Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 248 0247: Huangfu Zudi

Only then did Cheng Zongyang have to re-examine Li Xuejin.

This guy's intelligence is really constantly pushing the upper limit of his cognition.

Seeing the other party's confident tone, Cheng Zongyang asked back: "Do you know?"

"Then I wonder if we can continue talking about what happened just now?" Li Xuejin brought the topic back to the original topic.

But Cheng Zongyang shook his head: "I'm sorry. I was looking for the Huangfu family's ancestral land just to find the legendary treasure. But even so many forces can't find it. I don't think I'm the lucky one. Whether I can find it or not is not important to me."

There was no way he would let himself be led by the other party, so he could only bring the topic back to his control.

Li Xuejin narrowed his eyes slightly: "What if I say that I not only know the real ancestral land of the Huangfu family, but also know where the treasure is hidden?"

Cheng Zongyang stared at Li Xuejin, quickly analyzing the cause and effect in his mind.

This guy……

About half a cup of tea time later, Cheng Zongyang's eyes suddenly gleamed with brilliance, staring at Li Xuejin: "So that's how it is, no wonder you have a blood feud with the aristocratic forces. You are the direct descendant of the Huangfu family!"

Li Xuejin could not deny it and said, "How about this deal? This is my biggest secret. It is enough to show my sincerity."

Cheng Zongyang asked instead: "Since you know where the treasure is hidden, why don't you go get it yourself?"

He didn't ask if he was afraid of imprisoning the other party. Given the other party's intelligence, the result of telling such a secret must be within his calculations. There was no need to ask such a waste of breath question.

"I don't have the strength, the manpower, and I don't know the exact location. But I know the approximate place." Li Xuejin smiled bitterly.

Cheng Zongyang pondered again. After twenty or thirty breaths, Cheng Zongyang said, "You have more than one enemy, right?"

Li Xuejin was delighted when he heard this. This meant that Cheng Zongyang was already considering it. He immediately said:

"Indeed, but only the Zheng family killed all of the Huangfu family! Of the more than 200 direct and collateral descendants who were sent away, 70% to 80% were killed by the Zheng family. The purpose was to obtain several important secrets of the Huangfu family. But this secret is only known to the direct descendants of the clan leader."

"Huangfu Feiye is your father?" Cheng Zongyang suddenly asked.

Li Xuejin's breath was choked, and then he shook his head: "My grandfather."

Cheng Zongyang was also lost in thought.

He also didn't expect that the direct descendant of the Huangfu family, who was difficult to find by countless people, would be an inconspicuous county master who had been planning revenge.

There was no need for him to destroy the Zheng family, and there was no grudge against him.

But it just so happens that the Huangfu family’s ancestral land contains what he wants, and there may be more than one.

The tomb of the first clan leader Huangfu Ren and the burial objects, the stone translation, and the suspected existence of monster bones. These are all things he needs to find out.

As he was thinking, he looked at Li Xuejin who was waiting for his response and asked, "Where is the tomb of the first clan leader Huangfu Ren?"

Now, Li Xuejin frowned, not understanding why Cheng Zongyang asked about his grandfather.

But seeing the extreme curiosity in Cheng Zongyang's eyes, it was clear that the other party was not asking blindly, but had a purpose.

But now that it has come to this, he has no way out.

Although the Zheng family suffered heavy losses due to the war in the four prefectures, they still had considerable status and strength, which was also not something he could shake.

Chang Younian, whom he had invested in for a long time, finally reached the position of county lord, but eventually died due to the struggle among the upper echelons, which made him even more anxious.

He was almost 40 years old, and he didn't know how many years he had left to plan. It was no longer possible for him to find a qualified son of an aristocratic family, or even a powerful family, to assist him.

This time he came back, he just wanted to pay respect to the ancestral temple and seek other solutions. He never thought that after hearing about the Cheng family's affairs and inquiring and understanding them for a few days, he had the idea of ​​gamble everything.

There was no other reason. Cheng Zongyang really met his goals, and he also believed that the other party had a big secret and would never stay in a corner of this small town.

The first normal joining plan failed, so he could only start the second one, which was to bet that Cheng Zongyang was really very interested in Huangfu Zudi. That was why he dared to bet everything now.

He was silent for a while before he said solemnly, "It is also placed in the ancestral land. In the past, the family would quietly come to Yufeng County every three years to hold a sacrifice."

"Not buried?" Cheng Zongyang suddenly frowned.

"No." Li Xuejin shook his head.

"Okay!" Cheng Zongyang suddenly said, "I can promise to help you eliminate the main members of the Huangfu family bloodline in the future, but I won't destroy the entire clan."

"Then kill all the direct descendants of the Zheng family!" Li Xuejin suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked grim.

After thinking for a while, Cheng Zongyang also sighed that the other party's goal was accurate. The direct lineage was all dead, and the side branches of the Zheng family would inevitably fight for it, and it was estimated that it would fall apart.

"Okay." Cheng Zongyang nodded. "In addition, you have to join the Tianduan Gang and sign an oath contract. Of course, I know you don't want to be under Li Lu, so I will give you the status of a gang master, in charge of the gang's internal affairs management, Li Lu will be responsible for handling external affairs, and you also have the obligation to assist him. You and Li Lu are equal, there is no difference between who is older and who is younger."

After hearing this, Li Xuejin thought about it again and again and nodded in agreement. He really didn't want to be ordered around by Li Lu.

Since it's about managing internal affairs, he has no objection.

"I'll take you to the gang headquarters tonight for a meeting to announce your identity and position. If you're in a hurry, I can take you there now."

Li Xuejin shook his head, stood up and bowed, saying, "I'll follow the boss's arrangements."

Seeing that the other party had quickly entered into a new identity, Cheng Zongyang smiled and said, "Take me to the Huangfu family's ancestral land now, is that ok?"

Li Xuejin nodded: "Okay. But we have to wait until the evening. I need to prepare some things."

At this point, he could only continue to gamble! He bet that Cheng Zongyang would not abandon him.

But he had no choice. He couldn't take revenge and there was no point in guarding his ancestral land.

Cheng Zongyang was very satisfied with Li Xuejin's decisiveness. He had already laid out the conditions and promises, and if he still didn't deliver, then there was nothing to say.

As for why it is at night, it will become clear at night.

After Li Xuejin left, Cheng Zongyang asked someone to call Li Lu and told him about Li Xuejin's situation.

When Li Lu heard that Li Xuejin was in charge of the gang's internal affairs, and he was in charge of external battles and other matters, he also expressed no objection. Not only that, he was also very happy that he could get away from the trivialities of internal affairs, because he was really not good at handling so many internal affairs.

Cheng Zongyang made this arrangement, also drawing on the management model of military positions in the previous life. Li Xuejin is equivalent to the political commissar, and Li Lu is the head of the army. Although they are equal, they are actually the first and second in command. That was just to make Li Xuejin more accepting.

The reason why he didn't want him to join the Cheng family was that he didn't need it at the moment, and he didn't want Zhou Zhendong and others to be influenced by Li Xuejin.

Time quickly came to night, but it was almost midnight before Li Xuejin personally drove the carriage, slowly left the west gate of the city, turned a corner and headed south.

In the carriage, Cheng Zongyang didn't care where Li Xuejin would take him, and let him drive the carriage away out of the south of the city.

After about a quarter of an hour, the carriage slowly stopped at the foot of a low hill.

"Boss, we're here." Li Xuejin got out of the car and said to Cheng Zongyang in the car.

Cheng Zongyang got off the carriage and looked around. Due to the darkness of the night, he couldn't tell where he was for a moment.

But then, Cheng Zongyang saw Li Xuejin take something out of his arms and then walk to a place. Cheng Zongyang frowned and followed him to another place. But as he walked, he found that this place looked familiar.

Until I found that the original grass gradually became sparse, and finally entered a vast open space with no grass at all.

Now he knew where this place was!
The Lost Soul Pit! Also known as the Ghost Abyss!
He never thought that Li Xuejin would bring him here!
Li Xuejin also explained at the right time: "Every powerful family has its own heritage and secrets, and they all have real and fake ancestral lands to deceive the outside world. My Huangfu family is no exception.

My Huangfu family started out in Yufeng County, and later settled in Linchuan, where we thoroughly developed our family business. This place became the true ancestral home of the Huangfu family. But in order to keep it secret, the ancestral home was moved to the central area of ​​the Lost Soul Pit. "

"Central area?" Cheng Zongyang was puzzled: "Is it the secret passage or secret room in the central area?"

"That's right." Li Xuejin nodded slightly.

As they were talking, the two of them also came to Guiyuan.

Looking down at this four-meter-wide crack, no one would have thought that the Huangfu family would move their ancestral land to the underground passage in the middle.

Cheng Zongyang did not ask any questions, but watched Li Xuejin operate.

I saw him slowly squatting down beside the Ghost Abyss, and then throwing the things he had just taken out into the Ghost Abyss.

Now, Cheng Zongyang was very confused.

But then I saw Li Xuejin throw the things down, then quickly stood up and pulled Cheng Zongyang back, as if he was afraid of something.

Just as Cheng Zongyang was asking about the situation, he suddenly saw a strong airflow gushing out from the bottom of the Ghost Abyss, accompanied by an extremely unpleasant smell.

"Boss, hold your breath and go!" Li Xuejin hurriedly said to Cheng Zongyang, then jumped towards Guiyuan.

This scene made Cheng Zongyang dumbfounded. If he hadn't seen Li Xuejin jump first and jump so decisively, he would have suspected that this guy was going to hurt him.

But no matter what he thought, he immediately took out the dagger from the market hut and jumped down.

The function of the dagger is only to insert it into the mountain wall as a speed reduction buffer in an emergency.

The moment he jumped, Cheng Zongyang immediately felt an air current dragging his body. This air current was not too strong to blow him up, nor too weak to cause him to fall quickly.

Supported by this airflow, the body descended at a gentle speed until it saw a place with a lot of wooden sticks inserted into the mountain wall.

In his sight, he saw Li Xuejin climbing up through these wooden sticks and heading towards a platform on the left.

"Who would have thought there would be such an arrangement underground? This distance should be around 70 or 80 meters."

Cheng Zongyang estimated the approximate distance, then used a wooden stick to jump towards the platform.

After Li Xuejin landed, he kicked all the corpses and bones on the platform into the Ghost Abyss and cleaned the platform.

With a "bang", Cheng Zongyang landed steadily on the ground.

In front of them was a stone door.

Cheng Zongyang stepped forward and took a pat, and found that the material of the stone door was the same as the stone that was used as a "cat scratching board" for Gangzi.

This time, Li Xuejin took out a metal key from his arms, walked to a position beside the stone gate, and lifted the stone skin that was used to cover it, revealing a keyhole.

Cheng Zongyang also recognized that the key was similar in appearance to the key he picked up in the treasure cave.

After Li Xuejin inserted the key and turned it three turns clockwise and then one turn counterclockwise, he immediately felt a vibration.

Li Xuejin took a few steps back, came to Cheng Zongyang's side, and said, "This is the real ancestral land of my Huangfu family."

Cheng Zongyang stared at the slowly sinking stone door and asked, "When your Huangfu family built this underground cave, no one found it? These are not simple projects, right? Even the Dayi Chamber of Commerce couldn't find it."

Hearing this, Li Xuejin smiled and said, "This place was built by my grandfather. After the people were sent here, no one has ever left. Everyone who knew about this is dead. How did the Dayi Chamber of Commerce know about it?"

After listening to this, Cheng Zongyang did not continue to inquire.

Now that we have found the place, we need to explore its secrets. We hold our breath and walk inside.

Cheng Zongyang discovered that there were many oil lamps lit in the cave. He took a closer look and found that there was still a lot of oil in the lamps.

"Eternal lamp?" Cheng Zongyang was surprised.

"That's right. It's made from the fat of an exotic animal, which is extremely resistant to burning. A pot of three pounds of oil can keep the light going for three years. There are still two or three hundred pounds of oil left in this ancestral land, which is enough for a long time." Li Xuejin responded beside Cheng Zongyang.

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly. The underground passage of Chengjia Village lacked this kind of oil. He couldn't help but ask, "What strange beast?"

"It's called the oil of the Green Horned Sheep. They live deep in the Tianduan Mountain. This oil was also a stockpile from the past. I have limited talent and I am only at the seventh level of cultivation. I don't have the strength to hunt in the deep."

As they spoke, under the guidance of Li Xuejin, they passed through a passage of more than ten meters and entered the real underground cave.

What caught my eye was indeed a place similar to an ancestral hall.

There are tablets on the left and right, an incense table in the middle, and a bronze coffin. Surrounding this ancestral hall are four pillars supporting the ceiling.

After Cheng Zongyang looked at the four stone pillars, he determined that they were made of the same material as the stone gate. Cheng Zongyang suppressed the urge to explore immediately and looked around the Huangfu Family Ancestral Hall.

Finally, it was discovered that the four stone pillars, the bronze coffin, and the walls were all engraved with the original characters of the Xiantian Yiqi Jue, which are the characters of the wilderness world.

From here, it is enough to see how deep Huangfu Ren’s obsession with these words is. No, it should be said that his obsession with the source of these words is deep.

He looked at Li Xuejin and said, "Do you know what these words are?"

Li Xuejin nodded: "I heard from my grandfather that these are the characters of the immortal cultivators. All the direct descendants must learn these characters. The Xiantian Yiqi Jue of my Huangfu family comes from the cave inheritance of the immortal cultivators, which led to the glory of my Huangfu family for two hundred years! If it weren't for the previous Emperor Liang, my Huangfu family would have been the fourteenth royal family, or even stronger!"

This guy really knows how to flatter himself.

If he didn't know some of the truth, he might have really believed it.

"Then have you heard of the Abyss of the East China Sea?" Cheng Zongyang did not think about going to the translation inside the stone pillar for the time being, but asked as he walked towards the bronze coffin.

"The Abyss of the East China Sea?" Li Xuejin frowned. "Is it the Eye of the East China Sea? I heard that it is the eye of the East China Sea, and the depth is unfathomable. It is deeper than the seabed of ordinary seas. It is also a spectacular sight."

Cheng Zongyang took off the water bag from his waist, opened the lid and poured some water into his mouth, then handed it to Li Xuejin and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Drink some water. I'll take another look. If I don't find anything, I'll leave."

As he spoke, he closed the lid again, tilted it casually and turned it upside down before handing it to Li Xuejin.

"Thank you, Mr. Xie." Li Xuejin smiled, took the water bag, opened it and took a sip.

If Cheng Zongyang hadn't drunk it, he really wouldn't have dared to drink it casually, but seeing that Cheng Zongyang had drunk it first and had no reaction, he also drank it with a very natural expression.

However, he would not have thought that the half-filled water bag was indeed drugged. It was just that there was no drug when Cheng Zongyang drank it, but when he finished drinking and poured the lid, the drug powder attached to the lid melted into the water.

Within ten breaths, Li Xuejin fainted.

There is no time to even think. This is the effect of Wild Beans.

(End of this chapter)