The world of Taoism

Chapter 409 Silkworm Cong and Yufu

In a dense forest, a man with gray skin walked in the middle of the dense forest.

The man's skin didn't have any pores, his taupe skin was like a stratum corneum, his muscles were perfect, and he was two meters tall.

It feels perfect, as if it is the most perfect thing in the world.

The facial features and the lines on the body are very in line with the golden ratio.

A black cloak was draped over his body, only his palms and half of his face were exposed, and most of his facial features were hidden in the shadows, giving people an extremely depressing feeling.

That is the Lord of Taishan.

The Lord of Taishan is the master of one floor of the Nether Ghost Mansion.

Netherworld is the filthiest and darkest place in the universe, and the ultimate source of all chaos in the world is Netherworld.

This time the Lord of Taishan came out, the purpose is Zhou Xuan.

He didn't bring a large number of subordinates up like other monsters.

Just being alone is as casual as strolling in the courtyard or going on an outing in the wild.

The purpose of coming up this time is to kill Zhou Xuan and his forces, and take his head.

The Lord of Taishan slowly raised his head, his black gem-like eyes were looking towards the north.

His eyes seemed to penetrate the void, looking in the direction of Yuchan Mountain.

"So it's here." A smile appeared on the corner of the Lord of Taishan's mouth, and then disappeared into a black mist.

Although the Lord of Mount Tai is the Lord of Mount Tai, his appearance does not appear to be vicious, but rather similar to that of a human being.

In fact, the body shape of human beings is the most perfect in the world, conforming to Yin Yang and Five Elements, innate gossip and so on.

The human body is called the innate body among some practitioners, which is actually the reason.

Demons and ghosts gain strength by turning into humans, or eating people.

Human beings have advantages in physical fitness that other demons and ghosts cannot match.

The more advanced the demon, the closer his body shape is to that of a human.

This is exactly the case with the Lord of Taishan.

The monsters in the netherworld are generally divided into 4 realms: the inanimate mind, the gathering yin evil, the heavenly calamity (the demon king), and the doomsday master.

Among them, Tianwaijie is equivalent to a master around the immortal stage.

The Heavenly Demon King is the leader of a group and is not unique.

And the Heavenly Tribulation is a monster born under the coincidence of heaven and earth. It has no race and is unique. There is only one such thing in the world.

Therefore, the monsters in this realm are called Tianwaijie, which means disasters from outside the sky.

After the Lord of Taishan saw the direction, his figure flashed and disappeared in place.

On the other side, Zhou Xuan and others checked the information and finally sorted out the clues.

Now they are not in Yuchan Mountain, but set off to the southwest, even out of Yangzhou, and came to the area of ​​Shu.

It is located in the southwest of the Central Plains, in a basin, and is relatively closed to the Central Plains. There are only a few roads leading to the Central Plains.

For mortals, stepping into the territory can be said to be close to death, and if they are not careful, they will be buried in the deep mountains and old forests.

However, these distances are not very far for Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan rode the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast, coupled with the Jiulong seismograph of the Tianji Mountain people, and traveled thousands of miles in less than half a time, and came to this mysterious place. Ancient Shu.

This place is under the control of Daqi State, but it is generally relatively independent. It has been managed by local chieftains or aristocratic families from ancient times to the present, and it is basically an autonomous zone.

There are many old forests in the deep mountains of Shu Kingdom, coupled with the humid climate, the whole mountain forest is surrounded by a kind of light green miasma, which looks particularly infiltrating.

Where this kind of miasma occurs frequently, generally witchcraft is more prevalent.

Zhou Xuan even saw a few people in strange costumes eating spells, and the spells they released were also legendary witchcraft.

He is good at using all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants to attack the enemy.

"Is it here?" Zhou Xuan looked at the people from Tianji Mountain.

"Basically, I think it should be near here. The bronze mask must have come from here."

Just last night, the people from Tianji Mountain finally deciphered the information left on the bronze mask.

The ancient Shu Kingdom has a long history, as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, people here had established a country.

Moreover, the civilization of this country is no worse than that of the Central Plains.

There is an ancient poem that says: silkworms and yufu, how at a loss was the founding of the country.

Cancong and Yufu were the founders of the ancient Shu Kingdom.

This Cancong is the king who founded the first ancient Shu Kingdom.

According to the legend at that time, Cancong had a pair of longitudinal eyes.

The so-called vertical eyes are not that the eyes are erected, but that the pupils protrude outward, like crabs.

Cancong taught the people of the ancient Shu Kingdom to raise silkworms, wear them with exquisite clothes, and lead them to divide labor and cooperate to form a solid whole.

The ancient Shu Kingdom is said to have a highly developed bronze civilization, and the exquisite bronze masks must have been handed down from the ancient Shu Kingdom.

The monarchs of the Yin and Shang Dynasties often sent troops to plunder the ancient Shu Kingdom, and the two countries fought endlessly.

Each term is said to have been in power for hundreds of years, which shows that these monarchs are absolutely extraordinary.

, Later, the ancient Shu Kingdom was destroyed by the Central Plains Dynasty, and the ancient Shu Kingdom officially became history, and finally evolved into a legend.

But Zhou Xuan and others can get some information from these clues, that is, the ancient Shu kingdom was relatively closed at that time, and its style was very different from that of the Central Plains dynasty.

The difference between the two civilizations in some aspects is very large.

Take this golden mask and bronze scepter, for example.

If it is put into the previous life, it is estimated that not many people think that this is something from the Central Plains, but it is a bit like a cultural relic born in the two river basins in the west.

The ascetic monk put these two things in his arms before he died, it must be to hide something, or the practice of the ascetic monk has a lot to do with this.

From this it can be seen that ancient Shu should contain a great secret, and Zhou Xuan is very interested in this secret.

After all, this may be related to the secret of whether Shakyamuni exists.

Perhaps Zhou Xuan could sit and discuss the Dao with the Shakyamuni of this world.

As the saying goes, the master is a teacher, if Sakyamuni is stronger than himself, then Zhou Xuan would not hesitate to ask him for advice.

Even if Sakyamuni didn't have any strength, Zhou Xuan would not say anything, let alone do anything to this monk just because he was full of fat in his previous life.

The behavior of later generations does not mean that Shakyamuni's theory is wrong.

Just like the descendants of Confucius became slaves in the end, but it does not mean that Confucius' people and theories are wrong, it can only be said that they have been misinterpreted.

Soon, everyone flew into a dense forest.

Of course, the destination was not found.

This place is so big, and trying to find some clues is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, but there are more people looking down, so I just want to inquire.

This is a small town, probably populated by barbarians. Besides the Han people in normal attire, there is also a group of people with braids.

In the Central Plains, only women wear braids, but the men in this place wear braids, dotted with some sequins, I don’t know if it’s gold or something, and their looks are full of exotic styles.

The barbarian and Han tribes got along quite happily, and there was no major conflict. Both sides seemed to be enjoying themselves, and it seemed that they had been getting along for quite a while.

The three of Zhou Xuan fell down and among the dense crowd, but they didn't cause a particularly big commotion. The people around seemed to ignore them and walked straight past them, as if Zhou Xuan and the others were nothing but air.

At Zhou Xuan's level, every word and action can deeply influence other people. This is not a spell, but more like a kind of spiritual hypnosis.

A person who uses spiritual hints to make the other party unable to find himself
This is the strength of a master, every word and deed can hint to the surrounding things, not only living people, but also can affect dead things after a certain level of practice.

Zhou Xuan walked into the crowd, and vendors on both sides of the street were hawking.

There are even some witch doctors who are selling herbs.

These are not Shu people, they should be witch doctors from tribes on the nearby mountains.

It is only because the Shu land is relatively closed, and the two sides influence each other and merge with each other, so this weird situation arises.

At this time, the crowd suddenly became noisy, a child stumbled and ran out of the crowd, with several adults chasing after him, suddenly the child yelled and bumped into Zhou Xuan directly.

"Little bastard, you dare to run away."

"Stolen things from the temple, aren't you afraid of thunder?"

A strong man led the child by the neck and lifted it up.

"Let it go...cough..." The child's face turned purple, and he tried to take the adult's hand away with both hands, and his whole body became weak.

Seeing that the child was about to die, the people around were silent, no matter if they were Han or Hu, they seemed to be afraid of these aggressive men.

This group of men wore uniform clothes, the style and exquisiteness far surpassed the ordinary people next to them, and they should be some powerful force nearby.

Looking at the pattern on it, Zhou Xuan was thoughtful. It turned out to be a pattern of a big-eyed person, a bit like an alien, with raised eyes, holding a bug and a radiant bird in his hand.

"What happened?" Zhou Xuan asked.

The voice was flat, as if it contained a faint majesty, making everyone around quiet down involuntarily.

The leading strong man immediately reacted, and became angry from embarrassment: "What are you? How dare you block our way, are you dying?"

As soon as the words fell, the strong man left the dying child behind, and his subordinates immediately surrounded Zhou Xuan and the others.

Seeing that this group of people were about to attack, the people around immediately retreated in fright, leaving only Zhou Xuan and others to face these menacing men.

"What do you want to do?" the person from Tianji Mountain said.

"Are you with them?" The strong man cast a glance at the Tianji Mountain man, "This old bone can't stand our toss, so go away quickly."

It's not that the strong man shows great kindness. If such an old man is killed, it will also have a bad impact on the reputation.

The man from Tianji Mountain smiled slightly. He didn't play tricks like pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, so he stepped forward and grabbed the strong man's hand.

The burly man originally smiled disdainfully, and wanted to overthrow the old man, only to find that the other's hand was as strong as a steel bar, firmly clasping his wrist.

"Let go... ah!!!"

Kacha Kacha... There was a crisp cracking sound.

The strong man screamed, his entire arm was twisted into a twist, and a huge force directly knocked him over to the ground.

The whole person rolled on the ground in pain.

"Big brother!"

The subordinates around the brawny man were about to burst into tears, and rushed up directly, wanting to execute Tianjishanren on the spot.

As a result, as soon as he rushed up, he was overturned by an inexplicable force, all his limbs were broken, and he collapsed to the ground.

Tianji Mountain man stroked his beard, squatted down slowly, looked at the strong man, and said with a smile, "How about my old bone?"

The man from Tianji Mountain may be older than this strong man's grandfather, but his strength is stronger than that of the strongest man.

Being so neglected, the people of Tianji Mountain also felt a little uncomfortable, so they directly attacked and knocked all the people down.

The rest of the subordinates who moved slower were so frightened that they didn't dare to step forward. Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, looked at these subordinates, and said, "Hurry up and carry them back?"

As if they had been pardoned, this group of people immediately fled away forever, turning their backs on the people on the ground.

"Little brother, run quickly, you can't beat them." The people around said kindly.

When the onlookers saw this group of people leaving, many people ran away in fright. It was obvious that the prestige of these people in their hearts was still very strong, and the fear of these people had already penetrated into their bones.

"They are people from the Seven Stars Way." The child said.

Qixing Dao is the most famous temple power in this area. It is said that all their mages can release spells, call wind and rain, invulnerable and omnipotent.

This child has no children and lives by begging. Today, he just stole a steamed stuffed bun from Seven Star Road. If Zhou Xuan hadn't arrived in time, he would have been killed already.

"This group of people are really so arrogant? How dare you kill people in the street? By the way, how do you steal people's things?" Zhou Xuan asked.

"Things belong to everyone. Qixingdao draws a certain percentage of property from each household. It is everyone's stuff." This child has no name until now, but his words seem to be clear.

"Okay, take me there, then you guys take the things back." Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, and patted the little boy's head.

Then let the little doll lead the way.

"But, can you really beat them?"

"Of course, didn't you see it just now?"

Zhou Xuan, together with Tianjishanren and Qiu Hao, even if they are a level higher than them, they are confident that they can easily deal with them.

With Qimen Dunjia, innate gossip, and the all-conquering Five Thunder Law, it is estimated that very few people in this world can master these powerful spells.

You must know that the higher the level of cultivation, the deeper the influence of spells and the way of heaven.

If an ordinary person practiced spells like Zhou Xuan, he would probably die on the spot before becoming a master, so Zhou Xuan was confident that his ability was better than ordinary people.

Soon, everyone saw a magnificent hall from afar.

Green walls and yellow tiles, strange fish and bird runes are painted on the walls.

The decoration style is very different from that of the Central Plains. The walls are made of bluestones as big as people, and there are murals painted on them, most of which are hunting and fishing, or weaving nets.

At this time, the door was opened, but there was no one outside.

Inside the main hall, what is worshiped is not a statue, but a huge bronze sacred tree.

(End of this chapter)