"No wonder this place is called Shushan!"
Shen Hao couldn't help but sigh when he saw the library in front of him. The huge mountain wall is filled with bookshelves as far as the eye can see, and there are three floors above and three below!
“Is this hollowing out the mountain?”
I thought that the library here would be in the form of a building on the mountain, but now I found that this is not the case at all. Entering from the library gate halfway up the mountain, the entire huge mountain seems to be empty, and the entire field of vision is filled with books.
Shen Hao revealed his identity and obtained a temporary sign that allowed him to move around the library. You can enter any area that is not restricted by the magic circle, and you can browse the copper bars, paper books, and jade tablets on the bookshelves at will. But most of the time I can only stand and watch, thinking that there are only a few seats, but now I am afraid there are no empty seats.
The library was crowded with people, but it was not noisy. On the contrary, it was barely quiet. Only the sound of turning books was clearer, and the footsteps were deliberately very soft.
To be honest, Shen Hao was not only shocked by the amount of books here, but also by the number of people here.
Grab the sign and start walking inside. As you walk, use your senses to scan the bookshelves above and below.
Soon Shen Hao made some interesting discoveries. For example, although there are many books here, most of them are essays, travel notes, and practice summaries. There aren't many that involve specific techniques and techniques, but it's not none. However, the bookshelves were basically empty when it came to exercises and spells. There were a lot of people squatting or standing in front of them, holding books and copper bars in silence. Some of them were even reading a book together.
Shen Hao was also very interested in the overview of spells and exercises in Wanjuan Shushan, but he looked at it and thought, forget it, it wasn't his turn to read the book. If he queued up, he didn't know if it would be the next day. .
So he continued walking forward, and when he came across a shelf with few people's essays and travel notes, he stopped and flipped through a few books. Shen Hao was surprised by a lot of the content in it, which he had never known before.
For example, I don’t know if a travel book was written by someone exactly how many years ago. It records travel experiences before the Jing Dynasty, that is, during the Jing Dynasty, or even in the early Jing Dynasty. A conservative calculation would suggest that it is at least more than three thousand years ago?
What was this world like more than three thousand years ago? This is not found in Xuan Qingwei's library, and Shen Hao is very curious about it. So I started reading.
There is not much content in the travel notes. It seems that the author suddenly had an idea to take action while practicing, so he walked out of the practice, traveled around various places, and recorded some interesting experiences.
The beautiful scenery, interesting folk customs and food from various places are all recorded in the travel notes. Of course, there are also sects in various places and interesting stories about these sects.
Shen Hao discovered that there were actually many similarities between the old Jing Dynasty and the previous dynasty, especially the customs and customs of various places. Although there have been changes, similar shadows can be found today.
But it is actually the sect that has undergone huge changes.
I don’t know if the author of this travelogue was a disciple of Wanjuan Shushan at that time, and I don’t know if Wanjuan Shushan at that time already had the aura of the super sect that it is now.
According to the records in the travel notes, the sects at that time were very complex, far more numerous than the number of sects now. There was no so-called clear boundary between the first, second and third tiers. Even the Jing Dynasty at that time had no ability to threaten the sect, and the ownership of resources was extremely chaotic. Fights often occur between sects and sects, between sects and Jingchao, and even with casual cultivators. Deaths and injuries are almost the norm, and even casualties involving ordinary people are nothing new.
These are not bad, just a little messy, Shen Hao can accept it, it is not an incomprehensible state.
But after reading the part about the sect in this travelogue, Shen Hao had a doubt. Because it mentioned a sect called "Nine Yin Sha Xuan Sect", its magic technique is characterized by the ability to control evil spirits, and it can corrode the flesh and soul of others to enrich themselves. He was feared by the locals and also feared by the surrounding sects.
This... Shen Hao's first reaction when he saw this was: Isn't this an evil monk?
Can evil monks also openly establish a sect? !
According to the words in this travelogue, this sect named "Nine Yin Sha Xuan Sect" is only "fearful" to the surrounding sects. It is not like a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats. It can even recruit disciples normally.
This conflicts with Shen Hao's cognition.
This evil monk could actually be called a "sect" and accept disciples in an upright manner thousands of years ago? How could Jingchao and other sects endure it at that time? Or is it that the evil monks at that time were not as extreme as they are now?
This immediately got Shen Hao interested, and while there were still two hours left before the banquet in the evening, he began to look for the contents of these essays that recorded interesting stories from thousands of years ago.
The good news is that no one else is competing with Shen Hao for this kind of content, so he feels at ease despite the crowds.
When the guard reminded him that the banquet was about to begin, Shen Hao reluctantly came out of Shushan Library. Although the meaning is still unfinished, after reading the relevant contents of the Seven and Eight Parts, Shen Hao had a rough understanding of the sect's situation in the three thousand years before the old Jing Dynasty, that is, in the early and middle Jing Dynasty. It really surprised him.
To put it simply, there was no such thing as "evil monks" in the past. There were only special sects that were different from normal practice methods.
So when did these "special sects" become classified as evil monks, and began to be hated by the entire cultivating world and the country and wanted to exterminate them? There must be something major happening that intensifies the conflict. But Shen Hao did not see any records related to this incident.
There is a wonderful break in the middle.
This is unreasonable. Because judging from the time, the evil monks should have appeared in the middle and late Jing Dynasty, and the travel notes and essays in Wanjuan Shushan obviously cover this time period. In addition, such a major event must have caused a sensation in the cultivation world at that time. It is impossible. Not recorded.
Either Shen Hao did not find the relevant records, or the relevant records were deliberately stored elsewhere.
With this thought, many other thoughts came flooding in.
For example, the Xuanqing Guard, as the eyes, ears and minions of the Jingji Dynasty that monitored the world, why didn't its library contain such crucial information? Is it because it’s so old or because I don’t know enough about it?
It doesn't seem to make sense.
Perhaps by directly comparing the situation here at Wanjuan Shushan with the situation at Xuanqing Weili, the answer should be almost the same...
The thoughts in my mind can only come to an end here. Because at this time, the huge square on the top of Shushan Mountain was already decorated with lights and decorations, and tables and tables were displayed. Thousands of them were placed in rows on the red carpet.
On June 14th, the night before the conference, Wanjuan Shushan hosted a banquet for hundreds of guests at the top of Shushan!
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