"You're saying that there's a separate stone room six thousand feet deep? There's a sphere in the stone room, and there's a dragon in the sphere? Guarding the scripture below? Even you can't get close? I know what it is! "
The Enduring Monk was extremely shocked when he heard this.
"What's that?" Hong Yi asked.
"Hong Yi, do you know why the ancient Sacred Emperors rode dragons to the sky?" The Enduring Monk calmed himself down and said slowly, "If I'm not wrong, the soul sealed in the sphere must be the soul of the Primordial Mountain! When I was reading the books in the Scripture Hall of the Daizen Temple, I once read a senior monk's notebook. It recorded that the senior abbot of the Daizen Temple once wanted to imitate the ancient Sacred Emperors riding dragons to the sky, so he began to collect the soul of the Primordial Mountain, condense it, and then tame it. I think the soul sealed in the sphere should be the soul of the Primordial Mountain! Using the soul of the Primordial Mountain to protect the scripture! I'm afraid no one can get it. I just don't know if it's the Present Tathagata Sutra or the Future Lifeless Sutra under the sphere. But I'm sure it's one of them! "
The Enduring Monk guessed as he recalled some of the things he had heard and read back then.
"Ah? The Primordial Mountain also has a soul? "
Arachnida Gigantea asked in surprise.
"Of course. Plants also have souls. For example, the Peach God Sword that was struck by lightning for more than a thousand years has a soul. However, it's difficult for plants to produce souls. Ordinary plants don't have souls. It's even more difficult for a mountain to produce a soul! In the ancient books of the secular world, the soul of a mountain is called the Dragon Vein! Jin Xun 'er, do you know what a Dragon Vein is? "
Hong Yi explained.
"Mountains, plants, rivers, and rivers all have souls. The Primordial Mountain is thousands of miles tall, spanning three provinces. It has existed since ancient times, so it definitely has a soul. The masters of the past all liked to cultivate in the deep mountains. According to the Daoist techniques, they absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and collect the essence of the sun and moon. The soul in the middle is spiritual energy. This kind of soul is even purer than the spirit of the Peach God. He could use his great magic power to refine and increase his own strength. However, this kind of soul was also extremely difficult to find. In ancient times, the reason why there were so many Yang Spirit masters among the cultivators was that they were simple and had no distracting thoughts. It was also because they lived in seclusion in the mountains, so it was easy to find the souls of mountains and rivers. However, it was way too difficult for a mountain range or a river to give birth to a soul. Once they were refined and absorbed by someone, it would be ten thousand times harder to form a new soul than the Spirit of the Peach God. The Spirit of the Peach God could be formed within a thousand years. As for the soul of a mountain, it would probably take ten thousand years or even a hundred thousand years for it to form. So that's how it is. The past abbot of the Daizen Temple actually opened up a stone room six hundred meters deep and collected the spirit dragon vein of Mount Primal to suppress the scriptures. "
Hong Yi sighed. He stood up and let out a long sigh. "Let's go."
"Leave? Ah Yi. Do you want to enter a treasure mountain and return empty-handed? Maybe it really is the Present Tathagata Sutra or the Future Lifeless Sutra? "Arachnida Gigantea said eagerly.
"Even if it's the Present Tathagata Sutra or the Future Lifeless Sutra, it's impossible to take it. With the protection of the spirit dragon vein of Mount Primal, I can only take it away if I'm a master like the Monogatari. Even the Monogatari can't do it! Moreover, it's six hundred meters underground and there are no stairs. Even if I can break through the suppression of the dragon vein, I can't bring it up. "
Hong Yi shook his head.
Indeed, there was no passage six hundred meters deep. It was just a small hollow stone room embedded in the depths of the earth. It was difficult for the spirit to go down, let alone bring out the real thing.
It was one thing to go down with the spirit, but it was another thing to bring out the real thing. The things underground were not like the things in the water. They could be fished out with the power of the spirit in the water, but they couldn't be fished out underground.
Hong Yi also could not imagine how that scripture had been brought down by someone back then.
Moreover, Hong Yi couldn't break through the protection of the dragon vein of Mount Primal.
One had to know that with the power that Hong Yi felt just now, the dragon-shaped power in the sphere was at least an existence like the Monogatari, or even stronger!
With Hong Yi's current ability, he couldn't break through it at all. It would be terrible if he suffered a backlash.
Hong Yi's spirit was extremely calm and knew how to make a choice. Since there was no hope of obtaining it, he might as well not think about it to avoid wasting his energy.
"However, we've finally seen the ruins of the Daizen Temple. Let's set off tomorrow and return to Jade Capital! Don't tell anyone about what happened here! Let it rot in my stomach! When my cultivation level is high enough, I'll come back to explore again. "
After saying that, Hong Yi sat down again. He sat cross-legged in the tent and went to meditate.
It was as if the mysterious sutra in the stone room and the soul dragon vein of Mount Primal didn't cause any ripples in his heart at all.
"Hong Yi's cultivation level has indeed reached a certain level. After knowing such a thing, there's no burden in his heart at all. If it were any other expert, it's very likely that they would put their mind on it every day and think of hundreds of ways to get what's inside."
Enduring Monk looked at Hong Yi's expression and secretly nodded his head.
Then, his eyes flickered with doubt and he shook his head. "Why did the abbot put the sutra in there? What sutra is inside? Is it the Present Rulai Sutra or the Future Lifeless Sutra? It's actually the soul dragon vein of Mount Primal that the previous abbot had collected! Unfortunately, I'm Wu Sheng, not a ghost immortal. I can't go down and take a look with my own eyes, but even a ghost immortal would find it difficult to go down … "
Then, the night was silent.
On the second day, Hong Yi ordered his men to pack up the tents and the food. After putting them into the Cosmos Sack, he fed the horse some spirit medicine, eggs, soybeans, grass grains, and other special fodder. After that, he rode on the horse and galloped from the Tai Kang Province of the middle state to the Jade Capital like a gust of wind.
It was more than two thousand kilometers from Taikang Province to Yujing. They passed through five or six provinces and 30 or 40 counties. Some places had official roads, while others had no official roads for dozens or hundreds of kilometers. In the beginning, the snow melted and the roads became muddy. However, the closer they got to Yujing, the colder the weather became. The snow on the roads was frozen into solid ice. When the horses stepped on it, the ground crackled.
Some rivers were also frozen. The ice was two to three feet thick, and people and horses could walk on it.
Even though the horses of Hong Yi's group were all precious horses that could travel a thousand miles in a day and had been fed with elixirs to make their bodies strong, it was still difficult for them to gallop quickly on this frozen road. Otherwise, they would definitely slip and the horses would be overturned.
Along the way, there were mountains and rivers, but Hong Yi didn't see any robbers or bandits. After all, the weather was too cold. It was too hard to hide in the forest and wait for a fat sheep.
Moreover, it was close to the end of the year. The bandits and bandits were celebrating too, so they didn't do any robbing business.
This made Hong Yi a little disappointed. He originally wanted to do what he did last time, when he met the three brothers of the Black Hawk Stronghold and rob them instead. With his current strength, no bandits could resist him.
However, he didn't see any bandits, but he saw many people freeze to death and starve to death.
Furthermore, Hong Yi also saw that in many villages, there were households opening incense altars. There were many Daoists from the Lifeless Path and the True Void Path giving alms to the people and recruiting disciples.
Seeing all this, Hong Yi just shook his head and didn't interfere.
This was because the entire Zhongzhou seemed to belong to the Crown Prince. Even if he had thousands or tens of thousands of clones, he wouldn't be able to interfere. The entire Zhongzhou 13 provinces, hundreds of counties, and countless villages couldn't be managed at all.
Hong Yi wasn't stupid enough to use his divine ability to turn the situation around.
This kind of thing could only be done when he reached Jade Capital and dealt with the Crown Prince. Then, he would change the Emperor. The Emperor would give out orders and order the various governors. Everything would be done slowly.
"Ruling a big country is like cooking a small fish. This is what the ancient sages said. I can only do what I have to do and take it slow! I will take revenge first. If I don't take revenge, how will I benefit the people of the world? "
The road to Jade Capital was right in front of him. Hong Yi pulled on the reins of the Lightning Chasing Horse. This intelligent horse immediately felt Hong Yi's intentions and stopped.
"Young Master, are we entering the city today? We are already on the road and are about a hundred li away from the city. This road is wide and the road isn't slippery anymore. If we hurry, we can reach Jade Capital in four hours. "
Seeing that Hong Yi had stopped, Chi Zhuiyang also stopped and came up to ask.
"There's no need. It's too ostentatious for us to enter the city today. Let's turn around and settle down at Green Willow Heights. I still have to carry out the deal with Lady Murong. "
Hong Yi waved his hand as he looked ahead of him.
Green Willow Heights was Hong Yi's real home now! It was also the land and manor that Prince Yu had given him after he came out. Although he had tens of millions of gold and silver in the Cosmos Sack and was already rich enough to rival a country, this was his first manor and land. But when he thought of his first manor and his first land, he still felt a sense of 'home'.
Back then, when Hong Yi left the Marquis's mansion and lived in a Daoist temple, it was Prince Yu who gifted him land and also allowed him to go to the Pacifying Navy to render meritorious service. This was the 'kindness of recognizing one's worth', and also a timely help.
No matter what, for this kindness, Hong Yi had to send Prince Yu to the throne.
"I wonder how father is. I haven't heard from him for a year." The Black Demon Qilin Horse under Shen Tiezhu moved.
"Don't worry! As long as Prince Yu doesn't lose power, our Green Willow Heights will be fine. "Hong Yi patted the head of Shen Tiezhu's horse and pulled the reins." Hyah! " The Lightning Chasing Horse suddenly leaped and covered a distance of more than twenty steps. Its hooves were like clouds as it galloped forward.
The group of twenty to thirty people galloped for about an hour before Hong Yi finally arrived at Green Willow Village by the White Waves River.
From afar, he could see that the scale of Green Willow Heights was much larger than before.
Several tall buildings had been built in the manor. The old walls seemed to have been torn down and replaced with brand new and thick walls. In the middle of the walls, there was an archer tower. On the archer tower, there was a small house that could accommodate one person. Red lanterns were hung everywhere.
The road leading to Green Willow Heights was also built smoothly and sturdily. Along the way, there were many servants wearing the same colored cotton-padded clothes, trousers, and boots sweeping the road. The road was actually paved with bluestone slabs. It was clean and spotless. The ice in the gutters on both sides had been broken, and water was flowing.
Everything appeared clean, grand, and orderly. At a glance, it was like the atmosphere of a large family!
"Is this still the original Green Willow Heights?"
A few servants who had followed Hong Yi for a long time — the ten retired soldiers that Changle Marquis had given to Hong Yi — whispered to each other when they saw the atmosphere of Green Willow Heights.
Even Mu The Younger and Shen Tiezhu were surprised.
At this moment, twenty to thirty awe-inspiring cavalrymen wearing cloaks arrived at the entrance of Green Willow Heights. They were already discovered.
All of a sudden, an urgent bell rang out from within the Green Willow Mountain Manor. Many people immediately gathered around. Soon after, a cavalryman dashed out of the manor. He was followed by twenty to thirty burly men. They were all dressed in leather clothes, and one could faintly see armor underneath. There were also blades and other weapons hidden in their clothes. In an instant, they had arrived 100 meters away.
"Who are you?" The leader of the cavalrymen shouted.
"Old Zeng! You don't even recognize me? Young Master has returned. Why aren't you getting off your horse and greeting him? "A cavalryman behind Hong Yi saw the appearance of the person who had questioned him and quickly shouted back.
"Ah! Old Wang! Young Master has truly returned! "
When the cavalryman saw Hong Yi lift the hood off his black wolf skin cloak, he quickly jumped off his horse and ran over. He knelt down on one knee in front of Hong Yi's horse.
"Greetings, Young Master!"
"Get up."
Hong Yi also jumped off his horse. When he saw Old Zeng, he was also one of the people who had followed him last year. He stayed in the manor to take care of matters, and Hong Yi could not help but nod.
"Why aren't you helping the young master lead his horse? And you, hurry up and inform Chief Butler Shen and Lady Murong that the young master has returned. "
Once Old Zeng got up, he cast a sidelong glance at the people behind him.
"Understood!" The guards behind him shouted in unison. Then, they walked over and helped the people behind Hong Yi lead their horses. A few of the guards ran into the manor at the same time.
Soon, a large group of servants, maidservants, and maidservants came out of the manor and stood on both sides of the road in an orderly manner.
"There are more than two hundred maidservants, maidservants, and servants here. This number is comparable to half of the number in Marquis Wu Wen's mansion! Just what did Murong Yan turn Green Willow Heights into? "
When Hong Yi saw this extravagance, he was stunned. It was like the return of the princes, princes, and dukes in Jade Capital City.
Every time Hong Xuanji returned to his mansion after attending the court assembly, all the servants and maidservants in his mansion would receive him in such an extravagant manner. This was also a kind of family etiquette and a rule of a rich family.
However, now that this etiquette had fallen on Hong Yi, he felt a little uncomfortable.
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