Seeing so many masters going deep into Shu Mountain, Zhang Jun judged that they should be members of a nearby sword cultivating sect or aristocratic family. He was moved in his heart and said to Hua Buyi: "Master, someone is coming, do you want to meet them?"
Hua Buyi said: "We are looking for the cave. If these people are indigenous monks, they might be able to provide useful value. Let's go over and say hello and find out where they are from."
Zhang Jun had the same idea, so the two of them walked out of the cave and greeted the crowd. Not long after, the two sides bumped into each other. The sword cultivators were very wary and stopped from a distance to stare at them.
The master and the disciple walked side by side, with smiles on their faces. They clasped their fists about ten steps away and said, "Fellow Taoists, please come!"
The middle-aged man was relatively calm, stepped out of the crowd, and said loudly: "Who are you two friends, and what advice do you have?"
Hua Buyi smiled slightly: "I don't dare. We are people who go into the mountains to practice. We got lost here. We happened to meet a few people, so we went up to ask for directions. It was really disturbing."
These people were obviously relieved, and the elder said: "It turns out they are Taoist friends who have gone to the mountains to practice." Then they pointed out the path.
Zhang Jun was able to see through and was actually more familiar with the path than these people. Hearing what the other party said was correct, he immediately expressed his gratitude and said: "Thank you for the directions. I haven't asked Gao's name yet."
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and said, "We are all disciples of Shushan Jianmen, and we go out to do business under the orders of our master."
The master and the disciple were secretly surprised, there really is a sword cultivating sect in Shushan! They looked at each other, and Hua Buyi said: "It turns out he is an expert from the Shushan Sword Sect, and his name has been admired for a long time."
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "I, the Sword Sect of Shushan, stay away from the world and have no disputes with others. I have no great name. I'm afraid this is the first time you have heard of me."
Hua Buyi didn't feel embarrassed at all and said: "That's not necessarily the case. Sword cultivators settled here as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty. Now that thousands of years have passed, this place should be the ancestral home of sword cultivators."
He heard these words from Zhang Jun, which shocked everyone. The middle-aged man said in surprise: "It turns out that you two know Shushan so well. Yes, Shushan sword cultivation has lasted for thousands of years. But now
There is only one Shushan Sword Sect, and the other sword sects have long since declined."
After a few more words, the strange feeling disappeared a lot. Zhang Jun felt that the time was ripe and said: "Guys, my master and my apprentice discovered a cave in front, which contains the training methods recorded by ancient sword cultivators.
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The young people suddenly became excited and eager to try it. The middle-aged man was very cautious and said: "You two discovered the cave. We can watch it as much as we want, so we won't disturb you."
Zhang Jun smiled "haha" and said, "It seems we were rude." After saying this, he clasped his fists and turned around to leave.
At this time, those people became anxious. After all, the swordsmanship learned by ancient monks might be very valuable, so it would be a pity to give up like this. However, the middle-aged man is the leader, and since he does not agree, the others dare not say anything
What.
When Zhang Jun and the two walked away, the middle-aged man turned back and glared at several people, shouting: "You are too naive, how can you trust strangers at will? Our mission is highly confidential, and we must not let outsiders know!
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Everyone was awestruck, and a young man from Bu Gang said: "Senior brother is absolutely right, Jianwan is very important to our department, it is a first-class matter, and everything else must give way."
The middle-aged man who was called Senior Brother nodded: "Okay, let's get on the road. People from the other nine departments should have taken action long ago. We need to be faster."
After saying that, the group continued on their way, obviously much faster.
Zhang Jun and Hua Buyi did not go far. They stopped several kilometers away. After hearing the conversation between several people, Zhang Jun had a strange expression: "Is there really a sword pill in this world?"
Hua Buyi was not surprised at all: "Since there is a magic pill, why not a sword pill?"
Zhang Jun remembers the scene in Xianxia novels. Those sword immortals have great magical powers and can refine fairy swords into sword pills and hide them in their mouths. When fighting with people, when they open their mouths and spit out the sword pills, they will turn into sword light and kill.
enemy.
Of course, he believed that Jianwan could never be so magical, but he didn't know what it looked like.
"Master, do you want to follow?" He asked, "Apprentice, I really want to see what a sword pill is."
Hua Buyi nodded: "Let's follow them from a distance to see what these people are doing. Maybe we can find useful clues."
In this way, the two masters and apprentices followed at a distance. Since the vision could extend for several kilometers, Zhang Jun was not afraid of losing him, let alone being discovered, so he followed with confidence and boldness.
That group of people walked for two days, stopping several times to rest. On the morning of the third day, they finally reached a high mountain and climbed up. Although the mountain was high, it was not difficult for these practitioners to climb it in just ten minutes.
Arrived halfway up the mountain.
Zhang Jun and the others did not go up the mountain, but directly found a secluded place at the foot of the mountain to monitor the top.
Halfway up the mountainside, there was a cliff as deep as a thousand meters, with a huge rock protruding from the middle. The upper part was flat and open, covering an area of thousands of square meters. And just at the root of the huge rock, there were countless thick rocks clinging to it.
Ancient vines spread upward.
Opposite the cliff, halfway up the mountain, more than a hundred people have gathered there. Among these people, there are actually more than a dozen who have gathered their true power, and there are even dozens of Immortal Gang masters.
The man was divided into ten parts, and they were all staring at the giant rock, their eyes full of eagerness and greed.
Zhang Jun could see clearly, so he took out the magic pestle to expand the perspective. He immediately discovered that there was a stone gate at the root of the giant rock, behind the dense ancient vines.
Above the stone door, there was a piercing murderous intention, which made his eyes sting and he could hardly see through. He groaned, quickly withdrew his vision, and told Hua Buyi about it.
Hua Buyi was shocked and said: "What?"
Zhang Jun licked his lips: "This thing feels very familiar to me." and explained the reason.
When he first broke into the treasure house of the Wei family, he not only got the elixirs and alchemy scriptures, but also a jade box. Even he couldn't look through the jade box. Every time he looked through it, he would feel the golden light crisscrossing it, making it difficult to look into it.
Upon hearing this, Hua Buyi speculated: "It seems that something is calming the door, making your clairvoyance useless."
Zhang Jun did not give up. He deliberately bypassed the stone door and continued to look inside. In this way, he penetrated smoothly. This is a very spacious cave with simple and unsophisticated interior furnishings.
In the center of the cave, a middle-aged Taoist man sat cross-legged, dressed in ancient clothes, with long hair tied high. He closed his eyes and remained motionless.
Zhang Jun was surprised at first, but after looking through it, he realized that this man had been dead for hundreds of years. His clothes and body had been carbonized and would disappear as long as the wind blew.
Then he carefully observed the situation in the cave and found that there were only some pills and nothing else. In addition, there was a ball of pills shaped like amber and about the size of human eyeballs embedded behind the stone door. The golden light must have been emitted from it.
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"Is this the Jianwan?" Zhang Jun was very curious, but when he wanted to see through the Jianwan, his vision was shaken away and he returned directly to his position.
He opened his eyes and said in surprise: "Master, there really is a sword pill!"
Hua Buyi was calm: "Don't panic, let's see what these people want to do first."
However, he said that the few people the master and apprentice met before had already arrived and chose a place to stand. Like everyone else, they were looking longingly at the cliff opposite.
These ten groups of people were not far away from each other, about tens of meters apart, but no one said hello to anyone. They occasionally looked at each other, but they were all very contemptuous and hostile to each other.
After observing for a while, Zhang Jun became confused: "These people have similar temperaments, and they should all belong to the same sect. However, they don't seem to look at each other, which is really strange."
Then he discovered that among these people, there were two Yuanjue-level masters who wanted to search the giant rock with their consciousness. However, the range of their true power release was limited and they could not reach the giant rock at all.
However, none of these people acted rashly and seemed to have some scruples.
Seeing that it was almost getting dark, finally among a group of people, an old man with a black beard stood out. He looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. He said in a deep voice: "The ten major sword divisions of Shushan Sword Sect are originally one body. Everyone is looking at you here."
It's so boring to stare at you, I think we should work together to find a way to remove the sword pill."
"Hmph! Senior Brother Sun said it nicely. Your Feilong tribe is the strongest. Shouldn't the sword pill be yours?" A middle-aged man from another group of people responded without buying it.
The black-bearded old man glared at the middle-aged man: "Junior Brother Hou, what do you mean? There are masters from the top ten sword divisions. No matter how strong our Feilong division is, can we compete with all nine?"
The middle-aged man stopped talking and just snorted coldly.
Senior Brother Sun continued: "Everyone, I suggest you find a way to get to that rock first, and then work together to take out the sword pill."
"Senior Brother Sun, it's not that easy to obtain sword pills." The leader of another sword club said, "We all know that only masters in the magical power realm can refine sword pills. It is equivalent to a divine forbidden magic weapon, and is better than ordinary divine weapons.
Forbidden magic weapons all have offensive power. If they don't handle it well, the person who takes the sword pill will be dismembered."
Senior Brother Sun said: "Yes, it is very dangerous to take the sword pill. But what era is it now? Technology has changed the world. It must not be difficult to take this sword pill."
Everyone thought the same thing. Although they were cultivating in the mountains, from time to time, some people would go out to experience and learn about the outside world, so they were not out of touch with the times. Just look at the clothes they were wearing and you knew that they were all
Brand names, I don’t see anyone still wearing ancient clothes.
"In that case, let's all listen to Senior Brother Sun. Once we get the sword pill, we can discuss how to deal with it." Someone suggested.
The top ten sword divisions of the Shushan Sword Sect discussed until dark, and finally came up with an idea. They all brainstormed and got the sword pills together, and then talked about dividing the sword pills.
After dark, most of the people from Shushan Jianmen stayed to guard the place, while a small number of people were sent out. They planned to use "technology" to obtain the sword pill.
Zhang Jun had been watching closely, and he couldn't help but said: "It seems that we can't get the sword pill, there are too many masters."