Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 104 – Junior brother, do you want to join the association?

After breakfast, Dr. Dong drew blood from Su Yun and said, "Su Shizi, when you were cultivating last night, I checked the speed at which you were drawing upon the qi of heaven and earth. Although it still cannot balance with the speed of your cultivation, the harm is not as great as before. You can continue to cultivate for a period of time and come for a check-up every day... um, once a day."

He handed the vial of blood to Chi Xiaoyao, and the plump doctor smiled gently and said, "Observe for ten days, and you will know whether this technique is harmful to you or not."

Su Yun thanked him.

Chi Xiaoyao whispered, "Teacher, our medicinal shop is almost full of his blood vials. We don't have many bottles left."

"Throw away the blood we drew before," the plump doctor said with a smile, nodding at Su Yun and whispering to Chi Xiaoyao.

After finishing breakfast, Su Yun and Chi Xiaoyao walked out of the medicinal shop and saw someone trying to drag away a large hand on the street. Su Yun walked over and saw that each of the five fingers on the strange hand had an eye.

There were also several dried up bodies of government officials lying on the side of the road, as if they had been drained of their bodily fluids.

"Why did Wushentong and Yutian, the leader of the Old Nobody Zone, come after me?" Su Yun wondered.

"Junior brother, hurry up!" Chi Xiaoyao waved at him.

Su Yun caught up with the girl and asked, "Senior sister, what does Lao Piao Ba Zi mean?"

Chi Xiaoyao said, "The leader of the bandits and robbers is called Lao Piao Ba Zi. Robbery is called adding water, and Lao Piao Ba Zi means that this person is in charge of the pot, and he can take the first dip of all the wealth that the robbers steal, which is called drawing water. Lao Piao Ba Zi can also distribute the water to other bandits and share the loot with them. To be able to be Lao Piao Ba Zi, one's status in the martial world must be very high!"

Su Yun was stunned. "So, is Zuofushexi the leader of all the bandits in Shuofang? No, judging from Dr. Dong's attitude towards him, he should be more than just the Lao Piao Ba Zi of Shuofang."

He took a deep breath and his eyes brightened. "Zuofushexi is his first identity, the owner of the Ten Jinxiu Map is his second identity, and Lao Piao Ba Zi is his third identity. Shuijing Xiansheng said that Zuofushexi is like an iceberg in the sea, with nine-tenths hidden underwater. Zuofushexi should have other identities!"

Chi Xiaoyao came to a shop and knocked on the door, saying to the shopkeeper, "I need a phoenix carriage to leave the city, rent it for a day."

The shopkeeper opened the door and said, "One hundred coins a day, bring your own food and drink."

Chi Xiaoyao paid the money and said to Su Yun, "Junior brother, this money is yours, and you will return it to me later."

Su Yun nodded.

The shopkeeper took the money and smiled, "Please wait a moment, I'll prepare it."Su Yun and Chi Xiaoyao waited at the door, but they saw the shopkeeper's body shake and suddenly transform, with feathers fluttering out of his body, turning into a large blue bird in an instant!

The bird was extremely tall, as high as three stories, but it was already old, with many feathers missing from its neck and a strong demonic aura on its body, obviously an old bird demon.

The blue bird urged its magical power, lifting a dilapidated wooden building onto its back, and shouted, "Guest, one hundred coins is the wage, and you have to provide a day's meal!"

Su Yun was stunned, suddenly realizing and asking, "Senior Sister, why are we renting a phoenix carriage?"

"We scholars of the Wen Chang Academy have to go out and gain experience after studying, only the scholars who can come back alive can further their studies."

Seeing his face change slightly, Chi Xiaoyao chuckled, "I was just scaring you. Most scholars can come back alive, only a few die outside."

"A few die outside..." Su Yun was still shocked.

The old blue bird lowered its head, and its huge head leaned over to him, laughing, "Don't you know the rules of the Wen Chang Academy? The teachers of the Wen Chang Academy are only responsible for taking their students out alive, not for bringing them back alive."

Chi Xiaoyao scolded, and the blue bird felt the power of the dragon and quickly shut up.

The two got on the carriage, and Su Yun's butt was still a bit sore. He wanted to find a seat, but he saw that there were no chairs in the small dilapidated building, only a pile of straw.

There were also several smaller blue birds in the straw, each one as tall as a person, also a group of little monsters, looking down at them from a high place. They should be the children of the blue bird.

Chi Xiaoyao complained, "One hundred coins a day is too expensive. This person wants us to provide meals and even brings three children." Although she said that, she still stopped and bought a lot of meat to feed the young birds on the street.

The old blue bird took a few steps and suddenly flapped its wings, taking off with them into the sky. Su Yun was stunned and quickly looked down. He saw them rising higher and higher, heading towards the Wen Chang Academy!

"Li Zhuxian's phoenix carriage can't fly, but this phoenix carriage can!" he was amazed.

Although the blue bird was very old, although the small building was very dilapidated, and although there were three young birds inside, just the fact that it could fly surpassed Li Zhuxian's phoenix carriage!

Chi Xiaoyao said, "Li family's phoenix carriage can also fly, but that bird is not yet mature. That bird is called the Heavenly Phoenix, which is very rare. After it matures, its wingspan is like clouds, and it is said to be able to carry a palace and travel thousands of miles a day. It's much better than what we rented."The old green bird carried them into the Wenchang Academy, circled around the Mountain and Water Residence for a few times, then slowly landed without any turbulence.

Su Yun walked into the Mountain and Water Residence and called for Hua Hu and others.

The old green bird ran two steps with the small building on its back before flapping its wings and soaring into the sky.

Chi Xiaoyao gave a lecture in the small building during the journey, and the several little green birds in the building also listened carefully.

Upon arrival, the old green bird circled and landed, and there was almost no turbulence. The group got off the sedan and found themselves on the outskirts of a mountain range. Thunderous sounds kept coming from the mountain, and thunderbolts struck like rain in the sky.

"This is the Thunder Strike Valley, which is one of the places for the trial of the four major academies."

Chi Xiaoyao led the way and said, "The Thunder Strike Valley is a treasure outside the Shuofang City. It is rumored that a master saw a treasure mine here called Flame Dragon Gold Crystal, which was left behind by Flame Dragon when it slept here. So the master laid various formations here and refined an extremely powerful spiritual weapon. The spiritual weapon has been refined for more than 150 years now."

Hua Hu looked over there and saw the shining treasure light soaring up to the sky. She asked in confusion, "It has been more than 150 years, so the master should have died. The spiritual weapon is ownerless, why hasn't anyone taken it away?"

"Ownerless?"

Chi Xiaoyao chuckled and said, "Hua Junior Brother, you're too naive! The spiritual weapon in the Thunder Strike Valley is not an ownerless object. On the contrary, these treasures that look like ownerless objects are all traps!"

Hua Hu was confused.

"These natural treasures are often favored by the ancestors of the aristocratic families. They encircle them, lay various seals and prohibitions, and set up numerous mechanisms to refine the spiritual weapons borrowed from these natural treasures and leave them to their descendants."

Chi Xiaoyao smiled and said, "These treasure sites are extremely dangerous, and they contain powerful spiritual weapons. When the treasures are unearthed, the treasure light soars, and many scholars and spiritual masters will be tempted to come and collect them, but they often become sacrifices."

"Sacrifices?"

Su Yun was also a little confused and asked, "What do you mean by sacrifices?"

Chi Xiaoyao led the way and said, "Naturally, it refers to the sacrificial objects. These high-grade spiritual weapons need blood sacrifices to be activated. Those who come to search for treasures will become sacrificial objects killed by various mechanisms, seals, and prohibitions, and will help the spiritual weapons enhance their power. The descendants of aristocratic families can enter the seals and prohibitions without any obstacles and obtain the treasures without any danger."Su Yun and a few little foxes were all stunned.

"Heavenly treasures are not easy to obtain. While you are scheming to get them, others are scheming to take your head as a sacrifice for the treasures."

Chi Xiaoyao said, "The aristocratic descendants who obtain spiritual weapons often say that it is their own luck and virtue, but in fact, it is left by their ancestors. The worst part is that these treasure lands have rules of more than ten li."

Qing Qiuyue asked, "Sister Xiaoyao, what does 'more than ten li' mean?"

Chi Xiaoyao explained, "More than ten li means that these treasure lands can refine two spiritual weapons. One is the most precious, occupying 90% of the energy of the treasure land, left for their own descendants. The other one or a pile of inferior ones can only absorb 10% of the energy of the treasure land and is for those who come to seek treasures. Therefore, it is called 'more than ten li', and it is said to be a blessing for everyone."

Su Yun shuddered and whispered, "How cruel. They are afraid that others won't come to seek treasures, so they use an inferior treasure to attract people to their death."

Chi Xiaoyao said, "But if poor scholars from poor families have this opportunity, they still have to take a risk."

Li Xiaofan asked, looking up, "Sister Xiaoyao, are there no real treasure lands?"

"Within the surroundings of Shuofang, there are 27 treasure lands, all of which are owned by the aristocratic families. Not only in Shuofang, but also in the entire Yuanshuo country, there are 3,000 treasure lands, and all the major treasure lands have been monopolized by the aristocratic families. The emperor of Yuanshuo is the biggest landlord!"

Chi Xiaoyao said, "But this Thunderstrike Valley is an ownerless treasure land, not a treasure land of the Shuofang aristocratic families. This treasure land should have had an owner before, and that family may have been wiped out due to war or other reasons, so many scholars come here to gain experience and hope to find some treasures. When I first gained experience, I came here too."

Su Yun fell silent. All 3,000 treasure lands were in the hands of the aristocratic families.

The aristocratic families occupied such a huge resource and even left traps to wait for poor scholars from poor families to jump in and sacrifice themselves for their treasures.

He looked up at Thunderstrike Valley and silently thought to himself, "Emperor Yuanshuo is the biggest landlord, but the poor have no place to stand. Heh heh, this Yuanshuo is probably not going to end well."

"So, we need Old Gourd to rob the wealth of these aristocratic families."

Chi Xiaoyao seemed to see through his thoughts and whispered, "Is Junior Brother Su going to join the gang?"

Su Yun was startled and turned to look at her. Hua Hu, Li Xiaofan, and others also bristled, but they didn't know about Old Gourd's business. It was mainly because they saw Su Yun bristling, and they also bristled instinctively.

Su Yun was shocked and said, "Sister, you..."Chi Xiaoyao chuckled lightly and said, "I was just joking. The Chi family in Huilong River is also a prestigious family. How could I become a bandit? That would be robbing my own family."

Su Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and Chi Xiaoyao whispered, "Dong Master admires you very much. If you join the gang, I can give you the position of the leader of the no man's land. After all, you are also from the no man's land."

Su Yun blinked, not sure if her words were true or false. Chi Xiaoyao also blinked and smiled without saying a word. She obviously didn't know Su Yun's true identity, so she took the liberty of inviting him to join the gang.

Suddenly, Hua Hu broke the silence between the two and asked, "So can scholars who come here to search for treasures actually find anything?"

"Lei Ji Valley is relatively merciful. The prohibition only harms people and does not take their lives."

Chi Xiaoyao changed the subject and smiled, "Moreover, in order to attract people, Lei Ji Valley has not completely taken possession of the Flame Dragon Crystal. People often find one or two broken pieces of Flame Dragon Crystal here, which can also be sold for a lot of money. Now that it's the holidays, there must be many scholars who come here to search for treasures... Strange, why is there so much lightning today?"

She looked up and asked in confusion, "In the past, there was only one lightning strike every other hour, but we have already had over a hundred lightning strikes in the short time we've been here."

Su Yun looked up and saw a thundercloud in the sky, even though it was freezing cold winter. Lightning was constantly brewing within it, and thunderbolts were striking one after another, heading towards a certain place in the valley!

Hu Buping asked, "Senior Sister, is it possible that the treasures of Lei Ji Valley are about to appear?"

"How could that be so coincidental?" Chi Xiaoyao said, her face slightly changing.

Suddenly, a strong aura of treasure rose from the valley and shone on the thundercloud!

At this moment, Su Yun suddenly asked, "Senior Sister, are you sure that the natural treasures of Lei Ji Valley are ownerless?"

Chi Xiaoyao was slightly taken aback and said, "Lei Ji Valley is not the treasure of the Shuofang City family. News has long been spread that the owner of this treasure has been wiped out."

Su Yun's face became solemn, "Then why is the Shuofang Lin family here?"

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