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Chapter 748: Treasure Hunt in Black Cloud Mountain

Heiyun Mountain is located at the junction of Beixuanzhou and Dawuzhou.

It was once at its peak. The mountain master Zhao Tianzhu was a master of the seventh level of martial arts, and his Black Cloud Spear ranked seventh on the weapons list.

Back then, the Black Cloud Mountain Sutra Cultivation was a well-known event, and Taoist Master Fu Ji also wanted to join in under a false name.

The Black Cloud Spear Manual is only a part of the sect's manual, but it is not as good as the entire manual which integrates countless martial arts essences and textual essences.

However, like many other sects that rose to prominence and then declined, Black Cloud Mountain eventually perished quietly, leaving behind only a few words passed down by word of mouth.

As time goes by, the ruins of Heiyun Mountain are located in Dawuzhou and Beixuanzhou, divided into two by a boundary.

Like other ruins, Heiyun Mountain has been turned over and over countless times, and not a single brick or tile is left.

Zhou You came to pay tribute to the ruins without any utilitarian purpose. He inherited the Black Cloud Spear Manual and came to pay homage as the successor of Black Cloud Mountain.

The ancient road is half cut off and covered with wild grass. The once prosperous Black Cloud Mountain occupied all the land in the mountain, but now it has been reoccupied by wild grass and shrubs, and there is no trace of human habitation.

In the tug-of-war between nature and humans, one side always loses and flees, giving way to the other.

"Black clouds loomed over the three thousand heavens, and a spear pierced through the nine heavens!"

Traveling around and looking down at the scenery in the mountains, I found that the sky here is special, and the mountains are surrounded by black clouds all year round.

At that time, Zhao Tianzhu, the lord of Black Cloud Mountain, raised his spear to the sky and adapted to local conditions, making the Black Cloud Spear famous.

Zhou You took off the Black Cloud Spear behind him, and the nursery rhyme rang in his ears: "Fat pigs arch their backs, fish jump into the oil pan."

"The fragrance of rice flowers fills the sky for thousands of miles, so young children and tourists should not step on it."

"The late wind brings early autumn, and the slow rain prolongs autumn's sorrow!

"It's suddenly cold, and one day pays for three seasons."

"Life will never end, and abundance awaits the coming year."

This nursery rhyme is the original version given by Taoist Master Fu Ji, and not the circulated version that has been changed several times over the years and passed down to later generations.

According to him, this nursery rhyme originated on the eve of the destruction of Black Cloud Mountain and became widely circulated after the destruction. Its content also increased and decreased as it was passed on by word of mouth, and changed as it was spread in different regional accents.

When it was passed down to later generations, the nursery rhyme had lost its original meaning and on the surface it seemed to be a chant about the autumn harvest.

In fact, this nursery rhyme hides the backup plan left behind before the destruction of Black Cloud Mountain.

Zhou You also obtained the original version and learned the time of its circulation before he was sure that the secret was hidden between the words.

After arriving at the Black Cloud Mountain ruins, I observed the surrounding geographical environment and a vague idea came to my mind.

I waited from day till night, looked up at the countless stars in the sky, and then compared the content of the nursery rhyme with it, and I was already 50% sure.

The fat pig archway represents the 'hai' in the Chinese zodiac and represents the midnight from 21:00 to 23:00.

The first sentence refers to crashing into the "gateway" of Black Cloud Mountain during this time period, that is, entering from the mountain gate.

The second half of the sentence, "fish jumping into the oil pan", refers to a place.

The surrounding light environment will create a "pot-shaped" geographical environment during this period of time.

Zhou You looked around the mountain and finally landed in a valley in the southwest corner. Shrouded in the shadows of the night, it was like a big black pot waiting for him to jump in.

"Boom!"

After Zhou You jumped into the basin, he suddenly saw a road submerged in weeds, with sparse wild rice on both sides.

The fragrance of rice flowers wafts across the sky. Walk along this road for about a thousand miles.

A journey of a thousand miles is required to walk out of Black Cloud Mountain and lead to another place.

Continuing forward, the words late wind, early autumn, slow rain, and prolonged hatred, when combined, they actually form some kind of time code.

"Slow, fast, slow, slow!"

"And the last few sentences, 凉凉 and 生生 are reduplicated words, referring to the number 2. The numbers are 2, 1, 3, 2." Zhou You understood clearly that a thousand miles was not too far for him. He only needed to go forward along the road and observe the distribution of wild rice on both sides of the road.

During this process, he truly felt the tenacity of plant life. Even after thousands and millions of years, the original rice still reproduced from generation to generation and degenerated into wild rice.

At the end of the road was a desolate and dilapidated pile of stones, covered with moss and weeds, tiny footprints of wild animals, and teeth marks and urine stains.

There is no sign of anyone here!

Zhou You looked at the pile of rocks in front of him and shook his head. It didn't match, it didn't match at all.

The pile of rocks is static and has not changed at all, so the so-called fast or slow is meaningless.

The random stones are of different sizes and arranged in no regular pattern, and there is no way to tell what the so-called numbers are.

At this moment, he was in a maze.

It’s not easy!

I thought it would be easy to find the correct version of the nursery rhyme, but now it seems too simple to find the Black Cloud Mountain relics.

Taoist Master Fu Ji is not a simple person. He has the nursery rhyme in his hand, and he must have investigated whether there are any treasures in Black Cloud Mountain, but he found nothing.

The secret of the treasure is not easy to find.

Zhou You took a deep breath, took out the Black Cloud Spear Manual and compared it with others. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind.

The rhythm and numbers, don’t these correspond exactly to the moves in the gun manual?

"In order to make a comeback, Black Cloud Mountain must choose the safest and most reliable way, so the spearmanship cannot be too advanced. It must be a basic spearmanship that can be popularized to the general public."

"Eighteen Black Cloud Styles, the entry-level foundation-building spear technique."

"According to the arrangement of numbers and rhythms, they are the second slow beat, the first fast beat, the third slow beat, and the second slow beat. This combination is the correct key to unlock the treasure."

Zhou You covered his chest, he was already very close to the treasure entrance.

The last and most important question is...

Where is the entrance and where is the gate?
Zhou You looked at the pile of rocks in front of him and thought that there was nothing hidden there.

There were rocks and rubble all around, no doors or underground entrances, it was a complete wasteland.

unless……

Zhou You looked up to see the direction of the wind. It was almost autumn, a season he had chosen specifically based on the nursery rhyme.

He held the spear in his hand, stroked the word "Black Cloud", and suddenly thought of something.

The wind grew stronger and stronger, and a few days passed in the blink of an eye.

……

More than ten days passed.

A large black cloud flew over from the horizon, as thick as ink, looming over the area.

“The time has come!”

Zhou You turned the gun handle, stepped forward, and said, "Eighteen Black Cloud Styles, the second move, Like Clouds Covering Wings."

Whoosh, the tip of the gun drew a cleaning trajectory like a slow motion, and the sizzling sound of cutting through the air contained powerful lethality.

As if it was a slow motion, Zhou You performed this shot with a slow technique, and then suddenly sped up and switched to the first move.

There were dark clouds overhead, and as Zhou You fired his gun, the force of the gun actually caused the clouds to break into pieces, and countless fragmented lights shone through the clouds onto the pile of rocks.

After performing four spear techniques in the blink of an eye, Zhou You stood in front of the pile of rocks with his spear in hand, looking at the interweaving of light and shadow and the chaos. What appeared in front of him was a map that was a combination of celestial phenomena and geography.

Sure enough, only the unique geographical environment, coupled with meteorological changes, and the rhythm of the Black Cloud Spear's moves can reveal the true location of the violent treasure left behind in Black Cloud Mountain.

(End of this chapter)