Chapter Seventy-Nine: Ling Shan
"Mu Ya!" It turned out that Grandpa Yu was here in person.
Mu Ya hurriedly invited the old man to come in and sit down: "Grandpa, why did you come here in person? ”
"You have patients here to take care of, don't be bound by those customs!"
Grandpa is a famous hunter in this Dragon Fang City, full of white hair and strong spirits.
"Listen to the old woman, you want to find the thing that resurrects the soul?"
"Hmm. Grandpa, you are well-informed, you must know?"
Grandpa nodded: "It is rumored that there is indeed a thing in this world, called 'Cheng Ruo', which is a kind of fairy grass that can restore people's souls." ”
Mu Ya's eyes shone brightly: "Grandpa, do you know where that grass grows?"
Grandpa got up and walked to the window, looking at the mountains outside the city: "Listen to my grandpa, that thing is hidden in Lingshan." It's just that Lingshan is so big, but it's not easy to find. ”
Lingshan is in the northwest of Longfang City, stretching for hundreds of miles, the cliffs and valleys in the mountains are deep, and fierce beasts are infested, so it is naturally not easy to find a small grass.
Grandpa turned around: "Muya, the mountain will be closed by heavy snow soon, and it will be even more difficult to enter the mountain." Taking advantage of the good weather these days, Grandpa will go into the mountains to hunt tomorrow, so why don't you go into the mountains with Grandpa to have a look? Maybe the fairy grass has a fate with you, and it is unknown if you find it. ”
"Brother Tomorrow Lie can walk on the ground, and I can rest assured that he is there. Mu Ya sighed slightly: "Okay, Grandpa, I will go into the mountain with you tomorrow, just to pick some medicinal herbs." ”
Sending Grandpa away, Mu Ya came to Hu Yanlie's side and was about to speak, but Hu Yanlie spoke: "Go, go, I heard it." Tomorrow I will be able to walk on the ground and no longer need to be tended. It's just that you go into the mountains by yourself, but be careful!"
"Hmm. You know all the little medicine boys in this hall, and send them if you need them. Mu Ya nodded, "I'll go and tell the Yan clan now." ”
Hearing that Hu Yanlie had woken up, Lan was overjoyed and dragged Mu Ya back to the hospital.
"Lie'er, you woke up and died of fear. Lan put his arms around his son and pressed his face to his chest.
"Mother!" In front of Mu Ya being hugged by his mother like this, Hu Yanlie was a little uncomfortable, "My son is breathing smoothly and refreshed now, and he is already well......"
"Second Highness is in good health, I thought it would take two or three days, but I didn't know that it would be less than a day before I could speak, which is really the blessing of the Yan family, and it is also the luck of my dragon side. ”
"Then I can't thank you, Mu Ya!" Lan Shi's face was full of joy, and he hugged Mu Ya again, "Say, what do you want, Yan Shi can do it for you." ”
Mu Ya was also a little embarrassed: "Yan clan, Mu Ya and His Royal Highness are like brothers and sisters, this is what Mu Ya should do, how dare you ask for any reward?"
"Yo, I really want to have a good daughter like you!" Lan turned around and looked at Hu Yanlie with a smile, and Hu Yanlie's face turned red to the base of his neck.
"Mother, don't make trouble. Mu Ya is going to Lingshan tomorrow to collect medicine!"
"Mu Ya, is there not enough medicinal herbs? I asked the palace to arrange for the medicine farmers to pick them, why do you want to go into the mountain in person?"
"Yan's, Mu Ya went into the mountains to find rare medicinal materials - Yan rest assured, Mu Ya has been going into the mountains with her father to collect medicine since she was a child, and it is nothing. What's more, tomorrow, the grandfather of the Yu family will also go with Mu Ya. ”
"It's that Orion, who is honest, and having him with him is indeed reassuring. But Mu Ya, tomorrow the Yan clan will arrange two Jianyong for you to accompany you, even if it is to carry some clumsy sundries for you. ”
Lan was kind, but Mu Ya couldn't refuse anymore and agreed.
"Yan Shi, I have prepared the decoction of His Royal Highness, and you must arrange for someone to fry it on time and ask His Royal Highness to take it. Tomorrow, His Royal Highness will be able to walk on the ground, but he will be able to recover from his illness and not move too violently. ”
"Mu Ya, don't worry about this! Tomorrow I will arrange for a team of people to come and keep an eye on him, only allow you to move around in this room, and you are not allowed to run around until you come back!" Lan looked at the two of them with a grin.
"Mother!" Hu Yanlie heard his mother's voice, and he was a little embarrassed.
"By the way, there is one more thing...... Mu Ya paused, "The young man in the trough, you have to ask the Yan family to take more care, drag out the wind and bask in the sun during the day, but at night you have to prevent him from catching a cold." ”
Only then did Lan Shi see that there was a human-shaped "zongzi" in the sink, and was about to speak, but Hu Yanlie hurriedly spoke: "Sister Muya, you can go with confidence, he will hand it over to me to ensure that you are unharmed when you come back." ”
"This Ling Mountain, Grandpa is going to go in every ten days and a half months, and he is very familiar with it. There are indeed many rare birds and beasts in the mountains, but we have never seen this 'Cheng Ruo', and today we will try other paths. Early the next morning, the four of them went on the road, and Yu Laoshi led the way at the front, talking to Mu Ya.
"Grandpa, what are the characteristics of 'Cheng Ruo', and how to identify them?"
"I only heard my grandfather say that the fairy grass is born in places where ordinary people can't go, and it is often accompanied by strange beasts. As for its appearance, he never talked about it, maybe he only heard it from other places, and he hadn't seen it himself. ”
Yu Laoshi is indeed an inaccessible path up the mountain, the way is full of cliffs and deep valleys, can accommodate a person to pass through the rock crevice cave, countless times are used hand and foot, relying on vines, ropes, fallen trees, barely passed, but therefore birds and beasts, herbs are also extraordinarily abundant. The higher you go, the rarer those birds and beasts become.
Yu was honest but not in a hurry to hunt, but discussed with Mu Ya: "Mu Ya, since our primary goal on this trip is to find 'Cheng Ruo', it is better to climb to the top of the mountain first, and then come to collect medicinal herbs and hunt wild beasts when we return, so as not to have to carry the burden with us." ”
Muya nodded in agreement.
After walking for a long time, they walked through an ancient forest that did not see the light of day, and the four of them came to a cliff. Mu Ya looked up: the wall was dozens of zhang high, bare, and only a small tree grew in the gap of the cliff in the air, surrounded by abysses, and it was impossible to climb at all.
"Haha, it's been fifty years, and I still came with my father back then, it seems that I am not mistaken!" Yu honestly looked at the cliff, and there was a trace of excitement in his eyes, "This place is called 'Broken Monument Cliff', and above it is Wugao, and above Wugao is the peak! I'll rest for a while, and then I'll climb up first, and then hang down the rope to pull you up." ”
Listening to him, this path is a shortcut, and the path of ordinary four or five days can be completed in only one day, but this road is more difficult to walk. Mu Ya thought to herself.
Looking back at the two Jianyong, both sweating profusely, panting like oxen, leaning against the cliff, their legs trembling uncontrollably, and they didn't dare to look down at the bottom of the abyss, Mu Ya smiled unconsciously.
After a rest, everyone drank some water and ate some dry food.
"Alright, I'm going up. I saw Yu Laoshi pick up a bundle of long rope and tie an arm-thick pine branch at one end. "Huhu" rounded the rope and let go of it again. "Look!" I saw that the pine branch with a long rope flew straight to the small tree on the cliff wall, and in a blink of an eye it went around the small tree and jumped back. Yu honestly shook his hand, and the long rope "swished" around the pine branch and tied it into a knot, and then pulled it, and the pine branch was tightly tied to the small tree.
Like an ape, he climbed up the rope.
Mu Ya looked up at him climbing, only to see the long rope swaying left and right in the mountain wind, encouraging his clothes to crackle, and unconsciously pinched a cold sweat for him.
Yu was honest but not afraid at all, and went up to the trunk of the small tree after three strokes and five divisions. Climb along the trunk of the tree to the top of the cliff, where the small tree took root, and it turned out that there was a platform.
Yu Laoshi untied the rope from the small tree, stood on the platform, concocted according to the law, tied the big tree on the top of the cliff, and went up to the top of the cliff from time to time.
"Muya!" With a call, the long rope was thrown down.
Mu Ya looked at the two Jianyong, and the two looked at each other, as if the rope was a long worm, and no one wanted to touch it.
"I'll do it first!" Mu Ya grabbed the rope, wrapped it around her waist twice, and climbed up step by step.
By the time the two warriors had reached the top of the cliff, it was nearly dusk.
Mu Ya got up and stood on the top of the cliff, only to find that the field of vision here is extremely broad, such as the red sun falling in the west on the Haicang Mountain, the autumn wind sweeping the yellow clouds in the sky, pulling out a huge golden trail, refracting the colorful glare in the sunset, amazing. There is a big golden city in the pole, which is the dragon side.
"Muya, we need to speed up our pace and cross Wugao before it gets completely dark. Yu honestly looked at the sky, and he was a little anxious.
"Grandpa, why are you suddenly in such a hurry?"
"Mu Ya, we have been delayed for too long in this 'Broken Monument Cliff'! There are thousands of years of rotten wood in that Wugao, and it is said that when it comes to night, it will release a poisonous mist, and no matter whether it is human or animal, it will die immediately. Also, the road in Gaozhong is difficult to find at night, and if you accidentally fall into the quagmire, even the gods will be difficult to get out. ”
Hearing him say this, the people hurriedly set out to look at the Wugao coming.
Crossing a hill, a white mountain peak suddenly appeared in front of him, and the main peak of Ling Mountain was the main peak of Naling Mountain.
Under the peak, there is a pool of black and swarthy mire like ink, which is placed in front of the crystal clear main peak of Lingshan like an altar, which is very strange.
I don't know how this quagmire came from, but I saw that the quagmire was full of ancient trees from thousands of years ago, soaked in deep black mud, giving off a suffocating smell.
Yu honestly identified for a long time, and finally found a road in the mire, which was made up of ancient trees that had not yet completely decayed.
Yu Laoshi looked at several branches on the shore, all of which were several zhang long, and each person distributed one.
"This wood is used for balance and can be supported when necessary. I lead the way, you see my footsteps follow closely, don't make a mistake!"
After speaking, he stepped on the ancient tree with the branch in both hands.
The further you go in, the more the ancient wood decays. The person stepped up, and the coo-dong sank down.
And the crowd was like butterflies in flowers, jumping up and down on the tree.
"Ahh
"Don't stop! Follow in my footsteps!" Mu Ya didn't dare to look back, only stared at Yu Laoshi's footsteps, and finally jumped out of the Wugao step by step.
Looking back again, a Jianyong behind him had disappeared. In the dark mud, only a few bubbles remained, and "quite a few sounds" cracked slightly.
"Let's go!" Yu honestly shouted.
The sun had already set behind the mountains and forests, and a layer of light blue mist rose from the Wugao, spreading rapidly.
Mu Ya turned around and walked a few steps, and suddenly stopped: "Grandpa, you wait!"