From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 172 Mountain Ghost Green Bag
Guyao Mountain.

The "Zhongshan Jing" says: On the mountain of Gu Yao, the emperor's daughter died there. Her name was Nv Shi, and she turned into Yao grass. Its leaves are mature, its flowers are yellow, and its fruit is like Tu Qiu. If you take it, you will be charming.

Chen Xuan's mind raced. The mountain king once told him that the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the Southern Wilderness were formed from a broken ancient mountain and sea.

It turns out that this ancient mountain is the famous [Guyao Mountain]!
"Legend has it that the ancient sage Chidi had a daughter named Yao Ji, who was as beautiful as a fairy. Unfortunately, she died young in Guyao Mountain. Her spirit turned into the first Yaocao elixir in the nine heavens and ten earths." Hua Liuli was talking about the ancient legend from thousands of years ago.

Yaocao?

Chen Xuan thought that in the underground mausoleum of Tao Town, a precious land medicine - Ganoderma lucidum - grew in the bronze coffin where the Mountain Ghost Goddess was buried, and he ate it in one gulp.

But it was a very common precious terrestrial medicine, very young.

It has nothing to do with the legendary Yaocao elixir.

Hua Liuli leaned forward, staring into Chen Xuan's eyes, as if she wanted to see through his soul, and asked meaningfully:

"You are related to the Mountain Ghost Goddess, so you should know some stories about the Emperor's Daughter Yao Ji from the old Mountain and Sea era, right?"

Chen Xuan looked at the charming face so close to him, nodded, then shook his head and said:

"I've heard some rumors, but not much."

Who hasn’t heard of "Classic of Mountains and Seas"?

Not only in this life, but also in the previous life, Chen Xuan is well-known.

The Candle Dragon God of Zhongshan, the Nine-tailed Demon Fox of Qingqiu Mountain, the Emperor's Daughter Yao Ji of Guyao Mountain, the Luwu Mountain God of Kunlun Mountain, the Migu Divine Tree of Zhaoyao Mountain...

Although Chen Xuan had never studied it in detail, he had heard of some well-known legends that were well-known to everyone.

"Some ancient stories can correspond to some legends in this world of immortals and ghosts." He thought to himself.

"[Emperor's Daughter Yao Ji] has many titles in the world. Some call her [Yao Goddess], some call her [Goddess of Wushan], and some call her..."

Hua Liuli paused, stared at Chen Xuan, and spoke slowly:
"[Mountain Ghost]."

Chen Xuan was shocked when he heard this, opened his mouth, and said with a wry smile:

"Senior Hua, the names are similar... The Ancient Mountain and Sea Era was at least eight million years ago, if not ten million. How old is the Mountain Ghost Lady? Ten thousand years old? There's no way she's related to the Mountain and Sea Era."

The True Lords and Great Beings also have a limit to their lifespan. The True Lords and Great Beings of the human race can usually only live for a few thousand years. The True Lords of some special monsters and ghosts can live longer, but never more than ten thousand.

The Mountain Ghost Goddess is a contemporary person and has nothing to do with the Mountain and Sea Era in any way.

Chen Xuan thought to himself that her title was not well chosen and would arouse people's speculation.

"If there is a person in the mountains, covered with ivy and wearing lady's vine... What a beautiful song, written by an ancient immortal."

Hua Liuli hummed a soft and melodious song, narrowed her eyebrows and eyes, pointed at Chen Xuan's dark eyes with her slender jade fingers, and retreated with her curvy body, shaking her head and said:
"Chen Xuan, you are too young, a little Taoist monk with clear eyes that are so silly and cute."

"You don't know some of the deeds of the Mountain Ghost Goddess."

"The [Donghuang Taiyi Forbidden Land] in Yunmeng Dazezhou was the site of the Mountain Ghost Goddess's old Taoist temple in ancient times. Of course, it is now occupied by a group of demonic Rain Masters."

"[Tao Hongchen] Nine lifetimes..."

Hua Liuli said, with a look of emotion on her face, and said in a firm tone:
"A great and powerful being in this world would not disrespect an ancient mythological figure. Since you dare to use this honorific title, there must be a reason."

"The fact that [Tian Yan Dao] has seen you means that [True Lord Butian] has also noticed you. True Lord Butian is a veteran True Lord from the ancient Daoist arena. He has no reason to be afraid of an ordinary True Lord who has entered the Shangyang Cave Heaven Divine Seclusion. But he didn't even touch you, so he must have discovered something..."

The Butian Daochang is the Taiyin Dao system, and is the best in the world in divination and planning, knowing many secrets.

Hua Liuli looked at Chen Xuan and said, "Your destiny ability is extremely magical. You can help other destiny people safely observe the true scriptures and continue on their way forward. It is enough to control most destiny people."

"But the True Lord Bu Tian, who was going to refine the elixir, let you go. It's hard not to let your imagination run wild."

Chen Xuan frowned, realizing that the Mountain Ghost Queen might be even more powerful than he had imagined.

"Could it be that the Mountain Ghost Queen inherited the legacy of the ancient mountain ghosts and thus achieved enlightenment through cultivation?" he speculated.

"maybe."

Hua Liuli smiled and continued, "But no matter who the Mountain Ghost Lady is, all signs indicate that the ancient mountain and sea that fell into the Southern Wilderness must be the legendary [Guyao Mountain]."

Chen Xuan nodded silently, pondered for a while, and asked:

"Did Zhang Tianshi, the [Taixuan Zhenjun] of the destroyed [Qingnang Daochang], perish in the ancient [Guyao Mountain] in the Southern Wilderness?"

"Yes, I'm 90% sure." Hua Liuli nodded.

"What if it doesn't work?" Chen Xuan asked.

He felt that Hua Liuli had a high chance of failure. He not only needed to find [Guyao Mountain], but also the remains of [Taixuan Zhenjun], and even needed to find the complete ancient scriptures in those remains...

The first point alone is difficult to achieve.

The gods in the Southern Wilderness Mountains throughout the ages have never found Gu Yao Mountain. Hua Liuli is only a powerful cauldron master, so it is even more impossible.

"I never fight a battle I'm not sure of. Over the years, I've made every possible preparation."

Hua Liuli said that she had a way to find the hidden [Guyao Mountain].

Immediately, she stretched her curves and threw a charming look at Chen Xuan, smiling as if it was real or fake:
"If you still fail, tell me to give up. At worst, I'll give you a try!"

As the one with destiny, she will not cooperate with other big forces, otherwise, she will be like a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

Now, with Chen Xuan suddenly appearing as a backup option, Hua Liuli would rather give it to Chen Xuan, who is of the same kind, than to other practitioners.

Chen Xuan curled the corner of his mouth, then continued the conversation and suggested going into her destiny to take a look first.

He also repeatedly assured that he would not do anything else and would not peek at the "Two Realms Sutra".

Hua Liuli refused and stood guard, angrily saying, "What's the rush? Wait until I get the complete scripture of [Tai Xuan Zhenjun]. Then, I will read it with you."

Chen Xuan looked at Hua Liuli helplessly. She looked like a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a lively and playful feeling, but also had the charm of a woman of twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a mysterious mature charm, and every move of hers was captivating.

"This Hua Liuli is a smooth talker. Wouldn't it make any difference whether she gives it to me sooner or later? She just doesn't want to give it to me simply. If I don't get the complete scriptures of [Taixuan Zhenjun], I need to be on guard against her causing trouble." He thought to himself.

Of course, this possibility is extremely small, as the reputations of the two world masters have always been very good.

Otherwise, Chen Xuan would not have come here alone... He has never liked staying with dangerous high-level monks.

"After I finish my work today, I'll go with you to the Southern Wasteland to find the Mountain King. Those stubborn monsters have been using a scroll to dig deep into the Southern Wasteland Mountains..."

Hua Liuli said this and continued to do business. There were still eleven groups of people with ulterior motives waiting to meet her!

"it is good."

Chen Xuan nodded, stood up and prepared to leave.

Hua Liuli stopped him and said, "No need to avoid it, just continue drinking tea."

Chen Xuan then sat back in his seat.

Soon, the door to the reception room reopened, and Lu Shao entered with several maids. They re-erected the partition screen, and then the first group of visiting practitioners arrived.

The man's voice came through the screen.

"Masters of the Two Realms, Yunmeng Province has been in turmoil lately, and the evil demons are difficult to catch..."

"I know something happened in the east. A foreign king has come. But the agreed amount cannot be less. This month, the price for Daozang monks will be increased by 20%, and for Dinglu masters, by 30%."

"Okay, since you said so, I will definitely capture all the monks who are mining..."

"Thank you."

"..."

Chen Xuan was sandwiched in the middle. After listening for a while, he was secretly amazed and thought to himself, Hua Liuli actually owns a mine.

Then, he finally picked up the teacup on the small table and took a sip.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, a gentle energy like a spring breeze burst out from his mouth and brushed across his body, making him feel as if he was floating like an immortal.

“Good tea!”

Chen Xuan's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart. He poured the tea into his mouth, then blinked and looked at Hua Liuli who was talking about business seriously.

Hua Liuli looked at him with disdain, put her fingers between her rosy lips and made a "hush" gesture. Then, she pointed at the small purple clay teapot on the table, meaning that he should pour the tea himself.

"..."

Chen Xuan scratched the back of his head, without any embarrassment, grabbed the teapot and poured a full cup of fairy tea.

As time passed, waves of people came and went, and Hua Liuli showed her decisive side, usually finishing a task in just a few words.

Chen Xuan did not feel bored. During these business transactions, he heard many new and interesting things that would not happen in the Southern Wilderness or Chu.

At the same time, he entertained himself by weighing the amount of tea in the purple clay teapot and dividing it into eleven equal parts. Every time Hua Liuli finished talking about something, he drank a cup of fairy tea.

By the time of the sixth cup, a business run by Hua Liuli aroused Chen Xuan's great interest.

"What kind of business is this?"

Chen Xuan turned his head and saw the maid Lu Shao coming from the other side of the screen, holding a wooden box with a talisman on it.

At the same time, the deep voice of the visiting Qi practitioner came over.

"Fairy Liuli, I have paid for the tea. Please help me once." This was a top-level Dinglu master with golden virtue and white qi. The middle-aged man's voice was hoarse like the friction between metal and iron.

"This man's strength is unfathomable." Chen Xuan was slightly shocked. He just opened his mouth to speak, and it seemed as if countless invisible swords were born in the air, stabbing from all directions and cutting his skin.

This is because there is a special power in the teahouse that isolates the power of the cauldron. Otherwise, there must be a strange phenomenon that is thousands of times more powerful... This reminds Chen Xuan of the cauldron Lu Tongyou, the real body of the Flying Ox from the Small Plague Mansion, who once tried to cross the domain to the Southern Wilderness.

"Crack!"

Lu Shao placed the locked wooden box on the small table between Chen Xuan and Hua Liuli.

Chen Xuan looked at the wooden box in front of him, curious about what mysterious object was inside.

"Fellow Daoist, there are many antique shops in the Yunmeng Market, all of which have professional [Qing Nang Magicians] in charge. Why don't you go to them? The prices are lower!" Hua Liuli frowned and replied.

Chen Xuan was stunned when he heard this. What was a Qing Nang Master? A profession? Appraising antiques?

The Great Master Bai Qi Ding Lu shook his head and replied with disdain:

"Thousands of years ago, [Taixuan Zhenjun] unexpectedly fell. The various major forces worked together to divide up the [Qing Nang Daochang], but they didn't get much of the real stuff. [Taixuan Zhenjun] completely disappeared with the orthodox [Qing Nang Secret Art] that had been passed down for thousands of years..."

"You have relied on destiny over the years and traveled across the three thousand states of the Southern Territory. You must have found some inheritance from the True Lord Taixuan."

"Fairy Liuli, it's widely rumored that you, through self-taught training, have become the Mysterious Lady of the Qing Nang Daoist School, a tradition passed down from generation to generation. How could those half-baked [Qing Nang practitioners] compare to you? Of the Tude Feng Shui lineage left behind by the ancient immortal [Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady], the Qing Nang Daoist School is now the orthodox source of this art!"

"Fairy, just make a move and you will definitely be able to get something out."

"..."

Chen Xuan listened to these words with a confused look on his face. He stared at Hua Liuli, not quite understanding what he was saying.

"I am not worthy of the title of Xuannv of Qingnang Taoist Temple..." Hua Liuli said with a chuckle, glanced at Chen Xuan who was eager for knowledge, and snorted.

Immediately, she opened the wooden box.

Inside was a blood-stained black broken sword, the size of a palm, covered in rust and a bit of damp dirt... as if it had just been dug out of the ground.

"A broken sword artifact." Chen Xuan leaned over to take a look. It was a piece of junk that looked ancient, but actually did not have any fluctuations of immortal energy.

"At the door of Hua Liuli's teahouse, there is a wooden sign that says they buy back any antiques all year round." He remembered the cinnabar wooden signs he saw in the teahouse in the Luoyue City market.

Hua Liuli's business is extensive. He not only recruits and buys monks to mine, but also recycles various antiques from the Shanhai era.

"This broken sword fragment was just dug out from beneath the Yunmeng Lake in the present world, and I managed to snatch it."

"The broken sword is related to the true hidden Yunmengze in the ancient mountain and sea era. Please ask Fairy Liuli to use the Qing Nang Technique to use this broken sword to find the trace and reveal the hidden mountain and sea."

Bai Qi Ding Lu said this, then changed his tone and continued: "If I fail, it's my bad luck, not the fairy's."

Qing Nang Technique?
Some kind of feng shui secret technique? Can it trace the ancient hidden mountains and seas?
Chen Xuan was shocked. No wonder Hua Liuli was so confident that she could find the ruins of Guyao Mountain among the Ten Thousand Mountains in the Southern Wilderness!

It turns out that she has learned this secret technique.

"it is good."

Hua Liuli nodded and said, "According to the rules, if you successfully take something out, the first one will be yours, and the rest will belong to me."

The White Qi Dinglu master agreed, "That's as it should be."

"This is going to be an eye-opener..." Chen Xuan thought to himself, holding his breath and staring closely at Hua Liuli's every move.

"The sky is high and the road is long, the mountains and lakes are full of energy, so don't stop and move forward." Hua Liuli smiled softly and spoke. She sat like a god, her eyes like frost and snow, and she gently pointed with one finger, landing on the broken sword.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, several strands of blue-white light burst out from the place where Hua Liuli's fingertips touched the broken sword, blooming like petals, shining brightly.

The radiance was like the thousands of lines of ink slashed down from a brush, outlining the outline of a road stretching into the distance, swirling with white mist...

"Wow!"

Right now.

Chen Xuan's eyes inexplicably burned, and his heart subtly exerted strength. From the front of the road, an ancient scroll from the Mountain and Sea Era, accompanied by grand music, slowly unfolded before his eyes...

The mountains and seas are spiritual.

Yunmeng Lake!
(End of this chapter)