Chapter 173: All the way to Montenegro
Eighty years ago, the Immortal Sect had an overwhelming advantage over the Demon Clan, and of course it was safe to pass through the Central Realm. But now at the level of the Yuan God and Demon King, the Immortal Gate and the Demon Clan are already on the same starting line, so they will naturally be a little weak-hearted, and this is also the opportunity for themselves and others.
Although it was a bit psychologically uncomfortable to feel that he and others had to rely on the demon clan, the great enemy of mankind, to escape for their lives, but now the situation has to face reality.
Chen An touched a wooden plaque engraved with the word "red" that he inadvertently obtained on his waist, and completely gave up the plan to forcibly fly and break through, after all, it was a helpless move to survive in death, once he really flew out without fear, he would immediately become a clear target, and he would inevitably be chased and intercepted by countless people, unless he had the confidence to fight his way out of the encirclement.
The immortal cultivators assisted by thousands of strange instruments are stronger than martial artists in all aspects, and if they can fight their way out of the encirclement safely, even Chen An himself doesn't believe it.
Even though the Infernal Ghost is desolate, there are no less than hundreds of mortal city-states scattered among them, and they are integrated into it, and the immortal cultivators rely on dozens of people to find it, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. The only two points to note are the passage to enter the Infernal Ghost Snake in Black Mountain and the several checkpoints where the Infernal Ghost Snake leads to Wansheng Mountain. These two places are the only way to go, and they can't be avoided.
After learning that Xiaoguang would not be in danger for the time being, Chen An felt that he and the others could live in the Infernal Ghost for three and five years, and when the Xianmen was completely impatient, after the level was released, they would be able to return in one fell swoop.
In this way, the latter is not to be feared, only Montenegro is where Chen An and the others are really calamity.
While speaking, the carriage had already driven into Montenegro.
Black Mountain is the barrier between the Dongliu Plain and the Infernal Ghost Snake, and after this, it is one of the dangerous places that the entire Kunlun Hao Heavenly Mirror people are afraid of.
In fact, the entire Black Mountain and even the Infernal Ghost Snake nominally belong to the territory of the Mountain Ghost Country, but due to the special nature of the Infernal Ghost Dragon, the Mountain Ghost Country only has the ability to restrain this, and some of the scattered cities still retain the county guards sent by the Mountain Ghost Country as puppets, and some are simply the autonomy of the city lord.
Black Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles to separate the east-flowing plains, and the three major plates in the Kunlun Hao Heavenly Realm, the Infernal Ghost Snake and the Hequ Valley, affect the rise and fall of dozens of countries.
Montenegro is rich in products and is a paradise for adventurers, attracting many wandering rangers and merchants, who have established many bases here to rest and reorganize, and these bases have developed over thousands of years to become nominally a mountain ghost country, but in fact it is an autonomous city.
One of the deepest in the Black Mountain, and at the same time close to the Infernal Ghost Snake, is called Torture Stay, which was originally a checkpoint for the Mountain Ghost Kingdom to exile the Infernal Ghost Snake, but later became a free city-state ruled by merchants, rangers, and criminals. There is no law of the mountain ghost country here, only the strong are respected.
Xingliu City is also called Black Mountain City by the merchants, and it is controlled by the three forces of the Xingliu Guild, the Heroes Alliance, and the Red Feather Gang, and it is also the target of Chen An and others at the next stop.
In fact, there are six ways to choose from entering the Infernal Ghost Snake through the Mountain Ghost Country through Black Mountain, and taking Black Mountain City is the result of repeated discussions between the three of them. First, the target here is very large, but it is easy to be ignored by the enemy; second, with the wooden card given by the old man surnamed Wu, Chen An and the others can immediately obtain a legal identity and smoothly integrate into the mortal forces to facilitate concealment.
As for not choosing any way and forcibly climbing Montenegro, Chen An also considered it, but he gave up just after he had this idea. There is no way, even if you want to go deeper into the Infernal Ghost Snake quickly, you have to replenish supplies. Chen An and Yuan Jie are both martial artists and can't break the valley, although they can also eat qi and replenish their spirits like immortal cultivators, but this ratio is too small, so they can eat less, but they can't stop eating. Moreover, the carriages must be repaired, and the horses must be fed.
In fact, as soon as they entered the Black Mountain, Chen An and the others stopped, this horse had been tired for a long time before, and it had not just stopped to rest in the forested city, and was forced to run such a way by the lifeless killing door, Seeing that this not very strong guy kept opening and closing the nose that was panting for a heavy breath, and the corners of the mouth overflowing with foam, Chen An and the others had to stop and rest for a while.
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In Montenegro City, Han Yu hurriedly walked into the Yunlai Inn, came to the door of the second room of the first word, knocked on the door with his fingers, and after hearing an affirmative word of "come in", he pushed the door lightly and saw a moon-white back.
The owner of this back has broad shoulders and a tall posture, just standing quietly in front of the window, looking into the distance with a little melancholy, as it did more than ten years ago, and has never changed. Han Yu, who had just entered the door and saw this scene, was subconsciously stunned, and his thoughts couldn't help but go back to the first time he saw such a scene.
At that time, Han Yu was not the head of the Heroes Association, but a lowly person in the cold continent of the mountain ghost country, a famine took away his parents and younger brothers and sisters, in order to fill his stomach, Han Yu had to climb the Black Mountain. It is indeed a paradise for adventurers and a paradise for outlaws, with endless wealth and countless opportunities.
Of course, opportunity and danger are symbiotic, and the danger that accompanies wealth and opportunity is not only explained in Montenegro is not only strange beasts and evil things, but also often adds people's hearts. It was because he didn't understand this at the beginning that Han Yu was pushed off a cliff by his brother in the same village and his lifelong brother, lying in the bushes and waiting for death.
While sad and remorseful, he was also fortunate to see this moon-white back for the first time. The owner of the back rescued him, taught him martial arts, and helped him gain a foothold in Montenegro. Life has created the roaring sky thunder and Han Xiaofeng that today shocked the entire northern region of Montenegro.
"Mr. Yang......" Han Yu called softly, his voice could not hide his excitement.
"Xiao Han is here. Mr. Yang turned around, and in Han Yu's eyes, he was no different from more than ten years ago, and he had never aged half a minute. He waved his hand with an elegant smile and said, "Come in and sit, I still have something to trouble you with this time." ”
"Don't dare," Han Yu, who had just brought the door to the door, heard this, and hurriedly said in fear: "Mr. Yang treats me with great kindness, and once he has a life, even if he goes to the soup, he will not obey." ”
"It's not so serious," Mr. Yang smiled gently, "It's just that you want to help me keep an eye on a few people, and you don't need to do anything, just notify me as soon as I have any news of them." ”
As he spoke, he spread out three portraits on the square table on the side, and it was Chen An and the others.
Han Yu looked carefully at the bearded, a young man and a woman on the portrait, and there was nothing surprising about it after looking at it for a long time, but since it was something that Mr. Yang ordered, he didn't ask the reason, he just wanted to do it well.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yang, as long as they enter Black Mountain City, Xiao Han will be able to help you find them immediately. ”
Getting the answer he wanted, Yang Shuo smiled and nodded, and talked to Han Yu for a long time before sending him away.
Sending Han Yu away, Yangshuo turned around again, walked to the window, looked at the fights that occurred from time to time in the streets and alleys outside the window, and sighed: "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and this Black Mountain City is really chaotic." ”
"Why is Mr. Yang so emotional?" A voice suddenly sounded from the square table behind Yang Shuo, where a man in black sat at some point, wearing a demon mask, completely covering his appearance, only a pair of eyes were exposed, staring straight at Yang Shuo's back, waiting for his answer.
Yangshuo seemed to have discovered the person who came a long time ago, and smiled calmly: "I suddenly feel that we are no different from these mortals, fighting each other all day long for some petty profits, and even forgetting what we were looking for at the beginning, and seeking immortals and seeking the Tao has completely reduced to empty words and phrases that flaunt ourselves, which is ridiculous and lamentable." ”
The ghost-faced man was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously retorted: "It's different, we resist the demon race and fight for the living space of the entire human race, this is the great righteousness, how can it be comparable to these mortals who don't know tomorrow." ”
"Millions of years ago, the human race was also a member of the demon race, and it was only because it was strong that it excluded dissidents, so what difference does it seem?"
"Mr. Yang, this thought of yours is very dangerous. The ghost-faced man's voice was low, and although he used honorifics, his tone was not very respectful.
Yang Shuo smiled freely, no longer entangled in this topic, and asked bluntly: "Getting back to business, who is my opponent this time?"
The ghost-faced man seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the sudden change in topic, and only replied after a slight pause: "Sanskrit Saintess Na Xuezhi, Xuanyue Zhen, the Lord of the Hundred Flowers Valley, Zhou He, the mad Taoist Zhou He, and Zhang Tingfang, the plain-clothed Xuanshi, ......"
The ghost-faced man reported the names of seven or eight people in one breath, and Yang Shuo frowned deeply when he heard it, not because there were too many people, but because there were too few people, and a peerless magic skill attracted so many people, and they couldn't afford to smash a wave in this huge Black Mountain City, let alone the entire Infernal Ghost Domain.
"And what about my help?"
"Recently, the demon clan has been moving frequently, and the sect master's side is not enough, so he can only squeeze out a part of the listening room for Mr. to drive. ”
Yang Shuo smiled bitterly: "Still don't believe it, Su Nu Dao, Tianyi They didn't come for that peerless divine skill." ”
"According to our judgment, only the plain-clothed Xuanshi Zhang Tingfang has the same purpose as Mr., and the others are just here for the purpose of Yuan Jie himself, and the meaning of the sect master is the same, but it does not conflict with the purpose of Mr., so there is no special order. ”
The ghost-faced man's voice didn't have the slightest ripple, but Yangshuo had already heard a positive answer. In fact, Xianmen's attitude towards the Nine Heavens Yuan Yang Jue was not at all as eager as Kite Jie Chen An thought, but it was mostly disdainful. For the Immortal Gate, the Martial Dao is just a side branch separated from the Immortal Dao, which can be compared to the orthodoxy of the Upper Immortal Gate.
Millennial Jindan, 10,000 years of primordial gods.
This is not an empty word, but it really points out the road to immortality, and it is the avenue. The longest-lived Yuan Shen Zhenren relied on the longevity pill and secret ritual, and once lived for forty thousand years, even if the Jindan Grandmaster maintained it well, it would not be a problem to easily live for one or two thousand years.
And what about the golden-bodied warriors? Even though he has great magical powers, even if he claims to be a great immortal, the longest lifespan of a golden-tall person recorded in history is only more than 800 years old, how different is this from mortals in the eyes of the true people of the primordial gods?
Even if he was beaten up the mountain gate by Zhenguo Gong eighty years ago and slapped his face fiercely, the giants of Zhengyi didn't care, it was a big deal to close the mountain for a thousand years, and then go out when Zhenguo Gong died, how many Zhen Guogong would come out of the entire central realm for tens of thousands of years?
Xia insects can't talk about ice, and mortals will never understand the mystery of the path of immortality.
Therefore, the upper echelons of the Immortal Sect would never admit that the martial arts were stronger than the Immortal Dao. This is the mainstream idea of Xianmen, not an individual.
It's easy to understand if you think about it according to this line of thought, how can there be a Zhengshuo in this world to learn the truth of the sideways, it's like saying to the eldest son who is about to inherit the position of the head of the Wanguan family, inheriting the family business or something is too low, or follow me to sell pork and start a business, it's a truth.
The greatest value of Iris Jie lies not in the secret treasure of his peerless magical skills, but in himself.
He once served in the Donghu royal court, plundered the Western Regions, and also hooked up with the King of Yunzhou Xuan, a family of the Great Qian, and was very familiar with the entire Northern Frontier of the Great Qian. He himself has no bones, and he is the best candidate to lead the way, and he can contribute to Xianmen's plan to counterattack the central realm.
Even the Heavenly Master's Mansion couldn't help but hang a vest to rob him, and he lived in strange goods, not to mention the forces like Yin Ghost Dao Tianyi, who were already presiding over the counterattack on the Central Realm.