My wife has a secret

Chapter 179 Sitting and talking

"The one above, the Envoy of Four Seasons... There are seven Star Lords in the entire White Lotus Sect, but only four of them are named after seasons. Can you tell the difference between the important and the unimportant?"

After hearing Xu Qing tell him the two's positions in the White Lotus Sect, the patriarch of the other tribe showed panic on his face. He had never expected that the White Lotus Sect, which was composed of country folk, could have so many tricks.

The most terrifying thing is that these few people are just the tip of the iceberg of what the White Lotus Sect has revealed.

Huang Qiong had no choice but to bite the bullet and asked in a low voice: "Master, what do you think?"

"The Fuhuo Alum Method sounds impressive, but to be honest, it must have a fuse to work. Why don't you let your people do some work and search for traces of the fuse?"

"it is good!"

Huang Qiong hurriedly gave the order, but Xu Qing raised his head and glanced back at the position of Tianji Star Lord, who was looking at him calmly and had no reaction to the actions of the Qiong and Bie clans.

Sure enough, something was wrong.

Xu Qing just ordered the two tribes to test the attitude of the White Lotus Sect.

Just as he expected, the duties of the Lord of Tianji were very clear. Apart from following the orders of Chunshengshi to keep everyone inside, he did nothing else.

Logically speaking, since the White Lotus Sect intended to destroy the mountain and cause a landslide, they should have been very careful with the explosives. Why did they remain indifferent?

Forget it, it’s useless to think about it any further. The biggest threat right now is these explosives. We have to find a way to get rid of them first.

After making sure that Tianji Xingjun had no extra moves, Xu Qing secretly pulled up Shui Haozi, and after coming to a corner where no one was nearby, he asked in a low voice: "Are there any other structures inside the mausoleum of Emperor Qi Heng?"

The internal structure of this mountain is hollow. Although there is a large amount of gunpowder placed around the altar, it does not hit the key parts of the mountain, and it is extremely difficult to cause damage to the entire mountain.

So Xu Qing wanted to understand the structure of the entire mausoleum and determine the location where the White Lotus Sect stored the most explosives.

Shui Haozi had robbed the tomb of Emperor Heng of Qi before, so he should be very familiar with the tomb passage and structure here, enough to tell him the information he wanted.

"My Lord, you have also seen that the tomb door before was the Immortal Gate that Emperor Qi Heng painstakingly built... Walking along the Sansheng Bridge to this underground ghost city symbolizes his power and status, which is enough to rule over all the people. It is also the place he wanted to rule and manage both during his lifetime and after his death."

When Shui Haozi was dragged here, he immediately pricked up his ears and said with a sly look, "Go down from here, you will reach the tomb chamber and the side chamber of Emperor Qi Heng, which contain countless gold and silver treasures..."

Shui Haozi saw that Xu Qing was not interested in this, so he chuckled twice and got back to the main topic.

"But sir, let me tell you, this old fellow Qi Hengdi is very cunning. He may have realized that he would be robbed after his death, and was afraid that it would affect his progress in becoming an immortal, so he secretly moved his real hiding place to another place. The real place where Qi Hengdi lives is located directly below this ghost town, under the water of the Styx."

"Water from the Styx?"

Shui Haozi gestured with his hands and feet to explain: "That's what Dou Li said. Because the water in the tomb is contaminated with yin energy and moisture, it can't be called normal water... If you really count it, the water of the Styx is actually a diversion of the Luo River."

Xu Qing knew that the Luo River ran across the center of the capital, even separating the two important east and west cities in the city. It could almost be regarded as an important source of water for the entire city.

Xu Qing frowned and asked, "Is the water level of Luo River so low?"

"Of course not. Look over there. Even though it's dark and you can't see anything, this is one of the ditches that bring in water from Luoshui."

The last time Shui Haozi came here with his master, they took the water route right under the noses of the tomb keepers, so he was very familiar with Xu Qing's questions.

"Huang Qiong, Hei Zhong, and you..."

Xu Qing waved his hand to call over the patriarchs of the three families and asked, "How was the search going on at the front line?"

The chiefs of other tribes were dissatisfied with Xu Qing's attitude of ordering them around and remained silent. However, Huang Qiong, who was the most discerning among the three, naturally saw that Xu Qing's understanding of black gunpowder was far better than that of himself.

So he didn't care about the difference in status and took the initiative to reply: "Master, I checked the gunpowder boxes in two directions, but found nothing..."

"No need to check. If you can't find it, it means it doesn't exist."

Hearing Xu Qing's somewhat perfunctory answer, the other tribe leader raised his eyebrows and widened his eyes.

He didn't dare to disturb the White Lotus Sect members, and could only rebuke Xu Qing: "Since you are not sure whether this thing exists, why do you let our people desperately search for it?"

"We are only investigating the possibility that the White Lotus Sect detonated the black powder. Since there is no fuse, it means that the black powder was not ignited by the fuse... Eliminating one risk means one more chance of survival."

The other tribe's chief was speechless and had to shrink his head. After all, he didn't want to joke with his own life.

"What the master said is true, so what should we do next?"

"Black gunpowder can also be ignited by thunderstorms. The thing that Tianji Xingjun is playing with is most likely his own special detonator. If this thing is thrown into these boxes, it will cause a chain explosion...similar to the scale and noise of the explosion just now. There will be as many explosions as there are boxes here."

After hearing Xu Qing's terrifying words, the clan leaders of the three clans were all frightened and pale. Only Huang Qiong asked with a stiff upper lip: "Since the master knows so clearly, I think he has also thought of a countermeasure, right?"

Looking at the three people's expectant eyes and gazes, Xu Qing nodded.

"Black powder is powerful, but it has a natural nemesis, which is water... Any gunpowder nowadays will be difficult to ignite if it gets wet."

Huang Qiong quickly praised: "Water overcomes fire, and a master is a master."

I have to say, it feels very comfortable to be flattered, and this middle-aged man in his forties or fifties kept praising himself, which made Xu Qing feel embarrassed.

The chief of another tribe noticed something was wrong, but his expression did not improve at all.

"That star god is watching us, where can we get water?"

The three looked at Xu Qing again, only to see him slightly tilt his head, signaling everyone to turn their attention to the ground.

As participants and tomb keepers in the construction of Emperor Heng of Qi's mausoleum, they immediately understood Xu Qing's meaning and realized that he wanted to divert the diversion of the Luo River here.

"no!"

The other clan leader was the first to refuse, saying, "The water in the mausoleum is now at the same level as the water level of the river diversion. If the waterway leading to the tomb is opened, the entire mausoleum will be flooded with a large amount of water, causing Emperor Heng's mausoleum to be submerged in water... By then, his body will be soaked and rotten."

Everyone knew about Emperor Heng of Qi's dream of becoming an immortal. Although no one believed that anyone could truly become an immortal, who could blame him for being the emperor of the Great Qi?
If the officials who inspected the mausoleum over the years discovered signs of blistering, the three clans would be doomed to death.

"Is your life now more important, or your life in the future?"

Faced with Xu Qing's aggressive answer, the chief of the other tribe immediately realized what was more important and his eyes became evasive.

The two Qiong and Bie tribes, who were ready to surrender to the enemy, had limited loyalty to Da Qi. Now facing a critical moment of life and death, their true colors were revealed.

"Yes, second brother... the person in power now is surnamed Xu, not Li." Huang Qiong's persuasion immediately made the patriarchs of other tribes wake up. After carefully confirming the details of bringing in Luoshui, the crowd immediately took action.

After using the crowd as a barrier, several strong young men who were given the mission carefully retreated behind the cliff, slowly lowered the previously constructed rope, and climbed down to the bottom of the river.

Although everyone was extremely cautious, Xu Qing could feel that Tianji Star Lord had noticed their little actions.

But contrary to what he had guessed before, Tianji Star Lord did not stop them. Instead, after confirming that no one tried to leave through the road behind him, he closed his eyes slightly and stayed where he was.

The two Spring Envoys on the altar still sat opposite each other, holding their breath and concentrating.

If Xu Qing had not seen the two talking before, he might have thought they were a pair of lifelike sculptures.

……

Chunsheng opened his eyes slightly and saw that the arms and legs of the person sitting cross-legged were slightly red, and every vein was clearly visible.

What's even more bizarre is that these blood lines seem to be opening and closing with the beating of the heart...

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Degrading the body, destroying the intelligence."

As if to confirm his brother's words, another meditative Chunsheng replied calmly: "Leaving the form and knowledge behind, becoming one with the great unity, this is called sitting and forgetting."

Envoy Chunsheng raised his eyes and smiled, looking at his brother whose body had undergone the same abnormality, and praised: "It seems that my brother has also realized the essence of the immortal way of the sect and has been recognized by the great way."

"My brother is practicing the asceticism and meditation in the prison of the Ministry of Justice. As a fellow countryman, how can I not know the hardships inside?"

The Chunsheng Envoy on the opposite side said slowly, "It's just that apart from the Way of Forgetting in this world, as long as you cultivate your mind to the utmost tranquility, purity, and universality, you can still merge with the Great Dao into one."

The conversation between the two Chunshengs as if they were alone was not small. The water rat under the altar scratched his head and looked at Xu Qing with some confusion.

"Sir, what are these two thinking? How come what they say is even more bizarre than the epitaphs of the ancients?"

“They are discussing the doctrine.”

Xu Qing, who traveled through time from his previous life, barely understood the general idea.

Because whether it is the Zuowang Dao or the Xinzhai mentioned by Chunsheng, it is basically a routine in the cultivation novels of the previous life. The basic argument originated from the Confucian saint Zhuangzi, and was later carefully refined by Taoism and became one of the meanings of cultivating the mind and nature, and achieving enlightenment and becoming an immortal.

"Discussing Tao? Are these old guys discussing the Tao of the gods? Could it be that they really want to ascend to heaven here and let us watch them ascend?"

Shui Haozi's surprised words attracted the leaders of the three tribes next door.

They were already afraid of the White Lotus Sect's miraculous powers, and now after hearing Lun Dao's strange words and actions, they all thought that this Chun Sheng Shi was either crazy or really wanted to become an immortal.

"how could I know?"

Xu Qing glanced at Shui Haozi unhappily and said helplessly: "If I knew what the White Lotus Sect thinks, I would also become an immortal."

"Too……"

When there was some commotion beneath the altar, the skin of Chunshengshi's body became more and more rosy and translucent. Gradually, his body looked like a ripe red apple, extremely strange and terrifying.

"Form turns into Qi, Qi turns into spirit, spirit turns into emptiness... It seems that my luck is not good enough. I am sorry to make you laugh at me, brother."

The Chunsheng Envoy on the opposite side stood up slightly, completely ignoring the strange looks from the people around him, took a step into the air on the stairs in front of him, and fell straight into the flames in the center of the altar.

This scene made the onlookers' eyes widen, and they could not believe what they saw.

How could the legendary Spring Envoy, who had the ability to call the wind and rain, and drive thunder and lightning, commit suicide so easily?

"boom!"

A crackling sound echoed throughout the venue. After seeing this scene, the Tianji Star Lord in the distance bowed to the surviving Chunsheng Envoy on the altar, then turned his back, swirled up his black robe, and walked away into the darkness of the empty city.

But everyone around, including Xu Qing, was so absorbed in the strange scene on the altar that they didn't notice that Tianji Star Lord had disappeared.

"The holy hour has arrived, and the ceremony begins."

Envoy Chunsheng on the high platform slowly stood up, regardless of the fact that he was more than ten meters above the ground, and looked down at the people around the altar like an "immortal".

"Festival? What festival?"

Just when everyone was at a loss, a woman suddenly screamed loudly, drawing everyone's attention to the fire in the center of the altar.

"What...what is that! Is he a human...or a ghost?"

Xu Qing looked in the direction of the woman's voice, and saw that the corpse of Chunsheng, which had previously fallen into the fire, had stood up from it under the influence of some unknown force.

Although the Spring Envoy on the high platform did not witness the scene in the fire, he seemed to be very aware of his brother's current situation. He waved his finger forward and said in a calm voice: "The Purple Star has fallen, and the fate has entered the Broken Army."

This sentence is somewhat familiar...

Just when Xu Qing was about to think that these words should be the Eight-Character Mantra that he saw in the Feishuang Hall of the Imperial Palace, the corpse in the fire made a new movement.

I saw it with flames burning all over its body, rushing out like a demon, going straight into the crowd and grabbing one of them.

The others, fearing the resurrection of the dead with the blazing corpse, all stepped aside in fear.

The person caught by the corpse also began to burn all over. Soon, his neck, which had been deformed by the force of the pinch, was burnt black and festered under the high temperature, and finally shattered with a bang...

What the hell is this?

Xu Qing looked at it in a daze, realizing that the thing in front of him completely overturned his understanding of the world.

At this moment, the crowd burst into a cry of "Run".

Thanks to this, the frightened crowd began to flee in the direction of the previous tomb passage, and Xu Qing and Shui Haozi also mixed in the crowd.

There was no way, that thing was no longer something that could be dealt with simply by knowing or not having martial arts skills... He felt that even if his fourth wife and that female knight with unparalleled martial arts skills joined forces, they probably wouldn't be able to solve this kind of thing, right?
He can use high temperature burning to melt other people and objects with his bare hands. In his previous life, he would be at the same level as the captain of the United States.

(End of this chapter)