My apprentice is too diligent.

Chapter 70【070】The harvest moment (please subscribe)

Midday.

The golden sunshine shines on the earth.

In an unknown valley.

Chen Wuji stood in the darkness, enjoying the cool mountain breeze, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally got rid of it."

During the seven days of escaping, it can be said that I never relaxed for a moment.

Always be tense and pay attention to what's going on around you.

At this moment, the mark is removed, and the invisible pressure disappears.

My whole body, from the inside out, feels transparent.

"Although he managed to escape, Shi Jiao has an accomplice who can confirm it!"

"I don't know how many people from this mysterious force have come?"

"Every official member is a true Qi realm martial artist..."

"Hi~!"

Chen Wuji had an inexplicable toothache.

"Forget it, don't think about it anymore."

"Now that all the remaining pictures are in my hands, it is no longer useful for them to keep an eye on the county magistrate. It won't be long before they leave."

"If you stay in Baishui for a long time in the true energy realm, you won't be able to increase your cultivation level!"

thought here.

Chen Wuji put aside unnecessary thoughts, stabilized his mind, took out all the remaining pictures and piled them together.

"Wrap with true energy..."

Recalling Qi Chongshan's explanation, Chen Wuji mobilized his true energy and released it one by one to cover the animal skin paper, book pages, and scrolls.

A miraculous scene happened.

The animal skin papers, book pages, and scrolls that recorded the residual pictures were wrapped in the true energy, and the visible contact with the naked eye merged with each other, and the excess parts fell directly and turned into ashes.

Only the map parts are left, and they are pieced together to form a complete geographical map of mountains and rivers.

At the same time, a thin line marked with an arrow is clearly displayed on the map.

The thin line starts from the ancient county town and points all the way to the depths of the mountains.

And at the end position, on both sides of a mountain, two lines of words were written.

The eagle mountain appears at sunset, and the golden key opens.

What do you mean?
"Sunset, you mean sunset time?"

"Yingshan appears... By the way, there is Yingjiao Mountain here, so the alchemy cave is in Yingjiao Mountain?"

Chen Wuji pondered.

"The whole sentence means that at sunset, the entrance to the cave where the alchemy room is located will be displayed on Eagle Point Mountain and can be opened with a golden key?"

"Golden key, golden key, key made of gold?"

"To open the alchemy cave, you still need a key!"

Chen Wuji frowned.

A map is not enough, you have to find the key.

Made of gold, or looking like gold...

and many more!

"Remember that the Wang family's heirloom weapons are made of dragon mace, and most of them are made of gold."

"That pair of golden maces, one long and one short, aren't they the keys?"

Chen Wuji looked strange.

When they first united with the Li family to destroy the Wang family, they discussed the spoils of war. Chen Wuji asked for silver and gold maces. The latter was purely because of the "Qin Shubao" vest. The weapons used by Qin's second brother were a pair of maces.

On a whim, he counted the gold mace as one of the trophies.

If this pair of golden maces are really the key to the alchemy cave...

"call!"

Take a deep breath and stabilize your mind.

Chen Wuji regained his composure, squatted down, picked up the complete map, and put it in his arms.

Then, find the correct direction and rush back to the county seat.

……

Return to the Chen family compound.

Find the second apprentice and ask the county about the situation in the past seven days.

"Nothing big happened."

Han Ying replied respectfully, "If I have to say there is one, it would be the Wild Dog Gang and the Dagger Gang. The fight is becoming more and more fierce. Members of the two gangs are dying every day."

"The county government turned a blind eye to this and allowed them to fight."

"Even yesterday, two gangs fought on the street again, affecting two shops and killing three clerks. The county government ignored them."

"By the way, there's something very strange. The county magistrate hasn't shown up these days, and the government servants and police officers below have become lazy and not taking care of things."

After someone robbed the map in front of him, his decades-long plot came to naught. Qi Chongshan would be damned if he was still in the mood to show up!

Chen Wuji cursed in his heart.

"As I said before, Zhang family, Li family, and county government, please don't pry for the time being."

"In addition, do not contact any outsiders who appear in the city."

Chen Wuji ordered.

"The disciple understands!"

Han Ying agreed, "In fact, there have been no outsiders these days. All the people attracted by the previous commotion caused by the Crescent Bay treasure have left."

That is the establishment of your intelligence system, which has not been completely completed...

Chen Wuji thought to himself.

A complete intelligence agency covers an area no more than a small county town.

If an outsider shows up, they will basically know about it immediately.

Han Ying's journey to becoming an intelligence king has just begun.

……

Didn't stay at home much.

After taking the gold from Long Mace, Chen Wuji went out again and rushed to the ancient county town.

The ancient county seat is a ruin left over 300 years ago, less than fifty miles away from the new county seat.

Chen Wuji used Qinggong and body skills and ran all the way.

Arrive at the ancient county town and follow the route on the map to Yingjiao Mountain where the Alchemy Cave is located.

In the first half of the journey, there is actually no need to check the map, and it has no impact.

But for the second half of the journey, if you don’t have a map, you will completely deviate from the direction.

Although the Alchemy Cave is located in Yingjiao Mountain.

But the route pointed out on the map leads to the back mountain.

The normal way into the mountain is from the front or side, making it difficult to reach the back mountain.

Because Yingjiao Mountain is high and dangerous, the mountain is full of poisonous insects.

It is difficult for ordinary people to climb and enter the back mountain.

Chen Wuji followed the map's guidance, which led him to enter the water, pass through hidden caves, and drill into underground caves until he came to a closed valley and stood at the foot of a cliff shrouded in miasma.

There are no traces of doors or door openings on the mountain wall where moss grows.

Wait for the sunset!
The eagle mountain appears at sunset, and the golden key opens.

Chen Wuji turned around and waited patiently.

At the bottom of this cliff, even if most people come in, they won't be able to hold on for long.

The miasma in the air is poisonous, and centipedes, poisonous snakes, and scorpions appear in the corners from time to time.

Ordinary martial arts masters simply cannot stay long.

time flies.

The great sun hanging high in the sky is gradually setting towards the west.

When the last ray of light shines through the mountain on the opposite side and shines on the mountain wall.

A prominent missing light spot was displayed on the cliff half a foot above the ground.

Chen Wuji saw this and immediately tiptoed, moved over, and punched the spot where the light spot was.

Click!

"Whoa~"

The gravel fell, and a gap opened in the mountain wall where the fist hit.

In the gap, two small holes, one up and one down, one left and one right, are exposed.

Keyhole?
Chen Wuji took out the golden mace, first used the long one, and tried to insert it into the small hole on the upper left side.

As a result, once you get halfway through, you can’t go any deeper.

For the small hole on the upper left side, do I need to use the shorter one?

Chen Wuji changed his golden mace and inserted the shorter one into the hole on the upper left side little by little.

When only the handle area is left, it just fits.

"It's actually the key..."

Chen Wuji held his breath, suppressed his excitement, and inserted the golden mace into the small hole on the lower right side.

There were no surprises, it just matched.

The Wang family's heirloom weapon, the golden dragon mace, is actually the key to the alchemy cave!
So unexpected.

It is estimated that the Wang family does not know that there is such a deep secret hidden behind these golden maces.Otherwise, it would not really be used as a weapon and would be used to kill enemies from time to time.

As for why the golden mace was passed down in the Wang family.

Chen Wuji had two guesses.

The first one, the ancestor of the Wang family, was the medicine boy who left the Feiyun Creation Pill!

The other party kept a golden ace, and wanted to use it himself or leave it to future generations.

An accident occurred midway, and the secret behind the golden mace was lost.

Only keep the golden mace as an heirloom weapon.

Second, the ancestors of the Wang family snatched the golden mace from Yaotong's descendants.

For this reason, I don’t know the secret behind the golden mace.

These two points, no matter what the possibility is, represent that the golden trump card came from the hands of the medicine boy back then.

Chen Wuji sighed for a moment, holding a golden mace in one hand and trying to turn it.

Tried both left and right to determine the direction of rotation.

Immediately, there were several abnormal sounds of "click, click, click".

The entire mountain wall suddenly shook, and gravel and soil continued to fall.

Just under Chen Wuji's eyes, a mountain wall three steps away on the right first sunk inwards and then moved upwards.

A cave one foot high and seven feet wide appeared with the last sound.

Whoo~!

The air inside the cave and the air outside meet to create a cyclone.

Chen Wuji walked over, looked around, and walked in.

Not long after entering the cave, I saw a passage winding downwards.

Continuing forward, after turning a corner, a simple bronze door suddenly stood at the end, blocking the way.

There are several ancient characters on the top of the gate.

Feiyun Sect, Alchemy Cave.

"found it!"

Chen Wuji's face was filled with joy.

He walked slowly to the bronze door and looked around, but couldn't find any mechanism.

There are no iron locks or chains on the bronze door.

Immediately, I held my breath, pressed my hands on the bronze door, and tried to push it inward.

Kacha~!

The door that had been covered in dust for 300 years made an unusual sound, and large amounts of dust suddenly fell down.

click!click!
Boom! ——

With a muffled sound, the heavy door was pushed open to both sides, revealing the space behind the door.

A hot and cold breath swept out in an instant as the door opened.

Huhu~
Chen Wuji's body surface was covered with zhenqi, which had no effect.

Step slowly into this large underground cave.

It's obviously underground, but there is a dim light inside the cave.

It comes from stone balls that emit gleaming white light. These balls are embedded in the cave walls on both sides and above the head.

Chen Wuji walked in and saw a tall alchemy furnace standing in the center of the cave from a distance.

The bottom of the alchemy furnace was filled with ashes.

There are some tools and utensils scattered on the ground around.

The others are gone.

Ok?
No, someone!
Chen Wuji felt something in his heart, stopped, mobilized his energy, and looked warily at a tall figure squatting in the corner on the right.

Look at it carefully and sense it mentally.

There was no heartbeat, no breathing, and no trace of life force.

not human?
Just a corpse?

Chen Wuji stepped forward slowly, getting closer and closer.

As he got closer, he could clearly see the appearance of the tall figure.

not human!
Although it has limbs and a head, it is indeed not a real person, but a mechanical dummy.

Or, to be more precise, a machine doll?
"A drug-making machine doll?"

Chen Wuji looked at the dummy strangely, holding a medicine pestle. The medicine pestle was parked in a huge stone mortar, and the whole body remained in the posture of pounding medicine.

"Are the alchemists of Feiyun Sect so secretive that all the preparations are done by machine dolls?"

Chen Wuji sighed and looked up at other corners.

It was discovered that there were also machine dolls in each of the other three locations.

Four machine dolls, each responsible for a task.

Cut, pound, steam, mix.

All alive.

The rest of the work is just a drug boy running errands.

Even if there is no medicine boy, the alchemist himself can walk back and forth to get it.

"Dong Dong~"

Chen Wuji raised his hand and knocked on the outer shell of the mechanical doll. It was as hard as steel.

He took out the treasure weapon, injected his true energy into it, and turned it into a flaming sword. He lightly slashed the outer shell with the blade of the sword. The latter remained unbroken and had no cracks.

Cut hard, leaving only a white mark.

Awesome, machine doll.

"It's a pity, I don't know how to control it, and I don't know if it can still be used."

Chen Wuji sighed slightly and stopped pestering him.

He put away his treasured weapons and turned towards the alchemy furnace.

"The Feiyun Creation Pill is placed in the Spirit Sealing Box. Where is the Spirit Sealing Box?"

After walking around the alchemy furnace, Chen Wuji found a protruding, independent stone step with a circular herbal pattern on the ground.

With a thought in his heart, he stepped on it with the soles of his feet and stepped down hard.

Click!

A strange sound.

The circular stone steps retract downward.

A stone pillar on the other side protrudes from the ground.

With slight shaking, the stone pillar rose higher and higher, higher and higher.

It didn't stop until it reached a person's height.

At the same time, Chen Wuji saw a hollow hole in the center of the stone pillar.

In the hole, there was a dark wooden box about the size of an adult's palm and more than ten centimeters long.

The surface of the wooden box is densely textured and there are buckle grooves on the edge.

Pfft!
puff~
The heartbeat quickened.

Chen Wuji walked over slowly, picked up the wooden box, and slowly opened it.

click~
The wooden box has no mechanism, and when Chen Wuji opens it, the inner space is immediately revealed.

Ten dark brown pills with intertwined surface lines were arranged in two rows, lying quietly in the designed grooves of the wooden box.

A wisp of refreshing medicinal fragrance floats out as the wooden box is opened and wraps around the tip of the nose.

Danxiang!

"Haha, what a spirit-sealing box, what a 'Feiyun Creation Pill', it's still the same after 300 years!"

Finally getting the treasure pill, Chen Wuji lost control and laughed loudly.

not easy.

In order to collect all the incomplete maps, the boss worked hard.

Now, it's finally time to harvest.

"A martial artist who takes Feiyun Good Fortune Pill can cut off his hair and cleanse his marrow, and directly enter the realm of true energy. The first pill will increase his cultivation by 30 years, the second pill will increase his cultivation level by 20 years, and the third pill will increase his cultivation level by ten years."

"According to this variable, taking the fourth pill should have no effect."

"There are ten Feiyun Creation Pills here. Use them to the maximum extent. All seven disciples can take one!"

Thinking of this, Chen Wuji's eyes were filled with joy.

After a while, he suppressed his excitement and regained his composure.

After closing the wooden box and putting it in his arms, Chen Wuji looked around and left quickly.

After leaving the alchemy cave, close the door.

Then go back along the original path and return to the bottom of the cliff from the passage.

Turn the golden mace to return the moving mountain wall to its original position and close the entrance.

Chen Wuji took out his golden mace, found a stone of similar size, and placed it on the gap. He sprinkled some soil and grass around it to try to disguise it as well as possible.

All done.

Leave the bottom of the cliff, climb up a cliff, and go straight to the top of the mountain.

We chose an open spot at the top of the mountain and sat on a flat rock.

Chen Wuji opened the wooden box, picked up a Feiyun Good Fortune Pill, and put it into his mouth.

"boom!"

　Thanks to "Are the Gods There" for the 100-coin reward?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)