Listening to Shanhe ask about the secret passage and the forbidden land, Tsuru Zhen replied while shaking the feather fan in his hand:

"This secret passage was dug by the old man himself, and very few people know it, hehe, I hope that Sanke Xiaoyou will keep it a secret for me. ”

"Ah, you dug it, why did you dig such a secret passage?" asked Shanhe unexpectedly.

Hearing this question, Tsuru Zhen first glanced at the bracelet on Shanhe's hand, and then shook his head and replied:

"As for the reason for digging it, I promised an old friend to keep it secret, so I can't tell it, and I ask my friend to forgive me. ”

In the eyes of the mountains and rivers, this secret passage between the Zhenling Pagoda and the Hangulin will definitely have a great effect on his future rescue plan.

That's why he grasped this matter and wanted to find out more useful information from Hezhen.

But listening to the other party say this, Shanhe was not easy to force, so he had to jump the topic and say:

"Senior, is there a secret passage in that sect that can lead directly to the Zhenling Tower?"

"Straight to the Zhenling Tower?" Tsuru shook his head as if he heard a joke and replied:

"Zhenling Pagoda is known as the strongest defense of Nangong Gate, how can there be such a loophole as a secret passage? The old man can tell you clearly, this is definitely not there!"

After a slightly regretful sigh, he listened to Shanhe and then asked:

"Then can you tell me about the Hangu Forest, why is it the forbidden place of Nangong Gate, and why do you live here?"

Regarding the forbidden land, Tsuru really didn't shy away from it, and after nodding his head, he told Shanhe about it:

"If you want to talk about the origin of this forbidden land, you have to start from more than a thousand years ago. Alas, time flies so fast, and now in this Nangong Gate, I am afraid that no one remembers these things except for Xiao Chizi. ”

Hearing the words "little bare", Shanhe immediately showed a confused look.

But soon I heard Xiao Bang tell himself that the "little chizi" that Hezhen was referring to was his master Nangong Chi.

After learning that the master still had such a "cute" nickname, Shanhe couldn't bear it, and immediately snickered.

And Tsuruma pondered for a moment, and then recounted the past thousands of years ago......

About 1,000 years ago, the crane was just an ordinary red-crowned crane, living carefree in the mountains. Don't say magic, it can't even speak.

Until one day, when it was foraging in the mountains, it met a man who was cultivating. The man sat cross-legged with his back against a towering pine.

After a closer look, I found that his face was a little strange, sometimes pale, sometimes ruddy, and his breath was also very unstable, giving people the feeling that he had gone mad.

At that time, the crane was not really enlightened, and it did not know what was going on, but when this person was resting under the tree, he flew to the pine tree without any scruples and looked for a delicious pine cone.

Due to the constant flapping of his wings and the constant jumping of his body, many pine cones and pine branches fell to the ground while Tsuruma was searching for delicious food, and many of them happened to hit the man under the tree. When it found a pine cone of its kind, it let out a high-pitched crane cry and flew away.

To say that this series of actions is nothing more than ordinary for Tsurujin, it is just a small episode of foraging.

But for the man under the tree, it is indeed a big deal!

Because, it was the falling pine cones and the last scream that summoned him from his terrible demons. not only helped him get out of the predicament, but also helped him recover his years of cultivation!

Therefore, after this person recovered, he searched for this life-saving crane in the mountains.

After only a few days, he found Tsuruma near a mountain spring and fed it a miraculous fruit.

Since then, Tsuru Zhen has embarked on an evolutionary journey, not only has his mind been opened, but his body has also become stronger and stronger, but in just a month, he has become a spirit beast like a fake!

But that's not all, in order to repay the grace of saving his life, the man in the following decades, one after another, sent a lot of rare fruits that can increase Tsurumin's intelligence. When it has enough wisdom, he also teaches it a lot of spells and martial arts.

And after learning the human language and transformation, Tsuru Zhen naturally became the spiritual pet of this person, accompanying him like a friend all the year round, contributing his more and more powerful power to him and his sect.

"Oh, it turns out that the crane predecessor became a spirit beast like this......" After nodding and sighing, he heard Shanhe suddenly ask:

"Hey, who is this man who gave you the spirit fruit? Is he also a disciple of Nangong Sect?"

He Zhen nodded and replied, "That's right, have you ever heard the name Dong Kuo?"

Dong Kuo...... Dong Kuo...... It seems familiar...... Ahh

"That's right! It's this person! I really didn't expect that after so long, there would be disciples in the sect who could remember him, it's really not easy. After a sigh, I listened to Tsuru Zhen continue to preach:

"I remember that back then, Brother Dong and I were very close. Although I came from a humble background, he never looked down on me, and he was always worthy of my brother. In order to keep me from being disturbed by the disciples in the sect, Brother Dong circled the place where we first met, this Hangu Forest, for me to live in and practice. ”

"Oh, that's how this forbidden land came from?"

"Well, that's true, but it's not all right. Then, I heard Tsuruma preach again:

"Although Brother Dong circled this place for me to practice, he did not restrict the disciples of Nangong Sect from entering and leaving this place, but just told everyone not to come and disturb if they were fine. It wasn't until later that Brother Dong suddenly disappeared, and because there was no backbone in the faction, several elders enshrined me as the guardian spirit beast of Nangong Gate in order to prevent the enemy from attacking, and helped them protect the sect together. In order to show respect for me, this restricted the freedom of entry and exit of ordinary disciples. But at that time, this place was not called a forbidden place, and people like the elder level could enter and exit at will. ”

"Suddenly missing?"

After hearing this, Shanhe asked with a puzzled expression: "Isn't Dong Kuo's predecessor the head of Nangong Sect, how could he suddenly disappear?"

"Yes, as the head of the house, how could he suddenly disappear? This mystery still haunts the old man to this day. ”

After saying this, he saw that Hezhen fell into contemplation with a face full of regret, and after a long time, he sighed and said:

"Alas, until two hundred years ago, when my deadline was approaching, I never saw Brother Dong again, and I was ...... in my heart I even miss it. And after my death, this jungle was finally designated as a forbidden place in the sect, and no disciples were allowed to enter and harass. ”

(End of chapter)