Chapter 1 Huludao, the Abandoned Land
"How is this cave gloomy, Zhu Lao, you can't get it wrong, right?"
"It won't be wrong, I've been looking for it for thirteen years, and only in this big valley will this stone react!" A gray-robed man answered, and pulled his cuffs, revealing a small blue stone tied with thin black thread around his wrist. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The stone was glowing blue and irregular, only the size of a thumb cover. This person has a ruddy face, black hair, looks like he is only in his forties, thick eyebrows and big eyes, burly, and looks very attractive, which does not match the word "you old" at all, but has a pair of eyes containing vicissitudes, which is very inconsistent with his age.
"Four dogs, don't you want to learn medical skills from me, you don't even have the guts to take you as an apprentice? As a doctor, you want to help the world and fight for your life with the sky, just like you? Be my apprentice and embarrass me? Hum! Zhu Lao waved his hand and said unhappily.
"Don't be angry, I can't say it! It's just that I'm afraid that the hole is too deep, and the rope we bring is not long enough. I'll go down and have a look, and I'll call you when it's safe. The answer was a young man in his twenties.
He took a bundle of long ropes from his back, and tied a copper ring to one end, walked to a large stone at the entrance of the cave, tied one end of the rope to the big stone, and tried to pull it down hard, and then threw the end of the rope with the copper ring into the stone cave.
The entrance of this stone cave is only a few zhang wide, on one side of the rock wall, surrounded by dense vegetation, and there is a purple mist floating in the air, which is about two zhang high from the ground, and extends to the end of the line of sight. The fog can also be faintly seen. Strangely, there was no wind around, and it was quiet, and there was no sound.
"Knock"
A soft sound came, and the four dogs grinned, with a hesitant look on their faces, he was originally an honest man, and with this expression, he felt a little like death.
The four dogs took a deep breath, as if they had made a lot of determination, squatted down and scooped up their trouser legs, raised their heads and said: "Zhu Lao, in fact, you know, I just don't want to study medicine with you, I will definitely do whatever you tell me to do, and there will never be two words." "It's righteous, but the little black eyes are a little shaky, and it looks like he's weighed the pros and cons, and it's true that people can't look good.
Zhu Lao didn't know if he didn't see it or deliberately ignored the cunning of the four dogs, nodded and said with deep meaning: "Well, little four, in this gourd island where people eat people, you want to have my mantle for life, but you can ensure that you have no worries for a lifetime!" I know how to maintain health, but I'm also over eighty years old, hey, I guess I don't have a few years to live, and I will end up in dust! ”
Zhu Junan looked embarrassed, and suddenly changed his words and said: "Two major regrets in my life, one is that I failed to revitalize the previous glory of my Zhu family, I think my Zhu family was famous in Beilu a hundred years ago, but unfortunately it declined in my father's generation." ”
"The second is that I have not been able to find my father's bones, leaving only this stone that has been passed down from generation to generation, and now I finally have a clue, and it is enough to fulfill my second wish before I die."
"Four! As long as you can help me, I will have no regrets when I fulfill my wish, and I will definitely teach me all my medical skills! ”
The four dogs nodded and said yes while putting on a grateful look, but they were full of slander in their hearts, the old monster, really an old monster, eighty? If I hadn't seen you like this from the beginning of my small note, I really wouldn't believe that you were over eighty! What's in this cave? In such a hurry to get in? Your father's bones? What about the crooks? And this glowing stone, is it a treasure?
Old youkai, bad luck! The four dogs scolded secretly in their hearts, smiled honestly, scratched their heads and said: "I'm going down, it's safe in the end, hit the fire fold, I will pull the rope three times in a row." As he spoke, the four dogs rolled up their sleeves, pulled the rope and slowly slid down.
The entrance of this cave is on the rock wall, but it is a very steep slope straight down less than one zhang into the hole, and when I first found the entrance of the cave, I have already tried to throw it down with a stone, and it is about 30 zhang deep.
The stone wall in the cave is very dry and rough, there is no trace of artificial excavation, and the entrance of the cave looks dark inside. There is no wind at all in this Purple Mist Mountain all year round, so there is no way to determine whether this is a dead hole or not.
The four dogs are still quite nimble in their hands and feet, and they can't see the shadow after a while.
Zhu Junan looked at the entrance of the cave, saw that the four dogs had disappeared, and touched the stone pendant on his left hand, frowned and muttered: "This Dayu Valley is more than a hundred miles deep in Ziyun Mountain, and there is nothing in the entire Ziyun Mountain, except for mountains and weeds, there are only these strange trees that are higher than Ziyun." Weeds can also be used as firewood, this tree is cut back and burned is difficult to burn, the most evil thing is not to mention animals, not even a single insect can be seen. ”
"The purple mist here is shrouded all the year round, the purple mist on the periphery is two or three zhang high from the ground, the lower the purple mist is inside, and it will be all purple mist when it reaches four or five hundred miles, the purple mist is not toxic, but it can't breathe in it, if it breaks deep, it will only suffocate to death."
"Usually not many people come here. Moreover, the location of this cave entrance is still so hidden, if it weren't for the fact that when my family records recorded the origin of this stone, it was clearly recorded that Aoyagi Town had also found someone who spent a lot of money to find a similar stone, I would not have tried my luck in this Ziyun Mountain after searching for more than 30 years without success. ”
This is a strange place, Dayu Valley is said to be a valley, but in fact, there is only a mountain wall at the entrance of this cave. This Ziyun Mountain is even more rare, say it is a mountain, no one knows if there is a mountain here, because the direction here is shrouded in purple mist all the year round, and it is impossible to see what it looks like inside, maybe it is flat inside.
Suddenly, the tight rope at the hole loosened, and soon after, it was tightened three times in a row. When Zhu Junan saw this, his expression began to become firm, and he grabbed the rope and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
"It's impossible to leave Huludao, but I have to get this 'Tianji Stone' anyway, now my body has begun to fail, there are two years at most, if I can't find the 'Tianji Stone' this time, I really have to find someone to inherit the mantle." Hmph, four dogs...."Zhu Junan sneered twice and pulled the rope and slid down.
The cave is an oval-shaped natural grotto, with an area of about twenty or thirty zhang, and a square platform three feet high in the center. The stone platform clearly shows signs of a work meeting, and the corners are distinct, but it may be because of the passage of time, some of them have cracked, and they are covered with a layer of black ash.
Zhu Jun'an and the four dogs were standing in front of the square platform, and there was a black coffin on the stone platform, and the strange thing was that this coffin was actually upright. On the walls around the stone cave, except for one side of the cave entrance, the other three sides have this side of black wooden cabinets standing next to the wall, probably due to the special environment of Ziwu Mountain, the wooden cabinets have no signs of decay, but they are all gray, and at a glance, you can see that no one has opened or wiped them for a long time.
Zhu Junan carefully looked at the black coffin in the middle, the black coffin was wooden, and there was no pattern decoration on it, and when he was hesitating to open it, he saw the four dogs holding the fire fold, staring at a wooden cabinet, and the cabinet was half-open.
Zhu Junan touched the blue light stone on his wrist and said to the four dogs: "Little four, go and see what's in it first?" ”
The four dogs protected the fire fold with their hands, walked around the coffin to the front of the cabinet, the fire fold sent forward, stretched out his hand to open the cabinet, the fire light shone at close range, the things inside became clear, and the jade box was placed during the period, the jade box was the size of a palm, and the cabinet was divided into four layers, and there were about twenty or thirty of the same jade boxes.
Zhu Junan walked to the cupboard, as if he was not interested in so many jade boxes, raised his wrist and looked at the blue stone, the stone was as blue as always, and did not react much, and walked around the stone wall against the cupboard, and then walked in front of the four dogs, took the fire fold and said, "Open the box and take a look." ”
The four dogs glanced at Zhu Jun'an, and had the heart to say something, but they still reached out and picked up a jade box, I don't know if the four dogs were deliberately or really too nervous, their hands trembled, and the lid of the jade box slipped down and fell to the ground, and the jade box suddenly glowed with blue light.
At this time, the four dogs took three steps back like a cat with a tail, put their hands on their waists, and cautiously looked at the ground in front of them.
"Slap" when the four dogs withdrew their hands, they drove the jade box, and the jade box fell to the ground. A round cyan bead rolled out of the jade box, slid to the foot of the cupboard and stopped. The bead is the size of a small fingernail, round and has a very faint cyan halo throughout.
"This is...."
"Spirit Beads!"
"Could it be a fairy pearl!"
The first sentence was said by the four dogs, and the next two opened their mouths at the same time and screamed, but the two of them had completely different names for the beads, and the same was that both of them were a little fanatical in their eyes.
Zhu Jun'an calmed down his breath and glanced at the four dogs, especially when he stopped on his waist, and said lightly: "Don't go and see if there are also these beads in other boxes." ”
The four dogs were stunned, suddenly smirked, and said hehe: "Zhu Lao, just this immortal pearl can be exchanged for a lot of gold when we go to the Ascending Immortal Pavilion." If only this were all...", the four dogs looked at the cupboards around them.
Zhu Junan chuckled, ignored the four dogs who deliberately diverted the topic, didn't listen to his instructions to continue to check the jade box, he walked up and opened four or five boxes of jade boxes in a row, and sure enough, they were all green beads.
The four dogs also moved to the side of the cupboard and opened one side casually, but there didn't seem to be the same jade box in it, because the fire fold was now in Zhu Jun'an's hand, he touched it in his arms, and took out another fire fold.
"Bang"
The four dogs who lit the fire fold looked forward by the light of the fire, and there was a large mahogany chest in this cupboard. The four dogs picked up the buckle on the mahogany box, and the person took a step to the side, opened the box, and cautiously looked inside, and the clothes were neatly folded inside.
The clothes are spotless and as bright as new, and the four dogs think about it for a while, and they feel that either this dress is priceless, or this box must be a treasure.
Zhu Jun'an and the four dogs circled around the cabinets and opened all the cabinets, in addition to the large mahogany boxes stacked with clothes, they also found a lot of bamboo slips, most of which were some geographical chronicles, anecdotes and the like.
In addition, forty or fifty jade boxes were found, and all of them were "fairy beads" in the mouths of the four dogs, and there was nothing else in the cupboard.
Looking at the seventy or eighty "fairy beads" piled up in front of him, Sigouzi swallowed his saliva and said: "So many fairy beads, Zhu Lao, didn't you notice that looking at these beads, people are much more refreshed?" It's really a good thing, no wonder it can be exchanged for so much gold. ”
Zhu Junan frowned, secretly thinking about something, raised his head and looked at the four dogs and said, "Help me open that coffin, these are all yours." ”
Hearing this, the four dogs didn't mean to move, and looked at Zhu Junan cautiously and said, "Zhu Lao, since this master's house has put so many things here, I just hope that we won't disturb people's rest, it's not appropriate for us to do this, right?" ”
I don't know if it's because the four dogs have a bad memory, or if he deliberately ignores what Zhu Junan once said that this is where his father buried his bones.
Zhu Junan pondered for a while and said, "Well, too, how do you say this thing is divided?" ”
After saying this, Zhu Junan raised his hand and patted his hands lightly, as if his hands were covered with dust just now, but the four dogs suddenly turned sideways, rolled on the spot, waved his hand, and held a short knife with a length of one foot. The fire fell to the ground and was extinguished.
"Knock" The cabinet behind the position where the four dogs were standing just now made a soft sound.
The four dogs stared straight at Zhu Jun'an, and he didn't look at the situation in the cabinet behind him, he knew that it must be this old monster who had made a secret move, the four dogs looked uncertain as if they were measuring something, and exhaled lightly, and the four dogs still said respectfully: "Zhu Lao, I don't know anything today, I just need this 'fairy pearl', don't be greedy, give me ten and I'll leave immediately." "He acted as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Junan said expressionlessly: "I don't make a deal with brutes who even kill their biological father for profit. ”
Saying that, Zhu Junan raised his left wrist, and his right hand touched the blue stone on his left wrist, and a faint blue light flashed, and then a white light appeared on Zhu Junan's right hand, but his left hand threw the fire fold in the direction of the four dogs, and the fire fold rolled in the air, and the grotto flickered brightly and darkly.
When the four dogs heard Zhu Jun'an say this, their faces turned pale, and they shouted angrily: "You think you are a good thing, don't think that you are doing all those dirty things...."
Speaking of this, he saw that the fire fold was thrown over by Zhu Junan, and through the faint light, he saw Zhu Junan's right hand held upwards in front of his chest, and there was a faint white light flashing on his hand, and his left hand made a strange gesture, and his mouth was still whispering.
The four dogs were shocked, instinctively feeling that the situation was not right, and they didn't continue to fight with their tongues, and suddenly threw the ruler short knife in their hands at Zhu Junan. After glancing at the "fairy pearl" on the ground, he decisively turned back and ran to the rope at the entrance of the cave, thinking that as long as he could go up, he would cut the rope again, and after trapping him for a few months, he would come down and collect the treasure with peace of mind.
The idea is good, but it is already too late, Zhu Junan looked at the broken knife that flew over, stopped chanting words in his mouth, and suddenly shouted in a low voice. "Go" The right hand held flat in front of his chest swiped horizontally, and the white light in his hand turned into a faint white blade and flew out quickly, meeting the short knife in the air.
"Wow", the broken knife thrown by the four dogs was easily cut into two pieces by the white blade in the air and fell down, and the speed of the white blade did not weaken at all and continued to fly towards the four dogs.
"Poof", like the sound of a knife slashing against a stone wall.
"Ah", the four dogs who had climbed the rope with both hands screamed, at this time the four dogs were still pulling the rope with both hands, but they fell to the ground from below his waist, and the internal organs all flowed down from the incision, and then the four dogs loosened the rope weakly, and the upper body also fell down, the internal organs, dark red blood flowed all over the ground, the four dogs spit blood foam in their mouths, and their eyes began to slowly lose focus.
A disgusting bloody aura began to permeate the entire grotto, and everything happened in the electric light, and the fire fold had not yet landed, still flying in the air, like an elf.
The fire fold slowly enlarged in the eyes of the four dogs, and the faint light of the fire was so bright in his eyes. The fire fell only three inches from the heads of the four dogs and was extinguished. In the entire grotto, only a small corner of the "fairy pearl" on the "fairy pearl" still glows faintly, the surroundings are completely plunged into darkness, and the faint gasping sound of snoring can be faintly heard, it is the four dogs who breathe a few mouthfuls of his last breath in the world with blood foam.
A fire lit up in the darkness.
Zhu Junan covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve in one hand, and held the fire fold in the other, and glanced at the corpses of the four dogs without the slightest emotion, feeling that the death of the four dogs had nothing to do with him, and said, "You are also worthy of making a deal with me, hum!" Zhu Junan walked to the side of the spirit bead, squatted down and plucked his hand and said to himself: "I saw this thing again, I remember that my father had a few such beads." ”
Zhu Jun'an took off the irregular stone the size of a fingernail from his wrist, but now the blue light on it was slightly dimmed, he took a 'spirit bead' close to the blue stone, and a magical scene appeared, the blue stone's dim blue light brightened up at an obvious speed, while the 'spirit bead' was slightly dimmed.
"Well, it's really a spirit bead, the Tianji Stone has returned to its original appearance, it originally took seven or eight days to recover, but now it only takes a while." Zhu Jun'an took back the blue stone and put it on his wrist with satisfaction, he didn't immediately put away the spirit beads, but looked around again, his eyes fixed on the coffin in the middle, and said to himself again: "If it is really as recorded in the family chronicles, the people in this coffin are either ancient martial arts cultivators or immortal masters who cultivate the truth, and only they have these 'spirit beads'." Zhu Junan looked very yearning.
"Huh? No, doesn't it mean that this Huludao is a place of exile, and this Ziyun Mountain is a forbidden place for ancient martial cultivators and cultivators? Zhu Junan was puzzled again.
On this Huludao, people like Zhu Junan and Sigouzi are cautious, greedy and have a gambler's mentality, and think about Huludao like a prison, where there are either exiled criminals or people who have fled here for refuge, this is completely a world of personal cannibalism. If you are not selfish and careless, you will be squeezed to the point where there are no bones left.
Huludao is rich in warm jade, warm jade is very useful, not only can be made into a collection of jade boxes, but also can be made into jade slips, the demand is great. You can't leave Huludao, if you want to survive, you have to go to mining for living resources, and you have to beware of people with ulterior motives who are hot on you.
"No matter what, I have to get the Tianji Stone, can't I get it? I don't have a few years to live. Zhu Junan picked up the broken blade of the four dogs, walked to the back of the coffin, and inserted the broken blade into the seam of the coffin lid. Half of the broken blade was submerged in the coffin, Zhu Junan took a deep breath, raised a palm and slapped it on the broken blade, and shouted, "Open." ”
---------------------------------------------------
I have a story to tell in my heart, and I also ask you to recommend votes and collect support!