Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 159 Under the Sea of ​​Sand, the Mystery of Grandpa's Identity
Hidden Dragon Pass.

Coming to this place again, Fang Xu couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

At the beginning, he was hunted down by all the major forces of the Yu State. He fled all the way from the ruins of Tilan Mountain to the depths of Tilan Mountain, then followed the old ape down the river to the Muyun Grassland, then went north to Liangzhou, and then went south from Liangzhou, passed Yinlong Pass, and entered Zhongzhou.

At that time, it seemed that the entire Yu State wanted to kill him, and his wanted portraits were posted everywhere.

Looking at Yinlong Pass again, Fang Xu shook his head slightly, rode out of Yinlong Pass on his Treading Cloud Horse, and then headed straight for the Death Sand Sea.

The Death Sand Sea was very peaceful at this season. Fang Xu rode on his Cloud-Stepping Horse across the golden desert and couldn't help but recall the time when he and Old Ape were almost trapped to death in the desert.

"That time, the Death Sand Sea seemed to have a strange thing happen, with its orientation reversed..."

Looking at the peaceful desert in front of him, Fang Xu suddenly felt a urge to explore. He wanted to see what was so magical about this desert.

After getting off the Cloud-Stepping Horse, Fang Xu walked slowly in the desert.

In this season, there are no sandstorms, and many caravans traveling between Zhongzhou and Liangzhou, as well as some warriors, will choose to take the Death Sand Sea route to Liangzhou.

But because of the reputation of the Death Sand Sea, most of them passed by in a hurry and were unwilling to stay in this desert for a moment longer.

During this period, many people noticed a strange figure walking in the sea of ​​sand leading the divine horse Treading Clouds.

Some people also recognized the figure as Fang Xu, and they were all very curious about what Fang Xu was doing in this sea of ​​sand?
At this time, Fang Xu had stayed in the Death Sand Sea for more than ten days. After more than ten days of careful observation, he gradually made some horrifying discoveries.

breathe!

This sea of ​​death sand seems to be breathing!
Although this feeling is very weak and elusive, it seems like an illusion if you don't feel it carefully.

But Fang Xu believed that his feeling was not wrong!

The entire sea of ​​death is breathing!

The longer he stayed there, the clearer the feeling became, and finally, he left.

It wasn't because of anything else, but as the feeling became stronger and stronger, he became afraid!

After leaving the Death Sand Sea and arriving in Liangzhou City, Fang Xu realized that there were some problems with his body.

I started dreaming!

You know, ever since he entered the realm of warrior, he basically spends every night in training. He rarely falls into a deep sleep like ordinary people, and he never dreams.

But just last night, he fell asleep while practicing and had a strange dream.

He dreamed that he was walking alone in an endless desert, with the scorching sun hanging overhead, and he was walking aimlessly.

Suddenly, the yellow sand under his feet began to collapse without warning, and no matter how he struggled, it was useless.

The body was soon swallowed up by endless quicksand.

It was pitch black in front of him and he didn't know where he was, but he could hear strong and powerful drum beats in his ears.

Boom!
Boom!
……

The dream did not end here, but the disciples of the Liangzhou Shengxian Society base woke him up.

The outer disciple named Shen Nan has arrived in Liangzhou and is preparing to go to the desert bandits' lair to carry out a mission.

After Fang Xu got up, he simply washed up and went outside the base, where he met Shen Nan.

This is a female disciple with short hair and bronze skin. Her appearance is not stunning, but she looks very comfortable. One glance at her slender and taut legs shows that she is a martial artist who is good at leg techniques.

"Senior Brother Fang."

Seeing Fang Xu, Shen Nan bowed and called out.

Fang Xu nodded and said, "If I take action in this mission, it means that your mission has failed."

"It depends on the situation. If you really can't hold on any longer, don't try to hold on. Saving your life is the most important thing."

Shen Nan nodded.

In fact, her cultivation level is slightly higher than Fang Xu's.

But no matter what Fang Xu did before joining the Ascension Society, or the battle with Su Cheng after entering the Ascension Society, Shen Nan knew clearly that the real combat power of this inner sect senior brother in front of him, whose cultivation level was three levels lower than his own, was definitely not as simple as the third level of martial artist.

"Let's go."

Leaving the Tayunju at the base, Fang Xu accompanied Shen Nan on horseback to the mission location.

Outside Liangzhou City, the endless Gobi Desert is not empty. There are many precious refining materials, herbs for alchemy, some small relics, and so on.

These things can attract many warriors to come and pan for gold, and naturally they also breed many cruel thieves.

The desolate Gobi Desert made the State of Yu too lazy to send troops to garrison. In addition, the entire Liangzhou power was complicated and there was no powerful force to formulate the rules. This led to the proliferation of thieves of all sizes in the desert.

Some of these desert thieves committed crimes and were wanted by the royal family, so they were forced to flee here. Others offended certain family leaders and had no other choice but to become bandits.

Some of them are actually secretly supported by certain forces and families.

In short, they are so bold and reckless that they don’t care who you are. As long as they meet you, they will dare to attack you.

Thinking back, Li Xingyan’s daughter Li Linglong was almost killed in this desert, let alone others.

After the herb-collecting team of Baicaotang was attacked, Shengxianhui immediately sent people to investigate the origins of the gang of thieves. After determining the location of their lair, they handed the task over to Shen Nan.

Following the instructions on the map, Shen Nan headed straight towards the thieves' lair.

After leaving Liangzhou City, Fang Xu did not travel with Shen Nan, but arrived at the thieves' lair alone in advance.

Behind the low hills, Fang Xu quietly observed the strength of this group of thieves.

There were more than twenty people in total, and the one with the highest cultivation level was a one-eyed man holding a spear, who was at the eighth level of martial artist, two levels higher than Shen Nan.

There are seven martial artists among the remaining thieves, but their cultivation is generally below the fifth level of martial artist, so they do not pose much threat.

Apart from these eight people, the remaining dozen or so are martial artists and can be ignored.

Looking at Shen Nan's promotion task and then thinking about his own promotion task, Fang Xu felt speechless.

One of his three promotion tasks was to go to Fushan Kingdom to wipe out the Yanshen Sect's stronghold. However, the enemies he met were all Martial Lords, and he had to risk his life to complete it.

The second time was when they went to the third level of the Ti Lan Mountain ruins, where they encountered countless red-flame-winged snakes, and he and Gu Qiu narrowly escaped death.

The last mission was encountering the mutated Yushan Tianyi. If the strange wooden stick had not worked wonders at the critical moment and sucked Yushan Tianyi dry, I'm afraid I would have been treated as a guinea pig by the people of Yanshen Sect.

In contrast, Shen Nan’s task is really simple.

Time passed bit by bit. Fang Xu waited outside the thieves' lair for two days, and Shen Nan appeared.

After arriving at the mission location, Shen Nan did not take action immediately. Instead, he observed carefully for a day and figured out the strength of this group of thieves.

At night on the third day, Shen Nan launched an attack.

Fang Xu was still hiding not far away, observing quietly.

As a martial artist at the sixth level, Shen Nan is indeed good at leg techniques, but at the same time, she also holds two short knives in her hands.

Shen Nan, who sneaked into the thieves' lair, easily dealt with several warriors on duty, and then rushed directly into the thieves' lair.

Fang Xu followed him in. He needed to save Shen Nan's life at the critical moment.

The enemies on the periphery were easily dealt with, but when it came to the martial artists' turn, Shen Nan still made a mistake.

When he was killing a martial artist at the third level, he was accidentally discovered by him. Before he died, the martial artist at the third level issued a warning, which was heard by the remaining thieves. Shen Nan was surrounded.

Holding a spear, the one-eyed thief, whose strength had reached the eighth level of martial artist, looked at the surrounded Shen Nan with a lewd smile on his face.

"Who sent you here, little girl?"

Shen Nan held the short knife in both hands, looked at the one-eyed man quietly and said, "An outer disciple of the Shengxian Society."

Ascension meeting! ?

Hearing this, the one-eyed man frowned, and then thought of a herb-picking team that they had intercepted some time ago, and they seemed to be members of the Ascension Society.

But that ambush was carried out in the territory of another group of bandits. How did the people from the Shengxian Society find out about him?
"Brothers, kill her, we have to get out of here!"

The one-eyed man knew that since they had been discovered by the Ascension Society, they had to leave here, otherwise the most cruel punishment would definitely be waiting for them.

Fortunately, the Ascension Society only sent a young girl who was at the sixth level of martial artist.

Upon hearing this, several martial artists around rushed towards Shen Nan without any hesitation.

Shen Nan seemed to understand that the only way to have a chance of winning was to first deal with the bandit leader, whose cultivation had reached the eighth level of martial artist. Otherwise, if he dragged on, he would most likely be killed.

She kicked her long legs suddenly and rushed directly towards the one-eyed man.

Being able to pass the assessment of the Ascension Meeting, Shen Nan should logically have the strength beyond his own realm, and it should not be a problem for him to deal with an ordinary martial artist who is two realms higher than him.

But the one-eyed martial artist in front of him didn't seem to be an ordinary martial artist.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, Shen Nan felt something was wrong!
The one-eyed man in front of him was very strong. Facing his fierce attack, there was not the slightest surprise on his face. He blocked all his attacks leisurely.

From a distance, Fang Xu was also somewhat curious when he saw this scene.

The one-eyed man's strength was indeed a bit strange, and he was totally unlike an ordinary martial artist.

Even from his every move, Fang Xu vaguely sensed a hint of the charm of a special star map.

Chu Rendi once said that a special star map could increase a warrior's strength by nearly 20%. If the one-eyed man really mastered a special star map, Shen Nan's mission this time would be in danger.

The two sides fought fiercely, and the surrounding thieves who were below the fifth level of martial arts masters could not intervene at all.

Shen Nan became more and more frightened as the fight went on. She could clearly feel that the one-eyed man in front of her had not yet given his full strength.

Is it possible that my mission this time is going to fail?

Her beautiful eyes flashed, and she immediately gave up her attack on the one-eyed man and prepared to attack other martial artists.

In this way, the one-eyed man will definitely choose to rescue his men, and then she can look for an opportunity to severely injure the other party.

The idea was good, but she underestimated the status of these martial artists in the one-eyed man's heart.

The one-eyed man just watched coldly as his men were killed.

Until Shen Nan chopped off the last martial artist's head, the one-eyed man not only did not show any anger on his face, but instead clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Not bad, thank you for helping me kill them."

"Now we don't have to share the things with them."

Shen Nan's face looked a little grim, and he obviously didn't expect things to develop to this point.

Gritting her teeth, she attacked the one-eyed man again!

She kicked the one-eyed man with all her might!
These leg shadows transformed into blades in mid-air, forming an impenetrable net that covered the one-eyed man.

It is obvious that this is a martial art, and it is of a high grade.

Upon seeing this, the one-eyed man showed a rare seriousness on his face and thrust the spear in his hand forward!
next moment!
The spear turned into a giant green python that would choose its prey and bite towards the big net formed by countless leg shadows!

"Is this his star map?"

In the distance, Fang Xu looked at the two people fighting and said calmly.

Although the one-eyed man's move is a martial art, it contains the power of a special star map!

poison!
The green python exuded an almost imperceptible green mist, which was obviously a highly poisonous substance.

Shen Nan was also experienced in combat. The moment he noticed the green python attacking him, he immediately leaped up, retreated while slashing out blade rays with the dagger in his hand, ready to stop the green python!

But at this moment, the spear in the man's hand suddenly stabbed!
His body twisted left and right in the dense sword beams like a nimble poisonous snake, and he charged directly towards the retreating Shen Nan with the spear!
The one-eyed man was very fast, and the sharp tip of his gun was in front of Shen Nan in an instant.

Shen Nan, who was retreating, seemed not to have expected that the one-eyed man would have this trick, and it was too late for him to react!

Seeing the spear about to pierce through her body——

hold head high!
A faint dragon roar sounded!
Shen Nan only felt a ferocious dragon shadow rushing out from behind him, and the next moment the dragon shadow directly hit the one-eyed man!
The dragon dissipated and Fang Xu appeared in front of her.

On the opposite side, the one-eyed man had already flown more than ten feet away and was no longer breathing.

Shen Nan was still in shock. He looked at Fang Xu's back and bowed awkwardly, saying, "Thank you, Brother Fang, for saving me."

Fang Xu nodded and said, "You have no objection to my action just now, right?"

Shen Nan shook his head.

If Fang Xu had not acted in time, it would have been difficult for her to dodge the shot from the one-eyed man.

"Then your mission this time has failed." Fang Xu said, walking straight to the body of the one-eyed man.

A thief who blocked the road and robbed people actually possessed a special star map and seemed to be quite powerful. Fang Xu was very curious about his identity.

She squatted down and rummaged around in the man's arms. His expression looked a little strange.

Nothing at all?

Don’t you have anything with you?

Fang Xu stood up and looked at the house not far away. Just as he was about to go over to take a look, he suddenly noticed a black cloth bag hanging around the one-eyed man's waist.

At first he thought it was a purse, but after a closer look he discovered that this black cloth bag seemed very unusual.

Could it be the Qiankun bag?
He bent down and pulled off the black cloth bag from the man's waist. The moment he took it, a hint of joy appeared on Fang Xu's face!
It really is the Qiankun bag!

This one-eyed man actually had a Qiankun bag on him. It seemed that he had had good opportunities in the past.

Putting the Qiankun bag into his arms, Fang Xu turned around, looked at Shen Nan and said, "Although you failed in this mission, this group of thieves should have a lot of good things, and the batch of medicinal herbs should also be there."

Shen Nan was slightly stunned, and then asked in disbelief: "Senior Brother Fang doesn't want it?"

Fang Xu shook his head.

Since this one-eyed man has a Qiankun bag, the good things must have been hidden in the bag. The remaining things are probably not too valuable, and he is too lazy to collect them.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Fang!"

Shen Nan was very happy, and then he quickly ran into the thief's room, where he found a lot of stolen property and the herbs that were robbed from Baicaotang.

All the stuff added up filled two carriages.

"Let's go."

"I can only take you to Liangzhou City."

He brought Shen Nan and two trucks of stuff back to Liangzhou City, and handed over the stuff to the Shengxian Society base in the city. He then completed the mission.

The next morning, Fang Xu came to the gathering place of ascetics in the city.

The last time he passed by Liangzhou City, he had planned to pay a visit to Master Kulun, but Kulun was in retreat at that time and he did not see him.

"Excuse me, is Master Kulun here?" As soon as he arrived at the slums, Fang Xu saw two ascetics in tattered clothes drawing water from the well.

"The master is inside." The two looked at Fang Xu and spoke directly.

Fang Xu bowed and went straight to Ku Lun’s residence.

As soon as they met, Fang Xu noticed something was wrong.

The aura on Ku Lun's body seemed to have weakened a lot, and his eyes, which were originally like two deep pools, now looked dim.

"Little friend Fang."

Seeing Fang Xu, Ku Lun was a little surprised and delighted.

Fang Xu quickly asked: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Kulun smiled and shook his head, "It's okay."

"I had some feelings a while ago, so I tried to break through in seclusion, but..."

"Friend Fang, I don't have much time left."

Seeing Ku Lun say this calmly, Fang Xu's expression was a little complicated.

The reason why Ku Lun chose to force a breakthrough this time must be because with his remaining life span running out, his energy and blood were gradually declining, which made him realize that if he continued to waste time, his chances of successfully breaking through would be even smaller.

In Fang Xu's eyes, Ku Lun is an elder worthy of respect.

When the two met for the first time, Kulun gave him a strange broken sword.

Later, in the ruins of Tilan Mountain, he confronted the mysterious little leader of Yanshen Sect.

Later, in order to be able to arrive in Zhongzhou safely, he did not hesitate to take on all the troubles caused by "Huertu".

"Grandmaster."

Fang Xu's mind moved, and he immediately took out a jar of wine from his Qiankun bag.

"See if this thing is useful to you."

Seeing this, Ku Lun looked at the wine jar curiously: "Is it wine?"

Fang Xu shook his head and directly opened the lid of the wine jar.

Suddenly, a strong vitality energy emanated from the wine jar.

There was a hint of surprise on Kulun Gujingbubo's face, and he cautiously moved forward and took a sniff.

"Is this the immortal liquid of good fortune from the purification pool!?"

Immortal Liquid of Creation?

Fang Xu didn’t know whether this green liquid was some kind of elixir of creation, but it was true that the green liquid came from the purification pool.

"Is this thing called the Immortal Liquid of Creation?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

Ku Lun suppressed his excitement and spoke slowly, "I read the legend about the purification pool in an ancient book."

"I have also had the honor of seeing the purification pool before, but it has dried up and there is no immortal liquid of good fortune in it."

"Where did you get the Creation Elixir from, Mr. Fang?"

Fang Xu smiled faintly: "In the sea."

"Master, can this altar help you?"

Facing Fang Xu's gaze, Ku Lun had a complicated expression, then he waved his hand in relief and said, "Friend Fang, you should put this thing away quickly."

Fang Xu was puzzled: "Master, Uncle Yuan was also exhausted, but now after taking this... Creation Immortal Liquid, he has returned to his peak. Why are you being so polite to me?"

"Is this one jar not enough?"

"There's more, boy!"

As he spoke, Fang Xu took out another jar of Creation Immortal Liquid.

Ku Lun was a little confused. He looked at the Creation Elixir in front of him and said in a trembling voice:

"How much did you get, Fang Xiaoyou?"

"Even a drop of the Immortal Liquid of Creation is a rare treasure!"

Fang Xu thought for a moment and said, "Not many. There are thirteen jars in total, and now there are only these two left."

When Ku Lun heard this, he felt as if someone was tugging at his heart!
Fang Xu actually used all the miraculous objects recorded in ancient books. There are thirteen jars, and he has already used eleven. Is this for drinking?

"Master, these two altars are for you."

"No no no! No way! No way!"

Ku Lun quickly waved his hand and refused, "My condition is much better than Brother Yuan's. I only need a small amount of this Creation Elixir."

As he spoke, he took out a jade bottle from his Qiankun bag and carefully took out a small amount of the immortal liquid of creation from the wine jar.

"It's done! It's done!"

"Friend Fang, quickly put away the rest!"

Seeing this, Fang Xu ignored Ku Lun's persuasion and simply grabbed the bowl next to him with one hand and picked up the wine jar with the other.

He poured another bowl of tea for Ku Lun.

"Master, that little bit is not enough!"

Kulun's entire body was numb!
This is the elixir of creation. People actually pour it into a bowl and drink it like water.

"This……"

"Master, please stop talking like that. If you don't drink it, the energy in this magical liquid will all be gone. Isn't that a waste?"

Hearing his words, Ku Lun tremblingly picked up the bowl in front of him, and finally gritted his teeth and drank it in one gulp.

Not only that, after drinking it, he poured some tea into the bowl, rinsed the bowl, and drank it again.

The energy of the Creation Immortal Liquid quickly dissipated throughout his body, repairing his meridians that were damaged by the forced breakthrough, while also replenishing his declining qi and blood.

Feeling the changes in his body, Ku Lun immediately bowed to Fang Xu and said, "Thank you, little friend Fang, for giving me a new life!"

Seeing this, Fang Xu quickly dodged.

"Master, what are you doing?"

"You've helped me many times, but I haven't even thanked you yet."

After helping Ku Lun up, Fang Xu said, "Master, in my eyes, you are my elder."

Hearing this, Ku Lun hesitated to speak, then thought for a moment and said, "Friend Fang, there is something I have been hiding from you."

Fang Xu asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Ku Lun sighed and said, "I didn't intend to tell you this, but now I realize that with your potential, it doesn't hurt to know this."

Fang Xu didn't say anything, just stared at Ku Lun quietly and continued talking.

After a long while, Ku Lun sorted out his thoughts and then slowly said, "Thirty years ago, I was a close friend of your grandfather Fang Yuanshan."

Ok?
Fang Xu was stunned for a moment and frowned, "Master, you must have made a mistake. My grandfather's name is not Fang Yuanshan."

Ku Lun shook his head: "Fang Xiaohe is his pseudonym, his real name is Fang Yuanshan."

"Your grandfather is a remarkable man, with a mastery of Feng Shui that can take away the good fortune of heaven and earth."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's expression became a little serious.

Huang Qingzhou said that he had received guidance from his grandfather, so he helped him when they met for the first time.

Lu Zhiyuan also said that his grandfather was an incredible Feng Shui master.

Now Ku Lun said that his grandfather possessed a miraculous skill to seize the fortune of heaven and earth.

But how come I didn’t notice anything after being with him day and night for so many years?

Also, why did he, who had all these skills, change his name to Fang Xiaohe and hide in Fenglin Town to work as a carpenter?
"Master, can you tell me about my grandfather?" Fang Xu looked at Ku Lun and asked with confusion.

Ku Lun nodded and said, "To be exact, I met your grandfather thirty-eight years ago."

"At that time, he came to Liangzhou City to look for something. I still don't know what it was."

"At that time, your grandfather lived in Liangzhou City for more than ten years. Until one day, he suddenly told me that something was going to happen to his family. Then he left Liangzhou and disappeared."

"Eighteen years ago, he suddenly sent me a letter. In the letter, he told me that he had revealed too many secrets of heaven and suffered retribution. His time was running out."

"He wanted to come to Liangzhou to see me again, but he couldn't leave because he had to take care of you."

Eighteen years ago...

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment. If he remembered correctly, eighteen years ago should be the day when his parents died.

"Friend Fang, do you still remember the first time I saw you?" Staring at Fang Xu's face, Ku Lun said, "I felt you looked very familiar when I saw you, and then I glimpsed a glimpse of an old friend from your memory."

"At that time, I wanted to take you away and take good care of you."

"But you had already obtained the Immortal Gate Pass of the Ascension Association."

"I know that my time is up, and I'm afraid that you will be left without support after I die, so I decided to let you join the Ascension Society." Fang Xu suddenly realized.

Regardless of the fact that she had just met Ku Lun, he asked her to go with him.

"Master, what was my grandfather looking for back then?" Fang Xu was very curious.

My grandfather has been in Liangzhou City for more than ten years, so what he is looking for must not be simple.

Ku Lun shook his head: "I have never asked, but from what your grandfather occasionally revealed, I guessed that he seemed to be looking for a rare object left over from ancient times, which seemed to be called a jade book."

"correct!"

Having said this, Ku Lun suddenly came to the corner of the room, rummaged around for a while, and pulled out a dusty and tattered wooden box.

After blowing away the dust on the surface, he handed it to Fang Xu and said, "This is something your grandfather used back then."

"After he left, I collected them all. Now I'll just give them to you."

Fang Xu took the wooden box, opened it and took a look.

Three old books, some magical instruments similar to those used by Taoist priests in previous lives, a compass, and a broken cloth bag that was bulging with something unknown.

Without bothering to examine it carefully, he simply put the wooden box into his Qiankun bag.

"Master, besides this, did Grandpa mention anything about the past of our Fang family?"

Kulun shook his head: "That's not the case."

Fang Xu pondered for a moment and felt that this matter might be investigated at the Affairs Hall of the Ascension Society.

Without mentioning anything about Grandpa, Fang Xu looked at Ku Lun and bowed:

"Master, you should make a breakthrough. I will come to see you again when I have time in the future."

After bidding farewell to Ku Lun, Fang Xu left Liangzhou City directly, preparing to return to Shengxianhui to investigate matters concerning his grandfather.

Affairs Hall.

Fang Xu explained his purpose. The junior sister at the front desk looked around for a while and shook her head and said, "Brother Fang, I'm sorry, I can't find the two people you mentioned."

"Perhaps it's too common, so the Ascension Society didn't include it."

Too ordinary?
Fang Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

According to Ku Lun, his grandfather possessed the magical Feng Shui skill that could take away the fortune of heaven and earth, so how could he be too ordinary?
There is only one possibility that the Ascension Society did not include any information about my grandfather.

Grandpa hid himself so well that even the Ascension Society didn't notice his existence.

"Okay, thank you for your help, Junior Sister."

After leaving the office hall, Fang Xu returned to his residence, took out his grandfather's wooden box from his Qiankun bag, and prepared to examine it carefully.

First of all, there are those basically old books.

Fang Xu picked up a book and flipped through it carefully.

"They still haven't given up... Oh! It's really troublesome to be targeted by these guys.

It has been three years since I came to Liangzhou, and apart from the Death Sand Sea, there seems to be no other place that fits my speculation...

But the Death Sand Sea is a very dangerous place... There seems to be a great being sleeping down there...

going or not?"

The first page of this book seems to be a one-year diary, probably written in the third year after my grandfather arrived in Liangzhou.

The rest was just some scribbled maps with symbols on them that he couldn't understand.

After turning to the last page, Fang Xu didn't find any useful information.

Then he picked up another book and started reading.

This book made Fang Xu even more confused. It was filled with things that looked like scribbles. They were not the mysterious patterns he had seen before, nor did they look like words. At first glance, they looked like random doodles.

On the third book, Fang Xu found some scribbled words again.

"Xiaoling gave birth to a big fat boy. Our Fang family has an heir!

What is destined to be yours will eventually come to you, and what is not destined to be yours will never come to you no matter how hard you try. I was too persistent. Yue'e is dead, and it's time to go back.

But before leaving, even if it means committing murder again, we must kill those guys and never let them follow us to Jizhou!"

There is not much content in this book, just a few hundred words.

But from these few short sentences, Fang Xu still captured some important information.

First, what grandpa was looking for should be related to his grandmother, whom he had never met.

Second, my hometown might have originally been in Jizhou!
After putting the three books away, Fang Xu looked through those strange things again.

Those things couldn't be considered treasures, but they seemed to have another strange energy.

Fang Xu couldn't figure it out, so he didn't study it any further.

Looking at the last incomplete black cloth bag, Fang Xu picked it up and took out an old animal skin from it.

The moment the hide was opened, a smaller piece of hide fell out.

Fang Xu picked up the smaller piece of animal skin, took a look at it, and was suddenly stunned.

This thing looks so familiar!

seem……

There was a flash of light in his hand, and he immediately took out two similar animal skins from his Qiankun bag.

It turns out to be this!
When he was in Liangzhou City, he obtained two pieces of unknown animal skins from two warriors named Li Jin and Di Heyu.

Since no one knew what the animal skins recorded, the two pieces of animal skins remained in the Qiankun bag.

Now, a piece of animal skin has been found among my grandfather's belongings. Does that mean that what my grandfather was looking for back then was what was recorded on these three incomplete animal skins?
Fang Xu put the three pieces of animal skins together and took a rough look.

From the blurred lines on the animal skin, it can be seen that the things recorded on it seem to be really the desert of the Death Sand Sea.

But right now the most critical part is still missing, so he is not sure.

Putting the three incomplete animal skins aside, Fang Xu opened another complete one.

When the map was spread out, Fang Xu was stunned!
What is written on this animal skin is truly horrifying!

The entire map seems to depict a huge world!

The reason for this speculation is that he noticed that some of the cities on the map were only the size of rice grains!
The entire map consists of two-thirds ocean and one-third land.

In the center of the land, there is a spire-shaped building. Upon closer inspection, Fang Xu discovered that this spire-shaped building was actually inlaid with some unknown mineral.

What exactly is this?
Fang Xu was a little confused.

He was sure that this map was not any place he was familiar with, it seemed like another world.

After a careful study, when Fang Xu put all the animal skin maps into the Qiankun bag, he suddenly thought of the black Qiankun bag he got from the one-eyed man.

He took out the black Qiankun bag from his arms.

Things like the Qiankun bag are not like the storage rings in some of the immortal cultivation novels in previous lives. There is no way to force it open after the owner dies.

This thing is ownerless. Its owner is dead. Anyone who gets it can easily open it as long as they have a slightly stronger soul power.

The black Qiankun bag was opened and all the things inside were taken out. Fang Xu took a quick look through them.

Some elixirs, many first- and second-grade treasures, herbs, minerals and other miscellaneous things.

These things are considered a considerable fortune in the eyes of ordinary martial artists, but to Fang Xu, they are just that.

After sorting these things into categories, he noticed a mysterious stone slab.

Picking up the stone slab, Fang Xu looked at it carefully. He felt that the stone slab was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

But he couldn't remember exactly where it was.

Staring intently at the words on the slate, Fang Xu searched his mind...

After a long time, he suddenly widened his eyes.

Jade turtle!

He knew where he had seen this slate!

In the Jade Turtle World!

When Lu Zhiyuan gave him the jade tortoise shell containing the art of praying to heaven, when he was learning the art of praying to heaven, he watched the life of an ancestor in ancient times.

This stone slab seems to have been left behind by our ancestor when he was controlling the flood!

Thinking of this, Fang Xu stroked the stone slab in his hand with a serious expression. If he remembered correctly, this stone slab was most likely from ancient times.

Is this the stone slab that the one-eyed man found in Liangzhou?

Could it be that countless years ago, the ancestor's tribe was near Liangzhou?

Fang Xu now regretted killing the one-eyed man instantly, otherwise he might have been able to force him to tell him where the stone slab came from.

Forget it, he had no clue, so he could only put the stone slab away for now.

……

Zhongzhou Imperial City, deep in the imperial palace.

In the dim secret room, Emperor Yu Li Cangwu was sitting cross-legged in the center of an extremely complex altar. Behind him, stood a huge white jade statue. Looking closely, this statue was exactly copied according to Li Cangwu's appearance.

At this moment, countless faint golden lights were flowing inside the white jade statue, and then gathered into strands of golden energy that rushed towards Li Cangwu's body.

Li Cangwu, who was standing in the center of the altar, had his brows furrowed, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead. He looked extremely painful.

a long time--

"what!"

Li Cangwu's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened and he let out a painful roar. Then his throat felt sweet and a large amount of blood mist spurted out!
Li Cangwu, with disheveled hair, covered his chest with one hand and supported the ground with the other hand. He looked at the blood slowly dripping from the corner of his mouth, his face full of unwillingness.

"Failed again..."

"Why did you fail again!?"

Staggering to his feet, he turned to look at the huge statue behind him, and noticed a few spots of light glowing red in the statue. A hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

"It's you!"

"You must have influenced me!"

"I will destroy you, destroy you!"

With a sudden wave of his sleeves, Li Cangwu quickly walked out of the secret room and came to the main hall.

"Somebody come!"

The eunuch in the hall hurried over and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty."

Li Cangwu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said calmly: "Let the general come to see me!"

The young eunuch trembled, and hurriedly stepped back, bent his body, left the hall, and ran out of the palace.

A moment later, Zhao Wuji appeared at the entrance of the hall. Noticing that Li Cangwu looked a little weak, Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment and did not dare to ask. He just bowed slightly and said, "Wuji greets His Majesty."

Li Cangwu waved his hand, then looked at the monks and maids and said, "Everyone go down."

The eunuchs and maids in the hall bowed and left.

"Wuji, come."

Li Cangwu waved his hand and asked Zhao Wuji to come to him.

Putting his hand on Li Cangwu's shoulder, Li Cangwu said calmly: "I want to take action now, what do you think?"

Zhao Wuji was slightly startled, and quickly bowed and said:
"I obey your Majesty's orders!"

"Wuji, go gather the troops now!"

Li Cangwu grabbed Zhao Wuji who was about to leave and said helplessly: "Wuji, I am asking for your opinion, not asking you to take action now."

Zhao Wuji stopped, clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Wuji is a reckless man and does not understand these things..."

A glimmer of joy flashed in Li Cangwu's eyes. He liked people like Zhao Wuji who had no ambitions and did not think or talk nonsense.

"Then I ask you, if we treat them as enemies in front of the battlefield, do you have a good strategy to defeat them now?"

Zhao Wuji slowly stood up, met Li Cangwu's gaze and said, "If it is the front of the battle formation, Wuji feels that now is not the best time to defeat the enemy."

Li Cangwu was stunned: "If I ask you to defeat the enemy now, how will you do it?"

Zhao Wuji bowed and said, "Drive out the wolves and chase away the tigers, divide and devour them."

"Drive out the wolves and chase away the tigers...divide and devour them..." Li Cangwu paced and muttered a few words, then suddenly turned around and asked, "Who is the wolf and who is the tiger? How to distinguish them?"

Zhao Wuji bowed and said, "I have received news that the three major families in Wucheng have been in constant friction recently."

Li Cangwu was a little puzzled after hearing this and said, "I heard that the three major families of Chu, Feng and Wang in Wucheng have very good relations. Why did they have friction?"

Zhao Wuji smiled faintly and said, "Because of one person."

The reason why the three major families in Wucheng were in turmoil was because Fang Xu accidentally instigated it when he passed through Wucheng.

His strategy was not actually that brilliant. If the three major families could sit down and talk calmly, they would easily understand that all this was Fang Xu's strategy.

But the bad thing is that the three major families have not been of one mind over the years.

This can be seen from the fact that the Chu family hosted a banquet for Wang Xu without telling the Feng and Wang families.

The three families shared the resources of a city, so there must have been some grudges between them, but the three families did not tear each other apart, so these small grudges were temporarily suppressed.

Now that this has happened, all new and old grudges are settled together, and the conflict is naturally intensified.

It is said that the three families have reached the point of fighting, and some warriors have died on each side.

"In your opinion, who should be kept among the three major families in Wucheng?" Li Cangwu asked after thinking for a moment.

Zhao Wuji quickly cupped his hands and said, "Whoever your majesty wants to die, I will kill!"

Li Cangwu nodded and said, "I like Chu Yangping very much. Go ahead."

"Yes!" Zhao Wuji bowed and then left the hall.

On this day, a piece of news spread throughout the entire Yu State in an instant.

The Feng family of Wucheng and the Wang family of Wucheng were lawless, slaughtering common people at will, encroaching on government land, bullying the market, and plundering the people of Yushan State...

In order to make the two major families look like they deserved the punishment, Zhao Wuji read out in public nearly a hundred charges against the two major families found by the Inspectorate!

These crimes are clearly recorded in the laws of the State of Yu, but no one has ever pursued them in the past.

Now that Zhao Wuji has pointed it out, it's all a capital crime.

"The Feng and Wang families have committed numerous crimes and are full of evil. Today, I, the general, am following the order of His Majesty to bring all the direct descendants of the Feng and Wang families back to the Supervisory Department for interrogation."

With the presence of Zhao Wuji, a powerful martial arts master, no one from the Feng family or the Wang family dared to resist. Nearly 10,000 members of the two major families were taken away in front of many common people.

Chu Yangping was almost scared to death when he got the news, fearing that Zhao Wuji and his group would show up in front of his house later.

"Master, in my opinion, this is a good thing."

Next to Chu Yangping, an old man spoke with a smile.

"Uncle Jing, do you think this is a good thing?" Chu Yangping looked at the old man in confusion and said, "Our people sent us news that the butcher Zhao Wuji did not return directly to Zhongzhou. Who knows if he will wipe out our Chu family as well?"

Chu Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zhao Wuji did not return to Zhongzhou City. He was waiting for the head of the family."

Chu Yangping was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then he said happily: "Uncle Jing means that His Majesty is going to hand over Wucheng to our Chu family?"

Chu Jing nodded and said, "However, fortune and disaster go hand in hand, and this matter may not be that simple."

"Emperor Yu is an ambitious man. He doesn't like that our family is not under the control of the royal family."

"If we want to protect the Chu family this time, we will probably have to lose something."

"The owner should be mentally prepared."

Mentally prepared?

Chu Yangping thought about it for a moment, a hint of unwillingness in his eyes.

He knew what Chu Jing meant by psychological preparation.

But now that the royal family is exerting strong pressure, the Chu family has no strength to resist. They can either compromise or, like the Wang family and the Feng family, have everything they have accumulated over hundreds of years destroyed.

"Uncle Jing, I understand."

After Chu Yangping said this, he immediately packed up and rushed to where Zhao Wuji was temporarily staying.

……

At the Ascension Meeting, Fang Xu accidentally heard that the Feng and Wang families in Wucheng had their property confiscated by the royal family, and he was a little surprised.

He didn't know what Li Cangwu was up to.

But this is undoubtedly a good thing for him.

The properties of the Feng and Wang families were confiscated, so the head of the Wang family, Wang Xiao, and the head of the Feng family, Feng Dong, as well as the direct descendants of the two families, are likely to be exiled or killed.

This saves you the trouble of doing it yourself.

Putting this matter behind him, Fang Xu didn't think too much about it. He had more important things to do now.

Coming to the Law Enforcement Hall from the courtyard, Fang Xu met Chu Rendi.

"Master."

Chu Rendi nodded and said, "Did you have any problems during these days of seclusion?"

Fang Xu cupped his hands and said, "No problem, my disciple has now reached the peak of the third level of martial arts."

"I came here to ask Master, is there any team from our sect exploring the Tilan Mountain ruins recently?"

Chu Rendi was a little curious when he heard this and asked, "Do you want to mention the Blue Mountain ruins?"

Fang Xu nodded.

His current strength has reached the peak of the third realm of martial artist, but because the acupoints required to construct the Shenyi Star Map have not been fully opened, he is in an awkward situation.

If he wanted to continue improving his realm now, he could only construct a star map. However, if he wanted to construct the Shenyi star map, he had to open the third acupoint stone gate.

However, my strength has not improved much recently, so it is a bit difficult to open the third stone gate of the acupoint.

For now, if you want to improve your strength, you can only look for opportunities.

The Ti Lan Mountain Ruins is a good choice. He wants to try his luck and see if he can earn some contribution points.

Ever since he learned about the existence of the Star Palace, Fang Xu suddenly felt that his contribution points were not enough.

It takes 300,000 contribution points to enter the Star Palace once, and 100,000 contribution points to enter the Cliff Underground Palace once. The large number of contribution points makes him feel that he still cannot stay in his residence and practice hard every day.

"It seems that the Affairs Hall is going to organize an exploration mission in the near future. You can go and take a look."

"Also, I am arranging a promotion mission for the Transmission Hall in the near future, so you can also perform an inspection mission."

Chu Rendi roughly understood Fang Xu's plan, so he also used his authority to seek some benefits for his disciples.

"Thank you Master!"

After Fang Xu bowed, he hurried to the office hall.

In the private room of the office hall, Yan Wu looked at Fang Xu and said with a half-smile: "Do you want to take a mission to the ruins?"

Fang Xu nodded and smiled: "Deacon, when will this exploration mission depart?"

"Tomorrow." Yan Wu said as he stood up and frowned, "But this mission is quite difficult. Elder Wuling will lead the team personally. The goal is to advance to the fourth level of the Blue Mountain Ruins. You have to think it through."

Go to the fourth floor of the ruins! ?

Fang Xu frowned. He and Gu Qiu had gone to the third level of the ruins once and encountered a red-flame winged snake. If it weren't for Gu Qiu's many tricks, the two might not have been able to come out alive.

The fourth floor of the ruins is definitely more dangerous than the third floor.

However, when he thought of the restrictions and suppression of the ruins, Fang Xu suddenly felt that it didn't matter if he went to the fourth floor.

Since the opening of the Tilan Mountain ruins, it can be roughly seen that the entire ruins are actually the heritage left by Yanshen, and the dangers in the ruins can be regarded as a test from Yanshen.

Since it is a test, there will definitely be some room for survival.

He has now obtained the first part of Yanshen's inheritance and can give it a try.

"I have thought it through." Fang Xu said, "I will go to the office hall tomorrow and wait for you."

Yan Wu nodded and handed a token to Fang Xu, saying, "This is your mission token. You can take anything you get from the Blue Mountain Ruins to the Affairs Hall in exchange for contribution points."

"In addition, you need to follow the command of Elder Wuling during the mission. After completing the mission, you will receive a reward of 30,000 contribution points."

After taking the token, Fang Xu nodded.

The next morning, when Fang Xu arrived at the office hall, several disciples were already waiting at the door.

Fang Xu had seen these people before, but he was not very familiar with them. He only knew that they were probably inner disciples from various halls, and their cultivation was at the Martial Honored Level.

"Senior brothers." Fang Xu bowed and stood beside them.

Several people frowned when they saw this. One of them, a thin man carrying an exaggerated longbow, said, "Junior Brother Fang is also planning to go to the Blue Mountain?"

Fang Xu nodded and said, "I hope you brothers will take good care of me then."

Upon hearing this, the thin man frowned even more tightly.

"Junior Brother Fang, I know you are very powerful, but this time we are going to the fourth floor of the Tilan Mountain Ruins. To be honest, your current level of cultivation is..."

"Brother Xue, Junior Brother Fang is extremely talented. He was a genius who could compete with Senior Brother Su at the second level of martial arts on the life and death stage. Why are you saying this?"

Before the thin man could finish his words, a handsome young man next to him said something sarcastic.

After hearing this, the thin man didn't say anything else.

Fang Xu took a look at the handsome man and understood that this man should have some friendship with Su Cheng.

After Su Cheng was killed by his master Chu Rendi, he did not dare to complain to Chu Rendi and could only blame himself for Su Cheng's death.

But it doesn’t matter, he had always intended to kill Su Cheng.

While they were talking, many more disciples arrived.

"Fang Xu?"

Suddenly, a clear voice sounded in Fang Xu's ears.

Fang Xu turned around and saw Yun Wan behind him. He asked curiously, "You also accepted this mission?"

Yun Wan nodded and said, "I just broke through to the Martial Master level, and my master asked me to go and gain some experience."

"you……"

"Everyone is here?"

Yun Wan wanted to say something else, but Wu Ling's voice rang out at this moment: "Now that everyone is here, let's set off."

(End of this chapter)