Chapter 139 Knowing clearly that there are tigers in the mountains, traveling to the tiger mountains instead
"The so-called Ghost Gate is actually a canyon, but this canyon is much smaller than Death Valley, only eight kilometers long."
Jing Shizhen introduced: “There is fog all year round in the canyon, and the fog lingers inside all year round, making it difficult to see the road. And there are many steep cliffs next to the canyon, and you can fall into it if you are not careful.
Also, there are many wild animals in this place, and it is a gathering area for wild leopards. Once you enter, you are likely to be attacked, so tourists are prohibited from entering."
"Can we go in?" Su Xiaofan asked.
"Nonsense, why am I talking so much if you can't go in?"
Jing Shizhen said angrily: "As long as you are a cultivator, you can enter all restricted areas at will, but the first is life or death, and the second is, you have to pay toll when you come out..."
The official blockade of restricted areas is only for ordinary people, but it is open to practitioners.
However, the official does not guarantee the safety of those who enter. After entering the restricted area, life or death depends on destiny.
Another point is that the officials outside the restricted area charge a fee. This fee is not money, but the harvest of the cultivator in the restricted area.
If there is no harvest, forget it. As long as there is a harvest, you must pay 10% to the official.
"Master, is there a lot of gain in the restricted area?"
Hearing this, Su Xiaofan interrupted and asked.
While in Shuangmen Village, apart from the giant python's inner elixir and flesh and blood, Su Xiaofan didn't seem to gain much.
No, Su Xiaofan also made dozens of kilograms of dried chrysanthemum tea. The effect of reducing fire was very good, and Su Xiaofan is still drinking it until now.
"Of course, although the restricted area is not suitable for human survival, it is a paradise for animals and plants."
Jing Shizhen nodded and said: "In some space cracks, you can even see thousand-year-old medicinal materials, which are very useful for cultivation.
There are also some mines that, after being penetrated by that kind of energy, will produce a mutated mineral that can be used to refine weapons. The flying sword you had before was most likely made from minerals in the restricted area."
"When I had a breakthrough some time ago, before taking the inner elixir, I also took some drugs to assist the breakthrough, and they were all found in the restricted area."
Jing Shizhen sighed: "When space cracks appear on the earth, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, but the things inside are all treasures..."
"Master, it's not that serious. It's not as exaggerated as you said."
Su Xiaofan shook his head and said: "Isn't Shuangmen Village also a place where space cracks exist? Just a little chrysanthemum tea cannot be regarded as a treasure."
It's not that Su Xiaofan didn't believe Jing Shizhen's words, but he always believed what he saw and what he heard was false. In order to prove that there were no ghosts in the world, he almost traveled all over Mang Mountain, but he didn't see a single ghost.
"You know what the heck, how long have the spatial cracks in Shuangmen Village been there? It's not even a restricted area."
Jing Shizhen glanced sideways at Su Xiaofan, "Don't think that you have seen space cracks if you have been to Shuangmen Village. The area covered by real space cracks is much larger than you think!"
"Shuangmen Village covers an area of only one square kilometer, including the top of the hill. But do you know how much land there is at Guimen Pass?"
"I don't know." Su Xiaofan shook his head.
"One hundred square kilometers!"
Jing Shizhen said: "The entire area of one hundred square kilometers is covered by the energy seeping from the cracks in space.
Within that one hundred square kilometers, an ecological circle has been formed, and not only plants but also animals have undergone some changes in this ecological circle!"
Listening to Jing Shizhen's narration, Su Xiaofan's face slowly became serious.
"Although many animals have not yet evolved into mutant creatures, they are much more powerful than the creatures outside.
A wolf there can kill a tiger outside, a leopard there can kill a lion on the grassland, and these are just ordinary animals!"
"What about extraordinary creatures?"
Su Xiaofan asked: "How many extraordinary creatures are there usually in a normal space crack?"
"It's hard to say. Usually there are at least two, but to be called a restricted space crack, there must be at least four extraordinary creatures."
Jing Shizhen looked at Su Xiaofan with a smile but not a smile, and said: "You understand now, Shuangmen Village was formed in a very short time, it is not considered a restricted area at all, and even the official does not pay much attention to it.
Perhaps in the past few decades, the mountains and trees there will be eroded and mutated by the energy seeping through the space cracks, and valuable things will appear, and it is very likely that extraordinary creatures will appear again."
"Can extraordinary creatures appear?"
Su Xiaofan thought for a moment and nodded, "I understand. Extraordinary creatures evolve and mutate because of the energy in the restricted area. As long as that energy is there, all creatures living in it will have a chance."
"That's right!"
Jing Shizhen raised her right hand and snapped her fingers, "Originally, the officials wanted to keep Shuangmen Village free for a few years, but their exploration work was not meticulous, and we missed it."
Su Xiaofan had to admit that although he was also very handsome, in front of women, he was definitely not as attractive as Master, an old handsome guy. He knew it when he saw the look in Aunt Mei's eyes next to him.
"Are there any other restricted areas? Master, please continue."
Su Xiaofan wanted to make a choice to see which restricted area was more appropriate to enter.
"In our country, there are a total of five relatively large restricted areas."
Jing Shizhen said: "There are two in Dajiang Province. The one in the Ajin Mountains does not need to be garrisoned, but the restricted area in Luobo is garrisoned..."
After hearing Master's explanation, a picture appeared in Su Xiaofan's mind, and he had a more intuitive understanding of the restricted area.
The Luobo restricted area covers an area of more than 900 kilometers and is considered the largest restricted area in the country. Ordinary people who enter it will basically have a narrow escape from death.
In the early years, officials conducted some weapons experiments there. In fact, they wanted to see if modern technology could destroy the space rift.
However, the final result was that the experiment was successful, the space cracks still existed, and many extraordinary creatures were spawned.
Later, officials were afraid of problems and stopped the experiment.
Outsiders may think that it is a desert. In fact, it is a desert, but there are still many living things there.
Officials were stationed outside the restricted area to prevent so-called explorers from entering and losing their lives in vain.
Of course, the most important reasons for being stationed are, firstly, to prevent extraordinary creatures from coming out of the restricted area, and secondly, to collect fees from cultivators entering the restricted area.
"How can we station and conduct inquiries in such a large area?" Su Xiaofan asked in confusion when he heard about this place.
"The extraordinary creatures in the Luo Bo restricted area are divided into several areas.
Areas with extraordinary creatures are very dangerous, and even if a cultivator enters, the chance of coming out alive is low.
The official stationed the station near the safe passage, so that people entering and leaving would not be missed."
What Jing Shizhen talked about next was the death zone, which is the Death Valley in Kunlun Mountain. Death Valley covers an area of large, about 120 kilometers.
The Death Forbidden Zone is a special one among the five restricted zones in the country. There are lightning and thunder all year round, and there are very few creatures inside.
But similarly, it is also very dangerous for cultivators to go there. It is nonsense to say that man can conquer the sky. God can kill people with a thunder and lightning.
Therefore, the official did not send anyone outside the death zone. Just like its name, most of the people who entered died, and only a handful of people came out alive.
As for Death Valley, Jing Shizhen's so-called "visit" was just wandering around the outside. He did not dare to actually enter the valley.
In addition to the Ghost Gate restricted area, the Luo Bo restricted area and the Death restricted area, the fourth restricted area is called the Devil's restricted area.
Death Valley used to be called Devil's Valley, but in order to distinguish it from Devil's Forbidden Zone, it was called Death Forbidden Zone.
The Devil's Forbidden Zone is located in Daxi Province, which is a restricted water area.
Like the Bermuda Triangle restricted area abroad, this place in Daxi Province is also a bizarre and mysterious body of water.
In the past hundred years or so, more than 200 ships and thousands of people have disappeared in the Devil's Forbidden Zone.
There were also ordinary people who survived, but they were eroded by the energy of the forbidden area and became crazy even if they escaped. Over time, that area of water became known as the devil's forbidden area, and very few ships dared to pass there.
The last relatively large restricted area is called the Qingcheng restricted area.
As the name suggests, the Qingcheng Forbidden Zone is located in the back mountain of Qingcheng. It was originally a place for secluded places to visit, but since the end of the Ming Dynasty, a space crack has appeared there, surrounding the mountains that stretch for more than a hundred miles.
The Qingcheng restricted area is also the place with the richest resources among the five restricted areas, and medicinal materials and minerals are common there.
The extraordinary creatures occupying the restricted area of Qingcheng are relatively less ferocious in character, and the mortality rate for cultivators is not very high when they enter, so it is also the favorite place for cultivators to go.
The government also attaches great importance to the Qingcheng Restricted Area and has set up several entry and exit channels. Most of the resources collected by the government every year are contributed by the Qingcheng Restricted Area.
In addition to these five restricted areas, there are still some restricted areas in the country, but they are either very small or as difficult to survive as the sky restricted area. Jing Shizhen just gave a brief introduction and took them there.
"If you want to practice actual combat, the Ghost Gate restricted area is actually the most suitable." After explaining the five restricted areas to Su Xiaofan, Jing Shizhen suggested to Su Xiaofan.
"Why isn't it a restricted area in Qingcheng?"
Su Xiaofan looked at Master with some surprise, because according to Master's introduction, Qingcheng restricted area is the most suitable place.
"Not allowed in Qingcheng restricted area."
Jing Shizhen shook his head and said: "You can injure the creatures inside there, but you cannot kill them, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
And with your cultivation level, if you encounter a creature that has not yet reached the extraordinary level, in a life-and-death battle, if you can't hold back, you will kill the other person, so that place is not suitable."
In addition to the reasons mentioned by Jing Shizhen, there is another reason he did not mention, that is, most of the restricted areas in Qingcheng are used by novice cultivators.
After hundreds of years, almost all the good things in the Qingcheng restricted area have been picked, and now any cultivator with a higher level of cultivation will not go there again.
Of course, Jing Shizhen has a high vision, and the good things he ponders must at least be used by those who have perfected the Great Zhoutian.
However, cultivators under the Great Zhou Dynasty can still find many resources suitable for their use in the Qingcheng restricted area, so it attracts a steady stream of middle and low-level cultivators to go and practice.
"I see."
Su Xiaofan nodded and suddenly asked: "Master, is it snowing in the Ghost Gate Restricted Area now?"
"Snowing."
Jing Shizhen thought for a while and said: "Except for the death restricted area, it has snowed in several restricted areas in the northwest this month, but with your and my cultivation, snow is nothing."
Since Jing Shizhen was promoted, she has been consolidating her cultivation and has never been to the restricted area again. When she heard Su Xiaofan mention it, she became very excited.
"Although the name of the Ghost Gate Restricted Area is unpleasant, the snow scenery is still good. Especially now, there are a lot less clouds and fog, so you can see most of the scenery."
"And there are a lot of extraordinary creatures in the Ghost Gate Restricted Area. In addition to a few particularly strong ones, there are also a few relatively weak ones. We still have a chance if we go there."
Jing Shizhen prefers to go to the Ghost Gate Restricted Area because he is relatively familiar with that place and has the opportunity to kill extraordinary creatures.
"Well, I'm going to the death zone!" Su Xiaofan said with a very firm tone.
"Okay, go die...what?"
Jing Shizhen agreed, and suddenly reacted, "Isn't it a forbidden area?"
"Master, why are you going to the Guimen restricted area now? It's freezing and snowy, and you can't even pick medicinal herbs."
Su Xiaofan said: "We should go to the death penalty area. Very few people go there. There must be a lot of good things in the penalty area, and no one will collect taxes when taking them out. The death penalty area is definitely the most suitable."
"But the death zone is the most dangerous!"
Jing Shizhen said angrily: "The five forbidden areas are the most mysterious of the death penalty areas and have the highest mortality rate because no one can go deep inside. Xiaofan, what are you planning on doing?"
Jing Shizhen knew that not only was his disciple amazingly lucky, he was also a master who never saw rabbits and never let go of hawks. He had never suffered any losses in business.
Therefore, Jing Shizhen felt that Su Xiaofan must have his purpose in choosing the death zone to gain practical experience.
"Danger can better train my practical experience. I must have the determination to go to the tiger mountain even though I know that there is a tiger in the mountain!"
Su Xiaofan said with a solemn expression: "If I don't experience life and death, I feel that it will be difficult for me to make a breakthrough. Master, I have decided to go to the death zone. If you don't want to go, Duobao and I will do it."
How fresh. Su Xiaofan wanted to go to the Death Forbidden Zone, naturally because of the rare meteorites. After listening to the master's introduction to several restricted areas, Su Xiaofan analyzed it in his mind.
It snows in the Luobo Restricted Area and the Guimen Restricted Area, and it is difficult to find meteorites. These two places are suitable for visiting in the summer, and you might be able to search them.
The Devil's Forbidden Zone is a body of water. Unless Su Xiaofan can turn into a fish and go to the bottom of the lake to look for it, the hope of finding the meteorite is basically zero.
As for the Qingcheng restricted area, in Su Xiaofan's memory, it was not an area prone to falling meteorites, and there was no need to go there to take chances.
So after much deliberation, the most suitable place is the Death Zone, which is evergreen all year round and is within the range of falling meteorites. It must be able to feed the repair system once.
"Master, Aunt Mei needs people to watch her practice, so why don't you go?"
Su Xiaofan originally had no intention of taking Master with him. He had just said he wanted to go. Su Xiaofan wished he could back out now.
"I don't need your master to worry about it. My cultivation has been stabilized. Nothing will happen to me if I practice on my own."
Aunt Mei said from the side that she and Brother Jing were able to get to where they are today because they know how to advance and retreat in general and never interfered with Jing Shizhen's work.
"Well, your Aunt Mei doesn't need me to look after her while you practice."
Seeing Su Xiaofan's resolute attitude, Jing Shizhen made a mental calculation, "It's okay to go to the death zone. I didn't go in back then, so I was a little curious."
With Jing Shizhen's current cultivation level, he can enter ordinary restricted areas, and it is not easy for Jing Shizhen to kill extraordinary creatures, but it is also difficult for extraordinary creatures to kill him.
Therefore, the Death Zone is not as dangerous as imagined. Perhaps, as Su Xiaofan said, some good things can be obtained from it.
"Our giant python inner armor has the function of isolating thunder and lightning, so it is not impossible to enter the death zone."
Jing Shizhen thought of one of the functions of the python's inner armor. The inner armor protects the body and increases the chance of winning by 10% in an environment like Death Valley. Jing Shizhen suddenly became a little excited.
"Master, then I'll get ready!"
Su Xiaofan said: "Let's drive, I'll take Duobao with me, and I know a tour guide who used to be a herdsman near Death Valley. Let him show us the way."
"Ordinary people must not enter."
Jing Shizhen said with a solemn expression: "Death Valley has been around for hundreds of years. The energy seeping out from the cracks in space is very strong and cannot be tolerated by ordinary people."
Any place that can be called a restricted area is a place where ordinary people will die if they set foot in it. But in places like Shuangmen Village, if ordinary people go there for a short time, they will only get seriously ill when they come out, but their lives are not in danger.
"I'll just ask Batur to wait outside, and we'll go into the valley."
Su Xiaofan had already planned that after Batur took them to the place, he would help him look after the vehicle outside the valley.
"Master, is there anything else you need to prepare?"
Su Xiaofan still respects the veteran driver very much. Having a high level of cultivation does not mean that you can survive in the restricted area for a long time.
Master has been to so many restricted areas and it was fine. He is rich in experience, let alone saying that. No matter how bad things are, he is still a lucky baby. You must follow closely.
"Bring the flying sword and the protective magic weapon with you, so that you can save some protective energy when the time comes."
Jing Shizhen thought for a while and said: "Let's go there in a few days. I will make a few more python skin arm guards and helmets. By then, they will be able to fully protect against lightning strikes."
Facing the Death Forbidden Zone, Jing Shizhen did not dare to be careless at all, because there were countless cultivators who had been trapped there over the years, and among them was a master who had broken through to the Three Flowers Gathering.
If Su Xiaofan hadn't insisted on going, Jing Shizhen really didn't want to step on that mine right now.
