"Wait a moment."

Lu Ban spoke out to stop him.

Taoist Heming's things are 100% contaminated by foreign lands.

If it were to be opened here, it wouldn't matter if Lu fell, but the others would definitely be contaminated and corroded on the spot, and they might even grow a third hand or a fourth leg.

So Lu Ban directly held Du Ming's hand.

"Have you ever heard of the rumor that you shouldn't just read books you find in the wild?"

Lu Ban looked at the others and finally set his sights on He Chong.

"...Yes, that's right. Some things are full of curses. We'd better not open them rashly."

He Chong hurriedly agreed with Lu Ban.

"Indeed, I have been in the martial arts world for many years and I know that some things are better left unknown."

Shi Buwen glanced at the booklet with a slight fear, and had no intention of opening it to read.

As for Blind Zhang, he was blind and couldn't see the content of the text at all.

Lu Ban roughly knew why these two people could live so long.

Still have some self-awareness!

After hearing what they said, Du Ming also suppressed the urge to open the book and read.

"I have learned some ancient book interpretations before, so why not let me check this book first?"

Lu Ban suggested again.

"Didn't you just say not to read?"

Tang Que blurted out something strange.

“You can check it without opening it.”

Lu Ban took the thread-bound book from Du Ming and opened [Real Vision] for a quick browse.

In this case, Lu Ban could clearly see the contents of the previous few pages.

[I have often heard that it is not people who are diligent in seeking knowledge, but those who are knowledgeable who are diligent in seeking others. However, I know this is wrong. Those who are knowledgeable are not seeking others, but are actually chasing others. Those who are cruel and ruthless are like hawks and dogs chasing rabbits...]

After a passage that Lu Ban was very familiar with, which explained how alien knowledge pursued humans, Lu Ban saw the table of contents.

This book "Heming Nine Chapters Secret Scripture" has a total of ten chapters. Excluding the general introductory chapters, the remaining nine chapters, each chapter corresponds to some spells and corresponding knowledge.

For example, there are the Immortal Sand Soul-Resurrection Talismans that can resurrect the dead and make the corpses walk, there are the rituals that transform oneself into a half-ghoul by devouring corpses, there are also methods of controlling imps, or some exotic monsters, and attempts to travel to foreign lands, etc.

This kind of knowledge was commonplace to Lu Ban. He estimated that only a few chapters in the main text could make him feel dizzy, while the vast majority of them were not disturbing at all.

But for the followers of the Nine-Literature, each chapter is accompanied by polluted knowledge, and each page will torture their sanity. Not to mention finishing the book, even after reading the first chapter, these people present will go crazy and wish to dig out their own eyes.

So here comes the question.

Who put this book here?

If it weren't for Lu Ban, Du Ming and the others would definitely open the book and read its contents after finding it, thus being polluted by the knowledge and becoming crazy. They might even try out its contents and perform forbidden rituals, eventually summoning some incredible things.

This is worth thinking about.

As we all know, the scenes in foreign lands are a frozen past, a page in history, and the "Nine Chapters of Crane Ming Secret Scripture" is not a product of this world, but comes from the Ruined City. Its appearance must mean that a visitor from the Ruined City has been here, or at least a chosen one from a foreign land has been here.

What is his purpose?

If they were hostile foreign visitors from Deep Sea, Fog City, or Dusk City, Lu Ban would easily understand that they were here to destroy this place.

But in theory, Feidu is a foreign land on the same front as this world, and the people of Feidu have no reason to harm the people of this world.

Lu Ban looked at the thread-bound book carefully and decided that he must open it and carefully examine the contents when he had the chance.

Even if we take a step back, Lu Ban can take it back and sell it, which would be considered as making the best use of it.

"Did you find anything?"

On the side, Du Ming asked.

"This book is not of this world."

Lu Ban said in a pretentious manner.

"It's not from this world? Could it be from the fairyland?"

Du Ming was a little curious.

"Are you sure you don't know the name Heming?"

Lu Ban asked everyone again.

Everyone shook their heads.

"This is a monk who became a monster because of practicing forbidden magic. The records he left behind are quite dangerous. If you read them rashly, you might also become one of those mad monsters. You don't want to become like this, right?"

Lu Ban pointed at the statue.

Everyone was silent.

"Could it be that kid Dai Yuanyang?"

In the silence, He Chong suddenly spoke.

"He has had contact with foreigners and may have brought something from there. He wants to use this thing to make us kill each other and then reap the benefits himself?"

Hearing this, Qi Ye looked around.

"Where's Dai Yuanyang?"

"He went into the guest room and never came out again."

Shi Buwen pointed to the room where people lived.

"Let's go find him."

He Chong didn't know whether he was afraid of Lu Ban or really disliked Dai Yuanyang, so he walked over there with Du Ming and Qi Ye and left the Taoist temple.

Leaving behind Tang Que and Shi Buwen.

The three of them looked at each other.

"You two, do you mind if I take a look at the first few pages of this book?"

Lu Ban spoke frankly.

"Whatever. I am not interested in ancient books of unknown origin."

Shi Buwen left with his hands behind his back, as if he really didn't care what was in the book.

Tang Que looked at Lu Ban with great interest, his eyes urging him.

"You should look quickly. If there is anything interesting, I can watch it with you."

Lu Ban just responded with a smile, and then opened the "Heming Nine Chapters Secret Scripture".

As soon as he saw the text, Lu Ban felt as if ants were crawling on his eyes, making them itchy.

He read the contents quickly. Every time he read a word, he felt like an ant was biting his eyeball. Waves of pain spread. If it were someone else, they would have been unable to bear it and would have abandoned the book and left.

Lu Ban was trying to understand the above content.

The text here was quite normal at first. It contained some of Heming Taoist's views on everything, including his views on knowledge, pollution, foreign lands, etc.

Later on, when he recorded his process of seeking the truth, it was already obscure and vague. The same words were repeated many times, or some plots were skipped directly, which seemed to be illogical.

Fortunately, Lu Ban carefully analyzed Heming Taoist's thoughts according to the thinking of a mentally ill patient and still obtained some useful information from it.

What surprised Lu Ban in particular was that Heming Taoist's knowledge of the Tao did not come from his own insights, but from an ancient manuscript he obtained.

The book originally had only seven chapters. After studying and understanding it, Taoist Heming copied it, added to it, and added his own understanding, thus creating the "Heming Nine Chapters Secret Classic".

The title of that book cannot be verified, and only its author is recorded in the entire book.

Xuanjun.