Chapter 50 Entering the Tiger's Den Again
Xu Fu traveled three times on the same road in one day, and it was no longer new to him. By the time he returned to Xiaodu Mountain again, the moon was already setting in the west.
I didn't have dinner, and my stomach was empty. I walked in the wilderness for more than half a month, sleeping in the open air every day. I thought I could have a good meal and rest at Black Feather Arrow's house, but I didn't expect to catch up with this kind of thing again. .
Black Feather Arrow's master should be rescued when he is in danger, but Xu Fu would definitely not be willing to trade Black Feather Arrow's life for another. Now that it has reached this point, there is no other way but to take risks.
"Seventh-grade master!" Xu Fu sighed helplessly when he thought of this. He naturally knew that the gap between himself and the seventh-grade master was not just a simple grade.
Among the nine levels of cultivation, there are three barriers. The one between the third and fourth levels is called the spiritual barrier. The one between the sixth and seventh levels is called the earth barrier. It is said that there is an illusory sky barrier above the ninth level. . These three hurdles are also called the three hurdles for monks. One is difficult and the other is difficult. Once broken through, the sky is high and the sea is broad, and there is a new world.
In today's world, those who can break through earth barriers are unique masters. These monks have the qualifications to found a sect, so the seventh-grade masters are also called venerables by the world.
Xu Fu knew very well that he would never be a match for the Seventh-Rank Venerable. In this trip to get the medicine, he must not go head-on, he could only outsmart him. It would be great if he could steal the Wanxiang Pill without anyone noticing.
As an alchemist, especially after studying under Li Danxin, Xu Fu is well-read in alchemy books, but he has never even heard of the name of Wanxiang Dan. This shows that it is rare, and the theft may not be that easy this time.
Xu Fu was lurking in a tree at this time, staring at the entrance of Senluomen tangledly. His trip must be secretive, and he must not alert the snake. But the problem is, even in the middle of the night, the entrance to the cave is still heavily guarded. How can we get in?
After a while, Xu Fu, who was worried, suddenly found that Senluomen seemed to be getting more and more lively. From time to time, ghosts would lead one or two people into the cave.
Xu Fu suddenly remembered the scene when he came last time. With a thought in his mind, he secretly lurked on the road when he arrived. Not long after, he saw a lone ghost. When Xu Fu approached him, he suddenly used his footwork with all his strength and dodged. Reaching behind him, a hand knife struck the back of his neck. The ghost fainted before he could say a word.
Xu Fu dragged him to the bushes, pulled off his blouse, and took a look at the ghost in the moonlight. He saw that the ghost was naked to the waist, with black spots the size of beans all over his face and body. He looked a little disgusting. .
"No wonder it's so tightly wrapped." Xu Fu muttered to himself, and then put the blouse on his body.
The blouse was too big for Xu Fu to put on, but there was a strange smell inside. He didn't know how long it had been since he had washed it, so Xu Fu couldn't care less about it at this time.
Xu Fu turned over the fainted ghost again. There was a token hanging on his waist and a bone stick in his hand. The token read sixty-nine, which was nothing special, but the bone stick was a bit strange. It was shaped like a cow leg bone and was slightly cool in the hand. Holding it in your hand, you could feel a faint chill going into the palm of your hand. Xu Fu used it. The spiritual power wrapped around his right hand to resist the coldness.
Black Feather Arrow was injured by such a bone stick.
Xu Fu didn't have time to study the bone stick at this time, so he stuck the bone stick around his waist like a ghost, and strode forward along the forest road. When he reached the end of the road, he saw someone waiting here.
"Master Ghost!" One person bowed and saluted.
"Yeah!" Xu Fu responded with a sharp voice, but his eyes were looking at the young man behind him. The young man was handsome and well-dressed. When he saw himself pretending to be a ghost, he showed no fear at all.
"Sir, despite his young age, this doctor is a genius! He specializes in treating difficult and complicated diseases. He is traveling here this time and asked me to persuade him to come."
"it is good."
Xu Fu replied with just one word, for fear that if he said too much, he would be caught.
"Then look at this reward..."
"Let's talk about it next time, you come with me!" Xu Fu said casually, then turned around and entered the dense forest.
The two were walking in tandem, Xu Fu was thinking about how to find the Wanxiang Pill, but the young man behind him spoke.
"Isn't this Lord Ghost just entered the Rosen Gate?"
The young man's voice was very clear and full of energy.
"Huh?" Xu Fu's heart tightened when he heard this, and he paused for a moment. He didn't look back and continued to move forward. He didn't expect that someone would see him before he entered the Senluo Gate.
"Senluo Sect members all rely on the black corpse energy to practice. If they are contaminated for a long time, their muscles and bones will inevitably be damaged and their steps will be sluggish. I think Master Guiji's steps are steady and steady, no different from ordinary people, so I surmise this." The young man said confidently. said.
Xu Fu was surprised. He didn't expect that the young man would see it before he even got down to business. How could he get away with it? But listening to the young man's conversation and knowledge, he was by no means an ordinary doctor.
Xu Fu stopped suddenly, turned around, looked at the figure behind him and said with a pinched voice: "Yes, I am a newbie, who are you?"
"I, Zhu Yun, have come especially to see Master Senluo."
"Why do you want to see the sect master?" Xu Fu asked in surprise when he saw that he was not impatient and seemed to know the Senluo Sect quite well.
"Master Yin Clan practices the secret technique of the Ghost Sect, Senluo Wanxiang, and will inevitably be haunted by corpse energy. I heard that he is looking for doctors and alchemists everywhere recently. He must have been ill and sought medical treatment. The master has some connections with Master Yin Clan, so I have been specially ordered to do so. Come and help the sect master out of trouble."
When Xu Fu heard what Zhu Yun said so eloquently, he couldn't help but feel a little more confused. What is this man's background? Can he cure injuries that doctors and alchemists can't cure?
There were many skulls hanging on the branches on both sides of the road in the dense forest, with a faint green light shining in each eye socket, vaguely illuminating a road. Walking on this road in the middle of the night is more like being in the underworld.
Xu Fu had seen the gloominess of this road before, and his heartbeat could not stop racing at this moment. He had to recite the Jingxin Jue silently to stay calm, but the young man behind him actually looked calm and unfazed, which made Xu Fu's doubts worse. A few points.
Xu Fu didn't say anything else, for fear that the young man would find some flaws again. After walking for a while, he arrived at the entrance of Senluo Gate.
Xu Fu followed the example of other black demon envoys, without saying hello, waving his waist badge, and walked in with his feet raised. Although there were many forks in the cave, Xu Fu was not stupid, so he followed the other black demons and walked deeper into the cave.
After walking a few dozen steps, the vision suddenly opened up, and a grand hall appeared in front of us.
The main hall is about ten feet square. There are four stone pillars carved with ghosts and ghosts, which are two arms thick.
It's a pity that such a magnificent hall is actually decorated with all kinds of bones. Even the highest and most conspicuous seat is made of bones. Coupled with the strong green light emitted from the four walls, the whole hall makes people feel A ghostly feeling.
At this time, there were more than ten people in the main hall. Most of these people looked panicked and at a loss. Two people even shivered and collapsed on the ground. Only Zhu Yun played with the jade in his hand and admired the stone pillars of the main hall with great interest. carving on.
Xu Fu was looking for a chance to escape when he suddenly heard footsteps and saw four ghosts in white smocks carrying a sedan made of bones to the main hall. There was a person sitting on the sedan wearing a red smock.
"Sect Master Saint An!"
Xu Fu quickly imitated other ghosts, knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly.
After the sect leader sat on the bone throne, all the ghosts and angels stood up one after another, and Xu Fu dared to secretly take a look at the seventh-grade venerable.
However, he just glanced at Xu Fu and lowered his head. The Senluo Sect Master was sitting on the Bone Seat with his eyes closed. The big red smock covered him tightly from head to toe, not even half of his toes were exposed. Tall or short, fat or thin, it doesn’t matter at all.
"Come forward!"
Four ghost messengers carrying sedans were protecting the Senluo Sect Master at this time. When one of them saw the Sect Master nodding, he hurriedly stepped forward, pointed at a person in the hall, and screamed.
The accused man's legs weakened and he almost fell to the ground, but he still walked to the bone throne tremblingly.
Xu Fu swallowed unconsciously when he saw Master Senluo's right hand slowly stretching out from his blouse.
"Is this a hand?" Xu Fu thought to himself.
The right hand of the Rosen Sect Master is gray and thin, with almost no trace of flesh and blood. It looks more like a dead branch. Even the most decayed old man will not become so skinny. The four words "skin and bones" are used to describe this hand. The hand couldn't fit better.
Seeing that doctors came forward one after another to check for pulse, but they couldn't explain why. Before the Senluo Sect Master could say anything, the white-clothed ghost standing beside him became anxious.
"They're all trash!" After a sharp and harsh curse, the ghost raised the bone stick in his hand and hit the head of a doctor in front of him. The doctor didn't even have time to say a word before his skull was smashed and he was lying dead. on the spot.
"Why bother with them? This is not something they can cure." Zhu Yun said lightly while playing with the jade in his hand.
"Who are you?" Seeing Zhu Yun being so presumptuous, the white-clothed ghost glared at Zhu Yun viciously and asked angrily.
"Someone who can save your sect leader." Zhu Yun said as he came to the Bone Seat.
"If the treatment fails, I will use your head as a ghost lantern!" the ghost threatened.
"Let's see if you have that ability." Zhu Yun smiled slightly and took out a cloth roll from his arms. After opening it, there were many silver needles of different thicknesses. Zhu Yun took out the slender one and looked up at Sen Luo. Door owner.
"What do you want to do?"
Two ghosts in white clothes immediately stood in front of Zhu Yun, and the bone sticks in their hands also glowed with black energy.
"The death energy is lingering and all the internal organs are damaged. Naturally, it is necessary to seal the death energy first." Zhu Yun did not pay attention to the two ghosts in front of him at all. When he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the master of the Senluo Sect behind the ghosts.
"Come……"
An old and hoarse voice came from the Bone Throne. The ghosts closest to him trembled, as if struck by lightning, and immediately stepped aside and waited respectfully.
Zhu Yun stepped forward, waved his hand, and pierced the long needle in his hand into Master Rosen's palm. It was half an inch deep, but not a trace of blood came out.
Then, Zhu Yun struck like lightning, and within a few breaths, he inserted five silver needles of different lengths into the five fingers of Master Rosen.
Zhu Yun's hands were glowing with lavender light, he quickly made a few hand seals, and pointed on the back of Master Senluo's hand.
The purple brilliance flashed away, and Zhu Yun slowly retracted the needle.
"Sure enough, the reputation is well-deserved. Yin Mou, your sect, has recorded this kindness."
The voice of Master Rosen was obviously a little more angry than before, but Xu Fu could hear a hint of respect. What was the origin of Zhu Yun? And judging from the tone of Master Senluo, the sect behind Zhu Yun is probably quite powerful.
Master Senluo Sect had already sat up straight and made a gesture of invitation. Immediately, a ghostly messenger came forward and respectfully led Zhu Yun towards the back of the palace.
The remaining doctors were relieved to see someone capable come forward. Under the guidance of a ghost, everyone left the hall. The leader of the Senluo Sect was also carried away and disappeared to no one knows where.
Xu Fu wanted to wait for an opportunity to leave, but the remaining ghosts stood there honestly, as if they still had unfinished business. Although Xu Fu was surprised, he didn't dare to take the initiative and stayed where he was.
After a while, a white-robed ghost came to the main hall carrying a white jade plate with more than a dozen white porcelain bottles on it.
"The master of the sect is blessed with great blessings, and for your merits in finding people, I will give you the magic medicine." The ghost shouted loudly, and his voice was like a night owl, echoing in the hall.
"Thank you, Master!" Xu Fu saluted like other ghosts and thanked him.
I saw the ghost holding the porcelain bottle walking up to a few people and dividing it from the beginning. Every ghost who got the porcelain bottle immediately took the "miraculous medicine" into their blouses. Judging from the way they raised their heads, they must have drank it. Go down.
Xu Fu quietly moved to the end, and when he saw him, he secretly made a magic formula with his right hand inside his blouse, and a whirlwind rushed towards the tray silently from bottom to top.
"Snapped!"
The white jade plate fell to the ground, and the porcelain bottle was smashed into pieces. The dark brown concoction dripped out. It looked a little sticky and had a very strange fragrance, even if you could smell it through the smelly blouse.
"what happened?"
The ghost who distributed the medicine muttered, and then said to Xu Fu: "Follow me." Then he walked away.
Xu Fu felt happy and hurriedly followed. There was a sudden noise behind him. When he looked back, he saw that the group of ghosts were fighting for the little concoction spilled on the ground. They were in such a mess that Xu Fu frowned.
Carefully, I walked around in circles, but I didn't expect that the cave was like an ant's nest, and I couldn't find the end.
Xu Fu memorized the route in his mind. After turning a few turns, the two of them came to a stone room.
"Wait."
I saw the ghost in white inserting a token into a hole in the stone wall. With a twist, the door of the stone chamber moved two feet to one side.
Through the gap between these two feet, Xu Fu saw many bottles and jars on display, with writings on them.
Xu Fu was overjoyed. He quickly entered the stone room and hit the devil on the back of the neck with a stick. The devil fainted and fell to the ground without even making a sound.
Without daring to hesitate, Xu Fu immediately began to search, but after searching for a long time, there was no bottle or jar with the words Wanxiang Dan written on it.
"Isn't it here?"
Xu Fu frowned, looked at the ghost lying on the ground, sighed, and tore off his blouse, revealing a thin man with fair, loose skin and dense spots all over his body. He was the same as the ghost who was knocked unconscious outside. Looks about the same.
Xu Fu randomly picked up a jar containing unknown water, and poured the full jar onto his head.
The ghost was startled, and Xu Fu grabbed his neck as soon as he opened his eyes.
"I'll kill you if you dare to speak out." Xu Fu said coldly.
The ghost's throat was locked by Xu Fu, and it was difficult to even breathe. He could only blink desperately.
"Where is the Wanxiang Pill?" Xu Fu asked, his hands relaxed.
When the ghost heard the name of Wanxiang Dan, he was also surprised, but he still said honestly: "Only the sect master has it."
"Where does the master live?"
"Go left, then..."
Xu Fu didn't want to waste time, so after asking where Master Senluo lived, he knocked the ghost out again and hurried to the master's bedroom.
"I can only try my luck." Xu Fu was helpless. He originally wanted to try not to confront the sect leader head-on, but now that he knew that the Vientiane Pill was in the hands of the sect leader, he just hoped that he would not keep it with him.
Xu Fu followed the instructions of the ghost and came to a stone room. The door of the stone room was open at this time. Xu Fu walked forward and found that several ghosts were carrying a large basin in.
After taking a look at the things in the basin, Xu Fu frowned. The basin was actually filled with dark red blood, whether it was human blood or animal blood.
"What are you doing here?" A ghost asked sharply when he saw Xu Fu standing at the door.
"Yes... Doctor Zhu asked me to deliver the medicine." Xu Fu replied in a high voice while taking out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve pocket.
"I'll just wait here for the door master. You can step back." Xu Fu waved his hands after saying this and pretended to stand at the door, closing his eyes and concentrating.
The ghost who sent blood seemed to be intimidated by Xu Fu's momentum and exited the stone chamber honestly.
Xu Fu was glad in his heart. He didn't expect to get rid of these ghosts so easily. Things went smoother than he imagined.
After everyone left, Xu Fu hurriedly entered the stone room and started searching.
"No! No! No!"
Xu Fu searched everywhere, and the more he searched, the more panic he became. He was willing to take risks and go deep into the tiger's den, but he couldn't find what he wanted.
A moment's delay would bring more danger. Xu Fu felt as if there was a sharp blade behind him, getting closer and closer to him.
"What are you looking for?"
A voice came from the door.