The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 5 Return to Mount Hua
In the early morning, it was more than [-] miles west by south of Jiangling City.

Tianning Temple is just an abandoned temple. It is located in a remote place and has been in disrepair for a long time. All the houses are dilapidated and there are no monks in the temple.

In the main hall, Li Mu was holding a bucket in his hand, and a wooden basin was turned upside down on the bucket, and some tools were scattered in the bag on his back.

He put everything under the three-foot-tall clay statue of Buddha, and then cautiously walked around the area, but no one was there, and then he started to get busy.

He first put down the wooden basin, poured out half a basin of clear water from the wooden bucket, and then took out a large bag of saponin powder from the bundle and put it into the wooden basin to stir it up.

After making the preparations, Li Mu lifted the wooden basin and bucket behind the Buddha, took out a pair of sheepskin gloves from the bag and put them on, then took out a chisel and a small hammer.

"Ding ding ding..."

In the quiet abandoned temple, there was a crisp knocking sound.

Fortunately, Tianning Temple is located in a remote place, and it has been inaccessible for many years, so it is not unexpected that people will hear unusual movements and come to check.

As a string of mud shells were knocked off by Li Mu, a brilliant golden light appeared behind the Buddha.

Soon, the secret door behind the big golden Buddha was fully revealed.

Li Mu put down the small hammer and chisel, took out a dagger and carefully pried it.

After prying the secret door loose, he immediately performed the Nine Suns Divine Kung Fu, turned to internal breathing, performed the Turtle Breathing Kung Fu recorded in the Nine Suns Manual, and tightly closed his breath.

Although it is said that after the completion of the Nine Suns Divine Art, it is invulnerable to all poisons, but the poison on the pearls and jades in the stomach of the Great Golden Buddha is very strong, he dare not be careless.

Li Mu is not afraid of poisons that only cause damage to the body, but he is very afraid of poisons that can affect the mind and drive people into madness.

After getting out of the secret door, the belly of the Buddha statue was instantly full of jewels and mist.

It is impossible for any native person in this world to remain indifferent when seeing so many gold, jade and treasures.

But Li Mu really didn't feel anything, he was not an aborigine, and he didn't value money very much.

Anyway, when he returned, he only returned his soul to his body, and he couldn't take any gold, silver and treasure with him.

Money is just a tool he uses to complete the task, the most important thing to him is always the force that can be taken away.

Li Mu calmly reached into his gloved hand, grabbed two handfuls of gold and jade treasures, and soaked them in a wooden basin mixed with saponin powder.

These treasures include pearls, gemstones, goldware, white jade, emeralds, corals, emeralds, cat's eyes, etc., each of which is a treasure of huge value.

Li Mu grabbed half a basin of treasures and put them in the water basin, then he didn't take any more.

He took out a brush and began to scrub these treasures carefully with soap locust water. After each piece was washed, he put it into the clear water of a wooden barrel to clean it.

After all the treasures were washed and cleaned, he wiped them one by one with a dry cotton cloth and put them in the bag.

Half a basin of treasures is full of treasures.

After tying the bundle full of treasures to his back, Li Mu began to finish.

Take the extremely poisonous water outside and pour it out, then dig some soft mud nearby, reinstall the secret door and apply the mud.

After doing this well, Li Mu channeled the Nine Yang True Qi, and used its fiery properties to dry the mud.

Although the newly applied piece is different from other places next to it, you won't notice it unless you look carefully.

If he hadn't known it in advance, who would have thought that the clay Buddha in the abandoned temple was actually made of gold?
The knocked-off mud shells should naturally be cleaned up, lest they stay here and reveal flaws.

By the time everything was restored to its original state, the sun was almost noon.

Li Mu hid chisels, hammers, brushes, gloves and other tools in a hidden place in the temple, and took away the buckets and wooden basins and threw them into a bush.

He came and left without a sound, without disturbing anyone, and took away a bag of valuable gold, jade and treasures.

After getting enough treasures, Li Mu didn't delay any longer, and rode on the healthy horse that accompanied him through thousands of mountains and rivers, and went back to Mount Hua.

Every time he came to a big city along the way, he would go to the local jade jewelry store or pawn shop to dispose of some gold and jade treasures and exchange them for silver notes.

By the time he entered Shaanxi, all his treasures had been cashed out and turned into a thick stack of bank notes, worth more than [-] taels.

You know, with the prices of this era, one person's annual food expenses only need to be between one and a half to two taels of silver.

30万两可以养活15万人一年，150人1000年，一千500人100年。

Of course, this is just for food.

But even so, based on the scale of 500 people, it is no problem to raise them for decades.

But a sect with 500 people is already a super big sect, and it is fully capable of generating income on its own.

At present, only Shaolin has this scale in martial arts, and the Sun Moon God Sect is not called a sect, so it doesn't count.

……

Over the past few years, the Huashan School has become even quieter, because only Ning Qingyu and Ning Zhongze's father and daughter are left in the entire school.

The other surviving disciples of the Qi sect disappeared completely.

On the empty square in front of the Huashan Great Hall, a graceful figure was tossing and turning, his figure flickering like a butterfly wearing flowers.

Dao Dao Jian's light is indeterminate, flickering endlessly, showing extremely complicated changes and delicacy.

Ning Qingyu sat on the sidelines, staring blankly at his daughter practicing sword in the arena.

In just a few years, he became even older and haggard, giving off a feeling of dying and lifeless.

"Ugh……"

For some reason, Ning Qingyu suddenly let out a long sigh, and a look of regret flashed across his face.

In fact, Ning Zhongze's aptitude is still higher than that of Yue Buqun. In terms of swordsmanship alone, Yue Buqun may not be better than Ning Zhongze.

But Huashan Qizong's swordsmanship, after all, focuses on controlling the sword with Qi.

Ning Zhong was nearly ten years younger than Yue Buqun, so when he was practicing the same internal skill, his skill was naturally much inferior.

Aside from the fact that Ning Zhong is too young to be the leader for the time being, Ning Qingyu's biggest regret is that Ning Zhong is a daughter, not a man.

Otherwise, the Huashan faction will have a greater chance of flourishing in Ningzhong.

Yue Buqun has all kinds of scheming methods in the city, but unfortunately his qualifications are a bit poor. The head of the martial arts school still has to talk about martial arts after all.

Ning Zhong finished using the Jade Girl Sword Technique once, and just as he stopped, he heard a burst of clear applause from the direction of the mountain gate.

The father and daughter turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see Li Mu walking towards this side with a burden on his shoulders and a smile on his face.

"Junior sister, I haven't seen you for three years, your swordsmanship has become more and more exquisite."

"Brother." Ning Zhong exclaimed, trotted to meet Li Mu, and asked in surprise, "Why did you come back early?"

With a warm smile on his face, Li Mu leaned forward slightly, and said softly, "I think you can't do what you want, and I can't wait any longer, so I came back early."

Ning Zhong blushed pretty, and whispered angrily: "Father is behind!"

The corner of Li Mu's mouth curled up, and he still said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Okay, then I'll talk about it when Master is away."

After speaking, he straightened up and walked towards Ning Qingyu.

Ning Zhongze handed over his sword to his left hand, and grabbed the baggage on Li Mu's shoulder with his free right hand, and said, "Brother, give me the luggage!"

Li Mu did not refuse, took off the burden and handed it over to Ning Zhongze.

Ning Zhong took the bag and found that there was not even a change of clothes in the bag. She only got some paper and books.

Looking carefully at the senior brother again, he was still wearing the gray cloth long gown he had when he left the house three years ago, the fabric had been washed rough and dull, and the turban that bound his hair was also a little white.

Ning Zhong couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. Could it be that the senior brother has been outside all these years, and his life is so bad?

He didn't even have the luggage he brought when he went out, no wonder he came back early, but...

It's almost impossible to open the pot at home!
Thinking of this, Ning Zhong's eyes turned red and his face was full of sadness.

Li Mu walked up to Ning Qingyu, bowed deeply respectfully, and said, "Master, the apprentice is back."

"En." Ning Qingyu nodded slowly, looked Yue Buqun up and down, felt a little disappointed in his heart, and said casually, "Why did you come back more than half a year earlier?"

Li Mu straightened up, smiled and said, "Because this disciple feels that this trip has been completed, he came back first."

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