Chapter 184: Treasure Trails
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Mu Chen didn't want to compete with others for that treasure, he came here with the scattered cultivators to protect the safety of these scattered immortals, and by the way, he had a long insight, and tried to break through the realm in the process of increasing his experience.
After all, he had been stuck at the great peak stage of the Qi Refining God Realm for a while.
Although he couldn't be anxious about this impact on the realm of refining gods, he didn't feel the slightest sign of the realm loosening when he was cultivating recently, and he really realized how important his perception was to the breakthrough of the realm.
If the state of mind cannot be broken through, then it is impossible for the realm to break through that thick barrier by relying only on the accumulation of spiritual energy.
At the same time, there is another point, that is, Mu Chen believes that the treasure falls into whose hands it is created.
The Buddha talks about "fate", and the Tao talks about "creation".
In fact, this is also a manifestation of the helplessness and clarity of the Buddha and the Tao.
At first, they all wanted to educate all things, but later they found that all things have their own order of development, which no one or god or Buddha can teach.
Therefore, the Taoist no longer blindly educates, and thus puts forward the theory of creation.
This kind of creation is whether you can have some "enlightenment" of the Tao or the Buddha, and only the person or thing with "enlightenment" can have the possibility of enlightenment, and there will be fate or creation.
Otherwise, it cannot be edified, because people's habitual thinking has been deeply rooted, and the so-called habitual thinking is "birth, old age, sickness and death", "marrying a wife and having children", "atheism", "human appearance", "the shape of all things" and so on.
On the other hand, it's obsession.
And that thing may not be a treasure, it may also be a catastrophe, but now there is no sign of disaster, everyone recognizes that this sign is a divine artifact unearthed.
However, the unearthing of sacred objects will also attract strange beasts to scramble, so you should also be careful of fierce beasts in treasure hunting.
In this way, after resting for a night, Mu Chen and the scattered cultivators officially entered the mountain to find the specific location of this unborn treasure.
No one knows where the treasure will be unearthed, the red light spreads half the sky, and the cultivators can only follow the direction where the red light is strongest, but although this red light is close in front of them, it is indeed far away in the sky.
The pillow is comfortable at night, and the annoyance of steaming has not returned to the placket.
Thank you for your kindness, a rain is more than enough.
The weather in the area south of the Shenzhou Continent can be completely described by these ancient poems.
Suddenly there was a strong wind, and suddenly there was a torrential downpour, and the climate in the south was not normal, and the mountains in the south were very different from the mountains in the Central Plains, and the mountain roads were extremely rugged.
Although Mu Chen and the scattered cultivators were flying in mid-air and did not walk on this rugged stone road, they did not fly very high, but only shuttled between the trees.
The towering giant trees reached into the sky, and they had left the Huguang area and completely entered the area like a primeval forest.
The primeval forest is always mysterious because of the word "primitive", but only those who really walk into this green world will really be amazed by what is presented in front of them, and can truly appreciate this unique ancient beauty.
However, walking into the primeval forests of the humid tropics is not an easy task.
Because this place is full of dangers, terrifying poisonous weeds and poisonous insects, even cultivators dare not easily set foot here.
Not to mention the hot and humid air, even if a monk enters this place, it is very uncomfortable.
Moreover, the specific climate will make the forest lurking with all kinds of strange and dangerous animals, there are a large number of insects that spread diseases, and the plants are always crawling with big biting ants.
Under the damp foliage of the ground is often slippery, soft mud and rotting wood.
Clusters of vines and a mess of creeping plants made it more difficult to walk, and the sweltering heat in the woods made it impossible for the monks to sweat profusely.
Of course, in addition to the various plants endemic to the primeval forests of the wet tropics, there are also many lesser-known beasts that inhabit the area.
If you don't look at it, it's easy to miss it, such as the flat-tailed leaf lizard, its mottled and dull coat and the rotten wood that are almost identical, and even the color of the eyes.
In this way, it is completely integrated with its surroundings, and naturally, the danger is minimized.
Of course, in such a humid tropical rainforest, the threat from amphibian beasts is indispensable. it
We like to bask in the sun at noon, and although it looks lazy, don't be fooled, whether on land or in the water, its speed is amazing. Whoever alarms it may be attacked in an instant. If a person or animal accidentally falls into its sphere of influence, it is a dead end.
Suddenly, just as Mu Chen and the others were serial in the primeval forest, they saw a small house.
The house is on the side of a hill, right on the edge of a larger forest.
In the middle of a grove of pine and hickory, six poles from the lake, there is a narrow path that leads from the mountainside to the lake.
And this house is also very strange, how could someone build a lonely house in a primeval forest?
The coggywood grows unusually luxuriantly around the house, and its large, pinnay, tropical leaves look strange.
"Let's go down and have a look!"
"Good!"
When Mu Chen and the others walked into this hut full of weirdness, a huge bud suddenly jumped out of the dead branch that seemed to be dead.
Magically, they became gentle cyan and soft branches, also an inch in diameter, they grew so willfully, bending their own fragile joints, Mu Chen suddenly heard a fresh soft branch suddenly break!
Although there was not a hint of wind, it overwhelmed its weight and fell like a feather fan.
In the middle of August, the abundance of berries, which had tempted many wild bees at the time of flowering, gradually took on the colour of their glorious velvet, and also overwhelmed themselves with their weight, and finally broke their delicate limbs.
Suddenly, Mu Chen saw a strange shadow, and he hurriedly made a silent movement.
"Shh——!!h
The heavy rain came suddenly, but Mu Chen and the scattered cultivators suddenly discovered the traces of the people of Nanwu!
The so-called people of Southern Xinjiang are a group of ethnic groups living in the extreme south of the Shenzhou Continent, because they do not believe in the Three Qings, and they are not Taoists, and all the seventy-two sects will not protect them.
Moreover, there have been rumors since ancient times that the people of the four places of Southern Xinjiang, Northern Barbarians, East China Sea and Western Desert are the aborigines of the Shenzhou Continent, and the cultivators of the seventy-two sects and all the Li people in the Central Plains of the Shenzhou Continent today are outsiders.
However, this has always been just a rumor, and the people of the Seventy-Two Sects did not like this kind of rumor, so this rumor gradually disappeared.
Everyone followed this Southern Xinjiang Witch with bated breath, but they found an altar of the Southern Witch!
What kind of sacrificial activities are this group of Southern Witches going on, it is very similar to the Great God of Jumping, and a loose cultivator accidentally saw a poisonous snake and screamed, and this group of Southern Witches suddenly turned their heads at the same time!
These Southern Witches were strangely shaped and looked particularly scary, Mu Chen hurriedly fled with everyone and fled back to Huguang.
When they settled down, they knew that there was a fight in the depths of the mountains and forests, and they didn't know who made the first move, and they didn't know if there was a fierce beast.
In short, none of the people who came back wanted to mention what had happened in the depths of the mountains and forests.
When another wave of scattered cultivators came back and gathered with Mu Chen and the others, they knew about the forces of all sides. Including the various sects, other loose cultivators, and tantric sects, they actually had a dispute over the joint hunting of a fierce beast!
Later, because of a false vision, someone killed someone in the chaos, and the monks fought themselves.
Niu Laodao said: "Fortunately, they didn't go with these people, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get out of the country now." ”
"Shhh, be careful what you say, now that they're all red-eyed, if you provoke them again, maybe they dare to do anything to us. ”
Immediately, some casual cultivators said worriedly, and the other casual cultivators also hurriedly echoed.
Zhang Banxian stroked his beard, but said:
"You don't have to be so careful, we have no conflict with them, and their melee is in the deep forest, and they still have to face in the city, so don't worry!"
Mu Chen naturally agreed with Zhang Banxian's words, the people of the seventy-two sects had the best face, although there was a scuffle in the deep forest, but when they left the forest, they would return to the posture of being the public in the world, but it was impossible to fight with other Taoist friends again.
However, he heard someone secretly saying that he seemed to hear a copper bell, and Mu Chen suddenly sounded a clothless immortal weapon!
There is a copper bell without clothes, which can disturb the mind of the fierce beast, and he also used the bell to help Mu Chen and the others deal with the ancient fierce beast at that time.
Therefore, when Mu Chen heard them say this, he naturally suspected that Wuyi had disturbed the monks' minds with a hexagonal copper bell.
However, he wasn't worried about these cultivators of the Seventy-Two Sects, what would happen to these people had nothing to do with him, he was just worried about Jing Nu, because after hearing what he said just now, someone said that the people from Ziyunding were also involved in this fight.
"Seniors, although it is impossible for them to do it with us in the city, I am afraid that tomorrow when we go into the mountains and forests, they will also do it to us. ”
Mu Chen persuaded the weaker casual cultivators to stay in Huguang City for a few days, so that the danger would be reduced a lot, and they didn't necessarily have to get the treasure that people had rumored in the first place, but they just came to open their eyes.
There were also many loose cultivators who came with their little Taoist children.
Therefore, Mu Chen decided to only go with friends who were good casual cultivators, and if there was no harvest tomorrow, they would no longer go into the mountains and forests to hunt for treasures.
On the second day they bought some props in the city, and there were many monks in the city who sold things, and they all came to do business.
Set off again, Mu Chen's Xueqin had a sense of the Xuanniao jade card, Mu Chen followed Xueqin's guidance into the barren forest, but he didn't expect him to see the scene of the Nanwu sacrifice again.
It's just that this time the scale is bigger, and then there are fake visions flying out of the altar, and those people are chattering a lot, and there is a loose cultivator in the team who understands Nanyu, and after hearing it, his face changed greatly and said that we have been deceived!
It is said that the rainbow light in the sky is fake, it was summoned by the Southern Witch Sacrifice to deceive the monks of Middle-earth, and it will also attract the fierce people who died for them, and the real treasure will belong to the Southern Witch!
Some cultivators said that they had to kill this group of evildoers:
"These people pretended to be Shennong Valley, deliberately faking visions to attract fierce beasts, how could our monks in Middle-earth swallow such a breath, at least to sabotage their plans!"
But there are also casual cultivators who say that we just need to take care of ourselves, and we all sweep the snow in front of the door, and we don't care about other people's nosebleeds.
They asked Mu Chen's opinion: "Young Master Chen, you brought us here, since this is the case, what do you think of this matter?"
Mu Chen thought for a moment and said, "At least destroy the altar so that they can no longer continue to do evil." ”
The scattered cultivators agreed to Mu Chen's proposal, they whispered a plan, the sacrificial activity was interrupted by a sudden prop attack, Niu Lao Dao rushed into the altar as bait, when everyone's attention was attracted by Niu Lao Dao to attack him, the ambushed scattered cultivators hurriedly pulled Niu Lao Dao back into the forest.
Then the people of Nanwu went to chase Niu Lao Dao, and the remaining three people took advantage of the weak guard of the altar, Mu Chen rushed in and injured the rest of the guards, split the altar into two halves and four sections, and quickly ran away to join Niu Lao Dao and others.
Niu Laodao and the others just got rid of the people of the Southern Witch, although they had colors on their bodies, they were very happy because they had destroyed the chaos of the people of the Southern Witches.
The rainbow light in the sky also dissipated a lot due to the destruction of the altar, and only a red cloud was left to guide the location.
Niu Laodao said that the location is determined now, let's go over and have a good time, everyone happily agreed, and flew towards the location of the red cloud.
The light in the sky also flew to this location, and when Mu Chen and the others arrived at the real treasure excavation point, they found that this place was already occupied by people, just like rice crowded with rice jars, and there were almost thousands of people surrounding this strange tree.
The tree had only one leaf, and it had an unformed fruit on it, and there was already the corpse of the Southern Witch lying next to the tree.
The atmosphere at the scene was a little wrong, Niu Laodao, a group of experienced people, immediately woke up from the joy, pulled Mu Chen and the others out of the inner circle, came to the outermost stage, and whispered:
"I have an ominous premonition, and now that I've seen things, let's go. ”
Mu Chen hadn't seen Jingnu yet, so he said that it would be better for us to wait one more night, maybe tomorrow we would be able to see the scene of the strange fruit ripening.
Niu Laodao saw that he really wanted to stay, and it was getting late, so he had to agree.
It's just that there was an accident again that night, in the dead of night, someone was attacked, followed by the endless fighting, Mu Chen wanted to go to see if Jingnu was okay, but was pulled by Niu Laodao and said that he must not participate in it, otherwise something big will happen.
By the next morning, when more than half of the monks had been killed or wounded, everyone looked at the others with wariness and hatred, and followed the small circle of things, waiting for the fruit to ripen.
But everyone was nervous when there was a stir.
Chen Laodao consulted the classics, and felt that this tree was like a part of the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, and some people wanted to dig down the whole picture of this ancient tree after hearing about it, but Liu Nian and others disagreed, and those who wanted to dig and those who were not allowed to dig began to fight again.