Chapter 10: The Old Story of Swaggering Mountain
The interior of the Dongming Realm is mostly located between the lofty mountains and mountains, and the cliffs are endless, so the continuous mountains are rarely visited, but the opportunities contained in them are also countless, but opportunities and dangers coexist, even those who are in the realm are not willing to go into it casually.
From early morning to dusk, Liu weakly supported the bamboo raft leisurely, and finally came to a town located at the foot of Zhaoyao Mountain, called Shanxi.
This city is not a big city compared to the outside of the mountains, but in this group of mountains, this town that can accommodate 10,000 people is not small, after all, there are only tens of thousands of people under the jurisdiction of Zhaoyao Mountain.
Liu Miao left the bamboo raft and went ashore, enjoying the scenery of Yan Street while walking, after all, he had been walking between mountains and rivers in the past few days since he came out of Fufeng City, and had not set foot in other towns.
Moreover, he rarely interacts with other people, even if he encounters some people, he will avoid them from afar, whether the other party is an ordinary person or a cultivator, he will not get too close.
After all, most of the people who meet people in this mountain are trying their luck to find opportunities, and everyone hopes that they can ascend to the sky in one step, just like the original immortals on the male side.
It is for this reason that when he sees people, they generally hide far away, and he is afraid that if he is close, it is easy for people to mistakenly think that he wants to compete with him, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Liu Miao remembered that when he traveled with the Star Shifting Immortals, he once said to him about chance: "The fate of the world is obtained by oneself, but many people will complain that the world is unfair. But in my opinion, most people still don't see themselves clearly, and they don't know their own pounds. I only care about others, but I don't put myself in my shoes, if you exchange with some people, can you do well? If you can do well, why are you still complaining about others? Aren't you just him? Even better than him? Therefore, it would be good to find the reason in yourself, otherwise you may not be able to grasp the opportunity even if the opportunity comes. ”
Liu Qiao rolled his big eyes and glanced at the old man, and sneered, he naturally understood that the old man was alerting himself. Doesn't this mean that people are valuable because they have self-knowledge? And let yourself not be jealous and complain about others? He muttered to himself at the time: I don't know what other people do, I only know that you may have to drink herbal tea.
He instantly understood Liu Qiao's expression, so he could only rub his hands together there, and his face was full of wrinkled dry smiles.
While thinking about these past events, he walked towards the city, and he planned to climb the mountain again tomorrow to visit Zhaoyao Mountain.
It still takes some time for him to digest what happened recently, and after leaving Fufeng City, he plunged into the deep mountains and old forests, trekking through mountains and rivers, day and night, and his body was really a little tired.
However, these days he has also benefited a lot, in Fufeng City for many years, he has been in a state of turmoil, until a few days ago he got the Dingfeng Zhu to stabilize himself, he felt unprecedented relaxation in his state of mind, these days walking between the mountains and rivers is quite insightful.
It's just that Liu Qiao, who had just arrived in the city to find a tavern and was ready to taste the local characteristics, heard a piece of news that made him frown.
Because the news of this lofty mountain is very slow and closed, and this Zhaoyao Mountain is in a remote area, Liu Miao has never stopped to rest and talk to people, and he has just knew. It turned out that Zhaoyao Mountain had been closed half a month ago, and no one was allowed to climb the mountain, but the specific reason was not announced, and there were different opinions in the tavern.
He just listened quietly, and did not talk to the people around him to ask why, because these people were just talking here. After all, hearing is false, seeing is believing.
It was only according to the travelogues left by the Shifting Star Immortals that Liu Qiao had these speculations, because Zhaoyao Mountain had never had such a big battle since its establishment nearly three thousand years ago, and for many years, this mountain has always been approachable to outsiders.
Although it seems to outsiders to be just a small sect that does not enter the stream, it is right that it should be so humble if it has no strength position.
But in fact, Liu Miao knew that there was an ancient tree that had survived for thousands of years on the top of this swaggering mountain, its shape was like a laurel tree, but it was a black vein, it was a rare heterogeneous laurel tree in the world, maybe there was only this one in the whole world. It has already reached the realm of enlightenment, calling itself Mo Gui, and this ancient tree spirit is also the purpose of Liu Qiao's swagger mountain.
As for the origin of this Mo Gui, the Star Shifting Immortal had personally told him some things about the past, but it was a long time ago.
More than 3,000 years ago, at that time, Zhaoyao Mountain was just a place name and a mountain, let alone become a subsidiary force under the Jinghe Sect, and there were not even a few cultivators here.
However, in some large and small villages and towns within the radius of Zhaoyao Mountain, they are almost never attacked by wild beasts and spirits in the mountains, and people live and work in peace and contentment, happy and peaceful, even the hunters and woodcutters who enter the mountains can also encounter danger and turn the danger into a disaster, which is extremely magical, and the people in the village have always believed that it is the protection of the ancestors.
The Shifting Star Immortal traveled here back then, and when he heard about it by chance, he was also very curious, so he quietly observed here for two days and found out the reason.
It turned out to be a different laurel tree on the top of the mountain, and the tree spirit who called himself Mo Gui guarded these mountain people, so that they could not be harassed by wild beasts and monsters, and they could save themselves from danger when they encountered danger.
When a normal cultivator reaches a certain realm, he or she will rarely be involved with ordinary people, let alone ordinary things. Moreover, this ancient tree did the opposite, it was already halfway to the realm of enlightenment, and at this critical moment, it didn't even concentrate on cultivation, and it still took care of those ordinary people, and it really didn't know what it was thinking. Although it is said that the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi often required for a breakthrough in demon cultivation is extremely huge, and it takes many years to accumulate. But shouldn't it be so boring even if you have nothing to do?
Finally unable to suppress the doubts and curiosity in his heart, the Shifting Star Immortal appeared directly in front of Mo Gui and asked the reason.
For the sudden appearance of the Shifting Star Immortal, although Mo Gui was surprised, he didn't feel too surprised, in short, his strength was stronger than his own.
When the Shifting Star Immortal expressed his intention, then Mo Gui simply told the Shifting Star Immortal the reason directly.
It turned out that it was a much more distant thing, and at that time Mo Gui had just been enlightened and had some spirituality, but these spirituality was too weak, as if he was a child who had just remembered.
But at the wrong time, an evil person appeared, wanting to refine the vitality of the mountains and rivers here to achieve his own body, but he was finally killed by several real people from the Jinghe Sect.
It's just that after the First World War, the territory of Zhaoyao Mountain was greatly damaged and devastated, but fortunately it survived. Although the real people of the Jinghe Sect took action to remedy the vitality of this mountain and water, it also took time to slowly recover, and at that time it was only the oldest ancient tree at the foot of the mountain.
And the ancestors of these mountain people, there were also cultivators, and when he saw that Mo Gui was in a bad condition, he overused his aura every day, nourishing his old and weak body, and it lasted for ten years, day after day.
One day, a child asked an elder in the village who was puzzled, and this elder was the cultivator who rescued this Mo Gui.
"Why are we doing this?"
The elder's answer was also very simple, he said: "I don't know how many generations ago, my ancestors grew up here, and they all used to cool off in the shade of the tree, and after a long time, they got used to it, as if the existence of this ancient tree is like the real elder of this tribe, he watched the children grow up from generation to generation, and then wither from generation to generation." If one day this tree is going to fall, wither, or die, what can prove that we have existed from generation to generation? In this world, there are many people who are alive, but how many can really live? And who will remember the living, I think it also proves our existence on behalf of our inheritance. ”
Mo Gui couldn't help but smile when he told this, sorted out his thoughts and continued: "After many years, the old man is gone, and the newcomer becomes the old man again, and the cycle goes from generation to generation, and when I understand the joys and sorrows, I learned to be reluctant and sad, so when I moved my body at will in this swaggering mountain, I simply moved to the top of the mountain secretly. I used a little trick to tell them that I had finally attained enlightenment and ascended to immortality, don't miss it too much, haha, it's just that they had a dripping grace with me back then, and they will definitely repay me! They once guarded me, and I will also guard their children and grandchildren, and I also remember their past all the time. ”
Mo Gui laughed out loud as he spoke, obviously not feeling that doing so was a prison, but enjoying it.
After hearing this, the Shifting Star Immortal also sighed with emotion, and left without saying anything after a few words. He felt that although this tree was a demon body, it had good roots, and although it was not human, it seemed to understand more truths than some people.
So he decided to help him, so he used the secret method to improve the vitality of this place and help Mo Gui practice, hoping that a good demon could continue to do good things.
Sure enough, only twenty years after this, Mo Gui broke through to the realm of enlightenment.
Back then, the Moving Star Immortals felt that they had come to this place, congratulated them, and suggested that they should establish a sect to bring these old people together in the future, so that they could have the power to protect themselves for a long time, and could provide shelter for more people.
So there is Zhaoyao Mountain, which is now attached to the Jinghe Sect, but there is still no one who is too high in the realm for many years, and the current mountain master is just a trace of true meaning in the realm of Guiyi. Most of the other disciples are below the Transformation God Realm, but there is this old tree behind their sect, so there is no big problem.
Liu Miao quietly recalled the past told by the Shifting Star Immortal, and sighed for a while.
He suspected that the old tree demon Mo Gui might be at the end of his lifespan, after all, the real person only had a lifespan of more than three thousand years, and Mo Gui was already on the verge of death before he realized the realm of truth, if it wasn't for the help of the Star Shifting Immortals, it might be difficult for it to hold on to it until it had accumulated enough vitality to break through!
For Zhaoyao Mountain, only when it comes to Lao Mogui's affairs, will the entire Zhaoyao Mountain be so nervous.
Thinking of this, Liu Miao took the wine glass and drank it all, savoring it carefully, but couldn't help but shake his head, and sighed in his heart: This wine is really spicy, why can't I drink it after drinking it a few times?
As for the life and death of the tree spirit Mo Gui, he didn't have any more thoughts, life and death are fate, and the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, but the Star Shifting Immortal once said that such an interesting and boring tree spirit wanted him to meet it.
Liu Miao couldn't help but shake his head lightly at this time, if the old man hadn't asked him to bring something to it, he would have planned to bypass Zhaoyao Mountain.
If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, he is the person, he can't see life and death parting, it is really too bitter.
Thinking that he would have to go sooner or later, he decided not to hit the sun, so he climbed Zhaoyao Mountain tonight and finished it early. But there's one more thing to do before that.