Cypress Boat Floating

"The God's House..." The little boy put away the rare book and looked at him warily. The joy on his face for collecting the rare book with great difficulty disappeared. "Why are you checking the God's House?"

The change in the boy's expression made Lu Zhixing more certain that Tianshutang knew about the matter of the God's House, otherwise they would not have acted like this. It seemed that he had come to the right place.

"This shrine suddenly appeared among the people. It is rumored that the shrine can fulfill any wish of anyone. Do you believe this, senior?" Lu Zhixing asked.

The little boy snorted coldly, jumped to the side and sat down unhappily, put his feet up, and said disdainfully: "What do you mean by satisfying everyone's wishes? It's just using some tricks. Do you really think everyone can be deceived? Wasn't that kid Murong killed by them and jumped off a cliff and died?"

The boy was very disdainful of the shrine. He glanced at Lu Zhixing and said, "This shrine has spread to the capital and is doing evil under the nose of the current emperor. The emperor naturally cannot stand it. The whole world belongs to the king. When someone's power is higher than the emperor's power, no matter whether it is evil magic or witchcraft, it will be eliminated. It just depends on whether the emperor is willing."

Lu Zhixing was not a fool. He could understand the meaning of his words. Indeed, it was easy to get rid of the shrine directly, but what he was afraid of was the resurrection of the dead. His father would never allow such things to exist in this world, but he could not do it directly, so he needed a reason. This was why he visited Tianshu Hall.

"Senior, if Shenwu is guilty, the government should investigate, but the prerequisite is that we must first know where Shenwu committed the crime and how he committed the crime."

The kid clicked his tongue, scratched the back of his head impatiently, said "Come with me" and stood up and walked forward.

Tianshu Hall is at the highest point of Qixing Mountain. It takes a lot of effort to climb up to the Tianshu Hall. Most of the people in Tianshu Hall are Yanshi who are weak and powerless. Although they have no military power, they have brains. So in order to go up the mountain, several people got together to build a cable car that can pull people from the bottom of the mountain to the top without any effort, and it is purely automatic without manual operation.

When Lu Zhixing followed the little boy and got on the cable car that the little boy mentioned, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he concealed it well. However, Cheng Ran who followed him did not have such a good acting skill. From the moment he got on the cable car to the moment it started, he was exclaiming in surprise, and he was touching everywhere while sitting in the seat, trying to understand this principle.

Although the cable car was not fast, it was faster and less tiring than climbing the mountain by themselves. They arrived in less than half a quarter of an hour.

The cable car stops on the side, and after getting off you have to go around the side to the main entrance.

This was Lu Zhixing’s first visit to Tianshu Hall.

Tianshu Hall does not entertain guests, nor do they allow other people to come here. They mainly operate a closed-door hall. If you need anything, you can tell the branch of Tianshu Hall at the foot of the mountain. The shopkeeper will then give you a time based on the difficulty of the mechanism and send you away.

The shopkeeper came once a day, handed the orders to the Yanshi in the hall for production, and took the finished mechanisms down the mountain.

It has been like this since Tianshu Hall was established, so basically few people have ever been to Tianshu Hall, and naturally they don’t know what it looks like.

Seen from the side, the wall of Tianshu Hall is extremely high and you can't see inside.

Going around to the main gate, the main gate of Tianshu Hall is extremely solemn. There are two guards standing at the door. When the guards see the little boy, they salute respectfully and open the door for him.

"Master, what is the origin of this child? Why do even you call him senior?" Cheng Ran wanted to ask at the foot of the mountain, but never had the chance. Now he finally found the opportunity and hurried to ask.

He was curious why everyone seemed to be so respectful to this little boy, since he really looked like a child.

Lu Zhixing glanced at the little boy leading the way, and whispered to Cheng Ran to explain: "This is the junior brother of the current head of Tianshu Hall. Because he has dwarfism, he has always looked like this since he was a child. Don't look at his small stature, he is very capable. To be honest, he is the best master of Tianshu Hall, and many of the mechanisms of Tianshu Hall were designed by him. I heard that this person has a naughty personality and is a naughty boy in Tianshu Hall. Because of his age and seniority, everyone is more accommodating and pampering to him."

"So powerful!" Cheng Ran was very surprised. The child in front of him looked like he was only a teenager. When he first appeared, he could not sense any martial arts skills from the child. He never thought that the child's martial arts were stronger than his, so he could not sense it.

Fortunately, the other party has no hostility towards them. If they wanted to kill them, it would be easy.

Entering Tianshu Hall from the main gate, the first thing that comes into view is the courtyard. This courtyard is extremely large, so large that Lu Zhixing calculated in his mind that it is probably about the same size as Ye Honghai's training ground.

Although the yard is large, both sides are filled with various mechanisms, leaving only a small path in the middle for people to walk on.

"Don't touch these things, or you'll die without knowing how." The little boy walked leisurely in front, but he still remembered to turn back to remind them, "The mechanisms in this courtyard are connected to each other, and no one knows what will come out if you touch them. Some are poisonous, some have gunpowder, some are arrows, some are stones, and some are poisonous thorns."

The little boy turned around and grinned at Lu Zhixing, and said something terrifying. It was not known whether Lu Zhixing was frightened or not, but Cheng Ran was frightened. He quickly withdrew his hand that wanted to touch him, for fear that he had really touched something that he should not touch.

The three of them finally walked through the courtyard and arrived at the main hall, which was no different from an ordinary main hall. The little boy asked them to sit anywhere and then left from the side to help them find information about the shrine.

Cheng Ran looked around. From the time they entered Tianshu Hall till now, he had only seen two guards at the door, and no one else. Cheng Ran was extremely curious, but his duty told him not to be curious and to just stay behind Lu Zhixing and protect him.

But he still couldn't help but quietly ask: "Master, why is there no one here?"

Lu Zhixing looked around and said, "This is just a courtyard for Tianshu Hall to receive guests. All the Yanshi of Tianshu Hall are in the backyard, so they are naturally not here."

Cheng Ran said "oh" and then stood obediently behind Lu Zhixing.

Lu Zhixing didn't know how long he had been waiting here. No one offered him a cup of tea, and no one came to serve him. But he didn't mind. He just sat in the chair and closed his eyes to rest. He was a little tired after running for a whole day and night. Now he could finally calm down and have a good rest.

The little boy, who was thought to be coming back soon, had not come back yet. Lu Zhixing was not in a hurry and just waited quietly.

But they didn't know that the little boy they had been waiting for did not help them find information about the shrine, but instead followed several other people and secretly observed them somewhere.

"Is this General Ye's disciple? The current second prince?" asked the woman standing next to the little boy and observing Lu Zhixing.

The woman looked young, but her palms were covered with calluses. Her hair was tied up with a hairpin, messy but with a unique style. She was pretty and spoke in a soft voice. But a closer look revealed that she was no different from the others. She was dressed in a simple coarse cloth that covered her body, without any jewelry.

"It's him." the little boy replied.

"You have quite a good patience. You haven't lost your temper in such a long time." Standing behind the woman was a slightly fat man. He looked plump and the flesh on his face would tremble if he moved it casually.

"Yeah, so what do we have to say now? Do we really have to give him the information about the shrine?" The little boy asked the two of them, but he was actually asking the man who had been sitting in the chair at the back drinking tea.

The man sat upright on the chair, his expression serious and unsmiling. He was dressed meticulously, even the jade pendant had to be placed neatly, and his hair was neatly groomed, not a single bit out of place.

"Give it to me." The man spoke in a woman's voice, sharp and piercing, but the people present didn't notice anything.

"Brother, do you really want to give it to me? This shrine is not so easy to deal with." The fat man was still a little hesitant. Due to his personality, he was always hesitant when doing things and did not dare to act rashly.

"It's a miracle that Shenwu has survived in the martial arts world for more than 20 years. If those people hadn't been deceived by Shenwu, they wouldn't have tolerated him for so many years. If he wants power, we have to see if he is qualified. Just give the thing to the Lu family. After all, we have been protected by them for so many years. It's not a good thing to keep this thing in our hands. If Shenwu wants to deal with us in the future, it will be difficult to deal with it."

"How dare he! How can my Tianshu Hall be dealt with by a small shrine? When Tianshu Hall was built, his shrine was not even born yet." Upon hearing what the man said, the little boy jumped in panic and roared, his voice extremely loud.

The woman glared at him and said, "Fourth Brother, calm down. This God House certainly doesn't dare to attack our Tianshu Hall easily, but don't forget that they have that kind of evil magic, we can't let them go. We at Tianshu Hall have never been involved in the underworld, we don't make friends with others, we only do our own business, but sometimes it's a mistake to have something, who knows if others will come to deal with us because of the mechanical arts that our Tianshu Hall has."

"Third sister is right. Fourth brother, don't fight at every turn. Stay calm in everything." The fat man also agreed.

After being scolded by the two of them, the little boy's fighting spirit was extinguished in an instant. He shrank into his chair with a wronged look on his face, muttering softly, "If you don't want to fight, then don't fight. Why are you so fierce?"

The other three knew his personality and realized that it was just the nature of a child, so they had no choice but to let him go.

"Third sister, go and give the things to the Second Prince, and then send him away. The favor that our Tianshu Hall owes General Ye will be settled." The man instructed.

The woman answered yes and left to get her things.

"Brother, General Ye helped us so much back then, is this the end now?" asked the fat man sitting on the man's left.

"Of course, we cannot repay General Ye's kindness so easily, but the matter of this shrine is no trivial matter. We can only help secretly behind the scenes, and Tianshu Hall cannot show up openly." The man sighed and said.

The fat man immediately understood what the man meant and nodded repeatedly.