ebookland Chapter 436 Master Qin, have you figured out anything?
Chapter 436 Master Qin, have you figured out anything?
Qin Deshui came to find Su Chen when he was setting up his stall the next day.
At that time, Su Chen was holding little Ayun in one hand, and using the dictionary on Lin Jingyu's stall to teach Yueyue and Beibei to read.
From time to time, he would pop a small bean of merit into Xiaobai's mouth.
Noticing a shadow approaching, he looked up and saw Qin Deshui chewing a scallion pancake, looking nothing like a master.
Seeing Su Chen looking at him twice more, Qin Deshui hesitated for a moment and handed over the half-eaten scallion pancake: "Do you want to eat it?"
Su Chen laughed dryly and waved his hand: "No, no."
Looking down, he saw Yueyue swallowing her saliva, and asked again, "Master Qin, where is this scallion pancake?"
"Just over there at the corner of the street."
"Brother Biao," Su Chen turned his head, "Can you help me buy some scallion pancakes at the street corner? Yueyue really wants to eat some."
A Biao agreed and came out to take a closer look at Qin Deshui. He looked unfamiliar. Wouldn't he get constipated if he still ate fried cakes at such an old age?
With doubts in his heart, he led Yueyue and walked quickly towards the street corner.
Su Chen invited Qin Deshui to the backyard of the hardware store.
"Master Qin, Master Zhang mentioned that organization to me yesterday."
"He looks a little nervous, but it shouldn't be a big problem, right?"
Seeing that he was still calm and composed, Qin Deshui sighed with relief.
"You are indeed the recognized leader of the new generation of Xuanmen."
Su Chen: “???”
Qin Deshui didn't explain much, his eyes quickly fell on Su Chen's wrist: "Oh, Xiaobai Xuanjing gave it all to you?"
This time he didn't feel reluctant and handed over the scallion pancake with a bite left.
"Xiaobai, do you want to eat?"
The little white creature on Su Chen's wrist flew up, rushed to his face and sprayed water twice before coming back.
"Hehe," Qin Deshui was not angry at all. Instead, he wiped his face with some joy. "Xiaobai still likes to spray ambergris when he's angry. It smells pretty good."
Su Chen: "..."
Meeting Su Chen's gaze, Qin Deshui finished the last bite of scallion pancake and gradually became serious.
"We've actually only had very few interactions with the Yuan Meng organization. We often only discover them after they've laid out their plans, so we know nothing about their members. However, they have a recognized symbol..."
Qin Deshui rummaged into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of yellow paper, handing it to Su Chen and motioning him to open it.
The yellow paper was spread out very large, about half a meter square.
The most eye-catching one is the symbol in the middle: three commas rotating counterclockwise.
Surrounding it are records of the time, place, and person who discovered the symbol.
"We speculate that this is the most primitive form of the Ba pattern," Qin Deshui said, taking out another piece of yellow paper and handing it to Su Chen. "The earliest Ba pattern discovered so far is on bronze artifacts, so the Yuan Dynasty may have been established four or five thousand years ago."
Su Chen squinted his eyes and looked at the symbol carefully: "It looks a bit like a vortex~"
"Like Tai Chi, it displays change, but in reverse. It's not a transition between extreme yin and extreme yang. We still can't guess what these three things are, so it's difficult to determine the purpose of this organization."
"Destruction or...immortality?"
Qin Deshui met Su Chen's gaze and smiled: "It's just these few."
"Yuan Meng's actions were very secretive. This time, it was only because the kid named Zhang was alert enough that he was able to discover it."
"He was wandering along the coast of Ludao Island at night when he discovered this symbol engraved on a ship. The ship was nearly a hundred meters long, huge, and made of wood. I suspect it's a thousand years old..."
"They only stopped at the beach for ten minutes and then left quickly."
"Normally, a ship this large would be difficult to maneuver after reaching the beach unless the tide was high. But it was able to do so quite smoothly... There must be a formation on the hull."
Su Chen nodded.
Although the Light Body Talisman can reduce the weight of an object or creature, an intermediate level one can only reduce it to 30% of the original weight.
A ship of that size must have a heavy draft. Even if it is only 30%, it will not be easy to set sail.
Master Qin's guess that there was a formation was correct.
"Master Qin, what do you think they want to do by appearing on Lu Island?"
Qin Deshui snorted softly, "What else can we do? Both sides of the strait are in turmoil right now. Why would we intervene and exacerbate the conflict?"
"And then... fish in troubled waters?"
"Are these the speculations of the seniors?" Su Chen asked.
Qin Deshui nodded and shook his head: "This organization, in the past few hundred years, most of the predecessors have never encountered it, how can we guess?"
"Master Zhang said that during the war..."
"Yes, it appeared twice. Once, the symbol was found in a corner of the city during the massacre."
massacre!
Su Chen's eyes turned a little colder.
"But that incident wasn't necessarily done by Yuan Meng. It's possible that people from Yuan Meng died in that massacre. You know that place, the ancient capital of six dynasties, with outstanding people and beautiful scenery."
The coldness in Su Chen's eyes dissipated a little, and he nodded slowly.
Therefore, there are still discrepancies between the information given by Master Zhang and Master Qin.
"What about another time?"
"At the base of the Kwantung Army's 162nd Unit."
Su Chen was really lacking in knowledge of history. He frowned and asked, "What is the 162nd Unit..."
"A unit that specializes in using Chinese people for human and bacterial experiments."
After hearing this, Su Chen understood.
"Yuan Meng is also involved?"
Qin Deshui hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily.
"Some of the experimental conditions were very harsh, and we found traces of formations and talismans in them."
Su Chen was silent for a long time before he sighed, "It's indeed a bit crazy!"
Qin Deshui leaned back in his chair, his face full of relief.
"In fact, when it comes to being ruthless, the witches in those small countries to the south are even worse than them."
"However, they mostly hide in the primeval forests, and only harm their own people. Outsiders rarely come into contact with them, so they are unknown to the public."
"Over the years, they have harmed at least several thousand people, if not tens of thousands."
Facing Su Chen's stunned expression, he smiled and said, "Why? Didn't Chang tell you about their sacrificial rituals?"
Su Chen shook his head slowly.
Qin Deshui thought about it and suddenly realized: "It must be because the confidentiality level is too high, so he can't give it to you directly. I will prepare a copy of the information and send it to you later."
After drinking a sip of hot water, Qin Deshui sighed.
"I used to think that the younger generation had no future, so I always urged my disciples to take in new disciples, hoping that one of them would be talented enough to support the Lushan Sect. But now, compared to you, all my talent is useless. With your current level of cultivation, even if we practice for another one or two hundred years, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up."
After a pause, he asked, "Xuan Jing left Xiaobai to you, is it because he wants you to take care of his Chunyang Palace?"
Su Chen nodded.
"His Chunyang Palace will be extinct in a few years, so why would he still need to take care of it? In my opinion, Xiao Su, you should take care of my Lushan Sect. Let me tell you, although my Lushan Sect doesn't have any Little White or Little Black, but... I will live longer than Xuan Jing!"
Su Chen: "..."
"Master Qin, you are joking!"
"I'm not kidding. Seriously, I've heard that you're from the Tianshi Mansion, right? I'll have them build you a huge Tianshi Mansion. What do you think?"
Su Chen looked at Qin Deshui's playful smile and his eyes gradually narrowed.
"Master Qin, have you figured out anything?"