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Minutes passed.

After such a long time to calm down, Liu Qingshan, whose expression was still uncertain, tentatively approached the small jade bed.

The serene face of the young man on the jade bed with his eyes closed came into view, and his eyesight from a young age allowed him to see every skin line on the other's face in the not-so-bright cave.

What is exposed is fair and ruddy skin, although the facial features look ordinary, but after careful inspection, he is still a little handsome, and his chest slowly rises and falls with his breathing.

He quietly glanced under the young man, and a faint but real shadow came into view.

"It's okay, it's not a dead man." The other party's physical details outside told him this result, which made Liu Qingshan breathe a sigh of relief.

He was still quite bold, but he couldn't live in the strange cave of the deserted stone mountain and suddenly met a person.

Fortunately, the other party just looked like he was asleep, and he was not as weird and dead as he imagined.

Liu Qingshan forced himself to stop looking at the strange young man, and leaned closer to the entrance of the cave, where he could see the scene outside the cave when he looked out of the cave, but he was completely unaware of the existence of the cave outside.

Then he looked deeper into the cave.

To his disappointment, behind the jade bed, there was no deeper space, only a smooth rock wall that seemed to have just been cut.

"How long did you just cut it?" These words flashed in his mind, and a guess appeared in his heart, making Liu Qingshan's mouth open unconsciously wide.

He was shocked and looked at the surrounding rock walls more carefully, and he was unwilling to let go of a single detail, and then, Liu Qingshan frowned, and then looked at the young man who seemed to be sleeping.

Swallowing his saliva, Liu Qingshan closed his eyes again, slowly lay on the ground, and moved down from the entrance of the cave little by little.

Soon, he reappeared in the same place where he had been at the beginning, and after one last glance, sure enough, the cave was no longer in sight, replaced by an ordinary mountain wall.

Liu Qingshan didn't look back, the climb just now didn't consume much of his physical strength, and he still had enough energy to retreat.

After nearly half an hour of retreating, Liu Qingshan finally came to a natural cave near the foot of the mountain, and not long after he walked in, he saw the fire, and the person next to the fire was his younger brother who was waiting for him anxiously.

"Brother Qingshan, why did it take so long for you to retire? Fortunately, there were no accidents, how are you? Do we want to go up and find the Hidden Stone Root again? The question was thrown by him.

Looking at his younger brother's serious and worried, as if with a touch of resoluteness, Liu Qingshan smiled, and said in a relaxed tone:

"I'm here to tell you about this, it's a bit dangerous, but it's not a big problem. As for me, I have more experience than you, although you have also gone through the process of climbing the mountain several times to get medicine, but after all, the experience is not old, so I will go up by myself later, and you will be responsible for picking you up at the foot of the mountain. The main thing is to let you know that I am safe, otherwise I don't know if you will want to do something irrational. Now you just go down the mountain and stay at the bottom of the mountain and wait for me, remember? ”

After saying this, as if he remembered something, Liu Qingshan said again: "Regardless of whether I come down by then, you should hurry back before dawn, and try to arrive before dawn, my sister needs someone to take care of her hunger now, and no one can take care of her if she has been away from someone for too long, is it clear?" ”

The Adam's apple was wriggling and just wanted to say something, but was glared back by Liu Qingshan again, Liu Qingsong sighed with a gloomy face, and said, "Okay, I know, Brother Qingshan, you have to be careful yourself." ”

"Well, it's good to know. Eat some food, and after a short rest, hurry down and wait for me, thank you. While speaking, Liu Qingshan took out a piece of hard dry food cake from his arms, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it and said, "Whether it succeeds or not, it depends on this time." ”

"Brother Qingshan, water." Liu Qingsong untied a water bladder from his waist and handed it over, and touched a dry food cake from his arms: "I'll put this one there for you, Brother Qingshan, I haven't done much activity since I came out on this trip, I'm not hungry now, if you're hungry later, eat it too." ”

Liu Qingshan did not refuse, took the water bladder and the dry food cake that the hard Bangbang could be used as a brick, chewed his dry food cake with water, and swallowed it into his stomach.

Finding that his younger brother just looked at him like this and didn't leave, with a strong worried look on his face, Liu Qingshan instantly felt a heat surge in his heart, but the expression on his face did not move, and he hurriedly urged with a serious expression:

"Look at what, I have flowers on my face, go down the mountain quickly, when I find the hidden stone root, I will come down immediately and join you, and wait for the next time I find the elixir to sell at a good price, after my sister is well, we will go to Fumanlou to have a good meal."

After hearing the three words Fumanlou, Liu Qingshan's throat rolled, completely subconsciously reacting, and finally he scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said: "Don't be so expensive, then brother, I'll go down first, you have to come down early." ”

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at Liu Qingshan deeply, before retreating from this temporary stronghold.

"Green Pine!" His brother's voice came from inside the cave, causing him to pause.

"Be careful at the foot of the mountain, those poisonous insects are very small, don't be stingy with the insect repellent powder you bring, and sprinkle more when you use it. There are also those poisonous snakes that may be encountered, don't be too relaxed, and keep your eyes on the changes around you. Otherwise, it is not certain that the little life is lost at any moment, the details determine success or failure, no place in the wild is absolutely safe, and everywhere you need to pay great attention, you know? ”

"I see." Without looking back, Liu Qingsong began to walk down the rugged mountain road.

When the figure of his younger brother disappeared into his field of vision, Liu Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief, he poured a sip of water again, and then tied the water bladder around his waist, he didn't move the cake given by his brother, and it was already good to have a cake to pad his stomach temporarily, and he would see if he would use it then.

He carefully sorted out the things he was carrying, and then rested in place for a while, and when he regained the little physical strength he had consumed before, he chose a new path and continued to climb up with a blank face.

After daytime surveys, it is true that there is only one road that is the most convenient, fastest and safest, but there are no other roads that can go up to the top of the mountain.

But right now, that path has been destroyed, and that person may still be the legendary cultivator Immortal Elder.

Liu Qingshan didn't dare to offend at all, didn't dare to disturb the immortal elder's sleep, and planned to choose a relatively difficult path again, but it was still possible to go up the mountain.

After everything was ready and sure that nothing was missing, Liu Qingshan moved extremely quickly.

His movements are methodical, climbing on a mountain without any artificially carved paths, although it does not look very beautiful, and the speed of the newcomer is not fast, but the overall stand out is a steady word.

While climbing, he rested and recovered his strength, and it was obvious that he was going up the mountain, but Liu Qingshan only took a shorter time to reach the same height as that strange cave.

But he didn't stay long, just glanced in the direction of the cave, and continued to climb without turning back.

The stone root is only active at night, and the place where the stone qi is strong and can have received the essence of the moonlight is only the peak.

After nearly half an hour of climbing, Liu Qingshan finally reached the peak, which was not too big and could only accommodate a few people to stand.

A small dead branch was hidden in a crack in a stone at the top of the peak, and it looked indistinguishable from the withered branches of other places.

Liu Qingshan smiled, this smile was relieved, and he was even more glad that he was right, hiding that Shigen was here, it really exists!

My little sister's illness is saved!

Sitting on the ground and resting quietly for a long time, the cold wind in the night had already dried the hot and wet sweat, Liu Qingshan took out a dagger, and took out a small handkerchief in his arms, and slowly approached the root of the hidden stone.

As a kind of cherished spirit plant, the stone root is very special, but there is not much spiritual existence, all actions are instinctive, so Liu Qingshan does not need to worry about his arrival will make it suddenly disappear halfway.

It's just that the stimulation of your own arrival is also there, but you only need to pay attention to it, and it is enough to slow down the movements.

Jin Kemu, the iron dagger that had been sharpened to an extremely sharp point, and the silk handkerchief specially prepared, these two of the best things for picking and preserving the hidden stone roots, were all told to him by the young doctor who was honored as Doctor Sun, and nothing could go wrong in thinking about it.

Liu Qingshan lightly approached the dead branch, and saw that it did not have any unnecessary major reactions because of its own actions, and his face couldn't help but show joy.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I need some of your limbs to save my little sister's life, I hope you'll forgive me." Whispering this in his mouth, Liu Qingshan had already slowly approached the dead branch that was exposed.

With a swift stroke, a difficult obstacle came from his hand, and a sound like a child's cry sounded from the dead branch.

This kind of performance shows that this concealment of the stone root is very old, and it already has some meaning of becoming a climate and opening up the spiritual wisdom.

His own behavior, even if it didn't hurt the roots, was only a long way away from the next time he officially opened his spiritual wisdom.

Liu Qingshan's face was unbearable, but the movements in his hands did not pause at all, but accelerated the cutting, and cut off a dead branch with a long finger in three times and five divided by two, and carefully wrapped it in a silk handkerchief and put it close to his body.

With a solemn face, he bowed to the root of the hidden stone, and Liu Qingshan sprinkled the gravel chips around the fracture, and watched it slowly shrink the short dead branch into the crack of the stone, and then went down the mountain with excitement and joy.

It is said that it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, but this is not the case here in Liu Qingshan, as long as he has been to the place once, he will only be faster and more familiar with it than the previous time.

It took more than half an hour to go up the mountain, but it took even less time on the way down, maybe only a quarter of an hour, and he did not stop near the existence of the cave, and he went down the mountain very skillfully, and quickly found the trace of his brother at the foot of the mountain.

Liu Qingsong obviously had a worried face and asked:

"Brother Qingshan, did you find it?"

"Fortunately, I don't disgrace my life," with a faint smile on his face, Liu Qingshan took out the little handkerchief from his arms and raised it, "Little sister's illness, you don't have to worry about it anymore." ”

"That's good, that's good." Liu Qingsong's face was full of excitement, and he laughed twice, and then he reacted and asked in hindsight: "Brother, did you just find something on it, so you asked me not to go up and take risks by myself." ”

"Haha, what's the matter, I'm just worried that the road conditions are too dangerous, you are not experienced enough to have an accident, you see, I tried it myself, and I got the hidden stone root at once."

"Oh, eat your bread, and we'll go back at night." Liu Qingshan took out the cake in his arms again, handed it to his younger brother, and at the same time untied the water bladder on his waist and threw it over.

"Haha, thank you, brother, then I'm welcome, I'm really hungry now." Liu Qingsong laughed twice, took the water bladder and dry food cake, and ate it directly.

It's obviously very simple, and the food that can only be called barely satisfying to others is overflowing in his mouth.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Liu Qingshan advised with a smile.

"I know, I won't choke...... Woo, cough, cough, cough! Liu Qingsong was answering and suddenly whimpered twice, so frightened that he hurriedly poured saliva, and then swallowed the dry food cake in his mouth, and then looked at his brother embarrassedly.

Sure enough, Liu Qingshan had already sunk his face, but the expected scolding did not come, and he just said lightly: "Eat slowly." ”

In response, Liu Qingsong stopped talking, quickly solved the cake, and then said: "Brother Qingshan, I'm done eating, let's go back, my sister and Doctor Sun shouldn't be able to wait." ”

"Okay, go back, by the way, sprinkle more insect repellent powder, and also sprinkle some stinky powder." Liu Qingshan commanded.

"No problem, I've done it so many times, even if I don't have a reminder, I'm experienced." Liu Qingsong nodded.

Afterwards, the brothers took out a small jar of various powders from their arms, took out two different powders and applied them evenly to themselves.

After a dark blue and yellow powder was smeared on their bodies, a faint slightly pungent smell suddenly came from the two of them, which did not smell very good.

It's the stinky powder that works.

This is a smell that those insects and animals hate, and people's noses feel uncomfortable or even bored after smelling it for a long time, so it is named stinky powder.

It was precisely because of the powders they carried on their bodies that the brothers had the confidence to run so far in the middle of the night to find the hidden stone roots that their little sister needed for treatment.

"Is it wiped ready, let's go, and strive to rush back before dawn!" Liu Qingshan Road.

Liu Qingsong nodded: "It's done." ”

"Let's go."

Accompanied by the moonlight, the two brothers began to run in a certain direction.

They didn't notice that a figure on the mountain peak also came out at this time, following the two of them from a distance.

[To be continued]