Published at 28th of December 2020 02:10:04 AM
Chapter 261: 261
Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan, who were downstairs, didn’t know someone had decided their destiny . But they didn’t have to know this because they always had their destiny in their own hands .
Looking up along the countless steps, they felt like these steps were connected to the endless darkness . Mengman, who led the way, turned back and said indifferently, “Follow me . ”
Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan looked at each other and then followed him calmly . Cha and the other four people were left at the bottom and guarded by tribesmen . Seemingly, not everyone could go upstairs at will .
Walking on the last step, Qin Yunuan, who had a sensitive smell, had clearly smelt something burned . Although the room had been ventilated and cleaned, Qin Yunuan was still able to smell it out . It smelt like the burned tortoiseshell .
As she expected, there was a small furnace made of stones in the middle . In it were red-hot cobbles, and near it stood a grey-haired man who was holding a tortoiseshell and observing it . A man, maybe at 40, stood next to the window gazing at Leng Changxi . His shrewd eyes and decent clothes made him different from anyone else in the tribe . He looked like a royal noble, calm and leisured, no matter what he did . He was the “King” who sat next to the window just now .
“Welcome our honored guests . ” The “King” smiled and ordered the comely woman near him to serve tea to them . “Have a seat . ”
The woman quickly picked out two clay-made cups from the cupboard and took some tea from a clay-made jar . Their tea was darker than that of Qi . After a closer look, Qin Yunuan assumed that it was native to the Yeren Valley . This man seemed very good at exploiting the Valley . He truly could be seen as the “King” here .
Mengman made a simple introduction . “This is my father, also the tribe leader . He gives us everything . ”
The “King” wore a light smile, but it could be told that he was satisfied with the title .
The “King” titled his head and asked the augur, “How’s it going? Have you got the result?”
The old augur seemed troubled and raised his grey eyebrows . “I got a weird manifestation . ” When he handed over the shell to the “King”, the shell broke into pieces without any sign and fell to the ground .
In augury, the broken shell was an ill omen . The “King” stood up at once and ordered while pointing at Leng Changxi, “Kill them . ”
Mengman was the first one to react . But when he came close to Leng Changxi, he was stopped by the latter’s indifference and coldness .
In an instant, they heard a commotion downstairs . Because of the order, seven or eight men rushed upstairs .
“What do you mean?” Leng Changxi turned around a bit to shelter Qin Yunuan . He hinted to Cha and other people who followed tribesmen to rush upstairs to stay calm . “Mr . Mengman invited us here with difficulty, but you directly treated us to this right after we arrived . I think you should give me an explanation . ”
The “King” squinted at Leng Changxi and curled his lip . He said, “Do I need a reason to kill you? Young man, why do you want an explanation? People like you are truly weird . In face of death, you still want a why as if this could change your fate . Sometimes, the truth is cruel, and it’s better not to know it . ”
Leng Changxi held the spear and said, “What if I insist?” Everything seemed to happen without any reason . But something had foreshadowed it, namely the biggest secret buried in the Yeren Valley .
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At once, the “King” changed his facial expression . He waved his hand in silence, a sign telling people to leave . All people, even Mengman, left except Qin Yunuan, Leng Changxi and the old augur .
It was quiet . After a long time, the “King” said, “You… you can practice Tongming Gate’s Qigong?”
Right at the moment Leng Changxi mobilized his genuine Qi to protect Qin Yunuan, the “King” sensed it . But for Leng Changxi, he hadn’t heard of Tongming Gate at all .
“Whether I can or cannot, so what?” Leng Changxi didn’t want to directly answer the question .
“Tongming Gate is a royal martial arts section in West Xia . Only royal members can learn its Qigong, whose strength is that as ancestors teach descendants generation by generation, its power grows . This is worthwhile . ” The “King” explained .
Was there such a kind of Qigong? Qin Yunuan listened to the “King” carefully, and then he continued, “But it also has a drawback . If those descendants, who want a revolt, can easily learn the skillfully contrived Qigong from their elder generation, such martial arts will help them to do evil . In the early years of West Xia’s foundation, teaching descendants Qigong generation by generation indeed united the royal family to fight with foreign enemies together . But look at what happened later . Jing Donahue, the incumbent emperor in West Xia, has clearly banned royal members from practicing Tongming Gate’s Qigong . So, where did you learn it from?”
Jing Donghua, Leng Changxi’s father, was the most skilled Qigong master . So it made sense that Leng Changxi was better at internal skills than his peers . Even getting injured, he could recover sooner . Also, he learned martial arts faster than others .
Leng Changxi mimicked how the “King” spoke and asked, “Do I need any reason to learn it?”
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The “King” was in a trance and then laughed . “Young man, I appreciate your arrogance . Despite that, you will still be killed later . ” The “King” picked up the clay-made cup from the tea table near him . The cup was half full of lukewarm tea, and he emptied it . Then, he put his hands on the window and pushed, so leaving the window shade and exposing his whole body .
Qin Yunuan was in a trance . Not until this moment did she find that the “King”, who looked like an imposing commander just now, had a pair of atrophic lower legs . They were shriveled, weak and as thin as bamboos . Leng Changxi squinted because he saw that pair of deformed lower legs too .
However, the “King” wore a light smile . He pointed at his legs and said, “You don’t have to show mercy . Compared with those who lost more for they didn’t know when to let everything go, I’m fine because they all died . ”
Two wheels were attached to his chair, which was very considerate; so that he could move around . The “King” moved to Leng Changxi and said with a smile, “20 years ago, I was a relatively famous blacksmith in my neighborhood . One evening, a man suddenly came to me and appointed me to take an urgent job . Without any hesitation, I agreed . But since then, I have found no way to come back . I, along with several dozens of blacksmiths, was locked in a large iron cage by a group of uniformed people . We were forced to take part in a cruel competition by presenting our craftsmanship one by one . Less qualified blacksmiths and those with poor skills were all killed right after their performance, even having no time to beg for their lives . ”
The “King” sighed and continued, “Many old blacksmiths were really skilled, but they all died out of nervousness . Everyone was scared, but at that time, I was more thoughtful than them . Those uniformed men were in a hurry to find skilled blacksmiths but still dared to kill them . It meant that they were powerful, so I didn’t dare to confront them . Luckily, I survived and then was taken to this no-exit mountain after traveling a long way with my eyes covered . ”
“You were taken to an arsenal?” Qin Yunuan asked .
“You really know something,” the “King” was a bit surprised . Then he shook his head and said, “At that time, we, blacksmiths, all were not very experienced so unqualified to work in the arsenal . We were merely responsible for building the warrior-horse array placed around the arsenal . ”
“Warrior-horse array?” Having read Leng Changxi’s military works though, Qin Yunuan didn’t know this array .
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“Yes . ” The “King” seemed unwilling to explain more to Qin Yunuan . “There are many arrays and tricks placed outside the arsenal . Even a person who has the arsenal map may not be able to enter the arsenal alive . Later, some outstanding blacksmiths, including me, were picked out to work in the factory . However, we stressed out because of the three-year working system . Many of us planed a betrayal, intending to steal the weapon design drawing and sell parts of it to any country for a windfall . Therefore, factory workers started many revolts, and I joined the largest one . But on our way to escape, the design drawing we made much effort to steal fell to the ground . A man didn’t want to lose it, so he ran back to pick it up . However, he forgot that there were warrior-horse arrays everywhere, and he was killed by the trick he built by himself . I saw he was killed in person and got stunned . But I felt grateful more, grateful that I didn’t lose my life for those several design drawings . ”
“So later, you settled in the Yeren Valley, and tamed native residents there to build your own tribe and even create a civilization?” Leng Changxi looked at the “King”, who truly was a king and a creator .
“You’re a genius,” Leng Changxi praised him . At once, complacency could be seen in the eyes of the “King” . But Leng Changxi then lowered his head and smiled . “But you’re more of a fool . You simply felt grateful that you didn’t die because of the drawings . However, you devoted more than half of your life to an arsenal which you haven’t walked into . After seeing your leg injury, I know for sure that it’s linked to the arsenal . ”
The “King” said in a cold tone, “Right . I haven’t stopped finding the arsenal entrance, but I don’t how where arrays around it are placed . My legs got injured by accident seven years ago when I looked for the entrance . Two years ago, I already found the entrance, but the last gate turned out to be the biggest barrier stopping me from entering . It’s not because I have no key, but because the keyhole on the gate had been sealed by the melted iron . As a result, the only way to enter the arsenal is to break the gate through leveraging one’s internal skills . That gate weighs several thousand kilograms, so only people with Tongming Gate’s Qigong, the purest and most powerful Qigong in the world, can break it . There are not many Tongming Gate’s inheritors, and now, West Xia’s emperor has even banned people from cultivating it . So I spend much time finding the one who can break the gate and have waited for him for long . Finally, I find him . ”
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