Chapter 746
The members of a sect had always been great figures, not to mention that Han Xiling was also the granddaughter of the grand elder of Tiangang Sect.
From the moment she was born she was used to being superior, and it had grown to how she was today with the help of numerous cultivation resources.
However, Baili Hongzhuang's opinion was that some cultivators who came from simple backgrounds could be much more difficult to handle.
Because they had a determined mind and a driving force in their progress. They had no way to retreat!
This is also why many of the strongest people on the Shengxuan Continent were from humble backgrounds.
Such cultivators were usually the most horrible and most determined.
When she used to be the family leader of the Baili Family, she had seen many of these cultivators. Now that she had changed her ident.i.ty, she did not feel that she was wrong.
As long as you were strong enough, then background had no meaning at all!
Little Black, Little White and Basis.h.i.+ had already understood everything after seeing the gaze of Baili Hongzhuang.
They did not need to say anything, they knew that their owner was destined to be enemies with Han Xiling.
When they are reunited with Di Beichen again, they would tell him directly, that the one he considered a good sister actually was such an ugly woman.
Baili Hongzhuang quickly calmed down and took out the parchment roll she had gotten at the market place earlier.
Looking at the black parchment scroll in front of her, Bali Hongzhuang's eyes were bright. She could feel that there was a faint force of energy emitted from it, and she was curious, but even so, she knew that it was not certain that it was a treasure.
Baili Hongzhuang gently opened the scroll only to find that the only thing on it was a landscape painting.
"Master, is this just a painting of a landscape?" The little paw of Bais.h.i.+ was placed upon the scroll as he looked at the painting.
Baili Hongzhuang looked at the scroll carefully, but the scroll did not seem to contain anything else than a landscape painting that was drawn upon it.
Baili Hongzhuang smiled slightly. She was a little doubtful.
Logically speaking, this should not only be a landscape painting.
"If it was just a normal landscape painting, why can I feel a bit of mental power fluctuating on it?"
Baili Hongzhuang said puzzled as she looked at the landscape painting, yet at that moment, the fluctuation she had felt earlier disappeared.
"Master, I heard that some people might add a bit of soul power to useless things, so that the buyer think that it is a treasure and buys it at a high price."
It was said that a business man would never suffer a loss.
But Little White shook his head, "That is not the case here. If he was doing it deliberately, then he would definitely not let her take it away like that. I too could feel the mental fluctuation of this parchment scroll."
Little White's expression was doubtful. What could be the reason?
Baili Hongzhuang gaze at the parchment roll. She felt that it was not as simple as being a landscape painting.
What's more, this scroll was only as big as a palm, who would paint on such a small canvas?
Her hands gently touched the material of the parchment scroll, and Baili Hongzhuang found that it was very different from normal scrolls.
"Is there really no problem with this parchment scroll?" in the eyes of Baili Hongzhuang a bit of doubt flashed. When she followed the family elders, they would tell her that some people would seal a real treasure using some methods.
As a result many would miss the treasure, only those who knows about it could unlock it.
Her fingertips kept gently rubbing the parchment roll while considering what to do, what was feasible.
Suddenly there was a firm light in the eyes of Baili Honghuang. It didn't matter, she should give it a try.
Next, Baili Hongzhuang reached out for a candle.
Seeing her actions, all three beasts showed a bit of confusion. They quickly asked, "Master, what are you doing?"
"Since I don't know if this parchment scroll is useful, its better to try some different methods. If it is successful it'll obviously be the best, but if it isn't that's fine too. If it isn't it would have been useless in my hands anyway."
Baili Hongzhuang was indifferent. She knew that the method of burning it with fire was somewhat risky, but how would she know if it worked without trying it?
If it failed, then it would not matter.
Hearing it, the three beasts thought for a moment before they nodded their heads, what their owner said made a lot of sense, they had no reason to object.
Baili Hongzhuang placed the parchment scroll on top of the candle, allowing for the heat to penetrate through the material.
The parchment scroll twisted at this temperature for a moment, but Baili Hongzhuang saw that there were three layers to this parchment scroll.
The front and the back were ordinary parchments scrolls and the landscape painting which had been drawn so beautifully had now become nothing.
In the middle of the two layers, a small thin piece of paper appeared.
"Success!" Little Black couldn't help but be excited. This was truly the feeling of finding a treasure.
Baili Hongzhuang's lips also turned into a bright smile, it seemed that her judgement was correct!
When she had rubbed the parchment scroll she had felt that the material was slightly thicker than normal, but there was really not much of a difference.
She did not think that there was something wrapped within the two layers of parchment paper. It seemed that whomever had made this parchment scroll had spent a whole lot of thought on it.
It was very difficult to make the parchment scroll this thin and perfectly blend the two pages together.
Since even she had been unable to tell anything was amiss, Baili Hongzhuang knew that this was not an easy thing to achieve.
After burning the parchment scroll, Baili Hongzhuang took the piece of paper that had been in the middle and placed it on the table.
After the burnt paper slowly disappeared, Baili Hongzhuang saw the content of the paper.
"This is a map?"
After seeing the content that was drawn on the paper, Baili Hongzhuang could not help but be stunned.
"Master, this should be a map," Little Black agreed with a nod of his
Baili Hongzhuang carefully looked at the mountains and rivers that were drawn on the paper, and she also saw a red route that was drawn onto the map.
It was just that there was a starting point, but there was no end point to it.
Looking at the mountains and rivers at the edge, Baili Hongzhuang could also be certain that this was not a complete map.
"This should only be a part of the map. As for the other parts, I am afraid I don't know where they are."
When Baili Hongzhuang's words fell, the expressions of the three beasts turned somewhat disappointed.
"I thought it would be a treasure map, but where are the other parts?" Little Black snorted. "Even if it is a treasure map, finding the other parts will be very difficult!"
It went to show that just this piece of paper was so well hidden, it was really not simple, how well would the other parts be hidden?
However it was a true accident that they had been able to find this map. The Shengxuan Continent was so big, and they really didn't know where to go to find the other parts.
They didn't even know if they wuold see the second part of this map in their life time.
Baili Hongzhuang gently petted Little Black's head. This little one was correct.
"Anyway, its not a bad thing to have it in my hands. In the future if we are able to find the rest, then that'd naturally be the best, but even if we don't, then that's just how it is."
Baili Hongzhuang was very calm about this. This kind of thing could not be controlled by humans, it all depended on luck.
At least it proved that her previous judgment was correct, there was really something within the parchment scroll.
Early the next morning, Baili Hongzhuang gathered with the others outside the inn. The rest they had was enough to make them feel refreshed, now it was time to continue.
Baili Hongzhuang returned the inn to the shopkeeper, but he returned the purple gold coins to Baili Hongzhuang.
Seeing the situation, Baili Hongzhuang was surprised and puzzled. "What are you doing?"
The shopkeeper smiled, "Girl, you gave me far too much money to buy this inn from me. It is enough to buy quite a few inns. How could I accept your money?"
Baili Hongzhuang smiled and waved, "Since I said so, naturally I meant it. You should accept it."
"Girl, I know you were forced to do this yesterday, I also want to thank you for helping me out, the money however, I can't afford to accept."
The att.i.tude of the shopkeeper was very firm, he had been doing business for many years and had never cheated a customer. He couldn't take advantage of this girl.
"If you refuse to accept the money, then I can only choose to give up my inn, but the inn is very important to me."
Everyone saw that the shopkeeper was so stubborn and they could not help but be surprise.
Everyone wanted to profit, but the shopkeeper was doing the exact opposite.
Suddenly they all had a very good impression of the shopkeeper, such people were very rare nowadays.
"Hongzhuang, since the shopkeeper said so, then accept the money," Xia Zhiqing persuaded her.
Hearing this, Baili Hongzhuang looked deeply at the shopkeeper and said, "well, thank you then."
The shopkeeper waved his hand again and again, "this is how it should be, be safe on your journey."
Baili Hongzhuang and the others got ready to start traveling again and planned on leaving Languang Town.
When the shopkeeper returned to the counter he was surprised to see that there was a purple gold coin on the counter.
When he saw this, the shopkeeper could not help but laugh, his heart was a little more grateful towards Baili Hongzhuang.
"So talented, she will become something big in the future!"
Soon after Baili Hongzhuang and the others had appeared the cultivators of Beihai College also showed up.
When enemies meet it is natural for jealousy to appear.
If eyes could kill, then Baili Hongzhuang would have died several times over. Yesterday Lu Jingqi ate a loss twice in the hand of Baili Hongzhuang, and she was very unhappy.
She did not think that the mentor would scold them for this matter, but it really made her feel suffocated.
If she could, she would have killed both Xia Zhiqing and Baili Hongzhuang, but she did not have enough confidence in her strength, so she had no other option than to endure.
Lu Jinglin and the others were also cold after seeing Baili Hongzhuang and her friends, not at all concealing the hatred in their eyes.
However, the mentors had already told them not to start any fights. If they truly wanted to fight, then they had to wait until they arrived at Lingyin College.
They had no other option than to listen to their mentor, however their hearts were hurting, and they couldn't wait to let this bad breath out.
Xia Zhiqing noticed that although Lu Jingqi had seen her she did nothing. It was a bit strange, but she could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Baili Hongzhuang and the others looked at the members from Beihai College with indifference before they turned back towards the road leading to Lingyin College.
In fact, from beginning to end, it was always the students of Beihai College that were looking for trouble. Baili Hongzhuang and the others were not the kind of people to stir up a conflict.
After Baili Hongzhuang and the others left, the pract.i.tioners from Beihai college picked another road.
If they stayed on the road that Baili Hongzhuang and those had picked, thent thy would meet all the time, and they would be unable to hold back.
"The cultivators from Beihai College took another road from us, that's strange." Xia Zhiqing said in a loud voice, "that's not their style."
Dongfang Yu's eyes were also slightly surprised when he answered, "They took another route today, and their mood was quite different. I think they were reprimanded by their mentor."
Although they could not see the mentors, they knew they were close by.
Everything that happened yesterday was likely to be known to the Beihai College mentors, the confrontation between the students was already so volatile, but the confrontation between the mentors would be even more intense.
Xia Zhiqing smiled brightly, "You're most likely right, it has to be like this!"
Even if they had lost twice, with the character of Lu Jingqi, it was impossible to back down like this.
Baili Hongzhuang's lips curled into a slight smile. "Sooner or later we'll meet again. Let's go."
After two weeks, Baili Hongzhuang and the others finally arrived at the Imperial Capital of the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty was a large country, and the broad streets with the magnificent buildings proved their long history.
Walking on the streets, the traffic was busy, and the pedestrians were moving in a constant stream, the bustle was unlike any they had seen before.
All kinds of things they had never seen before appeared here, even for Baili Hongzhuang. So there was naturally some surprise and interest in her eyes.
"Wow, the Imperial Capital of the Qing Dynasty is so prosperous!" Xia Zhiqing's eyes sparkled with excitement, and her head was constantly turning as she tried to see everything at once. It was simply too spectacular.
"Lingyin College is located in the Imperial Capital of Qing Dynasty?" Zhan Yunfeng was astounded. Lingyin College was located at such a bustling place, it was far different from what she had expected.
Although the city was lively, it was almost too lively.
A college was for students to practice, such a prosperous place could confuse students.
"Lingyin College was originally located at Lingyin City, which is at the border to the Qing Dynasty, it was only after the sponsoring of the royal family that they moved to the Imperial Capital.
"Today the princes and princess of the Qing Dynasty is studying at the Lingyin College and it has become the royal college." Gong Shaoqing said slowly.
As they listened, they all understood. They had not expected the relations.h.i.+p between Lingyin College and the Qing Dynasty to be so close.
"No wonder that Lingyin College won twice in the college tournament. With the financial support of the Qing Dynasty they have many more resources than others," Cui Haoyan could not help but say.
Gong Shaoqing waved his hand, "they lost the original purpose from setting up a college. They serve the royal family now, an there is a lot of restrictions on the students. I head that amongst the Lingyin Academy students are many royals an n.o.bles. And the requirement for these to enter is extremely low, while all the ones from poor upbringing has the harshest conditions to join."
"This is also why so many are going to Canglan College now. Even if the resources are a bit lacking compared to Lingyin college, they will not have to be ridiculed by others, nor will they have the same restrictions." Dongfang Yu spread his hands as he said. When Lingyin College became servants of the Qing Dynasty this situation was to be expected.
"Everyone is ent.i.tled to think as they wish, but for the princ.i.p.al of the Lingyin College to force us to follow them like this, it is going too far." Baili Hongzhuang was calm, she never felt that there was any right or wrong. It is just that you cannot force your thoughts onto others.
Everyone nodded, this was also what was making them immensely annoyed.
While everyone were discussing, Lu Huaiyan and Fu Hongbo had appeared in front of everyone.
"The Vice-princ.i.p.al went to see a friend here in the Qing Dynasty, we will take you to the Lingyin College first." Lu Huaiyan smiled and said. These students had never shamed them, instead they were their pride.
There was also a smile on everyone else's face. They were very curious about the Lingyin College.
Under the leaders.h.i.+p of Lu Huaiyan and Fu Hongbo, they slowly moved towards Lingyin College.
On both sides of the street, many had their eyes turned towards Baili Hongzhuang and the others.
It was, after all, very eye-catching to see such a group of young and talented cultivators.
"I heard that the three college tournament is about to begin. This group of young experts must be cultivators from one of the other two colleges."
"Should be. I have seen many of Lingyin College's students, but these people I have never seen before."
"I don't know where they are from, but these students are really beautiful."
"Even so, Lingyin College is always the strongest. Lingyin College has already won two consecutive tournaments. If they win again that is three victories in a row."
The people were laughing as they chatted. They had always had good feelings towards Lingyin College.
"I can see that Lingyin College has a good reputation in Qing Dynasty." Baili Hongzhuang said slowly.
"Lingyin College has produced many outstanding geniuses. The Qing Dynasty is also highly respected, so naturally the reputation is very good," Lu Huaiyan explained.
"However, this is also good. Lingyin College is now more and more eye-catching and you have the chance to grasp an opportunity and turn it all around!"