If I let you become a druid, would you join the Demon Sect?

Chapter 10 The Taoist's relics suffered from lack of education

I don’t know what kind of evil things this old guy has done to nature.

The feedback of cool energy continued continuously and did not stop until more than ten breaths had passed.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Gu Yan felt that the world he perceived became brighter and broader.

Unfortunately, this is in the town, and there are not enough plants for him to know the growth of his spirit in the first place, so he can only wait until he goes out to study it.

However, the repair status of the World Tree is known.

Gu Yan quickly checked the position panel in his sea of ​​consciousness: World Tree (0.01%).

When I saw it, I was pleasantly surprised.

A full 0.007% increase!

The repair effect of an old Taoist priest is more than three times that of the previous twenty people. He is simply a walking human tonic, a great tonic!

This achievement made Gu Yan feel more and more that he was extraordinary.

He became more and more excited to see what surprises were waiting for him in the animal skin bag that he had obtained from the old Taoist priest.

But we have to wait!

Another four days passed while we waited.

It's calm outside.

Gu Yan’s patience was almost exhausted.

Before dawn on the eighth day, he left the warehouse where he had been hiding for seven days and returned to the town. He had a good breakfast and was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he went to the market to buy a bunch of sundries. He was busy inside and outside for two days before leaving with more than a dozen new earth mines.

He didn't hide all the time these days. Occasionally, he would go out at night to collect some saltpeter powder. He could just buy the remaining two things directly, which was why it was so convenient.

After leaving the town, Gu Yan ran all the way.

After refining the old Taoist's corpse last time, his physical fitness improved significantly. This time, after running for more than ten miles at a fast speed, he didn't feel tired at all. Instead, he felt his body relaxed and warm, as if he had just warmed up.

He grabbed some dead branches and trees along the way, broke them with a pinch, and rubbed them into crumbs, until they finally looked inhuman.

Arrived near the place where things are hidden.

Gu Yan sensed it first.

After he refined the Taoist spirit, the World Tree gave feedback and strengthened his spirit. Now that he was in the wilderness, he finally understood the effect. Before, in the forest, his perception range was about fifteen meters, but now it was twenty meters around his body, almost the size of a basketball court.

In such a large area, all plants and roots are his "eyes", and the insects and ants on the ground, the flying insects on the ground, and the earthworms and worms underground cannot escape his perception.

Of course, he was not sensing these, but rather sensing some anchor points that he had set up before leaving.

No one cares about the grass and dead branches on the ground.

Gu Yanhui.

According to perception, no heavy creatures came to this area after he left.

"That's it!"

Only then did Gu Yan breathe a sigh of relief.

He came to the place where the package was buried and an idea came to him.

The next moment, the soil under his feet seemed to come alive, spewing out continuously from the ground like a mud and stone fountain, carrying a animal skin bag to the air half a meter.

Controlling soil is another way to use nature's decomposition ability.

When in danger, Gu Yan can use this method to bury himself underground.

The air is a problem, and it can only be used as an emergency measure at the moment.

Carrying the package, Gu Yan came to the depths of the jungle and sat cross-legged among the grass and trees.

He took a deep breath and looked at the animal skin bag thrown somewhere in front.

Excited heart, trembling hands.

Blind box, open it for me!

A muddy hand grabbed the animal hide bag, untied the straps, and dumped it on the ground.

Crash.

A pile of debris fell to the ground.

Then the items were covered with a large amount of soil and checked repeatedly to ensure that even if something was smeared on the items, it would be cleaned.

After a lot of hard work, Gu Yan finally got started.

"A small booklet, turned out to be a Taoist ordination certificate."

"Two porcelain bottles... Oh, there's also a jade bottle here."

"Another booklet, the 'Exchange Book'. The words on it are so small. Luckily, this body of mine went to private school for a few years, so I know the basic characters."

"These are some copper coins and small change, quite a lot. I wonder why this old Taoist priest, who already has a protective energy shield, is still obsessed with those copper coins? Is there some secret behind them?"

"Wow, is this a silver note? I've never seen this before. Let me see. One Bei, two Bei. A total of 1,700 taels of silver notes. Wow, this old Taoist is so rich, yet he still makes money by telling stories. What a unique hobby. But now they are all mine."

This animal skin bag is not big, but it can hold a lot of things.

After some careful selection, Gu Yan picked out seven items and placed them in front of him.

The first thing is the Taoist certificate of ordination.

According to the information on the certificate of ordination, the old Taoist's secular name is Shi Yun, and his Buddhist name is Nian Yun. He is a Taoist priest in a county town in Jisong Prefecture.

There is also a sketch of the old man's appearance, a text description of the physical features, and even a description of the location of birthmarks on the body. There is also a string of numbers, and some anti-counterfeiting techniques and patterns, which look complicated and rigorous.

From this it can be seen that the monks and Taoists of Lin Kingdom, like some ancient dynasties in his previous life, can wander around.

However, seeing that the records of ordination certificates are so complicated, it is obvious that the control in this regard is also strict.

"Also, in Guang'an Prefecture where I live, there are many temples, but not many Taoist temples. They are either located in famous mountains or in wealthy areas. I'm afraid it would be difficult to find one."

Gu Yan shook his head.

I wish I were in Jisong Prefecture.

There are many Taoist temples over there.

Jisong Prefecture and Guang'an Prefecture where Gu Yan is located, both belong to Wuyi County, which is located in the western part of Lin State. However, Jisong Prefecture is also known as the Water Prefecture. There are many rivers and lakes in the prefecture, and it is even connected to neighboring countries. Shipping is developed, business is prosperous, and the people are wealthy. They live much better than ordinary people in Guang'an Prefecture.

Rich people worship Taoism, poor people believe in Buddhism. It’s generally like this.

But it has to be done even though it is difficult, Gu Yan doesn't like being a bald donkey.

It’s still more comfortable to be a Taoist priest.

If it’s difficult, then spend money!
The Taoist temple that was smashed lay down voluntarily and let him do it!
Gu Yan shook the banknotes.

I have money!
Putting the certificate of ordination aside, Gu Yan looked at the second item he had picked out.

The second item is a booklet called "Exchange Book".

As can be seen from the name, the old Taoist is probably a subordinate of a certain force, helping the force to do things, accumulating contribution points and the like, and then exchanging them for benefits.

Knowledge is priceless.

This kind of thing is a treasure that can help you understand more of the hidden knowledge of this world.

Gu Yan rubbed his hands and read it carefully.

The booklet is not thick.

After more than ten minutes, he put down the booklet reluctantly.

This world is extraordinary!
Everything in the booklet is extraordinary.

Gu Yan saw the origin of the protective shield above.

That thing is called the Blood-Refined Protective Jade. After being refined with blood through some secret method, once encountering some danger, the jade pendant can be activated to release the protective shield inside, which sticks to the body like skin to resist external dangers.

However, this thing obviously cannot protect against the impact of sound waves.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have died so miserably.

Besides.

There are also some treasures on it, such as the Wind Control Talisman that can make you as light as a feather, even if you jump off a cliff, you will not be hurt; eating a water-shaped pill, you can breathe underwater and swim as freely as a fish; after blood refining, it is like a body part, and it can communicate with spirits.
Not only these, Gu Yan also found the source of the pills in the jade bottle before.

That colorful thing is called the Corpse Repellent Pill. If you hold it in your mouth, you won't be afraid of corpse qi invading your body. This means that there may still be zombie-like things in this world!
The more Gu Yan watched, the more excited he became.

That's what's interesting.

Otherwise, he would just be a simple low-level ancient warrior, and it would be meaningless even if he became an emperor.

There's no challenge at all.

He also doesn't like to rule over others.

The third thing was a wooden sign made of unknown wood.

The wooden sign is only the size of a baby's palm, black in color, and feels as heavy as a block of iron. The surface is shiny and feels warm to the touch, and there are words on both sides.

Obverse: Liu's Hundred Arts

Reverse: Storyteller
Needless to say, this brand is the identity card of Lao Dao in a certain force.

The storyteller's actions are consistent with the other party's.

Gu Yan speculated that this might be some kind of practice?

Do not understand.

But this is also a clue for him to pursue the extraordinary in this world.

However, the brand will not be kept.

For such a relatively core thing, Gu Yan was worried that there would be a backup plan.

He threw it casually, with an idea in mind.

Refine it for me right here!

The wooden plaque was indeed extraordinary. It was harder than human bones to refine. However, it was so small in size that it dissolved into the soil in two or three breaths.

Processed wooden sign.

Gu Yan looked at the fourth item he took out separately.

This is an animal skin.

The reason why it was taken out was because it also had the stench of an old corpse.

Unfortunately, I can't understand it.

There are some weird-looking words on the animal skin, which are really hard to understand.

These weird words look like swimming tadpoles.

After looking at it for a while, Gu Yan placed the animal skin in front of him.

The fifth thing is a bell.

The bell was previously wrapped in animal skin, which looked very strange.

There was also a faint stench of an old corpse.

But that's not where the weirdness comes in.

The strangest thing about this bell is that it has all the parts and looks normal, but it won't make a sound when you shake it or blow it. The small metal pendant inside will swing along, but when it gets close to the inner wall of the bell, it's like like poles of magnets repelling each other and can't get close.

Gu Yan also tried to use his hands to push it hard to make it collide.

This time it hit, but there was still no sound.

This is very strange.

"This thing, with that animal hide and the stench of corpses, can't it be something like the zombie-controlling stuff from those horror movies of my past life?"

Gu Yan felt that his speculation was reasonable.

Isn’t the stench of corpses and the refining of corpses polluting nature?

The logic is self-consistent.

This old Taoist deserved to die at the hands of himself, the guardian of nature.

Regardless of whether his guess was right or not, seeing that he couldn't find anything, Gu Yan had no choice but to use the animal skin to wrap the bell and keep it separately.

He rubbed his palms together and picked up the sixth item.

This is a stack of books, and it is also what Gu Yan is most looking forward to.

Because this is a stack of secret books.

The reason why it is stacked is because there is more than one book.

There are six books in total, five of which are the same, named "Iron Body Kung Fu", and the remaining one is named "Iron Body Method"!
Dharma is not merit.

It's a good thing at first glance.

Gu Yan likes to save the good stuff for last, so he had been resisting reading the content before.

Now he was ready to savor it.

About half an hour later, Gu Yan reluctantly put down the secret book.

He took a quick look at both "Iron Body Kung Fu" and "Iron Body Method".

"Iron Body Kung Fu" should be a top-notch martial art that can be practiced. After mastering it, the body will be as hard as iron, able to withstand swords and axes without getting hurt, and the strength can reach a thousand pounds.

The book not only contains extremely detailed explanations and illustrations of cultivation, but also a large number of annotations, and recipes for medicinal wines and plasters required for each stage of cultivation.

It can be said that some martial artists just need to get the book and follow the fool-proof method of practice.

The problem is, Gu Yan can't understand it.

He knows all the words, but when they are put together, he can't understand them.

What are meridians and what is the reverse flow of qi and blood?
He really doesn't understand these professional terms.

The key point is that this damn thing is printed in batches of five and thrown together, just like street stall goods, it's scary to look at.

Use yourself to save others.

There is definitely something wrong with this technique!

The book "Iron Body Technique" is even more obscure.

Gu Yan could still understand the words in "Iron Body Kung Fu", but he couldn't understand a single word in "Iron Body Method".

Except for the normal text in the introduction, once it involves the area of ​​cultivation, the text is the same as that on animal skins, like swimming tadpoles.

The pictures of cultivation in the book look even more like ghostly drawings.

How to recognize this..
I can only keep it for now and study it slowly.

The last thing is the animal skin bag for holding things.

Under normal circumstances, the shock wave would tear the Taoist's clothes apart and blow his body apart. Even if the animal skin bag was strong, most of the things inside would have been destroyed long ago. However, it was still preserved intact.

It must be a good thing.

But when Gu Yan tried to touch the bag, it was torn apart with just a little force.

He turned the bag over unwillingly.

Only then did they discover some lines inside the bag that looked like ghost paintings.

It's just that these lines have been broken.

Gu Yan guessed that this animal hide bag was no ordinary thing. It was probably protected by something similar to the shield. However, under the shock wave, the protective function was broken, and the bag became brittle.
What a pity.

A search.

Gu Yan discovered that in addition to some information related to the extraordinary, a corpse-avoiding pill, and two books of martial arts, the biggest gain was the 1,700 taels of silver notes and some small change.

I still can't understand the exercises.

After all, we suffer the loss of being uneducated.

"Hey, let's build a mass grave to cool down!"

Clean up the scene.

Gu Yan took his harvest and headed towards the mass grave outside Huangtu Town.
(End of this chapter)