The road is vague

Chapter 178: The Outcast Land
"So good."

Lu Qi seemed to have anticipated this and responded calmly.

This matter is not a small matter, after all, it involves a Jindan stage cultivator.

But it’s not a big deal. As long as a monk of the same generation shows up in person, the other party will most likely give up.

Moreover, according to his investigation, the old monster Tianhuo had no idea about this matter. Qu Zhen was just desperate and seeking help from anyone, which was just wishful thinking.

As a famous Jindan-stage cultivator, there were countless people seeking to see him, but the old monster Tianhuo didn't take them to heart at all.

"Friend Lu Dao."

Seeing that Lu Qi seemed to be about to leave just for this little matter, Tianhuo Old Monster Xia Gaosheng hurriedly spoke to try to stop him.

"Do you know about Corpse King Mountain?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qi's expression grew slightly serious.

Of course he knew about this dangerous place in the southern barbarian land.

"Corpse King Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. The mountain is filled with an oppressive yin energy, making it difficult for spiritual sense to penetrate. Countless zombies and ghosts roam within. Legend has it that it was an ancient battlefield during the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Middle Ages. Legend has it that there is an underground palace within the mountain, and the Xuanyin energy is incredibly pure. It is said that it may contain a Corpse King comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, guarded by a Xuanyin formation..."

Lu Qi glanced at Xia Gaosheng.

"Over a hundred years ago, I passed by Corpse King Mountain. At that time, I was unable to explore due to an important matter. Could it be that Your Excellency intends to invite me to explore Corpse King Mountain?"

"exactly!"

The old monster Tianhuo looked expectant.

"This story began two months ago. Several beautiful and sacred mountains in the southern barbarian land suddenly declined overnight, causing shock to many sects and primitive religious schools."

When Li Mo heard this, he felt like he had seen it before.

"Later, the three Zhushan Immortals, through some unknown means, discovered that a secret organization called Hidden Dragon was responsible. They had forced a Jindan-stage cultivator into Corpse King Mountain, where he witnessed being hunted by thousands of zombie spirits. The three Zhushan Immortals didn't dare act rashly. A while ago, Fairy Yin Xuan of the Southern Sky Sword Sect discussed with me, planning to take advantage of the period between the Chao Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, when the Yin energy of Corpse King Mountain is weak, to jointly explore."

"It is indeed the Hidden Dragon Organization."

Li Mo looked at his master Lu Qi thoughtfully.

Lu Qi obviously knew more about this secret organization and seemed to have developed some interest in it.

"Who plans to go in and explore?"

When the old monster Tianhuo saw that Lu Qi was quite moved, he was immediately overjoyed.

"First, there are the Three Immortals of Bamboo Mountain. They advance and retreat together. They are a fox, a weasel, and a giant snake that have cultivated into spirits. Next is the Land God of Cangyuan, a mouse that has cultivated into a spirit and has reached the middle stage of the Golden Core stage. Finally, there is the Mountain God of Junwang Mountain, a thousand-year-old tiger spirit. He is also the formidable enemy that Fairy Yin and I are most worried about. I'm afraid only Fellow Daoist Lu can contend with him. As for the carp spirit of Jinsha River, although its magical power is the most profound, it probably can't even display half of its magical powers on land. So it is not a cause for concern..."

Li Mo was surprised when he heard Tianhuo Laoguai introduce the primitive sect nearby.

There are actually so many monsters that have cultivated into spirits. These are just the mountain spirits and water monsters in the nearby area. Who knows how many similar mountain spirits and water monsters there are in the entire southern barbarian land.

Lu Qi nodded.

"Although I've heard of Fairy Yin Xuan from the Southern Sky Sword Sect, I've never seen her. Could Fellow Daoist Xia introduce her to me?"

After taking a big sip of the spiritual tea, the old monster Tianhuo raised his head and smiled.

"Fairy Yin Xuan was a wonderful person who entered the Dao through martial arts seventy years ago. Although she is only at the early stage of Golden Core cultivation now, she is a person who truly cultivates both body and soul, and should not be underestimated."

Lu Qi nodded without comment.

When Li Mo heard that this person was a man who practiced both martial arts and Taoism and practiced the art of cultivation, and the two Jindan cultivators expressed their approval, he couldn't help but look thoughtful.

That's it.

After the two discussed for a while, Lu Qi made a decision.

"If it's just a short time, then it's fine to go there, but let me be frank. If that person escapes into the Xuanyin Palace, then if you want to die, then go in there yourself. I won't go there to get myself killed."

"Of course. I also want to live another two hundred years, haha!"

Lu Qi nodded and looked at Li Mo.

"Li Mo."

"The disciple is here."

"You've heard it too. I'm going to explore Corpse King Mountain. I'll be back in seven or eight days, maybe half a month. You'll wait here for me for a while. I, the Thunder Eagle King, will also be staying here. You'll need to communicate with it more and comprehend the Way of Thunder."

"Yes."

an hour later
Lu Qi and Xia Gaosheng left the Tianhuo Taoist Temple, leaving Li Mo with a helpless look on his face.

A dark-skinned female cultivator with golden rings on her hands and feet walked over with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Li, my name is Liu Yiyi. Following my master's orders, I'm responsible for entertaining you. I wonder if you have any requests, and if you would like to join us for the evening's volcanic bath."

"Volcano Yaoyu?"

Li Mo looked puzzled and did not comment, saying that he wanted to practice first.

So Liu Yiyi said that she would inform Li Mo when she was feeding in the afternoon.

The Tianhuo Taoist Temple was magnificent and golden, but too ostentatious. Li Mo didn't like it very much, so he came to the foot of the mountain and accompanied the Thunder Eagle King.

"Eagle King, Master told me to follow you to comprehend the Way of Thunder. Why don't you show me a few of your skills, just like that time you struck the evil spirit on the Zhang River..."

The Thunder Eagle King could understand Li Mo's words, but it couldn't respond like the gods of the original sect. It was one of the guardian beasts of the Lingmu Sect, responsible only to the Sect Master. It was a relationship of inheritance and worship within the sect, and no longer needed to absorb the worldly world and refine the essence of the sun and the moon.

Snap!
"Ouch."

A flash of lightning passed by, and smoke came out of Li Mo's head, and his hair looked like a chicken coop.

The Thunder Eagle King raised his head proudly and glanced at Li Mo.

Li Mo's eyes rolled around, and he actually took out a medium-grade spirit stone from the space ring and presented it with both hands.

"Eagle King, please accept it!"

Upon seeing this, the Thunder Eagle King swallowed the spirit stone in Li Mo's hand, then let out a cackle, spread his wings to summon a large thundercloud, and took the initiative to show Li Mo the details of the operation of the thunder spirit power on the feathers. He was quite humane, and kept pointing with his beak, which immediately made Li Mo amazed again and again.

in the afternoon.

After Liu Yiyi cast the sound transmission talisman, Li Mo bid farewell to the Eagle King and returned to the Tianhuo Taoist Temple.

The disciples in the Tianhuo Taoist Temple were wearing all kinds of makeup and singing and dancing around the fire. When Liu Yiyi saw Li Mo, she asked him to dance with her, which reminded Li Mo of Zhu Wei's begging ceremony.

He felt like he was performing a shaman act, and kept shouting "Hey Ha".

After dancing for a while, Li Mo felt a little uncomfortable with this situation, so he made an excuse to leave with Liu Yiyi to rest.

But I saw a group of people running from a distance.

"Dragon dance?"

The dragon dance disciples kept moving among the crowd, as if expressing some deep meaning.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, I wonder what this dance means?"

"This is a dance passed down by our ancestors. In ancient times, outsiders invaded us and a fierce war broke out. However, due to a common, more powerful enemy, we were forced to unite and gather four other forces that also feared this enemy to form an alliance."

Li Mo nodded, followed the people around him to beat the rhythm, and immersed himself in the exotic atmosphere.

After a while.

After the dance ceremony, everyone took off their makeup.

Then, at Liu Yiyi's signal, hundreds of disciples kowtowed in unison to the cooking cauldron.

As a citizen of Daqian, Li Mo naturally would not kneel down.

After the ceremony, Liu Yiyi smiled and gestured, indicating that it was time to eat.

Li Mo took the wooden bowl and got a bowl of boiled beans, a spoonful of pumpkin soup, and a piece of barbecue, and fed them together with Liu Yiyi.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, why did you kowtow to the cauldron just now?"

"It's called the Zhou Ding, and it's a custom passed down from our ancestors. The Zhou Ding represents the dragon veins of the earth, or the vitality of the earth. Everything we have is born from the earth, and everything we have after death will return to the earth, so we are thanking the earth."

Li Mo was stunned and shocked.

Isn’t this the doctrine of the Hidden Dragon Organization?
Because he solved the case of the Canglong Organization, Li Mo learned some of the culture of the Canglong Organization through the storage bag of the female cultivator from Baibaomen.

Does that mean that the heritage of these southern barbarian tribes originated from the Great Zhou Dynasty, which has become history?

At least it inherited part of the culture of the Zhou Dynasty.

As a native of Hua'an Town, was it because of the culture of the Daqian Kingdom that the inheritance of the Great Zhou Dynasty was cut off?

Could the dance just now also be a legacy of the Great Zhou Dynasty?

The Great Zhou Dynasty should have unified the Central Plains. Could the so-called other forces in the dance refer to the Piaomiao demon clan of Dongling, the Shura demon clan of Ximo, and the Yinsi ghost clan of Nanze?

Li Mo felt that he was having some unrealistic thoughts.

After all, this is just a barbaric tribal area that has not yet been civilized. It is indeed ridiculous for him to want to speculate about the past events of ancient times through the so-called inherited culture here.

If this matter were known to the people of Daqian Kingdom, it would definitely be regarded as a shame.

night.

Li Mo finally understood what the so-called volcanic Yao bath was.

All the men and women in the Tianhuo Taoist Temple, regardless of age or status, entered the volcanic hot springs naked and played around. Some even sang love songs in public, which really opened Li Mo's eyes.

He secretly thought that it was immoral and needed to be educated in etiquette.

However, before he came here, Lu Qi told him that this was a barbaric place. Seeing that these men, women, young and old all showed genuine happiness and joy, without any obscene or dirty behavior, he couldn't help but reflect on himself.

Even Liu Yiyi entered the volcanic hot spring naked, sang a love song to Li Mo and extended an invitation.

"Daoyou Li, come down quickly."

Hearing this, Li Mo shook his head and smiled.

"I am a Daqian native, and our etiquette and customs are different. I have a wife who has been with me through thick and thin, so I really can't do this. Fellow Daoist Liu, I apologize."

Li Mo's response immediately caused many people to laugh.

He turned and left helplessly. Here, his behavior made him look like an outlier.

(End of this chapter)