The ensuing journey went quite smoothly, and it took only three days for the two to cross Hoh Xil almost longitudinally and reach their destination, near Tiantai Mountain.

It is still nearly 100 miles away from Tiantai Mountain in a straight line, and you need to climb two snow-capped mountains to reach it. At this point, the vehicle can no longer drive, so you can only walk there.

During the three days they traveled through Hoh Xili, they kept an eye on the surrounding terrain, hoping to help their highland jade bee pupae find a new home. There are a lot of possible places, but none of them meet the survival requirements of the plateau jade bee. Finally, on a hill by a salt lake in the middle of Hoh Xil, I found a cave with an opening facing southeast.

In general, this cave is still more suitable for the life of highland jade bees, but the entrance of this cave is a gentle slope in front of it, and the depth of the cave is relatively small, which makes it easy to be attacked by bears. You know, this Hoh Xil is home to grizzly bears, and grizzly bears' special preference for honey makes them natural enemies of bees.

Tian Xu spent nearly a day to increase the depth of the cave a lot, so that the total depth reached 1.5 meters, and repaired the gentle slope where the cave entrance is located into a steep slope, and made the raised stones on the slope and the concave stone pit unable to borrow strength, and finally put half of the plateau jade bee pupae into it, and then left them dozens of catties of fresh honey as food, and then reluctantly left.

Tian Xu still had half of the bee pupae left in his hand, and he was ready to find a better place for them to breed again.

Tian Xu was quite curious about the will of this plateau jade bee swarm to become an independent consciousness. It is a completely different form of life from the average animal.

As an insect, the size and age of bees determine that they cannot think in a complex way, let alone evolve into a high-level life, and can only rely on instinct to guide them.

After the formation of the consciousness of the swarm, this situation was completely changed. The consciousness of the bee colony is based on the bee colony, and a large number of bees can be used as the basis for thinking, just like a super server composed of multiple PCs relying on the network, its comprehensive strength suddenly becomes stronger, and what is even more terrifying is that this is a life form that is almost immortal. If it is not killed by external forces, it can survive forever without the threat of aging and death thanks to the continuous reproduction of bees. Thousands of years of accumulation have made it as wise as the sea. You don't have to be very smart, as long as you rely on experience, you are far from being able to compare with mammals that can only live for dozens or hundreds of years.

Compared with humans, such species that can survive indefinitely are considered higher lifeforms.

Although Tian Xu's father, Tian Chuan, practiced Taoist exercises, he was a devout Buddhist, and he himself knew something about Buddhism because of his father's relationship. He remembered that there seemed to be a Buddhist scripture that said that insects were formed by the decomposition of higher beings. At the time of entering samsara, it is possible for the higher beings who have done evil to be crushed and reincarnated as insects, which is similar to this kind of swarm consciousness.

For this completely different life form, Tian Xu felt fear from the bottom of his heart. If this life form develops, the likelihood of insect subjugation of humans will rise dramatically. At that time, he even thought about killing this life at all costs.

But reason eventually stopped him. At least the swarm was friendly to him, and he had no reason to do anything to them, which was against his principles.

Later, he and Ziyan discussed this matter seriously, and Ziyan's views were somewhat similar to his. But Ziyan is not worried about being ruled by insects, her reason is that humans also have similar transmission methods, such as the Yellow Sect's Living Buddha Reincarnation Inheritance. It's just that this kind of inheritance often loses a lot of things, and the memories of past lives cannot be passed on completely. But isn't this kind of change in the process of inheritance a kind of evolution?

Ziyan was born in Kunlun, and the Kunlun sect's thousand-year-old heritage has made her know more about the cultivation world. She told Tian Xu that when a cultivator ascends to the immortal realm, the life form will change, and if an accident falls at that time, there is also a great chance of being reborn, and in the process of this rebirth, the loss of memories of the previous life is also very small. Such a lineage will certainly be more creative than a slower life like a swarm, and more hopeful of gaining dominance in the competition.

Another thing that made Tian Xu curious was whether the consciousness of this bee colony could be passed on when it was reproducing in groups, and how much it could be inherited. Another question is, if the new colony also has a sense of inheritance, what is the relationship between it and the consciousness of the mother hive colony? Are they two completely equal beings, or are they subordinate to the primitive bee colony? He also wanted to see the result of this problem when he was so serious about finding the hive for the pupa in his hand.

Tian Xu guessed that the possibility of independent consciousness of the two bee colonies may be greater. Perhaps there will be a connection between the two, but independent development will inevitably bring different changes, and if the latter is completely subordinate to the former, then it will not be able to produce self-consciousness, which will be in essential contradiction with the evolutionary law of life.

He tried to communicate with the pupa in his hand, and he could feel that the pupa was conscious, but it was as if they were in a deep sleep, and he couldn't wake them up, and of course he couldn't communicate with them.

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When he arrived at the entrance to the mountain intersection, Tian Xu found that a large number of various cars had been parked here, and it seemed that there were many people who had arrived in advance. A large tent was pitched at the foot of the mountain, and a secular army was guarding it.

After asking Ziyan, he learned that the army appeared here to avoid ordinary people from approaching, and at the same time to provide services such as maintenance and refueling for vehicles.

In addition, many cars are abandoned here every year, and these abandoned cars are eventually disposed of by the military.

In addition to the army, there are also cultivators of the four major sects who maintain order here, and each car parked here needs to pay a maintenance fee of 5,000 yuan. These fees are also collected by the military as one of their benefits.

Speaking of cultivators, they are all rich people, and everyone doesn't care about these thousands of yuan.

After arriving here, the two of them felt a little strange, along the way, they basically didn't meet cultivators, I don't know if it was because of luck, or if they chose an unusual route.

Among the cultivators who maintained order was a disciple of the Kunlun Sect, and as soon as he saw Ziyan, the disciple happily ran over to greet her: "Senior Sister Ziyan, you are back, we are all worried about death." Then Shennongmen didn't embarrass you, did he?"

Ziyan smiled and said, "You are getting better and better at talking, aren't I doing well?

In the mountain pass to welcome guests, there will always be one or two Ning Dan masters in charge, although the four major sects will send masters to take turns, but the Kunlun faction, as half of the landlords, usually has one person here.

Sure enough, the disciple named Xun Wenqi said: "Today is Uncle Ying, as well as Uncle Wu of Shennongmen and Shopkeeper Zhou of Xiduotang. That Uncle Wu is so fierce, he doesn't give a good face when he sees anyone, everyone avoids him, and he doesn't want to be scolded by him. ”

"That Uncle Wu's name is Wu Youfang, now there are only two people in Shennongmen, Ning Dan and the master of Zhoumen, and the master of Zhoumen will not come here to welcome guests because of his identity, so Shennongmen can only come forward, no wonder he is in a bad mood. Ziyan quietly explained in Tian Xu's ear.

Tian Xu knew that Wu Youfang should be the long-bearded old man he saw in the Qindu villa. At that time, I was poisoned by my own chemical power, and I was very faceless by myself.

Ziyan sent the junior brother to get busy, and he took Tian Xu to a tent in the mountain pass. On the way, she comforted Tian Xu: "You don't have to worry about Uncle Wu, he can't do anything to you here." And that Tiger Gate, they don't dare to do it here, otherwise our four major sects will not spare him. ”

Tian Xu asked how the Kitatang was also here to welcome guests, and Ziyan said: "Although this cultivation bazaar is hosted by our four major sects, many of the transactions in it are conducted with the Kitatang, and some of them will account for about one-third of the total trading volume, so no one will ignore their existence. They have always regarded themselves as businessmen, and they pay attention to harmony and make money, so they came here to get acquainted with each other first. ”

"But you can't underestimate them, Kitado's strength is quite strong, at least no worse than any of our four major sects. Ziyan reminded Tian Xudao.

Tian Xu already has a lot of understanding of Kitatang through Ah Xiong's relationship, of course he doesn't know how powerful they are, and at this time, he heard Ziyan talk about it, and nodded yes at the moment.

The two came to the tent where the Ning Dan master was stationed, and saw that the tarpaulins on all sides of the tent had been rolled up, and three old men were sitting inside.

Ziyan first saluted an old man on the left, which should be the Kunlun faction's Uncle Ying.

Among the other two old men, the long-bearded old man was indeed Wu Youfang of Shennongmen, and he sat there with a gloomy face. Another thin old man with a kind face must be the shopkeeper of Kitatang.

Tian Xu's olfactory imaging swept lightly, and found that Uncle Ying was the sixth order of Ning Dan, Wu Youfang was the fifth order of Ning Dan, and the shopkeeper of that week turned out to be the ninth order of Ning Dan.

After Ziyan finished saluting the three of them, Tian Xu bowed to the three and said, "Junior Tian Xu, I have seen three seniors. ", and especially said to Wu Youfang: "Last time in Qindu, I inadvertently offended Wu's seniors, and I made amends here." ”

When the three of them heard Tian Xu's name, they all looked at him, and in the past month, the movement between Tian Xu and Xu Jingyi was really not small, and they couldn't help but pay attention to it.

Wu Youfang opened his mouth and said: "No need to be polite, it is really a hero who is a young man." Last time, the master of the Zhou Gate had already said that he would not pursue it again, so you don't have to worry. He paused for a moment, and then said: "Tian Xiaoyou's ability to use poison and detoxify is really powerful, after this bazaar, the old man still has to ask for advice." ”

Tian Xu said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Senior Wu has been Ning Dan for many years, where do you dare to do it with you." If Senior Wu wants to teach the kid a lesson, he will shoot at any time, and I will definitely not dare to fight back. He said that he didn't dare to fight back, but there was no look of disdain on his face.

Uncle Ying of the Kunlun faction next to him said: "Old Wu, you are a master of Ning Dan, what is the name of this young man who has just gathered energy? ”

Wu Youfang snorted angrily and stopped talking. Last time in Qin City, their young master Zhou Changtian was really a little too much about Ziyan, although the matter was suppressed by Tian Xu and Xu Jingyi, the people of the Kunlun faction were inevitably angry in their hearts, and this should be the master to speak for Tian Xu, and he was not easy to talk to.

At this time, the shopkeeper Zhou, who was sitting next to him, said: "Tian Xu, I heard Ah Xiong say that you are his friend, then you are not an outsider." I also heard that you have a good relationship with the master of Zhoumen, and you have always called her Aunt Zhou, so you are not an outsider to Shennongmen. Now he is good friends with several teachers and nephews of the Kunlun faction. It can be said that we are all our own people, so don't be so angry. If you have any trouble in the future, just look for a few of us. ”

Tian Xu hurriedly saluted the three of them again. Then Wu Youfang couldn't say anything more.

Ziyan asked Uncle Ying that his father had arrived on the mountain, and he was anxious to greet his father, and after saying goodbye to the three of them, he went up the mountain with Tian Xu.