Chapter 68

Mashan City was very lively. There was no sign of the plague from a year ago. After the High Priest reprimanded Teng Mulian, Jiang Yuanchen and the other two wandered around the city with Teng Mulian.

Nangong Mu had already started eating from one end of the street to the other. It seemed that the food in the city suited his taste.

"The snacks in the city are not bad. Dry-fried scorpions, crispy centipedes, spicy bullfrogs. They taste pretty good. Try some? "Nangong Mu ate until his mouth was covered in grease. He handed a snake skewer to Lin Zixuan.

"There's no need. You can eat slowly." Lin Zixuan had just tasted it and immediately felt that it was very different from his taste. Seeing that Nangong Mu still wanted to treat him, he immediately declined.

As for Jiang Yuanchen, he looked around the various stalls, a faint smile appearing on his face. He seemed to have noticed something.

"Speaking of which, Mulian, you seem to have a Chillywind Valley here, right?" Lin Zixuan quickly changed the topic.

Teng Mulian took a skewer of chicken wings from Nangong Mu and turned her head to ask, "Yes, why?"

"Then can you send someone to take us to the Chillywind Valley? We need a piece of Black Wind Yin Bone. "

"Black Wind Yin Bone?" Teng Mulian was surprised. "No need for that. I remember there should be a few pieces in the storeroom. If you want to use them, I'll take you there later."

Teng Mulian was very generous. She brought the three of them to the mayor's mansion.

"Three years ago, my parents passed away. I, the last descendant of the Teng family, should have been in charge of the mayor's mansion. But because I'm not of age yet, the High Priest and a few elders helped me deal with the affairs. I need to discuss with Youli when I go to the storeroom. "

Youli was the name of the High Priest. He was only a few years older than Teng Mulian. He grew up with Teng Mulian and was like an older brother to him.

When Teng Mulian went to find Youli, he had just finished cooking a pot of shaman medicine.

"It's time to drink the medicine." Youli handed a cup of greenish-black shaman medicine to Teng Mulian.

Teng Mulian frowned and drank the shaman medicine in one gulp. Jiang Yuanchen sniffed with his nose and directly smelled the rancid smell coming from the medicine. He slightly covered his nose with his sleeve.

"Shaman medicine cannot compare to pill dao in the Central Plains. My small tricks are embarrassing." Youli said coldly when she saw Jiang Yuanchen's actions.

For the Yanzhou of the Southern Border, the so-called Middle Earth referred to the Middle Continent, the Spirit Continent, the Cloud Continent, the Azure Continent, and the Wing Continent. These were the territories of the true cultivation orthodoxies.

"The ancient shaman lineage is mysterious and has its own merits. High Mulian and of the Central Plains of Of the Central Plains. Jiang Yuanchen smiled apologetically and said no more. Instead, he secretly used the River Diagram to analyze the bowl of medicine in Teng Mulian's hands. It seemed that some of the medicines inside were extremely poisonous?

Teng Mulian put down the wooden bowl and said to Youli, "I often have nightmares recently. Sometimes, when I think about the past, I still have blank memories. Help me make some more shaman medicine."

Teng Mulian was the future leader of Mashan City. He was called "Young Master" because he was not yet an adult. However, most of the time, his words were like an imperial edict and he could order anyone in the city.

"Got it." Youli answered. "Young Master, why did you come to find me?"

"Bring me the key to the storeroom. I want to choose a few things to thank my savior."

Youli frowned and stopped mixing her shaman medicine. Instead, she stared at Jiang Yuanchen.

Jiang Yuanchen blinked and stared at You Li, sizing her up. Youli was very young, about the same age as Nangong Mu. Perhaps it was because she had been practicing shaman all year round, her skin was pale and she had a sickly beauty.

Youli pointed her wand at the wall next to her. A secret compartment opened and a bronze key fell into Teng Mulian's hand.

"Since you are the savior of the Young Master, we naturally have to thank you. However, my branch in Mashan City has been living in seclusion for a long time. Please leave early tomorrow morning." With one sentence, Youli asked them to leave.

Nangong Mu frowned and was about to speak when Lin Zixuan stopped him. "Don't worry, High Priest. We have important matters to attend to and can't stay here for long."

With that, the three followed Teng Mulian to the storeroom to get materials.

"Mulian, you have a good relationship with High Priest Youli? Why did you give him the key to the storeroom? "Nangong Mu was a straightforward person and asked directly," Aren't you afraid that he has bad intentions? "

"Youli grew up with me and is like an elder brother to me. He is a trustworthy person. After the disaster of the Plague Demon, I often recuperated in bed. It was him who took care of the affairs in the city. "Teng Mulian told the three about the general situation of Mashan City and went to the storeroom.

"This storeroom has been cast with witchcraft by Youli and is isolated in another space. It can only be opened with the key." She used the key to touch the door and the entire door shook. Then, it automatically opened to both sides to create a passage for the four to walk into the storeroom.

"Cough cough." As soon as they entered the storeroom, a cloud of dust rose.

"How many years has it been since someone came into this storeroom?" Nangong Mu said while covering his nose.

"It's been a long time. The last time was three months ago, no, six months ago?" Teng Mulian muttered to herself but couldn't remember. She could only laugh at herself and say, "I've been too forgetful recently. I think I came here once not long ago."

Teng Mulian rummaged through a shelf in the storeroom for a while before taking out a wooden box and handing it to Jiang Yuanchen. "There are three five-hundred-year-old Black Wind Yin Bones here. That should be enough for you, right?"

Jiang Yuanchen opened it and saw two black spirit bones sitting quietly in the box. There was also a pile of bone powder under the two black bones.

"Only two? And the quality seems to be quite good. " Jiang Yuanchen pinched one of the spirit bones and looked at it. It didn't have three natural wind holes, but seven.

Jiang Yuanchen gently blew into the wind hole and a shrill soul-chasing sound rang out, startling the other three.

"Seven holes. This is already a thousand-year-old spirit item, right? It can even be made into a treasured weapon. " Lin Zixuan took it and looked at it. His expression changed. The other spirit bone also had four wind holes. It was at least six or seven hundred years old.

"Could it be that the three Black Wind Yin Bones were fighting inside the box and the third spirit bone's Yin Wind Source was absorbed by them?" Nangong Mu joked.

But seeing Jiang Yuanchen and Lin Zixuan's serious expressions, Nangong Mu was stunned. "It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

"I'm afraid that's what happened." Jiang Yuanchen closed the jade box. "Mulian, these two things are too valuable. You should keep this thousand-year-old Yin Bone." The yin energy of one black bone was absorbed by the other two. This amount of yin energy shouldn't be enough to raise it to a thousand-year-old grade, right? Could it be...

"Forget it, you can take it with you!" Teng Mulian rubbed his head. The strange sound just now still made him feel dizzy. "Also, you can pick a few more things, as long as you can help me cure my weak body."

"Cure? Don't you have shaman medicine? If I interfere, I'm afraid it'll be hard to explain to the High Priest. "Shaman medicine and medicinal pills were two different paths. There would definitely be conflicts between them.

Teng Mulian looked around and said, "I feel that there's something wrong with these shaman medicines. They don't seem to be used just to cure me." Teng Mulian had grown up with You Li. Although he hadn't focused on learning shaman medicine, he had learned some things from You Li. The shaman medicine You Li gave him seemed to have some other effects.

"If Big Brother Jiang can help me find out the situation, how about I give you a few more things from the storeroom?"

Jiang Yuanchen reached out and touched Teng Mulian's wrist. He carefully checked his pulse, and a strange expression appeared on Jiang Yuanchen's face.

Then, he pressed his forehead against Teng Mulian's forehead. Their brows touched, and he felt Teng Mulian's current condition.

After a while, Jiang Yuanchen put Teng Mulian down. "I've more or less understood the situation. I'll give you an explanation before I leave tomorrow."

While Jiang Yuanchen was inspecting the situation, Lin Zixuan was searching everywhere for materials that caught his eye. Finally, his gaze fell on a mushroom in the corner of the wall.

Yin Ghost Mushroom? A fungus that grew in a place with extreme yin energy? Was the Yin energy in this storeroom very heavy? Why did this thing grow when the Black Wind Yin Bone's grade increased automatically?

Lin Zixuan plucked the mushroom and hid it in his sleeve. Then, he gave Teng Mulian a few of the materials he had chosen.

"Unfortunately, we didn't find the Seven Star Agave. Otherwise, this mission would have come to an end," said Lin Zixuan to Jiang Yuanchen as Lin Zixuan and the others walked out of the storeroom.

"There's no hurry. After we help Xiao Mu kill the Golden Crystal Beast, we'll naturally have a chance to find the Seven Star Agave." Jiang Yuanchen thought for a moment. "I'll go take a walk in the city alone. You two go back with Teng Mulian."

After saying that, Jiang Yuanchen's figure disappeared in front of the three of them. He appeared in a secluded place hundreds of feet away.

"The High Priestess has been following me all the way. Shouldn't she come out?" Jiang Yuanchen said to the empty shadow.

You Li's voice sounded. "Outsider, this is not a place you can interfere."

"There really is something wrong with Teng Mulian?"

"…"

Seeing that You Li didn't say anything, Jiang Yuanchen said again, "I took a look and also felt that there was something wrong. Although you used medicine to cover it up, in actuality —"

"Immortal Master, you are someone from the Middle Lands. Don't get involved in the matters of the Southern Border." You said in a cold tone, and a murderous intent enveloped Jiang Yuanchen.

Jiang Yuanchen's figure disappeared again and reappeared three feet away, avoiding the killing aura. "You don't have complete control over Mashan City. The advantage isn't just on your side. You can't kill me. And before you kill me … "Jiang Yuanchen pointed to a place not far away. Teng Mulian and the other two suddenly walked over.

"Let's mind our own business. I don't like to meddle in other people's business," said Jiang Yuanchen with a smile.

Only You Li and Jiang Yuanchen knew what it meant to easily lead Teng Mulian and the other two here.

"You could tell from the moment you entered the city?"

"Yes, but it was only in the storeroom that I was truly sure. You are playing a big game." Jiang Yuanchen felt the murderous intent rise again and hurriedly said, "Tomorrow, we will leave immediately and ignore everything else. How about that?" You Li was worried about Jiang Yuanchen's methods, but how could Jiang Yuanchen not be worried about You Li? If the totem pole in the center of the city exploded with full force, Lin Zixuan and the other two would not be able to escape unscathed.

"Brother Chang Ming ran really fast!" Nangong Mu and the other two came to Jiang Yuanchen's side. You Li, who was in the shadows, had already disappeared.

"I just thought of something and came to a secluded place to think about it. It's getting late. Let's go back and rest for the night. We will leave tomorrow."

The sky was gray, and it was impossible to tell the time of day. However, Jiang Yuanchen and the other two met Teng Mulian at noon. After coming to Mashan City for half a day, it was already dusk.

It was night, and the sky was dyed black. Jiang Yuanchen looked at the dark sky with no stars and no moon, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"I wonder what kind of array they set up in Mashan City. It even covered the moon." Nangong Mu was also looking at the night sky in his room, and he unconsciously thought in this direction.

As for Lin Zixuan, he sat in his room and took out the Yin Ghost Fungus to carefully examine it.

Then, he took out a jade plate and crushed the Yin Ghost Fungus. A wisp of ghost smoke gradually floated out, but it was restricted by the jade plate. An image came out of the jade plate and was placed in front of Lin Zixuan.

In the dark storeroom of the city lord's mansion, Teng Mulian looked at the skeleton under her feet with a gloomy expression. She shouted at You Li, who was wrapped in a black robe, in front of her, "You did all this?"

You Li was silent for a while. "Yes."

Teng Mulian clenched her hands tightly. "Stop everything."

You Li sighed softly. "Young Master is tired. You should go back and rest." The black robe rolled up, and Teng Mulian fainted. She swallowed the rest of her words.

The light of the jade plate dimmed, and the image could no longer be broadcast. The essence of the Yin Ghost Fungus had been used up, and it could no longer be used to investigate the past.

Lin Zixuan's expression changed greatly. No wonder Teng Mulian kept saying that his memory was incomplete, and that his emotions had been deliberately erased.

Lin Zixuan did not dare to be negligent. He hurriedly went to where Jiang Yuanchen was and informed him of the situation.

Jiang Yuanchen thought for a while before saying, "We are leaving tomorrow. Senior Brother, do you mean that we help Teng Mulian expose this matter?"

"Shouldn't we? Since You Li has the intention of usurping power, Mulian's life is in danger. "

"You Li does not dare to kill Mulian." Jiang Yuanchen shook his head. "The totem pole worships the ancestor of the Teng family. After his father died, Teng Mulian established a new blood contract with the totem pole. If You Li severed the Teng family, then the entire Mashan City will lose the protection of the totem pole. "

"So Junior Brother wants to ignore it?"

"I have this thought." Jiang Yuanchen wanted to say something, but when he saw his senior brother's righteous expression, he did not know where to start.

...

Not far from Mashan City, a firebird flew in the sky. A girl sat on the back of the firebird, searching for Nangong Mu and the others.

"Brother Nangong and the others must not have any problems. Otherwise, not only will Brother Nangong's life be in danger, but the two disciples of Taixu Taoism will also be implicated."

His Highness, the King Of Chess, had given the wrong map and used the map from two years ago to kill the disciples of Taixu Taoism. If this matter were to spread, the Taoism Sect would definitely investigate.

Could it be that His Highness, the King Of Chess, had deliberately prepared it to kill them? As for the disciple who had died at the same time, only God knew if he was really dead. What if he had changed his appearance and started all over again? Who knew?

"Sister, are you really looking for someone?" The girl had been searching for a long time. When she stopped to rest, she suddenly heard a voice behind her.

"Who is it!" The girl shouted and lashed out with her whip!

The woman in the yellow skirt suddenly disappeared and appeared on the other side of the girl using the Earth Escape Technique. "We have the same goal. Don't you want to hear me out? Your Brother Nangong is in a bad situation now. "

After all, the girl was the granddaughter of the King Of Chess Palace Master. She usually followed the instructions of the person in charge. Although the girl was a bit spoiled, she did not dare to be careless in such a big matter. "What do you mean?"

"The three of them are now in Mashan City." The woman in the yellow skirt smiled and said, "I heard that Mashan City has been covered by a spell for a year. I'm afraid the three of them are also trapped in it."

"Mashan City?" A puzzled look flashed in the girl's eyes. She asked, "Do you know how to get to Mashan City?"

"Yes. I'll go with you." Seeing the vigilant look on the girl in the red skirt, the woman in the yellow skirt smiled and said, "I come from the Spiritual State. There is someone there who is fated to meet me."

Spiritual State, Taixu Taoism. The girl thought for a while and nodded. "If we are both here to save people, then please lead the way, Sister."