Text Chapter 44: The First Entry into the Giant Bear Mountains
The distance of 5,000 miles can be reached in half a day at Xiao Ash's current speed, but it will take a day for the Black Wind Horse. Therefore, Xiao Ash flew quickly and disappeared for a while, and then turned back again, above Qin Feng's head, chirping from time to time, as if venting his dissatisfaction with the speed of the Black Wind Horse. Several other people, seeing that Xiao Ash was so spiritual, praised and envied one after another, and at the same time sped up.
In this way, when it was dark, a few people rushed to the Giant Bear Mountain Range, and with the internal qi cultivation of a few people, of course, they were not affected by the night. However, after a day's journey, people and horses need to rest and adjust, and the Black Wind Horse is not suitable for entering the depths of the mountains. Therefore, a few people found the post station established by the sect on the periphery of the mountain range, handed over the Black Wind Horse to the staff guarding the post station to take care of, prepared to rest overnight at the post station, and hiked through the periphery of the Giant Bear Mountain Range early tomorrow morning, into the depths of the mountain range, and looked for medicinal herbs all the way by the way.
Early the next morning, after a few people were ready, they headed towards the periphery of the Giant Bear Mountain Range, as for Xiao Ash, he had already been flying high in the air and hovering, and sometimes he would fly into the distance without a figure, Qin Feng didn't care, let him play freely.
A few people each carry their bags, show their own methods, you chase me, soon into the mountains, after entering the mountains, the speed slows down, occasionally observe whether there are medicinal materials around the surroundings, along the way, but also see a lot of medicinal materials, but are some ordinary medicinal materials, a few people in order not to delay the business, then agreed, unless the road encounters rare medicinal materials, only stop picking and digging, these ordinary medicinal materials, when there is time to come back, it is not too late to pick and dig.
Obviously, it is difficult to find rare medicinal materials on the periphery of the mountain range, and after a day, several people have not seen a single plant. In the evening, they heard a rapid chirping of eagles in the woods ahead. Qin Feng looked up at the top of his head, but he didn't see Xiao Ash, so he said hello to a few people, and suddenly accelerated and rushed away in the direction where the voice came from.
Fang Shaojie and the others also used their skills to chase after them, but unfortunately they were pulled down by Qin Feng after a while, when several people rushed to Qin Feng's side one after another, they saw that Xiao Ash was fighting with a two-zhang long giant python, the body of the giant python was coiled together, and the huge python head was raised more than a meter high from the ground, and from time to time it attacked quickly like lightning, spewing out poisonous gas, attacking Xiao Ash, and blocking Xiao Ash from approaching the vital point of the python's body.
And Xiao Ash, a pair of sharp eagle eyes constantly scanned the python, constantly looking for opportunities, trying to hold down the python's head with a pair of sharp eagle claws, and then attacked the python's vital place with a hook-like eagle beak, but unfortunately every time it was either blocked by the poisonous gas sprayed out by the giant python, and had to dodge, or it was flexibly bypassed by the giant python's claws, Xiao Ash saw that he couldn't fight for a long time, so he was angry and let out a rapid eagle cry from time to time, probably wanting to vent his emotions and casually let Qin Feng come over to help.
When Qin Feng arrived, he saw that Xiao Ash and the giant python were fighting inseparably for a while, so he watched from the sidelines, wanting to see Xiao Ash's ability.
When Fang Shaojie and the others arrived, they saw Qin Feng standing aside, just watching, and had no intention of helping, so they all stood aside to watch this rare eagle python fight. Xiao Ash saw that Qin Feng didn't help him after he arrived, and the few people who arrived later were also watching the show on the sidelines, probably knowing that Qin Feng wanted to sharpen himself, and the frequency of attacks became faster and faster.
It's a pity that the python is not slow to react, swinging the python head quickly from time to time, dodging the attack of the little ash, or taking the initiative to attack, occasionally unfolding the python body, trying to wrap the small ash with the thick body, the little ash saw the thick python body rolling towards him, and hurriedly flew into the air, dodging the python body, and the giant python saw that the little ash had avoided the entanglement of the python body, and immediately coiled in a circle, raised the python head and was careful to be vigilant, not to give the little ash a chance to hurt the python body.
Xiao Ash was a little anxious, screamed quickly, rushed into the air, turned around, and then quickly dived down, trying to grab the neck position under the python's head with the eagle's claws, the giant python saw Xiao Ash swooping down, no longer coiling its body, the python head down, unfolded the thick python body and swept the little ash into the air, and the thick python body was like a huge long whip to Xiao Ash pulled out.
Little Ash grabbed the tail of the giant python with his sharp claws, and then flew high into the air with the giant python, and the giant python in the depths of the sky did not twist its body to try to get rid of Xiao Ash's pair of sharp claws. The two-zhang long giant python completed a "U" shape in the air for a while and tried to attack Xiao Ash with its head, and then its head down again, and the entire python body formed a zigzag shape, taking the opportunity to form a second attack. While flying in a hovering flight in the air, Ash occasionally attacked the python head that attacked him with his eagle's beak.
Several people were a little excited about this scene, and Luo Xiafei even clapped his hands to applaud Xiao Ash. After fighting in the air for a while, Xiao Ash rushed straight up like a sharp arrow, Qin Feng and the others looked up below, only to see a gray dot dragging a colored line, and after a while, this colored line continued to fall and enlarge, when everyone saw that this colored line was the giant python, the giant python had fallen rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, it fell on the open space twenty or thirty zhang away from Qin Feng and others, the huge python body smashed on the open space and stirred up a piece of dust to fly, the giant python twisted its body, trying to escape, Xiao Ash had already rushed down, with a pair of sharp claws to hold down the vital parts of the giant python, so that the python could not form an attack, and then from time to time attacked the python body with a sharp mouth, and after a while the giant python was covered in scaly wounds, dying, and pecked the gall of the giant python with a sharp mouth, took out a snake gall bigger than a fist, raised his head and swallowed, looked at the dead python, looked at Qin Feng with a victorious attitude, and screamed at Qin Feng proudly。
Qin Feng made a gesture of praise to Xiao Ash, then walked into Xiao Ash, took out a pill and threw it into the air, Xiao Ash quickly caught it, swallowed it in one gulp, and then stood beside Qin Feng, as if waiting for Qin Feng to deal with the giant python. Fang Shaojie and the others also walked over, while looking at the giant python, they learned from Qin Feng to give Xiao Ash a gesture of praise, Xiao Gray looked at a few people with a haughty expression, and accepted everyone's praise with peace of mind.
It was getting late, so a few people discussed, found a place for a water source, and then went to hunt one or two prey, plus the python, just had a barbecue at night, and by the way, they also rested and adjusted to prepare for tomorrow's trip. So, a few people dragged the giant python to find a stream gathered by a mountain spring, Ximen Xue and other women were responsible for collecting dead branches and hay to prepare for the fire, and by the way, they could collect some wild fruits and the like; Qin Feng was responsible for handling and cleaning the giant python, and Fang Shaojie and Feng Bufan went out to find prey. As for Xiao Ash, he lazily stayed aside and accompanied Qin Feng to deal with the giant python.
Qin Feng quickly dealt with the giant python, cut it into sections with a short sword, cleaned it with stream water, and stacked it on the grass covered with wide leaves. Qin Feng saw that no one had come back yet, so he looked for some herbs that repellent insects and some herbs that could make the barbecue more delicious in the surrounding area, and cleaned them by the stream.
After doing all this, without waiting for a while, Ximen Xue and the others came back one after another, Ximen Xue and Yang Yuting no one was holding a large bundle of dry firewood, while Luo Xiafei and Su Huaijin were not carrying a bulging cloth bag, which was estimated to be a wild fruit, and Fang Shaojie was carrying a larger bundle of dry firewood, and Feng Bufan was carrying a yellow sheep on his back.
Qin Feng hurriedly took the yellow sheep on his senior brother's body, and went to the stream to deal with the yellow sheep again, after Fang Shaojie put down the firewood, he lit a fire in the open space where the python meat was stacked, and then, found the branches, cut them with a sword, put them aside, and used them for barbecue later.
Luo Xiafei and Su Huaijin respectively carried cloth bags to the west of the upper reaches of Qin Peak, took out wild fruits and slowly washed them and stacked them aside. As for Ximen Xue, after Yang Yuting put down the dry firewood, she helped Fang Shaojie cut the branches. Seeing that there was nothing to do with him, Feng Bufan found a few clean and smooth stones by the stream and placed them around the campfire as stools.
After a while, seven people sat around the bonfire, one of them held a branch, and the branch was inserted with python meat and mutton, and they were put on the fire to turn the barbecue back and forth.
Add some python meat and mutton such as herbs and ingredients, and it will be fragrant after a while, and several people have a shallow internal qi cultivation, and use internal qi to control the fire, so that it will not burn and bake. Qin Feng tasted the roasted python meat and felt that it tasted good, so he threw it to Xiao Ash on the side, put on another piece of python meat by himself, and continued to test it with herbal ingredients.
After a while, the mutton of Ximen Xue and the other four women was also roasted, although Ximen Xue and Yang Yuting did not reject python meat, but some mutton still tended to choose mutton, and the women also tore off a piece of mutton and threw it to Xiao Ash, and then tasted their craftsmanship slowly.
Several people while eating, while talking a few words at will, from time to time also teasing Xiao Ash, listening to the sound of the gurgling stream and the breeze blowing the leaves and grass, occasionally also heard the call of insects and birds, can not help but feel very comfortable, although there is no wine, but eat sweet and sour wild fruits, drink the cold and sweet spring water, and then take a bite, the aroma of python mutton, is also a unique flavor.
After eating and drinking, a few people roasted the remaining python meat and mutton, threw a few pieces to Xiao Ash, and then put them in a clean cloth bag as dry food, and the remaining barbecued meat was enough for a few people to eat for another day or two.
"The day went by like this, easier than expected, but it didn't pay off. Luo Xiafei said.
"Now it's still on the periphery, and when you enter the depths of the mountain range, there will be more fierce beasts, such as colorful bees and giant bears, which will appear at any time, which will be much more dangerous, but there will also be more medicinal herbs in the depths of the mountain range. Ximen Xue said slowly.
"At our speed, we will be able to enter the depths of the mountains tomorrow afternoon, so be careful not to be approached by a giant bear or stung by a colorful bee. "Feng Bufan is older, so Lao Cheng reminded everyone.
"Yes, it's okay to meet colorful bees, as long as you protect your body with internal qi, you don't need to have too many scruples for a while, if you are approached by a giant bear, you have to quickly call for help. Since it is impossible for several people to be together all the time, they must keep a proper distance and separate themselves to look for medicinal herbs and colorful honey, so Fang Shaojie also reminded him.
"I think, for the sake of safety, to be in a group of two, not more than five miles between two people, and no more than twenty miles between two groups, at our speed, so that even if someone is in danger, there will be time to help. And everyone has a radius of ten miles enough to find, as for what can be found, it depends on their luck. Qin Feng thought for a moment and said what he thought.
"Senior Brother Qin's idea is very good, but there are seven of us. Yang Yuting asked.
"I'll just work in one group, and then there's Ash. Qin Feng is still a little confident in himself.
"It's okay, Senior Brother Qin's cultivation is profound, and he is the number one combat force among us, so he should be able to deal with it," Fang Shaojie looked at Ximen Xue and continued: "I'll be in a group with Senior Sister Ximen, Senior Sister won't mind." Ximenxue nodded.
"Then I'm in a group with Senior Sister Yang. Feng Bufan also said to Yang Yuting, and Yang Yuting nodded.
Luo Xiafei and Su Huaijin glanced at each other, obviously in pairs. After dividing into groups, several people discussed the precautions again, and then they each sat cross-legged by the campfire to rest.