Volume 1: I Am the Heavenly Master Chapter 125 Patrolling the Mountains
A few other people would come over from time to time to check on the progress, but they were all self-aware, and in their eyes, I was professional.
However, in terms of cooking, Sister Zhang still gave constructive suggestions, asking me to slow down the frequency of reversal a little, use slow fire and patience, and the success will come naturally.
Zuo Hua and Liu Huzi helped boil all the spring water I brought back, and then poured back into the empty bottle after it cooled.
Among the six people, the one with the highest frequency of checking the foot of the mountain and adjusting the fireworks is naturally Brother Zhang, and the whole person is like an ant on a hot pot, anxiously walking around the high place. It wasn't until we finally ate the roasted rabbit that I saw a few figures slowly walking out of the grove at the foot of the hill and heading towards the camp.
Brother Zhang stood up excitedly, but unfortunately there was no telescope, so he built a pergola there and took a closer look.
Halfway up the mountain road, the other five of us also stood next to Brother Zhang, looking at the six high-level Heavenly Masters with gray faces on their faces with anxious and worried expressions.
"How's it going......"
I felt that Brother Zhang still hadn't said the second half of the sentence, so he stopped, looking at his expression and state, he was fortunate to come back safely.
The six returned to the camp, threw away the lamps in their hands, returned to their tents, opened their backpacks, and began to nibble on dry food and drink water.
"That Xiao Li, what happened last night?" Brother Zhang asked one of the Celestial Masters who came with him.
"Don't mention it, this light was extinguished not long after it was lit, and we wandered around in the woods all night with a black light, look at this hand, this leg ......" Xiao Li said as he rolled up his sleeves and let Brother Zhang see the scars left on it. It's all scars scraped by thorns, although it's not deep, but after being soaked in sweat, it's so sour......
Brother Zhang walked around the six heavenly masters, and knew the answer without speaking. sighed and said, "Forget it, take a day off today, and make plans tomorrow morning." Fortunately, dry food and water can last a few days, by the way, Xinxing's Xiao Yang has some experience in surviving in the wild, so listen to his opinion first in the future. ”
At this time, Brother Zhang also noticed my existence.
The rest of the Celestial Masters looked at me with resentment, as if they knew I knew their consequences and didn't alert them. While they were right, I didn't have much say yesterday.
"After lunch, let's rest!" Brother Zhang gave a new order.
I hurriedly stood up and said, "Everyone, there is a hand-cranked generator in your backpack, which can charge your tent lights, and you can see how to use them when you rest, and it can be charged in ten minutes, otherwise it will be dark again at night." ”
"Oh!" There were probably only two or three voices replying.
Everyone rested, and I said that I would pay attention to collecting some dry firewood, and then I prepared to go to patrol the mountains. In order to let Brother Zhang establish a leadership image as soon as possible, I took the initiative to talk to him about going around the neighborhood, first, to find the nest, and second, to see if there was any other food to supplement.
Brother Zhang sang about roast rabbit meat, so he naturally obeyed me and arranged for Zuo Hua to go with me. Du Jiale originally wanted to be together, but the three of us were all happy, and in order to avoid suspicion, Zuo Hua and I persuaded her to stay in the camp.
It's past noon, the sun is a little westerly, the camp sits south and faces north, the light is abundant, I want to inspect the western slope first, if not, tomorrow morning to take advantage of the sun to check the east.
I asked Zuo Hua to bring a multi-purpose knife and a magic weapon that was also handy, and I took a shovel and a peachwood sword.
Actually, I've been thinking that I should take the jade lock with me before I go out, and when I leave the Donglin Hotel, I should ask Yao to help me carry some things inside. In this way, no matter where I go, I can keep my sleeves clean. But just think about it, so many Heavenly Masters, if they saw this treasure, they really didn't know what they would do.
With a peachwood sword pinned to his waist and a shovel in his hand, we set off.
I haven't been to this hillside since I arrived at the camp, and I told Zuo Hua that I had been to a shallow cave where souls gathered by chance in the mountains where I was thriving. It was also five or six heavenly masters who worked together to send away the soul.
I heard that it was five or six heavenly masters who joined forces, Zuo Hua seemed to be relieved, maybe he thought I could do it alone, which was a little incredible.
However, the situation at that time was indeed handled by me alone, but I didn't dare to say it, and I didn't dare to scream in front of the Martial Heavenly Master.
I asked Brother Zhang that our camp was near the location where we rescued a few expedition members into the mountains last time. The exact point should be within a radius of 300 meters, and he also took out the map to discuss with us, and everyone basically agreed with his judgment. I, on the other hand, couldn't read the map with strange lines, and to be honest, I could only read the map with the names of places in detail.
On the way to patrol the mountains, I asked Zuo Hua, can he understand the map? In fact, Zuo Hua couldn't understand it, didn't approve of it, didn't oppose it, and only dared to be silent.
We walked around a wide area, but we didn't find any caves or strange places, the sun was shining all the time, and there was no place for souls to hide. However, on the way back to camp from the other side, I dug up a few sweet potatoes. Because there were many people in the camp, I dug for a while, and dug a dozen or so before returning to the camp with Zuo Hua.
"How? What's the catch? Brother Zhang saw us turn out of the mountain beam and asked in a loud voice.
I held up a few sweet potatoes in my hand, "It's nothing here, only a few sweet potatoes were dug up." ”
The Heavenly Masters are not excited, as long as they go to the wilderness and search the mountains, they can always find a few, and most of them have been eaten before. The team leaders are different, after gnawing on the compressed biscuits for a day, their mouths are already so light that they have no taste, and they heard that there are sweet potatoes, and they can't sit still early.
Towards the end of the evening, I just got cold sweet potatoes and nibbled on compressed biscuits.
"Next time you come out, be sure to bring chocolate, eight-treasure porridge and instant noodles. This cookie is too hard, and it is toothless. Liu Huzi complained while eating sweet potatoes and biscuits.
Several team leaders echoed and said that if they said in advance that they were going to climb the mountain, how could they recommend some young people to come here to suffer with their own old bones. But I persuaded them: "If you stay at home all the time, you will be prone to gaining weight, and you will lack exercise, and your body's resistance will be reduced." Although it is said to suffer less guilt and eat well, it also increases the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. As the saying goes, Seon is not blessed if he loses his horse......"
"What Xiao Yang said is reasonable, this bit of suffering is nothing to us. I just don't know how often the labor fee of 300 a day will be settled? "A celestial master is on my side.
However, Sister Zhang is considered to have some management experience, so she stood up and put a high hat on our Heavenly Master, and asked Brother Zhang to find an opportunity to ask the leader, 300 yuan should be settled on a weekly basis, which is more reasonable. Brother Zhang also understood what Sister Zhang meant, so he got off the donkey, didn't complain anymore, and asked me about the night duty arrangement.
"Except for the two ladies, I suggest that all ten of us work in shifts, do you have any opinions?"
As soon as the Heavenly Masters heard that the two team leaders were also on duty with us for the night, they all expressed their approval.
"Two in a group, a total of five groups. Each group of one and a half hours is seven and a half hours. We first have our own team, starting at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and we can wait until dawn, do you think it will work? ”
"Yes!" "Okay!" "Look at the platoon!" "What do you want to do at night?" Three, three, two, two, and two, and the jagged reply sound sounded.
"Guarding the campfire, you can't let the campfire go out, and you can't cause a wildfire. Then just see if the soul will come to make trouble, and if the soul doesn't come, there will be nothing to do. "I talked about the duties of the night watchman in general, and I also said that in the event of a soul attack, it is good to make the movement bigger. Moreover, we have all prepared for last night's experience, the charm of the charm, the recitation of the mantra.
Everyone understood it and took it to heart. Then he spontaneously looked for a handful of firewood, and then gathered around the campfire and blew it blindly.
Everyone was looking for the object of the topic attack, but they turned to other Heavenly Masters, and the team leader and the Heavenly Master gradually understood each other.
In the small talk, we also lined up the order of duty, the two team leaders were the same as yesterday, Zuo Hua and Brother Zhang were in a group, Liu Huzi and I were in a group, and the two heavenly masters from the rest of the places formed a group. Zuo Hua and I also reported to you the situation on the western slope, saying that there is no suitable place for souls to gather, and the focus of tomorrow's search will be on the western and southern slopes.
Everything is arranged, Brother Zhang considers my heavy responsibility tomorrow, and asks Liu Huzi and me to stand on the first shift first.
Because I had ample preparations, I spent the night peacefully. At seven o'clock the next day, everyone woke up one after another and packed up their tents.
I asked everyone to put on their backpacks and pack the day's rations and water. According to the group of two, one with a knife and the other with a military shovel, the heavenly master then brought the magic weapon that he felt was the most handy, and the team leader put on the rope. As for the two female team leaders, they stayed in the camp.
The mountains to the east are more urgent, but to the south they are a little more relaxed, and I suggest that they be divided into two teams. A group of me and a younger one walked a little farther and around the hill to the south. The remaining group approached as planned, and although the terrain was a little steep, they could avoid walking a lot of mountain paths. If you search like this, you will have fewer chances of missing a clue.
Everyone agreed, and Liu Huzi took me, Zuo Hua, and the two Heavenly Masters from Xidu to go on a long journey. Brother Zhang took the remaining Heavenly Masters and approached the road.
Following the good terrain on the mountain, we started patrolling. The sun has reached the mountainside, and as far as the eye can see, it is all under the sun, and there is no gathering place for souls. I asked them to look at the caves in the mountains or something, and maybe there were countless souls gathered.
As a group, we went straight down the hill to patrol, walked roughly five or six hundred meters, then turned to the right and walked south along the ridge. As I walked, looking in the direction of our camp, I always felt that the soul that suddenly appeared that night should be nearby, not too far away. I even suspect that there is a cave under our camp, and they feel the surging yang energy, so they all come to play, but they don't know that the sheep have fallen into the tiger's mouth, and they have lost their lives in vain.
But everything seemed normal, and there were no signs of the cave entrance, so I had to doubt my judgment.
Everything was as I had planned, and at noon, we met at the southeastern junction of the mountains to make plans for the afternoon patrol.
In the afternoon, the sun will gradually turn westward, the eastern hillside will enter shadow, and the direction we are going to patrol will be bright again. After observing the terrain, Brother Zhang didn't say any plans, but he praised the patrol route I arranged in the morning.
Listening to his tone, I felt that if I were with him, he would be able to promote me.
However, although my plan was flawless, it was only idle for a day, and I didn't get much out of it. When we walked back to the camp in the sunset, looking at the quiet camp, everyone's scalp felt like it was going to explode.