After much consideration, the master decided to take the path suggested by Orion, although it was very hard to climb the mountain, but it was better than meeting a beast. Every time they climbed a mountain, the three of them would find a dry and flat place and build a grass hut to rest for a day.

Counting the days, if you stop and go like this, you can still reach the Qianyun Sect Post Station in half a month.

In order to facilitate the climb of the mountain, Zheng Qiu came up with a method. Use thatch to weave a straw rope, and when climbing the mountain, you will use the straw rope to tie the wheelchair to the big tree, so that you can rest and not be afraid of the wheelchair sliding down the mountain.

Ten days later, the bushes at the foot of the mountain rustled and swayed, and they were cut down and laid aside. Three people came out of the back, it was Zheng Qiu, Master and Yun You. Their clothes were covered with dust, a scratched cut in the east, and a thread in the west. There were still weedy blades hanging from his hair, messy.

"Master, we're here!" Zheng Qiu shouted as he pointed ahead, and at first glance he understood that it was the peak of the Qianyun Sect Post Station.

It was a very special mountain, with its peaks rising from the ground and towering into the sky, and the rest of the mountains next to it were not half as high. The peaks are grayish-brown, and there is only scattered green shade, and when you get closer, you can see that this gray-brown is a large area of steep mountain walls.

Coming to the foot of the mountain, Zheng Qiu ran forward and touched the big stone surface of the mountain wall, the stone surface was almost vertical, and small stones rolled down from above when the wind blew. He stepped back a dozen feet and looked up with his mouth open. There is still a stone face above the stone face, and there is still a cliff above the cliff.

Zheng Qiu asked blankly, "Master, how can you go up here?" There is not even a rope ladder to climb. ”

The master squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then took out the map and looked at it carefully for a while: "Good apprentice, it may be that the direction is wrong, let's go around the mountain to find it, there should be a way up." ”

Pushing into a wheelchair, they followed the master around the foot of the mountain to search, and after most of the day, as the master expected, they found a mountain path in the direction of the north of the peak. The road was carved out of the mountain wall, like a long trough, spiraling upwards.

Zheng Qiu stepped forward and measured his feet, the road was only half a zhang wide and one zhang high, and wheelchairs could pass through.

With the luggage on his back, Zheng Qiu wanted to push the wheelchair, but the master stopped him. "Good apprentice, don't worry, master, I'll go up for a while to see the situation. ”

With that, the master set foot on the mountain road. About half an hour later, the figure of the master reappeared. "Good apprentice, don't go up the mountain today, let's have a good rest at this intersection and leave tomorrow morning. ”

"Master, why can't you go up the mountain today?"

"I just went to see it, and the road is all slopes, and the mountain wall next to it is also chiseled and smooth, and I can't find a place to rest when I push a wheelchair. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Qiu's face was full of sadness: "There is no place to rest! Can this mountain be climbed in one breath tomorrow? ”

"Don't be afraid, apprentice, tomorrow we will leave all our luggage and bring a few cakes. The wheelchair master can switch pushes with you. ”

After discussing the method, the three of them set up a shed on the grass by the intersection, lit a fire and boiled water to prepare for the night. During the meal, Yun You gave all her cakes to Zheng Qiu and the master, asking them to eat more to replenish their physical strength.

The next day the weather was sunny and not too windy, which was the right time to go up the mountain. The master braided two straw ropes and tied them to the two armrests of the wheelchair, and then tied one around his waist and one around Zheng Qiu's waist. Then he told Zheng Qiu that after going up the mountain, he would pull a section of the road, and Zheng Qiu would push a section of the road and take turns to rest.

The mountain road is long, and from a distance, the three of them are like snails on a big tree, moving up little by little. At your feet is a cliff, and with every step forward, sand and gravel roll down due to shaking.

At first, Zheng Qiu was still very scared, his head twisted inward, and his eyes kept looking at the mountain wall. As time passed, he grew bolder, from sneaking to the edge of the cliff to peering down the cliff. With trees, streams, and mountains in full view, Zheng Qiu thought to himself, maybe this is how cultivators feel when they fly.

However, the scenery in front of you does not relieve the fatigue of the body. After crawling for a while, Zheng Qiu felt that his legs were getting hotter and hotter, and there was a feeling of soreness and numbness in his bones that was seeping into his muscles little by little. Breathing gradually became rapid, and the more I gasped, the more dry my throat felt.

He straightened up and looked above his head, above which was a top of large rocks, and he couldn't see how far he was from the top. It seems that there is no end to this upward road, and it will go on forever.

"Master ......" Zheng Qiu wanted to ask Master to pull and rest for a while. But when I saw the heavy steps of the master, I couldn't say anything when it came to my mouth. Not long after the master pulled the wheelchair, he just pushed such a little way and wanted to rotate, and he didn't care about the master too much.

Thinking of this, Zheng Qiufu lowered his upper body, his shoulders against the back of the chair, let the whole person support the back of the wheelchair, and used all his strength to push up.

Suddenly, the master who was walking in front stopped. I saw him turn around, his face was full of joy, and his throat was trying to swallow saliva, trying to let himself speak quickly: "Apprentice, apprentice, great." There is a section of road in front and in front of which is flat. ”

There is actually a flat road, these words sounded like a rain in a long drought and a charcoal in the cold winter. He suddenly came to the momentum, took three steps and did two steps, and struggled to get to the master's position.

It turned out that the mountain road turned in at this point, stopped the momentum of going up, and dug a tunnel into the mountain wall. The tunnel is not long, less than three feet, it is an arc, and it just goes around a section of the outer mountain wall.

After parking the wheelchair, Zheng Qiu and the master sat down directly to rest, regardless of the sand on the ground. When the master sat down, the machete on his waist slammed into the outer mountain wall, making a crisp sound.

Zheng Qiu moved over and touched it, it was cool, and he took a closer look, and with the light shining in from the hole, he could still see a metallic luster on the mountain wall. No wonder I want to dig a tunnel here, it turns out that there is metal in the outer mountain wall, and it can't be chiseled.

This tunnel, which is less than three feet long, has been of great help to them. After resting for two hours and eating some bread, the three of them continued their journey to the top of the mountain.

As they climb higher and higher, the temperature gets cooler and colder. The road surface began to get wet, followed by snow. The snow slowly thickened, from a thin layer to no instep. The snow rustles when you step on it, making the soles of your feet slippery.

Zheng Qiu looked at the cliff beside him, and the emotion of fear couldn't help but rise from the bottom of his heart. "Master, this place is too slippery to go any further, I'm afraid...... In case ......"

"Good apprentice, don't be afraid. You see that there is snow on this mountain, which means that we have climbed very high, and the top of the mountain is definitely not far away, so we can't give up at this time. As he spoke, the master untied the machete and used the knife to sweep away the snow in front of him, "The master will open the way for you, don't be afraid." ”

Yun You also turned sideways and handed Zheng Qiu an encouraging smile: "Zheng Qiu, we can get to the top of the mountain, I believe in you." ”