Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Trip to the Magic Mountain
It was when the morning sun rose that thirty Dharma boats were spread out in the void, heading straight for the huge ethereal clouds in front of them.
Looking forward at the height of the Dharma boat, you can see that thousands of miles ahead, are filled with endless clouds, under the light of the rising sun, showing a thick and deep like a mountain, the whole cloud shrouded place, you can't really see the terrain below, you can only vaguely see some valleys and strange forests, only in the deepest part of the whole sea of clouds, there is a strange mountain tip exposed on the clouds.
That layer of mountain tip, like a spear, pointed straight to the nine heavens!
"That's the Magic Mountain, right?"
As the Dharma Boat approached the edge of this sea of clouds, many disciples gathered on the deck to watch.
The vast sea of clouds, a peak isolated!
"That's right, that's the top of the magic mountain in our Chu country, and it's also the most dangerous place in the entire Chu country!"
On the Dharma Boat, a gray-robed deacon looked at the magic mountain and said in a deep voice: "If you want to talk about it, that mountain is the magic mountain, but in fact, because of the existence of that magic mountain, the surrounding three thousand miles are all demon domains, and the east of these three thousand miles of land, south to Lingnan Linjiang County, north to Cangshan Yungou Peak, are all the jurisdiction of my Taibai Sect, when the magic mountain is not Su, this territory is the treasure land of my Taibai Sect's endless resources, when the magic mountain awakens, this territory is the battlefield where my Taibai disciples fought bloodily!"
Looking back at the Xianmen disciples with different expressions on the magic boat, he sighed and said: "When I came out of the mountain, the Xianmen had already divided this area into thirty-one trial places, and each team leader had already obtained a domain that he needed to explore, and the matter had come to this point, needless to say, the magic boat would bypass the edge of the demon domain, and every time you arrived at a domain, you would go down!"
"I, along with the elders and deacons, will sit in the heavens, if you are in danger, you can call for help, but the area is too wide, and there are many variables in the magic mountain, even we may not be able to come in an instant, so you must be vigilant, don't be careless!"
"In addition, in the depths of the Demon Mountain, it is very likely that you will meet other disciples of the Immortal Sect, in case there is a dispute due to chance, you must remember that we cultivators put etiquette first, so if you don't see it well, then strike first......
"Alas, all in all, the land of the Demon Mountain, there are organic fates, there are creations, there are demons, and there are dangers, it all depends on you!"
All the immortal disciples on the Dharma Boat agreed in unison when they heard the words.
From a distance, on some Dharma boats in the distance, disciples had already begun to fly down from the Dharma Boat with the sword light.
"Brothers and sisters, we are about to come to the place of our exploration!"
Senior Sister Yan Zhiqing held a token in her hand, summoned Fang Gui and the others over, and instructed: "Later, you will go down with me, I will drive the sword light and lead the way, you follow me closely, there are a lot of strange things in the magic mountain, we must not be separated!"
The disciples agreed, and then gathered on the deck of the Dharma Boat.
Seeing the clouds whistling below, faintly watching as he flew over a mountain range, Yan Zhiqing immediately stepped on the sword light, and on the magic boat, the other disciples of the Taibai Sect who had not yet arrived at the place all got up at this time, and bowed to Yan Zhiqing, Fang Gui and the others: "There are endless dangers and obstacles, may Senior Sister Yan and all the senior brothers and disciples be victorious, kill all the demons, and protect my Chu Domain!"
"Senior brothers, when the magic mountain is pacified, we will meet again in Xianmen!"
Senior Sister Yan also turned around and saluted those fellow disciples, and the sword light escaped, shuttling straight under the clouds.
Fang Gui also stepped on the Ghost Spirit Sword, and followed behind Senior Sister Yan with the others, only to see that the clouds in front of him were ethereal, and the layers were endless, and only Senior Sister Yan's purple sword light could be seen in front of them, and they circled all the way, until they passed through the thick clouds, they saw that they were slightly dark in front of them, revealing a land of mountains and rivers shrouded in black mist, endless strange peaks, and mountains and ghost forests, as if they had arrived in a nightmare world.
Although it is now the time when the sun rises and the sky and the earth are bright, there are especially heavy clouds, and it still looks dull here, and the black fog rises from all directions, making people's vision extremely obstructed.
Senior Sister Yan took Fang Gui and the others and landed on a vast hillside, and with a wave of her hand, several jade slips were punched out, and they were spread around, forming a simple protection array, and then waited for all the sword lights around her to fall.
"Senior brothers, the magic mountain is dangerous, if we can enter here, we are left to support each other, if we encounter danger, even if we ask the elders and deacons sitting in the air for help, they may not have time to save us, so we must be cautious and cautious, now we will take this hillside as our heart, in pairs, explore all directions, up to three hundred zhang, we must come back!"
Yan Zhiqing is indeed worthy of being a veteran disciple of Red Leaf Valley, and has completed countless edicts, although he is a woman, but his ability to block and arrange troops is not bad at all, and when all the disciples around him have gathered, he immediately issued an order and began to explore the surroundings.
"Little villain, let's go in a team of two!"
When Xu Yue'er heard this, she immediately came to Fang Gui's side and said with a smile.
Fang Gui glanced at her and said, "How are you practicing flying swords?"
Xu Yue'er was a little embarrassed, and said, "Your flying sword practice is so good, I'm far worse than you......"
Fang Gui nodded and said, "Then you can follow me!"
Xu Yue'er was a little overjoyed when she saw that he agreed, and said with a smile: "Why are you so good at talking this time?"
Fang Gui said: "In case of danger, I will run faster than you......"
Xu Yue'er: "......"
The small mouth was already pursed, but they still followed Fang Gui's side, the two stepped on the flying sword, and chose a direction to sweep forward, when they first arrived in such a dangerous place, the two of them were also very cautious, they didn't say much, just carefully looked at the surrounding environment.
Now it is only the outermost edge of the magic mountain, but it can already be clearly seen that it is different from other mountain ranges, not to mention the strange rock and strange forest, it is the flowers and plants in the mountains, and it also looks a lot more hideous inexplicably, with some demonic state, as if there is a demonic nature.
After a while, all the disciples who were probing to the left and right rushed back and brought back their own news, most of the news they brought back was the word "safety", but it was Zhang Jing and Meng Liusoul's group who found a cliff seventy zhang away, as if there were some elixirs, after Yan Zhi cleared his mind, he immediately led the disciples to the cliff.
Before coming to this cliff, I saw this mountain wall, about 30 zhang high, very steep, and in the cliff crevices of the mountain wall, you can see many plants and trees with red leaves like fire, deeply rooted in the rock crevices, looking like butterflies one by one from a distance.
"That's right, it's the Butterfly Orchid!"
Senior Sister Yue Ling, who was good at the Dan Method, carefully identified it, nodded and said: "This is the best elixir for refining the Blood Condensation Pill, and it is also on the list of what we need to collect in this exploration, if we pick one plant back, we can exchange it for thirty merits from the Immortal Gate......"
"Good ......"
Fang Gui secretly smacked his tongue: "If you bring back a weed, you can dig a thatched house for three days......"
I feel more and more that this magic mountain is really a good place to earn merit!
"Collect them all!"
Senior Sister Yan Zhiqing made a decision and arranged for three people to go to collect medicine, and the other few people went around to inspect them.
Although most of the disciples entered the magic mountain for the first time, there were disciples like Senior Sister Yan who had completed countless talismans and had been practicing for a long time, but they were also methodical, steady and steady, and explored little by little.
In this process, Yue Ling, who was good at Danfa, played the biggest role, and the others were running errands and being on guard.
After a day or two of traveling like this, Fang Gui gradually felt that something was wrong.
"If it's like this all the time, it's a bit boring......"
During this time, Fang Gui also ran around with Xu Yue'er to explore the way, and there was nothing to talk about.
Just as he was muttering in his heart, they suddenly found a behemoth at the edge of a strange forest, and when they looked closely, it was a strange bear, born more than a foot tall, with steel hairs like steel needles all over its body, and there seemed to be red flames beating in its eyes......
"Demon ......"
The group reacted very quickly, and immediately crouched behind the hillside, Zhang Jing quietly glanced at it, and lowered his voice and said: "It is a demon bear that has been impregnated by the evil qi of the demon mountain, judging from the breath, it should be a middle-level demon, but these monsters that have been impregnated with evil qi have a great demonic nature, and their strength has also increased greatly, if you want to deal with it, it is more difficult to clean up than ordinary high-level demon beasts......
Fang Gui also glanced at it, faintly moved.
Middle-level demons, he also dealt with one, when he was in the turtle city, he personally killed a middle-level demon wolf, but at that time, he borrowed the power of the baby's cry to deal with it, with his ability at the time, but he couldn't deal with it, now this demon bear, but not necessarily much worse than the demon wolf, but he is not what it used to be, I don't know if I can take care of it?
"This demon bear, even if it is cut in the magic mountain, the merit is a little less, and it is at least two thousand merits......"
The little fat man in the blue robe who fell at the end of the team couldn't help but be a little moved at this time, and whispered.
All the immortal disciples in the field, when they encountered this first demon, they were all a little moved.
When they entered the Demon Mountain, they came to collect elixir, dig divine mines, and hunt demons, and both elixirs and divine mines can earn merit, but the easiest to earn merit is still the demon, as long as they kill it, it is easy to have two thousand merits in hand!
I don't know how many eyes fell on Senior Sister Yan Zhiqing's face, waiting for her to give an order.
But unexpectedly, Senior Sister Yan groaned and said, "This demon bear is very powerful, stronger than the middle-level demon wolf we encountered at the beginning, and it is too close to the strange forest, I don't know if there are other demons in it, let's go around it for the time being!"
When all the disciples of the same team heard this, they were all a little surprised, and looked at Senior Sister Yan in puzzlement.
Yan Zhiqing said: "When we enter the Demon Mountain, the most important thing is to collect elixirs and divine ores, so as not to change the Demon Mountain, bury these resources in it, and kill the demon inside, although we can also do it, but we are not disciples of Qingxi Valley after all, even if we can kill it, it is difficult to guarantee that someone will be injured, in this barren mountain and strange ridge, it is too late to heal, what can we do in the following tasks?"
As he spoke, he took a deep look at everyone, made a decision, and said, "This time, we must be cautious!"