Chapter 181 Gunpowder and Magic
Squeak!
The mouse hid far away, screaming and not daring to come near.
The dark thunder is dull, but creatures can instinctively sense danger.
Li Yan smelled the smell and slowly closed his eyes and opened his eyes. Then the mouse flew over and crawled in front of him.
After taking off the cloth strip and looking at it for a few times, Li Yan picked up the charcoal pen and wrote on the cloth strip "Waiting for work, waiting for opportunities to move", then tied it to the mouse's leg and let it leave.
Seeing the mouse quickly disappear into the darkness, Li Yan couldn't help but praise, "Brother Lu San, this is really good!"
In fact, since Wu Family Gully Lu San turned around and took over the case, Li Yan wanted to invite him to join the gang.
Without him, although everyone in the world talks about loyalty, there are fewer and fewer such responsible men.
Moreover, Lu San's ability should not be underestimated.
The opponent can understand the language of birds and animals. Every time he enters a strange area, he can always get a lot of information, which is true and effective.
After all, animals don't lie.
Moreover, Lu San also has an animal taming technique, which can temporarily command the surrounding small animals. As fierce as a falcon, it can only tame one or two, but rats and snakes that can be seen everywhere in the world can be easily commanded by it.
To be honest, Li Yan looks a little envious.
However, the threshold for this technique is quite high. To open Ear Mystical Power, understanding the language of birds and animals is only the foundation. To inherit it, one must have a pure mind and be close to nature to practice.
Village Guardian was a fool at the beginning, and he didn't know where he learned it. Even Lu San himself learned it in a confused way.
I can reach Huayin easily, thanks to Lu San.
After all, they have become targets on Greenwood Path.
That night, a total of twelve quota tokens were obtained. After Manager Wan took away two of them, he did not want the rest and gave them all to Li Yan.
Manager Wan is a veteran, how can we not see Li Yan's thoughts?
Killing Xiong BaoDong is to help them eliminate future troubles.
Although the old man didn't say anything about this friendship, he kept it in his heart and would definitely find an opportunity to repay it, so he wouldn't share the spoils with him.
Li Yan took one of the ten tokens and handed the remaining nine to Night Crying Man. After all, this guy is quiet, but he has a wide network of Xuanmen connections.
But what he didn't expect was that the spot was so valuable.
A total of nine tokens were sold for more than 90,000 taels. Night Crying Man took away 10,000 and said it was a reward, and the rest was converted into silver notes and sent to them.
The movement was so loud that it made people jealous.
Of course, there are also enemies who add fuel to the flames.
Although Xiong BaoDong is dead, Fire Bear Gang has also been robbed by many people in the world, and it is estimated that it will completely disappear soon.
However, some of Xiong BaoDong's subordinates still had some loyalty and fought hard to grab some silver coins, and jointly paid bonuses with Fengyang Qiao Family.
If you take five thousand taels on someone else's head, people in the world will weigh it.
But if you bring eighty or ninety thousand taels of silver with you, you will attract waves of people.
"Guanzhong is not good to be treated..."
Li Yan shook his head slightly and continued to meditate cross-legged.
There is a reason why he came here to practice.
Huashan Opening Cellar It's not that simple.
After all, that batch of money and Spiritual Material were buried when Great Xuan Dynasty first started the dynasty, and were kept in the spiritual orifice of Blessed Grotto-Heavens for nearly a hundred years. They are no different from Heavenly Spiritual Treasure.
If opened improperly, the attached Gang Qi Spiritual Charm will dissipate.
This year, the beginning of spring falls on the tenth day of the first lunar month. From that day onwards, Daoists from the Taixuan Zhengtong Sect on Mount Huashan began to perform rituals and rituals.
The ceremony lasted for fourteen days, and the cellar would not be officially opened until the spiritual objects inside had completely settled.
That is, in four days.
After Li Yan learned <North Emperor Yin Mountain Method>, he repaired Divine Soul with the help of Great Luo Dharma Body, and his practice speed became faster and faster.
It happened to be almost time, so he planned to completely stabilize the first floor of the building before going up the mountain and build the Second Floor on top of Mount Huashan.
Before Third Floor, they were all ordinary sorcerers.
With the magic of Luo Feng, the speed is naturally very fast.
This Old Tang Mausoleum was built by the vassal king of the late Tang Dynasty. At that time, the national power was declining and the construction was a bit rough. In addition, it was repeatedly robbed and excavated later, and it has long been empty.
But the gathering of Yin evil spirits happened to be used by him to practice.
<North Emperor Yin Mountain Method> Zi Hour can only practice late at night. A group of bandits who came to attack before were unlucky enough to bump into the gathered Lonely Souls and Wild Ghosts.
During the day, he used to practice another method:
<North Emperor Yin Thunder Hand>!
The so-called Yin thunder is the thunder of the underworld.
Of course, this is just a way of saying it. It is more about describing the characteristics of this lightning. It is dark, heavy, and lingering. It is best at hurting people's souls. Once struck, it is extremely difficult to recover.
Yang Lei, on the other hand, is unmatched in strength.
With one blow, everything stops.
Like other spells, this <North Emperor Yin Thunder Hand> is also the basis for practicing thunder spells in the future. It is somewhat similar to Palm Thunder. When performing the spell, you can just press it with one palm.
The power is related to Daoism.
Li Yan has integrated Pigua and Red Fist under the guidance of Lady Li, and created Lei Yun through Great Cloud Thunder Sound.
If he learns the Yin Thunder Hand, he will find an opportunity to learn Palm Thunder in the future. If Yin and Yang are combined, his kung fu will be completely grounded.
Pellet Strength, or even Firm Strength, all have a chance.
Thinking of this, Li Yan pinched Mystical Gestures again, lit a Gathering Yin Talisman, and then smeared the ashes on the palm of his hand.
Pinch Yang Seal with your left hand, and pinch Yin Incantation with your right hand. Sometimes the two techniques are interchanged, and at the same time, the palms of your hands are slowly rotated and rubbed.
Yin Energy divided into yin and yang, and suddenly crackled...
At the same time, everyone Bandits also came to the foot of the mountain.
"Here we are, right in this mountain!"
Yuan Zhetian looked at the hill in front of him and sneered, "I am hiding in the grave, I don't know what kind of evil magic I am practicing."
"Several seniors only need to break this kid's technique, and we'll blast him randomly. No matter how good his skills are, he'll be disabled even if he's not dead!"
Three Left Path Sorcerers look forward.
This place is already in the wilderness, and no one has buried the bandits who died in the past two days. Some of the corpses were disemboweled by wild beasts, and some have turned slightly black.
They were far apart, and the smell of corpses hit their faces.
The three of them glanced at each other, then Black-Clothed Old Woman walked forward, opened the eyelids of a corpse and looked at it, then turned his head and said in a hoarse voice, "Find some black cloth to cover the light, the old lady asked him."
Talk to the dead?
Everyone Bandits felt their hearts trembling and looked at each other in confusion.
"What are you still doing?"
Yuan Zhetian frowned and cursed, "I can hack him to death even if he's alive, but I'm afraid of being a bird if he's dead. Go and find a piece of black cloth to cover him."
"Good man!"
The one-eyed monk gave a thumbs up and praised, "Yin Soul was born due to the seven-emotion obsession, and came out of Yin Energy. Brother Yuan has such a bad aura that ordinary ghosts will never dare to approach it."
"Xiao Yue-senpai has received the award."
Yuan Zhetian laughed, but became more and more wary.
Despite his nonchalant appearance, he even threatened three people with explosives, but he was always on guard.
If he dared to cooperate, he would naturally find out the details.
The great monk's name is Xiao Yue. He was originally the abbot of a small temple, but he was greedy by nature, practiced ecstasy, raped and humiliated female pilgrims who came to the mountain, and fled the world after the incident was exposed.
Not only did he not die, but he became stronger and stronger.
The gourd-carrying Daoist, nicknamed Daoist Bao, comes from Lao Mountain. He was obsessed with sorcery and was expelled from the sect. Like him, he specializes in the business of collecting money to kill people...
As for Old Woman, nicknamed Silver Flower Snake, he is a Gu woman from Xiangxi. He also has a fierce reputation, but because of some background, he has survived until now...
None of these three people is good.
He is not popular in Xuanmen and behaves unscrupulously. If he had not done things with clean hands and feet, he would have been arrested by the Enforcement Hall.
Of course, Yuan Zhetian also has bad intentions.
He already had a plan in mind. Once he broke the Li Yan spell, he would immediately take action and blow up these three people!
A few people pretended to be cowardly, but their subordinates Bandits moved quickly and pulled up a huge black cloth to block the old Gu woman and the corpse underneath.
I saw Gu Po "Silver Flower Snake" take out a handful of hay from her arms, light it with a fire stick, and then hang it over the corpse's head.
Three circles on the left, three circles on the right, and chanting words.
"Live... live!"
After a while, everyone around them opened their eyes wide, and even Yuan Zhetian couldn't help but look around.
The acrid thick smoke that came out after the hay was lit poured into the corpse's nasal cavity, as if the rotting corpse was breathing.
Gu Po shook her head, and the strange curses in her mouth became louder and louder...
Bandits felt their hearts tingling, and some couldn't help but rub their eyes, as if they felt that the corpse suddenly turned its head, opened a pair of pale eyes, and smiled ferociously at them.
"Ah-!"
Finally, someone couldn't help but exclaimed and backed away.
Matters of life and death have always been taboo.
Even though they usually kill people without batting an eyelid, when this happens, they still can't help but feel fear.
"What are you doing?!"
Snap! Snap!
Yuan Zhetian Although he was hairy, he was naturally very courageous. He immediately took out his riding crop and swung it around.
Blood stains suddenly appeared on Bandits's face as he backed away.
Although they were whipped, the fear in their hearts dissipated.
After all, it may not happen that ghosts harm people, but this Yuan Zhetian in front of us is a living Yama who can kill people without blinking an eye.
Fortunately, Gu Po's "Silver Flower Snake" spell ended quickly. She looked at the hill above, shook her head and sneered, "These people attacked at night and hit the evil spirit."
"Yin Energy are gathering here, and the opponent must be recruiting a group of ghosts to form Ghost Wall. It's noon now, and the yang energy is blazing, so it's the right time to take action!"
"Okay!"
Yuan Zhetian originally had this intention, and immediately agreed after hearing this, and said with a ferocious smile, "The man named Li is hiding in the tomb. Do you think I will be like those idiots and sneak in to find him?"
"Set smoke and force him out!"
"Yes, brother!"
Bandits They immediately went up the mountain and quickly found several robber caves. They took out several large straw pellets from the backpacks behind them, lit them and piled them at the entrance of the cave. They fanned themselves with big fans.
I don't know what the straw pills were made of. After being lit, pungent smoke immediately emitted and they were drilled into the mountain along the robbery hole.
These things were naturally noticed by Wang Dao Xuan and others.
They were lying on the ridge on the side, all looking solemn.
"It seems that these people are well prepared!"
"What to do?"
"Do it, lest Yan XiaoGe is trapped inside!"
There were many people below, but the three of them were not afraid.
Wang Dao Xuan has set up the altar, but it is now noon and the Yang Qi is strong, so Rampaging Soldiers cannot summon it, so the main ones are Sha LiFei and Lu San.
Sha LiFei first quickly loaded Flintlock Firearm and put it aside. Then he picked up the long bow and bent the bow to nock an arrow.
In front of the arrow, there is a bamboo tube tied to it.
This thing is called Bamboo Thunder Arrow. Because it is simple to make, every guard station of the Great Xuan Dynasty is equipped with it. It has average lethality and its biggest effect is to scare horses.
In the battle of Niubei Mountain, the soldiers of the guard relied on this weapon to make the bandits flee in fear, resulting in a great defeat.
Sha LiFei raised his eyebrows at Lu San and said, "Brother Lu San, although your firearm is powerful, we are experts at playing with this kind of thing."
"Did you see that? The opponent will definitely frighten the horse, and at least a few of them will be killed!"
Lu San glanced lightly, "You talk a lot of nonsense."
"Hehe."
Sha LiFei didn't take it seriously, tightened the bow string, lit the bamboo tube fuse, and then suddenly released it.
Phew!
Fire Arrow roared out and descended towards the group of Bandits horses.
"Be careful, there is Hidden Dart!"
Yuan Zhetian has the best kung fu and heard the sound immediately.
But when he turned his head, his pupils shrank, his legs Hidden Strength exploded, he jumped high into the air, jumped into the boulder and hid.
The three warlocks all had Divine Ability, and they also sensed something was wrong. They were frightened and looked for places to hide.
Poof!
Sha LiFei's arrow hit a Bandits package next to the saddle.
Seeing the smoking bamboo tube, Bandits's pupils suddenly shrank.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
It was like a series of muffled thunder, with flying sand and rocks, and flesh and blood splattering everywhere.
This group of Banditss were playing with explosives for the first time. They thought the more the better. Almost everyone put two bags on their horses and even gathered together.
The most frightening thing is that the gunpowder bag was obtained from the black market. It was crudely made and almost ignited at once.
The earth trembled, and earth and rocks fell.
Sha LiFei was startled and covered his head. After the explosion stopped, he carefully poked his head out and was stunned.
Looking at Lu San next to him, he looked like he saw a ghost, Sha LiFei shook his head quickly, "It's not me, these fools are carrying gunpowder bags..."
As he spoke, a look of pride appeared in the corners of his eyes, "You see, not everyone can use this thing."
Lu San was thoughtful and whistled to the sky, and the hawk above suddenly fluttered its wings and landed.
"What else? Make the match rope longer!"
"High!"
Sha LiFei immediately gave a thumbs up, ran to the earth cave opposite the ruined temple, and carefully took out something.
It was a clay pot with many iron pieces inlaid on it, but it was as big as a fist and had a chain on the top, like a meteor hammer.
"This thing is called Fire Caltrop."
Sha LiFei said proudly, "Song Era is a firearm in the army. I improved it based on <Complete Compendium of Military Classics>. It is very powerful. Can you, my precious eagle, pull it up?"
"Almost." Lu San looked at it and nodded.
Sha LiFei suddenly became excited, "Okay, I'll make the match longer..."
While they were busy, Yuan Zhetian below also emerged from behind the boulder with a disgraced face. Looking at the miserable situation in front of him, his eyes suddenly turned blood red:
"It's Li Yan's accomplice, Laozi wants their lives!"
After that, he ran towards the hillside.
He was already Peak of Hidden Strength. He pulled out his two swords with a clang, Hidden Strength erupted under his feet, mud splashed everywhere, and he rushed towards the mountain ridge.
Although the old Gu woman "Silver Flower Snake" has Divine Ability, she doesn't know how to use her fists and feet, so her movements are slower, and her face is covered in blood from the flying rocks.
With a ferocious look on her face, she roared, "Two fellow Daoists, quickly catch the person above and force that kid to hand over his things!"
The one-eyed monks Xiao Yue and Daoist Bao were instantly clear.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Yue The monk picked up Convenience Shovel, and at the same time Hidden Strength jumped out, following Yuan Zhetian.
Daoist Bao, on the other hand, unloaded the big gourd behind him and placed it on the ground.
He pulled out the stopper of the gourd, lit the Yellow Talisman, muttered something in the air, pointed upwards and said, "Go!"
Buzz buzz!
Suddenly, dense numbers of hornets flew out of the gourd, roaring towards the top of the mountain...