Volume 3: Qiongzhou · Wu Xing Volume Chapter 21: Flying Eagle Soars and Lands on Divine Letter

  At first, I vaguely knew some of it, but absolutely not in such detail. Now hearing Mrs. Wan Dao say this, I realized that the consequences were actually so unbearable, and I was shocked!

  Wan Dao glanced at her husband, seeing that he had no intention of stopping her from continuing, so she went on to say: "At least for several years, Qī Jiǔ Shǎo Xiá probably won't be able to break through the Du Mai!"

  Chu Jiu hastily replied: "As a junior, I have already opened the Ren pulse and am overjoyed. How could I dare to have extravagant hopes of opening the Du pulse?"

  He spoke from the heart, Wu Gou and Lao Lao nodded slightly, Lin Qing'er asked: "Auntie, is there any other way?"

  Madam Wan Dao smiled and said: "The method is indeed available, but it's difficult to accomplish! If, on the ninth day, Young Master Shao obtains external help and the Governor Vessel is unblocked, then it will be even more difficult!"

  On the ninth day, he still didn't understand and curiously asked: "Senior, what does this mean?"

  "Because, that master, on the one hand, needs to unblock your Du Mai and Ren Mai meridians, and on the other hand, also needs to suppress the internal Qi from running wildly. Therefore, this master's inner power must be at least above what my husband and I can do together! But in this world, which of the so-called top masters of the Wudang Sect is willing to sacrifice their decades of cultivation to help others? And besides, Shaoxia...” She paused, not continuing.

  On the ninth day, it doesn't matter, and he knows that in this world, there are not many masters who can surpass Wu Gou's old man and Quan Dao's wife joining hands. It is still unknown whether Master and Shibo can reach that level.

  Lin Meng'er hastily asked: "Auntie, and what? And what is it?"

  Mrs. Wan Dao sighed and continued, "And to open up the Du Meridian, it can only be done when a person is severely injured and on the verge of death. Moreover, if the Ren Meridian is injured and blocked, one's internal energy will no longer progress, but if the Du Meridian is injured and blocked, it will inevitably lead to death! You should know that when someone's Du Meridian is damaged and they are on the brink of death, only a top-notch master of the Xuanmen Zhengzong sect would sacrifice their own internal energy to save them. Is this kind of coincidence not ten times more difficult than opening up the Ren Meridian?"

  On the ninth day, Lin Ming'er also thought about it and felt that it was correct. On Mount Diancang, no one mentioned these things to them, so they naturally listened with relish. However, their hearts were originally pure and desireless, and they only asked casually, without putting any of it in their minds!

  Moreover, they still remember that Lin Youcheng of the Qingyun School has always emphasized the importance of self-cultivation, and that the pursuit of Taoist learning is endless. External help can sometimes be counterproductive!

  On the ninth day, I heard Mrs. Wan Dao explain that they would also leave this place and go to Emei in Shu, so I asked again: "The two seniors have been hiding here for many years, why did you make up your mind to leave this place now?"

  Lady Wan Dao and Wu Gou exchanged a glance, seemingly having made up their minds. "Young hero, take a look at this letter and you'll understand!" she said, handing the letter from Silver Spear Elder to Chu Jiu, without showing any difference in treatment despite Chu Jiu and Lin Meng'er not being part of the demonic sect.

  Chiou and Lin Ming'er were extremely puzzled, and could only take over the letter paper, on which there was only one line of large characters, hastily scribbled: "There is a traitor among the top ten elders!" On the back of the letter paper, a male eagle was printed, spreading its wings and flying high, dominating the sky!

  Especially those eagle eyes, even more high up in the ninth heaven, overlooking all living things!

  Mrs. Wan Dao saw that Chu Jiu and Lin Ming'er still didn't understand, so she took back the letter paper, carefully folded it, seemingly very careful, and then put it in her bosom. Wu Gou, the old man, however, did not speak a word, but kept paying attention to his wife's every move.

  "This letter was written by Yin Qiang, the elder of our Holy Sect, on the flying eagle divine paper of our sect master. He must have been in a state of panic and desperation when he wrote it, hoping that someone from our sect would find it when they came to clean up his corpse. Fortunately, you two were able to help us obtain it earlier." Madame Wan Dao said softly, her eyes suddenly reddening. Jiu Liu and Lin Tian'er naturally thought that the couple was among the top ten elders of the Demon Sect, with deep emotional ties. They listened as Madame Wan Dao continued: "Young hero, do you know why my husband and I have been guarding this place for over a decade?"

  Lin Meng'er smiled and said: "Auntie, how would I know about Master Brother?"

  The lady with the curved knife looked at Wu Gou, saw him nodding, and continued: "My husband and I were ordered to guard the sacred objects of our holy religion here. For over a decade, nothing has happened, and we thought that in these few days, fellow disciples would come to take over. But now... since there is a traitor among the top ten elders who can collude with the various sects to kill Silver Gun Elder, who returned from Donghai Xiantian Shengdie Island last month, their next target will certainly be us! Fortunately, tomorrow, the sacred objects can be moved! So, my husband and I have discussed it, and tomorrow we will escort the sacred objects out of this Tiankeng Dige!"

  "Big sister should have gone back to Donghai directly, why did she go to Shu Zhong Emei instead? There are even more orthodox martial artists there!" Lin Meng'er said in puzzlement.

  She was kind-hearted, seeing the situation, Wudang had ambushed Yinquan Laolong and now joined forces with Diancang, Kunlun, Qingcheng and others to head to Mount Emei in Shu, where Wu Gou Laolong and Wan Dao Furen were. If they encountered the Orthodox sect, it would be a disaster, so she kindly reminded them.

  Wu Gou didn't make a sound all along, but now he let out a sigh and continued, "Miss Ming'er doesn't know that the most dangerous place is also the safest! They went to Mount Emei Sect's grand ceremony with great fanfare, while we also swaggered into Shu Zhong, who would have guessed?"

  He knew that on September 19th, the Emei Sect would hold a grand ceremony to pass on the position of leader, half of which was told by Lin Meng'er yesterday, and the other half was because he and his wife had never been out of touch with the outside world, so whatever wind blows or grass moves in the Jianghu, people from the Demon Cult would naturally know about it at the first time!

  On the ninth day, Lin Ming'er found Wu Gou's words reasonable and stopped speaking.

  "Senior, everyone here calls this mountain range 'Tiankeng Difeng', what does it mean?" Chujiu suddenly remembered this question and asked.

  Lin Meng'er also smiled and said: "Yes, auntie, I don't see any holes or seams either."

  Mrs. Wan Dao smiled slightly and said, "What you see now is the thatched cottage in front of you, the small river, of course, you can't see this heavenly crack; now, let's go behind the thatched cottage to take a look!"

  For these two days, on the ninth day of the lunar month, Lin Meng'er was worried about her master's injuries and didn't notice that there was something behind the thatched cottage.

  She finished speaking, and the couple turned around together, walking towards the fence behind the thatched cottage. About 15 zhang away, they reached the edge of the fence and pushed open a door hidden among the big trees in the middle of the fence.

  Chu Jiu and Lin Ming'er also followed, although they grew up in Cangshan Erhai, a famous mountain and beautiful scenery, they had seen it for over a decade and were accustomed to the various natural landscapes.

  And in the past few days, I also visited the Three Gorges, marveling at the steep and majestic scenery, which is a masterpiece of nature. However, when we looked up and down, both of us couldn't help but exclaim in unison: "Ah!"

  Behind the thatched hut's fence, there was a cliff, seemingly endless, and it was a huge "funnel"-shaped cave. The entrance of the cave was elliptical, with an area of hundreds of meters in diameter. Far away on the other side were high mountains. When I looked down, I couldn't help but exclaim that this cave seemed to be hundreds of meters deep as well. It seemed like a bottomless pit for no reason at all. Clouds and mist swirled below, and when I listened carefully, there was actually the sound of water flowing from the bottom of the pit. It seemed that there was a huge underground river down there.

  "There's a hidden river below, and the water comes from the crevices on the opposite side!" said Madame Curved Blade with a smile.

  On the ninth day, his eyesight was exceptionally good, and he knew that the crack in the ground was a mysterious canyon. Looking far into the distance, he couldn't see what lay ahead, and it seemed to stretch for dozens of miles, with varying widths and heights nearing a thousand meters. It turned out that this was the reason why this place was called Tiankeng Diguai (Heavenly Pit Earth Crack).

  On the ninth day, Chu Jiu and Lin Ming'er really didn't expect that the natural creation function would be so magical, and they couldn't help but sigh in wonder!

  The earth cracked and mountains shook, indeed it was not in vain!