Chapter 7: Towering Clouds and Waves, Majestic Mountains and Rivers

  Green hills stand facing each other, with a small patch of flat fields in between. In front, the Milky Way meets the three weeks. The sun sinks to the bottom of the sea, and golden waves play on the light boat. Serene, fresh, cool and refreshing, thousands of autumn leaves are red, flying birds gather in groups on the water's surface. A beautiful scene of emerald sea, matching the blue sky perfectly.

  The warm sunlight of the lingering spring shines on the surface of the Bi Bo River, bringing a new atmosphere with a hint of coolness. It's already noon. The tranquil river surface reflects sparkling ripples, although the water of the Bi Bo River is rapid, but that's only in summer, and in spring, the Bi Bo River is exceptionally gentle.

  At this time, Jun Wuming stood on the Rainbow Bridge, wearing a green robe, with a hint of elegance. Sometimes the power brought by science and technology is not necessarily better than the power of myth, just like this long bridge under his feet, which is far superior to the products produced by scientific and technological power. This bridge is called the Rainbow Bridge, named after the rainbow bridge, but the bridge itself does not live up to its name.

  This bridge was originally built because it was inconvenient to cross the river between Lianyun Village in summer. More than a dozen masters inside Lianyun Village joined forces to launch an ice-sealing spell, thoroughly freezing the river for dozens of miles. Then, fire-attribute masters were invited to come to the village, and they used high temperatures to smelt the hard rocks from the mountains. After that, forbidden techniques were carved out, and the bridge was sealed with thousand-year-old cold ice. Finally, many warriors gathered their strength to move it to a designated location.

  The bridge is tens of meters high, with a arched shape and many exquisite railings around it. The bridge deck is wide and has various colorful patterns of beasts carved on it, with the two characters "Rainbow Bridge" carved in the center. Nine thick pillars form a stable nine-palace pattern to protect the bridge from intentional damage. The entire bridge is glazed in a glassy color, spanning across the Bi Bo River, with sunlight shining directly down and creating a seven-colored glow that dazzles the eyes.

  At this time, Jun had no name and followed Lin Hong across the Rainbow Bridge, arriving at the Lin Family Stockade opposite.

  Female slave 9009.

  Since the ancient continent entered the era of chaos, wars have broken out on a large scale, with blood and gore everywhere. Various forces have been vying for power, with new powers emerging at every moment, and old ones being destroyed just as quickly. Slave traders have taken advantage of the situation to reap huge profits. Lord Wúnmíng remains silent in the face of this situation, but he too is powerless to change it, for the interests involved in the slave trade are simply too vast, and not something he can alter.

  Linjiazai has always been prosperous, with most of the villagers engaging in business and being quite wealthy. Although it is called a mountain village, apart from a small number of villagers living in simple wooden houses on the riverbank and in the mountain valleys, the townspeople are all living in high-walled and tiled-roof houses, its prosperity is no less than that of the county town.

  Among the eighteen villages of Lianyun, only a few such as Qi's and Qin's mountain villages retain their original scenery, mostly with wooden houses and thatched cottages. They insist on cultivating their spirit through hard work and physical labor, refusing to change their thousand-year-old way of life. The other large villages are all built with grandeur, inviting many artisans to build magnificent buildings.

  However, in terms of military strength, compared to the numerous skilled warriors produced by the Jun clan, these two mountain bandits appeared the most.

  Through the courtyards, through the alleys, all the way to a large courtyard in the north, until the entrance. Lin Hong stopped everyone's footsteps, saw everyone's gaze coming, and suddenly burst out laughing coldly. Without knocking on the door, she directly stretched out her delicate jade hand, and with a flash of light, she slapped the main gate with a palm, shattering the good red lacquer gate into pieces.

  At this time, the old servant who was watching the door inside heard the sound and hurriedly ran out to see that it was Lin Hong. Without saying a word, he quickly ran back to report the news.

  Jun Wuming touched his nose at this time, and he was already used to such a situation. It's just that this door-breaking move wasn't the first time, it seemed that this aunt would run over to demolish the house whenever she was in a bad mood. Thinking of that sloppy Lin Yuansheng, Jun Wuming secretly smiled.

  Before long, a middle-aged man with a big sleeve came hastily, with a smile on his face, as if the spring breeze was blowing, and the warmth was overwhelming. He seemed to be unaware of the broken door. "Big sister, it's been a long time since we last met. But why did you break my door again this time? I, Lin Yuan, didn't offend you this time."

  "You haven't wronged me, but when Worry was less than ten years old, you taught him to go to the town and ****, and before he was eleven years old, you took him to peek at the girls in our clan taking baths. Last time, you even secretly gave a female slave to him. You say, have I not been wronged by you?" At this moment, Lin Yuan's face stiffened, then he smiled awkwardly "Big sister, you're framing me, I'm doing it for Worry's own good, he's my big nephew, how could I harm him?"

  "Alright, stop nagging. I still don't know about your moral character. In the past, Old Master arranged for you to take care of the family's medicinal herb business, but you refused to do it and instead chose to sell slaves." Lin Hong remained silent, her jade-like face pale with anger. This Lin Yuan had a thick skin and was stubborn, no matter how many times he was told off, it would be useless.

  They immediately went to the main hall, where Wú Yǒu was making faces and winking at Lín Yuán, with a sly smile on his face. He quickly followed up. Jiūn Wúmíng also suppressed his laughter and slightly nodded to Lín Yuán to follow him.

  This Lin Yuan is not a simple character, he is the only son of Lin Hong's elder brother, with exceptional martial arts talent, but born lazy and indulgent in beauty.

  His father was both worried and helpless, after trying to persuade him a hundred times without success, he handed him over to the head of the Lin clan, who was also Lin Hong's father. After Lin Hong's father tried to persuade him a hundred times without result, he had no choice but to find a leader of a merchant group to take care of him.

  He was initially in charge of a small section of the medicine trade, but he refused to do it. Later, Lin Hong saw that he was determined to hunt for beautiful women, so he transferred him to the slave trading team.

  This move is very much in line with its intentions, greatly mobilizing its positivity, and now it's also making the slave trade a vivid and colorful one.

  Lin Yuan saw a few people walking ahead, and immediately called over his steward to whisper something in his ear, and also followed. Lin Yuan is now the elder of Lianyun Villa, in charge of the slave trade in the mountain stronghold. His power is such that everyone who sees him has to give him some face, but he was beaten by Lin Hong from a young age, and besides, whether it's martial arts or background, he can't compare to Lin Hong. After reporting to no avail and being beaten back several times, he had no choice but to compromise.

  Lianyun Village was established by the joint efforts of 18 village heads. In order to repay the kindness and righteousness of the Jun clan, they jointly respected the Jun clan as the main clan, and the strong members of the Jun clan took turns serving as the Grand Village Head. Underneath, the Council of Elders consisted of 18 elders: one elder from each of the 18 major clans, who were respectfully referred to as "Long-lived Elders" in daily life. For example, when Jun Wu Ming became a respected teacher, he was respectfully referred to as Elder Qing of the Qing clan.

  Elder of Dark Night. Because he cultivated was dark night wizardry.

  The eighteen elders of the clan have no distinction between high and low, nor do they have any titles. They only need to focus on their cultivation, and the only requirement is to teach and guide the clansmen, providing more strong individuals for the mountain stronghold. Therefore, each elder, although without a specific position, is respected by all in the stronghold.

  Each elder must take in more than ten disciples during their tenure, and it is said that Shì Jūnqīng has already taken in six, but most have gone out to practice, with a few stationed deep within the Peach Mountain range. Jun Wúmíng is the youngest among them.

  Under the clan elder, there are many ordinary elders. Those who break through three levels of strength within the mountain stronghold take charge. Ordinary elders within the mountain stronghold are not few in number, and most hold important positions, responsible for major and minor matters within the mountain stronghold.

  Yue Lian Yun's mountain stronghold recruits many guest elders, most of whom are loose cultivators who specialize in killing within the stronghold and are commonly known as hitmen elders.

  The most important thing is that the mountain stronghold has a large number of Taishang Laojun, but as for Taishang Laojun, Jun Wuming doesn't understand much. He often closes his doors or travels in the clouds, and rarely meets people. As for the specific number, Jun Wuming is also not very clear, only knowing that there seem to be many, more than a dozen.

  Before long, the prison was in front of us. This prison was specially prepared for slaves. The yard was divided into two parts, namely yin and yang houses. The left side was where male slaves lived, and the right side was where female slaves lived.

  Compared to female slaves, male slaves were obviously treated much worse. They were strictly guarded and if they made any noise or caused trouble, crossed the line, a flogging was inevitable. If anyone dared to try to escape, they would be killed on the spot.

  The nunnery where the female slaves lived, with lush green trees and many elderly women who were in charge of ****, busy teaching the female slaves the rules of Lianyun Villa and the art of serving. These elderly women were originally palace maidservants, later purchased by Lianyun Villa, and after growing old, they were given their freedom to live here and teach the female slaves the art of serving to support their families.

  You stood namelessly, gazing at the prison in front of you, your eyes slightly condensed, your expression subtly changing, the opportunity had arrived.

  He immediately relaxed his mind, and just now he seemed to have detected a probing gaze. Ordinary people may not be able to sense it, but he had been cultivating his spiritual power since childhood, and his spiritual power was thick and rich, so he wouldn't feel wrong about this probing force.

  The beautiful woman beside him looked up with a serious and solemn expression, then suddenly smiled and said, "You don't need to be nervous, this is the guard of the prison cell detecting something." The white-clothed gentleman on the side looked at the nameless one with an incomprehensible look, and then explained

  "Brother, look at this courtyard, it is arranged in a trapped formation using the power of yin and yang. This formation method is actually the simplest yin-yang two-instrument array, but if you carefully sense it, you will know that there is a strong yin-yang energy surrounding the center of this courtyard. This is the yin-yang two-instrument mirror, a secret treasure in the camp, and the power of the resulting positive and negative two-instrument arrays is extraordinary. It should be the strong one who guards this place using the two-instrument mirror to investigate."

  You raised an eyebrow, this yin-yang mirror you Qing had mentioned before, the mirror can separate yin and yang, can be divided and combined, its power is quite great, it is a treasure of a village elder.

  He didn't say a word, and silently urged the Purple Light Infusion Technique, his spiritual energy spreading throughout his eyes. Opening his Spiritual Eyes, he saw that the yard was surrounded by the aura of yin and yang, circulating endlessly. However, it seemed that every time it circulated, not only did it absorb a strand of positive yang energy from the sun in the sky, but also condensed the dark yin energy from the ground, and with each rotation, a strand of dark yin energy was absorbed, expanding the aura of the Yin-Yang Mirror.

  "Big aunt, in this prison, are all the slaves children?" Jun Wuming suddenly asked a beautiful woman beside him. The beautiful woman smiled lightly and replied with a hint of deep meaning, her eyes looking deeply at Jun Wuming.

  "You've noticed, this place is the residence of a strong person in the village. It so happens that this strong person has some relation to you. However, the men and women in this garden are indeed children, I suppose you already understand."

  "Mother, what are you and my brother talking about? Why can't I understand?" Jun Wu Wei opened his big mouth, swung his thick arms and shouted at the beautiful woman in a loud voice. He was completely bewildered and didn't understand anything.

  "Second brother, you should go visit Lian Zu more often and move around, Lian Zu is the master of our clan's formation method, you should go ask him for guidance."

  The white-clothed young master standing behind him with a helpless expression on his face, stroking his forehead. This younger brother of his was good at everything except for one thing - he didn't like books. In terms of martial arts talent, he was a rare find in a thousand years. His divine martial body was even stronger than the innate Yuan Dao body of Jun Wuming. No matter what kind of martial art it was, he could master it with ease. However, he extremely disliked reading books and was completely clueless about array techniques like the Mystic Gate Array.

  The Array Method is a profound and mysterious discipline that combines the study of celestial bodies and numerology to form a complex system. After countless years, the Array Method has been perfected on the ancient continent, with a systematic approach to cultivation. However, the Array Method involves advanced calculations of the I Ching, which are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

  The beautiful woman beside him secretly sighed, her face not looking too good. A glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and she thought to herself: Afraid that he is still young and immature, should I find a sect for him early? Although Afraid is still young now, jade will not be polished into a vessel if delayed any further, fearing it won't be a good thing. This matter should be done sooner rather than later, this matter should be discussed with the master when we return. After thinking through various thoughts, Lin Hong suppressed her thoughts and didn't mention them.

  "Alright, let me explain it to you. This grand formation is called the 'Reversal of Yin and Yang, Two Instruments Great Formation'. Not only does it have the power to trap, kill, extinguish and erase, but also possesses other mighty abilities. The one who set up this formation in this place is a powerful figure from our camp. They used the yin-yang energies of the boys and girls in this garden to nurture the Yin-Yang Two Instruments Mirror, in order to hasten their progress into becoming spiritual tools." At this point, Jun Wu You paused for a moment, hesitating slightly before continuing...

  "Although this formation is slightly disturbing to the men and women in the garden, it will at most make them feel unspirited and drowsy. After a slight replenishment of food, there will be no great harm."

  When he finished speaking, Jun Wu's eyebrows rose. As far as he knew, spiritual tools were different from ordinary magical instruments, but they weren't that easy to upgrade...