Volume 2: Buddha's Hand Saves All Living Things, Subdues Demons and Attains Bodhi Chapter 101: Fallen Phoenix Slope, Fallen Dragon Valley
No words were spoken that night.
The next morning.
Qiu Shuiqing took Li Muchan and Kong Que, passed the long pavilion, walked through a fiery red maple forest, passed a clump of bamboo, stepped out of the shade of the trees, and walked onto a long iron chain bridge. Finally, on the opposite side of the bridge, they saw a valley where there was almost no sunlight.
Compared to the pavilions and towers outside, this place seems like another world.
Dark and silent.
There was only a strip of gray sky overhead, with jagged rocks on both sides and hundreds of ever-burning lamps on the stone walls, illuminating a long and winding path.
Li Muchan looked around, and as soon as he came in, he immediately exclaimed "Huh" and held down the knife at his waist.
But why?
It turned out that the walls on both sides had a strange suction force like "Dragon and Phoenix Double Rings".
Qiu Shuiqing said with a complicated expression, "This was originally a mine, which contains a lot of rare gold and iron. It was also the basis for our ancestors to build such a large business. Over the past few hundred years, this mountain has been mined to 90%. At its peak, there were 179 foundries in the valley, all of which were famous craftsmen from all over the country. At that time, countless people came to the door every day, all holding gold and silver in their hands, all seeking a handy weapon."
At the end of his words, he sighed sadly: "Unfortunately, today, it is difficult to see the glory of the past. My Peacock Villa is exhausted and all the craftsmen have been sent away. Only a few seniors who have no children and no place to live are left here to live out their lives."
Feeling the suction coming from both sides, Li Muchan seemed to be thinking about something.
However, Qiu Shuiqing's eyes were always on Peacock, and he kept looking at him curiously.
The two had never met each other before.
Peacock looked at the mine with shining eyes and exclaimed: "It is said that the ancestor of the Qiu family once saw a fire falling here by chance, so he came here to look for the fire. Unexpectedly, he got a piece of precious iron. He then spent three years searching for all kinds of gold and iron in the world, expending countless efforts, and finally forged the invincible 'Peacock Feather'."
"Yes, that precious iron is actually a piece of meteorite iron from outer space. It has been calcined by heavenly fire, and all impurities have been refined, making it indestructible." Qiu Shuiqing nodded, confirming the rumor. "Our ancestors regarded it as a miracle, so they settled down here and founded 'Peacock Villa'."
The three of them walked and talked until they reached a deeper place. Li Muchan then saw a number of densely packed small characters carved on the cliff on one side. Although it was covered with moss and vines, one could still vaguely make out that they were all human names.
"These were left behind by people who had entered this 'Meteoric Dragon Valley', most of them were craftsmen." Qiu Shuiqing explained.
Li Muchan glanced at it and asked curiously, "Meteoric Dragon Valley?"
"Yes," Qiu Shuiqing was full of emotion, and he reached out to touch the blurred and mottled handwriting, "This valley looks like a lying blue dragon. Our ancestors believed in Feng Shui and fate, and the meteorite from outer space happened to fall on the dragon's seven-inch mark, so it was named 'Meteorite Dragon'. This mountain also has a name. Back then, the sky fire burned for more than half a month, burning all the grass and trees on the mountain, revealing this valley, and burning out the ore underneath, so our ancestors named it 'Falling Phoenix Slope'."
"Falling Phoenix Slope... Fallen Dragon Valley..." Li Muchan paused for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He murmured a few words, "Interesting, that 'Phoenix Cub' Pang Shiyuan died at 'Falling Phoenix Slope'."
Qiu Shuiqing was stunned when he heard this, then he smiled, which was rare: "That slope is not this slope, sir, do you also believe in the theory of fate?"
"How could that be possible?" Li Muchan's eyes flashed with divine light as he smiled calmly, "But, haha, this place might really be the place where dragons and phoenixes fall."
The further you go in, the stronger the suction force emitted by the rocks becomes.
Li Muchan's eyelids trembled slightly. At this moment, in an instant, he seemed to have made a decision and conceived a deadly trap that could kill someone. The smile on his face became even more .
Because he never thought that there was such a thing as "invincible" or undefeated in this world.
"This is truly a perfect feng shui location, perfect for burying a top master."
Hearing his words, Qiu Shuiqing and Kong Que both felt a chill on the back of their necks and kept some distance between them.
In just one day and one night, the two had completely seen through Li Muchan's scheming and scheming, and were afraid that they would be implicated.
Li Muchan smiled gently: "Don't worry, we are all in the same boat now, we will advance and retreat together."
It would have been better if he didn't laugh. After he laughed, the two of them retreated even further away.
Finally, the three of them walked through the winding and narrow corridor, and the view in front of them suddenly opened up.
At the end, there is a row of bamboo huts among the flowers and plants, and not far away there are a few peacocks strolling leisurely.
And deep in the valley, five old stone houses were filled with scorching fires, the flames dyed the doors red.
Before getting close, one could already hear the sound of hammering coming one after another, as sudden as raindrops, the sound of metal colliding, crisp and deafening.
Perhaps they had noticed the arrival of the three people, five old men with white beards but strong physiques, even as strong as dragons and tigers, suddenly came out from the house to greet them.
"Zhong Da has met the owner of the manor."
"Yan Er meets the owner of the manor."
"Song San meets the owner of the manor."
"Gu Si meets the owner of the manor."
"Zhao Wu meets the owner of the manor."
Qiu Shuiqing's expression was gentle and his words were very polite: "Shuiqing greets the five elders."
After a brief greeting, Qiu Shuiqing introduced: "These are the only five famous craftsmen left in Peacock Villa. Any one of them can establish a school with their casting skills, and any one of them will be treated as a distinguished guest by all parties once they leave Peacock Villa."
The old man in the lead looked like a vulture, with an eagle nose and deep eyes. His white hair stood up like spears, his muscles were as knotty as rocks, his face was rough and black with a hint of red, like a red-hot charcoal.
Zhong Da wiped the sweat off his body and said, "How about weapons? They are all there, you can choose whatever you want."
After saying that, he pointed casually, and saw that there were actually a lot of weapons piled up in the corner of the stone house. And the weapons were of different shapes, with axes, hooks, forks, swords, spears, and halberds in endless stream; there were also snake-shaped swords with blades like snakes, arc-shaped swords like ripples, soft swords with soft spines like whips, and strange weapons that were made up of scales, like swords but not swords, like whips but not whips.
The old man seemed to just dismiss him casually, and turned around to go back to the house.
Qiu Shuiqing said nothing. Although these old men were polite to him, they were older than his father and of a very high seniority. They were also part of the foundation of his Peacock Villa, so he didn't dare to offend or neglect them in the slightest.
Li Muchan just smiled. Qiu Shuiqing had told him about it on the way here, but he didn't think it was a big deal. After all, there are talented people in the world, and those with high skills are bound to be arrogant.
He winked at Peacock, who immediately understood and took out a few casting drawings from his arms.
Then Li Muchan said gently: "Five seniors, you may want to take a look. What I want is not those scraps of copper and iron."
When the five elders heard the words "broken copper and rotten iron", they paused and their faces turned grim.
Although those weapons were worthless in their eyes, they were something that people in the martial arts world would fight for, and they were priceless.
Zhong Da sneered, his hair and beard stood up, his white beard stood up like steel needles, he turned his head and cursed: "Where did you come from, you bastard...hiss...this is..."
He didn't expect that when he was halfway through his words, he suddenly glanced at the casting diagram handed to him by Peacock. His eyes suddenly widened and he almost bit his tongue.
After a pause, Zhong Da immediately came closer and looked at it eagerly, then his eyes suddenly widened and he exclaimed, "Is this the box?"
"box?"
"What box?"
Upon hearing this, the other four elders came over, took a look, and could not take their eyes away.
"Ah, this is the box that Xiao Leixue had back then!"
The five old men took the casting diagram from Peacock's hand, gathered together, all with shining eyes, and exclaimed in amazement again and again.
"What a clever thing."
"Yes, it's really amazing."
"The parts inside can be assembled into dozens of unusual weapons. This idea is really wild."
…
The five people looked at it for a long time, and Zhong Da suddenly saw another one below the casting diagram, so he took it and had a look.
But what was drawn on the blueprint were two special forces.
This strange weapon is like a knife but not a knife, like a sword but not a sword. It is like a single-edged sword and a ring- handled knife. The blade is as straight as a sword and the top is like a sword tip. One side is sharp and the other side has a hard ridge and reverse blade. The two weapons can be combined into one, and their weight and length are exactly the same.
Zhong Da's eyes lit up again, and he exclaimed in amazement: "What a killing weapon!"
