Volume 1 Qingyang Mountain Chapter 44 Banmei Valley
Banmei Valley is located south of Jiugu Mountain, about half a month's journey by boat. Outside the valley, autumn chrysanthemums are all over the mountains and fields, while inside the valley, plum blossoms bloom for ten miles without fail year after year.
It is in this place where two seasons are separated by a valley, there are always flowers and branches that give birth to wisdom, and so are the mountain birds and animals that live here.
If someone mistakenly enters it to enjoy the flowers, he may hear the mountain bird singing the song "Qingshan Ballad":
The spring breeze warms the peach blossoms, and the mountain grass also blooms early. The grass is far away, and the green hills are waiting for returning birds. My sister at the foot of the mountain, it is too early for the shepherds to return, and the branches are broken and the flowers are beautiful? The wind is howling in front of my house, and the tender fragrance is planted on the top of the green hill.
, Don’t let the peach blossoms wither on the green hills.
And the plum blossoms filling the valley will leave their branches and fly towards the mountain birds that keep chirping in their mouths, vowing to drive those mountain birds out of the valley that can't even distinguish between peach blossoms and plum blossoms.
The birds and flowers in the sky and the melodious tunes in the valley often attract monks to stop and linger.
There are even people who stopped in the valley overnight and entered the golden elixir overnight.
Later, every monk who entered the valley would take out a hundred-year-old wine, take out a flute, stretch out his hand to play the piano, and dance with the wind with his long sleeves, but he would never pull out his sword.
Even the mountain birds hovering above their heads and humming a tune, the flowers that linger on their noses with their fragrance, and the animals that occasionally pass by begging for food are all monsters that can be demonized at any time and lose their sense to fight back against them.
They regard Banmei Valley as a pure land, a pure land that has never been contaminated by evil spirits. What does the endless fighting in the Forest of No Return have to do with this place?
In those years, even Su Shang Ying, who always advocated eradicating all evil, would not draw his sword in the valley.
Everyone feels that maybe the world will be like this everywhere in the near future. There will be no killing or entanglement between humans and monsters.
"The incident happened three hundred years ago. Suddenly one day, the monsters in Banmei Valley began to attack everyone indiscriminately. It seemed to be a precursor to the demise of everything."
"Immediately afterwards, the evil spirit suddenly spread, and the black mist enveloped the entire Banmei Valley. All the monsters in the valley were demonized, and were killed one by one by the swords of the passing monks who had been lucky enough to watch the blooming flowers in the valley.
No one will be spared."
Ying Changming's words were quite regretful. I don't know whether he yearned for the blooming flowers or felt sorry for the monsters.
However, the Su Shang Ying family has always advocated eradicating all evil. He has killed more monsters than he has eaten, so he will not regret it when he thinks about it.
Hua Ruxue grew up in Qingyang Mountain and knew very little about the outside world. She had never heard of Banmei Valley, so when she suddenly heard someone mention it, she couldn't help but become curious. What's more, Banmei Valley was suddenly shrouded in black mist, which was different from the current Jiu Gu.
The situation in the mountains is generally the same.
She asked: "Banmei Valley is far away from the Forest of No Return, so why did the evil energy suddenly appear?"
Ying Changming lowered his head and sighed softly, and then slowly said: "Banmei Valley was the only place that was not invaded by demonic energy when the first demon fell. Shortly after the incident, everyone discovered that the source of the demonic energy in Banmei Valley was a
The wooden box is made of the vines of the top tree demons in the Forest of No Return, and with the help of runes, it can be used to seal the evil energy."
The top tree demon? The one that Su Zhi said was suddenly cut off ten years ago? No wonder when the tree demon was around, few monsters came to Wuyou Town. It turned out that her vines could seal away evil energy.
Why was such a good tree demon cut off? People from the Qingyang Su clan don't know yet, and Ying Changming probably doesn't know either.
"Did the people from the Chang Ying Yun clan bring the wooden box?" Hua Ruxue continued to ask.
According to Ying Changming, this box is inseparable from the Changying Yun clan.
"Well, Chang Yingyun's runes are very accomplished. They made this wooden box early in the morning in order to demonize and kill those low-level monsters in order to gain more merit."
Even if you kill a monster below the second level, there will be no merit, but if it turns into a monster, it will have at least fifty merit.
As soon as these words came out, there was a trace of anger in Ying Changming's eyes, and so did Junior Sister Ying. She said:
"The Chang Ying Yun Sect is extremely shameless. He appears to be compassionate, but in private he will do anything to gain more merit! They have been eyeing Banmei Valley for a long time, and this is not the first time they have beaten low-level monsters in Banmei Valley.
He was half dead and then transformed into a demon and killed, but that time there was an accident, the wooden box was broken, and the demonic energy leaked out."
Half-dead, then transformed into a demon and killed, all the merits are obtained with just a swing of the sword. It actually echoes Chang Yingyun's words of "the demon makes the best use of it".
The Qingyang Su family has always been unaccustomed to outsiders killing monsters on sight, so of course they would hate the Chang Ying Yun family.
But what Hua Ruxue didn't expect was that these two members of the Ying family, who advocated eradicating all evil and slaying countless demons, would actually be angry at the actions of the Chang Ying Yun family.
As if aware of the probing look in her eyes, Ying Changming laughed awkwardly and said: "Although our Su Shang Ying clan has always cut off the grass and roots, we really can't do such an unethical thing. The monks slay the demons.
The devil is here to protect the safety of one party, and it is not because of those meritorious deeds."
"Senior Brother Chang Ming is right. A monk like Chang Ying Yun who puts merit first and can use any means will sooner or later lead to disaster! If you don't discover the Banmei Valley incident in time, once the evil spirit spreads,
, will definitely recreate the tragic situation tens of thousands of years ago."
"Well, what happened next?" The wooden box was discovered and almost caused a disaster. What kind of punishment was given to the Chang Yingyun family?
At first, Hua Ruxue was still thinking about why the demonic energy escaped from the two monsters. They must have eaten the wooden box that sealed the demonic energy.
Ying Changming looked up at the black mist around him, as if he was recalling something, and then said: "Later, everyone agreed to list the wooden box as a forbidden object, and the Changying Yun family will be responsible for all losses in Banmei Valley."
"In order to prevent the flowers and trees that were contaminated by demonic energy, the animals would regenerate their intelligence and be demonized, a fire was ignited in the valley, and the fire burned for half a month."
"In the following hundreds of years, there were no more flowers or trees in Banmei Valley, let alone any birds or animals. It became a truly pure land, clean and pure."
After listening to Ying Changming's statement, Hua Ruxue became even more confused, "Since the wooden box has been classified as a forbidden object, why does it still appear?"
In her mind, no one should use forbidden items, but the scene in Jiugu Mountain now is clearly the Banmei Valley back then. The only difference is that the Jiugu Mountain in front of her is an illusion, and every flower and grass is illusory.
Don't burn the mountain in a big fire.
"Girl, you..." What she responded to was Ying Changming's look of shock and guilt. He seemed not to have expected that someone would ask, why would anyone use a forbidden item?
Junior sister Ying explained to her: "Girl, you are not deeply involved in the world and do not understand the complexity of this world. For some people, the more you tell them not to go somewhere, the more they go. The more forbidden the use of this box, the more people who steal it will
On the contrary, there are more.”
"Especially after the tree demon was cut off ten years ago, they used to be careful when obtaining vines to avoid being discovered by the tree demon. Now the remaining tree stumps have long been chopped down, and not even a piece of skin is left.
"
Hua Ruxue nodded her head in understanding. This is called a tree falling and the hozens scattering. No, no, this is called falling into a pile of rubbish, making the best use of everything.
Although the Qingyang Su clan and the Sushang Ying clan disdain the use of demonic energy, many other monks will secretly use the demonic energy to demonize low-level monsters in order to gain more merit.
"Then why do you still guess that Chang Yingyun's family did what happened today?" Chang Yingyun's family was not the only one who went to pick up tree stumps to make wooden boxes.
Junior sister Ying added: "To seal the demonic energy, a wooden box alone is not enough. You also need runes. The Chang Ying Yun clan didn't tell you how to make the runes back then. No one knows except them."
Fortunately, he didn't say it. Otherwise, if everyone knew it, wouldn't all the monsters in the world have a way to survive?
No wonder Qingyang Su Clan never uses or talks about it even if she has a magic weapon that can enhance the talent of monster beasts. If anyone knows about it, the monster beasts will have no choice but to die.
Sure enough, Qingyang Su Clan is the best, they will protect the monsters, and they must prevent Su Yue from discovering that Su He has a pill recipe that can improve the monsters' talents!
The two of them walked forward for another three miles, only to hear the sound of swords clashing in front of them. Hua Ruxue smelled the faint scent of medicine in the air and subconsciously stopped.
The person in front of him who was fighting the monster was Su He. Suddenly a strange thought came to his mind. As long as Su He died, no one would know about the pill recipe in his hand.
But if Su He dies, the cat demon will die too.
While thinking, Ying Changming had already lit up the ephemera lamp, drew his sword and headed towards the monster, followed closely by Junior Sister Ying.
"Little Shitou, why do they want to save Su He?"
Hua Ruxue was a little confused. The Su Shang Ying clan and the Qingyang Su clan had been mortal enemies for thousands of years. Before coming, the elders told them to stay away from the Su Shang Ying clan.
As long as they stand here and do nothing, they can make the thorn in their side disappear without breaking their inner demon vow of "never fighting among themselves."
A sentence popped out from the crack in the stone: "Because they are human beings."
"people?"
If it was Su Li who was standing there, she wouldn't even hesitate. She would just pretend that she didn't see it, turn around and continue looking for the two second-level monsters.
As long as the two second-level monsters are killed, the demonic energy can be prevented from continuing to spread, preventing more monsters from becoming demonized.
What Ying Changming wants to do is to prevent anyone from getting hurt. Therefore, while he hates the Qingyang Su family, he also takes action to save Su He.
Human beings are nothing like their honest demons.
Hua Ruxue slowly approached them, carefully standing outside the range of the Mayfly Light. The first-level monster had its throat cut off by Ying Changming, and Su He, who had always been focusing on alchemy, was lying on the ground breathing heavily.
He said: "I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I am Su He, the Su Clan of Qingyang. If you need any help, just ask!"
The expression on Ying Changming's face froze in an instant, and he said with a cold face: "I'm Su Shang Ying's Ying Changming, you can be the biggest help by protecting yourself."
The words were filled with disdain, and Junior Sister Ying said angrily: "You are still in the Golden Core stage after all, but you can't even defeat a first-level monster!"
"Junior sister, I don't know that the Qingyang Su family is good at controlling beasts, but his contracted beast is not around."
"Yes, with such a strong demonic energy, once the contracted beast comes out, it may become a demon and devour the master immediately, so be careful."
The two of them sang together, which made Su He so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.
Hua Ruxue secretly wrapped her cloak tightly, covering the blue bracelet on her wrist, and hid the mark on her left palm tightly, secretly praying that Su He would be blind and not see her.
These two people changed their faces faster than turning the pages of a book, they were sarcastic and showed no mercy. If her identity as a monster was discovered, it would really be the end of her, so how about sneaking away now?
Just as she was thinking this, a familiar call came from not far away.
Su He shouted excitedly: "Little wolf cub!" This chapter has been completed!