In front of me is still the deep valley where I came, surrounded by lush forests, and the weeds near are waist-high, and there are traces of trampling and lodging, which are left by everyone. Looking at it again, there is no world of birds and flowers, and the river and wooden houses are nowhere to be seen, and the experience is like a dream.

But everyone knew that it was not a dream, just because the mysterious Oriental master in front of him had opened such a portal, and on the other side of the portal was another world, a world that people could not understand and could not discover. Everyone looked at Dongfang Jing's eyes again, they were full of shock and reverence, and Dongfang Jing tried her best to make an unfathomable expression, secretly seizing the time to breathe and adjust.

Meng Santong applauded again and gathered the stunned foreigners together, and said loudly with some excitement: "Now listen to me, there are some things that must be remembered! Later, we will enter the magical Oriental Secret Realm again, and we will live there tonight, and spend the night in another world that no one knows."

When you come out tomorrow, you won't be able to keep this memory, so it's important to take precautions. You can choose to take a photo near your home, either with a house or a scene, or with a sign in an open space that only you understand.

Take a photo and save it to your phone, and you can also add a note to the photo. There is no other power supply in the magical world, and if you want your phone to be uninterrupted, you can only use a power bank, and I have informed you in advance. When it comes out tomorrow morning, I will remind everyone to look at the photos on their phones......"

It didn't take long for everyone to return to stay outside, and after Meng Santong told him some precautions, Dongfang Jing, who breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and brought everyone back to Zhuciguan Mountain. This time, Dongfang Jing did not cast another spell to protect everyone's form and gods, allowing tourists to move freely, anyway, there is no danger here, everyone has to spend the night here.

Visitors are no longer constrained and explore this magical world on their own. Dongfang Jing rested for about an hour, and then walked to the mountains in the distance with Lu Juzi, Meng Santong, Shi Liangde and four other entourage, personally explaining the situation in this outside world as they went.

Why did Zhuciguan Mountain get its name? Its area is much larger than what you have seen so far, there are a total of three Guan Mountains, and the place where everyone is at the moment is the first Guan Mountain, and the second Guan Mountain is the one that crosses the mountain range in the distance, and then the other mountain range is the third Guan Mountain.

Although Dongfang Jing is the dwelling of all Guanshan, the places he has set foot in are only the first Guanshan and the second Guanshan, and the third Guanshan has not yet been reached with his secret cultivation.

When Dongfang Jing was a teenager, he followed his master to practice the secret method of Guanshan several times, and there were two most important auxiliary means, the first was to take the dragon tendon vine, the special elixir of this place, and the second was to climb the mountain range in the distance after taking the dragon tendon vine.

Dragon tendon vine is a special spiritual plant in the mountains of Zhuciguan, it is said that it has the effect of washing the marrow of the I Ching, and the plant that grows for more than 100 years can be used in medicine, mainly with its flowers steamed and dried into a decoction to take. Because its medicinal properties are too violent, there is a feeling of tearing in the body after taking it, and the mental pain will also affect the body, and people are easily injured.

After a long period of exploration by the patriarchs, they finally mastered a more secure way to take it, which is to use the fruit after the flower to neutralize the medicinal properties, and the fruit must be fresh. Why did Shi Liangde come to Zhuciguan Mountain in person today, not only to investigate the secret realm of heaven and earth, but also because it happened to be the time when the dragon tendon vine fruit was ripe.

But Lu Juzi didn't dare to let Shi Liangde take risks, because Shi Liangde was old after all, and even if he had recently cultivated the secret method of Jingsha Island, his physique might not be too strong. The medicinal power of the Dragon Muscle Flower Fruit Soup may still be too strong for him, so he might as well wait until his cultivation breaks through the Three Realms before trying it.

Here is a better thing for Shi Liangde, that is, the rhizome of the dragon tendon vine, this is the real elixir in the Zhuciguan Mountain, and the dragon tendon flower and dragon tendon fruit actually replace the dragon tendon root. The reason why they are usually used as a substitute is that flowers and fruits can be taken repeatedly, but once the rhizome is dug out, the whole plant will die.

Although Dongfang Jing didn't know Shi Liangde's specific identity, it could be seen from Lu Juzi's introduction and attitude towards him that this person must be a great person. What's more, this Mr. Shi is also the guarantor and organizer of this visit, which can make Dongfang Jing earn 13 million at a time, and more such businesses will need to rely on him in the future.

Lu Juzi asked Dongfang Jing to dig a hundred-year-old dragon tendon root for Shi Liangde to enjoy, Dongfang Jing did so without any hesitation, and after the ancestral method was carefully concocted, it can be taken today, and it is provided for free.

Shi Liangde expressed his heartfelt gratitude for this, and after listening to Dongfang Jing's introduction, he asked, "Dongfang Mountain Lord, did you follow your master to cultivate when you were young, and you often took dragon tendon root?"

Dongfang Jing shook his head and said: "How can you take it often, the dragon tendon vine is not easy to grow, and it can be used as medicine for more than a hundred years, and it must be well protected." I only take dragon tendon root twice a year, and the rest of the time I take dragon tendon flower and fruit soup. At that time, although I didn't eat much dragon tendon roots, but when the fruits ripen in autumn, I drank flower and fruit soup almost every day, and I was almost nauseous!"

Shi Liangde smiled: "Drink every day, Mr. Dongfang is tired of it, but others are so envious!"

Dongfang Jing also smiled: "That's the same." ”

Shi Liangde asked again: "The mountain lord took flower and fruit soup when he was young, so he shouldn't have cultivated in the Three Realms at that time, right?"

Dongfang Jing: "Of course not, at that time, cultivation was just getting started, but I hadn't mastered the secret method of Guanshan all times, so my master was a little anxious, so he urged me to practice like that, I was really tired, and I just wanted to rest when I had time, but now no one cares about it, but I have developed a lazy ......problem of only being willing to stay at home."

Lu Juzi hurriedly interjected and explained: "Mr. Shi, I suggest that you take the Dragon Tendon Flower and Fruit Soup only after breaking through the Three Realms of cultivation, not that you can only take it after reaching the Three Realms of cultivation, but your situation is special, it is best not to take risks, after all, the medicinal properties are too violent, and you are old, not to mention that there are more stable dragon tendon roots to take."

And the situation of the Dongfang Mountain Lord is different, he is a person who has cultivated the secret method since he was a child, and his physical foundation is very good, just to assist in the cultivation of the corresponding secret methods of the Guanshan Mountain...... Dongfang Mountain Lord, how did you feel every time you took dragon tendon flower and fruit soup when you were a child?"

Dongfang Jing said with a bitter face: "It hurts, it's just a miserable pain! It's like there are countless hands that want to tear your skin off the flesh, tear the meat off the bones, and then tear the bones apart one by one, but there is no abnormality on the surface, the cold sweat is flowing all over the body, you have to keep replenishing water, not boiled water, which is equivalent to the current functional drink or normal saline."

After taking dragon tendon flower and fruit soup, it is not to meditate and practice, but to go out to climb the mountain, that is, to climb the mountain road in front of you, try to open up the body as much as possible, and run the secret method of closing the mountain to dissolve and absorb the medicinal properties during the climbing, so that the feeling of the whole body disappears to achieve the effect...... Every year after autumn, I am tortured every day.

Later, I learned that my master was more or less deliberate, and the amount of dragon tendon fruit he put into the soup was obviously not enough, just to make me feel a little deeper, so that I could climb the mountain peak more hard every time to relieve my pain, and I was more diligent in my cultivation. Later, I finally saw through it, and the master proudly said that this is better than whipping without whipping!"

Lu Juzi teased: "What kind of childhood are you!"

Shi Liangde praised and said: "If you eat hard, you will become a master, otherwise how can there be today's Dongfang Mountain Master?"

Dongfang Jing: "That's not true, the spiritual effect of the dragon tendon root is pure, and it will be more gentle after my ancestral method modulation." However, you should not sit still after taking it, otherwise there will still be a very uncomfortable feeling of swelling pain all over the body, and you need to move as much as possible, and the best way is to go hiking. You don't have to worry when you're old, how high you can climb is how high, we are all with you. ”

As they spoke, they finally came to the foot of the mountain, which was covered with craggy blue rocks, very steep, and in the crevices of the rocks grew all kinds of flowers and trees. Dongfang Jing deliberately led them to the side and walked a few steps, pointed to a vine with a thick cup mouth on the cliff wall and said: "This is the dragon tendon vine, which has just grown for more than a hundred years, and you can see that it has blossomed and borne fruit." ”

Shi Liangde: "Only a hundred-year-old vine is so thick?"

Dongfang Jing: "Yes, the growth is very slow, and the thousand-year-old vine has a thick bowl mouth." ”

Shi Liangde: "How can the Eastern Mountain Lord tell their growth years?"

Dongfang Jing: "It's very simple, it will only blossom and bear fruit in more than a hundred years...... And after a thousand years, it will hardly bloom. ”

Shi Liangde: "I see!"

The ancient vine in front of him, although only the mouth of the cup is thick, but rooted in the rock crevice to climb the cliff, the vine bark is golden yellow scales, the vine body is bent and knotted like a dragon, the vine leaves are emerald green, the flowers are not big and yellow single-layer small petals, and the fruit is a bit like kumquat. It only grows on the steep and bare rock formations of the mountain, and there are not many other plants nearby.

After walking back and forth along the mountain wall for a while, I saw several dragon tendon vines, but they were obviously not a hundred years old. The group returned to the place where they had come, and when they looked up, there was a mountain road straight up, as if a gap had been cut between the mountains. There is a building next to the beginning of the mountain road, which is not a wooden house by the river, but a small courtyard with blue bricks and blue tiles.

Dongfang Jing introduced: "This is the place where the mountain lords of the past dynasties entertained distinguished guests, and the back hall also enshrines the tablets of the ancestors of the past dynasties. ”

The place that is not open to other ordinary visitors is used to entertain Shi Liangde, which is also enough to give face, although Dongfang Jing is a bit homely, but it is not unsophisticated. Walking into the small courtyard and sitting down in the hall, Dongfang Jing went to the kitchen in person, and there was not much time, he brought four bowls with a tray, and nine golden dragon tendon fruits were placed on the plate.

Dongfang Jing first served one of the bowls to Shi Liangde, this bowl was different from the other three bowls, it was a dragon tendon root elixir.

Of course, the so-called dragon tendon root elixir is not to take a piece of tree root and gnaw it directly, Shi Liangde does not have that good tooth, it has long been processed and modulated, the tender core part of the rhizome of the dragon tendon vine is chopped, the fiber is kneaded in water, filtered and dried to obtain yellow-white powder, a bit like kudzu root powder or lotus root powder, and then brewed with boiling water to warm it and take it, it is a bowl of translucent paste.

Shi Liangde took this bowl of dragon tendon root elixir, smacked his lips and said, "It feels good, there is a medicinal fragrance, and there is a little sweetness." ”

Dongfang Jing smiled: "Yes, that's the taste! You sit for a while, and when your body feels it, we will set off." Mr. Lu, Manager Meng, let's also drink a bowl of dragon tendon flower and fruit soup. ”

Boiling the steamed dragon tendon flowers into a decoction, the fresh dragon tendon fruit is not directly put in, but the juice is squeezed into the soup, and the juice of three fruits is squeezed into each bowl of soup. The three of them picked up the soup and drank it slowly, and Meng Santong asked again: "Can this dragon tendon fruit be eaten directly?"

Dongfang Jing: "Yes, it's okay, except for the possibility of diarrhea, there are no side effects." But its taste is too sour, and it will be so astringent that the tongue will lose sensation, so it's better not to taste it. ”

Lu Juzi: "The soup can't be astringent, and the taste is not unpleasant, a bit like chaihu soup." ”

Dongfang Jing: "It's not like drinking every day." ”

At this time, Lu Juzi moved his shoulders and said, "I feel that my bones are a little swollen, and my whole body seems to be weak." ”

Dongfang Jing: "Then let's go." ”

Everyone walked out of the small courtyard, and there were four entourages standing outside the door, which were the bodyguards brought by Shi Liangde this time, of course they were all his henchmen who could be brought here, and their physique was absolutely good, and their skills were also very good. The four bodyguards followed behind everyone just now, but they were guarding the door without entering the courtyard, all of them were in pain at the moment, gritting their teeth and enduring it, cold sweat had broken out on their foreheads.

Meng Santong was surprised: "Dongfang Mountain Lord, did you also reward them with dragon tendon flower and fruit soup?"

Dongfang Jing: "It's a good thing, I got a few more bowls, and I also gave one bowl to each person before entering the house just now." Then he beckoned to the four bodyguards and said, "You can't stand here, it will only be effective if you move your body out, otherwise it will only be harmful." ”

A group of eight people began to climb the mountain, the slope of this straight mountain road did not look so steep, and the four bodyguards subconsciously walked faster and faster, because there was a tearing pain all over the body, which could only be relieved by moving the body.

Dongfang Jing said again: "Don't go too fast, it's important to maintain a normal rhythm, otherwise you won't be able to go far on this road." The mountain road of Guanshan is more difficult to walk the higher you go. ”

This road is very strange, at first it seems that I don't feel anything, but after walking a distance, I gradually feel an invisible resistance, and the higher I go, the more this resistance is gradually increasing. In this case, it is important to maintain a fixed rhythm, and it will be tiring after a long time.

But if you stop, you will feel the tearing pain all over your body, so as long as you have physical strength, you would rather be tired than hurt.

Many people don't know if there is such an experience, when going up the mountain, due to visual errors, always feel that you can reach the top not far ahead, but when you go to the place you see, you find that the mountain is higher, and you don't know where the end is. This road is like this, after walking for about ten minutes, the resistance is getting stronger and stronger, and the medicinal properties of the dragon tendon vine are fully exerted.

The four bodyguards in the back were struggling, their underwear was already sweaty, and they took out the drinks they had prepared in advance from their backpacks and took a sip from time to time. Meng Santong and Shi Liangde's faces also turned red, but their steps were relatively relaxed. Only Lu Juzi and Dongfang Jingmian did not change their colors, as if they were fine.

Dongfang Jing praised: "Mr. Lu is worthy of being a master in the world, and his cultivation is unfathomable." ”

Lu Juzi: "The mountain lord has won the prize, aren't you the same?"

Dongfang Jing shook his head and said: "It's different, it's different, I've been used to it since I was a child, and I entertained distinguished guests today, so I drank a bowl of melon and fruit soup with everyone, otherwise I don't usually like to drink it." If I really talk about cultivation, I am not much better than Manager Meng. ”

Meng Santong hurriedly said: "I don't dare to compare with the Eastern Mountain Lord, but Mr. Shi surprised me." ”

But Shi Liangde said, "You don't have to praise me, the medicine I take is different from yours." ”

After walking for about half an hour under pressure, a pavilion appeared on the side of the mountain road, which was built on a platform carved out of the cliffs. One of the bodyguards seemed to be tired, but said in a concerned tone, "Mr. Shi, do you need to take a break?"

Dongfang Jing shook his head and said, "If you can still go up, I suggest that you don't stop and rest, so that you can completely absorb the spiritual effect of the dragon tendon vine until the pain in your body completely disappears." ”

Everyone crossed the pavilion and did not rest, and Shi Liangde asked again: "Dongfang Mountain Lord, why do you want to build such a pavilion if you don't rest?"

Dongfang Jing replied, "I heard Master say that that place is the farthest place that ordinary people with the best physique and good health can reach without taking Dragon Muscle Flower and Fruit Soup. ”

Meng Santong said with a smile: "Of course, if you take dragon tendon flower and fruit soup, you can go further, because it hurts even more when you stop." ”

The group continued to walk up for about twenty minutes, and one of the bodyguards finally couldn't hold on anymore, and sat on the stone next to him with a weak leg, panting for breath. Dongfang Jing turned around and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

The man gasped and replied, "It doesn't hurt, but I can't stand it either." ”

Dongfang Jing: "Okay, you can rest here, and then slowly descend the mountain later, and wait in the pavilion just now." He said to the other three bodyguards, "You insist no, you don't have to follow behind, you can go as far as you can, if you don't feel pain, you won't be able to walk, and then rest for a while and then slowly go down the mountain, and wait for Mr. Shi to come back to the pavilion just now." ”

The four bodyguards held out for varying amounts of time, and after two or three minutes, the last bodyguard also stopped. Meng Santong took the backpack from the bodyguard, accompanied everyone to continue walking, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Shi, how do you feel?"

Shi Liangde wiped his sweat, took the drink from Meng Santong's hand and took a sip: "The spiritual effect of the dragon tendon vine is really good, I think it can last for a while." ”