Chapter 7 How to get by

Bai Siguo was cold, and the two of them sped up and walked out. When they walked to the hundred-mile thorn forest, the two of them were dumbfounded, and the thorn forest that could not be seen at a glance was full of thin branches and no leaves. The barbs on it are dense and dense, leaving no gaps. Below is the trunk that can only be passed by one person.

"How can this get by" Xiao Shui tried to stretch out his hand, which was so dense that there was not even a gap in one hand.

Ruan Zhi was surprisingly calm, putting on her fox fur coat, although the foot of Shu Mountain is as cool as spring, wearing a cloak can also reduce the thorns and thorns that hurt the skin, "If you want to go to Shu Mountain, this hundred miles of thorns is the first level, let's go"

The first time she went to Shu Mountain was with the post of the patriarch of the Ruan clan, there was no need to go through this thorn forest, this time it was different, she had to walk over step by step.

"Sister Ruan Zhi, let me walk ahead, I am short and can split the horizontal branches on the top. You can bend down and pass" Xiao Shui took the lead, holding the axe.

Ruan Zhi nodded, she came out this time with fewer people, otherwise they would have opened the way.

The two entered one after the other, and Xiao Shui tried his best to clean up the top thorns with his feet, so that Ruan Zhi could pass.

This thorn forest is really not empty, it grows at the foot of Shu Mountain, nourished by fairy energy, and the water is green and tender, but it is as hard as a stone. The thorny branches cut down by the small water, before the two of them walked over, immediately grew. Sure enough, the predecessors opened the way, and the future generations don't want to take advantage.

After walking less than 100 meters, Xiaoshui was a little physically exhausted, and the machete was a little blunt, not as sharp as at the beginning.

The two of them were wearing thick fox fur coats, and beads of sweat fell like rain, and it was too hot to get in.

Xiao Shui wiped the sweat on his face, drank a sip of water and said slowly: "Sister Ruan Zhi, give me your sword, my knife is too blunt"

"Here you go," Ruan Zhi drew her sword and handed it to Xiao Shui.

Ruan Zhi is not much better even if she is behind, the thorns cut by Xiaoshui grow fast, she is a little slower, she is stopped, always hanging her hair, it is not a way to go on like this, a hundred miles of thorn forest, even if it is like this, it will take dozens of days, not counting the time to rest and eat.

"Sister Ruan Zhi, this sword is so sharp, cutting these thorns is like cutting tofu, and it's not heavy, it's as light as wood" Xiao Shui said excitedly, and suddenly felt that he had strength in his body again.

"This is the sword that my master gave me" This sword is one of her master's swords, and the apprentice gave it to her on the day of apprenticeship, sharpening iron like clay, taken from the black iron of hundreds of years under Cumulus Mountain, forged for seven seven and forty-nine days, and the jade on the hilt of the sword is the cold ice jade of Baisi Country. This is the best time to cut down these thorns.

"That sister's master is an elder of the Xuanjian Sect."

"My master is the Ten Elders of the Xuanjian Sect"

"No wonder my sister can beat the spirit snake, it's really amazing, my sister's kung fu is so powerful, you can go to Shushan and worship the immortal as a teacher," Xiao Shui said enviously.

Ruan Zhi was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Of course" Even if she came to the Taiyu Yun Clan, her martial arts are already much ahead of the others, plus the demon clan is a disaster to the world, Shushan needs their Ruan clan to defend against the enemy together, and the great apprentice of the Demon Rin is none other than her.

With Ruan Zhi's sword, the progress is fast and fast, Xiao Shui is used to doing physical work, and if he goes down at such a speed, he should be very close to the foot of Shu Mountain.

In a trance, I felt a green light flash above my head, as if there was a small sound.

Xiao Shui asked, "Sister Ruan Zhi, did you feel a green light flashing above your head just now?"

"There" was an obvious green light, and she was wondering! "It should be the disciples of Shushan who passed by, most of the disciples of Shushan flew with their swords"

Maybe they don't have this in the Xuanjian Sect, the immortal cultivators learned it when the sword was flying, and their most powerful move is that it is invisible, and they only see the figure turning, but they don't know which is the real body, but she didn't learn it.

"It's amazing, if only I could fly, so we don't have to work hard"

"Don't be envious, you can learn it after you practice in Shushan for a few months"

"I heard that Shushan is very strict in selecting disciples, like me, the one left may be too small" She has no innate qualifications, and she is not a noble daughter of the world, and she should not have the eye edge they say, thinking of this, the movements on the little sailor slowed down significantly, Ruan Zhi When she was tired, she said: "Xiao Shui rest, eat something"

took out the jerky and handed it to Xiao Shui, comforting her: "Don't think about it, generally people who can pass through this hundred miles of thorn forest can stay." Cultivating immortals is very hard and requires patience, and this thorn forest represents a level that tests the patience of disciples who want to cultivate immortals."

"That's great, we've only walked less than a thousandth, it's hot here, we need to figure out how to get faster"

"What can I do, take it step by step, if the top of the thorn is dense enough, we can still walk on it, otherwise we can shuttle as little as a fruit" She should have left one or two maids at the beginning, and she wouldn't be so embarrassed as she is now.

"What are you doing" Xiao Shui suddenly fell on all fours and stuck to the ground, a little puzzled.

"Sister Ruan Zhi, we can climb over" Xiao Shui looked at the wide and flat ground in front of him.

"Don't, if this really crawls over, won't your body be worn out?" Ruan Zhi hesitated, how could she climb on the ground.

"Why can't this work, if you are afraid of wearing out the skin, we can tie the cloak to the body, the arm, this animal skin is wearable, and then put the fruit in front of us to explore the way, I believe it will take a few days for us to arrive, do you say it" Xiaoshui immediately took off his cloak, cut a few long pieces with a sword, tied them to his elbows and knees, and the rest was wrapped around his chest, just enough.

"Hurry up! Sister" Without waiting for Ruan Zhi to nod, Xiao Shui slashed her cloak with a few swords, cut it off, and tied it to her. It's almost so that Ruan Zhi doesn't have time to feel distressed, this is her favorite tiger skin cloak.

"I'll go ahead, sister, you follow" Xiao Shui took the lead in crawling forward.

Ruan Zhi saw that Xiao Shui crawled out of the distance like a snake, which was much faster than them raising their swords to open the way, so she lay on the ground and followed.

There is a large space in the low, and in some places the small water can even bend over and run over. If you are tired of climbing, you can run for a while, and if you are tired of running, you can continue to climb, and you can wait for Ruan Zhi, the fruit is the happiest, and the shadow of the rubbing and running is gone, Xiaoshui wants to call it back, and it doesn't have to eat, it holds the thorn branches and gnaws when it is hungry, but it also saves a little food, Ruan Zhi didn't think that the thorn forest would take so many days at first, and she didn't prepare so much food, and in the end, Xiaoshui's hard steamed buns, the two of them can also eat it, and when you are thirsty, you can choose a young branch and suck the juice inside, if it weren't for the fruit to gnaw and eat, The mouths of the food are full of green juice, but I am afraid that they will die of thirst.

Don't look at the hard thorn branches, there is a lot of juice stored in it, and it tastes very sweet, and as soon as you finish drinking, you feel that the tiredness on your body disappears. I don't know if Shushan deliberately left it for the people who came to apprentice, or if the thorn tree was like this.

Ruan Zhi's body had grown, and she could still touch the thorns above when she bent her body to the lowest, so she had to keep crawling on the ground, pulling down a lot of small water.

Xiaoshui sat on the ground resting, looking at the fox skin, and couldn't help but sigh, it's good, even if the outer layer of hair is gone, the skin inside is still so thick, and the thickness is not less at all, but it is polished bright and slippery. The oil inside also seeped out, and it felt slippery and soft to the touch, reducing a lot of resistance.

Xiao Shui moved and said, "Sister Ruan Zhi, stand up"

"What to do" She was almost weak, she was pulled up from the ground by Xiaoshui, she felt that her bones were about to fall apart, and she still had a faint smile on her face: "No, the barbs on it will scratch people"

"Don't worry" Xiao Shui helped Ruan Zhi's waist to a similar height, put on a fox skin for her and said: "Go forward"

"This can't work, right" Although Ruan Zhi bent over and felt the thorn branches against her waist, forcing her to squat, she still tentatively walked a few times, "Okay!" The branches above swiped over her head and back, but did not hook her cloak.

"It's oily and slippery, and it's tender and easy to pass underneath."

"That's a good idea! Xiaoshui, you are so smart," Ruan Zhi praised.

"Thanks to my sister's cloak, otherwise we would have taken some time"

With the fox skin on their heads, the two of them moved much faster, Xiao Shui could even straighten up and run inside, Ruan Zhi was originally a person who practiced martial arts, her movements were agile, and she could even borrow the power of the sword to slide on the ground, leaving Xiao Shui behind.

"Hurry up, you're too slow"

"Right away"

"Huh" was finally able to breathe fresh air, and the first thing he did when he came out was that Xiaoshui took off his heavy clothes and felt that he was getting prickly heat all over his body.

Coming out is the flat bottom at the foot of the mountain, where there are already disciples of Shushan waiting for them.

"Two girls, this is a little food we have prepared, I think you are also hungry, let's eat something first" One of the disciples stepped forward and greeted the two of them, handing over the prepared food.

"Thank you," the two of them took and ate their own. It's just a white cake, but the two of them have eaten dried meat and thorn branches in it for so many days, and when they eat this cake, they feel that it is more fragrant than the delicacies of the mountains and the sea.

The disciple looked at the two of her and said with a smile: "Everyone else came out unrecognizable, their clothes were tattered, and their faces were scratched, but the two girls were intact."

When Ruan Zhi heard him talk about others, she asked, "Is there anyone else who has arrived before us?" Why didn't we meet it on the road, and thought we were going the wrong way! ”

"Fellow travelers don't have access to the road, although you are all walking inside, but the people who go in one after another can't see or hear each other, unless it's like you, with a distance of less than a meter."

"I see," Ruan Zhi said.

"Behind this stone is clean hot spring water, the water has the effect of healing wounds and relieving fatigue, after washing, you can go directly up the mountain along the path, the two girls go in quickly" The disciple pointed to the stone behind him.

Sure enough, a path behind the stone, paved with broken jade, walking on the soles of the feet is particularly comfortable, just walk in and hear the sound of laughter, the winding path is quiet, the same is a few boulders blocking the scenery inside, behind the stone is a huge hot spring pool, there are peach blossom trees planted on the shore, the warm breeze is blowing, the peach petals float on the water, a piece of pink.

At this time, there were already a few people washing in it, they should have fallen asleep, the pool water was warm, the best way to relieve fatigue, and they were all sixteen or seventeen years old, and sure enough, there were scratches on their bodies, Ruan Zhi Xiaoshui also took off her clothes and soaked in it, and she didn't feel pain when the water touched the wound.

In a few moments, the wounds on his body were healed.

"Xiao Shui, the wound on your body heals so quickly" Ruan Zhi looked at Xiao Shui's arm, there were only shallow traces on it, if you didn't look closely, you couldn't see it at all, Xiao Shui opened the way in front of him, and it was clear that there was no good meat on his arm at that time, but there were no good wounds at this time.

Xiaoshui didn't care and said: "I've been like this since I was a child, I went up the mountain to chop wood, I was injured a lot, and the wounds healed naturally quickly, plus there was this pool of water."

"It's healing too fast," Ruan Zhi thought in a low voice.