The road to Shu is long and dangerous. Even in the words of the great poet Li Bai nearly a thousand years later, it is still a difficult road that is difficult to reach the sky. It is still the road to Shu after the development of the two Han Dynasties.
During the Pre-Qin and Warring States periods, the Shu Road would only be more difficult and dangerous than what Li Bai had seen.
"Bringing Jiameng to the sword pavilion, sitting in Jialing and pillowing on the white water, you are a true and natural hero!"
Looking at the high mountains at his feet, Chi Yao sighed with emotion. Sometimes he couldn't figure out how Qin could swallow up Bashu and Bashu in one go.
Obviously, judging from the geographical location, it is easier for the Chu State to achieve this goal. After all, they only need to follow the waterway to enter Shu. However, if the Qin State wants to invade, it must break through the two natural dangers of Jiameng Pass and Jiange.
That was the Jianmen Pass that later became known as the most dangerous pass in the world!
There are steep cliffs on both sides, reaching straight into the sky, with peaks leaning against the sky like swords; the cliffs are cut off, and the two walls face each other, shaped like a door, so it is called "Sword Gate".
Jianmen Pass is the gateway to Shu, an important military town, and is recognized as a battleground for military strategists.
It is a more dangerous pass than Hangu Pass.
Just look at how many times Qin State has resisted the crisis of being besieged by Hezong with the help of a Hangu natural barrier? You can understand the value of Jianmenguan.
If the Chu State had swallowed up the land of Bashu in advance and kept the junction with the Qin State at the Jiameng Pass-Jiange area, then it would have been at least ten times more difficult for the Qin State to dominate the world, and it might even have been lost forever. this opportunity.
But there are no ifs in history. If Chu missed it, he missed it. This mistake allowed Qin to usher in a completely reborn take-off.
It was after swallowing the granary of Bashu that Qin truly became the number one among the Seven Kingdoms, possessing the ability to destroy any country one-on-one.
The second take-off of the Qin State was the completion of the Zhengguo Canal, which turned the originally barren Guanzhong land into the fertile wilderness of Guanzhong that was later praised.
After having the two major logistical supports of Guanzhong and Bashu, Qin truly had the power to unify the world. Not afraid of a war of wheels or a war of attrition, and use hard power to crush the six countries.
But it's useless to say this now. History cannot go back on regrets. No matter how much Chu State regrets now, there is no way to make up for it.
The reason why Chi Yao left Dongting and came to Shu was because he received important information from Jing Salamander.
After Jing salamander escaped from the trap, he was dispatched by Chi Yao and brought a small group of Chi family disciples to Shu to secretly develop an intelligence network. Although this place already belongs to the Qin Dynasty, because the road is too closed, communication with Guanzhong is not frequent, and Luo Wang does not invest many manpower here. Jing Salamander is still quite comfortable in doing things.
After the Bashu branch was simply set up, she quickly got an important piece of information.
"It is suspected that an important figure from the Yin Yang family has entered Shu, and the target is heading straight to Shu Mountain."
Investigating Shushan was the ultimate task given to her by Chi Yao, and the Yin Yang family has always been known for its secrecy. After getting this news, Jing Salamander thought for a moment and immediately decided to inform Chi Yao.
This prompted his trip to Bashu.
At the foot of Shushan Mountain.
"Have they already gone up?"
"Yes, Master."
Jingyu wore a mask and reported in a low voice, "According to the intelligence, here are the two disciples of Donghuang Taiyi, the head of the Yin-Yang family. They are both famous geniuses. There was no cover along the way, and they headed straight towards Shushan. .”
"It's interesting. Is the Yin Yang family so anxious?"
Chi Yao muttered secretly.
Originally, because he had been copying the witch patterns on Chi You's body in the Hidden Witch Palace, Chi Yao was not anxious about these things. Anyway, according to the progress of the plot, they would eventually surface one by one.
But now that the Yin and Yang family has taken action, he naturally can't continue to do anything.
"Let's go up the mountain and see what the Yin Yang family is doing this time."
For the people of Bashu, Shu Mountain is not only a huge and continuously moving inexhaustible resource pool, but also represents their spiritual beliefs.
Just as people in Yue believe in Chi You and the art of witchcraft, most of the people in Shu believe in Shu Mountain, or in other words, the sacred tree on Shu Mountain.
Therefore, Shushan's past existence was different from that of sects, gangs, and schools. It was more like a sect.
Even the words of the Great Elder of Shushan are sometimes more effective than the King of Shu.
However, after Bashu fell and was incorporated into the territory of Qin, the original superior status of Shu Mountain was greatly weakened. The King of Qin will not allow such a sect that can override the royal power to exist in his own territory, even if its influence is only limited to a small area!
Therefore, compared with before, Shushan's momentum has declined greatly. Now, it has almost completely transformed into an ordinary sect built around the two important places of Sacred Tree and Yuyuan.
With Chi Yao's amazing skills, it would be easy to avoid the Shushan disciples patrolling the mountain road.
But they didn't do that today, because someone had already knocked down most of the mountain patrol disciples in advance.
That's right, all the way up the mountain, the woods were full of disciples lying on the ground or hanging on tree branches and wailing.
Chi Yao looked at them with the Heavenly Gu Qi Watching Technique, and saw that they all had a few wisps of very fiery and domineering flame aura on their bodies.
Jing Salaman explained beside him: "The Yin and Yang family is divided into two channels, Yin and Yang, from the leader down. The Yang channel is further divided into the upper three parts of sun, moon and stars, and the lower five parts of metal, wood, water, fire and earth; while the Yin channel It was too secretive, and even the net could only collect some vague and unverified rumors. It is said that there are two parts, Shangui and Lihun... Judging from these scars, the one who came this time should be the number one genius of the Yin Yang family. Concubine Yan is known as the youngest successor to Dongjun in hundreds of years!"
"As expected of the Yin Yang family, they have such a domineering style."
Chi Yao looked at the Shushan disciples on the ground. Although most of them were still alive, they had been invaded by such violent and hot alien energy and could not be removed in time. It could be said that they were useless in the future.
Concubine Yan is going to force Shushan to go to war with her!
Sure enough, after a while, Chi Yao and the others had just reached the mountainside when they heard a violent explosion from the top of the mountain. Looking up, it seems that there are monstrous waves of fire and dark mist competing with each other, rendering the sky of Shushan clearly distinct.
At the same time, a vigorous and angry voice sounded in the distance: "Witch from the Yin and Yang family, don't go too far!"
"Excessive? I just want to use your sacred tree. If they don't come up to stop it, how can there be any casualties?"
Concubine Yan replied calmly, "It's all your own fault!"
"good!"
The Great Elder of Shushan was furious, "Then it's no wonder that I bully the young with my elder. Today I will teach you a lesson for Donghuang Taiyi!"
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