From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 190: Storm is coming, Kyushu is in trouble [5k chapter, please subscribe! Please vote! ]

When Qi Ling's discussion ended, it was already sunset and a thick mountain fog was rising in the evening over Qingcheng Mountain.

Kamo Tadayuki looked unhappy. After Suzuki Mina came forward and exchanged some pleasantries with the Chinese side, both sides took a rest. The innate competition was scheduled to take place tomorrow.

The envoys from the Sakura Country were arranged to rest in a hotel next to Yuecheng Lake in Qingcheng Mountain.

"Die にやがれ, 䁟立たず!! (Go to hell, you bunch of losers!!)"

As soon as Suzuki Mina returned to the hotel, she heard Sugawa Feng with a red face cursing in the lobby.

Kneeling below are the youngsters who are going to fight today.

Among the twelve Crows that went to fight from Sakura Country this time, there were two from the Yin-Yang Department, four from the Wu Mi Department, and six from the Dao Yi Department.

Among the twelve players, except for Prince Kitashirakawa from the Military Secret Department who won three games, all the others lost the game without exception. Even the five players from the Taoist Gymnastics Department were defeated by the little girl named Jin Ying.

This was a huge blow to Qi Chuanfeng, who had always looked down on the Chinese cultivation world.

When Suzuki Mina saw that Qichuan Feng was actually scolding her men, she frowned and called her men over.

"Qikawa-kun, why are you so stressed out? I had already thought that the Twelve Crows would be defeated by China, but I didn't expect it to be so ugly."

"Humph, a bunch of good-for-nothings. They suffered such a great defeat. If it were in the past, they would all have committed seppuku!"

Qichuan Feng was still not satisfied, and kicked several players from the Wumi Department, except Kitashirakawa Palace, to the ground.

"You're old-fashioned." Suzuki Kawana said with disdain: "If you think you're strong, I'll be looking forward to your strength tomorrow morning."

"You are afraid of China, but I am not. Seventy years ago, our army was able to ravage their land, and now I can do the same!"

Qichuan Feng raised the Ame-Kume-no-Kume sword high in his hand, and stood among his subordinates who were beaten to the ground, with a brutal look in his eyes:
"Isn't it the Chinese Xiantian? I've already seen one, to be honest, he's not that good."

"What do you mean?" Suzuki Mina had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Heh..." Qichuan Feng wanted to say something else, but Kamo Tadayuki, who had just stepped into the hotel door, stopped him with a cold snort.

"Qianchuan, come to my room."

Kamo Tadayuki's tone was flat, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. Although Qichuan Feng was dissatisfied, he still followed him in.

Several people from the Military Secret Department then dared to get up from the ground. Kitashirakawa Palace had a calm expression on his face. He hugged the sparrow monster with his arms and returned to the room in wooden clogs.

Suzuki Mina was comforting her subordinates, and her face became increasingly cold as she recalled the tone of Sugawa Fuu and Tsuruta and Watanabe who had returned injured that night.

"Riko."

"exist!"

The girl whose shikigami was the three-tailed fox stepped out in response.

"Go and find out what missions Tsuruta and Watanabe went out to carry out during those days, including where they went and what they did. Find out everything for me!"

"Yes!"

Suzuki Mina looked up at the room of old man Kamo Tadayuki and felt a little palpitated for no reason.

She had a hunch that during this exchange between the two countries, the two guys above were definitely secretly hiding the fact that they were carrying out some other tasks.

In the room, He Maozhong sat in the main seat and did not say a word.

Qichuan Feng held the sword of Ama-no-Kume in his arms and remained silent.

The room was eerily quiet for a long time, and the white-haired Kamo Tadayuki's eyes were like an eagle's.

"You've found that thing, haven't you?"

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from this old ghost, Qi Chuanfeng nodded calmly, then shook his head.

"No, our team searched all over Sichuan seventy years ago but couldn't find it. How could I succeed so quickly?"

He Maozhong glanced at him calmly and said, "Take out the things on you."

Qi Chuanfeng frowned, but still took out a bronze plate from his arms.

This bronze plate is only the size of a palm. The earth color has seeped into the texture of the plate, and the entire plate is mottled with rust. Surrounding the plate are eight bronze carvings of three-legged birds.

He Maozhong examined the bronze plate suspiciously.
Although the bronze plate looked ancient, he did not detect any flow of air on it.

In short, this should be considered an antique artifact and is of no great use to them.

"Although we didn't find the object 70 years ago, we did collect some clues, and this bronze plate is one of them."

Qi Chuanfeng on the other side said excitedly: "Rumor has it that this ancient disk was created by them to find that thing."

"How do I use this bronze plate?"

"Sacrifice of living people."

Kamo Tadayuki nodded and shouted outside, "Ask Tsuruta Ken to come see me."

Qichuan Feng frowned, but did not stop.

After a moment, while the two were silent, Tsuruta Ken, who was still recovering from his injuries, was called in.

When he entered the room, it was the first time that Tsuruta Ken met the two big crows, and he looked a little reserved.

"I wonder what the two great crows want me to do?"

Kamo Tadayuki smiled kindly, "Tsuruta, you and Watanabe have made great contributions to the Emperor. I will report to the Emperor after I return home. Do you have any other wishes?"

If you ignore his identity, at this moment Kamo Tadayuki is like a kind elder in the family, and his words are full of concern.

Tsuruta was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly despite his injured arm: "Thank you, Commander Kamo and Commander Sugawa, for your training!!"

He Maozhong nodded with satisfaction, playing with the bronze plate in his hand: "Tell me, what else do you wish for?"

"Well... my wish is to serve the Great Sakura Country. It would be great if I could be fortunate enough to enter the Military Secret Department."

Tsuruta Ken was feeling a little nervous. He was now just a spy outside the Military Secret Department, and his biggest wish was to enter the Military Secret Department and learn those magical techniques.

Qichuan Feng did not say anything, and Kamo Tadayuki nodded first: "Very good, I heard that you have a son, I will give him a place in the Military Secret Department."

Tsuruta Kenichi didn't understand what was going on and asked hesitantly, "But my son is less than six years old..."

"We will train him from a young age."

Tsuruta Ken looked at the bronze plate in Kamo Tadayuki's hand, then looked at Kamo Tadayuki who was still smiling, and finally understood something.

He fell to the ground with a thud, his voice trembling: "I, I am a meritorious official, I have made contributions to the empire, no...it shouldn't be me."

He placed his last hope on Qichuan Feng, but Qichuan Feng was wiping the Ame-Kume sword in his hand with a cold expression, and did not make any move to express his opinion.
Tsuruta Ken's heart sank to the bottom. He no longer hesitated and wanted to break out.

"Don't be afraid. I won't let you suffer."

Before Tsuruta Ken could touch the door handle, his vision suddenly changed. He looked down and saw that several silk threads had pierced his limbs. He fell to the ground with a groan.

"Okay, let's get started, Mr. Qichuan."

Kamo Tadayuki threw the bronze plate to Qichuan Feng, the silk thread in his hand swaying, and Tsuruta Ken, with tears streaming down his face, returned to his original position in a strange posture.

"Why, are you reluctant?" Kamo Tadayuki smiled kindly like an elder: "This is in Huaguo. It was too risky for you to use their people before. Tsuruta and Watanabe know too much and are involved in the whole thing. If you don't deal with them, that girl Suzuki and Huaguo will definitely find out something."

Qichuan Feng saluted solemnly.
"It is their honor to sacrifice their lives for the Great Sakura Country and His Majesty the Emperor."

The room was filled with a strange smell. Tsuruta Ken, who was controlled by the silk thread, had lost control of his lower body without knowing when. Qichuan Feng drew his sword from its sheath, his expression cold.

The sword Ame Murakami easily cut open Tsuruta Ken's chest and pressed the bronze plate on the still beating heart. In a moment, the heart that had just been steaming had shrunk into a pool of mud.

"I have activated the bronze plate once on Mount Qingcheng, but there is no clue. That thing is not on Mount Qingcheng, so there will be no reaction."

Tsuruta Ken's eyes were first filled with despair and unwillingness, then resentment, and then gradually became cloudy and slowly lost focus.

Qichuan Feng activated the bronze plate and spoke.

He Mao Tadayuki withdrew the silk thread in his hand and didn't take it seriously. His original intention was just to verify the authenticity of the bronze plate.

"Go out later and take care of Watanabe. He is also a potential threat."

Qichuan Feng nodded.

After the bronze plate absorbed all of Tsuruta Ken's energy and blood, it finally began to show signs of abnormality. A small ancient bronze tree grew in the center of the plate.

Eight three-legged phoenixes engraved on the plate soared into the sky from the plate, circled and danced in the room, making chirping sounds.

After a moment, the shadows of the phoenix and the ancient bronze tree gradually faded away, and the bronze plate returned to its calm state.

Kamo Tadayuki was so overjoyed that the wrinkles on his face seemed to be about to squeeze together.

"Okay, okay, the three-legged crow is indeed related to that kind of artifact. But if that kind of artifact is found, what kind of anomaly should this bronze plate represent?"

Qichuan Feng was about to answer when he looked at the bronze plate in Kamo Tadayuki's hand and suddenly felt something was wrong.

He took the bronze plate and examined it carefully, and then his pupils suddenly contracted.
There were originally eight three-legged phoenixes carved on the bronze plate, but now only seven were left.

There was also a bronze statue of a phoenix, which has disappeared.

Qi Chuanfeng's body slowly began to tremble. He held the bronze plate blankly. With his innate strength, he could not stand steadily and fell into the chair.

Kamo Tadayuki looked at the strange behavior of Qichuan Feng, realized something, and looked a little surprised and confused.

"Sugawa-kun, did you find anything?"

Qi Chuanfeng looked at the direction of the vanishing bronze phoenix statue with burning eyes, his excitement was hard to conceal in his words:
"Quick, Commander He Mao, I need information on the people coming in and out of Qingcheng Mountain in the past few days!"

"God, that instrument has appeared in the world!!!"
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On Mount Qingcheng, Zheng Zhaoyuan came forward to give a small encouragement and reward to Qi Ling who had come on the field, and stated that Mr. Xie had already promised that after the competition between the two countries was completely over, he would prepare a bigger reward for them.

Jin Ying, who was fighting one against five, was surrounded by Taoist priests like a moon surrounded by stars. Although her injuries had not yet healed, her spirit had improved a lot.

Now, she has been given the title of the number one person in Qi Ling by the two of them due to some good things. Only when Zhu Ling, the successor of Yinshan Shu, breaks through Qi Ling, maybe she can fight with him.

Zhang Miaofa of Mount Longhu felt a little uncomfortable. Not only had he, the head of the Zhengyi Sect of Mount Longhu failed to break through to the innate realm, he also did not expect that he could not be the first among the Spirit Qi, and was suppressed by several juniors.

At this moment, he already felt a little regretful. The resources exchanged for the alchemy furnace had been almost used up, but the threshold to the innate level was still not in sight. It would have been better for him to directly exchange the alchemy furnace with Baiyun Mountain for an innate level.

However, the alchemy furnace is now one of Longhu Mountain's most precious treasures. Baiyun Mountain and the Taoist Alliance have brought huge benefits to Longhu Mountain by forging swords several times. No one in the mountain will allow him to exchange the alchemy furnace for his own personal innate opportunity.

Seeing everyone celebrating, Zhang Miaofa, feeling depressed and unwilling to spoil the fun, took a walk alone in the mountains.

The mountain air was getting dark, and it was the night with a dim moon and few stars. Before he knew it, Zhang Miaofa had strolled to the front of Li Yang's house.

Suddenly, a cry was heard. Zhang Miaofa looked up and saw a green three-legged bird circling over Li Yang's room.

Out of curiosity, Zhang Miaofa knocked on Li Yang's door. Zhu Ling, who came out to report, looked up at the sky and was also a little surprised when he found the strange bird.

"Please wait for a moment. My master and Taoist Priest Qi are meeting Taoist Priest Yanming from Laojun Mountain. Please do not disturb them for the time being."

"Master Yanming?" Zhang Miaofa thought for a long time before he remembered the little old man with a goatee.

There are also many Laojun Mountains in China. The most famous one is the Laojun Mountain in Luanchuan, Luoyang, which is known as the "Jingshi Mountain", which means that the beautiful scenery of the 800-mile Funiu Mountain is gathered in one room.

The Laojun Mountain where Taoist Master Yanming came from is the Laojun Mountain in the Shuchuan area. It has been in decline for a long time and is basically an unknown entity in the Taoist Alliance.

Unable to figure out what the significance was for figures like Li Yang and Qi Qiansu to meet with such a small lineage, Zhang Miaofa looked at the three-legged strange bird that was still chirping, thinking that it must be some kind of magical power of Li Yang, and wanted to leave.

Before Zhang Miaofa could finish his words, he was welcomed in by Zhu Ling.

The head of the Longhu Zhengyi Sect was a big shot in Zhu Ling's eyes, so he did not dare to slack off and wanted to welcome him into the side hall to wait.

Zhang Miaofa thought about it, sighed, and followed him into the hall.

Inside the main hall, an old Taoist with a goatee and a hibiscus crown sat opposite Li Yang and Qi Qiansu, looking reserved.

Yan Ming couldn't understand why these two great gods invited the head master to come over. In terms of cultivation, he was only at the level of Qi induction. During the competition between the two countries during the day, he didn't even have the qualifications to participate.

In terms of Dharma lineage, the Shuchuan Laojun Mountain's own was so shabby that when he entered the Taoist Alliance, only eleven of the techniques he had were left.

Li Yang seemed to see the Taoist's concerns and smiled faintly: "Master, don't be shy. I sent someone to invite you here because I really have something I want to ask you clearly."

"As long as Master Li tells me to, I will tell you everything I know."

Li Yang nodded, and Qi Qiansu spread out the printed photos of the murals that Li Yang had taken in the Danxia Cave one by one.

"I wonder if the old Taoist priest knows about these ruins murals in the Danxia Cave of Laojun Mountain in Shuchuan?"

"This..." Yan Ming was stunned for a moment, then took the photo to look at it.

The carvings in the photo are very blurry and the colors have mostly faded. The original content of the stone carvings can no longer be seen due to weathering.

"I have heard my master talk about it..."

Yan Ming hesitated for a moment, then continued, "The Danxia Cave used to be part of my sect, but with the changing times and the catastrophe that hit China, that branch has been cut off for a long time."

He sighed and said, "As for this mural, I saw it when I was a child. At that time, I could barely make out something. My master said that it contained strange stories and legends from the ancient Shu Kingdom."

"Ancient Shu Kingdom?"

Li Yang was a little surprised. He thought for a long time before he recalled some information about the ancient Shu Kingdom.
The predecessor of the ancient Shu Kingdom was called Shushan clan, an ancient tribe also known as Minshan clan.

This ancient Shu Kingdom is extremely old, and can be traced back to before the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and even to the Yellow Emperor period.

According to the "Huayang Guozhi Shuzhi", Huangdi's son Changyi married Changpu, the daughter of Shushan clan... In the 14th year of Xia Jie, he ordered Bian to lead his troops to attack Minshan clan. Minshan clan presented two daughters, Wan and Yan, to Jie, causing Jie to no longer favor Meixi.

Legend has it that the Shu people originated from the Shushan clan. The ancient Shu Kingdom was officially founded when Cancong clan became king. It has been at least three thousand years since the rule of five clans, namely Cancong, Baiguan, Yufu, Duyu and Kaiming.

Li Yang was a little confused when he first encountered such an ancient civilization. He asked, "Do you know what the legends and stories on the murals are?"

Qi Qiansu also felt that the matter was not simple. According to official inferences, the era of the ancient Shu Kingdom three thousand years ago happened to be a prosperous era of spiritual energy, and all kinds of legends about immortals, gods and strange beasts abounded.

Seeing the two big men's expressions become more serious, Yan Ming did not dare to neglect them and continued
"According to my master, this mural depicts the story of the Three-Legged Crow, the totem of the ancient Shu Kingdom."

"Legend has it that the ancient Shu king once saw a three-legged crow fighting a nine-headed snake in Shu. The nine-headed snake was cruel and bloodthirsty, and often harmed the people of Shu. So the ancient Shu king helped the three-legged crow cut off one of the nine-headed snakes. The wounded nine-headed snake fled along the Minjiang River. The three-legged crow was grateful for the Shu king's kindness and agreed to become the totem of the ancient Shu Kingdom at that time to protect the people of the ancient Shu Kingdom."

Yan Ming smiled. The murals in Danxia Cave had long been weathered and unclear. Who knew how many times these mythological stories passed down from generation to generation had been processed and spread as rumors?

"It is said that there is evidence to support this legend. There is an artifact that has been passed down in Danxia Cave. It is a golden feather. According to legend, the ancient Shu king chopped off the head of the nine-headed demon snake with the ancient Shu country's national treasure sword at that time, but the sword was accidentally lost in the body of the nine-headed snake. Legend has it that the golden feather was given to the ancient Shu king by the three-legged crow to make up for the lost sword."

Li Yang asked, "Do you know where this golden feather is now?"

Yan Ming sighed and shook his head: "I don't know, but this Lingyu has been circulating on Laojun Mountain for a very long time. Unfortunately, it was snatched away by a crazy old monk in the 30s."

"What information do you know about that crazy monk?"

Yan Ming was a little dry-mouthed when he spoke, so he took a sip of tea and continued, "My master said that the crazy monk fought all the way up but didn't hurt anyone, which was very strange. He also robbed Ling Yu and ran away, mumbling nonsense, saying something like 'Jiuzhou was in turmoil, and he was keeping the treasure for safekeeping to prevent it from being lost in foreign countries'."

Li Yang's heart skipped a beat.
In the 1930s, the Sakura Country was about to invade, and China was plunged into a period of brewing catastrophe and bloodshed.

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