Chapter 934 Heading to the Shinto

It was a summer night.

The night air was not cold, but rather a bit sultry. The chirping of insects was about to reach its peak, the volume was getting louder and louder, and the timbre was gradually becoming more pleasant.

All the colorful flowers in the mountains were in full bloom, and the fragrance of the flowers filled the night air.

In this Xuanjing Mountain, the mountains and waters were clear, the rocks were steep, and there was a place for fishing. The leaves of the trees were green, and the branches were red dragons. In the towering stream, the green haze was shrouded in smoke.

There were trees of tung, Chinese toon, oak, elm, willow, and mulberry.

There were animals such as swallows, sparrows, mice, leopards, tigers, dragons, fish, deer, and roe deer.

Gaihua was in Shaoyin, and it welcomed the sun to match it, making it lively and full of clouds. The cliffs and trees rose and fell with the foothills. The green waves were everywhere, and the smoke and clouds were in a variety of shapes from morning to night.

The small river in the middle is even more fun, with gurgling and splashing, and the sound of water is the most fun. There are two people fishing by the river. People are in the scenery and also become scenery.

Two people are fishing, one of them keeps catching fish, dozens of kilograms of big fish, one after another, as if it will never stop. The river below is only a mile wide, and no one knows where so many big fish come from, as if the king of fish in the river is rushing to fly over.

The other person can't catch any fish, so he simply sticks the fishing rod made of branches into the ground and goes to talk to the person on the other side.

Chat flow play, if you can't catch you, chat and disturb you, no one should play.

However, if you listen carefully, you can find that the two people are talking about mysterious topics.

"Xiangliu doesn't stand on the side of mortals, so does Wudao stand on the side of mortals?" Shen Yijun said nonchalantly, without stopping the fishing rod in his hand, still releasing the line.

"Wu Dao does not stand on anyone's side. No matter who you are, Wu Dao is a neutralizer and a mediator. We just want to maintain the balance of all things and let every creature and every Taoist have its own living space." Li Qi said so.

This is indeed the attitude of the witches.

Wu Dao is indeed not on the side of mortals, but on the surface, the ones that Wu Dao helps the most are these mortals who have no ability to survive.

Mortals are too fragile in front of the powerful and the advanced civilization. If Wu Dao does not take action, then everyone will have no living space.

And the human way is the most extreme in this regard. They want to replace heaven with human beings and directly erase the existence power of all things except human beings.

If they succeed, from then on, whether a thing has a meaning of existence is defined by human beings.

Therefore, the dispute between Wu Dao and human Dao cannot be reconciled, and there is no compromise or concession.

It is true that witches and shamans are not good people, nor are they saints. They are not soft-hearted when killing people, but at least they will ensure that the "whole" is moving in a more diverse direction.

Therefore, the relationship between witches and shamans and Xiangliu is actually the same as that of humanity.

Humanity wants to occupy everything except humans, while Xiangliu wants to destroy all mortals. For witches and shamans, there is only a distinction between the severity of the two, but no difference in nature.

Witches and shamans also hate Xiangliu. The relationship between witches and Haotian is good, but the relationship with the faction of Gonggong Xiangliu is quite bad.

"So, Li Qi, are you unwilling to meet the ancestor?" Shen Yijun asked.

"No, I'm just stating my position. To be honest, I don't know who is the powerful person behind the gods of Xiangliu's lineage." Li Qi said, "Xiangliu is Gonggong's subordinate, and Gonggong is only a second-grade..."

"The same second-grade should include the 'Four Evils', namely Hun Dun, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Taowu. They should also be the faction against mortals, right? I don't know if they are gods of heaven or earth, but they are definitely gods."

"Then who is the first-grade behind them? If there is no first-grade backing, I'm afraid there won't be so much trouble, right?" Li Qi said.

"Then I don't know, let alone the first and second grades, I don't even understand the fifth grade, otherwise I wouldn't be stuck here for hundreds of thousands of years." Shen Yijun said with a chuckle.

Talking to him about the first and second grades, isn't this funny? If he wants to understand, why would he come here to pass on the message?

"Well... So, I can go meet Xiangliu and talk to him face to face, but I can't guarantee that I will unseal him. After all... Xiangliu was sealed by a witch." Li Qi said so.

Yes, although Xiangliu was defeated by the real dragon, it was the witch who finally executed the seal.

After killing Xiangliu, Emperor Yu buried his body in the north of Kunlun Mountain, and then built the "Five Emperors Terrace" on it, that is, carved the statues of Emperor Xuanyuan, Emperor Gaoyang, Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Shun, and suppressed Xiangliu's body to completely seal it.

And the "Tai" is actually a place for sacrifice. The construction method of the Five Emperors Terrace was actually proposed by the witches under Emperor Yu.

"That's fine." Shen Yijun nodded.

Seeing that the business was finished, Li Qi couldn't bear it anymore.

He kicked Shen Yijun into the river: "Stop fishing! You'll die if you keep fishing! All the king fish have been caught!"

Shen Yijun fell into the river and quickly grabbed the fishing guard. He weighed it and estimated that it must be tens of thousands of pounds. Without saying anything, he quickly put it into his magic weapon Jianghai and ran away.

Li Qi was speechless, then looked at the small fish he caught. It was only three or four pounds, and there were only five or six of them.

Forget it, just roast it and eat it.

Li Qi has three hobbies: reading, eating, and fishing.

Now it's just right to satisfy three of them at once.

At the riverside, I removed the scales and dirt of the fish I had caught, rinsed it in water, cleaned it, and then grilled it on the spot, sprinkling some salt for seasoning.

I took a bite.

Hmm.

As expected, it tasted terrible.

Compared to the delicacies of the immortals and the rare treasures, this fish was too ordinary, and even too much salt was added.

However, at this time, a group of monkeys appeared nearby.

They were just ordinary monkeys, not monsters, and they were not yet intelligent and stupid.

But after all, they were monkeys in the Wushen Mountain, so they were much smarter than their counterparts outside.

They saw Li Qi, so they ran over happily, holding a bunch of sour and unripe fruits in their hands, which should have been picked fresh.

They put the fruits next to Li Qi, pushed them, and then pointed at the fish.

Li Qi handed them the grilled fish.

It tasted terrible, I didn't want to eat it, so I gave it to them.

However, in return, Li Qi took a fruit, washed it in the river, and took a bite.

Ah...

It tastes just as bad, it's not sour anymore, it's bitter.

Looking back, I found that the monkeys had already run away with the fish. It seems that they also know that the fruit is not delicious.

What the hell, these treacherous monkeys.

Li Qi laughed dumbly, put the fruit on the ground, took only one, and walked while chewing it.

When he reached the middle of the mountain, he suddenly threw the half-eaten bitter fruit into the sky!

This gang of treacherous monkeys actually recycled all the bitter fruits that Li Qi didn't want!

Li Qi couldn't let them make such a big profit, so the bitter fruit he threw suddenly drew a circle in the air and hit the monkey's head.

The monkeys panicked and fled in all directions, and naturally didn't want the bitter fruit.

Seeing this, Li Qi left with satisfaction.

He walked all the way down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, there were some human settlements, but as always, they were the human race of Wushen Mountain, so there was no industrialization.

However, the natural resources of Wushen Mountain are abundant, so they are strong and healthy, with long life spans, free from diseases and pain, and their lives are rich. They eat and drink as they should, and if they are talented, they can practice.

In the future, whether they go out to explore or stay here, it will be easy and there will be almost no pressure.

After all, pressure is given by people themselves. As long as you are not under pressure, then there is no pressure. People only need a place to sleep and something to eat to survive. This kind of thing is actually very simple.

In the territory of Wushen Mountain, how can there be a lack of food and clothing? You won't starve to death by picking bananas.

Li Qi walked to the edge of the mountain village and happened to run into an old man.

The old man was wearing animal skins and was in high spirits.

People here wear all kinds of clothes. If they find it troublesome, they wear animal skins. If they like good-looking clothes, they weave their own clothes. Anyway, they are ingenious and the clothes they make are not bad.

They are not isolated mountain people. In fact, it is not difficult to travel. The elders of this mountain village are of the eighth rank. They can move mountains and rivers. They are very knowledgeable and often interact with the outside world. It is also common for young people to go out and venture here.

"Hey, are you passing by? I haven't seen you before." The old man saw Li Qi and greeted him.

While greeting him, he drank wine from a gourd. The wine smelled very good.

"Yes, I just arrived. I haven't been here for a long time." Li Qi smiled and asked curiously: "Old man, what kind of wine are you drinking? It smells so good."

"Ah? Mine, this is the village wine brewed by myself. I learned the monkey wine in the mountains. It tastes very good. The monkeys themselves don't have much!"

"Is it difficult to brew?" Li Qi asked.

"The brewing method is not difficult, but the raw materials are precious. Only the monkeys in the mountains have them. The raw material is a very bitter fruit. I don't know what it is called." The old man said so.

Then, the old man saw the young man in front of him running away, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Young man, young man, where are you going?!" he shouted.

Li Qi waved his hand and ran all the way: "You drink, I'm going up the mountain to find monkeys!"

The old man touched his beard.

This young man is quite fast. I'm afraid his cultivation is not low. It is estimated that he has entered the grade. I don't know where he came from. I think he looks a little familiar...

Why does he look a bit like the portrait hanging in the ancestral hall?

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In short, the next day, Li Qi took Yao Ji and prepared to find Xiangliu.

Xiangliu was buried in the north of Kunlun Mountain, where the Five Emperors Terrace is located.

And Kunlun Mountain is in the Shendao area of ​​the world.

The void of Kunlun in the sea is in the northwest, the capital of the emperor.

That's right, the northwest of the world is the area where the Shendao is located.

There are nine lands in the world, east, west, south, north, center, southeast, southwest, northwest, and northeast.

The central land is occupied by people, and the East China Sea in the east belongs to the real dragon.

There are thousands of Buddhist kingdoms in the due west, and in the due south, there are hot sands of the magic path and the city of dreams.

The northern Arctic Ocean is the territory of the spiritual path, and the southeastern islands are all demon caves.

The mountains in the southwest are where witches gather, and the many caves in the northeast are where the Taoist Penglai Three Islands hang.

And in the northwest, where the emperor lives, Kunlun Mountain is located, which is the territory of the Shinto in the world.

In the rocks of the eight corners, at the edge of the red water, on the shore of the quicksand, before the black water, there is a mountain called Kunlun.

The void of Kunlun is eight hundred miles square and ten thousand feet high.

There are wooden grass on it, five feet long and five feet wide. There are nine wells, with jade as the threshold, and nine doors on the front. The doors are guarded by enlightened beasts, where the hundreds of gods are.

Li Qi brought Yao Ji here the next day.

When they arrived at the orthodox place of Shinto, they were greeted by a breath of ‘Shinto’.

Although it seems like nonsense to say this, in Li Qi’s opinion, it can only be described in this way.

It is really Shinto.

The first thing you see is a ‘smell of incense’, yes, the ‘incense’ needed by those incense gods.

For real gods or gods of the earth, they don’t actually need incense.

It is mortals who need gods, not gods who need mortals.

Gods don’t need your incense. Incense and golden bodies are just a kind of practice invented by ‘mortals who want to become gods’.

However, here, the smell of incense is very strong.

Gods here can almost be said to be bustling.

There are all kinds of gods, most of which are incense gods. Some are local, but some are promoted from outside the domain. They all gather in this place.

There are not even mortals!

That's right, there are no mortals in the gathering place of the gods, and the lowest level of cultivation is the seventh grade. This place is probably similar to the "heaven" or "god realm".

Here, all the gods who have achieved immortality gather here. They already have their own believers or have some other foundations, and then gather here and live in the world.

Usually, they deal with their own affairs in the world, respond to believers, and descend their Dharma bodies.

In this area of ​​the world, they are safe, and there is no need to worry about someone breaking through to the world and killing their original bodies.

So...

When Li Qi first came to the Northwest God Court, he thought he had come to some kind of ark left after the end of the world.

These gods each have their own affairs, and their believers just find a place to pack themselves up, and then descend their Dharma bodies to their own world.

So from the outside, what Li Qi saw was a group of stone statues standing everywhere, and they didn't communicate with each other. They stayed here just because this is the world of gods, and it would be safe to deal with things in the outside world here.

It's just like... a group of dead otakus who are immersed in the virtual world and can't extricate themselves.

They were locked in a virtual warehouse, exploring the outside world through a "Dharma body" that was similar to a virtual reality. Even if the Dharma body died, it would not affect their original body.

Because all their interpersonal relationships were established by the "Dharma body", they were not familiar with other gods around them, so they were too lazy to say hello.

Each of them turned into a stone statue, found a place to put it, and then went back to their own home.

This made Li Qi look at Yao Ji and sigh.

"Shinto... is now a stagnant pool of water. Is this what you are not satisfied with?" (End of this chapter)