Zhongshan Shenzhu Chi

Chapter 79 Ascension

"Please inspect this, Mountain God—" Zhao Qingyan's body trembled as she spoke, and her voice trembled as well.

He tried to calm himself down.

But when the giant snake turned its head to look at them, it couldn't help but hide behind Zhao Ying.

Unfortunately, his legs were already weak, and if he moved even slightly, he would trip over his own feet and fall down, stumbling on the spot.

Helpless, Zhao Qingyan looked up at the giant snake and gave a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Get out of the way," the giant snake said in a deep voice, its voice booming like thunder.

"Oh, oh—" Zhao Qingyan felt as if she had been granted a pardon, and ran to hide behind Zhao Ying, not daring to show even a bit of her body.

The giant snake, which lives in the mountains, has lost much of its sense of human height.

Looking at it now, Zhao Ying is actually quite tall, a head taller than that scholar in white.

The scholar in white robes should be of normal human height—around 1.75 meters.

He glanced at Zhao Ying and saw that she was standing firmly in front of her nephew, completely taking the brunt of his gaze.

Then give yourself a smile.

To be honest, this woman isn't good at smiling.

The barely squeezed-out curve at that moment seemed more like an apology on behalf of her good-for-nothing nephew.

The giant snake turned its eyes back and its gaze fell on the landscape painting spread out on the shore.

Twelve volumes.

Each volume is approximately four meters wide and nine meters long.

This picture is much more detailed than the one the fox showed him.

It uses the landforms that have hardly changed in tens of thousands of years—mountains and valleys—as its base point to mark the beginning and end points of all the water veins in Zhongshan.

Even the origins of each valley and the direction to which each ridge slopes are clearly described.

The origin of Zhongshan Mountain and the cities and villages it extends to are all noted in the register.

The giant snake released its energy, tilted its head slightly, and released spiritual energy to communicate with the spirit of Zhongshan.

I meticulously reviewed each of these picture books, inch by inch.

Encouraged by Zhao Ying, Zhao Qingyan reluctantly poked her head out to look at the giant snake.

Seeing its silence, the courage I had built up inside crumbled again.

"Speak." The giant snake turned its eyes and its gaze fell on Zhao Qingyan.

"Speak," Zhao Ying said softly.

"Uh—this picture—" Zhao Qingyan couldn't meet the giant snake's gaze, so she could only lower her head and speak one sentence at a time.

"This painting was completed so quickly thanks to the hard work of the spirits under the fox spirit's command."

"Hmm." The giant snake nodded.

"Well—I didn't do anything, it's just that these people—well, they've had a tough time."

After saying that, the giant snake did not respond.

The mountain and water caves fell into a deathly silence once again, and even the sound of the rushing river seemed to have faded away and was barely audible.

This is an attempt to get some reward from those humans.

The giant snake turned its eyes and sped up the process of reconstructing the landscape painting.

Following its memory, the spirit of Zhongshan, accompanied by the giant snake, traversed every corner of Zhongshan, inch by inch.

Morning, noon, dusk, night.

Traveling a thousand miles in a day, going up to the sky and down to the earth.

Looking back, the world is still the same world, but only a moment has passed.

In that instant, Zhongshan seemed to have undergone a sublimation.

The majestic mountain that stretches between Yongningzhou and Yunxizhou remained motionless, standing there silently.

In the hearts of all beings, however, He becomes even more magnificent, with mountains shrouded in mist and clouds, a silent and invisible charm flowing through Him.

Those who soar to the heavens like kites, find peace of mind upon gazing at the peaks.

Zhao Qingyan's anxious heart suddenly calmed down.

Now look at the giant snake.

It stands silently, its shadow winding in the water like the river flowing eastward.

The head and body are the green mountains.

"I—" Zhao Qingyan began, about to say something.

"Well done," the giant snake suddenly said.

As soon as he finished speaking, countless spiritual energies burst forth from the mountains and rivers like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Three-tenths of it, located on the south side of the mountain, where the white fox dwells.

Sixty percent fell among the mountains, nourishing the earthworm demon, the rats, and all the spirits who participated in surveying the mountains and rivers like spring rain.

The final portion fell upon those people on the banks of the Luo River.

They felt a gust of wind blow by, their bodies seemed to lighten, and their minds suddenly felt much clearer.

Many problems that were previously incomprehensible have now become clear with a change of perspective.

Zhao Qingyan's reaction was the most obvious.

Having mastered the art of observing qi, he instantly realized that the mountains had recognized their work.

We should kneel down in gratitude right now.

But a gust of wind blew by and straightened their bodies.

"If you encounter any misfortune in Yongning in the future, you may come to Zhongshan and recite my name," the great serpent said in a deep voice.

The sound was no longer like thunder, but like a gentle rain, seeping into the heart from the ears, a kind of charm that could cleanse the clutter in one's heart.

"We thank the Mountain God." The sixteen officials bowed in unison.

Zhao Qingyan stood up and turned to look at Zhao Ying.

It was affirmed.

He took a thin booklet out of his sleeve.

The sixteen officials immediately became solemn upon seeing this.

Clearly, these ideas came about together.

"Mountain God," Zhao Qingyan spread out the book and held it high above his head, "this is some strategy we've come up with to deal with future droughts."

"And how to construct key points and sectional drawings for underground water intake points —"

The giant snake nodded.

The twelve volumes of landscape paintings, along with that thin booklet, flew up and surrounded it.

"I will watch it."

"Once the Zhongshan water intake point is planned, I will give you a copy of the landscape map."

"This humble servant takes his leave." Zhao Qingyan bowed and walked away with the officials.

Only Zhao Ying remained on the riverbank.

Before I could even ask a question, a gust of wind suddenly blew by.

A huge blue tiger leaped out of the dense forest and landed beside Zhao Ying.

"The Mountain Lord wants to learn your method of cultivating martial arts," the great serpent said.

"I can trade my things for it," Qinghu added.

"Oh, this—"

Zhao Ying was speechless.

The methods of cultivating military prowess are common in the imperial army. Although there are many different types, their overall effects are similar.

The only difference is the degree of protection for the body.

Her cultivation method is naturally top-tier, and it will hardly cause any harm to her body.

"I cannot reveal my family's secret techniques, but I can give you some commonly used in the military."

"There's no need to replace it. This thing is already commonplace; it's just that nobody wants to cultivate it."

"No—" Qinghu shook his head, extended his sharp claws, and slashed a wound on his body.

Hot blood flowed out and condensed into a pill.

"Here, have this."

"Ah—then thank you." Zhao Ying didn't stand on ceremony. After accepting the Tiger Blood Pill, she began to recite the cultivation techniques for the Soldier's Fiend.

Qinghu listened quietly, occasionally asking questions.

Seeing this, the giant snake swam ashore and headed south of the mountain.

If I'm not mistaken, thirty percent of the spiritual energy fell to the south of the mountain, where the white fox resides.

A convergence of so many spiritual essences—

The two-tailed fox is about to be born.

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