Chapter 4: Golden Goose Kung Fu

  On the road leading to Xiāng Lóng Guān, Fāng Líng Yuè's heart trembled more and more.

  At first, Mingming was walking along the correct path indicated by the signs three meters away from the spatial fissures or various pitfalls, but he somehow ended up getting closer and closer to them.

  When Fang Ling arrived at the edge of Xianglong Temple, due to a slight stumble, his fluttering hair suddenly fell off in a big chunk.

  If it weren't for this map of the snowy mountain, Fang Ling wouldn't even know how far he could walk on this road to Xianglong Temple.

  But the treacherous road also brought great rewards. Although he didn't dare to venture too far in, Fang Lin's medicine bag still contained quite a few things.

  Not to mention anything else, just the three-leaf grass that's over twenty years old, there are at least seven plants. Based on the host's memory of the price, this basket of medicine is worth almost two thousand gold coins.

  The location of Xianglong Temple has finally arrived, but what is Xianglong Temple here? What unfolded before Fang Ling's eyes was a platform that was only thirty mu in size.

  On the platform, there is uneven vegetation growing.

  Fang Ling walked onto the platform according to the route, and after a slight pause, he didn't immediately look at the plants. Instead, he used his long sword to cut down a small tree that was over one zhang tall, then slowly used the small tree to probe around in all directions.

  This is to take a look around to see if there's any danger.

  No danger, no risk, and no hazard!

  Fang Lin spent half an hour exploring the entire platform and found no danger at all.

  This was a great relief for him.

  Although there is no auspicious dragon view, with this platform, at least he has a place to rest.

  At the moment when the long stick protruded from the platform, Fang Ling felt that the wind mark in front of him moved slightly, and the long stick in his hand was silently cut into two halves.

  This discovery shocked Fang Ling's heart!

  After more than 20 trials, Fang Ling can confirm that this platform is not even a bit dangerous, but the surroundings of the platform are hundreds of times more dangerous than usual places.

  Not only are there numerous large and small spatial cracks everywhere, but many silent and invisible holes appear and disappear silently, and it is unknown how many there are.

  If it weren't for having a map, coming to this place would be almost certain death.

  Sitting on the ground and resting for a while, Fang Lin only then began to carefully examine the things on this platform.

  "Clover, a full hundred years of clover!" Fang Ling had already picked quite a few clovers, so he was very sensitive to them. He looked at the thick spiral pattern on the roots of the clover and suddenly made a definite judgment.

  Ten years is two hundred gold, twenty years of three-leaf grass is five hundred gold, one hundred years of three-leaf grass, that's at least over a thousand gold.

  I've become rich myself!

  Thinking of how easily he had come to this secluded mountain, a strong urge to laugh out loud rose up in Fang Lin's heart. This urge was not only from his master, but also from himself.

  In his past life, Fang Ling was an orphan who had long been accustomed to living a frugal life where one dollar could be split in half. His dream was to rely on his own two hands to become one of the wealthy.

  And now, a golden highway has appeared before him.

  Looking at the various herbs growing on the platform, Fang Ling seemed to see a field of gold.

  However, Fang Ling soon came to his senses. Whether it was the experience of his past life or the experiences he had in this world, they all clearly told him one thing: having only money without matching strength is like being a fat pig in other people's eyes, and who knows when someone would directly kill him off.

  But to grasp one's own destiny in one's own hands is no easy matter; it requires strength.

  "This is the Eagle Snake Fruit." Fang Lin arrived at a location on the left side of the platform, looking at a red fruit hanging from a small branch, about the size of a fist. The fruit had two obvious protrusions, one resembling an eagle and the other resembling a snake.

  Eagle Snake Fruit, Eighth-Rank Spirit Medicine!

  If sold to Zhen Bao Xuan, it would be worth at least 10,000 taels of gold.

  But compared with gold, what attracted Fang Ling was the effect of this eagle snake fruit.

  For cultivators below the seventh layer of Qi Refining, a single Eagle Snake Fruit can allow them to break through one boundary.

  For most masters, this eagle snake fruit is a good thing that can be encountered but cannot be sought after, although the effect of this medicine will disappear after using it for the second time.

  After a brief moment of hesitation, Fang Lin picked the eagle snake fruit and slowly put it in his mouth. At this moment, strength was the most important thing, as for how to break through later, that would be a matter for later.

  As soon as the Eagle Snake Fruit entered, Fang Lin felt a surge of heat flowing through his chest and abdomen. According to his memory, Fang Lin slowly urged the cultivation of the Fang family's inherited Qi Yuan Gong, and the internal energy began to rapidly circulate within his body.

  And that hot air was like a robust man, quickly surging into the inner energy. Fang Ling felt that his body's inner energy was circulating at twice the speed.

  One lap, two laps, three laps...

  After twenty-four weeks of running, Fang Ling felt a bit tense.

  From the second layer of Qigong to the third layer of Qigong, the Kan is to break through the internal Qi operation from 24 weeks to 25 weeks.

  Although it's just a weekend, many people can't help but break through and get obsessed because they can't get enough.

  The host fell down at this critical moment.

  "Boom!"

  Along with a slight tremor, the twenty-fifth heaven that had caused the host to suffer greatly just before was instantly broken through by Fang Lin.

  The inner energy in Fang Ling's body was rapidly circulating, and Fang Ling felt that the meridians in his body had been widened by one-third, and the speed of the inner energy circulation had increased by threefold.

  "Ah!"

  A stream of white air, like a three-foot-long white sword, was spat out from Fang Lin's mouth.

  Under the illumination of sunlight, this white gas refracts into specks of colorful light.

  Breathing like a sword, practicing internal energy in three layers.

  As he drew the white energy into his belly, Fang Lin felt a thrill in his heart. According to his master's memory, cultivating three layers of Qi could allow one to lift two thousand catties.

  His gaze swept around and saw a stone the size of a table lying quietly on the ground.

  This stone should weigh two thousand catties.

  Fang Lin grasped the two corners of the stone with both hands, circulated his internal energy, and lifted the stone directly.

  "Boom!"

  Fang Ling threw the stone on the ground and looked at the rolling stone. In Fang Ling's eyes, there was a feeling of wanting to cry.

  This feeling should be the host's underlying consciousness.

  The host had been pursuing the third layer of Qi training with great difficulty, but thanks to the Eagle Snake Fruit, he was able to break through easily.

  Sitting on a rock, Fang Ling felt a sense of pride and accomplishment. The reason he was able to obtain the Eagle Snake Fruit was all thanks to the Map of Lai Shan Tour.

  "Hmm, what's this?"

  Just as Fang Ling's fingers unconsciously slid across the stone surface, he suddenly felt that the stone surface was slightly concave.

  Lowering one's head to take a look, on the back of the stone, there are some small human figures. These little people seem to be flipping in mid-air. Underneath the little people, there are also some written characters.

  But these words now seem very faint, with a feeling of being worn away by time.

  "Golden geese soar in the sky, wandering freely, occasionally gaining insight, scribbling randomly... Qiu Chuji!"

  The last three words made Fang Lin's mouth open wide in surprise.

  Qiu Chuji, isn't this the Chongyangzi of the Quanzhen School?

  It is said that Xianglong Temple was his place of cultivation back then, and it seems this rumor is true.

  The auspicious dragon view of this Lao Shan secret realm is not gone, but has been erased by the marks of time. What can be left behind is just this piece of mountain stone and the words on it.

  Fang Lin carefully read through all the handwriting, knowing that it was on a certain evening when Qiu Chuji watched the wild geese flying north and accidentally gained inspiration, further developing the Golden Goose Technique of the Quanzhen School.

  Overjoyed, he then carved his gains onto a mountain stone.

  As for Jin Yan Gong, Fang Ling had some impression of him in his previous life. At this time, there was Qiu Chuji's note, why not take a closer look?

  The moonlight didn't know when it shone on the platform, originally motionless, Fang Ling suddenly rose into the air and flew to a height of three zhang.

  At this time, people would normally fall down, but Fang Lin took a step back and walked thirteen steps in mid-air before landing.

  At this time, Fang Ling, under the moonlight, didn't look like a human being, but rather looked exactly like a large wild goose taking to the air.

  Gently fell on one side of the stone, Fang Ling stared at the words of Chang Chunzi, his palm moved, and all the words were erased.

  Jin Yan's skill was already quite accomplished at a young age, so he naturally didn't need these written characters.

  Although the Golden Goose Skill is not considered a top-notch skill, Fang Ling feels that with this Golden Goose Skill, he has increased his combat power and ability to evade others' attacks by 50%.

  Especially in terms of avoiding other people's attacks, if he had used the Golden Goose Skill before Roger, he wouldn't have needed to take risks and could have directly used the Golden Goose Skill to create distance between himself and Roger.

  Unfortunately, Zhang Chunzi only left behind Jin Yan Gong here. It would be even better if he had left some other Quanzhen Sect's martial skills!

  ……

  The sun rises in the east, and Fang Ling will collect all the medicines that can be used on the Shanglongguan platform into his own backpack. One medicine bag is now half full.

  From last night, Fang Ling had been facing two choices: going up the mountain or down the mountain. In the end, Fang Ling still decided to go up. Although there were more dangers going up, he believed that with his mental map of the scenic spots, those places that others feared would not have much impact on him.

  Just as Fang Ling thought, going up didn't pose any danger to him. Although he could feel more and more spatial cracks the higher he went, these cracks didn't harm Fang Ling in the slightest.

  After putting a hawk snake fruit into his backpack, Fang Lin came to the Jade Emperor Temple and the Temple of the White Immortal. Unfortunately, there was nothing else here except for the same platform as the Dragon's Den and some medicine.

  Eagle Snake Fruit, Fang Lin saw a dozen or so in the position of the Jade Emperor's Temple, but Fang Lin did not pick any more. If he were to take these dozen Eagle Snake Fruits out now, he might die without a place to bury his body.

  Compared with medicine, these two places didn't leave Fang Lin anything worth remembering.

  Everything has become nothing with the passage of time.

  He looked up at the mountain top, still over 200 meters away. Fang Ling was about to head upwards when he vaguely saw a large tree shining with specks of colorful light in the sunlight!