Chapter 83: The Murder in the Burrow
After Shaolin recruited disciples for several days in a row, fewer people finally signed up.
After all, there are still a few people who want to become monks, and Shaolin is strict in recruiting disciples. Five days have passed, and a total of 36 martial monks and twenty literary monks have been recruited.
Seeing that there were very few people signing up, Huo Yuanzhen suspended recruiting monks. Soldiers are more expensive than elites. Too many people are of different quality and it is difficult to manage. Just bring out the first batch of people first and form a virtuous cycle.
He passed the Drunken Eight Immortals Stick Art to Huiwu, and asked him to practice the Stick Art first. The monks below started from the basics, ran every day, carried water, and chopped wood. These jobs that could work and do basic skills are all the time. After the work was finished, they also had to stance, practice iron-headed skills, etc., and practiced Buddhism for a while at night, and their daily life was extremely fulfilling.
Wenseng mainly focuses on Buddhism. After obtaining the Ksitigarbha Sutra in one go, he immersed himself in it every day. After teaching the monks, he still had to continue researching at night, and he had to forget to eat and sleep.
Everything in Shaolin began to develop towards a healthy side. If nothing unexpected happens, Huo Yuanzhen estimated that within three years, he might be able to build Shaolin into the largest sect in several nearby provinces.
But a few days after the refreshing days, on the evening of the fifth day of September, the Golden Eagle conveyed the news that Mingxin in the back mountain had taken action.
Huo Yuanzhen hurriedly left the room, brought the sword of the broken sky, and quietly went to the back mountain.
What I waited for was to make a move in my heart. If he didn't move, Huo Yuanzhen had no choice but to do anything to him. Now that he had moved, maybe there was a chance to wait for him.
Mingxin went to the other side of the cave, but for the reason he was sending him a wind, hiding in a grass, for fear that someone would disturb Mingxin.
However, under the Golden Eagle's super night vision ability, Huo Yuanzhen could completely easily avoid Yiyan's surveillance, and walked around from behind, gradually approaching the hole.
In the night, it was only more than thirty meters away from Mingxin. Huo Yuan really didn't dare to move forward and lurked in the grass.
Mingxin was standing at the entrance of the cave at this time and said to it: "Old Monster Du, I have completely prepared the corrosive potion. If you apply this medicine to the cold iron chain, the cold iron will become brittle and deteriorate within an hour. At that time, with your skills, you can completely break the iron lock."
The old man named Du Monster Du in the cave spoke: "Myster Mingxin, I know you don't have any kindness. Isn't you just want to take my elixirs alone? Otherwise, why didn't your master and senior brother come?"
"Have you told you that my master and senior brothers are both dead, and now I am the only one left. You can only give me this elixir, and the only one who can let you out is the only one who can let you out."
Old Monster Du pondered for a moment: "Well, I've really had enough of the days in the cave. You'll take the corrosive poison. As long as the iron lock can be rotted, I will naturally give you all the medicine in this cave."
"Hehe, Old Monster Du, before I give you corrosive potion, have you shown your sincerity and take out a gourd with a gourd? Don't say you don't have one. At that time, my monk's master Kongfan Shenshou agreed with you that the big gourd of two gourds, the small gourd of twenty gourds, and three thousand pairs of golden sore medicine are not missing at all."
"How precious is the Great Return to the Pill? You can bring in a little corrosive medicine first. I will give you the Great Return to the Pill after I see it effective."
Ming Xin threw a little corrosive potion, which was just that kind of sticky thing, but now it was a little condensed.
Old Monster Du took the corrosive potion over. After a while, a surprising sound came from the cave, "It's really effective. The cold iron chain really shows a little sign of being corroded. Hurry up and hand over the remaining corrosive potion to me."
Mingxin seemed to have forgotten about the Great Return to the Dan and threw all the remaining medicine in it.
After a while, the old man inside became a little anxious, "No, no, this medicine is too hard, not as soft as the one just now, and cannot completely wrap the iron lock."
"The materials are not complete, just let's just do it yourself." Mingxin lazily agreed outside.
The old man in the cave was anxious and wandering around, and suddenly said, "Yes, I have flint here, so I'll lit up and roast it will be soft."
Hearing the words of Old Monster Du, Huo Yuanzhen was suddenly shocked and secretly shouted "I'm not good."
Ming Xin even ignored the request for the Great Refuge Dan, which must be because of his anxiety. Why should he be anxious? He should be in a hurry to hand over the corrosive medicine in his hand to Old Monster Du.
Old Monster Du is also a master of medicine refining. If there is any problem with the corrosion potion, he should be able to see it, but now he hasn't seen it, which means that the medicine is very clever.
According to Old Monster Du's tone, this medicine was a bit hard and could not be applied to the iron lock, so it needed to be roasted with fire.
The problem is probably here, but Huo Yuanzhen was a little confused for a moment and dared not act rashly. He could only lurk there quietly, waiting for things to change.
After a while, a trace of fire appeared in the hole. It must be that Old Monster Du used fire to roast the medicine.
Mingxin was also staring at the entrance of the cave, unable to express his anger, as if he was waiting for something.
A few minutes later, the old monster Du suddenly shouted: "Oh no! This medicine is poisonous!"
The sound of falling from the cave came from the sound of Old Monster Du's unwilling roar: "Monkey Mingxin, you are such a vicious means!"
Ming Xin, who had been guarding outside the cave, laughed: "Old Monster Du, please appoint it! This medicine is used for corrosion on the outside, and the inner part is made of Huagong San and Cartilage San. It is colorless and tasteless, difficult to distinguish, and cannot be seen normally, but it will melt when it encounters fire. The person who hears it is weak, his hands and feet are weak, and he cannot use his skills within a few days. I thought you would fall down quickly, but I didn't expect that you had persisted for so long before falling down. Is your skills too strong? Or is your concentration too focused?"
"Mingxin, you just want elixirs in the cave. I just give it to you. Why do you have to come up with this bad strategy to harm me?"
"I naturally want the elixir, but old man, don't think about confusing me. Is Master Kong Yin's relics in this hole? Is it on you?"
The old monster Du, who was originally angry in the cave, suddenly disappeared and whispered for a while: "Do you know about this?"
"Hmph, in the battle on Shaoshi Mountain thirty years ago, my monk's master Kongfan and master Kongyin fought side by side, and you, you were originally from my master and others, but during the battle, your mistakes caused the master to be injured to save you. Later, the master was seriously injured and died, and sat in this cave, leaving relics."
"Thirty years ago...".
Old Monster Du remained silent, obviously because Ming Xin said it.
"Master blames you and finally traps you in this cave, saying that you were asking you to refine elixirs, but in fact, you were asking you to repent in front of the master's relics, repent for your timidity and cowardice, and let you live in regret forever! What I said is right?"
"That's right, what happened back then was indeed my responsibility, but things were not as simple as you thought, and over the years..."
"Enough!".
Mingxin interrupted him: "I don't care about your old and dirty things. Anyway, thirty years have passed, and the old, the dead are dead. Who cares about those broken things? This time I come, not only will I have to get back the elixir, but also bring the master's relics back to Nan Shaolin. As long as the relics are obtained, I can use this to win over my fellow disciples and then seize the abbot..."
Mingxin was so excited that he said a little too much. Suddenly he realized something was wrong and closed his mouth again. He changed his subject: "Old Monster Du, don't struggle to die. Let you live here for thirty years longer. It's already the Buddha's appearance. You should hand over the relics obediently to avoid suffering in a while. When the Buddha is happy, he can give you a whole body."
The old monster Du's voice became weaker and weaker in the cave, but he insisted: "I would rather throw this relic into the alchemy furnace and burn it than give it to you, a Buddhist scum!"
Hearing the words of Old Monster Du, Ming was anxious and shouted: "You dare!"
After saying that, Mingxin jumped into the hole.
Suddenly, the sound of fists and palms fighting came from the hole. After a few muffled sounds, Mingxin said hoarsely: "Old Monster Du, you are so despicable!"
Old Monster Du's voice was even weaker, but he still laughed: "Mingxin, Mingxin, so many years have passed, you are still so stupid. Can something like saris be burned by fire? It's ridiculous that you still rob. If you don't come, I will not be able to hold on. You just rushed in stupidly. Who will be beaten if you don't get beaten?"
"Old Monster Du, don't be proud. Although you attacked me, you were controlled by Huagongsan and Cartilage San. Your skills are less than three levels, and now you have no power at all. Although I am injured, it is easy to kill you!"
"Kill! You are not the only one who knows how to dispenses medicine. Look at your own palm! Is it starting to turn black? It was a five-step snake I caught in this cave, and the poison was refined by a variety of poisonous weeds and insects. When you were facing my palms with me just now, the toxicity had entered your body. Although this poison was configured by me, I did not have an antidote. Haha, Mr. Mingxin, even though I died, I would have pulled you to cushion your back!"
"Ah! I was indeed poisoned, why is it so fierce? Even the internal force can't be forced to do it! Wow, old man, I will cut you alive!"
Mingxin screamed strangely, as if he had failed to get the poison, his voice was hoarse, and he had reached the brink of being crazy.
"It's time!".
Supervising the situation of the two people throughout the whole process, but unexpectedly it was the ending. Huo Yuanzhen felt that the opportunity had finally come. He pulled out the sword of the Broken Heaven behind his back, and a cold light like autumn water lit up in the darkness, rushed out of the hiding place, and rushed to the cave quickly.
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Congratulations (thirty-third level) on becoming my Shaolin elder.
Chapter completed!