Chapter 12 Iron Plate Foreign Envoy, Lady Sister into the night. The full moon is like a yellow lantern, hanging in the sky, illuminating the mountains and fields like a transparent crystal world. In the mountains, there is a steep canyon that looks like a thread through the sky. The stronghold of the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect is located on the mountainside deep in the canyon. It is hidden and easy to defend but difficult to attack. At this time, in a spacious cave deep in the stronghold, a tall and mysterious man in a cloak was holding incense and worshiping an unknown bronze statue. The bronze statue has a red face, fangs, and red hair all over its body. It is about two meters tall, with colorful sculptures and gold ornaments. It is quite imposing, but it also makes people feel evil and weird. Behind him, there gathered a number of mysterious people in cloaks. Under the dim lights, the faces under the cloaks were as cold as iron, and the atmosphere seemed gloomy and mysterious. After a while, when the man finished his worship, one of the men in cloaks reported. "Mr. Envoy, it seems that the Linyuan City government has already set its sights on us. If any spies in the city show up, they will be exposed. It looks like it won’t be long before they take action against us.”
The tall cloaked man in front of him said coldly, "With their strength, they can still deal with us outside the base, but coming to our base camp is just seeking death. Don’t forget, Master Cang is still resting here with us. Although he has been in seclusion, I cannot disturb him, but if anyone dares to rush in, hehe.” The person reporting the intelligence nodded and said, "But Fu Wei and the others have been missing for several days. Before they disappeared, they brought a list of the rich people in the city, which listed five wealthy people. I arranged spies to observe these five people. Apart from one of them being an apprentice of Crouching Tiger Martial Arts School, there is nothing special about them. The apprentice of Crouching Tiger Martial Arts School was just an ordinary martial artist, and was not a threat. Could it be that there are other masters in Linyuan City who secretly killed Fu Wei and his gang who entered the city to rob? Should we ask Lord Cang for instructions?" "Master...?" The tall Iron Plate Foreign Envoy murmured and snorted, "It's impossible that there is another expert, unless Fu Wei and the others ran into Tian Youji... That’s it! " The Iron Plate Envoy waved his hand and said, "Lord Cang is still in seclusion. He has a special status and I cannot disturb him. This envoy has reported the situation here to the city headquarters. Our people in the city will also actively cooperate. Speed is of the essence. If the people in the city start to move within two days, we will take action." ... The fourth floor of Fulai Inn. From the toad incense burners in the four corners of the room, a faint fragrance like orchid and musk rises, refreshing the mind. Chu Ge held up the shadow puppet lanterns he had made. The maids on the shadow puppet lanterns were all pretty, with exquisite painting skills, charming but not coquettish or evil. He activated the Dragon Bell and offered the lantern as a sacrifice for appraisal. The sacrificial item could be taken out at any time within ten breaths, but if the time exceeded ten breaths, it could not be taken out. Soon, information about the item appeared in Zhong Xin's mind.
"Shadow Puppet - Lady Lantern: Introduction: (The shadow puppet lantern is made with the shadow puppet door god technique. It is infused with the spirit of the maker. It is matched with the traction yellow paper and infused with a certain amount of supernatural power. It can be used for warning and observation within a certain range. As the number of uses increases, the item will be damaged by the supernatural power.)" Chu Ge nodded slightly and took out the lady's lantern. He infused a ray of strange power into the lady's lantern. Soon, the puppet maids on the lanterns came to life, and they all looked at Chu Ge with their hands covering their mouths and giggling, as if they were shyly greeting him. "Thank you all for your hard work from now on, sisters." A satisfied smile also appeared on Chu Ge's face. He pulled out the yellow paper that established the connection from the lantern and kept it close to him. Then he walked to the balcony and hung two lanterns under the eaves, facing the direction of the county government office diagonally opposite, swaying in the wind. The production process of the lady lantern is relatively simple and the materials are relatively easy to collect. Lanterns can be ordinary lanterns, but shadow puppets need to be made of snow-white fish skin, and the patterns painted on them need to be made with a combination of gold, silver, and the blood of a girl born on the Yin Chen day. This lantern is recorded in the Records of Miraculous Deeds. There is also an even more powerful version of the Door God Lantern, but it is made of very complicated and precious materials and requires special insights, so Chu Ge is unable to make it for the time being. At this time, with these two lanterns acting as "eyes", Chu Ge can easily monitor the movements of the county government office, and he can practice with peace of mind. Go back to the room. Chu Ge rolled up his sleeves and checked the remaining power in the Dragon Bell. But even though two strands of strange power had just been used in the lady's lantern, there were now eighty-one strands of strange power lingering in the center of the bell. This was mainly because after he eliminated Fu Wei and the other thirteen bandits, he sacrificed them into the bell. After giving up the martial arts and abilities that most people had refined, he gained more than fifty strands of special powers. Today, only Fu Wei's masterful martial arts "Thirteen Styles of Golden Spear" remains. “Thirteen Styles of Golden Spear: (Great Ordinary Martial Arts): (After inheritance, one can directly master the martial arts secrets of Thirteen Styles of Golden Spear. Maintaining the use of this martial art requires the consumption of a certain amount of supernatural power)” Chu Ge looked at the message appearing in the Dragon Bell and thought for a moment. He decided to give up this highly skilled martial art and sacrifice it to the Dragon Bell. Suddenly, sixteen strands of strange power increased again in Zhong Xin's heart. "It's too little. A martial art that a Bone Refining Realm warrior has mastered to perfection has only contributed sixteen strands of special powers." Chu Ge felt that his golden finger dragon clock was a little dark. Sixteen strands of strange power, used for cultivation, would only save him two months of hard work. However, even if this highly skilled martial art was passed down to his successor, it would only bring limited improvement to him. The main thing is that every time he uses it, he will have to consume his limited supernatural power, unless he slowly learns to master it each time he uses it. However, the cost-effectiveness of this kind of extraordinary strength and energy spent on a martial art of the mortal realm is not high, unless it is a realm of perfection. The special power refined by the Dragon Bell has many uses for him and he has to use it urgently. Chu Ge looked at the 'Red Scale Claw' talent that was still in Zhong Xin's heart and had not been sacrificed.
After thinking for a moment, he decided not to inherit this talent immediately. The sooner you inherit this talent, the sooner you will need to consume your special powers to maintain the talent in your body. "Although I need to get familiar with the Scarlet Scale Claw, I don't need it yet. I can delay it for a while to save some energy." Chu Ge returned to the room, sat cross-legged in the orchid-like fragrance, and began to practice moving qi and blood. A ray of strange power overflowed from the dragon bell on the wrist and poured into the body. Suddenly, the blood in his body began to boil as if he had taken stimulants, and the blood vessels under his skin twisted like earthworms. The strange power was quickly decomposed into thousands of strands of qi and blood, which merged into his own qi and blood, strengthening his qi and blood and tempering his physique. After this strand of strange power decomposed and merged into his blood, it was equivalent to his own four days of hard work, greatly speeding up his practice. At this moment, the qi and blood rushed and gathered, making his body like a furnace of qi and blood. The qi flowed throughout his body, and his spirit was also lifted by the majestic breath. When his Qi and blood become strong and vigorous to a certain degree, the three flowers of essence, energy and spirit will gather on the top of his head. This is the moment to break through the blood exchange realm and come into contact with the spirituality. ... Soon, it was the second half of the night. After consuming two strands of strange power in cultivation, Chu Ge felt his meridians slightly tired and knew that he was almost reaching his limit. There is a limit to consuming special powers to enhance qi and blood and speed up cultivation. Because everyone is made of flesh and blood, the meridians and acupoints in the body have limited endurance and cannot withstand the long-term impact of qi and blood. It is impossible for them to practice for twelve hours. Perhaps some people with strong talent in martial arts have stronger endurance in their meridians, so they can practice more time every day. For Chu Ge, his limit is to absorb four strands of strange power a day. At this moment, he did not absorb the strange power anymore, but took out the hematopoietic pill given by his elder sister from his arms, poured out a pill and rubbed it on the wax clothes to try the effect of the pill. Until the night ends and the day breaks. Chu Ge tested the effect of the hematopoietic pill and found that it was roughly equivalent to half of a wisp of strange power. After taking one pill and refining it, it would roughly be equivalent to two days of hard training. In a blink of an eye, two days passed. While practicing, Chu Ge has successfully made Fu Wei's shadow puppet paper figure. However, the county government remained silent, seemingly having no intention of taking action against the Tiandi Xianghuo Sect. Just when Chu Ge was gradually becoming confused and impatient, the Wang family's housekeeper came to the door on his own initiative and was brought to the Fulai Inn by Uncle Fu, who offered to purchase the Chu family's assets in the city. This was also an unexpected surprise. The representative went to Wang's house two days ago, and it was not in vain. Wang Youcai, the richest man, was really tempted. He was about to get a huge sum of money. ... ...
(End of this chapter)