The old hunter was touched by Zheng Ya's sincere invitation, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and declined, saying, "Young man, your future achievements are limitless."
I'm too old to cause you any trouble.
Please take this book, the secret manual of Lu Ban's legacy, back with you.
"Old man, what's the secret you're hiding? Why don't you tell me? I'll carefully consider it and make a decision." Zheng Ya keenly sensed the hidden secret in his words.
What trouble? Something must have happened.
And it is very likely related to this secret manual passed down by Lu Ban?
It looks like a square wooden box with dragon and phoenix patterns carved on the surface.
The pattern is just a jumbled mess, like a puzzle box?
It has a light golden color and looks antique, covered with scratches, as if it has experienced a long period of time and human damage.
If Zheng Ya hadn't anticipated the old hunter's mechanical skills, carpentry, and woodworking techniques, he wouldn't have realized the box's magic; it wasn't a mechanical box that an ordinary person could open.
The legacy of Lu Ban is probably hidden within it.
The old hunter sighed and rewrapped the box, turning it into a large bundle of clothes. He asked hesitantly, "Can't you just not ask?"
I'm worried that saying it out loud will bring disaster.
"Old man, since you've stayed to talk to me, I think some people have already suspected that it's related to those soldiers, right?" Zheng Ya didn't believe that soldiers would do anything illegal or disorderly.
But if they came under orders, it's hard to say whether there are any conspiracies or tricks involved.
At present, enemy agents are still rampant.
There's no guarantee that enemy agents might be among them.
The old hunter nodded slightly and smiled wryly: "It seems nothing can escape your keen insight."
That's right, the task that Shen Dongsheng and his group came to me for this time was just one of the missions to hunt tigers.
Another task is to follow me into the mountains to retrieve Lu Ban's legacy.
They just don't know that I've always carried the Lu Ban legacy with me, never letting it leave my side.
In the past, the Japanese devils killed my entire family and thousands of people in nearby villages in order to force me to hand over the Lu Ban legacy.
At that time, I didn't have the Lu Ban legacy with me; I really hid it in a deep mountain cave to prevent it from being lost or stolen.
Because of this, the Japanese devils didn't believe me and killed many people.
I regret it so much!
From then on, I kept Lu Ban's legacy with me.
In fact, even if the Lu Ban legacy is given to outsiders, no one can open the mechanism; if they try to open it by force, it will self-destruct.
But you are different. You possess spirituality, allowing you to easily open the mechanism, retrieve the Lu Ban legacy within, and carry it forward.
"Old man, let's not talk about that for now. Tell me first what's going on with Shen Dongsheng coming to take Lu Ban's inheritance?" Zheng Ya felt that something was wrong.
Perhaps Shen Dongsheng and his nine companions coming to fight the tiger was just an excuse?
Actually, three to five people are enough to hunt tigers.
While a large number of people may seem to offer more security and strength, the downside of having a large number of people is that they are more easily exposed.
You should know that when hunting tigers in the mountains, the more people there are, the more likely someone is to die.
Even a single misoperation could lead to death.
As the saying goes, "Dragons follow the clouds, and winds follow the tigers."
Once a tiger is running through the jungle, it is not something that ordinary soldiers can catch.
After all, the dense trees in the mountains and forests obstructed the view.
However, tigers spend most of their time roaming in forests and bushes, and are adept at hiding and hunting their prey.
A tiger either doesn't act, or when it does, it pounces on its prey like a hungry tiger.
Having too many people will only make them like a tiger running around in panic, calling for help, which will hinder their own performance, and the result is self-evident.
From this perspective, it's highly likely that Shen Dongsheng brought so many people here to ensure the flawless inheritance of Lu Ban's legacy.
The old hunter said regretfully, "Alas, it's all my fault!"
Six months ago, I returned from searching for apprentices. On my way, I passed through a military region and saw several promising young men in the army. I tried to contact the officers, hoping to find a successor to Lu Ban through them.
Unfortunately, I was covered in dust and looked like a beggar at the time, so no one believed me!
They treated me like a beggar, giving me good food and drink and then ignoring me.
I realized then that I was about to die and was eager to find a successor of Lu Ban. I stood in front of the barracks and shouted, "Is there anyone who wants to learn the Lu Ban tradition?"
This saying is based on the principle that if you believe, it exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't. The transmission of this knowledge also depends on fate and cannot be forced.
Besides, if soldiers in this era can't be trusted, then no one can be trusted?
Who knew that such a single sentence would bring disaster upon them?
At the time, no one in the army believed me, so I had no choice but to go home.
However, not long after returning to his hometown, he was spied on by enemy agents.
This is too much of a coincidence. It made me realize immediately that I shouted those words and someone with ulterior motives heard them and sold them to enemy agents, which led to their pursuit.
Fortunately, my mechanical skills were effective, and I took down three enemy agents on the spot. Two escaped, but it was too dark for me to see them clearly, so there was no hope of shooting them down.
I felt this was no simple matter, so I reported it to the army overnight, which scared away the enemy agents and temporarily put an end to the disturbance.
Since then, I have dared not talk to anyone about the legacy of Lu Ban.
They planned to give me the Lu Ban inheritance mechanism box before I died, and hand it over to the government for proper handling.
But just a month ago, enemy agents came again.
The key issue is that a large number of people came and kept watch on various mountain passes, blocking my way out of the mountains and out to meet people.
There was nothing I could do, so I asked a young man from my hometown to tell the army that enemy agents were trying to steal Lu Ban's legacy.
At that time, a battalion of troops arrived and killed or wounded thirteen enemy agents; some of them may have escaped.
This incident left me distraught, and I kept feeling that there were enemy agents lurking in the army, so I asked a high-ranking officer in the army to retrieve Lu Ban's legacy.
Unfortunately, the military had not sent anyone to retrieve Lu Ban's legacy until now, when Shen Dongsheng and his group finally came to collect it.
I'm a little worried, afraid they're being used as pawns by someone?
"You mean enemy agents infiltrated the troops and arranged for Shen Dongsheng and his men to retrieve Lu Ban's legacy and hand it over to him to take away?"
"Is this even possible?" Zheng Ya was somewhat incredulous, but he couldn't be completely sure that such a thing wouldn't happen.
The problem is that the high-ranking officers in the military didn't come to take away Lu Ban's legacy?
Is it because they are not valued, or because they don't believe the old hunter's words?
Or perhaps enemy agents intercepted the intelligence and staged a plan to deceive their superiors and secretly plunder the legacy of Lu Ban?
No matter how you examine it, there is a secret hidden within.
Otherwise, why are the military only sending people now to retrieve Lu Ban's legacy? What were they doing all this time?
Moreover, not many people came; the battalion commander led the group. The troops didn't seem to value the inheritance of Lu Ban's legacy enough!
This aroused the old hunter's suspicion that something was amiss.
Is that why they're thinking of transferring the Lu Ban lineage?
Zheng Ya felt something was amiss as he thought about it. The old hunter nodded slightly and said, "To be honest, one reason I chose to let you take away Lu Ban's legacy is to continue it."
Secondly, if there is a trap involved, taking away Lu Ban's legacy will attract the pursuit of enemy agents, thus alerting the military and police.
I believe that with your help, and in cooperation with the military and police, it shouldn't be too difficult to catch them all in one fell swoop, right?
Is this what they call luring the snake out of its hole to ensure safety?
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