The Elysium Across Deep Space - Chapter 14

[Chapter 14 Adventure]

Bamboo slips, which have been used in the pre-Qin period, vary in length, ranging from a dozen centimeters to more than half a meter. Characters are engraved on them with knives.

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

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

It is heavy, very pressing, and you can expect it to sink into the water.

The golden bamboo slips are not written with words, but with several patterns, a creature with a human head and a snake body, showing different postures.

He had long hair scattered, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman. He had a coiled snake body, a carved image of him rolling on the ground, and another image where the snake’s tail landed on the ground and stood upright like a sharp sword toward the sky.

There is no text on the bamboo slip, only a few engraved pictures. It can’t be seen that it has anything to do with the old art. At least Wang Xuan did not 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 cyan mask said.

He had short hair, very thick, and sat there quietly.

“I got too little. A bunch of golden bamboo slips fell into the hands of the chaebols on Xinxing’s side. I only won two pieces back then,” he said flatly.

Wang Xuan was convinced that he was a master, and his achievements in the old arts were mostly amazing.

He dared to take food from the tiger’s mouth, competed with the men and horses sent by the chaebol, and took away two pieces, which was not easy.

This kind of bamboo slip is regarded as a strange object even by Xinxing. After the major organizations obtain it, it has been kept secret since then.

“Has anyone at Xinxing analyzed anything?” Wang Xuan asked.

“I don’t know.” The short-haired middle-aged man spoke briefly, unwilling to talk about this topic.

For a while, the room fell silent.

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

On the ninth underground floor of a landmark building, there is an old martial arts competition every Friday night. The contestants fight in the iron cage, and the blood is extremely bloody. The loser usually breaks his hands and feet.

The stands outside the iron cage were filled with people of unknown identities, all wearing masks, both men and women. Watching the fierce competition, they roared and screamed, blending excitement and chaos.

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.

The short-haired middle-aged man laughed at that time and told him that he was just taking him to see the other side of the city. The real world is far from what he usually sees.

And the bloody actual combat of the iron cage has little to do with them, they only occasionally select 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 competition, because they have entered the starry sky and are not limited to the old soil.

The middle-aged man told him that both in terms of future and strength, explorers are very splendid, far from being comparable to those who wander in the gray area and organizations.

During that time, they talked several times, but Wang Xuan still rejected him.

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

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

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

The short-haired middle-aged man told him that the investment project of the old-fashioned experimental class first attracted his attention, and then he observed everyone in the class, and finally only saw two people.

Others in the class are not determined enough, and they are skeptical of the old technique. Even if they follow the old path, their achievements are limited.

In fact, after Wang Xuan embarked on the path of the old art, he really got out of control, and in just a few years, he succeeded in collecting Qi and nourishing himself.

The short-haired middle-aged man believes that Wang Xuan has great potential and will probably have extraordinary achievements on the road of old art.

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

“Official introduction, you can call me Aoki.” The short-haired middle-aged man wearing a cyan mask said, breaking the silence.

“Am I even joining?” Wang Xuan asked.

Aoki said: “It doesn’t count. You are one of the potential seedlings that I have selected in recent years, but you are not the only one.”

“Is there any test to go through?”

“Yes, this is an existing rule. Although I am optimistic about you, I cannot 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 if he would participate.

“Participate!” Wang Xuan nodded.

“After joining us, you have a general idea of what you will experience before, but now I still want to emphasize that what exploration means, there will naturally be danger, and even life-threatening, you have to think about it.”

Wang Xuan said: “No problem, I have thought about it clearly.”

Aoki was very serious and said: “Just live here, we must make sure that no news is leaked before this, because this operation is very important!”

Wang Xuan expressed his understanding, and there is no problem staying here.

Holding the golden bamboo slip, he looked at the green wood behind the mahogany desk, and said, “Can I ask some questions?”

Aoki said: “Let’s see what the problem is, if it involves some amazing secrets, etc., even if you successfully join us, you need an equivalent exchange.”

Wang Xuan asked: “I want to know, at the end of the old art road, is it the top powerhouse among the alchemists, and there is really no way to go ahead?”

Aoki sighed and said: “I understand your feelings, because I also started from practicing the old art. This road is too difficult, 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 point has been determined.”

Sure enough, it was the same answer, and it was the same conclusion reached by the research on life 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 level. After the pre-Qin period passed, fewer and fewer people can reach the level of alchemists. It has been completely gone since.”

The old technique is declining, and the alchemist has long been a legend, and it is difficult to spy.

“The position where the alchemist is standing is the end of the road. Has anyone tried to continue exploring?” Wang Xuan asked.

“It’s easier said than done, since past dynasties, even true alchemists can’t appear again, how can 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 ever succeeded.”

“Why are those alchemists able to deduce the old technique to the extreme, and the later ones can never surpass it?” Wang Xuan asked.

“Do you think it’s the result of the hard work of several alchemists? No, it’s the result of generations of powerful alchemists perfecting the old techniques. In the end, there is really no way to go, and the top experts among alchemists may be ancient humans. The strongest of all.”

…

That night, Aoki asked people to prepare various equipment for Wang Xuan’s expedition, including alloy knives, daggers, protective clothing, artificial human skin masks, etc.

Also, there are hot weapons!

The next morning they set off, first outside the city, sitting in a small spaceship in a secret manor, and heading to Qingcheng Mountain.

The small craft are so advanced that the satellites of the Old Earth cannot detect them.

It was the first time for Wang Xuan to sit in this kind of spaceship, and he felt very new to everything, but he just observed it calmly and did not ask random questions.

He felt that he had a lot to learn.

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

In addition to Wang Xuan, there were four other people in the group, all wearing artificial skin masks, and they didn’t know what their real expressions were.

Aoki Road: “Target Qingcheng Mountain. This time, there is a chaebol sent by Xinxing to secretly dig in the mountain, and our target is also there!”

“What was found in Qingcheng Mountain, and attracted the new star’s chaebol?” Someone asked.

Before the action, it has been kept secret, and even they did not know the destination earlier.

Qingmu was very serious and said, “Someone seems to have discovered some remarkable records from the bamboo slips left by a pre-Qin alchemist, aiming directly at Qingcheng Mountain.”

“They are still interested in the inheritance of Fang Shi?” Someone asked, there is a super technique on Xinxing’s side, and the old technique has been officially abandoned.

Aoki was very solemn and said: “There are some secrets recorded on the deciphered bamboo slips. Qingcheng Mountain seems to have something that makes the alchemists excited and excited, so this time the chaebol came in secret again.”

A few people were in high spirits, and even Wang Xuan’s heart skipped a beat. Is there a new discovery in Qingcheng Mountain? Let the alchemists think about it, shouldn’t it have something to do with… Liexian? !

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

But some people don’t agree, they think it is more mysterious and powerful than the alchemist.

“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, it was those two families? !

The time is not long, they are close to their destination.

Qingcheng Mountain is known as one of the four famous Taoist mountains 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, and there is a saying that he finally emerged in this mountain.