The Shadow of the Shadow took the river all the way and galloped, and encountered some villages and farms on the way, Jiang He wanted to get off the horse and rest and buy some food, but the speed of the Shadow was too fast, and he just saw the village, and before the river could say stop, the Shadow had already flashed like thunder and lightning, leaving the village far behind. After about three hours, we finally came to the foot of a mountain.

This mountain is majestic and straight, the peaks are steep, and there are many verdant pines and cypresses, but at this time, the river is hungry and unbearable, and it has reached the point where the front is close to the back, and I am really not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

"It's here, Jianghe, we've arrived, this is the Marble Mountain. "The Shadow ran wildly all the way, without the slightest tiredness.

"Well, thank you. Do you have any plans for the future?" Jiang He said weakly.

"I'm going to find my people. I'm also going to tell them the story of my encounter with you, and then we can meet again, and I'll show you the most beautiful girl in our horse clan, Sweat and Blood," Jueying asked happily.

"Well, okay, goodbye Jueying, we'll meet when we get a chance. Jiang He nodded weakly, and then watched the shadow leave.

There are pine and cypress trees everywhere, and no fruit trees are found, but there are some mushrooms in the meadows to satisfy hunger, and there is a nearby stream to quench your thirst.

Jiang He picked some wild mushrooms, cleaned them in the stream water slightly, and ate them with gusto, anyway, he ate the elixir and was not poisonous, so he didn't need to tell whether it was poisonous mushrooms, and then drank some cool stream water, and instantly recovered some physical strength.

Jiang He simply recovered the state, and then began to walk towards the Five Elements Mountain, there is a stone tablet at the foot of the mountain, the stone tablet is written with cinnabar-colored big characters "Five Elements Mountain", and there is a line of small characters in the lower left corner: "The five elements of heaven and earth, complement each other, give birth to each other, have a heart to enter, and those who have no fate wander".

There is a fork in front of the stele, I can't see any difference, Jiang He chose the path on the left, walked for about half an hour, and saw a fork again, there is also a stele next to it, take a closer look at the stele that I saw in front, it seems that the path on the left is to go around back to the origin, Jiang He decided to choose the right path this time, walked for about half an hour, it was still the stele, Jiang He was a little helpless, is it that the left and right roads are back to the original point? Then go in a straight line, so Jiang He decided not to choose the road interspersed between the trees. After walking for about half an hour, I saw the stele again.

Jiang He looked helpless, this Five Elements Mountain was actually like setting up a maze array. How should this be, go back and ask, not to mention the long distance, the Shadow Horse has also left, and there is no communication tool such as the Flying Pigeon Messenger.

Yes, yes, Jiang He suddenly remembered the Xuanhuang Dragon Banner given to him by the Yellow Emperor, so he read it in his mouth: "Urgent as a law - Xian." A Xuanhuang Dragon Flag appeared in Jiang He's hand, and then Jiang He put the Xuanhuang Dragon Flag on the stone tablet.

After about a quarter of an hour, there was still no change, and Jiang He was ready to put away the dragon flag. Suddenly, a strange bird flew out of the forest, its whole body was golden, the ends of its wings were black, and the most amazing thing was its tail feathers, a total of seven, each of which was an independent color: red, white, yellow, green, blue, purple.

The strange bird shouted to the river, "Messenger from the Yanhuang clan, please follow me." Jiang He then followed the strange bird, the strange bird chose the fork on the left, Jiang He was secretly surprised, but he didn't say anything, just followed the strange bird closely. Later, Jiang He noticed that the strange bird did not follow the path on the left, but suddenly walked into the jungle next to the path. After walking for about three quarters of an hour, the field of vision in front of me gradually widened, and there was a clearing of five strange stones in a row, and a strange figure drawn in white lime on the ground. A word is written on the stone in different colors, crimson - fire, turquoise - wood, dark blue - water, white gold - gold, tawny - earth.

"The messenger from the Yanhuang clan, the five elements of heaven and earth are mutually reinforcing and complementing each other, you need to use the pentagonal shape of these five spirit stones on the ground to put them in the correct position, so that the five spirit stones can reach the time when they complement each other and restrain each other, so that they can really enter the spirit mountain. The strange bird flapped its wings and reminded: "The mantra is called [Five Elements Formula], please listen carefully." ”

【Five Elements】

Gold and silver melting fire can hurt wood, and the source is cold compress to the earth;

The wood forest is afraid of the axe and the soil is neutral, and it burns in the fire when it encounters water;

The water flow and the soil are scorching, and the harmony with gold helps the grass grow;

The rain of flames melts the metal, and the wood turns to ashes in anger;

The earth, stone and wood seal the pond, and the flames become a mountain of gold for a hundred years.

Jiang He gently recited the mantra silently, and then looked at the strange figure on the ground, the outside was a regular pentagon, the inner center of the pentagonal was a regular pentagram, and the ground groove at the edge seemed to be the place where the spirit stone was placed.

"Gold and silver can melt fire and hurt wood, and the source is cold compress to the earth. Well, gold and silver melting fire can hurt wood, and the source is cold compress to the earth. I see, the meaning of this mantra is not exactly: fire can overcome gold, gold can overcome wood, gold is produced in the earth, that is, born in the earth, the weather is cold in winter, and the metal of the weapon will be attached to the dew, which does not mean that gold can produce water. Jiang He suddenly realized.

"The wood forest is afraid of the axe and the soil is neutral, and it burns in the fire when it encounters water. This sentence is also simple, the axe, made of metal, represents gold. With the previous is to remind again that gold can overcome wood, and trees grow on the ground, it can be seen that wood can overcome soil, and at the same time it is born when it encounters water and burns when it encounters fire. Jiang He smiled happily, and was content to be able to gradually unravel the mystery of Lingshan.

Then, the water flows and the earth resists the scorching heat, and the harmony with the gold helps the grass to grow, which means that the earth overcomes water, and the water overcomes fire, and at the same time gold gives birth to water, and water gives birth to wood. Flame rain falls and melts gold, and wood turns to ashes at the end of anger; naturally it means that water overcomes fire, but fire overcomes gold, and at the same time wood makes fire, and fire gives birth to earth. Finally, the earth, stone and wood seal the pond, and the flames become a mountain of gold for a hundred years. It must be that it means wood and earth, earth and water, fire and earth, and earth and gold. "Jiang He finally cracked the Five Elements Formula, and then went up and down, placing five spirit stones in a clockwise direction, namely: Water, Fire, Gold, Wood, and Earth.

In this way, from the outer pentagon, it is water to overcome fire, fire to overcome gold, gold to overcome wood, wood to earth, and earth to water. From the inner five-pointed star, it is water to wood, wood to fire, fire to earth, earth to gold, and finally gold to water, which has achieved a cycle of mutual growth and mutual restraint.

When Jiang He put the five spirit stones into the corresponding position, the white ash lines on the ground suddenly emitted this golden light, and then a small path appeared in front of it, and the road was composed of pebbles.

"Congratulations, emissary from the Yanhuang clan, you have successfully comprehended the path of the five elements, and then follow this path to the top of the mountain. You can meet the real people of the five spirits. The strange bird said and flew away.

The river walked along the cobblestone path to the top of the mountain, and along the way you saw many colorful flowers, strange rocks and plants, and many kinds of trees, including pear trees, peach trees, bamboo, and trees whose names you can't name. It turned out that when I didn't comprehend the Five Elements and didn't crack the Five Elements Array, I could only see the pine and cypress of the Ecstasy Array, and now all I see is the real Five Elements Mountain under the enchantment.

Although the cobblestone path of the Marble Mountains is to the top of the mountain, the river still walked for about an hour, and the scenery to the top of the mountain is more distinctive, at the top of the flat mountain, there is a magnificent building, like a temple but not a temple, this magnificent building has a large incense burner in front of it, on which is inserted as thick incense as an arm, the fragrance surrounds, and the smoke curls. On the left side of the furnace is a smooth rock wall, the flatness of the rock wall is as if it was cut by a giant sword, and if you look closely, the rock wall is also carved with five unknown spirit beasts, presumably these five spirit beasts correspond to the five elements of heaven and earth.

Jiang He gently pushed open the door of the building, stone walls, stone walls, stone paintings came into view, it turned out that this magnificent building was rebuilt in a cave, inside is a natural cave, there is no torch shining in the cave, but the light is sufficient, the breeze blows slowly, so that Jiang He feels comfortable.

"The one who came is the little brother of Jianghe, welcome to the Five Elements Mountain-Five Holy Pavilion, I am Tianxuan, alias Wuling Zhenren. A voice suddenly sounded, and it sounded particularly loud and clear in this empty Five Saints Pavilion. The one who spoke was an amiable old man with a fairy wind bone, sitting on the stone bed on the right side of the pavilion, his eyes closed, his palms facing up, and his hands crossed.

"Under the river, listen to the introduction of the Yellow Emperor immortals, and come to learn from real people. Jiang He looked at the five spirits and replied sincerely.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, about your coming to the Five Elements Mountain, the Yellow Emperor has sent a spirit bird to inform the old man. The old man has always not accepted disciples, but according to several immortals, you care about the common people in the world, and you have a relationship with my Tao, so you promised the immortals that as long as you can comprehend the five elements and successfully come to the Five Sacred Pavilion, the old man will make an exception to accept you as an apprentice. You're really gifted and talented. The real person opened his eyes at this moment and smiled at the river.

After Jiang He listened, he could kneel down on his knees and kowtow to the five spirits to thank him, but he didn't know the rules of apprenticeship, and he could kneel and kowtow three times normally. But Jiang He didn't know, and he only said in his heart, where the five spirit real people were located, it was the Five Elements Mountain, the Five Holy Pavilion, and the mountain rock murals were the five spirit beasts, so he respectfully kowtowed five times. He said, "Thank you to the real person, thank you to the master." ”

"Hahaha, okay, okay, get up, you must be tired and tired from running all the way today, so go to the hot spring in the back to wash up, eat some fruits and vegetables, rest early, and start learning the five elements thaumaturgy tomorrow morning." Wuling Zhenren laughed heartily, very satisfied with this disciple recommended by the Yellow Emperor.

After that, under the guidance of the master Tianxuan, Jiang He came to the hot spring in the back mountain to bathe and change clothes, and ate some melons, fruits, pears, peaches, vegetables, mushrooms, and then rested on the stone bed seven steps away from the master's meditation position to relieve the fatigue of the day.