Chapter 208 The First Tomb
Chengshan area, border!
The second line of battle was breached by the cultivators from Luoyang Territory.
Originally according to the plan, this battle line area filled with formations and restrictions could at least hold back the cultivators from the Luoyang Territory for ten years, unless the Luoyang Territory sent out powerful Nascent Soul cultivators.
However, Luoyang Territory did not send out Nascent Soul powerhouses, and still relied on Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The second line of battle could be broken so quickly because the formations were cracked.
These formations took the Domain Alliance ten years to set up with the help of many formation masters. The formations are linked one after another, and it is almost impossible for the formation masters to reverse-engineer the method to break the formations.
But what was unexpected was that there was actually a Nascent Soul level formation master in Luoyang Territory.
The formation was broken, and because the Wentian Sect was good at formations and restrictions, the Wentian Sect suffered the greatest losses this time. Ten Jindan elders and fifty foundation-building cultivators were killed, which was close to half of the Jindan and foundation-building disciples of the Wentian Sect.
"There is a formation master in Luoyang Territory? Did he show up in person?"
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When Chu Ning learned about the battle situation on the front line from his master, there was a look of astonishment on his face.
“He didn’t show up, but no one except the formation master can do this.”
Xie Shouping shook his head: "No one expected that there would be a master of formations in Luoyang Territory. You know, a master of formations is as rare as a fourth-grade alchemist. It is not certain that one will be born among ten Nascent Soul masters."
Among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, alchemy, weapon refining, talismans and formations are the four most popular ones, and they are also the most difficult to practice.
Generally speaking, in order to ensure the improvement of a cultivator's realm, his realm must be one level higher than the Hundred Arts.
There may be a few special cases among alchemists, and many true alchemy geniuses can achieve the same level and realm as alchemists.
When he was in the Golden Core stage, he was a third-grade alchemist. After entering the Nascent Soul stage, he became a fourth-grade alchemist.
It is okay to use the time for cultivation to improve alchemy skills, and then refine pills to feed back to your cultivation, as long as you are confident enough in your alchemy talent, you can do so.
However, cultivators who have cultivation tools, talismans, and formations will not do this, because these three things only improve combat capabilities and are of no help in improving their realm.
Generally, one would first break through to the next realm, which would greatly extend one's lifespan, and then improve the quality of one hundred arts.
"If we infer based on normal circumstances, this formation master from Luoyang Territory should be at the late Nascent Soul stage."
Chu Ning's words made Xie Shouping shake his head and said with a wry smile: "If this formation master is in the late Nascent Soul stage, then we don't have to fight in Chengshan Territory. A formation master in the late Nascent Soul stage, even if he can't kill four Nascent Soul masters, he can trap four Nascent Soul masters without any problem."
"Luoyang Territory is still using the Jindan and Foundation Establishment cultivators to launch the offensive, so this formation master should be in the early Yuanying stage. It can only be said that his attainments in formations are rare."
Is this rare? But he didn't show up in person...
"Master, is there a possibility that someone has revealed the formation layout?"
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and looked at his master. Xie Shouping was stunned. He really hadn't thought about it in this regard, and the top leaders of the Domain Alliance hadn't considered it in this regard either.
"This is a domain war. Who would reveal this to the people of Luoyang Domain? There are only a few people in the entire Domain Alliance who know the entire formation. If Chengshan Domain is defeated, these people will suffer the greatest loss."
Chu Ning understood what his master meant.
The top leaders of the Domain Alliance are the four major sects, and the four major sects occupy most of the Chengshan Domain. They are the least likely to collude with the Luoyang Domain.
Xie Shouping knew that his disciple was very suspicious, but he still explained: "Domain wars are very cruel. Even if the defeated party is an insider, they will be marked as defeated, which will affect their future cultivation."
"I think it's for this reason that the top leaders of the Domain Alliance never suspected that there was an insider. Master, is there any special situation that can prevent some people on the defeated side from being marked as defeated?"
"Master, I don't know." Xie Shouping pondered for a while and added: "If there really was someone with such a pardon privilege in Chengshan Territory, this Territory War would not have happened."
"Master is right."
Chu Ning also wondered if he was being too suspicious and overthinking.
The defeated party in a domain war will have a mark of defeat. This mark is not only controlled by the winner, but will also affect the cultivation of the cultivators. Once marked with the mark of defeat, it will be difficult for one to break through the original realm for the rest of their lives.
After being defeated in the war, the mark of defeat can be forgiven. If there were such privileged people in Chengshan Domain, this domain war would not have been fought at all, and there would be no need to act as an insider.
This is the same as some parents suspecting that some candidates knew the answers to the college entrance examination in advance, which is completely illogical.
Candidates who know the answers to the college entrance examination papers in advance do not need to care about their scores at all. The support from their family allows them to enter any university they want.
After bidding farewell to his master, Chu Ning returned to Xiyue Sect.
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Toothed annual rings.
The seventh year of the domain war.
The fourth batch of disciples of Xiyue Sect set off, and the flying boat brought back Meng Sixeng's body.
This time, there were only three bodies.
This does not mean that Meng Si Ceng is unlucky. He is actually one of the three disciples of Xiyue Sect who sacrificed their lives.
The formation on the second front line was broken, and two Jindan elders and more than a dozen foundation-building disciples of the Xiyue Sect were killed in the battle.
Meng Simeng and his two companions were lucky because they still had their bodies left behind, while the other dozen or so disciples did not even have their bodies left behind.
If Chengshan Domain can hold on in this domain war, there will be a cenotaph for these disciples in Xiyue Sect in the future. If Chengshan Domain is defeated, there may not even be a grave left in this world.
The disciples of Xiyue Sect all looked sad. Chu Ning thought for a while and finally took away Meng Sizeng's body.
Because before Meng Si went to the border, he once said: If I die, I will be buried on this mountain of yours, Fellow Daoist Chu. I think your mountain is very good.
[Tomb of Meng Simeng, a disciple of Xiyue Sect]
Chu Ning built a grave for Meng Si Zeng on the mountainside. This was the first grave he had built in Nian Tangshan, but Chu Ning had a hunch that this might not be the last grave.
"Friend Meng, you really know how to choose a place. Choose this mountain. As long as I am alive, your tomb will always exist."
After placing a pot of wine brewed by the Hongri Peak Wine Shop in front of the grave, Chu Ning was about to leave when the mountain under his feet suddenly shook. At the same time, the mountain in his dantian also started to rotate.
The mountain was spinning, and an additional piece of information appeared in Chu Ning's mind.
After a while, Chu Ning understood the information in his mind and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Two more spells appeared in his mind.
One is the art of moving mountains, and the other is the art of observing qi.
The Art of Moving Mountains is different from the Art of Moving Mountains. The Art of Moving Mountains is to move the mountain that he has cultivated.
As for the art of looking at qi, it is used to detect the flow of qi in mountains, rivers and veins.
"Is this the inherited technique that should have been acquired after the mountain was cultivated to this stage, or is it because of the appearance of Meng Sixeng's tomb?"
Chu Ning couldn't judge because the timing was too coincidental.
The good thing is that no matter what the situation is, he doesn't necessarily need to know the answer at the moment.
"Are you asking me to move the mountain to a new home?"
The appearance of the two spells at this time made the meaning clear: the earth vein energy of Hongri Peak was insufficient, and a new address needed to be chosen for Nian Tangshan.
Chu Ning entered the cave and walked out of it half a month later.
There is no need to practice the art of moving mountains. For the past half month, he has been practicing the art of seeing qi.
When he opened his eyes at the moment, he saw yellow earth energy constantly rising from the peaks of the Sun and Moon Mountains, the most dense of which was the Moon Peak.
Chu Ning looked down at the Red Sun Peak below. The yellow aura was extremely faint, at least much weaker than that of other peaks.
If Nian Tangshan continues to stay on Hongri Peak, I'm afraid Hongri Peak will become dry.
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"If we move Nian Tang Mountain to Yuefeng, the elders of Xiyue Sect will definitely object, and it will be too conspicuous. We should choose another mountain with rich earth vein energy."
After walking around the Sun and Moon Mountains, Chu Ning finally chose a valley behind the mountain range.
The terrain of this valley is flat, and the earth energy from the peaks on both sides of the valley is flowing into the valley. It is just right to move Nian Tangshan here.
Chu Ning stood in the valley, forming the Mountain Moving Seal with his hands. Suddenly, a strong wind blew in the valley. Chu Ning frowned and released the seal.
He couldn't move! It wasn't that he couldn't move Nian Tangshan, but the energy of the valley's ground veins repelled Nian Tangshan. The strong wind just now was formed by the energy of the ground veins.
"Brother, don't mess around. This is not the way to raise a mountain."
When Chu Ning was confused, the fire spirit in his dantian that was pressed by the mountain spoke for the first time after so many years.
"Brother, you have plucked out all the baldness of the Red Sun Peak. Naturally, the other peaks in this mountain range will no longer be willing to accept your peak. Let me go and I will teach these disobedient peaks a lesson."
Is Hongri Peak bald?
Chu Ning looked back in the direction of Hongri Peak. It seemed that the height of Hongri Peak had not increased much over the years. Not only did the height not increase, but the growth of the trees on the peak seemed to have slowed down.
"Can you handle these mountains?"
"Of course. I am a fifth-order earth fire spirit. These mountains have no mountain spirits. They are just resisting instinctively. If you let me out, I will set these mountains into obedience with a single fire."
The Spirit of Earth Fire was very confident, and Chu Ning also believed what this guy said, but it was impossible to let this guy go.
"No need. Since the peaks of this mountain range repel me, I can choose other mountains. There is no need to stay in Xiyue Sect."
"Brother, let's not go far away."
The Spirit of Earth and Fire tried to dissuade him, but Chu Ning chose to ignore it.
"Brother, let's make an agreement. Didn't your master ask you to refine a fourth-grade elixir? You definitely can't do it with your realm, but it's different with me. I'm a fire spirit. As long as I can allocate a little spiritual power to the elixir furnace, a fourth-grade elixir will be no problem."
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Chu Ning hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What do you want?"
"Brother, I don't want anything. It was my fault before. I didn't know your identity. I said we are from the same side. You have a good mountain. I am ready to follow you. We, the Earth Fire, always have to choose a mountain as our hiding place."
The spirit of the underground fire is very sincere. In its words, the underground fire was born with the mountains, and the mountains are the shelter of the underground fire.
The reason why there is no mountain in Fire Phoenix City is that the Feng family destroyed the mountain in order to seal it. If the mountain was still there, the Feng family would not be able to seal it.
"Brother, I am telling the truth. You have to believe me. If I choose a mountain now, it will take thousands of years for me to recover my strength because there is only so much earth vein energy around a mountain. But it is different if I follow you. If the earth vein energy is not enough, I can change places. This can also greatly shorten the time it takes for me to recover my strength."
"Can you help me refine a fourth-grade elixir?"
"It's very possible, but at least you can't do it yourself, big brother. With my help, the possibility is greatly increased."
Chu Ning fell into deep thought, thinking about the reliability of what the Earth Fire Spirit said.
"Brother, why don't you ask your master? He should know more about underground fire."
"good."
Chu Ning didn't waste any time. He went out of the mountain gate and found his master in the city.
"Master, I am here to ask you for help."
"From alchemy?"
"No, it's about the underground fire."
Xie Shouping was a little surprised. After a moment's silence, he asked, "Do you want to refine the earth fire?"
In Xie Shouping's opinion, his disciple asked about the earth fire at this time because he wanted to refine a piece of earth fire.
Every alchemist has the idea of refining the earth fire, including himself.
"Refining Earth Fire is not an easy task. Even if it is a first-level Earth Fire, it takes ten years to refine it, and the probability of failure is very high."
Chu Ning knew that his master had misunderstood him, and he had no intention of refining the earth fire.
"Master, why is this underground fire so difficult to refine? And I see that the underground fire seems to be in the mountains. Is there any special reason?"
Hearing Chu Ning's question, Xie Shouping smiled and replied: "Earth fire is formed by the fire energy in the earth's veins. Over the years, as more fire energy gathers, it becomes earth fire."
"Just imagine, if it is a plain with strong winds and heavy rain, can this underground fire still be gathered?"
"If underground fire wants to be born, it can only be born under a mountain and grow slowly with the momentum of the mountain. The growth of a mountain is also inseparable from underground fire. The two complement each other."
"Master, please explain in detail." Chu Ning's eyes lit up. It seemed that his master knew a lot about underground fire.
"Master told you at the beginning that the Unmovable Mountain Technique was obtained in a secret realm. The experience in that secret realm gave Master some understanding of the Earth Fire."
"The underground fire hides the mountain and the mountain grows strong with the underground fire. The two are indispensable. If a mountain wants to truly grow, it must have underground fire. Without underground fire, the mountain peak is just an isolated peak. Only when underground fire appears can a mountain peak grow into a mountain range."
"If the mountain is destroyed, will it have any impact on the underground fire?" Chu Ning asked.
"When the mountain is destroyed, the underground fire loses its protection, and its rank will decline. It will need to find a new mountain to hide in, and then it will take a long time to recover."
After listening to his master's explanation, Chu Ning was sure that the Spirit of Earth and Fire was indeed not lying. It seemed that he could cooperate with the Spirit of Earth and Fire.
(End of this chapter)