Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Mountains and Seas Sword Sutra
Gu Cheng chatted with Taoist Mengshan about some things in the rebellion army. Mingren did not say secret words. Although the things they talked about were a bit taboo, in fact half of the eight kings had different thoughts.
By the way, now that Gu Cheng has taken over, it has become more than half.
No wonder Qiu Erniang said at the beginning that Fang Zhenhai would not be able to achieve success for long. Just looking at the people under his command, they knew that this was definitely not a normal development direction for long-term power.
"By the way, Brother Gu, why did you come to me today?"
Gu Cheng said: "I want to ask the Taoist Priest some questions. The Taoist Priest knows a lot about the martial arts and spiritual world in Nanjiu County?"
Taoist Mengshan said somewhat proudly: "Although I can't say that I understand it very well, at least I know basic common sense things.
There are not many descendants of my lineage. It is a small family. When there are many generations, there are only three or four people. But they are all rooted in Nanjiu County. Only a few will go to the Central Plains. In total, there are hundreds of inheritances.
years."
Gu Cheng asked: "Has the Taoist Master ever heard of the Sword Classic of Mountains and Seas?"
Taoist Mengshan: "Of course I have heard of it. This set of sword skills has a good reputation in Nanjiu County, even in the entire world. Brother Gu, the sword skills you have displayed before are very familiar to me.
That should be one of the Sword Classics of Mountains and Seas, right?"
"This set of sword skills is so famous and powerful?"
Taoist Mengshan looked a little weird and said: "How to say it? It can be said that it is strong or not strong, because the person who created this set of sword skills is simply a madman, and there are very few people who can use it.
This set of sword skills has been cultivated to its peak."
"Why?"
Taoist Mengshan: "The original creator of the Mountain and Sea Sword Scripture was a strong swordsman five hundred years ago, but everyone has forgotten his name, and more people call him Sword Madman.
He claimed to have seen the legendary ancient beasts, and created the Mountain and Sea Sword Book in the name of each beast. Each sword skill has its own characteristics, which is very rare. The entire set of Mountain and Sea Sword Book even has
Hundreds of sword skills, all wandering around the world.
But some of the strange beasts he saw had been extinct for who knows how many years, and some were even legendary existences.
For example, everyone has heard of things like dragon and phoenix Xuanwu, but who has seen it with their own eyes?
The most important issue is that the essence of the Swordsmanship of Mountains and Seas must see these real existences in order to exert its most powerful power.
Therefore, this set of sword skills seems a bit useless. You can practice it, but you will never be able to practice it to the extreme.
The reason why everyone thinks he is a lunatic is that he is simply exaggerating. He has not practiced the Mountain and Sea Sword Manual to the extreme. He was a person from five hundred years ago, and where did he see these legendary ancient beasts?
Therefore, when the Shanhai Sword Scripture was spread in the world five hundred years ago, it was not taken seriously by people, and it could only be regarded as a second-rate sword skill with good power.
But later on, some people didn’t think so.”
Gu Cheng asked: "Why?"
"Because there are people who have really cultivated the Shanhaijing Jingjing to its peak."
Mengshan Taoist said: "Although 99% of the strange beasts in the Mountain and Sea Sword Book have been completely missing, the hundreds of thousands of mountains in the Southern Barbarians, the deep mountains and old forests in Liaodong, the thousands of miles of desert in the Western Frontier, and the endless North Sea may not be found in these places.
There is some unknown powerful existence.
For example, the legendary nine-tailed celestial fox. Although only the five immortals of Liaodong are the most famous of the fox demon lineage now, someone really saw the nine-tailed celestial fox of the Qingqiu lineage in the Shiwan Mountains of the Southern Barbarians, and what he got
That style of Shan Hai Sword Sutra is exactly what Tianhu confused the world.
This person has cultivated Tianhu Huushi to the true peak. He can be said to have a sword that shocked the world. He finally verified the true power of the Shanhaijingjing. And this person is the founding sect of Qingfengxi Sword Pavilion among the four major sword sects.
Ancestor.
After that, everyone realized that it was not that the Shanhaijingjing was weak, but that they had not found the real method of cultivation.
Therefore, the Sword Classic of Mountains and Seas has become the real top sword skill since then. However, because there are hundreds of Swords of Mountains and Seas, the powers of them are also different, such as swords involving famous ancient mythical beasts such as dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns.
The skills are basically top-notch, and of course it is basically impossible for you to cultivate them to the peak.
Not to mention dragons and phoenixes, if you want to find a dragon now, you have to go to the depths of the North Sea or the bottom of the rivers and lakes."
Gu Cheng nodded understandingly. If calculated this way, Jiu Feng's Return to Nest should be considered a mid-level figure in the Sword Classic of Mountains and Seas.
And the candle dragon is a powerful beast in ancient legends. It has the head of a human and the body of a dragon. Its eyes are open for day and its eyes are closed for night. It should be the most powerful existence second only to the dragon and phoenix. Then his candle dragon's eyes are in the Sword Classic of Mountains and Seas.
It should be at the top or sub-top level.
Gu Cheng said: "But even if you know the true cultivation method of the Shanhaijing Jingjing, it is useless. Unless you have a great chance, where can you find these ancient beasts?"
Taoist Mengshan spread his hands: "It depends on luck, maybe we can find something related to these strange beasts.
It is said that someone once found a drop of fire unicorn's blood, used it as a basis to visualize its artistic conception, and cultivated it into the unicorn demon-suppressing sword in the Shan Hai Sword Classic. Although it has not reached its true peak, it is still incredibly powerful."
Gu Cheng suddenly asked: "By the way, Taoist Master, you just mentioned the four major sword sects. Why haven't I heard of these four major sword sects?"
Taoist Mengshan smiled and said: "You are from Jingyesi. I have never heard of normal. The imperial court has a suppressive attitude towards Jianghu sects. Naturally, it will not give them any rankings. In fact, these are all things we are waiting for."
The ranking of the major forces listed by Cao Mang Jianghu himself spread from person to person."
As he spoke, Taoist Mengshan said: "In addition to the four major sword sects, there are others, and their full name is
The five major Taoist temples and the three holy places of Buddhism
A thousand-year-old family has seven inheritances, and the evil spirits of the five religions have changed in a century
The divine sword comes from all directions, and the thirty-two sects spread all over the world.
What this means is that the Taoist sect has five top Taoist temples, the Buddhist sect has three holy places, and there are seven aristocratic families that have been inherited for more than a thousand years. The evil spirits of the five religions are constantly changing, and one will pop up every few hundred years.
The top sword-wielding sects in the world happen to be distributed in the four regions of the southeast, northwest, and southeast. These thirty-two sects are too watery, and those with a little bit of fame can be listed on them. For example, the Siji Sect is one of the three sects.
One of the twelve sects.
In fact, there are some hidden forces that are also very powerful, such as the ghost refining, corpse exorcism, and witchcraft lineage in the Miao border in western Hunan. Their strength is not inferior to that of the thirty-two sects, and some can even compete with the Taoist sects.
The Buddhist sect is calling the shots."
Gu Cheng nodded understandingly. These were things he had never come across in Jingyesi. To be precise, the people in Jingyesi in Zhongyuan did not need to know these things. They only needed to use their three-acre
It's enough to manage the areas separately. Most of the time on weekdays is spent suppressing monsters and other things.
Only in border areas like Nanjiu County is the situation so complicated. Not only do they have to suppress demons and ghosts, but they also have to deal with sect rebels, rebellious parties, evil cults, etc.
Gu Cheng and Taoist Mengshan chatted until midnight before leaving. Gu Cheng also learned a lot.
Taoist Mengshan has been hanging out in Nanjiu County, but he can be regarded as a practitioner with a serious inheritance. He is different from the gang of people who are running around for survival all day long, so his vision is much broader than those people. Gu Cheng and
He chatted and gained a lot of secrets about the world.
In the remaining days, Gu Cheng was practicing, getting familiar with some of the Taoist methods in his Xuanyin Lingfei Sutra and practicing the newly obtained Zhulong Zhangmu.
According to Taoist Mengshan, although the Sword Classic of Mountains and Seas is powerful, if you want to truly obtain the essence and cultivate to the top, you don't need perseverance and talent, but luck.
If you get a Sword Book of Mountains and Seas and happen to find something left behind by an ancient mythical beast related to it, the probability is not much higher than jumping off a cliff to obtain peerless martial arts.
So even if Gu Cheng is practicing now, whether he can push it to the peak in the future can only depend on luck.
Similarly, Gu Cheng also sorted out his undercover plan and found that becoming one of the Eight Great Vajras was faster than he expected, but it was useless because he had no real military power or other rights.
In fact, there are only four people under Fang Zhenhai who really have military power. Gao Jiande is one, Zhenren Yunhai is one, Huang Laojiao is one, and Ankang Hu is also one.
The remaining people were divided into battalions, there were about a dozen of them, but all of them were old men who had followed Fang Zhenhai to conquer the world.
Although they are not as strong as Gu Cheng and others, they can reassure Fang Zhenhai.
Fang Zhenhai is still very cautious in this kind of matter. He will not easily hand over things that are related to his wealth and life to others. Although Gu Cheng has gained Fang Zhenhai's trust, he has not yet been able to make him trust this person.
kind of situation.
More than ten days later, Fang Zhenhai's men began to discuss matters again.
At present, the insurgent army in Zhenhai has taken control of all the state capitals of Nanyi County. It has changed from attacking and occupying to gradually digesting and moving towards stability. Therefore, the meeting that started every two days in the past has now become once every half month.
, or just call everyone together to discuss matters when something comes up.
However, during the discussion this time, Gu Cheng noticed that Fang Zhenhai had a frown on his face, as if he had something bad going on.
He waved his hand, indicating that Master Yunhai could start.
Master Yunhai smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone, there is only one thing to discuss today, and that is that our Luanwu Army has no money now.
In another month, I'm afraid I won't even be able to pay out the money for the soldiers under my command. Let's talk about any ideas you have. It's best to get the money as soon as possible."
The rebel army under Fang Zhenhai could only be described as a replica of the rebel army, with a total of only ten thousand people. They ate meat and drank wine without worrying about the lack of money.
And now that they have occupied the entire Nanyi County, they have tens of thousands of elite troops under their command, and more than 100,000 people have defected to them. How can they afford to support so many people without any savings?
Moreover, Nanyi County is located on the border and is not rich in itself. The profits brought by plundering Nanyi County are now almost exhausted.