Volume 1: National Treasure Chapter 81: Land of Western Shu

  The land of Western Shu, also known as Mount Shu, is a famous mountain in Sichuan Province, China. It was once called the "Mountain of Immortals". There are many legends about it, but they all revolve around the gods and immortals that appear on the mountain. According to the residents living at the foot of the mountain, the gods often walk on golden clouds, coming and going in the mist, as if they were real. Although these stories have been passed down for a long time, they have become a legend that even people who have never seen the mountain believe in.

  There is an ordinary small village at the foot of Shu Mountain, Xinghua Village. It's called Xinghua Village because almost every household in the village grows apricot trees. Every spring, the apricot blossoms burst forth from the branches, looking incredibly beautiful and forming a stunning landscape at the foot of Shu Mountain.

  Recently, the topic of gods and goddesses that villagers have been discussing has changed. They are now talking about an old house in the village that has been passed down for nearly a hundred years, but suddenly changed hands to a new owner who brought with him three stunningly beautiful women who look like celestial beings. What's even more astonishing is that this new owner appears to be nothing out of the ordinary except being slightly taller, stronger and younger.

  What made them gossip was that the owner of this old house seemed to be unusually enthusiastic about the villagers, often going to the mountains and forests to catch some wild game and give it to everyone. However, his three women were not seen all day, as if they didn't dare to see people. Only a brave villager thought of going forward to check what was going on, but he was left speechless by the three women standing at the door. It's also true that this is a careless and uninvited intrusion into someone else's old house.

  These are not what the villagers care about, but what they care about is that this newcomer will sneak into the mountain forest alone before dawn every day and stay for several hours. Only when he returns each time, his body will be carrying wild boars, rabbits and other game with their heads beaten to death, making people suspect that he is here to plot against those gods.

  At first, everyone thought so, but as time went by and nothing was seen in the mountains, the villagers also felt at ease. However, another thing made the villagers start to worry again.

  Recently, many outsiders have mysteriously appeared in several nearby villages, seemingly like tourists, and mostly foreigners. It's thought that people come to visit here every year, but this year the number of people seems to be more, and they are mainly young and strong men. At first, it was thought that someone would cause trouble, but after a period of time, these people did not make any excessive moves, which made the villagers put their minds at ease.

  As the number of tourists increases, villagers will also vacate their homes to rent them out to these visitors, and they can earn some extra money to supplement their household income. However, the village's houses are limited, with only about thirty or so households in the entire village. With more people coming, the houses cannot be divided up, and it seems that this trend is still on the rise. This has left villagers feeling somewhat troubled. The money they can't earn is a source of frustration for them, and it's also one of the things that gives them headaches.

  Later, some villagers discovered that these foreigners also particularly liked farm-style food, so he took the lead in selling his family's meals. For a time, many villagers followed suit, and the villagers made a lot of money from it. However, the usual meals became less likable to these foreigners after they got used to eating them. In order to retain their appetite, the villagers would often ask the owner of the old house to help catch more wild game to improve their lives.

  The owner of the old house seemed very enthusiastic, seeing that the villagers took the initiative to come and find him, he was also very happy, and readily agreed to help the villagers catch more wild animals, so that they could integrate into the village.

  Of course, as time passed, people knew that the new owner of the old house was called Wang Wu, nicknamed Xiao Wu. Knowing his name, villagers came here more often, and Xiao Wu finally got along with the villagers, and no one had any prejudice against him anymore. After all, this man is quite good at hunting wild animals, equivalent to the god of wealth in the village.

  Later, the wild game was abundant, and the foreigners were happy to eat it. Soon, they all liked the local wild flavor, and as time passed, they also knew its benefits. Every household needed wild game, which led to a shortage of wild animals to divide among them. This caused people to fight over a small share of wild game, and even Small Five lost his temper. Finally, he was forced to set a rule that only four days a week could be spent hunting wild game, and each household had to donate a fixed amount. Only then did everyone feel at ease.

  The villagers were also frightened afterwards, fearing that if they provoked Xiao Wu, who had made such a great contribution to the village, he would not give them any more wild game, and the village would suffer a great loss. So the villagers discussed it again and turned back, some apologizing, others flattering him, and Xiao Wu was delighted, promising to try his best to catch more wild game for everyone.

  This led to everyone admiring Xiao Wu's magnanimity, and some even wanted to pull him to drink a toast of brotherhood, wanting to be brothers with him. In the end, Xiao Wu was also talked into being dizzy, patted his chest and guaranteed that in the future, as long as there was anything going on in the village, he would definitely try his best to help if he could. Only then did this group of villagers disperse.

  But foreigners also saw the benefits of wild game, and they all knew that the current supply of wild game was in short supply, so they spontaneously organized themselves to go into the mountains and hunt wild animals. But is their purpose really just to hunt wild animals?

  Long Xing lay down on the bed with some effort, rolling his eyes and muttering to himself: "It's really risky, being an ordinary person isn't easy either. If I don't get excited, I'm afraid it'll be easy for people to see through me." Xiao Wu said this while grinning mischievously at San Nu, thinking about how he had been glared at by Su Rui countless times when he first brought Quan Yao along. Fortunately, Long Xing's skin was thick, and he managed to bring Quan Yao back despite the danger.

  It's not clear what method Xingyu used, but she had been here for only a few days and was already getting along well with the two women, chatting and laughing together every day, which made Long Xing feel at ease. In this way, Long Xing spent his days practicing his "Divine Dragon Way" in the mountains, occasionally hunting some prey with ease, and his life was quite comfortable.

  Today, as usual, it was the time for Long Xing to practice his skills in the mountains. He quickly ran out of the mountain, his running speed much faster than a cheetah's. All that could be seen was a shadow, almost like a wisp of clear smoke, flashing into the depths of the great mountain.

  Soon, Long Xing arrived at the special grassland in the mountain where he often practiced his skills. The grassland was still laid out with many things, such as a small stone block the size of a house, a long stone knife, and a stone staff. These were all discovered by Long Xing when he first came to the mountain to explore, and at first, he didn't have any special feeling about them. Later, when he practiced the "Divine Dragon Way" skill, he used these stones to create his own weapons.

  When Long Xing finally saw this patch of grass, he instinctively felt that it was the most suitable place for him to practice his skills. So he started practicing "Shenlong Dao" here. However, he didn't expect that the skill he had been practicing for half a day without making progress would suddenly make sense after just a short while in this place. After learning about this, Long Xing came here every day with even more diligence. It seemed that this patch of grass was afraid to see too much sunlight, and from 4 am to 8 am, these four hours were the easiest time for Long Xing to comprehend his skills, as if this place could increase his brain's comprehension ability. What surprised him even more was that this place could also help increase the amount of Qi in his body, which made him extremely happy.

  But after eight o'clock, everything returned to normal here, making it impossible for him to gain a deeper understanding and the increase of gas-like substances.

  Today, Long Xing has arrived here again. He is going to practice the first layer of Shenlongdao more thoroughly, and then make a breakthrough for the second layer.

  Long Xing first adjusted the gaseous substance in his body to its limit, supplementing the temporary lack of physical strength. After all, practicing this technique had extremely high requirements for the physical body, and ordinary people who practiced it would likely be directly exploded by the power cultivated within their bodies. However, Long Xing's body was originally abnormal, so this didn't exist for him.

  After exercising his body, Long Xing first slowly pushed the stone, which was as big as a small house, open a bit. Then he grasped the protruding part at the bottom and with one effort, lifted the stone up. Following that, he continuously lifted it like weightlifting, testing his arm strength. He wasn't sure how heavy the stone actually was, but it should be around 5,000 catties.

  At last, after about half an hour, Long Xing finally ran out of energy. Then he manipulated the air in his body and started to lift the stone block again, squatting and standing for about half an hour. Finally, Long Xing couldn't hold on anymore and put down the stone block. Immediately afterwards, he quickly sat down and began to practice the internal skill as described in the "Dragon Way".

  When he felt mature enough, Long Xing flipped over and stood up, then picked up the stone rod on the ground and started practicing. It was seen that Long Xing wielded the stone rod with a whooshing sound, and the thick and heavy stone rod in his hand seemed to have no weight at all, being swung about effortlessly, looking extremely easy.

  Just as Long Xing was practicing the "Divine Dragon Way" technique, he didn't know that a group of foreigners had arrived at the foot of Mount Shu. Some were wearing white clothes, while others wore black clothes, only about a dozen people in total. Then, one of the leaders of the black-clad group nodded and turned his head, and someone walked out from behind him.

  The man walked a few steps, pressed his hands on the ground, and then a visible wave-like thing spread out in all directions. He closed his eyes as if searching for something, and finally retreated back to whisper something in the leader's ear before returning to the crowd.

  The black-clad leader provocatively looked at a white-clad young man in the crowd, then tilted his head, as if to say, it's your turn to perform.

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