Chapter Sixty-Eight • Nado
The stretch of Qimeng Mountain leads to the sky, and in Humeng's legend, the misty mountain top has a gate to the immortal sky, and only Humeng's heroic soul can go there and ascend to the sky.
But Kelie didn't care where the entrance was, nor did he care if he could go to the Immortal Heaven, he only knew that behind the Qimeng Mountain Range, there was a hidden history of blood and tears of the Humeng people for nearly a hundred years, because on the other side of this seemingly sacred mountain, there was a cliff like a knife, the Humeng people called it Changtianyuan, and the Yan people called it the Broken Heaven Moat.
On one side of the cliff is a grassland full of life, with fertile water and grass, blue sky and white clouds, while on the other side is the Gobi rocky beach, which is covered by wind and sand.
In his memory, there was only hunger and desolation, only aggression and killing, only fear and despair, and in retrospect, Corlie could not believe that he was born in that environment, and that he had managed to live for several years.
Thinking about it from afar, Kelie suddenly felt that his father, who had moved out of his tent, was also a great leader when he was young, at least he seized the opportunity and bravely walked out with his clansmen, using the flesh and blood of the Humeng people and the blades in his hands, so that the Humeng people got rid of the entanglement of hell and returned to their homeland.
Now he is again on this road to the other side, when he was a six-year-old child, bumpy along the way, but fortunately his mother has always been by his side, so he is not afraid of tiredness, and now he is a strong adult, but he is not here to be nostalgic, but to find someone, Nado, who is revered as a saint by the Humeng.
People think that Nado has passed away all these years, or is still traveling the world, but only a few people know that Nado has always lived in this Qimeng Mountain, and Kelie is one of these very few people.
Kelie only brought six guards with him, and after these six guards sent Kelie to the foot of Qimeng Mountain, they no longer followed, but camped on the spot, waiting for Kelie's return.
When Kelie used to study under Nado, he would come to live on this mountain for a month or two every year, so he still had some impressions of the environment and roads here, but after leaving the school, Nado had an explanation, so that Kelie should not go up the mountain to disturb him when he was fine, and he has been busy with Humeng's affairs all these years, so the natural changes over the years still somewhat affect his knowledge of the road.
There are many birds and beasts in the mountains, in the past, Nado picked him up at the foot of the mountain when he could go up the mountain, and then walked in the mountains for a day and a night, when he was hungry, he played some game in the mountains to satisfy his hunger, and when he was thirsty, he brought his own wine to quench his thirst, because Nado was around to protect him, so at that time Kelie was not worried that there would be fierce beasts attacking in the middle of the night.
This is the first time that Kelie has slept alone in the mountains, and he still can't help but feel a little worried in his heart, although he himself does not believe in the legends of those gods and ghosts, but since he saw Jinhong Edgeworth, he believes in the existence of immortals in this world.
There must be yin and yang, there is light and there is darkness, this is the eternal law of nature, since there are immortals, there will be corresponding charms and ghosts, so listening to the nightingale crying in the mountains, the nerves of the column are also constantly stretching.
Swallowing a half-baked hare, drinking a few sips of the green wine he carried with him, and a handful of rabbit fur remained at the corner of his mouth, Kelie carefully set up all the dry trees he picked up on the fire beside him, he wanted to make sure that the fire in the night would not be extinguished, because the beasts in the mountains were afraid of fire, this was some common sense that Nado gave him, as long as there was fire, they would not dare to approach, and other things were afraid of fire, but Lie did not know, and they were also afraid.
After waiting to make sure that they were all burned, he wrapped himself in a sheepskin coat, curled up on the dead leaves that had been laid out beforehand, and fell asleep vigilantly.
The next day's morning glow mercilessly hit the three taels of dew on Kelie's eyelashes, scattering colorful brilliance, the fog in the mountains is quite heavy, and the morning is still with a hint of coolness, the sheepskin coat wrapped in Kelie's body moved, and then a handful of Kelie's coat sat up suddenly, his eyes turned around without focus, and when his eyes turned to a blurry figure sitting not far from him, Kelie chuckled in his heart, thinking that he really won the lottery, but after his eyes returned to focus, Only then did he see the face of the person who came, although he had long hair and a thick beard, but Kelie still recognized it at a glance.
He hurriedly stood up and bowed with the most respectful etiquette of Hu Meng: "Disciple Kelie has seen his teacher. ”
Nado nodded, not at all ashamed of his appearance like a savage, and his tone was a little cold, but this was his usual style.
"But you're looking for me?"
"Exactly," said Corlie hurriedly, and at this time he was like a child who had just entered school, always acting cautious and submissive in front of Nado.
Although every time after leaving Nado, Kelie secretly hated himself for not being angry, and made up his mind that he must show his proper kingly demeanor next time, but the next time he came to Nado, he would be the same as before.
Nado didn't get up either, still on the dead tree that had fallen, raised his eyes to look at Kelie, who was standing, and then pointed to the place where Kelie was sleeping with the dead branch in his hand, and motioned for Kelie to sit down.
"This is the first time you've gone up the mountain since you left the school, do you still know the way?" didn't directly ask Kelie what to find him, but like an elder who cares about the future generations, he started a family routine with Kelie, Kelie sat opposite Naduo, and when the master diverted the topic, it was not good for him as a disciple to ask directly, and as far as Kelie was concerned, he was a little afraid to do so.
"I still vaguely remember some, but there are too many weeds growing in some places, so it is inevitable that I can't see it."
Nado nodded again, but his eyes were always staring at the dead wood in his hand, "I heard that you went to Yan Country a few days ago, so what's the matter?" ”
Ke Lie didn't dare to hide it, so he told the reason for going to Yan Kingdom and the things he encountered in Yan Kingdom, but he only concealed Jinhong's extreme martial arts attainments, and only described him as an extremely martial arts cultivator who was a little more powerful than himself.
"Unexpectedly, in the past few decades, the Central Plains martial arts have gradually recovered." There was no worry in Nado's tone, on the contrary, there was a sense of relief in it, Kelie guessed that this might be related to the original Tianfeng monk Gu Panli, but he didn't ask, because he still understands Nado sometimes, if the other party wants to say, he doesn't need to ask, if the other party doesn't want to say, it's useless to ask.
"Although I, Humeng, have now returned to my homeland, the resources are still much scarce compared to the Central Plains, and the material output is not as rich as the Central Plains, you went to Yan to negotiate trade was the right choice, but it's a pity, you are too sharp in Humeng, and it just happened to reach the ears of the little emperor of Yan who has a strong sense of distress, so there is such a result."
"Extremely distressed? Hum! For the adjective used by Nado, Ke Lie scoffed, he didn't think that the little emperor of the Yan Kingdom was this kind of person, but felt that the other party was a narrow-minded person who couldn't see others better than him, and couldn't see others better than him.
"Hehe" Nado chuckled rarely, and instead of refuting Kelie, he asked, "Are you here for this?" ”
Kelie nodded, "The disciple is here to ask Master to show Humeng a way out, although we now use a large area of grassland, but our population is gradually increasing, now Humeng's population is three times that when he returned to his homeland, but our clothing and food are only the fur of cattle and sheep and their meat, which is far from keeping up with the rate of population growth, so we need rice that is easier for people to eat, and we need warmer and coldier cotton cloth, The disciple once whimsically thought that he would negotiate with Yan to open up trade between the two countries to solve this problem, but now it seems that it is impossible. ”
"And what are you going to do?" Nado's words were still not salty.
The masseter muscles on Kelie's cheeks bulged, and he said a little fiercely: "Since you can't talk about it, you can only solve it with your fists." ”
Nado looked at Kelie with some doubts, and said softly: "Marching and fighting is not what I am good at, and I can only help when the nation is in danger, you know this. ”
"Yes," Kelie hurriedly explained, "The disciple didn't want Master to help, but he had a question and wanted to ask Master. ”
"You say"
Kelie hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "What should I do if a person with extremely high martial cultivation wants to take my life when I am riding south? ”
When Nado first heard Ke Li's words, he thought he was joking, you must know that even if his personal martial arts cultivation is high, it is just a mantis arm as a car in front of thousands of troops, even if it is Nado himself, he does not have the ability to fight tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers alone.
But after seeing Kelie's serious and serious expression, Nado still gave his answer by shaking his head.
Kelie was a little impatient in his heart, he didn't know how to explain to Nado the terrifying existence of Jinhong, because he couldn't tell Nado Ming, and the other party didn't necessarily believe it.
"What if this person's extreme martial cultivation is higher than that Tianfeng monk at the beginning?" Kelie was a little flustered, and he regretted it as soon as he said it, because Gu Panli could be said to be the biggest taboo in Nado's heart.
Sure enough, when Nado heard the four words of Tianfeng Layman, his face changed slightly, but this time he was surprisingly not angry, but said coldly: "If that's the case, I will take action." ”
This answer still can't reassure Kelie, because he knows that Jinhong's extreme martial arts attainments are far from being comparable to Nado, but now Nado is obviously unprecedentedly patiently solving problems for himself, and if he continues to escalate the problem, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not kick himself down the mountain.
After hesitating for a long time, Kelie still decided to gamble, the big deal was to be kicked down the mountain, and he couldn't kill himself, and if he didn't ask clearly, he would really have to worry about his life.
"What if...... This person's cultivation is far superior to yours, such as..."Kelie stretched out his index finger and pointed to the sky, "What about the immortals? ”
Ready to meet Nado's fury, Correte carried a bouncing heart, his eyes fixed on Nado opposite, thinking that if something was wrong, he would turn and run.
But unexpectedly, the anger that could be expected did not appear, and even the impatience in Nado's eyes before was gone, for a long time! Nadeau let out a sigh of relief.
"I have been in retreat on Qimeng Mountain for many years, and I have gained a lot, not only related to extreme martial arts."