Jiuqian and the others had already drunk a few pots of wine in the Degang Tavern, only to see Ma Weiliang panting and walking in, raising the cloth bag in his hand, and saying, "Brother Jiu, I got it." ”

"Oh?" Jiuqian excitedly slammed the wine glass and jumped off the stool, "I didn't see the wrong person, I really have the ability." ”

"Brother Jiu has won the prize, I just have some luck. Ma Weiliang said with a slight flush on his face, "Shall we rest for the night, or will we leave immediately?"

"It's hard to be at ease, let's leave immediately!" Jiuqian beckoned to the others, "Let's go, go up the mountain!"

Watching them leave quickly, Yu Jiwu in the distance showed a cold smile.

Fighting Beast Mountain is vertically towering, the seven-colored mist is shrouded, the color of each peak is constantly changing, looming, and there are clouds of different shapes wandering around, but it is not like a fairyland, more like a demon domain. There are eight peaks on the mountain, which are Elephant Cave, Lion Ridge, Tiger Village, Leopard Hill, Wolf Trench, Dog Fort, Cat Dock, and Rat Village. The lowest of the eight peaks is the Rat Village, but it also needs to be climbed for an hour.

The coveted Beast Mountain was in front of him, and Ma Wei's conscience jumped wildly. Jiuqian saw it in his eyes, smiled slightly, and climbed up along the cliff, and Ma Weiliang also followed quickly. Because Ma Weiliang was not familiar with the terrain, they walked very slowly, and several women in white wool coats climbed quickly from the side, and their soft hair surged, if Ma Weiliang did not know where he was, he would have thought of it as a white lynx.

"Are they also from the Fighting Beast Mountain?" asked Ma Weiliang.

"Well, they're from the cats. Jiuqian said, his eyes full of disdain, "The eight peaks of Fighting Beast Mountain, only the lower three peaks will leave eyes and ears, and the people in Maowu are all in Willow Lane, Flower Street, waiting for the opportunity to take you to see and see." ”

"Thank you, Brother Nine. Ma Weiliang feels that he is not only climbing the mountain, but also moving towards the peak of his life.

Halfway through the climb, several figures have been hidden in the mist, long before going up the mountain, Jiuqian has taught Ma Weiliang the anti-Zhou Tianyun exercises. Since ancient times, people who practice martial arts have used the Zhou Tian luck method to cultivate internal force, also known as the river cart carrying gong, that is, the Dharma of Buddhism is often rotated, and the Taoists call Danding lead and mercury, which is to make the meridian qi circulate around the body in turn, and then can clear the heart and eyes, accumulate the infinite strength of the body, and is divided into three levels: small Zhoutian, big Zhoutian, and Mao You Zhoutian. Xiao Zhoutian is the introductory exercise, which opens up the two veins of Ren and Du in the body, so that the meridian qi runs along the cycle of Ren to Du. People who practice martial arts will not only run the exercises to defeat the enemy when they fight, but also unconsciously run the basic small Zhou Tian Gong to increase their strength when they climb the mountain and wade through the water, so the first peak of the Fighting Beast Mountain - Rat Zhuang uses this point to set up the fog, and the operation of the small Zhou Tian Gong will be poisoned, and there is no feeling at the beginning, every time you run a cycle, the poisoning increases by one layer, and you will be poisoned and fall off the cliff without waiting for the mountain gate, only the small Zhou Tian Gong method is run in reverse, in order to pass safely, this is just the simplest design of the eight peaks of the Fighting Beast Mountain.

In the second half of the journey, they had to climb hard, and they had to run the meridian qi in reverse, and when they arrived at the mountain gate, Ma Weiliang was exhausted, but their faces did not change and their qi did not grow.

The guards recognized the nine coins and gave them a salute and let them go into the mountain, Ma Weiliang was suddenly stunned by the gorgeous beauty in front of him, as if he had entered a fairyland.

Unlike other places where the summit is razed for construction, the Rat Village is completely based on the natural summit of the mountain, built against the mountain, and the mountain is integrated with each other. There are one hundred and eight seas scattered on the mountain, which are as clear as a mirror, high and low, connected like a chain. The strange rocks and rocks in the sky are reflected in it, so that each sea shows a different color, or the enchanting blue, or the weird green, or the bewildering red, or the bright yellow, colorful. Rats and rats climbed up to the shore from the sea, shaking their hairs and splashing water droplets. There is a large grain pile on the side of each sea, and after the mouse is bathed, he grabs a handful of the grain pile and stuffs it into his mouth, and his cheeks are bulging, satisfied and lovely.

On the flat ground, many rats knelt there reverently, their hands folded and their eyebrows bowed, and an old man held a lamp to give them a lecture: "A man's life, a mouse's life, is like this lamp oil, which is consumed from the moment it is lit until the oil is exhausted." With that, the old man dipped a straw stick in the lamp oil and lit it in the mouths of each mouse, which was the highest reward for them.

At the top of the mountain, looking west along the peak, there is a long iron cable, which is connected diagonally to the mountainside of the higher peak, and the wind blows a "whining" sound. The entire Fighting Beast Mountain is not so much a big mountain with eight peaks, but rather a thousand dangerous peaks that are eight different from each other with a seven-colored mist.

In the middle of the rat village is a large rift valley, the cliff is like a cut, deep and mysterious, the water in the surrounding sea pours into the valley bottom, and the colors are different and hang straight to the ridge. The white jade stone steps are embedded in the wall and go straight to a magnificent palace, the plaque is hung high, the word "Zishen Palace" is written on it, and the bottom is surrounded by a long corridor. Other houses are scattered along the valley wall, clustered around the Zishen Palace like the stars holding the moon, and it is the place where the people of the Rat Village live and cultivate. Regardless of the stone steps of the mountain wall and the corner of the roof hall, there are large and small rats passing through the market, leisurely.

There are a total of 1709 white jade stone steps, which is not high, and there is no mechanism, every few stone steps have guards standing guard, all of them are dressed in black, with the appearance of sharp-beaked monkey gills, and there are mice walking back and forth on the stone steps from time to time, with sharp eyes and sharp eyes, and the nose is moving and sniffing something. Ma Weiliang had learned the language of rats before, and from time to time he greeted the rats, and their eyes became much softer—these were the hidden guards of the rat village.

Jiuqian gave a brief introduction and stepped on the stone steps: "These guards are called rats, and rats are called rat slaves, I have ordered them to inform the owner, let's go and see them now." ”

"Listen to Brother Jiu's orders. Ma Weiliang said respectfully.

The reason why the rat is called the child god is precisely because of the matching of the earthly branch and the zodiac beast, and the first of the zodiac beasts naturally corresponds to the child time. Since ancient times, the twelve kinds of zodiac beasts are divided into two categories: yin and yang, the yin and yang of the zodiac beast are arranged according to the odd and even difference of their toes, and the unique rat is the front foot four, the hind foot five, odd and even, so rare, naturally ranked first.

The temple of the sub-god is resplendent with gold, Shu Shu, the owner of the Rat Village, is sitting on a large golden chair in the middle, about forty years old, with thin cheeks and two mustaches, when he sees them come in, he grinned loudly, and his two front teeth are obviously outgrown: "Lao Jiu is capable, and he adds Ding to the Rat Village, welcome." ”

There are nine copper chairs in each row on the left and right, except for the ninth and eighteenth empty, all of them sit on the leaders of the rat village, echoing the voice, and the avenue welcomes. Ma Weiliang peeked and saw that the woman sitting on the eleventh chair turned out to be a woman with small eyes and a pointed chin.

Jiuqian took a step forward, clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Thank you for the compliment, my subordinates are ashamed." It is really fate to be able to meet the Weiliang brothers this time, and it is also the blessing of all the people in my Rat Village. ”

Shu Shu nodded, Jiuqian clasped his fists and saluted, and sat on the ninth chair.

The seventeen leaders of the rat village all hide their original surnames, and are called by sorting numbers and names, which are one dragon, two mu, three dust, four cheng, five sting, six voids, seven Ming, eight beams, nine money, ten river valleys, eleven Yunxi, December Ming, thirteen phantom bamboos, fourteen ice, 150,000 gullies, sixteen snow fields, and seventeen dreams.

Ma Weiliang took two steps forward, clicked on one knee, took out an antique small tripod, presented it in his hand, and said: "In Xia Ma Weiliang, he was born with the ability to see at night, so he was nicknamed 'eyes are not stained'." Today, I can be promoted by the ninth brother to join the Rat Village, which is really a blessing in the next few lifetimes, and I will ask the owner of the village and the big brothers to carry it more in the future. In the next vote, it is the devouring spirit of the blood king's soul that ingested back then, I hope the owner and the brothers will not laugh. ”

Yilong stood up, took the Devouring Ding from Ma Weiliang's hand, listened to it in his ear, and then nodded to the owner Shu Shu.

Shu Shu laughed and said: "Brother Weiliang is really good, and it is even more rare to be able to contribute this treasure." The eighteenth chair of my Rat Village has been vacant, from today on, you are the eighteenth leader of my Rat Village, according to the rules of Rat Village, the name will also be changed to 'Eighteen Weiliang', are you willing?"

"Thank you Master Shu, I can't ask for it. Ma Weiliang was flattered and thanked again.

Shu Shu motioned to Yilong to put away the Soul Devouring Ding, and continued: "Come and don't be rude, go and bring the meeting gift I prepared." ”

"Yes. The guard agreed, brought a plate with three brocade boxes on it, and sent it to Ma Weiliang.

Shu Shu smiled and said: "The first piece is the token of the Rat Village, with which you can freely enter and exit the Rat Village in the future; the second piece is the exercise of covering the sun and the moon, which is infinitely powerful with your night vision skills; and the third piece is a dark iron dagger." The ancestors had a chance to get the meteorite iron that fell from the sky, and a total of eighteen long daggers were built, and the iron was sharpened like clay, and today they have finally found a good master, which is gratifying. ”

"Thank you, owner. Ma Weiliang was overjoyed, so excited that he thanked him repeatedly, and his hand holding the plate trembled slightly.

Shu Shu's eyes are sharp, naturally he will not fail to see this small detail, and he can't help but feel a little proud in his heart, it seems that this son is teachable, but his face does not show it at all, and he said to the only female leader: "Eighteen is not familiar with rat language, eleven, you are responsible for teaching him." ”

"Yes. Eleven Yunxi replied in a loud voice, and there was no charm in his tone.

Ma Weiliang saluted the other seventeen leaders one by one, except for Jiu Yuan, everyone else just smiled indifferently, with a hint of coldness or disdain in their eyes.

Ma Weiliang didn't care, and when he first entered the mountain gate, it seemed that this was also normal. Respect cannot expect handouts from others. He turned around and walked to the eighteenth bronze chair, his eyes lit up, and he rubbed it on the armrest a few times before he sat down, exhaled a long breath, and finally joined the most mysterious force in Duanguo as he wished, becoming the eighteen Weiliang, and the revenge was just around the corner.

Shu Shu was in a good mood, and ordered with a smile: "Set up a banquet tonight and welcome Eighteen Weiliang." Eighteen Weiliang first entered the Rat Village, and he still needs to master the skills of my Rat Village, and your brothers should be closer and closer. ”

"Yes, congratulations to the owner. Seventeen leaders spoke in unison.

The wine banquet of the Rat Village did not have the dish of dragon and tiger fighting, which was very unexpected by Ma Weiliang. He asked Jiuqian in a low voice, Jiuqian shook his head again and again, and said in his ear: "You have just entered the rivers and lakes, and there are still a lot of things to learn. ”

Ma Weiliang nodded again and again.

After three rounds of drinking, Ma Weiliang was a little drunk, got up and hugged his fists and said: "The younger brother has a big enemy, and I still need the brothers to be the masters for me." ”

The owner Shu Shu was slightly stunned, waved his hand lightly and said: "Eighteen, they are all brothers here, don't be informal, sit down and talk slowly." ”

"Yes. Ma Weiliang sat down, drank a glass of wine and said, "I was originally from Qiaodong Village under the mountain, twenty years ago, the village was slaughtered by the two kings of the Ghost Wind, poor my parents and relatives, all of them are in different places, if it weren't for my playfulness, I'm afraid I would also suffer from accidents." This revenge is not avenged, in vain in the world, and I ask the owner to avenge my hatred. ”