Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 63 0063 Exploration
Tianduan Mountain, also known as Tianduan Mountain Range.

The Tianduan Mountains, which span four prefectures, have a unique landform with overlapping mountains, surrounded by peaks and deep canyons.

There is a special river channel in the entire mountain range.

If you look down at the whole picture from a high altitude, you will find that this river divides Tianduan Mountain like a moat.

The villagers living in countless villages near Tianduan Mountain spontaneously divided it into outer mountain and inner mountain in the simplest and most memorable way.

Outside the river is the outer mountain, and inside the river is the inner mountain.

However, the water in the river has gradually dried up in the past two years, causing many creatures to enter the inner mountain from the outer mountain. The reduction of resources in the outer mountain has forced the hungry villagers to try to venture into the inner mountain.

In the past, ordinary people rarely set foot in the inner mountains. This is because there are not only ordinary wild beasts, ferocious beasts and poisonous creatures in the mountains, but also elusive beasts!
If a few exist, anyone who enters will have a chance of death.

It’s just that no one has seen the ferocious beast, and those who have seen it may have died in the mountains.

Similarly, due to the lack of water, except for a very small number of small creatures coming to the outer mountains, no large wild beasts have appeared.

This is also the reason why people dared to venture into the mountains during the two years of drought.

Cheng Zongyang wandered around and finally arrived at the Tianduan Mountain area located at the junction of Jinqiao Village and Hechi Village.

Going deeper inside and over the mountain, you come to the location of the river that has long dried up but has always been a barrier in the hearts of countless people and they dare not cross it casually.

The river channel is now overgrown with weeds, but a large number of exposed river rocks can still be seen.

The distance between the two places was about five or six feet. Cheng Zongyang stood on a huge rock at the junction of the inner mountain and the outer mountain and observed both sides.

Finally, we walked in the downstream direction as I remembered, that is, towards Jinqiao Village.

We continued walking on the rugged mountain road for about two incense sticks of time before we arrived at a "Hetao" area.

This is an area with relatively flat terrain compared to other places in the mountains, and is a "convex bank" area where the river bends.

As for the formation of this place, Cheng Zongyang checked it when he first came here and found that it was caused by a landslide.

The sloping terrain behind is still visible.

But this place has long been occupied by trees and bamboo forests.

Cheng Zongyang carefully came to the top of the slope and looked down at the overall situation.

I am becoming more and more satisfied with this place.

"If we cut down all the trees, this area will be at least 70 to 80 mu. In this way, we can not only live in it, but also cultivate it.

If it is not enough, we can continue to expand to the back of the mountain and form terraced planting.”

"It is separated by a fence several meters high. Except for the elusive beasts, the ordinary beasts can be blocked. But the beasts generally don't come to the outer mountain."

Cheng Zongyang didn't want to waste time, so he took out a hoe and a shovel from the wilderness world in the area near the river.

The groundwater in the village outside is basically empty, and the situation is not optimistic.

If this continues, the county town will probably be in trouble.

So, he had to confirm as soon as possible whether there was groundwater here.

He is very strong, so digging the ground is easy for him.

However, as he dug down three or four meters and still found no water, his face looked bad, but that was within his expectations.

There has been no rain in the past two years, and water has only been flowing out but not coming in. The trees here are still able to survive, and it is estimated that the roots underneath are madly moving deeper.

After digging to a depth of five meters, Cheng Zongyang, who was sweating all over, grabbed the soil in the pit, squeezed it, and it all broke into pieces.

Seeing that the soil was still dry and had almost no moisture, Cheng Zongyang gave up and climbed out of the pit.

“The environment is good and suitable for living, but not for farming.”

"Where is the water..." Cheng Zongyang frowned and stared at the river in a daze.

"Speaking of which, this is a long river that is said to stretch across the entire Tianduan Mountains. Has the water really dried up due to drought? If it changed its course, there would be traces to follow. Where is the source?"

Cheng Zong looked at the river, his thoughts lingering. Slowly, he moved his sight to the opposite area.

That is the inner mountain area.

The elderly often tell us where we cannot go.

From the perspective of the environment, it is not much different from the outside mountains. But it is not as simple as it seems, right?

During these years as a hunter, I knew a lot about the legends of Tianduan Mountain.

In addition to ordinary wild beasts, there are also ferocious beasts.

Fierce beasts are different from wild beasts in terms of size, appearance, and strength. Most importantly, it is said that ferocious beasts have special abilities.

There are even legends about strange beasts that the elderly occasionally mention.

Of course, he never encountered it, or maybe it was just a story.

But according to various theories, the beast does exist. This is why a ninth-rank constable never came out after entering the inner mountain. Cheng Zongyang stared at the surrounding environment and the difference in the growth of vegetation on both sides.

There has been two years of drought and no rain in the entire mountain, but these plants are still lush and green, which means there is water underground.

However, if the groundwater outside the mountain dries up, the inner mountain will also be affected, even though the underground river channels of the groundwater may be different.

"wrong!"

Suddenly, Cheng Zongyang seemed to remember something and looked abruptly towards the inner mountain.

"When the surface lacks water, the roots of plants can continue to grow downwards to absorb water. But...what about animals?"

There are basically not many animals outside the mountain. Even if there are, there are only a few snakes, insects, rats, ants, etc., but they all need water! So most of them have entered the inner mountain.

There is no doubt about this.

The problem is coming!

Where does their water come from?

Thinking of this, Cheng Zongyang's eyes quickly swept across the opposite side.

He did not hesitate any longer. After packing his backpack, he used a knife to cut a three-meter-long bamboo and walked towards the inner mountain opposite.

By tracking some animals, you should be able to find a surface water source.

Unless all the large creatures in the inner mountains died out or fled to places where there is no drought.

When setting foot in the inner mountain area, Cheng Zongyang took a very cautious attitude and used a bamboo stick to clear the road on the ground to avoid poisonous insects and snakes hiding on the ground. At the same time, he tried to avoid big trees and walked in the middle.

If you don't move, you won't know. If you move, you'll be scared!
As he used the bamboo stick to interfere, a lot of insects indeed ran out from the pile of rotten leaves and weeds.

Centipedes, scorpions, spiders...

Unknown flying insects, moths...

Beetles with protective colors, butterflies with warning colors, snakes with triangular heads...

There was even a bug that landed on a purple-black vine and then lost power and fell off the plant...

These things made Cheng Zongyang tremble with fear.

If he hadn't relied on the wilderness world, he really wouldn't dare to enter!

"Damn it, why does it look more dangerous than the wilderness world?"

"No wonder several villagers died after entering the inner mountain twice. There are fatal spots everywhere!"

Cheng Zongyang became more alert, but he was not in a hurry. Instead, he used a bamboo stick to clear the road ahead while moving forward. Whether it was rotten leaves or vines, he tried to sweep them away to the left and right to facilitate his progress.

If you encounter a snake, kill it if you can, otherwise just throw it away!

In this way, Cheng Zongyang gradually went deeper into the mountains.

As it gradually darkened, Cheng Zongyang didn't dare to stay there any longer. He cleaned up an open space to reduce the danger, then entered the wilderness with his backpack.

"call…"

Cheng Zongyang then sat on the floor of the market hut and breathed a sigh of relief.

I was so nervous throughout the whole process that I can finally relax now.

"It's so damn dangerous. If I were wearing protective clothing, I wouldn't have to worry about it." Cheng Zongyang cursed and scratched himself.

During the trip, he came across a snake's den and more than a dozen poisonous snakes came towards him. If he had not hidden in the wilderness in time, he would have been bitten.

“If we can find water and settle down there in the future, we’ll have to clean up the area across from us. Otherwise, all these poisons will be a big threat to our family.

"The mosquitoes in this forest are too poisonous. They can even suck my blood through my well-trained skin."

Looking at the mosquito bite on his arm, Cheng Zongyang pinched a cross seal on it with his fingernails.

I immediately felt very comfortable.

After resting for a while, he started to cook for himself, and then he had to boil medicinal soup to strengthen his body.

He took the prey out of the basket and started to make a fire to cook.

These are basically snake meat. There are seven or eight of them, but they are not as fat as the snakes in the wilderness.

An hour later, Cheng Zongyang, who had eaten his fill, was boiling the medicinal soup while he began to build a warehouse next to the market hut.

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