Chapter 317: Zhao Gao Buys a Book of the Sunflower Manual! A Fake Li Gui Meets the Real Li Kui?!
“Great Priest of Shu Mountain?”
Zhao Gao’s eyes widened in surprise.
The title of Great Priest of Shu Mountain isn’t a position and doesn’t refer to just one person.
Rather, anyone who reaches a certain level of strength can be honored with the title of Great Priest.
Seeing his expression, the Shu disciples all became smug.
“What do you think? Did you not expect this?”
“The world only knows that the Yin-Yang School branched off from Daoism, but they don’t know that the first Donghuang Taiyi was originally a Great Priest of Shu Mountain.”
“Why is the Yin-Yang School’s martial arts so powerful? Because it’s derived from the magic of Shu Mountain!”
“You’ve heard of the Yin-Yang School’s techniques, right? Are they powerful? Are they impressive?”
Zhao Gao instantly recalled the astrology technique that the Moon Goddess performed when she entered the palace.
No wonder it felt so mystical when she practiced astrology; it turns out the essence of astrology originated from the magic of Shu Mountain!
What these Shu merchants said was indeed not false.
The Yin-Yang School believes in “Taiji Xuan Yi, Yin and Yang Qi.”
They take Daoist ideology as their internal core and the magic of Shu Mountain as their external martial arts.
By combining the two, they formed the current Yin-Yang School.
The Yin-Yang School and Shu Mountain share the same root and origin; they just developed independently later.
However, many techniques lead to the same result.
Even now, there are still some forbidden techniques in the Yin-Yang School that cannot be easily practiced.
These forbidden techniques originate from the magic of Shu Mountain.
Zhao Gao’s eyes twitched.
This meant that if he bought their techniques, wouldn’t he also become a master like the Dongjun and the Moon Goddess?
As for whether he could learn it, that wasn’t within Zhao Gao’s considerations.
Why could others learn it, but he couldn’t?
He had to learn!
The Shu merchants, who traveled far and wide, also had a knack for reading expressions.
Seeing Zhao Gao’s expression constantly change, they knew he was intrigued.
After some haggling, Zhao Gao felt satisfied and secured the so-called divine skill they were selling and walked away with it stuffed in his jacket.
After watching him walk far away, the Shu merchants exchanged glances and burst into laughter.
“People from the Central Plains are really easy to trick. Spending so much money to buy a useless book, and he thinks he can master divine skills?”
“Mastering what? If he can actually master something so absurd, that would be a miracle!”
As it turned out, these people were not actual disciples of Shu Mountain.
Most they could be described as people from the Shu Region.
They didn’t know where they heard some stories about the Yin-Yang School, and they were out defrauding people.
They made a living by selling so-called secret techniques from Shu Mountain.
The Yin-Yang School is already mysterious, and Shu Mountain is also an enigmatic place.
Moreover, with those tremendously powerful techniques from the Yin-Yang School, they had indeed managed to deceive quite a few people.
Zhao Gao was originally a shrewd person.
He had always been the one calculating others, and it had never occurred to him that he could be tricked.
But as the saying goes, “When you spend all day shooting at geese, you’ll eventually get pecked by them.”
Those who drown in water can swim.
It was because he prided himself on his cleverness, and coupled with his impatience, that he was duped by these people.
“Do you still have the technique you sold earlier?”
Suddenly, a gentle voice came from behind the merchants.
“Yes, yes, yes! We have as many as you want.”
One Shu merchant was still immersed in the joy of making a profit. Upon hearing someone inquire, without thinking, he spoke up.
After saying this, he immediately regretted it.
The more precious a skill is, the more rare it should be!
It’s said that rarity makes something valuable.
“The fewer goods there are, the better the price can be sold.”
Several people turned around and were about to change their words when they suddenly froze in place.
A man and a woman stood behind them.
The man was cultured and handsome, looking easygoing and friendly.
The woman was dignified and noble, breathtakingly beautiful.
Like a goddess of Wushan, she instilled a sense of reverence that made one dare not approach.
“If you want as much as you need, then it seems it’s not good merchandise. My lady, let’s go.”
Li Mo shook his head, showing a lack of interest.
He turned to Fei Yan beside him.
Today was the Lantern Festival, also the one-year anniversary of his acquaintance with Fei Yan.
On such a memorable day, Li Mo would certainly not forget.
After returning from Ying Zheng’s place, he had dragged Fei Yan into the city.
Originally, he wanted to visit the old man from last year who gave out lanterns for solving riddles to bring some joy to Fei Yan.
However, when they arrived, they found that the stall had been replaced by a middle-aged man.
He was also giving out lanterns for solving riddles.
After inquiring, they learned that this middle-aged man was the son of the old man.
As for the old man himself, he had passed away in the middle of the year.
Li Mo instantly lost interest.
Fei Yan noticed too, so they didn’t stay long and wandered aimlessly around the market instead.
Although the market was bustling with people, Li Mo could still distinctly perceive everyone within the area.
Not long ago, he sensed Zhao Gao was trading with these Shu merchants.
He had spent a hundred taels of gold to buy a so-called secret skill from Shu Mountain.
His own wife was indeed a genuine member of the Yin-Yang School and was a high-ranking Dongjun.
Therefore, Li Mo knew far more about the Yin-Yang School than Zhao Gao did.
It was true that the techniques of the Yin-Yang School originated from Shu Mountain.
But now, Shu Mountain had long since retreated from the world; how could there be disciples running around selling skills?
Moreover, both the witchcraft of Shu Mountain and the techniques of the Yin-Yang School share a characteristic.
That is, they are extremely difficult to cultivate.
Those lacking sufficient talent would almost surely meet with death in practice.
Those who practice such arts would experience side effects to some extent.
Only celestial beauties like Fei Yan could ignore them.
This is also why she was called the number one extraordinary woman in Yin-Yang Technique!
She was simply born to cultivate Yin-Yang techniques!
Most importantly, have you ever seen a sect so poor that they sell their own skill?
No sect’s skill is ever meant to be casually revealed!
Li Mo thought for a moment and realized that Zhao Gao had fallen for a scam.
He originally wanted to remind him, but Zhao Gao paid the price very willingly after settling the deal.
Even though he was still a few streets away, he had already paid and turned to leave.
“Ah, wait, that one just sold out! How about looking at something else?”
The leading Shu merchant immediately changed his tone, wanting to keep him there.
Li Mo shook his head: “I think that previous buyer was quite fond of the skill he purchased. It should be rather good, right? What’s the name of that skill?”
Having rushed over, he hadn’t paid much attention to what Zhao Gao had bought.
The Shu merchant candidly replied, “Oh, the one he bought is called ‘Sunflower Manual’. Do you know the Dongjun of the Yin-Yang School? She also practices this!”
Li Mo and Fei Yan, regardless of their clothing style or aura, were on a completely different level from the previous buyer.
Such a big spender must have money; how could they not take advantage of it?
Besides, this man must be wealthy if he could attract a goddess-like wife beside him!
People who are pampered like them know nothing about Shu Mountain and the Yin-Yang School.
As long as he could weave a story, they would definitely be left dumbfounded and part willingly with their money for his divine arts?
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