Chapter 79 Anshu Academy (High Energy in this chapter)
At night the next day, Qu Jinshan, Xu Zhiqiong and Niu Yuxian came to the north of the palace.
Anshuyuan is in the woods to the north of the palace. There is only one road in the woods, which is more than three miles long, but they cannot take this road.
There are forbidden troops patrolling this road. Anshuyuan is a forbidden area. Even the lantern man is not qualified to trespass into the forbidden area.
Xu Zhiqiong simplified things. He turned into a mouse. The limit of his skills was only one mile, and he couldn't even enter the gate of An Shuyuan.
Qu Jinshan was well prepared. He came to the edge of the dense forest and said to Xu Zhiqiong, "Let's get in from here."
How to drill? There are dense branches in the forest, and there are many thorns between the branches.
Qu Jinshan took out a compass and began to calculate the location based on the distribution of trees. After calculating for a long time, he finally selected a location.
He drew a mark on the ground, took a two-foot-long wooden wedge, dug one foot into the ground, and left another foot on the ground. Two bottles were hung on the wedge, one bottle contained mercury, and the other bottle contained mercury.
Iron foam.
Qu Jinshan concentrated his mind and poured the two breaths of yin and yang into the bottle through his left and right hands respectively. The mercury boiled, the iron foam melted, and a foggy road suddenly appeared in the dense forest, extending into the distance.
Qu Jinshan turned around and looked at Xu Zhiqiong and Niu Yuxian with pride. This time, the two young men gained some experience.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhiqiong sniffed and had no expression on his face.
Niu Yuxian looked dull and just walked with his head down.
Xu Zhiqiong had seen this kind of formation, and Tong Qingqiu called it the opening formation. It was one of his life-saving formations.
Every night, when Tong Qingqiu ran out of ammunition and food, he would arrange an opening formation in advance, trying to escape from the house before being beaten to death by his wife.
This passage ignores all obstacles in front of it, including trees, earth and rocks, and even walls, and can pass through smoothly.
Tong Qingqiu used this formation method many times and got directly into Xu Zhiqiong's house, then turned around and shouted: "Shrew, do you really have no shame?"
My sister-in-law also chased me several times, but because I had no clothes, I backed away again.
The core of the magic circle lies in the position of the wooden wedge. This position must be obtained through precise calculation, and this position will change all the time. Even if Tong Qingqiu is at home, he has to recalculate it every time.
This magic circle has another shortcoming, the effective distance is too short.
Xu Zhiqiong and Niu Yuxian followed Qu Jinshan for more than a hundred steps. The dense forest and thorns appeared again. The magic circle reached its limit and had to be rearranged.
Qu Jinshan used the art of yin and yang transposition to take back the wooden wedges and bottles, and recalculated the position. He calculated the position for half an hour, but failed to calculate the result.
This is normal. Tong Qingqiu often has trouble calculating directions. Once she was knocked unconscious by her sister-in-law, and she kept holding a wooden wedge in her hand.
Niu Yuxian became impatient and sighed: "The study of yin and yang is ultimately a heretic."
Qu Jinshan said angrily: "Shuzi, what do you mean?"
The Mo family and the Yin Yang family were old enemies. Fortunately, Qu Jinshan had a higher position and Niu Yuxian did not reply.
Niu Yuxian took out a pair of gloves from his sleeve and handed them to Xu Zhiqiong. There were fine hairs on the palms of the gloves, allowing Xu Zhiqiong to climb trees like a gecko.
Xu Zhiqiong climbed to the top of the tree, jumped on the crown, and rushed to An Shuyuan.
Qu Jinshan sneered: "Zhi Qiong cultivates the way of killing. He has this skill. Can you climb a tree? Even if you can climb, can you still jump on a tree?"
Xu Zhiqiong is not a killer, but the judge's skills are more agile than a killer.
However, the cultivators of the Mo family and the Yin Yang family did not have such good skills, but Niu Yuxian had already prepared. He wrapped himself in a layer of black clothes and squeezed into the gaps in the trees. This black clothes looked ordinary, but
No matter what thorns or branches hit him, they were immediately broken. Niu Yuxian was curled up among the thorns and kept walking forward, but Niu Yuxian was unscathed.
Qu Jinshan said angrily: "How arrogant the descendants are!"
After hating him, he had to step up his calculations, and Niu Yuxian's back became farther and farther away.
Xu Zhiqiong was the first to arrive at Anshu Courtyard, walked around the courtyard wall, and roughly measured the distance.
The Royal Outer Courtyard is naturally quite large in area. From the front wall to the back wall, there are about a hundred steps.
There are three hundred steps in one mile of Daxuan (one step with the left foot and one step with the right foot counts as one step). The depth of this courtyard is less than half a mile, and it is completely within Xu Zhiqiong's control.
Before the two men arrived, Xu Zhiqiong found a secluded place to hide himself, then found a mouse and prepared to go in for a rough inspection.
Rats are not always available, but Xu Zhiqiong was prepared in advance. He took out some rice grains from his backpack and sprinkled them on the ground. These rice grains were specially prepared and the aroma could spread far away. Tong Qingqiu used to use these rice grains to mix
Apply poison to trap pests and mice.
Not long after, a mouse came over and carefully tasted the rice grains.
There was naturally no poison in these rice grains. The mouse had almost eaten it, exchanged glances with Xu Zhiqiong, and left.
Xu Zhiqiong stayed where he was and blinked.
The possession was unsuccessful.
It shouldn't be. Ever since Xu Zhiqiong was promoted to the ninth level, he has never failed in the technique of possessing a mouse.
How difficult can it be to realize it in the eyes and express the intention in Baihui?
Xu Zhiqiong sprinkled some more rice grains, and soon a mouse came to eat it. After eating the rice, the mouse ran away, leaving Xu Zhiqiong squatting there alone in a daze.
Failed again!
Xu Zhiqiong discovered the reason: the power of meaning and imagery could not be mobilized.
Is there a magic circle here that has taken away my cultivation?
Xu Zhiqiong sprinkled some more rice grains, but before the mice could come, Niu Yuxian came over.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm growing rice!" Xu Zhiqiong clapped his hands, stood up and said, "Where's Qu Dengshou?"
"Who knows when and what month he will be able to come here? The study of Yin and Yang is not the right path. If you want to study other Taoist schools in the future, I can introduce you to the Mohist family."
I accepted it with good intentions, but the Mo family would not go, and Xu Zhiqiong did not want to suffer the hardship.
After waiting for a while, Qu Jinshan didn't appear. Niu Yuxian said: "Let's go in and take a look first, and I'll open the door."
Niu Yuxian brought the lock-picking equipment, but Xu Zhiqiong stopped him: "It's not appropriate to walk through the door, jump over the wall and go in."
The wall of Anshuyuan was more than two feet high, and Niu Yuxian climbed over the wall with the help of chains.
Xu Zhiqiong took the opportunity to catch a mouse, hid it in his sleeve, and then climbed over the courtyard wall.
After entering the courtyard, Xu Zhiqiong discovered that the structure of Anshu Courtyard was different from that of a normal house.
Ordinary courtyards are divided into front courtyard, main courtyard and backyard, but Anshu courtyard has a "back"-shaped structure, which is divided into outer courtyard and inner courtyard.
There are also such houses in Daxuan, but they are rare. The "Hui" shaped structure is more suitable for a city.
After walking half a circle along the outer courtyard, I saw Qu Qingdeng already standing in front of the inner courtyard door.
"Young man from the Mo family, are the old yin and yang techniques slower than yours?"
Qu Dengshou was usually steady, but he didn't expect that when he met the Mo family, he would show his childlike temper.
"Since you are not slow, why are you waiting here?" Niu Yuxian was also unambiguous.
"If you don't want to wait, just go inside!" Qu Jinshan made an invitation gesture.
Niu Yuxian had a strong head and actually walked towards the door with the unlocking tools. Xu Zhiqiong caught him.
The situation was obvious, and Qu Jinshan did not dare to enter the door, which proved that there was something fishy inside.
Through the courtyard wall, Xu Zhiqiong seemed to be able to smell the smell of blood, and his power of meaning and imagery seemed to have recovered somewhat.
Qu Jinshan sighed: "Zhi Qiong is still stable. There is Yin Qi in the inner courtyard, there is violence, there is murderous Qi, there is bloody Qi. All kinds of Qi are mixed together, but I don't know how dangerous it is."
Niu Yuxian sneered: "It's like you saw it with your own eyes."
Qu Jinshan made another invitation gesture: "You just go and see me."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Qu Dengshou, please check the source of the aura here first. I'll see if there is anything abnormal in the outer courtyard."
Qu Jinshan nodded and said: "Be careful, you must not enter the inner courtyard without any news from me."
Niu Yuxian said to Xu Zhiqiong: "I'll go with you."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "You can help Qu Dengshou here."
Although reluctant, Niu Yuxian never disobeyed Xu Zhiqiong's orders.
Xu Zhiqiong went around to the back wall and took out the mouse from his sleeve. Only then did the mouse struggle so hard that it almost showed its legs.
Qu Jinshan was right, there was an aura in the inner courtyard that made people's bones stand on end. The Mohists were insensitive to auras, so Niu Yuxian didn't notice it, but Xu Zhiqiong did, and so did the mouse.
Xu Zhiqiong sat in the corner and used the skill on the mouse again. The power of meaning and imagery was indeed restored, and this time the skill was successful.
Strangely enough, outside the courtyard wall, Xu Zhiqiong's skills were restricted, probably due to the effect of some kind of magic circle, just like Tong Qingqiu's cultivation was taken away.
But in the yard, why is the skill restored again?
This array makes people confused.
Xu Zhiqiong attached himself to the mouse, slowly approached the courtyard wall, and crawled into the courtyard along the ditch under the wall.
He knew it was dangerous, but since he was here to explore the way, he had to find out what was going on. It was better to use a mouse than to force his way in with his true body.
Through the moonlight, Xu Zhiqiong saw the whole courtyard.
There are no buildings in this yard, just one tree!
The huge Anshu Courtyard only has a large courtyard and a small courtyard, not even a house!
Is this where people live?
Concubine An Shu lived in this place back then?
Xu Zhiqiong scanned the courtyard and saw no other furnishings except a banyan tree in the center of the courtyard.
The banyan tree is very thick, almost enough for two people to hug it, but it is not very tall, only about nine feet, which is about the same as Chu He.
The huge tree canopy almost covers the entire yard, and large aerial roots hang down from under the canopy, like hair, slowly dancing in the night wind.
Phew~
A gust of night wind blew past my ears.
"hatred……"
there's noise.
Xu Zhiqiong heard someone talking.
The voice was low and hoarse, and even Xu Zhiqiong with his good hearing couldn't hear clearly.
"hatred……"
"Blood……"
"kill!"
This time Xu Zhiqiong heard three words clearly, which seemed to be a woman's voice.
He didn't know the meaning of these three words, and more importantly, he didn't know who was speaking.
Take a closer look? Maybe someone is hiding behind the banyan tree.
Xu Zhiqiong took two steps forward, but his mouse instinct made him shrink back again.
Don't get close, don't get close.
The smell of blood in the wind became stronger and stronger, and the voice in my ears became clearer. It should be a woman singing.
It's not that Xu Zhiqiong's hearing has gotten better, it's that the sound is getting closer.
The dense roots are becoming clearer and clearer. It's not that Xu Zhiqiong's vision has improved, but those aerial roots are growing rapidly.
It's time to go, I must go.
As soon as Xu Zhiqiong turned around, a pair of muddy boots appeared in front of him.
Someone, someone is behind you.
The mouse slowly raised his head and saw a dirty white robe above his boots, and a face covered with hair above the white robe.
Through the hair, Xu Zhiqiong saw the high bridge of the nose, the deep-set eye sockets, and a pair of blood-red eyes in the eye sockets.
He lowered his head with blood-red eyes and looked at the mouse on the ground.
Who is this person?
Concubine An Shu?
The roots have grown to the ground and are spreading towards the mice.
Among the roots, Xu Zhiqiong finally heard the singing clearly: