Chapter 30: The Origin of the Wolf Domain
Regarding the origin of the "Wolf Domain", Xu Shoujun's understanding is far beyond Cheng Zhong's imagination.
It turns out that in ancient times, maybe 10,000 years ago.
At that time, mankind was still in the period of ignorance, and human civilization was far from starting.
And there are some powerful races among the wild animals.
The thin-waisted wolf clan, because of its early evolution, high intelligence, and perfect physique, has become the best of the wolf family.
They mainly live in the area of the Loess Plateau north to the Inner Mongolia grassland and west to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and are the most powerful wolf tribe in northwest China and one of the most powerful wolf tribes on the planet.
In the process of the development of this powerful wolf clan, a great wolf king appeared called the Slender Waist Wolf King.
Because of its loud and high-pitched voice, it resounded through the world, so it was also honored as the "Roaring Wolf King".
It was later the famous "Roaring Dog".
"Howling Sky Dog" is its name after following "Erlang God".
After thousands of years of practice, it has a high ability and has the power to call the wind and rain, and to go to heaven and earth.
Like the white snake in "The Legend of the White Snake", it is the most cultivated person in the animal kingdom.
Because of its vast powers, it has many different names in human records and legends, such as "tengu", "rhinoceros in the earth", and "white dog god", and so on.
"The Romance of the Gods" is one of the earliest books that comprehensively describes the "Roaring Dog".
For its physical and physiognomy characteristics, there are poems in "The Romance of the Gods" as evidence:
"The fairy dog is cultivated into a thin waist,
It is shaped like a white elephant and is like a owl.
The copper head and iron neck are difficult to parry,
It is difficult to get rid of the heroic bones. ”
It is rumored that when the "Roaring Sky Wolf King" cultivated to his greatest completion, he lived in the beautiful peak of the Loess Plateau, Tiemu Mountain.
In ancient times, the Tiemu Mountains and the surrounding area were rich in forests and abundant water and grass, making them high-quality natural pastures.
At that time, this mountain was called "Tenmaki Mountain" by humans, which means a mountain that is naturally suitable for grazing.
Later, I don't know how many years have passed, the vicissitudes of life, the Loess Plateau in Longzhong has been in drought for many years, the forest has shrunk, the grassland has disappeared, and there is no scene of high-quality pastures in the past.
It has been passed down from generation to generation, and I don't know when this mountain was called Tiemu Mountain.
At that time, Tiemu Mountain was hundreds of miles in circumference, westward to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Hexi Corridor, led by the "Roaring Sky Wolf King", gathered hundreds of thousands of thin-waisted wolves and northwest wolves.
There are countless cattle and sheep that thrive in this huge golden pasture, which is grazed and managed by the wolf clan.
This place became an independent and free kingdom of the wolf clan.
The human tribes living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the upper reaches of the Yellow River are staring at this piece of "fat meat".
They organized countless expeditions, and each time they were defeated by the "Roaring Sky Wolf King" led by the Slender Waist Wolf Clan and the Northwest Wolf.
This situation seems to have broken the absolute dominance of human beings over this world.
When the Heavenly Court, which is dominated by the gods of the human race, got the news, it ordered Yang Jian, the "Erlang God", to go and subdue the "Roaring Sky Wolf King".
The heavenly soldiers and generals led by the "Erlang God" and the wolf soldiers and wolf generals led by the "Roaring Sky Wolf King" surrounded Tiemu Mountain and set up a battlefield between heaven and earth.
In order to convince the "Roaring Sky Wolf King", the "Erlang God" promised not to use weapons and magic weapons, and the two sides only competed on their physical abilities.
It is expected that the "Roaring Sky Wolf King" is the longest in hand-to-hand combat, and his movements are agile, such as lightning and lightning.
Although the "Erlang God" has infinite strength and superb boxing skills, he has never been able to stand the body of the wolf king.
The battle between the human god and the wolf king lasted for 7749 days, and there was no victory.
The Heavenly Soldiers and the Wolf Clan battle formations fought each other.
The wolf clan battle array has a division of labor and cooperation, advances and retreats, and subtle changes, and the heavenly soldiers and generals can't take half an advantage.
In the end, in order to avoid causing excessive casualties, the "Erlang God" put down his son and made peace with the "Roaring Sky Wolf King".
"Erlang God" admires the wisdom and loyalty of the wolf king.
The "Wolf King" is also very grateful for the integrity and broad-mindedness of the "Erlang God".
The two alien powers hit it off at first sight, fell in love, and later knelt down to the oath and became alien brothers.
"Erlang God" seems to have forgotten his mission and stayed in Tiemu Mountain, playing with the "Roaring Sky Wolf King" all day long, practicing together, and learning from each other.
During this time, they lived comfortably, and the abilities of both sides improved rapidly.
They used great supernatural powers unimaginable to the gods to create a new world together.
As long as you enter that world, without special cultivation, the physical fitness of people and animals will be immeasurably improved.
I don't know how many years later, the "Monkey King" made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, causing the great Heavenly Court to be unpeaceful.
The Jade Emperor was in a hurry, and only then did he think of the first god of war in the heavenly court - "Erlang God".
The Jade Emperor urgently dispatched Yang Jian to deal with the "Monkey King", and at the same time asked about the "Roaring Sky Dog".
"Erlang God" hurriedly replied, saying that many years ago, he had recruited the "Roaring Sky Dog" into his door, and now he is a personal pet, and he can advance and retreat together to kill the enemy.
The Jade Emperor did not delve into it, and allowed the "Roaring Sky Dog" to be a subordinate of the "Erlang God" and go together to conquer the crazy golden monkey.
Although he has obtained the legal divine position in the Heavenly Court, the "Roaring Heavenly Dog" still often returns to his hometown of Tiemu Mountain to live, and happily roam with the slender-waisted wolf and the northwest wolf......
Time flies.
In the country of the Central Plains on the earth, "you sing and I will appear", and the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves.
In the blink of an eye, the Mongols who set out from the steppe became dominant.
At the beginning of the 13th century, Genghis Khan Temujin unified Mobei and began to expand outward after establishing the Mongol Empire.
He successively conquered Western Liao, Western Xia, Eastern Xia, Jin, Southern Song and other countries.
His grandson, Kublai Khan, established the "Great Yuan" in the former Han land of China and began the Yuan Dynasty.
This dynasty was a great disaster for the Han nation.
After years of war, the people were killed and wounded, and the fields were barren, and it was a bleak scene.
But for the wolf clan, the Yuan Dynasty was their most glorious period.
The Mongols regard the wolf as a national totem, and they take the wolf as their teacher in military affairs and the wolf as their companion in life.
Most of the strongest Mongolian troops are an organic combination of one person, one wolf and one horse, and ordinary troops cannot fight against them at all.
The Mongols got along with the wolf like brothers, but regarded the Han and other ethnic groups as inferior peoples, and adopted a policy of bullying and enslavement everywhere.
The stronger the oppression, the stronger the resistance.
The Yuan Dynasty lasted less than 100 years, with revolts everywhere and Mongol rule crumbling.
In particular, the Han Ming army led by Zhu Yuanzhang attacked the Mongols with a devastating momentum and repeatedly achieved major victories.
The Mongols were unlucky, and so were the wolves.
The Han people vented all their hatred for the Mongols on the wolf tribe.
The last decisive battle between Han and Mongolia was fought in the narrow strip of the Guanchuan River from Dingxi in the west to Guochengyi in the east in the Longzhong region.
The general of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun, led 200,000 troops and surrounded and annihilated more than 100,000 Mongolian soldiers.
Tiemu Mountain is located in the Guanchuan River valley and is the core of this decisive battle.
Tens of thousands of wolves under the command of the "Roaring Sky Dog" were hunted down and killed as wolves raised by the Mongols, and suffered heavy casualties.
When the "Roaring Sky Dog" returned to his hometown from Heavenly Court, he was shocked to see this situation.
It once wanted to kill Chang Yuchun and other Han generals to avenge its wolf clan, but it was afraid of violating the way of heaven and causing a new war.
As the supreme leader of the wolf clan, it does not want to watch its own people continue to suffer endless killings.
In desperation, it consulted with its brother "Erlang God" to use the new world they created to rescue the suffering wolf clan.
To this end, they opened a portal to the New World in Ironwood Mountain.
With their joint efforts, in an instant, many wolf clans in the surrounding area and even the entire northwest region were included in the new world.
Since then, the wolf creatures have a completely independent area from the main world of the earth - the "wolf domain".
Back then, the entrance that could enter the "Wolf Domain" was in the "Underground Secret Palace" of Tiemu Mountain......
Of course, most of the information that Xu Shoujun knows is obtained from relevant historical materials and people's word of mouth, and it is not complete, systematic and accurate.
But through these scattered stories and legends, a relatively clear impression can be basically formed.
Especially for the young Cheng Zhong, Xu Shoujun's words were almost fresh and amazing, which made his little heart tremble violently, and his chest rose and fell, which was really a little unbearable.
For a full hour, Xu Shoujun's eyebrows fluttered when he spoke, and Cheng Zhong was sweating when he listened.
Two people, one old and one young, their faces were red, as if they were drunk......
Through Xu Shoujun's intermittent narration, Cheng Zhong can be regarded as figuring out the origin and value of the "Wolf Domain".
But he still has many unanswered questions.
After bowing his head and pondering for a long time, Cheng Zhong couldn't help but ask:
"My lord, I still don't understand, how do you know these things?
Also, is all this information reliable and credible?"
"Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the existence of the entrance to the 'Wolf Domain' in Tiemu Mountain is not a secret in the Jianghu cultivation world.
All the sects and gangs knew that this entrance existed, but none of the forces could approach it, and the reason was that the Slender Waist Wolf Clan was strictly guarded. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Shoujun's face was full of helplessness, and he sighed and continued:
"Alas, before I met you, I actually had three chances to approach the entrance to the 'Wolf Domain', but in the end, I didn't succeed once. ”
Then, Xu Shoujun told the story of entering the labyrinth three times with great regret.