Besides the county town and villages with their orderly houses, Qing Chen had painstakingly arranged the Five Forbidden Lands within the pagoda's space.
They were:
First, the eastern Myriad-Jun Realm, at the easternmost edge.
The place seemed shrouded in an immense crushing force, its jagged rocks weighed down by mountain-like pressure.
Second, the southern Heaven-Burning Ravine, at the southernmost edge.
Towering flames filled the ravine, tongues of fire dancing wildly like a gigantic furnace.
Third, the western Ghost City, at the westernmost edge.
Vast numbers of vengeful spirits dwelled there, amid a sinister pall of ghostly energy.
Fourth, the northern Cloud-Piercing Grotto, at the northernmost edge.
The grotto was dark and damp, with hidden mysteries within. It was built inside a gigantic Buddha over a hundred zhang tall and held all of Qing Chen's medicinal fields.
Fifth, the Wisdom King Tower, in the boundless central region.
Anyone who gained the recognition of one of the first four forbidden grounds could unlock the trials of the fifth forbidden ground-Qing Chen's Nine-Luminaries Glazed Vidyaraja Pagoda.
The challenger would then face a Buddhist Sect venerable of the same cultivation realm, capable of offering enlightenment through combat.
The five forbidden grounds held everything: divine weapons and keen blades, spiritual medicines and sacred pills, peerless cultivation methods.
As Qing Chen intended, he had deliberately placed many evil creatures in these four forbidden grounds.
These four forbidden grounds contained all kinds of hairy jiangshi, armored corpses, and even flying yakshas, which would destroy towns from time to time to heighten the sense of danger.
Since Qing Chen's body cultivation had broken through to the Vajra Realm, the medicinal fields in the Treasure Pagoda within him had expanded on their own.
Deepest within the gigantic Buddha of the Cloud-Piercing Grotto lay roughly a tenth of a mu