After Lu Chengping's figure completely disappeared, I shook my head and sighed. I turned to look at Zhang Kanwen and briefly told him what had happened since I came to Meizhou. Then, I asked him how he had been spending the past half a month.
Zhang Kanwen's irrepressible aura suddenly disappeared after Lu Chengping left. His determined face showed signs of exhaustion. He casually sat on the bed and turned on the bedside lamp. Then, he laid back on the pillow. He wasn't in a hurry to speak, but picked up a cigarette from the bedside and lit it. After taking a few puffs, he revealed a tired smile and said, "This month, I stayed in Meizhou. However, I wasn't in the city. I was on the Shenguang Mountain not far from the city. I didn't do anything other than carefully reading the 'Song of Righteousness' that master gave me when I was twenty … The ancient copy of the 'Song of Righteousness' in my hands was created by the condensed Righteousness of my ancestors. It's the best way to hide one's tracks. It's normal that you couldn't find me."
His voice was very tired. I didn't quite understand. Just as I was about to ask him again, he spoke again.
"Originally, I wanted to give the 'Song of Righteousness' to … Shidi. He's talented. He'll be able to develop the inheritance of Mount Wen better than me … However, after that day, I realized that I was wrong. Master can't cultivate it. I'm the Eldest Shixiong. I have to protect Shidi.
How can I not be strong? I should have studied the 'Song of Righteousness' a long time ago … "
Zhang Kanwen casually put out the cigarette on the bedside and lit another one.
His words were messy, but I understood.
In the past, Zhang Wenfei had said that the Yin Yang Yama Brush was originally inherited by Zhang Kanwen. However, when Zhang Wenfei was eight, he gave it to Shidi so that he could nourish it from a young age.
As for this' Song of Righteousness', I could tell from Zhang Kanwen's actions that it was definitely an inherited technique of Mount Wen.
Zhang Kanwen hadn't practiced it before because he wanted to leave it to his Junior Brother. It wasn't until half a month ago that he finally started to practice it on his own after the incident with the Sect. Today, he finished learning it and left the mountain to kill his way here.
Thinking about Zhang Wenfei, I felt sad. I opened my mouth, but I didn't know what to say.
The two of us were silent for a long time. After Zhang Kanwen finished another cigarette, he coughed a few times. He grinned and said, "Speaking of which, I really have to thank you. After the incident, there were many people in Meizhou who were indebted to my Wen Shan, but none of them came forward to say a word. Only you rushed over to help. Wen Fei made a good friend … Words cannot express my gratitude. If you have any needs in the future, please don't hesitate to ask."
I smiled wryly. "I couldn't get through to him, so I didn't think about this. If I had come earlier, I might have been able to help. In the end, I was delayed for a few days …"
Hearing what I said, Zhang Kanwen's expression became solemn. He shook his head and said, "Brother Zhou, don't say such things. You came from far away to save my master's soul and take back my sect's inherited magical tool. You already owe me a great favor. Don't blame yourself."
When he mentioned the inherited magical tool, I recalled the Yin Yang Yama Brush that I still had with me, as well as the last words that Lord Zhao had left behind. I quickly told Zhang Kanwen about these things. However, I didn't mention that Lord Zhao had given me the Yin Yang Yama Brush to use. I only took out the Yin Yang Yama Brush and handed it to Zhang Kanwen.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Kanwen shook his head and said with a smile, "I know my master very well. He has been in the mortal world all his life, so he knows the ways of the world the best. When he entrusted his daughter to you, he even told you the secret of this Dharma artifact. He must have promised to let you use this Dharma artifact."
Originally, I didn't mention this to avoid awkwardness, but I didn't expect Zhang Kanwen to guess it so quickly. I smiled embarrassedly and said, "Lord Zhao did say that, but he must have been worried that I wouldn't do my best to find you. That's why he made such a promise. You can't take it seriously. Since this is your Mount Wen's magical tool, it's best for you to keep it safe."
Zhang Kanwen shook his head and lowered his head to look at the Yin Yang Yama Brush. He sighed and said, "This is Wen Fei's magical tool. Last year, I heard him say that you used this magical tool better than he did. At that time, he sighed and said that if this wasn't his sect's inherited magical tool, he would definitely give it to you to use.
I'm sure that's what he's thinking right now … If that's the case, you should accept it. "
"How can I do that?"
I immediately became anxious. "Lord Zhao's last wish was to revive the Mount Wen lineage. Without this inherited magical tool, how can we revive it?"
Zhang Kanwen smiled and waved the ancient book-like magical tool in his hand. He said, "My Mount Wen lineage has more than one inherited magical tool. Relatively speaking, the" Song of Righteousness "ancient book in my hand is both a cultivation technique and a magical tool. Moreover, it was personally written by our ancestor, so it's more important to my Mount Wen lineage.
This ancient book is enough to revive the lineage. Moreover, my master viewed the revival of the lineage as more important than the heavens. If this Yin Yang Yama Brush could decide the revival of the lineage, do you think my master would tell you to keep this magical tool before he died?
Don't say anything more and just accept it. "
I couldn't refute his words. After pondering for a while, I smiled and said, "All right, I'll accept it. However, Lord Zhao said that this book hides the secret that your Mount Wen lineage has guarded for thousands of years. If I discover anything in the future, I'll definitely tell you."
Zhang Kanwen didn't mind. He nodded and stood up. He picked up Zhang Bingcheng from the ground and asked, "Where's Grandpa Zhao buried?" He wanted to go to the grave and kill Zhang Bingcheng. Then, he could offer sacrifices to Grandpa Zhao's spirit in heaven.
I told him the address of the cemetery we went to that day. Zhang Kanwen nodded at me and asked for my address in Meizhou. Then, he grabbed Zhang Bingcheng and jumped out of the window, disappearing into the night.
After he left, only Tong Tong and I were left in the room. I asked Tong Tong to return to the jade bracelet. I wanted to leave immediately, but before I left, I remembered that this was Zhang Bingcheng's residence. If he died, the items in this room would be ownerless. It would be a waste to leave them here.
Thus, I didn't hurry to leave. Instead, I started to search around.
Soon, I found a large amount of cash, jewelry, and two strange-looking magic tools in the room.
I didn't use the jewelry, so I just left them here. As for the cash, I took it with me. Although it was a worldly item, geomancy masters were also human beings. Many things couldn't be separated from these items.
Apart from that, I was more interested in the two oddly shaped magic tools.
One of them was the withered wintersweet magical tool that Zhang Bingcheng had just used. I didn't know its name, but I could guess that it was a magical tool used by Lord Zhao's master, Zhang Kanwen's grandfather, Xuemei Daoist Zhang Wenyuan. I thought that this magical tool wasn't ordinary. However, after looking at it for a long time, I didn't find anything special about it.
I simply put it on my body. As for the other magical tool, it piqued my interest.
From the outside, it looked like a small, archaic cauldron. It was about the size of a cigarette case and had an ancient design. Its color was dark, and it wasn't made of copper or iron. It was really heavy, but I couldn't tell what it was made of.
What attracted me was the carving of mountains, rivers, and strange beasts on the surface of the small cauldron. In the middle of the carving, there were several curved lines that formed a character that looked like a seal script.
I could vaguely tell that the handwriting was' Liang ', but that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was that, from the shape of the handwriting, it looked very similar to the three big words' Death Scripture 'on the silk book that the red shadow had given me. The two should be in the same font.
Back when I was in university, I had studied this type of writing in the Death Scripture. At that time, I discovered that although these characters looked like seal script, they were much simpler and somewhat similar to the oracle bone script. However, there were only a few hundred characters recorded in the oracle bone script. I couldn't find a reference to compare them, so I couldn't confirm if they were the oracle bone script or not.
It wasn't until today that I saw this small cauldron that I was certain that these characters weren't oracle bone inscriptions. At that time, I had looked through many oracle bone inscriptions. Although there were similarities between the two, I could also find some differences. However, the character "Liang" on this small cauldron was exactly the same as the characters in the Death Scripture.