Not to mention Bai He going to Xingluo City to deliver a message, let’s talk about Ma Hongjun in the Xieluo Mountains.
During this period of more than half a month, in addition to driving away the nearby spirit beasts and guiding the villagers in their cultivation, Ma Hongjun also helped the villagers open up a medicinal field in the valley.
The development of medicine fields is actually not a difficult task for Ma Hongjun, who has the Blue Silver True Fire that can stimulate the growth of medicines and the seeds of medicines on his body.
Besides, there are actually many kinds of medicinal herbs growing in the Xieluo Mountains. Although there are no good old-age medicinal herbs in the periphery, there are many kinds.
Therefore, while expelling nearby soul beasts, Ma Hongjun also specially marked the growing areas of medicinal herbs that could be used to assist cultivation.
As for those common herbs that are relatively rare but grow on a relatively small scale and are easy to grow, Ma Hongjun also took his cousins Ma Fan and Ma Hongjin to transplant some of them back.
Ma Hongjin is the grandson of Ma Hongjun's third uncle, and the son of Ma Junwei, who is currently the temporary village chief. He possesses the authentic Golden Pheasant martial spirit passed down by the Ma family.
The reason why he was named Ma Hongjin was because his cousin Ma Hongjun had the Fire Phoenix martial spirit with innate soul power, so Ma Hongjun's third uncle named him Ma Hongjin.
It can be said that just by looking at Ma Hongjin's name, you can see the Ma family's recognition and sense of belonging to Ma Hongjun.
Of course, although Ma Fan's name was relatively common, Ma Hongjun was not yet born at that time. Who would have thought that their Ma family would produce a genius with innate soul power?
However, the attitude of the Ma family also made Ma Hongjun feel more attributable and recognized to these members of his clan.
It's just that there's no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever, and Ma Hongjun can't stay in this valley forever.
Not to mention, only when he becomes strong enough can he protect the people around him and those close to him.
So Ma Hongjun stayed in the valley for more than half a month. After seeing that the cultivation of the tribe and villagers was on the right track, he went straight to the depths of the Xieluo Mountains.
For more than a month, Ma Hongjun didn't just wander around the periphery. During this period, he also took the Chongming Bird and took the time to walk around the entire Xieluo Mountains more than once.
Ma Hongjun has almost figured out the distribution of soul beasts, topography and landforms in the Xieluo Mountains.
One day later, Ma Hongjun and Chongmingniao arrived at the chosen retreat, which was a peak in the core area of the Xieluo Mountains.
On the lush and lush Wanren Peak, the top of the mountain is shaped like an extremely large green turtle.
And halfway up the mountain, on the side of the cliff, there is a cave inlaid with vines hanging like curtains around it. The valley below the cliff is a hundred feet deep, and the stream pours down, making a sound like thunder.
Looking up, there are cliffs and ancient trees on the shore, as if there is a thin line in the sky.
But what really attracted Ma Hongjun here was the top of this mountain.
In fact, the peak that looks like a giant turtle is not actually a mountain rock, but an extremely huge ten thousand year old soul beast, the rock turtle.
The Ten Thousand Years Rock Turtle is a soul beast whose entire body is made of rock. As for whether its body composition contains elements of flesh and blood, Ma Hongjun is still unclear.
But even so, this ten-thousand-year-old rock turtle is the most bizarre life that Ma Hongjun has ever seen, except for ghost beasts.
Ma Hongjun had heard of other strange soul beasts, such as the Snow Girl, who was born from heaven and earth and transformed into ice and snow. Ma Hongjun had read some records about it, but he had never seen it.
But this rock turtle opened Ma Hongjun's eyes and made him want to find out more.
Not to mention that the mountain peak where this rock turtle lives can be considered to be within Ma Hongjun's territory in the Tiandou Empire according to the geographical classification.
And this Xieluo Mountains is where Ma Hongjun plans to establish Shrek Academy.
As the saying goes, how can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?
Therefore, as Ma Hongjun's future development base is also the territory of Shrek Academy in the future, how could he leave the spirit beasts here alone?
Therefore, this is one of the reasons why Ma Hongjun came to the Xieluo Mountains specifically.
Of course, even so, Ma Hongjun never thought of killing all the soul beasts here, so he planned to give those intelligent soul beasts three paths.
One, leave the Xieluo Mountains and go to other places to survive, such as the Star Forest adjacent to the Xieluo Mountains.
Second, abide by his rules, be protected by him, and live together in the Xieluo Mountains with the people of Shrek Academy.
If the intelligent spirit beasts choose this option, Ma Hongjun will choose to treat them equally and prohibit anyone in his territory from hunting these intelligent spirit beasts under his protection.
Ma Hongjun would even teach these spirit beasts the techniques that would enable them to practice.
Third, if you neither want to leave nor abide by his rules, then there is only a dead end.
If you choose this option, it means that the contradiction between the two parties is irreconcilable.
Perhaps the first and third options would be the most likely of the three choices, but Ma Hongjun still wanted to try it.
Of course, even if a soul beast chooses the third option, there is a high probability that it will not be killed on the spot.
But the soul beasts who choose this path will definitely become tool beasts raised in Shrek Academy to provide soul rings, just like the soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest.
As for those soul beasts with low intelligence, if possible, we should expel them as much as possible.
If they can't, limit their area of activity and use them as tool beasts to provide soul rings for students in the future.
In fact, there is nothing we can do about it. After all, low intelligence means that it is difficult or even impossible to communicate.
And these people cannot live together in the Shero Mountains with the people from Shrek Academy.
Although Ma Hongjun has always said that soul beasts also have their own rights to survive and should not just be tools to provide soul rings for humans, but when it comes to his bottom line and major issues of right and wrong, Ma Hongjun is still able to figure it out.
Not to mention, even if Ma Hongjun has good intentions towards the soul beast, all he can do is have a clear conscience.
As for whether it can fight for its own right to survive, it depends on the choice of the soul beast.
Now, Ma Hongjun came to find this rock turtle, which was considered a trial of his choice.
Through Ma Hongjun's observation, this rock turtle, which is like a wonder on the mountain peak, has only been cultivated for more than 10,000 years, but it should be the most difficult to gnaw and the easiest soul beast to deal with in the Xieluo Mountains.
The turtle shell, which was as huge as a small hill, was covered with thick soil, and sparse flowers, shrubs, and pine trees grew on the soil. It was impossible to tell that it was a turtle shell at all.
But precisely because of this, Ma Hongjun found this rock turtle difficult to chew.
It is not difficult for Ma Hongjun to guess that based on the appearance of this rock turtle, it probably has unparalleled powerful defense capabilities.
Maybe Ma Hongjun's soul skills other than Phoenix Fire Lotus' attacks on it would be like scratching an itch.
And this is one of the reasons why Ma Hongjun chose it.
And its size is too big. Even if the top of the mountain is small, it is still a giant turtle nearly ten meters long.
Not to mention, it is still at the top of this mountain, which means that it is very inconvenient for it to move.
In this way, even if Ma Hongjun couldn't defeat the rock turtle, it shouldn't be a big problem if he wanted to make a strategic retreat.
It can be said that this rock turtle is simply a natural target. If it is not used to hone its own soul skills and attacks, it would be a waste of resources.
