Chapter 144 The giant in the shadows(1/2)
Star Building.
Li Yuan frowned slightly.
He naturally wanted to stay away from this killer organization with a good reputation. He was a majestic Shenbinggu Zhenzhuan, had a family, a career, and martial arts skills. He wanted to be a killer only if he was crazy.
But the boss...
In the drizzle, a man in gray, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, leaned against the door frame. He didn't hear a response for a long time, so he raised his hand and knocked on the door:
"Shall I go then?" The courtyard door opened.
Li Yuan held up the hammer and looked around. The man in gray clothes outside the courtyard gate was of medium build, wearing a fox iron mask, and a black scimitar hanging from his waist.
"Top quality instrument!"
Li Yuan glanced at the scimitar with his peripheral vision, his heart was slightly frightened, but his face was calm, he asked him to come into the house and closed the door. "Tsk, spirit rat?"
The man in gray glanced at the trembling little mouse in the room: "I heard that spirit rats are the best at hunting for treasures. It seems that Li Zhenzhuan is also one of my kind!"
He blew out the candle and held it in his hand with a smile:
"Linghu million, um, my pseudonym."
Li Yuan's mouth twitched: "Your Excellency is quite frank."
"We have no choice. We have a bad reputation. Once our real name is revealed, we will be in great trouble. We have to be careful." Linghu Baiwan spread his hands and saw Li Yuan's face turned dark, then he patted his forehead:
"Don't worry, Li Zhenchuan, I took the Soul Disturbance Pill before I went out. As soon as the day breaks, I will forget all about today's events." "The Soul Confusion Pill?"
Li Yuan was doubtful.
He had heard of the Chaotic Soul Pill, and knew that taking this pill was like breaking up after drinking, and that the experience during the period of taking it would be lost. But who knows whether he took it or not?
"When you enter the building, you will understand that the building's rules are as big as the sky, and your identity is not worthy of such a big taboo." Linghu Baiwan took off his bamboo hat and revealed his bare head:
"Although Elder Wang has made arrangements, you still need to read the recommendation letter." "What is your identity?"
Li Yuan held the recommendation letter.
Linghu Baiwan took out a bronze medal with a fox face painted on it:
"I don't have anything on me that might reveal my identity. This brand is barely considered one." Li Yuan glanced at it, silently noted it down, and handed over the recommendation letter.
"Well, then, let's go?"
Linghu didn't even look at it. He reached out and took out the fire sticks and burned them. Then he turned around. "Mysterious."
Li Yuan frowned slightly, feeling the shining top-grade Liuhe boots in the weapon jar, then put on his hat and picked up his hammer to follow.
Before leaving, close the door. -
In the drizzle, Li Yuan followed unhurriedly.
Linghu Wanwan in front of him was very fast and would stop to wait for him from time to time. The two of them walked out of the inner island one after the other. Linghu Wanwan casually untied a awning boat from the shore and held the boat along the river. And down.
Hantan Water, along with other water veins in the mountains, also has rivers leading outside the mountains, but when the water flows out, it is no longer freezing cold.
Woo hoo. In the rainy night, the wind is slightly cold.
Linghu Wanwan is very skilled in punting boats, fast and stable.
Li Yuan stood on the sampan and looked at the dark lake. He couldn't help but think of the red dragon fish king. In the past few days, he went to the library to look for relevant records.
Before the relocation of Shenbing Pavilion, Dihuo Hantan was also a desert like Huolongkou Fenglei Valley, rich in rare iron materials and many spiritual beasts.
For thousands of years, there have been many people who have come to hunt spiritual fish, but the cold water of a thousand feet is enough to stop the most skilled fishermen. The number of times the Red Arowana King has appeared is even rarer, and the most recent time can be traced back to more than thirty years ago. The last person to see the Red Arowana King was Han Chuijun.
Old Han has suffered a loss because of that fish king." Li Yuan shook his head inwardly.
The Chirong Cave is difficult to enter, and the Cold Pond is also dangerous and unpredictable. It’s no wonder that the Black Whale Hammer has not been found in the Divine Weapon Valley for more than a thousand years. "Here we are!"
Suddenly, Linghu Baiwan opened his mouth and parked the boat on the lake. Huh?
Li Yuan turned around. In the night rain, he could still vaguely see the outline of the inner island. How could the places in the Star-Zhaing Tower be so close? "This is the anti-cold pill."
Linghu Baiwan dropped the oar and handed Li Yuan an elixir. Without waiting for the latter to speak, he had already plunged into the pool. Li Yuan frowned. Of course, he could not take such an elixir of unknown origin. After controlling the red dragon fish skin armor, he also went into the water.
The water in the cold pool becomes even colder in the night rain.
Li Yuan took a moment to adapt, and chased Linghu Wanwan to one side of the river, which was more than eighty meters away from the river. "Huh?"
Li Yuan's eyes widened and he caught a glimpse of light from the crack in the stone. He immediately jumped into it and climbed in.
Behind the crack in the stone is a cave, which is somewhat similar to Hantan Cave. There are torches burning on the wall, and there is an iron box on the ground covered with various masks.
"Choose a mask and put it on."
Linghu Baiwan wiped the water from his face and shivered a little: "Grandma, it's too cold."
Inside the iron box were various animal-faced masks, the materials of which were quite different. Li Yuan also saw a ghost-faced mask among them, which was very similar to Han Chuijun's.
Li Yuan's eyes flashed slightly, he chose the ghost face mask and put it on before following Linghu Baiwan. This place in Zhaixing Tower is very secretive.
Li Yuan followed him around and around in the tunnel. He almost fainted before he saw the light from the end of the tunnel. After walking through the tunnel, it suddenly became clear. It seemed that the mountain was hollowed out. The space was quite large and the lights were bright. many.
"Be so careful."
Li Yuan scanned the surrounding walls and found at least hundreds of holes, real and fake, extending in all directions. This shows that the people who built this underground palace were very careful.
Li Yuan thought to himself, even if this place was leaked, or even a traitor was found, it would be difficult to catch everyone. "I don't have a stronghold in the Star Reaching Tower. The cave here is a temporary gathering place. I can accept and submit tasks." Here." Linghu jumped down and landed in the cave, followed by Li Yuan.
"Linghu, are you here to hand in the mission?"
A hoarse voice came, and the old man in black walked out of a cave somewhere, trembling every time he walked.
Li Yuan glanced at it and saw that the old man was wearing a snake-faced mask. He had no weapons and was just holding an iron staff. "Master!"
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
This old man looks trembling, but in fact his body looks like a python when he walks. He looks slow, but in fact he maintains a high level of vigilance.
"Well, I accepted a mission to extradite a newcomer."
Linghu Baiwan responded and introduced to Li Yuan: "This is Old Snake, he is in charge of this stronghold." "This...
He looked at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan clasped his fists: "I've seen Snake before the ghost." "Oh."
The old man nodded: "Ghost Face, um, I will give you the token later." "Thank you very much."
Li Yuan nodded and thanked him.
This stronghold was very simple, and Li Yuan could roughly figure it out after a few glances. The only eye-catching thing was the huge stone tablet standing in the middle of the cave, which looked like a beam.
The stone tablets are densely covered with small characters.
"Apart from those few rules in the building, there are no other requirements. If you want to take the mission, you can come to this stone monument. If you don't want to, it doesn't matter."
Linghu Baiwan pointed at the stone tablet. "The Hidden Dragon Zhaixing Tower, the Killing List."
Li Yuan took a casual glance at the light of the torch and saw many familiar names. The first one on the list was Gong Yangyu.
"The Lord of the Divine Weapon Valley, Gong Yangyu, was born with thirteen dragon-shaped root bones. He is proficient in the secrets of the five inner sects of the Divine Weapon Valley. He possesses the five-color spiritual energy of the five weapons and the five-color Lingxu sword..."
The small characters on the stone tablet clearly list the intelligence information about Gong Yangyu, and there are obvious traces of modifications in many places... Tongmai was completed forty-two years ago, and Zang was refined nine years ago. It is suspected that The internal organs were injured when attacking the Zang Refining Dacheng..." The stone tablet records more than what Li Yuan knew, and it is more detailed, and even contains information about Gong Yangyu's previous attacks.
"The masters of the Hidden Dragon Mansion can be ranked among the top three. Those who accept this task need to meet with their employer to discuss the reward." At the end, Li Yuan's eyes narrowed:
"It seems that he has practiced the method of worshiping gods." Gong Yangyu has practiced the method of worshiping gods?! Li Yuan was shocked.
"Gong Yangyu should be the number one master in the Zhelong Mansion. He has been famous for decades and his swordsmanship has reached its peak."
Linghu Baiwan naturally knew what he was looking at and said a few words casually: "For decades, many people have taken on this mission, but they are all dead."
"A master of viscera refining, the top master in Fuzhou, whoever dares to take on this task must at least be able to open the meridians, right?" Li Yuan saw the red mark indicating that this task had failed sixteen times.
"That's not true. It is said that there was a master of poison who was a master of transfiguration. He was hung up in the city to dry and fed to the dogs." Linghu Wanwan said in a calm voice:
"We won't be asked to take on tasks inside the building, but we can't help but some people don't know themselves."
Li Yuan saw the reward on the stone tablet, gold and silver fields, famous weapons, great alchemy inner armor, martial arts secrets, etc. They were all there.
There was even a reward for a number of oirans from the capital city.
After looking for a while, he found Han Chuijun's reward, but the writing was very shallow and seemed to have been edited out a long time ago.
"All the employers and their descendants are dead, and if no one has accepted the mission for more than ten years, the mission will also be cancelled." Linghu Wanwan added.
"No wonder Old Han always kills people in his family." Li Yuan was a little surprised.
In a big family like the Zhao family, if someone escapes with their family property, even if they don't have the ability to take revenge, they will put a reward on someone else.
One person's bounty may not make much difference, but like other killer organizations, bounties for Zhaixinglou will accumulate. For a person who has many enemies and cannot eradicate them, his bounties will accumulate to a terrifying level. Eighty thousand square treasures, Luo Qiu Changying Shi Hong, and Ding Zhi.
The stone tablet has the names of all the true disciples of the Divine Weapon Valley. Li Yuan even saw himself, and his expression was a little strange. "Li Yuan, dragon-shaped root bone, suspected to be the first to become strong, practicing the art of fighting and killing the hammer..."
"Reward: three hundred taels of gold and a famous weapon." That's all?
Li Yuan shook his head inwardly: "No wonder no one picked up..."
This bounty is beyond the standard for an ordinary strong man, but combined with the title of True Successor of the Divine Weapon Valley, it seems too small. Ding Zhi’s bounty is not low, but it’s a pity that it has been crossed out.”
Li Yuan read both sides of the stele. He felt that this stele was more detailed and accurate than the various lists in Yunshu Tower. This information was worth his trouble.
To be continued...