Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Wisp of Darkness at the Water's Edge
Chu Xiang had to go down the mountain alive.
He thought that it was fortunate that the Yuanli Valley was not on the other side of the Hidden Cloud Mountain, otherwise he estimated that he would have to spend a day climbing the high mountain that really did not see the top of the mountain, and then he would have to go down the mountain into the valley.
The road is quite far, but Chu Xiangsheng is used to it.
Chu Xiangsheng bypassed the cliff and went down from a grove of trees on the side, on the way he didn't encounter other demon beasts, but he encountered many spirit grasses recorded in the book, but he didn't learn pharmacology and Dan Dao, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.
The valley is very large, the aura is rich and dense, there are many tall and strange trees below, and the soft chirping of birds and beasts is crisp in the ears.
Chu Xiangsheng walked in the woods in the slope full of dense weeds for nearly an hour, the sound of the water in front of him became louder and louder, and then the sun suddenly shone in front of him, and a stone forest appeared not far ahead.
Chu Xiangsheng wiped his sweat, and then walked through the stone forest, and a cool breeze with the fragrance of bamboo blew in his face.
Under the stone forest is a wild bamboo forest, Chu Xiangsheng looked down, and then saw that below the bamboo forest was the mountain stream of Yuanli Valley.
Chu Xiangsheng felt that the aura around him was getting thicker and thicker, and he remembered that the trees recorded in the book should be at the foot of Yinyun Mountain, which should be next to the mountain stream under his feet.
He walked one hundred and twenty steps west from the stone forest, separated by bamboo, and smelled the sound of water, such as a ringing ring.
After passing the bamboo forest, Chu Xiangsheng saw a mountain stream with clear water, and the water was particularly clear.
The aura near the mountain stream is the most intense, there are hundreds of spiritual fish in the water, swimming happily in the water, the rays of sunlight shine through the branches, and occasionally reflect the pieces of white scales shining.
Mountain birds chirp softly, in response to the stream, accompanied by the mountain wind.
This heaven and earth is like a spiritual realm.
Chu Xiangsheng unloaded the black knife and the big yellow umbrella from his back and placed them on the big stone next to the stream. He walked to the stream, then squatted down, picked up a touch of clean water, washed his face well, and washed away the dust of these days.
Then he took off his blood-stained gray cloth garment, threw himself into the stream, and was finally able to relax and take a bath.
The fish scattered in all directions.
Chu Xiangsheng gently wiped the blood stains on his body, felt the coolness of the stream, and he recalled the trip from using the Qianli Fu to the north.
In just a few days, he had used many talismans, as well as three array inkstones. Not to mention the Divine Rune Thousand Miles Talisman and the Fourth-Order Speed Talisman, the four array stone inkstones of Guangguang already made him feel very distressed when he thought about it now.
Chu Xiangsheng took a deep breath, then blew bubbles and sinked to the bottom of the water, no longer thinking about these troublesome things.
By the time he poked his head out of the water, the sunlight beside the mountain stream seemed to be less dazzling.
Chu Xiangsheng raised his eyes and looked at the mountains and forests on the other side of the mountain stream.
Unlike the side he had descended from, the mist floated at the foot of the opposite mountain, winding around the strange and tall trees.
Chu Xiangsheng knew the effect of these fogs, which was the unique spiritual mist of Fu Mu Lin. Rune wood has a special aura to condense aura, and then the aura turns into mist to nourish the rune wood, making these rune trees have a trace of spiritual power.
There are seven such rune forests in the Array Fu Mountain Range, but they are surrounded by various remnant formations, and they have been banned by the Dao Gate Palace. Even so, in fact, four of them have been counted under the gate of the Daomen Hall Array Fu faction, and the Array Gate Mountain has also obtained three of them.
At that time, the array talisman mountain was large, and after it was overthrown, all kinds of resources and treasures were divided by the major forces and included in the bag. After the various sects attacking the mountain have filled their stomachs, they have to use resources to feed their own disciples and strengthen their strength.
There are many rare and useful talismans that must be carved on rune paper made of special rune wood, and many other talismans can be drawn by memorizing the way the talismans are drawn, and these talismans can be used even if they are drawn on the wall with an ink pen.
The talisman drawn on the special rune paper was naturally a lot of secret talismans that Chu Xiangsheng knew.
This small piece of rune wood in the Yuanli Valley has existed here for hundreds of years, because the mountain is far away, and many nearby woods also have strange fog, so even if you pass by from the side, it is actually difficult to find these rune trees from this spiritual mist.
Therefore, this place has not been known to outsiders for many years.
The book in Chu Xiangsheng's arms before his death was a secretary of the Array Fu Mountain, and what was recorded on it was the entire distribution of some Array Stone Runes in Daqing Kingdom, and even all the hidden places.
Chu Xiangsheng soaked in the water for a while, and after feeling the coldness of the mountain stream, he got up. He took out another set of gray cloth clothes from the big yellow umbrella and changed into it, then took out the yellowed book, carried the umbrella and knife on his back, and walked across the stream towards the rune woods.
The year-round spiritual mist floats in the woods, and occasionally a few birdsong sounds come, causing the fog to fluctuate slightly.
Chu Xiangsheng took the book and looked at the tall trees in front of him, and then opened the book and flipped through it carefully.
There are 10,000 kinds of runes in the world, and naturally there are many different runes.
Chu Xiangsheng's umbrella was already loaded with a lot of things, so he couldn't hold too many things, so he could only choose some runes that could be used in the future and take them back. He carefully checked the pictures and descriptions of the books in his hand, and as he walked slowly among the trees, he reached out and touched a few of the runes.
A quarter of an hour later, Chu Xiangsheng fully understood the situation of this rune forest. There are five types of rune trees here, each of which is useful to him.
Chu Xiangsheng recorded the contents of the book in his mind, then took back the book and took out a firewood knife from the big yellow umbrella.
It is not necessary to cut down a whole rune wood to make rune paper, Chu Xiangsheng has learned how to take rune wood a long time ago. He used his knife to lightly cut the rune wood three feet above the ground, and then injected spiritual energy, so that the trace of spiritual power on the rune wood sensed it.
Then Chu Xiangsheng just extended from that knife, drew a square circle around it with a firewood knife full of spiritual power, and then took down a large piece of rune wood.
There is a sap of wood flowing out, and then it solidifies shortly after.
This method is unique to the Array Rune Mountain, which will not harm the rune wood, and can allow the rune wood to continue to grow later. Because of the introduction of one's own aura before chopping, this makes the subsequent rune paper and talisman production easier and more efficient, and the drawn rune will be more useful.
In order to take down enough rune wood materials, Chu Xiangsheng ran all over the entire small rune wood forest.
It was only when the sun was setting that he finally collected enough runes to get what he needed. Chu Xiangsheng brought all the cut rune trees to the edge of the stream, and he looked at the rune trees one by one on the big stones, and finally breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction.
Chu Xiangsheng laid these talismans on the big stone to dry, and then sat on the big stone to rest.
Chu Xiangsheng was busy for an afternoon, and finally finished the first thing he wanted to do when he came to the north, but he didn't expect it to be done after fighting against the Wang family under Fu Mountain.
The foot of the Hidden Cloud Mountain has been illuminated by the afterglow of the setting sun, and the other mountains not far away are covered with patches of colorful clouds.
A fresh breeze came from above the stream, and suddenly there was the sound of thinning the leaves, and then the screams of mountain birds sounded.
Chu Xiangsheng's sensitive spiritual sense moved slightly, and then he looked at the top of the mountain stream, and seemed to find a trace of abnormality.
Is it a demon beast? Or is it a spirit beast?
Chu Xiangsheng put away the rune wood placed on the stone and put it into the umbrella, then picked up the black knife and yellow umbrella and walked up the stream.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Chu Xiangsheng climbed to a short distance from the edge of a waterhole, he brushed away the weeds beside him with his hands, and removed the miscellaneous branches in front of him, and then raised his eyes.
Then dumbfounded.
There are no demon beasts and spirit beasts in the waterhole.
There was only one young girl.
The girl soaked in the water, a strand of long hair scattered on her white back, and her back to Chu Xiangsheng.
"Who?"
The girl in the pool was suddenly alarmed, and then disappeared the next moment.
Chu Xiangsheng saw the splash of water in the pool in front of him, and the wind was loud, causing bursts of birdsong.
When the splash fell, a wisp of orange fell on the edge of the pool.
The girl held a sword as white as snow in her hand, and her scattered wet hair fluttered in the air.
Chu Xiangsheng raised his eyebrows and looked at the pleasing yellow clothes fluttering in the breeze under the golden afterglow.
The girl stood barefoot with a red rope tied to her foot.
Then she looked up too.
The eyes are as bright as water.
The orange clothes are as light as the sun.