pertwk Chapter 2400 Wind and Dew Golden Lotus and Shangguan Biao
Chapter 2400 Wind and Dew Golden Lotus and Shangguan Biao
Chapter 2400 Wind and Dew Golden Lotus and Shangguan Biao
Immortals have very keen intuition, and sometimes it is quite accurate.
"It's most likely Shangguan Biao," Aunt Zhu snorted. "He hasn't shown himself yet; he's definitely plotting something!"
“Now that we’re here, if he’s going to make a move, we have to accept it.” After He Lingchuan finished speaking, two more disciples from Changfeng Valley came down the mountain.
This time, he didn't hide anymore. He and Immortal Mingke removed their Cyclops disguises and went up to ask, "Greetings, senior brothers. May I ask where Shangguan Biao is?"
The two men sized up He Lingchuan and Immortal Ming Ke: "What do you want with him?"
"Send him something." He Lingchuan patted the blood urn in his hand. "The higher-ups instructed us to send this."
The two pointed east:
"Then don't go any higher. See that old locust tree with ghost claws halfway up the mountain? It lives in the house under the tree, in the last row, right next to the mountain."
Why were you pointing the way so clearly? He Lingchuan thanked the two men and walked in the direction they had indicated.
After passing through two more rows of medicinal herb fields, they approached the old locust tree. There were people working in the fields, and judging from their clothes, they were also disciples of Changfeng Valley. However, they wore short jackets and leggings, just like the gardeners who had come up the mountain earlier. In terms of both appearance and status, they were not as good as Senior Brother Xu and the others.
He Lingchuan walked over two hundred zhang without anyone stopping him.
The closer you get to this old locust tree, the bigger it seems.
The tree trunk has several large branches that resemble an open palm, but they are gnarled and twisted, hence the name "Devil's Claw Locust".
Its lush canopy completely shaded the low houses below.
Yes, there are three rows of small houses, with stone foundations and wooden pillars, quite simple in style, and they are placed side by side, unlike ordinary houses which have a roof, a yard, and a kitchen.
It's more like the cubicles He Lingchuan saw in another world, each only six or seven square meters.
Are the animals living here pure cattle and horses?
A bamboo fence surrounds the gate, and a stone table sits under a tree.
Most of the doors were closed, and there was no one around. I wondered if they had all gone out to work.
The medicinal herbs in Duzhishan's field are growing very well, so the task of taking care of them must be quite heavy.
He Lingchuan continued to carry the blood urn and walked towards the back of the row of houses.
Behind the house, a clear spring flows down from a high place, tinkling and splashing, creating a pool about two zhang square in the earthen pit below.
The water was so clear that you could even see two blue shrimp fighting in the cracks of the rocks.
The stone wall beside the spring looks like a honeycomb, with countless large and small, deep and shallow depressions, all covered with moss and cattails. But some plants also grow in them, some with fruits as delicate and even as pearls, some with sharp thorns that can kill people, baring their fangs and claws, and some that can dance as the audience approaches, swaying rhythmically.
All kinds of exotic flowers and plants.
Immortal Mingke suddenly pointed to the largest indentation and whispered, "Look, could that be the Wind and Dew Golden Lotus?"
The pit was filled with water, at least three feet deep, with a surface area of nearly three square meters, but only one plant was planted there, and all the other weeds had been cleared away.
This is a water lily with six or seven round leaves and three lotus flowers, the petals emitting a faint golden light.
One of the lotus pods was plump, as if it contained lotus seeds.
He Lingchuan had envisioned that the three of them could enter without being stopped, but he did not expect to see the Wind and Dew Golden Lotus as soon as they arrived here.
In particular, the divine bone necklace on his chest trembled slightly, as if reminding him that it was genuine and different from the other people and things in the secret realm.
But it only trembled twice, did not generate heat, and did not form a red halo in his eyes.
The people and objects in this secret place are mostly just snapshots of historical fragments, long gone.
But this golden lotus should be real. It was specially commissioned by the Earth Mother to be bought back from the Xushan Fair by True Man Minghui and transplanted to the secret realm of Duzhishan.
Isn't Shangguan Biao afraid they'll steal this treasure?
Aunt Zhu glared at it with all her might, her dozen or so eyes bulging: "Shouldn't we pick this golden lotus?"
As He Lingchuan was pondering, he suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly, as if something heavy was approaching from a distance, but it was still far away.
"what is that?"
Immortal Mingke asked in confusion, "Huh?"
"Something's coming, the footsteps are heavy. Now!"
Immortal Mingke tried to sense the breath for a few moments, then shook his head: "I don't feel anything."
Aunt Zhu chimed in, "I don't have any either."
He Lingchuan looked into the pit, where small ripples appeared on the water's surface.
"Can't you even see the changes in the water's surface?"
The other two glanced at it; the water was perfectly calm, not moving an inch.
Was He Lingchuan the only one who could detect the anomaly? Why?
He glanced down at the Divine Bone Necklace and saw that it emitted a faint red light.
I see, it was the necklace that did it.
Just then, a figure emerged from the ravine, wearing a straw hat and simple clothes, also dressed in a short jacket, with fresh mud still clinging to his legs.
Upon seeing He Lingchuan and Immortal Ming Ke, he muttered to himself, "Why did they have someone deliver them today?"
His face showed no unusual expression, as if he were looking at several strangers: "Is this the food we fed Jinlian today?"
But when He Lingchuan and Immortal Mingke saw his face, they couldn't help but look at each other in disbelief, both seeing undisguised shock in each other's eyes.
They had just come from the Changfeng Valley camp, where Liu Yisheng in the Screen Secret Realm had personally drawn a very detailed portrait of Shangguan Biao.
The moment this person appeared, they recognized his face!
Although he looked much younger and his eyes weren't as sharp and deep as in the portrait, both of them and the spider were certain that this was Shangguan Biao from Liu Yisheng's portrait!
They had just entered the Duzhishan Secret Realm when the mastermind behind the scenes appeared so directly. Shouldn't they maintain some mystery?
Aunt Zhu's murderous intent surged, and she immediately asked, "Shall we get started?"
If they take this guy out, will their trip to Yujing City be a complete success?
He Lingchuan knew that the Spider Queen was eager to try and was about to leap, so he immediately shook his head: "No!"
Something's not quite right.
Shangguan Biao seemed not to understand: "What?"
He Lingchuan immediately changed his mind: "Yes, this urn should be given to Shangguan Biao himself."
He wanted to confirm it again.
“That’s me.” Shangguan Biao reached out to take it.
As he approached, even Immortal Mingke prepared for a swift and decisive strike. At such close range, he was confident he could decapitate Shangguan Biao within half a breath.
But Shangguan Biao seemed oblivious to the danger, and actually stepped forward and hugged the blood vat, and then—
He took it from He Lingchuan.
He Lingchuan smiled and let go, and nothing happened between the two.
He wanted to see what was really going on. His intuition told him that killing Shangguan Biao right now might not be the outcome they wanted.
He also had another idea:
If this is the historical period before the sale of the Golden Lotus of Wind and Dew, and if the various characters appearing in this secret realm are basically following their original life trajectories without realizing it, is it possible that the Shangguan Biao in front of us is just Shangguan Biao in this historical fragment?
(End of this chapter)