Lanxi Lin's Manor is brightly lit, but there is a quiet courtyard in the northeast corner that is shrouded in night and has no lights.
The courtyard is elegant and the concierge is closed, but when you look in through the open window, you can see a person sitting alone in front of the desk. He is supporting his head with one hand and turning the pen casually with the other. With the help of the weak moonlight, he tilts his head and looks at the things on the desk.
A round ancient furnace.
The furnace is nine inches high and one foot three inches wide.
The appearance is simple and simple, without any decoration, in the shape of a tripod with two ears and three legs, and the color is purple and black.
Zhao Rong was waiting for the richer blue-white moonlight brewing in the high sky.
On one side, his gaze rested on the cauldron wall an inch above a certain tripod leg.
Looking at it now, it was pitch black, but Zhao Rong knew that there was a handprint left there.
A bloody handprint left by an unknown person.
Zhao Rong discovered it only after careful observation in the daylight.
The blood has long been dry, and the long years have worn away its brightness. Now the black blood stains have merged with the purple-black furnace body, making it difficult to identify. Just like this Tingni purple gold furnace, the past stories have been washed away by the long river of time.
, wasted, taken away, leaving only the endless reveries of those who came after.
Zhao Rong stopped turning the pen, stretched out an index finger, and rubbed the handprint carefully.
Who left this bloody hand? Who is practicing this Furnace Pill? Why was this Tingni Purple Gold Furnace forgotten in an ordinary side hall in Taibai Mountain of Zhongnan Kingdom?
Zhao Rong took a breath and shook his head to get rid of these messy thoughts.
Although there were some twists and turns in the operation to retrieve the sacred furnace this morning, overall it went smoothly. After going down the mountain, he drove a carriage hidden in the forest all the way back, and he did not see any Taoist priests coming down Taibai Mountain to pursue the object.
Presumably they didn't notice the stove was stolen, or they noticed it but didn't pay attention to it for a short time.
He was still a little disappointed at the time, feeling that all the backup plans he had arranged were useless, and he felt like he was ogling a blind man.
On the way back, he even had the idea of turning back, pretending to be a pilgrim, and going up the mountain again to go back to Lingguan Hall to have a look. He even seriously considered whether to tell Chongxu Temple that someone had taken away the contents of their temple in public.
The most valuable thing is probably the kind that can be exchanged for several Chongxuguan. I would like to sincerely praise their generous hospitality.
But these thoughts were quickly extinguished by him.
How could a serial murderer return to the murder scene, admire his flawless crime techniques up close, and then provide some clues to the clueless and incompetent officials, openly provoking and mocking their ability to handle the case?
Well, generally such people don't end well.
"What a madman." He cursed with a slight smile, seeming to have discovered some hidden nature in himself. He was once constrained by the system of that world, but now that he was born in the Xuanhuang World in this life, he has gained a certain degree of freedom.
However, he also secretly warned himself that a gentleman should do something and not do something.
"Who is the madman?" Gui curiously asked.
"Huh? It's okay."
"You did a good job today. I am looking forward to how you will harm the world of cultivation when you reach the Haoran Realm and truly enter the path of cultivation."
Zhao Rong had a dark look on his face, "Please remove the word 'disaster'. How can I, a scholar, be treated like a heinous devil by you?"
"I'm just praising you, okay? Besides, you didn't even let go of a little fox demon who just took on the spirit and transformed. How do I still expect you to bring benefits to the world of cultivation? You're right to cause harm."
Zhao Rong opened his eyes wide, "Why do you accuse someone of innocence? Su Xiaoxiao and I are good friends. You think of me like this, and I think you are like this."
Gui Guo proudly said, "I don't have as many frivolities as you. I never paid attention to these worldly affairs when I was devoted to cultivating Taoism."
After saying that, it sneered, "Think about it since I woke up and got to know you. Apart from surprising me with taking the stove this time, what other good deeds have you done? It's not the love affair involving the beautiful girl of heaven. It's broken."
Kenshin is ready to run away to eat soft food again, just to save the beauty and win the heart of the beautiful woman, but now because of you Confucian scholars' ridiculous duty, he stays here to help the rebellious Lin Wenruo participate in the debate between Confucianism and Taoism.
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It said sincerely: "That's great, Zhao Rong, what are you going to do next time? If you steal things this time, are you going to steal people next time?"
The scholar who was accused of stealing couldn't explain himself. He wanted to explain but didn't know where to start. He felt that it was a waste of time to argue with it. He rubbed his nose and sighed, "Oh, I made you laugh. I really don't know myself."
Such strong love luck will make you feel so uncomfortable, I'm sorry, you old virgin."
As soon as the last few words of Zhao Rong blurted out, Gui was like a wild cat with fried fur, cursing Zhao Rong, but he kept saying those few words back and forth, but Zhao Rong didn't stop him at all.
At this time, a bright moon has been hanging high in the sky for nine days, the wind is clear and the air is clear, and there is not a trace of dark clouds blocking it.
Zhao Rong glanced at the lattice window and the bright white moonlight covering half of the desk. He remembered that there was still business to do, so he stopped bickering with Gui.
Zhao Rong picked up the Tingni purple gold furnace, walked to the window, and placed it in the moonlight.
The bright clear light is like white frost, shining on the inner and outer walls of the Tingni purple gold furnace.
Zhao Rong looked carefully into the furnace and found that it was still as empty as during the day.
He frowned, reached into the furnace, and ran his palms over the strange patterns that seemed messy at first glance, but that made you dizzy when you looked carefully. He searched all over the furnace and found nothing.
Zhao Rong's face was straight, "Didn't you say it was refining the elixir? Where is the elixir? There is still no elixir left in the moonlight."
Gui Bu said angrily: "Why are you so anxious? Let me take care of it. This elixir is a bit special. I don't know if I want to say that you are lucky or bad... Also, put your stinky face away, you little one."
Dare to stare at Ting Ni's thunder patterns when you reach the Heaven Realm, it's simply too arrogant, are you tired of living?"
Zhao Rong raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth, "Thunder pattern? That's it? What can a broken pattern like a ghost painting do to me?"
Even so, he still moved his head away for fear of blocking the moonlight.
Gui Youyou said: "It can make you stop lifting."
Zhao Rong: "..."
Scared. Scared.
Zhao Rong immediately wanted to stay away from it and didn't even want to look at it again. However, after hearing Gui's laughter, he roughly understood that it was a joke. He coughed lightly and continued to look into the furnace, but he still didn't dare to take another look.
furnace wall.
Time passed minute by minute.
"Why isn't it better yet?"
"Don't worry, wait a minute, this stove hasn't been turned on under the twilight for I don't know how many years."
"Can't you stop being so pretentious and tell me what it is?"
"It's a good thing. For a swordsman, it's more than ten times better than this Tingni Purple Gold Furnace."
Zhao Rong was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "My luck is a little too good."
Gui chuckled lightly and did not answer.
There was no words between the two of them.
Zhao Rong stood quietly by the window holding the Tingni Purple Gold Stove in both hands. He didn't know how long it took, but at a certain moment, he didn't know if it was an illusion or not, but Zhao Rong felt that the moonlight around him seemed to be dimming a little.
wrong!
The moonlight in the furnace is brighter!
The next second, Zhao Rong suddenly saw that a ladle of pale white water seemed to be poured into the furnace, and a bright moon in the sky was reflected in the center, which was unparalleledly bright.
In the furnace, the water surface formed by the moonlight swayed slightly with the furnace body, but strangely, the bright moon showed no ripples, as if the moon from the sky really fell into the furnace.
Zhao Rong subconsciously raised his head to look at the moon, and suddenly reacted suddenly.
The moon in the sky is a full moon, but the moon in the furnace is missing a corner.
How does this reflect the moon in the sky?
This is clearly...that pill!
"Li Ji Jian Wan." Gui Qing said.
"Who is Li Ji?"
It asks and answers itself.
"The first female sword emperor in ancient times."