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Golden Eagle!
With the sun's rays shielding them, the golden eagle surveyed the Ruyang Prince's Palace from over a thousand meters above the ground.
Because it was midday, no one was looking up at the sky, which gave the golden eagles excellent concealment.
Through the mental link of [Aesop's Potion], Mo Jiang has figured out the terrain and layout of the Ruyang Prince's Mansion.
According to his investigation over the past few days, the Prince of Ruyang is not in Dadu; it seems he has led his troops to quell the uprising.
Prince Chahantemur of Ruyang held the position of Grand Commandant, wielding supreme military power. He was the most capable person in the court, and all the uprisings in the Jianghuai region were suppressed by his troops.
The rebel army repeatedly rose and fell, all because of Chahantemur's skillful command of troops.
Mo Jiang had been observing this place for several days and confirmed that not only was Prince Ruyang absent, but even Zhao Min and Wang Baobao were not in the palace.
This thwarted his original plan.
His original plan was that if he found these people, he would snipe them from a distance, causing turmoil in the Yuan Dynasty's military leadership.
After all, due to the Yellow River floods, uprisings broke out everywhere, and it was only thanks to Prince Ruyang leading troops to suppress the uprisings that the current emperor was able to have a peaceful life.
However, because of the increasingly high achievements of Prince Ruyang, the emperor also found it difficult to sleep.
They feared that one day the Prince of Ruyang would become too powerful and threaten the emperor's authority, and would then try to question the weight of the tripod.
Whether the Prince of Ruyang had such intentions is irrelevant; for political animals, having the ability to do so is a sin.
The emperor is the biggest political animal in the world.
Unfortunately, given the current situation and circumstances, the emperor really has no choice but to rely on the Prince of Ruyang.
……
As night fell, the moon rose to its highest point and then set again.
Around 2 a.m., Mo Jiang quietly sneaked into the Ruyang Prince's Mansion.
Although it was already late at night, there were still patrol personnel at the Ruyang Prince's Mansion at this time. These were all soldiers brought by the Ruyang Prince, elite veterans who had seen blood and beheaded people on the battlefield.
However, the golden eagle had been watching from above for several hours, allowing Mo Jiang to figure out their patrol route. In addition, since there were no electric lights in this area, Mo Jiang easily hid his figure in the shadows.
Bypassing the patrol route and using the shadows for cover, Mo Jiang arrived at a pharmacy.
With the help of the golden eagle's gaze, Mo Jiang had clearly seen over the past few days that the pharmacy contained many rare medicinal herbs, as well as numerous elixirs.
That's why, even though it was late at night and the pharmacy was empty, there were still two soldiers standing guard outside the door.
With lightning speed, Mo Jiang struck the pressure points of the two soldiers and entered the pharmacy, without even bothering to inventory or search for anything more valuable.
He knew that nothing ordinary could enter the Prince of Ruyang's residence.
He immediately took out the "Salvation Dry Wine" and splashed it on the door, opened the door to the modern warehouse, and moved everything inside the pharmacy to the other side of the passageway.
They didn't even spare the medicine pot.
The entire process took no more than five minutes, and Mo Jiang had moved all the precious medicinal herbs and various elixirs from the place.
Then, after a quick 30-second search to confirm that there were no obvious hidden compartments in the pharmacy, he took out a lot of explosives and placed them in various places in the pharmacy, setting a timer to detonate.
The explosives were seized from the enemy camp during a crackdown on the drug trafficking network and hidden in Skaritz's cabin.
Once outside the pharmacy, Mo Jiang snapped the necks of the two soldiers to ensure they had no chance of being saved.
Five minutes later, a violent explosion erupted from the Ruyang Prince's Mansion, which could be heard by almost half of the capital. Some people even saw flames shooting into the sky, indicating that a fire had broken out.
The fire was huge. In addition to piling up explosives in the pharmacy, Mo Jiang also placed gasoline in various places in the Ruyang Prince's Mansion and made a simple timed ignition device.
Soon, the fire began to spread throughout the Ruyang Prince's Mansion, and the servants inside the mansion alone could no longer control it.
Because of the Prince of Ruyang's status and position, many people rushed to the Prince's residence to put out the fire, which reduced the number of soldiers patrolling and imposing curfews at night.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Mo Jiang arrived at Wan'an Temple.
The Wan'an Temple is four stories high, and a thirteen-story pagoda behind it can be seen from afar. According to the information Wanji found out, one of the broken swords, [Tianji], is inside this pagoda.
Because Zhao Min had not yet captured the masters of the six major sects, although there were people patrolling the pagoda, there were only a few of them, just to prevent fires, not specifically targeting outsiders.
Even these patrolling people are novices from Wan'an Temple.
With Mo Jiang's martial arts skills, it was easy for him to evade these people. He quickly arrived at the second-floor pagoda, where many wooden boxes were placed on the ground in the center, each containing equipment.
Some contained swords, some gloves, and some clothes woven from strange silkworm silk...
Mo Jiang was too lazy to take his time to choose. Just like when he was at the Prince of Ruyang's mansion, he simply opened the portal and moved everything out of the place.
Although he wouldn't call himself a member of the "Terminal Squirrel Party," Mo Jiang feels uneasy when playing the game if he doesn't pick up all the dropped items on the ground or if there are still treasure chests in the scene that he hasn't opened.
Mo Jiang spent an hour sweeping through the thirteen-story pagoda, moving everything enshrined inside, as well as anything that looked valuable, to a modern warehouse.
Before the fire at the Prince of Ruyang's mansion was extinguished and the number of patrol teams on the streets increased, Mo Jiang quietly used his light-footed skills to scale the city wall, mounted Tianjie, and left.
……
He randomly found a door to return to the modern warehouse, and then used the warehouse as a transit point to reach the woodshed of the Sihai Trading Company.
Without pausing for a moment, Mo Jiang went straight to Hu Qingniu's house, banged on the door, and shouted, "Dr. Hu, Dr. Hu, are you up yet?"
Dr. Hu got up, and his face looked very pale.
Because it's currently around 4 a.m., and it's still dark outside.
No one would be happy to be woken up at a time like this.
But Mo Jiang didn't mind at all. After Hu Qingniu opened the door, he squeezed in and took out the package, dumping all the contents out at once.
"Come and see! These are all the good stuff I got from the Prince of Ruyang's mansion! (Illustrated Tumor) Umbrella Japanese Kick II"
Just by glancing at those medicinal herbs, Hu Qingniu knew that they were definitely top-quality herbs, extremely precious things that grow in places inaccessible to ordinary people and take hundreds or thousands of years to form.
As for the pills in the porcelain bottle, Hu Qingniu uncorked the bottle and smelled the strong medicinal aroma, knowing that the pills inside must be of top quality in terms of both ingredients and refining methods.
"You robbed the Prince of Ruyang's mansion?"
"What robbery? I took it." Mo Jiang rolled his eyes, feeling that Hu Qingniu's statement was biased.
“I saw these things lying there, like nobody wanted them, so I just took them without anyone telling me they had an owner.”
The author of this article, "Two Bells, Two Doubts - A Spiritual Examiner's Perspective," has something to say:
Author's note: Thank you to [Jiuxuan Shangren], [Feibai], and [Cisheng Yinyi] for their generous donations.
129. The Nine Yangs are perfected, the power of the Three Dragons and Three Elephants!
The reason Hu Qingniu said that Mo Jiang robbed the Ruyang Prince's Mansion was because the porcelain bottle and the box containing the thousand-year-old ginseng that Mo Jiang took out both bore the mark of the Ruyang Prince's Mansion.
Seeing that the items brought by Mo Jiang bore this mark, Hu Qingniu knew that Mo Jiang had either joined the Ruyang Prince's Mansion or had plundered the Ruyang Prince's Mansion.
There is no third way.
Furthermore, considering how addicted Mo Jiang was to killing Mongol soldiers in Butterfly Valley, Hu Qingniu would never believe that Mo Jiang would seek refuge with the Prince of Ruyang.
Or rather, for a ruthless bastard like Mo Jiang, anyone who dares to take him under their wing must sleep with their eyes wide open.
Otherwise, this guy might want to try taking down his boss.
Others may fear the power of the Prince of Ruyang, but Hu Qingniu is not. This guy is a disciple of the Ming Cult. You should know that there are uprisings all over the Yuan Dynasty, and a considerable number of them are brothers of the Ming Cult.
In a sense, this guy could also be considered one of the "traitors" in the eyes of the Yuan court.
"Tiger bone, deer antler, he shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum), ling zhi (Ganoderma lucidum), thousand-year-old snow lotus..."
While identifying the medicinal herbs, even Hu Qingniu couldn't help but gasp. These herbs came from all over the country and were extremely old. Hundreds of years old were common, and there were even a few rare ones that were over a thousand years old.
It's no exaggeration to say that in all his years of medical practice, he had never even dreamed of such a pile of top-quality medicinal herbs.
"Nangu, Nangu, come here quickly!"
Hu Qingniu immediately returned to the room and woke his wife. Looking at the medicinal herbs piled up haphazardly, he couldn't hide the heartache in his eyes.
The different medicinal herbs are piled up so casually, it's like a junk collector on a map forum seeing someone leaving a 50-series graphics card to gather dust, relying entirely on the motherboard for power.
The medicinal herbs they brought were sorted by Wang Nangu, while Hu Qingniu continued to appraise the items brought by Mojiang.
"Minor Rejuvenation Pill, Major Rejuvenation Pill, Purple Snow Treasure Pill, Heart-Regenerating Powder, Dragon-Subduing Powder, Blazing Fire Pill..."
As they were talking, Hu Qingniu took out one of the bottles of pills and put it aside. "Nine-Turn Azure Dragon Pill, Tiger Leopard Dragon Snake Pill, these are all secret medicines treasured by the Imperial Palace."
As he spoke, Hu Qingniu continued to identify two items that needed to be displayed separately: "Black Jade Broken Joint Ointment and Ten Fragrant Tendon-Softening Powder. Be careful when using these."
For martial artists, the Ten Fragrance Softening Powder, which can stop internal energy, is definitely a double-edged sword; it is a powerful weapon when used on others.
But if you use it on yourself, it's like a knife stabbing into your heart.
Before the Nine Yang Divine Skill is perfected and one gains the ability to be immune to all poisons, this thing can disable more than half of one's combat power.
Looking at the precious medicinal herbs neatly arranged, Hu Qingniu stroked his beard and said, "With these rare and exquisite medicinal herbs, perhaps we can adjust the formula again after a few days of medicinal baths."
Because of the addition of many precious medicinal herbs, Hu Qingniu needed a few more days to readjust the formula. In his words, he had studied medicine for so long, but he had never written a formula so generous with its ingredients.
After inquiring about the usage of the Black Jade Rejuvenating Ointment, Mo Jiang took the medicine to Wudang Mountain and handed it over to Zhang Sanfeng.
After handing the medicine to Zhang Sanfeng, Mo Jiang didn't linger. He had a premonition that after this medicinal bath, his Nine Yang Divine Skill would be perfected.
Once mastered, all that is needed is to create a sufficiently powerful pressure vessel to perfect the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
At the same time, Mo Jiang also had a vague premonition that if he mastered the Nine Yang Divine Skill, he might be able to open up a new world again.
So after delivering the medicine, he went somewhere to adjust his condition.
……
A few days later, the iron bucket and medicinal bath were still the same as before.
Judging from its appearance alone, the liquid was dark and deep, and no one knew how it was made. At first glance, it looked like something from the world of bizarre cuisine.
Having learned from previous experience, this time Mojiang was immersed directly in the iron bucket.
Soon, a raging fire broke out beneath the iron drum.
As the medicinal liquid boiled and its effects entered his body, Mo Jiang spontaneously began to circulate the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
This time, the drug's effects were far more terrifying than the last. Within a quarter of an hour, the terrifying effects caused Mo Jiang to feel a throbbing pain in his meridians.
Hu Qingniu added all the top-quality medicinal herbs that Mo Jiang had brought back, such as the Tianshan snow lotus and the thousand-year-old ginseng, into the potion. To put it bluntly, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this medicinal liquid could be used to bring the dead back to life.
The medicine surged through his body, swelling Mo Jiang like an inflated balloon in a very short time.
If nothing is done, it won't be long before Mo Jiang is bursting apart by this immense medicinal power.
The Nine Yang Divine Skill has been activated to its limit, but the consumption of medicinal power still cannot keep up with the replenishment.
At that moment, Mo Jiang had a sudden inspiration and began to practice the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill inside the iron barrel.
In an instant, as if it had discovered a pressure relief valve, the medicinal power began to be consumed rapidly along with the operation of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill.
With each round of medicinal power consumed, Mo Jiang's muscles, bones, blood vessels, and internal organs underwent a round of tempering, becoming more resilient and powerful.
Inside the fog-filled room, the fog swirls and rolls endlessly.
Hu Qingniu and his wife, along with many young apprentices outside the house, actually heard the sounds of elephants roaring and dragons howling.
The white mist suddenly formed the phantom images of a dragon and an elephant around Mo Jiang, exuding an inexplicably fierce aura.
With the help of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to digest the medicinal power, the crisis of his body exploding was immediately resolved. Mo Jiang immediately focused all his energy on circulating the Nine Yang Divine Skill to refine the medicinal power and break through the acupoints.
……
Twelve hours later, Hu Qingniu, who was waiting outside the wooden house, seemed to sense something and his expression changed immediately.
"not good!"
No sooner said than done, Hu Qingniu and his wife grabbed the medicine boy by the collar and threw him far away.
At that very moment, a deafening explosion was heard.
"Boom!!!!"
It was as if a powerful explosive was buried inside the wooden house; in an instant, it erupted with tremendous destructive force from the inside out, tearing the entire wooden house to pieces.
Countless wisps of mist billowed from the broken house, but the white mist lingered and did not dissipate, creating an immense sense of oppression.
Hu Qingniu possessed martial arts skills and had sharp hearing and eyesight. He vaguely saw what appeared to be a savage giant elephant and a ferocious dragon standing in the mist.
But this scene came and went quickly. A strong wind blew in from somewhere, dispersing all the white mist and revealing the figure of Mo Jiang standing in the center.
Name: Mo Jiang