The Thousand Mountain Jade Leaves tea is truly a treasure. Drinking it can enhance True Qi, but it's quite expensive; a single pot costs 80,000 yuan, not to ntion several pounds of it!
Li Chuan: "No need to be so polite. But I am indeed quite curious about this Dragon Earth Cave."
Lan Yubo turned to Lan Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, stay ho and keep an eye on your father. We're going out with Mr. Li."
With that, the two left with Li Chuan.
As soon as Lan Yubo and Li Chuan walked out, people outside gathered around them.
"How did it go?"
"Yeah, is Long okay now?"
Lan Yubo: "Everyone, rest assured. Master Li has already healed Long."
"We're going out for a bit. You all stay here and keep watch."
Soon, the three of them left the old town and entered the Nine-Headed Mountain area.
The Nine-Headed Mountain range is vast, with a unique shape and beautiful scenery. It's no wonder the local governnt wants to develop it into a cultural and tourism area. If successful, it would surely beco a pri attraction of Jiangzhou City.
"Sir, just how deep is this Dragon Earth Cave? Is it a man-made or naturally ford cave?" Li Chuan asked curiously.
Lan Yubo: "I heard it was a man-made cave, dug during the Ming Dynasty when Zhu Yuanzhang ruled. It was originally ant as a refuge from wars. Later, for reasons unknown, it was abandoned. Perhaps after the Dragon God appeared, no one dared to enter anymore."
Liu: "Actually, every year there are mountaineering enthusiasts, hikers, and exploration teams entering Nine-Headed Mountain. Many have heard of the Dragon Earth Cave and want to explore it, but those who enter all disappear. Just this year alone, fifteen people have died."
Lan Yubo: "Among those people, so were quite unhappy with their lives and had a death wish."
Li Chuan shook his head: "That's strange. I think those people didn't voluntarily walk into the Dragon Earth Cave."
Lan Yubo was taken aback: "What do you an? Could it be murder?"
Li Chuan asked: "With Nine-Headed Mountain's vast range, there must be many animals inside. Have you ever hunted there?"
Lan Yubo chuckled: "Speaking of that, my hunting skills are top-notch; those so-called hunting experts are no match for ."
Li Chuan: "But in such deep mountains, are there really only animals?"
Lan Yubo and Liu suddenly fell silent.
Li Chuan looked at the dense vegetation, towering trees, and the mist within the forest, and whispered: "The three major Dragon Veins in our country all originate from the Kunlun Mountain range. The location of Nine-Headed Mountain is at the downstream dragon head of the Southern Gan Dragon Vein."
"Dragon Vein locations have always been places of great talent and nurous heroes, but they're also accompanied by tales of mountain spirits and monsters."
"If these mountain spirits and monsters truly exist, wouldn't they usually find a place rich in Yin Qi, suitable for their survival and cultivation?"
Upon hearing this, both Lan Yubo and Liu shuddered, their scalps prickling, and they shivered.
"Master Li, are you suggesting that this Dragon Earth Cave might be the hiding place for these mountain spirits and monsters?" Lan Yubo's voice trembled with a hint of fear.
Li Chuan's expression beca sowhat serious: "In my studies, there are so basic paths of Feng Shui. This situation is known in Feng Shui as a Thousand Evil Gathering Yin Land. If this Feng Shui array has been in place for a certain period, the concentration of Evil Qi and the accumulation of Yin Qi like a tidal wave may lead to catastrophic consequences!"
"According to what you've ntioned, this location has existed for at least four hundred years. Over these centuries, the Feng Shui array has ford. Otherwise, people wouldn't continuously enter and then fail to return. Those who co to explore will unconsciously be influenced by the Feng Shui array and walk into the cave involuntarily."
Lan Yubo's scalp tingled: "Is it really like this?"
Li Chuan: "Have you ever encountered any bizarre or inexplicable events living at the foot of the mountain all these years?"
Liu swallowed hard: "Of course. Just yesterday, when I led a team to harvest the Thousand Mountain Jade Leaves, we were attacked by so mysterious animal, almost spilling all the tea leaves. I initially thought it was a wild boar or a lynx, but it scared to death at the ti!"
"Thankfully, we had a big black dog with us. It barked furiously, scaring those things away from the bushes. Could those things be mountain spirits and monsters?"
Saying this, Liu's face turned pale, and his legs started trembling. Though he was a geomancer, he wasn't skilled enough to deal with mountain spirits and monsters!
In Nine-Headed Mountain, there are indeed boars weighing over a thousand pounds, weasels, and foxes.
But after listening to Li Chuan, he was unsure because those things were incredibly fast and liked to hide in the bushes, usually disappearing in a flash with just a glimpse of a dark shadow!
"Rustle, rustle, rustle!"
At this mont, the sudden and intense sound of leaves clashing ca from the dense forest nearby.
"Not good! It's the sa kind of noise!" Liu exclaid!
At this mont, the sky was overcast, suggesting rain at any mont.
But then again, it was still dayti. The fact sothing dares to cause trouble in broad daylight—this kind of strange occurrence had already surpassed Li Chuan's understanding of Piao!
As he looked at the violently shaking shrubs, Li Chuan's attention was also highly focused. In the bushes, there seed to be a shadow moving rapidly, though it was unclear what it actually was.
After a mont's hesitation, Li Chuan bent down, picked up a few sharp stones from the ground, silently channeled True Qi, and threw them toward the shadow!
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The sharp stones, accelerated by True Qi, shot out like lightning, cutting through the air with a sharp sound before embedding into the thicket!
Following this was a "Jie jie" screech from the bushes, causing a violent shaking, then it quieted down.
Liu: "Did that thing leave?"
Li Chuan: "Yes."
Lan Yubo: "Did you see clearly what it was?"
Li Chuan's expression was sowhat grave: "It appeared to be a very large snake."
Lan Yubo was still in shock: "So it's not a ghost?"
"Judging by its size, while it's not a ghost, calling it a monster snake wouldn't be an exaggeration." Li Chuan frowned, knowing the danger of Nine-Headed Mountain. He hadn't expected to encounter sothing so bizarre so soon after entering the mountain area; evidently, the situation was more complicated than he had imagined.
Then, Li Chuan slowly closed his eyes, channeling Lingxi True Qi within him to concentrate it in his eyes. When he reopened them, he saw that deep within the fog-laden Nine-Headed Mountain, there appeared a black mass of Yin Evil Qi!
This Yin Evil Qi coiled above the center of Nine-Headed Mountain, like a black cloud!
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