A man stands before the heavens, his sword emerges from the Emei Mountains.

Waves of sound spread from all directions of Leiyin Temple, turning into a fierce and noisy clamor.

"I never imagined that the abbot was such a wicked and evil person."

"Pah, he also serves Abbot Fang."

"Thank goodness the nun exposed us; we were all blind."

Jingxuan had already revealed Faqiu's identity. Several highly respected old monks of Leiyin Temple had heard of Yunze and were filled with righteous indignation. The ordinary monks were even more furious and cursed loudly.

Yang An, Ji Xiaofu, and others had already arrived and screened all the monks in the temple. Yunze arrived with a document, accompanied by a monk accomplice who had been captured by Chen Yu. During his stay at the temple, he did not take on any disciples.

The purpose of the medicinal powder in the pottery jar is still unknown; the truth will only be revealed after questioning the monk.

Chen Yu, carrying a pottery jar, led the monk and Miejue to be the first to leave Leiyin Temple.

……

Stimulated by the pain, the monk began to regain consciousness in a daze. He could not perceive light, and the images in his mind were Chen Yu's fierce sweeping blows and the pain of the sword blade hitting his body.

He struggled to regain consciousness, and light entered his field of vision, making a blurry figure clearer.

"woke up."

The monk instinctively jumped up, and Chen Yu punched him in the abdomen.

The intense, agonizing spasms nearly made the monk vomit. In the instant he instinctively curled up to ease the pain, Chen Yu had already withdrawn his fist.

"Tell me about it."

"Kill me if you must..."

Chen Yu interrupted, "Don't be all bluster and no substance. I have many ways to make you tell the truth: acupressure, water torture, or something even more extreme. Let's talk about acupressure. If your Zhangmen acupoint is pressed, you'll feel a sharp, stabbing pain in your breathing, abdominal pain, intestinal pain, difficulty in defecation, and your body will become crooked. If your Shangqu acupoint is pressed, your meridians will be blocked, causing severe blood stasis, bleeding from all seven orifices, and death within three days. I have plenty of time to let you slowly experience the sensations. Yunze has already admitted his identity, so you don't need to hide anything and will suffer less."

The monk also knew some acupressure techniques, and Chen Yu's words were true. He quickly weighed the situation and said, "We have never successfully stolen the tombs of the successive leaders of the Emei Sect."

"So you're still alive." Chen Yu started with a relatively easy topic, "What's inside the jar?"

"Fossil pills".

Chen Yu felt the name was somewhat familiar. After a moment of thought, he suddenly realized that the story of The Return of the Condor Heroes had mentioned that Lin Chaoying and Wang Chongyang had a duel. Lin Chaoying used her finger strength to leave words on the rock, and Wang Chongyang was defeated. He then brought out the Ancient Tomb. Later, Huang Yaoshi saw through this technique and used the Fossilizing Pill to soften the rock.

"What is it used for? What are its ingredients?"

"Saltpeter, talc, Corydalis rhizome, Poria cocos, amber, turmeric, curcuma rhizome, Coptis rhizome, rhubarb. Used for stone doors of tombs that are difficult to open by ordinary means, and for the stone blocks at the entrance of tombs that prevent dragons from entering."

"This actually works?"

Feeling humiliated, the monk said, "I will wear down the stone with dripping water, but even the thickest stone door will eventually be opened if it softens a foot today and is scraped away a foot tomorrow."

"That makes sense," Chen Yu said. "And the purpose?"

"It is the legacy of the founding master of the Emei Sect, but firstly, there is a nun guarding the cliff where I sacrificed myself, and secondly, the tomb is built on the cliff, making it difficult to make a move. That's why I'm proceeding slowly."

"Are you members of the Five Poisons Sect?"

"No."

"Do you know Yang Lianzhenjia?"

"I know, but I've never seen it. My master sometimes mentions it."

"Yang Lianzhenjia, also known as Lianzhenjia, is the leader of the Five Poisons Sect."

"That's right."

Which graves have you excavated?

"I am a disciple accepted by my master later. I accompanied him to Leiyin Temple. During this time, I was afraid of being exposed, so I did not go out and about. My main job was to prepare the fossil pills for my master."

For the remainder of the time, Chen Yu asked questions such as whether the Five Poisons Sect had spies in Emei County, but the monks all said they didn't know.

"Did you kill the Emei disciples at Buddha's Palm Rock?"

"That time, Master went up the mountain and happened to be seen by the female disciple who was gathering herbs."

Chen Yu's expression turned cold. He pressed the other party's pressure points and temporarily imprisoned him in the courtyard room. He returned to the main house, took out Yunze's thick tomb raiding notes, and began to read them in detail.

It was still early, the clouds had dispersed and the sun was shining, its rays spilling onto the windowpane. Dust swirled on the pages of the book, and Chen Yu's gaze lingered on a passage of text.

"From the Song Dynasty tombs in Shaoxing, we obtained the Purple Gold Hammer and the Kanglong Mace, treasures of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty. The mace is long and bladeless, with four edges, and is four feet long. Its name comes from the sixth line of the Qian hexagram in the Book of Changes, 'The dragon soars too high and will regret it,' which means that everything will decline when it reaches its peak, and that action will lead to regret. It was forged from meteorite iron and is indestructible. My senior brother presented the Kanglong Mace to the Daoist as a gift."

Chen Yu muttered to himself, "So Yunze and Lian Zhenjia addressed each other as fellow disciples. The Dragon-Slaying Saber and the Heaven-Reliant Sword were forged from Xuan Iron and Western refined gold. I wonder if this Dragon-Slaying Mace can break the Heaven-Reliant Sword. And who is the Taoist priest mentioned in the text?"

There was a lot of information, and Chen Yu continued to browse through it.

After a seemingly insignificant passage from a tomb raider's diary, as Chen Yu turned the page, a hand-drawn map came into view.

The map was drawn in detail, roughly rectangular in shape from north to south, and included text. Chen Yu looked at the marked Guangfu Temple and Longxing Temple, frowning and thinking hard, "Where is this? Longxing Temple looks familiar."

The location indicated by the map could not be determined solely by the temple architecture. Chen Yu continued flipping through the pages, reading most of the notebook. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This wicked monk Yunze had traversed the Yuan Dynasty from east to west and north to south, and had even ventured into Dali, Tibet, Western Xia, and the Western Regions during the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the notebook contained a vast amount of text recording Yunze's experiences and insights accumulated during his tomb raiding.

If organized properly, it could serve as a book for study.

Chen Yu's attention returned to the map, and he felt that he had seen "Longxing Temple" somewhere before. Relying on the cool and refreshing effect of the jade ruyi, he focused his mind and body and carefully sorted through his memories.

As his thoughts settled, his memories gradually became clearer, and after a long while, Chen Yu's eyes lit up as he remembered.

I have purchased many Taoist and Buddhist scriptures from Emei County. Among them, I saw Longxing Temple in a Buddhist scripture called "On the Destruction of the Three Teachings". The book records the text of a debate between a monk named Zengren and the Buddhist and Taoist schools, with a note that reads "Record of the Karmic Connections of Monk Shi of Baicaoyuan, Longxing Temple, Lingzhou".

Lingzhou was in the Western Xia Dynasty. After the Mongols destroyed the Western Xia Dynasty, they named it Ningxia, meaning peace and tranquility in the Western Xia.

Chen Yu had a flash of inspiration.

Could it be the Western Xia imperial tombs? If it is Li Qiushui's legacy, with this map, finding the secret manual would be much easier than going to Kunlun Mountain, thousands of miles away, to find the "Nine Yang Manual". Even if one were to brave the dangers of going to Kunlun, find Zhu Wu Lianhuan Manor, and still find the place where Zhang Wuji fell off the cliff, Ji Xiaofu is still in Emei. If Granny Jin Hua goes to find Xie Xun, even if Zhang Wuji meets Chang Yuchun, he should stay in Butterfly Valley to learn medical treatment for a long time, and may not return to the Western Regions in this life.

Chen Yu regained his senses and continued flipping through the pages. After dozens of pages, he saw a map pasted on at the end of the notes. He opened it and examined it closely. His expression changed, and he took the demon monk's notes out of the house and rushed straight to the back mountain.

……

The wind rustled through the treetops, the leaves danced like butterflies, and Chen Yu appeared at Buddha's Palm Rock.

Buddha's Palm Rock is surrounded by ancient trees and rugged mountains. Below, there are many stone sheds and caves formed by huge rocks piled together. The caves are deep and secluded, and ferocious beasts are said to roam there. Few disciples of Medicine King Cave venture into these places.

Referring to the map, Chen Yu searched east and west, and like a monkey, he crawled into a stone cave. After walking about ten feet, he saw the collapsed stone surface softened by the "Fossil Pill". The layers of rock had been softened and half of them had been scraped away, revealing a gap about two palm widths wide between the two stone caves.

Chen Yu, who had read Yunze's notes, could recognize it as the Dragon-Slaying Stone based on the settings.

Chen Yu lit a tinderbox and looked through the light. He saw that the inner wall of the broken dragon stone was covered with damp marks and moss, and human figures in various poses were vaguely visible.

call!

Chen Yu let out a long breath. This stone cave under the Buddha's Palm Rock was the place where Guo Xiang practiced her skills, integrating various martial arts techniques to create the Emei martial arts.

But there is a Dragon-Slaying Stone. Neither Fengling nor her master knew about this stone cave, but Yunze knew it all. Could it be that Chen Yu suddenly felt a chill and thought that there might be another reason for Guo Xiang's death?