Chapter 200 Wildfire cannot be extinguished
Chapter 200 Wildfire cannot be extinguished (asking for monthly ticket~)
Wuling Mountain Area, western Hunan.
It is Qingming Festival again this year, and it is the time when the caravan of Shi Er, the leader of the Water Gang, turns back from south to north.
Shi Er Dangjia has many connections and is very courageous. His caravan always helps people find the goods they want. This time, they went deep into the southern wilderness. I wonder if Shi Er Dangjia can get some of the unique "Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil" there? That kind of miasma must be very useful in Wuling Mountain.
The cultivators in the lower reaches of the Yuan River were eagerly waiting.
At this moment, the Shi Erdangjia caravan they had been looking forward to did not disappoint them. It was sailing down the Yuan River, carrying mountains of mountain turtles and river-drinking toads.
Above the head of the leading River Drinking Toad, Shi Erdangjia took out his precious tea set and entertained someone.
This man looked to be less than 30 years old, with a handsome face and a pair of phoenix eyes. Just because of this pair of phoenix eyes, he looked a little wild.
The man was dressed in purple, looking very eye-catching, with the appearance of a rich noble. He had a long sword on his waist, it was a silver sword, the sword guard was in the shape of a lotus, and the scabbard was carved with a carp.
So looking from a distance, his clothes looked like a purple mist, setting off a white lotus. The white lotus looked lonely and aloof, and the man seemed even more mysterious.
"How can I accept Master Ye's gift when we first meet?"
Shi Buyu looked at the brocade box handed over by the man in purple and waved his hands repeatedly.
The purple-robed man smiled.
"What do you mean by that, Master Shi? I heard from Brother Xinzhan that there is nothing in the world that Master Shi dare not accept. Why can't he accept it from me? Do you think nothing of Lian Chen's gift?"
The man glanced at him with such fierce eyes that Shi Buyu's heart skipped a beat even in his own caravan.
"Haha, Master Shi, listen to me. My gift is not given randomly."
The man named Ye Lianchen suddenly smiled again.
"Master Shi has been in the water for a long time. Although I don't know what kind of skills Master Shi has practiced, my Taoist school says that solitary yin cannot produce and solitary yang cannot grow. If you have been in the water for a long time, yin energy will definitely enter your body. Master Shi himself has never noticed that your eyes are yellow. Does the water poison show on your face?
"This box of Zhuzhi Zaodan can remove the poison in the five internal organs without hurting the water essence. Take it once a month to regulate the qi and blood. Within half a year, Master Shi will see that his complexion will be very different."
The man pushed his hand forward again.
Shi Buyu was initially annoyed by the man's choking, but after hearing about the efficacy of the pill, he could not help but be tempted. After hesitating for a few breaths, he still reached out to take it, saying,
"Old Shi usually just collects groceries from the mountains. As a countryman, he has never seen any good things. Such a precious pill is really a generous gift. Taoist priest, please take a look at my caravan to see if there is anything you like. Feel free to take it."
Ye Lianchen shook his head, then leaned forward, as if he wanted to say something.
Shi Buyu also moved closer.
"Master Shi, you said that my brothers Xinzhan and Zhaoming became famous in Xiangxi for destroying the Lost Soul Gorge. Do you think I can become famous for the Hanging Coffin Gorge?"
"what!"
Shi Buyu almost jumped up like a toad drinking from the river, looking at the Taoist priest with shocking words in horror.
Seeing this person looking at him in surprise, Shi Buyu felt that the pill in his hand was a little hot. He moved closer to Ye Lianchen and lowered his voice.
"Master, are you saying these things to tease me, Lao Shi, because you think I am bored as a businessman?"
Ye Lianchen was displeased and frowned.
"Why, can't we move the Hanging Coffin Gorge? It is said that the Lost Soul Gorge is as famous as the Hanging Coffin Gorge. How come my Taoist brother can destroy the Lost Soul Gorge, but Master Shi thinks I am joking?"
Shi Buyu was complaining in his heart, who is this Taoist Cheng Xinzhan? He is a master of the Yang method and the Heaven-killing Soul method. The first tribulation he overcame was the Yellow Heaven Thirty-Nine Tribulations. The water method of Jingming Shen Zhaoming was also unique, which is how he narrowly won. Who is this Ye Lianchen who suddenly appeared?
Shi Buyu really didn't believe that anyone who came out of Sanqing Mountain was a genius like Taoist Cheng.
However, Shi Buyu did not say these words. He just said,
"Master Ye, I am not an undisciplined person. You were introduced by Master Cheng and you gave me the elixir, so I made it clear. There are two points that Master Ye said wrong."
"Oh? I am all ears."
Ye Lianchen was not annoyed, but instead showed an interested expression.
Shi Buyu said seriously,
"First, Hanging Coffin Gorge and Lost Soul Gorge are not the same thing. It's just that in the Xiangxi Demonic Path, Hanging Coffin Gorge is first, Lost Soul Gorge is second, and the others are far inferior to these two, so the Corpse Soul Gorge and the two are often mentioned in parallel. But in fact, Lost Soul Gorge is far inferior to Hanging Coffin Gorge."
"Then why is this?"
Ye Lianchen was surprised.
Shi Buyu looked at Ye Lianchen and said slowly,
"Because Xiangxi's soul is just an ordinary soul, but Xiangxi's corpse is definitely not an ordinary corpse."
Ye Lianchen was stunned when he heard this, then he slowly nodded, acknowledging this statement, and said,
"I have also heard of this. I wonder what the second point I made is wrong?"
This time, Shi Buyu put on a strange and inexplicable expression and said to Ye Lianchen,
"First of all, Master Ye cannot tell Master Cheng and Master Shen about what I said."
Although Ye Lianchen thought this was a bit strange, he still nodded in agreement.
"Master Shi, please speak."
Shi Buyu looked at Ye Lianchen.
"Who told Taoist Master Ye that the Lost Soul Gorge has been destroyed?"
Ye Lianchen raised his eyebrows. This sentence surprised him more than the first point.
"We all know that Bai Wuchang is dead, Lost Soul Gorge is destroyed, and the disciples have scattered like birds and beasts. How can this not be considered destruction?"
Shi Buyu smiled softly upon hearing this, and then asked,
"Masters Cheng and Shen, what you destroyed was only the Lost Soul Gorge in Mengdong River."
"Oh? Could it be that there are several more Lost Soul Gorges in Xiangxi?"
Shi Buyu shook his head.
"Yes and no. Let me put it this way, Master Ye, do you know how many times the Lost Soul Gorge has been destroyed in the past thousand years?"
Ye Lianchen seemed to understand what he said, his expression changed, and he said,
"Master Shi, you might as well make your words clearer."
Shi Buyu nodded, cleared his throat, and then said,
“All the people in my Water Gang were born and raised in Wuling Mountain. We are not like the big sects or aristocratic families, but we also have a heritage. And I dare say that our Water Gang is definitely one of the gangs with the longest heritage in Wuling Mountain. So there are some things that have been witnessed and passed down from generation to generation and we know them clearly.
"This Lost Soul Gorge is now called the Lost Soul Gorge. The previous one was called the Shouting Soul Cave, and the one before that was called the Wandering Soul Mountain. It was destroyed time and time again, and the name was changed again and again. The green mist also appeared and dispersed, and dispersed and appeared again.
"But every time there is less than 50 years, a new force will rise up, just like the previous ones. I just don't know where the next green mist will rise, and what the next Lost Soul Gorge will be called."
Ye Lianchen had not expected such a story to exist. He was silent for a moment, then asked,
"Please give me some advice, Master Shi." Having said this much, Shi Buyu was not afraid to make it clearer.
"The fundamental reason is that Xiangxi is not a safe place. It is the soil of the devil. The devil has many methods, but the real mainstream is just souls, corpses, blood, poison, and insects. So as long as the devil gathers, people who cultivate and refine their souls will never disappear."
Ye Lianchen nodded.
Shi Buyu continued,
"And the soul-refining monks in western Hunan have always been able to gather into a considerable force and have never been interrupted. I think Taoist Ye should have guessed that there must be someone supporting them behind the scenes."
At this point, Shi Buyu shook his head and sighed.
"If it was really that simple to wipe out a family or a sect, then why would the Three Kings Temple remain in seclusion, and why would the master of the Zhenwu Temple wield his sword for hundreds of years?"
Ye Lianchen said in a deep voice, "Then I wonder what Master Shi's guess is?"
Shi Buyu smiled slightly, "I really don't know about this, Old Shi. Old Shi can only guess that it is a large sect with a long history. As for large sects with a long history, I think if we really want to investigate, Sanqing Mountain will definitely be easier than my small gang in the mountain."
Ye Lianchen pondered for a moment, then handed over another bottle of pills.
"Just now, Master Shi said that the devil is nothing but 'soul corpse blood poisonous insects'. I agree with him. I think in Wuling, there is a lot of miasma and poisonous insects. Our Shui Gang will also be troubled by them. I have a bottle of detoxification pill here. It is very useful and is a secret product of Sanqing Mountain that is not passed on to others."
Shi Buyu's heart skipped a beat again, thinking that this Taoist Ye's words and actions were all very aggressive, which was quite different from the restrained Taoist Cheng. However, every word and action of his happened to touch his heart.
He took the pill bottle again and said with some doubt,
"The elixirs of the Sanqing Sect must be good ones. For us grass roots and duckweed, it is already a great thing to pick some grass fruits from the mountains and mix them into medicine. How can we know anything about refining elixirs?
"But I am puzzled. The demons in the valley like Lost Soul Gorge are also good at making pills. Tan Tianzong, who angered Taoist priests Cheng and Shen and directly led to the destruction of Lost Soul Gorge, likes to make pills. And I heard that there are more people in Lost Soul Gorge who like to make pills than just Tan Tianzong. I don't know where they learned these alchemy skills."
After saying that, Shi Buyu started fiddling with his tea set and kept silent.
Ye Lianchen's expression changed.
How could he not hear Shi Buyu's voice-over!
External alchemy is a major branch of Taoism, and there are many people who are good at refining elixirs. However, in today's world, if you use external alchemy to refer to a specific major sect, everyone will think of the same sect.
It’s Mount Longhu again!
Ye Lianchen held the sword tightly in his hand. It seemed that the water in western Hunan was much deeper than he thought.
After a while, he suddenly let go of the sword and took the tea handed to him by Shi Buyu.
"If Lost Soul Gorge is so bad, surely Hanging Coffin Gorge won't be any worse?"
Shi Buyu really didn't say anything and just drank his tea.
Ye Lianchen did not ask any more questions and drank the tea in one gulp. It was no problem. Fighting against the heavens was endless fun. Fighting against the earth’s demons was endless fun. Fighting against people’s magic was also endless fun!
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The caravan went downstream along the Yuan River, and within a few days, they arrived at the confluence of the Yuan River and the Wu River.
There is a mountain here named Tianqiao Mountain, which means the sheath of the sky. It is covered with dark clouds all year round and it is pitch dark. It is the location of the Hanging Coffin Gorge, the first magic gate in western Hunan.
The Shi family’s caravan stopped some distance before the confluence of the river.
When the Water Gang does business, they never differentiate between the Taoist and the Demonic sects, and Hanging Coffin Gorge is also their seller and buyer.
Ye Lianchen is now sealed in an ice coffin in the caravan, but he has already felt that this ice coffin is mainly used to isolate the fire evil spirit and there is no other magic restriction. Although his green eyes have not been cultivated in this incarnation for a long time, it is more than enough to see through this ice coffin.
The Tianqiao Mountain is shaped like an upside-down coffin, with a jagged ridge like an exposed dragon bone. The west side of the mountain is carved out by the Wu River into a hundred-foot cliff. The river turns sharply where it meets the Yuan River on the east slope, and the two rivers meet. The water washes the base of the mountain day and night, causing the ground's air to become damp and stagnant.
Water vapor rises along the mountain walls and connects with the dark clouds on the top of the mountain, blocking out the sun all year round.
Ye Lianchen watched in amazement.
He was very familiar with the book on observing qi and raising corpses. He could see many clues with just one glance. The mountain became a "live coffin place", the cliff became a "hanging corpse cliff", the water became a "fish mouth", and the clouds became "corpse saliva clouds". It was simply a ready-made treasure book on raising corpses.
On the way here, Shi Buyu also told Ye Lianchen that there are many zombies in Xiangxi, and this place is even more so.
The Water Gang is good at using turtles, toads, fish and snakes to transport goods, while the Land Gang is good at using horses, tigers, centipedes and pythons to transport goods. However, the latter are a little special. They can also drive corpses to transport goods. Sometimes, the corpses themselves are the goods they want to buy and sell. Therefore, the corpse drivers of the Land Gang are very famous in Xiangxi.
But according to Shi Buyu, even the most experienced corpse driver has to bypass this place, otherwise the talisman paper will turn black, the corpse will be covered with green armor, and will no longer obey the corpse driver's orders, but will go to Tianshao Mountain on its own.
The corpse drivers of the Lu Gang have a saying passed down from mouth to mouth, "Don't stop at the Tianqiao Ferry, ghosts are grinding their teeth at the bend of the Yuanshui River." This is referring to the extremely gloomy pattern of intertwined mountains and rivers before their eyes.
The Water Gang has never had this concern and has been very popular in Hanging Coffin Gorge. Only this time, it was really an accident. This time, Shi Buyu harvested a batch of extremely high-quality corpses in the Southern Wilderness and wanted to sell them to Hanging Coffin Gorge, so he stopped far away.
Seeing the caravan stop, people from Hanging Coffin Gorge came to greet them.
Three people flew out of Tianshao Mountain, all wearing black faces and black robes. After talking to Shi Buyu, they came to the mountain turtle where Ye Lianchen was sitting.
There were tall buildings on the backs of the Water Gang's mountain turtles, the lowest of which had three or five floors, and the highest of which had eight or nine floors. The ice coffin where Ye Lianchen was was placed on the bottom floor along with twelve other ice coffins. Shi Buyu and three people from the Hanging Coffin Gorge walked in.
When the three men came closer, Ye Lianchen could see that the black robes of these men were pure black, like ink, but their masks were blood-red with black ghosts painted all over them, so they looked black from a distance, but if you looked closely, the red in the gaps between the ghosts would show through like bloodshot.
The age and demeanor of these three people could not be determined. One of them said in a hoarse voice,
"Master Shi, what good corpse did you bring back from the Southern Wilds this time that you sent a message here specially?"
Shi Buyu was laughing so hard that he couldn't see his eyes. He waved his hand, and a caravan servant opened an ice coffin next to Ye Lianchen.
This is!
Before the three people from Hanging Coffin Gorge could react, Ye Lianchen's eyes widened.
He forced Shi Buyu to find a way to get himself into Hanging Coffin Gorge, so when Shi Buyu said that his caravan had a batch of corpses shipped from the Southern Wilderness to sell to Hanging Coffin Gorge and asked him to pretend to be corpses and seal them in ice coffins, Ye Lianchen agreed. For the time being, he had no way to say anything to Shi Buyu about his behavior of buying and selling corpses.
After entering the ice coffin, he held the idea of not looking at anything inappropriate and never thought of looking through the ice coffin to see the human body.
So it was not until this moment that he saw the corpse that Shi Buyu was going to sell this time, and he also understood why Shi Buyu said proudly that this time he was selling an extremely rare Fire Evil Corpse.
Because more than 20 years had passed, he still recognized the body lying in the ice coffin at a glance.
White River Joe!
Miao friends I met in Qilihe Market!
On the day when the true evil spirit burst the acupoint, he went into the Rotten Peach Mountain with me!
Yes, he died on Rotten Peach Mountain that day, and his body fell into the evil cave, and was eroded by the "Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil" for more than twenty years. It can indeed be called a strange fire evil corpse!
(End of this chapter)