012, Immortal Hidden Trace (I)
The tiger baby has used her divine thoughts to communicate with her companions. The companions are all high-achieving people, and after listening carefully to what the old man and Cheng said and Huwa's explanation, they also found that the two sides are actually using the same language, but there are some differences in pronunciation, and they can probably understand it if they listen carefully, but they don't understand why the other party said that.
Xuan Yuan said quietly: "The place we came from is the big world of legends here, and we have opened the portal from the big world to here. It's been more than 700 years, and it's the first time anyone has entered this place, and I don't know what happened here and now. Patriarch Hecheng, can you tell us in detail?"
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In an era when there was no written language, more than 700 years seemed too long, and much of the history passed down by word of mouth would gradually be forgotten, or changed and eventually become legends. The name of Xianyin Village, and the Cheng patriarch can't remember when it appeared, and in the center of this small world within a radius of 700 miles, there is a city called Wangxian City, which rules the tribes and villages.
Therefore, according to legend, in ancient times, there were immortals who opened the world and created this world and all kinds of creatures on the earth. For the inhabitants of the Land of Immortals, this is their perception of the "world" and the "human world".
After the ancient immortals opened the world and completed their merits, they ascended to the sky and passed away. It is said that these immortals first came from a place called "Great World", where there is a vast expanse and endless mountains and rivers of heaven and earth. In the minds of the simple people of the land of immortals, the so-called big world is also the hometown of immortals.
And calling the big world the fairy world should be after the establishment of Wangxian City in legends.
It is said that when the heavens and the earth first opened. The world was peaceful, and the creatures on the earth were carefree, which was the golden age of the land of immortals. But I don't know when it started. The immortal family no longer came to the world, since then heaven and man are separated, the tribes reproduce on their own, and the world within a radius of 700 miles seems to be more and more crowded, and the environment is getting worse and worse, which finally leads to various conflicts and disputes, and the dark age is gradually coming.
The real upheaval began more than 400 years ago, and it is said that the village of Xianyin Village was built at that time. There was a walled wall back then. In the turbulent and chaotic times, the heirs of the Ancient Immortal Family appeared, and they showed great power by rallying the people. not only suppressed the three rebellious demon clans, but also led the people to establish villages and city outlines, and achieved orderly rule in the world, and the human race and several demon clans gradually began to live in harmony.
There is also a ritual similar to the "Pilgrimage to the Immortal City" at Chiwangqiu. The masters of Wangxian City will gather all the young people to participate. Guide them to enter the initial realm and be able to cultivate.
The people of the white-fronted clan participate in the pilgrimage ceremony of Xiancheng, which is to select the most outstanding young people of each tribe, and they can only reach Xiancheng after many tests. But this small world within a radius of 700 miles is not big, and the terrain is not treacherous, so children of all tribes can participate in this kind of ritual when they become adults, once every three years, and everyone has a chance, it is called the Xianyuan Conference.
Those who are lucky enough to get the immortal fate will receive special attention from the city lord. The best of them will be able to stay in the city and cultivate. However, not every monk can break through the layers of trials and continue to improve, and if he is old, there is little hope of continuing to improve. He will also take care of various affairs in Wangxian City, and some people will return to their hometowns.
When Hecheng was young, he had the opportunity to climb the Immortal Mountain and be summoned by the immortals, but after he broke through the cultivation of the Three Realms, he was unable to go further, and when the spirit and spirit passed the peak state, he was sent back to the Immortal Hidden Village where he was born and became the patriarch here.
The so-called "Immortal Mountain" is a mountain two hundred miles west of Wangxian City, which is the highest place in the entire "world" and the place where the ancient immortals cultivated, which is both mysterious and sacred. Without permission, ordinary people must not set foot in it, let alone touch a single grass or tree on the fairy mountain.
In ancient times, everyone couldn't tell which immortals had lived on the immortal mountain, but in the land of immortals today, everyone knew a name - Gutian Ancestor.
The ancient ancestor is the descendant of the immortal family who opened the world, and has been living in seclusion on the immortal mountain, born four hundred years ago, coinciding with the intensification of turmoil and disputes in the world. The Ancient Heavenly Ancestor went down the mountain to receive a group of disciples, taught them all kinds of immortal supernatural powers, and then led everyone to calm down the dispute and restore stability to the land of immortals.
Then the ancient heaven ancestor returned to the immortal mountain to cultivate, and there has been no news in the past four hundred years, and it is said that he has already soared to the immortal realm. It was he who ordered the construction of Wangxian City back then, and the successive lords of Wangxian City in later generations were the descendants of the ancient ancestors. And the Immortal Yuan Conference once every three years is also a tradition left by the ancient ancestors.
It was from that time that the inhabitants of the land of Wangxian learned about the history of this world from the ancient ancestors, and learned that the world was opened up by the immortals, and that there were immortals in ancient times. It was also from that time that people called the hometown of the ancient immortals, the legendary vast and boundless world, the fairy world.
The Ancient Heavenly Ancestor told people that if they were lucky enough to get the immortal fate, they would be able to ascend to the immortal realm and seek immortality if they broke through the highest realm in the world. According to the understanding of Huwa and others, the so-called Ascension Realm of the Ancient Heavenly Ancestor is actually the Six Realms. And after the establishment of Wangxian City, the monks who break through the four realms in the human world are eligible to stay in the city to cultivate forever, and the best of them can also be summoned to the Immortal Mountain.
For more than 400 years, it is said that more than 70 masters have cultivated beyond the Five Realms and Nine Transformations, and finally had the good fortune to ascend to the Immortal Realm and live forever, the most recent of which happened two years ago.
For ordinary people who have no hope of cultivation, there is actually a chance to ascend to the immortal realm. Because the immortals in the Immortal Mountain also need servants to serve, the ordinary people they select are the strongest and most capable young people in each tribe. When the immortal cultivation is complete, he will also take the servants around him to soar to the immortal realm. There were many people in Xianyin Village who had ascended to immortality like this.
He Cheng's cultivation has no hope of breaking through the four realms in this life, and he is also old and a village patriarch with cultivation, of course, it is impossible for him to be selected as a servant by the masters on the Immortal Mountain, so when he mentioned these people, his tone was full of regret and envy.
The above is what He Cheng introduced to Huwa and others. The place where he spoke was his home in Xianyin Village, which was a large grass hut, simple but clean, and a suite, with a side room, full of all kinds of farm tools and sundries, and the village's public granary was behind his house.
And Chengjiang's attitude is unusually respectful, almost knowing everything. The other villagers all stayed outside carefully, not even daring to gasp, and of course not daring to come in without permission to disturb the immortals who had descended from the fairy world.
Huwa and the others looked at each other when they heard it, and they could see that the patriarch in front of him did not say half a lie, he was telling the truth, but it was only the facts he thought he had. It is impossible to break through the cultivation of Dacheng and ascend to immortality, and the great world outside is not the real immortal world, and the saying of "the hometown of the ancient immortals" is true.
However, He Cheng firmly believes that mortals can ascend to immortality if they get the immortal fate, and they can also bring the servants around them to become immortals together, and there have been many examples in the past few hundred years.
According to Huwa's judgment, those were all monks who had completed the Nine Transformations of the Five Realms plus some young and strong mortals. It is absolutely impossible for them to truly ascend to immortals, nor can they go to the big world of the outside world, but they have really disappeared into this small world, at least no one has seen them again, and there must be something else going on in this matter!
Huwa has ordered with divine thoughts, telling all the juniors not to talk nonsense, and he, Xuanyuan, and Sanshui will ask questions, and the three masters will communicate in private with divine thoughts at the same time.
Mr. Sanshui said secretly: "This patriarch doesn't seem to be lying, but he claims that more than seventy people here have cultivated to become immortals for hundreds of years, and they have soared to the big world where we are with all their servants, which is absolutely impossible!"
Xuan Yuan also said secretly: "I was also thinking at first, is there a misunderstanding in this, the monks here can open the door of this small world by breaking through the Great Completion Cultivation? But the truth is obviously not the case, the portal of this small world has never been opened for more than 700 years, and there has never been a person from here on the Ba Yuan. ”
Huwa secretly muttered: "Even if you break through the Dacheng cultivation, if you don't inherit the divine soul brand, you won't be able to open this small world." If you get the inheritance, why bother so much, just open the portal directly to communicate with the outside world! Besides, no matter where you open the portal, the other end is in the Bujinshan Sect Dojo.
Since there have never been any people from here in the dojo in the four hundred years since the founding of the sect in Bujin Mountain, then they just haven't come out; as for ascending to immortality, of course, it is even more impossible; and it is simply nonsense to be able to bring servants to ascend together! This patriarch is indeed not lying, then someone else must have made up all this. ”
As she spoke, Huwa asked with a pleasant face: "Patriarch Hecheng, how many residents are there in this land of immortals?"
He Cheng replied: "There are more than 30,000 people, if you count the other three demon clans, the total is close to 50,000. ”
Huwa nodded slightly, and then asked, "How many of them have obtained the Immortal Yuan, and what kind of cultivation do they have?"
He Cheng thought very seriously: "If the immortals ask about the total number since ancient times, of course the old man does not know, if it is said that there are 50,000 residents today, I still know an approximation. There are more than 900 people who have already obtained the immortal fate, and there are probably less than 300 people like me who have broken through the Three Realms to cultivate, and among them, there are about 100 people who have been lucky enough to break through the Four Realms Cultivators. ”
Mr. Sanshui was slightly moved and said, "It's really a lot...... But I'm afraid it's also extreme. ”
Xuan Yuan asked, "Then how many people are there on the Immortal Mountain?"
He Cheng shook his head and said: "I can't be clear about this, I have lived for more than eighty years, and I have never been qualified to step into the Immortal Mountain." There are many masters on the immortal mountain who have been cultivating for many years and are not known to mortals. ”
Xuan Yuan: "As far as you know, how many of them have climbed the Immortal Mountain from the human world?"
He Cheng recalled: "I have lived for so many years, and among the people I know, there are about twenty or so people who have been summoned to the Immortal Mountain to cultivate. Their cultivation has all broken through the four realms, and some have even broken through the five realms, and I regret that the old man has not been able to do it. (To be continued......)