Volume 4: Azure Dragon Changes the World Chapter 207: Western Cardamom, Obtaining Divine Power
As soon as the two turned around, the huge waves that were forced to retreat came back and flooded over them.
Shangguan Xiaoxian's eyes also turned red. The stone wall was right in front of her. It all depended on this one: life or death.
If they guessed wrong, or if they failed to break through the stone wall, they would be dead.
She almost used up all her strength, dragging Li Muchan, and rushed forward risking her life, leaving no room for him to escape.
It would be more comfortable to die by hitting your head than to drown .
Looking at the stone wall that was getting closer and closer, Shangguan Xiaoxian opened his eyes wide, his pupils dilated, without blinking.
In this split second, a moment of life and death, I suddenly heard—
"Grind!"
A rapid, dull noise suddenly came from behind the wall, like the sound of a door hinge turning, or the sound of a mechanism being triggered.
Shangguan Xiaoxian and Li Muchan felt that there was nothing in front of them, and then they fell into a dark room.
It turned out that this stone wall, like the jade throne before, could be turned upside down and contained a mystery.
It turns out that there is always a way out.
The two men were lying on the ground. Although they were covered with wounds and in excruciating pain, they looked at the closed dark room and after a brief moment of daze, they both laughed and cried.
Still alive after all.
Survived.
Two bright lights were still on in the dark room, illuminating the outlines of the four corners.
Li Muchan tilted his head and took a hard look, and found that this seemed to be a quiet room, and it was backed by rocks, and there was a very thin narrow crack in the middle, and air was flowing in.
"It seems that the cave behind this is where the Jinqian Gang hid their treasures in the past." Shangguan Xiaoxian said.
Her voice was weak, but her eyes showed joy.
Although it was not a way to survive, the circulating air was enough for them to catch their breath and recover.
The two of them helped each other to stand up and looked at each other carefully again.
There were neither too many nor too few things in the quiet room. There was a white jade bed with a few neatly folded clothes on the head of the bed. There was also a jade table nearby with books and several rather mysterious objects on it.
There was a cushion placed in the center of the room, and in front of it was an incense table with many fruits and snacks on it.
But there was an empty space in the middle of the incense table, as if something should have been offered there, but it seemed like it had been taken away.
Li Muchan couldn't help but think of the tablet belonging to Shen Tianjun, "It seems that this should be the place where Gongzi Yu usually rests and practices."
Shangguan Xiaoxian's eyes were spinning. Her nostrils flared, and her eyes suddenly lit up. She then quickly walked to the jade table and reached out to pick up a sandalwood box.
As soon as the box was opened, a strong smell of medicine emanated.
There were many small celadon bottles inside, all with names on them, and they were all medicines for wounds.
Seeing the signs of the medicine having been used, Shangguan Xiaoxian couldn't help but think, "It seems that Young Master Yu must have been injured in the battle outside the Hundred Flowers Forest. Even if he was pretending, he paid a heavy price."
She suddenly looked at Li Muchan and the wounds on his body. The sword wounds and bloody holes were really shocking and extremely tragic.
If someone else had suffered such an injury, they would have been dead long ago. However, Li Muchan was still standing, breathing, talking, and even alive. He was so tenacious that he didn't seem like a flesh and blood person.
Li Muchan was staring at the other things on the table.
Most of those books are secret manuals.
The first one is the Tang Clan's unique skill of launching hidden weapons, "Flower Rain All Over the Sky", and there are also unique martial arts such as "Tantric Mahamudra" and other unique martial arts.
The last one is the secret sword in the secret book of the devil sect, "the nine styles of the soul-stirring and incomparable".
As for the remaining two mysterious objects, they are a bit interesting. They are a palm-sized black box and a yellowed piece of paper.
The box was square, but the marks and carved patterns on the surface were clearly not of Middle-earth style, but a mysterious "cross"-shaped pattern.
When Li Muchan saw the pattern, he was also surprised.
He picked up the page of paper again and scanned the contents on it. After taking a look, his pupils narrowed.
It actually records three of the most incredible and miraculous medicines of the time.
One of them is the "elixir of life" which comes from the Central Plains. Although it has the name of immortality, it has no effect of immortality. However, taking it can keep people young forever. It can completely stop all the activities of a living person's body and turn them into a living dead.
The second one is called "Bodhi Relics", which comes from India. Its origin is unknown and only exists in legends. Taking it can make people enter a state of tranquility and suspended animation, without drinking or eating, and have a dream for sixty days.
The third is "Western Cardamom," which originates from a small island called Monte Cristo, west of India and Persia. Taking it can also cause all bodily functions to cease, but it's different from an "elixir of immortality," like a hibernating snake. One pill can cause a person to sleep for decades, unaware of seasons and eternal youth.
There are only five pills of this medicine in existence. In order to save my dearest friend and beloved, I spent several years and went through great hardships to find two of them.
The miraculous power of this medicine lies in the fact that no matter how severely injured or poisoned one is, as long as one is not dead, this medicine can preserve a glimmer of life, hoping to prolong one's life at some future time...
Li Muchan's eyes were dim and his expression was full of surprise.
Seeing him distracted, Shangguan Xiaoxian also came over. After reading the message above, she couldn't help but frown and said, "This item shouldn't be left by Gongzi Yu, right?"
Li Muchan shook his head. The page of paper was yellowed and old. It must have been at least ten years old, if not twenty years old. It was definitely not left by Gongzi Yu.
Shangguan Xiaoxian's expression tensed, as if she had thought of something. After a moment of silence, she whispered, "Could it be Shen Lang?"
"Best friend, dearest love..." Li Muchan murmured, his eyes changing continuously. "If it really was Shen Lang, then they might have fought against these people before, and suffered great losses and serious injuries. Otherwise, they would not have used this third flavor, 'Western Cardamom', to save their lives."
As for whose life to save?
The ones who went out to sea with Shen Lang that year were Wang Lianhua, Xiongmaoer, Zhu Qiqi and others.
It is true that Shen Lang is invincible in the world, but the martial arts skills of these people are not necessarily so.
Shangguan Xiaoxian looked at the black box and asked, "So, Gongzi Yu has found the remaining three 'Western Cardamoms'?"
If the guess is correct, then Gongzi Yu would have spared no expense over the years to find the last three, or even the other two miraculous medicines.
This black box is not from Middle-earth, and it is very likely the so-called "Western Cardamom".
Li Muchan took the box and took a closer look. He found that this thing was quite special. It seemed to contain a mystery. There was not a single crack in the whole box. It looked like a whole piece.
But the more this is the case, the more special this thing is.
"Gong Ziyu should have found it." Li Muchan's eyes were complicated, and he said in a deep voice with great certainty: "It seems that this person is still hiding a lot of secrets. Maybe he originally left this for himself."
Li Muchan sat on the jade bed, paused, a gleam in his eyes, and continued, "So, Shen Lang and his men must still be in the human world, but I don't know if they are in the Central Plains."
Shangguan Xiaoxian said quietly at this time: "I don't know about others, but if you continue to hold on like this, even the Daluo Immortal will not be able to save you."
Her eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, especially when she saw Li Muchan sitting down, she reacted immediately.
It seems that this person is just holding on.
Come to think of it , with internal and external injuries, excessive blood loss, and exhaustion, others would be dying soon even if they didn't die. But Li Muchan could speak and move, and looked like nothing was wrong. How could that be possible?
As for the purpose, it is nothing more than to be on guard against her.
"clever!"
Li Muchan sighed upon hearing this, and then lay heavily on the bed, unable to stand up any longer.
This guy is really smart, nothing can be hidden from him.
After all, Shangguan Xiaoxian's injuries were lighter than his, while he was injured unimaginably seriously. Once he was weaker than the opponent, there was no guarantee what the Shangguan Gang leader would do.
As for everything that happened before, that was Shangguan Xiaoxian when he was in a desperate situation. When a person is about to die, all desires will disappear. But now that he has found a glimmer of hope, and with two people in the south and the north as his opponents, he has to be on guard.
After sighing, Li Muchan fainted without making a sound.
Too tired.
A hint of sadness flashed in Shangguan Xiaoxian's eyes. This man was still wary of her and secretly on guard against her.
But she soon laughed at herself, reached out to take out the medicine in the medicine box one by one, identified them one by one, and then stripped off Li Muchan's tattered and tattered outer robe.
Once the clothes were removed, Shangguan Xiaoxian looked at the blood-stained upper body, the dense crisscrossing scars, and the hideous long and narrow knife wounds. The tragic scene made even Shangguan Xiaoxian's eyes tremble and she took a breath.
She stretched out her trembling hand and stroked the scarred body. She was silent for a long time, her lips moving, but all her emotions finally turned into a sigh.
"well!"
The sigh was filled with helplessness, mixed feelings, and some complicated emotions.
Without much hesitation, Shangguan Xiaoxian began to treat every wound on Li Muchan's body, carefully wiping away the blood stains, especially the two bloody holes that pierced his chest, which made people feel cold all over.
Fortunately, there was needle and thread in the wooden box. After she pursed her lips and sutured all the wounds on Li Muchan's body, and applied medicine one by one, she was already sweating profusely from exhaustion.
After doing all this, she stood up and walked to the head of the white jade bed, intending to take a piece of clothing for Li Muchan to change into.
But as soon as Shangguan Xiaoxian stretched out his hand, his eyes changed slightly.
There seems to be something hidden underneath.
Shangguan Xiaoxian took off her clothes and saw that the surface of the white jade bed was actually embedded with an exquisitely carved jade box.
What’s even more strange is that this jade box is not convex, but concave.
Her eyes moved slightly, and she began to observe the entire white jade bed. When she reached the side of the bed, Shangguan Xiaoxian's gaze immediately fixed on a beautifully carved lotus, and she reached out and pressed it.
The lotus force sank, but the jade box at the head of the bed slowly rose up.
Then there was a creaking sound, and the jade box opened like a lotus petal, revealing what was inside.
"Ming Yu Gong!"
Western cardamom comes from Chu Liuxiang, and the remaining two are my own ideas.
