"After discussing it, the five of us decided this was a mutually beneficial deal. We would be the ginseng spirit's guardians, and the ginseng spirit would be responsible for setting up a lightning protection formation for us. Once the ginseng spirit breaks through the foundation-building stage, he'll take us with him to ascend to the Tushita realm. With him, we wouldn't have to endure the pain of the heavenly thunder and would be able to successfully overcome the tribulation. So from then on, the five of us became the ginseng spirit's guards, stationed at Mantou Mountain."
"What? You said Mantou Mountain is where the ginseng spirit is in seclusion?"
Qingshan was shocked. No wonder Luo Wenyuan, Liu Zhilong and others lost contact near Mantou Mountain. It turned out that the inconspicuous little hill was the hometown of the thousand-year-old ginseng spirit. Since the ginseng spirit could set up a lightning array, it must have set up an array near its own cave. That's why the communication equipment was malfunctioning due to inexplicable electromagnetic interference.
Huang You was a little surprised to hear Qingshan seemed to know about Mantou Mountain. "How come, Junior Sister knows about Mantou Mountain?"
Qingshan nodded. "We have six comrades who have lost contact near Mantou Mountain. We are here to support them! Brother, do you think it's because of the interference of the formation around the Ginseng Spirit Cave that caused our teammates to lose contact?"
Huang You rubbed his chin, pondered for a long moment, and then slowly spoke: "It's possible, but things may not be that simple! Junior sister, you are the descendant of Senior Xuan Huizi, so you are naturally familiar with pharmacology. Wild hundred-year-old ginseng can already save the dying and bring back to life, and thousand-year-old ginseng can completely nourish the blood and strengthen the marrow. Therefore, after the Ginseng Immortal went into seclusion, several groups of people came one after another, intending to take over the Ginseng Immortal's body, but we five strangled them one by one. Among them was even a blood-sucking monster from the mountains and seas, a dwarf. He was cut in half by my eldest sister's sword, but he was still able to escape. He is quite capable."
Ruyi Tuanzi once said that China is a vast country with abundant resources, and there are many rare treasures that can elevate bloodlines. Not only do Chinese cultivators want to obtain them, but even those with special abilities in other countries are salivating over them.
Qingshan thought of Mograine's ugly scarred face, and sighed in his heart: So this is how the dwarf vampire got the scar on his face. No wonder Batur said he was as timid as a mouse and didn't dare to fight. It was obvious that he was scared!
"Thirty years later, my eldest sister reached the foundation-building stage, followed by my third sister, Bai Ciwei, and my fourth sister, Liu Xiyao. Hui Shu and I were the only ones left to protect Shenxian and Wujia Village. After their foundation-building efforts, my eldest, third, and fourth sisters needed more spiritual energy, and they couldn't leave Wujia Village to find a place to cultivate with relatively more spiritual energy. Therefore, the three of us chose to hibernate, reducing our spiritual energy consumption while waiting for Shenxian to emerge. Over the past few decades, Hui Shu and I have discovered that a force has been vying for Shenxian's true form. When the five of us were together, this force was able to contain itself. Later, realizing we were weak, they frequently entered China, conducting reconnaissance and investigations near Mantou Mountain. Although Hui Shu and I have the weakest cultivation bases, we have many followers, spread across the foothills of the Xing'an Mountains. With them around, it's wishful thinking for those demons to even dream of acquiring Shenxian's true form!"
Qingshan frowned slightly. The unknown forces Huang You mentioned were most likely Russian orc warriors. It turned out that they had been paying attention to the ginseng spirit for many years. Their entry into China this time was definitely not a sudden decision, but a long-planned one!
"Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. We originally thought that Shenxian would emerge from his sixty years of seclusion, but a hundred years have already passed, and there's still no sign of him emerging. Ten years ago, Huishu and I both reached foundation building, and we couldn't leave Wujia Village to protect Mantou Mountain. We could only send our children to guard nearby. Just a few days ago, my children came back to say that another group of monsters had entered the northern foothills of the Xing'an Mountains and were heading towards Mantou Mountain."
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