The hour of the Son.
The great night is full.
Mount Wangqiu, Ping’an County.
Decades ago, when the moon was full, people from all over the countryside would gather here to climb the mountain and enjoy the moon.
However, due to an earthquake, the mountain road collapsed, so no one came here anymore, and it has been deserted ever since.
However, at this moment, a figure appeared on the mountain.
The mountain is so steep that it is difficult for ordinary people to climb it, but this figure is extremely nimble, simply climbing and reaching the peak in less than half an hour.
This was Xu Qingnian.
He climbed Mount Wangqiu as fast as he could.
Under the moonlight, his silhouette was slightly lonely.
But after reaching the top, Xu Qingnian did not rush to gather the power of Yin and Yang and try to open the entrance.
Instead, he dived into the woods and waited with bated breath.
There were two disciples of the White Cloth Sect in Ping’an County.
One was Sheriff Chen, a bottom-level disciple.
The other was a big man from the White Clothes Sect. As to how big, Xu Qingnian could not know, the only thing he knew was that it was a bit higher than Sheriff Chen’s position.
He himself was painting white clothes at the inn.
It was logical that both would come, but only Sheriff Chen had come.
This was somewhat unreasonable.
That was why Xu Qingnian did not dare to act rashly, he was worried that the other party had been spying on him in secret.
If he opened the Martial Emperor’s Relic Treasure, would the other party simply appear and silence him?
The possibility wasn’t great, but it existed.
That was why Xu Qingnian did not rush to make his move.
He was waiting quietly.
Waiting in peace and quiet.
If there was not enough safety, Xu Qingnian would rather not have the Martial Emperor’s Relic Treasure, and would definitely not do it for someone else.
Time pa*sed.
Xu Qingnian held his breath, averted all his Qi and hid in the shadows.
Whether this would be useful or not, Xu Qingnian did not know.
But it was better to guard against one hand than none at all.
“Who exactly is the second dark child?”
In the darkness, Xu Qingnian lay on the ground, pondering in his mind who the second dark son of the White Cloth Sect was.
Thinking and thinking, he had no clue at all.
An hour later.
There was no movement outside.
Two hours later.
Still no movement.
It was about to be dawn.
The whole Lookout Mountain was quiet and there were no strange noises.
“Perhaps I’m overthinking.”
At this moment, Xu Qingnian walked out from the shadows, he did not want to waste time.
Coming to the top of the mountain and looking at the bright moon, Xu Qingnian gathered the power of Yin and Yang.
Almost instantly, the space around him distorted and was replaced by a powerful suction force.
Xu Qingnian did not have any time to react and directly entered it.
As Xu Qingnian entered, the vortex disappeared in an instant, without any reaction time at all.
As he entered the vortex, a terrifying feeling of weightlessness instantly hit him, as well as an unspeakable pressure hit him.
In an instant, Xu Qingnian pa*sed out.
I don’t know how much time had pa*sed.
With the sound of ticking sounded.
Xu Qingnian’s consciousness gradually returned.
When she opened her eyes again, what was reflected in front of her eyes was in an ancient altar.
The altar was octagonal in shape.
There was a stone tablet in front of it, but there was no inscription on it, and in the middle of the altar, there was a box.
Next to the box was a sheepskin book, but the rest was empty.
A relic of the Martial Emperor?
Is this it?
When he was completely awake, Xu Qingnian was a little confused.
He had already dreamed of carrying sacks of treasures, but when he arrived in the secret realm, what he didn’t expect was that it was so humble.
It was like a cave, and apart from this one altar, there was nothing else.
The dream of the Martial Emperor’s relics should be filled with countless treasures, dazzling gold and all sorts of things.
How come this is all the rags?
Should it be so poor?
After all, in the early years of Emperor Wu’s reign, the Great Wei was still exceptionally rich, so it wasn’t like there wasn’t even some gold, was there?
He got up and patted the dust on his body.
Xu Qingnian walked up to the altar, seemingly casually, but in fact quite casually indeed.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to be vigilant, but at this point, it would be pointless to set up any traps.
Who should we set up traps against? A gentleman or a villain?
It’s fine to protect yourself against a villain, but isn’t it a bit of a problem to protect yourself against a gentleman? Then why hide the treasure here?
Walk up to the altar.
Xu Qingnian did not move the chest, but picked up the parchment book next to it.
Unfolding the parchment book, some information soon came into view.
The Ancient Scripture of the Dan God contains the recipes for all the pills in the world, and can also refine all the pills in the world, such as the Martial Dao Realm Breaking Pill and the Immortal Dao Realm Breaking Pill, and if you swallow the pills, you can directly break through the realm and clear all obstacles. To open the treasure chest, you must gather the Qi of Yin and Yang, otherwise you cannot open it]
The sheepskin book contains less than a hundred words, but the overall text makes Xu Qingnian feel a little strange.
There was something odd about the lines.
Shouldn’t the Martial Emperor be very serious?
But this message, inexplicably some ……
The first thing you need to do is to get rid of it.
Xu Qingnian didn’t dwell on such details, instead landing his gaze on the treasure chest.
“Dan God Ancient Scripture! Contains all the dan recipes in the world, and can be used to refine realm-breaking pills.”
If it wasn’t for the last line of the parchment book, the monkeys had shocked themselves.
Otherwise, one would have been shocked for a long time by this piece of information alone.
But with the previous shock, Xu Qingnian was clearly calmer, but still smacked his lips a little.
The Martial Dao or the Immortal Dao, both were one rank and one heaven.
It was even said that for any system, it was One Grade One Heavens.
The further back one wanted to break through the one-grade realm, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was harder than ascending to the heavens.
And this Dan Shen Ancient Scripture, surprisingly, records the recipe for the Realm Breaking Pill.
With a realm-breaking pill, one could break through the rank directly.
This was simply a heaven defying treasure.
At this moment Xu Qingnian forgave the Martial Emperor for his poverty.
What did he need most now?
It was this kind of thing, otherwise he had been suppressed by the demon seed, and was simply on tenterhooks, always worrying that he wouldn’t be able to raise his rank down the road.
But now that he had this, what was there to worry about?
What is there to be afraid of?
What a good guy, this is something tailor-made for him.
This Martial Emperor, he has something.
Xu Qingnian was a little excited.
But soon, thoughts turned and Xu Qingnian felt that something was not right.
What was wrong was simple.
If this thing really existed, wouldn’t the Martial Emperor be able to create a batch of first-grade powerhouses with this item?
If that was the case, would the Northern Expedition still fail?
“No, no.”
“This is the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture, it’s just a record of the recipe, perhaps the herbs are so precious that they can’t be refined in bulk.”
After thinking about it, Xu Qingnian thought of the only possibility, otherwise, with the resources of the Martial Emperor, it wouldn’t be easy to get a batch of first-grade martial artists?
The only possibility was that the herbs were hard to come by.
It should be said that one or two could still be gotten, but more would be difficult.
This was the only possibility, otherwise, it was unexplainable.
After a while, Xu Qingnian did not think much about it, but gathered the power of Yin and Yang and injected it into the treasure chest.
What was going on, let’s wait until we get the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture.
Almost the instant the power of Yin and Yang touched the treasure chest, the chest opened automatically.
A palm-sized three-legged dan furnace appeared in Xu Qingnian’s eyes.
It was.
A three-legged dan furnace.
Not a scripture.
？？？？
Xu Qingnian froze in place.
This didn’t follow the rules from start to finish.
Didn’t we say the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture?
How come it was a dan furnace?
“Someone has short-changed us?”
Xu Qingnian frowned, there was no ancient scripture, only a broken dan furnace.
Picking up the dan furnace, Xu Qingnian casually put it aside and carefully searched for the Dan God Ancient Scripture, but there was nothing inside the treasure chest.
This made Xu Qingnian feel a tinge of something bad.
Just as Xu Qingnian was frowning, too.
Suddenly.
The furnace moved.
Yes, the three-legged Dan Furnace moved.
“How many years has it been.”
“Finally, someone has come.”
“Martial Emperor you son of a B*tch, you sealed me here, you shall not be allowed to die, I curse your descendants to be faint rulers for generations to come.”
A voice filled with anger rang out, coming from within the dan furnace.
At this moment, Xu Qingnian’s gaze couldn’t help but fall on the Dan Furnace, his eyes even filled with surprise.
This furnace could even speak human words?
As Xu Qingnian kept gazing at the dan furnace, the latter moved its body and a portrait of a human face appeared.
It was a bit crude and funny, mainly because the eyebrows were extremely thick, so it was a bit chic.
But it was impossible to say that Xu Qingnian was not shocked.
A dan furnace could even talk?
Was it a demon?
Xu Qingnian thought subconsciously, but in the blink of an eye he thought of what it was.
It was an artefact spirit.
A magic treasure artifact spirit.
Yes, a magic treasure artefact spirit, all artefacts in this heaven and earth that had a spiritual intelligence were collectively called immortal dao magic treasures.
After all, how incredible is it to have intelligence and be able to communicate with people?
Immortal Dao treasures can be said to be extremely precious, unlike what is written in the book, where a random magic treasure has spiritual wisdom.
There are not even ten immortal dao treasures in the whole world.
I didn’t expect there to be one of these things here.
But it wasn’t right either.
Didn’t we say that it was the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture? But why is it an immortal dao artefact?
Could it have been hidden inside it?
A curious look appeared in Xu Qingnian’s eyes.
Also it seemed like it was scolding the Martial Emperor just now?
There were so many doubts at once that Xu Qingnian didn’t know how to clear her thoughts, and could only keep her gaze on the furnace.
Xu Qingnian looked at the furnace.
The furnace also looked at Xu Qingnian.
The two looked at each other, neither saying anything, as if waiting for the other side to speak.
But in the end, it was the Dan Furnace that could not help but speak up.
“Do you …… crave for power?”
The voice rang out with a serious tone, and if it wasn’t for the fact that the face was really a bit funny, Xu Qingnian would almost have gotten into the act.
Forced to endure this weird feeling, Xu Qingnian was still more serious.
“Dare I ask if senior is?”
Xu Qingnian did not answer the Dan Furnace’s words, he wanted to ask the matter out please.
“Are you confused as to why there is no Dan God’s Ancient Scripture in the treasure chest?”
Dan Furnace was very calm, guessing Xu Qingnian’s inner thoughts.
“Yes.”
Xu Qingnian still spoke with some respect, after all, this Dan Furnace came from a very unusual place.
“I’m asking you.”
“Who has ever told you that the Dan God Ancient Scripture is, necessarily, a scripture?”
The Dan Furnace spoke out, and with a single sentence, Xu Qingnian was silenced.
Good guy.
The Dan God’s Ancient Scripture wasn’t a scripture?
Then would a single bet count as a bet?
If this Dan Furnace hadn’t spoken up, Xu Qingnian would never have thought to his death that the thing called the ‘Dan God’s Ancient Scripture’ was not a scripture, but a Dan Furnace?
What a great guy.
Looking at Xu Qingnian who was somewhat silent, the Dan Furnace’s voice continued to ring out.
“The Dan God’s Ancient Scripture is only meant to deceive the world, if there is a scripture between this heaven and earth that brings together all the dan recipes in the world.”
“The contents of it would only have been pa*sed down to the world a long time ago, and the world would still be struggling to find this Dan God?”
There was nothing wrong with the Dan God’s Ancient Scripture’s self-proclaimed Dan God, but there was always the slightest hint of something wrong somewhere.
But what he said was also right.
If the Ancient Scripture of the Dan God was a book that recorded all the dan recipes under the sun, how much would have to be written all over the book?
a*suming it was an inheritance, it would be even more impossible, ah, the world’s Dan recipes, a breath of enlightenment, and direct brain death.
So the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture was not a scripture, but instead an immortal dao treasure, which was much more plausible.
“It is my junior who is foolish, thank you senior for pointing it out.”
Xu Qingnian spoke, appearing courteous.
“It’s just a small matter.”
“But this daddy is asking you a few things, you must answer truthfully.”
Dan Shen Gu Jing opened his mouth to inquire.
“Does the Great Wei Dynasty still exist in the world?”
“If it is alive, who is the current emperor? Is it Emperor Wu? Or is it after Emperor Wu?”
“If it is after Emperor Wu, how long has Emperor Wu been dead?”
Dan Shen Gu Jing inquired, but from the tone of his voice it could be heard that he was anxious to learn this information.
Although he did not know what story the other party had with the Martial Emperor, Xu Qingnian did not ask more questions and just answered truthfully.
“Back to senior, the Great Wei Dynasty naturally exists in the world, and the current Emperor is after the previous emperor, and is also the first female emperor of Great Wei. As for the previous emperor, if we count, it has been a year since his death.”
Xu Qingnian answered truthfully.
“What? A female emperor!”
Dan Shen Gu Jing was somewhat shocked.
When this was said, it caused Xu Qingnian to instantly catch a message.
The Dan God Ancient Scripture and the Martial Emperor must have known each other, and the parchment would prove that it had been placed here by the Martial Emperor.
But the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture was so shocked to hear that it was a female emperor, which meant that it said ……. Martial Emperor might really have another heir.
This was what Xu Qingnian reasoned out through a simple reaction.
“Is it hard to say that the White Cloth Sect is really a division of justice?”
Xu Qingnian’s heart was filled with curiosity.
But outwardly some curiosity said.
“Senior, His Majesty is the only son of the late Emperor, so it is only natural that she should inherit, right? Why is senior so surprised?”
Xu Qingnian asked in a condescending manner.
“There is no need to condescend to me, the female emperor you speak of is not the sole heir of the Martial Emperor.”
The Dan Shen Ancient Scripture spoke a secret story very directly.
Once this was said, Xu Qingnian was indeed shocked.
The current Saint was actually not the only son of the previous Emperor?
If the current Saint was a man, that would be fine, it was just a matter of lack of political ability, but the current Saint was a woman and still managed to inherit the throne, and even the entirety of the Great Wei did not know that Emperor Wu had other heirs.
Such tactics are simply unbelievable.
Inexplicably, the image of the Great Wei empress was established in Xu Qingnian’s mind.
Such a heavenly means, whether it was through the power of the dynasty or through other means, for a woman to ascend to the throne as emperor, it was an incredible thing.
“Alright, this matter has nothing to do with you, you should not get too involved.”
“Also, what is your name? This daddy doesn’t know it yet.”
The Dan God Ancient Scripture interrupted Xu Qingnian’s rambling thoughts and reminded him not to think too much as it had nothing to do with him.
“I, Xu Qingnian, meet Senior Dan God.”
Xu Qingnian bowed towards the dan furnace.
“Xu Qingnian?”
Dan Furnace murmured, and then continued.
“Since you have met me, it is a destiny. From now on, no matter what pills you want to make, just take ten copies of the herbs to me, and this daddy will help you make them.”
“Of course, my daddy’s product will be a fine product, ten portions of herbs sounds a bit much, but you are guaranteed to make a profit and not a loss, so you will get a bargain.”
Dan Shen Ancient Scripture spoke out, not continuing to dwell on the matter of the Martial Emperor anymore.
“Ten portions?”
Xu Qingnian frowned slightly, the art of alchemy, Xu Qingnian also knew a thing or two about it, it was indeed very risky, blowing up the furnace and destroying the medicine was a common occurrence, so generally when one hired someone to alchemy, one had to prepare three copies of herbs.
If you succeed once, the remaining two portions of herbs will be taken as payment.
If it doesn’t work three times, there’s nothing you can do.
But ten portions is a bit exaggerated.
If it was an ordinary pill, it was fine, but if it was an extremely precious pill, it would be difficult to get one copy of the herbs together, and ten copies would be even more exaggerated.
It seemed that he sensed Xu Qingnian’s emotions.
Dan Shen Gu Jing spoke out again.
“Of course, ten copies of herbs, it doesn’t need to be exactly the same, as long as the herbs are of equal grade.”
The Dan God’s Ancient Scripture reminded that there was no need to find identical herbs either, they could be of equal quality.
“Then what kind of ingredients are needed for the Martial Dao Eighth Grade Realm Breaking Pill?”
Xu Qingnian asked.
The eighth grade belonged to the pre-martial dao stage, so it was reasonable to say that one did not need too precious medicinal materials, and if it was not expensive, one could buy ten copies and have the Dan God Ancient Scripture refine them, so that one could break through the eighth grade earlier.
The battle against Cheng Lidong would be a sure thing.
“Breakthrough Pill, it is a pill of creation, it varies from person to person, you need to put a drop of blood, into the pill furnace, I will tell you in two hours.”
Dan Shen Gu Jing replied.
“Junior understands.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, then forced out a drop of golden blood and didn’t enter the dan furnace.
The latter fell silent at once, not speaking or moving anymore.
There was a need to wait for two hours.
At this moment.
Xu Qingnian was not idle either.
Instead, he prepared his own plan.
Putting the parchment book away and closing the treasure chest, at the same time Xu Qingnian placed his eyes on the blank stone wall.
Originally, Xu Qingnian’s plan was simple.
He himself had taken the Dan Shen Ancient Scripture in advance, sort of robbing the White Cloth Sect of its chance, which would definitely bring trouble, so he left a message telling the White Cloth Sect disciples that the stuff was hidden in another place, allowing the White Cloth Sect to continue wasting decades.
But as he learned more and more about the matter, Xu Qingnian came up with a perfect solution.
Taking out his writing pen, Xu Qingnian carved words directly into the stone wall.
It read as follows.
[I am a loyalist of the Great Wei, I have been with His Majesty in his conquests all my life, seven northern expeditions, with great success.
In his old age, his Majesty was imprisoned by treacherous ministers. He was aware of the great changes in the court, and although he wanted to destroy the party, he was unable to do so.
However, the imperial ministers are already aware of this and have sent countless troops to hunt them down day and night. In order to protect His Majesty’s orphan, I have placed him in Ping’an County and opened up this place.
[Execute the traitors, clear the king’s side, and return a clear sky to Wei]
His Majesty has asked the Great Reality to look at the face of the Emperor’s son. He will be handsome, with great talent in Confucianism and martial prowess.
The blank stone wall is now filled with words.
This is Xu Qingnian’s plan.
Emperor Wu had two heirs, a male and a female.
Theoretically, he should be a few years younger than the female emperor.
If he was older than the female emperor, then he would be the crown prince straight away, and it would be impossible to block out the news.
It is highly likely that the child was born during Emperor Wu’s northern expedition, and this is the only possibility that news would have been blocked.
In that case, it was similar to herself in age.
Xu Qingnian could have led the disciples of the White Cloth Sect to think of himself as the orphan of the Martial Emperor.
Just ask, if he had a White Cloth Sect behind him, wouldn’t he have whatever he wanted?
If the White-Clothed Sect didn’t believe, then forget it and consider yourself misjudged.
If the White-Clothed Sect believes in it, and one makes blood money, Xu Qingnian is not worried about them controlling him, because there is no need to, and they need him, especially in the early days, so they dare not treat him with disrespect.
But if the court finds out, Xu Qingnian is not panicking at all.
What proof do you have?
Oh, just by virtue of what is written on it?
Although the imperial power is overbearing, the state of the Great Wei does not yet allow the emperor to be overbearing.
If we take a step back, Xu Qingnian would simply admit that he wrote it himself.
Why did he write it?
Because he himself wanted to penetrate the inner gate of the White Cloth Sect.
To wipe out the White Cloth Sect in one fell swoop.
Don’t believe me?
I am a scholar and I have the righteousness in my body.
You may not believe in me, Xu Qingnian.
But you can always believe in Confucianism.
Anyway, there is both in and out.
There is definitely danger. What can you do that is not dangerous?
One has already been walking a tightrope since one started cultivating the supernatural arts.
Instead of being honest and going by the book.
It was better to let go and give it your best shot.
Inside the secret territory, Xu Qingnian looked at the writing on his stone wall.
And then once again, he ran the power of Yin and Yang and disappeared into the same place.
After coming out of the secret realm, it was already dawn.
Xu Qingnian didn’t think much about it and rushed directly towards the South Yufu.
Now that the Martial Emperor’s Relic Treasure was in hand, there was nothing worth lingering for.
