Chapter 48, Qingyun Village
While walking, Chu Haoge asked Murong Xiaoyan next to him and said, "I said, why do you want to go to Qingyun Sect?" β
"Of course I want to go." Murong Xiaoyan said: "You see, if I walk back to Fengming Stream from Jiangling and then go to Qixuan Valley, I really don't know if it will be the Year of the Monkey." β
Saying that, Murong Xiaoyan looked at Chu Haoge on the side with a smile on his face and said, "It's better to wait for you to learn the sword technique and then send me back, wouldn't it be faster?" β
"......" Chu Haoge's face was black, the reason Murong Xiaoyan found was really as unreliable as herself.
Seeing this reason, Chu Haoge didn't believe it, Murong Xiaoyan's eyes rolled, and he said: "Alas, actually, I don't worry about you, a pervert and Qiantaro, traveling alone, for fear that you will bully her, so I will come to see you." β
"......" Seeing that Murong Xiaoyan was getting more and more out of tune, Jiuli Qianyu changed the topic and said, "By the way, Miss Murong, you didn't have that demon pill with you." "Speaking of which, before leaving, Jiuli Qianyu left the demon pill of the octopus demon to Murong Xiaoyan, the Qingyun Immortal Sect is a holy land for cultivating immortals, and if you take the demon pill to go, I am afraid that it will be a little inappropriate, in case you feel that they have a demon aura on them, it will be troublesome to catch them as a monster, and after they discussed it, they decided to leave it in Jiangling City first.
"Well, don't worry, Qianyao, I'll hand it over to Xiaosheng for safekeeping." Murong Xiaoyan said.
Three days later......
γQingyun Villageγ
The three of them walked from the entrance of the village, took a deep breath of the air in the village, with a hint of earthy smell, but it was not disgusting, but there was a clear feeling, probably because it had rained here before, there was some water on the road at the entrance of the village, and they walked a little muddy.
"Oops, I've finally found the village." The three of them were really bumpy along the way, although the road was not very far, and the three of them should arrive soon, but who knew that there was heavy rain on the road, and they had no choice but to find a place to shelter from the rain.
However, they couldn't find a cave nearby, so Jiuli Qiantaro used a spell to make an ice hut, so that they would not be exposed to the rain, and they rested in this ice hut for a long time before setting off again.
They also met a few people along the way, but they were all riding horses or something, Murong and Chu Haoge were so envious of them, there was a hurrying person who passed by them quickly, and he actually splashed Murong Xiaoyan and was covered in mud, if Chu Haoge hadn't stopped her, I'm afraid she would have hacked that guy to death with a lancet.
As soon as I entered the village, I saw many villagers pointing and talking at them, although they were a little uncomfortable, but it was not easy to say anything, after all, they were going to spend the night in the village today, and these villagers did not dare to offend.
Seeing the three of them walk in, they greeted an old woman, her face was wrinkled, and she was still wobbly walking on crutches, she walked these few steps, but Chu Haoge and the others pinched a sweat for her, for fear that she would accidentally fall to the ground.
So without waiting for the old woman to come, the three of them walked forward quickly.
"Hello, old woman, we are travelers passing through here." Chu Haoge took two steps forward and said very respectfully, saying that he also gave a salute, really looking like a noble son, "If it's convenient, I want to spend a night in this village." β
"Ahem." The old woman coughed twice and nodded: "You are guests from afar, you want to go up the mountain." β
There is only one mountain road to Qingyun Mountain, that is, it has to pass through this village, so there are often people in the village, and they all want to go up the mountain, especially seeing that two of the three people are armed, it seems that they are going to go up the mountain to learn art.
Originally, this village was not called Qingyun Village, but later there were more guests with the holy name of the Muxian sect in the village, and this village was called "Qingyun Village" according to the name of those guests. β
"Old woman, how did you know that we were going up the mountain?" Murong asked, they hadn't said it before.
"Hehe, girl, why don't I know." The old woman showed a kind smile and said gently: "All the outsiders who come to our village are basically rushing to the Qingyun Immortal Sect to seek immortal learning. β
Murong Xiaoyan laughed dryly, and really let this old woman say it.
The old woman continued: "But your going up the mountain is basically in vain. She turned around and led the three of them as she walked, saying, "The requirements for the Immortal Sect to accept disciples are very strict, and it is estimated that you will also run for nothing." β
The three of them glanced at each other, and Jiuli Qianyu asked, "Old woman, how do you say this?" β
The old woman walked slowly and slowly, and said slowly: "In this month, there are hundreds of people who want to go up the mountain to learn art, but there are few who can really enter the Immortal Sect to cultivate immortals for several months." β
"The villagers in our village are responsible for receiving these passers-by, which is ordered by the immortal masters of the Immortal Sect." The old woman said.
In fact, she still had reservations, some of them didn't say, as revenge for letting them "receive" these people who went up to the mountain to seek art, the Qingyun Immortal Sect would give them "elixirs" after a while, these elixirs have the effect of strengthening the body, and some can also treat some diseases.
"Those who go up the mountain to seek art are all on the mountain, and they all came down in less than half a day, and there is no shortage of injuries on their bodies." "Seeing that there is only one young man among you, and he doesn't look very strong, and if you take two more girls, I'm afraid you will be the same ......as those who went up the mountain before," she said, shaking her head.
"Old woman, there is something wrong with what you said, we haven't even went, how can you be sure that we will fail?" As soon as Chu Haoge heard what the old woman said, he was a little unhappy, because his physique was not very strong, and he was obviously underestimated by others.
"Hmm...... That's fine. The old woman nodded and said, "It's difficult to know Shu if you don't go to Shu Mountain?" You might as well give it a try. As soon as the words fell, the old woman suddenly moved, she turned around suddenly, her movements were very agile, and Chu Haoge and the three of them only felt a flower in front of them.
"Not good!" These two words suddenly popped up in their heads, and it seemed that they were careless, but it was too late to think about it now.
Chu Haoge only felt a dangerous aura coming, and in an instant, that dangerous aura was coming towards his chest.
Chu Haoge hurriedly turned around and used the starlight sword box behind him to block, because it was too late to dodge, if he reacted slowly, I am afraid that he would have been seriously injured at this time.
A "ding" sound of gold and iron clashing came, and when they looked again, the sword box behind Chu Haoge was able to withstand a crutch, which was the wooden crutch that the old woman was holding before.
However, what followed was the second blow of the old woman, the crutch in the old woman's hand drew a half-arc in the air, and it struck at Chu Haoge fiercely, and her other hand actually resisted the hand of Murong Xiaoyan who wanted to draw the knife with lightning speed, so that Murong Xiaoyan could not pull out the knife.
One of her feet kicked violently at the Jiuli Qiantaro on the side, and under the sneak attack, Jiuli Qiantaro panicked for a while, and hurriedly used a spell to resist, and was kicked back several steps by her.
For a while, the three of them reacted in a timely manner, and they all suffered a loss, but they could see that this old woman did not mean to hurt people, otherwise if they picked one to fight, without waiting for them to react, I am afraid that one of them would be able to put down.
Chu Haoge saw this old woman slamming a crutch on his brain, and shrunk his neck, if he hit it solidly, he wouldn't be able to hit a fist-sized gold bag.
His body was suddenly shortened, and he clenched the Xingmang Sword behind him with one hand, and with a "bang", the Xingmang Sword was half unsheathed, blocking the old woman's fierce crutch, making a "bang" sound.
"Oh my mother, this old woman is scared to death." Chu Haoge scolded secretly, and a chill couldn't help but rise all over his body, after he took this old woman's moment, he only felt that the force coming from the Starlight Sword almost pressed him down, if it hit his head, he wouldn't have to knock on the flowers?
However, the reason why the three of them will suffer is because of the sneak attack of this old woman, and if they fight head-on, the three of them really won't lose to her.
After this short confrontation, the three of them had already reacted, Murong Xiaoyan's footsteps were like a breeze blowing, and he was out of the old woman's control in the blink of an eye, and Jiuli Qiantaro also pinched a trick, the cold breath overflowed, and the cold breath restrained the old woman's actions, and the Chu Hao Ge Xingmang Sword on the other side was also out of the sheath.
The starlight sword was unsheathed, and his momentum became stronger than before, which made the old woman a little stunned.
The three of them surrounded the old woman, and they were already ready for battle, and if the old woman continued to attack, it would definitely not be good to please.
"Hehehe" was beyond everyone's expectations, the old woman was actually happy, looked at the three of them and said, "I didn't expect you to really have two hits." As she spoke, she looked at the three of them with a strange look on her face and said, "It's just that the precautions are a little slack." β
"......" The three of them stared at her and didn't speak, they looked at the surrounding villagers, afraid that the villagers would come up to help in a while, and it would not be good if there was a big conflict.
But what surprised them was that the villagers watched as if they were watching a play, and with smiles on their faces, they clashed with the old woman as if they had expected it.
The villagers pointed at them, but none of them came forward, and from the relaxed expressions on their faces, they did not worry about the old woman being hurt in the slightest.
"What's the situation?" The three of them were a little confused, how could they feel that the atmosphere in this village was inexplicably weird?
"What do you mean, old man?" Jiu Li Qiantaro's face was serious, but she was still so calm and polite when she spoke.
"What? You don't know yet? The old woman looked at them strangely, the crutches were also on the ground again, and the previous momentum disappeared, and now she was no different from the kind old lady of ordinary people.
"Know what? What do you mean by the sudden start of your life? Murong Xiao's fireworks also came up, it was the first time she was attacked like this, it was the other party who had already made two moves, and she hadn't even pulled out her blade, and she was holding back a breath of anger in her heart.
It's just that who would have thought that this old woman, who was even a little shaky when she walked, was such a good hand, and they suddenly remembered the black iron hand master "Mei Youren" they met in Luoyang City.
The old man is also like this old woman, he walks staggeringly, but his strength is terrifying, is it possible that now masters like to disguise themselves as weakling?
"It seems that yes, you still don't know the rules of going up the mountain." The old woman said, "You should be here for the first time." β
"......" Chu Haoge nodded, and he also became calm, he said, "There are still rules for going up the mountain?" To tell the old man, it was the first time we came. β
The old woman shook her head with a smile and said, "Okay, then I'll tell you, it's not a secret anyway." β
"Actually, the first test to enter the Qingyun Immortal Sect is not the guard technique of the Mountain Gate." The old woman said, "But in this Qingyun Village." β
"First test?" The three of them were a little puzzled, they really hadn't heard of this first test.
"That's right, because there are too many people in the Qingyun Sect who seek art, there is such a rule."
"Everyone who goes up to the mountain to seek art has to rest in Qingyun Village for one night before going up the mountain, and on this night, we villagers in Qingyun Village will use all means to stop those who go up the mountain."
"If a person seeking art is injured or controlled by the villagers in the village, then he will lose his qualification to go up the mountain and will not be able to come back for half a year."
"......" They were stunned when they heard it, but they didn't expect to say such a thing.
Murong Xiaoyan reacted and hurriedly asked, "Then what if the villagers were injured by someone during the sneak attack like before?" "If the old woman said this, wouldn't it be dangerous for both the people and the villagers who went up to the mountain to seek art?
"Then ......," said the old woman, shrugging her shoulders, "then consider yourself unlucky." β
When Chu Haoge heard her say this, he couldn't help but feel that these villagers were a little pitiful, there must be no shortage of masters who went up the mountain, although these villagers seemed to be good, but after all, there would be times when they stumbled.
Seeing that the reaction of the three of them was a little strange, the old woman knew that it seemed that they had misunderstood what she said just now, so she hurriedly continued to explain: "I mean that you outsiders think that you are unlucky. β
"Huh?" They were stunned and didn't understand what she was saying.
The old woman smiled and said with a strange face: "If our villagers are injured back, then those who want to go up the mountain will have to wait for the villagers to heal before they can go up the mountain, and all the expenses during this period will be paid by the injured artist." β
"......" When they heard this, the three of them couldn't help but be afraid for a while, if the three of them continued to attack and accidentally injured the old woman, it would be really bad......
"Hey, hey." The old woman laughed, "Isn't it very humane." β
"......" The three of them listened to the grievances in their hearts, yes, yes, yes, it is humane to you villagers, and it is simply an overlord treaty for us.
"You three will stay at my house." The old woman turned around and led everyone again as she walked, saying, "By the way, you will be in charge of cooking tonight, and you can't be allowed to live in vain." β
"It's finally a guest at home, I have to cook a few more dishes, but I have to celebrate." The old woman said as she walked with a happy face.
The three of them muttered in their hearts: "Please, we are the guests!" β
"Actually, this is also for your own good, I'm old now, and my eyes are not good, in case I accidentally cut my hands, it will delay your trip."
"I'm ......" When Chu Haoge heard this, he was so angry that he almost fainted, and said in his heart, aren't you a stinky scoundrel? And you still do it......
As they passed by the villagers, they could hear the villagers pointing and whispering: "This person is really unlucky, how did it fall into her hands." β
"yes, it's really blind to their ability......"
"Evil, alas......"