Chapter 9: Back to the Mountain

Hearing Qu Jichao say this, the faces of the six people immediately changed color.

Du Heng quickly looked around and couldn't help but be shocked.

There are no pavilions, pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings here, and it is clear that only the wilderness and weeds are left. Where it should have been a lake, only a depression remained, and the hillside not far away was full of dilapidated tombstones and graves.

Qu Jichao looked at the distorted expressions of several people, sighed and said: "The nocturnal wanderer girl is very good at changing the technique, and can create illusions, presumably the 'city' you just mentioned should be the illusion of the nocturnal wanderer." ”

Yu Yang's face turned blue: "Then the ...... we ate just now"

Qu Jichao hesitated: "You ...... Eat what it gives? As he spoke, he looked at the graves that had been dug up in the distance, and the lids of the coffins were lifted in a mess.

Wow a few times, and several people spit out.

When Du Ruo saw that in the vomit, there seemed to be something like human fingers and intestines, and he was even more disgusted, and he wanted to vomit out all the bile.

Qu Jichao saw that Mu Yu's face turned pale and she was retching in pain, so he stepped forward and gently stroked her back.

Du Heng vomited half of it, and when he saw that Qu Jichao went to Mu Yu to offer his courtesy again, he swallowed back the things that he hadn't vomited up, pretended to be fine, squeezed Qu Jichao aside, and said to Mu Yu with concern: "Are you okay?" ”

Qu Jichao was not annoyed, but just smiled kindly.

Mu Yu wiped his mouth with his sleeve and nodded slightly.

Du Heng saw that Mu Yu's hair was still dripping, so he turned around and tore off a corner of Yuyang's clothes and gently wiped Mu Yu's hair.

Rubbing and rubbing, Du Heng suddenly stagnated his hand and asked, "Mu Yu, aren't you carrying Yuhuang?" How could the water ghost catch you? ”

Mu Yu suddenly stopped retching, stood up straight in a panic, touched his hand on his body randomly, and kept chanting: "What about Yuhuang...... What about Jade Huang......? ”

Du Heng saw Mu Yu's helpless appearance, and comforted: "Forget it, if it's gone, it's gone, I'll ...... it in the future."

Before the words "protect you" could be spoken, Lan Ji shouted: "There is light there!" ”

Without waiting for Du Heng to reply, Yu Yang rushed to the direction that Lan Ji was pointing to, and ran back again, carrying the warm light of Yuhuang in his hand.

Mu Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I think it fell when I was resting." ”

Du Ruo snorted coldly: "Things can't be kept well, it seems that they will have to be hung around your neck in the future!" ”

A few people ate some of the stocks in the Yuyang gluttonous bag indiscriminately, and quickly recovered their strength.

The Lan brothers were unrestrained all their lives, and when they saw that their great favor had been repaid, they said goodbye to everyone and traveled all over the world. Qu Jichao had no intention of leaving.

Yu Yang frowned: "Childe, in this wilderness, where are we going to find a horse to go home?" ”

Du Heng didn't answer, and he felt worried.

Qu Jichao saw a few people with difficulties on their faces, and said with a smile: "I don't know how a few people have recovered their physical strength, but they can control the clouds?" ”

Du Ruo said: "Of course we can control the clouds, who will bring this little flower?" ”

Qu Jichao said: "If everyone can control the clouds, Muyu girl, just leave it to you to bring it down." ”

Yuyang suddenly realized: "Oh, no wonder Shan Hu Mountain only sent Qu Gongzi alone to help in the battle, it turns out that Qu Gongzi is so powerful, and he can also lead mortals to control the clouds, it's really ......"

Before he finished speaking, the back of Yu Yang's head was slapped hard by Du Heng again. This pumping force is large, and Yuyang can't help but let out an "oops".

The sky turned up the white of the fish's belly, and several people jumped on the clouds, all the way to the south, and quickly marched towards Boshan. Qu Jichao took Mu Yu and followed unhurriedly behind Du Heng and the others.

Du Ruo glanced back and said, "This surnamed Qu is nothing more than that, in the end, he is carrying a mortal, and he can't fly fast." ”

"He's not that big of a deal." Du Heng echoed in his mouth, but he knew it in his heart.

Qu Jichao followed the steps behind the three people, and the distance remained extremely stable, and at a glance, he knew that he was deliberately slowing down, so that others would not have to be embarrassed. But the more he thought about it, the more Du Heng hated him.

Du Heng's afterglow was aimed at Qu Jichao's hand on Mu Yu's waist, and he felt that the hand was very piercing.

Back to Ganzao, Du Jiuzhai held a grand reception. There are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas on the table, and there are even fruits that I have never seen except for dates. Needless to say, it must be to thank Qu Jichao.

During the banquet, Du Jiuzhai greeted Qu Jichao and raised his glass frequently. He was smiling, and the wrinkles on his face were like a blooming chrysanthemum in autumn. The brothers and sisters of the Du family have never seen their father so happy when they are so old, and they are quite unhappy.

Du Jiuzhai asked Qu Jichao to stay in Ganzao for a few more days, and instructed Du Heng to take Qu Jichao around to have a good taste of the customs of Ganzao. Although Du Heng agreed perfunctorily, he actually didn't bring Qu Jichao once. Qu Jichao was not annoyed, and wandered around the sweet dates by himself every day. When Du Jiuzhai asked, he only said that Du Heng was well accompanied. Du Heng saw that Qu Jichao was so good at being a man, so he was even more annoyed with him.

Mu Yu's situation is quite embarrassing. According to Du Jiuzhai's meaning, since the nocturnal wanderer has been eliminated, Mu Yu's threat has also been lifted, and she should leave the Du family and fend for herself. But Muyu has no family, and even if he leaves, he doesn't know who he can go to. Besides, on the day Du Heng was in the Fuxi Country, he had already promised Mu Yu that he could follow him in the future, how could he say that he would drive Mu Yu away.

Du Heng arranged a small courtyard away from Du Jiuzhai for Mu Yu, so that Mu Yu tried not to hang out under Du Jiuzhai's nose, and Mu Yu rarely went out, so the two of them were safe, and Du Jiuzhai also acquiesced to Mu Yu's existence.

One day, Mu Yu was sitting on the steps of the small courtyard basking in the sun, Du Heng suddenly flashed in, coughed twice, and pretended to be serious: "Du Muyu, you have been in my sweet dates for the past few days, have you lived well?" ”

Mu Yu was stunned for a moment, then his face returned to his usual complexion, and he said calmly: "I am a nameless junior with no surname, and it is already a great blessing to be able to go to Xianshan in this life, what qualifications do you have to talk about whether it is good or not." ”

Du Heng smiled awkwardly when he saw her talking about her surname: "How can you have no name and no surname?" Your surname is Du, didn't we talk about it a long time ago......" As he spoke, his voice became smaller and quieter, and finally there was no movement.

Mu Yu looked at Du Heng's lack of confidence, and a trace of helplessness crossed his eyes.

Seeing that Mu Yu didn't answer, Du Heng knew that he was at a loss, so he hurriedly patted his chest and said: "Mu Yu, don't worry, one day I will be the lord of sweet dates, and I will officially give you your surname and let you enter the door of my house." ”

Mu Yu lowered his eyes, shook his head, and changed the topic: "What about Yuyang?" Why didn't I follow you? ”

Du Heng said: "I specially told him not to follow me." ”

Mu Yu looked up: "Oh? Will he be willing? ”

Du Heng put his hands behind his back and said angrily: "If you don't want to, you have to be willing." ”

Mu Yu said: "Why did you drive him away? ”

Du Heng suddenly said mysteriously: "Because I want to take you to a place, I can't take him there." ”

Mu Yu said: "What place?" ”

Du Heng said: "I see that you are stuck here all day long, and I want to take you to an open place." ”

Du Heng took Mu Yu's hand, hid from east to west, avoided the Du family disciples patrolling in the mountains, and came to the high place of Ganzao Mountain. I saw that there is a dangerous building standing here, the eaves on the top of the building come and go in the clouds, looming, the horned beasts on the eaves seem to be soaring in the sky, the momentum is extraordinary.

Du Heng said: "Do you know where this is? ”

Mu Yu said: "I don't know. ”

Du Heng smiled: "Ha! It turns out that you also have something you don't know! Let me tell you," Du Heng squeezed his eyes at Mu Yu, "This building is called Wanghuai Tower, which is the commanding height of Ganzao, and it is also where the altar of Ganzao is located." Do you see the cornices above? ”

Mu Yu raised his head and nodded.

"It doesn't look like that from above." Du Heng said angrily and squeezed his eyes at Mu Yu.

Seeing the slight confusion on Mu Yu's face, Du Heng was very proud: "Let's go, I'll take you up to have a look." ”

Mu Yu said: "Such an important place, will people go up casually?" ”

Du Heng said: "That's why I brought you here at this time, the guards just handed over the post, and if you don't go over, they will be discovered, hurry up!" ”

Du Heng took Mu Yu's hand, hurriedly ran to the bottom of Wanghuai Tower, and saw that there was no one around, so he flashed into the door.

The building is hollow, with only a square wooden basket, four ropes fixed at the four corners, and a thick rope tied to the top, hanging straight on the roof. The roof was so high that the rope could not be seen at a glance.

Mu Yu saw through the ingenuity at a glance and said, "Are there any people in your Du family who can't soar the clouds?" Do you still need to use this on the roof? ”

Du Heng smiled: "You don't understand this again, you are a person who can't soar the clouds." Tengyun generally soars obliquely, and only those who cultivate deep can go straight up and down. Therefore, this ladder is for those who are shallow in cultivation. ”

Mu Yu turned his head: "Then can you fly up directly?" ”

Du Heng coughed twice: "Of course, of course I can...... Isn't this taking you with me, so I naturally want to take the elevator with you. Du Heng's voice revealed a little emptiness.

Mu Yu didn't poke it, but just stepped into the wooden basket, and Du Heng hurriedly followed.

The two of them rose to the top of the building, and an expression of disbelief appeared on Mu Yu's face.

The cornices that were just hidden in the clouds were not even a shadow at the moment, only a wide stone-bottomed platform with strange formations painted on it. Around the platform, eight huge jujube trees rose from the cracks in the stone platform, standing on all sides according to the Bagua position. The tree has many branches and few leaves, and scattered dates hang on it. If you look closely, there seem to be many abstract grass and wood grains on the jujube wood, mysterious and full of infinite power.

Mu Yu's eyes were shocked, and he said, "This tree ......"

"This tree is my sweet jujube spirit wood, and the grass pattern on it is my Du family orchid grass, and the lifeblood of my Du family lies here," Du Heng stroked the lines on the tree, "In this jujube tree, the spirit of the ancestors of the Du family gathers, and this altar is also the source of the mana of our Du family." When we die, our souls will be condensed in it. ”

Mu Yu said: "Isn't that it, as long as this building is destroyed, you will all ......"

Du Heng said: "How can it be so simple, the living Du family, the life has already been connected with this altar, as long as we are still here, this building cannot be destroyed." If we all die, the last person to die will also be reborn through the power of our ancestors. ”

Mu Yu said: "The wildfire can't be burned, and the spring breeze blows and grows." ”

"That's smart!" Du Heng said with a smile, "That eaves are a way to obstruct the eyes, and such an important place as the altar naturally can't be easily discovered." So this building looks like an ordinary high-rise building from below. ”

The two walked to the altar, and they had a panoramic view of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. It's autumn right now, but I see the smoke and waves, and the mountains and forests are dyed. From time to time, several Qingluan jumped up from the forest and disappeared into the forest. In the distance, the mountains are stacked, the mountain road is tortuous, the loop is round, and a big river rushes out of the mountains, like Bai Lian in the sun, sparkling and shining.

Mu Yu closed her eyes, the breeze blew her long eyelashes, and her cold white face faintly revealed a flush, looking delicate and lovely.

Du Heng stared at Mu Yu's side face and almost forgot to breathe.

Mu Yu opened his eyes: "What are you looking at?" ”

Du Heng turned his face away in a panic: "No, I didn't see anything ......"

Mu Yu ignored him and asked, "Why is this building famous Huai Tower?" ”

Du Heng said: "The world only says that my mountain of sweet jujube is all jujube wood, but in fact, it is not true. Du Heng pointed to the east, "Twenty miles to the east, there is a Li'er Peak, and there is a big locust tree on the peak." That locust tree has existed for an unknown number of years since the time when I set up the door of my Du family. ”

Mu Yu said: "Presumably, this big locust tree is about to cultivate into an immortal." ”

Du Heng smiled: "I don't know if I become an immortal." However, that big locust tree is another sacred tree in my Boshan territory. There are fifteen mountains in the territory of Boshan, with a radius of 6,670 miles, and you can not see the big locust tree on the top of any mountain, only on this locust tower. ”

Mu Yu said: "I can't see it." ”

Du Heng said: "Because you are not the Du family, it will not be ...... in the eyes of outsiders" Halfway through his words, Du Heng suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing.

The light in Mu Yu's eyes dimmed, and Du Heng couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth.

Looking at the canopy of the big locust tree dancing in the wind, Du Heng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he snapped his fingers and said, "Mu Yu, do you want to see the big locust tree?" ”

Mu Yu didn't look up: "You can't take me to drive the clouds, are we going to walk over?" ”

Du Heng looked sly: "Of course you can't go, but who said you have to ride the clouds?" ”