Chapter 241: Escapist Mountain Village
Along the prairie to the west, detouring east, the beast cart drove on the prairie, and in the distance, the silhouette of the mountains was full of shadows.
"That's the Barren Mountains?"
On the beast cart, Xiao Tie looked into the distance, looking at the mountains at the end of the plain, and the barren atmosphere came to his face, like a sleeping dragon crawling, spectacular and abnormal.
In perception, this place is indeed a little weird, the aura on the prairie is very strong, but once close to this mountain range, the aura suddenly began to shrink, rumored, that mountain range was once an ancient battlefield, there are incomparably terrible monsters and warriors in this duel of life and death, and finally died together, ending a protracted war, and then this place became a place of death, the living do not enter, ordinary people enter, even if it is just the edge, a day can not bear it will be sideways, the warrior is also unable to go deep into it, once it is deep, martial arts cultivation is directly reduced to mediocrity, deathγ
This kind of strange place, Xiao Tie is also the first time to see it.
"The rumor is true, but it's not as scary as the rumor. Fang Shi said as he drove, with a look of amazement in his eyes, "In the early years, my subordinates and companions used to enter it to explore, trying to find out the strangeness of this place, it was indeed nine deaths, half of the ten companions died, and finally escaped from the depths. β
Isn't it certain to die?
Xiao Tie was a little surprised, but also a little relieved, and asked Fang Shi: "What is in the depths of this mountain range?"
"There is a great terror. Fang Shi said solemnly, "When you enter the depths, there will be a terrible coercion coming, and the strength of the cultivator will be weakened, and if you enter below the heaven level, you will be directly pressed into an ordinary person, even if it is above the heaven level, you will be suppressed very badly, and the strength will not be one in ten, and the reason why we were able to come out that time was also because there were two body cultivators in the team, relatively speaking, it was easier for the body cultivators to survive in it." β
"As for the others, we haven't encountered too many, we only know that there are demonic beasts in them, and many of these demonic beasts are very powerful, with amazing physiques, and they are difficult to deal with, but we have guessed that there are likely to be ancient powerhouses in it, and it is precisely because of this that there will be that kind of terrible coercion. β
Xiao Tie nodded.
For the speculation of the ashlar, he agreed.
Indeed, the power of coercion, except for powerful martial artists and demonic beasts, under normal circumstances, is rarely naturally existing, and it is not simple to be able to suppress the coercion of heaven-level martial artists, it is very likely that it is really like a legend, there is a powerful existence in it, and his corpse is exuding coercion.
Martial artists and demonic beasts, when they reach the heavenly level, their whole body will transform, and after death, it is completely possible to retain their bones under certain specific circumstances, especially martial arts, and the more powerful they are, the higher the possibility of this preservation, and the terrible coercion contained in their corpses is very terrifying because no one controls it.
"If that's really the case, then the dead existence is probably not simple!~"
Xiao Tie sighed secretly.
You must know that the life and death of a warrior, the coercion it exudes is completely different, after the death of the warrior, although the corpse can still exude coercion, but no one controls it, it is extremely scattered, and the passage of time weakens, it is definitely less than one percent of its life, so many years have passed, and it can still maintain such a terrible coercion, it is conceivable that the fall is terrible.
None of that matters, though.
They didn't come this time specifically for the weirdness of this mountain range.
"It should be almost there. β
Seeing the mountains getting closer and closer, he remembered that the hometown of his three stupid apprentices was the periphery of this mountain range.
I have to say that this place is really very remote and secretive, and I am afraid that no one will come to this place, even if it comes, in such a large area, few people can be so lucky and directly find the mountain village hidden in it, which makes the mountain village where his apprentice is located, isolated from the world, and has existed for tens of thousands of years.
That's right.
That's tens of thousands of years.
This is what Xiao Tie heard from his three stupid apprentices.
According to the three brothers of the Guo family, their village, as early as tens of thousands of years ago, has existed, the ancestors in the village have continued to this day, there is an ancestral hall, which is full of dense ancestral rankings, each tablet, there is a detailed record of the life of the existence, as if it is a historical library, the oldest record, can be traced back to 30,000 years ago that great war.
This time, in addition to being curious about the village itself, another target for him was actually the ancestral hall.
After passing through the Food House, he had too many doubts about this world, but most of these problems have been annihilated in the long river of time, and they cannot be traced back at all, and the village where the three Guo brothers are located is probably one of the few places where some historical truths are still preserved.
Of course, according to Xiao Tie's knowledge, in addition to the mountain village where the three brothers of the Guo family are located, many super forces also preserve some historical truths, and these Xiao Tie are very curious, but relatively speaking, the village where the three brothers of the Guo family are located is the closest to him, so he is the first to come here.
As the beast cart moved forward, soon the surroundings changed, the green gradually thinned, the ground was paved with gray, and there was a rancid stench in the earth, it was a dead land.
Xiao Tie secretly judged in his heart.
I don't know why, after the monster pulled the cart into this place, it suddenly became a little irritable, and the original situation of hard work and resentment was actually a little unwilling to move forward.
"My lord, it looks like we're going to have to walk. Fang Shi drove away several times in a row, but the beast cart did not move at all, but was retreating, and said with a wry smile, "This place is a place of death, unless the native creatures and foreign creatures that grow up here, they will be extremely repulsed after approaching, and they dare not enter it at all." β
Xiao Tie nodded: "Since that's the case, let's walk." β
The demonic beasts did not move, he couldn't help it, and he felt very clearly in his perception that even if they threatened their lives, these demonic beasts would not dare to move forward.
The two of them took care of the beast cart, and they were not afraid of escaping, and they were tamed by the animal trainer, they were very docile, and the two began to go deeper on foot.
"No wonder it's called the Barren Mountain Range, this mountain range is really barren, doesn't this place grow things? If it doesn't grow things, what do those demonic beasts and lives in here feed on?"
"I know a little bit about this problem, it seems to feed on some rhizomes under the land, which is barren on the ground, but there are still some special plants ten meters underground. β
This......
Xiao Tie was incredulous.
Ten meters below, could it be said that all the lives in this place are experts in making holes?
He sensed and released, and sure enough, under this gray and black land, about ten meters below, there were all kinds of rhizomes, some of which he knew, and some of which he didn't know at all, and he also found that under those ten meters, there were many intricate passages, and there were many lives living underground in places that were originally invisible to the naked eye.
"Shhhh β
There are too many underground passages, intricate, large and small, almost anywhere underground, this is already the entire underground hollowed out, and the upper layer of land has not collapsed until now, which is also a miracle.
And Xiao Tie found out in disbelief that this place is really very peculiar, underground, it actually forms its own biological chain, as if it is an underground world that tends to be perfect.
"That village, can't it be underground?"
Suddenly, Xiao Tie thought of this possibility.
Not to mention, this could be a real possibility.
As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water.
In this kind of place, there is nothing on the ground, and you have to endure the erosion of the corrupt earth all year round, and it is almost impossible to survive in this kind of place.
But if it is an underground situation, it is completely possible to maintain the life of a mountain village, and this can also explain why after so many years, few people have found the village where the three Guo brothers are located.
But after all, this is just speculation, whether it is or not, Xiao Tie is not sure, but this makes him move his mind, perceive it all the time, and constantly feel the underground situation, after all, although he knows that this mountain village is in this place, but he doesn't know the specific location, and he must pay attention to it himself.
I don't know how long I walked, looking at the sky, I'm afraid it took a long time, and finally the two of them really entered the mountain range, but let alone the village, even the village didn't find the slightest clue.
"Almost. Xiao Tie muttered.
Stand still and let Fang Shi protect the Dharma for himself, while he closes his eyes.
This time, he plans to use all his power of perception to find out the mountain village!
You must know that at this time, although his cultivation has not improved much, but when it comes to other aspects, it is very terrifying, and his perception is naturally extremely powerful, and he usually doesn't concentrate on it, at most covering a radius of ten miles, but once he goes all out, uses the power of the law, and uses the eye of heaven and earth, it is completely possible to expand this range by a thousand times, and it is not a problem to envelop an empire!
And at this time, he was obviously ready to concentrate on perceiving the existence of the mountain village!
Sumeru, Xiao Tie opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth lifted, and a smile appeared: "Go, follow me." β
Fang Shi was a little surprised, but didn't say a word, and immediately followed.
Soon the two of them came to the middle of a large mountain on the outskirts of a mountain range, and a cave hidden behind a boulder was revealed.
"It's ......" Fang Shi was surprised.
You must know that this place is very far away from where they just were, ten miles away, but ten miles away, Xiao Tie actually discovered this cave, which is beyond the cognition of supreme-level martial artists, right?
You must know that the supreme-level existence is only barely able to spread its perception a mile away, and no matter how far it goes, it is very vague.
Looking at this cave again, it was obviously artificially excavated, and faintly, Fang Shi could see that there were many prohibitions arranged in it, and there were formations that made him tremble.
However, Xiao Tie didn't pay attention to all this at all, and went straight in: "Follow me, otherwise I can't guarantee that something will happen to you." β
For others, these prohibitions and formations may be very troublesome, and they are even helpless to enter, unless they blow the entire mountain down, but for Xiao Tie, all this is nothing at all.
The moment he entered the cave, Xiao Tie controlled everything in this world with a single thought, even those prohibitions and formations that were about to explode, they were directly dumb fire, as if they had not found the two of them at all, and let the two of them pass.
The passage is not too long, it leads straight to the underground, after a while, there was a light in the eyes of the two, and it was only at this time that Fang Shi finally dared to be sure, they had found the right place, the escaping mountain village that Xiao Tie was looking for was here, everything was very smooth, and it was so smooth that Fang Shi felt a little unreal.
"Huh?"
Xiao Tie, who was walking in front, suddenly paused.
"My lord, what's wrong?" Fang Shi was startled, in this kind of passage full of danger, he didn't dare to mess around in the slightest, and while stiffening, he hurriedly asked.
"Nothing. Xiao Tie shook his head and said with a smile, "It seems that we have been discovered, but at this time, they can't take care of us at all, let's go, go in, someone should have already stood at the exit to greet us." β
As Xiao Tie said, when the two finally walked out of the passage, there were already two plainly dressed old men waiting in front of them for a long time.
When he saw these two old men clearly, Fang Shi was instantly shocked in his heart, because he suddenly realized that the strength of these two old men was actually very strong, and even he couldn't see through it!
However, as Xiao Tie's 'nanny' and 'guard', Fang Shi did not hesitate and immediately blocked in front of Xiao Tie!
"Don't worry. β
Xiao Tie was helpless, and then looked at the two old men, "My name is Xiao Tie, and I am the master of the three brothers of the Guo family. β
The two old men didn't open their mouths from beginning to end, but the qi that was not triggered by them made people understand that the two old men were not calm in their hearts at this time, and they were likely to fight with Xiao Tie and them if they didn't agree with each other.
And they are not to blame for it.
After all, no one had ever broken into the passage safely, and today someone actually passed through silently, and it wasn't until they entered the range of their perception that they felt that it was because the other party did not deliberately conceal their whereabouts, otherwise......
What does this mean?
Fang Shi not to mention, the strength of the two old men is obviously stronger than Fang Shi, they are real king-level existences, and they can see Fang Shi's strength at a glance, so they didn't care about it at first, but Xiao Tie ......
I don't know why, they can't feel anything from Xiao Tie at all.
Ordinary people?
It's simply impossible!
That is to say, the strength of this person, they can't see through it at all!
How terrible it must be!
They didn't know what the two of them were here for, and if they wanted to do something to the village, would they really be able to stop it?
Especially at this time, their village is at a time when they can't draw manpower, once these two mess around, the consequences ......
Therefore, neither of the two old men acted rashly.
Until Xiao Tie spoke, the two old men were stunned.
"The three brothers of the Guo family...... Master?"
The three brothers of the Guo family, they didn't react for a while.
But soon, they seemed to understand: "You are Grandmaster Xiao?"
The three brothers of the Guo family had already returned to the village, after all, unlike Xiao Tie, the three brothers themselves went straight to the village, and they hurried all the way along the way, so they naturally came back one step earlier than Xiao Tie.
And it is precisely because of this that Xiao Tie's affairs, including Xiao Tie's acceptance of the three brothers of the Guo family as apprentices, have long been known to the village.
"Yes, it's my ......," Xiao Tie smiled.