Xuanxia

Chapter 20 Testing
When he opened the door, standing outside was the Miao man who was the first to visit the prison.

Fu Qingzhou heard Hua Xiaolan mention his name, Kua Ye.

Kua Ye smiled with two rows of bright teeth: "Master Fu, you are lucky. Elder Ma has been flipping through the book for half a day and said that there might be a clue."

When he said the word "Sir", he deliberately dragged out the ending sound of "Fu", which sounded quite weird.

However, Fu Qingzhou understood that he must be Hua Xiaolan's confidant, and she knew that he was pretending and was trying to emphasize this to herself.

"That's great."

He said calmly, "Are we leaving now? Will it disturb Elder Ma's rest?"

Kua Ye smiled until his eyes narrowed into slits: "Elder Ma's realm is unfathomable, he no longer needs to rest."

Fu Qingzhou nodded, turned around and said to Tang Jiao: "I'll go for a while, you clean the house here, and sleep when you are tired."

Tang Jiao responded weakly.

After leaving the stilted building, Kua Ye looked up at the beautiful figure reflected on the window by the candlelight and said teasingly, "Boy, I didn't expect you to have such good fortune."

When they were alone, he stopped pretending.

Fu Qingzhou did not comment, but just asked casually: "Could this be arranged by your sect master's disciple?"

"No." Kua Ye curled his lips and said, "Junior Sister Hua really hates this, but the Elders will think that since you are the 'master from the capital', of course you should be served well."

It was already midnight, and there were no lights on in the village. Almost everyone was asleep, and the streets were empty. Naturally, the two men spoke a little bolder.

"So..." Fu Qingzhou asked, "Is it true that this helped me find a way to break the curse?"

"of course it's true."

Kua Ye said: "Just think of it as a reward for your good acting."

Fu Qingzhou laughed: "That's great. I don't know what this curse is for. If the guy who cast the curse knew that he spent so much effort to cast the curse, and I broke it in a few days, he would probably be mad to death."

As he said this, the smoker's scream exploded in his ears.

"Hehehehe! You wish!"

"I wasn't trapped in this broken stone when I cast the curse on you! At that time, I had boundless magical power and was extremely strong! How can that strange curse be broken by just any old man? Dream on!"

"You want to kill me after you remove the curse? You are dreaming, Fu Qingzhou!"

Fu Qingzhou had already developed a set of skills to automatically block out the screams of the smoker in his heart, and asked calmly: "By the way, where are we going now?"

"Qian Wu Tower." Kua Ye turned his head and gave him a deep look: "Remember not to look around randomly... Master Fu."

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the two arrived outside a huge cave.

The so-called Thousand Witches Tower is not a tower at all.

The cave was lit up with torches, and under the light, old coffins were scattered all over the ground and piled up in the cave.

There were so many coffins that they were piled higher and higher as they went deeper into the interior, forming a huge and somewhat messy staircase.

Fu Qingzhou felt a little scalp-tingling for a moment, and even thought that Kua Ye was going to kill him. He subconsciously became alert: "What is this?"

"Cave burial." Kuaye said softly, "The knowledge in the Thousand Witches Tower was acquired by countless elders in the clan with their flesh and blood and lives. They were willing to become the stepping stone for us to reach the clouds after their death."

"After I die, I will become a stepping stone for future generations."

As he spoke, he held up a torch, stepped onto a coffin first, and began to walk into the cave.

Fu Qingzhou looked at him with both shock and admiration, and followed silently.

The cave was larger and deeper than he had imagined, and the ceiling was getting higher and higher. It was not until he had gone about a hundred meters into the cave that the coffins stopped piling up and niches appeared on both sides of the cave walls.

These niches are filled with various books, some are paper books, some are bamboo slips, some are jade slips, and some are simply texts engraved on stones and bones.

The Sutra Library of the Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain is here. After walking a little deeper, we saw a flickering fire ahead. As we got closer, we saw Elder Ma, who was so old that we were worried that he might die of old age in his next breath.

At this time, the elder was standing in a niche, holding a bamboo slip in his hand and reading it carefully. There was a middle-aged Miao man beside him holding a torch for him.

"Elder Ma."

Kua Ye stepped forward and bowed earnestly: "Master Fu is here."

Elder Ma nodded, glanced at Fu Qingzhou, lowered his head with some difficulty, and said in a hoarse voice: "I greet you, sir."

The middle-aged Miao man behind him also bowed slightly.

"Elder Ma, you don't have to be so polite." Fu Qingzhou quickly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Elder. You are still reading books for me so late at night."

Although he had been very arrogant at the elders' meeting before, he still felt a little embarrassed when he saw an old man, whose age was unknown, flipping through a book in the firelight and blinking his eyes due to fatigue.

“It’s not hard work.”

Elder Ma chuckled and said, "I spend every night in the Thousand Witches Tower... Besides, your strange spell has really opened my eyes."

"But before I try to remove the curse for you, I still want to ask for the details of the curse on you..."

The middle-aged Miao man beside him took over the conversation calmly and said, "Master Uncle believes that the strange curse on you is very closely related to you. Not only the curse itself, but also your horoscope, living habits, and martial arts you have practiced, we all need to understand it."

"This way, we can be more confident."

Fu Qingzhou frowned slightly when he heard this.

At this time, the mocking laughter of the smoker could be heard: "What a bullshit, how come I have never heard of asking for someone's horoscope in order to remove a curse?"

It was the one who cast the curse, but Fu Qingzhou didn't dare to completely trust it. Although it looked like it had a bad temper and was straightforward, it was still an old pervert after all.

But when he looked at Elder Ma, he believed it a little bit.

Hearing the words of the middle-aged Miao man, Elder Ma sighed softly, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then nodded and said: "That's exactly the truth. I hope you don't mind and tell me the truth."

At this time, Kua Ye beside him also said at the right time: "Senior Brother Jiang once studied in the Palm Sword Academy in the capital, and he knows the capital very well. If there is anything you can't think of or remember, he can remind you."

Fu Qingzhou understood instantly.

Ha, after all this time you’re still just testing.

Maybe Elder Ma did find something, but how could Elder Nian just believe him? Sure enough, he sent someone to find a reason to test him.

I studied in Beijing...

Fu Qingzhou sneered in his heart, turned his head and glared at Kua Ye inconspicuously.

I'm lucky enough that Tang Jiao happened to come tonight and allowed me to learn something. Otherwise, I would have been tricked to death by you guys.

"Is that so?"

He put away his previous respectful look towards Elder Ma and turned to look at the so-called Senior Brother Jiang: "This... Big Brother, have you ever been to the capital?"

"Yes."

The Miao man surnamed Jiang bowed to Fu Qingzhou again and said, "I am Jiang Yunfeng. More than ten years ago, I followed the sect to the northern border to reinforce the army and made military achievements. As a result, I was qualified to study at the Palm Sword Academy and lived in Beijing for two years."

More than ten years? That’s easy.

Fu Qingzhou felt relieved and asked with a smile, "Then you should go to Zhenxiu Pavilion more often?"

Jiang Yunfeng was startled, then smiled bitterly: "Although the Treasure Pavilion is not far from the entrance of the academy, I am poor and have never been there."

"Oh my, that's such a pity."

Fu Qingzhou stretched lazily and said quietly, "Okay, ask whatever you want to know."

(End of this chapter)