Chapter 335 Because They Are Greedy Enough
As an ancient spiritual demon, Queen Mother of the West is very powerful. Even in this era of dried-up spiritual energy, some of her innate magical powers can still be effective.
For example, Luoshu divination can determine good or bad luck even without the support of spiritual energy.
For example, his tiger teeth can tear gold and split iron.
Another example is her own claws, which had existed when she was 'born' and were an indestructible instinctive magical power, but now they have been worn down!
And I only realized something was wrong when I started bleeding.
This actually has something to do with her instinct.
At first, she planned to sneak into the system mountain gate, then climb up the Fusang tree, slowly absorb the spiritual energy to strengthen her body, so as to restore the strength of her heyday.
When it comes to lurking, the Queen Mother of the West is also very good at it.
After all, in terms of 'race', she is a feline.
But the trouble lies in the habits of cats. When she sneaked to the foot of the system gate, she was blocked by an invisible wall.
Instinctively, she stretched out her claws and scratched twice, and then she couldn't stop scratching. The more she scratched, the happier she became, and gradually she lost her mind.
It's like a kitten playing with a scratching board.
By the time she reacted, her ten fingers were already in pain.
This is also the case when she has enough humanity. If she had more animality, she would probably have to grind her fingers flat and might not even regain her sanity.
This is also the reason why, although there are countless powerful people in the major secret forces, they dare not come out at will.
Most of them are people with divine and demonic natures. Human cultivators like the Fusang Sect in the East China Sea do not suffer that much.
At most, the strength will be weakened, but there will be no trouble of losing reason or turning back into the original form.
"Is that a formation, or something else?"
Queen Mother of the West sat on the roof of the tall building again, eating a roast chicken with big mouthfuls.
She looked at the hibiscus tree in the distance with envy.
Kunlun Mountain is not like Yaochi, where there are peach trees to quench the thirst for spiritual energy. Although spiritual energy is produced in the small world, the amount is getting smaller and smaller.
It is estimated that in a few hundred years, Kunlun Mountain will collapse inwards.
To put it bluntly, everyone in Kunlun Mountain is waiting to die.
This is also the reason why the Queen Mother of the West ran out immediately when she calculated that there seemed to be a turning point.
She had to find a way to survive for herself and the entire Kunlun Mountains.
The Queen Mother also did something similar.
This is also the reason why both Taowu and Chang'e wanted to capture Lu Sen and others alive as soon as they saw them.
For all the secret forces, these four foxes represent the "way of life" in desperate situations.
"Although I can't get in, it's not too troublesome. Fortunately, this Fusang tree can also leak out a little spiritual energy." Queen Mother Xi felt that her body was getting better and recovering at a very slow speed, so she became happy again: "Just take care of it slowly, for a few years, ten years, and when I have some confidence, I will go and talk to that human kid named Master Lu."
The Queen Mother of the West made this decision.
In fact, she couldn't think too complicatedly now.
After all, she is an ancient spiritual being, and the proportion of "humanity" in her is not strong. This is why she appears as a child after transforming into a human.
Otherwise, she should be like Xianxian or Jinghuan, with long legs and a proud and plump figure.
Afterwards, Lu Sen discovered that there were always people causing trouble for the Lu family.
Every half a month or so, the durability of the fence would drop rapidly, always happening in the middle of the night.
And every time I went out to look for him, I could never find him, even if I just sat there and waited for him.
Even the 'Hidden Eye' placed near the mountain gate could not detect anything unusual.
This matter made Lu Sen quite puzzled.
When he was being intimate with Jinhua, he told her about this. Jinhua's eyes were blurry, as if she was about to faint, but she still managed to stay awake and said, "Sir...if you don't understand...things, don't think too much...Anyway...no one was hurt!"
Lu Sen had a different view: "It's destroying the fence now, will it attack people one day? It's invisible and can burst out with powerful combat power in an instant, so we have to be on guard."
"We'll talk about it tomorrow... Sir, don't be distracted..."
Well, Lu Sen had to concentrate on what was happening in front of him.
The next day, Lu Sen gathered everyone together and told them about this matter.
Everyone was surprised.
"No wonder the master has always sent people to patrol the fence at the foot of the mountain during this period of time. He himself is always walking around in the mountain." Xianxian covered her mouth and laughed softly: "I thought the master was kicked out of the room by Sister Jinhua."
A group of people chuckled quietly.
They are all family, and they all understand that Lu Sen is a magnanimous person and will not get angry about such a small matter.
Lu Sen gave Xianxian a helpless look and said, "So recently it's best for everyone to change their accessories to protective ones, so that if you encounter an attack when you go out, you can resist it. Also, when you go out, it's best to go in groups of three or more. Do you understand?"
Everyone nodded.
There are invisible enemies near the mountain gate, so we naturally have to be careful.
After this meeting, everyone on the system side naturally became cautious.
After a few months, the overall durability of the fence would still , but fortunately the fence was able to repair itself and no problems occurred.
Moreover, the interval between two durability reductions is getting longer and longer. It was about half a month at first, then slowly became 20 days, and now it has become a month.
No one from the system gate was attacked outside and everything has been safe.
In this way, after more than half a year, the durability of the fence will only decrease once every two or three months.
Looking at the time span, Lu Sen vaguely understood something!
You dare to use my fence to practice martial arts?
This is a path that had not been envisioned.
Although he felt much more relaxed, Lu Sen still remained vigilant.
He didn't intend to turn a blind eye until he fully understood the truth.
Finally he found the new prefect of Hangzhou City.
Zhao Zongchu was one of the many sons of the Prince of Runan.
This is also a small move by the court.
After all, Master Lu is staying in Hangzhou. If someone else is appointed as the prefect, it will probably be difficult to get in touch with him. It would be much easier to let the sons of the Prince of Runan and Lu Sen's brothers-in-law take the position.
Even if the court does not do something well, the Prince of Runan can act as a buffer.
Ask Zhao Zongchu to help investigate if there are any strange people or strange things in the city recently.
Then another half a year passed, and during this period Heizhu got married, marrying the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Pang Meir had introduced many young ladies from wealthy families to him, but Heizhu took a liking to this girl, saying that she had a big butt and would be good at giving birth.
Well...Heizhu will like this.
Heizhu's wedding was naturally no less grand than Shi Lei's.
There was also a whole night of Xianjia shadow play that day. Lu Sen simply took advantage of this opportunity to have his retainers hold projectors and show movies to the people of Hangzhou every few days to enrich their nightlife.
By the way, bring some private goods in it.
In the early spring of the following year, Bao Zheng returned.
The huge treasure ship was filled with treasures from foreign countries.
The people of Hangzhou went crazy, rushed out of the city gates and ran to the coast to greet him.
The treasure ship gradually stopped at the port. The surrounding area had been cleared by the Maritime Customs. The merchant ships of the Song Dynasty retreated two miles, and the merchant ships of the Semites retreated ten miles. If they refused to obey, their ships would be rammed.
The people of Hangzhou stood on the shore, dancing lions and firing cannons, creating a lively atmosphere.
The sailors on the ship cried and finally returned home.
Bao Zheng, whose hair was as black as coal, stood at the side of the boat. He looked at the familiar face, listened to the familiar accent, and choked up a little.
But he controlled his expression very well, with his hands behind his back, his big belly sticking out, his eyes like a lion, and he looked extremely majestic.
After a series of handover procedures, Bao Zheng and others moved into the backyard of the Hangzhou prefect.
The sailors were free to move around, and almost all of them went to the red-light district to drink and have fun.
Bao Zheng didn't wake up until noon the next day. He had a very sound and comfortable sleep.
After waking up, he ate a bowl of rice porridge. As soon as he walked out of the room, he saw Lu Sen sitting in the pavilion in the yard.
When he saw Bao Zheng, Lu Sen clasped his fists as a sign of courtesy.
Bao Zheng came over, sat down, relaxed his stomach, and said with a smile: "Master Lu, I haven't seen you for nearly a year."
"Yes." Lu Sen sighed, "I didn't expect that the first person to travel around the world would be Bao Fuyin."
"I am definitely not the first person to sail around the world." Bao Zheng now understands the concept of 'Earth': "If nothing else, at least you, Master Lu, and your master are clear about this."
"If there is no record, then it is equivalent to nothing." Lu Sen said as a matter of course: "By now, the Hangzhou local chronicles should have recorded the deeds of Bao Fuyin. Soon the historian will also record this matter in the book."
Bao Zheng showed some shame on his face: "It seems that I have to take advantage of this time."
He also knew that Lu Sen had no interest in this matter at all, and he understood Lu Sen's thoughts: the world is a world for mortals, not a garden for immortals.
"So what did Bao Fuyin gain this time?"
Bao Zheng took out a booklet from his sleeve, which recorded the harvest this time.
Various seeds, various crops, etc.
He even brought back thousands of books.
Some were collected from Athens, others were exchanged for tea from Constantinople.
"Although the people of Xirong seem to be barbaric, they have their own unique characteristics in being able to establish a nation." Bao Zheng was full of amazement: "Their library, although the collection of books is not as good as our Song Dynasty Chongwen Academy, but there are some special knowledge. I specially asked someone to help select some and bought them back."
For Bao Zheng, the biggest gain from this trip was his collection of books, followed by seeds and nautical charts.
As for the large amount of gems, gold and other things on the treasure ship, they were not even in Bao Zheng's eyes.
I just remembered one sentence: some property.
Let it be.
Lu Sen returned the booklet to Bao Zheng and said, "I thought the first person to complete the circumnavigation would be a merchant. But I never thought it would be Prefect Bao. It seems that I still overestimated merchants."
Bao Zheng put his hands in his wide sleeves and asked, "I have never understood why Master Lu would look up to Shangjia."
“Because they are greedy enough.”
