Huang Mei Ba Mao originally wanted to eavesdrop on the conversation between Huang Puying and Jin Bing during their rest, but Jin Bing seemed to have no intention of resting in the town at all. He took Huang Puying and walked straight through the town without stopping.
"So urgent? Where are you going?" Huang Mei thought as he scanned the town with his spiritual sense and found that in such a big town, there was not even a person whose rank was higher than Jin Bing.
So after a brief hesitation, Huang Mei followed Jin Bing and the others directly, and adjusted the template of the transformation technique in the middle to make his appearance more like the current Tang people.
"Mr. Huangpu, do you have a feeling that someone is following us?" Jin Bing asked in a low voice, looking around at the crowd around him. This was the third human gathering place they passed by today. The feeling of being followed started when they left the Nanzhao border, and the feeling became stronger as they went further inward.
"Why do you say that?" Huang Puying became alert, but he really didn't have any special feelings, and he didn't think that anyone would follow them all day.
They had not stopped to rest once until now, and their route was erratic. If someone was really following them, it could only be an organized and premeditated follow-up, and they would have to deploy personnel in all nearby human gathering places. In Huang Puying's mind, the two of them should not be that valuable.
Jin Bing hesitated again and again but still did not speak. He couldn't say that this was the special perception of the Taotie in his body. There was a "food" scent among the people around him that had not changed much in such a long time. If he said this, Jin Bing estimated that Huang Puying would attack him directly. After all, this was a kind of "cannibalism" preparation.
"It's just a feeling, an intuition." Jin Bing said as he focused his attention on the person with the abnormal aura.
As he continued to move forward, he was able to walk right in front of the man. As he passed by, Jin Bing lowered his head and looked at the other person's appearance with his sidelong glance. During this process, the other person did not make any special movements, but was just chatting with his companions next to him. After passing by, Jin Bing compared the other person's appearance with the people he saw in his memory. After confirming that there was no duplication, Jin Bing became more careful.
There is no doubt that Jin Bing believes in his own perception. This perception ability that comes from his blood and talent has saved him more than once in the missions over the past few years. So since the aura is very similar and no similarities are found, it can only mean one thing, that is, the other party's hiding ability is extremely profound. Conversely, it can be inferred that this person or this force has great ambitions.
When Jin Bing and Huang Puying left the third human gathering place and continued to head towards Shushan without stopping, Huang Mei stopped disguising himself. The man who was chatting with him was in a trance, then hurriedly apologized, saying repeatedly that he had recognized the wrong person.
Huang Mei smiled and said nothing. He was a little surprised. How did this strong man find him? He didn't sense any detection spells. Could it be that he also had a magical power similar to the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils? But how could someone with that kind of magical power be so weak
Running in the wild, Jin Bing's heart was still uncertain. His team had a total of two third-level soldiers. Even if Huang Puying was injured and couldn't be counted as a whole, there were still five third-level soldiers. They should be able to walk around freely in most places in the Tang Dynasty. But why did he always feel a little uneasy
"Mr. Huangpu, since you have nothing to do anyway, why don't you talk about Shushan?" Jin Bing's sudden words made Huangpuying a little confused.
"Let's talk about Shushan. What to talk about?" Huang Puying thought about it for a moment and felt that Jin Bing was trying to make himself feel safe, so he continued the conversation.
At this time, ten miles behind them, Huang Mei pricked up his ears when he heard the word Shushan. He guessed in his heart that Jin Bing was now suspecting that he was being monitored and wanted to spread some news to scare him away, but this action happened to be exactly what he wanted.
"For example, the Demon Locking Tower and the deeds of the successive leaders of Shushan. By the way, you and the current leader Li Xiaoyao are old friends. Does he have any special achievements?" Jin Bing's nose twitched. The strange smell of "food" was still there, but it was farther away than at the beginning.
"Special achievements?" Huang Puying was silent. As far as he knew, Li Xiaoyao didn't seem to have done anything earth-shattering. He just worshipped a good master - Drunken Swordsman. And it was rumored that he found this master himself, and later went to Shushan and somehow became the new leader.
In fact, it was mainly because the previous leader of Shushan, Dugu Yuyun, seemed to admire Li Xiaoyao very much and believed that Li Xiaoyao becoming the leader was a matter of destiny, and then he pushed Li Xiaoyao to the position. In addition, Li Xiaoyao's own strength reached the fourth level after he had the memories of his previous life. The two fourth-level people worked together to suppress the opposition voices in Shushan.
Seeing that Huang Puying fell silent, Jin Bing guessed that he might have asked something that was difficult to answer. After mentally defining Li Xiaoyao as a relative, he took the initiative to change the subject, "By the way, the Shushan Locking Demon Tower is world-famous, but there are too many rumors in the martial arts world, and I don't know which ones are true and which ones are false. Would you like to talk to me about it?"
When the topic turned to this, Huang Puying was no longer sleepy and began to popularize the history of Shushan to Jin Bing. There were many things that were unknown to outsiders, and it was only because he was a world-famous detective that he was qualified to have a glimpse of it.
"The earliest history of Shushan can be traced back to the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, Shushan displayed a unique aura and a world-famous spiritual field, making it the first choice for many cultivators. However, at that time, there were many demon cultivators in Shushan, so the danger level was also extremely high."
"Historical records show that the founder of Shushan held a magic sword that fell from the sky and opened up the first stable training ground in the vast Shushan Mountains. In addition, it is rumored that the magic sword was the sword of Fei Peng, a general in the heavenly world. At the same time, due to the difference in race, the conflict between demon cultivators and human cultivators became more and more intense."
"Until the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were already thousands of cultivators on Mount Shu, and there were even more cultivators outside the sect. It was an extremely prosperous era. After years of evolution, the battle for resources with the demon cultivators turned into a way to become immortals by eliminating demons and monsters. This led to a significant increase in the number of cultivators who took it as their mission to eliminate demons."
"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in view of the constant internal conflicts, many monks gathered together. After a long meeting, they established the prototype of the Shushan School - the Shushan Alliance. At the same time, they also built the Three Emperors Hall on the top of the Shushan Mountain. Last time, I was in a hurry and didn't take you to the Three Emperors Hall to pay homage to the ancient emperors. After you report this time, I will definitely take you there to pay homage if I have the chance."
Jin Bing's smile was a little awkward. He was afraid that when he got to the Palace of the Three Emperors, a top expert or heroic spirit would suddenly jump out and shout at him, "How dare you, Taotie, enter my Palace of the Three Emperors!"
By then, no matter how many mouths there are, they will not be able to explain themselves clearly, and it is estimated that no one from Shushan, including Huang Puying, will stand on his side.
While thinking about this, Jin Bing's nose moved again, and the smell was far away. It seemed that the fox borrowing the tiger's power did have a certain effect.
"By the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Shushan Alliance's cultivation method had almost stabilized. Interestingly, the sword school was a cultivation method that was disliked by people back then. The mainstream cultivation method at that time was to make pills and take medicine, and the Immortal Sword School's internal cultivation was considered ineffective."
"The time for the Xianjian Sect to turn things around was during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang. At that time, Emperor Wu of Liang was influenced by Buddhism introduced from the outside world and believed that Shushan was an evil sect. He summoned countless magicians and monks to the mountain to build a pagoda. The Shushan Alliance resisted with all their might, but the final result was naturally a great defeat for Emperor Wu of Liang. At that time, the power of Buddhism was directly consumed by more than 99% and this is why Buddhism is not popular now."
"But the price paid to defeat Emperor Liang Wu's Shushan Alliance was extremely high. Many sects that practiced alchemy and taking medicine perished due to their poor combat effectiveness. Sects that practiced fortune-telling and Qigong were also mostly damaged. The Immortal Sword Sect made the greatest contribution because of its powerful magic and unparalleled offensive power. Later, the Immortal Sword Sect united with the remaining dozen sects of the Shushan Alliance to establish the Shushan Immortal Sword Sect, abbreviated as the Shushan Sect, which is the Shushan Sect we see now."
"As for the pagoda built by Emperor Wu of Liang at that time, it was turned into a demon-locking pagoda after his defeat and still stands today."
Huang Puying spoke with full of emotion, as if he could see with his own eyes the scene of that era when the Xianjian Sect would rather die than retreat, and led all the Shushan League sects to fight to the death with Emperor Wu of Liang. What a magnificent battlefield that was.
Huang Mei in the back scratched his chin and had a feeling in his mind that the passage between Lingshan and this world was probably built at that time. It seems that the key to solving the problem of Maitreya Buddha's spiritual consciousness dissipation lies in this Shushan Sect.
"Huh, that person seems to have left." After Huang Mei left, Jin Bing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Anyone who can be scared away by these things cannot be a human. Maybe it's a hidden monster?" Although Huang Puying didn't sense anything from beginning to end, seeing Jin Bing's serious look, he started to analyze it seriously.
Huang Mei left because after getting enough information, it would be too slow for him to follow Jin Bing and the others. These people couldn't even fly, and no one knew how they got here.
Huang Mei used the human race bag as a magic weapon and directly calculated the approximate location of Shushan.
Then, the transformation technique was lifted, and Huang Mei turned into a weasel, running on all fours in the clouds. After using the escape technique to the extreme, it didn't take long for him to reach the world-famous Shu Mountain.
As soon as he entered the Shushan territory, Huang Mei clearly felt that the concentration of spiritual energy in the outside world had greatly increased. After a spiritual energy difference appeared inside and outside the human race bag, the spiritual energy began to move towards the inside of the human race bag, nourishing the incomplete spiritual consciousness of Maitreya Buddha. However, due to the problem of too small amount, it could only be regarded as better than nothing.
After changing into human form, Huang Mei swaggered into the town gate at the foot of Shu Mountain from the main road. The moment he entered the gate, he felt something passing over his body. The feeling was very familiar, a bit like the magic mirror in the heaven of the original world.
Huang Mei didn't take it to heart. After all, he could no longer be considered a demon in a certain sense. The demonic aura had long since dissipated under the careful teaching of Maitreya Buddha. As for his true form, it was not something that ordinary people or ordinary treasures could see.
Walking into the town, I have to say that Shushan is really the key place in this world. One can get a glimpse of it just by looking at the prosperity of this town. Even so late, the streets are still crowded with people, and many of them are monks carrying long swords, or martial artists who are proficient in internal skills.
Huang Mei followed the scent of spiritual energy in the air and came step by step to the most imposing store in the town - Dingdan Pavilion.
These were the descendants of the only remaining sect within the Shushan League that practiced alchemy and taking pills after the great war. The strong aroma of the elixir made Huang Mei frown, as the technical level of the people here was really not good enough.
Although the Buddhist alchemy technique is a minor art, it is not non-existent. Huang Mei has been sitting under Maitreya Buddha for so many years and has come into contact with various types of elixirs, and there are even many types that can be swallowed directly.
Most of those pills have a characteristic, that is, the fragrance is not strong. The essence of all the materials is locked in a tiny pill. Only when you put the pill on the tip of your nose can you smell the intoxicating aroma. There are only two situations where the fragrance of pills is so strong like in Danding Pavilion.
The first type is the elixir made by super powerful and top alchemists, which contains their understanding of the rules, and the fragrance can make people become immortal.
The second type is the elixir made by people who are not good at practicing and are doing things carelessly. The materials put into the cauldron are not thoroughly refined and the essence is not fully extracted. It is a complete waste of good things.
Obviously, the Danding Pavilion is definitely the second case. However, it is a bit unfair to compare a small branch of a sect in a small thousand world with the entire Lingshan and the entire Heavenly Court. No, it is very unfair.
Huang Mei has no choice now. He doesn't know how to make pills, and even if he does, he doesn't have that much time left.
Walking straight into the Danding Pavilion, you will see various jade bottles of different sizes on the first floor, but most of the bottles are empty, with just a label on them, like a decoration.
When he walked to the counter with real items, the practitioner behind the counter did not stand up to greet him. He just nodded to Huang Mei, bowed, and went back to practicing his own things, leaving it to Huang Mei to see.
This attitude surprised Huang Mei a little. Isn't this guy afraid of being robbed
But if you think about it, you can understand where his confidence comes from. The Shushan Sword Sect's dojo is on the mountain next to it. There are always Shushan elders in the town, and there is a magic mirror that is always investigating. It seems that no one will make trouble here. Even those who really have the ability will not be interested in the elixirs displayed in this place. If someone wants to rob them, they will go straight to Shushan and rob the elixirs in front of him, the head of Shushan - Li Xiaoyao. That is real ability.
If he could still escape after the robbery, he would become a world-famous villain.