Chapter 143 Treasure Found
"Senior, we live here because we don't have much money, and we are wanted by the government..."

Ding Dian looked at Qi Changfa and smiled.

He did not hide anything and told Qi Changfa the news that he had just escaped from prison.

He also told Qi Changfa how he and Di Yun met in prison.

In order to gain the trust of Ding Dian and Chu Yuan, Qi Changfa also told some half-truths. Last year, he brought Di Yun and his daughter Qi Fang to Jingzhou City to celebrate the birthday of his senior brother. Later, he was ambushed by his senior brother and was seriously injured. He barely escaped death and only recently recovered from his injuries.

While speaking, Qi Changfa carefully observed Ding Dian's reaction.

He was worried and wanted to see if Ding Dian really didn't recognize him.

Unfortunately, because Chu Yuan and Ding Dian had already discussed it in advance, Qi Changfa didn't see any clues from Ding Dian's expression!

The two sides finished the meal in this pretentious manner, and after chatting for a while, it was soon night.

After arranging a room for Qi Changfa alone in the monk's house next door, Chu Yuan, Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua each went back to their own rooms to rest.

Since Ling Shuanghua was still weak, Ding Dian took care of her at night during this period, so Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua lived in the same room.

Chu Yuan lived alone in the monk's quarters closest to the main hall.

Dark clouds gathered tonight, occasionally covering the bright stars and the bright moon in the night sky.

In the monk's house.

Qi Changfa, who was lying on a torn bed covered with some hay and pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened his eyes in the darkness.

"They should all be asleep. Let's go to the main hall and open the Buddha statue to take a look."

Qi Changfa sat up from the bed and said.

After getting out of bed, he tried not to make any noise, quietly opened the door, and walked softly towards the main hall of Tianning Temple.

After opening the door of the main hall a crack and entering sideways, Qi Changfa closed the door again to avoid being discovered. Finally, he looked at the Buddha statue and saw that the Buddha statue, which had a kind face during the day, now had an eerie feeling in the dim darkness of the hall from his perspective, as if it was lowering its eyes to warn the world.

However, Qi Changfa, who was willing to kill his master for the sake of treasure, was least afraid of gods and Buddhas.

"What a bullshit god or Buddha, if you are really spiritual, why don't you bless me to find the treasure of "Liancheng Jue"?"

Qi Changfa had no respect for the Buddha statue and sneered.

He took out a tinder and half a white candle from his arms and lit them. Suddenly, a very faint, flickering yellow candlelight the size of a broad bean was lit up in the hall, making the hall of Tianning Temple a little brighter.

After doing all this, Qi Changfa bent down and picked up half a green brick from the ground, walked to the foot of the Buddha statue, and began to smash it, leaving traces of yellow mud that had not yet dried and had been repaired.

Because the yellow mud was not completely dry, a large piece of it fell off when Qi Changfa hit it lightly. After just a few hits, most of the originally broken area of ​​the Buddha statue was knocked off, revealing the gold inside.

"Is this gold!"

When Qi Changfa saw the gold inside the Buddha statue, he was stunned for a moment, then his eyes were filled with ecstasy.

He immediately guessed that the Buddha statue was actually a golden Buddha.

He killed his master for the treasure of "The Untold Story" and lived in seclusion in the countryside like Maci Township for many years. The treasure of "The Untold Story" was finally found by him today.

“It really takes no effort at all!”

"Those guys really lied to me. They came to Tianning Temple just to find the treasure of "Liancheng Jue"."

After Qi Changfa's joy faded, he thought of the lies that Chu Yuan and Ding Dian had said to deceive him.

Now he felt that he was more skilled than others and was lucky that he was not fooled by Chu Yuan and the others.

"And that little bastard Di Yun, the Liancheng Sword Manual that I lost back then must have been stolen by him. I devoted all my energy to teaching him martial arts, but he treated me like this..."

Qi Changfa's expression then changed, hatred flashed in his eyes, and he blamed Di Yundao.

It turned out that he and his fellow disciples Wan Zhenshan and Yan Daping had snatched a copy of the "Liancheng Sword Manual" after a surprise attack on their master.

Afterwards, in order to study the secrets contained in "Liancheng Sword Manual", he secretly lived in seclusion in Maci Township, Yuanling County. Later one day, he discovered that his "Liancheng Sword Manual" was missing.

He concluded that one of Di Yun and his daughter Qi Fang had stolen his "Liancheng Sword Manual".

So over the years, he not only guarded against Di Yun, but even no longer trusted his daughter Qi Fang.

Because of this, even when his daughter Qi Fang was tricked and forced into marriage by his eldest brother Wan Zhenshan’s son Wan Gui, he did not show up.

"That kid will have to pay for this sooner or later."

Qi Changfa swore in his heart.

"No, there is a secret door!"

While Qi Changfa was swearing, he did not stop his actions and continued to smash the Buddha statue with the half of the blue brick in his hand. Soon a golden secret door appeared in front of Qi Changfa.

"Could it be that this Buddha statue is not the real treasure of "Liancheng Jue"? The real treasure of "Liancheng Jue" is actually hidden in the Buddha's belly?"

Seeing this scene, Qi Changfa's eyes turned red.

This is truly a fortune that could rival a country.

After finding the treasure of "Liancheng Jue", he felt that he and his descendants would never be able to spend all of it in ten lifetimes.

However, after the excitement, Qi Changfa realized that he could not find the mechanism to open the secret door.

After knocking around twice and still not finding the mechanism, Qi Changfa became anxious.

He pulled out a one-foot-long dagger from his feet, placed the candle in his hand on the ground, and then inserted the dagger into the gap of the golden secret door and pried it hard.

Perhaps the mechanism had broken down due to the passage of time, or perhaps Qi Changfa used enough force to pry the secret door loose.

Seeing that the secret door was loose, Qi Changfa pried it with greater force, and soon he pried off the entire golden secret door, caught it in his hands and quietly placed it on the ground.

Under the candlelight, what appeared before his eyes were pearls, agates, jade, cat's eyes, turquoise and other jewels that were glittering and sparkling.

Qi Changfa immediately dropped the dagger, grabbed a handful of the gems, stared at them for a moment, and laughed wildly:
"Haha, they are all jewels. This is the real treasure of Emperor Liang Yuan. I, Qi Changfa, will finally have my reward after all the hardship."

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind Qi Changfa:
"I don't know whether the suffering will eventually pay off. I just know that you have been poisoned. I'm afraid you won't live long!"

Qi Changfa was immediately like a frightened bird. In a panic, he freed one hand and picked up the dagger he had just dropped on the ground, then immediately stood up and looked behind him.

As Qi Changfa turned around, a handful of jewels fell on the bluestone floor of the Tianning Temple's main hall, making a crisp sound of bead curtains rolling down.

Qi Changfa turned around and found that the person talking to him was Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan didn't know when he came, but he stood about 16 feet behind him.

"It's you. When did you come?"

Qi Changfa asked Chu Yuan with a grim expression.

"I've been here for a while, and since you seemed busy, I didn't bother you."

Chu Yuan said calmly.

Qi Changfa's face suddenly became even uglier.

Because according to his martial arts skills, it should be difficult for him to fail to notice any disturbance within a hundred meters.

But this young man in front of him, who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, had just appeared behind him, but he didn't notice any movement at all, as silent as a ghost.

In this case, there are only two possibilities.

First, my mind was attracted by these gold jewels just now, and I relaxed my vigilance around me.

Second, the young man's martial arts had reached an incredible level. He had just appeared less than two feet behind him, but he did not notice it.

Qi Changfa believes more in the second possibility.

Because even though his mind was on these gold jewels just now, his intuition as a master was still there, and he should not have been unaware of Chu Yuan's appearance.

"Young Master Chu, there are so many gold and jewels here. Although you discovered the treasure first, everyone who sees it should have a share. How about giving me a share of these jewels, and I will let it go. Otherwise, I will announce the news that there is a treasure of "Liancheng Jue" here, and let everyone in the whole martial arts world know about it!"

Qi Changfa suddenly realized that now was not the time to worry about these things, but how to convince Chu Yuan and Ding Dian to agree to let him have a share, he threatened Chu Yuan.

According to his way of doing things, he originally wanted to get rid of Chu Yuan, Ding Dian, and Ling Shuanghua, kill them all and keep the treasure for himself.

However, he was not sure he could deal with Chu Yuan and Ding Dian, so he could only paralyze the three of them by proposing to divide the treasure equally, and finally find a way to get rid of the three of them by means other than martial arts.

"That woman surnamed Ling doesn't know martial arts, maybe we can hold her hostage, or find an opportunity to poison the two of them!"

Qi Changfa was already thinking about how to get rid of the three people.

Chu Yuan looked at Qi Changfa and shook his head.

Qi Changfa felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect that Chu Yuan, at such a young age, could be so greedy and cruel that he was unwilling to even give him a share of the treasure.

"You don't need to worry about these treasures, because the dead don't need treasures, and you have no place to spend them even if you are given them."

Chu Yuan continued.

Chu Yuan's words made Qi Changfa feel even colder.

After Chu Yuan said this, it seemed that he was going to kill him first to silence him.

The young people in the world today are really incredible, even more ruthless than their older generations.

Seeing that Qi Changfa was looking at him warily while keeping his eyes on the door behind him from time to time, as if he was looking for an opportunity to escape, Chu Yuan couldn't help but laugh for a moment.

"I don't intend to kill you. You have been poisoned and you won't live long."

Chu Yuan said to Qi Changfa.

Qi Changfa was a man who was willing to kill his master for the sake of treasure. Since he also discovered the treasure of "Liancheng Jue", Chu Yuan had the idea of ​​getting rid of Qi Changfa.

But before he could make a move, he discovered that Qi Changfa had been poisoned, and the poisoning speed was extremely fast.

He held the jewels in his hands, and in just a few breaths, a layer of black appeared on the skin below his lips.

"impossible!"

Qi Changfa didn't believe Chu Yuan's words at all.

"If you don't believe me, lift up your sleeves and look at your arms."

Chu Yuan said.

Seeing that Chu Yuan's expression did not seem to be fake, Qi Changfa threw the remaining jewels in his hand to the ground with half belief and half doubt. He used his hand to lift the sleeve of his other arm holding the dagger, and saw a layer of black gas on the surface of his bare arm, which was spreading from the elbow to the wrist at a very fast speed. Only then did he believe it.

This is obviously a highly toxic agent that poisons people very quickly!
And it is extremely secretive, if Chu Yuan hadn't reminded him.

I'm afraid he won't realize he has been poisoned until he dies.

"Why, why, am I poisoned?"

Qi Changfa said in disbelief. He was very unwilling in his heart, he had just found the treasure of "Liancheng Jue"!

It seemed that he was about to obtain this treasure that was rich enough to rival a country!
It seems that he is about to get his reward after all the suffering!
But he was poisoned on the eve of all this happening, turning it all into an illusion!
He paid countless costs to find the treasure of "Liancheng Jue"!
Why did God treat him so unfairly?
"Maybe the jewelry is poisonous. After all, this treasure was left by Emperor Liang Yuan, and he wouldn't want anyone else to find it."

Chu Yuan said to Qi Changfa.

He felt somewhat relieved that Qi Changfa came to him on his own initiative.

Although he thought that with his and Di Yun's martial arts skills, they would not be poisoned to death by the poison in the jewelry, it was not certain for others.

I hope that Xie Yanke doesn't kindly ask people to come and help, but most of them end up dying in Tianning Temple. I would then owe him a favor.

The appearance of Qi Changfa just happened to set him off.

"what happened?"

At this moment, the door of the hall was pushed open.

Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua walked in together from outside under the moonlight.

The noise made by Chu Yuan and Qi Changfa's conversation was too loud. Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua, who had been keeping an eye on the noise in the main hall of Tianning Temple and had not slept all night, went out and walked in following the noise.

"Senior Qi has been poisoned!"

Chu Yuan told Ding Dian the truth.

"Where did the poison come from?"

Ling Shuanghua said in surprise.

"Those treasures are highly poisonous!"

Chu Yuan explained.

"In this way, he deserves what he gets."

Ding Dian looked at Qi Changfa and said.

"you know me?"

Qi Changfa finally came to his senses at this time.

"Of course I know you, Senior Mei's disciple. I saw you and your brothers attack and kill Senior Mei in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River."

Ding Dian looked at the black air, which had already covered the bridge of his nose and was heading towards the Baihui acupoint. Qi Changfa, whose mouth was starting to bleed black blood, sneered.

"When you saw me during the day, you acted like you didn't know me. Was that all fake?"

The poison had already entered his internal organs. Qi Changfa felt extreme pain in his five internal organs. His face was grim and he staggered.

"Of course, we want to see what your purpose is!"

Ding Dian said.

"I have been hunting geese all my life, but I never expected that at the end of the day, I would be pecked in the eye by a group of young geese."

Looking at Chu Yuan and the other two, Qi Changfa laughed wildly.

He didn't expect that he had found the treasure, but in the end he was poisoned and became a help to others.

"Even if I die today, I will drag you down with me."

Qi Changfa had already made up his mind to die. His skin was covered with black air and blood began to flow from all his orifices. He rushed towards Ding Dian with a dagger in his hand.

Ding Dian was just about to take action and kill Qi Changfa!

"Master, Master!"

Suddenly Qi Changfa looked towards the entrance of the hall, his eyes full of fear. He took several steps back and fell to the ground.

"We brothers are sorry for you, but who told you not to pass on such a powerful martial arts to us? You didn't tell us the secret of the treasure "Liancheng Jue" either. You clearly don't consider us as your own. We are right to kill you, absolutely!"

Then Qi Changfa suddenly stood up and waved the dagger in his hand at the empty space in front of him, as if he was crazy.

"What's going on here?"

Ding Dian looked at Qi Changfa with suspicion.

"The poison must have entered his lungs, causing hallucinations."

Chu Yuan speculated.

It is said that before a person dies, he or she will quickly recall all the evil deeds he or she has done in his or her life in his or her mind like a slide show.

The more evil you do, the more painful your death will be.

I’m afraid that’s exactly what Qi Changfa is like!
That's why he saw the illusion of his master Mei Niansheng.

However, no one could tell whether this was because Qi Changfa had done too many evil things, or because of the poison smeared on Emperor Yuan of Liang's treasure.

So Chu Yuan, Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua just watched Qi Changfa go crazy in the main hall of Tianning Temple.

It was not until dawn that Qi Changfa died in unbearable pain, with blood gushing from all his orifices.

"Brother Chu, this Qi Changfa is dead!"

Ding Dian said to Chu Yuan.

"After all, he is Di Yun's master. Let's dig a pit next to Tianning Temple and bury him."

Chu Yuan thought about it and said.

Unfortunately, although it is the transition from summer to autumn, the temperature is still very high.

Otherwise, they could keep Qi Changfa's body first, and when Di Yun comes back, they can let the master and disciple see each other for the last time.

"Okay, let's do it."

Ding Dian agreed.

Chu Yuan and Ding Dian worked together to dig a pit behind Tianning Temple, carried Qi Changfa's body into the pit and buried it.

By the way, a simple tombstone was built for Qi Changfa using wooden boards.

After finishing all this, Chu Yuan and Ding Dian returned to the main hall and looked at the jewels on the ground and the belly of the golden Buddha that had been reopened by Qi Changfa.

“Brother Chu, I didn’t expect these jewels to be poisonous!”

Ding Dian said to Chu Yuan.

"Fortunately, Qi Changfa's arrival helped us a lot."

Chu Yuan nodded.

"We shouldn't hide these jewels and golden Buddhas. They are poisonous anyway. If you don't know, you will die even if you take them."

Chu Yuan continued.

"Since the jewels are poisonous, how are you going to get that 'Master Motian' to help you take away these treasures?"

Ding Dian asked Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and came up with a solution: "It's very simple. When taking the treasure, let the person who takes it wash the jewels with clean water several times when they touch them. In this way, even the most powerful poison will be eliminated."

Ding Dian said: "That's right!"

Except for Qi Changfa who suddenly broke in, no one else accidentally broke into Tianning Temple in the following days.

Chu Yuan, Ding Dian and Ling Shuanghua lived in Tianning Temple. While guarding the treasure, they began to practice the martial art "Shenzhaojing".

……

Di Yun took Chu Yuan's bamboo stick and traveled at full speed for ten days.

Finally arrived at Henan Prefecture from Jingzhou Prefecture.

And they found the "Motian Cliff" located in Henan Prefecture.

"This should be the 'Motian Cliff' where the Motian hermit lived in seclusion!"

Di Yun held a bamboo stick in his hand and looked at the towering mountain in front of him.

After confirming that this was the Motian Cliff that Chu Yuan had mentioned and that he had not gone to the wrong place, Di Yun was no longer in the mood to appreciate the scenery and just walked up the mountain.

He was a countryman, and in Di Yun's opinion, the green mountains and natural scenery did not attract him at all.

The bustling and prosperous Jingzhou City could not make him feel as amazed.

"Whoever trespasses into my Motian Cliff, stop before you!"

Just as Di Yun stepped onto the hillside of Motian Cliff, a voice that came and went came from not far away.

Di Yun looked around but couldn't find the person who was speaking.

"Did I encounter a ghost in broad daylight?"

Seeing someone talking but no sign of that person, Di Yun shrank his neck and said with some fear.

"Don't be afraid, this is Mr. Xie from a distance, using his inner strength to talk to you!"

Just when Di Yun was frightened and stood still, unable to move forward.

Wang Wang Wang!
After a few dog barks.

A young man, wearing cloth clothes and cloth shoes, who looked young, perhaps only thirteen or fourteen years old, carrying a bundle of firewood on his back, a hatchet in his hand, and followed by a big yellow dog, walked out from the nearby forest.

"you are?"

Di Yun looked at the young man and said.

"My name is Gou Ge!"

The young man said to Di Yun with a simple smile.

He is exactly that bastard.

"Dog brother!"

Di Yun's eyes lit up when he heard this and he said, "Brother Chu said that on this Motian Cliff, besides Senior Xie, the Motian hermit, there is also his younger brother, Brother Gou."

"Do you know Brother Chu?"

The bastard also saw the bamboo stick in Di Yun's hand!

(End of this chapter)