Chapter 91: Mountain God
Hulu Mountain is located at the junction of Xiniuhezhou and Nanzhanbuzhou.
The area within a thousand miles is desolate.
Only some traces of a mountain village can be vaguely seen in the valley, but it is almost covered by weeds and trees, and it has obviously been abandoned for a long time.
Not to mention the farmland, the weeds there were more than half a person tall, lizards and snakes were crawling around on them, and a few crows were croaking on the dead trees by the roadside.
"There is so little resentment and anger!"
Li Anran stood in the clouds and soon discovered something was wrong.
Logically speaking, the area within a thousand miles has been devastated by monsters and is uninhabited, with not even many wild animals left. It should be filled with resentment and death.
But, it’s obviously different here!
It's just very desolate!
There is no sign of large-scale death!
The people living here and the wild animals in the mountains did not seem to have been killed by the monster, but rather they had escaped.
This is obviously abnormal!
For most monsters, mortals are the best blood food. Even if they don’t eat them all, there is no reason to let them escape!
In addition to this, Li Anran discovered a big problem.
He looked towards the west and saw auspicious light and auspicious air covering the sky and purple mist rising.
That is Wanshou Mountain where Wuzhuang Temple is located!
It’s only tens of thousands of miles away from Hulu Mountain!
With the cultivation level of Zhenyuan Daxian, it is impossible that he failed to notice the abnormality here, and it is even more impossible that he failed to suppress just two monsters.
All I can say is...
"Another good show!"
Li Anran immediately understood what was going on.
The events here are most likely related to Zhen Yuanzi, and the great opportunity that Yang Jian mentioned should also be with Zhen Yuanzi!
From this perspective, Yang Jian had indeed arranged a good job for him. He didn't need to do anything unnecessary and just followed the boss and drank the soup.
Li Anran obediently cast an invisibility spell and then flew towards Hulu Mountain, so as not to accidentally alert the snake and scorpion monsters and ruin Zhen Yuanzi's arrangement.
"Um?!"
As soon as he entered the range of the gourd, Li Anran's heart suddenly tightened, as if he was being watched.
"Are you a god sent by the Heavenly Court?"
A grand and old voice sounded in my ears.
"God of Hulu Mountain?" Li Anran asked back.
"That's right." The voice sounded again, saying, "I am not able to move easily, so please come in and have a chat."
A roar was heard, and a cave appeared on the mountainside.
Li An descended from the clouds and walked into the cave.
The cave is very spacious and even feels a bit empty, as if the entire Hulu Mountain has been hollowed out.
The road is extremely narrow, only half a meter wide , wide enough for only one person to walk, with cliffs on both sides.
"Is this a formation?" Li Anran's heart moved.
He found that the giant stalactites in the cave looked disorganized, as if they had grown naturally, and the roads were criss-crossed and winding.
But if you look closely, you will find that they actually form a huge formation.
This formation itself is not too mysterious, it is only used to conceal the aura and confuse the secrets of heaven.
However, the person who set up the formation was extremely clever. He connected heaven and earth together, borrowed the power of heaven and earth for cover, and brought the effectiveness of the formation to conceal the aura and confuse the secrets of heaven to the extreme.
This formation is too awesome! Was it set up by Zhen Yuanzi?
Li Anran was amazed and felt inferior to him.
The level of the person who set up the formation was more than two levels higher than his.
"My friend, please go left."
"Go up three steps to the right, then forward."
"Turn left ahead, go to the end, and then turn right again."
…
The voice of the mountain god continued to sound, guiding Li Anran.
After walking for more than ten minutes, a bright light gradually appeared in the darkness. After walking for more than ten meters, we passed through a cave and the view in front of us suddenly became clear.
In the center of the cave, on the stone platform.
It is also where the center of the formation is located.
A red treasure gourd emits a hazy glow.
The voice of the mountain god came from this gourd.
Red Gourd, Zhen Yuan Zi...
Li Anran's heart was shocked. The paralyzed face that he had been practicing for so long was almost ruined.
Could he be the Red Cloud Ancestor? !
Ancestor Hongyun, one of the great powers of ancient times, a close friend of Zhen Yuanzi, his original form was the first cloud between heaven and earth after their creation.
Because he was a Yunxia who had attained the Tao, his escape technique was extremely fast, and he became one of the first powerful beings to arrive at the Zixiao Palace, sitting on one of the six cushions that later represented the identity of the Taoist Patriarch Hongjun's disciple.
But because of his good nature and easy-going personality, he finally gave his seat to the crying Taoist Zhunti.
This indirectly led to Kunpeng having to give up his seat to the Taoist master Jie Yin who also came from the West.
Kunpeng therefore hated Old Ancestor Hongyun.
When Daoist Ancestor Hongjun accepted the six people sitting on the cushion as his disciples, and during his last sermon, he bestowed a ray of Hongmeng purple energy on each of the six disciples and Old Ancestor Hongyun.
Kunpeng's hatred for Patriarch Hongyun reached its peak, and he launched a sneak attack on him halfway.
From then on, the whereabouts of Old Ancestor Hongyun and that wisp of primordial purple energy became unknown.
The signature magic weapon of Patriarch Hongyun is the Jiujiu Sanpo Gourd, which is made from the red gourd grown from the gourd vine, one of the ten innate spiritual roots.
Could this be the Jiujiu Soul-Dispersing Gourd?
The only two innate magic weapons Li Anran had seen were the Hunyuan Golden Bowl and the Precious Lotus Lantern.
The former only glanced at it from a distance and had no way of judging the quality of the red gourd in front of him.
However, only the residual soul of Patriarch Hongyun is worthy of this great formation of heaven and earth outside, which was probably arranged by Zhen Yuanzi himself!
He also placed Hulu Mountain near Wuzhuang Temple so that he could provide protection at any time.
This also explains why Yang Jian insisted on entrusting this matter to him!
He had just captured the Nine-headed Insect, the disciple of Demon Master Kunpeng, and offended the Demon Master's Mansion.
Ancestor Hongyun has a blood feud with Kunpeng.
This alone can unite the two of them against a common enemy, allowing him to gain more benefits from the Red Cloud Ancestor.
Li Anran's mind was full of thoughts, but he remained businesslike and said in a solemn voice, "Greetings from the God of Gourd Mountain! Li Anran is here on the orders of the God of Justice to help you suppress the evil spirits!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, my friend." The mountain god was kind and amiable.
"You are too polite, Mountain God. When the God of Justice came, he told me to obey the Mountain God's arrangements in everything. If there is anything the Mountain God needs me to do, just ."
Li Anran recalled the plot of Calabash Brothers and guessed the role he might play in it.
The snake demon and the scorpion demon have already escaped, so the pangolin must have been there.
Does he want to be a grandfather who grows gourd seeds?
This is quite interesting!
"Then I won't be polite." said the mountain god.
The red gourd shook twice, spraying out patches of bright light.
A seven-colored lotus flew out of the gourd and floated in front of Li Anran. It was glowing with rays of light and had a fragrant smell. It was obvious at first glance that it was not an ordinary item.
"My friend, this item is called the Seven-Colored Lotus Platform. It is an innate spiritual treasure that is crucial to subduing demons. Daoist friend, you only need to wait for the right time and send this item out."
Li Anran: ...I never thought that I was actually a mountain god!
But soon, he realized something was wrong!
This mountain god actually specifically emphasized that this is an innate spiritual treasure!
Are you testing me? Or are you stinging me?
Li Anran calmly put away the colorful lotus platform. Just as he was about to pretend to ask "What does it mean when the time is ripe" he heard someone talking outside.
"Grandpa, come this way! The snake demon and the scorpion demon are most afraid of the gourd seeds in the gourd mountain! You just need to take the gourd seeds and plant them, and then you can destroy these monsters!"
