Chapter 4: Yuquan City
Night. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The four seasons under Yunwu Mountain are like spring, I don't know if it is because I have just experienced the village disaster and the death of Daddy, Yunshan still feels cool sitting in the courtyard. Dayong also put on a blanket made of unknown leather and sat next to Yun Shan, his eyes looking straight ahead, his face changing with an uncertain expression, as if he was recalling yesterday's events.
"Uncle Yong! How can I become as strong as you? I heard you killed a monster? β
Yun Shan's words interrupted Dayong's memories, and Dayong patted Yun Shan's shoulder with his hand.
"Yes, the body is very strong."
He pointed to the animal skin blanket on his body.
"This is a blanket made of fire fox skin, and only adult fire fox rats are considered demon beasts, and this blanket is made of the fur of fire fox pupps."
As he spoke, Dayong turned the blanket over.
Yun Shan leaned closer, and by the moonlight, the blanket was not big, barely enough to cover Dayong's stomach and knees. The fur on the blanket is of varying lengths, dull and dull, and the gray fluff is sparsely mixed with long reddish hair.
Dayong picked up a pinch of long, reddish hair with one finger and continued:
"It is said that when the fire fox rat grows into adulthood, it will be covered with this long hair, and it will be dark red in color. Adult fire foxes will spew fire attribute aura, and if ordinary people are sprayed, they will be burned to ashes in one breath, and this beast has sharp teeth and claws, and its movements are agile, which is very powerful. β
As he spoke, Dayong pointed to a long strip of hollow and hairless place on the blanket and said:
"The weakness of the fire fox is that his fur is not as tough as other monsters, and this young beast can't breathe fire and has a worse defense. When I was a servant in the royal family in Yuquan City, I once accompanied the king to hunt on the edge of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and I was in charge of the carcass of the prey together with two other domestic servants. At that time, the young master of the Wang family had just passed the full moon, and the old master Wang was in a good mood and rewarded us with the young rats. The claws and teeth of this fire fox are the most valuable, and then the tail, and I am the weakest, and I have the least fur. β
"Uncle Dayong, then how did you come to our Xiaohu Village?" Yun Shan asked curiously.
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Yun Shan didn't bother Da Yong, leaned back on the stool gently, and looked at the green and hazy towering ridge in the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
I don't know how long it took, Dayong finally woke up from his contemplation and slowly turned his head to look at Yun Shan's slightly dark face.
Dayong naturally didn't know that Yun Shan had made up his mind to climb the Cloud Mountain, but he understood that Yun Shan saw Daddy and the villagers die tragically in the mouth of the demon beast, and his heart was touched, and he wanted to become stronger and take revenge. But how easy is revenge? Dayong himself is also the first time to see so many demon beasts and legendary immortals, the shock and touch in his heart is no less than Yunshan, which teenager has no dreams, he left his hometown to go to the city, not for the young man's ethereal dreams? At least going to the city will make their lives better for the two siblings. Although the environment in the city is complicated, people's hearts are sinister, and fortune and misfortune are unpredictable, and his own experience is an example, but Dayong has never regretted his original decision, maybe Yunshan can become a powerful figure like Lord Wang in the future, maybe what?
"Yunshan, are you willing to go to Yuquan City with me?" Dayong asked suddenly.
"Jade Spring City? Uncle Yong! Can I grow as tall and strong as you when I go to Jade Spring City? β
Yun Shan said and his gaze fell on Da Yong's tall body, looking at the tangled and protruding muscles.
"Hahaha......" Dayong was amused by Yun Shan's words and the expectant look on his little dark face.
"When I arrived in Jade Spring City, I was only two years older than you. After entering the Wang family, he first did chores, and practiced with the Wang family's servants every day.
Saying that, Dayong arched the one-arm upward, and when he hooked it inward in the shape of a fist, he tightened and contracted, only to see that the huge lump of flesh on the upper arm was aroused, and he jumped up and down, and Yun Shan was stunned.
Dayong saw Yun Shan's stupid appearance, and wanted to continue to show off, but unexpectedly, the wound on his left arm caused a burst of pain, so he had to give up.
"Uncle Yong! I'm with you! Yun Shan said firmly.
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For Yunwu Mountain, which is located in the northwest of Qingwu Prefecture for tens of thousands of years, three months is too short, the continuous ridge is still tall and straight, and the peak is still green and misty without any changes. However, today, the two siblings, Yunshan and Yunxia, are leaving their hometown where they have lived for many years and starting a new life.
In the early morning, facing the thin cyan smoke, after paying tribute to the deceased father and the villagers, Yunshan Yunxia followed Dayong on the road to Yuquan City, along the path behind the bamboo forest, facing the rising sun, the three of them gradually disappeared into the mountain forest.
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Rolling Dragon Mountain is a vein of mountains in the north of Yuquan City, composed of dozens of small hills and a huge winding mountain, the whole Rolling Dragon Mountain is hundreds of miles in radius, overlooking from a high place, like a green dragon tumbling and shuttling on the sea surface, so it is named Rolling Dragon.
On the north side of the huge ridge in the Mixed Dragon Mountain, there are two unnamed hills, these two peach-shaped hills are not very high, and the mountains are lush with many unknown dwarf trees, and in some places large gray-yellow steep rock walls are exposed. In the low-lying area between the two mountains is a gray-white riverbed, covered with white stones the size of an oval fist, and if you look closely, you will see a weak, clear stream flowing through the rubble.
At this time, there were two people, one tall and one short, one big and one small, the tallest was a strong man, with tangled muscles, bald head and one arm, and a bamboo basket wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and a black cloth on the bamboo basket. The big man was followed by a boy of about ten years old, the boy was slightly dark-skinned, carrying an extra-large burlap burden on his back, and walked forward with great difficulty, and from time to time there were beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, which evaporated in the scorching sun before they could pass his cheeks.
Suddenly, the black cloth on the bamboo basket behind the big man was lifted from the corner, and a small hand as white as jade stretched out, holding a watery blue-red fruit in the small hand, and then "swish", the fruit was thrown by the little hand to the boy behind the strong man, and at the same time heard a crisp and naughty voice:
"Brother Xiaoshan, eat a fruit and rest, it's so hot!"
Immediately afterwards, the little hand quickly retracted under the black cloth, hiding it tightly, and only a pair of big moist eyes could be seen between the cracks of the bamboo basket, flashing towards the boy at this time.
The fruit fell suddenly, but the boy seemed to be very experienced, and coped with it easily, stretched out one hand to take the fruit accurately, and casually stuffed it into the large linen bag on his back and said:
"Sister Xia'er is naughty again! I don't need to rest, I can still persevere, and I can practice my strength while I'm in a hurry now, so that I can cope with the selection test in the house. β
The strong man apparently also heard the conversation between the two children, and did not see him look back, but said as he walked:
"Yun Shan is right, after seven or eight days of walking over the Rolling Dragon Ridge, you will arrive at Yuquan City, Xia'er is not allowed to be so naughty when she enters the Li Mansion."
These three people are the Yunshan brothers and sisters and Da Yong, who have been on the road for months. Yunshan carried the burden of food and luggage along the way, walked dozens of miles of mountain roads every day, and had to rest five or six times a day at the beginning, but now after months of exercise, although the luggage in the baggage is still there, the food has been replaced with stones, and the weight has increased several times, but he only needs to stop and rest once a day at noon.
Although the road was tiring, Yun Shan was very happy in his heart, and found that through such daily exercise, his strength had increased a lot compared to before, and he heard Uncle Da Yong say that as long as he was valued by the head of the Li Mansion, he could learn a kind of kung fu to exercise his strength, and he could practice more than Uncle Da Yong, Yun Shan felt that he was one step closer to the goal of revenge, tightened the burden on his shoulders, and continued to move forward, and the steps under his feet were also a little firmer.
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The vast Qingwu Prefecture is a very vast continent, and there are cyan misty clouds floating in the sky all year round. Qingwu Prefecture has a large population but more than ninety percent are simple Zhuang households, sunrise and sunset, so there are not many cities, and there are even fewer big cities, and Yuquan City is one of the few big cities in the north of Qingwu Prefecture.
Yuquan City is an ancient city, it is rumored that thousands of years ago there was a purple-clothed fairy passing through here, found that there is a spiritual spring here, the spring water bubbling and flowing, unusually clear, then want to drink water here to rest, who wants to hide a cultivated evil Jiao in the spring, this Jiao saw the purple-clothed fairy lotus step, like a fairy, for a moment of shock, then want to leave the purple-clothed fairy to guard, and I am afraid that the fairy will not agree, so he suddenly rushed out of the spring, sneak attack will hit the fairy hard. Although the purple-clothed fairy was seriously injured and invincible, he did not want to be at the mercy of the evil Jiao from now on, so he cast a spell and turned himself into a purple jade pagoda to suppress this dragon under this spring forever.
Because the spring water here is quite spiritual, it can not only cure all kinds of diseases, but also cure all kinds of poisons, and later generations will rely on the pagoda to build a city to multiply.
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Today's Yuquan City Gate is very lively, on the city wall made of blue-gray boulders, the city gate in the three arched doorways is all wide open. Dozens of rhino carts lined up in a long line in the open space outside the door, slowly driving in from the largest doorway in the middle, and a large number of pedestrians and cars entered and exited the slightly lower doorway on both sides.
Zhang Tie was in a good mood today, sitting comfortably on the bench at the front of the rhinoceros car, the whip rod in his right hand was shaking at will, and the leather rope tied to the whip was also driven by the whip rod, whirling left and right. A large uncoordinated head on a lean body, constantly swaying from side to side, and the lips on the old face full of bronzed folds were pursed, blowing indiscriminately.
"This hunting master rewarded two more porcupine thorns, and after going back, he made a stinger gun, which will definitely increase his strength, and the remaining one can be exchanged for a few catties of tiger and bear meat for a small iron egg, and he will definitely be selected by Li Jiaotou to enter the hunting camp for training next month."
Zhang Tie thought so, and put the whip under his left armpit, and with his right hand, he took out a fist-sized brown leather bag from his arms, and shook it a few times in his ear, untied the bag and poured a few white and crystal beast teeth into the palm of his hand.
"She earned thirty silver wolf fangs from this hunt, she will be very happy to hand them over to Xiuqin, right?"
At this moment, two shouts suddenly interrupted Zhang Tie's smirk and longing.
"Brother Zhang! Brother Zhang! β
"Heh... Kindness? Zhang Tie was stunned for a moment, and then looked for prestige.
A one-armed, bald-headed man, leading a child of about ten years old, waved his half-arm towards him and walked towards the beast cart he was driving, and the stump arm was particularly conspicuous in the flow of people.
"Dayong? Yes! It's really you, get in the car. β
There were many pedestrians at the gate of the city, and the rhinoceros cart was moving very slowly, Zhang Tie bent down and carried the child into the car with one hand, while Dayong went around to the other side, picked off the bamboo basket on his back with one hand, and jumped up on his chest. The chairs under the awning in front of the car were long, and there was still room for the three of them to sit side by side.
Zhang Tie was very happy to see Dayong, his big mouth was longer than just now, he reached out and patted Dayong's shoulder twice and was about to greet him, when he suddenly heard a crisp children's voice coming from the bamboo basket in front of Dayong.
"Are you Uncle Big Head?"
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