'Whoo-hoo' warm breeze blows.

On the spring solstice after January, the weather is sunny and flowers and plants bloom.

In the restaurant of Fumanlou, Zhao Zhou sat at a large round table with a Qinghong sword wrapped in a cloth roll, and there were twenty-five men and women, who were sitting nearby, all of whom were the masters gathered in the restaurant that day.

Especially when they still have a burden under their feet, the items they carry are also quite complete, gossip roulette, ink fountain line, chicken blood, dog blood, bells, I Ching, red beans, anyway, a lot of messy things.

This is also because they don't know where Zhao Zhou wants to choose to go, and then over the years, they have brought all the treasures of subduing demons and subduing demons and exploring feng shui.

"Master Zhao."

It was also at this time that a big man with a birthmark on his face arched his hand towards Zhao Zhou and Wu Laogou, and asked with a haha: "You said that we will gather in the next thirty days, and now we are all here, we have eaten, and everything is ready." You say, "Should we tell us where we are going, so that the brothers can be prepared?" ”

When the scene ended a month ago, Zhao Zhou didn't say in advance that the destination was where this time was, just in case he leaked any news and caused any unnecessary trouble, but just asked them to prepare all the guys who were eating, just in case.

Now.

This person also came, and it was a warm spring, and the weather was very good.

Zhao Zhou heard the question of the birthmark big man, and also asked Wu Laogou, who was at the same table, to have a map on the table, pointing to a red dot marked here in Taibai Mountain near Qinling and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to Taibai Mountain in Qinling Mountains this time." I heard that there is a bronze sacred tree cast by the descendants of Chiyou, and I want to go there to take a look, but the Taibai Mountain is full of mountains for hundreds of miles, and I don't ventilate the water to watch the dragon, and I hope that the masters will lead a clear path and find where the place is. ”

The cave tomb of the Qinling Sacred Tree. It was the first time Zhao Zhou decided to go to the place, first, to test the 'acupoint skills' of these masters, select a few people with real skills, and see if they can be used again in the future.

The second is that Zhao Zhou really wants the Qinling Divine Tree. I also want the candle dragon in the cave, that is, the thousand-year-old poisonous snake that has become a spirit, and see if it can be eaten.

It's just that the 'candle dragon' seems to be just an 'illusion', and it is because of the radiation hypnotic effect of the 'bronze ancient tree' that people who enter there feel that there is a 'candle dragon'.

However, there are gods and ghosts in this world, and a poisonous snake that has lived for thousands of years is not incredible, maybe there really is.

Especially, it doesn't matter if it's true or not.

Zhao Zhou felt that if he saw it in person, it must be clear at a glance. In particular, the ancient tree in that cave is quite strange, it really exists, and Zhao Zhou is also bound to get it, wanting to take the ancient tree for himself and see if he can use it when refining the weapon.

However, Zhao Zhou only knew that the place where the bronze god tree was buried was near Taibai Mountain in the Qinling Mountains, but it was not clear where the exact location was, so he could only look at the skills of these masters.

"Qin Ling? The ancient tree cast by the descendants of Chiyou? ”

Hearing Zhao Zhou say that he was going to Qinling, he pondered for a moment, and said with a frowning expression: "Master Zhao, don't say whether the news of this ancient tree is true or false, just say that this Qinling is nearly 2,000 kilometers away from us.... Especially in the Qinling Mountains, the mountains and forests stretch for thousands of miles, and it takes a lot of trips to reach Taibai Mountain. Counting the 100-mile mountain range near the Taibai Mountain, there is no specific location, and it is really difficult to find anything. ”

"That's a good thing." Next to this person, the goatee also pondered for a moment, and then then said: "However, although there are Qinling Mountains, there are two wings in the east and west, and each branch of the mountain range stretches for hundreds of miles, and the peaks are also arranged with the basin, and the terrain is complicated. But the thousands of miles of Qinling Mountains, since ancient times, have been the tombs of many emperors and ministers, and there are even more dignitaries and nobles, dotted near the emperor's mausoleum. Not to mention whether there is a treasure in the later stage of Chiyou, but if it is a treasure hunt and a tomb, it is also a good place. ”

"No, you're not right."

Someone interrupted, "More than 2,000 kilometers away, looking for the mountains, looking for Taibai Mountain, how can we come back every few months?" ”

"It's been too long to go back and forth...."Hearing what the predecessor said, someone answered: "Not to mention that when I was looking for that place, I lived in the mountains and forests, and there were dangers everywhere, and there were many wild beasts in this mountain forest, and it was difficult to protect my life!"

"Yes...."Several people said, as if they were a little embarrassed, feeling that there was a bit of an asymmetry between the 'work' and the 'remuneration'.

"Add five thousand oceans to each person. I asked Master Wu to send it to your masters' homes. Zhao Zhou also understood what these people meant, it was nothing more than sitting on the ground and asking for a price. However, Zhao Zhou is not short of this money, he should give it, as long as he can find the ancient tree, it will be earned.

Especially Zhao Zhou didn't plan to let Wu Laogou go with Chen Pia Si this time, but let them stay here to see if they could recruit a group of 'capable people'.

Because forty or nine years ago, these masters were right, there were many wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and ghosts were also rampant in the wild.

It's dangerous inside the mountains, too.

Zhao Zhou can't guarantee that after this trip, there will be a few able-bodied people coming back, these eight thousand oceans are really not much, to put it mildly, maybe it is these people's 'settling down to buy life money'.

"Thank you, Master Zhao!" When everyone heard that the 'salary' had been more than doubled, they hurriedly stood up and thanked them, smiling and saying nothing else.

In the final analysis, this is still a money word.

Similarly, Zhao Zhou is so 'magnanimous'.

They glanced at each other, and they also knew that the purpose of Zhao Zhou's trip was definitely not to covet the money in the ancient tomb.

And it was also discussed by everyone.

When they took their respective burdens and got into a few cars to go out of the city, many people were talking about Zhao Zhou.

"This Boss Zhao gave so much gold and silver, and he still has to go to the 'Chiyou Ancient Tomb' that I don't know if it's true or not, it must have another purpose." In the back of the convoy, the middle-aged businessman always felt that something was wrong.

"I guess it's everyone, young master, you want to go and see that ghost, right?" The person next to him snorted softly, quite sour, and a little puzzled why the children of this big family didn't enjoy a better life, but instead dealt with their group of outlaws who snatched food from the hands of ghosts.

"The mind of a rich man, if you can figure it out, you will also become the rich man." The driver who drove the car was also one of the masters who were invited, which also caused them to speak without concealment.

It's just that, after all, they also feel that the purpose of Zhao Zhou's trip may be to be 'simply curious' to see the legendary ghosts.

In this way, if they really come across something of value, will they not have another 'harvest'? ’

"Don't talk about it, brothers, it's something to be happy about." When the merchant saw the vehicle coming out of the city, the crowd was silenced.

And after another journey, when there was no road in the suburbs, the man with the birthmark in the car in front of him got out of the car, went to a nearby post station, called an acquaintance, temporarily stored the car, and everyone changed into horses and began to hurry.

That's nearly two thousand kilometers away.

Along the way, everyone walked along the populated area, and there was no surprise.

Stop-and-go, but also to rest at night wherever you go to the town, and change horses during the day.

This post station is also outside the city, horses are a source of money for the post station, and there is no shortage of horses.

As a result, everyone basically rode energetic horses every day, walked over the mountains and mountains, ran on dirt roads, and arrived near Taibai Mountain in the Qinling Mountains one morning half a month later.

Also on this day.

After everyone deposited their horses in a small village on the side of a mountain, the middle-aged man who looked like a merchant seemed to have inquired about something, walked from an old man in the village, and said to Zhao Zhou: "Master Zhao, the people in my village said that Taibai Mountain is twenty miles to the south."

"Yes." When Zhao Zhou heard what the merchant said, he went out of the village first, followed by the birthmark man and others, except for Wu Xie and Chen Pi Ah Si who were left in the pawnshop by him, a total of twenty-three people followed him to the cave to find the dragon.

Similarly, along the way, the twenty-three of them also admired Zhao Zhou's physical strength, and felt that Zhao Zhou should exercise regularly, otherwise he would definitely not be able to stand the hardships of rushing every day.

"This rich young master is not useless, I originally thought that we would take care of him like a grandmother along the way." On the way to Taibai Mountain, the few people behind were bored and chatted in a whisper.

And everyone is walking along this dirt and rock slope that is not a mountain road.

There are no forests on the road, but there are mountains and rocks.

Some of the people were in a hurry, some were gossiping, and they walked for an hour, and at one or two o'clock in the afternoon, they entered a shady forest at the bottom of the mountain, rested under a big tree in a clearing, and took out a kettle of dry food.

At the same time, this group of people noticed that after the arrival of Taibai Mountain, they also ate something casually, so they took out a series of feng shui objects such as a compass, and arranged them on the surrounding trees, the vertical and horizontal peaks, and the nearby terrain began to deduce.

In addition, they recalled some of the landforms they had passed along the way, and after probing for a while, they also closed their eyes and pondered, or they talked about some feng shui mysteries.

can be said for a long time, what 'compass meridian', 'Jackie Chan's mountain, will be enthusiastic to dance', 'the water potential is auspicious to gather and ease, and the turbulence is fierce', all of them are in the clouds and fog, and I can't tell where the ancient tree is for a long time.

Similarly, Zhao Zhou didn't listen to these words, he only needed the results, who cared about these gods and ghosts.

But I got the point.

In fact, this is not to blame them, because in the past thousands of years, or even tens of thousands of years, the topography has already undergone a lot of changes, and some rivers have been cut off, cutting off the original water gathering hexagram.

As a result, they want to find an ancient tomb under the ground of this mountain peak and many trees, through this terrain that has changed drastically, but it is not very probable.

Even if you are sure to stand near the dragon's lair, it will take days of earth exploration and speculation.

But.

In the past four or nine years, there were demons and monsters, and there were many odd second spells.

Among them, the birthmark man seemed to see that his 'colleague' was embarrassed in front of this 'employer', and then glanced at the somewhat gloomy sky, took out a cicada-wing knife, and made a small cut on his arm, oozing some blackened blood.

Strangely, his blood seeped more and more, but it did not drip down, forming a marble-sized balloon.

A few minutes later, I was 'eaten' by something invisible when everyone didn't see anything.

Also at this time.

The birthmark big man suddenly spoke, and asked into the air where there was nothing: "This ghost brother, the younger brother is entrusted by someone to find a region, can you help?"

As he spoke, he listened for a while, squeezed out a drop of blood from the wound, and then said apologetically: "Is the kid rude, dare to ask this ancestor, is there a tomb here?"

The birthmark big man fell, as if he heard something, and closed his eyes, and when he opened it again, the wound on his arm healed strangely, and he turned around and ran directly to a place, but because his body was a little sluggish, it seemed to be a little 'uncomfortable', which caused his speed to be not fast, which was equivalent to the jogging of ordinary people.

"Is this a ghost?" When Zhao Zhou saw it, he also stood up and followed.

Just four or five miles away, everyone came to the entrance in front of a canyon like a 'line of sky', which also gives people a feeling that the mountains on both sides will collapse at any time, which is very weird.

It was also here that the birthmark man in front of Zhao Zhou opened his mouth wide, and after taking a long breath on the way he came, he didn't pay attention to everyone first, but thanked the air before saying to Zhao Zhou: "Master Zhao, this is where the ancient tree is."

As he spoke, he bowed to the forest in the distance and said, "That ghost ancestor is also a 'peer', he was trapped here with his fellow disciples and brothers one hundred and twenty years ago, and he was the only one who broke out of his body and became a 'ghost cultivator', wandering the nearby mountains and forests."

"I see."

Zhao Zhou nodded, and didn't care about any ghost cultivation, but glanced at the birthmark big man, leaving an impression in his heart. Because he felt that among the twenty-three people, it seemed that only this birthmark man was a usable person.

"Forty-nine years ago, this method of ghosts and gods was indeed faster than finding dragons. To put it mildly, this ghost and god spell is much higher than Wu Laogou, and in ancient times, he was regarded as a fairy warlock, divination and fortune telling, night measurement of the stars, and the gods of the Three Realms. ”

"Of course, if these warlocks don't have the backstage of the Shengong Leopard, they will basically end up with the nine clans, and even with their own sects, they will be sealed by the ten thousand armies, and they will be beheaded all over the house."

Zhao Zhou pondered, heard the footsteps behind him pause, and then looked at the people nearby who suddenly stopped: "Why don't you masters leave?"

"This place has arrived."

As soon as Zhao Zhou's words fell, a strong man who had just come to the front of the canyon shook his head, looked at the canyon a few times, stopped and said: "Master Zhao, you also listened to what you said just now, so many 'masters' are trapped in it, this is a mortal situation...."

"That's right, Master Zhao, we only know some feng shui secret techniques, but when we encounter this god and ghost mechanism, there is really no way." The merchant is also a little timid and reluctant to take any more risks.

After all, knowing danger is one thing, but knowing that you will die is another. These juniors, they are really afraid.

"Especially Master Zhao also said, you just want to find the tomb, and now that you have found it, don't embarrass us." As the merchant spoke, he shouted, exchanged glances with the two people next to him, and was about to say a good word to Zhao Zhou, and left here.

It's a big deal to return the money to Zhao Zhou, so you should give Wu Laogou a face, and this time you should be a tour.

This can also be seen that when it comes to the choice of life and death, no matter how moral a person is, it is still a bit of a catastrophe to fly separately.

Besides, it's not good, this deep mountain and old forest, plus there are many of them, I'm really not afraid of Zhao Zhou, and it's interesting enough to leave without turning around.

And Zhao Zhou heard that after seeing the birthmark man who had been following him, as if he wanted to follow him all the way to the end, he saw a few people talking, shaking the minds of more people, and then flicked his palm, with the strong wind of 'snorting', three iron balls came out of his hands, directly smashing their heads with a 'snap', and also made the people who were splashed with blood instantly blow up their scalps, knowing that this 'rich boy' seemed to be a little 'wrong'.

"Masters."

'Papa' accompanied the corpse to the ground, Zhao Zhou shook his hands, and also looked at the people who suddenly became vigilant: "I've rushed over for thousands of miles, isn't it a few steps short?"

Now that the place has been found, Zhao Zhou has also obtained a talent who is connected to ghosts and gods, and these people are really dispensable. In particular, the incident of disturbing the morale of the army is a major crime of beheading, and it cannot be spared.

"It's not... Master Zhao...."

Some people still want to say. But Zhao Zhou didn't listen to it at all, and with a 'snap' step, the soil and rocks splashed, and a few 'poofs' made this person into a 'sieve!' ’

It's also this time.

No matter how stupid a person is, he knows that Zhao Zhou is really wrong!

"Land Immortals?" The goatee seemed to understand people, and after a tremor in his heart, he didn't want to stand next to the birthmark man.

And Zhao Zhou saw that another person came to his side, and he also pulled out the Qinghong sword with his backhand and shook it, and after the cloth was shattered in everyone's incredible eyes, he pointed at them and said, "There is an old saying that is good. Take people's money and eliminate disasters for others. Now, you have all collected my Zhao Zhou's money, either you will go in with me today, or you will all die outside this mountain. ”