Chapter 459: Into the Mountain
Lingyan has spiritual wisdom, so naturally it has to have a corresponding name to call it.
Zhou Qingli asked Song Jianqiu to give him a name, and after thinking about it, he directly called Shi Ling Shi Ling, anyway, it is Shi Ling!
Although this name made Zhou Qingli a little speechless, Shi Ling himself seemed to like it, and after Song Jianqiu called it a few times, it responded.
In the end, Shi Ling was still placed in Song Jianqiu's shawl space, and when Zhou Qingli wanted to use it, he could hand it over to him again, so that he didn't need to carry it with him to avoid trouble.
Fortunately, although Shi Ling has spiritual intelligence, he is not a living being, so even if he puts it in a shawl, he doesn't have to worry about whether he is alive or not.
After trying to put the stone spirit in the shawl, and he was not disgusted, the decision was decided.
Not long after, Xie Minhui came out to call them for dinner, and they all enjoyed a hearty lunch together, and Song Jianqiu naturally had to solve it by himself with snacks and biscuits.
A lot of this stuff has been given away, and now that she eats it herself, I'm afraid she won't be able to support it for too long, so the construction of the living mound can't be delayed any longer.
Fortunately, Zhou Qingli's progress is very fast, in the next two days, he quickly went from the second weight to the third body, the whole person looks more like a living person, when the hand is held hard, you can feel the bulge of muscles, and the twitching of tendons, although these are fake, but at least visually more real.
By the third level, Zhou Qingli's strength had recovered to seventy percent of what he was when he had a physical body, which was enough to protect Song Jianqiu and enter the mountain range together to find a place to build a living mound.
The two of them said goodbye to Zhao Jun's family and wanted to go into the mountain, Zhao Jun and his wife knew that Song Jianqiu's affairs could not be delayed any longer, and they did not keep it, so they only wished the two of them a smooth sailing.
However, although Zhao Jun will not follow him deep into the mountains, he can still accompany him in the first half of the road, just escorting a section, and by the way, he can also cut down a tree when he comes back, and watch a hunt or something.
The three of them entered the mountain together, however, as soon as the three of them left on the front foot, someone came to the Zhao family on the back foot; He is an old man over seventy years old with a white beard.
Xie Minhui naturally knows that this old man is the Li Zheng of Black Mountain Village under the mountain!
The so-called Lizheng is actually the head of a village, that is, Lizheng.
Seeing that her house was coming to her house in Montenegro Village, she hurriedly came out to greet her, put her hands on her waist, bowed slightly, and then asked, "Uncle Zhang is here?" Come inside and sit down! ”
"No, no, no! I'll send you a notice that I'll go somewhere else later, so I won't sit down!" "The village of Black Mountain is over seventy years old, but in fact, in the underworld, a person's age and appearance cannot be used to measure a person's strength.
As I have said many times before, the underworld is very dangerous, as the head of a village, in addition to managing the village, it is more important to protect the safety of the village, no matter what disaster occurs, you must stand on the front line, not hide behind.
In fact, here, except for those cities that clearly have the name of the owner, there are large and small villages and towns scattered in various places, which are relatively independent, but for the sake of safety, these villages and towns will also pay taxes to those big cities according to their own circumstances, in exchange for sending people to protect them in times of crisis, or if the village is destroyed, they are allowed to move into the city as a whole to avoid disasters.
Fundamentally speaking, the head of a village, in a village, is basically to the point of covering the sky with one hand, and has great power, although Zhao Jun's family lives in the middle of the mountain, not in the Black Mountain Village at the foot of the mountain, but they also pay taxes, in order to enter the village for refuge at a critical moment, it is no wonder that Xie Minhui came out so respectfully to greet him.
However, Black Mountain Village is just a small village, even if the power of Lizheng is big, it is not big, so it is relatively close to the people, and it will not play any official authority or the like, after seeing that only Xie Minhui came out alone, he asked: "Isn't Dajun at home?" ”
Zhao Jun can be said to be a famous capable hunter around Black Mountain Village, otherwise it would be impossible to live alone on this mountainside, if you encounter a demon walled village, such a person is naturally the best warrior, Zhang Lizheng's attitude is naturally a lot kinder.
"Uncle Zhang is unlucky! My husband just went out and went hunting in the mountains! ”
Xie Minhui didn't think too much about Zhang Lizheng coming to the door, after all, there are occasional things like this, either to train or to have a meeting, but usually this kind of thing will be greeted in advance, maybe today is to say hello? But if that's the case, there's no need to come in person, right? She still couldn't help but have some doubts in her heart.
"Into the mountains? Oh! That's not a coincidence! Hearing this, Zhang Lizheng helped down his long beard and nodded: "But it's okay, I'm here to make a notice!" ”
As he spoke, he took out a roll of paper from his arms, then handed it to Xie Minhui, and said, "Today, the village just received an order for assistance from Dacheng, saying that a few days ago, a person called the Evil Buddha came down from the yang world, and he was jointly wanted by the four kings of the underworld!" Then this order of assistance was issued to all the villages and towns! ”
"Assistance order?" Hearing this, Xie Minhui showed a surprised look on her face, opened the scroll, and sure enough, she sprinkled hundreds of words, the content was probably to find a man named Evil Buddha, if you find any traces, you must immediately return to the notice.
Below, there are four seals, and sure enough, they are all ghost king's!
To be honest, this assistance order has not been seen before, but it was also a hundred or two hundred years ago, and it is estimated that the only one that can make the four ghost kings seal at the same time is today.
Seeing this assistance order and hearing what Li Zheng said, Xie Minhui's heart couldn't help but move, and naturally she remembered Zhou Qingli and Song Jianqiu, who happened to be about the same time as Li Zheng said that they came to the underworld, could this evil Buddha refer to this brother and sister?
Wrong! Just by listening to the name, this person should be very evil, but Zhou Qingli and Song Jianqiu don't look like bad people at all!
Xie Minhui's thoughts were full of thoughts in her heart, but her face was silent, she only put away the assistance order, and asked Chao Lizheng: "Uncle Zhang, is this evil Buddha one person, or two people?" What is the approximate age? Is there a portrait? ”
"This ......!"
Zhang Lizheng hesitated for a moment and said: "It's not such a detailed description, but it can be determined that it is a person, and the age should be quite young, about twenty years old!" …… You also know that the twenties in the yang world are different from us here, their twenties are really in their twenties! Presumably you are also divided! ”
"Hmmm! I know! Xie Minhui nodded, after hearing what Zhang Lizheng said that there was only one person, she was a little relieved in her heart, but even so, when she thought of Zhou Qingli, she was still a little suspicious.
After all, although Zhang Lizheng said that there was only one person, maybe it was a mistake in the news, and I don't know if there is a young girl? Although she had some doubts about Zhou Qingli being an evil Buddha, she was not sure of it.
"That's it! When Da Jun comes back, you tell him about it! Zhang Lizheng said.
"Hmmm! I will! Xie Minhui put away the assistance order and responded.
"I'm leaving!"
"Uncle Zhang, go slowly!" Xie Minhui went out and took a few steps before stopping, watching Zhang Lizheng's back go away until he disappeared.
Standing in place, pondering for a moment, Xie Minhui didn't enter the courtyard, she closed the courtyard door directly, lifted her skirt, and left the house in a hurry, along the road into the mountain, to chase Zhao Jun and them.
At this time, Zhao Jun accompanied Zhou Qingli and Song Jianqiu, walking in the mountains, constantly walking into the depths.
Although the mountains here do not have as many shrubs and wild grasses as the mountains in the sun, they are also red rocks and bare rocks; The stones that are half-buried in the soil, only a little bit on the surface are exposed, they are as sharp as stone knives, sharp like needle, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may be pierced to your feet, and then you will obviously feel that the soul power in your body is being extracted and lost.
If someone with a slight weakness is pierced here, it is very likely that the soul will be scattered!
In the first half of the road, although Zhao Jun didn't come often, he was more familiar with it, and he knew the general direction, so he led the way in front.
Along the way, Zhao Jun taught his experience in the mountains to Zhou Qingli and Song Jianqiu, and some of them were particularly important on how to distinguish the direction and observe the traces of the prey, so both of them listened very carefully.
In addition, I will explain some common dangers in the mountains, ghosts and beasts that may be encountered.
The so-called ghost beasts, that is, the beasts of the yang world, have just changed their names, and their appearances are quite different.
Like the seven-horned cow that Zhao Jun hunted a few days ago, it is a ghost beast.
Most of them are large and terrifying, even if it is a ghost beast that looks like a cow, it may have many horns and even legs, as if it is mutated, which is very strange.
In addition, mountain ghosts are also a very important existence.
Although the mountains are not like the wilderness, there are many dead corpses, skeletons, and even evil ghosts, but there are also similar evil spirits in the mountains, called mountain ghosts.
But unlike the Spirits, who like to command hordes of dead skeletons, occupy territory, and often besiege villages, Mountain Spirits are generally alone, roaming the overlapping mountains.
They/they are strong individually, and they usually hunt ghosts and beasts to eat, but in fact, what they like to eat the most is the flesh of the living, so the living mound built in the mountain is their favorite, and the defensive formations built by the mound are actually generally guarded against, and they are also mountain ghosts.
After all, no one wanders in the mountains all year round, and that's why mountain ghosts like that.
In fact, mountain ghosts are no different from ordinary people in the underworld, but perhaps because they are in the mountains all year round, they become extremely ferocious, and their temper is also very strange, plus their strength is strong, so there are also some mountain ghosts who are finally subdued by some forces, brought out of the mountains, and become their own subordinates.
However, it is extremely difficult to tame the mountain ghosts, because they are generally used to being free, doing their own thing, and they don't like to listen to orders and people, so they naturally seem unruly.
When Zhao Jun talked about these things, he was also the head of the way, and when he talked about himself, he also saw a mountain ghost more than a hundred years ago, which was very powerful, and was later taken away.
Chatting and talking about the ground, the three of them walked not boring.
I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly Zhou Qingli shook his nose and said, "What a rich yin qi!" ”
"Haha! Brother Zhou is so sharp! Zhao Jun smiled and boasted: "To the front, there is a white water stream, I occasionally come back here to get water!" ”
Hearing this, Zhou Qingli nodded, followed Zhao Jun and walked forward for a while, turning a huge stone, the sight in front of him suddenly opened up, only to see a large and small rocks piled up and overlapped, and in between, there was an arm-wide ravine, drawn down from the mountain, lying in front of him.
In this ravine, it is not water that flows, but an object like smoke and mist, but why is it called a white water stream?
There were still doubts in his heart, so he saw Zhao Jun pick up the kettle hanging on his waist, came to the edge of the ravine, half-squatted down, and placed it in the white smoke for a while.
"Brother Zhou, Little Sister Song, look!" As he spoke, Zhao Jun showed the spout of the kettle to the two of them, and saw that the smoke that was originally contained in it turned into water in the kettle, which looked very magical!
"So that's where Whitewater Creek came from?" Even though it has been several days, this thing in the underworld has always given the two of them a fresh and magical feeling.
"yes!" Zhao Jun raised the kettle, took a sip, and then said: "It's a pity that this white water stream can't flow down the mountain, otherwise, it will be easier for us to get water!" ”
Zhou Qingli came to the stream with Song Jianqiu on his back, and after putting the latter down, he squatted on the side, and made a movement of holding water with both hands, and when he came out with his hands raised, he saw a cloud of white smoke between his hands, but gradually, these smoke transformed into a wrist of clear and transparent water.
The water was very cold, and the yin qi was bubbling up.
He buried his head in a sip and took a sip, only to feel clear and sweet, even better than any water!
So, he took another big handful of water and used it to wash his face.
"Brother Zhou, Little Sister Song!" Zhao Jun said: "I can only send you here!" After saying that, he pointed to the white water stream left from the mountain and said, "You can follow this stream for the time being, climb over this mountain, and then continue to go deeper into it, as for how far you want to go, it is up to you!" ”
"Thank you, Brother Zhao!"
"Thank you, Brother Zhao!"
Song Jianqiu and Zhou Qingli thanked one after another, and also knew Zhao Jun's worries, it was already commendable that he could send the two of them here, after all, the mountain road was rugged, and on the way back alone, I am afraid that he would encounter danger, and he usually didn't need to go so deep into the mountains at all, and today was purely to lead the way for the two.
"Nothing to thank!" Zhao Jun laughed and said, "I hope you can come back safely!" We'll have another drink then! ”
"Good!"
The two sides agreed on this, and Zhou Qing immediately picked up Song Jianqiu, walked over and left the Baishui Creek, and then followed Zhao Jun's words and went up the mountain along the Baishui Creek.
Zhao Jun stood by the stream, watching the two leave, until the backs of the two disappeared from view, he turned around and walked back along the way he came.
After walking for a while, Zhao Jun met Xie Minhui, who was after him.
Xie Minhui was relieved to see that Zhao Jun was safe and sound, and felt even more in her heart that Zhou Qingli should not be an evil Buddha; Even if it was, it shouldn't be a bad person, but the name sounds a little scary.
(End of chapter)