In retrospect, it was the most carefree and happy time in Tinzi's life, not to mention worrying, and often he couldn't even remember anything. Although everyone holds the Jingwen stone or short knife when they enter the Xiaojing Lake, trying to keep their minds going, there are always times when they are not careful, and other times they need to take the initiative to put the stone down, knowing that they will lose their memory, because they have to do something else.

For example, when cutting wood and weaving straw curtains to build that shed, it is very inconvenient to hold a stone in one hand, and sometimes it is almost impossible to work, and the small lake is very large, and after more than half a month, only a small half of the area they have discovered.

It is different from the Nanlan Mountain Forest Park, although the Nanlan Mountain is known as a forest park, and there are deep mountains and dense forests and wild animals, but after all, it is located in the bustling area of the south of the Yangtze River, which has been deliberately preserved in modern times, and various places have long been discovered. Xiaojing Lake is different, it is an unknown place outside the world, there may be all kinds of dangers, you must not break into it at will, and you need to be cautious and cautious in the exploration process.

The crowd had searched the slopes of the two adjacent mountains overnight, and they were only in a hurry at the time, only to learn afterwards that they were very lucky.

The mountain on which the manor is located, as well as the peaks on the left and right, is the safest place in the entire small lake, and it is also the place where the moon condensate grows the most. The lake is home to beasts and birds that defend their territory and attack intruders.

A wolf was found in Xiaojing Lake, which was not the same as the outside, with short black hair, only the big tail was fluffy and mopping the floor, the mouth was particularly long, and the white sharp teeth were exposed during the demonstration, which looked a bit like the legendary mythical beast Xuangang. This black wolf does not usually attack people, and when it encounters it in the mountains, it will first let out a low roar in demonstration.

If a person does, it will not pounce immediately, but will lurk in the shadows, sometimes far away, until the person has left the area where it normally operates.

There is another animal with a more stunned personality and a very angry temper, and if it is not good, it will pounce directly. This animal is not very large, but it is fierce enough, and it is a badger commonly known as "Flat-headed Brother".

The group has been attacked several times by badgers in the mountains, and the badgers here also have black hair, but there is a white stripe from the forehead to the back. An adult badger weighs about thirty pounds, and when it sees anyone intruding on its territory, it will scream and rush over.

Everyone can be regarded as having kung fu, especially with Tan Hanchuan and other masters present, of course, there are no dangers in several encounters. But Tan Hanchuan warned everyone that they should not be left alone in the wild forest at will, just this badger is quite dangerous, don't look at its small size but its bite force is amazing, and it can bite off people's bones in one bite.

There is also a bird of prey in the jungle, which should be the falcon, with yellow, gray and green plumage, hidden in high places and difficult to find. They will suddenly leap down from a high place, first spread their wings and glide for a distance, then suddenly retract their wings and accelerate, and their bodies will fly towards the intruder like a cannonball, pecking at the enemy's face with their long pointed beaks, which is very scary.

The Saker's attack is simply unguardable, but it also has a pattern of playing high-altitude bombing, that is, it will scream before taking off. Therefore, you have to be careful when you hear this kind of cry in the jungle, and you must protect your face and head in time to prevent an oncoming attack from the sky. If you can spot the Saker's trajectory in the air in time, you can suddenly squat down and flash it.

When Ding Qi heard about this kind of falcon, he even wondered if the falcon would stick its mouth directly to the ground if it pounced in the air? Shi Buquan was the first to find out where there was such a thing, and he took everyone to demonstrate it on the spot.

The falcon flew from the air, Shi Buquan suddenly lowered his head and squatted down, it fluttered into the air, then opened its wings and slowed down, and when it approached the ground, it kicked its legs, flapping its wings and taking advantage of the momentum to fly again. But at this time, it had lost its speed, and Shi Buquan grabbed it as soon as he turned around.

The falcon is very ferocious, but Shi Buquan just held its two legs, and its sharp claws lost its effect, and it immediately turned its head to peck people with its sharp beak, but the long beak was pinched by Shi Buquan's other hand, and it completely lost its temper. Shi Buquan's cloud hand kung fu is really powerful, and playing with birds has come here, but others don't dare to learn like this.

When they entered the strange jungle and heard the call of this bird, they lowered their heads and waved the net in front of them, and they were able to fish the falcon into it. It didn't have a long memory, but Channy thought it was fun, she knew where a falcon was, and she had fished it out with a net a dozen times, and each time she had finished fishing and then releasing it.

When Shannie went again the next time, the falcon didn't seem to remember the lesson, and flew down in the same way with a shout from a high place, but Shannie was still copied into it with a net, and it was almost just in time to play tennis. This is another way to play with birds, and later everyone advised him not to play like this all the time, it will still be dangerous if he doesn't get it right, and it is not very authentic to always stare at a bird and bully.

As for small animals such as pheasants, hares, and bamboo rats, there is no need to go into details, they have not encountered other large beasts for the time being. There don't seem to be snakes in the lake, at least not where they have already explored, so they don't know what else is in the deep mountains in the distance. So far, they have only discovered less than a quarter of the area, and they are concentrated in the south of the big lake at the bottom of the mountain.

When going out to explore, Tan Hanchuan basically led the team, and everyone went together. At this time, it can be seen that the rigorous attitude of a scientific research worker, Tan Hanchuan is not in a hurry to go far, but to explore the places he has walked as clearly as possible and make detailed records. There is paper in the cave, the rice paper of the Ming Dynasty, and the stone is incomplete and the ink and pen are made.

Simple ink is easy to do, and the pine smoke after insufficient combustion is collected. The pen is to collect rabbit hair, with fine bamboo as a tube, just like the legendary Mengtian pen in the past. Tan Hanchuan recorded everything he saw, the forms of various plants and animals, and the various uses that had been clearly identified or only inferred.

These records are important because you can't bring in the materials from the outside, and you need to use local materials to make anything inside. For example, there is cloth in the manor, but if you want to sew bedding or clothing from the cloth, you have to have a needle and thread, right? Shi Buquan made bone needles out of bone, but there was no cotton in the cave, and there was no loom.

They found wild hemp, and also found kudzu, which can make twine, hemp rope, linen, kudzu, arrowroot, etc., but for the time being, it is only theoretical, and they have not had time to actually process these things. It's actually quite troublesome. The nets used by the people to steal falcons were not made of hemp rope, but were made of a particularly tough rattan found in the mountains, which could catch both birds and fish.

There are also shallow bays in the large lake below the mountain, where reeds grow. Zhu Shanxian once said with a smile: "If the weather is cold and you can't pick cotton, you can also pick reed flowers as flocculent and make a few beds of reed futons." ”

Fan Yang said with a smile: "It's clear that there is fur, and down can also be used, what kind of reed quilt are you making?"

Xian Hao said: "Senior Brother Zhu, this is elegant. ”

The masters of the eight gates of the rivers and lakes have their own stunts, and the routines of the rivers and lakes are mainly aimed at people's hearts, and outside, they have their own thresholds, but when they enter Xiaojing Lake, the situation seems to have changed. All kinds of scheming methods are useless, and no one in this place lets you play, only stupid birds, who have been separated from human society.

Scheming is no longer useful, but knowledge and skills are more important. Among the eight people who came in, who was the most "useful"? Tan Hanchuan, Shi Buquan, Fan Yang, and Zhu Shanxian were the four who came in. Zhu Shanxian seems to be a pampered leading cadre, but he has also learned a lot of things from his master, and he can even play straw sandals, how many years has no one seen this thing?

There are clothes but no shoes in Xiaojing Lake, so you can't run around barefoot, right? Shi Buquan and Fan Yang can actually play straw shoes, and the style of playing is different from Zhu Shanxian, Shi Buquan can also weave all kinds of flowers. It may be that when he was a child, the old man didn't send him to extracurricular tutoring classes, and Ah Quan was idle at home and had nothing to hold back his skills.

Grass is not straw, because there is no rice here, and after trying many kinds of grass stems, they chose the most suitable and comfortable soft grass stem. Everyone is very smart, and they have learned to play straw sandals in a few days, and in order to make it easier to walk the mountain road, they also deliberately make the soles very thick, and also line the soles and shoe sockets with leather.

Hunting can obtain leather, but the processing technology is rudimentary, at least not yet, because there is no alkali and nitrate. Even if everyone has the knowledge of alkali and nitrate, they must have raw materials, tools, and workshops!

Many people don't realize how rare and precious the seemingly ordinary things around us are, and they are the accumulation of a civilized society created by many years and generations. Especially the modern industrial system, with the eight of them, it can't be established in Xiaojing Lake anyway.

But after all, they don't live like primitive people, because they already have the knowledge of modern civilization and have mastered various skills, which is the importance of knowledge. And they are not enclosed in the small lake, and they can come and go freely. This world of immortals outside the square has become a secret realm for everyone to guard, and it is also a place for playing, exploring, and cultivating.

It's hard to experience this feeling without experiencing it firsthand, and everyone enjoys it.

Every time I enter and leave Xiaojing Lake, I walk between the fairyland and the modern civilized society, which is like a world away, and it is also an experience for the state of mind. People can't stay in the small realm lake for a long time, it's not that they can't do that, but the small realm lake lacks the survival and living materials that everyone is used to, and if you accidentally come out, you will lose a certain memory.

For example, if you want to eat a bowl of slices of Sichuan, wild ducks are available, and bamboo shoots can be dug up, but where can you get Sichuan pickles and all kinds of spices? Come to Shennong again from the beginning to taste the herbs, and then go to cultivate all kinds of crops? There is no flour in Xiaojing Lake, but Tan Hanchuan found a wild oat, but unfortunately the yield is too low and it is not easy to collect and process, so it is only temporarily recorded.

In fact, even if you have flour, you can find oil crops to squeeze oil, and there is still a very important thing missing in Xiaojing Lake, which is salt. There is no salt mine found here for the time being, and it is impossible for everyone to dig a salt well with their bare hands, let alone where to dig a well!

The various discoveries in Xiaojing Lake, Tan Hanchuan recorded them with rice paper at the beginning. Later, Shi Buquan felt too distressed, it was the ancient Xuan of the Ming Dynasty, and the outside things could not be brought in, and the rice paper inside was one less than one, and it was not allowed to be used later, and it was replaced with a leaf similar to a plantain as paper. Zhu Shan said with a smile that this was making the Bayeux Sutra.

It is estimated that it was cleaned up in ancient times, and there were no fierce birds and beasts inhabiting it, and the fierce birds and beasts that have bred for generations in the Xiaojing Lake have also retained this habit and will not easily approach this area.

Tan Hanchuan also discovered a phenomenon, that is, around the edge of these three peaks, there is a circle of special shrubs.

This plant resembles boxwood, but no one has ever seen this variety, and the wood is unusually tough. The trunk is as thick as a bowl, and the main branch is about the thickness of an arm. Fan Yang once wanted to use this kind of branch as a stick, but when the machete went down, only a shallow incision was left, and the wooden handle of the machete was broken.

This tree is unusual, and later Tan Hanchuan took a lot of effort to cut down this branch, and then cut down the tree, the wooden handle of the machete was broken several times, and the machete was sharpened several times. The cross-section of the stump was examined and found that the texture was so smooth and delicate that the distinctive brown holes in the wood were almost invisible to the naked eye, and if polished smooth, it looked like an old ivory.

If you look closely, you can still see the annual rings, and the tree with only a thick bowl mouth is nearly 600 years old. Later, the people never cut down this kind of tree again, not only because it was difficult to cut down, but also because they realized that this kind of tree was particularly precious, and it must have been planted by the ancients, as if it marked a certain boundary.

And there is only one machete, and if the wooden handle is broken, it can be replaced, and if the machete is also broken, there is no way to bring in a new one for the time being. Even if you have the knowledge of steelmaking, you can't complete the entire industrial system such as mining and metallurgy here.

This plant is definitely not an ordinary boxwood, everyone simply calls it Jinghu Wood, and Shang Ni also calls it Demon King Wood. The felled Realm Lake Tree was taken back to the manor. Fan Yang made a stick out of a branch, saying that he could fight wolves, badgers, and birds in Xiaojing Lake for self-defense, and Tan Hanchuan also used this wood to make a new machete handle.

After observation and control tests, everyone also discovered another characteristic of Jinghu wood. The cross-section of this wood will give off a fresh fragrance, which is different from the smell of sweat after taking Moon Cream. Wood is difficult to cut, but the bark can still be cut, especially in areas with nodules, and a light yellow resin will be secreted from the tree.

If this resin is applied to the body, it can repel insects and ants, and it can also make the fierce birds and beasts in the small realm lake retreat. This was a major discovery, but Xian Hao found it unacceptable to apply things to his body, so he suggested that everyone apply them to the corners of their clothes.

Tan Hanchuan was not the first person to write with leaves in Xiaojing Lake, Ding Qi was. Ding Qi once left a leaf note for Xian Hao, and Xian Hao also saw it at the time, but no one knew what happened that day, even they had forgotten it.

After coming out of Xiaojing Lake that time, Ding Qi couldn't help but ask Xian Hao: "I left you a leaf note, have you seen it?"

Xian Hao wondered, "Is there such a thing?"

It's possible that she saw it but forgot it, or maybe the note was taken by someone else. Ding Qi was also embarrassed to ask from person to person, feeling a little depressed, is this also an unsuccessful confession? But he always felt that something should have happened between him and Xian Hao, but what happened was equivalent to not happening.

To the beholder, it's like playing a strategy game, where you forget to save it even though you've already passed it, only to reopen it and start again.

Everyone gathered together every day for dinner. Even Ye Xing, who entered the Bujing Lake, was never absent during his illness and cold, but fortunately he did not infect others. But the feast that has been dispersed all over the world has come to the end of June in a blink of an eye, and Shannie has to say goodbye first, and she has to go back to school to take the final exams.

It's no secret that Shang Ni is a second-year undergraduate at Zhejiang University and will be in her third year after this summer. Although she skipped classes for two months this semester, her homework did not fall behind, and she usually studied on her own in the room. No wonder her big box was so heavy, and it contained a whole set of textbooks.

Shang Ni was reluctant, and agreed with Shi Buquan to contact WeChat and phone every day, and maybe close the door video, this is a private matter between them. The night before Shanni left, taking advantage of the last gathering of the people, Ding Qi recounted the secret method he had just summed up.

How to discover the world outside the square and how to enter and exit the world outside the world? Taking Xiaojinghu Lake as an example, how to cultivate into a "realm master" in the "outside the world"? From contemplating the body realm to entering the subtle realm, Ding Qi has summed up a seemingly complete set of cultivation systems, including the corresponding world view and methodology.