Chapter Ninety-Six: The Road of a Thousand Mountains
A few days later, a vast mountain appeared below the spirit boat.
This mountain stretches as far as the eye can see, and although there are no majestic peaks like Tianmen Peak, the majestic mountains close to the clouds can be seen everywhere. Lu Xuan stood beside the side of the ship and looked into the distance, but suddenly found that a shadow appeared on the ground in the distance.
It was a huge ravine from west to east!
It was as if a giant axe had cut the edge of the earth through an inverted triangle-like gap.
I couldn't see the limit of the ravine, and as far as the eye could see, there was only endless darkness in the ravine, as if even the sky was about to be swallowed up by it.
"Is that the Great Abyss?" Lu Xuan said in shock.
"Dayuan, that's just the beginning of the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, it's just the hunting ground of our brothers. Zhizhan smiled contemptuously, as if he couldn't see Lu Xuan making such a fuss.
And that's just the beginning?
Lu Xuan couldn't help but marvel, just the periphery was already so terrifying, what kind of existence was the great abyss that Master and they were talking about?
As he spoke, the spirit boat had spanned a hundred miles.
Qianshan Road, right in front of you.
In Lu Xuan's heart, Qianshan Dao is a truly powerful first-class immortal sect, and even the Lingyun Sect can't be compared, so it should naturally be a magnificent and unfathomable immortal atmosphere. But the scene that unfolded in front of Lu Xuan was a big surprise to him.
The first thing that catches your eye is not a fairy gate, but a huge city!
The huge city is vast, with a radius of no less than 100 miles, and even from a high altitude it is still shocking. There are many buildings and densely populated in the city, even compared with the capital of the Chen Dynasty that Lu Xuan is familiar with. And outside the city of this giant city, there are also many Qionglou Yuyu among the continuous mountain peaks, and you can feel the strong immortal aura, obviously those peaks are where the immortal gate is.
The fusion and intersection of immortals and immortals add a bit of wonderful fireworks to this thousand mountain road.
But what surprised Lu Xuan was not the abrupt giant city, but the area between the Thousand Mountain Road and the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.
There, there was a very vast ruin.
The ruins were thousands of miles in circumference, several times larger than the scale of the Thousand Mountain Road. On the top of those majestic mountains that are comparable in scale to Tianmen Peak, you can vaguely see many ruins and broken walls, and several extremely large palaces have collapsed, revealing only huge broken foundations. And among the mountains around Xiongshan is also a mess, some of the peaks have collapsed, the earth is full of ravines, and there is a strong fierce aura that rushes straight to the sky.
It is almost certain that the vast expanse of Abandoned Land, once in its glory, is now in ruins.
Between the vibrant Thousand Mountain Road and the unfathomable Ten Thousand Demon Valley, there was such a lifeless ruin, and this was what surprised Lu Xuan.
"What kind of place is there?" Lu Xuan asked, pointing to the ruins.
Without waiting for Zhizhan to speak, an old voice sounded behind the two of them.
"That'...... It is the inheritance of the Thousand Mountain Road. β
Lu Xuan looked back, but it turned out to be an old monk who had not shown up for a few days, and he was evil.
"The inheritance of the Thousand Mountain Road?"
Lu Xuan was a little inexplicable, doesn't the so-called inheritance refer to the exercises and tactics?
There was a hint of pride on Du Evil's face.
"The Thousand Mountains Dao has only been established for a thousand years, but now its strength is far beyond that of the Lingyun Sect, which claims to have a three-thousand-year inheritance, boy, do you know the reason?"
Lu Xuan was silent, although Du Wei was belittling his own sect, but he was telling the truth, with his current strength, the Lingyun Sect was indeed far inferior to the Thousand Mountains Dao.
Du Evil smiled contemptuously.
"A thousand years ago, hundreds of scattered cultivators led their disciples to create the Thousand Mountains Road here, and at that time, there were one hundred and eight mountains in the Thousand Mountains Road, which was far larger than it is today!"
One Hundred and Eight Mountains!?
Lu Xuan was shocked when he heard this, he thought that there were sixteen immortal mountains in Qianshan Dao, but he didn't expect that there were more than 100 branches in Qianshan Dao at the beginning of its establishment.
"Back then, the founder of the Thousand Mountains Road just wanted to unite and explore the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons. But unexpectedly, not long after the establishment of Qianshan Dao, it ushered in the first beast tide. Du Evil's face was solemn, and he looked at Lu Xuan deeply: "That time, the Thousand Mountains Dao was caught off guard, and after the beast tide, half of the one hundred and eight mountains were wiped out. After that, some people left the Thousand Mountain Road, but many more stayed. In the past thousand years, the Thousand Mountains Road has encountered a total of four beast tides before and after, although the Dao Gate has suffered heavy losses, but in this catastrophe after another, the people in the Thousand Mountains Road are like the steel of a hundred practices, but they are becoming more and more prosperous. β
"This is the origin of the Thousand Mountains Road, among the ruins, there is the Shura Field after four beast tides, and it is also a monument to the people in our Thousand Mountains Road!"
"We have never regarded any secret methods and tactics as inheritance......
"That ruin is our heritage!"
"It's like your Lingyun Sect, a sect that relies on the shadow of the ancestors to survive, and I, a person from the Thousand Mountain Dao, don't pay attention to it at all. β
Du Wei sneered, obviously after being pitted by Chu Wuye and Lu Xuan on the broken gold platform, he always had a grudge.
Lu Xuan looked at Du Evil lightly.
"Master Du Evil, I admire the Thousand Mountain Dao, but I don't allow others to despise the Spirit Cloud Sect. β
"The master said that the ruins are the inheritance of the Thousand Mountain Dao, which is not unreasonable, but the Thousand Mountain Dao is not the only one in the world that has this majestic atmosphere. Although my Lingyun Sect has ceased to be a top-level immortal sect since two thousand years ago, one day, the Lingyun Sect will inevitably return to the top immortal sect. β
Du Wei couldn't help but sneer, thinking that this was just the blood of a young man, but when he looked at Lu Xuan again, he noticed the undoubted look in Lu Xuan's eyes.
This kid...... But it's not just talking.
Du Wei was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered the incident on the broken gold platform, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little crooked.
"Return to the ranks of the top immortal sects? with the Spirit Cloud Sect?
Du sneered, full of disdain.
He seemed to want to taunt Lu Xuan, but suddenly his eyes froze, and he made a gesture of listening, and then his complexion changed suddenly.
"Beast ......," he almost exclaimed, but then closed his mouth. subconsciously looked at Zhizhan, but Zhizhan was unaware, showing a blank look, "Master, what are you looking at me?"
Du Xie sighed, shook his head and said: "The Taoist Lord is calling, come as a teacher, you take this kid to settle down first." As he spoke, he flew away, but let out a sigh in mid-air. He had just learned about the imminent start of the beast tide, but he was told by the Dao Master not to tell others. He naturally knew that the Dao Master was afraid of people's hearts, but when he looked at his proud protΓ©gΓ© just now, he couldn't help but be worried.
He is a man who has experienced the tide of beasts, and knows the harm.
After this catastrophe, I don't know if the two of them can survive.
Zhi Zhan didn't know the idea of fighting evil at all, and when he saw the master walking away, he excitedly said to Lu: "Brother Lu, come with me." As he spoke, he grabbed Lu Xuan's arm and jumped out of the spirit boat, and the brass stick swelled several times, carrying the two of them to the giant city.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them walked cleanly, leaving Feng Huai alone standing on the spirit boat.
"Hmph, don't even say hello, a bunch of barbarians. Feng Huai cursed, turned the bow of the ship and went in the direction of Tianji Gate.
............
In the blink of an eye, across the void, the great city was close at hand.
Lu Xuan looked down, and was passing by a mountain peak at his feet, there were several solemn and majestic temples on the mountain, and there were three words "Luohan Hall" on the mountain gate in front of the mountain. As the battle of wisdom passed by, a few young monks on the mountain looked up.
"Senior brother, you're back!"
"Come back, you should practice first, and come to me for dinner and wine in the evening!" Zhi Zhan laughed, and led Lu Xuan over Luohan Mountain, still flying towards the big city in the distance.
Lu Xuan was a little strange, and hurriedly asked, "Senior brother, let's not go to Luohan Mountain?"
"The mountains are a place of penance for the disciples of the Thousand Mountains Dao, not a place to live, everyone lives in the city, and you will know it when you go. β
Zhizhan explained with a smile, and in the blink of an eye, he had come to the big city.
Lu Xuan looked at this big city, and always felt that something was strange, and suddenly realized that such a big city, which was no less than the capital of the Chen Dynasty, had no city walls.
"How is it that this great city has no walls?"
"What's the use of the city wall?" Zhi Zhan asked Lu Xuan blankly, but it seemed that he had asked a very idiotic question.
Lu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly burst into laughter. Naturally, the purpose of setting up a city wall in a mortal city is to block the scourge of swords and soldiers, but what is the use of building a city wall on this Thousand Mountain Road? No matter how high the city wall is, it is impossible to stop the immortal cultivators and demons. I really asked a stupid question, so I had to smile awkwardly and stop talking.
"No flying is allowed in the city, you and I can go inside. Zhizhan pressed down the brass stick and landed in front of the city with Lu Xuan.
Since there is no city wall, there is naturally no city gate, Lu Xuan walked into a long street due east with Zhizhan, even if he walked into this city.
Entering the city, Lu Xuan almost had the illusion of returning to the capital of the Chen Dynasty.
This is clearly the location of the immortal gate that stands out from the crowd, but what you see everywhere is no different from the mortal world.
Pavilions and pavilions everywhere, cornices and corners, cars and horses are rolling on the street, and people are surging. Looking at both sides, there are wine shops, teahouses, rice shops, cloth shops, and blacksmith shops, where is it like the place where the first-class immortal gate is located? Lu Xuan was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but look left and right, Zhizhan looked at Lu Xuan's expression from the side, and smiled like a fool.
"Are those people loose cultivators?" Lu Xuan asked, looking at the crowd on the street.
The men, women and children on the street, dressed differently, have a blazing atmosphere, but they are all more or less immortal, obviously they are all fellow cultivators. On the way here, Zhi Zhan had said that in addition to the more than 20,000 disciples in the Thousand Mountain Dao, there were countless scattered cultivators, but now it seems that Lu Xuan still underestimated the number of these scattered cultivators.
"That's right, if you want to tell which one is a Thousand Mountain Dao disciple, you have to look at the token on people's waists. Zhizhan patted his left waist, and Lu Xuan found that there was a one-inch jade jue tied around his waist, with the word Arhat on it.
"I said that the Thousand Mountains Path is different, but if you have to practice here for half a year, there will always be a day when you figure it out. β
Zhizhan suddenly touched Lu Xuan's arm and asked with a smile: "Boy, are you rich?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Lu Xuan patted the Qiankun bag on his waist, there were three boxes of gold in it.
"That's it, I'll take you to a good place. Zhizhan laughed.