Chapter 55: Up the Mountain
As soon as Niu Yilang told him about the situation that day, Zilong immediately thought of a person - Master Tao Hongjing.
Although it was said that they had not been separated for a long time, Zilong still missed him a lot, the key is that Tao Hongjing left in a hurry and casually threw himself a bunch of parchment rolls, just like throwing himself a mud ball for the first time and leaving.
Zilong shook his head, feeling that he was a little sensitive, there are so many Taoist priests in this world, how could he always meet Tao Hongjing?
In Niu Ichiro's memory, when he was plotted and injured and poisoned, not long after returning to the cottage, he met a Taoist priest, who appeared on the roof of his house silently on a dark and windy night.
Eh, Zilong felt a chill in his heart, Taoist priests seem to like to go out day and night, when Tao Hongjing plundered the steamed buns in his hands in the past, it was also a night when the moon was dark and the wind was high, oh, it was the night of robbing people's steamed buns.
The Taoist crane has a childish face, his face is full of red light, although his clothes are a little embarrassed, but he can see that he is in good spirits and has some cultivation.
Of course, these are just Niu Yilang's assumptions, but when the Taoist priest took action to heal him, Niu Yilang completely believed that this Taoist priest did have some skills.
I don't know what method the Taoist priest used, and then threw out a pill, after Niu Yilang ate it, he basically recovered on the second day, but the toxins in his body were not discharged.
Fortunately, when the Taoist priest left, he gave him a prescription, which Niu Yilang didn't dare to believe easily, but after seeing the power of the Taoist pill, he no longer doubted it.
So according to the prescription, I listed nearly dozens of medicinal herbs, and went everywhere to seek medicinal materials, but in the end, I got stuck on two kinds of medicinal materials.
The first is the black bear bile over the age of thirty given by Zilong, but the second one can't be found anyway, not because of how rare this medicinal material is, the key is that many doctors have never heard of this kind of thing.
Zilong listened to Niu Yilang's words, and felt more and more that even if this person was not Tao Hongjing, he was also a person who had a very close relationship with him.
Zilong really can't think of anyone else who will do this kind of thing.
However, what Zilong is more interested in now is what kind of thing this second flavor medicine is.
Niu Yilang looked at Zilong's curious eyes, frowned slightly, and muttered: "This thing is born the most peculiar, and it is a grass and tree insect moth in summer." Reconciling yin and yang has a miraculous effect, detoxifying and detoxifying blood. ”
"Shhh
Zilong gasped when he heard this, this thing seemed to be very familiar to him, just hearing the second sentence, Zilong had a very popular thing in modern times - Cordyceps.
In his previous life, Zilong also bought some wild Cordyceps that was so expensive that it was said to be so expensive that it was indeed mild, nourishing the lungs and kidneys, and improving the body's immunity and antiviral ability.
But when it comes to interpretation, I really haven't heard of it, Chinese medicine is broad and profound, and Zilong is really difficult to understand.
Thinking of this, Zilong thought for a while and asked, "Are there any other tips?" ”
Niu Yilang shook his head, and said with a gloomy expression: "No, but the Taoist priest said that he was going to Tugu Mountain, and if he happened to meet him, he would pick some for me by the way, but it has been so long, and there has been no news." ”
Zilong really wanted to break Niu Ichiro's head open to see how much paste was in it, and he hadn't given other hints, wasn't such hints obvious enough?
"Brother Niu, people have already told you, why don't you understand!"
Niu Yilang was stunned when he heard it, and he had already told it, he didn't know, where did Zilong know?
Zilong saw that Niu Yilang's face was full of doubts, and he hadn't opened his mind yet, so he could only shake his head helplessly and said, "Big brother, this thing is far away in the sky, close in front of you!" ”
After speaking, regardless of your surprised eyes, he ran out, looked at Li Yu in a hurry, and found that he had already mingled with Cuixiu and other children in the original cottage.
Find Jia Sixian, let him work harder, bother to watch the progress of the villagers, and remind Niu Yilang to send someone down the mountain every day to pick up Hou Mo Chenyue's grain delivery convoy.
When he returned to his room, he packed up some fire knives, flint, velvet, ropes, and daggers, and went out again.
When he came to the foot of the main mountain range of Tugu Mountain and looked up at the towering peaks, Zilong felt a burst of excitement in his heart.
How long has it been since you challenged the wilderness alone? Today, that wilderness survival master is about to embark on the first serious wilderness survival road in this era.
After a pause, he tightened the rope on his body, and he had brought all the daggers and firearms, and set off!
It was still early in the morning, and the purpose of Zilong's trip was to collect medicine, so he didn't follow the usual wilderness survival path.
For the convenience of movement, Zilong only brought a few pieces of mutton jerky to lighten the load.
According to the understanding of the previous life, Cordyceps sinensis generally grows near the snow line above 3,800 meters above sea level, and the main peak of Tugu Mountain is the destination of Zilong's trip.
The terrain of Tugu Mountain is harsh, but the surface soil is loose and moist due to the snow melt, the vegetation of the north peak is scarce, and the vegetation of the south peak is luxuriant, there are both perennial trees and shrubs and wild grasses, which are suitable for the growth of Cordyceps.
Funiu Ridge happens to be an extension of the mountain range south of the south peak of Tugu Mountain, and Zilong saves the trouble of detouring and goes straight to the main peak of Tugu Mountain, which is already snow-capped.
Not long after he went up the mountain, Zilong did not blindly search, and the bottom of the mountainside was not at all within the range of Cordyceps, so he could rush at full speed.
There were no people on the mountain, let alone the mountain road, Zilong didn't have to bother to find a path, he encountered water wading, encountered cliffs and climbed cliffs, and it only took two hours to come to a forest.
At this time, it was still early, and Zilong was far from reaching his destination, but considering that it would take some time to prepare for the overnight stay, and he was already tired in a hurry, so Zilong stopped.
Although it is close to winter, and the place where Tugu Mountain is located, there is little rain all year round, but the mountain wind here is quite strong, and Zilong still decided to prepare a temporary residence.
Tugu Mountain is not as good as the south, there are no broad-leaved trees, fortunately, the grass is everywhere, Zilong found a ledge, there is a concave corner under the ledge, just to accommodate himself.
Zilong found some dead branches that could be used as supports, built a simple support, leaned the support against the rock wall, and the sides were covered with dead grass, a thick layer, and a layer of dead grass was laid under the ledge to prevent the temperature from dropping at night, and the cold ground caused the body temperature to pass.
After setting up the temporary shelter, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and Zilong did not touch the mutton jerky, which was reserved for a critical moment, or when it was really difficult to find food.
With fire, and dry branches and hay, although life is the first element of survival, Zilong can also complete it calmly, so that he doesn't have to spend much effort, what he needs to do at this time is to find some food.
Although before leaving, Zilong already knew that this trip would definitely be hungry and sleepy, so he had a full meal first, but he had never been to Tugu Mountain, nor did he climb up again, and he could not find food.
It is always good to prepare a little, but fortunately, he paid careful attention on the way, and found several animal paths on the road, these animal paths are large and small, large animal paths, Zilong has seen them, and no carnivore footprints and feces have been found.
However, it takes time and effort to make a trap, so I chose a small animal path and placed a simple trigger trap on the way.
But whether the trap can work can only be tested until the next day, and Zilong may be a sleepless night of hunger tonight.
After setting up the trap, Zilong saw that it was dark, so he hurried back to the ledge, and quickly raised a fire, the light of the fire can always make people feel a little safe in the dark, and it can also make people feel warm.
Although the wind was howling in Tugu Mountain, with the resistance of the rock wall and simple brackets under the ledge, coupled with the fire in Zhengwang, Zilong did not feel very cold.
In the wild, Zilong generally slept very deeply, and in the latter night, the dead wood gradually burned out, the fire was faint, and the temperature gradually decreased, Zilong couldn't help but shiver and woke up.
Seeing that it was still early, the surroundings were pitch black, only the coals of fire that had not yet been extinguished, emitting a shining light, Zilong hurriedly jumped the embers, wanting to get some dead wood to add firewood.
As soon as he fished it out, he suddenly felt that his hand was slippery and cold, and his heart was shocked, judging from the feel, it seemed to be a snake, and Zilong was busy adding some dry grass first, so that the firelight would illuminate the entire corner of his habitat.
Sure enough, under the dead wood, I saw a small snake with an emerald green body, black and orange patches in the front segment, and a pair of thick black figure-eight spots on both sides of the occipital.
Such a brightly colored snake, if ordinary people saw it, they would definitely think it was a highly poisonous snake and would be shocked, but Zilong was not surprised and rejoiced, and the food came.
He recognized this snake, and he forgot what its scientific name was, because it had tiger-like markings, so it was often called tabby snake, and he had seen it in his previous life, and this snake was indeed poisonous.
But sadly, although this snake has venom glands, the venom glands are not connected to the teeth, so that it cannot spray poison, and it is less venomous, and it is generally not life-threatening if it is not allergic.
At this time, the tabby snake was caught by Zilong, frightened, and immediately stood up the front of the snake's body, its neck was swollen, and at first glance it would be thought to be a cobra, but its life was still over, because Zilong knew that this was just an empty shelf he posed.
Found a dead branch with a fork in the front section, Thunderbolt held down the tabby snake seven inches without covering his ears, for the food sent to the door, of course, Zilong did not refuse, picked up the snake skin and wrapped it around the dead branch, erected it on the side of the fire, and roasted it.
A stick of incense was enough time, Zilong ate the snake meat, roasted the bonfire, felt warmer on his body, and was about to get up and continue his journey.
Before hurrying, cover the embers with earth to avoid causing a wildfire, and then check the traps, it seems that luck cannot always be good, and the traps will not be found.
Zilong didn't force it, and dismantled the trap to avoid accidental injury, and now, he was looking for something very important.
The second element of survival - water!
The importance of water to the human body is especially important when surviving in the wild, and the shortage of food can be endured for some time, but once there is a shortage of water, it will not be long.
The beast path here, looking at the direction of the wild grass lodging next to the path, Zilong roughly judged the direction, and then followed the beast path.
The path that wild animals often take usually leads either to a place where there is a source of food or to a source of water.
After walking along the beast path for a while, I heard a faint sound of flowing water, which seemed to be a small stream.
Zilong followed the sound, but heard life, and the content of the conversation made Zilong a little surprised.