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Chapter 122 The Secrets of Nan Yin

Since it's related to Yuanbao Manor, to find out where it is, you need to find someone from Yuanbao Manor.

So the group rode the Lotus Pavilion to Yuanbao Manor, found Miss Zhiyu, briefly explained the situation to her, and asked her to help them find the address.

After all, Miss Zhiyu is now the nominal owner of Yuanbao Manor.

After hearing the whole story, Zhiyu readily agreed to help. So, one night later, everyone received Zhiyu's result the next day.

Since it was the ancestral home of the Jin family, it was not appropriate for outsiders to go there alone, so Zhiyu personally led everyone to Banshanju.

Half-mountain dwelling has been uninhabited for many years, and now it is covered with withered branches and fallen leaves, and the weeds are as tall as a person.

"Ah Fei, go ahead and clear the way."

"I'm not interested, go by yourself."

The flute played, but the footsteps did not move.

"As my underling, I can't possibly order you around. I was born into wealth and privilege; I would never walk through this overgrown wasteland. Sending you along is an honor."

Fang, sickly as ever, stomped his feet. This flute-playing voice, even with amnesia, is still so annoying.

"Just because I have no memory doesn't mean I'm willing to listen to you. I don't feel like your little brother, and I don't feel like I'm capable of doing manual labor."

Di Feisheng raised his hands, both of them covered in calluses from wielding a knife, nothing else. He was still wearing the same clothes as before, made of comfortable, smooth fabric, clearly not from an ordinary family.

"You've lost your memories, so what feelings do you have left? Listen to me, get rid of those feelings quickly and listen to what I have to say."

Fang Duobing patted his chest, as if to increase the credibility of his words.

"Are you two even going to leave? You always interrupt when there's something to do. Didn't you see that Nanfeng has already cleared the road?"

Li Lianhua quickly reminded the two people who didn't want to work.

"Miss Su, Miss Zhiyu, take this. It's for protection against snakes, insects, and rodents. This place has been abandoned for who knows how long; many of them must have made it their home here by now."

Wu You took out two sachets and handed them to Su Xiaoyong and Zhiyu, and also put one in Li Lianhua's hand. Although they were all made of herbs by Li Lianhua, he himself was not bad at it.

"Thank you, I hadn't thought of that yet."

Su Xiaoyong and Zhiyu took the sachets and hung them on their waists.

After dividing the three into three, Wu You took out five or six more from her purse and hung them all on her waist.

As for the others, a few grown men, they are probably unnecessary.

This action left the people in front of them stunned.

"Wu You, why don't I have one? You have so many, I want one too."

Fang Duobing saw Wu You distributing sachets, but none were for himself, so he quickly asked for one.

Although it may not be worth much, I must have what everyone else has.

"You want it?"

"Of course I want them, you all have them."

Fang Duobing pointed to the several sachets hanging from the waists of Li Lianhua, Su Xiaoyong, Zhiyu, and Wu You.

"Here you go."

Wu You took three off his waist, handed one to Fang Duobing, and stuffed one into Di Feisheng's hand.

Fang Duobing happily hung it on his belt.

"I do not need."

Di Feisheng looked at the sachet in his hand, unsure of what to do with it, as he was truly unafraid of snakes and insects.

He wanted to return it to Wu You, but Wu You dodged it.

"Since everyone has them, you won't be left out either. Wear them, even if you're not afraid of those things, it'll still feel quite uncomfortable."

"Come here, Nanfeng, wear this sachet to ward off snakes, insects, and rodents. But am I taking it out a little late? Did you see those things just now?"

When Wu You saw Nanfeng return, he quickly went over to give her the sachet.

"Master, I'm not afraid. I just encountered several snakes, and I picked them off with my sword sheath."

"Oh, several?"

Upon hearing this, Wu You's steps faltered as he walked towards Nanfeng, and he headed in another direction.

Standing next to Li Lianhua, Wu You tossed the sachet in her hand directly to Nanfeng.

"Take it if I give it to you. Don't come into Lotus Pavilion today if you don't clean your sword sheath properly. Enough said, lead the way. This place doesn't feel like a good place."

"Yes."

Nanfeng took the sachet, hung it on her belt, and then led the way.

Fang Duobing teased from the side, "Is it that scary? I just saw you change direction while you were walking. There are no poisonous snakes near Nanfeng."

"Those of you who are not afraid of snakes do not understand the fear of snakes that those who are afraid of snakes feel, just as those who do not get carsick do not understand the suffering of carsick people."

"What are you talking about? You're talking about snakes, but why are you also talking about motion sickness?"

Fang Duobing didn't understand.

"It's nothing, let's go."

Following Nanfeng's footsteps, the group walked for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn before arriving at an abandoned garden.

"This should be it."

Although this is called a garden, not a single flower can be seen. In the center of the garden stands a tall, oddly shaped tree. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but it's certainly not an ordinary one.

"This is the first time I've known that there's a garden in this hillside residence."

Su Xiaoyong sighed.

“The Southern Yin people revered plants and trees, so I guess this garden was their ancestral hall.”

As they approached, they discovered numerous memorial tablets beside the trees. All of the others were written in the Southern Yin script, except for one written in Central Plains Chinese characters: "The Divine Tablet of the Late Ancestor, Jin Gong, at Banshan."

"This must be Jin Banshan's memorial tablet. He should be Jin Mantang's grandfather. As for the other memorial tablets with the characters of Nan Yin, this one must have been erected after they came to the Central Plains."

Fang Duobing guessed that this statement was agreed upon by many people.

"The Jin family's ancestors, ten years ago and ten years later, everything is related to Nan Yin. The Nan Yin secret treasure that Liu Rujing mentioned, which can destroy the world, must be for this reason."

"But what can we do...?"

"Look over there, everyone."

Li Lianhua pointed to the area covered by weeds under the trees.

Following the direction Li Lianhua pointed, Fang Duobing used his sword sheath to push aside the weeds blocking the way, revealing a carved scene to everyone.

"This is Suiyan, the evil god of Nanyin. The thing he's holding in his left hand should be the Heartless Locust Tree, and the thing in his right hand is the Asura Grass. And what are those flame-shaped things on his head?"

"Burn your body, drive away your soul, sacrifice to my sage, let the karmic fire burn the heavens."

Su Xiaoyong looked at the text translation of Nan Yin next to the image.

Wu You: This tree has been dead for at least ten years, exposed to wind, sun and rain, yet it hasn't weathered away. The carved images and words are still there. Isn't that a bit unscientific?

"Ignite your soul, isn't that just a line from Jin Mantang Bingpian?"

"The secret treasure that burns the heavens and destroys the earth with karmic fire, then it refers to the ball of fire on the head of the evil god, which may be the first of the three great secret arts of Nanyin, the Karmic Fire Gu."

Li Lianhua guessed.

Everyone knew about Miss Zhiyu's situation, and since there were no other outsiders present, they didn't shy away from discussing it.

"Karmic Fire Gu, that is the king of all Gu, the head of all evil arts."

Seeing that everyone was puzzled by these things, Su Xiaoyong explained.

"Many years ago, the ancestors of Nanyin obtained the Karmic Fire Gu, which is why they gathered millions of evil soldiers to destroy the seven southwestern states and establish Nanyin."

"Could it be a myth or legend?"

Fang Duobing didn't believe in such a mysterious thing.

"How could that be? My grandfather never wrote anything out of nowhere in his notes."

Su Xiaoyong retorted, "Let me think. Back then, Grandpa labeled it as an inhuman technique, the root of all evil. That thing is incredibly sinister, but for the past hundred years, no one has mentioned it. I thought it had disappeared."

"Nanmu reveres plants and trees, and the one he holds in the highest esteem is the Karmic Fire Gu. Since fire is in his destiny, and fire overcomes plants and trees, Nanyin must both respect and fear this Karmic Fire Gu."

"The cauldron that bears the karmic fire should be the Rama Cauldron."

Fang Duobing looked at Wu You, and handed her the item he had taken from the First-Class Tomb.

Wu You looked away and ignored him.

"A cauldron, how can it have such a strange name?"

Su Xiaoyong's rant.

"It should be right. The Luo Mo Cauldron created by the Blood Domain Heavenly Craft Palace a hundred years ago is a kind of mechanism box that is very difficult to open. It requires four Luo Mo Heavenly Ice as keys to open it."

“I’ve heard my aunt say that the icy shard in Jin Mantang’s hand is a kind of key.”

"All those people wanted to collect four pieces of Luo Mo Tian Ice in order to open the Luo Mo Cauldron."

"There were exactly four Nan Yin people who came to the Central Plains at that time."

"There is one in each person's hand."

"It seems that to find the remaining three, we must first find the remaining three people."

"I have a feeling that the Rama Cauldron you're talking about is this one."

Di Feisheng held up a piece of paper that had been soaked in water and presented it to the group of people who were talking.

"Although I don't remember if I've seen the Rama Cauldron before, I feel like it must be it when I see this."

Wu You glanced at it and realized it was the same photo he had been given before. How did it end up like this?

"What is this? Where did you come from?"

Fang Duobing took the photo from Di Feisheng and examined it carefully. It was somewhat blurry, but he could still make out the details. After looking at it for a while, he handed it to Su Xiaoyong.

"You know I have amnesia, how would I know where it came from? It's on me. Is this the Rama Cauldron you're talking about?"

"This should be it. It was taken out of the First-Class Tomb before."

"So this is the Luo Mo Ding. This thing doesn't look very appealing."

After glancing at it, Su Xiaoyong handed it to the girl next to her, Zhiyu.

"This should definitely be Nan Yinwen."

"If this karmic fire is so terrifying, we must notify Baichuan Academy."

As a detective in Baichuan Academy, Fang Duobing's first thought was of Baichuan Academy.

“No.” Li Lianhua refused.

“No.” Wu You disagreed.

"No," Di Fei interrupted.

"What happened to Baichuan Academy? What's going on here...?"

Fang Duobing looked bewildered but stared at the group.

You should think about it more.

Wu You reminded him.

What are you thinking about?

It's hopeless. Or maybe the filter is too thick, and I didn't think about it that way.

"Think about it, when we passed the information to Baichuan Academy about Yipin Tomb and Yuanbao Manor, there was always a situation where the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Li Lianhua explained the reasons for Fang's multiple illnesses.

"You suspect that there are spies infiltrated within the Hyakusen-in? That's impossible."

"Why not? It's always better to be cautious. We'll have to find the remaining three ourselves."

"Ah Fei, they said it's not allowed because they suspect there are spies in Baichuan Academy. Then why don't you want to?"

"There's no reason why, I just feel uncomfortable when I hear about that place."

"you......"

"But we only have one name for these three people. How do we find out about the rest?"

Su Xiaoyong raised the crucial question.

"Miss Zhiyu, does Jin Mantang have any friends he regularly keeps in touch with?"

Li Lianhua looked at Zhiyu, who had been standing at the back of the crowd.

Zhiyu returned the photo of the Luo Mo Ding to Su, who then tossed it to Fang Duobing.

He doesn’t have many friends he sees regularly, but he goes out for a few days every autumn, saying he’s going to a banquet.

"When you have a feast in autumn, the mountains are covered in red."

Fang Duobing stroked the Erya sword and guessed.

"Yes, the invitation says 'Red Mountain'."

After a moment of recollection, Zhiyu answered affirmatively.

"What do you mean by 'mountains covered in red'?"

Su Xiaoyong was puzzled.

"Aren't you the granddaughter of Wanrence? You don't even know about the mountains covered in red leaves?"

Fang Duobing retorted.

"When it comes to eating, drinking, and having fun, who can compare to the eldest young master of the Fang family, right?"

Su Xiaoyong retorted without holding back.

I don't know how Fang Duobing's brain is structured, he has to argue with everyone.

"That's right, let me broaden your horizons. Every autumn when the weather is blazing, the Jade Bone Beauty and Jade Pavilion Spring invites six extraordinary people to a banquet, which is called 'Full Mountain Red'."

"Coincidentally, Yu Louchun was also extremely wealthy, never leaving her home and living in seclusion all year round, which was very similar to Jin Mantang."

Fang Duobing was arrogant because of his extensive knowledge and talent.

"In other words, 'The mountains are red' is an elegant name given to the banquets of the rich, and the red on the mountains represents the women who were swindled and deceived."

"So that's how it is, Wu You. Where did you hear this from? Then this Yu Louchun is also a scourge to the martial arts world. We must bring her back to Baichuan Academy."

"Those women are so pitiful."

Su Xiaoyong and Zhiyu both felt a little reluctant.

"I've heard that it's not a good place."

“Yu Louchun is the most suspicious, but we might as well go and meet him.”

"It's not something you can just see whenever you want. Although he holds the 'Red Hills' event every year, no one knows where he lives. Only the invited guests know where he is."

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Lotus Tower Small Theater

Wu You: Everyone has something interesting to say about this discussion, so I'll start.

Wu You: I've only aged four years in ten years.

Li Lianhua: In fact, I am already dead.

Flying Flute: I fed my body to the Gu, and the blood I released was made up of insects.

Fang Duobing: My master is Li Xiangyi, the number one martial arts master in the world. I am proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy, painting to martial arts techniques.

Su Xiaoyong: I have a grandfather who knows everything about astronomy and geography, and a brother who is a miracle doctor.

Zhiyu: I am a medicine person, and I am often bled out.

Nanfeng: I and another person, for ten years, persisted in searching for that one person, and only then did we find them.

Yu Lou Chun: Although it is strange, it is not strange enough. Only two invitations with red flowers all over the mountains can be sent out.