Chapter 125: The Immortal Cave South of Aizawa
"Old Master Ren is definitely not the last zombie in Renjiaji. If we stop here, there will probably be zombies appearing again next year." Li Chu said.
"You mean..." Li Xinyi pondered, "The source of the corpse has not been eliminated?"
This statement was not only mentioned by Li Chu, but there has always been a consensus within Chaotianque.
There are only two paths for zombies to be generated. If you eliminate one, only the second one remains.
But no matter what they did, they just couldn't find the zombie that was lurking somewhere, and they could only accept this situation where they were only treating the symptoms but not the root cause.
"Yes, I want to go to Yindang Mountain to have a look." Li Chu said.
Renjiaji is not very big. If there were zombies hiding, I would have discovered them with just a quick glance.
If you ask where zombies can hide, the huge Yindang Mountain is the best place.
"Okay! I'll go with you." Li Xinyi was eager to try.
Although it might be dangerous to climb Mount Yindang at night, there was nothing to worry about with Li Chu here.
Immediately, Li Xinyi offered up a branch with a peach blossom on it. The branch spun in the wind, and the flower instantly became several feet in size.
"Hehe, come up." She smiled boastfully.
After she entered the state of divine union, her master picked a wonderful flower and gave it to her, which she loved so much that she couldn't let it go.
Li Chu found it quite magical. He jumped onto the petals and felt the softness and fragrance of the flowers, which was really comfortable.
Li Xinyi also sat on it, then flipped his fingers and flew into the air again, slowly flying away from the Ren family mansion.
The worshipper looked up with envy at the flying flower branches. Not to mention that he was just an amateur cultivator in the early Qi Hai realm and could not control this kind of magical instrument that required spiritual consciousness to control.
Even if he practiced hard throughout his life and entered the state of divine union, he would have no way to obtain such a magical weapon.
In today's world of cultivation, authentic magic weapons are much rarer than cultivators.
I couldn't help feeling sad when I thought that with my unruly ways I could only serve the local rich man in this shabby place.
Who wasn't a dream-chasing kid before? But now we are just puppets controlled by life.
Let out a long sigh.
well--
When I turned around, I found that Mr. Ren had already entered the lobby surrounded by his family.
He hurriedly followed him and said with a flattering smile: "Congratulations, Master Ren, now that your father has been reduced to ashes, you can rest assured."
"Humph." Master Ren glanced at him and asked, "Which foot did you step in first when you entered the room just now?"
"Eh?" The Ren family's priest was stunned, and thought for a moment, "Maybe it's the right foot?"
"I hate people who walk in with their right foot first! Go to the accounting office to calculate your wages for the past few days, pack up your bedding, and leave tomorrow morning." Master Ren said coldly.
"No, that's not a good reason." The priest was stunned for a long time and said, "It won't happen again..."
Mr. Ren had already walked away mercilessly.
Only the cold wind is left, blowing wildly and desperately...
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Yindang Mountain.
A name you have to pronounce correctly or it will sound very ungentlemanly.
On the map of the Heluo Dynasty, it was a very important line, dividing Tiannanzhou and Jiangnanzhou. For the people of Jiangnanzhou, it blocked the wild atmosphere of Tiannanzhou... and the evil spirits.
The Jiangnan Military Town is located at the foot of Yindang Mountain, not far from Renjiaji.
For the Heluo court, Tiannan Continent has always been the continent with the worst control because of the high heaven and far distance of the emperor and the existence of the Tiannan Seven Families. If the court's decrees arrive here, they can basically not be implemented without the cooperation of the Tiannan Seven Families.
Therefore, the military towns of the nearby continents were all built at the border with Tiannan Continent without exception. The obvious warning and caution were self-evident.
The boundless mountain range looks like a entrenched black dragon in the night, with bone armor and sword-like protrusions.
Li Chu used his mind to scan the area within a radius of dozens of miles, and found more than ten relatively strong demonic auras.
The density of this evil spirit is unimaginable even in the deep mountains or other places in Jiangnan Continent.
However, as long as these monsters do not come down the mountain to harass the people, the cultivators at the foot of the mountain usually will not take the initiative to kill them.
Li Chu is now hoping that some unruly monsters will suddenly jump out and say that I just have the dream of eating people and no one can deprive me of the right to pursue my dream.
Then, driven by justice, he took action, defeated the monster with one sword, and by the way... gained some experience points.
Unfortunately, the monsters still alive on Mount Yindang are well aware of the rules for humans.
They will only kill each other, and no one will dare to go down the mountain to harm others.
The flower branches slowly passed by the side of the mountain range. Li Chu's mind-eye technique was always open. Although there were many demonic and yin auras in the middle, no corpse aura was seen.
Obviously, the zombies in Yindang Mountain had already been wiped out by wave after wave of people.
If it were so easy to find, there would be no need to wait for him to come.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "There should be mountain gods and land gods in this mountain, right?"
"Yes." Li Xinyi nodded and said, "Moreover, the mountain god here is the incarnation of a famous founding general. In the past, people from the imperial court who passed by here would go to the mountain god temple to pay homage."
Li Chu said: "If we go ask him, will there be some news?"
"The mountain god is the god of this place and supervises all the demons and monsters here. If there was any news of harmful zombies, he would have personally taken action long ago. Why would we need to ask?" Li Xinyi said. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "But if you really have no clue, you can go and find out."
After saying that, she turned the branch and flew towards a tall temple on the top of the mountain.
It was the first time that Li Chu came to the temple of the local gods. With a quick glance, he saw clouds of rosy clouds filling the temple, making it almost impossible to see any other aura.
This rosy cloud...is a merit.
It seems that this mountain god has indeed made many contributions to the people here.
Usually, mountain gods, land gods, river gods, etc., these acquired gods are mostly mountain spirits and wild monsters. When they have spent many years practicing in an unowned land and have gained the recognition of the local mountains, rivers, and land, they can be named local gods.
The water ghosts who committed many evil deeds in the Heishui River at that time even had the possibility of being named river gods, which shows that this god is not necessarily righteous.
In other words, all things have spirits, and the justice in the hearts of mountains, rivers and streams is not necessarily the justice of mankind.
But the mountain god of the Yindang Mountains is different.
He was a famous general in the early period of the founding of Heluo. His surname was Chen and he was given the name Kaijiang by Heluo's Taizu.
During that great battle between gods and demons, a vast army of poisonous beasts wanted to cross the Yindang Mountains and enter the prosperous Jiangnan Continent to start a massacre.
Chen Kaijiang led his 8,000 armored soldiers to block the mountain range in the absence of antidotes. They held out for three days and three nights before reinforcements arrived.
After the Fujia soldiers retreated, they found that almost all of them had been poisoned to the point of death. In the end, no more than three hundred of the eight thousand people survived.
Especially the main general Chen Kaijiang, he kept a calm face while killing demons and monsters and stabilizing the three armies.
After he left the battlefield, he collapsed like a mountain, cutting his flesh and blood, and not a single drop of red blood flowed from his body. It was hard to imagine what kind of power supported him to keep fighting.
Perhaps it was the tens of millions of people in Jiangnan Island behind him, or perhaps it was the peaceful country he had longed for for thirty years...
The heroic spirit of the eight thousand soldiers moved heaven and earth, and was recognized by the Yindang Mountains. This group of heroic spirit that could not be dispersed was integrated into Chen Kaijiang's soul, and he was made the local mountain god.
The mountain god controls the power of heaven and earth within the Yindang Mountains and has great power. With this power, he supervises the entire Yindang Mountains.
Over the past 800 years, there have been so many demons and evil spirits in the Yindang Mountains, but there has never been a beast tide or a major demon disaster. This is rare. All these merits should be attributed to this mountain god.
Of course, the zombies in Renjiaji are an exception.
The mountain god temple here was built according to the highest standards at the order of Emperor Taizu. It is extremely magnificent and has been renovated several times since then. It is even more solemn now.
Although it was night and there were not many people worshipping, as soon as you walked in, you could feel a warmth, as if there was some reassuring power filling the temple.
Li Chu and Li Xinyi offered incense with reverence.
Then, Li Chu said, "I, a junior, came here because of the hundreds of years of zombie disasters at the foot of Yindang Mountain. If the mountain god knows the inside story, please give me some guidance."
After a moment, there was still silence.
Li Xinyi advised: "Perhaps the Mountain God doesn't know either."
Li Chu nodded. After all, he was just an acquired god and he couldn't ask for too much.
The local gods in many places in Yuhang Town may not even be as powerful as some powerful monsters. It is really difficult to expect them to be omniscient and omnipotent.
Looking at the mountain god statue above, and the burly general in shining helmet and armor, Li Chu suddenly felt... a little strange.
It seems... there is a different atmosphere.
But when you look with your mind, you are obscured by the clouds of merit and cannot see through much of the inner world.
Without thinking too much, just when they were about to turn around and walk back, they suddenly heard a voice: "Wait a minute."
"Um?"
The two of them turned around suddenly.
Then, a flash of light appeared from the mountain god statue, and a shadow walked out.
The phantom was two meters tall, extremely heroic, and as steady as a mountain. It was exactly the image of the Mountain God General!
"Do you two really want to get rid of this disaster of corpses?" asked the mountain god in a deep voice.
Li Chu nodded: "That's natural."
The mountain god hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I will tell you a place."
Li Xinyi's eyes lit up.
"Three hundred miles west of Yindang Mountain, there is a large swamp called Xiangze. To the south of Xiangze, there is a cave. The local people call it the Immortal Cave, and they offer human sacrifices there all year round."
"But from what I've observed, there are clearly a bunch of zombies in Xiangze! It's just that two of them have achieved great success in their cultivation and have become famous, so they call themselves immortals. And I also suspect that the corpse disaster under Yindang Mountain is related to the zombies in the Immortal Cave."
"But once I leave Yindang Mountain, I will lose my magic power and will not be able to fight against those zombies. If you are interested, you can go over there and take a look."
"If you are worried that the zombie is too powerful, then go back to the mountain gate to report to the master, and then explore again. Don't act rashly."
Li Chu and Li Xinyi said in unison: "Thank you, Lord Mountain God."
"The Immortal Cave in Xiangzenan?" Li Chu murmured, "Let's go and find out."
After that, the two of them worshipped the mountain god again and left the mountain god temple.
I watched the flower branch fade away into the night.
The shadow of the mountain god who remained there looked at them with a deep gaze, and suddenly let out a heavy sigh.
"well--"
Tomorrow is my birthday, and the day after tomorrow is National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. But... I can't go home, so I can only stay in the rental house and write quietly.
(End of this chapter)
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