Chapter 562 Extra: Under the Wilderness and the Sea
In the wilderness, many intelligent creatures thrive here, and the human race is just one of them.
There are cultivators in this world, as well as gods and earthly beings, but they are relatively ancient and simple, and the people on this boat are the subjects of the [Tianyu Dynasty] established by the human race in the main world of the wilderness.
There are many Fang Kingdoms and vassal kings in Tianyu, who are known as the "Wanfang Lai Dynasty". They are the subjects of King Jingchu of "Jingchu Fang". Because they cannot pay the increasingly heavy silver tax, they can only pay the blood tax to serve Jingchu. Chu opened up the Tianhai Islands.
And here is a cave in the sky in the south of Jingchu, called [Liucui Island]. The name is beautiful, but the environment is harsh, there are many diseases, mosquitoes and poisonous snakes are all over the mountains and valleys, and it is said that evil spirits are infested. Although Tianyu theoretically rules here , but not a single official or priest was sent over, and Jingchu paid no attention to him on weekdays.
However, because this cave is located near some developed caves in the surrounding area, the Taixu fleet of caravans will occasionally come to inspect transactions. Theoretically, there are also human camps established by some tax evaders on the island, as well as chamber of commerce warehouses and Island Guard garrison.
But looking at it now, these things only exist [on the books]. In fact, those camps, the chamber of commerce warehouses and the property and spiritual objects in the warehouses, as well as the salaries of a large number of island guards, do not really exist.
There were three hundred people on their ship on paper, but in fact there were more than seventy people in total including the sailors. Halfway through the journey, they encountered an accident and crashed into the surrounding area. Now, including the crew, they are only over fifty, which can be said to be a huge loss. Most of the damage was done.
In fact, if the captain had not been experienced, they would not have been stranded, but would have been lost in the sky and disappeared, turning into a primitive spiritual evil soup.
"There are no gathering places or warehouses here at all!"
Now, most people have understood this fact, and some people shouted in despair: "Damn Wang Xiang, he didn't really intend to let us come to open up wasteland, but let us die!"
"Next, he said that we were all unscrupulous people with ulterior motives. When we got to the island, we became robbers and water bandits when we saw the money. When the island guards were not paying attention, we hijacked the ship, burned the camp, robbed the warehouse and left... …If they settle the account, our family will still be arrested for hard labor, our house will be completely ransacked, and they will still be able to make another fortune!”
The person who said this was very experienced, and what he said was completely consistent with facts and imagination. It could almost be said that he could predict the future, and it instantly caused people's morale to plummet.
"I've seen this before."
The respected old man sighed, his wrinkled face full of calm despair. He looked north in the direction of Jingchu Fangguo: "I have seen several empty ships going to sea in the southern port, but on the books The number of goods is increasing.”
"Five trips to the sea to open up wasteland, twelve times of immigration support, more than a hundred island guards, a total of several hundred and nearly a thousand immigrants, seven or eight settlements, and goods worth a total of more than 200,000 spiritual stones, inside There are spirit animal skins, nectar and nectar, magic weapons and spiritual iron brought from the mainland and surrounding caves, and various tea and spices... all of them are fake."
When he said this, the old man's lips were trembling, and everyone else was also horrified: "Old Huang, you know whether it's true or not?! Why didn't you remind us if you knew it?!"
"I originally thought there was one-tenth of the amount on the account!"
The old man known as 'Huang Lao' waved his cane in pain, paused, and roared unwillingly: "As long as there are a dozen island guards, more than a hundred immigrants, a settlement and enough food for us to eat for several months, we will be able to survive." That's enough - I don't even expect those spiritual objects, nectar and spiritual iron to be real, I just need some jade rice and spiritual cane!"
"Who knows, let alone one tenth, not even one percent!"
The old man knew part of the inside story, and the reason why he came to open up wasteland was not because he couldn't pay the money, but because he wanted to help his hometown open up more caves at the end of his life. This way, Jingchu, which was extremely involved in internal affairs, would have a place to resettle the refugees, and the situation would be relieved. many.
Who knew that this kindness would also be completely exploited.
The old man has great prestige. Although they were angry, no one took their anger out on him. Instead, they almost said in despair: "Then doesn't this mean that we will die? Not only will we die, but we will also have to take the blame, and we will also implicate our parents, relatives, and friends. Let’s settle the accounts with those kings of Jingchu and the kings!”
"They are not even willing to let us be wasted by nature in the development, they just want our lives!"
Ming Guangchen, who had mixed into the crowd, couldn't help but sigh: "Can this still make them happy? It's against him!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately turned around and looked at Ming Guangchen.
Although no one knew Ming Guangchen, this group of people didn't actually know each other before, and the spell Ming Guangchen cast on himself made everyone feel that he was quite familiar, and they didn't care much at first, but said cautiously. : "Forget it, if we really go against it, no caravans will come from the surrounding caves."
"Yeah, I don't have any family, so I'll just struggle a little bit. At least I still have a boat here to use as raw material to build a camp. It's not like I can't survive."
"They say there are no camps, but there should be some villages built here by people who used to evade taxes. Let's go look for them."
This is the nature of Tianyu people. If you want to open the window for ventilation, most of them will not do it. But if the roof is said to be raised, then they can accept opening the windows.
Although the scolding was very forceful, no one dared to really rebel - maybe they could still survive?
However, everyone does not reject rebellion, they just feel that the time is not right now, and it is better to survive first.
And Ming Guangchen also knew that according to the announcement from Jingchu, there were other humans and intelligent races on this cave island called "Liucui Island".
In the wilderness, [human] is the self-proclaimed name of all intelligent beings. The ones who look like foxes call themselves humans, the ones who look like tigers also call themselves humans, and the ‘human race’ that Ming Guangchen has long been accustomed to naturally also calls themselves humans.
It’s nothing more than calling each other the ‘Spirit Fox Clan’, ‘Fire Tiger Clan’ and ‘Straight Ape Clan’. If they have a good relationship, they call them Fox Man, Tiger Man or Ape Man to give each other a ‘human’ face.
Yes. In the wild world, humans are called ‘straight apes’ by other intelligent races, and the official title is ‘Linghui straight ape’. The advantage of the group is that they develop wisdom very early, have strong endurance, and have very good adaptability.
The battle for hegemony among all races in the Great Wilderness, in addition to competing for territory, also competes for the "Chief of All Spirits", which is also the title of "Human Race".
The sky is full of dangers, with dragons and snakes in the west, unicorns in the north, phoenixes in the east, and many small tribes located in the gaps. In the south are the Tianhai Islands, where the residents are all different, and on Liucui Island...
"The goods on our ship were originally going to be sold to the group of rat people on the island."
The captain looked at the water-soaked bill in his hand, and his already bald forehead became even more bald: "These rat men must be cooperating with the dog officials back home, and they are also part of the settlement. We have to be careful about them." 's raid."
"Yes." Others were also worried: "These rat people don't believe in [Candle Light], but believe in their ancestors, or other mountain spirits, river ghosts, evil spirits on earth... Will they use us as sacrifices?" Was it a sacrifice?"
"[Firelight Candle Lighting Day God] bless you..." The others were immediately frightened by this possibility. They all raised their heads and prayed to the big sun in the sky.
Candlelight? The flint candle illuminates the day god?
As a warrior, Ming Guangchen suddenly realized that he seemed to have asked for less information just now. He couldn't help but raise his head and look towards the zenith with the group of people.
Like a candle, the purple-green sun with its triple lotus array is shining.
Is that [Flintlight Candle Illuminating Day God]?
god……
This is... a Shinto world?
But this form of address is not that of an ordinary god.
Ming Guangchen knew very well that this format and statement were quite similar to the official title of ‘Great Immortal Huaixu’ [Tai Shang Grand View Huai Xu Immortal]!
Coupled with the Tao Ting language, this world is really related to the Tao Ting!
Ming Guangchen took another person to ask questions, and soon learned the relevant information.
In the Huaixu Realm, the first step was to refine qi and cultivate immortality, and then the martial arts of destiny. Even if there were occasional divine ways, they were not the mainstream, and they still had to be mixed with immortal ways and martial arts, so he was not particularly sensitive to this.
But after understanding it, Ming Guangchen discovered that this world was actually dominated by Shinto!
The intelligent beings in the wilderness are not stupid, they are even extremely smart. They have long discovered that whether they are casting spells or cultivating, as long as they mobilize the spiritual evil between heaven and earth, the evil energy will be activated, making people gradually become anxious, crazy, and even alienated. Becoming a monster.
In this kind of environment, practicing spiritual practice is an extremely scary thing.
As a result, Shinto flourished.
All races and nations, and all intelligent creatures in the wilderness, worship their respective gods and earth. The more powerful the gods are, the more they can suppress the interference and backlash of demonic energy. Their priests are also the most important members of all countries and even royal family.
In addition, if there were no priests, there would be no place to gather.
Just like now. It was said that they should be careful against the raids of the rat tribe, but in fact, it was considered good if this group of shipwrecked refugees survived.
As the sun gradually sets, the dangers of the wilderness gradually become apparent.
Ming Guangchen learned from these people that this world is very dangerous: wind, water, fire, earth, starlight, woods... anything in the world is very dangerous and can take human lives.
When the sun was still shining, several people were bitten by flying insects on the beach and developed large cysts. They even had their fingers bitten off without noticing.
And when the sea breeze is stirring, it is indeed like a knife, and the top leaves of slightly taller trees are cut off. Only the spiritual plants that are strong enough and sparkle with spiritual light can resist it.
The few people who were close to the trees and said they were going to take a look in the forest were almost knocked down by the miasma released by the tentacles extended by the trees. If Ming Guangchen couldn't bear it and took action, these people would have turned into... Fertilizer for the woods.
That is to say, the respected and respected Mr. Huang is a [Flame Priest] of [Zhuzhao].
He used his own blood to ignite the purple-green "Candlelight Fire" and set up a bonfire on the beach. He drove away the poisonous insects and snakes that were approaching step by step, frightened the roots of the living plants, and let the sea into the sea. Man-eating giant crabs and fluorescent jellyfish did not dare to approach, and the sea breeze, which became increasingly cold and cold enough to penetrate human bones, became gentle.
Under the power of fire, the demonic energy returned to inertia, and the aura became controllable.
Only the blessing power of the gods can stop these creatures that have been transformed by demonic energy and become twisted and weird.
Mixed in the crowd, Ming Guangchen gradually learned many things that he could not figure out even if he asked. They were beyond the understanding of a person from another world, but they were common sense to people in this world.
For example, people in this world practice cultivation not by absorbing the "spiritual energy of heaven and earth", but by taking various refined spiritual foods.
Once the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is mobilized, the demonic energy will be aroused at the same time, which may cause practitioners to become possessed by evil spirits and mutate into evil spirits.
Only the spiritual energy contained in various spiritual objects, such as the coconut he ate when he first arrived in this world, can the mellow spiritual energy contained in it be absorbed by the human body.
Compared to the irritable, crazy world, which can even be said to want to devour all things at all times, the spiritual evil in the spiritual creatures of this world can make people grow and accumulate cultivation.
However, if you do not take spiritual objects of the corresponding level for a long time, and do not stay in the spiritual land of the corresponding level, your cultivation level will gradually decline.
Without the support of power resources, many monks can only absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and then gradually mutate crazily, turning into monsters and other people's spiritual materials.
In this world, there are roughly three types of cultivation systems.
One is the priest of the gods of the Shinto system.
One is similar to the primitive Qi refining practice, the use of spells and talismans, and the alchemist similar to Dachen's mobilization of the power of Feng Shui and earth veins.
The last one is a martial art that he is very familiar with, which is partially similar to the way of demon spirits.
In addition, there are actually many small cultivation systems, including destiny, bloodline power, magical powers, formations, and weapon cultivation, but they are not as professional and systematic as Huaixu. Most are developed independently.
Among this group of refugees, there were only three monks.
The old man is a priest of Zhuzhao, the captain is a water spirit sorcerer, and the captain of the guard is a warrior. It just happens to be three types of monks.
When there are priests, the priests are the main ones, the alchemists are the assistants, and the warriors are the vanguard. The three of them work together to cope with any crisis.
Having said that, the cultivation of the three people really does not give people much sense of security, not to mention that if they want to maintain their cultivation, they must either practice in a safe spiritual place or take spiritual medicine. Things - and on this island without any human gathering place, the priests are okay, but the alchemists and warriors are really difficult to maintain, and the food on the ship cannot sustain a few battles.
Not to mention, there are some people who are obviously not warriors but insist on sneaking around to steal food on the ship.
At night, a few sneaky figures planned to run into the cabin of the stranded ship. What they wanted to do was very obvious, but they were discovered by the "water spirit trip wire" set by the captain. The people who were awakened immediately caught them.
Even Ming Guangchen was not willing to protect these people. He just watched from the sidelines, watching the angry refugees hanging these food thieves on the trees, beating them so hard and cursing them that their blood flowed and soaked into the earth and The roots allow each living tree to happily soothe its branches and leaves.
The next day, their corpses emitted a putrid stench. Some of them had been gnawed to the bones by insects and wild beasts, and swayed in the wind. The maggots on the corpses were taken by people to fish as bait.
The deaths of these people gave the refugee organization some cohesion.
"We must go into the forest to find food and a safer place to settle!"
After a few days, as the food stocks on the ship gradually dwindled, and the problem of hot sun and cold nights became more and more serious, the Suihuo Priest had to announce the next step: "In the past few days, the God Zhuzhao has given me a revelation, and a storm is coming. , we can’t stay at the beach any longer!”
He's right. Ming Guangchen could also see that the storms in the sky and sea were gathering. The air was unusually moist and the sea was equally quiet. This was just the calm before the storm.
Under normal circumstances, they could slowly build an advance camp near the beach, relying on food from sunken ships, fishing, and crabs, shells, and coconuts on the shore, and then go deep into the jungle when they were fully prepared.
But now, if they cannot enter the island as soon as possible and build a camp, their end may only be to be swallowed up by the violent wind and tide.
By following this group of people and protecting them secretly, Ming Guangchen finally understood the specific situation of this world.
All races and nations.
A simple Taixu skyship.
A huge country spanning the sky, sea, cave and sky, as well as the many vassal states that make up this country.
The corrupt princes and officials of the state.
Shinto sacrifices, demon spirit martial arts, Feng Shui magicians... a world where demonic energy and spiritual energy coexist, magical powers and spells can cause backlash, and a world that needs the comfort of spiritual beings and gods.
"interesting."
Ming Guangchen raised his head. The strange candlelight sun was now obscured by clouds, but it could still faintly leak out some light. It was like a purple fire burning behind the curtain, burning large tracts of clouds into purple-red flames. .
This gorgeous ray of light made the distant skywalker smile sincerely: "It's huge and interesting."
"This world is really worth exploring!"
Not only he thinks so, but even Ji Yuantian thinks so too.
[Pioneering mission ‘Great Wilderness Tianhai’: Explore the specific conditions of Liucui Island, get a preliminary understanding of the customs of the Great Wilderness, and build a local exploration base without disturbing local forces and gods]
[Unlock the Great Wilderness Exchange List]
With his arrival, the power of Yuanyuan Tian also arrived in the wilderness.
"The Great Wilderness of the Sky and the Sea."
As he murmured this word, Ming Guangchen's eyes lit up with silver-blue light, and he smiled.
——It seems that it is time to show some strength.
(End of chapter)