Oxen said nothing more. Only when Li Qingshan turned around did he say, "You can practise the Tiger Demon's Fist of Bone Forging once you get back. Training an ox without training a tiger still isn't an ability."
Li Qingshan paused, but he did not stop. No matter where this path led to, he would continue onwards without looking back. It was for himself, as well as for the child in front of him.
Oxen placed all of his attention on Li Qingshan. He had taught Little Ann the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty because of Li Qingshan. Was the Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers he had taught Li Qingshan really just a clumsy, mediocre ability?
Li Qingshan searched through the Black Wind stronghold for spoils of war. Little Ann followed behind him with a series of thuds. Very soon, he found a granary. The granary was filled with food that had been plundered from various villages, prepared for winter. Who knew how many people had died of hunger and cold.
Afterwards, he found a warehouse filled with various miscellaneous items, as well as an armoury. The warehouse was mostly filled with things like alcohol, meat, salt, and so on. The armoury was filled with regular weapons, and none of them were on par with the Soaring Dragon sword in his hand, so he did not take them seriously. However, he was unable to find the most important treasury no matter how he searched. Instead, he found quite a lot of silver and banknotes in the rooms of the various bosses.
The Black Wind stronghold had been in Qingyang for many years, so who knew how much gold and silver they had accumulated. There might even be talismans among them. In the end, it was Little Ann who was more meticulous. He discovered an extremely well-hidden mechanism in Xiong Xiangwu's bedroom. Activating the mechanism, a secret door appeared.
Opening the secret door, the gold and silver utensils shone with jewels and jewels, almost dazzling him. A wooden box contained a stack of silver banknotes, which amounted to over ten thousand taels. However, the most valuable items were probably the paintings and antiques that he could not name.
Even Li Qingshan felt rather dazzled. He casually picked up an item, yet he would spend half a day admiring and fiddling with it, highlighting his true colors of a country bumpkin. Even with his two lives combined, he had never seen so much gold and silver. Unfortunately, he couldn't find the other talisman after searching for a while. He thought that if Xiong Xiangwu really had such a good thing, he would have kept it with him as a trump card. He wouldn't have left it in such a place to rot. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Little Ann didn't care about the gold, silver, and jewelry, as if he was tired of playing with weapons. Instead, he took out the paintings from the big porcelain bottle in the corner of the treasury and looked at them. However, he didn't look like he was playing with them. Instead, he looked at them seriously. Some of the scrolls were just thrown to the ground after a single glance, as if they were fakes.
Li Qingshan went up, but he saw that the paintings were either elegant landscapes, flowers, birds, and people, or they were written in some strange calligraphy style. He couldn't understand nine out of ten words. In any case, they were all ancient, and he couldn't tell the difference.
Suddenly, he remembered that he was basically illiterate in this world. There was no chance for him to learn in the mountain village, nor was there a need for him to learn. He probably couldn't even recognize all the words. He would have to make up for this when he had the chance. However, he was very surprised. "You can understand them?"
Little Ann nodded. Although he couldn't speak, he gestured at Li Qingshan. Li Qingshan understood very quickly. As it turned out, Little Ann had remembered many things after he achieved initial mastery of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty and turned into a skeleton.
Li Qingshan clicked his tongue and said, "Looks like you might be able to remember where your home is very soon. You can appreciate paintings at such a young age, so you must have a very profound family background. Perhaps you're not from an ordinary wealthy family."
Hearing Li Qingshan say that, Little Ann became confused instead. Even though he was naive, he knew that his current appearance was shameful. Even if he could find his way back to his home, would he be able to see his family?
Li Qingshan comforted him. "Don't worry, I have a way. You'll be fine very soon. I guarantee that you'll be no different from other children."
Little Ann immediately became happy. Although he had no idea what Li Qingshan's method was, he trusted him instinctively.
Hearing this from outside, Oxen was surprised. This was not just from an ordinary wealthy family. This little ghost's soul had clearly been cleansed and strengthened by someone's power, which was why it was so tough. He was able to withstand the witch's random refinement, and his soul did not disperse. Instead, he had the ability to control objects.
Perhaps Li Qingshan did not know, but Oxen knew very well just how high the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty demanded in terms of talent. Even he was rather surprised that Little Ann was able to grasp it so smoothly. This was probably not just because he was talented, but because he had used some sort of spiritual medicine or technique to awaken his spiritual intelligence.
Little Ann unfurled another scroll painting, and a spiritual light suddenly rose up in the room, overshadowing the brilliance of all the gold, silver, and jewels.
Li Qingshan felt a chill in his heart. He sensed an extremely sharp sword Qi assaulting him. It was actually ten times more terrifying than when he faced Yang Anzhi's fatal strike in the restaurant. He instinctively grabbed Little Ann and pulled him behind him.
The scroll painting fell to the ground, but it did not unleash the terrifying attack he had imagined. After resting for a moment, Li Qingshan carefully picked up the scroll, only to find that it was not a painting, but calligraphy. The calligraphy was extremely messy, and he could not even recognize a single word.
It did not really look like cursive calligraphy. There were no characters in the entire scroll, only random strokes and strokes. However, the force of the strokes penetrated the back of the paper, making it look extremely imposing. Every single stroke was like a sword mark left behind by a supreme swordsman on a stone wall. There was a depth to it that would not be worn away even with the passage of time.
Oxen said, "Kid, you're quite lucky. You actually found a true spiritual artifact!"
"A spiritual artifact!" Li Qingshan was overjoyed. He played with the scroll painting in his hand, his heart filled with joy. He rubbed Little Ann's bony head, "What a good Little Ann!"
Little Ann saw that he was happy, and also lowered his head in joy.
"How do I use this thing?"
Oxen said, "Try injecting your True Qi into it."
Li Qingshan had fought a great battle in the Black Wind Stronghold. He had mainly relied on his own strength, so he did not consume much of his True Qi. He still had more than half of it left. However, when he tried to inject his True Qi into the scroll painting, the True Qi in his body poured out like crazy, and all his True Qi was sucked into the scroll painting.
When his True Qi was completely depleted, a stroke on the scroll Just Now lit up. With a flash of light, a "skimming" flew out, passing through a gold and silver treasure chest, and landed on the stone wall of the secret room. There was no shocking sound. After a while, the treasure chest split into two.
Only then did Li Qingshan come back to his senses. He went forward to take a look, and saw that as long as the "skimming" passed by the gold and silver ingots, they would all be cut in half. The cut surface was clean and shiny. He then went to check the stone wall, and found that there was an extremely thin and deep mark on the thick stone wall.
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