Chapter 234 News from the Holy Mountain
As an Eastern Continent with a history of up to 5,000 years, there are countless legends passed down from ancient times to the present. Chi You, who is regarded as a demon by most people, was actually a powerful loser in ancient times.
As many people say, history is often written by the winner. Perhaps only the parties involved in that era know what really happened. Later generations can only analyze it from the remaining ancient books.
For those outside the 100,000 mountains, Chiyou may be described as a demon god, a disruptor who chased the Central Plains and eventually failed in the Battle of Zhuolu. The ultimate victory of Huangdi became the communist ruler of the Central Plains and the emperor ruler who turned the tide.
But for these survivors in the mountains, Chiyou is respected as the God of War and the common ruler of all survivor tribes. If someone says Chiyou is a demon god, then those who say this will be regarded as enemies by the survivors, which will arouse common anger among all tribes.
It was because of this that Hu Xuanzong did not mention the matter about the heart of the demon god. In his opinion, the secrets that the village leader who had not even inherited the tribal inheritance in front of him were probably very few.
As Hu Xuanzong asked questions from time to time and mentioned the changes of beasts in the 100,000 mountains, the village leader said bitterly: "Since the revival of spiritual energy, the hunting grounds of various tribes have changed. Only large tribes can suppress the monsters in the jungle.
Small tribes like us can only enter the mountains in groups, avoid those powerful monsters, and pick some ordinary animals. Even so, we still have little gain. Many times, it is difficult to get enough food and clothing!"
Faced with the helplessness of the village leader, Hu Xuanzong thought for a while and said, "I'll ask you a little bit, how many tribes of surviving people are in the 100,000 mountains?"
"There are countless! I know only that there are hundreds of villages larger than my parody. For people outside the mountain, they only know that there are residents in the mountain. But they don't know how many of them are, and where those tribes are.
I believe that when the immortal master entered the mountain, he must have seen some villages. The closer the tribes outside the mountain, they were actually branches of the tribes. In the early years, there were some Han tribes who lived in seclusion in the mountains to avoid war.
Only those tribes in the core area are the real core of the Jiuli tribe. In my early years, my tribe was also one of the core tribes. But the result of that ambush was that the tribe completely declined.
After all, this is also a fault for me as the leader of the village. I was unable to inherit the secret recipe for cultivation of the tribe, and my own talent was extremely limited. If the wise men of other large tribes were much better than mine in driving beasts and raising energy."
Faced with the old man's self-blame, Hu Xuanzong continued: "So, have the village master seen strange monks entering the mountain recently? Or, has there been any major events happening in the mountain recently? Is there a place you must protect in this mountain?"
"Immortal Master, you are not here for the Holy Mountain, are you?"
"Holy Mountain? Is there any remarks? For your honesty, I will introduce you to the situation. There are monks from the Demon Sect outside the mountain, and it seems that they have found out that there is a demon god heart left by the ancient one.
In order to divert the official's attention, they even sent dozens of Jindan powerful men to fight with official masters in the dense forests on the border. I also came to chase and suppress them at the invitation of the official. Unfortunately, these 100,000 mountains are too vast.
If I expected it was right, those demon cultivators should have reached what you call the holy mountain. Since the responsibilities of your survivors are to protect the holy mountain. Then I think that those monsters should also protect the holy mountain.
Now there are outsiders who break the tranquility of the holy mountain, which eventually leads to the strange movements of monsters in the mountains and begin to attack humans frequently. For monsters, their intelligence is limited. I only know that it is the existence of humans that affect them!"
As Hu Xuanzong said these things, the old man said calmly: "They can't find the holy mountain! Even if they find the location of the holy mountain, I believe they can't get in. Unless they have the ability to reach heaven, they will definitely die!"
While saying this with a confident look on his face, the old man pondered for a moment and said, "What the immortal master said is afraid that it is very reasonable. Only when the Holy Mountain is disturbed, the monsters guarding the Holy Mountain will be so angry. Only when the monsters in the mountains will frequently attack the tribe.
Alas! Compared to the eighteen tribes who were watching and helping each other, many tribes have become enemies today. If you want to resolve this hatred, unless the God of War is resurrected, I am afraid I can't help the immortal master in this matter!"
"Wrong! Actually, I don't need your help. The situation you told me has helped me solve my doubts. For me, whether it is the God of War or the Demon God, they are all ancient immortal predecessors. If it is not necessary, I don't want to disturb my tranquility.
But I know more clearly that once the conspiracy of the Demon Path succeeds, not only your surviving tribes, but also countless good people outside the mountain. It is precisely because of this that I come to follow the footsteps of the demon cultivator with the heart of killing demons and eliminating demons."
With the strength of Hu Xuanzong, you don’t have to talk to the old man so much. You can just use the soul search technique to search the memory stored by the old man. The problem is that doing so is contrary to the will of practicing Taoism and will leave Hu Xuanzong’s mood flaws.
An old man who also knew the strength of Hu Xuanzong, faced Hu Xuanzong's frankness and told some news about the holy mountain. Finally, he sighed: "It seems that this mountain is about to become uneasy!"
"Yes! Compared to those monsters, what is really terrifying is the human heart. If what you said is true, then the storm will not only affect the people outside the mountain. Perhaps the ones that bear the brunt of the brunt may be you survivors."
"Ah! Yes! Let the people outside the mountain disturb the heroic spirit of the God of War. This is our sin, and we deserve it!"
Facing the old man who was depressed, Hu Xuanzong thought for a while and said, "It is up to people to do things, and people will conquer nature. At least I believe that even if you are survivors, I still believe that you do not want anyone to disturb the peace of the mountains."
"Yes! If everyone can be as enlightened as the immortal master, there may be less disputes in this world! Some people always feel that the defeat of the God of War was a shame for the entire Jiuli tribe, and they want to restore the former glory of the Jiuli tribe.
But they had no idea that the heroic spirit that disturbed the God of War was eventually caused by the millions of Jiuli people who were buried with their ambitions. The final result of the transaction with the demon cultivator was to fall into hell and never escape!"
In order to learn more about the tribe of the remnants, Hu Xuanzong finally decided to stay in the village for three days. He set up a defensive formation for the village, and then improve the old man's cultivation and teach his tribe a method of refining a body.
Although these things can be ignored, Hu Xuanzong felt that if he had made this kind of good relationship, he might have unexpected gains in the future. Hu Xuanzong still felt compassion for these rude and simple mountain remnants!
Chapter completed!