The three of them sighed as they walked, sighing that the stars were changing, and some things were already things and people.

All the way to the east, the three of them thought about rushing to the next market town before dark, so that they could find a place to stay, so as not to spend the night outside the wilderness.

The next day, I packed up early in the morning and continued to set off, still heading east.

The road is wild, and the trail is rugged and difficult. The south side is the Qinling Mountains, look at the mountains that rise from the ground, one by one, some are towering into the clouds, some are stretching, some are like soaring dragons, some are like water buffaloes lying on the weir, there are thousands of postures, it makes people feel refreshed and happy.

The three teenagers walked and enjoyed the beautiful scenery around them, but they were afraid that they would not forget to return too much, so they hurried to find a town to rest before dark, and after three days, they finally arrived at the Huayin realm.

Huayin is Weishui in the north, Huashan in the south, Tongguan in the east, and Chang'an in the west, which is an important passage leading to the Western Regions in the Central Plains, and is known as the important road of the Three Qins in ancient times.

The three of them continued to walk east, and the mountains in the distance were already faintly visible. I saw that the mountain was at least 5,000 feet high, as if it had been cut into a square by a knife, and from a distance, it was like a lotus flower.

At this time, Liu Yi had already pointed to the high mountain in the distance and said loudly: "Look, this is Huashan." ”

Du Tuo also nodded and said, "That's right, it should be Huashan." ”

Zhang Pengzu pointed to the valley in front of him and said loudly: "You see, there is a valley here, and there are strange rocks in the valley, and there are streams and pools, and the valley is empty, and the water is murmuring; Walking here, we should be thirsty, why don't we go in and take a rest, or drink mountain spring water to quench our thirst. ”

Everyone thought it was a good idea, so they went into the valley. The winding path in the valley is secluded, there are strange trees and strange stones on both sides, the stream in the forest is murmuring, and the slope is green grass, everyone still thinks that they have entered the fairyland.

The three of them drank water by the stream, washed their faces by the way, everyone talked and laughed, but they didn't know what place this was, what the name of this valley was, and when they were curious, they suddenly saw a middle-aged woodcutter chopping wood by the stream, so the three of them went forward to inquire.

I saw that Liu Yi had approached the woodcutter and asked politely: "This uncle, may I ask what is the name of this place, and how far it is from Huashan." ”

The woodcutter looked at the three teenagers carefully, and thought to himself, looking at the costumes, these three should be the second generation of officials from Chang'an, so he smiled and said: "This place is called Immortal Valley, and Huashan is in the east, across a valley. ”

"Immortal Valley, that should be a place where immortals haunt."

As soon as Zhang Pengzu heard that it was Immortal Valley, he immediately asked.

The woodcutter hurriedly smiled and said, "This young man is right, there are immortals who have been here together, may I ask if you are from Chang'an?" ”

Du Tuo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yes, uncle, you have good eyesight, you know at a glance that we are from Chang'an, can you tell us which immortal has been here?" ”

The woodcutter had just finished chopping firewood and was about to go down the mountain, passing by the stream and just stopping to drink saliva, when he saw Du Tuo asking, he hurriedly finished drinking his saliva and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll tell you; I heard from the elders that there used to be a sheep herding baby who herded sheep here every day, and suddenly one day he disappeared, and his brother came here to look for him, who knows how he couldn't find it; Twenty years later, the sheep herder appeared here again, but he had become middle-aged, and his brother was very curious, and asked him where he had gone, and why were the sheep gone? The sheep herding baby said that he met an immortal, and the immortal said that he had a strange skeleton and a spiritual root, and asked him to go with him to cultivate, and as a result, he cultivated for twenty years, and then pointed to the stones all over the mountain and said, these are sheep, but you can't see them; His elder brother felt unbelievable and couldn't believe it, so the sheep herding baby shouted to the stones all over the mountain, please stand up, and the stones all over the mountain really turned into a flock of sheep, and only then did his brother believe that his younger brother had become an immortal, so he and his younger brother cultivated here to become an immortal, so this place was called the Valley of Immortals. ”

The three teenagers all nodded after hearing this, and Liu Ai also asked, "Then are there still immortals living here?" ”

The woodcutter pointed to the many caves in the valley and said, "There are many caves here, and there are many people who cultivate here, but now there are fewer of them, and I heard that they all went to the top of Mount Hua to cultivate, saying that the more people who cultivate on the top of the mountain, the easier it is to become immortals." ”

After hearing the woodcutter say this, Du Tuo hurriedly asked, "Uncle, is it difficult to climb this Huashan?" ”

The woodcutter hurriedly smiled: "It is difficult to climb up, it is best to start climbing the mountain at night, if someone guides, if you go fast, you can reach the Yuntai Peak in the north, and the Chaoyang Peak in the east along the Canglong Ridge is just the sunrise when you are in Yin, you can see the sunrise, this journey, if there is no one to guide you can not walk, there is no road there at all, and there are climbing rocks and trees, it is really dangerous, and there are often wild beasts infested, I don't know if you have the courage to go up; I am over 30 years old this year, and I have lived here for 30 years, and I have only been up to Chaoyang Peak once; Of course, if you go up and see the sunrise, you can go to the Luoyan Peak in the south, which is the highest peak of Huashan, is the top of the pole, few people can climb it since ancient times, if you can climb it, it is the top master, I heard that there is Laojun Cave on the mountain, alchemy furnace and gossip pool, all say that Laojun cultivates there to become an immortal; You can climb the Lotus Peak in the west from the Luoyan Peak, this peak is the most dangerous, there is a big stone on the mountain, it is the place where the Queen Mother imprisoned the Three Virgins, and was later rescued by the agarwood split, I heard that the big stone is still there. ”

The woodcutter talked about the four peaks of Mount Hua in one breath, and he heard the thoughts of the three teenagers who wanted to go over to climb the mountain as soon as possible. Du Tuo also asked, "Then can I go down the mountain after climbing the Lotus Peak?" ”

The woodcutter smiled: "Ordinary people wait until Chaoyang Peak and then go down the mountain, that Lotus Peak is rarely climbed, even if it is finished, it should be the end of the time, and if you don't go down the mountain, are you still going to stay on the mountain for one night?" However, on the way down the mountain, you can see a lot of stone caves, and there are many people cultivating in them, and there are various schools of thought. ”

"Are they all going to cultivate into immortals in the cave?"

Liu Yi was already busy asking, and the woodcutter smiled but did not speak.

Du Tuo hurriedly laughed loudly: "How can you become an immortal so easily, uncle, do you believe in immortals?" ”

The woodcutter hurriedly said: "Believe, of course believe, if there are no immortals, how can there be so many people to cultivate, and they do everything possible to go to the top of Huashan Mountain to cultivate, and those trails on the mountain are walked out by cultivators, many of them are stones, there is no road, they just chisel out, just such sincerity, I think the immortals should know it." ”

Liu Yi had already heard it and said with a smile: "Why don't we go to Huashan to meet these immortals, uncle, there seems to be a stone room in front of you, is there anyone cultivating in it?" ”

The woodcutter nodded and said, "Yes, here in front of me is the place where the sheep baby herds the sheep, called Aries Peak, and the stone room is the sheep stone room." ”

"The Sheep Stone Chamber? Could it be that Brother Yang Yun said about the Yanggong Stone Room? ”

As soon as Du Tuo heard the Yanggong stone room, he hurriedly said loudly.