The Flame Mountain mentioned by the old orc man actually already has an inherent concept in people's minds!
In Journey to the West, after Tang Seng and his disciples arrived at the Flame Mountain, they were made difficult by Princess Iron Fan, the owner of the Flame Mountain, and were unable to cross the mountain.
In the end, Sun Wukong used a little trick and used 72 magic spells to transform into the Bull Demon King, the husband of Princess Iron Fan. He deceived Princess Iron Fan into giving her a banana fan and extinguished the flames on the Flame Mountain.
This story has been circulating in China for a long time, and many people think it is just a plot in a novel.
But in fact, the Flame Mountain is real.
The difference is that it is not just a legendary place with the Iron Fan Princess and the Bull Demon King in the novel, but an important link on the ancient Silk Road.
It is located 10 kilometers northeast of Turpan City, Xinjiang. It runs east-west and is 98 kilometers long and 9 kilometers wide. The main peak is 831.7 meters above sea level. It is called Turpan Flame Mountain and is the hottest place in the country!
It is said that every time in midsummer, under the scorching sun, the mountain of Flame Mountain rises with hot air, and the ocher-red mountain looks like burning fire, hence the name.
But it is said that in ancient times, this road could actually kill people.
Many business travelers who made a living on the Silk Road felt as if they were at the gate of hell when they arrived here.
Most people lost their belongings and lives here, and their bones were left in the hot sand, gradually charred, and not even the dregs could be found.
But this road was the only way from the Tang Dynasty to the ancient Xichang Kingdom. It was a disaster that Xuanzang could not avoid more than 1,300 years ago.
What the old orc said further confirmed that the geographical location was correct.
If the bloodline of this orc comes from the Flame Mountain of Turpan, then there is a high possibility that Xuanzang met the monkey man there!
Xuanzang recorded in the Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty that he spent five days and five nights in the yellow sand with no water or rice to his teeth. The surrounding environment was as hot as hell, but he miraculously survived.
It is probably because the monkey man rescued him at that time and sent him to Gaochang State.
Chen Zhidang made a decision and set off tomorrow to Turpan Flame Mountain.
After learning about Chen Zhi's decision, the old orc looked confused. He crawled forward in fear and hugged Chen Zhi's thigh.
"Clan leader, think twice~~
The patriarch must never go to that kind of place!
That place was as hot as a sea of fire, the night was as cold as hell, and that orc there..." When the old orc said this, he seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't explain it clearly.
"Anyway, don't provoke those things, otherwise the clan leader will be killed!"
The old orc's sudden move made Wu Jia next to him very angry.
He quickly stepped forward and kicked the old orc hard, kicking him out of Chen Zhi's side.
"What an outrageous thing!
How brave have you become to touch the body of the Jiang clan leader!
Do you know what the crime is?"
After the old orc was kicked hard by Wu Jia, he realized that he had just behaved erratically.
He quickly kowtowed again, trembling with fear, but Chen Zhi waved his hand to him.
"It doesn't matter, finish what you said!
What did you just say? If I go to find them, will I be killed?"
"yes!",
The old orc crawled on the ground and continued:
"This is indeed what I just said, and it is also what I am thinking now. I dare not lie!"
His words made Wu Jia next to him so angry. Wu Jia now showed his fangs and his nails became thicker. He wanted to tear the old orc to pieces on the spot!
"You bastard, he's talking nonsense!
My master is the leader of the Jiang clan, a descendant of Jiang Ziya, and the head of the gods. Would he be afraid of a few orcs in the desert?
You should be killed immediately for your arrogant and rebellious words!"
"Wu Jia!" Chen Zhi waved his hand to Wu Jia, signaling him to stop talking.
Wu Jia immediately retreated in a polite manner, not daring to say any more words.
Chen Zhi then turned to look at the old orc:
"What you just described is a bit unclear, please continue to finish it!
What do you mean by what you just said? Do you think an orc can have power that rivals mine?"
"I don't dare!",
Wu Jia was still prostrate humbly, but his expression was very eager.
"I heard from my elders that the orc bloodline in the desert is very alien and different from ordinary orcs.
They, they..."
"What happened to them?" Chen Zhi lowered his head and looked at the old orc.
The old orc tilted his head, as if trying to find a word to explain these words, but failed.
"It's just different!
They are wild and primitive and extremely vicious!
It is said that hundreds of years ago, the orcs of their lineage once caused trouble here. The local people did not suffer and traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains to find experts for help.
Later, experts were found, but instead of subduing them, they disembowelled him, and his death was extremely miserable!
It is said that the people who came to subjugate them were also members of the Jiang family. This incident became famous at the time, but was suppressed forcefully.
Then it becomes unknown…”
"Is there such a thing?",
Chen Zhi lowered his head, looked at the old orc man, and used his eyes to estimate the aura behind him.
The aura behind this old man is undoubtedly not worth mentioning, but it can be seen that there is a very wild and powerful power in his blood. This power is very primitive and has a heavyweight oppression.
But if we want to say it exactly, it’s still not clear.
"Okay, I get it!",
Chen Zhi said to the old man, "You go back first, I have my own ideas!"
So then, Wu Jia used the earth escape technique to take away the old orc man. Chen Zhi sat there and thought for a while, just like what the old orc man said just now.
Then, I made a call to Bao Ping!
This was the first time during this period that Chen Zhi called Bao Ping alone.
According to the organization's past rules, even if the leader of the Jiang clan wanted to see the leader, he had to go through several levels out of etiquette before he could contact Bao Ping.
But this time, Chen Zhi called him directly. Not long after the phone rang, Bao Ping answered the call.
Compared with before, Baoping has indeed changed a lot. His voice is very hoarse, as if he has swallowed too much pressure.
"Is something wrong?" Bao Ping asked nonchalantly over the phone.
"Well! I need to check something~~", Chen Zhi said on the phone.
"I need to check something in the secret files of past leaders!
In the records of the organization over the past 1,000 years, are there any records of the encirclement and suppression of the orcs in the Flame Mountains of Turpan?"