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Chapter 532: Black Cloud Mountain Legacy

In the gloomy underground cave, Zhou You bowed three times to a corpse.

Whipping a corpse is disrespectful to the deceased. Only a mortal enemy can be whipped with a clear conscience. If you whip a stranger, you should feel guilty and kowtow and apologize beforehand.

"I'm sorry, senior."

After Zhou You finished his worship, he picked up the corpse whip and lashed at the corpse.

The crisp sound of the whip was extremely loud in the empty cave. The big snake trembled slightly and then calmed down.

When the corpse whip came into contact with the corpse, strange changes immediately occurred.

Suddenly, a surge of energy appeared inside the originally dead corpse, driving it to speak.

The opportunity was rare and the number of times was limited, so Zhou You didn't waste any time and started with the three soul-searching questions.

"Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?"

The three questions of the soul, or the three questions of philosophy, never go out of date, and the corpse quickly gives the answers.

"I am Pu Tiegan, a senior martial artist from Black Cloud Mountain. I am here to guard the medicinal field under the order of my sect's strong martial artist."

It was a simple sentence, but it was said with great effort. With every word that came out of his mouth, the body of the corpse decomposed a little more. The rotten flesh on the cheeks fell off, revealing the white bones and gums in a short moment.

I see……

Anyone who is strong and martial must consume high-density energy food for nourishment. In the whole world, only natural treasures can meet the requirements.

However, just like the bleeding pearl, the growth environment of this natural treasure is extremely harsh, making it difficult to pick and preserve.

In particular, the more people there are in a place, the less likely it is that rare natural treasures will grow there. Only in a dangerous environment with few people will there be a chance that certain natural treasures will be born.

The Medicine King Classic has recorded that when the world is at peace and the population is growing, it is difficult for natural treasures to appear in the world and occupy the land in all directions.

However, when the world was in chaos, the population decreased dramatically, farmland was abandoned, villages were destroyed, the original residential areas turned into mountains and wilderness, and the originally rare natural treasures grew wildly.

Therefore, the northern border where the witch clan grew up is precisely a treasure land where natural treasures are found frequently.

Recently, with the turbulent situation, cities have been captured and destroyed, countless residents have been killed, injured or exiled, large tracts of land have been polished, and weeds have crazily occupied villages and roads.

Geniuses and treasures are coming into the world one after another.

"Is this the revival of spiritual energy?"

Zhou You shook his head when he thought about this. According to this logic, it was imperative to establish a Qiangwu sect.

It takes a lot of manpower to search for rare treasures, and once they are found they have to be guarded until they are ripe, to prevent wild beasts from eating them or others from getting there first.

No matter how powerful Qiang Wu is, he is only one person and cannot take care of everything. He still needs to recruit disciples.

The corpse in front of him was a former disciple of Black Cloud Mountain, who was sent by Qiangwu to guard this medicinal field. After many vicissitudes of life, the former sect was destroyed, and he also died here, and no one knew his whereabouts anymore.

By chance, Zhou You dug him out of the ground and uncovered his dusty past.

Speaking of which, Heiyun Mountain and Zhou You have a connection, as the Heiyun Spear comes from this sect.

"Senior, I am sorry."

Zhou You once again clasped his fists and apologized. Seeing that he could ask twice more about the corpse, he might as well take the opportunity to finish the job.

Snap, Snap, two more whips were lashed out.

"If Black Cloud Mountain is destroyed, is there any way to make a comeback?"

"Do you know the locations of other medicinal fields?"

These two questions are given after careful consideration.

Zhou You wanted to ask the truth about the destruction of Black Cloud Mountain, but the corpse was trapped underground until it died of old age, and most likely it didn't know the inside story. He was sent to guard the medicine field, so he was obviously a trusted core of the sect, and he must know something.

The first question was to ask whether there were any treasures left in Black Cloud Mountain, and the second question was to ask whether there were any more rare treasures.

Under Zhou You's expectant gaze, the corpse slowly spoke...

"There are no clear instructions in the mountain, but when I was serving Qiangwu, I heard him say in a good mood that there is no sect in the world that will last forever, and the same is true for Black Cloud Mountain. If the building collapses in the future, the hope of the sect's revival lies in a nursery rhyme."

Children's song?

Zhou You felt curious and took the opportunity to ask what nursery rhyme it was before the question was finished.

After comparing the description of the corpse, it was confirmed that this nursery rhyme was a widely circulated folk song, which had been widely circulated during the Heiyun Mountain period.

Even now, you can hear naughty kids dancing and singing everywhere in the streets and alleys, and anyone can hum a few lines.

Weird, why does Heiyunshan Qiangwu say that the chance for the sect's revival lies in this nursery rhyme?
Before he could figure it out, the answer to the second question came again?

"Before I set out from the mountains, I met a few fellow disciples. They were also there to guard other medicinal fields. Their specific locations are..."

The corpse gave the addresses of five medicinal fields, and as expected, they were all located in Beixuanzhou.

One of the locations is quite special. It is located on the edge of Beixuanzhou. After the destruction of Heiyun Mountain, the boundary was redrawn and it was transferred to the neighboring Dawuzhou. It is more troublesome and you have to cross the border.

Zhou You made up his mind and sent out a big crane and a big snake to investigate in two groups.

After all, it has been thousands or even tens of thousands of years since now. Not to mention the changes in the world and geography, it is still unclear whether the original medicinal fields still exist today.

Zhou You was already very satisfied with getting the blood-dripping pearl here. As long as one of the other five medicinal fields was still there, he would make a huge profit.

The bloody pearls he picked today were enough for him to digest for a long time, so he didn't dare to ask for too much.

After the two questions were answered, the body completely turned into ashes.

Zhou You took out a nanmu box, wrapped the ashes in silk, put them in, and buried them solemnly in a corner.

"Senior, go ahead and rest assured. I will inherit everything in Black Cloud Mountain."

A sect that had long been destroyed, whose name no one remembers now, just like the former King Kong Mountain and Cantian Sect, they were not completely forgotten because of their martial arts and relics.

It has nothing to do with that powerful general who placed his hopes for the revival of his sect on nursery rhymes.

This kind of thing that is passed down orally has a very strong vitality and can be passed down through the ages even if the world changes and time passes.

"After returning, privately send someone to collect various versions of the nursery rhyme and make sure to find the clues."

He remembered that in the years after the fall of Black Cloud Mountain, everything was calm, with no treasures being discovered or successors becoming famous.

In other words, the secret of the sect's revival has not yet been discovered by anyone.

This is an opportunity for Zhou You.

He was proficient in seal script and had a special expertise in writing. He also studied the influence of seal script's "sound" on the tone of music.

As long as we find the correct solution, we will be able to restore the remaining secrets of Black Cloud Mountain from the nursery rhymes.

After all this trouble, a lot of time has passed and the processed blood pearls have been dried.

Zhou You put it into his hungry bag and was about to start when the big snake lay on the ground eagerly, signaling him to take a ride.

"You are also a person with good eyesight."

Before Zhou You and the big snake left, he said to the big earthworm, "Just take care of this place. I'll come to see you later."

The big earthworm nodded and dived into the soft soil. To it, this was no different from swimming.

(End of this chapter)