The next morning, Su Yun sent Qingqiuyue, Hu Buping and Li Xiaofan to school. When he arrived at Gewuyuan, he saw that Gewuyuan was still under renovation. Many construction workers were busy rebuilding the Wenchang Academy Gewuyuan.
Su Yun rubbed his eyes, stared at a busy foreman, and rubbed his eyes again to make sure that he was not seeing things.
The foreman was an honest man with a sturdy build. He was carrying a book basket on his back. In the basket were a pile of rolled-up drawings. He was none other than the dumb senior brother of Tongtian Pavilion!
Su Yun never expected to meet him here!
The mute senior brother turned around and saw him, and grinned, very simply.
Su Yun smiled and returned the greeting, thinking, "Master Ye Luo was really capable of inviting him here. The Institute of Gewu he built will probably not be destroyed by scholars again... By the way, where is the dragon hanging?"
Last night, he borrowed the magic power of the mute senior brother and imprinted his spirit on all the places that could be imprinted in Shuofang, and found Longxiong hanging under the bridge.
That dragon is a mausoleum beast. During the day, it is a stone beast in front of the mausoleum. At night, it will come alive and pull the cart for the owner of the Eastern Mausoleum. It has extremely fast feet.
Su Yun originally thought that Longxiong had returned to his master in Tianshiyuan Dongling, but he didn't expect that Longxiong was hung under a bridge. It was probably dragging a lamp post, and when it was flying over a bridge, the lamp post got stuck on the railing of the bridge and couldn't get out.
"That's a bridge, a bridge on the ground, and there should be a river underneath." Su Yun speculated.
Last night, the dumb senior brother used his extremely powerful cultivation to push his spirit and extend it to the entire city. His spirit was spread too widely and his mind was not focused, so he did not have enough time to memorize the geography of Shuofang City.
He could only "see" the spiritual weapon of Shuofang City. He could not "see" the things inside the spiritual weapon, but he could make reasonable guesses.
"Longxiong has been hanging under the bridge for so long and no one has found it, which means that the place is very remote. There should be a dry river there, and it won't be difficult to find it."
Su Yun's heart moved slightly, and he asked Yingying: "Is there any geography information about Shuofang City in Wenyuan Pavilion?"
Yingying waved her hand gently, and a geographical map rose from the sky. She said, "This is the geographical map that Lou Ban presented to the emperor."
She is a book freak. She has a photographic memory, no matter it is astronomy, geography or other knowledge, and can reproduce the books she has read at any time.
Su Yun secretly praised, carefully examined the geographical map, and thought: "The geographical map that Louban Stall Friend gave to the emperor is incomplete, only half of it was given, the underground geography was not given to the emperor, and it lacks many details."
He was suddenly stunned and thought of something that was both interesting and scary!
"The Imperial City of Dongdu was also built by Mr. Louban and his disciples. Could it be that the Imperial City of Dongdu was also refined into an extremely large spiritual weapon? If it is a spiritual weapon, does the Emperor of Dongdu know about it?"
He was so excited that he wanted to fly to Dongdu immediately.
"If I have the chance in the future, I must go to Dongdu to have a look!"
Su Yun calmed down and searched the edge of the Shuofang map. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he found a river flowing through the edge of Shuofang City.
The name of this river is Huan River. It is only more than ten miles long and not very wide, so it should be able to be searched quickly.
He closed his eyes, recalled the spiritual imprint of last night, and then compared it with the geographical map. In his spiritual world, the geography of Shuofang City slowly emerged. Every bridge, road, building and building were extremely clear.
Yingying was flying over Shuofang City in the spirit world, comparing it with her own geographical map, searching for errors and pointing them out.
After a while, Su Yun opened his eyes, pointed to a place, and asked puzzledly: "Yingying, why is there a blank space here?"
Yingying landed on his spiritual world map, observed and compared it carefully, and found that both Su Yun's spiritual imprint and the geographical map that Lou Ban presented to the court had the same blank area!
"This should be the residence of the saints. It is a group of old houses. When Lou Ban built the city, the second generation of saints of the Xue family lived here. Lou Ban did not move here."
Yingying speculated, "The second generation of Shuofang Saint was a powerful figure during the reign of Emperor Ai, and the Xue family was extremely powerful. Lou Ban was only named Heavenly Master after his death. At that time, his power was far inferior to that of the second generation of Saint. When the city was being built, he did not dare to touch the Saint's Residence at all."
Su Yun observed the geographical map and saw that the Sage Residence was not far from the Huan River. He said, "Let's go to the Huan River first today, and then go to the Sage Residence to visit Sage Xue."
Yingying asked in confusion: "Aren't you going to challenge other families? You are going to challenge the Wen family, Zhou family and Tian family today."
"I won't go to those noble families. They are extremely cunning and bribed some scholars to deal with me without caring about their reputation."
Su Yun's heart was ablaze with excitement when he thought of the dragon, and he said with a smile: "It will take them enough time to cultivate the true dragon's magical power. When they feel they have the strength to kill me, they will naturally come to challenge me. Then, I will beat them to death. Today, let's do our job!"
"Don't forget, you still have six skills to learn."
Yingying quickly reminded him, "I will pass on the six skills to you. It is very close to the twelve hours."
Su Yun suddenly activated the Young Phoenix Returning Pavilion's Qi-nourishing Chapter. Bursts of phoenix calls came from his body and his figure was like a young phoenix flying. When he performed the first to the sixth move, the Young Phoenix Returning Pavilion's Qi-nourishing Chapter was elevated to the sixth level!
In his spirit world, Yingying carefully observed his spirit and saw that Su Yun's spirit also performed the six moves of the Young Phoenix Returning Pavilion just like his real body. Moreover, these six moves of martial arts had obviously comprehended the three major essences of the Young Phoenix Returning Pavilion. She thought to herself, "He learns very quickly."
Su Yun moved, and directly transformed from the Young Phoenix Returning Pavilion into the Dragon Qilin Pankong Yangqi Chapter. This technique required the visualization of a dragon and a Qilin. Su Yun had studied real dragons and Qilins before, so naturally he could do it with ease.
In just a short moment, he performed all five Qi-nourishing techniques.
Su Yun finished his move and walked out of the Institute of Gewu. Yingying said hurriedly, "There is still the sixth chapter! The chapter of the guidance of the heavenly court, you haven't completed it..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly heard the sound of gods chanting, and saw a divine light piercing through the spiritual world and falling down.
Yingying looked up and saw that the sky of the spiritual world had opened up, and a golden heaven appeared in the sky, as if it was in another time and space.
In heaven, the gods are sacred and solemn, standing in the clouds.
The divine light fell on Su Yun's soul, strengthening his soul and nourishing his body.
Yingying was shocked and looked towards the Big Rhubarb Bell in a hurry. She saw patterns and imprints appearing one after another on the scale of the Big Rhubarb Bell. The 360 patterns on the scale were quickly filled up!
She proposed to Su Yun that he should master the six foundation-building techniques in one day. Originally, she intended to make things difficult for Su Yun, but she did not expect that Su Yun could actually comprehend the six techniques within one day!
"Qiu Shuijing didn't let him down. His aptitude and understanding are indeed good enough to enter Tiandao Academy."
Yingying secretly praised him and thought, "Just challenging Di Ping may not be enough. Di Ping is too scary..."
Su Yun hired a chariot and drove towards Huan River.
When the Fushan chariot arrived at the Huan River, Su Yun opened the window and looked out. He saw that the Huan River was full of all kinds of debris, which should be the waste discarded during the city's construction. He could even see things like stone lions of wealthy families thrown here.
As Su Yun expected, there was no water in the river.
The Fushan chariot sailed upstream along the river. Along the way, Su Yun found two or three bridges, but did not find the stone sculpture of Longxiang hanging under the bridge.
When he arrived at the back of the Sage's Residence, Su Yun saw a stone sculpture of a dragon hanging under the bridge.
There were several courtyards next to the Sage's Residence. An old man walked out of one of the courtyards and was slightly startled when he saw Su Yun in the car.
Su Yun smiled and nodded to the old man, "It's Uncle Zhou. Uncle Zhou, did you hear any unusual noises at night?"
The old man was Zhou Bo, who had once carried the Saint Prince Bai Yuelou in a bullock cart to take the exam. He shook his head when he heard this, and his voice was as dry as an eagle: "I have never heard of it."
Su Yun expressed his gratitude.
Zhou Bo turned and left.
Su Yun jumped off the sedan chair and came to the bridge. He saw that the reins tied to the lamppost were not the original ones. He frowned.
"This bridle was used by the owner of Dongling to tie his horse. It was replaced by someone else. Could it be the work of a saint?"
He shook his head slightly. Saint Xue of Xue Qing Mansion would not snatch the horse from the master of Dongling.
Su Yun looked around and frowned even more tightly. The road that Long Xiang took was not the way back to Tianshiyuan. Obviously, Long Xiang disappeared along with the lamppost that night. It was not that Long Xiang pulled out the lamppost and took it back to Tianshiyuan, but that he was kidnapped!
Su Yun turned around and looked at the courtyards next to the Sage's Residence. In one of the courtyards, Uncle Zhou was busy chopping wood.
Su Yun thought to himself, "That day, I risked my life to save Saint Xue, and took the injured Saint to Shuofang at night to ask Doctor Dong for help. After I left the Saint at the Xinglin Herbal Medicine Shop, I planned to go for a horseback ride with Senior Sister Xiaoyao, but Longxiong disappeared after we left the house. What does this mean..."
"What does it mean?" In Su Yun's spiritual world, Yingying leaned close to his spiritual ear and whispered.
Su Yun was startled, and Yingying giggled, "Whatever is in your mind, your spirit will speak for you, so what does this mean?"
"This means that Longxiong was stolen, which has two meanings."
Su Yun calmed down and said, "When I arrived at the Xinglin Herbal Medicine Shop that night, Zhou Bo from the Saint's family also arrived at the Xinglin Herbal Medicine Shop. Only in this way could he steal my dragon... um, the dragon of the master of Dongling."
Yingying thought for a moment and said, "What's the second meaning?"
"He's been following us."
Su Yun's face was extremely calm, and he said, "He has been following us since Saint Xue and I left Shuofang and headed for Tianshiyuan. He also followed us when Saint Xue was attacked by the Immortal Tong Lao and ambushed by the God King. He also followed us when we fled to the disorderly area and were rescued by the Lord of Dongling."
Yingying wondered, "Since he is Saint Xue's servant, why didn't he help Saint Xue when he saw him in danger? He should have the ability to do so, right?"
Su Yun used all his strength to lift the petrified Longxiong up from under the bridge, and said silently in his heart: "This is exactly what I want to know."
He untied the reins from the dragon horse, put the stone sculpture on the back of the beast, and asked the driver, "May I ask which sect you are from?"
The driver had a simple and honest face and said with a smile: "Mr. Su, I am from the Hetao Hall."
Su Yun nodded and said, "Piaoba Zi, please send this horse to Lao Piaoba Zi's house and tell him to tie the horse up well. It would be best if you could hide it in a hall and tie it to a pillar with the best spiritual weapon. Remember, remember."
The driver nodded and drove away.
Su Yun watched him go away, his eyes flickering, and walked towards the courtyard where Zhou Bo was.
Yingying hurriedly said, "Scholar Su Yun, this man dared to steal the horse of the master of Dongling. He must be extremely dangerous. It is best not to get close to him! He stole the horse and it must have been hidden from Saint Xue. Since Saint Xue did not stop him, it shows that their relationship is not simple!"
Su Yun walked forward and saw that the veins on Zhou Bo's hand, which was holding the axe to chop wood, were bulging. As Su Yun got closer, the veins on his palm became higher and thicker!
Obviously, Su Yun's approach made him very uncomfortable, and he might not be able to resist and suddenly attack and hurt others at any time!
Su Yun was getting closer and closer. Just when Zhou Bo seemed to be unable to hold back, there was a creaking sound of the door opening in the center of the Saint's House next to him. Only Xue Qingfu's voice came, smiling and saying, "It turned out to be Su Shizi. You finally came to visit me! Come here quickly!"
Su Yun turned and walked towards the Saint's Residence.
Behind him, Zhou Bo's arms were already covered with blood vessels and blue veins. The old man slowly relaxed, and the blood vessels and blue veins on his arms gradually disappeared.