The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 343 Returning the Water Pavilion

The area near the grove was full of flowers and plants, but the colors were slightly different from other places. The man in gray was on the top of the tree. He jumped into the moonlight and flew lightly more than ten feet away. He walked with steady steps along the route the little girls had taken before, and in the blink of an eye he walked out of the sea of ​​flowers.

Looking back, he saw the flowers swaying in the breeze, and he seemed to see faint flashes of cold light. "Even the flowers have traps. This little brat is quite vigilant. What a pity..."

The deeper you go into Chanhe Villa, the more people there are. There is no curfew or night curfew in the entire Chanhe Villa. The periphery is heavily guarded, but the inside is quite relaxed. Looking around, the lights are bright and people are coming and going. I don't know why, but I couldn't see anything from the outside before.

"Could that thick fog really be caused by the formation?" The man in gray seemed to be quite familiar with the terrain of Chanhe Villa. After a few turns, he avoided the crowd and went deeper into the villa. This was the inner house of Chanhe Villa. It suddenly became much quieter. There were fewer pavilions and towers, but it was more exquisite and gorgeous.

There are few people here, but there are many beasts. The fierce dogs growl from time to time to show their presence, which makes the man in gray very upset. These things have insufficient killing power, but are extremely vigilant. Even first-class masters find it difficult to escape their eyes, ears and noses.

As the moon rose high in the sky, the man in gray saw from afar the shadowy figures in the main house. Although he was not close, he could still guess that the owner there was enjoying a delicious meal. Over the years, Gusu Academy has produced a lot of delicious food, and the food is so exquisite that people never tire of it. It can be said that it is the best in the Central Plains in terms of enjoyment. Even he, who was hiding outside, had heard a little about it.

"You'll lose your ambition if you indulge in trivial things." The man in gray suddenly felt his stomach growling. It was obvious that a master like him could go without food for three to five days without any problem, but he had to eat on an empty stomach in front of all the delicious food, which made him feel really uncomfortable.

After finally waiting for dinner to end, I saw the maids cleaning up the mess, and two figures ran straight to the backyard, one in front and one behind. That was the forbidden area of ​​the Murong family, the Shishui Pavilion.

The Huanshi Water Pavilion is very unusual. Even dogs are not allowed to approach it. Only the mistress and the young master are qualified to enter.

The Water Pavilion is a three-story building, built quite magnificently. It is surrounded by a river of twenty to thirty feet. There is only a wooden bridge leading directly to the Water Pavilion. The door of the Water Pavilion is not locked, but it weighs a thousand pounds. If you don't know the skills, even an ordinary first-class master can't push it open.

The first floor of the Huanshishui Pavilion was magnificently decorated, serving as a study, furnished with desks, chairs, benches, and all the essentials of a study. There were also several compartments with rest and toiletries. The second floor contained a vast collection of books, including numerous works from various schools of thought, including dozens or even dozens of rare editions, enough to support a wealthy family for a century. The third floor contained numerous martial arts secrets, categorized into various types of boxing, kicking, martial arts, concealed weapons, and other weapons. A careful count would reveal at least several hundred different types of martial arts.

However, these things on the surface are not the real foundation of the Shi Shui Pavilion. If you move a bookshelf in the study on the first floor, you can see a secret passage. Two rows of luminous pearls emit a bright light. More than ten meters down is a secret room, which is three times larger than the attic. The boxes are locked one by one, and the labels on them will surely cause a sensation in the whole world if people see them.

"Beggar Gang's Dragon Subduing Palm." "Beggar Gang's Dog Beating Stick Technique."

"Dali Duan clan's One Yang Finger." "Dali Duan clan's Six Meridians Divine Sword." "Dali Duan clan's Six Yang Melting Snow Technique."

"Shaolin Vajra Indestructible Magic." "Shaolin Vajra Palm." "Shaolin Vajra Finger." "Shaolin..."

"Quanzhen Purple Qi Coming from the East Divine Art." "Quanzhen Xiantian Art."

The man in gray took out a box from his back. Inside were handwritten volumes recording the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills. But when he saw the labels on the boxes, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Looking around, the total number of unique martial arts was definitely no less than seventy-two, including more than a dozen of the Shaolin Seventy-two Unique Skills. What shocked him the most was the Beggar Gang's Dragon Subduing Palm and the Dali Six Meridians Divine Sword. You know, these two skills were what he had coveted for a long time but had never been able to master.

"Is it fake? Or maybe, empty?" The man in gray had a struggling expression on his face, but in the end he couldn't help but stepped forward and quietly opened the box with the label of Dali Duan's Six Meridians Divine Sword. He saw a note inside with this line of words written on it: You don't really think I would put the Six Meridians Divine Sword diagram here, do you?

The man in gray raised his eyebrows and his eyes twitched. He suddenly found that the position of the note was different. It seemed to be too shallow. He gently took the note away. What looked like the bottom of the box was actually a partition. There were two inconspicuous mechanisms on each side. He pushed the partition open at the same time, and another note came into view: There are hidden weapons inside. Be careful.

The man in gray was a cautious person, but he had his reasons not to be cautious. He took a closer look and found that the outside of the box also had a special mechanism. He gently turned it twice, and there was a "click" sound. The stone platform under the box cracked, and scrolls rolled out, exactly six scrolls.

"It's actually the Six Meridians Divine Sword!" The gray-clothed man's ability to sneak all the way into Chanhe Manor was no ordinary feat. His martial arts skills were unparalleled in the martial arts world, and he could easily distinguish the real from the fake. But how was this possible?! How did the Murong family obtain this Six Meridians Divine Sword diagram?

If even the Six Meridians Divine Sword, which is known as the best sword in the world, is real, then what about the others?

The gray-robed man didn't look at the Dragon Subduing Palm. Instead, he took out the Shaolin Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill and examined it carefully under the bright light of the night pearl. The more he looked, the more sweat appeared on his forehead. Really? Fake?

He took out the booklet from the box behind him and compared it carefully. He was shocked to find that the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill hidden there was even more complete and detailed than what he had copied.

"Is this possible?! How could there be a Vajra Indestructible Divine Art in this world that is more complete than the one in the Shaolin Sutra Library?!" The man in gray almost exclaimed loudly. The more carefully he compared the two versions of the magic art, the more horrified he felt.

With his eyes, he could naturally see that both versions were true. Not only were the cores almost identical, but the contents were also very similar. However, the differences were very fatal. The Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill in the Shaolin Sutra Library actually had some traps. These traps were not easy to be discovered under normal circumstances and did not cause much damage. However, if one was cultivated to a high level, one would be counterattacked if not careful.

"Good, good, good, what a great Shaolin!" The gray-clothed man laughed in anger, his aura rising continuously, but he soon lost his spirit and became curious about where the Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill in the Shishui Pavilion came from. Not only was it more complete, it also contained many notes from practitioners, and it seemed real no matter how you looked at it.

Comparing the other Shaolin secret techniques one by one, the man in gray found that these techniques were indeed more complete than the copies he had in his hand. He couldn't help but sigh, and was so angry that he almost smashed the entire box of 72 secret techniques to pieces. What had he been hiding in Shaolin for so many years? What was the use of these secret techniques he had obtained?

Suddenly, there was a sound from below, as if someone was arguing about something. The man in gray flashed to the side of a stone platform. Sure enough, there was a secret door behind it, which was wide open. There was another secret room below. He looked up and saw the familiar font of the magical skill "The Change of Stars" that he had seen countless times. On the other side of the stone wall, there were engraved the "Sanhe Finger" and "Longcheng Sword Technique".

There are two secret rooms on the second floor. The outer one records the core inheritance of the Murong family, and there is also a training room inside. Under the light, there seems to be a fierce quarrel.