Chapter 119 I Know Everything
Mount Li is located in the Qinling Mountains, in Lintong County, east of Xi'an.
Lu Sen had been to this place before, with a tour group. He climbed up and took a quick look around, but ended up feeling bored because he was pressed for time.
I just vaguely remember some tourist attractions like Bingjian Pavilion, Beacon Tower, and Qixian Bridge.
But this time, all the attractions mentioned above were gone, only a winding stone staircase leading upwards.
The surrounding area is covered with green and yellow woods. As it is already late autumn, the higher you go, the colder it gets.
The two people wearing thin green clothes walked very slowly, obviously trying to accommodate Lu Sen and the other two.
In fact, they really needed to slow down because Zhao Bilian could not hold on any longer.
Needless to say, Yang Jinhua was the daughter of a general. After marrying Lu Sen, she drank honey every day and practiced martial arts excessively. Her kung fu improved by leaps and bounds. Although she was still far inferior to her mother, Marshal Mu, she had almost no rivals among women of the same age.
Lu Sen... has been practicing Taiyi Hunyuan Gong for more than a year. His progress was slow in the early stages, but recently his progress has been much faster than before. The number displayed in the system has exceeded four digits.
In addition, his character level has been raised to LV2, which has increased his overall character attributes. With the slow flow of Taiyi Internal Qi, his physical strength has now increased significantly compared to when he first arrived in Northern Song Dynasty two years ago.
Although still not as good as a pure warrior, he is much stronger than an ordinary person.
Only Zhao Bilian seemed to be in relatively poor health. Although she had begun to learn martial arts from Jinhua, there was no obvious improvement in the short period of time.
As if they could sense the gradually increasing panting behind them, the two girls in green radish clothes walked even slower. After walking for a while, one of them turned around and asked, "Three distinguished guests, do you need to rest for a while before continuing on?"
At this time, Zhao Bilian was supported by Yang Jinhua. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at Lu Sen and Yang Jinhua, who were both at ease. She felt a rare desire to win. She shook her head and said, "No need. I have a way."
After that, she touched the little fox that had been lying on her shoulder and said, "Xiu Xiu, help me!"
The little fox on the shoulder cried crisply, jumped lightly onto Zhao Bilian's head, and then turned into a ball of light, wrapping up the latter.
The two women in green radish clothes standing a little higher up the stone steps widened their eyes in surprise when they saw this.
During this period in the Northern Song Dynasty, it took time for news to spread... It hadn't been long since Lu Sen created the wooden sculpture of the spirit beast, and the news hadn't reached Mount Li yet, so the two women in green vine clothes were immediately surprised when they saw a circle of light.
And when they saw Zhao Bilian, with white fox ears on her head and a long furry tail shaking behind her, walking out of the ball of light, her expression of surprise became even more obvious.
But they were "disciples of Xuanmen" after all, so they quickly restrained their expressions, bowed gently to Zhao Bilian, and then led the way.
With the blessing of the fusion effect, Zhao Bilian's face no longer showed any sign of hardship or difficulty, but instead she looked more cheerful and cheerful.
She jumped on the stone steps, and ran quickly to the front to wait for the woman in green radish clothes and Lu Sen. After a while, she left an afterimage on the stone steps in front, and her real body ran and wandered around in the woods. When Lu Sen walked near the afterimage, her real body teleported over directly, and walked with Lu Sen and Yang Jinhua again.
The two women in green radish clothes in front saw her displaying her "magic power" so frequently, their eyes were full of envy.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Yang Jinhua said calmly, "Bilian, stop messing around."
"oh."
Bilian stopped immediately and walked behind Lu Sen obediently. The two were not sisters, but they were better than sisters, with a tacit understanding and knowing what the other wanted to do.
The two women in green vine clothes also discovered at this time that there was a fiery red bird standing on Yang Jinhua's shoulder, which was very beautiful.
In fact, they had discovered it a long time ago, but they didn't think of it in a magical way.
Now with the example of Bilian, they obviously guessed that Yang Jinhua also had similar magical powers.
Suddenly, their expressions became more serious.
Because of his wife's diplomatic skills, Yang Jinhua's social skills and ability to read people's expressions have greatly improved.
Lu Sen felt that the two women in green radish clothes behaved normally, properly and politely.
But in Yang Jinhua's opinion, although the two girls appeared polite on the surface, there was still some contempt in their eyes when they looked at the three of them.
It is okay to despise yourself, but it is not okay to despise your officials.
That's why Yang Jinhua didn't restrict Bilian from misbehaving, otherwise she would have used her power as the "eldest wife" to scold Bilian.
Now there was no longer any contempt or underestimation in the eyes of the two girls, not even a trace.
Lu Sen did not notice the secret confrontation between Yang Jinhua and the two women in green vine clothes. His attention was focused on walking.
Because along the way he discovered that he and others had passed seven forks in the road, and each fork in the road was almost exactly the same.
Is this the legendary maze?
Lu Sen was a little curious.
It’s a pity that he didn’t bring the detector with him, otherwise he could use the detector to map out the terrain he passed through, and he wouldn’t be afraid of this kind of maze in the physical sense at all.
Thanks to Bilian being in Qingqiu Fox Mode, the five people's travel speed increased significantly, and after nearly three incense sticks of time, they arrived outside a huge cave.
There is a huge banyan tree planted next to the cave, and its exaggeratedly large crown "covers" at least ten acres of space.
Many aerial roots hang down from the branches, fall into the soil on the ground, and become tree trunks.
It looked like another tree had grown out of the ground, but in fact it was just one tree.
It’s just that the banyan tree has the characteristic of being able to form a forest on its own.
The four of them stopped at the entrance of the cave. The two women in green vine clothes turned around and bowed . One of them said, "Three distinguished guests, please wait a moment. Senior Sister Qin will come out to welcome you into the cave."
After saying that, the two girls walked to the side and disappeared into the banyan tree forest along the path.
Lu Sen put his hands behind his back, nodded, and then looked ahead.
The entrance was not too big, and could only barely fit two ordinary carriages. It was only about ten feet high.
Above the cave entrance, the three characters "Xieyue Cave" are written in red lacquer.
Um, Xieyue Cave?
The name sounds familiar...Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave?
Just when Lu Sen was wondering, a figure emerged from the cave and quickly walked into the light.
She was also a woman wearing a green robe, but she looked a little older. She had a pearl flower on her head and her clothes had more patterns. It was obvious at a glance that her status was definitely higher than the two women just now.
"Master Lu and Junior Sister Yang in person?" The woman came out, bowed first, and then her eyes fell on Bilian: "Who is this?"
She looked at Bilian hesitantly. This woman with a proud figure, were the fox ears on her head real or fake? The tail behind her... was actually wagging like a dog's. Was it real, or an illusion created by lifting her hips?
Lu Sen clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I am Lu Sen, this is my legal wife Yang Jinhua, and the one you are talking about is my concubine, Zhao Bilian. Bilian, cancel the fusion state first."
"Okay, sir." Bilian responded obediently, and a light flashed on her body, and she returned to her original appearance.
The little white fox jumped onto Bilian's shoulder, lay down, closed its eyes and fell asleep.
"this!"
The woman in green vine clothes looked very surprised. After standing there for a long time, she smiled dryly and said, "Master Lu is indeed extremely powerful. I wonder what this strange skill is called?"
"The contracted spirit beast is just a little Doyle." Lu Sen said modestly.
The woman in green vine probably understood what Lu Sen meant. She looked at the little firebird on Yang Jinxiang's shoulder, curled her pretty lips, and then said, "I am Qin Cailu, the fourth disciple of the 387th term under my mother. Junior Sister Yang, and two other distinguished guests, please follow me."
She turned and walked back into the cave. At least most of the cold and arrogant aura that she had when she came out of the cave was gone. Now she could only barely maintain her expression and state.
The three of them followed and after entering the cave, they felt a chill coming over them.
However, Lu Sen and Yang Jinhua were not afraid of the cold, and Bilian was very cunning and merged with the little fox again, so she was not afraid of the cold either.
This is a cave. It was normal at the beginning, but after walking in the cave for half an incense stick, I discovered a new world.
There are many stalactites around the path in the cave, and strange lights seep out from the inner walls of the walkway, which are colorful and extremely beautiful to look at.
These strange lights were reflected by the crystal clear stalactite jade pillars, making the entire cave glow with brilliant light.
Lu Sen had a look of surprise on his face, but Yang Jinhua and Zhao Bilian had never seen such a scene before, and they all opened their mouths and couldn't close them.
"It's worthy of being the cave of the Mother of Mount Li. It's so beautiful." Zhao Bilian couldn't help but sigh.
Yang Jinhua pursed her lips. She really wanted to tell Bilian not to act like a country bumpkin who had never seen a big scene, as this would bring down the prestige of her husband.
But she herself was shocked and had no idea how to refute it.
Qin Cailu, who was walking in front, smiled, thinking that she had finally restored the authentic scene of Xuanmen.
However, at this time Lu Sen suddenly spoke.
"It's not difficult, actually. The reason the surrounding walls glow is that they hollowed out the inside, then ground the wall surface, which is made of the same material as stalactite, thinner, and then lit candles inside. Although the wall surface is translucent, it is blurry and you can't see the candles inside, so you would think it is the wall that is glowing."
"Then what's with all these colorful colors?" Bilian's eyes lit up and she asked quickly.
She liked the most the confident look on her husband's face when he was directing the country.
"Apply a thin layer of paint on the inner wall, as long as it doesn't block the light." Lu Sen smiled and said, "Paint it randomly. The more chaotic the better. The brighter the color, the less regular it will be. It will give people a sense of mystery."
"So that's how it is." Yang Jinhua exclaimed.
As soon as Lu Sen explained, she understood what was going on. At the same time, she saw Qin Cailu walking in front of her. Her body trembled slightly. Even before she saw her retort, she knew that her husband was right.
As expected, my husband is the most powerful.
Yang Jinhua felt sweet in her heart, and then she suddenly remembered that in the fairy shadow play shown by her official some time ago, there was content that exposed those fake magic spells. Now thinking about it, this Lishan seems to be a fake magic spell as well?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
Although Lishan was her mother Mu Guiying's master, her mother only learned martial arts and did not learn any magic. Was it that Lishan did not teach, or that Lishan did not know how to teach?
Yang Jinse's mind was in a mess, and Qin Cailu, who was walking in front of him, was even more confused.
To use the crude words of Lu Sen, a later generation person, it was just like a beating dog.
In fact, what Lu Sen said was completely right, it was just these 'tricks'.
Every time when outsiders come, they will use this set of light and shadow tricks to scare people. Before this, it has never failed. But they didn’t expect that not only did it fail this time, but even their secrets were exposed.
If ordinary people were to discover this method, they would become angry and try to make people keep the matter secret.
They have both soft and hard tactics.
But this Lu Sen really understands magic. She was a little skeptical before, but after seeing how Master Lu and his wife and concubine merged with the spirit beast, she no longer dared to question his magical powers.
Qin Cailu now appears calm on the surface, but actually feels uncomfortable all over.
She didn't look back, as she always felt that the three people behind her seemed to be looking at her back with a mocking look.
She even had a feeling that if she turned around, she would see three strange smiling faces.
The road leading into the cave is very long. In the past, whenever she brought people in, she always felt proud. Walking in front, she wished the road could be longer so that she could listen to the admiring exclamations from behind.
But now... she just hoped that this journey would be as short as possible, preferably within two or three breaths.
But the more anxious people are, the slower time seems to pass.
The passage that used to take only a moment to walk through now seemed to take half a year.
She was exhausted both physically and mentally, and her legs felt weak.
When they arrived at the destination, at the entrance of a wide cave, Qin Cailu turned around and said, "Please come in, three distinguished guests. Next, it will be the senior sister who will receive you. Please come in."
After saying this, Qin Cailu left in a hurry.
When Lu Sen and the other two entered the cave, they saw a giant glass bird, only about ten feet tall and glowing with different hues, spreading its wings and ready to fly.
Every part of the giant bird is shining with colorful light, and the color of the light varies depending on the person's viewing angle. Sometimes, even small curved rainbow lights appear.
"Wow! So beautiful."
After Yang Jinhua and Bilian stayed for a while, they turned their eyes to Lu Sen.
"This is because of the prism transmission." Lu Sen explained: " This effect can be produced by making glass or colored glaze into a triangle or square shape, and then letting white light enter from a suitable angle. Although I understand the principle, I have to say that the craftsman who made this phoenix colored glaze statue is really a genius. It must have taken a lot of time and effort to make this statue."
"Oh?" Yang Jinhua asked, "We also have glass at home, can we do something similar?"
"Of course."
At this time, Senior Sister Lishan just came in from the back door. When she heard Lu Sen's words, she was full of question marks.
