Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 107: Jin Kingdom Treasures
The red fox struggled to turn its head and tried to make a little sound, as if to indicate its agreement. There was a pleading look in its spiritual eyes and it made whimpering sounds from time to time in its throat, trying to arouse Qiu Chuji's sympathy and compassion.

Qiu Chuji sneered and unceremoniously injected a stream of true energy into its neck. Within a few hundred meters, he had a strong control over this true energy. With just a thought, he could take its life.

As for exceeding this control range, the true Qi will spread in a slow but deadly way, allowing the fox to clearly feel how it was suffocated to death.

This fox has learned human nature. It wears human clothes and uses human tools. It can almost be regarded as a human. However, it is different from the eagle of Dugu Qiubai and the red viper of Qinling Mountains.

The latter two were brought up by masters, their animal nature gradually faded, and they now had a sense of good and evil. However, this fox must have been a tool used by the wizard to poison and deceive others, and it might have even eaten human flesh and blood, so it is definitely not a good person. Although it has intelligence, its animal nature is stronger than its human nature.

At least the Dugu Qiubai eagle would definitely not sneak into someone's house in the middle of the night and try to kill them by surprise just because someone killed the Bosuqu snake, which was its food.

Recalling the time when Zhang Tianshi was exorcising demons and monsters, he must have exorcised something similar to this fox.

It couldn't escape a single move in the hands of Qiu Chuji, simply because the gap between the two was too huge, they were not on the same level at all.

In fact, a fox this big is already quite abnormal. There is some kind of strange true qi generated from the outside to the inside in its body, which is quite thick and huge, comparable to Qiu Qianren who was killed by Qiu Chuji.

Sure enough, the moment Qiu Chuji loosened his hand, the fox immediately became ferocious, opened its big mouth, and bit Qiu Chuji's ankle first.

It obviously knew that it was no match for Qiu Chuji, so it planned to bite Qiu Chuji to reduce his ability to catch up, and then take the opportunity to escape.

It's a pity that it still didn't figure it out. Even if it tried its best, it couldn't break Qiu Chuji's defense.

quack!

With each crisp sound, most of the fox's sharp teeth broke off and bled.

The huge fox rolled on the ground in pain.

At the same time, the true Qi locked at its neck also began to attack, like an invisible giant hand, slowly closing its airway and making it unable to breathe.

The fox's eyes, which were not very big to begin with, almost popped out of their sockets at this moment. It covered its neck with its paws and rolled over.

The tiger also stood up at this moment, walked over with calm steps, looked down at the big fox which was smaller than itself, and patted the fox's rolling body with its paws repeatedly, as if it had found a fun toy.

"Okay! Stop playing, or you might get killed!" About two minutes later, Qiu Chuji released his control over the true Qi, allowing the fox to catch its breath.

The big cat tilted its head and looked at Qiu Chuji in confusion.

Of course it still doesn't understand what it means, but it is smart enough to understand the emotions in the words and make guesses.

Many smart dogs are like this too. They can’t understand human language, but they understand the emotions in their owner’s tone and then respond correctly.

The fox struggled to get up, and there was a hint of complex human expression on its dirty, furry face.

It staggered and turned its head, then suddenly accelerated and plunged into the darkness.

Qiu Chuji rode on the tiger's back calmly and motioned it to follow.

The fox is very fast and light. In the dark night, it is like an elf in the forest, leaping nimbly and ghostly.

Although the tiger was carrying a person on its back, its movements did not slow down at all. It was like a gust of wind, blowing wildly and mercilessly over the hills, chasing the stench of the fox and not letting it escape from its sight at all.

The fox may have accumulated many years of practice and broken the constraints of its race, but compared with the tiger, it only has the capital to confront it.

When Wu Song killed a tiger with his bare hands on Jingyang Ridge, he was so scared that he broke out in cold sweats after he sobered up.

The animal Wu Song killed should be a South China tiger.

Compared with the Siberian tiger, the South China tiger is really like a cat.

A fox, a tiger, and a man were moving quickly in the forest like this. If they were seen by others, they would probably make up many stories about mountain monsters.

Under the guidance of the fox, they soon arrived at the mountain that looked like a straw hat. Following the fox, they went around several hills and entered a cave. Not long after, they saw a large number of traces of artificial excavation.

Going further into the mountain, a stone door appeared in front of Qiu Chuji.

There were some Khitan characters carved on the stone gate, but after years of friction from the fox's claws, not many words could be recognized.

Even if Qiu Chuji had learned some Jurchen and Khitan characters from Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying, it would be difficult for him to figure out what was going on from the words on the door.

As for why a place related to the dragon vein of the Jin Dynasty has Khitan characters written on the door, there is certainly a reason.

Although the Jin people's Jurchen script had already been prepared during the reign of Wanyan Aguda, by extracting elements from Khitan and Chinese characters to suit their language and habits, it was not until a few years ago that it officially entered the promotion and trial stage. If this place was where the Jin people excavated and built in the early days, it would be quite reasonable to use Khitan to record it.

After all, the early Jurchens basically used Khitan as their official written language.

The fox pushed open the stone door, and the first thing that caught his eye was neatly stacked wooden boxes. It was roughly estimated that there were hundreds of boxes. There was also a passage next to the stone chamber, which might not be the only place where the treasure was hidden.

Qiu Chuji was very familiar with the wooden box in front of him, which had a simple shape but closed tightly.

There are many similar boxes in the ancient tombs of Zhongnan Mountain where armor and weapons are placed.

Before the Quanzhen Sect started the uprising, all the armor and weapons that were temporarily unused were maintained and neatly placed in boxes, waiting to be used one day.

The reason why it is so troublesome is that most armors and weapons are made of iron. When not in use, they are smeared with grease and then sealed to reduce contact with the outside air.

Otherwise, rust may occur in three to five years at most, or in a few months at most.

The situation where the armor and weapons that fill the treasury are placed randomly and can be taken out and used after dozens or hundreds of years is still unlikely, at least in this low-level martial arts world.

Qiu Chuji casually swept his sleeves and opened several boxes, and sure enough, they were full of armor and weapons.

I opened several more boxes, and they all showed the same situation. This place where the Jin people hid their treasures contained no gold, silver, or jewelry, only weapons and armor.

This does not conform to the concept and romance of the dynasty treasures held by the people of the underworld, but it is very much in line with reality.

With armor and weapons, money will be readily available.

But if you only have money but no armor or weapons, no matter how much money you have, it can be taken away by anyone.

The Jin people's thinking was barbaric and direct, so of course the treasure trove they reserved as their last trump card was filled with weapons and armor.

Of course, this does not mean that all dynasty treasure houses contain only weapons and armor, but no gold, silver or jewelry.

Instead, the dynasty or king regarded gold and silver as their last resort, so it is no wonder that they would perish.

Dynasties have treasures, the best of which are ideas and culture. For example, after the Western Han Dynasty there was the Eastern Han Dynasty, and after the Eastern Han Dynasty there was the Shu Han Dynasty. This means that civilization has continued and ideas have been continuous.

After Wu Zetian usurped the Tang Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty lasted only a short period of time before power was returned to the Li Tang Dynasty. This was also what the people wanted, and the treasure was among the people.

The middle ones are of course armor and weapons. With these things, you will have the means of power and you can rule the world.

The next best thing is gold, silver, and jewelry. If you don't have the strength to protect these floating treasures, you will die. Not only will the greedy people in the world come to seize them, but the remaining "own people" will also most likely fight among themselves because of this.

Looking at the boxes of armor and weapons opened in front of him, Qiu Chuji was certain that he had really dug up the dragon vein foundation of the Jin Dynasty.

It’s not that these things are so crucial at the moment that they can help the Jin people turn the tables, but with them, even if the Jin Kingdom is driven back to the old forests of Liaodong, there is still a possibility of starting over.

Without these things, their possibility of making a comeback is greatly reduced.

The number of craftsmen, iron ore, and various materials required to cast a piece of armor were nothing to the Jin Kingdom at the time.

But when they lost their city and their status as rulers, it became extremely difficult to get everything together again.

Even money can’t buy it.

Qiu Chuji was not in a hurry to move these boxes... Although he was extremely powerful, he did not have the ability to put Mount Sumeru into a mustard seed. He could not take away so many armors and weapons. Later, he could only try to catch some "coolies" in the forest and hide them in another place.

Even if it is lost, we cannot leave it as a trump card for the Jin people.

We walked into several other stone chambers, one of which contained books, some written in Khitan and some in Chinese.

Some are mainstream classics, and some are secret stories.

Apparently, knowledge and intelligence are also regarded by the Jin people as part of their foundation...a very good choice.

In addition, some stone chambers contain some strange statues of gods and some seemingly incomprehensible objects, which should be related to religion and beliefs.

It cannot be said to be useless. If you meet the right person or group, and take out the corresponding and suitable tools, it may have a miraculous effect.

For example, the Holy Fire Token to the Ming Cult, apart from the martial arts recorded on it, this thing is a sacred object to the Ming Cult that can command the heroes of the Ming Cult.

If someone with ulterior motives showed up at the Ming Cult with it and made some reasonably "appropriate" requests, they would definitely be met.

Walking into the innermost stone chamber, the furnishings inside are the simplest.

A dusty stone table and a cloth painting hanging on the stone wall.

In the painting, a heroic man is fighting a giant bear, surrounded by many real men and a pretty girl.

Among them was a Jurchen woman holding a gun and rushing forward, as if she was going to help the man fighting the bear and fight the giant bear together.

The painting is not exquisite, but you can tell that it was made with great care... because the back of the canvas is fixed with gold thread and is surrounded by a circle of jewels.

This is considered a rare "luxury item" in the entire treasure house.

Qiu Chuji walked forward, took the painting down, and looked at it carefully in his hands.

He always felt that this scene looked familiar, and he should have some impression of it.

The moment the painting was taken down, Qiu Chuji seemed to have sensed something, as if he heard the mournful roar of a dragon again.

Although no spiritual energy from heaven and earth was poured into his body, the dragon vein of the Jin Kingdom, which had originally curled up, seemed to be churning again.

Of course, all of this is just Qiu Chuji's perception analogy.

In reality, it is impossible to see or hear anything too outrageous.

There is a thoughtless energy flowing in the dark between heaven and earth, just like the cause and effect between people.

At this moment, Qiu Chuji was touching upon the cause of the rise of the Jin Dynasty.

If you cut off the cause, the result will wither and die.

"This painting? What's wrong with it?" Qiu Chuji looked closely at the painting in his hand, and his mind quickly recalled some details that were easy to overlook.

He didn't know how Wanyan Aguda led the Jurchens to rise in the world before he traveled through time.

Because he has not been exposed to relevant information.

But in this world, it seems... is because Xiao Feng brought A Zi to Liaodong to find old ginseng to prolong A Zi's life and heal her wounds, and then met Wanyan Aguda, taught him some martial arts, and gave part of the money and rewards he received after capturing Yelu Hongji to Wanyan Aguda?

(End of this chapter)