Chapter Thirteen: Qilin Stone

  After parting with A Wei, Qiu Shui ran all the way back. People who didn't know thought there was some urgent matter.

  Autumn water all the way up in mind always miss the space ring of two secret books, can't wait to see for joy.

  As he walked back, Qiū Shuǐ suddenly thought that there were no valuable burial objects in the ancient tomb, which shouldn't be the case. With the formation of this ancient tomb, it was absolutely not an ordinary person's tomb. The Gate of Life and Death, this was also something Qiū Shuǐ had heard from his ninth uncle, who knew how many years it had been lost for. Now, he estimated that no one would still know how to set up such a formation.

  When Autumn Water rushed back to the Righteous Villa, she immediately went to find Ninth Uncle. Of course, she had also taken out the two secret books and treasure sword obtained in the ancient tomb from the spatial ring beforehand.

  Yi Zhuang's living room, Ninth Uncle was lying on the chair flipping through a yellowed Mao Shan secret book. Suddenly, he saw Qiushui rushing back in a hurry, thinking there was an urgent matter, and quickly got up to ask: "What's wrong? Why are you in such a rush? Did you find Old Man Ren's zombie?"

  After rushing into the living room, Qiu Shui found that only Wen Cai was dancing on the bed, but Qiu Sheng and Ting Ting were not there. However, after hearing Jiu Shu's words, he felt a sigh of relief and then took out the thing in his hand with a surprised face and said to Jiu Shu: "Master, look."

  Although Ninth Uncle had doubts, he still took the things handed over by Qiushui. He found a sword that had been corroded by corpse energy and two books. However, when Ninth Uncle casually flipped through them with a glance, his eyes suddenly widened, and after taking a long deep breath, he hastily asked: "What's going on here?"

  When Ninth Uncle saw the contents of the book, he immediately knew that this was the supreme treasure of Taoism, and the things inside were much more powerful than what he had learned. Even his hands holding the book trembled slightly.

  Qiu Shui quickly told Jiu Shu everything he had discovered in the ancient tomb today. After listening, Jiu Shu let out a sigh.

  "Wow, I didn't think there was someone with such powerful magical powers in the world." Ninth Uncle felt a bit uneasy after hearing this and asked again about the specific location of the cave. Ninth Book surprisingly packed up his things and wanted to go check it out. After all, that ancient tomb was too close to the small town, if any more evil creatures ran out, the people in the town would be in trouble.

  "Master, I'll take you there instead." Chushui said with some concern after hearing Jiu Shu wanted to go check out the ancient tomb himself.

  Ninth Uncle waved his hand and said, "No need, after hearing what you just said, it should be safe. I'll go take a look at the legendary Gate of Life and Death, and see how that Taoist broke through it. You stay here and take care of Wen Cai."

  Qiu Shui could only give up after hearing this, helped Jiu Shu clean up some stuff and then sent Jiu Shu out the door.

  Jiǔ shū yīn wèi jí de yào qù chá kàn nà zuò gǔ mù yě méi gù shàng nà liǎng běn shū, qiū shuǐ huí lái hòu biān zhàn jù le jiǔ shū kōng chū lái de tǎng yǐ, tǎng zài yǐ zi shàng qiū shuǐ chāo qǐ liǎng běn mì jí biàn xì xì de kàn le qǐlái. ér wén cái zé yī zhí zài chuáng shàng cǎi zhe nuò mǐ tiào wǔ, méi tīng dào gāng cái de tán huà, xiàn zài hái zài tiào ne.

  Time flies quickly, especially when one is focused on doing something, and the passage of time cannot be felt. Autumn Water held the secret book in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more shocked she became. After finishing two books, the sun was about to set.

  "Wow, these two books are truly extraordinary! Unfortunately, with the spiritual energy gradually dwindling, it's simply a pipe dream to cultivate the techniques described in them. One book records methods for cultivating Qi and various spells, while the other introduces the experiences passed down through generations of deceased Taoist ancestors, as well as ancient formation patterns and talismans. Even if these two books were placed several hundred years ago when spiritual energy was dense, they would still be considered treasures of the sect." Autumn Water put down the two books she had finished reading on the table, her face filled with melancholy as she sighed to herself.

  Then, a determined look appeared on Qiū Shuǐ's face. In her heart, she secretly thought: "If it were in this world, no matter how high the innate talent is, one would not be able to cultivate the above-mentioned techniques. Unfortunately, I have the reincarnation space, and when the time comes, I will definitely be able to cultivate the above-mentioned techniques. No, when the time comes, I will definitely surpass the records above and possess the power of destroying heaven and earth in myths."

  After reading two books, Qiū Shuǐ knew that the zombie in the ancient tomb should have cultivated to half-step flying corpse. One more step up would be the legendary Jiǎo, with the power to ascend to heaven and slay dragons. Unfortunately, such a Jiǎo was already a legendary thing.

  The corpse in the ancient tomb that could cultivate to the point of flying corpse also took a shortcut, otherwise it would have been a golden armor corpse long ago, unless another thousand years were given to it, maybe there was a possibility of becoming a flying corpse.

  The clever way is the stone in the zombie's mouth. This stone has a great origin, and its name is Qilin Stone.

  Qilin Stone, is the blood of Qilin, the king of beasts in ancient times, condensed during childbirth. The stone contains the power of the earth, and when it condenses, it absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at all times. When worn, the wearer's physical body will be strengthened as the Qilin Stone absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. In ancient tombs, zombies with Qilin Jade in their mouths have strengthened their bodies to become flying corpses, and their skills have reached the peak of Golden Armor Corpses, which means that zombie's strength should be half-step flying corpse.

  Autumn water held the Qilin stone in her hand, gazing at it with a dazed expression. This was indeed a treasure, and that Taoist must have fought against that zombie for this very reason. The Qilin stone would be considered a treasure even in ancient times, let alone now when spiritual energy is scarce and cultivators' progress has slowed down greatly. But with the Qilin stone, it's different - it constantly absorbs spiritual energy from heaven and earth at all times, so if someone were to possess one, their cultivation speed would surely not be much slower than that of ancient times.

  Qiu Shui immediately put the Qilin stone into the spatial ring, then looked at the two secret books on the table. Perhaps due to the reason of crossing over, Qiu Shui not only had innate divine power but also had a photographic memory, after opening it once earlier, Qiu Shui had already completely memorized its contents.

  That ancient tomb must have been specifically designed as a tomb for raising the dead, otherwise the owner of the tomb wouldn't have had a qilin stone in his mouth.

  "Autumn water, come and help!" Just as Autumn Water was pondering the various spells in the two secret books, a shout came from outside the gate.

  Autumn water heard and hurriedly ran out. When Autumn Water opened the door, he found Ninth Uncle carrying a Taoist priest wearing black night clothes who was unconscious. As for why Autumn Water could see his identity as a Taoist priest at a glance, it was because the man still tightly grasped the already broken golden sword in his hand even after fainting, and there were tooth marks on the index and middle fingers of his other hand, which were left behind by biting through during a spell. At that moment, Autumn Water immediately determined that the person was a Taoist priest.

  Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but they were all momentary. Autumn water hastily asked: "Master, who is he?"

  "Don't ask so many questions, I'll explain later. First, help him to the living room and I'll go get some medicine." Ninth Uncle said impatiently.

  "Oh no!"

  Qiu Shui quickly carried the person back to the living room and placed him in the chair from earlier. At this time, Jiu Shu also hurriedly walked out with a medicine box.

  "Master, who is he?" Wen Cai asked with a puzzled face after seeing the unconscious guest in the living room.

  "So much nonsense, go to the kitchen and get me some glutinous rice first." Ninth Uncle said impatiently to Wencai.

  "But, Master, I'm still poisoned, why don't you let Qiu Shui get it?" Wen Cai said pitifully to Jiu Shu. Unfortunately, after hearing his words, Jiu Shu glared at him fiercely and scared Wen Cai into jumping off the bed and running to the kitchen to fetch the glutinous rice.

  "Autumn water, take off your top." Ninth Uncle said as he took out a set of golden needles from the medicine box.

  When Qiu Shui took off the other person's top, he found that the other person's body was covered in blood and wounds everywhere. The scars were pitch black, obviously scratched by fingernails.

  "When Autumn Water saw this situation, he hastily said: 'Master, this is a wound caused by a zombie. And it has already been poisoned to the heart!'"

  "Nonsense! Don't I know about poisoning? Don't ask anything else for now, wake him up first." Ninth Uncle said irritably.

  It seems that something must have happened during Ninth Uncle's trip to the ancient tomb.

  "Whoosh!" In an instant, Old Man Ji's two fingers were filled with the power of his inner energy as he inserted the golden needle into several key points on his opponent's pulse, temporarily sealing off the flow of corpse poison. After inserting the needle, Old Man Ji was already drenched in sweat, looking like he had just been pulled out of water.

  Don't think that this is just a matter of an instant, it's not a simple thing. If you want to make the autumn water come, Autumn Water itself can't do it yet. This requires speed and accuracy, every golden needle must be inserted into the exact position in an instant, and each golden needle must be filled with spiritual power. The speed must be fast, after inserting the first one, you must quickly insert the others, otherwise, if you block the flow of one meridian, the other meridians will accelerate the flow of poison, you must seal the other meridians before the poison flows faster in them, it gets harder and harder as you go on.

  With Autumn Water's current experience, she asked herself if she could still not reach this step.

  At this time, Wencai also came out of the kitchen with a small bag of glutinous rice.

  "Master, glutinous rice." Wén Cái said cautiously.

  Ninth Uncle nodded and took the glutinous rice. He found that Wen Cai was still standing in his original position, so he couldn't help but shout: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and get on the bed to move!"

  As soon as he saw his ninth uncle get angry, he immediately jumped onto the bed like a rabbit.

  When Ninth Uncle took out a handful of glutinous rice and sprinkled it onto the opponent's wound, white smoke suddenly emerged, and the glutinous rice instantly turned black, emitting a foul odor.

  "Hmm!" Perhaps due to the glutinous rice that was just sprinkled on him, the unconscious Taoist actually furrowed his brow and gradually came to.

  Qiu Shui saw the Taoist in front of him, with white hair and a face that looked like he was sixty or seventy years old.

  "Where is this?" The awakened Taoist, after opening his eyes, found himself in an unfamiliar environment, and his dazed and weak eyes asked vaguely.

  "Brother Daoist, what's going on? You've been injured so severely by a zombie?" Ninth Uncle asked anxiously as he looked at the Daoist whose life was hanging by a thread.

  "Alas!" The Taoist priest sighed after seeing the face of Ninth Uncle and said slowly: "This is fate! I regret being so greedy, and even implicated my master to die together."