Turning his head to look away, it looked like a huge banquet restaurant, but there was a stone mountain of poisonous snakes. Luo Yun pinched the round leaf in his hand, and finally couldn't help but say, "What kind of grass is this?" And what's the use? It's worth keeping a venomous snake on guard day and night, almost inseparable. ”

Yuan Zu looked at Luo Yun on his shoulder with a sideways face, raised his finger and pointed at the blade in Luo Yun's hand, and then pointed to the mountain behind him that had turned into a white stone chair. Then he raised his hands and gestured to a length, pointed to the round blade, and waved his right hand together to make a cutting motion. Luo Yun pursed his eyebrows and finished reading the ancestor's 'sign language', and after getting along for a day and a night, Luo Yun mastered a little tacit understanding with the ancestor in the continuous conversation, and also gave full play to his imagination to enrich the meaning of simple actions.

"Let me think about it...... Ancestor, are you saying that this grass can kill the poisonous snake? The ancestor shook his head, thought about it, raised his left hand, and bent his index and middle fingers to make a hook. It's not that it can be killed...... But...... Can it detoxify? Can this grass cure the poison of the snake? Seeing that the ancestor nodded in confirmation, Luo Yun's eyes looked at the small leaf in his hand, but his mind flew out. I remember seeing a sentence that will: Heaven and earth are yin and yang, there is yin and yang, and yin and yang are born together. And all things born in heaven and earth are also mutually reinforcing, just like the food chain of nature, and there are always beings who feed on powerful beasts that are not at the top of the food chain. The cycle of life and death, it's a balance.

There is one thing in heaven and earth, and one thing in life is restrained, this is balance. A poisonous weed must be accompanied by a plant that can detoxify. Alien beasts are unconventional beings, but so is this balance. And what made Luo Yun puzzling was that a poisonous snake that was poisonous all over its body and made the mountain almost no grass grow, guarding day and night was the only thing that could cure its poison. Why is that? If it uproots the grass and stops it from growing, then there is nothing in the mountains that can fight its fangs? Maybe the human mind really can't understand the actions of this animal, if it is to listen to others say this, Luo Yun must be suspicious, because one of the biggest mental reactions of human beings is to eliminate the existence that can threaten them. And just now, Luo Yun saw a poisonous snake that made people talk about it, regarded the flowers and plants that could cure its poison as a treasure, and stingily plucked a grass stem with a small flower and six leaves and gave it to the ancestor.

What is it that makes these beasts attach so much importance to the existence of 'balance'? Luo Yun couldn't understand.

"Ancestor, what do you want me to see when you bring me out? What to learn? Luo Yun sat on his knees on the broad shoulders of the ancestor, looked into the distance with a calm face, and muttered to himself. When the ancestor heard Luo Yun's words, he didn't stop, turned his head to look at Luo Yun's contemplative side face with a deep gaze, turned his head away, and his eyes became more and more meaningful.

Lijiazhai in the cloud mountain. Because of Luo Yun's sudden departure, it caused a lot of shock, and after Cheng Wu, Cheng Mu's father and son, and Luo Yun's fourth uncle Li Zhen'an successively led people into the mountains to find no avail, everyone had to accept Luo Yun's explanation of traveling with an immortal chief in his message. After all, under the traction of Cheng Mu, although Zhenyue looked uncomfortable, he still led everyone to the waterhole where the ancestor and Luo Yun met. After a careful search of the surroundings, no clues were found. This is also good news, at least there are no traces of the fight or even bloodstains, which shows that Luo Yun was indeed taken away in a safe situation.

The people in Lijiazhai who knew Luo Yun's origin were a little overwhelmed and dazed when they first heard the news, and then they sighed. But Aunt Mei went to Luo Yun's father's grave alone and cried, and fell ill when she got home. Aunt Mei was deeply blaming herself for failing to take good care of the young master for Miss, and she let Luo Yun disappear so silently.

There are also many theories about Luo Yun's sudden disappearance in the village, and some secretly say that Luo Yunfu has a shallow life; thought about the few good things Luo Yun did to the village this year, saying that Luo Yun should have gone to his father and mother that year, but the result was that his father and mother couldn't let go of the clansmen, so they borrowed a year's life from Yin Si to Luo Yun and let him come back to help the clansmen; There are also most people who believe that Luo Yun was really taken away by the gods in the mountains, because everyone admits that Luo Yun and the mountains are so one, and the beasts in the mountains don't eat Luo Yun.

In the main hall of Luoyun's house, under the convening of the patriarch Li Zhensheng, a clan meeting was held here again. Everyone sitting in the room looked worried, and the two elders in the village, Luo Yun's two grandfathers, said that they were unwell and did not participate. Li Zhensheng, who was sitting in the first place, had been frowning since he heard the news that Luo Yun was missing, his eyebrows were wrinkled into the word 'Chuan', and he glanced up at the depressing hall and looked at the people who didn't speak. These people sitting in the house, the fourth child loves his nephew, needless to say, the old family's only seedling, if he hadn't pulled hard, he wouldn't have come to the meeting at all. The third child is gone, and Luo Yun, the eldest nephew who supports his idea, feels that the original beautiful plan is difficult to achieve, and he has been languishing for the past two days. Li Jian and his brothers can still lift their spirits, but Luo Yun's relationship with these cousins has been very good this year, and it is impossible to say that they are not worried about Luo Yun. Alas, this reservoir is about to be completed, why was Luo Yun taken away at this time, and what to do with the plans that were originally discussed, no one in this room can help come up with an idea. My father and third uncle are too, and at this moment, they are still in the mood to worship the mountain god at home.

Depressed in his heart, Li Zhensheng wanted to drink tea, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the cup of tea bowl that had not moved at all turned out to be white water! Luo Yun is not here, and this Cheng Wu family doesn't even have a person to make tea. With a little annoyance, he waved his hand and pushed the teacup, not wanting to use too much force, so he pushed the teacup directly to the ground, "Bang! With a bang, the wooden cup burst into a crack, though it was not broken. But this sound immediately quieted the originally noisy discussion in the courtyard.

Li Zhensheng's brows furrowed even tighter, and when he looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him, he raised his head slightly, and said, "Since Luo Yun left a letter, he will definitely come back." Everyone doesn't have to worry about him, say something that shouldn't be said as an uncle, it's better for Luo Yun to disappear from this mountain than to disappear outside. It's not a secret that they are all members of the Li family. In this big mountain, if any of us here disappears for a day, I am afraid that the villagers and neighbors can go and prepare for nothing. But Luo Yun is different! If he is lost in the city under the mountain, then I, who is an uncle, will not say a word, go to report to the official first, and then take the whole village down the mountain to find it! But Luo Yun is missing in the mountains, and he still has a tiger by his side! Tigers and wolves don't eat him, where else can he go to this deep mountain and wild forest? Since he said that he was going to accompany a Taoist master on a cloud tour, it must not be a lie. What's more, he also indicated the return date on the letter! ”

Li Zhensheng paused, his eyes searched for Cheng Wu's figure from the corner of the house, and his eyes looked directly at him and said, "Cheng Wu, you go and tell your family Sumei, Li Luoyun is the child of this Li Jiazhai and the only son of my eldest brother!" It won't disappear so inexplicably. Luo Yun has grown up, not the milk baby who can't do without her half a step! Let her pack her mind and wait patiently for Luo Yun to come back, she fell ill after only three days of walking, what can Luo Yun do when she comes back? ! She still wants Luo Yun to grow up! ”

The patriarch's words were so loud that for a while the inside and outside of the house were silent. Cheng Wu bowed and nodded, and went to the backyard. After a while, Aunt Mei came to pour tea for everyone with a teapot with a sad face, bowed to Li Zhensheng, who had a straight face, and withdrew.

Li Zhensheng saw that everyone's expressions had recovered a little, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. Picked up the teacup and took a sip, huh? Su Mei's tea hasn't been boiled yet. Shaking his head, he put down the teacup, looked around at everyone again, and said loudly: "The progress of the valley reservoir should be accelerated!" I have already discussed with my father, my third uncle, and all the brothers that even if I use the family property saved in the previous two years, I must complete all the work in the valley before the autumn planting. Let me say a few more about the specific ......"

At noon, the Li family in the courtyard left one by one, leaving only Li Zhensheng and his brothers and nephews in the house. Exhaled heavily, took a sip of the teacup and moistened his throat, which was a little smoking, and then looked at his younger brothers who had been speechless. In the more than a year since he became the patriarch, it was the first time that there was no one else to help him at all, and the entire meeting was supported by himself. swallowed a mouthful of spit, felt the pain in his throat, and couldn't help but be even more dissatisfied with these younger brothers, a small thing, actually made them slack off on the major affairs of the clan. slapped the table heavily and snorted: "It was said that Luo Yun was traveling, he didn't tell his elders in advance, he left home without permission, and when he came back, he would definitely be punished by family rules!" Su Mei can still cheer up, how long will you big men pretend to be like bears! ”

Li Zhenan slapped the table irritably and said, "What a trip!" Luo Yun is a sensible child, if someone really makes an appointment, he won't even have time to come back and report it! Everyone who sits here is their own relatives, and the secret on Luo Yun's body, these juniors don't know, don't you know the second child! If you really think that Luo Yun is traveling, what kind of mountain gods do the second and third uncles worship at home!? ”

"Enough!" Li Zhensheng slammed the tea cup in his hand to the ground, glared at Li Zhenan angrily, as soon as the eldest brother left, his fourth brother became more and more unrestrained, "I said that it is a trip, it is a trip!" Don't use your little foundation to shake around blindly, when the time comes, it will hurt Luo Yun. If you don't believe me, you should believe Luo Yun. If he really never came back, why did he say, 'I'll be back in a few days, don't worry'. You're here for all the you want! Listen to it all! ”

Looking around at the few people present, the anger of the plain and gentle and humble patriarch really frightened everyone, his eyes swept over and sat upright, Li Zhenan also lowered his head honestly: "Put your worry back in your stomach, take care of the work at hand, repairing the reservoir is a major event in the clan!" If anyone is delayed, there will be no place for him in the Li family ancestral hall in the future! Hum! After speaking, he flicked the sleeves of his robe, left everyone in the house, and left alone angrily.

The few people who were swept away by the patriarch's anger looked at each other for a while, and each said goodbye and left. Li Zhenxin was depressed, and was scolded by the second brother for a few words that he couldn't refute, so he turned around and went to the backyard to find Cheng Wu to speak. Li Jian and the other juniors were very curious about what the fourth uncle said about Luo Yun, and at first they didn't understand why several elders reacted so much when they heard that Luo Yun was so missing. I thought it was just because Luo Yun was the only son of the uncle's family, and several uncles and grandfathers were concerned, but it turned out that there were secrets they didn't know.

Especially Li Huan, he lives with his grandfather, and of course he knows that since Luo Yun disappeared, he must go to incense and worship the mountain god on time every day. Originally, he only thought that his grandfather was worried and prayed for Luo Yun, and he also persuaded Luo Yun that as a junior, he couldn't afford to be so loving as a grandfather, but now when he thinks about it, his grandfather's expression at that time is very strange.

Li Kun and Li Chenglin met and discussed that they were going to go to Cheng Mu to inquire about the matter, but Li Jian felt that it was not good to stimulate Aunt Mei with Luoyun's matter at this time, so he persuaded the two, but he made up his mind to go home and ask his grandfather.

Two days later, Cheng Mu was decocting medicine to his mother in the backyard that day, and Zhenyue, who was sleeping next to him, suddenly got up and yelled outside the courtyard wall. Cheng Mu was vigilant, grabbed a wooden stick and cautiously went to the courtyard wall to check. Picking up the wall and looking outside, he found that there was nothing, so he turned his head to look at Zhenyue in confusion, and saw that Zhenyue had already accepted that vigilant look. I don't think it's funny, did I be too careful, maybe it was a passing roe deer or something that made Zhenyue smell the smell. When he was about to jump off the courtyard wall, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a half-eaten green peach on the top of the courtyard wall a meter away, and a white silk was pressed under the green peach!?

"Mother! Mother! Brother Yun has a letter, come and see, mother! It's really a letter written by Brother Yun! Cheng Mu took off the white silk and only slightly swept the pale cyan words on it, and saw that it was written: Aunt Mei, and looked directly at the payment and saw that it was indeed Luo Yun's name.

Aunt Mei, who was sprinkling and scrubbing in Luoyun's room, heard her son's scream of surprise, and hurriedly threw down the rag in her hand and rushed out of the house. Spread your hands and read carefully.

At this time, Luo Yun didn't know that Li Jiazhai had caused a lot of turmoil because of his sudden 'Yunyou', although he expected Aunt Mei to be worried, but he didn't expect to fall ill sadly. Unexpectedly, because he saw that the trip was getting farther away, the time exceeded the five days he originally envisioned, so when he entrusted Yuan Wu Baiyang and his wife to help him send back a letter to report safety, Aunt Mei was so happy. And his uncles finally believed and confirmed that he was indeed traveling far away and that he would definitely return, and they were all overjoyed. Luo Yun's two grandfathers even bumped heads, and they felt that they were too suspicious of whether they were old.

Luo Yun didn't know where he was at all, every time it was dark, the ancestor would take him to find a place to rest, and he would keep rushing to collect medicine during the day. He couldn't calculate the path of the ancestor, but Luo Yun knew that he was far, far away from Yunshan. Because on the fourth day, Yuan Wu and Bai Yang stopped on a mountain, saluted like the ancestors, and then turned and left. And when he rested that night, the ancestor summoned a female white ape to come over. Luo Yun knew that he had gone from the territory of one of the grandsons of the ancestor to the territory of another granddaughter, and he didn't know what the size of each territory was, because Luo Yun didn't remember how many mountains he had climbed. Sometimes Luo Yun would wonder if the Yuan Zu would let him go back, but when he asked the Yuan Zu this question, the Yuan Zu nodded affirmatively and said that he would let him go home. Even as long as Luo Yun wants to, he can go back now.

But...... Luo Yun was reluctant. Five days, five days. He saw two kinds of strange beasts, including the poisonous snake, and some strange flowers and plants. And today's appearance of the ancestor and the female white ape who had just been named Bai Shu by Luo Yun when they set off in the morning made Luo Yun judge that he might know a new strange beast again today. Luo Yun was really afraid that once he went back, he would not have such an experience again.

The ancestor stopped at the foot of a mountain, looked up at the sun, and then simply sat down cross-legged and waved Bai Shu to find some food. Luo Yun looked around curiously, with the experience of the past few days, he could also see that there was nothing special here, jumped off the shoulders of the ancestor, stretched his legs and feet, bowed his hand, and then raised his head and asked, "Ancestor, it's not noon yet, why don't you leave?" But what's the matter? ”

Yuan Zu nodded, pointed to the mountain behind him, then to the sun in the sky, and finally to Luo Yun and Xiao You. After so many days, Luo Yun's gesture expression for the ancestor can be regarded as understanding to the extent of his heart, and after a little thought, he said: "The ancestor is saying that we need to wait until the noon sun is the hottest when we want to take things in this mountain, otherwise I and Xiaoyouhui can't stand it." Is there anything cold in this mountain? Seeing the ancestor nodded, Luo Yun turned around and looked at the mountain with his eyebrows on his hands, and observed for a while, but he didn't see anything special, the pines and cypresses on the mountain were dense, and the mulberry trees were thick, if there was really something cold, this plant shouldn't grow so well.

After eating some Bai Shu a little bit, he brought back wild fruits, and at noon, the ancestor hugged Luo Yun and Xiao You on his shoulders and began to go up the mountain with Bai Shu. There is no need to expect that there will be mountain roads in these deep mountains and old forests without human beings, and some of the mountains that Luoyun has passed through in the past two days are steep and precipitous, and it is difficult for humans to climb them with their bare hands. The same is true at this time. The mountain wall is almost vertical, but fortunately there is a slight slope and many trees, so it is not difficult to say anything about a white ape like the ancestor. However, the ancestor did not climb to the top of the mountain, and began to walk around the mountain about halfway up the mountain until he found a gorge. The mouth of the gorge is connected to a mountain stream, and the slopes on both sides are steep and cannot be climbed. The mountain stream is very narrow, and Bai Shu's body has to rub his arms against the rock wall, and the ancestor can only walk sideways.

After walking about a few dozen meters away, Luo Yun felt a cool air rushing up from below, and the more he walked inside, the heavier the cold became. Fortunately, Luo Yun had been wearing his bearskin coat, and at this time, he couldn't help but wrap his fur tightly and hug Xiao You at the shoulder socket of the ancestor. You must know that he is still standing on the ancestor who is nearly six meters high, and the cold is still so heavy, if he walks on the ground, he can't bear the cold at all.

Fortunately, the road was not far, and soon we came to the most cold place, a slightly wide recess in the rock wall. Luo Yun looked around, and the mountain rocks here were like the ice sky of the wax moon, with a thick layer of ice mirrors. Looking up, the sun in the sky at noon can barely shine into a meter of warmth, a thin layer of mist is born at the intersection of cold and warm in mid-air, at a glance it looks like a rainbow in the belly of the mountain, and the ice mirror reflects, the mountain stream here is actually flashing with colorful light, beautiful and dazzling. The cold air rising from the large pool of jade plates in the center of the mountain stream is also intertwined with this light, and a moving dance of the ice and snow goddess with her sleeves is dimly revealed. In a trance, the sun is in the west. In an instant, all the light and beauty dissipated, and I sighed faintly.

Yuan Zu and Bai Shu obviously saw a lot of such beautiful scenery, although they were also intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, but as the illusory scenery disappeared, they immediately came back to their senses. Bai Shu took out two green jade gourds from his waist bag and went to the pool to get water. Luo Yun clearly saw that although Bai Shu carefully pinched the gourd and tried not to let his fingers enter the pool water. But the cold air of the waterhole still made Bai Shu's entire palm quickly form a thin layer of ice. Fortunately, the gourd is not large, and the water is taken quickly. When a gourd was filled, Bai Shu immediately rubbed off the condensed ice on the palm and hair, and then changed to the other hand to continue pouring water. Luo Yun looked at the ground that was completely ice, and gave up the idea of going to the ground, this place could not survive here with his body's bone insulation ability.

In this case, the water in the pool, even though it is wonderful, is so scarce and difficult to obtain is also a means of self-protection generated by the spirit of this water. The miracle of the creation of heaven and earth is simply incredible, and it is not something that mortals can guess.