More than ten miles northwest of Qing's fiefdom, there is a mountain peak more than 200 zhang high, called Xiushan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the overall mountain is less than a kilometer high, it is named because most of the surrounding hills are some low hills that are dozens of zhang high, so it looks tall and handsome.

This mountain peak is not an isolated one, and further west is the endless plain mountain range, full of barren jungles, spanning tens of thousands of miles.

From the north of the northern frontier of Xingguo, to the south to the north bank of the Great River south of the national capital, the entire mountain range stretches for nearly 30,000 li from north to south, and the barrier to the west of Xingguo can be regarded as a natural danger.

As an outlier among the retainers, the dragon bird naturally does not live with people.

More than ten miles away from the sealed soil, this mountain forest has become its best residence, there is such a distance will not be easily disturbed, and once there is any strong foreign enemy invasion in the sealed soil, it will also rush to support as soon as possible.

Crossing a stream twenty or thirty steps wide and full of gravel and pebbles was a large mountain forest, Qingyang felt as if he had come to the land of giants.

Almost every tree is more than a foot in diameter, and its trunk rises so high into the sky that you almost snap your neck to see the treetops.

The rough and wrinkled trunks are overgrown with parasitic ferns, orchids, mosses, climbing vines hanging from them, and small animals such as birds and squirrels can occasionally be seen.

The midday sun shines down, filling the forest with life, and the sunny area is full of gorgeous flowers, like a fairy tale world.

Close to the creek hundreds of steps of the mountain forest terrain is relatively flat, usually Qiu Niang will also bring puppets to collect wild vegetables, wild fruits, etc., so it is easy to walk, there are a large number of animals, bird footprints by the creek, but there are no large animals, all are small animal footprints.

The deeper you go into the forest, the more difficult it is, and after entering seven or eight hundred zhang, you officially enter the depths of the mountain forest.

A large number of vines climbing the trees, a large area of dense shrubs on the ground, and the thick rotting leaves on the ground, all made it extremely difficult to walk, and the various poisonous insects in the forest were a great threat to the beasts.

Qingyang found that the talisman on his body was really powerful, and every time he took a step, a large number of poisonous insects would flee in panic.

Under rocks, among dead trees, by the leaves, in the grass, almost every corner hides deadly poisonous insects, some of which can kill even a single bite.

"Listen to my mother, the old master is a powerful talisman, the amulet made can not only dispel all kinds of snakes and insects within a zhang, and even walk in the wilderness to avoid the attacks of foreign beasts and beasts, especially those night falcons, night swallows are the most annoying, with the amulet can avoid those attacks・・・・・・"

As soon as Lian Po entered the mountain forest, he was obviously happy, and he carefully took out an amulet from his arms, a pale yellow bone plate, engraved with several extremely complex and esoteric patterns.

Qingyang looked at it carefully, and he suddenly felt that these patterns seemed to be somewhat familiar, but he couldn't tell what was going on, and the main thing was that Qingyang was too tired to walk now.

There are many fallen trees in the mountains and forests, and the traversal road increases the difficulty of traveling, these trees are too huge, and the lodging trunks alone are enough to be two or three people high, and they must go around a large section of the road, and Qingyang is already sweating profusely after walking two or three miles.

Lian Po carefully put the talisman back into his arms, and then escorted Qingyang to continue forward.

As we progressed, the originally gentle mountain gradually became steeper.

On the muddy ground covered with dead branches and leaves in the mountains and forests, many large rocks covered with moss began to appear, and it was easy to fall if you were not careful, which made Qingyang tired and gasping violently.

"Hey, there's a relatively clean big rock in the forest ahead to take a break!"

Halfway through the road, Qingyang looked up and saw a huge stone in the mountains and forests, which was relatively clean.

Jumping on the top of the big rock, sitting cross-legged is really comfortable, the huge stone is so smooth, not only is there no panic but also a cool feeling, stretching out in the mountain wind - comfortable.

"Lord, look, nearly thirty percent of these big trees on the mountainside around are ironwood! The closer you are to the northern Xinjiang, the climate is cold, and the iron and wood texture is better! The wood used for my two axes was cut by Zhong Bo on the back of the hillside not far ahead!

It is said that in the extreme north of the Northern Wilderness, there is a tree called snow thorn that is 100 times stronger than ironwood, but that kind of tree is too hard and the plant is too small to be cut at all, so it has no use value! ”

Lian Po walked in front of him along the way, wielding a giant axe to open the way, and taking care of Qingyang without respite at all, and he didn't forget to introduce the surrounding scenery to the lord.

There is nothing strange about the appearance of ironwood, and the texture is so tough under the ordinary appearance.

The mountains and forests are really full of good things, and if you look in the direction pointed by Lian Po, there are countless trees all over the mountains, all of which are called iron wood, generally with a diameter of more than one zhang, and there are many other precious tree species that dazzle you.

Lian Po stood next to the boulder and said with a smile: "Lord, don't underestimate these ironwoods, even if they are only three feet (one meter) thick, they can't grow up in five hundred years, even the ironwood less than one foot thick next to us is a hundred years old!" ”

"In this way, aren't those ironwood with a diameter of two or three zhang or even five or six zhang thick thousands of years old?" Qingyang couldn't help but be stunned, although there are many of these things, it takes a lot of time to grow.

Ay! Why do the stones under the ass still move!

Hurriedly jumped to the side, only to find out that this stone was actually a huge tortoise!

What a giant tortoise!

The huge physique is more than a zhang long, and it has to weigh five or six thousand catties to see how this head is, and the turtle shell is covered with moss and green spots, and he really thinks it is a big stone when he lies in the grass and doesn't pay attention.

It seems that he dislikes someone disturbing his sleep, and the giant tortoise's small eyes flashed with fierce light, and his mouth opened to reveal a mouth full of sharp teeth, and at first glance it was not the kind of good-tempered tortoise that was good at being bullied, and it might even be a carnivore that preyed on beasts.

"Didn't you say that because of the dragon sparrow settling down on Xiu Mountain, there are no strange beasts and fierce beasts in the mountains and forests within a radius of fifty miles?" Seeing the fierce appearance of this huge tortoise, Qingyang quickly retreated, and safety came first.

This thing seems to be pretty powerful!

The huge physique, heavy back armor, sharp teeth, fierce eyes, and thick limbs with sharp claws all show the ferocity and inconvenience of the giant tortoise in front of him.

Lian Po dodged in front of his lord, and the expression on his face was not afraid but puzzled: "Hey, it is said that these tortoises are afraid of the majesty of Lord Longque, and they will never approach within fifty miles of Xiushan, how can such a big one appear here?" ”

Although the mouth is talking, the hand does not stop.

"Bang!"

Well, when I saw a stone fly out of Lian Po's hand and smash it on the tortoise's head, this fierce-looking big guy actually showed a frightened expression and shrunk into the turtle's shell to become a shrunken turtle, it turned out to be a fierce and inward-looking guy, so we can rest assured.

"Lian Po, let's chop it together, kill this big king eight today, and eat this thing at night! I don't know what such a big tortoise tastes like! ”

It's a small one, and it's actually playing tricks with us! almost made Lao Tzu lose face in front of his younger brother, then eat you!

Qingyang picked up a wooden stick that was used as a crutch in his hand and wanted to rush up.