Youbao Chapter 60: Nine Dragons Seize the Treasure (2)
The old Taoist nodded: What the senior said is right, Heaven is the law, and the law governs Heaven and Earth, leaving a glimmer of hope for oneself.
The old man laughed and continued to look at the mountains in front of him without saying anything else.
The two of them talked about Feng Shui, one after the other. I couldn't even understand Taoism, let alone this advanced method of observing qi.
But when they talked about the mountain in front of them, it seemed very interesting. It seemed that in ancient times, it was a Feng Shui treasure land that could produce emperors. But Xuanye of the Qing Dynasty, Xuanye? Isn't that Emperor Kangxi?
The mountains in front of me are rolling and undulating, and there are mountains in all directions. At first glance, they really look like several giant dragons. However, I can't see any signs of nine dragons poking their heads out or a dragon trap.
As for the so-called Emperor Kangxi sending people to destroy the mountains and change the situation, whether it is true or not, there is no way to verify it. However, this is what the old Taoist said, and it is very likely to be true.
The ancient Feng Shui theory has been passed down for thousands of years and must have its reasons.
The old man suddenly looked at me and said: Xiao Yang, as the descendant of the Eight Ropes lineage, have you ever learned the Qiankun Fengshui method?
What is that? I shook my head in confusion: I have never learned it. This is the first time I have heard of it.
That's a pity. The old man said with regret: "Eight ropes are one lineage, and one palm It has its own merits and is unpredictable. Since you have the jade that can lead to the underworld, I hope you can learn it soon. However, as a daughter, it's better to have eight or ten children, so that your eight ropes lineage will not be broken.
The old man was talking seriously, but I felt embarrassed and almost blushed. Seeing that I was just laughing awkwardly, the old man chuckled twice and said nothing more. Instead, he turned to the old Taoist priest and asked: Are you talking about the Zhou family in Guangdong?
That family, the old Taoist priest replied.
It is said that their family has lost the sword to subdue demons, so how dare they move it? the old man asked.
The Demon-Subduing Sword was stolen by the Corpse-Burial Clan, and now the owner is here. The old Taoist priest replied.
The old man said "oh" and then laughed: This news should be given to them by you.
Senior, you have a keen eye. The old Taoist nodded in response.
As I was talking, there was a rustling sound around me. I was startled and was about to shout, but I heard someone say: So the master has arrived, hey, who is this?
I turned around and saw that it was the old man Zi whom I had seen last time. At this time, he came out of the forest with four other old men and a large number of Zhou family members. There were so many people in the forest that there were probably no less than two hundred people.
I couldn't help but be amazed at the strength of the Zhou family. They lost 40 or 50 people last time, but now they have more. These big families with a long history have deep and unfathomable foundations.
Behind the five elders of the Law Enforcement Hall, two older men with cloudy eyes walked out.
This is Senior Yang from Xiangxi, the old Taoist priest introduced.
The old driver from Xiangxi? Senior Yang? The purple old man looked puzzled, as if he remembered something. At this time, the blue old man walking side by side with him exclaimed: Could it be the one who defeated the Nine Desolate Demons that year...
As soon as he said this, the two old men behind him closed their eyes and a glimmer of astonishing divine light flashed across their eyes. It was a light golden color that could actually be seen by human eyes. However, this strange phenomenon was fleeting.
You are so polite. Are you the Zhou family that conquers demons? I have heard of your great name for a long time. The old man said with a smile.
Senior, you are too polite. Although the five old men are about the same age as the old man, they seem to be a little behind in terms of seniority. Seeing that the old man was polite, they quickly returned the greeting.
Old Man Lan slightly stepped aside, revealing the two old men behind him: These two are the elders of our Zhou family. Last time, many family members were lost, which angered the head of the family. He specially invited two elders and asked the five of us to lead 249 people to help, hoping to catch the other side in one fell swoop and take back the treasure of our Zhou family.
The Zhou family's elders are at least 90 years old, and some are even over 100 years old. Just in terms of age, they are equal to the old man's master. These are the Zhou family's antiques, and they are not easily taken out. The old Taoist priest once briefly told me about them.
In front of such a person, even the old man and the Taoist priest had to bow their hands to show courtesy. The two elders nodded slightly and slowly bowed their hands to return the greeting.
Seeing how old they are, I doubt whether the so-called elders are equivalent to coaches. They can only give instructions from the sidelines. If they go down there in person, they might be kicked to death on the spot.
However, the two hundred or so Zhou family members are quite powerful. If they were to carry sacks, they could earn at least tens of thousands of yuan a day. This shows that the Zhou family is really wealthy and powerful. I envy them to the extreme...
I won’t talk about my little ideals and the golden shit in my head.
The Zhou family made such a big move, obviously they were really ready to take action, and were determined to get back the Zhou family's demon-slaying sword. For someone like me, it is really hard to understand that so many lives were exchanged for a broken sword.
It's not a nuclear bomb. If one team can't be found, send another group, because that thing can kill countless people if it explodes. But the Demon-Subduing Sword is used to slay demons. If it is used to kill people, the effect is about the same as a machete. Why are you so serious?
Jiuqiao Linglong Mountain, why did they choose this place? After both sides finished introducing themselves, Old Man Zi faced the mountain with a hint of confusion: The mountain here is ruined, and there is nothing to borrow. Is it just a coincidence?
It's not a coincidence. The old Taoist said: Although this is a dead mountain, it is also a trap for dragons. The Nine Dragons were originally supreme, but the mountain was destroyed by people, and the qi that took tens of millions of years to form collapsed. Although they can't be dragons, they turn the dragon qi of the Nine Five Supremes into monstrous resentment. It's just that the mountain suppresses them, and the Nine Dragons can't escape. If thousands or tens of thousands of years pass, the mountain changes, and the dragon emerges from the shallows again, the resentment will become dragon qi again. This repetition is reincarnation, and the mercy of heaven is a ray of hope.
Gamu chose this place because he wanted to use the suppressed resentment to accomplish something. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, it was certain that the aura of the nine-headed resentful dragon could not be suppressed even if the three veins of the sky corpse joined forces, and the Demon Sword would definitely be needed to assist.
What are you waiting for? The hot-tempered old man of the Zhou family, wearing a light gold short coat, took a step forward and said with a sullen face: Break his plan and take back the Demon-Subduing Sword.
The old man in the pale golden coat said it lightly, perhaps he thought that he could bring two elders from the family and more than 200 people to defeat Linglong Mountain. But everyone present knew that this mountain was not so easy to climb.
The secret letter that the old Taoist priest got only said that Gamu was in Linglong Mountain, but did not say who was there specifically. If Gamu and his men really intended to use the Nine Dragons' resentment to accomplish their goal, there would definitely be a lot of people coming, especially the Zhong family's Heavenly Corpses who knew magic, and the Walking Corpses who knew formations, who would definitely be present. These two clans alone were not so easy to deal with. If the seniors of the Thirteen Branches of Incantations were not invited, the old Taoist priest would not dare to act rashly if he only relied on the Zhou family.
The Jiuqiao Linglong Mountain is not very steep, but the terrain is complex and there are many entrances and exits. It is for this reason that it is called Jiuqiao.
The Zhou family's goal is to get back the Demon-Subduing Sword, while the Taoist's goal is to kill Gamu. As for the old man who was invited, his goal is to beat people...whoever he sees.
Let’s put this old man who just came to make a cameo appearance aside for now. The Taoist priest and the Zhou family need to have a good discussion about who is the leader and who is the follower.
Perhaps because the clan elder was in front, the Zhou family was worried about the old Taoist sneaking into the mountain alone, and I, the descendant of the Eight Ropes lineage, was directly ignored by them.
But if the Zhou family were allowed to enter the mountain and the old Taoist were to contain the three veins of the Heavenly Corpse, that would be even more impossible.
Because there were many family members coming, the Zhou family was confident. Old Man Lan kept smiling but refused to give in.
After some discussion, they finally decided that the Zhou family would contain the zombies or any branch of the Zhong family, while the old Taoist would cooperate with one of their elders to lead the three old men into the mountain. As for the old man, he would be responsible for the Wei family and those left by the Zhou family.
The old man didn't care about what was arranged for him and accepted it happily. I was relieved.
Considering that there are top-level corpses here, using the Jade Pendant of the Underworld is likely to be discovered, so the old Taoist simply observed the terrain and temporarily decided that the three parties should move forward as one.
Jiuqiao Linglong Mountain is a name, but it should actually be called Jiuqiao Linglong Mountains, because there is more than one mountain, but many of them are scattered in all directions.
Fortunately, the old Taoist priest was very good at observing qi, and it only took him a moment to find the mountain most likely to be chosen by Gamu.
This mountain is not part of the Linglong Mountains, but the Mingzhu Peak which was destroyed hundreds of years ago.
From a distance, I could see that the peak was round like a pearl, surrounded by mountains. The old Taoist said that this Pearl Mountain was originally three or four hundred meters high, and nine dragons stretched their heads to fight for the dragon pearl, and flew into the air and swung their tails to change into human form. This is the so-called supreme treasure land, where emperors can be born.
However, Emperor Kangxi feared that his rule would be unstable, so he asked someone to lower the mountain by hundreds of meters, turning it from a bright pearl into a shallow pool. The Nine Dragons turned into a trapped dragon, which allowed the Qing Dynasty to continue for hundreds of years.
This is a mythical legend, and the old Taoist himself cannot tell whether it is true or not. At least with his means, he cannot sink a mountain hundreds of meters.
We went forward from the outside of the mountain, intending to enter the Pearl Peak through the first dragon mountain gap. That is where the success or failure of the Nine Dragons lies, it has a suppressive effect, and it is the easiest place to borrow resentment.
Few people live here. The old Taoist said that there used to be a village with quite a few people in the early years. But during the turbulent times, many people went up the mountain to become bandits, making life miserable for the people. Over time, the people living down the mountain either ran away or were killed, and this place became a deserted place.
As we walked, we occasionally saw some extremely worn clothes hanging on tree branches, as if they were caught by someone in a panic. The old Taoist walked in the forest, sometimes walking a little slower, brushing some branches with his hands.
I asked him what he was doing, and he replied that some of the notes had fresh marks on them, indicating that someone must have passed by not long ago.
Hearing what he said, we all became alert. The Zhou family's more than 200 people lined up like a long dragon, making a huge noise and making it easy to be discovered. To be safe, one of the Zhou family elders led 49 people, and the other two old men each led 100 people behind them. Another elder and three old men followed us.
The old man invited from Yuanling County was cheerful all the way, chatting with me from time to time, and he was not worried about the upcoming war at all. It seemed that for him, this was just a trip.
The location that the Taoist priest arrived at using the shrinking technique was only a thousand meters away from Longshan Mountain. In just twenty or thirty minutes, we reached the foot of the mountain.
Looking up, although this mountain is not very high, it seems to have spirituality. On the top of the mountain, there seems to be a giant dragon lowering its head, looking towards the Pearl Peak in the center. The mountain is not high, but it is spiritual if there is a dragon. This is a precious place.
