Chapter 916: Secret Bones
Corpse Mountain
Located in the east of Youzhou, covering hundreds of miles in radius, there is a layer of miasma all year round. This miasma turns into a white mist, covering almost half of the mountain of corpses. As long as ordinary mortals inhale this miasma, they will not be able to escape for an hour or three. In an instant, the body will ooze pus and turn into blood and die, leaving only a pile of bones in the end.
And dozens of miles away from the Corpse Mountain, there is a small city with a population of more than 200,000, called Treasure Bone City.
The reason why it has such a weird name is that every year on the seventh day of July, many immortal cultivators go to Ji Corpse Mountain to look for miasma bones. This miasma bone is the main material for refining the primary magic weapon White Bone Knife. .
The bone knife refined with it is not only extremely sharp, but the blade is also hollowed out into seven-star holes. Once it is sacrificed, it will emit a soul-stirring sound that disturbs people's minds. It can also emit miasma. As long as a small amount is inhaled, it will be Immortal cultivators in the golden elixir stage are also unable to withstand it. If they are not treated in time, they will die on the spot.
But if you want to enter Ji Corpse Mountain, there is only one passage, which is Yougu Gorge, and only on the seventh day of July every year, the miasma in Yougu Gorge will dissipate for a month, and in this month, you can enter Ji Corpse Mountain. Mountain of corpses, looking for miasma bones.
If you want to enter Yougu Gorge, you must go to the Mu family in Baogu City to obtain a poison-proofing order. Although the miasma in Yougu Gorge will dissipate on the seventh day of July, there will still be a little bit left, and once it enters Jigu Gorge, The mountain of corpses will be invaded by the remaining miasma at any time. If there is no anti-poison order, it will basically be a narrow escape.
The Mu family is an immortal cultivating family that has been rooted in Treasure Bone City for hundreds of years. After hundreds of years of development, the family has flourished. There are three immortal cultivators in the Golden Core stage, including the family patriarch Mu Wangqing and the second generation. The elder Mu Qingqing and the third elder Mu Qingqing.
These three people are also known as the three elders of the Mu family. As for the other monks in the foundation building stage and the Qi refining stage, there are as many as hundreds of them.
The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the day when the Mu family worships their ancestors.
The Mu family is very busy at the moment. No matter where they are, all the children of the Mu family will basically return to the family on this day to pay homage to their ancestors. It is also a day to meet the three golden elixir ancestors of the Mu family.
But at this time, there were dozens of people gathered in the living room of the Mu family. Most of these people were monks in the foundation building stage. Even the weakest ones had the cultivation level of the eighth or ninth level of Qi refining.
"Mr. Mu San, today happens to be the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and it's already noon. Why are you still unwilling to issue the anti-poison order? Three months ago, we already handed over a thousand yuan to purchase the anti-poison order token. It’s a low-grade spiritual stone, is it possible that the Tangtang Mu family wants to default on their debt?” A middle-aged man with a pale face wearing a white linen gown said angrily.
"Yes, you must give us an explanation today?"
"Don't try to rely on the support of the three elders of the Mu family. I, the Bone Sect, are not easy to mess with. The Mu family must give an explanation today?" The two people speaking behind are very similar to the man in the white burlap gown. At first glance, Just know that these three people are brothers.
That Young Master Mu San was rather handsome and handsome, with regular facial features. The only flaw was his pair of peach blossom eyes, which shone with a sinister aura from time to time.
He looked at the boss of the three heroes of the White Bones and said with a smile: "Boss of the White Bones, please be patient. Although today is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it was indeed the day to enter the corpse mountain to search for miasma bones. Everyone also paid the spirit stones according to the rules. Originally, we The Mu family should also open the Yougu Gorge and let everyone in. But unfortunately, an enemy of our Mu family has entered the Corpse Mountain. Moreover, this person is ferocious and brutal, killing everyone on sight. If you go in rashly and encounter an accident, Isn’t it the fault of my Mu family?”
Mr. Mu San gently shook the white fractured fan in his hand and said calmly.
"Is this an excuse to prevent us from entering Ji Corpse Mountain? In the past years, many of our colleagues who entered Ji Corpse Mountain were poisoned by miasma, but I didn't see your Mu family paying compensation. I'm afraid that you are acting coyly today because you have other agendas. Right?" A middle-aged man in his forties, carrying a golden ax, said next to him.
"It turns out to be Nanshan woodcutter Lu Jiugang. I originally heard that Fellow Daoist Lu hit the bottleneck of the late stage of Foundation Establishment three years ago and accidentally went crazy. He has already passed away. I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Lu to be still alive. I guess he has successfully advanced to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Fellow Daoist Lu has also You are underestimating my Mu family. How can I deceive you for a mere thousand spiritual stones? The three ancestors are discussing this matter. Please wait a moment. "
"Master Mu, since it is an enemy of the Mu family who has escaped into the Corpse Mountain, then we can go into the mountain together and kill him. This way we can help the Mu family eliminate a future trouble. Wouldn't it be better?"
"That's right. With so many people waiting for me, it's not difficult to kill just one person. Just think of it as a gift for the Mu family from my treasure hunt."
"Mr. Mu, why don't you go into the Corpse Mountain with us and kill that man? In this way, Mr. Mu can be regarded as having made a great contribution to the family."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Mu hurriedly raised his hands and said with a smile: "I understand your good intentions, but this enemy is extraordinary. Even if I take action personally, I will definitely not be his opponent."
"Oh, even Mr. Mu, who is in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, is helpless. Could it be that he is not a Foundation Establishment monk but an ancestor of the Golden Pill?"
"Ancestor of the Golden Pill?"
Hearing the words "Golden Pill Patriarch", the entire hall suddenly became quiet, and even the three masters Nanshan Woodcutter and White Bones obediently shut their mouths.
When Mr. Mu saw this, he couldn't help but sneer, with a bit of disdain in his eyes.
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In the secret room in the backyard of the Mu family, under the dim candlelight, three old men were sitting cross-legged. The leader of them had white hair, but his face was as rosy and energetic as a three-year-old baby.
He is Mu Wangqing, the patriarch of the Mu family.
"Brother, now that the Seven Star Pendant has been gathered, is it time to open the secret?" An old man with a scar on his forehead said excitedly.
"Hey, I didn't expect that Wei Chongyue has been hiding under our noses for more than 20 years. He was injured by his elder brother's bone hammer and fled into the Corpse Mountain. I have ordered Mu Wuyue to lead people into the Corpse Mountain. Corpse mountain, looking for the whereabouts of Wei Chongyue, you want to see the person in life, and you want to see the corpse in death. "
"Second brother's move is really sinister. Twenty years ago, Wei Chongyue fled in panic, leaving behind Mu Wuyue who was not yet a full moon. Originally, third brother, I wanted to eradicate the roots, but second brother stopped me and brought him back to the family. After careful training, let him kill Wei Chongyue. If Wei Chongyue knew Mu Wuyue's identity, I wonder what his expression would be."
"Once Mu Wuyue kills Wei Chongyue, there will be no use for him and he must be killed in the mountain of corpses." Mu Wangqing glanced at the two of them and said calmly.
"This is natural, but Wei Chongyue is a Golden elixir cultivator after all. Although he is only in the early stage of the Golden elixir, it is not easy for Mu Wuyue, who has completed the foundation establishment, to kill him. Now that we have gathered the Seven Star Pendant, for these seven stars Falling, we have been planning for hundreds of years to kill the Wei family from the first family in Treasure Bone City. Now, only Wei Chongyue and Mu Wuyue are left. As long as we can kill them again, we can open the secret. , our Mu family will definitely prosper, and it is not known that we may be able to occupy a medium-sized city and become a big family. "
"What the second brother said is true. Even if Wei Chongyue thinks about it, he will not be willing to allow us to obtain the secret treasure. Maybe he will go to the location of the secret treasure to prevent us from obtaining the treasure. We will take the opportunity to kill him and avoid disaster." Mu Wangqing thought. After a moment, he spoke.
"Brother, what about those people outside? If we let them enter the mountain, will it ruin our good deeds?"
"Probably not. The address of the secret is in the Bone Cave deep in the Corpse Mountain. The miasma in the Bone Cave persists all year round. Even if they have the poison-proofing order to protect themselves, they can't enter it. There are only three of us. Only the poison-repelling beads on the body can dispel the miasma in the Bone Cave."
After a pause, Mu Wangqing said: "Just in case, third brother, please inform San'er that we will wait an hour after we enter the mountain before letting them in. In this way, we can make up for the time difference and enter the Bone Cave in advance."
After Mu Wangqing finished speaking, he slowly stood up. After Mu Jueqing explained through the sound transmission technique, the three of them came to the backyard, and each controlled a huge escaping light, shooting into the distance, and soon disappeared in Between the mountains in the distance.
In the Corpse Mountain, although it is said that every seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the miasma on the ground will dissipate for a month, it does not mean that it disappears. Instead, during this period, the miasma will rise hundreds of feet, so the entire corpse accumulation The mountain was shrouded in darkness, giving off a chilly feeling.
A young man in his twenties, with two followers, was flying rapidly close to the treetops. Every step he took directly crossed a distance of dozens of feet. As he flew by, the young man spread his eyes. With awareness, he kept scanning the surrounding area of hundreds of feet.
"Eldest Young Master, are we really going to look for that demon? Dozens of clan members have died at his hands. I think we should just wait for the three ancestors to come and then search carefully. ”
"Yes, eldest son, that devil is the ancestor of the Golden Pill after all. The three of us together are not enough to kill him with one sword."
"What do you two know? That man has been seriously injured by the ancestor, and he can't exert even a few percent of his combat power. With the eldest son, I can definitely kill him with my Bone Soul-Capturing Sword. In this way, it can be regarded as a substitute." The family has made a great contribution, please cheer up and be smart to prevent him from jumping over the wall and dying with us. "
When the two attendants heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other behind the young man. They both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
If the ancestors of Jindan want to die together with monks like them in the foundation building stage, it seems like they can't escape, right? However, he cannot disobey the eldest son's orders, otherwise according to family law, he will have to abolish his cultivation and refine his soul and soul.
Thinking of the Mu family's family traditions, the two of them couldn't help but shudder, and they could only bite the bullet and follow the young man.
Not long after the three people left, they heard a slight cough in the nearby woods. The cougher was an old man in his fifties, with gray hair and regular features. However, his face was extremely pale at the moment, and there was still a large patch of blood at the corner of his mouth and chest. The dark blood stains have long dried.
The old man stared at the direction in which the three people were leaving, with two rays of cold light in his eyes. A light blue flying sword was inserted sideways beside him, and it seemed to have sensed the old man's anger and was trembling slightly.
The old man finally seemed to have calmed down his anger. He sighed softly and murmured to himself: "The secret collection of bones that my Wei family has guarded for thousands of years will be destroyed in my hands today. Isn't it right? Dear ancestors, Chongyue has a great responsibility and cannot see you."
Two lines of old tears flowed down the old man's cheeks, slowly falling to the ground.
The old man's blurry eyes seemed to see the glory of the Wei family in the past. The Wei family was also a cultivating family like the Mu family today. In the Daqian Dynasty, there were countless such cultivating families. Basically, small and medium-sized cities were destroyed by this kind of family. Controlled by the Immortal Cultivation Family.
The Daqian Dynasty has a vast territory, with countless cities of all sizes. These immortal cultivation families control the immortal cultivation resources in the areas around these cities. Of course, they have to pay a certain amount of taxes to the Daqian Dynasty every year, and the Daqian Dynasty will let these families develop on their own.
As long as they do not collude with the Buddhist Kingdom and do not harm ordinary mortals, the Daqian Dynasty will not care about the fighting and killing between these immortal cultivation families and the competition for resources and regions.
In fact, these immortal cultivation families will also work hard to cultivate their children to join the Dahuang Haoran Tianzong. Once the family members have a certain status in the Dahuang Haoran Tianzong, the family power will inevitably rise, which can be said to be a matter of honor.
This also makes most of the immortal cultivation families more or less related to the Dahuang Haoran Tianzong, which further consolidates the rule of the Daqian Dynasty, which can be said to be the best of both worlds.
The Wei family was originally the largest family of immortal cultivators in Baogu City. However, a hundred years ago, the head of the Wei family died, and only two Jindan elders were left. At this time, the Mu family took advantage of the situation and attacked the Wei family in a dark night.
The Wei family was almost slaughtered overnight. Only the third elder Wei Chongyue escaped with several direct descendants and lived a life of displacement from then on.
Originally, Wei Chongyue could have taken a few clansmen away from Baogu City. The territory of the Daqian Dynasty was boundless, and it was completely possible to find a place that the Mu family could not find and reproduce, but the Wei family had a mission, which was to guard the secret collection of bones.
According to legend, the reason why the ancestors of the Wei family settled in Baogu City was to guard the secret collection of bones in the corpse mountain. In order to open the secret collection of bones, they had to gather seven strings of seven-star pendants.
Originally, only the three Jindan ancestors of the Wei family knew about this matter, but for some reason it was heard by the Mu family, which was also the fundamental reason for the demise of the Wei family.
After the Wei family was destroyed, six of the pendants fell into the hands of the Mu family, leaving only Wei Chongyue with a seven-star pendant. For the family's mission, he has been living in seclusion outside the corpse mountain to protect the secret bone collection.
Unexpectedly, more than 20 years ago, he was accidentally discovered by the Mu family, and was brought to the door by Mu Jueqing of the Mu family. After a fight, he was the only one who escaped.
A few days ago, his whereabouts were discovered by the Mu family again, and the three elders of the Mu family appeared at the same time. This time, he was besieged by three people and accidentally hit by Mu Wangqing's bone hammer. His internal organs were shattered on the spot and he was seriously injured. If it weren't for the family's secret escape technique, he would have died at this moment.