Yandang Pond, the sacred place of the spirits, is located in the center of the Southern Wilderness Swamp, or it can be said to be in the very center of the Southern Wilderness.
About three thousand miles south of the Great Manglin, you will reach the Great Swamp. This Great Swamp is even larger, with a radius of nearly 100,000 miles, occupying more than half of the Southern Wilderness.
This swamp itself is almost as large as the East.
There are all kinds of magical terrains such as flowing water, lakes, swamps, sacred mountains, and even a plain where monsters from the southern wilderness gather. It is said that there is also a small desert.
But they were all surrounded by the swamp.
Legend has it that this is the place where the first batch of monsters in the world were born. It is also where most of the monsters in Ku Mu Realm currently live. They rarely go out and stay here.
The area of ​​the swamp is large enough that many monsters cannot explore all the secrets of the swamp in their entire lifetime.
According to some terrifying gossip, it is said that deep in the Nanhuang Swamp, there are still traces of the last few ancient beasts of the Ku Mu Realm.
The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has always wanted to explore the swamp, but they cannot afford to offend the monsters in Yandang Pond. If the monsters do not allow it, no one can roam freely in the swamp.
The water-based spiritual energy that fills the entire Southern Wilderness comes from the big swamp.
Apart from the big swamp, the remaining half of the Southern Wilderness is surrounded by the Mingshan Mountain Range. It is the territory of the ghost cultivators of the Qihuang Valley. In between the two, there are small areas like the Xinggu.
Danding Sect and Shennong Mountain, two of the thirty-three sects of the Immortal Alliance, are located in such a small area.
It is said that if you cross Ming Mountain to the west, you can reach the West Sea directly.
But the problem is that the Mingshan Mountain, a wonderful place where the negative energy of heaven and earth gathers, is a natural regional division. No one can cross it except the powerful Kuhai.
Let’s talk about Yandang Pond again.
This is a huge valley.
There are thirteen sacred peaks crisscrossing each other, covering an area of ​​nearly a thousand miles. Nine rivers have transformed into waterfalls on all sides, with steam rising and smoke lingering. There is a lake and dozens of islands.
There are forests everywhere, and the wind is fertile and the water is beautiful.
There are also floating islands in the sky, one layer upon another, and water flows down from the islands and falls into the lake.
Countless goblins were flying around in the air, laughing and making noise.
There are also various spiritual beasts rising and falling in the water, large groups of white cranes flying freely, and there is also a towering tree that goes straight into the clouds, and above the clouds, it has dense branches that look like a big umbrella.
Many monsters built their nests on the towering trees, and there were exquisite decorations like tree lights and tree houses surrounding the trees, layer upon layer, just like a scene in a dream.
There are also various temples and crypts around the valley and on the mountain walls. They are the residences of the big monsters.
The shameful temple of the Goddess Yunshui is located under the most inconspicuous sacred peak. Most of it has collapsed. It is said that it was accidentally damaged when the mountain guardian lady beat her.
"That tree..."
Jiang Xia looked at the fantastic and charming scenery in front of him. He tilted his head and said to Shi Liu:
"That's Lady Xixin?"
"no."
The pomegranate also looked at the towering tree with respect. It seemed to be afraid of disturbing the scenery of its hometown, and said softly:
"That is the seed that Lady Asarum left in Yandang Pond. It can be considered as the descendant of Lady Asarum. We call it 'Jianmu'. As for the original body of Lady Asarum.
It’s on the Tongtian Mountain in the Zhongzhou spiritual area.
Another name for the Great Lady is the 'Sacred Fusang Tree' as you human cultivators call it. According to legend, the roots of the Great Lady can be found everywhere underground in the entire Ku Mu Territory.
This world is supported by the Empress.
That's why it is called 'Ku Mu Realm'.
The Great Lady gave birth to the spirit in the tide of spiritual energy thousands of years ago. When her divine thoughts were born, she entered the other side and became the Holy Spirit of Heaven and Earth. But long before the Great Lady gave birth to her divine thoughts, she had already protected the spirits and monsters and the entire Kumu Realm for tens of thousands of years. "
"Oh? So, the age of Lady Xixin is not as old as the two great gods Changshan and Jingmo?"
Jiang Xia asked curiously.
Pomegranate shook his head and said:
"We spirits don't calculate our ages that way, but your understanding is correct. To use the terms of your race, Lady Xixin is a 'peerless genius' among the spirits.
She is indeed the descendant of the two great gods Changshan and Jing Mo, but she is more powerful, so all the spirits and monsters respect the Great Lady.
I will explain it to you clearly first, so listen carefully."
Pomegranate flapped its wings and flew in front of the crowd. It looked at the human monks who were invited to enter Yandang Pond, coughed a few times, and said in a more serious tone:
"There are no taboos in Yandang Pond. We don't have as many rules as your human sects. We spirits also believe in freedom. If there are ignorant spirits who cause trouble for you, just beat them up.
As long as you don't use too much force, no one will bother you.
But there is one thing you must remember!
You can't casually comment on the behavior of the big monsters in Yandang Pond, especially when it comes to the two great gods Changshan and Jing Mo, not to mention what Jiang Xia said about Lady Xixin just now.
You can't say!
He couldn't even ask proactively, because Yandang Pond was a holy place for spirits, and the spirits of the two immortals resided there. If he said something wrong, they would hear it.
Not all spirits are as easy to talk to as I am."
"What else?"
Jiang Xia blinked and asked again:
"Are there any other taboos?"
"Uh, no."
Shi Liu scratched his head and said to Lao Jiang:
"There's nothing else to pay attention to. You were invited here by the mountain-guarding grandmother, and you saved the little mist elves. The elves will treat you as trustworthy friends.
So, just treat this place as your home.
Come.
I will take you to see the mountain guardian granny."
It turned around and flew back a few steps, then seemed to have remembered something important, and said to the crowd:
"Also, take care of your belongings. Goblins... well, they're stupid and stubborn. If they find your things, don't expect them to return them to you.
There are also troublemakers like the little mist spirit who will actively steal your things.
If it gets stolen, just consider it bad luck.”
"Don't... listen to its nonsense."
The black cloud kitten held in Helya's arms immediately meowed and said:
"The little fog elves won't steal things. In Yandang Pond, the ones who love to steal things the most are the little mountain monsters. They can burrow underground and often sneak into other people's caves."
"Sylphs also like to steal things, why don't you tell me?"
Pomegranate immediately became dissatisfied.
It stood with its hands on its hips, flapped its wings, and floated in the air, shouting:
"You are framing me! You are... Hey? Where is my game console? It was here just now! How come such a big game console is... Hey! You guys!
Put down what you have in your hands!"
Pomegranate turned his head and yelled angrily at a few sneaky monsters like winged butterflies in the air not far away.
When the "butterfly monsters" emerged from invisibility and saw that Pomegranate had discovered them, they immediately flapped their wings and chirped, and flew away with the game console holding Pomegranate.
While flying.
And he yelled:
"Oh no, we've been discovered by the stupid mountain monster, run!"
"Has anyone seen my necklace?"
"What are those? I haven't seen them before."
"Those are people! People from the east."
"My necklace was stolen! It must have been a mountain troll. I'm going to steal it back!"
"No, they are different from the people I saw in the Great Jungle. They are whiter. Hey, that woman is so beautiful. She has wings, but they are hidden.
I saw it! "
"Who will go with me to steal the mountain monster's nest? I don't dare to go alone."
"Hey, hey, hey! Look, that person can use thunder."
"Get out of the way! Idiot!!!"
"Oh, the stupid mountain monster is coming, run!"
"boom"
A string of dazzling electric arcs gushed , flew over Shi Liu's head, and hit the group of chirping butterfly monsters in front of him.
Amid a series of screams, the butterfly monsters fell to the ground in a twisted state as if they were drunk, and were rushed over by Pomegranate and slapped away one by one with his claws.
He got his game console back, but it shut down immediately due to the electric arc stimulation.
"What is that?"
Jiang Xia looked back at Heiyun in Helya's arms. The latter was like a cat, covering his eyes with his paws lazily, and said:
"That's the wind spirit, the number one troublemaker in Yandang Pond. They are much more annoying than pomegranates."
Heiyun watched Pomegranate and the wind elves fighting with each other, a hint of cat's arrogance and disdain appeared in his eyes, and he jumped out of Helya's arms.
It fell to the ground and transformed into the original black panther. It turned around and said to everyone:
"Let's go quickly. Wind spirits are very united. If they gather together, it will be very troublesome. Let Bad Pomegranate stay here. I will take you to see the mountain guardian granny."
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There is also a teleportation talisman in Yandang Pond.
This place is very large, and the use of magical powers such as earth escape is not allowed.
If they were to walk there, it would be too long. Fortunately, as one of the elders of Yandang Pond, Grandma Zhenshan had a teleportation array that passed directly in front of her temple.
Moreover, Zhenshan Po Po is a mountain deity who doesn't like noise, so her temple is located under her own sacred mountain, in a corner of Yandang Pond.
Jiang Xia and others walked out of the teleportation talisman, and what they saw was a large cave.
It doesn't look like a temple at all.
But the entrance had obviously been reshaped by divine power, and it looked like a gate in a city wall. On the stone next to it, there were blood-patterned talismans that only goblins would use.
It should be something like a "house number".
Shi Rui and the little fat boy tidied up their appearance, Ruyue also reached out to help Gu Miao tidy up her hair, Heerya changed into the Taoist robes of the outer disciples of Mo Shuang Mountain, and held the black cloud kitten in her arms.
As for Lao Jiang, he also changed into the black clothes of the inner disciples of Mo Shuang Mountain.
The Mountain Guardian Granny was the first great man in the Dao-seeking realm that Jiang Xia had met, excluding the sect leader Mo Jun. When he entered the sect that day, Jiang Xia did not even see the sect leader who was in retreat.
Jiang Xia has always respected powerful forces.
He took a deep breath and stepped into the cave in front of him. As soon as he entered the cave, a spiritual energy that was more dense than that of the outside world hit him in the face. It was several times denser than the spiritual energy at Shangxian Peak in Mo Shuang Mountain.
It was almost condensed into substance, as if walking into a sea of ​​spiritual energy.
And with every step on the ground, you can feel the magical power extending from the underground. It doesn't feel like walking into a cave, but more like walking into the mouth of a giant beast.
This mountain is alive.
It has its own life, its own character, its own consciousness, and it is a living and powerful being.
The mountain guardian lady.
Jiang Xia had heard this name from Shi Liu a long time ago. In his imagination, the mountain god of this sacred mountain should be a kind, smiling old lady with silver hair.
Perhaps he will still walk with a cane like Huai'an Gong.
He tried hard to picture in his mind the dignified appearance of a female mountain god, and tried hard to concretize the kind images in his memory.
but……
When he actually walked into the temple of the mountain god and saw the mountain god welcoming them in the temple, all the imaginations in Lao Jiang's heart collapsed at this moment.
The woman in front of me is about 1.85 meters tall.
She had a wasp waist, fiery eyes, long legs and a broad hip. She wore a wild leather skirt made of animal skins. On her bare and delicate ankles, there were silver bells hanging, just like her foolish master's.
Just so willful, letting the smooth collarbone and shoulders be exposed to others.
There is also a swan-like neck, that domineering and slender double S-shaped figure, and long black hair tied into a ponytail, and skin as smooth as jade, which represents healthy wheat-colored skin.
No matter how you look at it, she looks like a wild girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.
Her elegant appearance made Ruyue feel a little ashamed.
Helya, who was very confident about her figure, secretly glanced at the mountain goddess's chest, then looked at her own, and sighed helplessly.
Gu Miao beside her was so ashamed that he didn't dare to look up.
"I am Jiang Xia, an inner disciple of Mo Shuang Mountain. I am here to meet the mountain guardian... Fairy!"
Lao Jiang bowed to the mountain god in front of him and stopped himself from calling her mother-in-law like Shi Liu did, and changed to a more appropriate name .
At this moment, he was thinking about a very magical question in his mind.
Pomegranate, ah pomegranate.
You actually call such a beautiful woman from the Southern Wilderness who is stunning from every angle, mother-in-law?
How did you live to this age without being beaten to death?