From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

And right now, Li Muxuan would have doubts—

Jiang Liu has good hearing, but that doesn't mean his companions also have good hearing.

However, Zheng Zha is the type who learns from his mistakes and doesn't fall into the trap of trying to prove himself; he simply doesn't answer.

Jiang Liu glanced at Zheng Zha and the others, and said with a chuckle, "Li Muxuan is right. It seems that you all have some problems with your brains."

Zheng Zha and his group had no choice but to grit their teeth and acquiesce to this.

"Let me recount what has happened over the past few months: The Smiling Tiger held a martial arts tournament with three purposes: to appease people, to gain the support of various sects, and to invite us, the extraordinary individuals who have entered the elimination rounds, to Jinhua to search for the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror and the Heavenly Star Meteorite."

To make us obey, he ordered his lieutenant, Chameleon, to give us a poison that was named 'Genesis' and also called 'God's Forbidden Fruit'.

This poison takes effect in seven days, and after taking effect, it will continue to cause symptoms for seven days, corresponding to the legend of God's creation of the world.

Listening to Jiang Liu's description, Zheng Zha and the others finally understood the cause and effect. The Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror and the Heavenly Star Meteorite were most likely related to Lanruo Temple, but most people were unaware of this at the moment.

"Poison, do you have a sample?"

Chu Xuan inquired.

“Everyone has a sample,” Jiang Liu said, “but without a specific antidote, or a way to coexist with the ‘poison,’ there is only one path: death.”

"Is there an option called 'coexistence'? It doesn't sound like a poison, but rather a bacterium or a virus... You understand, right?" After Chu Xuan finished speaking, he asked Jiang Liu if he understood microorganisms.

“Yes, I understand.” Jiang Liu nodded.

"That's good."

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses. "If you have samples, I can help you study them and see if we can cure your poison."

“The environment here isn’t suitable for your research, and you don’t have the time,” Jiang Liu glanced at Chu Xuan and said leisurely. “Let’s talk about it another time.”

"Welcome everyone!"

The moment he stepped into the county town, Smiling Tiger and his personal guards came to greet him.

Beside him was a brown-haired man with a gloomy expression, a high nose, blue eyes, wearing a black robe with a hood and black gloves.

Jiang Liu sized him up, then turned his attention to the sides of the street. He noticed that apart from the soldiers, there were no other civilians in the county town, and judging from the appearance of the buildings:

Moss grows on the blue bricks, and vines sprout on the yellow tiles.

This is an ancient city.

Few people gave him a friendly look despite his smiling face, but he wasn't annoyed. He put himself in their shoes; if he were poisoned, he wouldn't give the poisoner a friendly look either.

Therefore, after exchanging a few polite words with everyone, Smiling Tiger led them to the original location of the county government office in the ancient city—which had now been temporarily converted into a council hall.

After everyone was seated, Smiling Tiger got straight to the point, saying, "I think all of you extraordinary people are curious as to why you came here to search for the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror and the Celestial Meteorite, right?"

I won't keep you in suspense any longer.

The meteorite fell from the sky during the reign of the First Emperor and was used to refine elixirs of immortality. I don't aspire to immortality, but extending lifespan does have some credibility.

According to Mr. Stephen Whitey, some meteorites release special energy that can indeed improve human function.

Therefore, you must help me find the celestial meteorite.

Of the forty-two extraordinary individuals, including Jiang Liu, none responded.

The nine members of the Central Continent team also remained silent.

Seeing this, Smiling Tiger thought it was normal. If someone among them had said something polite to flatter him, it would have made him wary.

"As for the King of Qin's Bone-Illuminating Mirror—"

The smiling tiger glanced at everyone before continuing, "This is also related to the celestial meteorite. It is said to be able to reveal a person's internal organs, muscles, bones, and skin, which is extremely peculiar..."

Afterwards, the smiling tiger revealed another origin of the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror—

During the First Emperor's southern tour, a body was retrieved from the South China Sea. It was the body of an old man with normal skin and a long beard that reached his chest. It was not affected by the seawater and was believed to be the remains of an immortal!

However, the sorcerers had a different opinion, believing that this was an evil spirit, a symbol of disaster, and should be destroyed.

The Emperor Qin had his own opinions, but he couldn't resist the eloquence of the alchemists, and thus began to believe that it was better to believe it than not.

He then ordered his men to bury the "immortal's remains" in a desolate mountain and to cast a giant bronze beast with a bull's head, a tortoise's body, a single horn on its head, seven tails, an ugly appearance, and a plump upper body and a slender lower body to suppress it. He also took out the Bone-Illuminating Mirror from the Eight Mirrors of the King of Qin to suppress it.

Until the Northern Song Dynasty, a person was gathering herbs in the mountains and saw five dragons fighting in the sky. They all perished and fell into the deep mountains. The herb gatherer told the villagers about it, and they went to watch. However, they could not find the dragon corpses. They could only see some kind of huge creature wriggling in the mountains.

The villagers believed it was the work of evil spirits and monsters in the mountains, so they set the mountain on fire.

Later, the villagers discovered the bronze beast cast during the Qin Dynasty, as well as the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror, and presented them to Emperor Huizong of Song.

A courtier recognized it as a bone-revealing mirror, believing that this ancient mirror, having suppressed demons for many years, had become tainted with demonic energy and was therefore an ominous object, and should be returned to its original place…

# Chapter 324 The Origin of the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror

"...But Emperor Huizong of Song did not listen and often played with it until the Jin army marched south and captured the two emperors of the Song Dynasty, which led to the disappearance of this Qin King Bone-Illuminating Mirror."

The smiling tiger, having spoken so fluently, grew parched and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat before continuing, "Some say that during the time when the Qing Dynasty was being subdued by the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror reappeared, only to be taken away by the British..."

Hey!

But I know that what the British took away was not the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror, but the Guixu Divination Mirror, which was used for divination in conjunction with the four symbols of dragon, human, ghost, and fish.

The real Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror appeared once during the Southern Song Dynasty. It was obtained by a chivalrous knight named Yan Chixia, who returned it to the top of the bronze beast and transported it to the Jinhua area to suppress an evil spirit in a certain temple…

Everyone fell silent.

Zheng Zha and other reincarnators who had seen the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" never expected that the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror could actually connect with Yan Chixia.

Only Zhang Dong spoke up, asking, "How can you prove it? The commander just casually mentioned it, and you expect us to risk our lives to find the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror for you? Isn't that a bit far-fetched?"

"A painting passed down from my ancestors can prove it." The smiling tiger took out an ancient scroll, unfolded it, and showed a picture of a pale-faced scholar carrying a sword in one hand and holding a bronze beast that was half a person tall and two meters long in the other.

"This is indeed a painting from the Southern Song Dynasty."

Within the Zhongzhou team, Qi Teng stood up. Facing the gaze of everyone, he was slightly nervous, but still tried his best to express his opinion, "I have a great deal of knowledge about antiques. I wouldn't call myself a master, but I can tell the real from the fake at a glance!"

Only then did Zhang Dong believe it.

Chu Xuan glanced at Qi Tengyi, then fell into a thoughtful state...

"Now that it's been confirmed, the task of finding these two treasures will be entirely handled by Stephen Whitey and Mr. Smith. The antidote you need—they will naturally give it to you after they find the two treasures."

After saying that, Smiling Tiger yawned and went back to his room for a good night's sleep.

After all, it was already late at night, and as an ordinary person, Smiling Tiger's energy was naturally not as abundant as that of an extraordinary person.

Everyone looked at Stephen Whitey and Smith.

Whitey slowly stood up and said, "I think some of you have already guessed that 'A Chinese Ghost Story,' a folk tale of gods and ghosts, is related to the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror and the meteorite."

The strange man named Yan Chixia placed the Qin King's Bone-Illuminating Mirror in Lanruo Temple, and the existence of the celestial meteorite was the foundation of Lanruo Temple's establishment.

We are unfamiliar with the magic and abilities of you Eastern supernatural beings, therefore—

We only care about the results.

How things unfold is up to you.

But I want you to remember that the forbidden fruit of God was not ordinary poison, but originated from the sacred tree in the Garden of Eden. After Adam and Eve plucked the forbidden fruit, the sacred tree was destroyed and disappeared from the continent. Only a portion of its branches remain, capable of yielding the antidote to eliminate the toxins in your bodies.”

After saying this, Whitey ignored the anger of the crowd and got up to leave.

Smith then said, "Alright, you can proceed now. If you have any ideas, you can report to me at any time. But please remember, three days have passed since you took the poison. In four more days, the poison will take effect. Even if you can hold on, you will die in seven days. At most, you only have eleven days left, so please hurry."

Your commander-in-chief is also extremely busy, and news of a northern expedition has come from the south.

If this drags on for too long, you may be willing to die, but the commander-in-chief may not let your sect off the hook.

Times have changed. No matter how capable you are, your strength will eventually run out.

“You don’t need to threaten us. We will do our best. If Lanruo Temple and its surrounding area become a ghost town, we will eliminate it even if we don’t look for the so-called Bone-Illuminating Mirror or meteorite.”

Jiang Liu stared at Smith for a long time before leisurely speaking, "Now, shouldn't we be served a sumptuous dinner?"

If you want us to work, you have to feed us first, right?

"Young Master Jiang Liu is quite the humorist." Smith was taken aback for a moment, then smiled slightly and ordered the soldiers outside to prepare food for them.

After all the food was served, Smith got up and left, not participating in the discussion among Jiang Liu and the others.

Jiang Liu picked up a piece of braised pork, put it in his mouth, and savored it carefully, as if he was really focusing on eating. The same was true for Hong Guniang and Lu Jin next to him, as well as Li Muxuan, Zhao Xinchuan, and Boss Cha not far away.

This left the others, as well as the Central Continent team, somewhat puzzled.

Everyone should eat.

Jiang Liu said, "Don't worry about poisoning them. They're already poisoned, so they don't need us..."

It has to be said, he truly lives up to his reputation as a smiling tiger; he knows how to enjoy life. Even when he brings his troops out, he has such a sumptuous feast.

"Tsk tsk, we can't be this extravagant under normal circumstances."

Ru Songdao said, "This humble monk does not eat meat."

The martial arts tournament involved Taoist priests and monks from temples and monasteries near Yuhang and West Lake, including Elder Rusong of Lingyin Temple, who was one of the forty-two participants.

As the monk Daoji said: "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but Buddha sits in the heart."

Jiang Liu picked up another piece of braised pork and said, "As an elder of Lingyin Temple, why don't you learn from him?"

Ru Song was speechless and could only say, "This humble monk is of lowly status. I have cultivated my mind and nature for many years, but I have not yet reached the state of an Arhat. If I were to learn from the Venerable Subduing Dragon, it would be like falling into the demonic path."

"Come on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Huan and Zheng Zibu started eating. After that, Zhang Dong thought for a moment, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat.

"Jiangliu Jushi is right. Only when you are well-fed can you move around properly."

"Absolutely! Absolutely!"

"Ru Song, don't be so stubborn. There's more than just meat on the table. Besides, your Zen school is different from other Buddhist sects."

"Speaking of which, the Zen school has the most temples and monasteries in Buddhism these days..."

Helpless, Ru Song had no choice but to start eating.

After everyone had almost finished eating, Zhang Zhiwei let out a burp and spoke first, saying, "I've never eaten so well at the Celestial Master's Mansion~ burp~"

Jiang Liu, what should we do next?