Chapter 106.
Since the place where the Young Lord of the Manor was going to be is the Asking Fragrance Forest, Jiang Ran was naturally going to this place as well.
Moreover, he had to go with the Young Banker.
Otherwise, without the Young Lord of the Manor to block the gun, who knew what mysteries would be encountered here?
It’s just that nowadays, the Young Lord of the Manor seems to have come too hastily.
Was it because Dao Wu Ming had spoiled his mind?
Or is it because things are beyond his control?
Or maybe …… he’s just in a hurry to get away and doesn’t intend to head towards the Questioning Fragrant Forest line?
Either way, for Jiang Ran, he was bound to make a trip to this place.
Even if not for the young master, but also for the old drunkard.
Ask the fragrant forest is not far, Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshang two show light power, but in a few moments has arrived.
From the outside, you can’t tell what’s so special about this place.
It is a forest, the only difference with other forests is that this forest is very fragrant.
This kind of fragrance is not sandalwood, pear tree, balsam camphor kind of aroma.
The trees themselves, exuded a fragrance similar to that of a flower stamen in full bloom.
Therefore, foot in this forest, if you close your eyes, you will have a kind of illusion as if you are in a sea of flowers in general.
Jiang Ran did not recognize this kind of tree, and after asking Ye Shocking Frost, he got a name ‘Fragrance Tree’.
Jiang Ran had never seen it in his previous life and thought it was unique to this part of the world.
Traces of destruction could be seen everywhere in the forest.
This should be left behind by that young estate master after he came here.
Judging from the scene where he moved the bamboo to create a forest and set up a formation outside of Penma County, this person must be proficient in formations.
There should also be a formation in the Scented Forest, and these traces of destruction are most likely left by this person breaking the formation.
Seeing this, Jiang Ran quickened his pace.
As he stepped in the forest, although there were some destructive places, it didn’t harm the beauty of the forest.
Every blade of grass and every tree was arranged with care, and it was so beautiful that it made people feel like they were in a heavenly realm on earth.
Jiang Ran now has a kind of, take off the waist gourd, drink a big mouth, after drinking, will lie under the tree hooting and hollering the urge to sleep.
Of course, in the end, he didn’t do it.
With one hand on the hilt of his sword, he and Ye Shocking Frost moved forward along the mountain road, and within a short time, they had already walked out of the forest.
At this instant, Jiang Ran’s heart felt a little disappointed.
After leaving the forest, his eyes suddenly opened up.
There was flowing water leading into the distance, and there were two thatched cottages, dotted with the smoke and fire of the world.
Jiang Ran came to the front of the cottage, but the house was empty.
The traces left by the young master of the manor, also disappeared.
As if he walked here, it has already come to an end.
Jiang Ran did not without permission, rushed into people’s homes in the habit, see the road is not poor, it and Ye shock cream resumed forward.
Not a moment, came to the side of the river.
The river also made a small dock, Jiang Ran raised his eyes and looked, his eyes slightly contracted.
Right at the edge of this pier, there was an old man with a dry and thin figure and white hair, sitting there.
In his hand, he was holding a fishing rod and was fishing.
Next to his stool, there was also a bucket hat.
What made Jiang Ran stunned was that this person was clearly sitting here, and he himself had nothing to check.
Even now close at hand, Jiang Ran also can not detect this person’s breathing, heartbeat.
It was as if he wasn’t here at all.
After glancing at Ye Shockfang and realizing that her eyes were also filled with astonishment, he spoke softly:
“Late senior Jiang Ran, meet senior.”
That old man didn’t raise his head at the sound of his voice, only pointing to the stool next to him, as well as the fishing rod placed on the side.
Jiang Ran pondered for a moment, and took another glance at his surroundings before nodding to Ye Jingshang.
Afterward, he came and sat down in front of him, picked up the fishing rod on the ground, and with a flick of his hand, threw the hook out.
Once again, silence returned to the side of the creek.
An old man, and a young man then sat here quietly fishing.
The young girl, holding a long sword, stood aside.
The scenery was so beautiful that it was like a painting.
Jiang Ran was fishing while looking at the old man.
He was really thin.
He was so thin that it was as if there was only skin over bones.
His skin was also very loose, especially on his wrists, the skin was drooping.
But even so, his hand holding the fishing rod had not shaken in the slightest.
He was very pale …… with deep eye sockets, a cloudy gaze, and no high bulging temples, not like an expert.
When Jiang Ran sat here and looked at him, he didn’t even seem to have the slightest awareness of it.
As if he was traveling out of the sky, and as if he only cared about the fishing rod in his palm, he didn’t care about any external objects.
However, a tea time has passed, another incense burner has passed, the last half hour has also been quietly left behind.
The fishing rod in his hand has always been motionless.
Jiang Ran to this point, finally could not help but fall into the hands of the fishing rod.
Begin to doubt, this water in the end there is no fish?
If there is a fish, even if it is a straight hook, there should be some movement.
Jiang Ran pondered in his heart, and the force of the Creation Positive Heart Sutra subconsciously worked its way to the fishing rod, as the fishing line went deeper into the water.
Boom!!!
A muffled sound set off waves that shocked the heavens!
There was an internal force spreading under the water, causing the surrounding fish to be unable to approach.
Jiang Ran didn’t know what exactly, and under the internal force, it led to a clash between the two forces underwater.
Ye Qingshang’s face changed slightly, subconsciously reaching out to press the hilt of the sword.
Waiting for this splash of water to fall, Jiang Ran flung his sleeve, stopping all of this splash of water outside.
He first glanced at Ye Shockfang, telling her to be at ease, before glaring at the old man:
“You don’t let the fish come over, and you’re still here fishing with me?”
“Fishing is about the heart, what does it have to do with the fish?”
The old man slowly opened his mouth, revealing only two or three large yellow teeth left in his mouth:
“The young man is still a bit short of fire in the end, you have to cultivate your heart.”
“Cultivate the heart?”
Jiang Ran glanced at the old man:
“How to repair?”
“Cultivate the heart and ask the heart first.”
The old man stretched out his finger and pointed at Jiang Ran’s heart:
“Ask here, what are you ……?”
“What am I?”
Jiang Ran smiled, “This question, still need to ask the heart?”
“There are times when you yourself may not even know yourself.”
The old man adjusted his sitting position to become a bit more comfortable, his body slowly rocking:
“Are you kind, or are you vicious.
“Are you wise, or are you stupid.
“Are you divine, or demonic ……
“How many of these questions can you answer?”
“I also have a question that I don’t need to ask my heart.”
Jiang Ran glanced at the old man, word for word:
“Does senior know that the Heavenly Demon Great Selflessness?”
When Jiang Ran asked this sentence, the entire river seemed to freeze for a moment.
Ye Qingshuang, who was standing on one side, did not wait for his color to change, but his body swayed, and was about to fall on the ground, but Jiang Ran had already held him in his arms.
He looked up at the old man, his face slightly sunken:
“What have you done?”
With a thought, he was about to activate the Positive Heart Finger.
Just then, he heard that old man say:
“You’re pulling the topic too deep, so if she hears about it, she’ll inevitably have to kill and kill.
“Letting her pass out for a while is for her own good.”
Jiang Ran fixedly looked at this old man for a while, and finally exhaled a breath, placing Ye Jingshuang on that stool and letting her sit against himself:
“You still haven’t answered my question.”
“That is the Supreme Law.”
The old man’s eyes flashed with a few emotions:
“Unfortunately, no one in this world can attain it.”
“You really are a remnant of the Devil Sect.”
Jiang Ran frowned slightly, “Why does the old drunkard know you? What exactly is his relationship with the Tang family? And where is Young Lord Zhuang now?”
As things stood, how could he not know that this old man was the one who had met with the old drunkard in Penma County that day.
No wonder no one had detected his whereabouts since then, if this kind of character was unwilling, even though how much effort was expended to probe and investigate, he wouldn’t be able to find half a trace.
The old man sniffed and glanced at him, grinning, revealing those teeth again:
“The old man has said it all, you still need to cultivate your mind.
“Where questions are asked one after another, when your questions are asked, what you seek is exposed to the eyes of the onlookers.
“A man who truly wants to achieve his goal would never be so blunt.
“For when the bystanders know what you seek, they will hold you back, and the more direct you are, the more detours you will take.
“I see that what you are doing in Penma County is not bad.
“Hiding your purpose and playing those fools for fools, although it took a bit of effort and the means were too rough.
“But …… is barely qualified.
“How is it that after arriving at this point and relating to that old thing in your mouth, your heart is in disarray?”
Jiang Ran’s eyes narrowed slightly, and the sound of a sword’s roar was faintly audible.
“The Nine Blades of the Surprising God ah.”
The old man sighed:
“It really has been a long time since I’ve seen the guy who dared to run to the main hall to wreak havoc back then by carrying a large blade piece.
“Nowadays, he’s also protected by his little one.
“Is this the return of twenty years of nurturing?
“It’s really enviable. ……”
After Jiang Ran heard his words, he instead took a deep breath and suppressed the knife ringing in his body.
The corners of his mouth grinned:
“Grandpa, judging by your tone, you’re quite familiar with that old bastard in my house, aren’t you?”
“Familiar, too familiar.”
The old man nodded repeatedly, glanced at Jiang Ran, and said with a smile:
“What do you want to know?”
Jiang Ran smiled:
“In that case, you and I are not considered outsiders, right?”
“Of course.”
The old man smiled and said:
“With my age, it’s only natural for him to call me dad and for you to call me grandpa.”
“……”
This old bastard was quite good at climbing up the pole.
Jiang Ran was silent for a moment and opened his mouth to ask:
“Where is he?”
The old man smiled at Jiang Ran:
“Not telling you.”
Jiang Ran was happy and not annoyed:
“Then what is there to be able to tell me?”
“The old man doesn’t know ah, what I want to tell you, I’ll tell you, what I don’t want to tell you, I won’t tell you.”
The old man said with a smile:
“It depends on what you ask.”
“Why are you fishing here?”
“Because to wait for someone.”
“Waiting for me?”
“Waiting for Zuo Dao Zhuang.”
“Waiting for them to do what?”
“To give them the token.”
“Gave it?”
“Yes.”
“What’s the token?”
“This.”
The old man took out a jade pendant from his pocket.
This jade pendant was engraved with the word ‘Self-Compassion’.
“Didn’t …… give it?”
“Who said there is only one token?”
“Where’s Young Lord Zhuang?”
“Went where he should have gone.”
“Where?”
“Not telling you.”
Jiang Ran frowned slightly:
“What exactly is the relationship between that old drunkard in my house and the Devil Cult?”
“That’s a long story.”
The old man suddenly began to get excited:
“Back then, my Demon Sect had a holy maiden with a heavenly beauty that was indescribable.
“What’s even more rare is that she wasn’t just good looking, but also extremely qualified.
“She could learn any martial arts skill at the drop of a hat.” ……
“Have you heard of the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Records?”
“I’ve heard of it.”
“She learns the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Records, learns one book a year, learns one book and practices one book.
“Then learn five or six years, do not want to learn, the rest of the eighteen heavenly devil record this is not practiced.
“Otherwise, I’m afraid she is the first to learn all the eighteen Heavenly Demon Records in the ancient times.”
“…… Grandpa, you’re bragging, right?”
Jiang Ran blinked his eyes, “Where under the heavens would there be someone with such natural talent? And I’ve heard that there is a kung fu in the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Record that a woman should never practice, and once she cultivates it, she will surely die.”
“There is such a kung fu?”
The old man looked at Jiang Ran with some doubt on his face.
Jiang Ran nodded repeatedly.
“Are you a Demon Cult or am I a Demon Cult? How come you know more than me.”
The old man muttered somewhat unhappily.
Jiang Ran, on the other hand, was somewhat stunned:
“You wouldn’t not know what martial arts are in the Eighteen Heavenly Demon Records, would you?”
“Not willing to memorize.”
The old man blankly glanced at Jiang Ran:
“Still listening or not?”
“Listen listen listen!”
Jiang Ran nodded his head.
The old man grunted and delayed for a while before saying:
“To summarize, her qualifications were heavenly and earthly, unrivaled.
“As a result, one day when she went out for a walk, she was looked at by that unlucky kid ……
“What is that unlucky kid practicing? The Nine Knives of the Amazing God.
“In the past, the world’s first knife.
“Among the moves, even to this day, some I still can not break all, is indeed powerful ah.”
“…… you ran off topic.”
Jiang Ran reminded in a low voice.
The old man nodded:
“Right, right, right, let’s say that unlucky child met our saint daughter, this is a blazing fire dry wood …… nearly hit the brain!”
“???”
Listening to him, he thought that the two were in love and adultery as soon as they met.
After all that it was a fight?
Seemingly seeing the confusion on Jiang Ran’s face, the old man sighed:
“Back then, that turtle grandson had the chance to learn the Nine Blades of the Surprising God, and was filled with the big stinking turd of chivalry.
“He didn’t give a damn about our beautiful saintess.
“After knowing the identity of the Holy Maiden, she even wanted to get rid of harm for the Jianghu.”
“En, people in my path should be like that.”
Jiang Ran smiled and nodded in recognition.
The old man glanced at Jiang Ran, seemingly too lazy to argue with him:
“Later on, the two fought and struck up some friendship.
“The main thing is that the Holy Maiden ah, to him born a little good feelings, after all, that will be young people.
“We are also happy to see it, if the heir to the Nine Daggers of the Amazing God to join us, more powerful!
“As a result, he was reluctant.
“Carrying a big knife piece killed over, inside and outside, killed us do not know how many people.
“The Holy Maiden was furious, and it was all over.
“In the end that boy went away …… the saintess married someone else in a fit of rage.
“Hey, three years hold two!
“This period of sinful relationship, even if it is over.”
He was quite smug when he said this.
Jiang Ran listened feeling that the story wasn’t that simple.
Even if the old drunkard is unwilling, why would he take the risk of killing on the main hall of the Devil’s Church, how to look at it all seems a little bit wrong, there may be someone in this from the obstruction.
The person who is causing trouble is probably the old man in front of me.
No wonder the old drunkard every day to get drunk, is it because of this matter?
Moreover, back then for the enemy, now why for friends?
There must be some other twists and turns inside.
Of course, Jiang Ran would not completely believe this old man’s words.
This person looks old, but he is not respecting the old, moreover, he is still a remnant of the devil’s religion, it is hard to say whether what he said is true or not.
He might just be deceiving himself.
The old man would then smack his lips:
“Well, their relationship ends here, that old bastard in your mouth is the person that our family’s former Holy Maiden once adored.”
“But if it’s according to you, there should only be enmity between you guys, right?”
Jiang Ran glanced at him:
“Then why are you still staying here to help him pass on the token?”
“Who said I’m here to help him pass on the token?”
“You just finished talking ……”
“Oh, that was just in passing.”
The old man said with a smile:
“I stayed here for another reason.”
“What reason?”
“Not telling you.”
The old man finished with a smile and then looked at Jiang Ran carefully.
A pair of cloudy old eyes gurgled, seemingly itching to jump out of their sockets and grow on Jiang Ran’s body.
Jiang Ran frowned slightly, feeling that there seemed to be something wrong with this gaze.
At that moment, the Creation Positive Heart Sutra turned, that old man really ‘eeked’, his body slightly trembled, I don’t know if it was Jiang Ran’s misreading, but it always felt like his square figure, seemed to have faded for a moment.
The next moment, this old man’s irritated voice came out:
“Sure enough, it’s Niubizi’s kung fu!
“What did that unlucky thing pass you this for?”
Jiang Ran didn’t answer these two questions, but asked:
“Is the Tang Family also owned by your Demon Cult?”
“Didn’t you already have an answer to this question a long time ago?”
Jiang Ran spoke coldly:
“What kind of tampering have they done on my body?”
“Tampering?”
The old man suddenly let go of his hand after hearing this.
In his cloudy eyes, there was also no trace of a teasing color left.
Only a miserable coldness remained.
Jiang Ran silently opposed them, the invisible qi each spread out, and a ‘crackling crackling crackling crackling’ sound was faintly heard in the void, not large, but crisp.
The calm water waves of the river also began to roll up, from time to time there are fish from the middle of the emergence, turned white belly, actually died inexplicably.
And at this moment, let Jiang Ran also unexpected situation occurred.
The old man in front of me, the figure actually began to vaporize.
In the blink of an eye, a big living person disappeared from under his eyes.
Jiang Ran’s heart was vaguely cold, what kind of martial arts was this? The devil’s means, is it really so treacherous? Even have the ability to hide?
But heard a voice from all sides, it is the old man’s movement:
“The young man is grumpy, the old man will not talk to you in detail.
“Hey, see you poor, tell you one last piece of news.
“Your master has gone to the Jin Yang Mansion, if you want to find him, go that way.
“OK, you own good self, don’t want to fail …… a piece of painstaking torment ……”
Jiang Ran blinked his eyes:
“Isn t it not to say?”