“Hey, you’re watching from above, do you know who took my diamond rope?” the old foreigner asked angrily.
"It's that Adjutant Yang over there." Hua Ling said quickly.
She was very angry just now when she saw Adjutant Yang climbing up using his senior brother's sky-drilling rope.
“I’ll settle the score with him!” The old foreigner was arrogant and immediately said angrily.
"Don't be impatient, sooner or later I will make him pay." Xiang Nan grabbed him and said, "Let's go back to Yizhuang first and come back tomorrow."
It takes two hours to go up and down. It was already late afternoon and it was too late to make the second trip.
Because poisonous insects mostly lie dormant during the day and emerge at night, they become particularly active at night. By that time, the number will be greater and the toxicity will be more violent.
Only at noon, when the sun is the strongest and most poisonous insects are resting in their nests, is it best to go down and fight.
Seeing what he said, Hua Ling and the old foreigner nodded and returned to Yizhuang with him.
But Chen Yulou escaped from death underground and survived by chance, but lost his spirit. Now he has no courage to go down again, so he has to take the Xiling brothers back to Yizhuang.
…
Back at Yizhuang, Xiang Nan hid the collected treasures, leaving only the books and classics behind, ready to study them carefully.
There are these books and classics hidden in the treasure house. They basically record the methods of cultivating immortality and refining elixirs and medicines.
But to be honest, most of them are absurd and fabricated.
For example, alchemists believe that zombies can be used as medicine. They believe that the zombies that die without decaying all borrow the dragon's energy from the earth's veins. The dragon's energy is invisible and difficult to capture, but the dragon's energy in the corpse can be extracted by cooking the zombie meat.
There are also alchemists who believe that the **** of the human tongue can give birth to life, so the tongue contains infinite vitality. If you cut it off and mix it into a pair of medicines, if you eat a certain amount, you can live forever...
There are also alchemists who believe that bezoar, dog treasure, fox jade, human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum, etc. are all made by living creatures and contain countless vitality. By taking the elixir and taking it, you can transcend life and death and become immortal...
In Xiang Nan’s opinion, these are basically nonsense.
However, some of the methods of refining qi and breathing in and out still make some sense in Xiang Nan's opinion.
…
While Xiang Nan was browsing, he heard footsteps outside the door, and then heard a knock on the door.
“Are brothers, Partridge Whistle, here? I’m at Chen Yulou in Xialing. I have something to discuss with my brother.” Someone outside the door said.
Xiang Nan hid the book, stood up and opened the door, "Brother Chen is here. I'm sorry if I missed you from afar. Please come in!"
“Thank you, brother.” Chen Yulou stepped in.
Xiang Nan poured him a cup of tea, "Brother Chen, please!"
"Thank you very much." Chen Yulou nodded, and then solemnly said, "I have been rescued by brothers Gu Shao three times today. I am really grateful."
"Brother Chen, you don't have to be polite. We are all of the same religion. People don't have to marry each other personally, and monks don't have to kiss each other with their hats." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.
"Brother, what you said is so right." Chen Yulou nodded, "I am the leader of Xiling, but this time I came back in vain. I am really embarrassed and ashamed of my ancestors."
"Brother Chen, you don't have to be like this. Failure is the mother of success, and one mistake is nothing." Xiang Nan comforted, "I all make mistakes sometimes."
“Thank you, brother.” Chen Yulou agreed, “I originally thought that the Pingshan Ancient Tomb was easy to capture, but I never thought it would be so difficult. It cost me a lot of brothers and damaged morale.”
“Pingshan Ancient Tomb is indeed difficult.” Xiang Nan nodded.
Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan smiled and nodded, "Okay." "Ah?!" Chen Yulou didn't expect Xiang Nan to agree so readily, and was a little surprised.
Hua Ling and the old foreigner were also a little shocked and didn't understand why the senior brother wanted to cooperate with them.
You must know that they have always been alone in moving mountains. Moreover, Pingshan Ancient Tomb may be very difficult for everyone in Xiling. But for the people who moved mountains, it was like walking on flat ground.
Just like today, if Xiang Nan hadn't taken action, Xiling would probably have been completely wiped out.
Furthermore, even if the mountain-unloading skills are poor, the key characters are also very poor. They are just a bunch of rabble, and they actually stole the sky-drilling rope they used to move the mountain.
So they couldn't figure out why Xiang Nan wanted to cooperate with them.
…
“Ah, brother agreed?” Chen Yulou said in shock.
Xiang Nan nodded, "Today in the underground palace, Brother Chen, as the leader, is able to rescue his brothers without fear of life and death. I admire you for being so kind and righteous."
Chen Yulou was greatly moved when he heard this.
He originally prepared a lot of rhetoric to persuade Xiang Nan, but he never expected that he would agree so readily.
And what Xiang Nan said was really to his liking, and made him respect Partridge Whistle even more.
"If Brother Chen wants to succeed, I would like to suggest that you send people back immediately to collect more roosters. Mobilize more lime, the more the better." Xiang Nan added, "The underground poisonous insects have been multiplying for thousands of years, and there are countless them. An angry chicken can only frighten them." It can’t cure all the poisonous insects.”
When Chen Yulou heard this, he immediately nodded.
“In addition, according to this prescription and the sachet, poisonous insects can be avoided to a certain extent.” Xiang Nan handed over another pill recipe.
“Thank you for your kindness, brother.” Chen Yulou said gratefully, and then he said with shame, “Well, if I had been as prepared as my brothers, I wouldn’t have lost so many brothers. I’m really ashamed!”
"Brother Chen, you don't have to be like this. Yuan people's tombs have been difficult to steal since ancient times." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Don't blame yourself too much."
Chen Yulou nodded and left immediately.
…
“Brother, we can just steal this tomb ourselves, why are we cooperating with those who are unloading the mountain? They are just a bunch of rabble, don’t bother us anymore.” The old foreigner said.
“Yes, senior brother, haven’t we always been alone?” Hua Ling was also confused.
“This Yuan Dynasty ancient tomb is much harder to steal than we thought.” Xiang Nan waved his hands and said, “With our own strength, even if we succeed, we will probably lose our troops.
Now that we have moved a mountain, there are only three of us left. No matter who loses it, it is a huge loss. Therefore, cooperation with Xieling can better protect us. "
“Oh, I understand.” The old foreigner nodded immediately, “Goodbye, senior brother.”
Xiang Nan's move was to use the Xiling faction to help him explore the road. If there is danger, Xieling and Diziying will go up first, and they can enjoy the benefits from behind.
Hua Ling also nodded, and said a little unbearably, "But, in that case, I don't know how many people will die."
"If they hadn't cooperated with us, more of their people would have died." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
It wasn't him who told Chen Yulou to use chickens to get rid of the centipede swarms. They couldn't deal with those centipedes alone. What's more, Xiang Nan will also help them avoid Wengcheng traps.
Overall, this cooperation is extremely beneficial to Xiling. For moving mountains, it can also share some of the pressure.
The most important thing is that there is no conflict of interest between the two parties.
Moving mountains is just to get the elixir of immortality, and moving mountains is just to get gold, pearls and treasures.