C16: The Old Talisman
Seeing the young cultivators obediently standing in line at the entrance of the enclosure, Xiong Manshan nodded his head in satisfaction and then shouted to everyone to prepare their road guidance doc.u.ments. Afterwards, every youth pa.s.sed by would be given a folded yellow talisman paper.
"Listen, put away this talisman. Once you meet a vicious beast you cannot fight in the Hundred Sparrow Mountain, this talisman will at least save your lives. Once the talisman is activated, we will go save you. However, even though this talisman can block a fatal blow, you must have the ability to hold on until we arrive!"
"Of course, if you can save this talisman, then you can also take away when you out of the Hundred Sparrow Mountain. This talisman that could block a fifth level of Mortal Realm cultivator"s attack is a gift from the Heaven-Shaking Sect."
Heaenclosure Xiong Manshan"s words, the gazes of the young cultivators who were enteenclosure the Hundred Sparrows Mountain"s enclosure lit up when they saw the talisman in Xiong Manshan"s hand.
At this time, the cultivator Zhang Fengyi, who had been standing with the old man Chen Ji without speaking, suddenly waved towards a youth in the middle of the line and said, "Ming"er, come here!"
Under the envious gazes of the youths, Zhang Yueming"s face was completely red. Heaenclosure this, he lowered his head and walked towards the pale-faced cultivator, Zhang Fengyi, saying in a low voice, "Hi,Uncle Zhang!Hi, Senior Chen!"
Chen Ji smiled and said, "This is the rare genius of this county in recent years, Zhang Yueming? Not bad, it seems like Junior Zhang has a successor!"
Zhang Fengyi smiled: "It"s just that he has a bit of talent. On the path of cultivation, he doesn"t only value talent. He also asks senior to give him a few good words in the future in the sect."
Chen Ji nodded and smiled. "That"s fine. I hope this child will have enough confidence in the future. Perhaps in the future, this old man will have a place to borrow!"
Zhang Fengyi looked at Zhang Yueming and said, "Hurry up and thank Senior Chen!"
Zhang Yueming quickly thanked him, but then he saw that Chen Ji had a brocade bag in his hand, "There are some things that the sect has prepared for you. Of course, there"s also a small gift from three of us, that"s all we can do. You should enter the arena first."
Yang Junshan, who was standing at the back of the line, could clearly see that the brocade bag was the same as his father"s. It was a storage bag that could be used to store items, and he couldn"t help but feel a little jealous in his heart. Moreover, the person who gave the gift even had a trace of trying to please him, not to mention that this storage bag contained some sort of killing treasure, which made him feel like he was in a bad mood in his previous incarnation!
Compared to these talented geniuses, he had already lost at the starting point.Now that Zhang Yueming had the help of experts, the gap between them had widened once again, and he remembered that Zhang Yueming had entered the Heaven-Shaking Sect with great effort in his previous incarnation. Otherwise, he wouldn"t have gone from a disciple of the Heaven-Shaking Sect to a direct disciple of the third generation in just seven or eight years,the big gap made Yang Junshan despair.
Therefore, he had to keep up with these geniuses, and he absolutely couldn"t let the gap between them widen again and again. And this time, when the Hundred Sparrows Mountain Enclosure opened, it was Yang Junshan who tried to directly change his fate, narrow the gap to these geniuses!
Unconsciously, Yang Junshan had already arrived in front of Xiong Manshan. He picked up the ident.i.ty in his hand and glanced at Xiong Manshan, "Oh," he mumbled, "Yang family of CHenyu County, your father is named Yang Tiangang, who is Yang Tianchen to you?"
Similar to his previous incarnation, Yang Junshan"s expression did not change as he replied calmly, "Reporting to Senior, it"s my uncle!"
Xiong Manshan glanced at Yang Junshan from head to toe, then gave a weird chuckleand handed a talisman to Yang Junshan, saying, "Go in!"
Yang Junshan didn"t even take a glance at the talisman in his hand. He firmly held it in his hand, lowered his head, and entered the enclosure.
This was because he didn"t even need to have a look to know that this talisman was not only old, but also of poor quality. If the talisman in the hands of others was able to resist the full-powered attack of a fifth level of Mortal Realm cultivator, then Yang Junshan"s worn-out talisman would be able to resist most the attack of a forth level mortal realm cultivator.
In his previous incarnation, Yang Junshan had miserably returned to the Hundred Sparrows Mountain because when he was defending against the attack of a viciousbeast, the talisman in his hand did not display the necessary defensive power. Even though Yang Junshan survived under the claws of the vicious beast, he suffered a heavy injury, and because the vicious beast had fled from the location of the summoning talisman, he was not able to get help. For the last three days, he could only find a safe place to recuperate while waiting for the enclosure to reopen.
The reason why Yang Junshan received this kind of special "care" was simple. It was said that Shaking Heaven Sect was going to be promoted from outer disciples to inner disciples, and Yang Tianchen of Chenyu County and Xiong Manshan of Mengyu County were the direct compet.i.tors. Therefore, Yang Junshan suffered from the calamity.
He placed the talisman in his waist pouch. No matter what, this talisman was still useful.
The scene in front of his eyes was like a broken screen, the surrounding environment of Yang Junshan had completely changed. Looking back, the square in front of the Hundred Sparrows Mountain had long disappeared, leaving behind only a thick fog that the Hundred Sparrows Mountain cut off from the outside world.
A long angry roar came from the depths of the Hundred Sparrows Mountain, waking the youth who had entered the enclosure from his bewilderment. Only then did he realize that everyone was in danger and could encounter danger at any time.
Su Baozhang shook his head as he was dizzy. He raised his head and looked in the direction of Yang Junshan, only to see that Yang Junshan was already carrying the engraved bow in his hand, and the two quiver on his back was full of 60 iron arrows.
Su Baozhang took two steps towards Yang Junshan, but his expression showed some hesitation, as if he wanted to say something but was hesitating.
Just as Su Baozhang was about to say something, Yang Junshan suddenly turned around and greeted him, "Brother Baozhang, shall we go together?"
Su Baozhang"s relaxed as he smiled and said, "Oh, alright, I was thinking about that too!"
Looking at Su Baozhang who was walking towards him, Yang Junshan smiled. Yang Junshan knew that Su Baozhang was grateful for the opportunity his father had requested for him. After enteenclosure the Hundred Sparrows Mountain, he wanted to help Yang Junshan hunt for immortal spirits, but the proud and arrogant Yang Junshan ultimately refused his suggestion and decided to act alone.
Although Su Baozhang had been in the Hundred Sparrow Mountain for three years to obtain immortal spirits due to his lack of jade coins, he was still diligently cultivating enclosure these three years. His physical condition was improved, and his strength was far superior to Yang Junshan"s in his previous incarnation.
At that time, Su Baozhang took the initiative to step forward and help Yang Junshan, but the situation in this life was different. Previously, when Yang Junshan had fired three stone bows in succession in the square outside of the Hundred Sparrows Mountain, Su Baozhang thought that his own strength might not be as good as Yang Junshan"s, not to mention Yang Junshan was the son of the village head.
At this moment, if Su Baozhang took the initiative to step forward, perhaps he would be seen as playing up to the village head"s son. He also had a suit of pride, and wanted to repay the debt of grat.i.tude, but he was misunderstood to want to hug the legs of a village"s head, which was also the reason why Su Baozhang thought that he did not have such a strong "self-esteem".
Fortunately, Yang Junshan took the initiative to invite Su Baozhang to join them. This time, he was able to clear Su Baozhang"s knot, and happily accepted his invitation.
The two made their own preparations. At this time, more than half of the young cultivators had already entered the enclosure. Su Baozhang held a fine steel machete in his hand and prepared to open the way, but unexpectedly, he heard jeers from the surroundings.
Su Baozhang turned around and saw that Yang Junshan was also stunned, but he quickly recovered. Su Baozhang smiled embarra.s.sedly, raised the wood chopper in his hand and said, "My family is poor, so I can only use this wood chopper as a weapon. If …"
"It"s fine!"
Yang Junshan interrupted him and said: "No matter how good the weapon is, it still depends on who use it. The real expert is the brain, if used properly, can still kill vicious beasts."
Su Baozhang"s strong self-esteem made himself extremely sensitive, but Yang Junshan"s words directly dispelled his thoughts, making him reveal an expression of grat.i.tude.
Yang Junshan knew that Su Baozhang was actually a very smart person. Back then, when the Yu County changed, very few people were able to escape from the village. Among them were Yang Junshan and Su Baozhang, of whom Yang Junshan relied on his parents to protect him, while Su Baozhang could only rely on his own agility.
Yang Junshan wanted to test him, so he asked, "Brother Bao Zhang, how are you planning to enter the mountain?"
Su Baozhang put his finger to his mouth and said, "Shh," in a low voice, he pointed in a direction and said, "I"ve been paying attention to that Zhang Yueming. Previously, he brought a few people and headed in that direction, and this guy got the guidance of the Shaking Heaven Sect"s cultivators, he definitely went in the direction of an immortal"s spirit. It would be best if I could find you a mid-rank Spiritual Item first. I only need one low-rank Spiritual Item so this trip will be worthwhile. "
Yang Junshan secretly praised. In his previous incarnation, Zhang Yueming did indeed reap a lot of benefits from the Hundred Sparrows Mountain. His subordinates also did not return empty-handed, and Zhang Yueming also won over quite a few people.Su Baozhang also got some goods even if he was alone, maybe that"s because he followed Zhang Yueming?
If Yang Junshan hadn"t experienced this in his previous incarnation, Su Baozhang"s idea would have been a great idea. But now, Yang Junshan was more familiar with the Hundred Sparrows Mountain than Zhang Yueming, so …