The Great Qin: Starting with marrying Jingni, I began my quest for immortality.

Besides seeking solutions in numerous ancient texts, he also tried witchcraft and poison.

He even tried to use his cheat code to reverse the Yin-Yang curse seal in order to find a way to break it. However, it was obviously not feasible because he did not know the specific cultivation method of the Yin-Yang curse seal at all, so he had no way to master it.

However, after finding the directions of Taoism and Mount Shu, his spirit was moved, and he felt that he might gain a lot in the land of Mount Shu.

"Aren't you afraid that things will change in Korea if you leave Xinzheng?" Zi Nu asked Jiang Chuan again.

Jiang Chuan disguised himself as Bai Yifei and became a general in South Korea.

As a general, he had the important responsibility of stationing himself in Xinzheng to protect the state of Han, and obviously could not leave Xinzheng without permission.

"Aside from my identity as Bai Yifei, my original identity is one of the Four Fiends of the Night, a merchant. I have businesses in Nanyang, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to come here to manage my business. And it's also understandable that I need to go to Shu for business." Jiang Chuan spoke eloquently to Zi Nu.

"As for South Korea, nothing bad will happen in the short term."

"If something really happens, then I will have no choice but to give up the identity of Bai Yifei. Although it is a pity, I can still accept it."

Jiang Chuan's open-mindedness and carefree attitude were beyond Zi Nu's expectations.

At the same time, these words also made Zi Nu understand some things.

That is, Jiang Chuan doesn't seem to be as enthusiastic about power as one might imagine.

Thinking of this, her initial absurd idea resurfaced.

Perhaps, it's worth trying to become friends with this person.

If we can become friends with him, with his help, perhaps a change can be made in a dark South Korea.

Of course, before achieving these goals, Jiang Chuan must ensure that she can break the Yin-Yang curse seal within her body, and she also needs to get rid of the pressure brought by Donghuang Taiyi.

If these problems cannot be solved.

Both she and Jiang Chuan will suffer a fate worse than death, their lives filled with misery.

After arriving in Nanyang, Jiang Chuan, using his identity as the Nightfall General, changed into a different carriage, gathered some men, disguised himself as a merchant caravan, and headed towards the Qin Kingdom.

Next to Nanyang is Ba County, and after passing through Ba County is Shu County, and Shu Mountain is hidden in Shu County.

Unlike Nanyang, which is a vast plain with fertile land, Shu County is mountainous and the roads are extremely rugged.

Although there are vast plains, the area where Mount Shu is located is clearly not a plain region.

Chapter 212 The Difficulty of the Shu Road

Shu Road is difficult, and it is difficult to ascend to the sky.

In this era, entering Shu was actually an extremely dangerous thing. Even during the reign of King Huiwen of Qin, through some trickery, a passage into Shu was opened up and Qin annexed Ba and Shu, making the vast plains of Ba and Shu the granary of Qin. From then on, Qin had the real capital to contend for hegemony. It was precisely because of the existence of the granary in Ba and Shu that Qin was able to ensure logistics when it launched military campaigns.

However, in addition to the plains, the Sichuan Basin also has steep mountains.

Even if the Qin state annexed Ba and Shu, it only controlled a part of Ba and Shu.

In the mountains of Sichuan and Chongqing, many Tu ethnic tribes still live, and there are even descendants of the ancient Ba and Shu kingdoms. In addition, the roads into Sichuan and Chongqing are quite treacherous, consisting of plank roads carved into the mountains and valleys, and wild animals roam the mountains.

Therefore, in this era, people usually traveled to Sichuan in groups.

The reason is that if a group of people enter Sichuan together, they can help each other even if they encounter danger. Of course, if someone accidentally falls off a cliff from the plank road and dies, there is nothing that can be done. The people traveling with them can only pass on the bad news to their family and then inform their wife to remarry.

Jiang Chuan and Zi Nu walked along the mountain path in Shu.

Although there were not many of them, both of them were quite strong, and they could easily overcome the many dangers on the mountain path.

With numerous wild beasts attacking them, it's unclear who will devour whom.

As one of the former disciples of the Yin-Yang School, Zi Nu did not become an elder in the Yin-Yang School, but she was considered to have achieved the position of half-step elder. She was considered half-step elder because she successfully passed the Fire Department's assessment. If it weren't for another person of her generation passing the assessment, and the need for them to compete to determine the elder, she would have become an elder of the Yin-Yang School long ago.

Although she did not become an elder, Zi Nu still knew a lot of secrets about the Yin Yang School.

Such as the origin of the Yin-Yang School, and the location of the Shu Mountain tribe.

Hundreds of years ago, after the Yin-Yang School separated from the Taoist School, it was once persecuted by the Taoists.

Because the Yin-Yang School's cultivation method, which obliterates humanity and preserves only divinity, is considered heretical and demonic by Taoism, those who go astray and become possessed by demons cannot be allowed to remain.

If they were to spread this evil ideology throughout the world, it would bring immense calamity to the world.

This calamity arose because of Taoism, so naturally Taoism cannot sit idly by.

Although Taoism emphasizes non-action, conversely, another meaning of non-action is doing everything.

Faced with the pursuit of the Daoist sect, which was at its peak and had not yet split into the Heavenly and Human sects, some of the Yin-Yang School ancestors fled to the mountains of Shu. It was in these mountains that they discovered the existence of the Shu Mountain Clan and obtained a portion of the Shu Mountain inheritance, which strengthened their foundation and laid the basis for the establishment of the Yin-Yang School.

What these Yin-Yang School ancestors actually obtained in Mount Shu remains unknown.

However, according to Zi Nu, the Yin Yang School's spell seal technique was created by the Yin Yang School's ancestors after observing the spell techniques of Mount Shu.

"Over the years, has the Yin-Yang School never considered attacking Mount Shu and plundering its heritage?"

On the mountain path, Jiang Chuan asked Zi Nu a question.

"According to what you said, the part of the Shu Mountain's inheritance played a crucial role in the establishment of the Yin Yang School. If we could plunder all of its inheritance, it would probably greatly enhance the strength of the Yin Yang School."

Zi Nu said softly, "Although the Taoists consider the Yin-Yang School to be the demonic path, the Yin-Yang School has never thought so. In the past, when the ancestors of the Yin-Yang School obtained part of the inheritance of Mount Shu, it was not through trickery or plunder. After the establishment of the Yin-Yang School, for the first two hundred years, they were always on guard against the Taoists. Later, although the Taoists split up, the Yin-Yang School was at its peak for a period of time, but later, with the loss of the supreme treasure, the Yin-Yang School gradually declined. At that time, the Yin-Yang School was busy rising again, so it was naturally impossible for them to think about plundering the inheritance of Mount Shu."

“Other people’s things will always belong to others. The Yin-Yang School is not a robber. In fact, many years ago, the Yin-Yang School actively prohibited its disciples from practicing forbidden techniques such as Yin-Yang incantations.”

“But now, it’s almost the same as the demonic path, isn’t it?” Jiang Chuan understood the meaning behind Zi Nu’s words. The Yin Yang School that Zi Nu was referring to was from many years ago.

The present was not mentioned.

Zi Nu remained silent for a long time before saying, "The Yin-Yang School during the current Donghuang Taiyi era is indeed different from the past."

In the past, the Yin-Yang School's cultivation methods required the annihilation of humanity and the retention of divinity. However, this was merely to make the cultivator more rational, unaffected by worldly love, hate, and grudges, and less prone to developing inner demons.

However, this method of cultivation does not mean that one will actually become a god.

The current Donghuang Taiyi considers himself a god, and all Yin-Yang School disciples are his puppets. In order to enhance the strength of the Yin-Yang School, he vigorously encourages his disciples to engage in life-or-death battles, and many previously sealed forbidden techniques have been unsealed.

He was completely indifferent to the deaths and injuries of his disciples during this process.

Zi Nu was born into the Yin-Yang School and thought that this was the true nature of the Yin-Yang School. It wasn't until she left the Yin-Yang School, investigated it, and learned about the Yin-Yang School in the past that she realized that although the Yin-Yang School was called the Demonic Path by the Taoists in the past, it was not actually what it is now.

"In other words, the current Donghuang Taiyi is very likely to attempt to plunder the inheritance of Shushan?"

Zi Nu fell silent again, then said in a complicated tone, "I don't know."

Jiang Chuan didn't say much, because he actually knew the answer to this question very well.

That is, Donghuang Taiyi did indeed do that.

However, not now, but in the future.

In the original story, the Yin-Yang School attacked Mount Shu, plundered all of Mount Shu's treasures, and moved them to the Mirage Tower.

However, this incident also revealed to Jiang Chuan the power of Mount Shu.

Even the Yin-Yang School at that time only achieved this by relying on the Qin army and the power of the Qin state.

The Yin-Yang School is clearly not as powerful as it was in the original story.

Although Donghuang Taiyi is very strong, he still has many concerns.

Of course, these future events have little to do with Jiang Chuan now; he came here to seek a way to break the curse.

Chapter 213 The Shu Mountain Clan

Sichuan is a mountainous region.

It contains many famous mountains.

Mountains such as Qingcheng and Emei are famous mountains in Sichuan.

Emei Mountain, in particular, was already famous throughout the world as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty.

It is known as the most beautiful mountain under heaven.

However, due to the difficult roads into Sichuan and the treacherous mountains and rivers of Sichuan, even though Emei Mountain was famous throughout the world, there were actually not many people in this era who were keen on traveling and sightseeing.

Therefore, despite their great reputation, Emei and Qingcheng are sparsely populated.

Little did they know that hidden deep within the layers of mountains and clouds was a mysterious tribe.

The tribe is called the "Shilan" tribe. Shilan is the name of a fragrant herb that looks similar to roadside weeds, but it is resilient and can survive even in the cracks of rocks. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Shilan tribe has endured many hardships, continuing from the time of Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor in ancient times to the present day. During this period, they have experienced the era of the Five Emperors, the rise of the Shu Kingdom and the Ba Kingdom, and witnessed the demise of the Ba and Shu Kingdoms, as well as the changes in the Central Plains. Eight hundred years after the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, the Shilan tribe has continued to exist even today with the seven kingdoms standing side by side.

It is worth mentioning that there are also many verses about "Shilan" in Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs", such as "wearing Shilan and wearing Duheng" and "scattering Shilan for fragrance". Jiang Chuan couldn't help but wonder if the animation screenwriter had referred to "Nine Songs" when setting up the Shilan tribe.

Of course, Jiang Chuan is currently in a real world, so the things from his previous life are only for reference.

In any case, for him at this moment, knowing the plot can only provide some convenience, but it cannot completely help him.

At least the original work does not mention how to break the Yin-Yang Curse Seal.

Even in the original novel, there is not much description of Mount Shu. Before Jiang Chuan had actually set foot in Mount Shu, he did not know what kind of place Mount Shu was.

An enemy? Is it a friend?

Was the trip successful?

He was completely unaware!

But in order to find hope of breaking the Yin-Yang curse, he decided to take the plunge.

The Shilan tribe did not hide in Mount Emei or Mount Qingcheng. Even though there were few people living in these two mountains, they were still famous mountains in Sichuan, especially Mount Qingcheng, which was full of spiritual energy. In ancient times, many Taoist hermits hid there to cultivate in seclusion. If the Shu tribes were also there, it would inevitably cause some trouble and expose themselves.