Chapter Sixty-Nine: Hidden Cloud Mountain
"That's very good, when this war is over, call him, let's get drunk!"
The whole camp is very lively, it didn't end until very late, Xiang Jinlai brothers and Brother Ming, Shui Yundi, Yuan Zhou, Mu Xiaoxiao came to the top of the mountain before, the sky was clear in the afternoon, although it was night at this time, but the sky was dotted with stars, shining, refreshing, they whispered softly around the bonfire, and the wine jug in their hands touched it from time to time, enjoying a moment of peace and ..... after the war!
The next day, several ancestors of the human race still did not have a military tent, and they wanted to return to their peak state as soon as possible, which was also particularly important for the entire human race, and the same was true for the monks above the three realms, and even the monks of the first and second realms rarely had a military tent, and they were all pranayama and meditating.
Yuan Zhou took Xiang Jinlai and Mu Xiaoxiao to a grassland on the south side of the camp, where some herdsmen lived, and there was a long stream not far away, Yuan Zhou said that it was the Heishui River, running through the north and south, the water here was not deep, and it was not frozen, because the stream flowed slowly from north to south, and there were several twelve or thirteen-year-old children fishing in the stream barefoot.
"Jin Lai, you always seem to be in danger since you practiced, do you regret your practice?"
Yuan Zhou asked suddenly.
"I have never regretted it, my cultivation is against the sky, and I have long been mentally prepared for the difficulties and obstacles, besides, your ancestor said a few years ago that the path of cultivation is a road of no return, I deeply believe it, even so, I have no regrets!" Xiang Jinlai said firmly.
"After I came back from the extreme west, my ancestor has been urging me to practice, I have spent more than a year cultivating to the peak of the second realm, and I spend almost all of my time cultivating every day, but for some reason, I am particularly envious of the lives of these ordinary herdsmen, you look at them, life is simple and happy!" Yuan Zhou said, pointing to a few children in the stream.
"There is no war, this kind of life is free and comfortable, but now that the elves are invading, mortals like them will not have the slightest power to resist, like fish and meat on the board, I experienced this when I didn't practice in the early years, I know the injustice of this world, they just want to live peacefully, but this world is the coexistence of monks and mortals, and it is an unequal existence, once the monk picks up the butcher's knife, mortals can't resist, sometimes I think, if there are no monks in the mortal world, maybe it will be better!"
"The elven clan will not show mercy because the Holy Lord Star is mortal, the reason why there are us monks here is to resist these foreign races and protect human beings, this was the case four hundred years ago, the number of human races killed by them is not one in ten, they have never had mercy!"
Mu Xiaoxiao said.
"Don't talk about that, I'm bringing you here today to relax, I remember that it will be Jin Lai's birthday in a few days, right?"
Mu Xiaoxiao looked at him with strange eyes, Xiang Jin Lai was a little stunned, and counted the days in his heart, and six days were indeed his birthday, but he really forgot, he looked at Mu Xiaoxiao, and saw that she also signaled that he didn't know, but he heard her say:
"It's still Xiao Zhou who is careful, I forgot too!" said so, but without the slightest hint of guilt, he rushed to Jin Lai and winked.
"On his birthday in the Cloud Forest that year, he still made his own barbecue for us, but this cooking skill is really exquisite!" Yuan Zhou said.
"yes, I didn't see how he cooks on weekdays, how did you learn it?" Mu Xiaoxiao also added.
"Do you still need to learn something as simple as cooking?"
Mu Xiaoxiao, Yuan Zhou: ......
The two of them looked at Jin Lai and joked, and they kept teasing him, and the three of them were talking and laughing by the stream, as if they had forgotten about tomorrow's parting.
After a while, I saw a few palace maids dressed as some ingredients, lamb slices, some vegetables, a few pots of wine and some desserts, and then they set up a low table and put the ingredients on it, and a few cushions were placed around the low table. Xiang Jinlai and Mu Xiaoxiao looked at the table full of food in surprise, the thin slices of mutton showed the chef's skills, they were neatly stacked together, the slices of various green vegetables, the slices of strips, and some desserts were even more exquisite, just looking at it, they knew that they were also made by the palace chef, because there were traces of knife carving, a copper hot pot with exquisite workmanship was placed in the middle, and the palace maids had already lit the charcoal fire.
"Jin Lai, even if you celebrate your birthday today, you and I monks, you don't have to pay attention to that much, although it is a little cold here, but the scenery is acceptable, with the hot pot of our Suzhi country and this sweet and delicious stream, this is really "authentic"!" Yuan Zhou said.
"Very good, the three of us don't get drunk and don't go home!" Mu Xiaoxiao was a gluttonous and took the lead in saying.
"Xiao Zhou, you have a heart, thank you!"
"Do you and I need such politeness?
Yuan Zhou and Mu Xiaoxiao are the kind of generous character, I don't know what politeness is, the first to sit down, Xiang Jinlai felt a little warm in his heart, and also sat down, Mu Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to pour wine for the two of them, and the palace maid next to them was using long chopsticks to give them a piece of shabu, and gently dipped in the dipping sauce and then divided it among the three of them, it looked very elegant, although the palace maids brought by Yuan Zhou were not as beautiful as her, but they were also quite delicate, the key is to behave generously and decently, and at a glance you know that they have been taught relevant things.
"Jin Lai, congratulations on your twenty years old, if there is no war, I think you should be crowned and hold a coming-of-age ceremony, today I will give you a witness, please raise a glass!"
Yuan Zhou's words were in line with Mu Xiaoxin's intentions, so the three of them solemnly touched their wine glasses, they all put away their smiles, drank a glass, and then laughed at the same time, as if the scene just now was too funny, and they stopped laughing for a while.
"Thank you, it's good to have you!"
Xiang Jinlai suddenly said something without a beginning or an end, but he ushered in their strange eyes, which made him a little confused, thinking to himself Is there anything wrong with this?
"It would be better if Natasha was there! No, and Moana, how about that?" Yuan Zhou said with a smile.
"Four beauties, you can toast you one by one, you can also hug left and right, wow, Yanfu is not shallow!" Mu Xiaoxiao also joked, and gestured with both hands, and stretched out four fingers when talking about the four beauties, which obviously included herself.
"Huh?"
Xiang Jin saw that they joined forces to make fun of themselves, and their intuition told them that if they continued to talk, they would fall into the trap, so they simply kept silent, but raised the wine glass and signaled to drink, Mu Xiaoxiao and Yuan Zhou giggled, but their wine was touched one by one, and from time to time they picked up a few pieces of mutton to taste, the three of them were on the bank of this black water stream, eating shabu mutton, drinking spirits, chatting all over the world, although most of the time Mu Xiaoxiao and Yuan Zhou were talking, and they also made fun of him from time to time, but Xiang Jinlai felt warm, comfortable, and satisfied at the moment......
Before dawn on the second day, Xiang Jinlai, Brother Ming, Shui Yundi and Wu Youqi set off, the route they have already determined, still holding the map in their hands, and no one needs to lead the way, they walked along the west side to the border of Suzhi State, here is near the sea, the famous Yunshan is in this inaccessible border across the north and south, and the mountains are continuous, from here to the north thousands of miles to the barren sea, the entire Northern Wilderness has been controlled by the elves, from here along the mountain range is easy to hide the tracks, a few people did not ride horses, Wu Youqi did not fly, but also ran with them on the ground, a few people started to repair for galloping, less than half an hour also arrived, see the pleasant scenery here, the mood is a relief。
"Legend has it that the tall mountain peaks here are close to the clouds, and you can reach them at your fingertips, and when you stand on the top of the mountain, you can only see the clouds and see the mountains, which is very spectacular!" Wu Youqi said.
"It's full of aura here, so could there be a Force Stone Vein in it too?" Brother Ming said with a smile.
"When we go deeper, Jin Lai might as well try to understand, and a few of us can try it too!" Shui Yundi said.
"If there is here, I am afraid that they have already been targeted by the elves, and their perception of the Force Stone Vein must have a special ability. "Xiang Jin said.
"I don't see them all like this, I guess only a handful of them have this ability, maybe it's a high-level secret art. Wu Youqi said.
"I think let's continue to hurry, while the sky is not yet bright, the whereabouts are not easy to be discovered by the elves, and when we go deep into the mountains, it will be relatively safer. ”
Shui Yundi said, and Xiang Jinlai and the three also nodded in agreement.
A few people started from the foot of the Yunshan Mountain Range to the north and ran all the way, stopped a few times in the middle, climbed to the top of the peak and watched from afar, and continued to rush when there was nothing suspicious, ran for half a day, about four hundred miles, at this time it was noon, a few people found a hidden place, took out the dried meat and spirits they brought, and prepared to eat simply, at this time, only to hear Wu Youqi suddenly say:
"Friend, please show up when you're here!"