Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 236 Only the jungler is in C
Ages are all compared.

In front of Old Tang, Li Guanqi and Wang Buyu are just Little Li and Little Wang.

But in front of the Jade Book Tower, they are all children.

Because of the bug caused by Zhang Ze's sneak attack, Yu Shu Lou is now extremely cautious.

Not only was the authority of the Xuanjian Treasure Mirror temporarily confiscated, but the first level was also slightly more difficult.

This time he wasn't even given the identity of a security guard, but rather the identity of a useless person in clothes.

To the NPCs in Xiaojinhe Town, Old Tang and the other two are just three old men from other places.

Not only was his identity hindered, but his cultivation level was also suppressed, and he was set to the first level of Qi training.

To make an analogy, it's like an old man doing a giant slalom on the horizontal bar in the park at four in the morning, full of energy.

In the Jade Book illusion, the sun is rising.

Old Li opened his eyes and felt the loss of his cultivation, feeling a little surprised.

To be honest, he didn't expect the scene in the jade book to be so realistic.

The art of simulating illusions reached its peak during the Dongqi era, but because its secrets were completely mastered by the Dongqi royal family, they were completely lost after the fall of Dongqi.

After the six sects restored order in Dongzhou, the work of reviving the glory of illusion has been fraught with difficulties, relying almost entirely on archaeology, and there has been virtually no progress.

The Jade Book Tower is truly a great archaeological success.

As Old Li adapted to his now weak aura, he became more interested in the Jade Book illusion and became curious.

Just like when he first went up the mountain as a young man.

The pure voice of Yushulou rang in his ears. Just as his apprentice said, the first task was to hunt tigers, and the second task was to quell the rebellion.

interesting.

As the pale golden barrier around him faded, Lao Li felt more things: the smell of rain, the light mist with a slight coolness in the early morning, and the noise made by the two people beside him.

Old Tang was very unreservedly adjusting his hairstyle in the rain, combing his half-white and half-black hair into a Tai Chi bun, and then picked up a branch from the roadside and stuck it in.

The last time he had this hairstyle was when he took over as the headmaster. Thousands of years had passed, but fortunately his skills had not become rusty.

As for the old fat man Wang Buyu, he was groping around in his body. After searching for a long time, he finally took out twenty copper coins from his inner pocket.

Old Li also felt his pocket and found that he also had twenty copper coins.

I guess this was his start-up capital.

"Master Tang, what should we do?"

Now that the three of them have been brought to the same level by Yu Shu Lou, it would be logical for Old Tang, who has the most travel experience, to be the leader.

And Old Tang also thinks so.

Back in Linglu Valley, Old Tang had asked Zhang Ze to copy down the Grandmaster's rebellious diary. On the way to the Jade Book Tower, Old Tang had memorized and copied out the entire text.

How can you fail an open-book exam?

"You two wait here for a moment, I'll go explore the way first."

After saying this, Old Tang straightened his back and walked towards the city gate with the Kuixing step. His head was slightly raised, his eyes were half-closed, and his hand was held in front of his chest as if holding a whisk, the typical image of a hermit.

Seeing Old Tang acting like this, Brother Dao and his younger brothers who were guarding the gate were a little confused, and their faces were full of shock and uncertainty.

It wasn't until Old Tang approached that Brother Dao's expression suddenly became serious. He no longer had any doubts and simply waved his hand.

"Do it!"

Just this one time, it happened quickly.

Several yamen runners behind Brother Dao immediately stepped forward with knives and took Old Tang down.

Li Guanqi, "?"

No, what about exploring the way?
Not only was Old Li surprised, but Old Tang, the person involved, also didn't understand the situation. Just when he was about to open his mouth and start fooling around, Brother Dao pulled out the knife and pressed it against Old Tang's neck.

"Bai Niu, shut this old man's mouth and send him to jail. Damn it, I can finally get my job done." Brother Dao laughed.

"I told you that Brother Dao would have good luck today. Today is the last day, and now a stupid Taoist priest shows up at your door." The younger brother named Bai Niu flattered Brother Dao.

"This old man can't really be that Taoist priest." said one of the thugs.

"I don't think so. Our town chief had sent people to drive that little Taoist priest into the mountains a long time ago. How could he dare to send people to show up near the town again?" Bai Niu didn't care.

"Hey, do you think this Taoist priest is from outside the area and doesn't know about our situation?" Henchman No. 2 came up with another idea.

"Who cares about that? Even if it's just bad luck for him, at least we brothers can get our job done today." Brother Dao said with a smile.

Several yamen runners and Brother Dao did not avoid others and talked about these things in front of the parties involved at the city gate.

In this scene set in the Jade Book Tower, at this moment in time.

The flood had just stopped, corpses were scattered all over the city, and the city was peaceful. The founder began to make moves, and the town master also got wind of it.

But the foolish town owner thought that this was just a small ripple in his wealthy life.

Just grab a few Taoists to fill the numbers, calm the people's hearts, and then ask the monks in the town to take action, and the matter will naturally be resolved.

And it is obvious that Old Tang was the one who was killed and took credit for the crime.

But if you look into it, it can't be considered as killing innocent people to gain credit, after all, he is indeed the direct disciple of the rebel leader for many generations.

However, this incident deviates somewhat from the official history of Longhu Mountain and the founder's diary of rebellion.

Neither the official history nor the rebellion diary mentioned this matter.

Both the diary and the history say that the founder was extremely secretive before he started the rebellion. At the moment of the rebellion, he launched a surprise attack with the speed of covering one's ears and stealing a bell, and took the city down in one fell swoop.

Then, like the rolling golden river flowing eastward, it swept across the surrounding areas.

I don’t know whether the history and diary have been artistically processed through language, or whether Yu Shu Lou has made some minor adaptations based on its own understanding.

Anyway, the situation is a little different. Now the fact that the ancestor is going to rebel is not only known to everyone, but also well-known.

Old Tang's original plan of infiltrating the City Lord's Mansion by deceiving others, using his identity as a double agent, and strategizing between the lines to fight against the young ancestor naturally collapsed.

But Old Tang is Old Tang, he has been missing for many years and is very experienced.

After figuring out the key, Old Tang didn't panic. He just snorted like a charlatan.

"I am here to rescue you, hurry up."

However, big liars are afraid of encountering ruffians.

Brother Dao didn't care about your this or that, he simply didn't listen. He took out a mahogany board with a black symbol painted on it from his waist and stuck it into Old Tang's bound hands.

The peach wood board flashed for a moment, and Old Tang couldn't open his mouth. His cultivation was also sealed, and then he was taken away.
In short, the one who should have been the most C was the first to give away his head.

And the story is not over yet. Brother Dao also discovered Lao Li and Lao Wang. Although he couldn't remember whether these two old men came with the Taoist priest just now, they were definitely not locals.

This one is also captured, and the three are also killed.

Fellow villager, can you lend me your head?

As he thought this in his mind, his eyes looking towards this side naturally became more unfriendly.

When Old Li saw those people approaching, he wanted to ask Wang Buyu what to do now.

Should I rescue Taoist Tang or retreat temporarily? But when I turned around, I found that the fat old man was gone.
"No, when did he run away?"

No matter how the nimble fat man disappeared, those ferocious yamen runners had already arrived.

"Forget it, Taoist Tang will be fine."

Those yamen runners were strong physically but had not yet entered into spiritual practice. Lao Li pretended to be a panicked and desperate runaway, keeping a safe distance from them.

He controlled the energy with his fingers, allowing a trace of sword energy to attach to his fingertips and emit a hint of gold. From a distance, it looked like he was holding a gold ingot.

At first, the yamen runners were also puzzled as to why the old man ran so fast, but after seeing the golden color, they could no longer take their eyes off him and gave up thinking and chased after him relentlessly.

After chasing each other for a while, they ran into a nearby wasteland.

The accumulated water in the forest had not yet receded, and some unclean things were vaguely visible in the dark green smelly water. Old Li had already adapted to this weak body at this time, and the first level of Qi training was enough. After a few leaps, he relied on the dirty terrain of the forest to shake off the pursuers.

After the yamen runners were separated, he picked up a man with a mahogany badge on his belt and dragged him up a tree.
This first time entering the Jade Book Illusion was very successful.

He obtained a long sword, a black peach wood sword that could suppress one's speech and cultivation.

just
Old Li felt his pockets and found that he seemed to have lost something.

The twenty coins were gone. "Wang Buyu, that fat guy." Old Li was speechless.

As Wang Buyu's good brother, current colleague and former classmate, Lao Li knows the character of this fat old man very well.

Unexpectedly, even as an elder, this old fat man still has the skill of picking people's pockets. Back when they were still disciples, Wang Buyu had often "borrowed" money from him.

Are you coming now?

But Old Li didn't think any more about it. He packed up his things and headed towards the forest. If he was just hunting tigers, these things would be enough.

As for where Mr. Wang is now, of course he is in the city.

At this time, Wang was silent. Mr. Wang had already turned the total of forty copper coins into five taels of silver through some dirty tricks.

For example, finding a gangster to scam people, or cheating in a casino.
When he was traveling around the world, Wang Buyu never spent a penny of the sect's money, and it is still the same now.

Seeing that he had almost made enough money, Lao Wang pretended to have a stomachache at the gambling table and made a random bet. After winning, he went straight to the toilet in the backyard.

When a few villains with ill intentions who wanted to rob the old man and help the poor came to the backyard, Lao Wang had already climbed over the wall as light as a swallow. He then climbed over several walls, took some clothes from the backyards of several houses, and left some silver and money.

Although this jade book illusion is fake, it still needs to be given.

When Lao Wang walked onto the street again, he had changed his appearance. He had changed from a fat beggar from outside the city to Grandpa Wang from the next street.

After clearing his identity, Lao Wang did not go to the City Lord's Mansion or continue to make money. He asked for directions again, turned left and right, and found the bookstore in the west of the city.

When he entered the city, he found out that it would cost four taels of silver to go to the West City Bookstore.

Although he felt a little sorry for Lao Li, Lao Wang had no intention of completing those tasks from the beginning. He just came here to read books.

As a history enthusiast, he was very interested in the era before the Eastern Qi Dynasty, known as the Ten Kingdoms Period.

The various historical factions of Dongqi still have inheritances, and at worst some can be dug out by digging graves.

However, only the oldest Tianzong still has some records of the events during the chaotic years of the Ten Kingdoms, but Lao Wang doesn't believe in Tianzong very much.

After all, Tianzong has a history of bragging.

Now that this jade book illusion is so real, it will definitely contain some books from this era.

Moreover, storing books is one of the functions of the Jade Book Tower.

Even if it is a version polished by Dongqi, it can be compared with the Tianzong version.

Maybe there will be some other discoveries.

With this purpose in mind, Lao Wang came to the Chengxi Bookstore.

Walking in, Lao Wang found that it was indeed the case. The door of the West City Bookstore was like a curtain separating two worlds. The size of the interior of the bookstore did not match its exterior.

Rows of bookshelves extend backwards. The bookstore has no windows or candles, but it is not dark. There is a huge pool in the center of the hall.

The bookshelf contains not only essays on current affairs and classic works left by people at that time, but even some low-level skills that have long been lost.

He continued walking inside, but soon he was stopped by an invisible barrier. It seemed that the bookshelves beyond it were temporarily closed to the public.

After asking a few times in my mind, Yu Shu Lou said that I could only watch it after completing the trial mission.

Lao Wang asked if they could make an exception, but Yushulou said no!
"Okay, good luck to Guanqi."

After sending his blessings to his old brother, Lao Wang took a book and sat by the pool to read, and soon immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge.

So far, on the first day of the reopening of Yushulou, this is a very memorable day.

Among the five trial participants, two were caught on the spot for maliciously using bugs.

The oldest one, the one who made bold statements before the game started, was killed as soon as he entered.

The good brothers, who should have a bond stronger than gold and be united as one, are now hanging out in the fountain.

Only Lao Li is still playing jungle in the mountains and still in C.

But although some people are working hard silently.

But Yu Shulou, who had been observing the situation, felt something was wrong.

Nine out of ten are wrong.

Why does this guy named Li Guanqi look so well-behaved? He has the demeanor of those scions of military families during the heyday of Dongqi.

Serious, silent, and moving forward.

[No, it's definitely not right.]

[It's impossible for such a person to teach a disciple like Zhang Ze.]

[He must have some conspiracy! ]

[We need to give him some strength! ]

——The dividing line that shows I was tricked by my apprentice——

In the mountains.

The sun had already set, but Lao Li didn't walk too fast.

He did not go up the mountain to look for the tiger immediately, but found an abandoned hut at the foot of the mountain and stayed there temporarily.

The master probably either followed the Taoist priest in the rebellion or fled to another place.

There was nothing valuable left in the house. All that was left were some useless elm wood lumps and solid wood cabinets that could not be moved.

Not even a piece of iron was left.

Old Li picked up a piece of elm wood from the yard and shook it in his hands. Then he found a half-broken millstone on the ground and sat down, taking the broken knife and chipping the wood.

Soon, a sharp wooden dart was polished out by Lao Li, but he did not stop. Instead, he continued to make the next one.

As he was whittling, Old Li suddenly remembered the days before he joined the Sword Sect.

At that time he was not called Li Guanqi. This name was given to him by Pavilion Master Zhengyi. At that time his name was Li Hu. He was a hunter and carpenter.

He became a carpenter because it was his ancestral craft, and he became a hunter because he was alone and liked to eat meat.

Many things are not complicated at the beginning, that's all
I still remember that he was sitting in the yard like this at that time. He was still a teenager, just like now, holding a small knife and cutting wood in his hand.

Then, a senior brother who had passed away led the skinny Wang Buyu past his door.

"Brother, do you want to practice sword?" Wang Buyu asked while riding on the wall.

"Huh?" Li Hu didn't hear clearly.

But with just such a simple question and answer, the talented Lao Li was taken to the Seventh Sword Pavilion by the senior brother.
Li Guanqi took a deep breath and woke up from his memories. In front of him were more than ten wooden darts. These darts were not durable, but they were sharp enough.

Holding the wooden dart, an inexplicable feeling lingered in his heart. Looking at the wooden dart in his hand, Lao Li seemed to have a feeling in his heart, as if the bottleneck that had troubled him for a long time had shown signs of loosening.

Not only that, Lao Li has now entered a state of peace of mind.

After putting away the wooden dart, Li Guanqi closed the gate and went up the mountain with his sword.

He traveled all night, searching for traces. Under the superposition of the illusion and his current mysterious state, his memories of the past were extremely clear. He seemed to have returned to his youth, back to the time when he went into the forest alone to hunt tigers.

After climbing over the second hill and when the sky was slightly bright again, Lao Li found his target along the animal trail, a tiger that had just reached adulthood but lacked experience.

After covering his tracks, Lao Li climbed up an ancient tree, threw a wooden dart at the cave entrance, and waited for the tiger to come out of the cave.

However, there seems to be something wrong with this tiger.

It's like someone has done something to it.

The tiger's head popped out, and judging from its face, it was indeed a newly grown tiger.

But when it took its first step, the tiger's body suddenly increased in size.

When the second foot took a step forward, there was a hint of subtle cunning in the tiger's clear eyes, and some extra patterns appeared on its body.

After the third step was taken, the patterns on the tiger's body became more and more weird, and the word "king" on its forehead turned into a strange symbol.

The fourth one.
Before the fourth foot took a step forward, Lao Li had already taken action.

He was afraid that if he waited any longer, the tiger would start to speak.

When he threw the second wooden dart at the tiger's eyes, Lao Li once again felt the strange feeling before entering the Jade Book illusion.

He always felt as if he was being targeted.

And what Lao Li thought was correct, he was being targeted.

With the blessing of the Jade Book Tower, the tiger was upgraded three levels.
(End of this chapter)