Chapter 174: The Year Passes
(I had a cold today, I was dizzy, and it was a little hard to yard...... )
The success of the refining of Gunian Dan is undoubtedly the most important event in Yunmeng Mountain in the past ten years.
Dream hunters have reason to be superstitious about the Gu Nian Dan, because the two most important conditions for the cultivation of dream hunting techniques are breath and imagination. The breath within the meridians in the human body enters the mind and becomes the power of the mind, and the power of the mind is the source of the power of all magic weapons and spirit beasts in the dream world. And imagination is the most important force for condensing dream spirit beasts and building dream worlds, that is, condensing dream talismans.
To put it simply, the Dream Hunter uses his imagination to construct the world, and uses the power of his mind to drive the world.
The greatest effect of the Gunian Pill is that it can enhance the breath in the meridians of the human body and quickly transform it into the power of thought.
The cultivators of Yunmeng Mountain also had reason to be superstitious about Zhuang Zhou. This young patriarch not only used his strength to defeat strong enemies, but also brought exciting changes to Yunmeng Mountain in a short period of time.
The end of the year is approaching, and Ma Shanhao's alchemy room has refined ten Gunian Pills, but the red fruit liquid has not yielded results. Zhuang Zhou was not in a hurry, he knew that refining the pill was like cultivation, and he couldn't rush it.
What should come will come eventually.
However, when the New Year was approaching and there were only three days left before the New Year, Zhuang Zhou's brows began to tighten. He thought of an embarrassing situation, but he didn't expect such a bad situation.
At the end of the year, it is the time for the forty-nine villages under the mountain to pay their taxes. This year is no exception, starting from half a month ago a year ago, there have been village chiefs who have led the young adults of the village to drive mules and horses to the foot of Yunmeng Mountain, unload wild beasts, medicinal materials, grain, etc., count them by special personnel, and then transport them up the mountain by special personnel on Yunmeng Mountain.
Most of the village chiefs did not have the opportunity to go up the mountain to meet the chief.
What is different this year is that the village chiefs have personally felt the generosity and benevolence of the patriarch - Zhuang Zhou announced a permanent tax reduction and exemption a few months ago. Moreover, there are several highly respected village chiefs who have been instructed by the patriarch. Permission to go up the mountain to meet the patriarch himself. The village chiefs who were lucky enough to go up the mountain were so excited that when they came down, their faces were so red that even their hair and beards were flying. Speaking of the patriarch's heroic appearance, he was completely intoxicated by the envy, jealousy and hatred of the other village chiefs.
Arguably. Zhuang Zhou's prestige reached its peak at this moment.
However, Zhuang Zhou's eyebrows were still locked together. Because, until the first three days, there was not a single secular dream hunter force who went up the mountain to pay tribute!
According to the clan rules of the Dream Hunter Clan for thousands of years, no matter how far the Dream Hunter Clan goes, they all belong to the ancestral court of Yunmeng Mountain. For hundreds of years, many Dream Hunters have entered the secular world. Secular power was established. However, every year at the end of the year, he would personally go up the mountain to meet the patriarch and pay tribute to the curiosities of the secular world. Of course, with the division of the Dream Hunters. With the decline of Yunmeng Mountain in the past few decades, the bustle of returning to the mountain every year has begun to disappear, and many dream hunter forces in the secular world have begun to disobey the yin and yang, and fewer and fewer people have gone up the mountain in person, or even no longer go up the mountain at all......
For the Dream Hunter Clan, this situation is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. Zhuang Zhou also knew it for a long time. Liu Canglong once said that when Wen Tian entered the WTO with the phantom spirit card, many secular forces didn't buy it at all, and the name of the patriarch really existed in name only. But. In the era of Liu Canglong, there were still a few secular forces that were stubbornly loyal to Yunmeng Mountain, and they went up to the mountain every year to meet them. This is also Liu Canglong's biggest hole card, and many major events in the secular world are handled by these forces for Liu Canglong......
However, this year, not a single person in the world went up the mountain!
Obviously, the secular world has long known about the changes in Yunmeng Mountain. They didn't care about him, the young patriarch, at all! Even, those few forces loyal to Liu Canglong might have secretly gathered their strength and were ready to follow Ye Xuan'er's example and go up the mountain at the right time to avenge Liu Canglong!
Zhuang Zhou finally sadly understood the fact that he, the patriarch of the Dream Hunting Clan, could only control within a thousand miles of Yunmeng Mountain, and within this thousand miles, Feimeng Mountain was also eliminated...... To be specific, he is nothing more than the chief of the forty-nine villages under the mountain!
Zhuang Zhou remembered what the cold ghost once said: "The Dream Hunter Clan has lived here for thousands of years, and they have long become birds in a cage, but Zhou Bonian and Liu Canglong are still fighting for a little bird food......
Therefore, this is the most lively year in Yunmeng Mountain, and it is also the most deserted year in Yunmeng Mountain.
And all this inspired Zhuang Zhou's determination to escape from Yunmeng Mountain and enter the wider world!
However, Yin Ji has been in the WTO for two months and has not yet returned, so naturally he has no way of knowing what is happening in the outside world.
Zhuang Zhou can only wait.
The day after the New Year, Zhuang Zhou led Zhou Long, Ma Tianhu and a dozen other Yunmeng Mountain cultivators to 49 villages, and were welcomed by the villagers along the road. For thousands of years, I am afraid that no patriarch has been so loved as Zhuang Zhou.
In the end, Zhuang Zhou came to Qixia Village, entered Li Qiaosheng's old house, and stayed.
At this time, Zhou Long and others understood that the reason why Zhuang Zhou wanted to leave Li Qiaosheng's house empty was to use it as a "palace" for him to go out.
That night, Zhuang Zhou called Li Li, the new head of Qixia Village, and asked about the latest situation.
After Li Li arrived in Qixia Village, he was cautious and did everything according to Zhuang Zhou's instructions, and in just over a month, he governed a large village quite properly. Zhuang Zhou had already understood, and now listening to Li Liyi, there was no exaggeration or falsehood, and he couldn't help nodding frequently.
was about to let Li Li go back, but saw him standing under the candlelight, wanting to speak and stopping, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to say it. Zhuang Zhou twisted his eyebrows and said: "What else do you have to say, I don't like people who are secretive and secretive!"
Li Li then bowed down and said: "Recently, a villager reported to me that there were two strangers in the village, intentionally or unintentionally inquiring about the situation of Li Qiaosheng's old house......
Zhuang Zhou was stunned and asked, "Stranger, could it be someone from another village?"
Li Li said: "It shouldn't be...... Although those people tried their best to hide it, as long as they paid a little attention, they could still tell that they were cultivators. Besides, what are ordinary villagers doing when they inquire about Li Qiaosheng's old house?"
Zhuang Zhou stood up and said, "It's not an ordinary villager? It's a cultivator? You mean they inquired about the situation of this house?"
Li Li nodded.
Zhuang Zhou stared at Li Li and asked sharply, "How long ago was this, why didn't you tell me before?" Li Li shuddered and said, "It was half a month ago...... At the time, I thought it was the villagers making a big fuss, and I didn't care...... Besides, no one has ever seen these two people again......" Zhuang Zhou scolded: "Confused! Li Li, you are shrewd in everything, why are you so confused in this matter?"
Li Li saw Zhuang Zhou's face full of anger, knowing that his negligence had made the patriarch angry, and he stood there, not daring to come out.
Zhuang Zhou sighed and said, "I don't blame you, but, from today onwards, you have to pay special attention to the strangers in the village, especially the two people last time, and report it immediately once you find it! However, you must not take it upon yourself to alarm them, you know?"
Li Li hurriedly responded: "Yes!"
Seeing Li Li turn around and walk out of the gate, Zhuang Zhou fell into deep thought.
Two strangers, asking about Li Qiaosheng's old house, who could it be?
Could it be that his conjecture was really so accurate? Those two strangers were worldly people loyal to Liu Canglong? They had really begun to brew on the mountain to Yunmeng Mountain to avenge Liu Canglong?
Zhuang Zhou shook his head. Since the last time Ye Xuan'er broke in, Zhuang Zhou has changed the strategy of Yunmeng Mountain's defense, from the previous guarding the door of the house to protect the main peak of Yunmeng Mountain, to "defend the enemy outside the country", that is, a self-defense force composed of a group of young and strong people selected from forty-nine villages was arranged in the Confusion Forest, the only main passage between Yunmeng Mountain and the outside world. As long as you find an outsider intruding, you will be warned as soon as possible. Therefore, if someone from the secular world intrudes, the Self-Defense Forces should report it quickly. Moreover, if it was a secular outsider, why didn't they inquire about Yunmengshan and only inquire about Li Qiaosheng's old house?
So, is it the people inside Yunmeng Mountain?
The people inside Yunmeng Mountain, of course, are Feimeng Mountain! Zhuang Zhou's heart moved, and Zhou Bonian's shadow appeared in his mind. A few months have passed, and his injuries should be almost recovered......
Feimeng Mountain was originally just another nameless peak of the Yunmeng Mountain Range. After the Dream Hunter Clan split that year, the ancestor of Feimeng Mountain brought people there and opened another stove, which named the mountain Feimeng. The entire Yunmeng Mountain Range runs east-west and forms a long and narrow shape. Feimeng Mountain is in the west of Yunmeng Mountain, more than 200 miles away from Yunmeng Mountain.
Therefore, the only people who can reach Yunmeng Mountain without going through the chaotic forest are the people of Feimeng Mountain.
Zhuang Zhou suddenly smiled bitterly. I agree with what Leng Ghost said about Yunmeng Mountain being a birdcage, and I also disdain the battle in this birdcage. However, they had to participate in these battles. Just like now, if he wants to get out of Yunmeng Mountain and enter the secular world as soon as possible, he must first solve the problem of Feimeng Mountain!
The so-called outside must first be inside. If the hidden danger of Feimeng Mountain is not eliminated, how can Zhuang Zhou leave with peace of mind? Moreover, Zhuang Zhou also knows that for his majestic plan, subduing Feimengshan is a necessary and most basic step!
Sooner or later, the problem of Flying Dream Mountain will have to be solved.
It's just that although Feimeng Mountain is close at hand, Zhuang Zhou's understanding of it is only limited to Zhou Bonian's cunning, Ling Yan's ignorance and arrogance, and the terrifying fact that there are actually more than twenty Fantasy Dream Level cultivators there.
However, Flying Dream Mountain is obviously relatively loose. This can be known from the fact that after Zhou Bonian and Ling Yan were injured, none of the many Dream Realm level people stood up and raised their arms.
So, Flying Dream Mountain is not scary. There is only one person who is terrible, and that is Zhou Bonian.
However, now that Feimengshan has actually sent people out to investigate, does it mean that Zhou Bonian's injuries have healed? What is even more strange is why Feimengshan did not investigate Yunmengshan and inquired into Li Qiaosheng's old mansion? Could it be that this old mansion still hides some secrets that they want to know in a hurry?
Thinking of the secret, Zhuang Zhou immediately remembered the secret room in the back garden of the Li Mansion that sank at the bottom of the lake.