He didn’t expect that he had bought such a treasure.

After Maodou had been running for nearly half an hour, Jiang Ning patted its head and signaled it to stop and walk slowly.

Maodou then slowly stopped and continued walking as before.

Mount Zhongnan is actually not far from Mount Hua, only a few hundred miles away. According to his calculations, it would take three or four days to get there.

Jiang Ning is not in a hurry, there is no point in being anxious.

After climbing a rugged mountain road, Jiang Ning got off the donkey and started walking. Without stirrups, it was very uncomfortable to ride even with the padding of clothes.

Moon stars are rare.

The moon was bright in the sky, and fine silver light was sprinkled on the hillside. A young man was practicing sword skills beside a campfire not far away. His figure was sometimes light and sometimes graceful. The firelight illuminated his figure, and the shadow on the ground also danced with his movements.

An incredibly strong donkey was dozing on the grass, snoring loudly.

call out!call out!

The sword in the young man’s hand kept waving in the air, making sounds of breaking wind and creating overlapping sword shadows.

Suddenly.

The young man raised his sword and thrust it forward at a speed so fast that it was heart-pounding. The young man’s movement also stopped with the thrust. A breeze blew, ruffling his messy hair.

Jiang Ning put away his sword, put it back into the scabbard, and sat down by the campfire.

“Hmph~”

Maodou, who was taking a nap, suddenly sneezed. He opened his eyes sleepily, looked at Jiang Ning, and continued to sleep.

“It’s definitely faster than before.”

Jiang Ning sat cross-legged on the grass and talked to himself.

The move he just practiced was one of the Huashan School’s techniques, The Phoenix Comes. He has practiced this move for a long time and has put the most effort into it. This was the last move he used in the duel with Linghu Chong. However, compared to the previous one, the Phoenix Comes he is practicing now is the one carved on the stone wall.

Although he now has almost all the sword techniques of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, including some sword techniques that are more advanced than You Feng Lai Yi, Jiang Ning did not rush to practice those sword techniques. Instead, he chose to practice the You Feng Lai Yi that he was most proficient in.

Just as Yue Buqun was worried, Jiang Ning also considered that being too ambitious and practicing randomly would lead to problems, so it would be better to start with the most familiar sword technique, and there is no rush to practice other techniques after you have mastered it.

Too much to chew.

As long as he can fully understand the Phoenix Coming on the stone wall, it will be a great improvement for him.

Jiang Ning has always thought that no matter whether it is a sophisticated swordsmanship or a simple slash or stab, they are just moves.

The so-called moves are only used to temporarily improve one’s combat effectiveness when one’s own strength is insufficient. It is just icing on the cake. It may be very important in the early stage, but in the end, oneself must be the main focus, with sword moves as a supplement.

This is also the reason why Jiang Ning is not too eager to learn the Dugu Nine Swords by pleasing Feng Qingyang.

It’s better to have it, but it’s okay if you don’t.

As long as you are strong, every move can exert tremendous power.

Snoring~

Snoring~

Maodou was snoring loudly beside him, while Jiang Ning was lying on the lawn looking up at the night sky, his eyes as bright as stars.

……

Zhongnan Mountain.

Also known as Taiyi Mountain, it is located in the middle section of the Qinling Mountains. It has rugged terrain and endless valleys. It is a famous Taoist mountain.

Since the demise of Quanzhen Sect, no Taoist sect has settled in this famous mountain, but it has attracted many hermits to live here.

After five days of walking and stopping, Jiang Ning finally arrived here, holding Maodou behind him.

At this time, the clothes he was wearing were no longer the sect uniform of Huashan Sect, but were bought in Huayin County. They were light gray in color, and although they were made of cloth, they were well made.

Maodou was carrying luggage, which contained clothes, dry food, paper umbrellas and other items.

This place is not far from Xi’an Prefecture. There is a small town at the foot of the mountain. Jiang Ning bought some dry food in the town as a supplement and then started to climb the mountain.

Although Mount Zhongnan is also a famous mountain, its scenery is slightly inferior to that of Mount Hua.

After all, the scenery of Mount Hua is rare in the world, and it is also a famous scenic tourist attraction and a national scenic spot in modern times.

Chapter 29: Tomb of the Living Dead

Chapter 29: Tomb of the Living Dead

The road in Zhongnan Mountain is rugged, and it was a little difficult for Jiang Ning to climb up. He was not as easy as Maodou who was walking behind him.

I heard from the folks in the town that there seemed to be many hermits living in Zhongnan Mountain. Every once in a while, some people came to Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion. Some were talented men who had failed to achieve their goals, while others resigned in anger after encountering obstacles in the officialdom and came here to live in seclusion.

When climbing Mount Zhongnan, Jiang Ning discovered many signs of human life and saw some houses.

It seems that there are quite a lot of people living in seclusion in this mountain.

There were sounds of insects chirping on the mountain, shadows of trees were thick, and small animals occasionally darted through the woods.

The mountain road here is not much easier to climb than Mount Huashan. It becomes steeper as you go up. Jiang Ning finally had to draw his sword and stick it into the ground to use as leverage to climb up.

However, he climbed a little hard, but Maodou walked very easily on this rugged and steep mountain road. His tall and strong body seemed very light, which made Jiang Ning look sideways, wondering what kind of donkey it was.

He rested for a night in the town at the foot of the mountain before starting to climb the mountain. He started climbing in the morning and it was almost noon now.

Jiang Ning finally climbed up Zhongnan Mountain and saw the many buildings not far away.

This is the site of Quanzhen Sect.

The Quanzhen Sect has a history of several hundred years here, and its base has long become deserted. The buildings are dilapidated and only a pile of broken walls remain.

“Wanshou Chongyang Palace.”

Jiang Ning walked into the ruins. Not far from his feet was a plaque covered with dust, on which were written the five words “Wanshou Chongyang Palace”.

“Alas, where are the people who came with me to watch the moon? The scenery is vaguely similar to last year. What a pity, what a pity.”

At this time, a voice sounded from not far away.

Jiang Ning walked towards the voice and found a young man in a long gown with his hands behind his back, shaking his head at the ruins in front of him.

The man was thin, wearing a turban on his head, and looked so frail that he seemed like he would fall down if the wind blew.

“Brother Ziyan, we traveled together to Mount Zhongnan last year. Who would have thought that you would pass away this year? What should I do with you?”

The man had tears on his face and a nostalgic expression. When he saw Jiang Ning, he looked back, then shook his head and sighed for a while, then left and headed down the mountain.

It turns out that he came here to recall someone by seeing the things.

Jiang Ning searched the site carefully to see if there was any information, but found nothing.

But this is normal. This site has been here for hundreds of years, and countless people have come here. If there were any secret books of Xiantian Gong here, they would have been taken away long ago, and it would not be his turn. He just wanted to give it a try.

After taking a tour of the Quanzhen Sect’s ruins, Jiang Ning left and began searching within a radius of ten miles. He didn’t know the location of the Tomb of the Living Dead, but he knew it was not far from the Quanzhen Sect.

The first place Jiang Ning searched was the back mountain of Mount Zhongnan. However, when he arrived there, he found that there was nothing there. It was overgrown with weeds. Not to mention the tombstone of the Tomb of the Living Dead, there was not even a grave mound. There was only a pool of water besides the weeds.

“Not here?”

Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

After looking at the pool of water in front of him, he turned around and left, searching carefully in other places.

Three days later.

Jiang Ning stood on the ruins of Quanzhen Sect again, frowning and remaining silent.

He searched all places within a radius of ten miles for three days, but could not find the entrance to the ancient tomb. He did see a few tombs, but they all had names written on them. Judging from the epitaphs, they were all buried decades ago. They were all frustrated people who lived in seclusion in Zhongnan Mountain and were buried here after their death.

Apart from this, no further discoveries were made.

Jiang Ning looked at the ruins in front of him with a frown on his face.

After a while.

He seemed to have thought of something and turned and ran towards the back mountain.

Back mountain.

Jiang Ning stood in front of the pool of water, looking at the calm surface in silence.

If there was any place he had missed, it was this.

Looking at the bottomless pool, Jiang Ning told Mao Dou behind him, “Wait for me here.”

Maodou blinked his big eyes and didn’t respond, but stood there obediently without moving.

Jiang Ning tied the sword around his waist and then jumped directly into the pond. The water splashed with a splash and ripples appeared on the surface of the water. It didn’t take long for the water to return to calm, as if nothing had happened. Only a donkey stood motionless on the edge of the pond.

After entering the pool, Jiang Ning kept swimming downwards. Fortunately, he already knew how to swim and was quite good at it.

The pool was very deep and he swam downstream for a while without seeing the bottom.

The further he swam downstream, the more stuffy he felt in his chest, as if he was being pressed down by a heavy object. Moreover, he could not see very clearly underwater. The water pressure at the bottom of the pool forced him to squint, which made his vision even blurrier.

By the time Jiang Ning finally reached the bottom, he already felt that his chest was being pressed so hard that he could hardly breathe.

Jiang Ning’s eyes kept scanning the bottom of the pool, but because his vision was very poor at the moment, he could not see very clearly. What he saw was almost the same and he could not tell them apart at all.

After glancing around for a while, Jiang Ning felt a bit of stuffy pain in his chest. The oxygen he had been holding in was almost used up. He had to swim up as soon as possible, otherwise he would suffocate to death.

Jiang Ning glanced around the bottom of the pool, but found nothing unusual, so he had no choice but to swim upwards.

While swimming upstream, Jiang Ning looked down at the bottom of the pool unwillingly. His eyes unconsciously swept across a place and then turned back. But the next second his eyes opened slightly and he looked back at the place he had just swept.

His vision was blurry, but he vaguely saw a sharp corner sticking out from the water plants where he had scanned before.

It was a piece of granite.

Most of the granite was buried by the water plants at the bottom of the pond. If the water plants had not just moved and exposed it, Jiang Ning would definitely not have seen it.

Jiang Ning suddenly felt a little excited at this moment.

Granite has many uses, but it is usually used to make tombstones. Now that he saw granite at the bottom of the pool, that place might be the tombstone of the Tomb of the Living Dead.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning wanted to go back and check that place, but his oxygen was running low and he had to go up immediately.

Jiang Ning made a mental note of the location and then swam towards the surface.

“call!”