Chapter 97: The Angry Third Prince of the Eight-Armed Hell Lotus [Ask for monthly tickets! ]
The wind was blowing hard and the rain was pouring down.
In the sky, dark clouds piled up, bringing endless darkness, accompanied by rolling lightning snakes, which occasionally brought light to the world.
Looking at the figure standing at the door wearing a Bull Demon mask, Xu You's eyes narrowed.
He wanted to draw his sword, but at the moment he had no strength left.
Bull Demon...
The Bull Demon who caused chaos in Feilei City, was extremely vicious and killed people without blinking an eye! However, Xu You did not have the slightest fear or terror.
Even if they are facing such a terrifying existence that is advertised as being able to stop children from crying.
There was not even a trace of fear in my heart.
Xu You knew what Niu Mo did, who he killed, and what he did...
Putting aside the means, which one of them cannot be called heroic?
Even if the imperial official Zhao Xuanhai was killed, it was because Zhao Xuanhai was a follower of the Lingying Sect.
Xu You knew very well what the Lingying Sect was.
Exhaling, Xu You clasped his fists with a pale face and said, "Thank you for saving my life."
However, Niu Mo just glanced at him calmly and said, "The city lord Cao Guang sacrificed the entire city to the Weird Temple in order to make the Weird Temple ascend to the Nine Lights. Feilei City is finished. You should leave now."
"Take care of yourself."
The news was like a thunderbolt, leaving Xu You completely frozen in place.
So much so that he never heard the Bull Demon say "take care".
City Lord Cao Guang sacrificed the entire city?
What on earth is wrong with this world? Xu You drew his sword, bewildered.
"Awesome...hero...senior..."
Xu You thought of something and wanted to shout.
But the Bull Demon just tapped his toes lightly and crashed into the wind and rain. When Xu You ran out, his burly figure had disappeared between heaven and earth.
The rain was cold, carrying snowflakes with it, and fell on his shoulders.
Xu You was breathing heavily, his heart trembling.
At this moment, he seemed to have understood something.
The Xu family colluded with the City Lord's Mansion. The City Lord Cao Guang wanted to sacrifice the entire city. Grandpa Xu, his father Xu Nanming and others must have known about it.
His body was swaying, and the biting rain made his heart freeze.
"How can this be possible..."
It was a crime against humanity and the ultimate evil! After a long while, Xu You let out a long sigh.
He returned to the house and looked at the body of his father Xu Nanming and the body of Xu Heli...
There was no sadness on his face.
If it weren’t for Niu Mo’s help, he might have been the one to die.
"You even want to...eat my flesh alive?"
Xu You suddenly wanted to laugh crazily.
He felt the divinity surging in his body, which was constantly pushing his divinity to boil, and even vaguely made his river-like divinity seem to condense into a divine foundation.
“Is this a blessing in disguise?”
Xu You raised his hand and looked at the blood-colored divinity intertwined in his palm. These divinities were slowly merging into his body.
This is the power of the temple god, although it is not much...
But after all, it is the power of the temple god in the strange temple.
Xu Heli, perhaps he was planning to devour him in this way to gain the power of the temple god? "Why didn't Xu Heli use himself to bear the power? I'm afraid there will be some side effects... Can he avoid this side effect by eating people?"
Xu You shook his head.
After looking at the hazy wind and rain, the Bull Demon's figure had completely disappeared.
The other party was not as vicious as rumored.
Thinking of what Niu Mo said, Xu You rushed into the wind and rain with his sword.
Old Master Xu was probably dead. The pillar of the Xu family was completely gone.
Niu Mo said that the city lord Cao Guang moved the strange temple into the city. If the people of the entire city do not leave, within a few days they will be corrupted by the divinity of the temple god and become evil and weird.
As a direct descendant of the Xu family, he had to officially take over the Xu family, support the Xu family, and lead the Xu family out of Feilei City.
As for the people in the city...
He could save as many people as he could. Once they left Feilei City, they would become refugees and displaced persons, wandering to other cities. If they wanted to stay there safely, they would probably be eaten away by the forces in other cities.
But even so, it is better than losing your life.
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Li Qingshan, wearing a cat-face mask, swung the sheep-horn hammer up and down again. The small hammer surface was covered with blood and broken flesh, which were washed away by the rain.
On the ground, two bodies were hammered to pieces, completely lifeless.
The ground in front of the City Lord's Mansion has become a ruin, with densely packed sunken pits scattered all over the place like plum blossoms.
That was the destructive scene after Li Qingshan's confrontation with two masters of the Corpse God Cult.
"The Iron Corpse of the Corpse God Cult is really smelly and hard..."
With a flick of his innate energy, he cleaned the dirt off the claw hammer in an instant, and then he rolled up his sleeves to put the hammer away.
The violent energy and blood in the body was restrained, and the spirit instantly returned to calm.
The whole person hunched over again, returning to the appearance of a little old man, and on tiptoe, he rushed into the strange temple.
After a moment, it shot out again, with a look of surprise under the cat-face mask.
"The statue of the temple god was smashed... Who was it? So fierce? Fortunately, no one tried to destroy the temple, otherwise the temple god would have cursed me and it would have been terrible."
Li Qingshan frowned.
His body flew towards the place where the auras of the two temple gods had collided previously.
When I saw the shattered bodies scattered all over the ground...
Even Li Qingshan had a solemn expression on his face: "How tragic... Is this Cao Guang's body? He has brought the temple god into his body, intending to use the power of the temple god to transform."
"But he was beaten to death and his body was cut into pieces..."
"Another temple god, so cruel. Such a cruel temple god... is rare."
Li Qingshan murmured.
"However, it is also a good thing. Cao Guang's plan was shattered, and the temple god fell into a deep sleep, giving the people of Feilei City a chance to catch their breath..."
"The city lord is dead. The news will soon be known to the Temple Guarding Department, and they will have to send someone over."
Li Qingshan stretched and felt relaxed.
The only surprise left was the temple god that tore Cao Guang to pieces...
What kind of god is this? So cruel!
horrible.
"By the way, has that Niu kid come? Why don't I see him? Who cares..."
Li Qingshan's body trembled, countless true qi shattered the raindrops, and the whole person rushed towards the treasure house of the City Lord's Mansion like an arrow.
After a moment.
"Damn it, that guy must have been here before, and he plucked all the feathers from his passing goose, clean and clear!"
"Leave nothing for the old man!"
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Li Che observed Xu You's situation in the dark for a while.
After making sure that everything was alright, he disappeared into the alley.
With a clench of his five fingers, the anchor point of the chess piece marked on the carriage running in the rain and snow on the official road outside the city suddenly appeared in his hand.
Li Che also returned to the carriage from Feilei City.
The blood in his body circulated, drying his clothes and hair. He took off his mask and leaned back on the soft carriage seat.
My tense nerves gradually relaxed, and as I smelled the smell of wood piled in the carriage, I felt a little lazy.
This trip back to Feilei City was a way of settling all the issues. Old Xu was saved, and he was saved from the fate of becoming food for his relatives. The issue of the Thousand Buddha Sculpture Banquet was resolved, and the ambition of the Lord of Feilei City to use the entire city for sacrifice was shattered.
If I had to say there are some regrets, there are.
For example, when Li Che was investigating the great detective Zhang Xiangyang with the chessboard of heaven and earth of the chess master Gaode, he also paid attention to him.
Unfortunately, no trace of him was found, so Li Che had no chance to ask Zhang Xiangyang about the divinity of [Terror Tracing Light].
The impact is not that big. There will be many opportunities in the capital city, and there should be corresponding methods within the Divine Sect.
Other than that, the rest is the harvest.
Not only did I experiment with the "stair climbing state", I also received generous gifts from many people.
The Qiankun Jade of the three divine base monks, Grandpa Xu, Cao Guang and Cao Qingyuan, must have a lot of good things. Among them, Cao Qingyuan even took away all the good things in the city lord's treasury.
Now it all belongs to Li Che.
Even with Li Che's current concentration, he couldn't help but get excited.
"Please hit my world hard..."
Li Che pursed his lips and took out the Qiankun Jade that Cao Qingyuan held in his palm as if it was a treasure even after his death.
The middle-grade Qiankun Jade was of excellent quality and even bigger than the one Cao He had. The [Pure Heart] Dao Fruit swallowed it up without hesitation and replaced the original space.
He raised his hand and tore the space open like a zipper.
Li Che's consciousness moved slightly and fell into it.
There were more than a dozen gold bars, a pile of gold leaves, and a pile of silver ingots. In addition, there were silver bills, house deeds, land deeds, and so on.
Wow, this is the fiscal revenue of the entire Feilei City, right? It is even richer than the Yang family, which has been cultivating for many years. This is when Cao Guang spent a lot of money to hire many woodcarvers to carve wood carvings.
These were just money and other worldly possessions, which, together with what they had originally gained, were enough for their family to live a comfortable life in the capital city.
Li Che continued to count, and suddenly, his eyes were attracted.
"Huh?"
Li Che's spirit moved, and the next moment, a half-human-sized yellow wooden block fell into the carriage with a bang.
Crunch...
The feeling of heaviness was so great that the carriage made a sound as if it could not bear the weight and was about to collapse.
The speed of the carriage slowed down instantly.
Li Che hurriedly put the wooden block back into the Qiankun space.
"Good boy...Spiritual wood!"
"Seventh-level spiritual wood..."
Li Che couldn't help but breathe faster, his eyes sparkling, mainly because... there was such a large piece of seventh-level spiritual wood!
The value is inestimable! Just now, he touched it with his hand, but he had already learned the information of this spiritual wood through the "Thousand Analysis Hands".
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[Spiritual Wood (Level 7, Lower Grade): Dragon Tooth Boxwood]
[Origin: Yellow hard spiritual wood, as hard as fine steel, with a texture like dragon teeth, tough and dense, with uniform texture, difficult to process, so be careful with the knife]
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Wow! Dragon Tooth Boxwood! A wood that is harder than fine iron!
Li Che was amazed that the City Lord's Mansion actually had such a treasure. The price of this piece of spiritual wood alone might exceed the financial income of the City Lord's Mansion.
Where did Cao Guang get such good stuff?
"Seventh-level spiritual wood... an average woodcarver might not be able to carve it with a knife, and an ordinary carving knife can't even outline it. I'm afraid the carving knife must be made of divine weapon material, right?"
李澈深吸一口气，这木墩子怕就是曹清源为之稀罕的东西。
拿去府城价值太大了，灵木中蕴含的神性，若是雕刻成神性木雕，怕是足够曹清源修炼到死。
除此之外，还有不少九阶与十阶的灵木，都算是寻常，其中还有不少制作菩提血泪所需要的“血肉红”。
作为一位木雕大师，李澈对于这次收获，当真太欣慰了。
不枉他给曹清源闭上眼睛，让他瞑目。
李澈继续清点，倒是没有太多的惊喜了。
丹药两瓶，分别装着两粒九阶下品“大景钦天怒玄蛟血武丹”，应该是从钦天监批发的。
对于李澈而言倒也不错的收获，至少修炼的丹药不愁了。
果然，清点收获之时，能洗去人身上的所有疲惫。
李澈开心的清点着，各种各样的武学法门，虽然品秩都不高，但量多啊，清点起来很开心。
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就跟点钞票一样，哪怕是五块钱面值的钞票，点起来也会心花怒放，毕竟都是钱。
“这是……”
忽而，李澈手中出现了一金皮册子。
《大景镇庙上乘狱莲通脉之神脉法》！李澈唇角的笑意再也压不住了。
“玄脉法，神脉法……这下子都凑齐了！”
收起册子，李澈心神一动，乾坤空间中，再度吐出一件宝物。
……
【神兵（八极下品）：玄雷蛟怒弓】
【工艺：百年玄铁千锤百锻，以玄雷蛟之血，混杂怒之神性，又经烈火千锤百炼而成，可通“怒之神性”，强弓一柄，箭出雷蛟！】
【执掌：怒之神性法，神基初境及以上】
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“八极神兵？无愧是一城之主，底蕴就是深厚啊，背靠朝廷，果然还是不一样。”
李澈惊叹感慨了一声。
他的鎏血刺惊枪才不过九曜上品而已，曹光居然珍藏着一柄八极级别的神兵！
“那为何他先前不用神兵？”
“哦……他来不及用，被坑死了。”
李澈五指攥握着漆黑色的玄雷蛟怒弓，其上隐约有电弧窜动，仿佛无底洞似的，要牵引泥丸内景中的神性。
“箭术……我学有‘百鬼嗔哭风雷箭’，但神性上不太契合，或许得另寻一门箭术。”
李澈心头想着，便将大弓收起。
继续清点，徐家老爷子和曹清源的乾坤玉一并清点，倒是没有太大收获。
曹清源虽然是位神基，但“零花钱”不太多，算是李澈见过的最穷的神基。
不过，李澈却是在他的乾坤玉中，找到了一堆信件。
随意看了一眼，越看越凝重。
“金光府……秦家？金裂门？”
“曹清源居然还有个娘亲在府城？而且还是府城世家的小姐？”
“金裂门？府城除了神宗分宗，还有其他的宗派势力？”
李澈心头微微震动，仔细看着信件。
信件多是曹清源的娘亲寄来的，也有曹清源写好却没寄出去的。
内容看了一遍，发现曹清源的娘亲字里行间都是关心。
“我打死了曹清源，他娘会不会来寻我麻烦？”
“不过，曹清源是牛魔打死的，跟我李澈无关……”
李澈吐出一口气，收起信件，继续清点。
徐老爷子富裕些，整体而言与杨家老登差不多，不过没有神兵。
蟒血武丹倒是有几瓶，总共三十几粒，量很大。
《九曜悬思流剑神基法》、《悬思御剑术》、《悬思柳木身》……
李澈目光熠熠的看着三门法门典籍。
心心念念的“思之神性”神基法，终于到手。
继怒之神基、惊之神基之后，他又能铸就一种神基。
“嗯？飞雷四大世家，安家举族溜走，【百转忧梦】神基法跑了，但是司家的神基法……我没有啊。”
李澈忽而想到，他还没有掌握【嗔哭镇鬼】神性的神基法。
看来想要凑足七情神基，还任重而道远。
“没关系，振作起来，府城的大小世家很多……”
李澈给牛魔加油打气。
清点完收获，李澈取了一块木材，开始攥握刻刀雕刻起来，一边雕刻，一边亦是让自己因为收获颇丰而浮躁的心安静下来。
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接下来的时日，行程就变得安稳。
因为联系了商队同行，钱贺作为镖头很是负责，且在往来路上也有些声望，打点过的商路，安全性会比寻常野路高的多。
赶路的行程很是枯燥且无趣。
李澈并不觉得，因为他需要忙活的事情太多了。
毕竟，这一票汲取的神性棋子太多了，曹光、曹清源的神性都是怒之神性，李澈的【三眼忿怒真君神基】在位阶高的情况下，一概吞噬，培元固轮。
除此之外，李澈还在钻研那部来自大景官方的玄脉法。
等气血蕴养至巅峰后，就着手突破。
每天上马车修神性，下车则就练武，带着曦曦、张雅一起练武，熬炼体魄。
张雅这段时间的习武，竟是已然磨皮大成，她的习武天赋不算差，李澈预估，可能都不用到府城，张雅就能达到磨皮圆满，着手开筋。
曦曦这丫头，仿佛根本不会感到枯燥似的，每天都对事物有新的好奇。
钱贺镖头以及同行商队的不少人，都与曦曦关系极好，很喜欢这个活泼可爱的小娃娃。
“金光府位于云州，云州下辖四府，乾元神宗正宗乃坐镇岭南道，金光府由神宗分宗管辖。”
“金光府内势力颇多，但最有名的还是五大神相世家，以及五大府城宗门！”
篝火跳动，映照火光冲天。
众人赶路休息间隙，围坐篝火而谈。
钱贺乃府城本地人，一边饮酒，一边给众人讲述府城的情况。
“敢问钱镖头，都是哪五大世家？”老陈跟钱贺敬酒后，问道。
李澈抱着曦曦，在一旁认真聆听。
“秦、宫、海，上官与公羊，乃为金光府城五大神相世家，族中都有神相老祖坐镇，祖上都曾在乾元神宗正宗位高权重辉煌过！极其不可小觑！”
“至于五大宗派，也与这五大世家息息相关。”
钱贺好爽饮酒，大口吃肉，一边吃喝一边说道。
李澈揉着曦曦的脑袋，眸光一凝：“钱镖头，金光府不是乾元神宗分宗管辖吗？怎么还有其他宗派势力？”
“哈哈哈，李大师这问题不少人都问过，神宗分宗的确强大，但是神宗正宗位于岭南道，那儿才是神宗势力统辖范围，齐下的诸府，分宗虽设，但更多是个牌面……”
“一府之地可不小，神宗分宗如何尽数吃下？故而会分派出来，令其他势力也有的吃，共赢才能和谐啊。”
“况且，这些宗派背后可都有朝廷的手在推波助澜，为的就是制衡神宗。”
钱贺走南闯北，倒是知晓不少密辛。
一路侃侃而谈，李澈倒也对金光府有了个大印象，看来金光府并非分宗一手遮天。
秦家、金裂门，还有尸神教……
特别是尸神教。
李澈吐出一口气，金光府对他们一家而言，并不算太安全。
马车颠簸不断，但随着靠近府城，路途也越发的平坦。
官道上，马车数量也多了起来。
甚至偶尔可见多支商队互相碰个面。
马车内。
李澈安静闭目端坐，浑身气血喷薄于体外形成一层流衣似的，体内如烘炉，熬炼着大景钦天监的怒玄蛟血武丹的最后一丝药力。
轰——！待得药力彻底炼化。
玄脉法运转，气血在体内经脉中奔腾，形成比小周天气脉更加繁复的经脉脉络。
李澈猛地睁眸，身上弹力衣陡然鼓胀，像是囊股的气球。
无数气血喷薄，那原本附着于身上的气血衣，竟是宛若莲花花瓣般盛放开来。
狱莲玄脉……
吐出一口浊气。
李澈体内气血归于平静，上乘狱莲玄脉法……
熬炼出的玄脉内气，的确强韧了太多！
就在李澈准备好好体验一下玄脉内气的时候。
原本平静的商队，忽而躁动起来，骏马嘶鸣的声音，响彻不绝，平静行驶的马车，甚至颠簸了起来。
李澈掀起帘布走到了车辕上。
车夫们、镖师们则在极力的安抚着马匹。
“李大师，正常情况，前面便是金光府城外最可怕的诡异庙……马匹每次路过，都会受惊，安抚一阵过了这路段就没事了。”
钱贺看到李澈出了马车，赶忙笑着说道。
李澈闻言，心头一动。
举目望去。
便见远方，数座山岳巍峨而耸立，奔腾江水自山岳间穿插流淌，一路蔓延向远处府城方向。
而在那大江之中，无数水流分开。
一座巍峨庙宇耸立其上，仿佛令日月无光，天地失色！李澈只是远远瞥了一眼，便感觉到胸腔之中【棋圣】道果剧烈颤动。
其中凝练自飞雷诡异庙的那八枚庙神神性棋子，在疯狂的颤抖着。
李澈脚尖点落，双臂高展，气血喷薄，宛若鹞鹰瞬息跃出，在江岸上连续飞奔数里。
最后立于一块岩石之上。
隔着奔腾怒吼的江流，注视着那座落于江中的诡异庙！
他的手陡然化作了玉色。
轻轻的探入湍急的江水中。
The river water, which contained divinity, slapped against the palms of the hands, exploding into splashes.
However, the information from the Thousand Analysis Hands was fed back before his eyes.
[Strange Temple (Four Emperors)]
[The strange temple of the wrathful third prince of the Eight-armed Hell Lotus]
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