Volume 5: The First Song Five Hundred and Forty-Six: Long Talk (Still in the Middle)
Mozu continued:
"You have been by Brother Zhuang's side for a long time, and he has no reservations about you, not only teaching him what he has learned in his life, but also telling you about his life experience. Brother Zhuang is a monk of Yingzhou, and you should also know that the 'Millennium War' and the 'Battle of the Cross-Sea' that happened in our Central Continent are related to Yingzhou, and these two wars were almost provoked by the monks of Yingzhou, in order to take our Central Continent as their foothold. However, whether it is a thousand-year war or a cross-sea battle, there are demon cultivators involved in this, I'm afraid you don't know much about this, right? ”
Qian Chao replied:
"The younger generation heard that after the millennium war, we Zhongzhou only had the way of sword cultivation, according to the younger generation's friend, Li Jian of Mu Xiufeng said to the juniors, the sword cultivation is actually born from the demon cultivation, it is said that in the millennium war, our Zhongzhou monks captured their demon cultivation before they got their cultivation method, and then after a long period of improvement to form the way of sword cultivation, in addition, the younger generation knows very little about the participation of demon cultivation in these two wars."
"Yes, sword cultivation is indeed like this, it is precisely because they were born from demon cultivation, although their cultivation methods have been improved by the ancestors of the past dynasties, there are still hidden worries, and they must always guard against the risk of falling into demons, so in addition to our Five Spirit Sect Mu Xiufeng, the sword cultivation sects of the other five major sects are also the first disciple when choosing disciples, and the choices are all those who are determined and resolute. The Millennium War is indeed the first time that the Central Continent monks have come into contact with the Demon Cultivator, well, you have less access to the classics in this area, so let me tell you, during the Millennium War, between the Yingzhou monks and the demon cultivators, the Yingzhou monks were the main ones, and the demon cultivators appeared more like the servants of the Yingzhou monks. But when it came to the battle across the sea, according to the records of the classics, a great change had taken place between the two, and the number of demon cultivators had increased greatly, although they had not yet mastered the dominance of the war, but according to the records, the demon cultivators were no longer only the leaders of the Yingzhou monks, and even they still faintly occupied some initiatives, such as the ancient beasts led by chaos that you saw in the illusion, those that could not be ordered by the Yingzhou monks, and also, send strange soldiers to the rear to sneak attack the five major sects, Forcing them to make peace with the extraterritorial monks is also rumored to be the idea of those demon cultivators. ”
When he said this, Mo Zu looked at Qian Chao's expression and nodded:
"It seems that you also understand the problem here, when the thousand-year war occurred, I don't know how long it has been since the last immortal and demon war, there are two ways of immortals and demons, the immortals are nowhere to be found, and the demon cultivators have been struggling to breathe and recuperate. From these two wars, it can be seen that the demon cultivators seem to have recovered a lot of vitality, from the millennium war to the cross-sea battle, from the perspective of ordinary people, there has been a very long interval between the two wars, but from the perspective of the monks, the interval between these two wars is not very long, and the demon cultivators' strength seems to have recovered very quickly during this time, which is worrying. ”
"In the battle across the sea, most of the ancient beasts brought by those demon cultivators were captured by us, and a few escaped, which is actually a big blow to the demon cultivators, and the ancient beasts are definitely powerful combat power for them. It should be the experience of the battle across the sea that made the demon cultivators deeply jealous of those ancient true spirits who participated in the war in Central Continent, on the one hand, they had to try their best to save those forbidden ancient beasts, and on the other hand, they also had to attack the ancient true spirits of Central Continent......"
Qian Chao interjected here:
"Mr. Mo, it is understandable that the Yingzhou monks attacked our Central Continent, according to Mr. Zhuang, the place in Yingzhou has been slowly drifting to the north, although the speed is slow, but one day in the future it will enter the extremely cold sea, in that case, the Yingzhou monks will inevitably find another place to take root, but what does this have to do with those demon cultivators? Why did they fight our idea of Middle-earth, if they were forced to come to Middle-earth as servants in the first millennium war, then why did they participate in the second cross-sea battle, and they also brought ancient beasts to help in the war? ”
Mo Zu smiled and said:
"Well, you can see this, it's very good, the ancestors are also puzzled by this, we only have speculation but no conclusion on this issue, and that guess is related to the Demon Lord Shen Shen!"
"Demon Lord Shen Shen?"
"Yes, the two wars, especially the later battle across the sea, we have captured a lot of demon cultivators, but the ones who were caught are some small characters, they only know how to act on orders, but why they don't know, and there are also demon general-level characters in the demon cultivators who participated in the war at that time, but unfortunately, those people are too powerful, and their strength is even above the ancient beasts, defeating them is reluctant, and it is even more difficult to capture, well, although I also caught a demon general named Tao Jing later, But if an existence of his level wants to interrogate with the Mind Examination, the cultivation of the person who performs the Mind Judgment Technique must be above Tao Jing, otherwise not only will he not be able to ask anything, but he will also be attacked by Tao Jing, and catching Tao Jing is not something that can be done by one person, it is only done by the masters of the six major sects in the entire Central Continent who have paid a great price to do it, so they can only be banned and then find a way. Regarding why the Demon Cultivator attacked our Central Continent, the previous ancestors had a bad speculation, that is, our Central Continent was probably the key to the resurrection of the Demon Lord Shen Shen! ”
"Resurrection...... Demon Lord Shen Shen resurrection? ”
"That's right, the only reason that can make those demon cultivators come to Central Continent to make trouble is the resurrection of the demon lord Shen Shen, otherwise it can't explain the demon cultivators who are making trouble in Central Continent one after another."
Qian Chao couldn't understand it for a while, and after a while, he asked again:
"What is there in our middle continent that is worth seeing?"
"Hehe, don't say you don't understand, the ancestors of the past dynasties don't understand, our Central Continent is actually not a good place to practice, the spiritual veins and spiritual energy are relatively barren, and they can't be ranked among the ten continents and three islands at all."
"Ten continents and three islands, what is that?"
"The three islands of the ten continents are talking about the thirteen blessed lands in the vast sea, full of spiritual energy, full of treasures, it is a good place for monks to practice, well, Brother Zhuang was born in Yingzhou is one of the ten continents, and our Zhongzhou is also a large land in the vast sea, but it is not ranked among the three islands of the ten continents."
Seeing Qian Chao nodding in reverie, Mo Zu continued:
"But there is one thing that our Central Continent is incomparable to the three islands of the ten continents or other landmasses in the sea."
"Oh, what's that?" Qian Chao asked curiously.
"In your second illusion, how many ancient true spirits have appeared?"
Qian Chao thought back and said:
"Well, there are Xianglong, Ruifeng, Qingluan, White Crane, Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, White Tiger, and Golden Ape, alas, the younger generation has only seen these, and the illusion disappeared too quickly, it's a pity."
"It's a pity, you have finally seen that scene, the old man has only seen the portrait of Patriarch Zhang Xuanling, but you have seen his true demeanor in the illusion, alas, it is enviable! Well, according to the records, when the demon cultivators and the Yingzhou monks attacked, a total of thirteen ancient beasts were summoned, and there were a total of sixteen ancient true spirits that appeared to help in the battle on our side. ”
Hearing this, Qian Chao nodded.
"Although you nodded, you still don't understand the importance of the Ancient True Spirit to our Central Continent. Let's put it this way, it is said that there are still traces of immortals in the primeval period in this world, but since the last immortal and demon war, those immortals have been nowhere to be found, and I don't know what happened. Since then, only those ancient true spirits in this world are the beings whose power is closest to that of immortals. Well, it's the ancient true spirit, not the true spirit, and there is still a big gap between the two. The old man knows that you have encountered a Qingluan and are looking for the eggs of that Qingluan, but that Qingluan can only be said to be an existence that is very close to the level of the true spirit, which is much worse than the ancient true spirit, of course, but it is also an extremely powerful existence. You said earlier that the two great calamities of Middle-earth were the 'Millennial War' and the 'War of the Cross-Sea', and it seems that only the Battle of the Cross-Sea was won with the help of the Ancient True Spirits, but in fact it was earlier. In the thousand-year war', the ancient true spirits of Central Continent also appeared, if it weren't for them, Central Continent would have fallen since then, but there are fewer records handed down, plus the role of ancient true spirits in the battle across the sea, it can be said that those ancient true spirits in our Central Continent are actually the guardians of the entire Central Continent, and the monks in Central Continent usually fight back and forth and can no longer get along, and they don't pay attention to it, and once Central Continent is invaded by some powerful foreign enemy, it is the time for them to show up. ”
This statement is the first time Qian Chao has heard it, and it is both novel and shocking, and he nods more than once.
And Mozu said:
"However, there is one thing that is very strange, whether it is based on the records of the classics left in the past, or the experience of the old man, or what other Yuanying monks on Yuhu Mountain have seen and heard when they traveled overseas, in other places except for Central Continent, including the three islands of the ten continents, no matter how full or barren the spiritual energy is on each land, there is basically only one ancient true spirit. Well, some places are really not suitable for cultivation, there are no true spirits at all, and some places are only two ancient true spirits even if they are not good, and our Middle-earth, a land that is not very good for monks and true spirits, there are at least sixteen ancient true spirits, and the sixteen who participated in the cross-sea battle are not all the ancient true spirits in Middle-earth, there are others besides them, it is said that the total number is more than twenty, but they did not appear at that time, Qian Chao, don't you think this is a little strange? ”
These are the first time Qian Chao has heard this, Zhongzhou is not a blessed place for monks to practice, he has long known this from Mr. Zhuang's mouth, and whether it is a true spirit or an ancient true spirit, they like to be in a place full of spiritual energy like monks, so why is there only a maximum of two ancient true spirits in each of the ten continents and three islands, and there are more than twenty ancient true spirits in the land of Zhongzhou?
"This ......" Qian Chao's mind suddenly had a thrill, he looked at Mo Zu and said eagerly, "Could it also be related to the Demon Lord Shen Shen?" All this ...... It's all ...... Arranged by the immortals? ”
Mo Zu smiled:
"This can only be a guess, so many ancient true spirits seem to be guarding something in Middle-earth, of course, it may also be guarding something, but our monks have not found the real reason, if you are interested, you can also pay attention to it in the future, maybe the answer will be found by the five of you little guys."
In this regard, Qian Chao could only nod, and then he listened to Mo Zu continue:
"However, do you know how many of the sixteen Ancient True Spirits that appeared in the Battle of the Seas are still left?"
Qian Chao shook his head, he didn't even react to why Mo Zu asked like this.
"Not much! Of the sixteen ancient true spirits of that year, in addition to the ones that flew up later, there are only eight left now, two of our Five Spirit Sect are supported on the Jade Pot Mountain, two are also supported by Mu Yang Sect, and one is provided within each of the remaining four sects, in addition to four ancient true spirits were killed later! ”
Hearing this, Qian Chao was suddenly surprised, and hurriedly asked:
"What! Mr. Mo, how could the Ancient True Spirit be so powerful...... Killed? Chaos has been banned for so long and hasn't died, how can they be killed? ”
Mr. Mo did not rush to answer Qian Chao, but looked at him, Qian Chao understood after a little thought, and said:
"Could it be...... The one who killed the four ancient spirits...... Is it a spiritual blood cultivator? ”
"Exactly, and in fact they have done much more than that!"