But I have to say that it was precisely because of Duan Chen’s talkative and carefree personality that I quickly became familiar with him.
At the same time, I also got more information about the forbidden area of [Misty Forest] - after all, this guy has been here for five days.
What shocked me the most was a guess made by Duan Chen...
He believed that this strange forest seemed to have traces of man-made arrangements!
"How is it possible?!" I asked in surprise, "A weird place of this scale and scope can be created by practitioners?"
To be honest, I don't believe it.
Duan Chen shrugged.
"Maybe it's the kind of ancient monks whose methods are beyond imagination? Or maybe it's not possible for one person, but many people, and the continuous efforts of generations."
Seeing my thoughtful look, he added.
"Actually, it's mainly because the feeling this place gives me is intuitively similar to the [Cave Sky] in Qingcheng Mountain. That's why I wonder if there are any traces of man-made things."
"Dongtian? What is that?"
I frowned slightly.
Duan Chen was startled, then covered his mouth with his hand.
"Holy crap! I thought you had a good relationship with Uncle Xu Xinyi, and he told you about this. Forget it, it's not a big secret, it's just some old habits..."
Duan Chen explained that the so-called [Dongtian] is actually a special area specially opened up by each famous sect within their own sect.
There will be various special effects in the [Dongtian] of different sects - for example, one of the most powerful effects of the [Dongtian] in Qingcheng Mountain is that the spiritual energy inside is ten times stronger than the outside world!
In short, [Dongtian] allows those who enter it to practice cultivation to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, the construction of [Dongtian] is also a very, very difficult thing. Basically, it takes several generations of disciples from the sect to continue investing a lot of time and energy to have a chance to succeed.
To put it simply, people in the past planted trees and people in the future took advantage of the shade.
For example, the [Dongtian] in Qingcheng Mountain was built in the 20th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty when the third generation of the Li sect was in charge. It was not finally completed until the first year of Yuanxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty when the sixth generation was in charge. Construction was successful.
This period lasted a total of one hundred and eighty-seven years!
"Because [Dongtian] is actually a symbol of a sect's heritage, and it also has huge benefits. Therefore, in ancient times a long time ago, there would be some very shameless sects who launched attacks on the sects that owned [Dongtian], just to snatch [Dongtian]. Cave Sky].”
Um?
Hearing this, I frowned slightly again.
Can a sect without [Dongtian] be able to defeat a sect with [Dongtian]?
But as soon as this idea appeared, I immediately woke up and understood the reason.
Because building [Dongtian] not only requires the strength of the sect, but also requires patience. It requires people of the current generation to temporarily give up their own interests, and the descendants of Fuze...
Some sects may be very powerful, but due to various reasons are unable or unwilling to build [Cave Heaven]. The best way for them is to snatch it!
I shook my head helplessly.
"It's really shameless."
Duan Chen snorted.
"That's not the case! But fortunately, in most cases, the success rate of this shameless behavior of trying to occupy the magpie's nest is not high. But in order to avoid bloody battles, the sect that owns [Dongtian] strictly prohibits disciples from revealing it. It is against the rules. Violators will be severely punished!"
Well……
I was speechless for a while.
"So, Brother Duan, have you violated Qingcheng Mountain's sect rules again? This is an extra level of sin!"
He waved his hands playfully.
"It's okay, these are actually old-fashioned rules from ancient times! Although there are still some in the sect rules, in fact, everyone just turns a blind eye. Anyway, after more than two thousand years, which sects Anyone with a little experience will know whether there is [Dongtian] or not.”
"What's more, in modern society, you don't think there can be such a war in which one sect attacks another sect, do you? Isn't your modern court the kind of semi-fashionable state that has no strong binding force on practitioners in ancient times? Wu Brother, times have changed. In the era of technological civilization, we don’t have so many taboos.”
Well……
This is true!
In ancient times, the court's binding force on practitioners was far less than it is now.
After all, the speed of information dissemination in ancient times was slow, and there were no special monitoring methods. Even if a large-scale brutal battle broke out between sects... maybe the two sects had already finished the fight, and the higher-ups didn't know yet!
So what if I knew?
But it's just a scolding, you can't send out soldiers to encircle and suppress it just because of a little face!
In modern society, if you go too far, the court will be angry or unable to step down...
Supersonic fighter planes will launch a few powerful missiles to hit them from a long distance. Not to mention ordinary practitioners, all those who are strong in [Purixia] and [Fan Xia] will be defeated!
Unless he is good at escape magic and can run fast, or he has been hiding in a crowded city, which makes the court afraid of using thermal weapons of mass destruction.
After all, compared with ancient times. In the modern technological society, practitioners have concerns, and the court also has concerns... so a delicate balance has been reached.
Xiuxing Company is actually a product that is inconvenient to use large-scale weapons...
"Okay, Brother Wu, I'm going a bit far. Let's talk about the current [Misty Forest]. You came here to find the rare objects that resurrected the brothers, right? I don't have any purpose anyway. I just came here to hang out. I’ll follow you as I wander around looking for treasures.”
When I heard this, I immediately laughed.
"Brother Duan is willing to travel with me, it is simply a dream!"
He sighed.
"But Brother Wu, I've been wandering around here for five days. I haven't even seen a small puddle, let alone a glowing lake. You have to be mentally prepared."
I nodded.
"I understand. This forbidden area is very weird. I even doubt whether the lake remains hidden. It will only appear at special times. In short, let's take a step and see..."
As I said that, I took out a pill and handed it over.
"Brother Duan, here it is. This is the Qi Recovery Pill. If you eat it, you can quickly restore your exhausted Qi."
oh?
Duan Chen was a little surprised.
"Brother Wu, I see that you are a talisman monk like me. Do you still carry this kind of elixir with you? This thing is not cheap to buy."
