Chapter 399: Enter Taishou Mountain
Xu Dong knows that there are too many beast species called "demon beasts" in this world, no less than tens of millions, and "demon beasts" is a general name for these beast species.
Although there are many species of beasts that are called "demon beasts", they can be roughly summarized into three categories:
One is the common beasts, specifically they can only be called "beasts", as long as there are mountains and forests, people divide them into first, second, third, they have beast spirit stones and beast yuan stones in their bodies.
The other type is the beast of demon cultivation, and the beast demon cultivation is divided into three levels: beast spirit, orc and beast god, this kind of "demon beast" is also more common, they are equivalent to human cultivators, and they are used to competing with humans for cultivation resources.
There is also a rare category, they are equivalent to the hermits in the world, with the purpose of improving their own realm, their cultivation realm has twelve levels, from the third level onwards correspond to the human cultivation realm.
These "monsters" hide in the deep mountains and deep seas, and have their own specific areas and territories, and they generally do not invade human areas, nor can they tolerate human intrusion into their areas.
If we trace the origins, we know that they were victims of the human pioneer period, and most of them were driven to the deep sea during human reclamation, and a few of them were hidden in the great barren mountains with extremely harsh climates.
In the past, Xu Dong and the Imperial Sword Master entered the hunting country twice, and what they hunted and killed in the sow forest was the first type of "demon beasts", which was originally more numerous, but also decreased sharply because of the indiscriminate killing of humans.
After Xu Dong went to Wuliang Island, the demon clans he saw on the island who fought for territory with the Mozha tribe, the krakens he saw on the sea, and the "sharks" who later landed on the island and the "sea monsters" who made 'holes', all belonged to the second category of "demon beasts".
Now, what Xu Dong wants to hunt in Taishou Mountain is the third type of "demon beast", this kind of "demon beast" is the farthest away from humans, and its cultivation is the closest to humans, so it is also the most dangerous 'sex' when hunting them.
Xu Dong originally wanted to take the Great Master and the Three Kingdoms Division to Taishou Mountain, but because the Three Kingdoms Division was in retreat, only Xue Ying, the Great Power Division, went on the road with him.
Whether it is Xu Dong or Xue Ying, the great master, neither of them has ever had similar experience, which can be said to be a rather severe test for them.
Although Taishou Mountain is said to be at the junction of the Luotuo Kingdom and the Longcheng Kingdom, it is in the farthest northwest border of the Luotuo Kingdom, thousands of miles away from the Chunyang Palace.
When they came to the foot of Taishou Mountain, it was already completely dark, and it was obvious that it was not appropriate to rush into the mountain at this time, so they had to find a local family to spend the night.
There are only two husbands and women in this family, the male owner is in his fifties, and the female owner is much younger, and the couple is a bit extraordinary, neither like a mountain man who picks 'medicine', nor like a hunter who hunts for a living.
Xu Dong knew by instinct that this was not an ordinary family, it might be two monks who practiced in seclusion, and it seemed that their cultivation level was not low, and the male might have cultivated above the Yuanying realm.
However, there is a rule in the cultivation world that generally do not take the initiative to inquire about other people's cultivation realm, unless they take the initiative to 'expose' to the public, and they have a little understanding of these things.
Seeing that two guests who had gone into the mountains to hunt beasts came to the house, the man showed the simplicity of the mountain people, and immediately asked his wife to make a fire to cook and entertain the guests, and after a while, the 'woman' host brought the hot meal to the table.
In addition to serving several large plates of game, bamboo shoots and mushrooms, they also warmed a large pot of old wine made from mountain grapes, and the man accompanied the two distant guests to chat while drinking.
Xu Dong also happened to take this opportunity to learn about hunting beasts in the mountains, and when he asked the male owner if there were people who came to Taishou Mountain to hunt demon beasts like them, the male owner said that there were many people.
He said that every year, many people come to Taishou Mountain to hunt demon beasts, and these people also want to obtain demon pills, but many of them can never come out of the mountain after entering Taishou Mountain.
Summer is the peak period for hunting monsters, and several groups of people will enter the mountain every day, and some of them will go in groups, so it can be said that as long as there are still people entering Taishou Mountain, this kind of bad news will continue to spread.
Of course, this is not an absolute thing, after all, the abilities of each person who enters the mountain are different, some people are unfortunately wrapped in the belly of high-level demon beasts, and some people kill high-level demon beasts to obtain demon pills.
Although hunting and killing demon beasts in Taishou Mountain is a 'door' high-risk business, but the people who get the demon pill are not nothing, and the huge benefits obtained by these people are eye-catching, so they stab and 'stimulate' more people to come and take risks.
Most of the monks who go into the mountains to hunt and kill demon beasts are above the Jiedan realm, and it is not excluded that there are some monks who build the foundation realm, and these monks with lower realms will form groups of many people and go into the mountains together to find some low-level demon beasts.
In fact, there are also specific risks in the form of forming a group to enter the mountain, so although it seems to be very safe, it is also a potentially dangerous thing to gather a large number of people to hunt demon beasts.
The man said that in the past, there were two small 'gate' factions that joined forces to hunt demon beasts in the mountains, and the two 'gate' factions gathered more than 100 monks above the foundation realm, and at first they did hunt a few demon beasts, and tasted the sweetness of winning with many victories.
However, these two 'sects' only succeeded for a while, ignoring that demon beasts also have higher intelligence, and these demon beast families who had lost their people united and gathered hundreds of higher-level demon beasts to retaliate.
The next time these monks formed a group to enter the mountain, they were besieged by a large group of demon beasts, and as a result, all the more than 100 foundation building realm monks were killed, and the two 'sect' sects collapsed from then on, and had to declare their closure a few years later.
Since such a tragic incident, there has never been a 'sect' sect for monks to act in groups, most of them only have three or five people, no more than ten people go together, and ask a high-level monk to protect them.
When the man was telling about this just now, his voice and expression were a little strange, Xu Dong saw that he had a ashamed 'color' on his face, and guessed that this tragedy might have something to do with him.
"My name is Xu Dong, my companion's name is Xue Ying, the head of the Wind Chasing Dao, both of us are loose cultivators, and I take the liberty to ask the name of the Taoist friend. ”
When the male owner heard Xu Dong's question, he immediately replied briskly, "The name of the poor road is Xing Yu, the number is a real person with five eyebrows, and his wife is Wen Xiaoyue, the two small 'door' sects that the poor road talked about just now, I am one of the 'door' masters, and my wife is the little 'woman' of the other 'door' master." ”
"Oh. Although Xu Dong had guessed it before, he was still surprised.
"Since that tragedy, my father-in-law and I, as the 'gate' masters of the two 'gate' factions, have unshirkable responsibility for this matter. ”
Xing Yu continued, "My wife and I retreated in Taishou Mountain, buried the tombs of the more than 100 foundation building realm monks, and since then we have been looking for opportunities to 'want' to destroy those demon beast families and avenge my monks. ”
Hearing Xing Yu and Pan explain the reason, Xu Dong was even more surprised, he didn't expect that in the cultivation world, not only people have enmity and enmity between people, but also humans and beasts have formed such a deep bond, and they have to 'get' one.
Xue Ying said on the side, "Brother Dao, this is a bit wrong, how can it be the right time to repay grievances, besides, it is also the human beings who ruthlessly torture and kill the demon beasts, which causes the demon beasts to resist ......."
Xing Yu interrupted Xue Ying, "I also know this truth, and I also understand that a cultivator should be relieved of these, but I just can't grind this layer away, because that tragic scene is too real." ”
He pointed to the layers of tombs not far from the 'gate' and said, "One hundred and eight foundation realm cultivators, the accumulation of the two 'gate' sects over the past few hundred years, have been completely destroyed in this Taishou Mountain, and no one can let go of this matter. ”
Xu Dong asked, "What about ...... Brother Dao, what opportunity are you waiting for? ”
Xing Yu said, "Seeing that the two Taoist friends fell in love with me, I might as well tell the truth, since my wife and I came to the foot of Taishou Mountain to settle down and live in seclusion, I have come to the mountain to investigate for so many years, and I have found out the law of the demon beast family." ”
"There were three demon beast families that killed my one hundred and nine monks that time, and a total of more than two hundred demon beasts above level six participated, and now I have a plan to 'trap' and kill these demon beasts, but ......"
Xu Dong asked, "But what." ”
Xing Yu said, "If you want to eliminate the members of these three demon beast families, you need to arrange three large arrays that can get rid of nearly a hundred sixth-level demon beasts at one time. ”
Xu Dong thought that he could arrange a 'mixed' Yuan Sword Array, so he said, do you have to arrange three large arrays, can you use a super large array to top three. ”
Xing Yu thought for a while and said, "No, because these three demon beast families occupy three mountains, and each mountain is a hundred miles apart, even if it is a large super array, it is impossible to have a top three." ”
He suddenly realized something, and hurriedly asked, "Super Great Array, Daoist friends look young, do you have the strength to arrange a super large array?" ”
Not only Xing Yu was surprised, but also Xue Ying, who came with Xu Dong, was also shocked, in their opinion, the strength of a monk who can arrange a super large array is not trivial.
What realm a person has cultivated is not the only criterion for measuring his strength, for example, when two people have cultivated to the same level, there is a big difference in the size of their abilities in actual combat, and they are even incomparable.
For example, the two of them practiced the same formation, and both practiced into a large array, because the method of arranging the formation is different, or the elements added to the formation are different, the lethality and killing range of the two large arrays are completely different.
Xu Dong smiled indifferently, "I have also practiced a sword formation, and its widest area can be spread out to about a hundred miles. ”
Although Xu Dong said it lightly, as if this was not a big deal, it still shocked the two people who listened, obviously, they had estimated Xu Dong's strength, which was too unexpected for them.
Xing Yu said, "This is already very good, far stronger than me, this entering Taishou Mountain to hunt demon beasts, a little more strength is equivalent to buying an extra insurance for yourself." ”