Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 80 His Unknown Past
Pei Nai slowly got off the bed, walked through the kneeling crowd, and walked towards Gu Jinheng.
The color on his face had completely gone, and he lay there quietly, as if he was just sleeping, but no one could detect any breath from him.

A frail figure was kneeling beside Gu Jinheng's bed, and against the backdrop of countless men around him, he was easily noticed.

Her skirt dragged on the ground, and because she lowered her head, the ends of her long hair almost hung down on her skirt.

Pei Nai carefully recognized it and found it was Madam Xuanwu.
When Madam Xuanwu saw her coming, she knelt down and took a few steps back, leaving space in front of Gu Jinheng's bed.

Perhaps noticing where Pei Nai was looking, Xiao Mingyi said in a deep voice, "Everyone go down."

Everyone who came to visit in the house performed different greetings and then left one by one.

"Ju Yan, please stay for a moment." Pei Nai spoke at the right time.

After the last person closed the door, she took out another piece of "Hunshu slice" from the pocket of her inner sleeve.

After making sure that there was no one else around the room, Pei Naiyan said, "Gu Jinheng was poisoned by the bone-dissolving water because of it. It was placed on a stone pier in a dark room in the center of the underground palace. When I took it out, it triggered the mechanism."

Xiao Mingyi recognized that it was the "Pure Tree Piece" that brought Pei Nai back to life, and took it from her, "Is it the second piece?"

Pei Nai nodded, "Yes, but there should be more than these two."

When she and Gu Jinheng were on their way back to Chaoyang after meeting Abbot Shi Ming, something happened in the palace.

Then they accidentally broke into the underground palace. Ju Yan and Xiao Mingyi must have been unaware of many things.

She added: "The monk Jingjue can identify people who have used the Hunshu slices, and according to his master, Abbot Shiming, there is one person in the capital, and he voluntarily combined with the Hunshu slices."

"Do you know this person's identity?" Ju Yan asked.

Pei Nai was pressing against the body of Ju Yan's niece, making the current conversation seem a little strange.

She shook her head and told them all the details she had heard from the monk Jingjue and the abbot Shiming about the Hun tree slices, the Linshang water, and what had happened in the underground palace.

"No wonder you appear here." Xiao Mingyi said.

Pei Nai also realized that he had missed this question just now, "Where are we now?"

"Changyan Mountain is about a hundred miles southeast of Chaoyang City." Xiao Mingyi said.

"We've come so far," she sighed softly, and then asked, "Have you found the mountain pass we left from?"

Xiao Mingyi nodded, "The soldiers we sent out followed the trail you took and found the cave. There is an extremely smooth wall at the innermost part, which cannot be opened in any way."

"This underground palace seems to have been designed and built by a family of mechanical sorcerers from the Valley Kingdom. Madam just mentioned that an alien rock broke into three and fell on the territories of the Western Border, Lu Kingdom and the Valley Kingdom. The outer wall of the underground palace is extremely hard, and the forging material should be from the meteorite recorded in the murals." Ju Yan analyzed Pei Nai's words.

Pei Nai nodded, only to add, "Don't call me Madam."

Ju Yan didn't respond to her, and continued, "My master and I used to think that at least one of the two groups that have been committing crimes in Chaoyang recently is from the Wu clan, and that the two groups are acting in conflict with each other and have no cooperation. But now it seems that no matter whether they are enemies or friends, their purpose is related to the Hunshu slices."

Pei Nai was a little confused.

She didn't quite understand how he deduced that, but then she heard another sentence that was like a revelation to her.

"The map that the monk Jingjue mentioned that indicated the location of the cave is most likely the same one you saw in General Pei Hao's study when you were a child. The red dot that you accidentally touched is where the cave is hidden."

As expected of a wise man, Pei Nai felt that some things were slowly connecting.

"We will send people to search for them, madam, don't worry." Ju Yan seemed to ignore her previous words. He paused for a moment and then said, "The other group of people hid very deep. They were responsible for most of the murders of officials. We still have no idea about their purpose and background, but what is certain is that your appearance has disrupted their plans."

Pei Nai had heard Gu Jinheng mention this before, but it was obvious that Ju Yan had not finished speaking.

"They are trying to get close to Madam, and they want to win her over. So I suggested to you that you come forward in person and act as bait to find out their details. This will be the fastest way to solve the problem."

After Pei Nai heard what he said, he frowned slightly and asked, "Why didn't Gu Jinheng tell me?"

"He rejected my proposal." Ju Yan said again.

Pei Nai looked down at Gu Jinheng, who was lying motionless on the bed and seemed not to be breathing, and asked the question that had puzzled her since she was in the underground palace.

"It is rumored that people who are poisoned by the bone-dissolving water will die in less than half an incense stick due to corrosion and burning of the bones all over the body. How did he last so long?"

Ju Yan stared at Gu Jinheng and did not tell him what he knew. He only said, "He will not agree to me telling you this."

Pei Nai was very confused. What kind of secret was it that even she didn't know?

She shifted her gaze to Xiao Mingyi again.

Xiao Mingyi finally spoke: "When he went to Shanyin Sect to become a disciple as a child, he was not alone. There were at least thirty children of the same age who went into the mountains with him, and they all became disciples of Li Sanniang."

Pei Nai listened to him quietly.

"Li Sanniang was a crazy woman. Rumor has it that she was already terminally ill when she accepted a disciple. She didn't have much time left. In order to find a successor for Huo Jiang Yin Gong within a few years, she took the young Gu Jinheng and other children into the mountains, and even used forbidden techniques to achieve her goal."

Xiao Mingyi paused for a moment, then continued, "After they had practiced the most basic internal skills, Li Sanniang locked them up in a tightly closed secret room, along with hundreds of extremely poisonous snakes."

"In the dark room, they have to use subtle sounds to dodge attacks, and also learn to use Yin Gong to expel the toxins from the bites."

"Li Sanniang would appear once a day, dropping off food and taking away new corpses. Gu Jinheng stayed there for three months. He survived and also mastered the basics of Huo Jiang Yin Gong."

When Pei Nai heard what he said, he already understood the reason.

She felt bitter and unhappy.

One reason was that she and Gu Jinheng had been married for five years, but she had no idea what Gu Jinheng had experienced in the past.

The second thing was that she realized that she actually wanted to go up and hug him at this moment.

The thought pained her.

Perhaps when Gu Jinheng passes away, she will choose to forgive him.

But there was a vague voice telling me: He will definitely wake up.

Gu Jinheng's Yin Gong was built on the foundation during the detoxification process. The fact that he was able to resist the bone-dissolving water for such a long time also showed that there was still hope.

"What happened next?" Pei Nai wanted to continue listening.

"He learned Huo Jiang Yin Kung from Li Sanniang in the deep mountains for five years. Five years later, he was the only one who walked out of the forest. If he survives this time, you can ask him in person about other things that happened in the past five years."

(End of this chapter)