The Trick of Longevity, Paper-cutting Becomes a Spirit

Chapter 376 Entrance to Five Color Mountain

"squeak--"

A sharp whistle suddenly interrupted Lu Qian's thoughts.

Lu Qian was stunned when he heard the sharp whistle. Looking back, he saw a firework rising in the blue sky and exploding in the air.

After exploding, the fireworks emitted brilliant light and gradually condensed into the two characters "Linglong".

Seeing this scene, Lu Qian was immediately surprised.

Linglong's arrival here would not surprise him.

However, she came as soon as she came, and why did she send out the signal with such great fanfare?

Who does she want to contact?

Thinking of this, Lu Qian suddenly stopped and said, "Stop everyone."

Hearing this, everyone stopped and stood where they were.

All the ghosts around them were a little strange when they saw their strange behavior, and cast curious eyes.

However, they were just a little curious, but they did not stop and continued to move north.

As the many ghosts around him gradually moved north, the area around Lu Qian gradually became empty. Finally, only their group was left on this huge grassland.

At this time, a figure appeared on the empty green grass in the south.

There was only one person coming, riding a fast horse and galloping over.

Walking closer, Lu Qian saw the face of the rider on the horse, it was Linglong.

Linglong galloped over on horseback, and when she saw Lu Qian and the others, her face suddenly showed joy.

She came to Lu Qian, raised her legs, jumped off the horse lightly, took two steps forward, stood in front of Lu Qian, and said: "You didn't come back last night, I knew you would go directly today Gone away from the Five Colored Mountains."

Lu Qian looked at her for a few times, and then said: "The inn was busy with business, so I didn't bother Miss Linglong. I didn't expect that the girl would go to all the trouble to come here. Are you going to give them a lift?"

Linglong glanced at Zuo Qiuling and the others, and when her eyes fell on Wang Yuanzhang, a strange color immediately appeared in her eyes.

She looked at Wang Yuanzhang for a while and then said in surprise: "Is it you?"

Wang Yuanzhang obviously recognized Linglong. She nodded and said, "It's me."

Linglong was even more surprised after hearing this. She looked at Wang Yuanzhang, then at Lu Qian, and said, "You guys..."

Wang Yuanzhang rushed to take over the words: "My husband, I am a person worthy of trust."

"Master?"

Looking at Linglong's face, she was obviously extremely shocked by Wang Yuanzhang's title.

She looked at Lu Qian with her eyes, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.

After staring at Lu Qian for a long time, Linglong nodded and said, "Okay. You are right. I am here to give them a ride. After all, you are all members of our Linglong Inn now."

Linglong's words were quite untrue.

Zuo Qiuling and others were going to enter Five Color Mountain today, Linglong had known about it for a long time. It's a bit strange that she came here specifically to "send off" today.

When Lu Qian saw this, his heart suddenly moved and he asked in a low voice: "Linglong, did something happen?"

Linglong was silent for a moment, and then said: "I have just received the news that the Five Directions Ghost Master has secretly reached an agreement with some people. I feel that the opening of Five Color Mountain today may not be so smooth, so I came here to have a look."

Naturally, Lu Qian had never heard of the name "Fifang Ghost Elder".

Seeing Linglong being so cautious, he couldn't help but frown and said, "What kind of ghost are these Five Directions Ghost Elders?"

Before Linglong could answer, Wang Yuanzhang said first, "Ms. sir, do you know how many enlightened ghosts there are in the world today?"

Lu Qian was startled when he heard this. He didn't expect that she would ask him such a question at this time.

Lu Qian said: "I don't know, but thinking about it, there should be a lot of them."

Wang Yuanzhang nodded and said: "There are a lot of them. These ghosts after enlightenment generally do not appear in the living areas of you humans. We ourselves have our own activities."

Lu Qian nodded, indicating that he knew.

Wang Yuanzhang said: "When there are more ghosts, someone needs to manage them. These five ghost parties are the managers of the five largest gathering places for spirit ghosts. In other words, they are the ones who are responsible for the ghost spirits in name only. summit."

Lu Qian nodded. These enlightened ghosts all retained their memories of their lifetimes. There are so many ghosts, and without unified management, trouble will happen sooner or later. At this time, it is not surprising that they spontaneously formed some kind of organization.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian looked at Linglong and asked, "What news did you get? Who did these five ghost elders reach an agreement with?"

Linglong shook her head and said: "I don't know the specific details. I just know that the opening of Five Color Mountain this year may be different from previous years."

Hearing these words, Lu Qian looked at Linglong and couldn't help feeling grateful in his heart.

This Linglong, after hearing that there were changes in the Five Color Mountains, came over early in the morning to remind them.

This friend really didn't make a mistake.

Lu Qian smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Miss Linglong, for always remembering us. The Five Color Mountain only opens once every hundred years. When it opens this time, we happen to meet it and we happen to be here. I think we must not miss such an opportunity. .”

Linglong nodded and said: "That's natural. There are at least seven or eight thousand Kailing ghosts who are going to enter the Five Color Mountains today. These ghosts are all the backbone of our ghost clan. I think, these ghosts from the Five Directions Even if I continue to fool around, I won’t make fun of them.”

Lu Qian said: "You mean, we can still go?"

Linglong nodded and said, "That's natural. Come on, I'll go with you. I'll meet those five old guys and I'll just ask them."

Lu Qian would naturally not mind having a local snake like Linglong accompanying him.

From her few words just now, Lu Qianyian felt that this Linglong's status among the spirit ghosts on the grassland seemed to be not low.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian smiled and asked, "There are so many guests in the inn, don't we need to greet them? You can still find time to spare."

Linglong sneered and said, "I'm afraid we won't need to greet you in the next day or two."

"Oh?"

Lu Qian asked as if he was a little confused.

Linglong said: "This morning, they all settled their fees and left."

When Lu Qian heard this, he thought to himself: "It seems that I guessed well. They are also taking action today."

"Then... let's go?"

Lu Qian said something, then turned around and everyone continued walking north.

What Linglong rides is naturally her zombie horse.

She threw away the horse's reins and followed Lu Qian casually. The horse was left unattended, but it followed her and did not run around.

Linglong walked at the back, her eyes constantly drifting over Wang Yuanzhang and Lu Qian.

In just one day, the two of them came together, which was obviously beyond Linglong's expectation.

Everyone had their own concerns and moved forward silently.

After leaving, it will be another hour.

When it was almost noon, everyone finally arrived in front of Five Color Mountain.

Looking from a distance, you can already feel the majesty of the Five Color Mountains. Now at the foot of the mountain, the Qianren Mountain towers in front of you. Everywhere you look, there is dazzling brilliance, as if you are in another world.

Lu Qian raised his head and looked at Five Color Mountain. He saw that it was composed of five very regular peaks, which looked like a huge penholder. Where the five peaks are connected, there seems to be a valley that can be passed through.

Linglong raised her hand and pointed to a valley on the far left, saying: "Enter from this valley, you can enter the Five-Color Holy Mountain."

Lu Qian nodded.

When they arrived, the ghost group at the foot of Five Color Mountain was very sparse. Looking up, they saw that many ghosts had climbed up the "valley" on the far left.

It is said to be a valley, but actually it is only relative to the Five Color Mountains. Looking out from the flat ground, there is a high bulging mountain ridge.

Countless ghosts lined up in two teams, climbing up the mountain ridge, and then stepped onto the other side of the mountain ridge.

Lu Qian stood at the foot of the mountain, looked at it quietly for a while, and then said to Linglong, "Shall we go up too?"

Linglong nodded, and everyone started again, climbing up the mountain.

Linglong and Wang Yuanzhang are both familiar with Five Color Mountain.

Last night, Wang Yuanzhang gave Lu Qian a general introduction to the Five Color Mountains, so Lu Qian was not unfamiliar with this place.

Many masters from the sect suddenly appeared on the grassland and gathered at Linglong Inn.

And today, on the opening day of Five Color Mountain, they suddenly left the inn again.

Combining various signs, Lu Qian gradually had a vague guess in his mind: "Wang Xuan, isn't he going to enter the Five Colors Mountain today?"

After the sects got the news, they all rushed here, preparing to intercept Wang Xuan?

Lu Qian walked while paying attention to his surroundings, but after half a look, he found no trace of Wang Xuan. Although Lu Qian and Wang Xuan didn't have much dealings with each other, they only met briefly on two occasions. But Lu Qian already had a rough impression of Wang Xuan, the mountain god.

This is a very cunning "god".

It may not be that easy to catch Him.

Five Color Mountain is extremely high, even this low mountain ridge is hundreds of feet high.

Lu Qian and others followed the flow of people and meandered up the hillside. After walking for a long time, they finally set foot on the ridge.

This mountain ridge is the connection between the two peaks. It is only a few hundred feet wide and is surrounded by towering peaks on both sides.

After reaching the highest point of the mountain ridge, looking forward, there is a glorious valley in front of us.

At the bottom of the valley, there is a vague arch formed by five colors of light.

Descending from the mountain ridge at your feet, passing through a valley, you came to the arch.

This arch is the entrance to Five Color Mountain. Wang Yuanzhang also told Lu Qian last night.

Wang Yuanzhang had already entered the Five Color Mountains two hundred years ago, so she was naturally no stranger to this place.

Wu Color Mountain is a rocky mountain. There is not a single tree or grass on the entire mountain range. Along the way, everything they stepped on was hard stone.

Looking around, up and down the mountain, everywhere is filled with colorful lights.

I don’t know where these lights come from. They look gorgeous from a distance, but when you actually walk over, you will find that they are all ordinary rocks under your feet, without a trace of light.

All light comes from "far away".

However, at this moment, standing on the top of the mountain ridge and looking back, the ordinary stone roads on the mountain road they walked on were once again flooded by colorful light.

This five-color mountain is indeed somewhat magical.

Lu Qian glanced around a few times, then looked at Wang Yuanzhang.

Wang Yuanzhang nodded, then stretched out his hand to point to the bottom of the valley in front of him, and said, "Mr. Sir, this is the Five Color Arch, the only entrance to the Five Color Mountain."

Descending from the mountain ridge, extending from the hillside road to the deep valley at the foot of the mountain, a zigzag-shaped human-shaped procession is arranged. Countless ghosts are descending along Shaanpu, entering the valley below, and then along the Moving forward along the valley, we finally entered the five-color arch.

Lu Qian said: "Let's go and send them to the door."

Naturally, everyone has no objection to this.

Everyone walked a few steps quickly to catch up with the team in front, and then followed them down the hillside and into the deep valley at the foot of the mountain.

Lu Qian estimated that the deep valley on the back of the mountain seemed to be lower than the grassland south of the mountain. However, the ridges on both sides of the valley are not too high.

Although the valley is deep, it is not very narrow, and it is very bright inside. The five colors of light reflect each other, forming streams of light that are constantly flowing in the valley.

There were too many ghosts in the valley and they moved slowly. It took them more than two hours to reach the front of the arch.

Lu Qian raised his eyes and saw that the arch was completely composed of five colors of light, and it seemed that he could not see the entity. The arch is about eight feet high and three feet wide. The interior of the arch is completely filled with brilliant light, making it impossible to see what's going on inside.

One by one, as soon as the ghosts stepped into the arch, they were immediately caught in the brilliant light and disappeared.

In front of the arch, there were ghosts standing in groups of three or three. They were not in a hurry to enter, as if they were waiting for something.

On a slightly higher stone platform in front of the arch, there were five ghosts with old faces standing there quietly.

Seeing these five old ghosts, Lu Qian couldn't help but be stunned.

Among the five ghosts, he actually recognized two.

One of them, standing on the far left, he had just seen last night, was the old ghost guarding the door of Prairie Ghost Market.

The other ghost, ranked second on the other side, was recognized by Lu Qian.

He is the old ghost at the entrance of the ghost market in Yingu Town that Lu Qian once visited.

Upon seeing them, Linglong said to Lu Qian, "You go in as usual, and I'll go say a few words to them."

After saying that, Linglong left in a floating manner, flew directly to the stone platform, and stood in front of the five ghosts.

When the five ghosts saw Linglong, their expressions changed slightly.

Then, the old ghost from Wuqin Prairie Ghost Market nodded slightly to her and said calmly: "Linglong is here too."

Wang Yuanzhang approached Lu Qian at this time and whispered to him: "We ghosts who have opened up our spiritual intelligence now also have a name and are called the 'Ghost Clan'. These five people are the five elders of the Ghost Clan, and Called 'Five Directions Ghost Elder.'

The five ghost elders are each responsible for a gathering place of the ghost clan. The person who is talking to Linglong now is the person in charge of the ghost tribe gathering place in Wuqin Grassland. He is called the "Northern Ghost Elder" and his name is Yang Yunke.

The other four are:

Oriental ghost old Cai Yu.

Southern Ghost Old Douluo.

Western ghost Lao Zhaohe.

The central ghost is Lao Zhou Qili.

These five ghosts are all very old, at least much older than me. The five of them are very prestigious among the ghost clan, and they can barely be regarded as the highest leaders of the ghost clan today. "

When Lu Qian heard this, he knew there was something in Wang Yuanzhang's words. He asked, "Reluctantly?"

Wang Yuanzhang paused and said: "The name 'Ghost Clan' was actually first proposed by these five elders, but...it has not yet been recognized by all spirit-kaining ghosts."

When Lu Qian heard this, he nodded secretly.

Even the ghost clan doesn't approve of it, and naturally they won't approve of the five "ghost elders" either.

Wang Yuanzhang continued: "Back then, the Five Ghosts had reached an agreement on the 'Yin-Yang Boundary' with Qingxuan Temple and the imperial court, demarcating a boundary and agreeing that humans and enlightened Yin ghosts would not allow each other to invade each other's territory. Go to the territory. But what is the actual situation..."

Although Wang Yuanzhang didn't finish what he said, Lu Qian already understood it.

In areas with human activities, although ghosts with enlightened spirits are rare, they are not unheard of.

Apart from other things, the "God of Joy" in Dinghezhou City is the Kailing Yin Ghost, and he has already made his home in Dinghezhou, a human city.

Although the "Ghost Clan" has reached an agreement on the "Yin-Yang Boundary" with humans, it seems that the implementation is not too strict at present.

Some enlightened ghosts do not seem to agree with classifying themselves as a "ghost clan". Instead, they want to blur the concept of human ghosts, live together with humans, and "get together."

The God of Joy in Dinghezhou is probably a representative of this type of ghost.

Since the end of reincarnation, people will definitely become ghosts after death.

Among the ghosts, even if the number of "opened spirits" is small, the total number of "opened spirit" ghosts is always growing.

As time goes by, the number of Kailing Ghosts will inevitably increase.

Those newly enlightened ghosts may not necessarily agree with the "ghost tribe" of the five ghost elders, and even less likely to agree with their delineation of the "boundary of yin and yang".

At present, as the five ghost elders have formed some dominance over the so-called "ghost clan", it can only be said that they have temporarily reached a certain balance with humans.

But this balance will be broken sooner or later.

Human beings have an end to their lifespan, while ghosts are "immortal."

Sooner or later, the number of Kailingyin ghosts will eventually exceed that of humans.

This is irreversible.

Linglong looked at the five ghost elders, with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face, and asked: "May I ask the five ghost elders, did you see anyone last night?"

The five ghost elders looked at each other, and then Yang Yunke, the northern ghost elder, smiled at Linglong and said, "Linglong's news is quite good."

Linglong sighed and said: "It is already difficult for me, a weak woman, to make a living alone on this grassland; if my eyes and ears are blocked, I am afraid that I will be sold by someone one day and I won't know. "

Having said this, Linglong looked up at Yang Yunke and said, "Mr. Yang, I can ignore other things, but should I also know about what happened in the grassland?"

Yang Yunke's face changed slightly when he heard this, and then he said: "Linglong, we didn't mean to hide it from you, but the incident happened suddenly, and it was too late to inform you. We had no choice but to make a decision first... …”

At this point, he suddenly fell silent.

However, Lu Qian understood that he was not really silent, but had switched to mental communication, and he could no longer hear it.

Lu Qian thought to himself: "The five ghost elders who met last night should be people from the sect. They came to the grassland to arrest Wang Xuan, and of course they had to inform the landlord here. It seems that these five ghost elders, obviously They have already acquiesced to their actions."

"I just don't know how the people of the sect are going to act. And this Wang Xuan, where is he at this moment?"

"Will He appear here today?"

　In order not to affect the advancement of the main plot, the story of Liuyun Villa is incorporated into the subsequent main plot.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)