. If he continued to face the wind and rain, something would definitely happen. It was really necessary for him to lie dormant for a while to avoid the limelight.

This avoidance lasted for two years.

Two years later, he had refined all the demonic energy he had absorbed in the Divine Fire Domain, allowing him to pass the final hurdle and enter the realm of high martial arts.

His method of cultivation was different from that of others. Without the demonic energy, there was no need to practice anymore, so naturally he had the mind to think about other things.

What he was most concerned about was the pile of magic weapons in the Divine Fire Domain. They could not be left there as waste. He must think of ways to repair them. No matter how useful they were by then, they would at least be valuable.

But after Tong Mingshan studied the damaged magic weapons, he said that they were basically useless and there was basically no possibility of repairing them.

It is said that if only the hardware of the magic weapon was broken, it would be easy to deal with, but the problem now is that all the spirits in the magic weapon have rested.

And these magic weapons are basically refined to match the weapon spirit. In other words, it is useless to change the weapon spirit. Once you change it, the magic weapon will be completely useless.

It is only possible to repair it if we can find a spirit weapon with the same shape, function, or the same cultivation method and similar cultivation level during the previous life, and replace it with the spirit weapon in the magic weapon.

It is not easy to match all these conditions. The spirit of a magic weapon of this level must have been very powerful when he was alive.

For a fifth-grade magic weapon, the weapon spirit's cultivation level in its previous life was at least at the upper-accomplishment realm of earthly immortals. After being refined into a weapon spirit, it cannot be compared to its life-time level. The realm controlled by the weapon spirit will be downgraded, from the great-accomplishment realm to the upper-accomplishment realm, from the upper-accomplishment realm to the small-accomplishment realm, and from the small-accomplishment realm to another realm.

Only those who are masters in refining weapon spirits will have the possibility of only being downgraded by one level. For those with poor refining skills, it is possible that the level will be downgraded by several levels.

Of course, there is also a seemingly simplest way to repair it, which is to directly awaken the spirit of the weapon.

It is said that they were looking for a treasure called "Quesixiang", a spice whose fragrance was said to be able to wake the dead. As long as the body was intact and the person had been dead for no more than three months, they would be able to come back to life after smelling this fragrance.

Although Tong Mingshan made special efforts to study for this, Shi Chun was still a little worried about his level. After all, he had seen him embarrassed in the Divine Fire Alliance competition. As for why Tong Mingshan won the championship, he later asked and found out that it was a sudden enlightenment.

To this end, he took another broken magic weapon to find Master Nan and asked him to help find a way to repair it.

As a result, after Master Nan asked someone to inspect it, the answer given was the same as Tong Mingshan's, that the magic weapon was basically useless and could be abandoned.

Give up? For Shi Chun, how could it be possible? He was still counting on these treasures to make a name for himself. If he didn't have this opportunity, it would be fine. But if he did have this opportunity, how could he give it up?
However, if it must be repaired, there are only two ways, either find a similar spirit to replace it, or find the "Que Si Xiang" to wake up the dormant spirit. The first method is basically impossible to do, so there is only the second way, to find the "Que Si Xiang".

But this thing still existed in some quantity in ancient times, but now it is extremely rare and there is documented evidence that the Heavenly Court seems to have a collection of it, but how could his master Chun covet the Heavenly Court's collection?

The reason why it is rare in modern times is that this kind of incense comes from a peculiar tree, named "Soul-Reversing Tree", and the "Death Fragrance" is extracted from this tree.

But because of its magical effects, this tree was cut down long, long ago.

The key point is that this tree cannot be planted. It is a true creature that grows naturally. When it is immature, this tree is similar to a soul and cannot be seen. It will only appear when it grows up.

But as soon as they show their true colors, they will be discovered and chopped off quickly.

The fragrance of this tree can drift a hundred miles away. How can you keep it? Rather than waiting for others to take it away, it is better to take it away yourself.

This is probably the reason why the tree became extinct.

Normally, faced with such conditions, a normal person would have given up.

But Shi Chun's right eye was not normal. When he heard that others could not see the tree when it was in the soul state, he immediately became alert and immediately thought that his chance to be different from others had come, and it was a gift from God.

Anyway, you are in a dormant state, and it doesn't matter whether you hibernate at home or outside.

So he asked Master Nan to help him find out where the "Soul-Returning Tree" grew.

It is easy to check the large area. Once you check, you will find that the origin is in Jukuzhou, Xihe, in a place called Shenniao Mountain. It is said that the mountain is full of soul-returning trees with fragrance that can be smelled for hundreds of miles. However, this is a record found in ancient books. However, because it is too long ago, the iconic trees have long been cut down. In addition, the terrain has changed so much that no one knows how many times it has changed.

The problem is that there is no place called "Shenniao Mountain" in the current Jukuzhou Prefecture. Those legends only exist in ancient books and it is not certain whether they are true or false.

There is no specific location, not even an approximate location. How can Shi Chun find it in such a large area?
Of course, just because something cannot be found right away doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Maybe someone else knows about it. Young Master Nan said he would help him look for it slowly.

Later one day, Master Nan suddenly told him that he had been chatting with a friend in Jukuzhou because he was concerned about that matter recently. When they talked about the "Soul-Returning Tree", the friend mentioned an incident that happened several years ago. He said that in a place called Dazhicheng in Jukuzhou, one day a strange fragrance wafted from outside the city and lingered for a long time.

What's even more bizarre is that some of the graves outside the city began to change. Some corpses resurrected and crawled out. For a while, there were some walking dead wandering outside the city. It was so disgusting that they had to kill them all and rebury them.

At first, I thought someone was performing some kind of sorcery. But after a closer look, I found a common point: the resurrected corpses had all been dead for less than three months. In addition, the incident took place in Juku Prefecture, so I suspected that someone might be refining or using the "Death-Repelling Incense".

Shi Chun also realized because of this that the "Quesixiang" could not revive a person who had been dead for two or three months. The body would have decayed within two or three months. It could only revive the soul of the corpse.

He doesn't care about this, as long as he can revive the spirit of the magic weapon.

Since traces of the 'Que Si Xiang' have appeared in the main city of Ju Kuzhou, who can guarantee that there are no traces left? It is also possible that he was just a passer-by, but that does not prevent him from coming to search for possible clues. He still believes that there must be a reason for everything and that every passing swallow will leave traces.

As I said, I'm lying low at home anyway, so it's the same if I run to a big city and lie low. I can check around at the same time. What if he finds me?

It was because of this that he appeared in the current big city 'Chaoyue Pavilion' to do odd jobs.

After he came to Dazhicheng, he heard that there was a famous library here. He felt that he was a gentleman and a scholar, so he would come and see the library often. In his spare time, he would often come and look through the books, hoping to find some answers to place names from ancient books, such as "Shenniao Mountain" and another one.

He was very low-key when he came. Although he is very rich now, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is rich and powerful, but he is still dressed quite shabbily because he does not want people to think that he is rich, which may easily cause trouble and go against the original intention of lying dormant.

Even so, she was noticed by the second lady Dong Liangyu who was in charge of the library on the second floor.

It's not the kind of attraction that men and women like, but I found that this person really likes reading. Every time he comes, he really reads for a long time, which is different from some people.

The host has three daughters, all of them are as beautiful as flowers, and gentlemen love them. The host's children all know the intentions of many book friends who come here.

Dong Liangyu discovered that Shi Chun was different from those men who had ulterior motives. He came here truly to read books, and he looked at him differently.

After careful observation, it was discovered that Shi Chun sometimes just watched the book friends reciting poems and composing couplets on the first floor. Everyone was having a lively time, and he was laughing beside them, just appreciating but not participating. He had a refined interest but did not intrude. Although he was dressed simply, he was very cultured, worthy of being a person who loves reading.

Actually, Shi Chun also wanted to go over and compose poems with everyone, but he tried to hold it in for a long time and just couldn't think of anything to say. If he was asked to write, his handwriting was not good enough. What should he do?
I had no choice but to be a quiet and gentle man aside.

(End of this chapter)