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Mountain and sea lantern

Chapter 133: Incense

Chapter 133 Incense That’s right, the name tag on the bracelet clearly says: Xuanzhou Youxiashan 1. In this situation, looking around would not be enough, so she just threw the thing in Lan'er's hand away, grabbed the tag on Shi Chun's bracelet like catching a bug, and stretched her head to take a closer look. The two people who were sighing were caught off guard and soon realized that the action of raising their hands gave them away. It was too late for Shi Chun to withdraw his hand, as Xiang Lan'er was holding on to the cards tightly, as if he was grabbing a bull's nose. After reading one side, he turned to the other side and saw only the words "Wang Sheng" written on it. Wang Sheng from Xuanzhou Yuxia Mountain? Xiang Lan'er looked at Shi Chun as if he were a monster, then turned to look at Wu Jinliang. Wu Jinliang reacted quite quickly. Seeing that something was wrong, he took a look at the directions of the two tags on his bracelet. He didn't know if it was because of the difference in weight of the two tags, but he found that the revealing side was actually facing Xiang Lan'er. He immediately shook his wrist lightly and threw the real thing to the other side. This aspect shows the ability to respond to emergencies, and is neat and experienced. Xiang Lan'er took a quick look and then took a closer look and found that there was actually no problem with Wu Jinliang's. However, when comparing the two, he also found problems. Some of the work was indeed a bit rough and the color difference could not stand up to the comparison, so he immediately discovered something wrong. Naturally, he suspected that Shi Chun's was fake, so he immediately pulled it to confirm. How could he be so serious about it? The other card was exposed on the spot.

Well, Wu Jinliang's little trick was in vain. Xiang Lan'er just grabbed the brand of his bracelet and turned it half a circle, and the other fake one was exposed. "What are you doing? Men and women shouldn't touch each other." Wu Jinliang retracted his hand with a complaining look. Xiang Lan'er asked in surprise, "Wang Sheng, Gao Qiang, why are you pretending to be from the Xuanzhou sect?" Shi Chun said calmly: "I heard that Xuanzhou is very powerful, so I just use its reputation to protect myself." Wu Jinliang: "That's right, we are so weak, what's wrong with being brave? It's not shameful." Shi Chun: "My dear sister Lan, can't you tell what's important right now? Why are you holding on to these two pieces of broken copper and iron? Are you going to find the things or not?" Xiang Lan'er flicked the fake card with one finger, "I'm just wondering, who made this? It's so crudely made, and you dare to use it as a fake? You're using this to embolden yourself, aren't you afraid of scaring yourself to death? If you show this to others, treating them like fools, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up?" These were layman's words, and Shi Chun and Wu Jin both looked at him with contempt. In their opinion, fake things are fake things. If you really want to be picky, the imitations will be exposed no matter how similar they are. The process of counterfeiting has never relied on the thing itself, but on the human process. The same thing, the same impersonation method, a subtle look, a slight micro-expression may arouse suspicion. If a veteran performs the same trick, the audience will not be able to see the loopholes, but if a novice performs it, he may be suspected everywhere. In short, practice makes perfect. Do it more and when you get used to it, you will naturally dare to treat people as fools. But experience is something that cannot be explained or taught, so the two of them had nothing to say except contempt. Shi Chun stretched his chin towards something on the ground, "My hands are sore from lifting them, let's get down to business." It was indeed business that was more important. Xiang Lan'er shook her head speechlessly at the two of them and continued to look through the things one by one. After looking around, Xiang Lan'er finally picked out five bundles of incense sticks, each bundle probably had nearly a hundred sticks, and asked, "Are these incense sticks from Sun Shigang?" Wu Jinliang: "Both. One of them was stabbed in the body. Do you think it was this thing?" Xiang Lan'er: "Apart from this, I can't see anything special about the other things. They are all normal items, and the medicines in the bottles and jars, at least on the surface, there is nothing wrong. Only these five bundles of incense sticks always feel weird. Although burning incense to purify the mind is a common thing for practitioners, it feels a bit awkward to bring them into the Xiji venue." Shi Chun and the other person looked at each other in silence. This could only be described as a preconceived judgment.

As he spoke, Xiang Lan'er had already pulled out a stick of incense, took out the fire maker and lit it. Slightly yellow smoke immediately came out. Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang held their breath without hesitation. Xiang Lan'er tried to sniff it, and frowned after sniffing, "Why does this fragrance smell like burnt food?" No matter what it smelled like, Shi Chun and the other man held their breath and watched and observed. Incense sticks burn very slowly. After watching for a while, Shi Chun asked, "What's the point of trying like this?" Xiang Lan'er nodded slightly, "We'll know if it works or not after we go to the Moon Sea and try it out." Shi Chunli said: "We dare not go in, let's give it a try." Just kidding. If he were to fall into that dark space again, he might not be able to get out using the same method. At least with his current level of cultivation, he wouldn't dare to take that risk again. Xiang Laner reached out to pick up the incense on the ground, "I'll arrange for someone to try it." Shi Chun was quick with his hands, grabbing four of the five bundles of incense sticks as if they were snatched away. His intention to be on guard was obvious, and he also collected the other things, in case this woman played a trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, fearing that the really useful things might be other objects. Xiang Lan'er sneered secretly. If I really want to rob you two, the things on you will be no different from mine. She didn't care and stood up to grab the cloak that had fallen down. Feng Lin took off into the air again, and the three of them headed straight for the Moon Sea. After arriving near the Moon Sea, the three of them found a place to dig a cave where they could simply hide. Afterwards, a group of five people called by Xiang Lan'er also arrived. The process of the meeting between the two sides is hard to describe. They all found cloth to wrap themselves up. Even Shi Chun did the same after Xiang Lan'er reminded him. Xiang Lan'er also didn't want Shi Chun's identity as a demon to be exposed to others. As for Wu Jinliang, he was too tall and his knife was too big, so no matter how tightly he was masked, it was useless. He could only hide in the dark and not show his face. The five people who were given incense sticks and received orders headed straight for the moon sea. Shi Chun and Xiang Lan'er followed and saw the five people jump into the moon sea under the cliff. They stopped at the edge of the cliff and waited. They were not idle either. In order to avoid the overlooking mirror, following Shi Chun's suggestion, the two of them dug a cave directly on the cliff of the Moon Sea, and soil and rocks fell into the Moon Sea with a loud noise. About an hour later, when it was getting dark, the five people all returned safely and were called into a cave on the cliff to meet each other. The five people also brought back a bug crystal. The insect crystal is not important. What Xiang Lan'er cares about is the process. The five people said that they followed the instructions and after entering the Moon Sea, they cast a spell to diffuse the smoke. Looking at the remaining amount of incense sticks, they estimated that one stick could last for three hours, and they did not find any danger during this period. This is the current situation. In such a short period of time, the five of them cannot make any other judgments. For this purpose, Xiang Lan'er distributed a batch of incense sticks to the five people, and mercilessly ordered them to continue searching for the Chong Ji Crystal at night, and not to come back before dawn. What's more, he required these people to show their sandalwood gold lighting. The five people followed the order without hesitation and jumped into the Moon Sea without any hesitation. No one questioned it. Shi Chun was amazed at the decisiveness of carrying out orders. None of the factions present at the meeting were so obedient, and neither were his subordinates from Dong Jiuyuan. Shi Chun was still not idle. He continued to expand the cave. After he made an inner room, he contacted Wu Jinliang and called him over. He was not very comfortable leaving Wu Jinliang alone.

That night, the sound of "woooo" horns could be heard from the depths of the distant moon sea from time to time, and occasionally there would be sounds of fighting, which made Xiang Lan'er very worried. Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang didn't care. Death was a common occurrence and they were used to it. Anyway, the dead were not their own people. At dawn the next day, the five men returned intact and handed in three more Insect Crystals. They still reported that they had not encountered any danger, but only heard sounds of fighting in the distance. Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang, who was eavesdropping in the inner room, were both cheered up. They vaguely felt that the incense stick might really be useful. With this thing, they couldn't encounter monsters. They didn't know what it was made of. Xiang Lan'er took out the atlas and asked the five people to mark the areas they had explored, and then asked the five people to go back and rest. Afterwards, he used the mother-and-child talisman to recruit two groups of ten people, and again ordered the ten people to enter the Moon Sea to search in the same way. After testing a similar method for three consecutive days, none of the people sent out were lost, and it was basically confirmed that the key to this trip was the incense stick. Xiang Lan'er immediately organized the people she had into groups. She didn't know why only six groups were arranged to go to Yuehai to wait for orders. She was worried that there was a reason for doing so. For safety reasons, she decided to use those six groups to get in touch with the secret of the incense stick, and not let the other six groups know. She divided the six groups of thirty people into three groups, with ten people in each group. They took turns entering the moon sea to search and taking turns to rest. Anyway, there is still plenty of time, so she is not in a hurry. As time went by, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang, who thought they could reap the rewards without any effort, gradually became a little anxious. They discovered that things were not as good as they had imagined. Even though Lan'er's people were searching day and night, they could only find dozens of moons a day at most. This was a huge difference from when they first entered the lunar sea. Come to think of it, it cannot be blamed that Lan'er's men were lazy. The situation was different. This was the first time they followed Xuanzhou's men in. The reason why they were able to get so much was not only because of the large number of people, but the important thing was that a wave of Insect Crystal Meteor Showers happened to land at the search site. In other words, the Insect Crystals in the Moon Sea are not everywhere. A small mosquito is still meat. It’s better to give up than to give up. However, Shi Chun is unwilling to do so. He calculates the time and just waits. After spending more than ten days, all the incense sticks were used up, and the search for the moon sea was finally over. Xiang Lan'er, who had counted the number of Insect Crystals, placed several tied black cloth bags in front of Shi Chun and the others, "Four hundred and seventy-seven. A sect alone has this number. It is enough for Wukang Mountain to give an explanation to Shengzhou. The problem now is, when we give an explanation to Wukang Mountain, how should we distribute the credit and how can we reasonably explain where the things came from." As Shi Chun listened, he suddenly laughed, "You guys are so dedicated to this Chongji Crystal, aren't you just trying to make you the daughter-in-law of the Wukang Mountain Sect Master?" Xiang Lan'er did not deny it, and said expressionlessly: "People are talking nonsense, and there must be something to stop them from talking. Nothing is more suitable than merit." Shi Chun said happily: "Alright, we don't want any of these insect crystals, they are all yours, and all the credit is yours." Xiang Lan'er was surprised. "Then why are you so eager to find this?" Shi Chun glanced at a few black bags and said, "In order to compete for first place, this is too little. We don't like it. Lend me your men. If not, I'm afraid you won't be able to justify your lie about the insect crystal when you get to Wukang Mountain!" (End of this chapter)