Two days later, Lu Xuan took Xiao Wu and came to the foot of Zhongnan Mountain.

Zhongnan Mountain is the birthplace of Taoism, also known as Taiyi Mountain, Dilung Mountain, Zhongnan Mountain, and Zhounan Mountain.

Zhongnan Mountain is referred to as Nanshan, is a section of the Qinling Mountains, starting from Baojimei County, Shaanxi Province in the west, and reaching Lantian County, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province in the east, with thousands of peaks stacked on top of each other, the scenery is beautiful, known as "the fairy capital", "the crown of the cave sky" and "the first blessed land in the world".

The main peak Taiyi Mountain is located in the territory of Chang'an District, the altitude of 2604 meters only through the clouds, people look up from the ground at a glance, only to see the clouds in the sky fluttering, and can not see the top of the mountain, as if the mountain peak has pierced the sky.

The long-standing longevity couplet: "Blessing is like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and the longevity is better than the old pine of Nanshan" refers to this mountain.

The main peak Taiyi Mountain is rich in medicinal materials, known as the "Kingdom of Herbal Medicine", and the ballad of "Taiyi Mountain, full of treasures, no need to worry about illness, go up the mountain and pull the grass" in the local area. Taiyi Mountain black paste is produced here.

The terrain of Zhongnan Mountain is dangerous, the road is rugged, there are five large valleys, more than 100 small valleys, and hundreds of miles in a row. "Zuo Chuan" called Zhongnanshan "the danger of Kyushu", and "Historical Records" said that Qinling was "the obstacle of the world".

The "Chang'an County Chronicles" written by the Song people contains: "The end of the south is across the south of the pass, from Qinlong in the west, to Lantian in the east, 800 miles apart. ”

As for its beautiful skin, it is really a thousand peaks and blue screens, and the deep valley is elegant, which is intoxicating. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai wrote: "When you go out to see Nanshan, you will lead to infinite meaning." The beauty is difficult to name, and the verdant sun is in the eyes. Sometimes the white clouds rise, and the sky rolls by itself. In my heart, I am not shallow. ”

The beauty of Zhongnan Mountain, all kinds of people in ancient times, all kinds of people and people, all of them reflected it in poetry.

Not only did the ancient people know how to appreciate its beauty, but the modern people are also fascinated by this famous mountain in history.

According to incomplete statistics, the number of tourists who come to Zhongnanshan every year to travel exceeds at least two million. Especially during the May Day and 11th Golden Week, the tourists who come here to play can be described as a sea of people, and it is not an exaggeration, almost every road, people are close to people walking around, which is more severe than the traffic jam during the rush hour of Shengjing City.

"It's so beautiful! I felt like I had arrived in a fairyland that I often see on TV. Xiao Wu looked up at the mountain, his little face was full of excitement, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan raised the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly, and then opened his mouth to tell him: "Hehe, this is just the beauty of the eyes of the world, the real beauty of Zhongnan Mountain is invisible to the world." ”

"Really? What could be more beautiful than this? Xiao Wusheng blinked his big eyes and asked with curiosity.

Lu Xuan nodded and said, "The Zhongnan Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles, and there are countless mountains that pass through the sky for hundreds of thousands of meters, and the main peak Taiyi Mountain under our feet is more than 2,000 meters high. Halfway up these high mountains, all day long are covered with clouds and mist, and the mountains above the clouds are covered by thick ice and snow all year round, which has accumulated for tens of thousands of years and accumulated, no one knows how thick the snow is. ”

"Ordinary people feel very cold when the temperature is close to freezing, and the higher the mountain, the colder it is. Ordinary people can only play and sightsee at the foot of the mountain, or at a height of one or two hundred meters above the mountain. In the upper part of the year, the temperature suddenly dropped, and the visibility was very low due to the clouds and mist, even those adventurers on TV only knew a little more about Zhongnan Mountain than ordinary people, but they could only appreciate one percent of its beauty, and the real beauty was something that ordinary people could not see. "Lu Xuan is like a knowledgeable teacher, teaching Xiao Wu, a student who doesn't know anything.

"How can we see the hidden beauty of Zhongnan Mountain?" Xiao Wu's clear eyes were full of curiosity, and his little head was slightly tilted and asked suspiciously.

Lu Xuan smiled slightly again and replied, "Only those with spiritual roots can see through the current surface of Zhongnan Mountain, and see the ninety-nine percent of its hidden parts. ”

"What is a spiritual root?" Xiao Wu's big eyes flashed again, and he asked suspiciously.

Lu Xuan stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Wu's head, and explained with a kind face: "It is that it has a natural attraction to spiritual power, and it is not exclusive to spiritual power, and it can manipulate spiritual power into the body to cultivate." There are many kinds of spiritual roots, with good and bad attributes, but you don't understand these when you talk to them, they are very complicated, and when your strength reaches a certain level, you will naturally understand. ”

"I see!" Xiao Wu nodded as if he didn't understand, and then said, "Then master, you can use spiritual power to cultivate, and let it be your source of strength, that is, the person with spiritual roots?" ”

Lu Xuan nodded, which can be regarded as a confirmed answer.

After seeing Lu Xuan nodding and answering, Xiao Wu's face suddenly showed envy, and he shouted: "I also want to have a spiritual root to appreciate the hidden beauty of Zhongnan Mountain, and now the one percent of the light that is exposed is beautiful, if I can see the rest of the beauty, it will be so happy." It's a pity that I can't use the Xuanyuan Determination Method to manipulate spiritual power cultivation, it seems that I don't have a spiritual root. ”

After Xiao Wu finished speaking, he couldn't help but pout, looking very disappointed.

"Huh." Lu Xuan smiled, rubbed Xiao Wu's head, and said, "Who said you don't have a spiritual root?" If you don't have a spiritual root, I won't pass on your Xuanyuan Determination Method. You can't practice the Xuanyuan Determination Method, you can only say that there is a bit of a conflict between your physique and the nature of the exercise itself, and I don't know what the specific reason is. This time, I brought you here to ask the master on this Taiyi Mountain and let him guide him. ”

Thinking of the sporadic spiritual power fire in Xiao Wu's body, Lu Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

Trident estimated that the ghost couldn't even think of it, the killer they sent out to carry out the mission, not to mention the loss of his life if the task was not completed, but also indirectly forged a spiritual root cultivator whose achievements could break through the limits of ancient martial arts.

With a spiritual root, you can manipulate spiritual power, and use spiritual power as the basis of the source of strength, and the combat effectiveness embodied in actual combat can crush a martial artist of the same level casually, and it is not impossible to fight beyond the level.

This point is a good embodiment in Lu Xuan.

"I see, that's great, I can finally see the beauty of Zhongnan Mountain." Xiao Wu listened to Lu Xuan's explanation, and his little face couldn't help but be full of excitement.

Lu Xuan just hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly and didn't speak, this is just a child after all, he can only see the benefits of Zhongnan Mountain in front of him, and he doesn't understand how beautiful and colorful the world he can see after having a spiritual root, it is far more beautiful than this Zhongnan Mountain in front of him.

"Let's go." Lu Xuan whispered to Xiao Wu, and then took a step towards the top of the mountain.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu let out a soft "um" and obediently followed behind Lu Xuan.

As he walked, he admired the beautiful scenery along the way, especially when he saw those beautiful places, and his little face showed a look of excitement and excitement.

"Danger ahead, tourists stop!"

When Lu Xuan and Xiao Wu walked along the artificial stairs of Zhongnan Mountain in Taiyi Mountain, the main peak of Zhongnan Mountain, for a period of time, and climbed the slope of two or three hundred meters high, a striking warning sign suddenly appeared in front of them, and then the road ahead was blocked by the blockade zone, the height of the blockade zone was more than three meters high, and ordinary people had to spend a lot of effort if they wanted to sneak in.

At this moment, there was a slow thick smoke all around them, and the visibility was no more than ten meters, and there was a blurred smoke ten meters away.

When the wind blows gently, you can feel a cold and biting pain, which is very different from the weather at the foot of the mountain in short sleeves.

If it weren't for Lu Xuan and Xiao Wu preparing their clothes in advance, and the two of them were cultivators, their ability to withstand the cold was stronger than ordinary people, otherwise they would have been shivering from the cold at this moment.

"Jump in!" When Lu Xuan saw that there were few tourists nearby, and their attention was not on the master and apprentice, he immediately commanded Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu got the order, and as soon as his legs exerted his strength, he and Lu Xuan were in good shape, and they climbed into it neatly.

Both of them were people who had undergone special cultivation, and the obstacles that were more than three meters high were simply easy to climb over.

"Let's go!" Entering inside, Lu Xuan immediately pulled Xiao Wu away and continued to move forward.

There was smoke nearby and poor visibility, and the two left abruptly, without attracting anyone's attention.

After the master and apprentice continued to walk forward for fifty or sixty meters, they came to a cliff, there was no road in front of them, and below the cliff was a ravine that could not be seen by a jump.

"Jump!" When he came here, Lu Xuan immediately spoke up and commanded coldly at Xiao Wu.

"Ahh Master, you're not wrong, right? ”

"No, I just want you and me to jump down, and whoever is superior will live below." Lu Xuan's face was unwavering, and he said in a heavy tone, without the slightest joking.

"Is there really a human presence on such a deep cliff?" Xiao Wu showed a hint of fear on his face, and said with a hint of puzzlement.

Lu Xuan nodded and replied, "It's a hermit, and it's also a cultivator of Zhongnan Mountain, a very mysterious group of people. ”

Hermit culture has a long history in China. In the hinterland of China, the Zhongnan Mountain, which stretches across and divides the climate and geography of the north and south, is not just a natural existence. In ancient times, Zhongnan Mountain was a place for scholars and intellectuals to retreat from the government and the opposition, and "if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world". Today, it is still one of the few places in the country and the world where there are still mountain hermits.

Among these hermits are monks, nuns, Taoist priests, and laymen who come for their faith, as well as ordinary people who come to pursue a pure and modest life. There are elderly people, there are Qi Zihua in the academic world, and there are young people who have just stepped out of school; In addition to Chinese, there are also "foreigners" from Japan, South Korea, France and other countries. According to incomplete statistics, there are about four or five hundred hermits who have lived in Zhongnan Mountain for a long time. Why did they come here, and what kind of monastic life did they live? How did the ancient hermit culture continue here? Under the leadership of a layman named Zhijun, the exclusive reporting team of this newspaper went into Zhongnan Mountain and visited several Maopeng hermits, and the life of Zhongnan Mountain hermits gradually became clear.

From today's Xi'an City, through the Meridian Avenue, less than 40 kilometers to the south, you can see a number of undulating mountains, stretching endlessly. In cloudy weather, it is hazy and ethereal. And on a clear day, it can be seen leisurely from the urban area of Xi'an. This is Jungnan Mountain. Zhongnan Mountain, in ancient times, was also known as Taiyi Mountain, Nanshan, and Dilung Mountain. Today refers to the Qinling Mountains in the south of Xi'an, the main peak Taibai Mountain (Taiyi Mountain) is 3767.2 meters above sea level. China's hermit culture has a long history, from the ancient legend of the nest father, Xu You to the present various hermits, the number of which reaches tens of thousands, of which there are thousands of traces.

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