Chapter 688: Shu Dao fierce soldiers (eight)
On the top of Dushan Mountain, there is a seemingly ordinary courtyard with the three words "Fengchen Pavilion" written on the gate. On the lawn in the courtyard were standing with the old Taoist Yuanfeng and his group. At this time, the old Taoist Yuanfeng was asking an ordinary out-of-body disciple of Fengchen Pavilion beside him: "Where is Yuanlang?"
"This..." The disciple looked a little embarrassed and replied for a long time, "Report to the head, Elder Yuanlang went down the mountain ten days ago and has not returned yet."
"Ten days ago?" Yuan Feng asked in surprise, "Why go down the mountain?"
"I really don't know." The disciple replied embarrassedly, "I only know that Master Yuanlang received a letter ten days ago. After reading it, Master Yuanlang seemed to be shocked. After half a day of worry, he explained to me some things and went down the mountain. He said he would go and go back, but he has not returned yet and I don't know where he is."
"It's the same again!" The person who spoke was a big man with a skeleton beside the old Taoist Yuanfeng. This man was "Yuan Yang". He was as strong as a cow, and he had a broad-faced sword. He was a cultivator in the divine stage since Wang Lu Ran. It was rumored that if his thought level was not inferior, his methods would have been a great master of the fusion stage. He angrily said to Yuanfeng, "Senior Brother, this Yuanlang has been like this since childhood. He lacks rules and teachings. I don't know what the precepts of Shushan are. He often secretly goes down the mountain for his own selfishness. He will punish him well when he comes back."
"Senior Brother Yuanyang's words are still reasonable." He spoke about Yuan Qing, who had just entered the fusion period. He frowned and agreed with Yuan Yang's words, "I think my Shushan Gate is very strict. Yuan Lang has been loose and mediocre since he was a child, and he is not good at studying. He specializes in those strange and lewd skills. He is not sure about this. Now he is an elder in charge of the country. I didn't expect it to be the same. When there was nothing in the past, it would be fine if he was relaxed in his childhood sweethearts. But now he is troublesome, why can't he tell the difference between priorities? It's really annoying. I can't spare him this time."
The old Taoist Yuan Feng shook his head helplessly, frowned and asked, "Who else hasn't arrived?"
"It's just that Brother Yuan Shang is short of." Yuan Lan replied, "The subsequent escort team will arrive early tomorrow morning."
"Yuan Shang has arrived long ago." Yuan Hai interrupted, "I saw Yuan Shang arrive when I passed by the door, but he went directly to Master Luo Yuanzi's place. It seemed that something was wrong."
Yuan Feng nodded and arranged the matter: "No matter what, we still have to do it. Yuan Qing, Yuan Hai, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Xi, Yuan Fei, you four, worked hard, each of them took fifty disciples to the "Five Chen" peak, first set up an outer formation, clearing and isolating all the 500-mile radius. Yuan Lan, Yuan Yang, Yuan Lu, you three stayed here. Yuan Yi and I went to the residence of Master Luo Yuanzi in the back to greet us, waiting for the formation to officially open tomorrow."
"Yes." Everyone nodded and agreed.
Speaking of this, I have to mention that since this Fengchen Pavilion is an important part of Shushan, the formation here is relatively strict. It is divided into two internal and external formations, called the "Yanluo Formation". The outer formation is constructed by five peaks distributed around Dushan. The five peaks surround Dushan and cover nearly five hundred miles. Each mountain peak has an array eye and a beacon tower on the top. Once opened, a barrier will be formed to block the connection between Dushan and the outside world. If an enemy invades, then the five beacon towers will warn. The five peaks are also named after the beacon tower and are called the life of the Five Elements. The inner formation needs Yuanlang, the chief of the Fengchen Pavilion, to come back and open it to protect the Fengchen Pavilion separately. The entire formation is arranged according to the power of the Taoist five elements, but the focus is on the word "fire". Why is this? This involves historical reasons.
Shushan has been full of swordsmen since ancient times, and few are proficient in formations. In order to ensure the safety of future generations, the martyrs of Shushan arranged this extremely extreme formation. There are two reasons for relying on the word "fire": First, Shu Road has always been difficult to walk. Since Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, launched an army from Shu, people have realized that if they want to steal into Shu, they must climb the plank road and hide themselves with the help of terrain. The plank road is built with wood. Therefore, once the situation is critical, the formation will start to catch fire and burn out the plank roads attached to the mountains, making it difficult for the enemy to pass; Second, when the formation was launched, the ancestors of Shushan who had great supernatural powers took a mysterious ball from the volcano in the deep sea.
The blue fire, called "earth fire", can only appear when the undersea volcano explodes on a full moon. The founder of Shushan, "Baimei Taoist", led the heroes of Shushan to fight monsters in the deep sea, and paid a huge price to use it as a formation eye to arrange the formation. Even the formation of Shushan Fairyland itself comes from this. It is said that this fire will never be destroyed when encountering water, and it will burn more and more vigorously. Once the situation reaches an irreversible level, the formation will eventually burn everything and will not let Shushan fall into the hands of the enemy one by one. This is also the best portrayal of the strong and vigorous sentiment of Shushan men since ancient times. They were born with such a personality, and they could only live while standing and never die on their knees.
Just as all the elders of the "Yuan" in Shushan were busy driving, Chu Xunyu and his group followed the escort team to enter Dushan. The Shu Road was extremely difficult to walk, and they transported so many large parts, mules and horses were pulling in front, and almost everyone left helped to lift these heavy things on the plank road with their shoulders and arms. Even outsiders like Chu Xunyu and others were no exception, and they were working hard to lift these big guys together. Of course, there were exceptions, such as... Lin Lu, she was holding her arms and smiling and watching the fun.
Mu Yuan was tired and moved his sore arms and asked Chu Xun in a low voice: "Hey, Wu Yu, why do you still have to be a coolie?"
"Just be content." Chu Xunyu gave him a blank look and continued to grit his teeth and push the carriage in front of him. "Fortunately, he was standing on the ground and didn't let us carry these things all over the sky. Then you can't even say anything about your suffering."
After a day of travel, it was already night. You could see Dushan not far away. This is the south. Since ancient times, the word "yin" belongs to water, and has entered the mountain of the beacon tower with "shui". Fifty disciples led by Yuanxi have met. Yuanxi has not come forward, but has to guard the formation above. Twenty disciples were assigned to help Jingduan and others camp and transport them. They walked until midnight and arrived at the foot of Dushan.
Chapter completed!