Chapter 1435 "High mountains are hard to cross"

The morning dew is cold, and the wind and snow are vast.
In the southwestern territory of the Great Qian Dynasty, within the capital of Shu, one of the four capitals, there is a tall mountain covered in mist and snow.
This high mountain is considered a sacred mountain in the hearts of the people of Shu and is also one of the three great sacred mountains in Middle-earth, known as Mount Laozi on the Shu Dao.
Laotzi Shudao Mountain, without restrictions, so the vast sky snow can cover it all white.
But Laotzi Shudao Mountain, has a more mysterious power than restrictions.
The further you go up the mountain, the more you can feel this mysterious power pressing on you.
At the halfway point, even the venerable ones cannot fly over.
As for the mountain peak,
For thousands of years, no one has ever reached the mountain peak, let alone crossed this towering mountain. Even the highest ranking individuals within the Great Qian Dynasty cannot hope to cross!
Because the closer you are to the mountain top, the weaker your strength will become, turning you into an ordinary person.
And ordinary people cannot withstand the thin air and bone-chilling cold in high places, not to mention other mysterious and unfathomable things.
在老子蜀道山山下的一座高逾三丈的石碑上，记载有老子蜀道山的历史，无数年来，唯有两个人翻越过这座雄伟在天地间的高山。
A supreme powerhouse who existed even before the ancient times was revered as Laozi.
An adept who lived during the calamitous end of the ancient times, known as He Qiang, could predict everything in the world. With a fishing rod, he could lure all the foolish people in the world—the Fishing Fool, who fished alone in eternal times.
Claiming to be able to dominate the world with a single flick of the fishing rod, and scatter bait to attract chicken, soil, dog, and tile.
In modern terms, this can be referred to as the idiot killer, specializing in fishing for idiots, causing them to bite the hook and die under the fishing rod.
This is the Fooling People He Qiang, who is honored as Emperor He Qiang by the people of Shu Kingdom. He is one of the only two men who have crossed the Shu Dao Mountains.
Zhao Wujiang stood in front of the gray-white stone monument, his eyes scanning the bold and powerful characters carved deeply into the stone.
He has a preliminary understanding of the Shudao Mountain and begins to climb step by step.
These stone steps stretching towards the high mountains are all made of gray stones.
The stone steps at the foot of the mountain are not covered in snow, but thin ice and dirty water. It seems that there are quite a few people going up or down the mountain on this bright morning.
Whether it's going up the mountain for pilgrimage or going down the mountain to buy New Year goods in advance.
In front of Zhao Wujian's eyes, there are only stone steps and white snow on both sides, and it is all hazy. The morning fog and dew are approaching him, and soon his clothes are dampened.
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On the Shudao Mountain, at the halfway point, there is a Taoist temple called Qingcheng Temple.
Inside Qingcheng Temple, incense is burning brightly, and the air is filled with thick blue smoke.
Many elderly people come here to pray and offer incense.
The elderly set off before dawn. Now that it is just becoming light, they have already burned incense and bowed.
Inside the temple, there are many young disciple boys running around, serving the worshippers.
The incense inside the temple is sold for three copper coins or three spiritual stones.
The value of ordinary copper coins and spiritual stones in the realm of cultivation is vastly different, but here they are considered to be of equal value, or "Qi Zhi" in Chinese.
A young girl wearing a Xiaodao robe, clutching a Qiankun bag, ran towards the back hall.
A guest, wanting to solve a huge puzzle, gave a bag containing three promises.
"Master." The young apprentice ran in huffing and puffing, arriving at the back hall, sprinting through the corridor, and bursting into a small courtyard while calling out,
"Master, there is a big incense-worshipper here."
She ran into the courtyard and before knocking on the gate, she heard the arguing between Sister Wanzi and the master.
She was not surprised, this was a common occurrence at the Qingcheng Mountain's Qingcheng View. Senior sister Wan Zi often made Master Zhang Xu Bai blow his beard and glare.
"Zhang Shao Bai, let me tell you, today I am determined to eat lunch!"
"You turtle, get out of my way. You just had breakfast and already want to eat lunch? Are you a pig? Are you a pig or what? You have the same bad manners as your master!"
"Hey hey hey, huh? Zhang Shao Bai, you're done for. I heard it all, you said Shifu is a pig. I'm going to tell Shifu, just you wait!"
"Hey, hey, what are you doing, you silly kid? Don't go! Wan Zi, Zi Er, oh dear, poor child, eat, eat now. Eat, I can't control you anymore. Do you want it or not?"