Chapter 813 Zhenhai Relics (Part 2)
There was no direct contact between Wuqitian and Xiaoqing Weitian. There was a layer of 100,000 Demon Heavens in the middle. The junction between 100,000 Demon Heavens and Xiaoqing Weitian was very blurred. It was covered with a primeval forest that stretched for thousands of miles. At the ends of the forest were the Wusheng Wasteland and the Endless Void. This forest was called the Immortal Demon Rack. Perhaps it was because the trees here were too vigorous, suppressing the growth of other plants and spiritual materials, or perhaps it was because the soil here was mixed with the aura of immortals and demons, which was not suitable for the growth of spiritual medicines. In short, the spiritual medicines produced here were so rare that they were not even comparable to some forests in the mortal world, so they had no value to the Immortal Sect. Because of this, Xiaoqing Weitian's Immortal Sect did not set up a base here, but only set up some monitoring camps in several places where spiritual veins gathered around them to monitor the rebellion of the Immortals and the movements of the evil demons and heretics in the 100,000 Demon Heavens.
Although the resources here are as valuable as the stones on the roadside, they are full of endless treasures for mortals. Not to mention the towering trees that can be used as various buildings, the various treasures of wild beasts that grow in this forest are worth their adventure here. In addition, this is also a real area of three no matter what. The city-state of Lu in the mortal world is far away from here. If you can't control it, the immortals are disdainful of this place and are unwilling to manage it. As for the evil demons in the 100,000 demons, they dare not extend their tentacles here, thus making this a so-called free land circulating in the mortal world.
Ordinary people who can't stand the wars in the city-state every year, losers in the city-state's battle for hegemony, criminals who committed the crime, exiled former officials and nobles, and a large number of merchants who wanted to make a fortune with the resources of the immortal demon rack, etc., all gathered in the immortal demon rack. For safety, they built one city wall in the immortal demon rack, and the most were thousands of city walls. However, after several changes, the number of these city walls was finally fixed at about 800. There were not many changes for hundreds of years, and the outside world called these city walls Eight hundred mountain cities.
Among the eight hundred mountain cities, there are several mountain cities with much greater power and territory than other mountain cities. They are not bad compared to those of the big city-states of Lu. Other mountain cities have gradually gathered around these mountain cities, forming several forces similar to alliances, and Longquezhai is one of them.
Longque Village is built in a forest close to 100,000 Demon Sky, next to it is Xuefeng Mountain, the highest peak of the Immortal and Demon Rack. The melting snow flowing from the Snow Peak Mountain gathers into a small river at the foot of the mountain. With the integration of several tributaries around it, a river that runs through the Immortal and Demon Rack is formed. Pingjiang is also the only channel for Longque Village and its surrounding towns to connect with the outside world. During the months of water rise every year, cargo ships filled with various unique products of the Immortal and Demon Racks, wooden defecations filled the two sides of the river, densely packed with as many as the entire ship, which is spectacular.
The first people to build a copycat here were a group of losers who had been taken away from their foundation. They were hunted down all the way and built the city only to protect themselves. Over time, as more and more people joined, the city also expanded several times. Similarly, the position of the village leader changed hands several times, and I know that the ancestors of the village leader Bao Yan had just stabilized.
Bao Yan's ancestors were the famous scholar-official family of the Xia Kingdom. There were Confucian and Taoist wise men in the family. Unfortunately, because the king's power changed, he was affected by the whole family. Most of the family members were arrested and executed, and only a few of them were able to escape to Longque Village. After entering Longque Village, the Bao family has always been the chief clerk and the military advisor appeared in front of others. Now most of the layout of Longque Village was planned by the ancestors of the Bao family. It can be said that Longque Village can become one of the largest clerks in the 800 mountain cities, and more than 80% of the credits belong to the Bao family. Later, a legend came from other mountain cities, but everyone suspected that the assassination led by the Bao family killed all the former heads and descendants. The Bao family, which had the highest reputation in Longque Village and held real power, naturally became the leader of Longque Village. Until today, it has been passed down for thirteen generations.
Among the Eight Hundred Mountain City, it is already considered good to be able to inherit the father and son for four generations. The seven generations of inheritance are almost only in a few mountain cities that are not valued, but only in the thirteen generations of inheritance are Longquezhai. Although the struggle between the Eight Hundred Mountain City is much less than the city-states in the mortal world, the level of the struggle is no less than that of the outside world. Because the Eight Hundred Mountain City has set an unwritten rule that all the struggles are limited to the upper class to protect the civilians at the bottom, the struggles between the mountain cities are placed under the table, conspiracy and assassination have become the main means of fighting. More than 60% of the lords of the mountain city died from assassination by others, and most of the remaining 40% died from rebellion by subordinates, fighting on the battlefield, etc. Only extremely rare people can truly die.
The reason why Longque Village can be passed down for so long and still keeps the forces in the mountain city stable until today is still able to maintain stability and dare not have any other intentions. It is entirely because the legendary masters of Longque Village seem to have something to do with the illusory immortal. Although many people sneer at this and think it is nonsense, no one is willing to try to test the authenticity of this rumor, because everyone who did this in the past eventually disappeared mysteriously and never appeared again. The last place where these people appeared was the Xuefeng Mountain Wutian Cliff, which was listed as a forbidden area by Longque Village.
Wutian Cliff is the second highest mountain peak in Xuefeng Mountain, but it is not within the main vein of Xuefeng Mountain. Instead, a branch of Xuefeng Mountain flows out of the branch extends to the edge of Pingjiang River. It is accumulated by the ancient mountain veins on the other side of Pingjiang River. Because it is the product of the battle between two earth veins, the mountain is extremely barren. The entire mountain is covered with rocks, and the surface is covered with a layer of moss and grass. Flying stones fall from the mountain from time to time, which is extremely unsuitable for ordinary people to live in.
The people who built Longque Village at first thought that it was not suitable to establish a village here, so they set up a village on a hill close to Pingjiang ten miles away. Later, even if the mountain city expanded outward, they would avoid the evil land of Wutian Cliff. Until the Bao family took over Longque Village, they turned against ordinary people and built their own village owner's villa at the foot of Wutian Cliff, forming a circle, enclosing the entire Wutian Cliff in the villa, and setting this place as a forbidden area. Except for a few people from the Bao family and their confidants, if others approached, even the master and his children would be punished.
He was beheaded without exception. It is precisely because of this that people from the outside world believe that the reason why the Bao family was able to maintain long-term stability in Longque Village was that they were at Wutian Cliff. There were hundreds of people who sneaked into Wutian Cliff from other places every year to explore the reality of the virtual world. Almost every one was a martial arts master named by the Immortal Demon Frame, but these people never appeared again in the end. Even so, some people still flocked to reveal the secret of Wutian Cliff. Among them, some people offered huge rewards from other mountain cities and some were curious because of their own curiosity. Jia Sheng was one of those curious people.
Jia Sheng studied under Jiuling Valley, one of the few martial arts sects of the Immortal Demon Rack since he was a child. His Nine Spirit Transformation Yuan Gong was only slightly worse than the head and several elders in the sect. This was just because his skills were not accumulated enough, not because he lacked the mastery of the Nine Spirit Transformation Yuan Gong. His strength was also among the top 30 among the vast Immortal Demon Rack, but because he liked to inquire about other people's privacy and secrets, he offended many people in the Immortal Demon Rack, and also obtained the bandit account of Jiuer Fox.
Because of his habits, Jia Sheng had already been salivating about the secrets in Wutian Cliff, but he had never found a chance to start. This time, he accidentally heard that a group of people had bribed some of the Bao family's confidants and let them lead the way into Wutian Cliff. He felt something strange and thought it might be a trap set by the Bao family. However, he did not intend to inform those people of his suspicion. Instead, he was planning to use this east wind to attract the attention of the Bao family, and then he sneaked in from another place.
Things went very smoothly at the beginning. Jia Sheng easily passed through the ring-shaped main body of the villa and sneaked into the foot of Wutian Cliff. But when he was about to move to the top of the mountain, he suddenly felt that his body became extremely heavy, pressed him to the ground, and then lost consciousness. When he woke up, he had been arrested by the Bao family and placed under house arrest in a small courtyard. All his skills were blocked by a powerful force that he could not even feel.
Jia Sheng is a smart man. He knew that since the Bao family did not put him on the ground, but spent more effort to put him under house arrest, it means that he had no worries about his life for the time being. So, with the mentality of coming to this point, he simply lived here with peace of mind, and lived there for more than half a year. In the past six months, he was the only one in the entire courtyard. The person who delivered food and changed clothes every day was a mute whose tongue was cut off, which made him not even want to find someone to talk. He could only read books every day to pass the boring time, which made his knowledge soar. I believe that it would be no problem to go to Lu to take the scientific examination and take the scholar.
However, this kind of life made Jia Sheng, who was used to taking risks, feel extremely disgusted. He felt that if this continues, he would be driven crazy, which also made him suspect that the Bao family was punishing him and driving himself crazy.
"Old man, stay here to talk to me? You stroke and gesture, I'll say." At noon that day, when Jia Sheng heard the sound of the iron gate of the small courtyard opening, he knew that it was the mute servant who delivered the meal and clothes, so he asked as usual. He didn't expect the mute servant to respond, because he had tried this method many times. A few months ago, there was a servant who stayed there because of his sympathy. He had a pen gesture and talked, and chatted for a while. But the next day, the servant who delivered the meal changed another person. I think the servant had been killed before, so he gave an extremely harsh warning to the other servants. After that, no one would pay attention to him, and would not even step into the room where he was. Over time, he no longer expected this, but he would ask habitually when he heard the sound of the door opening.
Chapter completed!