Chapter 81: Jinjiling (text)

The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains are located in Xinzhou, western Xinjiang, in the Shen Kingdom. Shinshu is so large that from the map of the entire Shen country, it covers almost one-third of the territory of the Shen country. Such a large state is almost equivalent to a county in the Great Zhou, but there is no county, which is also related to the mountainous nature of Shinshu.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains stretch from the southern Xinjiang of the Shen Kingdom to the northern Xinjiang, and stretch for more than 2,000 miles to the west, which is simply the largest natural barrier in the west of the Shen Kingdom. Whether it is the Scorpion Kingdom in the west of the Shen Kingdom, or the Bashu Kingdom in the south of the Shen Kingdom, or the Yan Kingdom in the north, if you want to enter the Shen Kingdom, you must face the precipitousness of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains and the countless poisonous insects and beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains.

According to some monks in the immortal cultivation world who have studied spirit insects and beasts, even the monks who are the best at repelling insects and controlling beasts can't tell how many strange insects and beasts unknown in the world are hidden in the mountains of ten thousand beasts, and the name of the mountains of ten thousand beasts is precisely because of this.

Among the mountains of ten thousand beasts, there are only two places, which are rarely infested by strange insects and beasts. It is said that thousands of years ago, during the Great War of the Gods, a powerful monk of the human race assisted the ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty of the human race to conquer the world, and opened up a marching avenue and a garrison camp with supreme great power.

This marching passage is the "Road to Heaven" that has always connected the Shen Kingdom and the Scorpion Kingdom. The other place is said to be the camp of the Fengshen army, called Jinji Ridge.

"The golden rooster sings the mountains and earthquakes, and all beasts dare not invade from now on", this is the two sentences in the poem of praise of the god of the golden rooster who made great contributions to the god war that shook the ancient and modern times, but also said the origin of the Jinji Ridge.

According to legend, Jinjiling is named after the god of dawn, and because of the god of dawn, it has become a blessed place for cultivating immortals and seeking Taoism. This place is covered by unknown fog all the year round, there are many Taoist cultivators haunted, ten thousand beasts are easy to change, the evil does not invade, and the end is the spiritual mountain treasure land that the world wants to admire. It's a pity that the unknown fog permeates the mountains all year round, and even the most experienced old forest hunters dare not set foot in the danger here.

In the Tongtian Canyon, a caravan stretched for dozens of feet, slowly walking, the knights in the caravan stared at the canyon on both sides with vigilant expressions, fearing that there were blindless beasts or poisonous insects that were not affected by the smell of camphor emitted by the red camphor forests on the slopes of the canyon at both ends of the canyon, and rushed down the canyon slope to attack the caravan.

At the head of the caravan was a Scarface old man riding an old horse, the old man with a bronze astrolabe in his hand, and his eyes were looking and staring at the astrolabe and the canyon slope on the south side from time to time.

This old man with a scarlet face is none other than the experienced guide that the Ma caravan has cultivated itself. In the mountains of ten thousand beasts, the canyons are crisscrossed by deep ravines, and it is extremely difficult to identify the direction, if there is no experienced guide to guide the way, the slightest mistake will go in the wrong direction, and mistakenly break into some deep mountains and old valleys where countless poisonous insects and beasts grow, and die in the meantime.

What's more, the place where the Ma caravan is going this time is not the Scorpion Country, but Jinji Ridge, which is known as the eighteen winds of the sea of foggy mountains and clouds. The road to Jinji Ridge is more difficult to identify than the road to the Scorpion Country. After all, the Tongtian Canyon Road leading to the Scorpion Country, there are obvious signs such as red camphor forests on both sides of the canyon to help identify the direction, but the canyon mountain road leading to Jinji Ridge is covered by the sea of foggy mountains and clouds, and it is difficult to identify the direction at all.

The two knights who followed the guide were a young scholar in white and a young Taoist priest in Xuanyi who were most valued by the caravan. The two were chatting with great interest at the moment.

"Brother Wu, it's really a good time for you to come this time, if it's ten days and a half months at night, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up with the cultivation ceremony of the opening of the mountain gate to recruit disciples. Moreover, Brother Wu, your cultivation is also just in line with the realm of the cultivation sect to recruit casual cultivation disciples, which is really the envy of the younger brother. The young man in white, with a very envious expression on his delicate and elegant face, said to the Xuanyi Taoist priest next to him.

The young Taoist priest in Xuanyi smiled and said: "This is also thanks to meeting Zhang Sheng, otherwise, if you ask around rashly, you may not even be able to find where Jinjiling is, and you will even miss the time of this cultivation ceremony." By the way, Zhang Sheng, with your current cultivation at the eighth layer of the Qi Refining Period, can't you still enter the Dharma Eye of the True Sect?"

"Don't hide it from Brother Wu, the younger brother has never been to the Xiuzhen Sect before, and I have heard about their rules from the elders in the family. Hehe, by the way, Brother Wu, I don't know what kind of basic exercises you are cultivating? Junior Brother heard that the cultivation of disciples is very strict, and they pay first attention to the spiritual root qualifications, followed by the basic exercises for cultivation. If they go to participate in the scattered cultivation of the Cultivation Ceremony, the spiritual root qualifications are ordinary, and the basic exercises of cultivation are not the Five Elements attribute exercises, they will not accept them. Just like the younger brother is practicing the "Haoran Jue", it does not belong to the Five Elements Exercises, but fortunately, the younger brother is a different kind of wind spirit root, so he dares to try it. The white-clothed scholar smiled and said to the Xuanyi Taoist.

"Five Elements Attribute Exercises? I practice the "Xingqi Cultivation True Technique", I heard that this method is the basic practice passed down from the True Cultivation Sect, there should be no problem, right?"

"Ah? Brother Wu really cultivates the True Technique of Practicing Qi? This is really an eye-opener for the younger brother here! The younger brother heard that this "True Technique of Practicing Qi Cultivation" is one of the oldest basic exercises for cultivating the true sect, and it is also a rare basic technique for cultivating the five elements at the same time, and it is the most difficult to practice, I can't imagine that Brother Wu can actually cultivate to such a high level as the eleventh layer alone, which really impresses the younger brother!" The scholar in white stared at him with wide eyes and said with admiration on his face. The young Taoist priest in Xuanyi smiled bitterly and rubbed his nose.

This young Taoist priest in Xuanyi is none other than Wu Yan, who escaped from the Heavenly Wolf Country all the way and went to the Shen Kingdom to find the Xiuzhen Gate. After he entered Xintian City and lived, he inquired about the location of Jinji Ridge. Often the people who are asked either have a look of surprise and a nervous expression, or they look like they have seen a ghost and take a detour. This made Wu Yan feel inexplicable.

Later, after learning the origin of Jinjiling and the sinister road to Jinjiling, he understood why people had that expression.

Ordinary people, even if they are princes and nobles, who would run to such a dangerous place without any trouble? And when the immortal cultivators of the Shen Kingdom gathered, Wu Yan couldn't find where it was, so naturally he couldn't inquire about the whereabouts of Jinjiling.

Fortunately, at this time, Wu Yan met Zhang Feng, a young man who sneaked out of the family to go out to practice. This young man, who has been practicing Confucianism since he was a child, is already the identity of the son of Shen Guo at a young age, and his cultivation is a very rare Confucian qi cultivation technique. This Confucian Qi cultivation technique, complicated and complicated, entering the realm is very slow, Rao is Zhang Feng's mind is as smart as everybody, the origin of the family learning, and he has been practicing since he was eight years old, and now he is weak and weak, and he has practiced for twelve years, but he only has the cultivation of the eighth layer of the Qi refining period. Therefore, this Zhang Feng had an infinite yearning for the famous Xiuzhenmen of the Great Zhou, so he secretly ran out of the family, wanting to go to Xiuzhenmen to see if he could meet the opportunity and be accepted as a disciple by Xiuzhenmen, and since then he has changed to Daomen Xiuzhen, and quickly improved his realm strength.

The Ma Chamber of Commerce in Xintian City had made a windfall five years ago. Five years ago, the caravan of the Ma Chamber of Commerce carried a large number of goods to be shipped to the Scorpion Country for sale, but encountered bad weather on the way and accidentally broke into Jinjiling.

What they didn't expect was that in that rumored dangerous place, there was also a mortal town, and it was also a town where isolated immortal cultivators and mortals lived together. The caravan's goods were sold in a town called Cockscomb Town, and they were sold at a price higher than the price of the goods shipped to the Scorpion Country.

This time Coke broke the head of the Ma Chamber of Commerce. However, he also found out that this Cockscomb Town is different from ordinary towns, but a town that lives in seclusion in the mountains and has a lot to do with immortal cultivators, and the mountain pass roads in the town are protected by the immortal cultivators' immortal magic array all year round, and they only have to be opened once in five years, and they can't find a way into the mountain at ordinary times.

The Ma Chamber of Commerce, which had already understood the opening time of Cockscomb Town, had done enough work this time, and had prepared a large number of goods needed by Cockscomb Town in advance. Last time, when the Ma caravan was on the return trip, because there were no immortal cultivators accompanying the escort, it suffered a big loss.

In the canyon road leading from Jinji Ridge to Tongtian Canyon, they were attacked by several groups of poisonous insects and beasts one after another, and the escort team suffered heavy damage, so they paid a lot of pensions and lost a lot of gold and silver.

But ordinary immortal cultivators simply looked down on these mortals, and even if they bid very high, no one was willing to be their escorts. It was this Zhang Feng who was warmly entertained by the head of the Ma Chamber of Commerce when he came to Xintiancheng, and he couldn't find the way to enter Jinjiling alone, so he reluctantly agreed and went with them.

"Two immortal masters, the canyon in front of you is the mountain road leading to Jinji Ridge. On both sides of the canyon, there are many poisonous insects and beasts hidden, we mortals, it is difficult to resist at all, the road below, the old man implores the two immortal masters to help protect the caravan. ”

Just as Wu Yan and Zhang Feng were chatting energetically, Ma Yuan, the leader of the caravan, and the guide Lao Ma came over and asked the two with a smile on their faces.

The two of them looked in the direction of Lao Ma's fingers, and saw that dozens of zhang ahead, on the south side of the wide Grand Canyon, there was a slightly narrower canyon covered by clouds and mist, which appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The people drove their horses forward, came to the mouth of the canyon, and looked inward, and sure enough, they saw that in the canyon, the clouds and mist were shrouded, and it was difficult to see within a few feet. If you are attacked by poisonous insects and beasts in this canyon, it is really difficult to guard against.