Chapter 224: White Bone Inheritance (End)

第二十五节：白骨传承（下）

Translator: ChibiGeneral Editor: ChibiGeneral

This Flesh Sac Secret Chamber was strange.

诡异的肉囊秘阁。

The surrounding flesh walls were filled with mouths and the mouths were open, revealing tightly clenched white teeth.

四周的肉壁上，长满了嘴巴。一张张的嘴巴张开，露出一口紧紧闭合的白牙。

Not only this, these mouths were even letting out strange laughters, making one shiver all over.

不仅如此，这些嘴巴还发出古怪的笑声，让人听了不寒而栗。

Fang Yuan patted Bai Ning Bing’s shoulder: “This is the effect of flesh laughter Gu, it is just like Earth Treasury flower, and is used to store Gu worms. No need to worry too much.”

方源拍拍白凝冰的肩膀：“这是肉笑蛊的效果，和地藏花一般，用来存储蛊虫，无需太多担忧。”

He had just finished saying this, when suddenly the teeth completely fell off from an open mouth and a scarlet tongue extended from the mouth.

正说着话，一张嘴巴忽然牙齿全数脱落，从嘴里伸出一只鲜红的舌头。

The tongue was very long, about over a meter, and the front part was curled up.

舌头前卷，很长，足有一米多长。

When the tongue fully extended, the tip of the tongue started straightening and revealed a book on it.

This was a bone book too, except it was many times smaller than the Grey-Bone Huge Book; pocket-sized, about half of an adult’s palm.

舌头伸出之后，舌尖从卷缩状平摊开来，露出其中的一本书。

这也是骨书。

但比先前的灰骨巨书要小很多倍，相当袖珍，只有成年人巴掌的一半大小。

Fang Yuan took it and then started looking through it.

方源取过来，查看一番。

The main idea behind the contents of the book was: Since the successor could reach this place, it is a proof of your pure nature and you can now inherit my true inheritance. I have two identities; ‘Grey Bone Scholar’ and ‘Flesh Bone Master’. This Flesh Sac Secret Chamber holds many Gu, if the successor is fated, you can try knocking the teeth; if your luck is good and you open the teeth, you could take the Gu worm hibernating inside.

书中内容的大意是：后来人既然能够走到这里，就证明品性纯良，足够继承本人真正的遗藏。本人有两个身份，一个号称“灰骨才子”，一个人称“肉骨上师”。此肉囊秘阁中，珍藏了许多蛊，后来人若是有缘，即可随意敲动牙齿。若是运气好，就能打开齿关，取出其中沉眠的蛊虫。

“This is purely testing one’s luck.” Fang Yuan understood when he read this.

“这就是单纯地考验运道了。”方源看到此处，心中了然。

Bai Hua hadn’t told him about this barrier in detail, in his previous life. Fang Yuan could only test it randomly.

这处关卡，前世的百花却未细说。方源也只能胡乱尝试。

The first to succeed, however, wasn’t him, but Bai Ning Bing.

首先成功的却不是他，而是白凝冰。

Bai Ning Bing bent her forefinger and lightly knocked the teeth. These teeth were like musical instruments and would produce some kind of clear musical tone when they were hit.

白凝冰屈起食指，轻轻叩击牙齿。这些牙齿如乐器，每击一下，就会发出某种清脆的乐音。

She had just randomly knocked, and this mouth suddenly stopped its laughter; its teeth completely fell off and scarlet long tongue extended out from it, revealing within it a Gu.

她胡乱地叩击一番，结果这张嘴的笑声戛然而止，牙齿全数脱离，鲜红的大舌头伸出来，露出一只蛊。

“What Gu is this?” After looking at this Gu, pleasant surprise emerged in Bai Ning Bing’s face before changing into an odd expression.

“这是什么蛊？”看到这只蛊后，白凝冰的脸上涌现出惊喜中夹杂着古怪的神色。

This Gu looked quite peculiar as it looked like a set of dentures; spotless white teeth with an exceptionally neat set of upper and lower teeth, and gave off a pearl like luster.

这蛊形状奇特，如同一副假牙。洁白的牙齿，上下呈对，异常整洁，散发着珍珠般的光泽。

Fang Yuan looked at it and immediately, a pleasantly surprised expression appeared on his face: “Not bad, this is the famous rank three healing Gu — Flesh-bone Gu!”

方源看了，脸上涌现出喜悦之色：“不错，这就是大名鼎鼎的三转治疗蛊——肉白骨！”

” Raising the dead, flesh white bone …” Bai Ning Bing mumbled.

“起死人，肉白骨……”白凝冰呢喃。

Rising dead Gu was accepted as the number one healing Gu among rank four. Even if a Gu Master died, as long as the time of death didn’t cross fourteen hours and their whole bodies were intact, one could use this Gu to resurrect them.

四转的治疗蛊虫当中，公认效果第一的是“起死人蛊”。哪怕蛊师死亡了，只要不超过七个时辰，浑身完好，就能动用此蛊，使其复活。

However, this Gu could only be obtained by chance and not by seeking it as it was too valuable and rare. It was also a one-time-use expendable Gu, with high demand but no supply.

不过此蛊可遇而不可求，太珍稀了。又属于一次性的消耗之物，有价无市。

Flesh-bone was a rank three Gu, but it wasn’t an expendable Gu and could be used again and again.

肉白骨，属于三转蛊虫，但却并非是消耗类的蛊，可以重复使用。

It was often used together with rising dead Gu.

它常常和起死人蛊搭配使用。

If a Gu Master’s corpse wasn’t intact, one could first use flesh-bone Gu to reconstruct their flesh, and then use rising dead Gu to resurrect the Gu Master.

蛊师尸体不完整，就先用肉白骨，使其血肉重新生长。再用起死人蛊，使其复生。

Throughout the history, this pairing was quite common and had benefited a lot of big shots; among them were even rank nine immortal venerables and demon venerables.

历史中，这样的使用搭配屡见不鲜。许多大人物因此受益，其中甚至包括九转仙尊、魔尊类的人物。

This was an ideal healing Gu to Fang Yuan.

这才是方源理想中的治疗蛊。

Fang Yuan had painfully searched for such a long time, and now his wish was finally being realized.

方源苦苦追寻了这么多时日，终于在此刻如愿以偿。

“Hehe, want it? You can exchange it with Yang Gu.” Bai Ning Bing held this Gu in his hand and laughed in satisfaction.

“嘿嘿，想要么？你可以拿阳蛊来换呀。”白凝冰将此蛊拿在手中，笑得很得意。

Fang Yuan sneered: “You think I am stupid?”

方源冷哼一声：“你以为我是白痴么？”

Bai Ning Bing’s smile faded and her gaze became cold: “We can come to an agreement as long as you hand over the Yang Gu. Fang Yuan, I have followed you for so long, but know that my patience has a limit. I am no longer afraid of death, at worst we will both die together.”

白凝冰笑容收敛，目光有些冰寒：“只要你将阳蛊交给我，我们才可以坦诚合作。方源，我跟着你这么久，你要知道我的耐心也是有限的。我已经不惧怕死亡，大不了一起死就是了。”

“You aren’t afraid of death, but do you think I am afraid?” Fang Yuan sneered. He had already expected such a situation and thus wasn’t surprised.

“你当然不惧死亡，但你以为我会害怕么？”方源冷笑。他早就料到这样的情景发生，因此并不意外。

Bai Ning Bing took back her gaze and then carefully checked the flesh-bone Gu on her hand; the corner of her lips curled up: “Killing you might also be a good option. Look at yourself, you only have rank one cultivation but you can actually instantly refine Gu, and you also have the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus. Besides these, if I kill you, I can at least possess this inheritance. Just thinking about it makes my heart beat in excitement…”

白凝冰收回目光，端详起手中的肉白骨，她嘴角扯出一个弧度：“或许，我杀了你也是一个不错的选择。你看，你只是一转修为，竟然能瞬间炼化蛊虫，还有天元宝莲。除开这些，我杀了你，至少能将眼前的这处传承占为己有。想想看，真是令人怦然心动啊……”

Bai Ning Bing’s words were full of threat.

白凝冰的话，饱含着威胁之意。

“Possess this inheritance? Haha, did you forget the Bai clan who is chasing us? They might even be walking down the flight of stairs outside right this moment. Without me, do you know where to go to next? This inheritance looks like a one-way path from the surface, but actually has many branches. I can indeed not fight you at the moment, but you are too naive to think you can seize the treasures by killing me. Do you think I will give you the opportunity to take the Yang Gu? Just try it, if you don’t believe me.”

“占为己有？呵呵，你好像忘了就在我们身后的百家吧？也许他们现在已经走在秘阁外的石阶上了。没有我，你知道接下来该怎么走么？这道传承表面上似乎是一条直线，其实分了很多岔道。我的确暂时打不过你，但是你想杀我夺宝，未免太天真了。你觉得我会给你机会取走阳蛊？如果不相信，你可以试一试。”

Fang Yuan then turned around and started knocking at the teeth again.

说完，方源就转过身，开始敲击齿关。

In fact, he also didn’t know where to go from here, as this secret chamber didn’t have any other passages.

其实到达这里后，他也不知道该怎么走了，这处秘阁中并无其他通道。

Bai Ning Bing looked at the completely defenseless back of Fang Yuan; it looked like she could kill him if she just made a slight move.

白凝冰看着方源将后背完全暴露给自己，一点都不设防的样子。

似乎自己只要轻轻一动，就能将其斩杀。

But against all reason, Bai Ning Bing, however, didn’t dare make a move recklessly.

但偏偏这样，白凝冰却不敢妄动。

Fang Yuan’s words all struck her mind; Without Fang Yuan, how should she move next? Returning the way she came would be a death road.

方源说的话，句句都触动她心。没有方源，接下来该怎么走？按原路返回，肯定是死路一条。

Bai Ning Bing narrowed her eyes, and for a moment, she even felt ‘Is even the Bai clan’s attack under Fang Yuan’s calculation? Creating an external force to prevent her from killing him for the benefits?’

白凝冰眯起双眼，一时间她甚至觉得：是否连百家的追击，也是方源布的局呢？营造出外界的压力，来遏制自己因为利益产生杀机？

Till now, Bai Ning Bing was in a puzzled state. She couldn’t understand: Why would Bai clan ‘cooperate’ and accompany Fang Yuan all the way here?

到现在为止，白凝冰还处在云里雾里。她不明白：为什么百家如此“配合”，将方源一路护送到此处。

In fact, her heart concealed deep worry ever since she was controlled by Fang Yuan.

事实上，自从她受制于方源起，她心中就藏着担忧。

Yang Gu was with Fang Yuan, she had always been worried Fang Yuan would use this to threaten her. Although Fang Yuan said he would hand over the Yang Gu to her once his cultivation reached rank three, what kind of person was Fang Yuan?

阳蛊在方源的手中，她害怕方源会一直以此来要挟她。虽然方源说过，等到他修为达到三转之后，就将阳蛊交给她之类的话。

但方源是什么人？

Bai Ning Bing couldn’t be more clear about this.

白凝冰再清楚不过了。

Going back on his words was a common thing to him, as natural as eating food and drinking water.

出尔反尔，对他来讲，只是家常便饭，吃饭喝水般自然的事情。

She might as well go die rather than to believe in Fang Yuan.

相信方源，还不如一头撞死去。

Let’s take an example of something that happened just recently. That miserable Bai Clan leader, wasn’t she an able woman? An elite and a very wise person, but after believing in Fang Yuan, what was her current state?

例子远的不举了，就举身边的例子。那个悲催的百家女族长，是个女强人吧，精锐英明得很，但是她相信了方源之后，现在落到什么样的下场？

Fang Yuan was too good of an actor!

方源太能演了！

Goosebumps covered Bai Ning Bing’s body when she recalled the scene of Fang Yuan’s tears in the banquet.

白凝冰一回想起方源在酒宴上落泪的情景，就有些不寒而栗。

This was a genuine sly fox!

这是货真价实的老奸巨猾！

He even intentionally glanced at Bai Lian repeatedly, just to lay a trap in which Bai clan was very happy to step in. She could still remember the brilliant expression on Bai Lian when Fang Yuan revolted; shocked and lifeless.

甚至几个眼神，故意看向百莲，就设了一个套子，让百家欢天喜地的一脚踏进来。她现在还记得，方源发难时，百莲脸上震惊、呆滞的精彩神情。

What Bai Ning Bing was most worried about now was Fang Yuan not handing over the Yang Gu even after reaching rank three.

白凝冰现在最担心的是，方源就算是修行到三转，也不会交给自己阳蛊。

The possibility was too big.

这个可能性是相当大的。

“Now I am a rank three and he is still rank one, I can still hold some initiative. But in the future when his cultivation reaches rank three or higher, wouldn’t I just be controlled by him and become his chess-piece?”

“现在我是三转，他还是一转，自己还能占据一些主动。等到将来，他修行到三转，甚至更高，那我岂不是更加受制于他，成为他的棋子了吗？”

Bai Ning Bing was holding this kind of worry in her heart, and this worry deepened even more after Fang Yuan used green copper relic Gu and instantly broke through to rank one upper stage.

白凝冰心中的这股焦虑，尤其是方源用了青铜舍利蛊，修为一下子突破到了一转高阶后，更加强烈了。

Bai Ning Bing was worried, but right now, there were many who were more worried than her, their worries even reaching an extreme point.

白凝冰心中焦虑，此时却还有许多人比她更焦虑，甚至达到了焦急暴躁的程度。

“What’s going on?” A group of people stood outside the exit of the inheritance and looked at their surroundings, their faces turning horribly ugly.

“这是怎么回事？”一行人站在传承的通道出口处，看着眼前的天地，脸色都奇差无比。

They had moved quickly through the path and charged through several bone halls. They were able to make some gains, but from the start to end, they didn’t encounter Fang and Bai. In the end, they walked out of the secret tunnel, to the outside of the mountain.

他们一路急行，又闯过几个白骨大厅，有所收获，却至始至终都没有遇到方白二人。最终他们走出密道，来到山外。

“It really is like this!” Tai Dao Ku suddenly exclaimed.

“果然如此啊！”铁刀苦忽然长叹一声。

His words immediately attracted the attention of many.

他这话顿时吸引了身边众人的目光。

“Brother Tie, what do you mean?” Bai Clan Leader immediately asked. If it was before, she would have already realized the answer with her astute senses. But now, her children were kidnapped and as time continued to pass by, she became more disconcerted.

“铁兄何出此言？”百家族长立即问道。要换做以往，凭借她的精明，自然早就知道答案。但如今她儿女都被绑架，时间拖得越久，就越让她心乱如麻。

“This Bai Gu mountain inheritance seems to be a one-way path, but it actually has many branches. Like this branch in my hand.” He casually broke off a thin branch from a bone tree near him.

“这白骨山传承，看似一条直道，其实却有许多支线。就像我手中的这根树枝。”他随手折下身边一棵骨树的细枝。

“The path at the start should have been the same for both us and them, thus we could see their traces on our way. But afterwards, we should have walked through a branch path and they should have walked into another branch. Do you still remember the second hall? There were three pillars and I suspect that there was a contraption set up in the pillars; when we walked into the third hall, there was the Grey Bone Scholar’s skeleton, but there were no signs of the skeleton being moved. The crucial point should be the secret tunnel after the second hall…”

“前面这段路程，我们和他们是共同经历的，因此一路上可以看到他们留下的痕迹。但是在此之后，我们走到一条岔道，他们走的则是另一条岔道。还记得第二个大厅么？那里有三根石柱，我现在很怀疑石柱上设置了机关。我们进入的第三个大厅，看到了灰骨才子的骸骨。但显然这具骸骨，没有被人动过。关键还是在第二个大厅之后的密道……”

Tai Dao Ku hadn’t finished speaking when Bai Clan Leader coldly shouted: “Let’s go back!”

铁刀苦还未说完，百家族长便冷喝一声：“我们回去！”

Time continued to pass, Fang Yuan really wished time could extend by fifty-sixty times right now.

时间在不断地流逝，方源恨不得此刻将时间延长五六十倍才好。

He knew Bai Gu mountain’s inheritance, it could at most hoodwink someone for a while. When Bai clan Gu Masters realize the truth behind the structures, he and Bai Ning Bing would be in danger.

他知道白骨山的传承，顶多只能蒙骗一时。当百家蛊师意识到设计格局的真相时，他们俩就危险了。

But as it so happens, he didn’t know how to continue from here.

但偏偏，他并不知道接下来该怎么走了。

The secret chamber didn’t have any other passages.

秘阁中再无其他通道。

They definitely couldn’t return back the way they came; even if the majority of Bai Clan group walked through another passage, they will definitely have some people guarding the exit.

往回走肯定不行，就算是百家大部队走入了岔道，但肯定也会在出口处布置人手。

“Could this secret chamber already be the final area? Did Bai Hua and Bai Sheng obtain all their Gu worms from these mouths? That can’t be, the rumors in my previous life said Bai Hua and Bai Sheng arrived at a precipice after going through this inheritance site. This rumor has been publicly approved by Bai clan. Maybe the mechanism to open the passage is hidden in one of these mouths?”

“难道说，这处秘阁已经就是终点？百花、百生得到的蛊虫，都是从这些嘴巴里获得的？不对，前世的传闻，是说百花、百生兄妹通过传承后，最后来到了白骨山的一处偏僻悬崖处。这道传闻也是经过百家公开承认的。也许密道的开启机关，就在这其中的某个嘴巴里头？”

Fang Yuan’s mind moved lightning fast.

方源脑海中思绪电闪。

They didn’t have much time left…

时间不多了……

Bai Ning Bing was confused, he didn’t know the state they were in and only thought Fang Yuan had made some plans. However, Fang Yuan knew their situation was becoming more perilous.

白凝冰懵懂，不知底细，只以为方源有所安排。但方源却知道己方处境，越来越危险。

This door didn’t have any defensive functions, who knows whether a furious mob of Bai Clan gu masters might come crashing down the door the next moment.

这道门户并未有任何的阻敌效果，也许下一刻，愤怒的百家蛊师就会破门而入。

“By then, we can only rely on Bai Hua and Bai Sheng as our protective amulets. But this is not a very reliable guarantee. This world has many magical Gu worms; there are many with control abilities like causing dizziness, hypnosis, paralysis and so on. Bai Clan is a powerful clan and definitely has such methods.” When he thought of this, Fang Yuan couldn’t help looking at Bai Hua and Bai Sheng.

“到那个时候，只有依靠百花、百生这两个护身符了。但这层保障，也很不靠谱。这世界上有太多奇妙的蛊虫，很多都能起到眩晕、催眠、麻痹等控制作用。百家堂堂一个家族，必有这样的手段。”想到这里，方源不禁将目光投向百花、百生。

The twin siblings were lying on the ground, still unconscious.

这对胞胎兄妹，此刻躺在地板上，仍旧陷入昏迷状态。

“Got it.” Fang Yuan suddenly got a great idea.

“有了。”方源忽然灵光一动。

He decided to wake up these two kids.

他决定唤醒这两个孩童。

First of all, time was pressing, he needed more manpower. Second, Bai Hua and Bai Sheng were the true fated owners of Bai Gu mountain inheritance. What’s more, they were both mortals, there was no need to worry they could cause any accidents.

首先，时间紧迫，他需要更多的人手。其次，百生、百花乃是命运安排下白骨山传承的真正主人。再者，他们都是凡人，也不担心他们能闹出什么幺蛾子。

Executing his ideas immediately, Fang Yuan quickly walked over and kicked the twins.

想到就做，方源迈出步伐抬起一脚，踢向这对兄妹。

《蛊真人》中英文对照版 第二十五节：白骨传承（下）

《蛊真人》中英文对照版第二十五节：白骨传承（下）