Origin

As a modern person who has received higher education, Wu Zhongyuan can tell at a glance that these people in Leprong Ridge have genetic mutations caused by strong radiation. The source of the radiation is still unknown, but one thing is for sure, that is, this This kind of radiation did not occur recently. Either there is something in this place that contains strong radiation, or their ancestors were exposed to strong radiation, and the genetic mutations of their ancestors were passed on to future generations.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong entering the village, the people standing in the open area looked at each other and did not come over to intercept and question them. It was easy to see from the frightened and curious looks on their faces that few outsiders came to this place.

The two of them stopped three feet away from the crowd. Just as Wu Zhongyuan was about to speak, Wan Shanhong said first, "We are from the Niu Clan. Please let the person in charge come out and speak."

Hearing Wan Shanhong's words, Wu Zhongyuan turned to look at her. The reason why Wan Shanhong spoke first was because he didn't want him to reveal his identity. Moreover, the people in Leprong Ridge had no idea about the Yellow Emperor, but on the contrary, they had no idea about the Niu Clan. Very awed.

Seeing that the two people were from the Niu tribe, everyone in Leprong Ridge became more and more frightened. Someone whispered to a half-year-old child, asking him to run and inform the village leader.

While waiting for the village leader to arrive, Wu Zhongyuan glanced at the faces of everyone in the field one by one. None of these people had any spiritual energy cultivation. Only a few had red spiritual energy, and the facial features and physical disabilities of all of them were not the same. It's not all different, but basically there are rules to follow. This shows that their disabilities are not from acquired radiation effects, but from congenital inheritance. That is to say, their ancestors have been exposed to strong radiation elsewhere, such as leprosy. The ridge itself has no radiation source.

After looking at everyone, Wu Zhongyuan looked around again and looked at their living area. The houses here were very dilapidated, and there were no valuable livestock in the village. There were only a few skinny old dogs, and there was a fence in the northeast. , there is an old cow and a small piglet inside. The whole village feels dilapidated, desolate and lifeless.

About three minutes later, an elderly man of medium stature and several middle-aged men walked out of the village. The elderly man was more than seventy years old. Although his clothes and attire were no different from those of the others, he had something of the others. There is no temperament, the unique temperament of the village chief and village owner.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong, the old man quickened his pace and walked over. When he got closer, he smiled kindly, raised his hands and said, "Old man Hu Zhong, may I ask how you call them?"

Wu Zhongyuan did not answer Hu Zhong's question.

Instead, he said, "Master Hu Village, can you lend me a moment to speak?"

Hu Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard this. When he came to his senses, he nodded to Wu Zhongyuan and walked towards the northeast.

Wu Zhongyuan followed, and the two of them walked more than ten feet. Hu Zhong stopped and turned to look at Wu Zhongyuan.

Wu Zhongyuan whispered, "Master Hu, do you know that the world has been unified?"

"I've heard it, I've heard it." Hu Zhong nodded repeatedly.

"My name is Wu Zhongyuan. I was originally the Great Wu of the Bear Clan, but now I am the Yellow Emperor of the Central Plains." Wu Zhongyuan revealed his identity.

Hearing Wu Zhongyuan's words, Hu Zhong's eyes widened and he was shocked. He wanted to kneel down tremblingly, "I didn't know that you were coming and didn't greet me. You should be damned."

Wu Zhongyuan stretched out his hand to help Hu Zhong up, "No need to be polite, the world has been settled, I came out this time to patrol the border. Passing here, I suddenly remembered an old incident, so I came over to have a few words with the leader of Hu Village. Well, I want to ask you a few questions."

"Excuse me, sir." Hu Zhong was hunched over and did not dare to straighten up.

"Does Master Hu know Hu Laosan?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

"I know, I know, he is my third uncle," Hu Zhong said nervously, "But my third uncle has been dead for many years, why are you looking for him?"

Wu Zhongyuan pondered for a moment, then turned to speak, "One autumn thirty years ago, Hu Laosan exchanged three bronze medals for six pounds of nitrate salt in Lianshankuang. Do you know where the bronze medal he exchanged for nitrate salt came from? "

"Thirty years ago?" Hu Zhong looked confused.

Seeing Hu Zhong frowning, Wu Zhongyuan knew that too much time had passed and he could no longer remember it, so he took out a copy of Jiang Zhu's rubbing from his pocket, spread it out and showed it to Hu Zhong, "This is a three-sided bronze medal. The size of the rubbing and the words on it are the same as the bronze medal. Master Hu, don’t be anxious, just read it and recall it carefully.”

Hu Zhong squinted his eyes and shook his head slowly, "I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it."

"Master Hu, take a closer look." Wu Zhongyuan said in a deep voice.

Realizing that Wu Zhongyuan's tone had turned cold, Hu Zhong became more and more frightened, shaking his head and waving his hands, "Although I am old, I have never been confused and forgetful. If I had seen him in the early years, I would have left an impression, but I have no impression of these three bronze medals."

"Excuse me, Master Hu, to ask if any other elderly people in the village have seen these three bronze medals." Wu Zhongyuan handed over the pieces of silk cloth.

Hu Zhong waved his hands repeatedly, not daring to accept, "There are still a few elderly people in the village. I would like to ask you to come with me and ask me in person."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded in agreement and followed Hu Zhong into the village.

One was in his nineties and two were in his eighties. When asked face-to-face, none of the three had seen a bronze medal of this style. Their expressions and tone of voice were not unusual, and it didn't look like they were lying.

During the inquiry process, Wu Zhongyuan discovered a problem, that is, the elders in the village did not think highly of Hu Laosan, and there were many criticisms in their words.

Wu Zhongyuan didn't know why, so he asked Hu Zhong.

Although the family scandal should not be publicized, when Wu Zhongyuan asked, Hu Zhong did not dare to hide it, so he had to answer truthfully. According to Hu Zhong, Hu Laosan did not follow the rules, did not do his job properly, made bad friends, made trouble everywhere, and did many bad things.

Hu Zhong's answer was very vague, and it was obvious that he didn't want to say more about the matter, but Wu Zhongyuan refused to give up and insisted on asking for details.

The details cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Since it was getting late, Hu Zhong invited the two of them to his home, lit a lamp and recalled the story.

Hu Zhong was older and spoke more slowly. He talked for more than an hour. During this period, Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong would occasionally interrupt and ask questions. According to Hu Zhong, Hu Laosan did too many bad things during his lifetime. , almost to the point of being too numerous to describe, and has done almost all the bad things imaginable.

Hu Zhong's narration is equivalent to the collection of clues. Which ones are useful and which ones are useless have to be sorted out and judged by Wu Zhongyuan and Wan Shanhong. Several clues are very useful. One is that there is an ancestral "Debit Notes" in Leprongling Ridge, which records The methods of finding and robbing tombs, as well as which tombs our ancestors have robbed, including the method and time of entry, and what was taken. The reason why I record this is because tomb robbing itself is harmful to the moral character. People in Leprong Ridge rob tombs just to survive. If things get better in the future, you have to give back the things you took from them with equal value. What’s more, you can’t go back to a tomb that has been robbed. It’s like borrowing money. If you fail to repay it once, you can’t borrow it again in the future.

This "Debit Note" was the lifeblood of Leprongling. Hu Laosan stole it and never returned it until his death.

The second is that Hu Laosan violated the ancestral precepts and entered the Southern Wilderness without permission. The reason why Wan Shanhong knows little about Leprous Ridge is because there is an ancestral instruction in Leprole Ridge that all descendants are not allowed to set foot in the Southern Wilderness.

The third is that Hu Laosan made friends with bandits. Hu Laosan made friends with many bandits, including a second-rate man from the Snake Clan. At this time, there was no word "second-rate man", which roughly means this.

As for being greedy and lustful, greedy for drinking and drinking, and greedy for food and laziness, these are of little value. What is valuable are these three clues. These three clues are actually one clue. When combined together, the general context of the matter can be inferred.

The one who sold the two qi-tonifying pills smelted from the Hunyuan Cauldron in Goat Valley was a snake tribesman. This snake tribesman was an accomplice of Hu Laosan. The bronze medals sold by Hu Laosan and the qi-tonifying pills sold by the snake tribesmen were both It comes from the same tomb.

This mausoleum is probably recorded in the "Debit Notes" of Leprongling Ridge, which is where the Hunyuan Cauldron is sealed. This mausoleum should be somewhere in the southern wilderness. The ancestors of Leprongling Ridge must have eaten there. He suffered a great loss, so he strictly prohibited future generations from going to the Southern Wilderness.

Although Hu Zhong is the current leader of the village, he is a descendant of Hu Laosan. When Hu Laosan stole the "Debit Notes", he had not yet taken power and had not read the "Debit Notes". So what was recorded in it? He was not allowed to know about the mausoleum.

One of the last questions Wu Zhongyuan confirmed was when the people in Leprong Ridge began to suffer from the disease, and Hu Zhong answered that Leprous Ridge had been cursed by the undead for many years. He couldn't tell exactly how many years, it was at least hundreds of years.

Hu Zhong's attitude towards the two of them was very humble. He answered all questions and told them everything he knew. His words often meant asking for help. However, Wu Zhongyuan never agreed to help. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but that he couldn't help. If it was really a curse of the undead, maybe There are ways to get rid of it, but the disabilities of the people in Leprosarium are caused by genetic inheritance, and there is nothing he can do about it.

It was already the second watch when the two left Leprongling Ridge. Wu Zhongyuan did not agree to help them break the curse until the end. He only provided them with some rice and a few livestock out of humanitarian assistance.

The two of them were in a good mood on the way back. At present, it is almost certain that the Hunyuan Cauldron is hidden somewhere in the Southern Wilderness. Next, the two of them have to go to the Snake Clan and Taiping Village. As the clues increase, the context will become more and more obvious. It is getting clearer and clearer, and the possibility of finding the Hunyuan Cauldron is getting bigger and bigger.

Returning to Prince Yong's Mansion in Xiaoshan, Jiang Zhen has returned, and the three bronze medals have also been found and brought back. The bronze medals were placed in the alchemy room of Lian Shang. When Jiang Zheng was still alive, he tried to smelt them according to the recipe above. elixirs, but these recipes are only applicable to Hunyuan Cauldron and cannot be used in other elixir cauldrons.

Wu Zhongyuan was in a good mood after winning three bronze medals. These three bronze medals were also very useful. The Bird Tribe had many metallurgical masters. If forced to do so, they could conduct destructive research on these bronze medals. By analyzing the material of the bronze medals, they might be able to deduce them. The time and general area of ​​smelting.

The two stayed overnight in Xiaoshan in the evening, living in the middle courtyard and the backyard respectively.

The two of them got up early the next day and set off on the road to the Southern Wilderness Snake Clan...

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