"The best one is Master Wang Xincheng's Heart Lamp and Moon Diagram. Take a look at this one."
Xiao Jingyun smiled and introduced the largest ancient painting among them.
Although it is just a rough copy of an ancient painting sketch, it can be seen that a lot of effort was put into it.
There is a lot of content introduction on the side.
But that's not what Wei He wants.
"I asked for a painting of a whale before. I wonder if it is available?" Wei He said.
"Whale...that kind of huge sea fish?" Xiao Jingyun thought for a moment, "I saw one of this batch when I was picking out the goods. There were clouds and mist on the scroll, a bright moon, and a big fish.
A huge sea fish. It’s called the picture of a bright moon and a whale. But because the author is not famous, it was confiscated..."
"The picture of a whale in the bright moon?" Wei He's heart skipped a beat. Isn't this the clue to the whale's breathing state that Jiuying found for him!?
Although he was pleasantly surprised in his heart, his appearance remained motionless, as if he was only slightly interested in it.
"Sounds good. I'm a little interested. Can you collect the scroll for me?"
"This... Speaking of which, the painting was sold by two and a half-year-old teenagers. They didn't sell it for a price, and I don't know where it went now. I collected the painting at a remote place outside the city... This
It will take a while now..." Xiao Jingyun suddenly hesitated.
"That's no problem, as long as I can receive the painting, I'll still say, the price is negotiable." Wei He said with a smile.
"This...I'll do my best." Xiao Jingyun nodded.
"Forget it, among these paintings, I want this one and this one." Wei He looked at the scroll carefully and clicked on two that he liked.
"If the real thing is not much different, I can pay the bill after a while." He said with a smile.
"Mr. Chen is so awesome!" Xiao Jingyun was immediately pleasantly surprised.
After leaving the trading company, Wei He was in a happy mood. He finally had a clue to the whale's resting state. He had been searching for many years, and now he finally found the clue. Naturally, he was in a good mood.
After returning home, he waited with peace of mind for a few days, waiting for news from the trading company.
What I didn't expect was that the news came, but what it delivered was disappointment.
"Sorry, I'm so sorry!" Xiao Jingyun stood in the living room of the Wei family and bowed deeply to Wei He.
"I went to look for the two teenagers later, but I couldn't find them."
"Where did you collect your paintings before?" Wei He asked in a deep voice with a calm face.
"This... I'm sorry, this is the commercial secret of my trading company. I can't go into details. However, I have found another similar ancient painting for you. You will definitely be interested in it." Xiao Jingyun added.
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"Forget it, I'm not interested for the moment. Since it's gone, forget it. I'll ask Boss Xiao to go there in person." Wei He sighed, "Maybe this is because I have no connection with that painting."
"Mr. Chen... do you want to look at other paintings?" Xiao Jingyun tried.
Wei He shook his head, said a few simple polite words, and then drove the person out of the door.
I was about to get the wonderful picture of the bright moon and the whale, but this kidnapping happened.
Wait until Xiao Jingyun leaves.
Wei He stood up and clapped his hands gently.
Swish.
A figure suddenly appeared in the shadow behind him.
"Master."
"Have you found the place? Where did Baisong Trading Company collect the ancient paintings?" Wei He naturally would not put all his eggs in one basket or place his hopes on one person.
Although the Wandu Sect is not as powerful as before, it still has its own business and intelligence network.
Naturally, as soon as he came back, he issued an order to go down and investigate the matter and track down the map of the Moon Whale.
"Back to the sect owner, according to the confession of Xiao Jingyun's shopkeeper, he is in the war-torn border area near Yizhou. There are many ancient towns there, and they are all collection points frequented by Baisong Trading Company."
"At which point did you see the moon and whale picture?" Wei He asked.
"Huibai Town has two locations, the Xu Family Pawn Shop and the Wang Family Painting and Calligraphy Shop. I don't know which one is specific." The figure replied.
"Yes, only in war-torn areas can we receive things at the lowest price and sell them at a high price. Xiao Jingyun made a good calculation." Wei He understood.
"Send the order and ask the people from Wanqing Academy of Huguang Academy to go out and get the Mingyue Whale Picture as quickly as possible. Go get the sample picture from Xiao Jingyun."
"Yes!" The figure slowly dispersed and left.
Wei He took a few steps back and forth, but his heart was still uneasy.
This Jinghong Jue has been of great help to him. It can be said that the reason why he can practice so many exercises at the same time is entirely due to the increased amount of Qi and blood in Jinghong Jue.
And because of the issue with the whale's breath state, Jinghongjue has been stuck on the second level, unable to move forward.
Now that he finally saw hope, he naturally had more eager expectations in his heart.
'If you can break through the third level and increase your energy and blood, then your strength will increase, and you will definitely be able to practice more techniques, and your strength will be even higher!'
Wei He was not paralyzed by the beautiful and stable life, he was practicing and trying to find ways to become stronger every moment.
It takes too long to break through the Ming sense. Now he has passed ten of the twelve levels of Zang training and has the last two levels left. After breaking through, he will have to face the first sense of concentration.
This is the process of opening it. Completely open the left hand super sense, and then close it after getting used to it.
As soon as you open an envelope, the process of settling in is complete.
Only through thorough opening can the energy be fully activated, step into another realm, and achieve true energy.
Sealing is to set up a safe seal for oneself. Otherwise, the warrior's body will gradually undergo changes due to the constant impact of reality over a long period of time.
The stimulation brought by reality is too much for the body. If it is not sealed, it will soon be completely alienated.
And if there is no contact with reality for a long time, the warrior will gradually deteriorate in strength and lose his realm.
So every once in a while, you have to reset your mind.
But as the body becomes more accustomed to reality and the more times it is fixed, the body needs to stimulate its potential and the stimulation it needs must be stronger, so the contact with reality becomes more and deeper.
This also means that the more times you fixate your mind, the stronger your strength will be.
Wei He already knew very well how to take the path of Minggan.
On this road, the true skills of each sect have played a role in stabilizing themselves and guiding their own strengthening direction.
"There is no room for mistakes in Jinghong. I'd better go there myself!" Wei Hesi thought about it and decided to take action himself.
In war-torn areas, anything can happen. The earlier you can observe the map and understand the whale's breathing state, the earlier you can reduce risks.
Immediately, he changed his clothes, took the necessary supplies, spoke to Wan Qingqing, left the house, and quietly headed to the vicinity of Yizhou.
If we travel at the speed of a normal person or a horse-drawn carriage, stopping to rest at night and tossing back and forth, it will naturally take at least two months to arrive.
But with his body skills fully activated, the time can be shortened to a few hours.
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Yizhou border.
The chaotic area that stretches for hundreds of miles is a desolate loess.
Between one of the slopes, a winding road stretches along the vast plain to the far end of the field of vision.
On the road, several coyotes were looking for food. Some of their furs were bald. They were lowering their heads and munching on the dry black corpses lying on the ground by the roadside.
Wei He, holding the map in hand, stopped midway and looked around.
In order to speed up and reduce the burden, he roughly figured out where Gray Cedar Town was and set off immediately.
After leaving Wei Fang City, this was the first time for Wei He to travel in a place like the plains.
When we first came out of the city, there were a lot of farmland around. After that, the fields became less and less, and gradually there were more and more abandoned fields. There were also more and more abandoned houses and villages on the roadside.
At noon, rumbling sounds came from the clouds in the sky.
Wei He took off the water bag from his waist, raised his head and took a sip.
Then I looked at the map.
"There should still be half a way. This place, according to the map, should be Zhangjia Town."
He looked around and saw that the surrounding area was deserted, except for a vague area on the right, which seemed to be the remains of a building destroyed by a fire.
"Is there no one here anymore?" Wei He looked around and saw no one.
These days, except for some people with special purposes, no one would rush towards the war-torn areas.
After the war broke out, most of those who should have fled were able to escape. Those who could not escape either stayed where they were or turned into mummy bones on the roadside.
After drinking the water, Wei He continued to move forward, driving at full speed along the road indicated on the map.
It is estimated that it will only take another hour to reach the destination.
Sure enough, it would be faster to do it yourself than to go collect it with your subordinates.
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Inside Gray Cedar Town.
"Woooooo!~~~"
The savage and rough horn sounds kept echoing in the town, one after another, echoing back and forth.
In the town, groups of strong men with thick waists and skulls hung around their necks were holding weapons and howling wildly in the empty and silent town.
Huibai Town is one of the few remaining popular gathering points in the border area.
Groups of bandits came and went, scraping and scraping. Apart from robbing property and food, they did not do much damage to the town's buildings.
The robbers also knew that after completely destroying the town, they were guarding the completely desolate place of death with no other option but to starve to death.
Therefore, sustainable development has become the only hope for Huibai Town and several other towns.
"Hand over all the food! The old rule is, one share for each family, and if there is anything missing, it will be paid for by others!"
The White Skeletons are a new wave of robbers that have appeared recently. They quickly defeated the other robbers around them. Their members are more brutal and savage. They also collect more materials than other robbers, and they don't care about fishing in the lake.
This has also led to the fact that Huibai Town is now very weak and is about to become a dead town.
Song Shixiong and his younger brother carefully hid in the dilapidated courtyard of their home, listening to the sounds approaching from outside. They lowered their voices as much as possible, did not dare to make any big moves, and pretended that no one was in the house.
They carried a big bag on their backs, which contained all the last food and valuables at home.
This is the last savings of their Song family.
Some time ago, businessmen from Wei Fangcheng came to buy things. They also took out a family heirloom, an ancient painting with a bright moon and a giant whale, and wanted in exchange to let the businessmen with escorts take them away from here.
But unfortunately, the other party did not take a fancy to their family heirloom and thought it was not worth much.
Because the ancient painting looked rough and strangely messy. It was not aesthetically pleasing.
The two brothers were so disappointed that they could only continue to hide at home and continue to live on the last bit of money they had before, trying to figure out how to get out of their predicament.
But he didn't expect, he didn't think of any way, but the brutal white skeleton was waiting for him.
"Now...what should we do now!?" His younger brother Song Shizhen's face turned pale and he was trembling with fear.
"Don't be afraid... We have sworn to stand out! We must look like someone! I will be a general in the future!" Song Shixiong himself was trembling, but his tone was firm and his eyes were bright and clear.
"No big deal, let's join them first! As long as people don't die, there will always be opportunities in the future! Leave here first!" He said seriously.
"But...but what if they don't want us!?" His younger brother Song Shizhen said in fear.
"Then find a way to make them want it!" Song Shixiong gritted his teeth. "We can still escape..."
Suddenly he heard a burst of women's screams coming from a distance, as well as the white skeletons laughing wildly.
Song Shixiong smelled something burning in his nose.
"No! They're burning the house down!"
Most of the houses here are made of wooden structures. Once they are lit, they will burn.
It happened last time, and a third of the town was burned down.
It seems that the fundamental purpose of these bandits is not to steal supplies, but to... strengthen the walls and clear the country!
Song Shixiong suddenly thought of this term.
He trembled all over. This place was close to the Katori Rebellion and the Wu Army in Yizhou.
So where do these white skull bandits come from? They are definitely not real bandits!