Under One Person: Dressed as Lü Liang, with vests all over

Chapter 179 Tang Sect Sacred Relic, New Doubts

"Brother Lü, do you know what's engraved on this stone tablet?"

Zhang Chulan, full of curiosity, asked Lü Liang a question.

"The Qi circulation route of Dan Shi".

Lü Liang answered succinctly.

"Dan Shi? That ultimate technique of the Tang Clan, Dan Shi?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Lingyu's face instantly showed surprise.

Not only Zhang Lingyu, but the others also showed puzzled expressions.

"My grandfather...it seems he died at the hands of Dan Shi."

Zhang Chulan stared intently at the patterns on the stone tablet, thinking, "This kind of technique must be incredibly powerful."

"The Tang Clan actually openly engraved their secret techniques on the outside. Aren't they afraid that people will steal them?"

"Stealing?" Lü Liang asked as he continued walking, "Among the Tang Clan disciples who were chasing you earlier, did any of them use this move?"

"Probably not... They mostly use hidden weapons or poison to launch attacks."

"That's settled then. Dan Shi isn't easy to learn. Among the young disciples of the Tang Clan, none of them can use Dan Shi at all."

"That difficult?" Zhang Chulan was somewhat surprised.

“That’s right.” Lü Liang nodded.

In fact, he had noticed something unusual about Dan Shi the moment he first saw the path of his Qi circulation.

Unlike other supernatural abilities, when one practices Qi cultivation, the Qi flow has two starting points and needs to travel along two completely different paths...

A meridian originates at the Naohu acupoint at the back of the head, descends along the meridians... and finally converges at the Dantian...

The other path begins at the pyloric acupoint on the chest, guiding the five elements of Qi—heart fire, liver wood, spleen earth, kidney water, and lung metal—to condense into a deadly Qi poison…

Moreover, according to Tang Qiushan's memory, these two routes had to be taken simultaneously, and neither could be omitted. The difficulty of this task can be imagined.

At this moment, Zhang Chulan's gaze remained fixed on the Dan Shi Diagram on the stone tablet, his expression still somewhat puzzled.

"Although it is difficult to run two lines simultaneously, it shouldn't be so difficult that none of the young disciples of the Tang Clan can't learn it."

As Lü Liang observed the stone tablets, he explained them based on the information he had received from Tang Qiushan:
"Most superpowers are relatively easy to learn at the beginning, but as you delve deeper into the practice, the difficulty of improvement will increase day by day, or the deeper you go into the research, the greater the risks you will face."

"But Dan Shi is completely different. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that once you get started, it means you have mastered it, but getting started is extremely difficult."

“Cultivating the Dan Shi requires the method of circulating Qi, a good physical foundation, and relying on external medicine to nourish and change one’s constitution… all of these conditions are indispensable.”

"Among the many difficulties, the most difficult is to see through the barrier of life and death."

"It's not simply about being fearless, but about reaching a state of complete transcendence over life and death. Only in this way can one fully control the Dan Shi."

"The worst part is that until you face death head-on, no one can know for sure whether they can truly reach that level."

“If he is not in the right condition, but still intends to create Dan Shi in his body for the first time, he will become a victim of the most poisonous poison in the world.”

"In other words, the only way to learn Dan Shi's methods is to either learn them or die."

"So that's how it is..." Zhang Chulan's expression suddenly changed.

He slowly raised his gaze, looked again at the rows of stone tablets around him, and said thoughtfully:

"From this perspective, it seems that the Tang Sect's inscription of the Pill Devouring Diagram here can also serve a certain defensive purpose."

"If someone were to wander into this place, become interested in this Tang Clan secret technique, and try to cultivate it according to the Qi circulation route, it would be tantamount to suicide."

"Hey, thank goodness I didn't impulsively try it just now..." Zhang Chulan patted his chest with lingering fear.

……

There were many stone tablets here, and Lü Liang carefully observed each one.

He paid so much attention to these stone tablets because he wanted to find the sacred objects of the Tang Clan among them.

In the first memory energy cluster he obtained from Tang Qiushan, he discovered information about the ancestors of the Tang Clan.

The information was completely unexpected.

Because, in Tang Qiushan's memory, the Tang Clan did not have any ancestors who had transcended the ordinary and attained sainthood.

The Tang Clan's sacred object is also very special. It is said to be related to Dan Shi and cannot be moved, but Tang Qiushan does not know exactly what it is.

If Tang Qiushan's memory is accurate, then it means that Lü Liang's previous deduction was wrong—not all thirty-six people came from sects with ancestors who had attained sainthood.

Lü Liang quickly reviewed the events in his mind:

The mysterious man said that the thirty-six people did not meet by chance.

The formation of sworn brotherhood and the birth of the Eight Extraordinary Skills... from the perspectives of time and destiny, these were all inevitable occurrences.

However, he did not say that all thirty-six people came from sects with ancestral ancestors who had attained sainthood.

The reason I made that deduction...

It was because in the snail shell left by Tian Xiaodie, she and Zheng Zibu had talked about how Wugensheng's ritual required eight sacred objects and eight disciples from sects with ancestral ancestors who had attained sainthood, to guard the eight gates...

In addition, the Qinghe Miao tribe, Yemaoshan, Wuhou Sect, Wudang... which he had previously come into contact with all happened to meet the condition of having an ancestor who had transcended the ordinary and become a saint.

Therefore, I naturally assumed that all thirty-six people were like that.

However, this conclusion now appears to be questionable.

"Could it be that these thirty-six people are not all candidates to guard the Eight Gates, but have other arrangements?"

Although his previous deductions were wrong, Lü Liang intuitively felt that Wugensheng's choice of these sects was not arbitrary.

The Tang Clan must have something special about it!

The key issue now is to figure out exactly what makes the Tang Clan special.

It is estimated that only Tang Miaoxing, the head of the Tang Clan, knows the answer to this question.

Therefore, his target on this trip to Tang Tomb was not only Xu Xin, but also Tang Miaoxing!

With that thought in mind, Lü Liang collected his thoughts and continued on his way.

After passing through the area filled with stone tablets, he finally arrived at the last level of the Bagua Stone Formation.

"Ninth Formation, the Mechanism Formation!"

……

As soon as he stepped into this special area, Lü Liang keenly sensed the obvious difference from before.

On the ground, many stones stand abruptly. In some places, when a person steps on them, the stones sink slightly and make a "creaking" sound.

The sound was particularly jarring in the silent environment, making one instinctively wary, as if a hidden arrow might whistle in from all directions at any moment.

However, Lü Liang did not slow down, because he knew that the first half of the ninth formation was safe.

After hurrying to the middle, Lü Liang suddenly stopped, turned around and said to the crowd:

"Don't go any further, there are extremely dangerous traps ahead."

"A mechanism?" Zhang Chulan immediately replied, "Brother Lü, are you talking about the Tang Clan's large-scale mechanisms?"

"I specifically checked the Tang Clan's information at the company before I came here. Those large mechanisms have long been dismantled."

"More than a decade ago, the company issued regulations on the control of large-scale non-personal mechanisms. Not only the Tang Clan, but all schools or individuals proficient in mechanism art were prohibited from building mechanisms privately."

"The establishment of all agencies must be declared and registered, and must be made public and visible, and preserved only in the form of technology transfer."

“Those involving automatic triggering, large-scale, and concealed mechanisms are strictly prohibited from being set up, and those that have already been set up must be dismantled.”

"Hehe, it is said that President Zhao went through a lot of trouble to win over the Tang Clan. Fortunately, with the Tang Clan taking the lead, the other minor sects followed suit."

At this point, Zhang Chulan looked at Feng Baobao:

“On our way here, didn’t Bao’er step on a lot of bumps on the ground? But nothing happened to her.”

Hearing Zhang Chulan's words, Feng Baobao tilted her head and recalled earnestly:

"Those bumps on the ground... they creak when you step on them, it's not dangerous."

"No, that's only the first half."

Lü Liang spoke up.

"As the saying goes, 'When there are policies from above, there are countermeasures from below.'"

"In Tang Qiushan's memory, although the Tang Clan dismantled those non-personal large-scale automatic trigger mechanisms in accordance with the company's requirements, they cleverly exploited loopholes in the rules."

"Since the automatically triggered mechanism does not comply with regulations, let's change it to manual control."

"Over the years, the Tang Clan has been secretly cultivating a mechanical engineer. This engineer has transformed the original automatic trigger mechanism into a personal control type, which relies on his own Qi to operate it."

"Although those mechanisms have been completely dismantled on the surface, the framework of the mechanisms has been preserved intact. As long as the master mechanic inserts the specially made main string and drives it with Qi, these mechanisms can be reactivated."

"Moreover, they only fortified the latter half of the ninth formation. This way, they could avoid the risk of the mechanism being classified as a 'large-scale mechanism,' and also catch the intruders off guard." "After all, who could have predicted that a mechanism that was originally as quiet as a chicken would suddenly activate and take effect?"

"Holy crap!" Zhang Chulan quickly took a step back, exclaiming in surprise, "That's too insidious! No wonder the Tang Clan is known for its 'scheming' tactics."

"Brother Lü, how do we get there now? Should we just force our way in?"

Lü Liang shook his head and looked at Wang Ye.

"First we need to find that mechanic. Old Wang, it's up to you."

"Finding someone... that's not difficult."

While responding, Wang Ye quickly set up a divination and made hand seals. Soon, he raised his hand and pointed in a direction.

"The southeast, Xun position, where the wind blows and the grass bends... that should be it, hidden among the grass and trees."

Before Wang Ye could finish speaking, Feng Baobao had already darted out.

……

The moment Feng Baobao's foot touched the ground, in an instant...

"Shhhhh-"

Dozens of hidden lines shot out from all directions like black lightning, creating a tremendous spectacle.

Feng Baobao nimbly dodged and continued to rush in the direction Wang Ye pointed.

Just then, Lü Liang glanced back warily.

"The Tang Clan is catching up. Follow Feng Baobao and we'll finish this quickly."

"it is good."

The next moment, everyone unleashed their skills.

Lu Liang lightly touched the ground with his feet and used the Wind-Gathering Step. Zhang Chulan was surrounded by lightning and activated "Thunder Strike".

Wang Ye chanted "Xun character - wind howls," and the wind seemed to rise from his feet, propelling him forward;
Zhang Lingyu then quickly drew a "Swiftness Talisman" in the air with his bare hands...

Suddenly, the group's speed increased dramatically as they rushed toward their goal.

……

At this moment, in the hiding place of the mechanic Gao Nan.

Gao Nan was staring intently at the specially modified Guanyuan in his hands when he was startled by what he saw, almost dropping it.
His garden has been specially modified so that not only can the positions of Tang Clan teammates be clearly displayed as red dots, but the positions of intruders from outside will also be displayed as white dots.

Now, he could clearly see several white dots on the garden wall rapidly approaching his direction.

Although a red dot closely follows the white dot at a slightly later position, the white dot moves significantly faster.

"Holy crap! I was hiding so well, how could someone just charge straight at me!"

Gao Nan was both shocked and furious. Without thinking twice, she immediately got up and ran desperately towards another place.

But after running for less than two minutes, he was hit by a stone that came from nowhere.

Gao Nan was startled and immediately checked the garden.

"boom!"

Before he could react, another stone came crashing down, this time smashing the garden he was holding to the ground.

Gao Nan was about to lose control of her anger.

He angrily pulled the main string of the mechanism from his pocket, swiftly inserted it into the nearby frame, and frantically poured Qi into it, cursing through gritted teeth as he did so:
"Let's see where you run next!"

"Crack!"

As Gao Nan moved, the surrounding mechanisms began to operate, emitting a piercing sound of gears grinding and the tightening of bowstrings.

The mechanism seemed to come alive, quickly and automatically locking onto Lü Liang and his group behind the tree.

Immediately afterwards, countless silver beams shot out from the surrounding wooden stakes like a torrential rain, all accurately aiming at the direction behind the tree.

Gao Nan followed the flying arrow, a smug smile spreading across his face, and said coldly:

"So you were there."

Not only were arrows flying, but the ground also began to shake, and sharp bamboo spikes emerged from the ground, as if to pierce the hidden people.

"Boom!"

The flying arrow exploded suddenly in mid-air with a deafening sound, scattering leaves everywhere and instantly revealing the bare tree trunk.

Just then, Feng Baobao seized the opportunity and launched a few attacks.

However, although Gao Nan's skills seemed mediocre, he displayed an amazing ability to withstand beatings.

Zhang Chulan quickly and keenly sensed something amiss and shouted:

"His clothes can absorb attacks, this is troublesome!"

"Isn't your head still sticking out?" Lü Liang said calmly.

Before Gao Nan could react, Lü Liang had already acted swiftly, using his blue hand to knock him unconscious.

The moment Gao Nan lost consciousness, the active mechanisms stopped functioning.

The rest of the journey can proceed smoothly.

……

After passing through a narrow valley, a tall mountain wall appeared before them, with a deep cave entrance clearly visible in the middle of the wall.

"Is this the Tang Tomb?"

Zhang Chulan curiously examined the cave entrance.

"Yes, Tang Tomb is a forbidden area of ​​the Tang Clan, and also the resting place of the Tang Clan's ancestors throughout the ages."

As Lü Liang answered, he pondered the question.

Since the Tang Clan's sacred artifact was not found in the Stone Stele Forest, it is probably inside the Tang Tomb.

Just then, two figures appeared at the cave entrance, a man and a woman.

The man had a shiny shaved head, while the woman had her long black hair neatly combed back. Both of them were dressed in loose white training clothes and had slender figures.

The man spoke, addressing the group, "Come in."

After saying that, the two turned around and walked slowly into the cave.

Lü Liang and his entourage followed closely behind.

As they went deeper, the cave gradually became more spacious, and eventually, they arrived at a huge cave.

In the very center of the cave stands a magnificent and enormous stone stele.

The stone tablet is engraved with the familiar route map of Dan Shi Xing Qi.

With just one glance, Lü Liang confirmed that this enormous stone tablet was indeed a sacred artifact of the Tang Clan.

No wonder Tang Qiushan's memories show that the Tang Clan's sacred artifacts cannot be moved.

This stone tablet is several tens of meters tall, and its base is directly connected to the cave. Even if you try your best to move it, you cannot move it.

"Could it be that Xu Xin and Dong Chang were invited among the thirty-six people not because of their ancestors or sacred objects..."

Lu Liang's thought was interrupted by the commotion coming from ahead.

He looked up.

Inside the cave, shallow holes, about the height of a person, had been carved out of the surrounding mountain walls.

At this moment, one after another, people dressed in white training uniforms emerged from the shallow cave. Their figures appeared particularly solemn and dignified in the dim light inside the cave.

In the middle of the cave, two people were playing chess.

One of them was Tang Miaoxing, the leader of the Tang Clan.

The other person had messy white hair and a face crisscrossed with wrinkles.

His old blue shirt was unbuttoned, lying open to the sides, revealing his thin, bony body.

This person should be Xu Xin.

Tang Miaoxing gently put down the black chess piece in her hand, slowly raised her head, her gaze sharp as she stared directly at Lü Liang, and coldly asked:
"Xia Liuqing, what exactly do you want by trespassing into my Tang Clan with your accomplices?"

"Of course, I have a few questions I'd like to ask Sect Master Tang," Lü Liang said calmly.

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