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Cai Yan was slightly taken aback, and she didn't expect that Gong Shupan would ask such a question, but with her "proud spirit", she was not afraid at all, and her voice was clear and loud: "My name is Cai Yan."

"Cai Yan." Gongshu Ban nodded slightly, "You have done a good job. You can guess the rules of the chess game from the nine generals, and you can also evolve such a chess game with nine palaces and three threes. I haven't seen you for a long time. I have never thought that such a smart person is still a woman."

Cai Yan straightened her chest and said proudly: "It's a small thing."

Gongshu smiled lightly, his gray beard trembling slightly, it seemed that he hadn't smiled like this for a long time, obviously he could hear that he was very happy in his voice, but the expression on his face was still stiff.

"If the old man has ten years left, maybe I will accept you as my closed disciple. Unfortunately, the chance is not good, you and I are destined to be like this." As his hand lightly touched the wheelchair, he didn't know where it touched. Suddenly, a section of drawer popped out from the side of the wheelchair.

Gongshu Balong stretched out the prosthetic limb made of mechanical techniques, but it was as flexible as a real arm, and he took out something from it, and handed it to Cai Yan.

"In that case, let me give you a little thing." Gongshu Ban said.

Cai Yan looked curiously at the thing in Gongshupan's hand, took it over curiously, played with it for a while, and said, "What is this?"

But before Gongshu could speak, Qin Ke let out a slight exclamation: "This is..."

Of course he knew this thing, because he had seen it before and played with it for a long time, but he never understood the principle.

But now, isn't what Gongshuba took out the same metal ball that Chu Gou showed him back then?

"Have you seen this thing?" Gongshu asked, looking at Qin Ke like this.

"Yes... this thing, it is said that it can penetrate people's energy and blood, and step into the realm of practitioners?" Qin Ke's heart moved slightly, and the expression on his face became more and more shocked, "So, the one who gave Chugou the ball was senior?"

"I don't know any pigs or dogs. But if you say that I have given this thing to someone these days, then you are right." Gong Shuban said calmly: "But that thing is just an unfinished junk Forget it, that day... the old man walked up Jinzhou Street, and happened to see that kid holding an outdated practice book like an idiot. the wall..."

Gongshu Pan suddenly sneered: "Heh, with his talent and that tattered book, I'm afraid he may not be able to achieve the realm of cultivation in ten years. It just so happens that this thing in my hand wants to find someone to test it, so I simply use it to test it." Chosen him..."

Qin Ke was silent for a moment, and he did not expect such an answer.

It would take at least several years for Chu Gou to step into the realm of a practitioner. However, with the help of that metal ball, he broke through the Qi and blood barrier in one fell swoop and became a Qi and blood practitioner.

But now, Gongshu Ban said that the metal ball was just an incomplete piece of junk...

I'm afraid that in this world, I don't know how many people would rather risk their lives for such a rag.

"What is this thing? Is it so powerful? It can make people break through the blood and step into the realm of practitioners?" Cai Yan was not that surprised, but just curiously looked at it with a metal ball, but he still didn't see that it had any power. What a surprise.

Chapter 4 The So-called Use of the Five Elements

Gongshu shook his head and said: "Actually, if you really understand it, you won't find it surprising. In this world... there are many people who can practice the same way, but because some meridian in the body is blocked, it affects the blood. Induction, which leads to the inability to enter...Of course, there are many people in this world who make up for their weaknesses with diligence, but this process may require years or even decades of uninterrupted hard work before they can achieve small success. I sent it out before The one that was born can only help people get through the most difficult pass, and help people get started in cultivating qi and blood, but this one...is different."

"Different?" Cai Yan looked at Gongshu Ban.

"It's up to you to figure out the mysteries. I've been a head teacher for more than ten years, and the most annoying thing is that the students keep asking me questions, so... I don't want to waste my time." Gongshu said.

"In short, it's a very, very good thing, right?" Cai Yan smiled sweetly, and took the hand holding the metal ball back without being polite at all.

I don't know what kind of trick she performed, but in just one breath, the metal ball disappeared from her hand without a trace. Qin Ke looked at her silently, and couldn't ask her directly. What kind of trick pocket is hidden in the thick dress...

Gong Shuban looked at Cai Yan so straightforwardly, his eyes became more appreciative, and the smile on the corner of his mouth also showed the kindness of an old man.

He nodded: "He is a cheerful person, unlike those scholars who have read too much Confucian etiquette and legalist principles, and their minds are full of stones from the latrine, which are smelly and hard."

Among the people present, Gao Yishui and Cai Yan were of course the first to bear the brunt of reading books, but the two of them have always been different from the scholars in this world, and they even went the opposite way, so they both laughed happily, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with what Gongshupan said.

However, the tall and tall Abu was standing behind the two of them at this moment. When he heard this sentence, he couldn't help but think of what he had learned in the Imperial Academy. Open your mouth.

And Qin Ke should be the person who is most happy to see his success. To him, Cai Yan was overjoyed to be appreciated like a public loser. Maybe he will say something later to please this old ancestor and get The chances of the Five Elements Sinan Compass will also be greater?

Just as he was still thinking about what tone and attitude he should use to mention the compass to Gongshu Ban, Gongshu Ban stepped forward and said: "The old man has already given away the little girl's things. Next, it's up to you Now, tell me, what do you want?"

His vicissitudes of life, but still as sharp as eagles, swept over the three of them slightly, as if he was waiting for something, and he seemed to warn them "don't push too hard"...

Qin Ke is also in a bit of a dilemma. Of course he knows what he wants, but the faint aura of refusal from people thousands of miles away from Gongshu Ban always makes him feel hopeless.

He knows very well that it is not easy to ask someone for something, especially when that person is not a close relative or friend with him, and at the same time the thing is still extremely precious, it is even more difficult.

Although it can be seen from the piece of eternal ice on the top of his residence, Gong Shuban definitely has more treasures than he imagined.

But looking at the world, the Five Elements Sinan is a unique ancient artifact, and it will only be more precious than that piece of ice.

But now, could he still back down?

He and Gao Yishui looked at each other, and he finally mustered up the courage, looked straight at Gongshu Pan and said, "Senior, to be honest, this junior came to see you this time, not for anything else, just to ask you to ...No...you can even borrow it, I want to borrow something from you."

Gao Yishui was listening on the sidelines, his eyes lit up slightly, and he took a small look at the somewhat tangled expression on Qin Ke's face, and the corners of his mouth curled up in an arc.

This guy, it's not that he hasn't improved, he knows how to be flexible, instead of giving, he said borrowing, which is not bad.

But Gao Yishui's heart is also open: the old guy in front of him, obviously even he himself knows that he doesn't have many years to live. It sounds good to use this word, but in reality, how likely is it to be something?

It's like borrowing money, it's fine if you know each other well, and you're not afraid that you won't be able to get it back in the future.But the relationship between myself and others and Gongshupan is no different from strangers, there is no trust at all, talking about the word "borrow" is tantamount to joking.

Sure enough, when Gong Shuban heard Qin Ke's word "borrow", the expression on his face immediately became mocking, probably because he heard the absurdity contained in the word "borrow".

He has a withdrawn and arrogant personality, and he has not left any offspring. He only cares about the blood relationship of the loser. If the little brother in front of him really borrowed something precious, even if he returns it When I come back, I don't necessarily have the fate to take it over with my own hands...

"What do you want?" Gongshu Ban finally chuckled, his eyes still deep, and said, "Let's talk about it first, if the old man thinks I can give it, I will give it to you... Mother-in-law's mother's is not as good as a girl." Happy to come home."

Qin Ke's face was distressed, and he looked up to meet Gongshu's gaze, and said those few words slowly: "I want... I want... the compass of the Five Elements Division."

He hesitated twice, and finally he gritted his teeth and said those words quickly, and then the sorrow on his face became more and more intense, because he had clearly seen the expression on Gong Shupan's face after hearing those words. His expression gradually turned cold and stern, and even the sharp light in his eyes shot out some sharpness, hitting his face fiercely like a knife.

"senior……"

"Who told you that the compass is in my hands?"

Gongshu stared at Qin Ke, but he was obviously old, but there was a suffocating aura gushing out of him, like a frenzy in an instant, the impact was so strong that both Gao Yishui and Abu changed their expressions, and they backed away involuntarily. step.

Cai Yan didn't feel that aura. On the one hand, it was because she didn't know how to practice, and on the other hand, it was also because she treated her differently like a public loser, so she deliberately bypassed that aura without hurting her. Lose him a penny.

Among the four, Qin Ke is undoubtedly the one who bears the most pressure, because he is the closest to Gongshu Pan, and more than half of the captivating aura inspired by Gongshu Pan is directed at him.

He didn't know what Gongshu Ban's cultivation was like, but looking at it this way, he would definitely not be weaker than him, no, even stronger than Gongshucha, could it be that he was at the level of a master?

Thinking of this, his face turned pale, and he wanted to back up, but he couldn't take a step forward. His whole body seemed to be out of control, and his teeth could not help but chatter.

"Senior..." Qin Ke opened his mouth with difficulty, but his speech was broken because his teeth collided downwards, and he almost bit his tongue, "It was the old man from Funiu Mountain who asked me to come to you, I am not a bad person .”

Almost as soon as the voice fell, that aura suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Feeling relieved, Qin Ke's legs stopped, and the blood that was almost solidified finally opened the floodgate at this moment, and began to run through the whole body. A warm feeling spread to the whole body, and the hot sweat gushed out as if it couldn't be stopped.

He shook his weak body and almost fell to the ground.

"Have you ever been to Funiu Mountain?" Gongshu Ban asked solemnly, frowning, "Have you... met Mr. Zhuang?"

"Old Zhuang?" Qin Ke thought for a while, nodded and explained without reservation: "The old man didn't introduce himself, but he did tell us that if he wanted to find the whereabouts of the compass of the Five Elements Division, he would go to Jinzhou Public Loser... ..."

Gongshu Ban kept staring at Qin Ke's eyes, as if he wanted to catch the unconfident light of dodging, evasion, etc. from his eyes, but he only saw calmness, and a trace of urgency from the bottom of his heart. .

No deceit?This surprised Gong Shupan a bit.

Looking back, when was the last time he and the old man met?ten years ago?Or 20 years ago?

Maybe longer.

Otherwise, how could he not even remember the old man's face clearly?

"Since you came from Funiu Mountain, you must have obtained the pointer of the Five Elements Division in the Tang Dynasty, so... you want to reorganize the Five Elements Division?" Gongshu's voice began to darken, like rolling thick clouds under the weight of a thunderstorm, It was overwhelming.

"Didn't Mr. Zhuang tell you what kind of catastrophe this artifact will bring if it reappears in the world?"

"Uh." Qin Ke was stunned, he shook his head and said: "The old man didn't say much, he threw a few silk books that originally recorded the Five Elements Sinan into the mountain stream, after that, he just said let me come to the Mo family ...Come to look for you, senior. As for the catastrophe...what does that mean?"

Gongshu looked at Qin Ke indifferently: "Since you are looking for the Five Elements Siman, you should know its function, right?"

"I know. It is said...it can sense the position of other artifacts?" Qin Ke scratched his head and thought for a while, then added: "Also, if it is used in the hands of a powerful spiritual practitioner, any disturbance within a hundred miles will be Can't escape their perception."

"Humph! Sensing within a hundred miles... sounds really powerful, but the world only knows that the Five Elements Sinan can perceive the world in the hands of great practitioners, and can help them 'see' every plant and tree within hundreds of miles, but so what?"

"So what?" Abu finally couldn't help but said: "Isn't the perception range of hundreds of miles not strong enough? If you are marching and fighting, these hundreds of miles are the distance that can determine the life and death of an army. And a big battle, maybe It can affect the fate of a city or even a country, isn't that enough?"

"Of course not enough." Gongshu replied coldly: "Now I can tell you clearly that the first thing to use the five elements to perceive the world is to have a great practitioner with extremely high cultivation, and every time you use it Five Elements Sinan, the huge consumption they have to bear will immediately force them to fall, or even die suddenly on the spot! Heh, if you really want to use this thing flexibly, I am afraid that only the legendary saint..."

4 zero nine puzzles

"Even if you have the Five Elements Sinan in your hands, where can you find a great practitioner with extremely high cultivation? Or, how can you guarantee that this great practitioner will be willing to sacrifice his life for you?" Gongshu Ban When the last word was said, it seemed as if a thunder had exploded above the heads of several people. After a long while, the thunder still seemed to be faintly echoing in the air, and it would not retreat for a long time.

Abu's face turned slightly pale when he heard it, and he knew that he was indeed a little ignorant before.

There may not be enough ten practitioners in the entire Jingwu for a great cultivator.

What's more, once the artifact is activated, it may abolish the cultivation they have accumulated throughout their lives...

Gongshu Pan didn't stop, but continued to speak. Every word that came out of his mouth at this time seemed to be wrapped in a weight of ten thousand junctures, making it hard to breathe.

"What's more, what is the fate of a city and a country? In this world, where are there immortal people? Where is there an immortal country? The previous dynasty established the country for nearly 300 years, but what happened in the end? Isn't it dead? The ancient sage king ruled for a thousand years In the prosperous age, the feudal lords of various places were enfeoffed, and as a result, when their power grew day by day, they began to ignore the authority of the imperial dynasty, conquered and annexed each other, and finally even the imperial dynasty was destroyed together. How insignificant is the fate of a country?"

His voice seemed to have a taste of gold and iron intertwined, and every sentence was cut down like a knife, which made people extremely painful.

In front of him, the still young Abu just felt dizzy, even though he opened his mouth, wanting to refute the "righteousness" or "taking the world as his own responsibility" learned in the ether school.

But when he thought about it carefully, he still found that everything Gong Shuban said was the truth, not even half a lie.

yes.Is there any kingdom in this world that will not perish in the end?Even if he has always hoped that Jing Wu can rule the world and let the common people live a good life, but who can guarantee that Jing Wu can reach this point?

And even if it does, how long can it last? 100 years? 200 years? 500 years?

"That's not right...it's not right..." Abu murmured, but he still couldn't agree with him after all, "Even if a dynasty lasts only a few hundred years, after all, the people have enough food and clothing for such a period of time, and they can farm well. , there is no need to wield knives and guns with the hands holding farm tools, and there is no need to flee..."

Gongshu said coldly: "How can you be sure that after other countries rule the world, the people will not have a good life? In this world, the cycle of birth and death of one country after another is a natural principle, just like the previous dynasty. The Mohists will take their place. If the Mohists fail to rule the world from this chaotic world, sooner or later other countries will rebuild their imperial dynasties, maybe the Tang Kingdom, maybe the Canghai, maybe Jingwu, or neither, but the sudden emergence of forces that will eventually unify The world..."

Gongshu sneered, and then stopped looking at the lost Abu, and continued to say to Qin Ke: "Five Elements Siman, it is a beacon that can guide those who use it to find other artifacts. Although these artifacts have almost Lost in all directions, or disappeared, but they can only be regarded as dormant, they are like the shadows of the ancient holy kings, which have been passed down from generation to generation over time. However, when they are gathered together again, it will be enough to change The power of an era may reverse the flow of great rivers, cause severe droughts in the world, and cause rains of fire... If it falls into the hands of people with ulterior motives, I am afraid that the world will immediately become hell, and people will be devastated! "

Qin Ke's complexion was not very good-looking, his brows were tightly furrowed, of course he knew that the divine weapon was very strong, when Zhuge Wanling told him about it, he mentioned that the ancient sage king used a divine weapon to break the army and split the mountain. Stopped the flood, and finally avoided a flood that affected thousands of people.

What kind of power does that exist?

I'm afraid that if a reorganized army of ten thousand people is brought in, it will not be able to achieve the feat of moving mountains and rivers within a few years, and the Holy King only has one sword, a simple sword.

"Even so, do you still want to take it?" Gongshu Ban narrowed his eyes, and the rejection in his tone was already very obvious.

Qin Ke bit his lip, and said: "I think... far less than my predecessors, and even what Abu thought of, I have never thought about it... I just, just want to find my master, I want to bring him back Master, I know he must be in trouble, big trouble! Senior, you believe me, if I find Master, I will bring the things back to you as soon as possible! I promise!"

"Guarantee?" Gongshu Ban laughed loudly as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world: "What guarantee do you have? You don't even have the realm of a small master, let alone the realm of a great master, or even someone above the master." Tell me, what ability do you have to protect it?"

"I..." The brilliance in Qin Ke's eyes suddenly disappeared, and he suddenly didn't know what to say, and his upper and lower lips became extremely stiff.

Seeing Qin Ke like this, Cai Yan became dissatisfied: "Senior, what you said is too alarmist. How many people in this world know the function of the Five Elements? How many people know the function of the Five Elements? Take a step back and say, you will Sinan's compass was handed over to us, and if you don't tell me or I don't tell you, who would know that this artifact is in our hands?"

Gongshu glanced at Cai Yan, his solemn face eased a little, and he shook his head wearily: "You still don't understand... In this world, there is no wall that is not leaky, let alone... those souls of the past are still there. Existing in the world, they are like a pack of hunting dogs. The mediocre people don't know it, but they... can smell the smell of these things, and they will come to you sooner or later... Sooner or later..."

Then, he sighed in a low voice, slapped his prosthetic limb heavily on the armrest of his wheelchair, and said angrily: "Back then, Mr. Zhuang personally found him and entrusted the Five Elements Sinan to me. It took me nearly ten years to get it It was split into two in the Qinglong Blast Furnace of the Mo family, and the thoughts of those hunting dogs have been cut off from then on. Now...you plan to put it back together again?"

Gao Yishui frowned, picked out a term that made him puzzled in Gongshu's words, and asked, "I don't know what exactly is the 'hunting dog' that senior said?"

"They..." There was a little fear in Gongshu's eyes, and his lips trembled slightly: "They are a group of dead souls, a group of dead souls from that era, holding black banners calling for souls, trying to control The whole world..."

"Huh?" Gao Yishui was a little confused by his description, but he couldn't feel any signs of losing his mind like Gongshu, so he was speechless for a while.

"It's not that I don't want to explain, but my understanding of them is very limited. Maybe only Mr. Zhuang can explain the existence of those people to you." Gongshu looked at Qin Ke and sighed: "Your master... ...Why do you have anything to do with Wuxing Sinan?"

Suddenly, his eyes became hot, and his back straightened a little from the wheelchair, while raising his prosthetic limb and pointing at Qin Ke, he said, "Has your master received divine enlightenment?"

Qin Ke's heart skipped a beat, he didn't expect to hear the word "Shen Qi" here, and he didn't expect these two words to be uttered from Gong Shu's mouth.

He took two deep breaths, and finally nodded with some difficulty.

"No wonder." Gong Shuban seemed to suddenly understand, and his whole body collapsed back on the back of the wheelchair, and said with a sneer, "It turned out to be divine revelation."

"Senior, do you know the divine revelation?" Qin Ke's eyes lit up, and he immediately said eagerly: "Can you talk about the divine revelation in detail? What exactly is the divine revelation? Is it really related to the gods?"

"I don't know." Gongshu Ban snorted, "I have never received divine revelation, how do I know?"

"But you, senior..."

"Only those who have really received divine enlightenment know what it is!" Gong Shuban seemed a little angry, and interrupted him impatiently: "I only know that thing...is a kind of 'inspiration' and a kind of This curse has been passed down from generation to generation and has never been cut off, and those who have been inspired have mostly become lunatics in the end..."

"Inspiration? Curse?" Qin Ke stared blankly at him.

Gongshu waved his hand impatiently: "I have already said, I have not received divine enlightenment, I only know this. If you want to know more, you can go to the real enlightened person and ask him what he saw."

"I..." Qin Ke was still confused and couldn't figure it out.

According to the "sage" in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, he should also be considered to have received "divine enlightenment", but what exactly is divine enlightenment?The old man said that they were all chosen people, but Gong Shuban said that this thing was both an inspiration and a curse, and he asked himself to find someone who had been inspired by the gods to ask what he saw.

But then, don't you have to ask yourself?

But what have you seen?

Those crazy dreams?