Chapter Twenty-Three: There Is a Light in the Valley
For @ Mr. Want, the leader of the alliance Jiageng)
The process of entering the mountain was a bit bumpy, and the main reason was that the little carpenter decided not to take the path often taken by the mountain people in the tunzi, but to take a detour, trying to avoid the possible eyeliner.
Because of the cautious walking, the time naturally took longer.
Among these three people, the little carpenter is responsible for sensing the surrounding breath, and he has arrived at the manifestation realm of "Lingxiao Yin Ce" at this moment, which was born from the Taoist classic secret collection, which is extremely powerful for the development of the five senses of the human body, and can even open up perceptions beyond the five senses.
Therefore, the little carpenter who arrived at the Manifestation Realm became more and more sensitive to the surrounding senses, and as long as there was any wind and grass, he could basically know the general situation.
And Uncle Yang has enough experience in the rivers and lakes, and he also has some tracking skills, stopping from time to time to check the surrounding leaves and weeds, as well as traces, etc., which can also provide some good information.
As for Liu Shuai, although he is not as good as the previous two, he knows the road here and can help correct the direction in time.
After a long time, before the sun was about to set, they came to the "skateboard valley" that made people smell and change.
As the name suggests, the slope of the valley is very steep smooth bluestone, in the past, there was probably a stream of water passing through, there was no grass around, there were stones falling, but it kept rolling down, falling into the deep valley.
The valley is covered by dense fog all year round, and there are towering ancient trees, which are black and wet, and it is completely impossible to see the specific appearance inside.
In addition, there are a few strange beast roars from time to time, which makes people inexplicably give birth to a lot of fear.
In addition, according to the older herb pickers, there is a blood-red fungus in this skateboard valley, which grows in patches.
When those fungi mature, some spores will fly out, and after inhaling them into the nose, they will hallucinate, and if they overdose, they will even become crazy, impulsive, bloodthirsty, and even treat the people around them as ghosts, and want to kill them, which is really vicious.
Over time, this place became a forbidden place for death.
Therefore, if they really have to go into the valley as a last resort, they must wear masks wrapped in several layers of gauze and cover their mouths and noses, otherwise it is easy to have an accident.
Coming to this neighborhood, Liu Shuai said to the little carpenter and Uncle Yang: "The skateboard valley is very deep, the cliffs on both sides are steep, the entrance rock is slippery, there are many mosses in it, it is easy to fall, and it is covered by dense fog all year round, dark and thick, there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants, just like the south, so we came here before, but stopped here, and stopped ...... moving forward."
He briefly described the situation and told them that he didn't know the way any further.
The little carpenter squinted his eyes and looked at the deep valley filled with thick fog for a while, and said to Liu Shuai next to him: "You don't want to go in, just stay here to meet us." And if we haven't come back by dawn tomorrow, don't wait, respond to Futun and leave us ......alone."
Liu Shuai said with some embarrassment: "How can this work?" ”
The little carpenter looked very serious and said, "The day before yesterday, Ying Futun and the three gangs returned here and encountered all kinds of strange evil monsters, you should know this matter. You're brave enough to be able to take great risks to get us here, there's no need to go any further......"
He didn't let Liu Shuai continue to move forward, making people wait again, and then said to Uncle Yang next to him: "Although this valley mouth can be entered, it must also be the most conspicuous, I'm afraid there are many people guarding it, or monsters." ”
Uncle Yang nodded and said yes, but if you don't go to the entrance, there is no road anywhere else, and it is too dangerous to climb down the cliff.
But the little carpenter said, "It is indeed dangerous, but it is better than going in and out through the entrance." ”
Liu Shuai listened to the little carpenter's plan, couldn't help but take a breath, and said: "We have tried it before, but this cliff edge down, the lowest place, must be a hundred zhang high, and many places are smooth, there are not even vines that can be borrowed, so it is difficult to climb to the sky like this......
The little carpenter smiled and said, "People can't be suffocated by urine, there will always be a way." ”
After bidding farewell to Liu Shuai with Uncle Yang, he walked along the cliff on the left side of the valley, trying to find a place where he could go down.
After walking for a while, they finally found a climbing mouth that looked quite good, and saw the little carpenter lying on the smooth mountain wall looking down and calculating, Uncle Yang, who had never questioned it, asked: "Mr. Gan is so confident, I'm afraid there is some trick, right?" ”
The little carpenter got up from the ground and said, "There are no tricks, but there are some gadgets." ”
At that moment, he did not avoid Uncle Yang, and found a bunch of bits and pieces from the Luban Secret Treasure Seal, and then turned them out one by one.
He introduced to Uncle Yang: "This is a tiger palm nail, with a hidden buckle at the sharp blade, and it is very sharp, which can be grasped on the mountain rocks, providing people with borrowing strength, and can climb down ......"
"Flying Ape Claw - This thing is put in the wrist, if it falls suddenly, it can be thrown away, and it can be used to catch the gaps in the rocks, branches and rock protrusions, and fix the falling body......"
"Nine satin ropes - this thing, together with the claws of the flying ape, can form a ten-zhang long hanging rope, which can be used to find opportunities up and down cliffs......"
"Xiangyun umbrella - this thing can slow down the downward trend of people, help us land safely in the air, the disadvantage is that the material is limited, more than 20 zhang, the huge momentum is easy to fold the umbrella surface, lose the effect ......"
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Seeing the little carpenter introducing these bits and pieces, Uncle Yang's eyes widened and said, "I didn't expect you, Mr. Gan, to be a scientist......
Scientist?
Hearing these Westernized words, the little carpenter couldn't help but smile bitterly and explained: "My master was born in the Lubanjiao, and the Lubanjiao is composed of a group of craftsmen and craftsmen with considerable craftsmanship and talent, and they have learned a lot of things. As for me, I've loved the work of craftsmen since I was a child, and when I was fine, I kept some small tools, but I didn't expect it to come in handy......"
Uncle Yang was very curious to fiddle with the pile of things on the ground, and when he encountered something he didn't understand, he hurriedly asked the little carpenter.
The little carpenter took the trouble to introduce him to how to use it, and after Uncle Yang fully understood, he cleaned up these things.
After putting everything on and holding it closely, he said to Uncle Yang: "Uncle Yang, although we expect that there will be people in the valley to manipulate and there will not be many monsters, but the people who can live behind the scenes are definitely not inferior to those evil monsters. So after going down for a while, be careful. ”
Uncle Yang smiled and said, "You are more calm and cautious than old rivers and lakes like me. ”
He originally said this, but as a result, the little carpenter and Gu Baiguo have been together for a long time, and they have become more and more old and cautious.
As soon as he said this, Uncle Yang was much more relieved.
What Uncle Yang is most worried about is that the little carpenter is arrogant, young and vigorous, and he will meet him when he encounters something, completely reckless of the consequences.
If this is the case, he is too lazy to go down, and he can stay with Liu Shuai.
After the two communicated, they didn't say anything more, put the tiger palm nail on both hands, and then climbed down the steep mountain wall.
The mountain walls on both sides of this skateboard valley are indeed quite smooth at the top, but fortunately, the tiger paw nails are sharp enough to easily pierce the stone wall and fix people on it, and then the design is very ingenious, and when you pull it out, as long as you master the skills, it is also very easy.
The two of them carefully climbed down the rock, and with the wonderful use of the tiger palm nail, there was no danger.
At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the mountain wall was dark under the mountain, but fortunately, whether it was the little carpenter or Uncle Yang, the two of them had a good ability to see at night, with the faint light of the starry sky overhead, although it took some time, it was not too troublesome to climb down.
After about ten minutes, the two finally came to a place close to the bottom.
Because both of them are masters, it is enough to rely on a pair of tiger palm nails, and at this time, the little carpenter roughly felt it, and said to Uncle Yang in the upper left: "I jumped." ”
At that moment, he also took out the Xiangyun umbrella, estimated the landing point, opened it, and went down.
The umbrella surface of the Xiangyun umbrella was very thick, supporting the little carpenter's body and falling to the ground smoothly, and at this time, the little carpenter who received the umbrella smelled a sweet breath in the air, and without hesitation, he took out the cotton cloth that had been prepared and covered it around his mouth and nose.
And even so, he still felt some trance in front of him, and had to shake his head twice before he came back to his senses.
He found himself on the edge of a dense forest, on a shallow slope, with towering ancient trees, tall pines, graceful red maples, tall yellow pines, dark green fir trees, and beautiful birch trees...... There are many shrubs and shallow grasses under the forest, which looks very crowded, and forms a fairly harmonious natural ecology.
The little carpenter felt that it was not like a forest in the north, but rather like some of the rainforests in the south.
Not only the trees and the environment, but also the humidity is very heavy, and the temperature above and at the bottom of the valley seems to be very different.
On a big night, there was still some fever here.
Just when the little carpenter looked around, Uncle Yang also fell, and he was cautious before he came down, he had already covered himself with cotton cloth, so he didn't feel too uncomfortable.
Then he looked left and right for a while, and asked, "Do you feel that something is wrong?" ”
The little carpenter shook his head and said no.
Uncle Yang said, "Let's go forward." ”
The two of them bowed their waists and cautiously touched the depths of the valley floor, and after walking for a few minutes, Uncle Yang suddenly grabbed the little carpenter and pointed to the left front: "Look there, there is a light." ”
The little carpenter looked over and saw that there were really two lights in the depths of the valley in the distance, and the light was still an electric light......