Chapter 20: The Mysterious Mechanism of the Jade Box

  Jade box half a foot square, heavy and cold in the hand, with mountain water green bird engraved on it, looks quite elegant.

  The gourd coughed, with a pair of small hands that seemed to be bursting out of his eyes, handed the box over to Liang Xin's hands and said magnanimously: "Things left by Liang Yiliu, you take it... don't you want to open it and take a look?"

  Qu Qing Shi pressed down on Liang Xin, using his hand to gently tap the jade box all around, and only after carefully examining it did he nod: "There shouldn't be any mechanisms or restrictions, just be careful when opening it."

  Liang Xin carefully opened the lid of the jade box, and a pungent smell that made people want to vomit immediately emanated from it. Liang Xin was choked to tears, and Hu Lu hurriedly waved his paw, and a strong gust of wind blew away the terrible stench.

  Liáng Xīn couldn't bear to part with a belly full of peaches, and struggled to hold back his nausea. He gritted his teeth, held his breath, and used all his strength to pull the lid off completely. After they saw what was inside, everyone gasped in shock.

  Inside the square box, neatly arranged was a human head!

  The human head had long since withered, the dark greenish-black skin shriveled up, without any luster, dryly clinging to the facial bones, and on top of the head still hung some scattered, thread-like hair, making it impossible to discern its original appearance.

  Several people looked at each other in confusion, none of them understanding why Liang Yier wanted to hide a human head in the toilet.

  The calabaza was anxious and reached out to take the person's head out, feeling up and down, shaking it from time to time.

  Qu Qing Shi turned his head and asked Liu Yi, who hadn't had time to close his mouth yet: "Where did you find it?"

  "Yueying replied: 'Wuying Pavilion'."

  The Jiulong Temple has a unified design, which has not changed for over 300 years. Each one has two secret rooms, one called the Dark Stabbing Pavilion, used to store sharp weapons in case of emergency; the other stores confidential documents, called the Shadowless Pavilion.

  Liang Yier seemingly didn't intentionally hide this box, although the Shadow Pavilion is a secret room that outsiders can hardly find, as long as they are formal Jiu Long Qing Yi and their rank is above Tong Ling, they can all find it.

  In the Wuying Pavilion of the Jiulong Temple on Kunshan Mountain, there were no confidential documents. On the empty desk, only a jade box was placed.

  The gourd couldn't see any flaws on the person's head, so he casually handed the head to Qu Qing Shi and waved his hand: "Go and flip again!" Then, he also hugged over the jade box and began to admire it.

  Qu Qing Shi didn't mind the dirt, and carefully examined the head that had been passed to him, turning it over repeatedly. Liu Yi was even more nonchalant, and even used his tongue to lick it once, then spat out saliva and said: "At least three hundred years!"

  Qu Qing shot him a glance, without being polite at all: "Nonsense!"

  The two of them were both masters at autopsy, but they still couldn't find any clues from the head. Qu Qing sighed and turned to ask Liang Xin: "What do you think?"

  Liang Xin had already gotten used to it, and as long as he was with Qu Qing Shi, he would be forced to keep thinking. After a moment of contemplation, he seriously replied: "If the Tian Yuans can't find anything else, then it's this human head."

  Qu Qing Shi hadn't spoken yet when Liu Yi burst out laughing: "What a waste of words!"

  Liang Xin also laughed: "My point is, this skull is very secure, the heavenly guards are guarding it, and it's already safe in itself. The secrets on the skull are not easy to decipher, so putting it in a secret room is enough, no need to set up another mechanism."

  After finishing speaking, he paused for a moment and added another sentence: "Of course, it's also possible that Grandfather had hidden some real treasures in the study."

  Three people were talking, when suddenly there was a thud beside them. The leader of the Heavenly Ape, Hulu, sat down on the ground with a thump, still holding the jade box in his hand. His face was filled with shock and his lips trembled for a moment before he managed to say: "This box... is, is the Linglong Box!"

  The three brothers looked at each other in confusion and gazed at the calabaza, none of them had ever heard of the word "Linglong Box".

  The gourd patted its buttocks and stood up, tightly hugging the jade box. It seemed that it was not going to let go. In a hoarse voice, it told them about the legend of the Lingluo Box in the Cultivation Path.

  In recent thousands of years, there have been three Linglong Jade Boxes that have appeared in the world.

  The first Jade Box appeared 4,000 years ago and was picked up by a nobody cultivator named Mo Zhuiyan. Fifteen years later, Mo Zhuiyan rose to fame overnight with his unpredictable divine powers, defeating seventeen famous cultivators in a row before retiring from the world.

  The second jade box appeared 2,700 years ago and was obtained by a disciple of the Tiěshǒu Mountain sect. Before obtaining the jade box, this evil cultivator had been in decline, his sect having just been destroyed by the Xīngchūn Mountain sect, which was then at the height of its power. Seven years later, this lone evil cultivator single-handedly killed his way up to the top of the Xīngchūn Mountain, slaughtering 1,300 Xīngchūn cultivators and ultimately dying together with the Xīngchūn sect leader.

  The third jade box appeared 700 years ago, immediately triggering a scramble among the major sects, evil paths and demons. In the end, it was seized by the demonic Mo Luo Temple in the far north, but was soon eliminated by the joint efforts of righteous and evil cultivators. All 341 people from Mo Luo Temple were killed, but the jade box itself went missing once again.

  The origin of the Linglong Jade Box is unknown, and no one knows how many there are. What's inside is also a mystery. It's probably not spiritual medicine or precious treasures from heaven and earth, otherwise it wouldn't be possible for ordinary cultivators to become top swordsmen in just a few years or decades.

  The gourd in his hand was a jade box with no seams, and the large box was hollowed out from a single piece of material. The side wall was carved with clouds and auspicious beasts, but it felt smooth to the touch. Only upon closer inspection would one discover that these intricate patterns were actually printed on the inside of the jade box's side wall. These characteristics were exactly those of the legendary "Linglong Box".

  Here is the translation:

  At this point, Hu Lu's lips trembled and he let out a mouthful of turbid air. His orange-yellow eyes stared fixedly at the head in Liu Yi's hand: "Unexpectedly...the Linglong Jade Box actually hid a human head..."

  Liu Yi patted his mouth and burst out laughing: "Demon King, wake up, it's not like that!"

  Qu Qing shook his head and smiled: "Even if this is the Linglong Jade Box, the things inside have long been taken away by people, and later it was used by Lord Liang to store human heads."

  The gourd was stunned, thinking that it was indeed this principle, the jade box had no seal, and someone had opened it long ago. He sneered a few times, and then suddenly realized: "So, the third Linglong Box was obtained by Liang Yier? No wonder he's so powerful!"

  The Tengus were all fierce demons, and under the leader's urging, they searched even more vigorously. Now they have almost dismantled the entire mansion, but except for this jade box containing a human head, they have found nothing else.

  The gourd suddenly felt bored, walked to the front of the three brothers with his hands behind his back: "Liuxin follow me back, you two... also follow me back to recuperate for a while, and talk about it after the injury heals."

  The mine was destroyed, the barbarians made trouble, nineteen masters of the Zhu Li Daoist temple died, and the news had already spread. At this moment, many masters were entering the mountain to investigate. The gourd was the head of the tribe, thinking about his people in his heart, fearing that the masters would disturb their old nest. Having understood what happened here, he wanted to return home immediately.

  Qu Qing shook his head and said, "I still want to search for a while in the office, see if I can find some correspondence documents between Ban Shan Yuan."

  Liu Yi naturally wanted to stay with Qu Qing Shi, and Liang Xin couldn't bear to leave now. The gourd seemed a bit impatient, waved his hand and said: "Then I'll go back to take care of the old nest first, you can find us after you've finished searching." He left four Tianyuan with deep cultivation to take care of them, and led the large team back to the mountain.

  The three brothers didn't say anything more, and each of them carefully searched the messy room, wanting to find some clues to investigate what kind of government office was behind the Mountain Moving Institute.

  The four fire-tailed heavenly apes left behind were still steady and calm, following them from behind. Before long, they became impatient and started to scratch their ears and cheeks in annoyance. As soon as the three brothers looked over, they quickly put down their paws and stood up straight with their chests out.

  Qu Qing Shi also felt uncomfortable with the four monkeys following behind him, so he turned around and smiled at them: "Trouble you four... immortals, help us find some food. After this ordeal, I'm starving."

  The four immortals were overjoyed, struggling to suppress the twitching of their faces, nodding slowly, and then ran away like a puff of smoke.

  Liang Xinting was delighted and strolled over to ask Qu Qingshi: "What a coincidence, I'm also hungry."

  Qū Qīng Shí didn't pay attention to him...

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  The Bronze Throne

  Author Huo Lie 1989 (that guy who wrote Violent Fox Spirit)

  Introduction:

  The vast and desolate world stretches from the Great Mountains of a Million to the north, to the Gobi Desert in the south, with the boundless ocean to the east and the endless forest to the west. Within this region, numerous ethnic groups stand tall.

  Mysterious and unpredictable magicians, powerful and sinister beastmen, invincible swordsmen with unparalleled attack power, mighty dragon knights, descendants of gods and demons from all heavens, infinitely powerful extreme northern barbarians, various dark and sinister races, ancient giants who destroy the sky and earth, as well as some mysterious and innately powerful racial existences...

  The top black boxing master of the previous life on Earth, reborn in a barbarian tribe, unexpectedly obtained a bronze seal that fell from the sky, and relying on his unique and powerful abilities, started a peak career in a bloody and stormy world!

  Ancient martial arts, dazzling battles, barbaric tribes, ferocious beasts, mysterious magic, gods and demons from ancient legends...

  The weak are preyed upon by the strong, and only the fittest survive. The legend of the Bronze Throne has begun!

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