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Chapter 236 Dugu Sword Tomb, Jiangdu of the Sui Dynasty

"You killed their emperor."

"Ah."

Xiao Long Nu paused and said calmly, "For Xuan Dynasty?"

"No, it's just to get what I want. Of course, it's also a good thing to help Xuan Chao relieve some of the pressure temporarily."

Xiao Longnu turned her head and her eyes lingered on his profile for a long time before she said, "Is this why they call you the Evil Dragon?"

"It should be." Hong Chen laughed, "What do you think?"

"I?"

Xiao Long Nu paused, then shook her head gently: "I think you do whatever you want to do, which is very similar to me."

Hearing this, Hong Chen couldn't help but be surprised.

"Will they think I'm evil too?" Xiao Longnu suddenly asked.

Hong Chen laughed and said, "Then you have also become an evil dragon, right?"

Her last name is Long, so it seems more appropriate to call her that than Hong Chen.

Xiaolongnu thought about it, and the corners of her mouth suddenly curled up slightly, like a blooming snow lotus, so beautiful.

After a long time, Garuda landed in a valley.

"Where is this?"

"This is a place of inheritance left by a swordsman genius. You also practice swordsmanship. His experience should be able to help you."

Dugu Sword Tomb.

After walking for a while, Xiaolongnu suddenly frowned and stopped.

Following her gaze, they saw a snake with golden scales and fleshy horns on its head hanging on a branch. It raised its head and looked at the two of them, hissing.

Hong Chen used the dragon-catching hand to capture it in his hand, pinched its seven inches, and used the sword energy lingering around his sword finger to cut open the snake's body and squeeze out a snake gall.

Xiao Long Nu frowned as she watched.

"This is a Pu Si Qu snake. The snake gall can improve your strength." As he spoke, Hong Chen handed over the snake gall.

Xiaolongnu couldn't help but take a step back.

Seeing this, Hong Chen smiled and asked, "Are you afraid of snakes?"

"I'm not afraid, I just... feel uncomfortable."

Hong Chen threw the snake in his other hand to Garuda, who opened his mouth, took it in, and quickly swallowed it with his head tilted back.

"You have just broken through to the Grandmaster level and are in urgent need of accumulating and expanding your internal strength. Taking the snake gall will be good for you."

Xiao Long Nu glanced at Snake Gallbladder, then looked at him: "It seems like you also made a breakthrough just now."

"I don't need it anymore."

Snake gall is the upper limit of improving one's internal strength, but Hong Chen's current internal strength limit is obviously not something that snake gall can break.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Xiaolongnu reached out to take it, pinched the snake gall with two fingers and put it into her mouth, tilted her head back, frowned, and swallowed it. Soon, she was seen meditating on the spot.

Hong Chen turned to Garuda and said, "There should be a lot of Bosuqu snakes here. Go and catch some. Keep the gallbladders. It's useless if you eat them anyway."

Garuda nodded and rushed into the forest.

This whole process took more than an hour.

In the end, Xiaolongnu swallowed more than thirty snake gallbladders, which greatly increased her internal strength while also making her feel full.

The two continued to walk inside, and soon they found the sword tomb on the cliff.

A sharp sword with flashing green light.

A purple myrtle soft sword.

A heavy sword made of black iron.

The words carved on the stone wall also depict the extraordinary life of this sword-wielding genius to the world.

Just as Hong Chen was about to pull out the heavy black iron sword, a sharp cry suddenly sounded, and a huge black shadow quickly attacked, bringing with it a whistling sound.

Xiaolongnu shook her wrist and was about to throw out the golden bell rope, but Hong Chen reached out and pulled it to stop her from taking the next step.

Before she could wonder, Garuda, who was following behind the two of them, flew out and blocked the attacking object three feet away.

After seeing the scene clearly, Xiaolongnu couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise.

It turned out to be an eagle, but unfortunately it was extremely ugly and had very sparse feathers.

The fishing mouth is curved, the feathers are yellow and black, and look very dirty. There is a large blood-red tumor on the top of the head, the legs are very thick, and the wings are very short.

However, although it is ugly, it also has a kind of majestic aura.

Of course, compared to the Garuda, which is obviously larger than it, has shiny feathers and looks like it is wearing a crown, its biggest characteristic is that it is ugly.

The eagle's wings are also very powerful, but unfortunately its wingspan obviously has not kept up with the development of its body, so that Garuda can completely cover it with just one wing spread, and its short wings also make it lose the ability to fly.

After a few sharp cries, the queen eagle Garuda was pressed to the ground with its scimitar-like claws and could not get up.

Hong Chen took a step forward and looked down into the eagle's eyes. Its gaze was obviously not as lively and natural as Garuda's.

After thinking for a while, he said to Garuda: "Why don't you eat it, it will replenish your body with its likeness, or maybe it will make you even more powerful?"

Hearing this, Garuda was immediately interested.

Xiao Longnu suddenly tugged at his sleeve.

"Although it is not as good as your Garuda and is also ugly, it is a rare beast in the world to grow to this size. What's more, it seems to understand what you say."

Hong Chen followed her gaze and saw that Da Diao's eyes moved and tears rolled down.

"It's just a joke. After all, he is Dugu Qiubai's partner. It would be inhumane to kill him and eat his meat."

Looking back, Hong Chen lingered in the sword tomb for a while, but did not find any treasures or trigger any tasks, so he returned disappointed. He took out the black iron heavy sword from the sword tomb and tied it behind Garuda's back.

"Give this sword and the eagle to Yang Guo, and then go to Sui to find me."

Garuda nodded, flapped its wings, grabbed the eagle's legs with its two claws, and flew into the sky with it in a blink of an eye.

Although the posture was indecent, the eagle made up for its long-cherished wish of not being able to fly and cried out happily.

At least that's what Hong Chen sounded like.

Exit the valley.

Although Xiaolongnu didn't say anything, there was a rare hint of hesitation in her eyes.

Seeing this, Hong Chen said frankly: "I once heard someone say that one understanding of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism can be simply summarized as 'being able to take on', 'being able to let go' and 'being able to think open-mindedly'. And isn't this explanation the lifelong practice of many people? Now that we have left the ancient tomb, why not put aside everything else and take a good look at the world."

"The Ancient Tomb Sect has its own rules. Disciples are not allowed to..."

"Rules are made by people, and the one who made this rule is your ancestor. Before she entered the Tomb of the Living Dead, she was a world-famous heroine. She had seen, experienced, loved, and hated. So her state of mind at the time could not be compared with a younger disciple like you. Besides, most of the rules in the world are destined to be broken from the moment they are set."

Obviously, such words were too unorthodox, and Xiaolongnu could not hide her surprise on her face.

"You...you're making it sound too serious. I feel like I've made even more mistakes."

Hong Chen smiled and changed the subject: "Why doesn't the Tomb Clan allow its disciples to leave the Tomb?"

"Because all men in the world are heartless."

"Okay, then can we assume that this rule is to prevent the disciples of the Tomb Raiders Sect from having feelings for men?"

Xiao Longnu nodded slightly.

Hong Chen: "So, did you come down the mountain this time to have a love affair with a man?"

Xiao Longnu looked at him for a few seconds and shook her head slowly.

Hong Chen: "That's it. Since it didn't violate the core sect rules, then it's correct. Besides, do you think Lin Chaoying... your ancestor's words must be correct?"

Xiao Long Nu opened her mouth and was about to answer.

Hong Chen immediately said, "You have to think about it. Everything in the world is not what others say. Just like practicing martial arts, even if we start practicing with the martial arts created by our predecessors, we will always have our own opinions in the future. Otherwise, where did my Three Evil Dragon Styles come from? Where did the Nine Yin Manual come from?"

Xiaolongnu closed her mouth and thought for a long time.

Hong Chen did not urge him, he simply sat on the ground and opened the Nine Yin Scriptures to read it carefully.

The first volume of the Nine Yin Scriptures focuses on the general principles of internal energy and various methods, such as the chapter on strengthening the muscles and bones, the chapter on healing injuries, the acupoint pressing and releasing method, the secret of holding the breath, the method of contracting the muscles and bones, the flying catkins force, the spiral nine shadows and the soul-transferring method, etc.

Among them, the most valuable general outline is the essence extracted from the Wanshou Taoist Canon. It is no exaggeration to say that it is compatible with all martial arts in the world and has extraordinary guiding significance and reference value.

The general outline of the Nine Yin Scriptures, although named after Yin, actually practices the principle of "mutual assistance between Yin and Yang", which is the ultimate of all Taoist techniques or all top martial arts.

The theory of Yin and Yang is the ultimate truth of heaven and earth.

As human beings are born between heaven and earth, we should naturally follow this path.

The Bei Ming Divine Art and the Nine Yin Scriptures both originated from Taoism. They share the same origin and are highly similar, so there is not much obstacle in integrating them.

Secondly, the method that Hong Chen is most interested in is the soul-transferring method.

This is a method similar to modern hypnosis, but with more powerful effects. It is not an exaggeration to regard it as a mind-controlling spell.

The second volume of the Nine Yin Scriptures records methods of attack and defense, such as the Divine Claw that can, if practiced improperly, become the best Nine Yin White Bone Claw in the world, which shows its potential. In addition, there are the White Python Whip, the Heart-Destroying Palm, and the Golden Bell Cover which was improved by Huang Shang.

From this we can see that the Nine Yin Scriptures is not an independent martial arts method, but a comprehensive book with complete martial arts categories.

at dusk.

Xiao Longnu had made up her mind, but seeing that Hong Chen was absorbed in martial arts, she did not disturb him and turned around to prepare dinner.

Her cooking skills are not bad. She is not a secluded girl who has never done housework. In fact, most female heroes in the martial arts world are more accustomed to doing it themselves. After all, this can better ensure the safety of the food.

After eating, the two men rested on the spot and set off on horseback early the next morning.

Along the way, Hong Chen was not in a hurry.

In order to complete Xiaolongnu's main mission, he even deliberately slowed down his pace.

If Yao Yue's emotions are so extreme that they are inhuman, then Xiao Long Nu hardly ever shows any emotional fluctuations.

If you want to change a person like her who grew up in an ancient tomb, almost never came into contact with strangers, and whose temperament is indifferent and whose heart is hardly moved because of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra, you must use the strongest, deepest and longest-lasting emotion in the world as medicine.

Among all human emotions, Hong Chen believes that blood ties are the least likely to change.

So, he would always take her to stay overnight at the homes of ordinary people on the road.

More than a month.

Xiaolongnu's changes are not particularly obvious.

But Hong Chen was already satisfied.

Because at least after seeing so many cute children, she smiled more often unconsciously.

And they also arrived at the destination of this trip.

Great Sui Dynasty, Jiangdu!
Before Yang Guang ascended the throne, he served as the Grand Administrator of Yangzhou in Jiangdu. This was the place where he made his fortune and the beginning of his rise. Therefore, after ascending the throne, Yang Guang did not give up Jiangdu. Instead, he built a lot here and made many southern tours.

Today, chaos has broken out in the Great Sui Dynasty, and it may collapse at any moment.

Yang Guang did not stay in the capital city, which he had specially moved from Daxing (Chang'an) to Luoyang, but instead went all the way south and settled in Jiangdu.

Some people say that at this time Yang Guang no longer had the ambition to dig the Grand Canal, nor did he have the idea of ​​reorganizing the world. He seemed to only want to stay in this place that was more like his hometown to him, and indulge in all the enjoyment that he could get from being an emperor.

Perhaps even he himself knew that he was about to die.

The reason why Hong Chen came was, firstly, for the Great Sui Demon Sect, and secondly, he didn't want Yang Guang to die in vain.

Dragon Qi is like an elixir, no matter if it is used to increase luck or improve physical fitness and comprehension.

Naturally, the more the better.

(End of this chapter)