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The opening of the mountain is a sacrifice to both heaven and man.
After the ancient catastrophe, the land of Western Chu was covered with wild and dense forests, and ferocious beasts roamed the land. Not to mention it was not suitable for ordinary people to live. Even if warriors entered it, few people could survive.
Today's Xichu has gone through tens of thousands of years of rough land reclamation by predecessors, and now it has its relatively prosperous appearance.
Therefore, every time a mountain opening ceremony is held to clear mountains and clear forests, in addition to offering sacrifices to heaven, one also has to offer sacrifices to the ancestors who paved the ragged roads for future generations.
On the hillside behind the Dong family, huge tables were placed in the center. The crowd stood behind them, and only the Dong family stood beside the table.
What was placed on those huge tables were not the three animals and other things that ordinary people used for sacrifice, but ferocious beasts such as tigers and leopards, and they were all alive.
At this time, a wizened old wizard wearing colorful and strange clothes, wearing a ferocious mask of ghosts and gods, walked to the center of the tables and started a strange dance. Although it looked a bit funny, there was a sense of simplicity and desolation.
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The art of ghosts, gods and witchcraft is prevalent in the land of Western Chu, among which the Moon Worshiping Sect is the most successful one.
Even though the Dong family belongs to the nine great aristocratic families and can be regarded as an orthodox sect, they would rather believe in these traditional things than believe in their absence.
The old wizard was dancing and singing something in an obscure language. As his singing came, the strange thing was that the tiger and leopard beasts that were still struggling became extremely well-behaved, as if
Cats in general.
At this time, other warriors from the Dong family came up with sharp blades and bled all the beasts. Even when they saw their own blood flowing, the beasts just stared blankly, twitching without any resistance.
As the old wizard's singing and dancing stopped, the blood of those beasts had dried up and gathered in the center, turning into a very strange blood-colored rune, mysterious and evil.
Dong Qikun held the wine bowl, raised it to the sky, and said loudly: "A glass of wine to God, may my Dong family have a safe trip."
The internal energy exploded, and the wine in the bowl evaporated into the air.
Dong Qikun brought another bowl of wine, poured it on the ground, and said loudly: "A toast to the ground, may my Dong family have a good harvest during this trip."
In the end, Dong Qikun forced out a drop of his own blood, dropped it into the wine bowl and poured it on the ground. He said in a deep voice: "We respect our ancestors and bless my Dong family to prosper from generation to generation!"
After the three bowls of wine had been served, Dong Qikun said in a deep voice: "The opening of the mountain ceremony is completed. Everyone, I wish you a safe and safe trip!"
As soon as the words fell, the Dong family members took the lead and walked out into the dark forest, which was densely packed with trees.
Chu Xiu and others looked at each other and followed the crowd into the undeveloped and desolate land.
The dense forests in the land of Western Chu are definitely not the same concept as those in Dong Qi and Beiyan.
I don’t know how the trees in the land of Xi Chu grow. They are more than ten feet or even dozens of feet tall. Some species of giant trees are even as thick as several people can hug them.
There are such dense trees everywhere, even if you fly into the sky, you can't see them.
Therefore, during the mountain opening ceremony, the Dong family members who enter will bring various tools, leave marks here, and then sweep the entire area to record which places are safe, where there are mineral deposits, etc., and then follow these areas,
The huge trees in valuable areas were cut down and roads were opened. From then on, this place became the territory of the Dong family.
Compared with the lands of Northern Yan and Eastern Qi, although the various forces in Western Chu also competed with each other, they were not so fierce.
The free area is so large. If you want, you can open mountains and cut down forests on your own, taking on the dangers without having to compete with others.
Of course, this is just a normal routine. In fact, there are many dangers in these dense forests. All kinds of strange poisonous insects and beasts are on the trail. The most difficult ones are some of the evil things left from ancient times.
Chu Xiu, Fang Qishao, Lu Fengxian, and Xie Xiaolou were walking together. Except for Chu Xiu and Lu Fengxian who were exploring seriously, Fang Qishao and Xie Xiaolou were both a little careless.
Fang Qishao casually waved his hand, and with a burst of sword energy, he chopped into pieces a small dark green snake that was about to hide in the dead leaves and rush towards them. He said lazily: "I said, let's go out after a casual walk."
Well, apart from the opening scene where they perform the dance, there is something to see. What else is there to see in this deep mountain and old forest?"
For casual warriors, even if they don't find any ancient treasures when they enter, there are still many rare and rare flowers and plants in this dense forest that can be picked for medicinal purposes.
But for Fang Qishao, he is the heir of Sword King City, does he lack these things?
Even if there was a fifth-level or sixth-level elixir at his feet, he would probably be too lazy to pick it.
Chu Xiu glanced at Fang Qishao. This guy's mouth was really a big problem. He actually described the Dong family's solemn mountain-opening ceremony as a dancing master. If the Dong family heard this, they would fight him to the death.
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"The scope of the Dong family's mountain opening ceremony is so large. What if we find some ancient ruins? Although there are some things that we can't take away, even if we can take away one or two of them, it's not in vain."
Chu Xiu said calmly while walking in one direction.
Chu Xiu, the inheritance place of the ancient demon god Lu Wenhou, does not know where it is, but he still knows the specific location in the original plot.
It's just that Chu Xiu doesn't know some of the details, but he will just tell them when the time comes.
In the original plot, Lu Fengxian's strength was similar to what it is now. He could win the inheritance by himself. Now that Chu Xiu is included, the chances are even greater.
Fang Qishao shrugged. Anyway, he had no interest in most inheritances. He looked down upon some of the kendos in Sword King City, let alone others.
After walking in the direction in memory for nearly a day and a half, Fang Qishao became impatient.
He came here just to join in the fun, but apart from the fun-filled opening ceremony of dancing like a master, they spent the rest of the time wandering around in the barren mountains and dense forests, occasionally killing ferocious beasts for barbecue, but because their skills were too fashionable,
The roasting was not delicious, so Fang Qishao was already a little tired of it.
Just when Fang Qishao was a little impatient and wanted to leave, Lu Fengxian suddenly said: "Something is wrong."
Chu Xiu nodded, Fang Qishao calmed down and nodded in the same way. Only Xie Xiaolou was confused and said: "What's wrong?"
Chu Xiu pointed forward and said: "Sound."
Xie Xiaolou immediately reacted after hearing this. Indeed, there was something wrong with the voice.
Although there was no breath coming from the front, it was silent.
You must know that in the dense forest of Western Chu, there are countless beasts, snakes and insects, and there will definitely be various sounds coming from it.
As a result, there was silence ahead, so there was only one possibility. There was a very terrifying existence ahead, and the aura it exuded made the snakes, insects and beasts with keen senses not dare to approach.
Chu Xiu and others looked at each other. At this time, even Fang Qishao was interested. Chu Xiu said in a deep voice: "Be careful."
Several people nodded and walked in that direction together.
After walking for about two hours, Chu Xiu and others could feel that something was wrong. The pressure in front of them was getting stronger and stronger, especially the ground under their feet was filled with a dark red color, as if they had once
There was blood staining the ground red.
Continuing to walk forward, the trees gradually became thinner, and what appeared in front of everyone was an extremely strange thing. It was so strange that Chu Xiu and others did not know how to describe it.
It was a huge building over a thousand feet long, like a large bowl upside down on the ground, with a huge wordless stone tablet erected in one direction.
If this thing were reduced a thousand times, everyone would be very familiar with it. This is a tomb, a big tomb, a tomb that suppresses the shocking demon god!
This is the tomb of the ancient demon god Lu Wenhou. It should not even be called a tomb, because it is not used to bury and worship Lu Wenhou, but is used by his enemies to suppress him.
The history of the ancient times was extremely confusing. There are many legends about the life of the Demon God Lu Wenhou, but no one knows the real situation for a long time.
However, people nowadays can be sure that Marquis Lu Wen is definitely not a good person, and a good person will not be called a devil.
In the past, many strong men besieged Marquis Lu Wen and his men. Legend has it that Marquis Lu Wen was so powerful that he had cultivated the Nine Heavens Demon Refining Golden Body to the point of becoming an immortal demon body. He could regenerate his limbs and even kill his enemies with his head, which was extremely terrifying.
Therefore, even if everyone killed Marquis Lu Wen, they could not guarantee that the other party was really dead, so they deliberately built such a large tomb to suppress Marquis Lu Wen and his men, making them immortal for eternity. It can be said to be very vicious.
But it can also represent the terror of Marquis Lu Wen.
Fang Qishao stared at the big tomb in stunned silence and murmured: "What is this? The most important thing is, how do we enter it?"
Since this big tomb was originally prepared to suppress Marquis Lu Wen, there would naturally be no entrance left. The surrounding area was sealed, not even the slightest gap was left.
Chu Xiu glanced at the other side of the big tomb and said calmly: "Don't worry, someone has already taken action. Just follow them."
After Chu Xiu and others moved to the other side of the big tomb, as expected, Dong Qikun led dozens of Dong family warriors, Qiao Liandong and another martial arts master were already studying how to enter here, but they studied to study
In the end, we only came to the conclusion of a strong attack.
However, this big tomb is still very exciting for Dong Qikun and others. Although Chu Xiu is the only one present who knows what is buried in it, outsiders can tell just by looking at its size and the power emanating from it that this thing is definitely not
What a mundane thing.
Even for a big power like the Dong family, they don't always gain something from the mountain opening ceremony. This time, they discovered such an ancient ruin just a few days after the mountain opening ceremony. Dong Qikun really thought it was the blessing of his ancestors.