Chapter 481: Come to trade
Chapter 481: Come to trade
"The most important affairs of the country are sacrifice and war. The Great Yun court calls on all places to send incense and offerings. It is planned to hold a grand sacrifice on June 6 next year..."
"On the Yanshan Road, in Jiangzhou, there was a young man who was carrying a broken sword he had picked up on the roadside, and was going to the Samadhi Cave to learn martial arts from a master..."
"Master Yuan Qing secretly issued a summons, wanting to invite the leaders of all sects to meet at Yiqi Villa to discuss important matters..."
"The thief Mo Yinke, after lying dormant for decades, stole the longevity elixir from the Qinglong Pavilion. The Pavilion Master Tianshezi was furious and sent many masters to hunt him down. He is suspected to be heading to Dayun Divine Capital..."
……
“The quality of this audition was very high.”
Li Yuan was slightly shocked: "The court has already set the date for the grand sacrifice? Is it so urgent?"
Listening to hundreds of sounds, Li Yuan was panning for gold in the sand, picking out important information.
What he is most concerned about is naturally the grand sacrifice of the court, which may very likely affect the Jianghu Dao Sect.
"June 6th next year, that's only less than eleven months away."
Li Yuan felt a little nervous.
According to the records in the chapter on sacrifices to gods, a similar large sacrifice would take at least ten years to prepare, and could take dozens or even hundreds of years.
How long did it take the court?
hum~
Li Yuan pondered in his heart and continued listening.
"After a secret meeting with Chi Zhuiyang, the head of the Jingping Division dispatched many experts to gather at Dinglong Mountain, intending to patrol the mountain..."
Chief of the Jingping Division, Chi Zhuiyang?
Li Yuan was slightly shocked: "These two people actually got together? Doesn't that mean this secret realm will be exposed?"
Li Yuan was slightly startled and thought of the owner of Zhaixing Tower and Qin Yun.
"No wonder, these two are also fishing."
Li Yuan was a man of sharp mind, and after a little thought, he felt relieved. Although the Master of Jingping Division was on the God List, the Master of Zhaixing Tower was more famous than him.
Not to mention that there is a person who is hiding in the dark and is the number one person in the world.
"There's an undercurrent."
Squinting his eyes, Li Yuan felt a little emotional.
The underworld has always been full of troubles, but he has just stayed relatively out of it. In fact, the struggles and frictions between various forces have never stopped.
He continued to listen, but after that there was nothing much to say, mostly rumors and someone's private affairs.
Such as which master's backyard is on fire, which master secretly keeps a concubine, which master has an illegitimate child...
As Li Yuan listened, he began to feel sleepy, and just as he was about to end the listening, he suddenly became alert.
"After escaping death, the master thief Sikong Xing harbored resentment towards the imperial court and set his sights on the Yunxiang Ding that the Jingping Division had escorted from Dinglong Mountain..."
The incense cauldron!
With a start, Li Yuan lost all desire to sleep.
"Fat...lucky star!"
Li Yuan became more energetic.
In the past few years, he listened to the music almost every day, but the music related to incense was very few. The last time, it was when the Bone Vajra carried the tripod to look for the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva.
"Sikong Xing is really my lucky star... But, how could he escort the incense through Dinglong Mountain by chance?"
Besides being surprised, Li Yuan was also a little wary, as he had always been skeptical about whether Sikong Xing could escape.
Is Jingpingsi fishing?
"Something is not right... Sikong Xing is not worthy of Jingpingsi using the Yunxiang Ding to lure him. This, can't be to lure me, right?"
Li Yuan was very smart, he had not forgotten why Sikong Xing was wanted by the Jingping Division.
The Yunxiang Ding was used by government offices at the prefecture and county level to hold incense sticks. One Ding contained at least the incense sticks accumulated over several years, or even ten years, for a particular prefecture or county.
It's not worth using it to catch Sikong Xing, but if it's used to catch myself...
"It may not be such a coincidence, but it's better to be careful."
Li Yuan turned over and sat up, his mind already focused on the space of commanding troops. He was well prepared for going down the mountain this time.
Not only did he borrow a few magical weapons from the Divine Weapon Hall, he also brought the magical boots that Wang Peiyao had been searching for.
"With my current Qinggong attainment, plus a pair of sixth-level and seventh-level boots, I can deal with even the top masters. If the timing is right, there should be no problem in advancing or retreating."
Counting the various weapons and items on the stone platform, Li Yuan muttered to himself.
He is not working in isolation. Over the past few days, he has been participating in the Xuanjing Sect's true teaching trials, fighting at least dozens or even hundreds of battles with masters of eternal talent.
Although he couldn't compete with them, he was sure he could deal with them.
"The only thing to worry about is the Jingping Division Master. Although he is most likely coming for Zhaixing Tower, we still have to be on guard."
Li Yuan was quite tempted, but also wary.
Whether it is the promotion of playing musical notes, listening to sounds, or even exploring mysterious realms, incense is required.
But if it concerns the Grand Master...
After opening his eyes, Li Yuan touched the Canglong cassock under his Taoist robe. The old dragon head should still be there, right?
……
Li Yuan stayed in the Bafang Tower for another two days and climbed to about the 1,500th floor.
Neither Qin Yun nor the owner of the Zhaixing Tower showed up, and Li Yuan was too lazy to climb the tower slowly, so he simply crushed the token and chose to quit.
He was somewhat concerned about the Yunxiang Ding.
It was already late at night when he left the tower. Li Yuan looked up at the sky. The moonlight was hazy and the wind was slightly cold.
"It has rained in the past two days."
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. His ability to read the celestial phenomena was now more accurate than that of an old farmer who had been farming for half his life.
Of course, only when it rains.
The Bafang Pagoda was deserted after nightfall, with only a few tower guards sitting quietly in the pavilion. Li Yuan glanced at them and quickly went to look for Lao Han.
He was going to ask about the conditions for entering and exiting this secret realm.
"..."
Li Yuan knocked on the door once and it opened, revealing Han Chuijun standing in the yard.
"You haven't slept yet?"
"What do you say?"
Han Chuijun glared at him and said, "If you don't wake up even when someone knocks on the door, I would have died in the mountains long ago."
After closing the door, he frowned and asked, "Why did you leave the tower after just a few days?"
"Well, I have gained something, and I want to discuss it with you." Of course, Li Yuan couldn't say that he wanted to do a 'black-eating-black' business, but he didn't make excuses either.
He did have a lot to discuss with Lao Han.
"Oh?"
Han Chuijun's heart moved slightly.
hum~
Inside the house, Li Yuan stretched out his hand, and the Black Whale Qi circulated, transforming into Thunder Dragon Qi, which circulated and intertwined between his five fingers, transforming into a pocket-sized Thunder Dragon:
"Can you see any difference?"
"different?"
Han Chuijun's eyes narrowed, and he had noticed something strange.
The shape of the true energy flowing through Li Yuan's fingers seemed to be the same as his Thunder Dragon at first glance, but in fact it was completely different.
"Your skin is that of a thunder dragon. Could it be that you are..."
Han Chuijun stopped at the right time, and the meaning was self-evident.
"The Thunder Dragon is the skin, the Diamond is the spine, the Dragon and Tiger are the bones, the Ten Thousand Blade Spirit Dragon is the tendons, and all kinds of shapes are filled in..."
Li Yuan did not hide anything from Lao Han. In the past few days, he has also been sorting out the various martial arts he has learned:
"This shape-changing combination of my disciple was born from the Thunder Dragon, blending various unique skills, with the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale Diagram as its core.
The disciples call it 'Long Kun'."
"Long Kun?"
Han Chuijun paced around the room and watched.
The shape of the dragon Kun in Li Yuan's palm kept splitting apart, with tendons, bones, skin and flesh separating, revealing themselves one by one from the outside to the inside.
"Not only a unique skill, but at least two or more magical skills!"
The more Han Chuijun looked, the more frightened he became. The more he looked, the more horrified he became: "Bai Xing, Er Bai...you, you, you..."
"Seven hundred and fifty forms."
Li Yuan smiled. During the eight days in the Bafang Pagoda, he changed more than ten forms.
If it weren't for the concern for someone spying and the slowing down of the changes to the 'Six Spirit Elephants' and 'Nine Python Bodies', the number would have exceeded eight hundred by now.
"Seven hundred and fifty forms..."
Han Chuijun pressed the ghost mask on his face. His skin trembled and almost shook the mask off. The shock in his heart was really indescribable.
"You, Qianxing is not far away, not far away..."
He had high hopes for Li Yuan and had felt that he had great potential a few years ago, but he estimated that it would take at least ten or twenty years.
But now, in less than three years, it’s almost enough?
"It's still a little worse."
Li Yuan concentrated, demonstrating his understanding to Lao Han. He caught a glimpse of Lao Han's body trembling slightly out of the corner of his eye, and felt a little regretful in his heart.
If I had seen Old Han again a few months later, what he would have shown himself to be was a Thousand-Shaped Thunder Dragon.
"call!"
After a long time, Li Yuan put away his true energy.
But before he could even get Lao Han's evaluation or ask him about his entry and exit of the secret realm, he was kicked out.
"Thousand Beast Thunder Dragon, Long Kun..."
There was a flash of lightning in the room. Han Chuijun sat down, his mind becoming quiet.
All the martial arts he had seen and learned along the way, added together, were not as much as what Li Yuan had just displayed.
This deeply touched his heart, and he fell into a deep state of meditation in a trance.
……
"Old Han should have realized something, right?"
Li Yuan did not disturb him, and naturally did not leave. He went to the side room to protect Old Han. He did not yawn or go to sleep until he realized that Old Han had finished his meditation.
After fighting 1,500 battles in eight days, even though he was full of energy, he still felt exhausted and could not sleep well in the tower.
hum~
Li Yuan had just fallen asleep when a ray of purple light came quietly.
hum~
Almost at the same time when the purple light came closer, a white light rose from the Canglong cassock that Li Yuan was wearing.
In the blink of an eye, the purple and white colors had each transformed into human form.
"Master Qin..."
Long Xixiang was only about one foot tall. He showed up alertly and glanced coldly at Qin Shixian who was surrounded by purple light:
"It is not the behavior of a great master to spy on the younger generation privately."
"Do you have the nerve to criticize me?"
Qin Shixian almost laughed out of anger: "Why, didn't you two brothers spy on this building owner?"
"Never."
Long Xixiang remained calm.
"Ha~"
Qin Shixian turned around and said, "My grandfather wants to see you."
"Senior Qin Yun?!"
Long Xixiang's body was shocked, and his expression immediately became serious. He glanced hesitantly at the sleeping Li Yuan, and slowly followed Qin Shixian.
He separated his true energy and came here, not only to protect Li Yuan, but also to see this person.
The two of them turned into light and moved at an extremely fast speed. After just a few ups and downs, they had already floated to the upper level of the Eight Directions Tower.
In the empty room, Qin Yun held the jade tower in his hand, as if he was looking at something. He only came back to his senses after Long Xixiang bowed to him.
"After sixty years of separation, my friend's merits and virtues have greatly improved."
Qin Yun smiled, he naturally recognized Long Xixiang. In the past, he had sneaked into Zhaixing Tower to be a Tianzi killer, and he had secretly acquiesced.
"Senior, have you met me?"
Long Xixiang was slightly startled, and then realized that this person must have secretly spied on him.
"I saw you once before when you entered the building, but you didn't recognize me at that time."
"That's the junior Fu Qian..."
The two of them exchanged polite greetings.
Qin Shixian stepped aside. She had no interest in the politeness between the old man and her.
(End of this chapter)