He took out his own Taoist certificate, opened it up and pointed it at the mountain, revealing his identity - his rank was higher than that of the mountain god. With his own Taoist certificate as a support, he used his hand instead of a sword and threw a yellow talisman that transmitted sound into the mountain.

The yellow talisman turned into light and flew into the mountains. Still no news.

"Neither martial arts nor literary skills are good enough, I understand." Fu Yuanshan took back his Taoist certificate, "It's because the mountain god and land god here are missing."

"Is there such a thing? Do mountain gods and land gods have terms of office?"

"It's not that there is a fixed 'term', but it's actually like this - the so-called mountain gods and land gods are all local spirits that are worshipped by people, and each place has its own way. For example, the mountain god of Ryukyu is actually Ontake. Generally speaking, places where no one goes are mountain gods, and places where people are are land gods."

"What about here?"

"This is a scenic spot, so it should have mountain gods and land gods. You just used force, and I used cultural methods. Japan is a tributary state, so the gods subordinate to that country will obey orders according to the vassal relationship. Mountain gods and land gods like this should be able to be deployed at any time. I remember that the mountain gods here in Japan all look like wolves."

"Indeed." Shangluo nodded. "As far as I know, the Japanese word for wolf is 'Okami'. Just like they pronounce thunder and lightning as 'Inazuma'."

"Is that why there are so many canines here? This is simply disturbing the dog's nest." Fu Yuanshan touched his head, "And he won't listen to anything I say. I guess the 'great god' in charge here is probably gone."

"Where is this going?"

"It's hard to say." Fu Yuanshan shook his head. "Most likely he's gone. After all, Xu Fu made such a big fuss."

Speaking of Xu Fu, Xu Fu was standing next to us.

"So, Mr. Xu Fu," Shangluo asked him, "what do you think about this situation? Do you have any way to disperse these mountain spirits? If you can't disperse them, don't blame us for using force to get in."

"That's why I told you before, you should bring out the imperial seal first, and then we can discuss everything. If you don't bring the imperial seal, then please forgive me for being unable to help you. Lord Shang, you swore to the Luo River that you would not harm me."

"Ah, yes, yes," Shangluo nodded. "I did swear an oath to Luoshui, and I don't intend to break it. It seems that you have indeed completed your mission and pointed out the right path for us. You mean to say that the right path has been pointed out. As for whether we can walk on it, it depends on ourselves, right?"

"This is what you said yourself. It has nothing to do with me." Xu Fu chose to say less.

"Very good, very good." Shang Luo nodded, "Then I would like to ask your Excellency what you mean - you know, we treat you as one of our own, as a 'countryman'. In the future, perhaps we will have the opportunity to carry out in-depth cooperation. But Mr. Xu, your non-cooperation makes it very difficult for us. Or do you want to confront the 'Da Qin' today?"

"Let me briefly mention this." Titus said, "We call Ming 'Zhendan', which is [Sinica], and this name comes from the Qin Dynasty. Whether from the inside out or from the outside in, what you see in front of you is the real Qin."

"I am even a Qin person." Fu Yuanshan replied, "You didn't expect that my family's Wei nationality is in Qin. Although I am not working in my hometown, I am a genuine Qin person."

Xu Fu looked at everyone - having said this, he obviously understood that this was a case of courtesy before force. The more considerate the courtesy, the more ruthless the "force" would be.

"I" he looked at Shangluo, "I will tell you the truth."

--"ha?"

Shang Luo, who knew the inside story, was stunned: "You mean, you can't even get in?"

"Yes. I can't go into the mountains by myself."

"Didn't you set up this formation yourself?"

"It is true that I arranged it. But that was me 2000 years ago, not me now. You may have noticed that I even speak in the language of today, not the accent of 2000 years ago. I don't know how to enter this mountain. Because I am not the Xu Fu who made the elixir."

[Sure enough.] Apollonia sighed, [I knew that this old liar was half-hearted. The real alchemist Xu Fu has not seen us yet. And the one in front of us might just be one of the three souls and seven spirits separated by Xu Fu. So, Xu Fu’s real purpose might be to let him bring us here.]

"Ah, so you were waiting for me here." Shangluo looked at the skinny old man in front of him, "How many things are you hiding from me? Besides, you don't know anything."

"No more, really no more."

"So, are you really Xu Fu?"

"This is totally believable! I really am Xu Fu!"

"That's easy. Very easy." Shang Luo stretched out his hand and summoned the Six Soul Banner, then took out a rope.

"What do you want! What are you going to do!"

Shang Luo held up the Six Soul Banner and said, "The one who tied the bell must be the one who untied it. Old man, it's your turn to challenge the enemy this time. Collect!"

Chapter 1194: Pitting the Scholars

“What are you going to do???” Looking at Shangluo who was holding the Six Soul Banner, Xu Fu took a step back.

"I want to ask if you can fix this Six Soul Banner, because I accidentally broke it before. If you can fix it, I will use it to restrain your soul and let you lead the way."

"Shang Jun!" Xu Fu said in astonishment, "You clearly promised me that you would not harm me!"

"Yes, I have no intention of harming you. You see, I am looking for the method that will cause you the least harm, right? If you can repair the Six Soul Banner, I can control you to explore the way, which is fine. If you can't repair it, then I will have to tie you up with the Immortal Binding Rope and then put you in front."

"Is there any difference between these two?"

"For the former, I can take you back if the situation gets bad. For the latter, there is nothing I can do. It all depends on your luck."

"Wait, just because you didn't intend to harm me doesn't mean you didn't actually harm me!"

"Hey? If that's what you mean, then I think the subject of the 'harm' is not me, but an external object. The specific perpetrator of the harm is not me, but the formation you set up yourself. This is clearly self-harm."

"But if I was really killed, your actions would have a causal relationship with my death! You can't escape responsibility!"

"You still think you're right?" Shang Luo put his hands on his hips, "You're such a silver-tongued scholar!"

"Who are you calling a Confucian scholar? I am a Taoist priest!"

"Since you are not a Confucian scholar, shouldn't you help the monarch to settle the storm? I think you are a Confucian scholar."

"Shang Jun! How dare you make personal attacks on me? I've already said that I'm not a Confucian scholar, I'm an alchemist! Comparing me to a Confucian scholar is accusing me of a capital crime!"

Lu Huaiyang on the side hurriedly stopped him: "Hey, Shangluo, you're going too far. We are a republic with an imperial examination system, and we can't say bad things about Confucian scholars. We are all Confucian scholars, and we have all read the Four Books and Five Classics. If others knew about this, it would have a bad influence - besides, you are a Confucian scholar yourself, right?"

"Hey, the Confucianism he talks about is different from the Confucianism we talk about."

He asked Xu Fu: "I say, old man Xu."

[Your expression changes really quickly. Knowing that he is only a meat shield, you immediately call him an old man.]

"Old man Xu, what do you think a Confucian scholar is?"

"Of course they are a group of sorcerers who hold funerals for people. They are different from us alchemists. We alchemists seek immortality. But those sorcerers are dedicated to cursing the First Emperor, chanting the names of Confucius and Mencius to defy the laws of the country. I think Confucius and Mencius are also great sorcerers. All the sorcerers who practice Confucianism and Taoism in the world are going to be deceived. I think! They are afraid that everyone in my Great Qin will be immortal and no one will bury them. Those sorcerers who rely on holding funerals for people will go bankrupt, so they conspired to rebel and kill people to bury them! So the First Emperor took the initiative and buried them first."

"Good fellow," Lu Huaiyang covered his forehead, "Sure enough, the Qin people are more comfortable scolding Confucian scholars. It's all a bunch of nonsense, but it makes sense. If everyone is not dead, there will be no one to bury them. What will the Confucian scholars eat?"

"Hey, dad, you've got yourself into this trap." Lu Liang reminded from the side, "If you do this, someone will find fault with you. If someone reports you, our family's hereditary thousand households will be gone. What will I eat in the future?"

"That was a close call. This Taoist priest is really treacherous. How about this?" Lu Huaiyang suggested, "Shangluo, I think this Taoist priest is not very honest. Why don't we just use the Immortal Binding Rope!"

"Wait a minute! Everyone!" Xu Fu raised his hands. "It's easy for you to tie me up. But even if you tie me up, the formation in the mountain won't open the door! I can't get in by myself, and you can't open it by tying me up and using me as a key. You'll just bury me in vain!"

"It's you I want to bury!" Lu Huaiyang put his hands behind his back. "I've been wanting to say this for a long time—you alchemists, just bury me as soon as possible! Confucius raised one shovel, and then Mencius raised another!"

"What?! You're actually a Confucian!"

“Hahaha!” Shang Luo put his hands on his hips, “You found out. In fact, I was lying to you before! Ming Dynasty is a Confucian country! We love to bury people the most, and if we are going to bury someone, we’ll bury you first. We’ll bury your 2000 years of cultivation and you in the loess, and forget all your life’s affairs. If 10000 kilograms of loess is pressed on your head, I wonder how you can still be a free and easy immortal!”

[Ah, Shangluo, you seem to be a little...]

"Don't tell me! I'll tell you! I won't hide anything from you. I'll tell you!"

[Eh? So this guy is a tough guy who won't give in to soft tactics?]

"Tsk tsk tsk, Miss Apollonia, you still haven't put your learning into practice. I respected him before because he was Shuangling, one of Xu Fu's three souls. Among the three souls, only Taiguang yearns for immortality and has abandoned all obsessions. Shuangling's obsession is worldly affairs, and he is obsessed with worldly achievements. I respected him before as a loyal person to the Qin Dynasty. I never thought that he was not. Seeing how he was afraid of death and never told the truth before, I think he is most likely the third soul of Xu Fu."

[The ghost spirit belongs to the earth, and always desires people's lust and desires, making people dirty, dark, and addicted to sleep. The essence is exhausted and the name is born in the black book of ghosts. So this is it. This person is greedy for life and afraid of death. 】

"And, maybe it's not even three souls, but seven spirits of a lower level - this also fits the definition of his 'sudden appearance'. Maybe we haven't seen the real Xu Fu until now, and his current behavior is all planned by the real Xu Fu - I just won't let him get his wish. This 2000-year-old thing seems to have some skills."

"Indeed." Fu Yuanshan replied, "If he can separate his mind to complete such a complete task, then I'm afraid he is much more powerful than Master Lan. This is probably not the strength of an ordinary Jindan stage."

"Where is Master Sa?" Shangluo asked.

"I can't say that I haven't seen my master demonstrate the magic of splitting spirits in front of me. But these pre-Qin magic techniques are indeed not to be underestimated."

"That's a good thing." Shang Luo nodded. "If Xu Fu really has something, then his elixir is probably real too - but there is one problem that has not been solved: If Xu Fu is really so powerful, why didn't he use force to capture us, but instead lured us here step by step?"

"Perhaps there is some special reason that prevents him from taking action. Or perhaps, the system of pre-Qin alchemy is different, and his martial arts may not be very strong - or perhaps, he just wants to ask you for help. What do you think we should do?"

"Then why not see what he can say first."

Shangluo looked at Xu Fu and said, "Hey, old man, you said you confessed? What do you want to confess?"

"In fact, I think I know how to solve the maze in this mountain."

"Oh? Tell me about it then."

"This monster is caused by the distracting thoughts of people. The countless heavenly dogs in this mountain must be because countless people have suffered disasters, and the evil spirit in this mountain was born to meet the disaster. This is a formation. If you want to break the formation, if it is not convenient to force your way in, you can try to remove the firewood from under the cauldron."

"I see." Fu Yuanshan replied, "He means to kill everyone on this island. Once there are no more people, my thoughts will be clear."

"Hey, hey, hey! That's not what I meant! What I meant is that you Confucian scholars might as well use your unique skills of burying people, bury the thoughts here, and then you will naturally feel at peace. Didn't your Confucius, no, your Confucius Zhongni, say on the river bank, 'Time flies like an arrow, it never stops day or night'? That is to say, people die just like the flowing water of the river, regardless of day or night, they are dying all the time. Regardless of morning or night, you should hurry up and bury the dead, otherwise your descendants will have no money to enjoy their blessings."

Chapter 1195 Xu Fu's Goal

Xu Fu confessed. However, although he confessed, he did not solve the problem, but only provided a solution to the problem.

"So this old guy is interesting." It was just dawn, and Shangluo drank a cup of tea. After all the trouble, he felt a little sleepy. He needed to sort out the current situation again -

[But at least one thing is certain: Xu Fu is becoming more and more important. This old man who has lived for 2000 years actually has so many tricks. The possibility that he has a high-value elixir of life is also increasing. If we can get the real elixir from Xu Fu that can make people become real people.]

"Then the foundation of Heaven will be laid, and I will be worthy of the title of Heavenly Sovereign."

【Your kingdom is about to come! 】

"It's our country. I have no interest in being the master of the Heavenly Palace. Just look at our brother Ye and you will know that being the emperor is the most difficult job in the world."

"I don't think so," Victoria interrupted. "I think it's great to be the emperor! I enjoy it."

[This person's words are not meaningful. Few people like and enjoy meetings as much as she does.]

"I agree." Shang Luo shook his head. "Even if I'm holding a meeting for others, I don't like it very much. I am essentially a socially anxious person. I don't want to have too in-depth exchanges with others. I just want to quietly enjoy my own beautiful life. I don't want to rule others, but I don't want to be told what to do. I like the current state because the sense of distance is just right. I don't feel offended, nor do I offend others."

[If Xu Fu's plan can succeed, we can maintain this normal state until the final goal is achieved. This is the most stable plan.]

"So, Xu Fu is very important." Shang Luo nodded. "I really want to know what kind of plan he has come up with in the past 2000 years. But at present, he doesn't seem to plan to hand it over to us right now. I'm very curious about his attitude towards this matter. Is he a malicious mastermind? Or is he a senior examiner who wants to pass on his skills?"

【Maybe he just wants to make a deal. 】

"Who knows. But judging from the historical situation, our Mr. Xu Fu does not seem to have any loyal heart. He is just an alchemist. As an alchemist, his primary goal is to obtain research funds from the monarch so as to carry out his own projects. He is only loyal to his own goals, and everything else is empty talk.

"The theory of the three souls came from these alchemists. The first one they respected was the Taiguang Tianhun, who had no father, no king, no laws, and despised all ethics in the world. He was pure-hearted and devoted to practicing Taoism. Xu Fu's behavior was even more consistent with this. I don't believe that he had any thoughts about the court. Everything he did must be based on his own interests."

[So, he wants to do business? ]

"I'm afraid the best case scenario is that he wants to do business - this at least shows that he still wants to negotiate. If the situation is not good, maybe he wants to trick us into coming here to serve as a medicine inducer."

[Will something like this happen again? Is he so despicable again? ]

"Defenses can not do without."

[What should we do? Let’s run.]

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Shang Luo shook his head. "It's important to be on guard against others, but it's also possible to have the intention to harm others. Even if it's just a medicine inducer, it means he really has the real stuff. As long as there's the real stuff, everything will be fine. As long as this method really exists - as long as it really exists, then who will be the medicine inducer? I'm afraid it's still unknown."

[Do you want to turn him into a medicine inducer?!]

"Who knows. But the bigger the event, the bigger the treasure chest will be~~~ Maybe we can open this 2000-year-old treasure chest this time."

[So, what should we do now? ]

"Well, considering that this treasure is indeed very important, I will assume that he is asking for the price."

There are countless Tengu in the Kumano Mountain in front of us. According to Xu Fu, these monsters are created by monsters with the help of human delusions. Monsters are not created by themselves, but by human hearts.

[Perhaps this is also the reason why some elves still remember that Karin was abducted? Because even for elves like the Great Spring Elves who have their own "country", they still need the help of humans to be born. So thinking about it, the Tengu here is probably the resentment of countless people. ]

“This is too classical!”

[If Xu Fu is not classical, who else can be more classical? I wonder if Xu Fu created the famine here in order to create resentment and thus create the externalization of the "disaster" - Tengu. As long as there are enough people who are resentful, there will be enough Tengu born.]

“That’s not classical at all.”

[That makes sense.] Apollonia agreed, [So what is the crux of the problem?]

"Forget it. Now that things have come to this, let's have breakfast first."

In the morning, on the outskirts of the Xiongye Mountains, the Jinyiwei's cars were parked on the mountain road next to the main road. Because Shangluo had not made up his mind yet, everyone began to eat breakfast in a hurry to prepare for the next action.

"How is it, have you talked to Xu Fu?" Lu Huaiyang handed over breakfast - Jinyiwei's breakfast is the same everywhere. Shangluo had eaten canned food before, and here it is still canned food, and even the taste is the same. There are canned braised pork elbows and canned pig's trotters.

"Well, we talked, but there was nothing he could do—eh?" Suddenly, Shangluo saw a different can. It was a large cubic iron barrel that looked like a barrel of explosives, a style he had never seen before. But like other military cans, there was no fancy logo on it, only a line of words.

Shangluo saw the words: "Why is it still a can of braised pork elbow?"

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