bestfiction Chapter 782 Taixu Mountain
Chapter 782 Taixu Mountain
The mountains are verdant and cypress trees reach into the sky, with wisps of clouds floating on the mountaintops, and occasionally a white crane flies by among the clouds.
This place is Mount Taixu, located at the crucial junction of Lingquan County and Luoshui County, and is a famous sacred mountain and river.
There is a basis for calling this place a sacred mountain. There is a legend that many years ago, a celestial being ascended to heaven here. The celestial light he unintentionally scattered turned the originally ordinary small mountain into a giant mountain range that stretches for thousands of miles.
Moreover, the mountains are home to many mythical beasts. Over the past tens of thousands of years, many powerful martial artists have lived and cultivated in seclusion here, leaving behind countless caves that have attracted countless descendants.
However, among those who have left their mark on Mount Taixu, who are truly of the same ilk?
Most of the cave dwellings are protected by powerful restrictions and formations, and even if later generations of martial artists travel all over Mount Taixu, they cannot find a trace of them.
Ye Kang and Mei Niannian followed behind Mei Luoting and Su Hongxiu, listening to the two tell the legend of Mount Taixu.
Meiluoting cleared his throat and continued, "There is another reason why Mount Taixu is famous, which I believe Chief Scholar Su should be very familiar with."
The two juniors looked at Su Hongxiu at the same time. The latter smiled and said, "Master Mei is talking about the Taixu Immortal Root, right? The production of this thing is not large, but it is completely controlled by the imperial court. It is one of the highest-level special products. Even though I used to be a demon-hunting general, I have never seen it."
"Oh? Even the Grand General of the Three Prefectures is not qualified to see the Immortal Root of the Void?"
Su Hongxiu shook her head: "I don't know about the General. Even if we could meet him, he wouldn't tell us. The General is certainly not qualified."
Ye Kang was completely confused: "Senior, what is the Taixu Immortal Root?"
"An extremely powerful natural treasure with only one function: to refine grotto-heaven spiritual treasures. The Taixu Grotto-Heaven, which the imperial court used as a raw material to refine, is one of the most famous grotto-heaven spiritual treasures in the Nine Provinces."
Upon hearing this, Ye Kang's eyes widened immediately.
It's actually a rare treasure from a celestial cave; this truly demonstrates its profound depth and resources.
I wonder how this Taixu Cave compares to the Celestial Immortal Mountain mass-produced by the Linglong Chamber of Commerce, but since it's so famous, it must be just as good.
Su Hongxiu said indifferently, "The treasures of the cave heaven are extremely precious. They are only bestowed upon important officials or noble families in the imperial court. Even generals do not receive them. So you can forget about it. Fortunately, there is only a small area that can produce the Taixu Immortal Root, so it will not affect our treasure hunt."
The two nodded. Mount Taixu was very large, and the small, heavily guarded area that the imperial court had set aside was naturally protected by powerful experts, making it impossible to enter.
However, the imperial court was not unreasonable; other places were acceptable.
The group chatted as they walked to the west side of Mount Taixu.
The mountains are high and the water is clear; the air is even fresher than that of Meijian Mountain Villa.
Ye Kang took out a map.
This is a copy of the map from the Flawless Key. After all, it's not appropriate to just take out a magical treasure; making a copy is much more convenient and faster.
The map is very simple and drawn in a very ordinary way, with a few small hills around it and a waterfall in the middle.
However, within Mount Taixu, there are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of waterfalls like this, making it difficult to locate them based on this limited information alone.
Ultimately, we still need to find the location of that former Dragon Valley.
Merlottin took out the copper coin again and tossed it into the air.
As one gets closer, divination naturally becomes easier. Countless horoscopes and astrological signs appear around Merlotting, combining the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. Using the Plum Blossom Divination method as the main approach and the I Ching calculation as a supplement, he creates a bright moon and starry sky at noon, which is truly miraculous.
Soon, all the copper coins formed a sword, pointing northwest towards Mount Taixu.
Merlottin put away the divination, and everything returned to normal.
He said thoughtfully, "It's roughly in that direction, but it's strange, there's a feeling that it's not quite right."
"No matter what it is like, you'll find out when you get there. Master Mei, please lead the way."
Su Hongxiu waved her hand, not caring at all.
As a former demon-hunting general, she was known for her recklessness and fearlessness.
The demon-hunting inspectors under his command were all fierce and ruthless.
Without saying much, Melodin immediately flew in and led the way.
As two Nirvana Realm experts, they still had some flying privileges in this desolate wilderness, and no one would care.
Ye Kang and Mei Niannian naturally benefited from this, flying low all the way over.
After leaping over the beautiful mountains and rivers, they soon entered the heart of Mount Taixu. Along the way, they saw a few martial artists who were searching for treasures in the mountains, but most of them were at the Star Luo Realm and did not dare to come over to greet them. Most of them ran away trembling.
Ignoring them, Su Hongxiu made her way to a low-lying depression.
On the north side of the depression, a mountain stream flows down from a high place, carving out a smooth black stone wall in the depression.
A waterfall cascades down, forming a cold lake in the depression.
We've already passed several of these terrains, and they're all pretty much the same. In the Taixu Mountains, where water is plentiful, this kind of terrain is extremely common.
However, Merlottin skipped over the previous waterfalls and stopped in front of this unremarkable one.
"How is it? Is this the place?" Su Hongxiu asked anxiously.
Merlottin frowned slightly: "The divination result should indicate this place, which also matches the map, but there is no aura of any cave dwelling here."
Upon hearing this, Su Hongxiu immediately separated her primordial spirit from her body, and her overwhelming divine sense spread out, searching almost inch by inch.
However, the more she searched, the more anxious she became.
"I'm not looking anymore. This place is just an ordinary waterfall. There's not a trace of martial arts aura here."
Merlottin did not answer, but fell into deep thought.
Just then, Ye Kang suddenly spoke up: "Why don't we wait and see?"
"Huh? Why?"
"Master, I once went to a secret realm that doesn't usually show itself. It only appears like a mirage at specific times. Although the map doesn't mark day and night, there's a faint crescent moon in the upper right corner. Perhaps that means it's nighttime."
Ye Kang wasn't just guessing; he was simply thinking of the Lingyin Temple secret realm he had once entered in the Qiantang region of the Great Jin Dynasty.
The Lingyin Temple is the same; it's completely hidden from view, only revealing its entrance on the mountain when the secret realm opens.
This is also a common security measure used in cave dwellings, which can effectively deter those with ill intentions.
Of course, Ye Kang had never heard of such a restriction method, let alone set it up; at this point, he could only say that it was possible.
Upon hearing this, Meloting smiled and said, "What you said, young friend Ye, coincides with what I was thinking. Anyway, the scenery here is beautiful, so why don't we wait here until nightfall, when the bright moon is high in the sky? Perhaps there will be a turning point."
Seeing that both of them said so, Su Hongxiu waved her hand and said, "Then so be it. I'm hungry. Hey you, Ye Kang, go and get some game for your teacher."