Chapter Nine: Chapter Thirty-Five: The Apple Is So Sweet
"Very good. I'm all ears."
As he spoke, Su Wangting took out an apple from his arms, sat down on the beach, and nibbled on himself.
Situ Kong once again glanced warily in the direction of Luoxiatan Sect and said softly: "According to records, more than 1,400 years ago, many people from all over Jiuzhou saw a huge fluorescent light suddenly rising in the night sky.
The fluorescent mass hovered high in the sky for a moment and then suddenly exploded, and nine meteors flew away from the fluorescent mass."
Su Wangting asked vaguely: "Is that the appearance of the Nine Chapters of Tianji?"
Situ Kong nodded slightly and continued: "Since that night, many people in the world at that time received anonymous letters, and the contents of the letters were all the same."
"What is the content?"
"They all introduce the Nine Chapters of the Secret of Heaven. The name of the miraculous feat obtained by gathering the Nine Chapters of the Secret of Heaven, and how to obtain scriptures through moonlight after gathering the white jade pieces, are all from the mysterious letters at that time."
Su Wangting waved his hand: "I don't care how those nine white jade pieces appeared in the world, I only care about where they are now."
"At that time, after witnessing the vision in the night sky, an alchemist silently recorded the general direction of the nine meteors, and speculated on the possible location where they would fall. According to the records of the alchemists collected by our sect predecessors, it can be
Six meteors must have fallen in Kyushu, and two of them are speculated to have fallen to the bitter cold land north of Kyushu, and one has most likely fallen to the Holy Fire Kingdom in the Western Region."
Su Wangting scratched his head when he heard this and asked, "Is there a specific location?"
Situ Kong smiled and said: "As soon as the white jade piece of the Nine Chapters of Tianji appears, it will cause an uproar in the world, and there will be constant turmoil. After every storm, the white jade piece will suddenly disappear, and I don't know how many owners it has changed. And this one
For more than fourteen hundred years, things like this have happened over and over again, so it is really difficult for you to ask me where I am now."
Su Wangting said blankly: "You've been telling me a lot of history for a long time, but not a single sentence is useful? It seems you don't have much ability in Luoxiatan."
Situ Kong said with a bad smile: "Who said there is no such thing? Guess how the heads of the four famous families learned that your Su family has a piece of white jade?"
"How did you know?"
"Hehe, the letter your father sent you back then was stolen halfway by us from Luoxiatan. After reading the contents of the letter, we continued to send it to Silla."
Su Wangting's eyes twitched when he heard this: "Okay, why did the envelope show signs of being opened? It turns out it was you! But why are you just staring at my Su family's letters?"
Situ Kong shrugged: "We are not just staring at your Su family. Including your Su family, we are staring at four families in total, and these four families all have the possibility of inheriting the white jade piece. As expected, we finally found out
That piece of white jade is in your Su family."
"You actually narrowed the scope of your suspicion to four families. Could it be that there is historical data for the white jade piece from my family?"
Situ Kong nodded and said: "Yes. According to the records in the Secret Pavilion, the leader of a small sect in the Jianghu was suddenly killed more than four hundred years ago, and then his four sworn brothers also disappeared. According to the leader's widow,
, the leader had a white jade piece in his hand, and only she and the four sworn brothers knew about it. Therefore, the leader was killed by his sworn brothers, and his white jade piece must have disappeared there.
One of the four people has it! And the ancestor of your Su family is one of those four people!"
Su Wangting curled his lips: "I see, I didn't expect that my ancestor of the Su family would have such an unjust ancestor. Then... do you have any other clues about Bai Jade in recent years?"
Situ Kong stretched out a finger and said with a mysterious face: "In addition to the one in your home, there is another one. There is a definite record in the secret cabinet."
Su Wangting took out another apple from his arms and stuffed it into Situ Kong's hand: "Be good, eat an apple and tell me quickly."
"Well, it's so sweet." Situ Kong took a bite of the apple politely, "Did you know that more than a hundred years ago, there were five famous families in the world?"
"Oh? There's another one?"
Situ Kong nodded: "Yes, there is a sect that only accepts female disciples, called Huanyan Pavilion. At that time, the sect's secret skill of Huanyan Pavilion, 'Thunder Sword Style', could compete with Tianlan Peak."
"What's the connection between Huanyan Pavilion and White Jade Piece?"
Situ Kong sighed softly and said: "It's a pity that the sect has been destroyed. One hundred and twenty years ago, the master of the Huanyan Pavilion had a dispute with a senior from Tianlan Peak, and the two met in front of a ruined temple.
Duel. During the fight, a clay Bodhisattva enshrined in the temple was accidentally knocked over, and a piece of white jade was found under the clay Bodhisattva's feet. At that time, the master of Huanyan Pavilion was superior and injured the man from Tianlan Peak.
The senior later snatched the white jade piece and escaped. Later, the three famous sects except Tieshan Temple came out in full force and went straight to the white jade piece in Huanyan Pavilion. At that time, the female disciples in Huanyan Pavilion suffered heavy casualties."
Su Wangting shook his head repeatedly: "If you commit evil, for the sake of a white jade piece, you won't even let the female class off!"
Situ Kong waved his hand to signal Su Wangting not to interrupt him, and then said: "Seeing that the situation was over, the master of the Huanyan Pavilion led a group of elite disciples to break out of the siege and fled all the way north. The three famous sects were in hot pursuit. In the end, they were forced to
The master of Dehuanyan Pavilion escaped from Jiuzhou from the north and headed straight for the bitter cold land in the far north."
"Then in these years, no one has gone to the bitter cold land to look for them?"
Situ Kong sighed: "Why not, but every time I go there I never come back. The environment of that bitter cold place is no less bad than the desert in the Western Regions. I heard that it is completely white wherever you look, and it is very easy to lose your way. If you go deep in hastily,
Once you lose your way, you can only wait to freeze to death. After killing several waves of people in those years, we have never heard of any faction going back. After all, the remnants of Huanyan Pavilion have already frozen to death.
It remains a mystery in that bitter cold place."
Su Wangting nodded slightly: "That is to say, it is certain that one of them was taken to a bitter cold place. Moreover, according to the speculations of scholars 1,400 years ago, two of the nine chapters of Tianji that first appeared in the world are likely to fall into that bitter cold place.
Land. So, there are probably three of those bitter cold lands?"
"right."
Su Wangting covered his face: "It's over. The bitter cold land is so big, even if you can survive, how can you find those three small pieces of white jade in the ice and snow?"
"Hey, who says it's not? It's hard to find!"
Su Wangting looked at the evil smile on Situ Kong's face and raised his eyebrows: "Boy, do you still have something to say?"
Situ Kong smiled sarcastically and said, "If... you can give me some pointers on practice, I will tell you."
"You guy..." Su Wangting repeated his old trick and put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist again.
"Are you threatening me again?"
Su Wangting nodded.
Unexpectedly, Situ Kong threw the apple core into the sea, raised his head and said, "If you don't point me out, I won't tell you even if you kill me!"
"Hey?" Su Wangting held the scabbard again.
"Yes! I'd rather die than say anything! Don't think about buying me with just an apple!" Situ Kong said with a sense of justice and swallowed the last bite of the apple.
"Okay, you win." Su Wangting lowered his hand.
When Situ Kong heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Then, is Mr. Su available to you?"
Su Wangting shook his head helplessly: "If I guess correctly, you are all working hard to practice the Changhong Guanri Heart Sutra awarded to you by Tieshan Temple?"
Situ Kong nodded.
"Hmm... I have heard of the Changhong Guanri Heart Sutra for a long time. Generally speaking, it is not bad. But did you know that the internal cultivation method of the Shuanghua Palace in Silla is even better?"
Situ Kong lost his voice and said: "Seriously? Are you willing to teach me?"
Su Wangting picked up a dead branch and grinned: "How about this, I write the essence of this exercise on the beach, and you talk while I write?"
Situ Kong's face was full of seriousness: "Write two lines first and take a look!"
"good!"
After finishing speaking, Su Wangting drew an apple on the beach.
Situ Kong clasped his fists: "Farewell! I've already said it, Apple can't bribe me!!"
"No, I'll write."
Seeing Su Wangting really start writing on the beach, Situ Kong smiled proudly.
"Don't miss anything. Ahem... In fact, as early as a year ago, I accidentally discovered a clue that was suspected to be related to Huanyan Pavilion in Jiangzhou City in Maozhou. It's just that this year, there have been a lot of things coming from the sect.
In addition, with the quarrel between you and Nie Yunfei, I have never had time to continue investigating that clue. Is this clue... it has not been reported to the sect yet, and I am the only one who knows about it."
"Jiangzhou City?" Su Wangting raised his head and looked at Situ Kong, "What a coincidence that it is near my hometown?"
"Hehe, I accidentally discovered it in Jiangzhou City when I was trying to find out the details of your Su family."
Su Wangting said "oh" and continued to write hard: "Say it, I'm listening."
"I can only say that it is suspicion, and it does not necessarily have to do with Huanyan Pavilion. You know the Shuangyue Tower in Jiangzhou City, right?"
"I know. After you kidnapped my nephew, didn't you still use darts to deliver messages to me in a sneaky way?"
Situ Kong laughed and said: "Yes, that dart was issued by me, hehe. That Shuangyue Tower? Its back door is an alley. At the foot of the outer wall of the back door, someone drew a small cinnabar with cinnabar.
mark."
"What kind of mark?"
Situ Kong squatted down and drew a simple pattern on the beach with his fingers.
"A cloud?"
Situ Kong nodded: "Yes. The sect symbol of Huanyan Pavilion back then was a cloud."
Su Wangting frowned and said: "Based on this, you suspect that it is related to Huanyan Pavilion? Such a simple pattern can be drawn by a five-year-old child. How do you know it was not drawn by a child while playing?"
Situ Kong spread his hands: "That's why I used the word 'suspect'. I haven't had time to investigate further."
Su Wangting snorted and stopped writing on the beach: "You said it, but you didn't say it. Just now, you want to trick me into giving you the essence of the internal energy of Frost Flower Palace? Hey, it's not even worth an apple."
"Don't make trouble and keep writing."
As he spoke, Situ Kong began to pace back and forth, shaking his head and said leisurely: "Our Luoxiatan's ability to inquire about information is not just for nothing. It relies on careful observation and careful inference. Think about it, that cinnabar is
It’s highly toxic. Except for funerals and building and painting exterior walls, who would always have that thing in their home? How can ordinary children get it so easily? Huh?”
Su Wangting nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "It makes sense... So, that pattern is most likely painted on purpose by the adults."
"That's right. That's why I said - doubt."
Su Wangting threw away the dead branches in his hands, stood up and clapped his hands: "Shuangyue Tower, right?"
Situ Kong was anxious and grabbed Su Wangting: "Hey! Hey, hey, you have to keep your word! I've told you everything I know, and you have to finish writing the essentials!"
Su Wangting bared his teeth and smiled: "If it is a definite clue, it is indeed worthy for me to give you the essence of the internal power of Frost Flower Palace. But this clue with the word 'suspicious'... is worthy of giving you the first chapter. Hehe,
You practice first and talk about it later."
After finishing speaking, Su Wangting shook off Situ Kong's hand and disappeared into the night after a few ups and downs.
Situ Kong scratched his head and stared at the words on the beach: "Part 1??"
"Crash..."
A wave of water suddenly rushed to the beach and covered the words on the beach.
The tide receded and Situ Kong was stunned.
All the words are gone!!
Situ Kong held his head in his hands and wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Oh my God!! In the end, you just sent me away with just one apple!!!"