Chapter 020 Giant Buddha
After traveling south along the Zhang River for half a day, they entered the territory of Changlin County. The two men were planning to go into Changlin County to rest and replenish some water, salt and other daily necessities. However, before they entered the city, they were blocked in front of a small forest several miles outside the county town.
Looking at a group of robbers who suddenly jumped out from the woods beside the road ahead, Ni Kun couldn't help but admire his own foresight even more.
If he had not subdued Wen Caiting and had to travel alone, not to mention how tiring and slow the journey would be with the traffic conditions of that era, he would have no chance of catching the Bosuqu snake and would not be able to catch it if he met one. Instead, he might be bitten to death by the snake many times. Just encountering this most common robber would be enough to give him a headache.
Of course, Wen Caiting herself is also a trouble maker.
This seductress is already beautiful and has a sexy figure, and she has honed her charm to her core. Even the rhythm of her steps and the swing of her waist and hips are the result of years of practice.
Even if she doesn't try to be charming on purpose, her smiles, gestures and movements are enough to tempt people to commit crimes.
It is normal to be spotted by thieves while walking in the wild.
"You little brat, hand over the silver quickly. Madam, I will spare your life! Otherwise, I will let you have a taste of my grandfather's knife!"
The leading robber waved his sword, shouted, stared at Wen Caiting with burning eyes, his throat moving up and down, looking like he was drooling.
The other robbers were not much better. They brandished their swords and guns in a show of force, while staring at Wen Caiting with fiery eyes, as if they wished they could swallow her up in one bite.
"You are simply asking for your own death."
Ni Kun snorted coldly and pointed his thumb at Wen Caiting beside him:
"How dare you set your sights on this woman? Do you know who she is?
"Yin Gui Sect elder Wen Caiting is a bad person. You guys will be squeezed into scum in a minute by her!"
The bandit leader was stunned, totally confused:
"What is the Yin Gui Sect? I've never heard of it! Stop talking nonsense here, you little brat. Hurry up and hand over your wife and the money!"
Well, these little thieves are of too low a level and have never heard of the name of the Yingui Sect.
Not to mention Wen Caiting, even Zhu Yuyan's name had no deterrent effect on them.
Ni Kun shook his head helplessly:
"You are really courting death!"
He raised his chin to the robbers:
"Witch, come on, teach them a lesson."
Although Wen Caiting is a woman of yang and seductive manner, she has very high standards. How could an ordinary rough man catch her eye?
Only a handsome man like Ni Kun is qualified to be her cauldron.
At this time, she was being coveted by those hideous and disheveled robbers. She was already furious. After receiving Ni Kun's order, she could not hold back and rushed to the leading robber. She snatched the sword from his hand and chopped off the bandit leader's head with a backhand blow.
Then she raised her knife and swung it down. The knife flashed several times and several heads fell to the ground. She killed all the robbers.
From beginning to end, the robbers had no power to fight back and didn't even have time to react.
After Wen Caiting killed the man, there was no blood on her body. She threw the sword to the ground and flew back to Ni Kun.
She did not boast about her achievements, but just smiled at Ni Kun and said:
"Sir, the road is clear now, we can continue on our journey."
Ni Kun nodded with satisfaction, walked around the pool of blood and corpses with his hands behind his back, and continued walking towards Changlin County.
Wen Caiting followed him with her head lowered, step by step, just like a servant, without any trace of the brutal and ruthless momentum that she had shown when she beheaded several heads just now.
After that, they entered Changlin County smoothly and first went to the inn to book a room. Ni Kun rested in the room while Wen Caiting went to buy supplies and gather intelligence at the same time.
The Yingui Sect has great potential power and is particularly good at running brothels. Its intelligence bases are spread all over the country. There are also brothels in Changlin County, and the Yingui Sect's peripheral intelligence personnel are also lurking.
Wen Caiting inquired about some information related to the "Secret of Immortality", and when she came back to see Ni Kun, her face looked a little strange.
Seeing this, Ni Kun asked calmly, "What's wrong?"
"Sir, the secret of immortality..." Wen Caiting hesitated, "It is no longer in the hands of Shilong, the mountain pusher."
"Oh?" Ni Kun said calmly, "Tell me in detail."
Wen Caiting said: "Three months ago, Yu Wenzhi rushed to Jiangdu Yangzhou and personally raided Shilong's Taoist temple, severely injuring Shilong. Although Shilong escaped with serious injuries, he still could not escape death and finally died in the well. The secret of longevity was lost.
"Later, there were rumors that the Secret of Immortality fell into the hands of two Yangzhou hooligans who were pickpockets..."
Three months ago?
Ni Kun pondered to himself, three months ago, it seemed that he had just joined the Hanshui School for a few days?
Unexpectedly, the secret of immortality still fell into the hands of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
Ni Kun was displeased and snorted:
"Since this happened three months ago, why did you say a few days ago at Jingshan Villa that the Secret of Immortality was still in Shilong's hands?"
In fact, given the speed at which news spreads in this era, it is not surprising that what happened in Yangzhou three months ago has only now reached Changlin County.
But isn’t your Yingui sect known for being well-informed?
You, Wen Caiting, are Zhu Yuyan's junior sister, and you have the right to review any intelligence from the Yingui Sect. Why did you only tell me this important news now?
Seeing Ni Kun's unfriendly expression, Wen Caiting immediately fell to the ground and said in panic:
"Don't be upset, sir. I have been inspecting various strongholds in the past few months and have not asked about the affairs of Jiangdu.
"Besides, the Art of Immortality is useless, and our sect never paid much attention to it. If it weren't for the fact that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, two hooligans from Yangzhou, who got the Art of Immortality, were not said to have a close relationship with the Rakshasa woman Fu Jun'er, and the Rakshasa woman was suspected of having entered Yang Gong's treasure house, our Yin Gui sect would have started to pay attention to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, and we wouldn't have found out that they got the Art of Immortality...
“But please rest assured, sir. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are just two pickpockets with low martial arts skills. It is actually easier to get the Immortality Secret from them than to take it from Shi Long.
"I have issued an order from the elders at the base, ordering the disciples of the Yingui Sect in all places to keep a close eye on the whereabouts of Kou and Xu. As long as we can find their whereabouts, I will definitely help you get the Longevity Secret back!"
Just you?
Do you also want to snatch the secret of immortality from Kou Xu's two sons of destiny?
Ni Kun curled his lips, too lazy to explain to this witch what it meant to be the child of destiny, to be blessed by good fortune, to be blessed in times of adversity, and to become stronger with each battle. He just put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the room, thinking:
"From the time calculation, Fu Jun'er is already dead, and the Yangzhou Twin Dragons have also mastered the Art of Immortality and started to hang out... Hmm, it seems that they buried the Art of Immortality in front of Fu Jun'er's grave?
"And where is Fu Jun'er buried? It seems that she is in a small valley on the bank of the Yangtze River, but the exact location is unknown... There are countless valleys on both sides of the Yangtze River. If we were to look for her, how long would it take to find her?
"Unless we mobilize countless manpower to search and investigate, or find out where Fu Jun'er's burial place is from the Shuanglong in Yangzhou...
"But even if it is the Yin Gui Sect, it is impossible to openly mobilize a large number of manpower to search along the river. And Kou Xu and the other two guys respect Fu Jun'er like a god, and will never easily reveal the location of her grave... This is really troublesome!"
In fact, Ni Kun had no intention of obtaining the secret of immortality - he had almost given up hope on his talent in martial arts.
The Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra was so easy to practice, but he found it so difficult to practice. Even the snake gall of the Bosuqu snake could not help him improve his skills. Could the Art of Immortality really change his bones?
Kou Xu was able to practice the secret of immortality because they were both martial arts geniuses.
Even though they were a little late in learning martial arts, the Changsheng Jue did not change that much. It just enabled them to cultivate innate true Qi from the very beginning.
What really transformed them was actually the Heshi Bi and the Evil Emperor's relics.
Without the Heshi Bi and the evil emperor's relics, even if Kou and Xu practiced the art of immortality, they would probably only be able to grow to the grandmaster level at most in the future.
And with Ni Kun's physique and constitution, even if he knew how to practice the art of longevity, he might not even be able to get started.
Therefore, as for the idea of the secret of immortality, Ni Kun is just holding on to the hope that it will work out.
But now the Secret of Immortality has fallen into the hands of Kou and Xu, two very troublesome and difficult guys...
The key is that they are still far away and I don’t know where they are wandering, so I can only take it as it comes.
"Forget it, let's try to get the evil emperor's relic first. As long as I can use the evil emperor's relic to change my constitution, then it won't be too difficult to practice any martial arts. On the contrary, if my constitution is never improved, then no matter what martial arts I practice, I'm afraid I won't be able to achieve results..."
Although he comforted himself in this way, the evil fire in Ni Kun's heart was still bursting out.
He looked Wen Caiting up and down with a bad look, thinking about how to punish her.
Wen Caiting's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly remembered a piece of news that had nothing to do with the Changsheng Jue, but was also quite bizarre, and was very beneficial to the Buddhist sect, but was considered very unfavorable by the Demon Sect. She immediately threw it out to divert Ni Kun's attention:
"Sir, I have heard another piece of news this time.
"It is said that in Leshan, Sichuan , near the confluence of the Dadu River, Qingyi River and Min River, a cliff suddenly sank overnight, and the depression suddenly turned into a giant Buddha statue.
"The giant Buddha statue sits with its back to the mountain, its head level with the mountain, its face facing the river, its feet on the river, and is more than twenty feet high. If you stand at the foot of the giant Buddha, you can't even reach its toes..."
