Volume 3: The One Who Should Think About It Chapter 89: The Legend (2)
Several countries around this want to invade, their actions have ended in failure, but the white evil in the seven evils, he did not take action personally, but a woman took action on his behalf, this woman is one of the legendary seven killings of the Xuansha, I heard that this woman is still very beautiful, many people look at him and are fascinated by it, and inexplicably give their lives in a daze.
Someone once privately speculated that if Bai Sha ascended to the sky one day, then it should be Xuan Sha who should be in charge of the Chiwangqiu lineage. However, the situation in Chiwangqiu has changed recently, and one of Bai Sha's personal disciples, Xing Yao, also broke through the Six Realms eight years ago and traveled to the countries of Bayuan to make a name for himself.
And I don't know when a rumor gradually appeared in Ba Yuan, the earliest Qingsha who became famous among the Seven Evils, is no longer alive, some people say that he has ascended to the heavens and live forever, and some people say that he was defeated and died in the battle with the White Evil. Most of the people who heard the news didn't know that this was a rumor deliberately released by Chiwangqiu, but it also caused discussions among monks from all over the country in Bayuan.
Qingsha is no longer alive, and the newly rising Xingyao has gradually been called Xingsha in recent years, filling the original lack of Qingsha, Bayuan Qisha is still Qisha, but it is a different person. In terms of age, Xingsha is actually nearly twenty years older than Xuansha, but he became famous later and is a rising star. In fact, with the cultivation of such a high-ranking person, such an age gap is almost negligible.
Today's Bayuan Seven Evils, Chiwangqiu has three of them. Chiwangqiu has also become a sacred place in the minds of the Ba Yuan monks, and it is a powerful force that no one can shake. If anyone in the five countries in dispute can get the support of Chiwangqiu, they will undoubtedly occupy an extremely powerful situation, and even win the support of the monks of various factions in Ba Yuanzhong.
However, Chiwangqiu didn't seem to be interested in the disputes of the five countries in Bayuan, but he taught the two countries who didn't know what to do, and then did not intervene in the civil war in Bayuan, and now the five countries are respectful to Chiwangqiu, and a large number of rare artifacts are enshrined every year.
There has been no news from Xuansha for several years, and it is said that he is practicing Xuangong in retreat, while Xingsha is in the limelight. In Zhu Ming's opinion, Xuan Sha may have encountered some problem in cultivation and had to retreat. This woman became famous too early, and she broke through the many realms too quickly, and when she continued to verify the cultivation of the higher realms, she was likely to run into trouble.
But this is just Zhu Ming's speculation, and Xuan Xuan has indeed not appeared in public in recent years. After learning about these circumstances, Zhu Ming guessed that the woman who saved the baby in the first place should be Xuansha, and Xuansha should not know about Baisha's secret operations.
Zhu Ming had heard the private conversation between Bai Sha and Xing Yao that day, and Bai Sha ordered Xing Yao and his subordinates who participated in the operation this time not to tell anyone about this matter even after returning to Chiwang Hill, and Xuan Sha was not present at that time. So why did Xuansha come to the walled city of the Qingshui clan again? Zhu Ming could only guess.
Xuansha may have come to visit Qingsha and wanted to ask him, the oldest who became famous and had the highest legendary cultivation among the Seven Evils of Bayuan. Others may not know that Qingsha's hermitage is Shudeqiu, and Shudeqiu is in this wilderness, but Xuansha should have heard that even if it is out of curiosity, it is very possible to come here to search for it during his travels.
She may have picked up the child on the road and entrusted it to the priests of the Shimizu clan to raise and care for her. People always have feelings for the lives they save, so she left that azure rattan ring. It was precisely because of the green vine ring that day that he later noticed the changes in the Qingshui clan's walled city.
There is another possibility for Xuan Sha to find this place, which is to search for the legendary ancient ruins. It is said that thousands of years ago, when Emperor Taihao had not yet ascended to immortality, he traveled the mountains and rivers of the world, and stopped to practice in the deep mountains around Bayuan, leaving a ruin. Some people think that if they can find this ruin, they may be able to discover the secret that Emperor Taihao not only ascended to immortality and immortality, but also opened up the emperor's hometown and divine land to achieve the throne of the emperor.
I think that at the beginning, the descendants of Emperor Taihao and the ancestors of Ba led their troops to enter Ba Yuan because of this legend, although they did not find the ruins, but established Ba Guo. Now this legend has long been lost in the long river of history, and very few people know about it, but it is also possible to hear about it. It is understandable that this rising star of the young generation, who has mastered cultivation, wants to enter the wilderness and try his luck.
Since Zhu Ming returned to the wilderness and became the mountain god in this area, no one has come here to find any ancient ruins in the past hundred years, but many people have been here intermittently hundreds of years ago. About not long after Zhu Ming returned to the hidden tree hill, one of the seven evils of Bayuan, Jian Sha, also came to this wilderness to visit the ancient ruins.
Zhu Ming once appeared to meet Jian Sha, and these two masters talked happily and became friends with each other. But Zhu Ming didn't tell the Sword Sha where the ancient ruins were, this was a secret, a secret that only Zhu Ming knew now. The Dragon Blood Treasure Tree and Langji Qionglin in Shude Hill were first obtained from that ruin, and Zhu Ming relied on the success of Jinghua Jue to successfully introduce them to Shude Hill.
Of course, Bai Sha should have heard the rumors of the ancient ruins, and he also thought that Zhu Ming had found the ruins, so he could take the last step of the path to the heavens, and that ruins should be Shude Hill - Zhu Ming's secluded cultivation place as a mountain god. Now that everything in the mound of trees is in the possession of the white sha, there is certainly no need to look for anything more.
However, only Zhu Ming knew that Shude Hill was not where the ancient ruins were. Now Zhu Ming just wants to tell this secret to one person, or he can't call it a human, he wants to guide Xiao Tian there.
Zhu Ming was originally worried that someone would monitor Xiao Tian's movements, but this possibility was almost none, who would have nothing to do to spy on a dog? No matter how clever a dog was, it was just a dog, and no one in this world knew its special significance to Zhu Ming. So Zhu Ming is more worried that someone is monitoring Baoyu's movements in some way, and Baoyu and Xiaotian have been playing together since childhood, what makes Zhu Ming suspicious is what means did the woman leave on Baoyu?
Now that he finally knew the identity of the woman, and at the same time understood what kind of means she had left behind, Zhu Ming finally put his mind at ease and began to wonder what he should do? He had been sitting on the tree hill for eight years, and his spirit was integrated with the vitality of the entire mountain, this was an irreversible process, and it was impossible to recover.
All these years, he had also been secretly condensing the remaining divine thoughts, barely able to initiate a summon, hoping that the dog was smart enough to comprehend his guidance, and at the same time not to attract the attention of Chiwangqiu. Because Zhu Ming used this method, he would inevitably alarm Chiwangqiu, but this was a risk he had to make.
......
Shortly after disposing of Yuliang and Monkey and others, the hunting party of Lu Village returned, and for a long time, they did not go out to hunt again. In fact, there is no shortage of food and clothing in Lu Village, even if you don't hunt, you can survive, but people's pursuit of a better life is endless.
Qingshan divided the sturdy men of the tribe into two groups, one group went with him to the central plain of the valley to garrison, and watched the movements of the tribes, especially the village of Youyu, which guarded the throat of the road leading to the wild mountains, especially Lu Village, and the other group stayed in the village, making and processing all kinds of utensils, repairing and strengthening the walls and houses, and at the same time erecting another wooden bridge over the cliff.
Hunting is not only a way to obtain food, bones, skins and other materials, but also the most important way to train the elite people to learn to cooperate and become familiar with combat and fighting. In the past few years, the people of Lu Village have hunted much more frequently than before, because there is a small day, and the harvest is much larger than before, and now it is time to take a break. Not only do the warriors need to rest, but also the ** in the mountains and forests also need to recuperate, and the frequent hunting makes the weapons and utensils wear and tear a lot, and they also need to be replenished.
This is the most leisurely time for Xiaotian, of course, he does not have to participate in the construction of the wall, nor does he help to build utensils, but wanders around all day to inspect the "territory" and leave his own smell in the mountains and forests around the village. This is the habit of a dog, and its identity is equivalent to the guardian beast of Lu Village. The clansmen knew Xiaotian's ability, and they didn't worry about its safety, so they let it run around in the mountains and forests.
Baoyu also often goes out to play, such as going to the shore of the flower coast to see the scenery, picking up stones and eggs, and if he can't come back before dark, he spends the night in Huahai Village, and the clansmen of both villages are used to it. Sometimes Xiaotian is with Baoyu, and sometimes Xiaotian runs too far by himself, and he is alone with a dog, and a dog like him will not be unable to find home.
The mountain master went to the central valley and was not in the village, and the water aunt had to lead and supervise the clansmen to do all kinds of things every day, and Xiaotian, who was not in charge, was happy. It often travels long distances, and when it does not come back that day, it spends the night in the mountains, and the tribe is not surprised. Before Xiaotian went out that day, Baoyu patted his dog's head and said, "Be careful outside, don't play for too long, and come back with a pheasant by the way." ”
Xiao Tian nodded generously, took two hind legs and ran away. Baoyu waited for the pheasant in the village, but waited for three days before coming back. Baoyu was playing by the stream outside the village, and just noticed movement in the distance, Xiaotian rushed to the front and suddenly jumped over from the other side of the stream, startling him. He stood up and said, "Why have you been out for so long, pheasant?"
Xiao Tianzhi shook his head, shook his ears wildly, and eagerly gestured with his two front paws, and then grabbed the corner of Baoyu's clothes and pulled it hard, as if to say: "Ask what pheasant, I have made a major discovery, come with me!"
Baoyu had been with Xiao Tian since he was a child, and no one knew the dog's expression and tone better than him, as if he could even read every movement—it must have found something in the mountains, and was eager to take him to see it. So Baoyu washed his little hands in the stream, tidied up the sackcloth bag on his back, and followed Xiao Tian away.
...
Starting from the western part of the tribe, a winding path leads to the edge of the place where the original daimyo clan was located. From here to the south is a deep ravine cliff, three cliffs have to go forward, walk up several miles, is the flower sea village mentioned in front of the flower sea, just next to this flower sea. If you go to the east, there are only mountains, there are no roads, and people are inaccessible, but after all, they are people in the mountains, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, and there are more people who have no road to walk, and it becomes a road.
To the north, behind the village, the gentle slope at the foot of the mountain has been transformed into a field of soybeans surrounded by hemp forests, and patches of elm trees and oaks grow. Further up, the terrain became steeper and steeper, and the tribesmen often entered the mountains to collect kudzu, wild fruits, and some medicinal herbs they knew. The mountains rise and fall as if they were endless, and the terrain rises higher and higher. The very high ground is full of bare rocks, almost no vegetation, even in summer it is cold, and there is often snow on the summit.
The tribesmen had never climbed over the mountain, for there was no need, the heights were extremely steep and there was no road, and there was nothing to pluck or prey. Xiao Tian took Baoyu to the back mountain, climbed up the stream outside the village, passed through the dense forest on the edge of the hemp forest, and entered the vast primeval jungle.
It was early autumn, the eyes were full of green colors, the forest was full of books and bamboos, the roots and stones were thick with moss, and there were many fallen trees in the streams, some of which had sunk in the water for thousands of years. The scenery on all four sides of it is almost the same, and there are several people hugging thick trees, except for the sound of running water in the near distance, and various strange sounds can be heard from time to time in the distance. If you don't read the sun, it's easy to get lost in such a primeval jungle.
Where there are no roads, the tracks that people have traveled are roads. Xiao Tian seemed to be familiar with the direction, running on all fours in the jungle, and Baoyu had to run to keep up. In fact, it is very dangerous to run in this kind of jungle, slippery moss can make people lose their center of gravity, step on sharp stones or broken bamboo roots, and easily hurt people, if you accidentally fall and roll down a rock gap or cliff, it is often life-threatening.
Xiao Tian didn't seem to realize that ordinary children would definitely not be able to keep up with his speed, and he could still walk safely through this kind of jungle, in his eyes, Baoyu was much more powerful than himself, so he would definitely be able to keep up unharmed. Fortunately, Baoyu has been cultivating the First Realm for many years, and I don't know how many transformations she has experienced, but now she is a Second Realm cultivator, with a agile and powerful body and a keen and clear sense, so she can still catch up with Xiaotian.
Walking higher and deeper along the stream, it is already a place where the tribesmen will not go deep alone, and it is also a deep mountain area that the tribesmen rarely reach. It was always the way up the mountain, and Xiao Tian ran at a fast pace almost without stopping, from shortly after sunrise in the morning to late afternoon. This dog is really not simple, if it weren't for Baoyu behind him, another person might have been tired and lying down!
If it were a hunting party of the tribe, they would never climb the mountain almost in a straight line like theirs, and traverse so many difficult and remote places, and the same distance would have required several days of continuous trekking.
In the afternoon, Xiao Tian arrived at a waterhole. This waterhole is about three zhang in circumference, but the deepest point is only about three feet, the water is crystal clear, and the trees growing around it are so swaying and beautiful, and the canopy of the trees is shrouded in the waterhole and reflected in the blue water.
The stream that used to flow down the mountain originated here, and there was a bubbling spring between the gravel in the pool, and there was also a trickle of snow flowing into the pool from the surrounding high places, which was the melting snow from the distant mountains. Baoyu exclaimed, "Wow, it's so beautiful, it's such a good place to take a bath...... Xiaotian, let's rest, where are you going to take me?"
Xiao Tian should have been tired of running, so he came to the waterhole and bowed his head and drank a few sips of water, then stretched out one of his front paws and pointed to the north, meaning that he would go farther away. Then it sits on the edge of the pool and rests, soaking its two hind paws in the water. Baoyu felt that this waterhole and the surrounding scenery were beautiful, and it was very comfortable to sit here, and even had a feeling of refreshment.
While resting, he stumbled upon someone else who had been here. There are some kudzu vines scattered in the woods by the pond, and the traces are different from the old and new, many of which have been left a long time ago, and it is obvious that they are not naturally piled up or washed by the mountains and rivers, but are hand-picked and processed, among which the slender kudzu silk and the arrowroot powder in the rhizome have been removed. Then he found a few winding gardzu silk on the green bamboo next to him, which was definitely not naturally wound, with traces of artificial weaving.
There are no other tribes in this vicinity, only the distant tribes under the mountain, who would run to such a secluded place, is it the water girl? It is not difficult to walk through the barren forest to this place with the ability of the water girl, this may be the place where she often bathes, and she has also practiced how to weave water cloth here, and the environment is indeed very good and quiet.
Baoyu guessed correctly, this is really the place where Shui Gu often bathes, and she also practiced here back then, and the extreme of the method of imperial objects, manipulating countless Gesi to weave into cloth, was cultivated here decades ago. Ruoshui probably didn't expect Xiao Tian to pass by here with Baoyu, and it was impossible for any clansmen to come here in normal times.
There were no fish in the pool, but there were rock frogs in the nearby streams, and Baoyu had not eaten today, and of course he was hungry after running such a long way, so he caught a few rock frogs and came back, peeled them and washed them, and set them on a tree branch with a stone drill wood and dried moss to set it on fire, and roasted it on a branch and ate it. Xiaotian, the greedy dog, also ate with him.
At this time, Baoyu suddenly found that Xiao Tian had an injury on his body, and the wound was more than half a foot long from the back to the waist, as if it had been cut or cut by something sharp, it was an obvious external injury, but the wound should not be deep, and it did not cause too serious injuries and life-threatening. The clansmen also often suffer from various external injuries, and Baoyu has been accustomed to seeing them since she was a child, and she is already very experienced.
Although this kind of injury is not fatal on the surface, it needs to be bandaged and treated in time, otherwise it will kill if the infection is caused by excessive blood loss and fire. When Xiao Tian left the village three days ago, he was not injured on his body, so his injuries should have happened in the past few days. But when Baoyu found it just now, its wound had healed, but the dog hair near the wound had not yet regrown.
This discovery surprised Baoyu very much, now there are very few fierce beasts in this area of wilderness that can hurt Xiao Tian, and according to this kind of injury, even if it is dealt with in time, Xiao Tian has a special physique and recovers very quickly, I am afraid it will take more than ten days to heal. Now that three days have passed, how can its wound have healed? And it is still so alive and kicking that it does not look like it has just been injured!
Baoyu asked, but unfortunately Xiaotian couldn't speak, it screamed for a long time with two paws, and while jumping to make a demonstration, Baoyu barely understood the general meaning. Xiao Tian was on his way to that place when he was suddenly attacked by a dangerous villain.
Although the guy attacked and injured Xiao Tian, Xiao Tian showed his magic and immediately counterattacked and won, killing him on the spot. Xiao Tian also knows how to deal with wounds, and now his recovery ability is amazing, and after arriving at the destination, there is an adventure, and the wound heals quickly. It hurried back to the village to tell Baoyu about the latest adventure, and wanted to bring him over to see it.
Baoyu seemed to understand the meaning of the dog, and at the same time, he was very curious, wondering what kind of miraculous discovery Xiaotian had made? After eating, one person and one dog hurried on. The farthest place in the mountains was the waterhole, and if Baoyu went further, she would be exploring a whole new territory that the Lu people had never entered.
The mountains are getting higher and the temperature is getting colder, and there are fewer weeds and shrubs in the forest, and gradually only tall fir and pine trees are distributed. Xiao Tian was running faster at first than in the morning, but then it slowed down as the air became thinner. If you are a person who lives on the plains all year round, you may not even feel able to breathe when you first arrive here, let alone run so fast.
Baoyu lives in the mountains all year round and has a different physique, so he can still keep up. The higher they went, the sparser the forest became, and the vegetation gradually became low, until they saw a gravel-covered forest and a steep rock face with strange rocks. Looking up, you can see a blue-white bare rock peak, and some of the rocks that are protected from light are clearly covered with snow.
It's early autumn, but it snows all year round at the top of the peak, and the snow doesn't melt quickly when it falls in the shade. The majestic peak seemed to stretch in front of you, but after a long walk, you still didn't reach it, when the sun had set and the sky was getting dark. Baoyu stood still behind and shouted: "Xiaotian, how far do we have to go?
The residents of various tribes in the deep mountains must return to the village as soon as it gets dark, and must not run around outside, which is the habit and life experience that Baoyu has developed since childhood. Although he had never traveled far away, he often heard his people talking about their experiences in the mountains, choosing a safe camp to spend the night before the sun went down, and not waiting until after dark to find a place.
In fact, Baoyu has been coming to this place for a long time, this is the first time he has spent the night outside the tribe, he feels very novel, and his heart is also very excited, there are still some dangers outside, he has not forgotten, he must pay attention to remind his loyal friend, this dog Xiaotian, others may find out his secret, he needs to pay attention at all times, but there is really no need to face such a dog, so he is the most open in front of the dog.