Li Chengan probably felt that this was not formal enough, so he made a gesture to invite Lin Yi and others into the village.
After Lin Yi agreed, part of the miasma-shrouded mountain forest in front suddenly dissipated, forming a miasma-free area that could lead to the village.
Lin Yi was not too surprised this time.
Li Gu'an had already told him about the formation principle of the poisonous miasma before, and also made him understand that even people like Tianmuwax had to take special antidotes. If this was the case, then these people must also be able to control the poisonous miasma and prevent it from spreading.
means.
"Normally, if there are distinguished guests visiting, our Heavenly Mother Wax should prepare a banquet of insects. Although some insects in the mountains look scary, they are actually very delicious."
After actually entering the village, Lin Yi saw that the houses with earth, stone and wood structures in Tianmu Wax Village were all made of earth and stone on the lower floors, and most of the upper floors were made of wood. The furnishings in the houses were naturally very simple, but the corners of the houses
There is some lime and other materials on the corners, which seems to be anti-snake and insect protection.
"At first, we Tianmuwax were forced to migrate here to survive on many insects. But this is Baishen Mountain, and there are indeed more snakes. I say this, and you must be very surprised why we Tianmuwax didn't catch snakes at that time.
Eat meat?”
Originally, Lin Yi and others did not think about this, but when they heard what Li Chengan said, Lin Yi and others suddenly became curious.
Naturally, many of the famous and powerful people in Jiankang City would never tire of fine food, but the tribes in the mountains were not very particular about it. Even some frontier troops relied on digging snakes and catching frogs to supplement their meat diet when they were marching.
"This is the secret related to our Heavenly Mother Wax."
Li Chengan led Lin Yi and others to sit down in the hall on the second floor of an earth building. He looked at Lin Yi and others solemnly and said: "Back then, our Tian Mu Wax was forced by two tribes in Ailao Mountain and fled to
Not long after Bai Snake Mountain, in fact, the people of the two tribes did not let go. They still sent a large number of elite soldiers to eradicate us. We did not notice it at the time. When we found out, they had already invaded the village. We saw that
We Tianmuwax would be slaughtered and our entire clan would be exterminated. However, when all the remaining people fled deep into the mountains, a life-saving incident occurred. A miasma wind blew in the mountains, and a long-horned creature appeared in the miasma wind.
Giant snake, this giant snake has thick scales and is difficult to damage with weapons. It suddenly rushed out and was extremely violent. Although many people in our tribe died, almost all the elite warriors of the two tribes were killed by it.
.”
"A giant snake with horns on its head?"
Lin Yi was stunned, "That's the strange dragon. Is there such a strange thing in the Bai Snake Mountain?"
He has read many notes about monsters, so he is very clear that the dragons with horns on their heads that are popular among the people are not the legendary giant snakes that have become dragons after practicing for a long time. They are only a catastrophe away from the real dragons.
This kind of strange dragon is actually a natural heterogeneous species. It is larger than ordinary pythons. According to the records that Lin Yi has read, this kind of strange dragon often appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. However, because most of them caused harm, they were banned at that time.
The practitioners and troops were eliminated, so the dynasties became more and more rare in the past two or three hundred years. In the past two or three hundred years, the northern dynasty appeared once in the Yingkou area, while the southern dynasty appeared in Zhoushan, not far from Jiankang, somewhere
After the hurricane, the corpse of one of these strange dragons appeared.
Not all the species of strange dragons that appeared are the same. The strange dragons that were swept up by hurricanes in the Zhoushan area in the previous dynasty should be alien species from the sea. After landing ashore, they could not survive on land and fresh water, so they died.
The strange dragon that appeared in the Yingkou area of the Northern Dynasty was the green dragon in the river. According to the records, the green dragon had two fleshy wings growing on its neck. When making waves in the water, it could even glide on the water and spit out water mist.
, causing fog on the river.
Now I heard that this strange dragon in Bai Snake Mountain seems to be different. It should be some kind of mountain poisonous dragon.
This kind of mountain poisonous dragon is also called mandrill in some ghost notes. Most of them have rough skin and thick flesh, live in caves, and are cruel in nature.
"It's this kind of strange dragon."
Li Chengan looked at Lin Yi and nodded, "Although the strange dragon that suddenly appeared killed many of our clansmen at that time, it was equivalent to helping our Tianmuwa clan survive the disaster.
The strange dragon didn't understand much, so he was grateful and worshiped it as if it were a mountain god. At that time, our tribe even called it the ancestral snake."
"It's been a long time now." Mu En heard some words and asked in shock: "Is that strange dragon still alive?"
Li Chengan glanced at him, paused for a moment, seemed to be thinking about how to describe it, and at the same time gave him a calm look.
Mu En immediately smiled apologetically, suppressed his curiosity, and listened patiently.
"It's fine if we just live in peace. Moreover, the ancestral snake's lair itself is in an abyss full of poisonous miasma deep in Bai Snake Mountain. Our tribe doesn't want to explore more. We can just worship it as its protective god.
But then we lived in this mountain for a long time, so we naturally relied on the mountains to eat whatever we had, but it also caused trouble." Li Chengan smiled bitterly and continued, "We found that it has some weird habits. Usually it
It lives deep in the abyss full of poisonous miasma, but it comes out to bask in the sun twice a year, for several days each time. During that time, it becomes very irritable when it comes out. Also, no matter how much we hunt in this mountain, we don't usually hunt.
Relationship, no matter how strong the smell of blood is, it cannot be attracted, but there are several snakes that are just like the collaterals it protects. If you kill those snakes and let them smell the smell, they will definitely
When we came out, we had to be violent for several days before going back. Our tribe didn't know it at the time. At least thirty people died in its snake mouth several times. Later, we didn't dare to prey on any snakes. Gradually, we, Tian Mu Wa, were in Bai Snake Mountain.
We formed the habit of not killing snakes and eating them. Later, we figured it out. At that time, the two tribes suddenly attacked us. This ancestral snake suddenly appeared because their warriors were on the way to hunt down our tribe.
, a lot of venomous snakes happened to be killed along the way, and among them there were snakes that could lure them out."
Lin Yi thought that Tianmuwax at that time was a real internal and external trouble, and suddenly felt that it was not easy.
At this time, Li Chengan had already continued, "When more of our clan members died in Shekou, we naturally became very careful about it. The two times it comes out every year, we call it Snake Sun Day, and all the men, women, old and young in the village leave the village.
Going out of the mountain sounds like a unique festival for our tribe, but it is actually to avoid its harm. If a powerful foreign enemy invades later, our tribe's warriors will kill some snakes that can lure it out, and let it come out to deal with it directly
The enemy, while we quietly hid in the deep caves. As a result, a certain powerful clan that was determined to kill us was later wiped out by us."
"We have always respected and feared this ancestral snake, and we didn't want to explore more. It would be nice if no more tribesmen lost their lives because of it. But after several decades, during a snake-baking day, the abyss where it lives was discovered. There was an astonishing movement inside, but it didn't leave the nest. Two warriors from our tribe took the risk to investigate, and discovered that it was shedding its skin. But at the same time, they discovered that it was actually in its nest. Not far away, there is a red elixir field. The two warriors of our clan wrote down the characteristics of the red plants growing there. Later, we asked some caravan medicine merchants, and then we discovered that those elixirs were valuable outside. Amazing dragon’s blood.”
"Dragon Blood Grass?"
Lin Yi and others, including Shen Kun, were all shocked.
Dragon blood grass is one of the rare top-grade elixirs. It is rarely produced in the famous elixir mountains of the Southern Dynasty and Northern Wei Dynasty.
Not only does it contain abundant spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and refining it can improve your cultivation, but it also has the effects of stopping bleeding, replenishing blood and detoxifying.
The Great Sage Buyuan Pill and the Yushou Huatou Pill refined in the Southern Dynasty are the best elixirs that many powerful people strive for. These two pills contain dragon's blood grass, but because dragon's blood grass is rare, they are not available. It is not used as the main material, but as an auxiliary material.
Even so, take the Hesou and Hudu Pill as an example. This elixir can even heal some wounds on the body that are rotten to the bone, as well as some heavy rot wounds that are extremely poisonous and cannot be cured. This fully shows the wonder of this elixir.
When they were shocked, Li Chengan had already continued, "We learned about the amazing value of this dragon's blood grass. Later, some warriors were inevitably tempted to see if we could collect some dragon's blood grass from the area near its lair. Come out. This ancestral snake sleeps most of the time. Sometimes warriors go in to collect it secretly without noticing it, but sometimes it wakes up. There is no pattern at all and it almost depends on luck. So our clan tries to collect dragon blood grass. There are many people who have died, and there are also some lucky ones who have succeeded. Chief Li Xuan Li who we came out of the mountain back then is one of them. For this dragon blood grass, our clan has also discovered many wonderful uses, in addition to being able to create some practitioners. In addition, many of our anti-miasma poison pills also contain dragon blood grass. We know the benefits of this dragon blood grass, but we also understand that it is based on gambling, so in Chief Li Xuan's generation, we gradually The clan rules have been formed. Only those who want to prove their bravery and get everyone in the clan to support them in some special events will go in to collect dragon blood grass. We call it the Ancestral Snake Sacrifice. For example, when choosing a leader in the clan, If someone is elected, but someone refuses to accept it, he can participate in the Ancestral Snake Sacrifice to compete for the position of leader, but the prerequisite is that he must be able to come out alive and bring out three branches of dragon blood grass. For example, two men in the clan fall in love with one at the same time. A woman caused a fight, and one of the men successfully participated in the Ancestral Snake Sacrifice, but the other man did not dare to participate, so he naturally gave up pursuing the woman."
"I see."
Lin Yi, Bai Yuelu and others looked at each other, and their hearts were clear. Although Lin Yi was not afraid, he was a little confused in his heart, "Since killing snakes can lure them out of their holes, then if you want Dragon Blood Grass, you can't kill the snakes first to lure them out." Walk it away, and then take the opportunity to enter its lair to collect it?"
"We have tried this too, but this ancestral snake has a strange nature. No matter how much it is chased, it will not leave Bai Snake Mountain. Moreover, if it wakes up, it will be very sensitive to the smell of this elixir. Even if we have time to collect it, it will wake up immediately. , we who collect elixirs still cannot escape." Li Chengan smiled bitterly and said: "Some people in our clan have tried to use some containers to store elixirs, but no matter how tightly they are wrapped, they can still be detected, even if they are buried deeply. Use it. And even if you swallow it instantly, it won’t be able to escape far before it catches up and swallows it.”
"Although our Chief Li Xuan and Li became the founding general by chance and held an important position in the court, he still kept this secret. However, he also conducted extensive research and verification on this kind of strange dragon." Li Chengan glanced at Lin Yi and hesitated.
Again and again, he continued, "Later it was determined that this strange dragon is called the Mountain Poison Demon. It also appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It is a giant snake in the dry land. Its energy and blood are highly poisonous, and its breath can reach dozens of feet.
But generally speaking, its lifespan is no more than a hundred years. This ancestral snake in our mountains has probably lived for at least three to four hundred years, just because this dragon's blood grass has a beneficial effect on it."
"Mountain Poison Demon"
Lin Yi was slightly startled. He vaguely remembered that there was a vague record in a certain book. This kind of strange dragon is cruel by nature. It will go crazy without restraint when it starts killing. Therefore, it often breaks into towns and is then strangled. But this strange dragon is like this.
He must have restrained himself because he knew that those dragon blood grasses were very important to him, so he kept guarding them and never left Bai Snake Mountain.
This is also the nature of some alien beasts and insects, so there are often powerful alien beasts and insects entrenched in places where elixirs are abundant.
He still remembered that the classic book also said that this kind of strange dragon was full of treasures, but the specific use was just skipped, and he probably didn't understand it.
"What do you mean, is that as long as I collect enough dragon blood grass from your clan's ancestral snake sacrifice method, I can change your previous destiny and let the warriors from your clan join our Iron Strategy Army?" He
He pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Chengan and asked.
"It's not that simple."
Li Chengan smiled bitterly and said: "You are not from our tribe, but you want someone among us to be willing to enter the ancestral snake's lair with you, and then you have to help him collect more than three dragon blood grasses, and he will
Can change the order of the previous leader, and then the warriors of our tribe can join the Tiece Army. Because according to the rules of our ancestral snake sacrifice, our tribe can invite a friend to assist, but he must make sure that the friend can keep the secret
Secret, and after success, that friend will be equivalent to one of our own."
Mu En and others also completely understood.
What Li Chengan meant was that if Lin Yi was willing to go to the Ancestral Snake Trial to no avail, he must have a tribe of Tianmuwax willing to go with him, and at the same time, this person must be willing to change the order of the previous commander.
From the perspective of Li Chengan and Mu En, this matter is indeed difficult.
The Heavenly Mother Wax Man has been in awe of the Ancestral Snake for a long time, and I am afraid it is a last resort. No one will dare to take the initiative to participate in the Ancestral Snake sacrifice, let alone to help outsiders now.
But what Li Chengan and Mu En didn't expect was that as soon as Li Chengan finished speaking, several young voices spoke up, "With your permission, sir, I would like to go in with General Lin to collect herbs."