Chapter 65: Mount Tai's Ten Mansions, Sand Snakes Cause Trouble

  On Zhongxifeng Peak in Mount Tai, there are ten large villas.

  These ten major estates are:

  The first mountain villa is Tianwang Mountain Villa, which has the strongest strength among all the mountain villas.

  The second mountain villa is Diwang Mountain Villa, which has an average strength close to that of Tianwang Mountain Villa.

  The Third Mountain Villa, the Overbearing Mountain Villa, this mountain villa's strength is also quite formidable.

  The Fourth Mountain Villa New Moon Mountain Villa.

  The Fifth Mountain Villa - The Remaining Moon Mountain Villa.

  The Sixth Mountain Villa is like the Moon Mountain Villa.

  The Seventh Mountain Villa Spring Snow Mountain Villa.

  The Eighth Mountain Villa Winter Snow Villa.

  The Ninth Mountain Villa Remains Snowy Villa.

  The Tenth Mountain Villa New Snow Mountain Villa.

  These ten major mansions are also the three with the title of Wang, the three with the title of Yue, and the four with the title of Xue. The division of the ten mansions is also quite simple, two years a batch, the earliest to enter is in Tianwang Mansion. In this way, the people who are ranked in front of the mansion are older on average, the longer they stay in the Tai Shan Sect, naturally, the stronger their strength will be.

  This is usually the case.

  There are also a few exceptions, such as Song Qing in Chunxue Mountain Villa, who has been practicing for only about five years and is now 16 years old. He once said: "The cultivation of martial arts is not that whoever is older is the strongest, otherwise the number one master in the world would be an old man over a thousand years old." Song Qing, known as a genius, indeed has some capital to be proud of. At just 16 years old, he can already rank fifth among the top ten outer door disciples, and such a person is basically guaranteed to enter the inner door.

  Of course, this is just for geniuses.

  For ordinary people, the longer they practice martial arts, the more outstanding their skills become.

  Another year has passed and everyone is one year older.

  Those who are over thirty years old and have not become inner disciples will no longer have the opportunity to become inner disciples, and will directly become helpers. It is precisely because of this rule in the Tai Shan Sect that older outer sect disciples dare not waste time and work harder in their cultivation. Their efforts also bring other outer sect disciples to start working hard.

  So, just after returning from Chinese New Year, everyone started working crazily hard, no one wanted to fall behind.

  The atmosphere of mutual competition has reached an extreme intensity.

  Gu Chao had just walked out of the New Year's atmosphere at home and immediately felt this strong atmosphere. After enjoying the delicious seafood brought by Luo Tao and the roast duck brought by Gao Ren, Gu Chao began to practice martial arts like a madman. This time, he mainly practiced the Difei Steps.

  Don't underestimate footwork.

  Footwork is actually very useful in combat.

  There is a method of walking, which can make running faster.

  If it is an enemy, you can attack the enemy faster.

  If you can't beat them, run away faster.

  Ancient super practiced the Wind Step, silently reciting the Wind Step incantation in his heart: "Turtle sister advances without a care, without a care advances to great friendship...", while silently reciting it in his heart, he started the step with his feet, constantly sprinting around the courtyard, but no matter how hard he ran, there was no feeling of wind.

  Something must have gone wrong with your practice of the steps.

  Gu Chao secretly thought in his heart.

  Why not, try tying sandbags. In his previous life, Gu Chao had watched many TV dramas. In many martial arts TV series, those who practiced qinggong often tied sandbags under their feet. When the time came to remove the sandbags, they would be as light as a swallow. Gu Chao was bored anyway, so he also found some sandbags and tied them to his legs. However, inside the sandbags, he wrapped iron blocks in the outer layer of sand. The outer layer of sand was for cushioning; otherwise, the direct impact of the iron blocks on his feet would be unbearable. With the sandbags as a buffer, it was much better. Gu Chao estimated that each leg had about 10 kilograms of sandbags, and both legs together had around 20 kilograms.

  After tying up the sandbags, Gu Chao started practicing the Gust Step again, this time much slower than before.

  From then on, Gu Chao tied sandbags to his legs. At first, he was a bit clumsy and slow, but gradually, he got used to the feeling of having sandbags tied to his legs.

  Tied with a sandbag to practice knife, tied with a sandbag to sleep, tied with a sandbag to eat, so on.

  The sandbag was hidden in his pant leg, and no one else could discover that Gu Chao was cultivating like this.

  Now cultivating like this is to make one's Gale Step technique reach small success, although the Gale Step technique is a footwork technique, it also belongs to the second-class martial skill. Once cultivated to small success, the speed will necessarily be extremely fast, and one's combat power can also be significantly improved.

  Time just kept passing like this.

  During this time, Gu Chao also met Murong Ying once in the gap of his cultivation. Murong Ying was obviously much stronger than before the New Year, but one day, Murong Ying, I will definitely surpass you, Gu Chao thought secretly in his heart.

  ……

  February 1st, light rain.

  Spring rain is as gentle as cream.

  At this time, there is a hint of spring, with tiny green grass sprouting from the lawn.

  Nan Gongyuan was sipping his tea, he had been teaching at Xin Xue Mountain Villa for more than half a year. The two good seedlings worth cultivating were Gu Chao and Murong Ying, while Fang Yin, Lin Yuan, and Zhang Tao were only slightly inferior. He really looked forward to the growth of these young people. At this time, a black-clad disciple suddenly flashed in front of Nan Gongyuan: "Elder Nan Gong, there is news from above."

  Above, naturally refers to the decision-making stratum of the Tai Shan faction.

  The black-clad crowd handed over a letter with a large seal bearing the two characters "Dai Zong".

  Mount Tai, also known as the Great Peak

  In the Tai Shan Sect, the official seal always has the two characters "Dai Zong" engraved on it.

  Nangong Yuan took over the letter, pulled out the letter and looked at it. His eyebrows furrowed involuntarily.

  The content of the letter is actually very simple. In Linhe County by the East Sea, a monster called the Sand Snake has appeared.

  The Sha Snake is a mythical creature, generally divided into two-headed and three-headed varieties.

  The dual-headed is a first-class demon beast, with a post-heavenly boundary of six layers and the strength of a seventh-order.

  Three-headed is a second-order demon beast, with the strength of eight layers, nine layers, and ten layers in the acquired realm.

  And in Linhe County, a sand snake, a monster, appeared, and it can't be kept.

  Actually, the demon beast is nothing special. There are many demon beasts in this world, but if a sand snake appears in an ordinary place, it will be exterminated immediately. What about the sand snake? Its skin secretes a substance that can turn the ground into sand. This is very deadly. The sandification seems to be not a big problem, but actually, it's the most serious problem.

  What crops will you plant after salinization?

  In this world, merchants need to eat food, farmers need to eat food, officials need to eat food, and warriors can't be high above, they also need to eat food. All people in this world need to eat food, all are built on the big problem of food. And what about the sand snake? Its sandification is just opposing everyone.

  In Linhe County, a group of sand snakes appeared, turning the land into sand everywhere. If they are not killed, it will be troublesome.

  Linhe County is a place located some distance from Mount Tai, but it also belongs to the jurisdiction of Mount Tai.

  Taishan usually acts as the gatekeeper of the White Silver Gate, controlling these regions. When these regions have trouble, it's only natural to take control.

  So, this snake's matter will be handled by Tai Shan Pai.

  Nangong Yuan, the elder, actually understood what was going on. This time, no sand snakes with innate abilities had appeared, so the higher-ups planned to use this opportunity to train their troops. They would have the Ninth Mountain Villa, Canxue Mountain Villa, and Xinshui Mountain Villa each send some men to come and kill the sand snakes. In doing so, they could solve the problem of the sand snakes while also giving their outer sect disciples a chance to gain some experience.

  A disciple must be forged in battle; without the trials of blood and fire, there can be no growth of talent!

  The flowers cultivated in a greenhouse are not people who have experienced the storms of life.

  Nangong Yuanchang was thinking of finding a place for some real battles recently, and it just so happened that the sand snake was causing trouble, which would be a good opportunity to train his troops.

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