Dao Fruit

Jiuling Mountain, the southern border of Jiannan Road.

This mountain range is like a natural barrier, separating Jiannan Road from the Five Swamps. On one side is the prosperous Da Rui, while on the other side is the wildness of the Swamp People.

Zao Mountain stands in the center of the mountain range.

When this flying mountain first appeared, it frightened the surrounding creatures. Whether it was the human villages, the demons and aquatic creatures in the mountains and waters, or even the ignorant wild beasts in the mountains, they were all worried when looking at this high mountain.

Now, after this period of time, most of the demons in the mountains have been subdued and incorporated. Even those who resisted stubbornly are mostly living cautiously on the edge. They have a good understanding of Zao Mountain and are no longer afraid.

The human villages near the mountains and forests used to live under the threat of demons. Not to mention that they would be attacked when hunting in the mountains, even when farming around the villages, they would sometimes be captured and carried away by demons and wild beasts. But after the arrival of the Kitchen God Mountain, with the blessing of the gods, life became better and better, and the villagers became more and more pious in their sacrifices to the mountain gods and river gods.

Recently, with the stability of the underworld, Qiu Yan sent ghost messengers into dreams to spread the worship of the Kitchen God, and gradually let the surrounding villages rise from simply worshiping the mountain gods and river gods to worshiping the Kitchen God.

With people worshiping the gods, the Kitchen God's position has become more and more consolidated, and there are more and more stable sources of sacrifice.

The Jiuling Mountain, the Great Snow River, and the dense jungle nearby have had many game species since ancient times, and the land on the edge is fertile. If it weren't for the threat of the swamp people and the rampant monsters, it would have been developed by the people of Da Rui long ago. Even with these threats, there are still many humans who have been breeding here for generations, distributed in dozens of villages. After Qiu Yan's deliberate guidance, they have all become believers of the Kitchen God. A rough calculation shows that there are at least nearly 10,000 people.

In fact, it is not just the border areas of mountains and rivers. In the past few months, with Qiu Yan's understanding of the Yin-Yang Tower's domain and his in-depth research on the underworld, the expansion of the domain has been regularized. He has also been guiding the world step by step, and when his flesh and blood body went north, he used various inventions and creations to let the Kitchen God enter his dreams, making the worship of the Kitchen God by the people of Jiannan Road more and more prosperous, and it has blossomed everywhere in Jiannan Road. There are more than 100,000 people, who can be called believers of the Kitchen God.

Of course, they are mainly concentrated in Qingchang County and Yuanning Prefecture.

Don't think it's exaggerated to have accumulated more than 100,000 believers in such a short period of time. You should know that Jiannan Dao is vast and rich in resources. It is called the Land of Abundance and has a large population. After decades of peace and recuperation, there were 169,098 households in Jiannan City alone in the year when the new emperor ascended the throne. Each household has old men, adults, young men, and women. The large number of people can be seen.

According to the rules of Da Rui, each prefecture and state army must submit maps and records every three years to let the court know the dangers and difficulties of mountains and rivers in the world and the number of households. Because there are many leap years, it is called the leap year map, so the court is very clear about the number of people in various places.

The worship of gods is not military service and labor, and is not limited to young and strong men. Men, women, old and young can do it, so it spreads very quickly, but many of them are just respectful and reverent to gods, but not pious.

In contrast, the people in the villages around Jiuling Mountain and Daxue River, who were directly protected by the gods and had changed their dangerous living environment, appeared more pious and faithful.

Not long ago, the Taoist priest Feibao from Fengling Dao attacked and fought with a group of monsters, causing a lot of noise, some of which were earth-shaking, which frightened the mountain people. They needed spiritual sustenance, and worshipped the gods more and more frequently, gradually forming a custom.

Just like now, in each village, there are elders in the village who lead the people to worship in the ancestral hall, burn incense and worship the gods, praying for the protection of the gods, so that the hunting will be smooth and the crops will be abundant.

After the blessing, simple tributes must be offered, and the ceremony is complete.

Then, a stream of incense and wishes flew from everyone's body, carrying the thoughts, thoughts, and prayers of everyone, floating up, and heading towards Zaoshan in a mighty manner.

On the top of the stove mountain, the wishes rolled and condensed into invisible clouds, sinking into the mountain pass, and merged with Qiu Yan's spiritual body in the depths, entwined with it, merged into it, turned into divine power and thoughts, and slowly strengthened the divine body.

Qiu Yan was already familiar with this feeling, and there was no extra movement. His two arms were each wrapped with a divine dragon. Although the dragon was slender, it had extraordinary momentum, one dark and one blue.

The dark dragon gave people a heavy and cold feeling, and it made a sound of rushing water when it turned over;

The blue dragon gave people a thick and mellow feeling, and it exuded a faint fragrance when it shuttled, which was in harmony with the surrounding spiritual energy.

The two dragons combined with the divine thoughts, and were burned and refined by the human flames led by Qiu Yan around, but there was still a little instinct inside, still resisting, unwilling to completely surrender.

Unlike the heart monkey, the heart monkey looks huge, but it is actually composed of thoughts. Once it descends, it will all descend, but the two dragons are real objects, which involve various things and cannot be accomplished in one fell swoop.

After listening to the long sword, Qiu Yan recalled the scene when Feibao constructed the Azure Dragon Earth Yuan Pill. The other party used a long whip as the bone, which must be a magic weapon. It contained spirituality. Even if the gods wanted to erase it, it would not be easy.

However, after such a long time of refining, the Azure Dragon's spirituality has softened. After all, the long whip is not a medium-level magic weapon. It has no consciousness and is not an opponent.

Qiu Yan listened to the long sword with his flesh and blood body, and let the spirit body adjust the human flame to verify it. Gradually approaching the core of the Azure Dragon Pill, there was a kind of artistic conception of two armies fighting and attacking the dragon directly.

The Azure Dragon Pill was forced into a desperate situation, with no way to retreat, and finally broke out completely. This power came from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and even Qiu Yan did not dare to underestimate it.

The surge of spiritual energy even caused some response from the dark dragon, which also exuded a cold aura and spread to the surrounding areas. This dragon was actually the soul of the horned dragon deep within the Kitchen God.

The entire Zao Mountain has all kinds of power with the soul of the horned dragon as its core.

The heavy water bracelet and the short sword taken from Tang Lai also originated from the soul of this horned dragon. According to the long sword, those two things transcended the level of magic weapons and had the characteristics of magic weapons.

Looking back, Qiu Yan just realized that the soul of a horned dragon created at least three magic weapons: the heavy water bracelet, the dagger and the stove mountain, which illustrates the extraordinary nature of this dragon soul.

"Fortunately, this dragon soul has had its self-awareness wiped out, leaving only the soul shell. It has been embedded in the mountain, imprisoned by layers of restrictions, and now it is burning with human flames. Otherwise, even with the combat power of a fourth-grade god, it may not be possible. It can be refined.”

Ever since Qiu Yan took control of Zao Mountain, he thought about subduing the soul of the horned dragon, but he never took action because he had scruples. He waited until he got the Azure Dragon Pill and had the dragon body as a reference, then he decided to do it, just to be sure. , but the structure of Qinglong Great Pill can be used to deduce the structure of the horned dragon soul, which confirms each other.

Compared with the Qiu Dragon, the Azure Dragon Great Pill is also a foreign thing, but Qiu Yan has opened up seven doors in it and established a foundation. He can explore it with his mind, so he will not be unable to start.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yan of course also realized that Tang Lai could not surrender such a horned dragon soul. Tang Lai came up the mountain that day and showed great strength. But now, Qiu Yan has not only promoted his spiritual body to the fourth level. , even the soul of flesh and blood has reached the third level of the third realm. When meeting Tang Lai again, he is not afraid of fighting alone, but if the opponent uses many magic weapons, that is another matter.

While he was thinking, he spread his spiritual thoughts in all directions, harnessed the flames of humanity, and pulled the fierce power erupted from the two dragons into the depths of Zao Mountain to strengthen the Zao fire.

"Now it seems that the soul of the horned dragon was extracted by others in the Shangling Dao after they surrendered, refined into a magic weapon, and given to Tang Lai. Capturing the dragon and taking the soul is a magical power only found in myths. I will cultivate my mind. So far, I have achieved a little bit, but I still can't imagine this level. The spiritual path fruit is like a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, so it should not be underestimated. "

In a flash of thought, most of the power that the two dragons had exploded was calmed down.

"Although the old man's token is there, it can conceal cause and effect, but it won't last long, and we can't place our hopes on others. We can't take any chances against forces like the Shangling Dao, so we must be fully prepared. Once "Xinshi Jiwen" is discovered, we must start planning, which is more or less a retreat."

Qiu Yan naturally knew that the person who had a grudge against the spiritual path was actually a flesh and blood body and had little to do with the spiritual body. However, he could not avoid making preparations because of this. He would always be safe in everything.

After the thought fell, the two dragons in his hands calmed down. With the last explosion, there was not much resistance left inside, and Qiu Yan took advantage of it and touched the core.

However, after all, it was a trapped beast roaring, and most of the power that exploded was calmed down by Qiu Yan, but there were still aftermaths that radiated out, causing the Kitchen God to tremble, affecting the entire Jiuling Mountains. The birds and animals on the mountain were in chaos, and even many The monsters in the cave don't know what's going on, and are frightened and confused, but they know to some extent that there is a god in this mountain, so they are relatively peaceful.

In comparison, the hunters in the mountains were much more unbearable. Many were so frightened that they turned around and fled. Not only the hunters, but also the monks with some cultivation were affected——

On Lingxiu Mountain, a branch of Jiuling Mountain, there is a small sect built.

This sect is quite interesting. It has no specific name. Because it is located on Lingxiu Mountain, most of its disciples call themselves Lingxiu Sect, but some also call themselves Jiuxuan Sect because the founder of the sect is known as Jiuxuan Fairy.

The name fairy does not mean that the person is a true immortal, but one of the honorific titles given to female monks in the world of martial arts and spiritual practice.

Fairy Jiu Xuan is a woman. The sect she founded only accepts female disciples. Only servants and servants will choose men. Because of its remote location, it is relatively safe.

However, the sect has encountered some troubles recently, and the whole sect has become frightened. As soon as the aftermath of the shock came, the mountain gate shook, which immediately made everyone in the sect extremely nervous. Twenty or so female disciples with some skills rushed out of the mountain gate, buzzing. , set up a formation.

After a long time, there was no sign of the "enemy", and the group of women couldn't help but become confused again. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)