Chapter 98 World Three [12]

After walking closer and observing for a while, Jing Ke successfully matched the formation with a trap formation in his memory.

A trapping array, as the name suggests, is an array used to trap someone or seal something.

The formation formed by twelve plum trees is not difficult to begin with, and with the thirteenth plum tree, it becomes even easier to dismantle the formation.

Facing the slightly curious gaze of his little disciple, Jing Ke broke off a small branch from a plum tree, infused it with essence, and inserted it directly into the center of the formation.

Then one of the plum trees suddenly broke in the middle with a bang, and most of its roots that were originally deeply rooted in the soil were exposed to the air.

"Master?" Luo Yuezhu watched the scene with wide eyes, a hint of fear in her eyes, but more of curiosity. "Did Master just do something?"

"Well, I broke a small formation." Jing Ke said. After using his inner strength to pull out the remaining half of the tree root, he saw a rectangular block wrapped in oil paper.

Jing Ke bent down and took out the entire item. After tearing off the outer layer of oil paper, he revealed a small box locked with a mortise and tenon structure.

Jing Ke took it in his hand and weighed it. For the sake of convenience, he directly destroyed the mortise and tenon structure with his internal force, and took out a piece of sheepskin stored in the box. There seemed to be a map drawn on it.

Hmm? It's not a martial arts manual? It's a treasure map?

Jing Ke stared at it for a while, and when he saw that his little apprentice was also curious, he handed the sheepskin map to him.

"Master, is this a treasure map?" Luo Yuezhu took it and looked at it carefully, and found that the terrain depicted on the map was slightly familiar.

"Master, the picture seems to be the place we just passed by." Luo Yuezhu said.

"Really?" Jing Ke was not very sensitive to ancient maps and terrain, and looked at his little apprentice with a little confusion.

"Yes, it's the place we passed by when we met the woodcutter. According to what was written on the sheepskin, he seemed to have hidden something under a big locust tree?" Luo Yuezhu's curiosity was aroused and she remembered the storybook she had read before.

"Master, do you think there is some priceless treasure buried under the big locust tree?" Luo Yuezhu looked up at her master, with faint red marks still on her eyes, but the eagerness in her eyes was equally obvious.

Luo Yuezhu: "Master, should I go find the things?"

"Well..." Jing Ke said carefully, "It's possible, but I can't guess what it is specifically. If you're curious, go look for it."

This kind of trap is not difficult to set up, and the place where the treasure is buried is so close to here, it is probably just some family wealth or a martial art that seems powerful in the eyes of ordinary people.

However, the young disciple has not yet practiced the internal energy techniques. Whether he digs out a piece of gold or an ordinary internal energy technique, it is a good thing for the young disciple.

The location pointed by the horizontal and vertical maps was not far away, so Jing Ke let her apprentice follow the map on the sheepskin to search for treasure. In the end, no matter what was dug out, she would be able to keep it.

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After staying in this sparsely populated paradise for half an hour, Jing Ke leveled the terrain that he had destroyed, and went back in a carriage with his little apprentice to look for the treasure.

Luo Yuezhu seemed to be particularly sensitive to the terrain, and soon found the big locust tree corresponding to the sheepskin map.

The big locust tree is located at the entrance of a village. Because the weather is cold and there is a lot of snow on the ground, not many people come out to play. Most households keep their doors closed and only open windows to burn firewood for warmth.

The big locust tree is easy to find, but Luo Yuezhu is not sure where the so-called treasure is buried. There is no additional reminder on the map.

The soil was covered with snow and no traces could be seen. Moreover, according to the year when the sheepskin map was drawn, the things were buried at least five years ago. Even if there was no snow, there would be no traces of the soil being moved.

"Master, where should I start digging?" Luo Yuezhu was holding the shovel that the servant had bought from the villagers, and felt that he had no idea where to start.

I can't dig up this big locust tree, right? Even if I can do it, the villagers probably won't let me destroy this tree that looks almost a hundred years old.

Jing Ke pinched the little apprentice's hair and reminded him, "Do you still remember those twelve peach trees?"

"I remember." Luo Yuezhu nodded.

"Recall their locations and think about which plum tree you got the thing in your hand from..." Jing Ke did not give a direct answer, but only gave enough reminders.

The direction and location of the plum tree? Luo Yuezhu subconsciously recalled it.

After passing through the gap, you should be facing north. The peach tree that the master destroyed is in front of you on the right, so it should be northeast.

If we put the specific location on the locust tree, then it should be...

Luo Yuezhu quickly found the right spot and dug down twice experimentally. Seeing that her master just smiled and didn't stop her, she continued digging with the shovel.

Because of the low temperature, the top layer was frozen soil, making digging more difficult. Luo Yuezhu worked until sweat broke out on his forehead before successfully digging a pit about a meter deep. He found something also wrapped in oil paper.

After opening the slightly fragile oil paper with a hint of expectation, a book of internal martial arts techniques with a name painted over appeared in Luo Yuezhu's sight.

Luo Yuezhu casually flipped through a few pages, and when he found that he could not understand them very well, he immediately jumped out of the pit and walked to his master with the internal energy secrets he had dug out.

"Master, is this some powerful martial arts secret?" Luo Yuezhu looked at Jing Ke with a little anticipation.

Seeing his little disciple's face covered with mud for some unknown reason, turning into a little cat, Jing Ke couldn't help laughing. Before taking over the skills, he wiped off the dirt on the other's face with his fingertips.

"Let me take a look." Jing Ke said with a smile. After turning the page and reading the first few pages, his eyebrows raised slightly.

"Master?" Luo Yuezhu asked with a blink of an eye.

Jing Ke flipped to the end and read for a while before concluding, "This is a quick-learning technique. By following the instructions above, you can gain the internal energy that would take an ordinary person three years of hard training in just one year, but..."

Jing Ke closed the so-called martial arts manual and said, "But the disadvantage of this method is also very obvious. It will damage your lifespan. Once you start practicing, unless you can reach the tenth level within ten years, your meridians will be damaged and you will die after ten years."

"Then isn't this kind of martial arts very dangerous?" Luo Yuezhu frowned after hearing this. Although she was young, she also knew that you get what you sow, and quick success usually means forcing things to grow.

"It is very dangerous, but it is also very suitable for some people who are eager for quick success." Jing Ke narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the secret book, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart whether there were any rules behind it.

After all, this kind of skill is most suitable for those who are eager to improve their cultivation and avenge their dead relatives.

If he hadn't shown up, what would have happened to his young apprentice? Would he have driven away Third Master Luo and stayed? Or would he have been rescued and taken away by the Wulin Alliance when they encountered the first wave of assassins?

When the young disciple has gained some understanding of the martial arts world, will she discover the formation on the plum tree when she revisits her old place, and thus obtain the secret book in her hand in disguise?

Jing Ke wasn't sure this was the way things were going to turn out, but judging by the current situation, the appearance of this technique seemed a bit deliberate. For someone filled with hatred but lacking strength, it was simply too tempting.

The most important thing is that this technique is very easy to practice in the early stages, and it will give people the illusion that if they continue to work hard, they will definitely be able to break through the tenth level.

"Master, what should we do with this martial arts book? If it falls into the hands of bad people, it would be quite serious." Luo Yuezhu said.

Under Jing Ke's careful teaching, although Luo Yuezhu now desires strength, she will not be tempted by this kind of weird mental method.

After all, there are many paths before Luo Yuezhu, and her master Jing Ke has clearly stated that as long as she works hard for twenty years, she can become a martial arts master.

Luo Yuezhu was only 30 years old at that time, and she felt that she could still wait.

"This is what you dug out. How do you want to deal with it?" Jing Ke asked, handing the right of disposal to Luo Yuezhu.

"Since it's not a good thing, let's destroy it to prevent it from falling into the hands of bad people." Luo Yuezhu quickly gave an answer, "Master, I want to burn this secret book with fire."

"Okay, but today I'm going to teach you another method that's almost as effective as burning the secret manual." Jing Ke said, handing the technique back to his young disciple. "Hold it well."

Luo Yuezhu pinched the spine of the book with a little confusion, and then she saw her master put his hand on her right shoulder.

"Concentrate your attention. I will let you experience the various uses of your inner strength." Jing Ke said.

Then Jing Ke drew a trace of extremely pure internal energy from his body and injected it into his little disciple's shoulder through the heavy clothes.

After running along the main meridians in the little disciple's body, she let the internal force emerge from her palm, directly shattering the skills into rice-sized fragments, which fell on the big pit like snowflakes.

"Master, you are so amazing." Luo Yuezhu exclaimed, looking at her palm with a little curiosity, "Master, when can I do what I just did?"

"About a year later, you hadn't started practicing internal energy yet, so I just injected a little bit of internal energy into your body," Jing Ke said.

"Okay, now your task is to fill this hole, and then we can go back in the carriage." Jing Ke touched the little apprentice's head.

"Okay, Master!" After hearing that he could become so powerful after just one year of hard work, Luo Yuezhu felt that he was full of strength.

It took less than a quarter of an hour to fill the one-meter-wide hole, and he was very considerate and tried to flatten the ground with his own weight.

-

Realizing that the time to practice internal skills was getting closer, Luo Yuezhu's sword-swinging movements became more agile.

The progress after hard work was also obvious. By the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Luo Yuezhu had gone from being able to defeat only one doorman to being able to defeat the doorman and the servant at the same time.

This kind of strength is much stronger than that of an average adult male, and his reaction speed is almost the same as that of the previous low-level killer.

As time gets closer to New Year's Eve, most pedestrians on the streets have changed into new clothes, preparing to welcome a brand new look.

In this atmosphere of family reunion, Luo Yuezhu is more likely to think of her deceased relatives. She can only keep herself busy by practicing sword moves harder and checking the accounts to avoid falling into a state of sadness.

Perhaps it was because Jing Ke had taken Luo Yuezhu to kill two wanted criminals at the end of the year. After hearing the news, the shop owners managed their shops very well. Not only were there no errors in the account books, but the surplus at the end of the year was 50% higher than last year.

Luo Yuezhu gave some reward money to the shopkeeper and his subordinates according to her father's previous habit, and then asked Xiaomu to notify everyone that they would be given two months' salary for both the twelfth month and the first month, as a New Year's benefit.

It’s easy to guess what Luo Yuezhu is thinking. She doesn’t want others to miss out on a happy Spring Festival because of her.

When every household replaced their decorations with red lanterns, new couplets and new window decorations, the Luo family only replaced the couplets and did not decorate the yard with too much of a festive atmosphere.

Jing Ke noticed that her little disciple was in a slightly depressed mood, but she couldn't resurrect those who had died long ago, so she could only stay in the yard as much as possible and not go out to prevent her little disciple from being too lonely.

People stay up all night on New Year's Eve. After having a simple meal prepared in the kitchen, Luo Yuezhu sat in the yard and started to daydream, looking at the moonless sky and the vegetation in the yard that had not yet withered.

Luo Yuezhu stayed in the yard from the end of the You hour. After sending Xiaomu back, she stayed there until the beginning of the Hai hour when it started to snow.

"It's snowing." Jing Ke appeared beside her little apprentice when she was unaware, holding an open oil-paper umbrella in her hand.

"It's very cold at night. Although you have a good physique, if the snow falls on you and then melts, you might have to lie in bed and drink medicine on the first day of the new year." Jing Ke said, stuffing the oil-paper umbrella into the hands of his little apprentice.

"Master..." Luo Yuezhu's nose and eyes were a little red. She didn't know if she had cried secretly or was simply frozen red.

"Starting from tomorrow, you will follow me to practice internal skills. Before that, let me show you what sword moves with internal power look like." Jing Ke said.

Pulling out the long sword hanging at his waist, Jing Ke placed the scabbard on the stone table in the courtyard. After walking a few steps away, he calmed down and began to dance with the sword.

Internal force has many uses. If applied to weapons, it can multiply the power of sword moves and even release sword energy.

Luo Yuezhu had experienced the attack power of sword energy a long time ago. The sword marks left by his master when he taught the Wulin Alliance a lesson were still on the wall.

However, this time Jing Ke did not release the sword energy, but simply used his internal force to cover the long sword, allowing the sword energy to surround his body, pulling large flakes of snowflakes to gather around him, and the number of snowflakes continued to increase with his movements.

Luo Yuezhu opened her eyes wide and watched her master's movements, and in a trance she had an illusion.

Could it be that my master is the deity in charge of winter in heaven? Otherwise, how could she make the snowflakes become so obedient and float around according to her movements?

It seems that no martial arts masters in the novels can do this.

Just when Luo Yuezhu's mind was drawn away by her master, Jing Ke rarely had the urge to tease her little disciple and began to slowly approach him.

Then, when Luo Yuezhu was distracted and thinking about other things, Jing Ke gently swung out a sword, causing the snowflakes that were originally surrounding her to run to the little disciple's head, and then fell down like salt.

Fortunately, although Luo Yuezhu was distracted, she still held the oil-paper umbrella given to her by her master tightly, so the snowflakes that fell in one breath only caused the oil-paper umbrella to shake slightly, and did not allow Luo Yuezhu to be successfully attacked by the falling snow.

"Master..." Luo Yuezhu shouted with a hint of helplessness, feeling that it was a bit childish to deliberately tease her master like this.

Jing Ke smiled, walked to the stone table, sheathed his sword, and at the same time, made a promise to his apprentice, "This move really tests a martial artist's control over their internal energy. If you practice well in the future, you will be able to control not only snowflakes but also raindrops."