The Ten Thousand Mountains do not refer to a certain place, but to the southwest of the human territory, where endless wild jungles stretch to the end. Even if a second-level practitioner flies up for a month, he cannot cross it. In the end, he is forced back by the powerful demons in the depths of the Ten Thousand Mountains. The area is larger than the entire human territory.
There are mountains connected to mountains, and the sea of trees covers the sky and the sun, so it is called the Ten Thousand Mountains.
In the place where the human race meets, there live a large number of barbarians in the mountains and forests. These barbarians, like the barbarians, are the offspring of monsters and humans, but one lives in the cold and desolate north, and the other lives in the rich and warm southwest mountains.
Because of the differences in environment, customs and beliefs, there are also huge differences between the two sides. The barbarians live in tents and move around with water and grass. The environment is harsh. The tribes fight against each other continuously and invade Middle-earth from time to time.
The Yi people lived in the mountains and forests, gathered together in villages. Because of their abundant resources, they had good relations with the surrounding countries. Although there were many frictions, they rarely plundered the border villages and towns of the human princes like the barbarians did every year. Instead, they had long-term trade exchanges and fixed markets with the surrounding Li, Zheng and Min countries.
The barbarians are organized in tribes, while the Yi people are organized in villages. The barbarians believe in ancient mountain gods and are under the management of the Darong royal court. The Yi people have mixed beliefs, and many of them even believe in the witch gods that Dahuan once believed in. When Dahuan collapsed, a large number of witch priests fled to the Baiwan Mountains after the witch sacrifice disaster.
The Li River passes through the Three Kingdoms, flows through the Ten Thousand Mountains, and finally merges into the sea. At this moment, deep in the Min Kingdom, on the edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains, a sudden burst of light surged into the sky.
The hunters and farmers from the Ming Kingdom who were hunting nearby, as well as the merchants on their way to the market, all looked up at the same time and saw that something seemed to be activated deep in the mountains.
"The immortal has appeared! The immortal has appeared!" A hunter walking in the mountains once saw an immortal walking in the sky. At this moment, he suddenly knelt down. In the human territory, the worship of practitioners that has been continuously derived for hundreds of years since the witch sacrifice and barbaric era is deeply engraved in the memory of mortals.
"This must be some kind of treasure that has been born. Do you want to go over and take a look?" A young man from the caravan turned around excitedly and pointed to the distance.
"Don't be fooled by the fact that the light is close. It's at least dozens of miles away. This is not the territory of the barbarians!"
"Besides, these things that only monks and immortals can master are useless to us mortals. Instead, they will bring us trouble."
The pack horses were carrying the goods along the mountain path. The leader of the caravan was knowledgeable and immediately knew what was happening and shouted loudly.
There were also tens of thousands of people in the market town on the border of the Ming State who saw this scene. Everyone was talking about it and was very excited. They pointed at the sky in the distance and shouted. It was the first time they had seen such a scene.
There were numerous rune prohibitions circulating in the sky, and below, thousands of barefoot and tattooed barbarians wearing short brown clothes were surrounding a valley. The valley was only half dug open, and it was because of their excavation that a relic from ancient times that was originally hidden in the valley was destroyed and appeared in the world.
This grand scene completely exceeded the imagination of these barbarians. The vast barrier spread out, and hundreds of slaves who were cutting mountains and chiseling stones were turned into dust the moment the barrier spread.
The ruins that were originally developed in secret were exposed in an instant.
Many Yi shaman priests could be seen roaring and cursing in Yi language, strong Yi people were wielding whips and beating the slaves, and many slaves were running outside screaming in fear.
An old man from the nearby Dian City of Ming State quickly flew out of the city, traveled dozens of miles in the blink of an eye, and headed towards the place where the light broke through the clouds.
At this time, several witches and priests flew up at the same time, intercepted the other party, and resolutely prevented them from getting close to the ruins.
"Ying Yu, you've crossed the line!" An old witch priest threw out a tattered black bowl, emitting a black light restriction that blocked the opponent and let out an angry roar.
"Where have you crossed the line? You have come so close to my country without knowing why. I want to see what the hell you are doing."
The warrior Diando Yu who walked out of Diando City did not show any courtesy and slashed down from the sky with a sword. The sword light was full of blood and energy. He directly chopped the black bowl down from the sky and approached rapidly. The people behind him were furious and hurriedly chased after him.
However, Diandu Yu had already seen the scene in the ruins and immediately took a breath of cold air.
All I could see among the ruins was a palace made of white jade that had crashed into the foot of the mountain and was deeply embedded in the ground. Even the surrounding valleys sank along the center.
This scene can't help but remind people that tens of millions of years ago, a palace fell from the sky, crashed into the earth, and landed here.
What made Diandu Yu gasp was not just the palace, but the figures wearing simple armors exuding tremendous blood-red aura, which suppressed him so much that he almost fell down at the second level.
The corpse was shrouded in armor and had long since turned into a mummy. It was unknown how long it had been since death, but the power still remained in the body and had not dissipated.
There were more than one corpse emitting such tremendous power, hidden within the vague barrier. Every corpse wore the same armor, and the aura emanating from each corpse surpassed that of the high priest he had seen at the altar in the capital. That high priest was a great practitioner of the third rank, but was not as powerful as any of the corpses below.
Such powerful beings appeared here in large numbers at this moment. The moment the ruins came into the world and revealed their full appearance, the witches and priests who were excavating this place were also shocked. No wonder they frantically intercepted Dian Yu and prevented him from getting close.
Such shocking secrets and gains are enough to drive people crazy. This is not an ordinary relic and may be related to the gods and demons in ancient legends.
"This power? It's definitely not level three, it's at least level four, at least level four!"
There were no obvious wounds on each of the corpses. They were lying on the ground along a trail, as if they had all died from a single impact.
These scenes reminded Diandu Yu of the legends about the heaven, which made him take a breath and start to speculate in his heart.
"This palace? Could it have fallen from heaven tens of millions of years ago?"
Diandu Yu's eyes moved around, and finally he saw a spiritual pool emitting bursts of clear light in the central square of the palace.
The powerful life force and breath emanating from the spirit pool was so powerful that even from such a long distance, when he took a sniff, he could feel his soul and flesh surging. He unconsciously began to yearn for it, and the surrounding flowers, plants and trees even grew wildly because of this power.
"The legendary immortal pond?"
The legend about the Longevity Pond has been circulating for decades. The demon clan calls it the Heavenly Demon Pond, while the practitioners call it the Longevity Pond or the Immortal Pond. A large number of sects, families, and royal families of various countries are all looking for the location of the Longevity Pond.
“Yes, this must be the Longevity Pond, the immortal pond that is said to allow people to advance from the third level to the fourth level, transcending the mortal world and becoming immortal, thus gaining immortality!” The palace that fell from the sky, the extremely large-scale barrier formation, and the group of fourth-level or even more powerful corpses made Diandu Yu even more certain that this was the legendary Longevity Pond.
The Yi people's witch priests behind him had already caught up with him. The old witch priest in the lead shouted frantically, "Kill him! Don't let him get away!"
"I have been fighting with you for hundreds of years. You want to kill me? Dream on!" Di Yu also came from a military background and was not afraid at all at this moment.
A huge battle broke out, and several people surrounded and killed one person frantically, while one of them fled desperately and escaped into the distance.
The news about the Longevity Pond and the appearance of a ruins of gods and demons containing dozens of ancient corpses also spread to the Ming Kingdom and finally to the Pan Kingdom.
The commotion that day caused a stir on the border of the Ming Kingdom, and eventually all the cultivators in the human territory of Dongzhou knew about it. The Longevity Pond they had been searching for for decades had now appeared.
Some people say that among the millions of mountains, there is a corner of the heavenly palace that fell from the ancient heaven, and in the heavenly palace there still exist the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals from the fairyland.
Some people say that the Longevity Pond is the fairy pond used by the heavenly soldiers and generals in the past to transform themselves into immortals. As long as one bathes and practices day and night, one can become an immortal and live forever.
All kinds of bizarre legends are constantly evolving. Even the high-ranking practitioners are constantly speculating about the secrets that may be hidden in this relic and what exists.
In this world where monks control everything, this is like a huge rock thrown into a lake, which immediately creates a thousand huge waves.
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With the emergence of the Longevity Pond and the remains of gods and demons, all major sects, practitioners, top warriors in the armies of various countries, and even the great monsters hidden in the mountains and lakes have become restless.
Originally, the successive wars only concerned the practitioners and warriors of various countries, but this time, most of the practitioners and demons in the human territory were alarmed.
Especially those great practitioners who were stuck at the peak of the third level and whose lifespans were about to reach the limit but who had no way to achieve immortality, heard the news and started to move in unison. The entire Dongzhou human territory seemed to become turbulent in an instant.
Demons could be seen everywhere roaring up from the mountains, riding the wind and clouds to rush into the distance. In the calm lake, vicious dragons broke free from the water, circled in front of many sailors on large ships, and left their nests that they had occupied for dozens or even hundreds of years.
The secret sects in the mountains, groups of practitioners ride on a small boat, cross the sky, and rush to the Shiwan Mountains, or you can see a flying sword thrown out from the mountains, whizzing across the sky and away.
All kinds of strange phenomena and legendary scenes continued to appear before people, and those great practitioners and demons who had been meditating at the mountain gates or in blessed places and basically never left the mountains, left one after another.
At this moment, at the foot of Taishou Mountain, a carriage slowly came and arrived at the foot of Taishou Mountain.
The carriage curtain opened, revealing a man in an ancient black and red robe, carrying a pot of wine, looking toward the mountains in the distance.