Chapter 29: Selecting the Tool Man and Burning the Corpse(1/2)
"Of course there are only so many!
This is not a flatbread made from dough, which costs 80% per pound!
Senior brother, these are fireworks, how many more do you think there can be?"
Facing He Mingxiu's question, Yang Jin looked like it was natural.
"Besides, this is also my first time making fireworks. I am not skilled in the technique, which not only wastes a lot of raw materials in purification.
Even though the purified materials were used to make fireworks, after several experiments, the fireworks were finally made according to the formula.
Otherwise it wouldn’t have taken so long!”
After hearing Yang Jin's explanation, He Mingxiu nodded.
"So that's how it is, but it's strange that I don't see him that much, senior brother!"
He smelled a strong scent of incense on Yang Jin, and asked strangely: "Junior brother, why do you still smell of incense on your body?"
"This is a time to test the effect of fireworks. You need to use incense to light it. You may have accidentally got it on!"
Yang Jin answered casually, but instead of waiting for He Mingxiu to ask more questions, he urged:
"Brother, we have been out for most of the day. It is getting late now and everything that needs to be done has been done.
In order not to worry Senior Liang and others, we should hurry up and go back!"
After saying that, without waiting for He Mingxiu to answer, he took Su Rou and left the ruined temple to return to the inn.
Although He Mingxiu also wanted to ask Yang Jin how effective the fireworks were.
But seeing Yang Jin and the others leaving, I had no choice but to pack up my backpack and leave.
Not long after Yang Jin and the others left, there was a sudden bang, and a fire suddenly broke out in the deserted temple.
The fire touched the ground very quickly, as if oil was poured on a raging fire. The fire suddenly started very high and soon became extremely fierce.
The ruined temple was originally too remote and sparsely populated, otherwise it would not have been Yang Jin and the other five beggars who could occupy this place.
Therefore, although the fire here was large and fierce, no one noticed it, and naturally no one came to put out the fire.
"Senior Brother He, Senior Liang and my master all went out just now.
It seems that they heard the news that the devil Lu Xinglie suddenly appeared in the north of the city, so they all rushed over to check it out!"
As soon as Yang Jin and the others returned to the inn, they were told that Old Man Liang and the others had gone out now, leaving only Zhao Qing, Zheng Xu, and Jiang Yuqing standing guard in the inn.
"Uncle, they have found traces of the devil Lu Xinglie? I have to rush over to help!
Yang Jin, you stay here and don’t go anywhere!
I will go over now to support my uncle and the others!"
As soon as He Mingxiu heard that Elder Liang and the others were going to deal with Lu Xinglie, the "blood-clad soul chaser".
Not daring to neglect at that moment, he put his backpack in the house and hurried to the north of the city to support him.
As soon as He Mingxiu left, Yang Jin and the five of them were left in the courtyard of the inn.
"It seems that these cold jade ice silk gloves cannot be returned to Plum Girl and the others for the time being!"
Yang Jin originally planned to dig out the cold jade ice silk gloves he was wearing from the ruined temple as soon as he came back and give them back to the Plum Girl Heroes of Miaoyin Valley.
But now that Plum Girl and the others have gone out, naturally they can no longer return the treasured gloves.
But this thing was extremely cold, and it was neither comfortable nor safe to carry around, so he wanted to find a place to hide it.
"But where to hide?"
Yang Jin's eyes moved around the yard several times, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He recalled something Mei Nuxia said in the morning, and his eyes stopped on the kitchen.
"It should be safe to hide here and not be easily discovered!"
Since he wanted to hide something in the kitchen, he naturally didn't want others to know.
So he said to Zhao Qing and the others: "Zhao Qing, Zheng Xu, Sister Yuqing, you take Su Rou back to the room first, and I'll go to the kitchen to see if there's anything to eat.
Although I ate a lot with Brother He outside at noon, I ran around with Brother He for a long time in the afternoon, and I was very hungry!"
"There are some leftovers and some steamed buns in the kitchen. They are all placed in the basket. You can look for them yourself!"
Jiang Yuqing took Su Rou's hand back to the room and said something to him.
"That's just right. Having these things to eat will be like celebrating the New Year!"
Of course, Yang Jin didn't really just go to eat. He just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to go to the kitchen and hide the cold jade ice silk gloves in the kitchen.
"When Plum Girl and the others come back, I will find another opportunity to dig out this treasure that is so important to Miaoyin Valley and return it!"
When Jiang Yuqing and others returned to their rooms, Yang Jin looked outside carefully.
After confirming that no one was outside, he quickly took out the cloth bag containing cold jade ice silk gloves from his arms and hid it in an unexpected place in the kitchen.
After hiding the things, Yang Jin washed his hands, took out the food in the basket and ate it.
He entered the kitchen in the name of eating, and left if he didn't eat anything.
The food is not lacking at all, I am afraid that Zhao Qing and others will be suspicious.
Besides, he has nothing to say to Zhao Qing, Zheng Xu and the others now.
On the contrary, I was worried that if I had too much contact with Jiang Yuqing and the others, I would talk too much and my flaws would be seen.
After all, his current body belongs to Zhao Qing and his former partners, but his soul is not the original Yang Jin.
Every move he makes now must be different from before, and he must not be able to hide it from friends like Zhao Qing and others who get along day and night.
“Once you talk too much and do too much, it’s not good!
It will definitely make them suspicious, so why not stay alone here for a while longer.
After dinner, I will go back to my room to sleep, so I won’t have to worry about dealing with Zhao Qing and the others!"
Yang Jin made up his mind, picked up the steamed buns and ate them hungrily. He was really hungry.
I don’t know if it’s because this body has a special constitution, or if it’s because I never had enough to eat in the past.
Or perhaps it was because of his soul's time travel that Yang Jin discovered that he now had a huge appetite.
The big one doesn't have the normal appetite for a half-grown child, and his stomach is like a bottomless pit that can't be filled no matter what.
He can now eat more than two or three grown men.
Now he not only eats a lot, but also digests it very quickly.
He also ate a lot at the restaurant at noon, even more than adults like He Mingxiu ate.
But less than two hours later, I felt that all the food in my stomach had been digested.
His stomach was growling with hunger just now, as if there was a bottomless pit.
While Yang Jin was eating, he was also carefully reflecting on whether there were any flaws in some of his actions today.
If not, he would naturally feel relieved.
But if he was left behind, he would think about how to make up for it next.
He went through what happened today in detail in his mind.
I found that although there were some omissions today, he made up for them all with all his strength.
The reason for the omission is not mainly his problem, but is caused by information asymmetry.
Even though he was beaten to death, he didn't expect that the reason why Mei Nuxia and the others cared about Lu Xinglie was not what he imagined.
"No one would have thought that it was not because of the martial arts treasure "Secrets of the Golden Chamber", but rather because of a pair of unexpected cold jade ice silk gloves!"
It was these deadly cold jade ice silk gloves that almost scared him into having a heart attack and mental illness, but they really killed him!
Thinking of the "Secrets of the Golden Chamber", Yang Jin had some questions in his mind:
"From what Mei Nuxia and the others said, it seems that the "Secrets of the Golden Chamber" thing may be a conspiracy.
But since it was a conspiracy, how could Lu Xinglie really have the secret book "Secrets of the Golden Chamber" on his person?
Could it be that I guessed wrongly that the secret book was not the "Secrets of the Golden Chamber" at all, but some other martial arts secret book?"
"But that secret book is not the martial arts treasure "Secrets of the Golden Chamber", what is it?
There must be a reason why that dead ghost Lu Xinglie was so nervous about the secret book at that time.
But what is the reason for this?"
No wonder Yang Jin thinks so, after all, he doesn't know the words in the secret book.
He believed that the secret book Lu Xinglie had on him was "Secrets of the Golden Chamber", which he based on Lu Xinglie's situation and reaction at that time.
And I got some fragmentary clues from Zhao Qing and made my own guess.
"It doesn't matter whether that book is the real "Secrets of the Golden Chamber" or not!
The important corpse of Lu Xinglie was finally disposed of skillfully by me!"
Yang Jin couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he simply stopped worrying about this issue.
To be continued...