Chapter 17: The Return of the Cave to Heaven
After listening to Mu Chunhua's introduction, Su Yan also became interested in this place.
But he had no idea of locating the sect's dojo here - after all, this place was deep in the mountains, too far away from the world, and the roads were inconvenient, which was very detrimental to the development and expansion of the sect.
However, it is quite good to use it as a separate garden for retreat and practice.
While Mu Chunhua was talking, two junior disciples, Li Ru and Xue Xiuyi, had already opened the way. They moved some thorns and vines used for camouflage and cover in front of them to the side, revealing a cave entrance that could only accommodate three people at the same time.
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The entrance of the cave is in the shape of an upright triangle, but there is a crack at the top that winds upward until it disappears into the deep woods on the mountain.
Seeing this, Su Yan felt that the valley inside was probably formed by the collision of two mountains due to crustal movement.
Probably to deal with the traces behind, Li Ru and Xue Xiuyi guarded the cave, while Min Xuelou took the lead and went in first. Wu Yue and Mu Chunhua protected Tie Xiong, and Su Yan followed behind.
Because the entrance to the cave was only as tall as one person, and Iron Bear was already over two meters tall, carrying him on his back might touch the roof of the cave, so he walked forward with his waist hunched over.
Perhaps to avoid leaving footprints, the cave is paved with thick cobblestones, and there are no traces of manual excavation on either side.
In this way, even if someone like Fu Xuan breaks in by mistake, they will not immediately think that there is someone living in seclusion inside.
The group of people walked nearly a hundred feet before exiting the gorge cave and arriving in front of a low forest.
This forest is obviously native to the valley and was intentionally preserved. Although it is not large, it just blocks the sight of people coming out of the gorge cave, making it impossible for people to see clearly what is going on in the valley.
As for places farther away, Su Yan's spiritual consciousness has a limited range, so he can't "see" them.
At this time, two women in their twenties came out of the forest with swords. They looked at Tie Xiong, Wu Yue and Su Yan who were being carried on their backs curiously, and then saluted Min Xuelou and Mu Chunhua with clasped fists, "Uncle Min."
,Uncle Mu."
Min Xuelou and Mu Chunhua nodded, and then Min Xuelou said: "Master, these two are the master's true disciples, Guo Lin and Gu Xiu. You two, don't be stunned, hurry up and give a big gift to the master."
The first sentence was obviously meant for Su Yan, and the latter sentence was meant for the two female disciples.
It's just that the two female disciples were obviously a little confused.
After all, the direction Min Xuelou pointed to was Tie Xiong, a short-haired man.
Fortunately, Su Yan ordered Tiexiong to turn around in time, and Mu Chunhua secretly winked at the two of them, causing the two of them to give Su Yan a big gift in a daze.
Min Xuelou saw that the two people performed irregularities in the ceremony and was about to reprimand him when Su Yan spoke via group transmission, "No need to worry about this...just go inside first."
The group of people bypassed the woods and entered the valley.
Although Su Yan's spiritual consciousness could only extend three feet, with Mu Chunhua introducing the surrounding scenery, he quickly had a general impression of the valley.
Although the valley is only one mile in diameter, the topography inside is not uniform.
The gorge cave that Su Yan entered before is on the south side of the valley, and is called the South Gate by Wuji Tao disciples.
There is a seasonal waterfall on the east side of the valley - when the snow on the top of the mountain melts in spring and summer, or on rainy days, there will be a waterfall flying down from the thousand-meter-high cliff, which can reach up to one foot in width.
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As time went by, the waterfall created a pool below with a radius of about ten feet.
However, due to the higher terrain on the east side of the valley, the water pool overflowed after it was full and turned into a stream flowing westward.
Because during the rainy season, water flows down from the cliffs in all directions of the valley, flowing along the irregular cliffs to the center of the valley, where it converges with the stream, making the stream stronger.
So by the time the stream meandered along the terrain and flowed out of the valley from the westernmost waterway, it was already more than ten feet wide, vaguely like a small river.
As you can see from the above description, there are actually not many flat places in this valley.
In fact, most of the valley is made up of gravel that fell from the collision of two large mountains thousands of years ago. Over countless years, they have been fused together by dust and water, and have become small mountains clinging to the cliffs of the mountains in the valley.
Therefore, the only truly flat areas in the valley are a few dozen feet along both sides of the stream.
And because these are the only places in the valley that get sunlight every day, they were opened up by Wuji Dao disciples and planted with various seasonal vegetables.
"It takes fifty or sixty miles of mountain road to get to the nearest town from this valley, and transportation is inconvenient. Food can be purchased from outside in batches every once in a while, but vegetables are not easy to store, so the disciples opened some vegetable fields in the valley.
In addition, we raised fish in the lower reaches of the stream, and raised some chickens and ducks in the valley. In addition, it is convenient for hunting in the mountains, so there is no shortage of meat."
After hearing what Mu Chunhua said to the end, Su Yan felt more and more that this valley was really a good place to hide from the world, almost comparable to the Peach Blossom Spring.
However, the people of Wuji Dao did not take the initiative to escape from the world, but were forced to live in seclusion here.
Therefore, Wuji Dao will eventually move outside again.
"Master, ahead is the Wuji Hall." Mu Chunhua stopped and said, "This Wuji Hall and other houses in the valley were built by a few of our craftsmen who took them to the valley blindfolded and spent several years building them.
Due to the limited building materials and the fact that Master and I have no intention of staying here permanently, the Wuji Hall was built relatively crudely."
When Su Yan founded Wuji Taoism in Kunwu Mountain, the Wuji Hall is considered a representative building within the sect and is quite magnificent.
Although Mu Chunhua was young back then, she still had a deep impression, so she was a little nervous when she was introduced to the Wuji Hall in the valley.
At this time, Wu Yue passed the message on his behalf: "Master said, it doesn't matter, it will be good if you have it."
Immediately, Tie Xiong carried Su Yan on his back and followed Min Xuelou who was leading the way into Wuji Hall.
As Tie Xiong moved around, Su Yan also "saw" the Wuji Palace.
Only then did he understand that the simplicity Mu Chunhua mentioned was definitely compared to the Wuji Palace in Kunwu Mountain.
In fact, the Wuji Hall in front of you is twelve feet long, nine feet wide, and three feet high. There are two side halls on the left and right that are nine feet long, three feet wide, and one foot and two feet high. It is a mixed structure of stone and wood, with carved beams and paintings.
Yes, it's pretty good.
However, when being carried by Tie Xiong to the altar table on the north wall of the main hall, Su Yan was not in a good mood.
There is a large portrait hanging on the north wall, which clearly looks like him.
On the altar table below the portrait, there are dozens of tablets arranged.
The one at the top of the list is the "Spiritual Tablet of Wuji Patriarch Su Yan".
Min Xuelou and Mu Chunhua also noticed Su Yan's spiritual tablet at the same time. Only then did they realize that they had been so negligent. They hurried to the altar table and removed Su Yan's spiritual tablet, and then they knelt down in front of Su Yan together.
"The disciples were negligent and offended the Patriarch. Please punish the Patriarch!"
At this time, seven or eight disciples in the valley had already arrived outside Wuji Hall. Although they were a little confused by Min Xuelou and Mu Chunhua's actions, they were still prompted by Li Ru and others beside them to kneel down together and said in unison: "
Please punish me, Patriarch!"
It was quiet in Wuji Hall.
Su Yan didn't say anything because he was looking at the simulator's sect achievement information box.
Just when he "saw" his portrait and spiritual status, several new messages were refreshed in the information box——
Wuji Tao completed the "Return of the Patriarch" achievement and received 1,000 achievement points.
The Wuji Dao sect information has been refreshed, please check it yourself.
A disciple of Wuji Tao with the special talent "Nine Yin Jue Meridian" will receive 300 achievement points.
Wuji Tao discovered a new disciple who was born with excellent bones and received 100 achievement points.
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Chapter completed!