Chapter 14 Adventure

Bamboo slips, which have been in use since the pre-Qin period, vary in length from more than a dozen centimeters to more than half a meter, and characters are carved on them with a knife.

The piece in Wang Xuan's hand was golden, with a warm luster under the light.

It is eight centimeters long, three centimeters wide and two centimeters thick, and its length is shorter.

It is heavy, very heavy, and it can be expected that it will sink in the water.

What is engraved on the golden bamboo slips is not words, but several patterns, a creature with a human head and a snake body, presenting different postures.

He has long hair loose, and it is impossible to tell whether he is a man or a woman. There is a snake coiled posture, and there is also an engraved picture of him rolling on the ground. There is also a picture of a snake tail on the ground, standing upright like a sharp sword towards the sky.

There are no words on the bamboo slips, only a few engraved pictures, and it can't be seen that it has any relationship with the old technique. At least Wang Xuan didn't find its value.

"I can't understand it, I can't understand it. It has been in my hands for many years, and I have been playing with it as a jade." The middle-aged man wearing a blue mask said.

He has short, thick hair and sits there quietly.

"I got too little. A pile of golden bamboo slips fell into the hands of the chaebol on Xinxing's side. I only won two pieces back then." He said flatly.

Wang Xuan is convinced that this is a master, and his achievements in old techniques are probably very astonishing.

He dared to snatch the food, competed with the men sent by the chaebol, and took away two pieces, which was not easy.

This kind of bamboo slips is regarded as a rare item even in Xinxing. After the major organizations got it, they kept it secret and studied it in secret, so it was difficult for outsiders to see it.

"Has anyone analyzed anything from Xinxing?" Wang Xuan asked.

"I don't know." The short-haired middle-aged man spoke briefly, unwilling to talk about this topic again.

For a moment, the room fell into silence.

Wang Xuan had met him two years ago, and it was also at that time that he first knew and saw the dark areas in this peaceful city.

On the ninth basement floor of a certain landmark building, there is an old art competition every Friday night. The contestants fight in an iron cage, and the blood is extremely bloody. The losers usually lose their limbs.

And the stands outside the iron cage were filled with people of unknown identities, all wearing masks, both men and women, watching the fierce competition, roaring and screaming, excitement and chaos blended together.

Wang Xuan rejected the middle-aged man on the spot, and clearly told the other party that he would never walk in a gray area. He liked the study of old arts, but he would not show "bloody art" to others.

The short-haired middle-aged man laughed at that time and told him that he was just showing him another side of the city. The real world was far from what he usually saw.

The bloody actual battle in the iron cage has little to do with them, they just occasionally pick potential seedlings.

As for them, a group of explorers.

What they have to experience is far more thrilling, exciting, mysterious, and even terrifying than this iron cage match, because they have entered the starry sky and are not limited to the old land.

The middle-aged man told him that no matter in terms of future or strength, explorers are very brilliant, far from being comparable to those people and organizations wandering in gray areas.

They chatted several times during that time, but Wang Xuan still rejected him.

The middle-aged man with short hair left him a golden business card, telling him that if he changed his mind after graduation, he could come here to find him.

And as early as that time, that is, two years ago, the middle-aged man with short hair predicted that the old art experimental class would inevitably be disbanded, and this investment project would be stranded.

"Why did you find me?" Wang Xuan asked him seriously back then.

The middle-aged man with short hair told him that it was the investment project of the old art experimental class that first attracted his attention. Then, he observed everyone in the class, and finally only liked two people.

Others in the class are not determined enough and doubt the old techniques. Even if they follow the old path, their achievements will be limited.

In fact, after Wang Xuan embarked on the road of the old technique, he was really out of control, and he succeeded in collecting qi and nourishing his body within a few years.

The middle-aged man with short hair thinks that Wang Xuan has great potential, and he will probably have extraordinary achievements on the road of old arts.

This organization is relatively free and loose, but its strength is beyond doubt. At the same time, it is very mysterious. Its tentacles have already entered the starry sky, reaching new stars.

"Under the formal introduction, you can call me Aoki." The short-haired middle-aged man wearing a blue mask broke the silence.

"Do I count as joining?" Wang Xuan asked.

Aoki said: "Not counting, you are one of the potential seedlings I have selected in recent years, but you are not the only one."

"What kind of test do you have to pass?"

"Yes, this is an existing rule. Although I am optimistic about you, I can't change it."

Aoki, a middle-aged man with short hair, told him that there would be an expedition within two days, which could be used as his assessment, and asked him whether he would participate.

"Participate!" Wang Xuan nodded.

"After joining us, you have a general understanding of what you will experience before, but now I still want to emphasize, what does exploration mean? Naturally, there will be dangers, and even life-threatening risks. You have to think about it."

Wang Xuan said: "No problem, I have thought it through."

Aoki was very serious, and said: "You can live here, we must make sure that no news will be leaked before this, because this operation is very important!"

Wang Xuan expressed his understanding, and it is no problem to stay here.

Holding a golden bamboo slip, he looked at Aoki behind the mahogany desk and said, "Can I ask some questions?"

Aoki said: "See what the problem is. If some amazing secrets are involved, even if you successfully join us, you need an equivalent exchange."

Wang Xuan asked: "I want to know, is the end of the old art path the top alchemist, and there is really no way to go?"

Aoki sighed, and said: "I understand your feelings, because I also started from practicing old techniques. This road is too difficult, and it takes countless hard work and sweat. It takes decades, and it is difficult to achieve success. The highest peak is the alchemist, and the end has been determined."

Sure enough, it was the same answer, the same conclusion as the life research on Nova's side.

"In fact, the most pessimistic thing is that even if you already know where the end of the road is, few people can reach that height. It’s completely gone since then.”

The old techniques are declining more and more, alchemists have long been legends, and it is difficult to spy on them.

"The place where the alchemist is standing is the end of the road. Has no one tried to continue exploring?" Wang Xuan asked.

"It's easier said than done. For generations, even true alchemists have never been able to appear again, so how dare future generations dare to think about this." Aoki shook his head bitterly, and said: "In ancient times, there were some powerful people who wanted to continue to deduce the road. But unfortunately, no one has ever succeeded.”

"Why are those alchemists able to push the old techniques to the extreme, and the latecomers will never be able to surpass them?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Do you think it's the result of several alchemists' hard work? No, it's the result of successive generations of powerful alchemists perfecting the old techniques. In the end, there is really nowhere to go, and the top alchemists may be ancient humans. The strongest individual in the world."

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That night, Aoki asked Wang Xuan to prepare all kinds of equipment needed for the expedition, including alloy knives, daggers, protective clothing, imitation human skin masks, etc.

Also, there are thermal weapons!

They set off in the early morning of the next day. They first came outside the city, boarded a small spaceship in a secret manor, and headed to Mount Qingcheng.

Small spaceships are so advanced that Old Earth's satellites cannot detect them.

It was the first time for Wang Xuan to sit in this kind of spaceship, and he felt very novel about everything, but he just observed calmly and didn't ask random questions.

He felt that he had a lot to learn.

Aoki personally participated in the operation, which shows that he attaches great importance to this operation.

Apart from Wang Xuan, there were four other people who were traveling with them, all wearing imitation human skin masks, and they didn't know what their real expressions were.

Aoki said: "The target is Qingcheng Mountain. This time, there are chaebols sending people from Xinxing to dig secretly in the mountain. Our target is also there!"

"What was discovered in Qingcheng Mountain that attracted the new star's chaebol?" someone asked.

Before the action, they have been keeping secrets. Even they didn't know the destination earlier.

Qing Mu was very serious, and said: "Someone seems to have discovered some remarkable records from the bamboo slips left by a pre-Qin alchemist, and the target is directly at Qingcheng Mountain."

"Are they still interested in the inheritance of the warriors?" Someone questioned, the new star has super skills, and the old skills have been officially abandoned.

Qing Mu was very solemn, and said: "On the deciphered bamboo slips, there are some secrets recorded. Qingcheng Mountain seems to have something that makes alchemists excited and excited, so this time the chaebol came secretly again."

The spirits of several people were lifted up, and even Wang Xuan's heart skipped a beat. There is a new discovery in Qingcheng Mountain? Let the alchemists worry about it, maybe it has something to do with... Lie Xian? !

The top powerhouse among the alchemists is considered to be the immortal.

But some people don't agree, thinking that it is more mysterious and powerful than alchemists.

"People from the Zhou family and the Ling family dug into the underground palace, and they found their target!" Aoki whispered, just now he got the latest secret report.

Wang Xuan's heart skipped a beat, who are those two? !

The time was not too long, and they were close to their destination.

Qingcheng Mountain is known as one of the four famous mountains of Taoism and one of the five immortal mountains.

It is also considered to be one of the birthplaces of Taoism. Zhang Daoling once preached in Qingcheng Mountain. There is a saying that he finally emerged in this mountain.