Sima Qiudao, who set off again, finally completed the journey smoothly and arrived at the final destination of the trip, Miaoshen Mountain. Mt. Myojin is very inconspicuous in the eyes of ordinary people, and there is neither the unique clouds and snow of Mt. Fuji, nor the lakes and mountains of Mt. Tsukuba......

Mt. Myojin is located in a hilly area, and there is nothing special about it when you look up from the bottom of the mountain, except for the continuous clouds that do not disperse all year round. However, if you do not hesitate to spend physical strength to climb halfway up the mountain, you will find through the clouds that above the clouds, the mountain is steep and the road is difficult, and the strange environment makes people feel daunted and stopped.

This is actually the first enchantment of Miaoshen Mountain, its function is to expel ordinary mortals who do not have spiritual power (and other mysterious side powers), this is a mysterious cultivation dojo that is only open to strong people who have cultivated deeply, if you can easily let ignorant and incapable ordinary people enter and exit at will, just like those tourist attractions, you must not annoy the Heavenly Realm Divine Clan who guards this place to death?

Therefore, an enchantment similar to the expulsion of mortals is necessary. As an onmyoji with mysterious powers such as spiritual power, and strong people such as mana monks, it is not enough to see the enchantment that blocks ordinary civilians, and the power they have can effectively shield the influence of this enchantment.

It is precisely for this reason that even in the early nineties of the twentieth century, in this modern society, no one really knew about Myojin Mountain, let alone developed it into a tourist attraction. Even the mountain folks who have lived at the foot of the mountain for generations know very little about this mysterious mountain, and it is said that it is blessed by the gods, and there are very few strange stories involving demons and monsters.

In addition, this mountain beast is scarce, desolate and weird, and it is rumored to be a resting place for the gods who protect a radius of 100 miles, but there is no shrine and no temple. Idlers and others did not dare to cross the halfway up the mountain into the place shrouded in mist, and legend has it that if they did not listen to the dissuasion, they would anger the gods, and finally disappear from the world.

It is impossible to know when this rumor appeared, but the local residents did not dare to cross the thunder pond by half a step, and even held a grand harvest festival every year after the autumn harvest to thank the mountain gods for sheltering the place, and at the same time pray that everything will be safe in the coming year.

And the truth is that Myojin Mountain, as the only neon spiritual power dojo that can communicate with the heavens, is connected to a huge leyline node in the mountain, and it contains the aura of heaven and earth and the power of the leyline. Therefore, this place was occupied by the Celestial Gods as early as ancient times, and served as one of the main passages connecting the Celestial Realm and the mortal world.

As mentioned above, the mortal world in this world is the earth, but because its energy level is high enough to support the existence of the mysterious side, the gods, demons, and demons in ancient documents, myths and legends are not groundless, but have formed two small worlds similar to the heavenly realm and the demon realm similar to the thick vines parasitic on the big tree, or similar to the half-dimensional small world attached to the main plane world in the Western fantasy DND setting.

It has a symbiotic relationship with the Earth as the Overworld, and the relationship between the two sides is not as simple as a tree or a vine. In fact, the two sides have formed a symbiotic relationship of energy circulation, the main world of the earth through the heavenly realm and the demon realm to regulate the balance of positive and negative energy, and the heavenly realm and the demon world are like two solid shields to protect the main world of the earth, and the two combine to form a complete and heavy isolation layer to shelter the main world of the earth.

It is unknown whether there are other mysterious forces outside of the earth, but there are indeed mysterious forces on the moon that accompany the earth, and this force is still a vassal of the earth's celestial gods. The Tale of Taketori, an ancient document handed down from ancient times in the Neon Kingdom, was created in the early 10th century A.D., and is one of the earliest monogatari literature in Japan. Its protagonist, Hui Yue, is a celestial from the moon (well, spoilers here, as the plot of this book unfolds, Hui Yueji and her moon celestial clan will also appear).

The story of "The Tale of Taketori" describes a bamboo cutter who picked up a beautiful little girl in the heart of the bamboo, and grew up in 3 months, and named "Hosotake Heeihime". Five noble sons proposed to her, and she promised to marry someone who could find her favorite treasure (a fire rat skin that could avoid fire), but all of them failed. At this time, the reigning emperor wanted to use his power to force her to marry her, but he was also refused.

He Yingji suddenly ascended to heaven in the confusion of these ordinary people. Neon Country has made this story into a movie, the film "Taketori Monogatari" 1987 Foreign Language Title: Taketorimonogatari Title: Taketori Monogatari Japan 1987 Genre: Fantasy Production: Toho Company. If you are interested, you can go and take a look, this film is beautiful, absolutely full of sincerity, and try to create a humanistic style that shows ancient Japan at that time. With the technical level at that time, I really tried my best, and the Celestial Empire of the same era was the middle and late Tang Dynasty......

Well, it seems a bit off-topic, and it's easy to dominate as soon as you start writing, in short, this world is a complete closed world based on the main world of the earth, including the moon.

Going back to the Miaoshen Mountain Monastery, it is regarded as one of the main connection points between the heavenly realm and the mortal world, and its aura (heaven and earth vitality) and the power of the earth's leylines are gathered and connected into the heavenly realm with a powerful magic array, because its energy leakage is very rare, so it seems that this mountain is far inferior to those so-called famous mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery.

Of course, this is also to hide the portal to communicate with the celestial realm. At the same time, it is also because of its spiritual power and leyline power, and it is also the most suitable holy place for mystical side cultivators to improve their cultivation and exercise their strength. And because mortal humans are naturally close to the gods, they pray for the gods to protect them from the invasion of demons.

That's why Miaoshen Mountain will build a spiritual power cultivation hall to accept human cultivators and masters to come to cultivate. It was only later that with the scientific and technological progress of human civilization, modern human civilization flourished, and the mysterious side was hidden in the inner world. It is not easily visible to ordinary people. Therefore, the strong human beings who have come here to practice and exercise themselves are gradually rare, and often even do not appear for a few years or more than ten years.

Of course, on the other hand, the rules of the monastery here are strict, and if you come here to cultivate, you will either succeed in your cultivation and achieve the goals you set when you came here, or you will die if you fail to cultivate. Anyway, if you want to cultivate here, you have to set your expected goals before you start cultivating, either you will succeed in reaching the goal and return happily, or you will collapse in the middle path and your soul will die, and there is no other way.

Under the mutual influence of these two factors, the strong people in the world who can come here and dare to come here to start a cultivation journey are becoming rarer and rarer, and it is idle to not see anyone worship the mountain for a few years......

This time, it was finally Sima Qiudao's turn to come here to try it out. Of course, Sima Qiudao was completely unaware of the above-mentioned secrets at this time, otherwise, he might not have dared to enter the mountains so lightly with the mood of enjoying the mountains and rivers.

However, this is also understandable, after all, at the beginning, he Sima Qiudao was just a promise to send a letter for the presiding officer of Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple; Although there have been many twists and turns along the way, it can be called ups and downs, and there are many murderous opportunities, but they are still barely safe, and now they have reached the head of Miaoshen Mountain, just find the cultivation ground, deliver the letter, and this arduous journey can be drawn to a perfect end.

And no matter from which point of view, Sima Qiudao is meritorious, and it is natural for him to seek some feedback and remuneration, and it is estimated that the person in charge of this place should not be stingy and difficult, well, it should not be......