Chapter 155: A Hard Journey
Lao Sha was convinced, and sighed: "The second senior brother is really knowledgeable, and I Lao Sha is convinced. ”
Bajie couldn't help but feel very proud, and said unashamedly: "That is, my old pig was the chief soldier of Tianhe back then, guarding one side, but I still have this bit of actual combat experience." ”
Tang Sanzang exclaimed, snapped his fingers and said: "Since this is the case, let's do what the Eight Rings say, there are a total of six people here, but how to assign them?"
The old pig had already stopped thinking about it, and blurted out: "According to the original formation, Brother Monkey and Ao Bai opened the way, protecting the master and Tianshu in the middle, and I and Wujing Palace." ”
Sanzang nodded in agreement and continued, "Then how should this lot of luggage be distributed?"
The old pig was confident, and replied with a smile: "Master's status is respected, Tianshu is a woman, naturally can not carry luggage, and the mountain is sloping, the road is difficult, I and Lao Sha are the queen of the palace, if there is too much luggage on the back, it will inevitably slow down the pace of everyone's march, and in order to maintain balance, I have to let Brother Monkey and Ao Bai carry more burdens, I have to do it, and please don't be surprised." ”
Hearing him say this, the crowd was not easy to object, so according to the pre-arranged position, connected by thick ropes every three or five meters, they successively climbed the first snow peak of the 600-mile snowy mountain. From a distance, the master and apprentice are like a string of closely connected grasshoppers, slowly climbing towards the peak.
After climbing the hillside, Bajie realized what Wukong said, the first snow peak is the true meaning of the best journey in the vast 600-mile snow-capped mountains: only because for thousands of years, the people of the Xiliang daughter country have been made by the curse left by their ancestors, and they are partial to the Yu side and do not have access to the outside world, but there are always many women who are uneasy about the status quo and strong and unyielding, unwilling to sit in the middle of the country, all the way to the 600-mile snow-capped mountains, resolutely and resolutely explore forward, trying to find a new way of liberation. Although it is a snow-capped peak, the vicissitudes of the sea, frost and rain, have long covered their footprints, but the traces left by their arduous trek, or carving, or carving, or scratching, are all imprinted on the snow peaks in depth or shallow. At this moment, the Sanzang Legion is following these traces, climbing up easily, saving a lot of mental and physical strength.
It's just that this snow peak is too high, although it followed the traces left by its predecessors to climb, the Sanzang Legion stayed overnight, all the way forward, and marched for seven or eight days in a row, but still failed to reach the peak. At this moment, the altitude is high, the mountain wind is very strong, whistling on the snow-capped peaks, teasing the clothes and cheeks of pedestrians, although it does not reach the level of cone piercing, but it is really a little cold, you have to wrap in thick cotton clothes, so you can not feel the cold.
The arduous journey of the past few days, moving forward against the wind, boring, and helpless, as if marching in a never-ending sky, makes people can't help but be depressed and exhausted. Especially Tang Sanzang, who had extremely poor physical strength, rushed step by step for several days, until his face was pale and his mind was dizzy, and he lost his strength several times, his feet slipped, and he almost fell to the snow peak. Fortunately, everyone is connected together, and he was protected in the middle, although he stepped on the air, he did not have much strength to tear the six masters and apprentices off the snow peak, but the sudden fall action was really thrilling and terrifying, he himself didn't feel anything, he really frightened a group of apprentices, and his blood pressure increased, and he was frightened, and he couldn't go normally.
Knowing that the master had reached the limit of his body, Wukong discussed it, so he changed his strategy in time, took out a sleeping bag from the luggage, let the master sit on it, and divided four ropes, each tied around his waist, and the brothers and sisters worked hard together, dragging the master all the way up and climbing, so that although it was hard, it was faster than before, so after a few more days, the Sanzang army overcame thorns and thorns, all the way forward, and finally climbed to the top of the first snow peak of the 600-mile Snow Mountain.
Looking down at the endless glacier and snow slope under the snow peak, Sha Wujing was full of emotion, shook his head and sighed: "Damn, it's not easy, this snow peak doesn't seem to be high, but it is out of reach when I go, and I thought it would never be enough." There is always a hundred and eighty miles of snowy mountains along the way, and we can be regarded as two or three miles of them, right?"
Wukong sneered when he heard this, and couldn't help sneering: "You think it is beautiful, but the distance of these six hundred miles is measured in the flat land, how can it be counted as the length of the steep slope? You look very far, but in fact, you have only driven more than ten miles on the flat land, and it is still early to complete the six hundred miles of snowy mountains." ”
As soon as the words came out, Sha Wujing was shocked, and his morale was completely lost: "Damn, it turns out that it is still so far, it took us more than ten days to climb the first snowy mountain, and it is still the easiest section of the six-hundred-mile snow-capped mountain, if we all rush through the six-hundred-mile boundary, I really don't know if it is the year of the monkey and the month of the horse, but how can we catch up with Xiuning?"
Bajie couldn't help but burst into tears, and sighed helplessly: "The matter has come to this point, there is no other way, and you can only take one step at a time, instead of worrying about this, you should think about how to go down the mountain faster." As the saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, it took us more than ten days to go up the mountain, if it is to go down the mountain, it is not allowed to go for more than half a month, this road is about a dozen snow peaks to go down, it is really going to walk for a year and a half. ”
Lao Sha couldn't help but stick out his tongue, scratched his head and said, "But it's not enough, how can there be such a big difference between the same mountain peak?"
Bajie was upset, and said angrily: "I don't even understand this, it's really a dirt bun, when we go up the mountain, our bodies are forward, and we don't get other help, although it's hard, but as long as the mountain peak has an end, it will still arrive after all." The downhill is very different, in addition to our own downward trend, we will also be pulled by gravity, and with the effect of inertia, these two downward forces are superimposed, constantly forcing us to move downward, if a little careless, the action under the feet can not match the effect of this force, directly rush down, on top of this snowy peak, it is not uncommon to fall a skin and flesh, missing arms and legs. ”
"In order to avoid this from happening, we had to divide an upward force to fight this strong traction, which was bound to reduce some of the marching force compared to the full force when going up the mountain, and we also needed to be very careful to maintain the balance of the body to avoid the tragedy of slipping under our feet and rolling down the mountain. In this way, it is bound to take more time and energy than when going up the mountain, and for such a snow peak with thick ice and snow, it is often nearly 100 miles long, and it is not unreasonable to take twice as long to go down the mountain than to go up the mountain. ”
Sha Wujing couldn't help but nod when he heard this, and said with a look of anticipation: "The incisiveness of the second senior brother's theory and the subtlety of his ideas are beyond my Lao Sha's reach. In that case, you can think of a way to solve this problem, after all, it is not worth spending so much time and energy to go down the mountain. ”
Bajie shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and said helplessly: "Nonsense, if my old pig can think of a solution, is it still called a problem? Usually in this case, only the master can show us the way, but at this moment he is exhausted, too busy to take care of himself, I am afraid he can't count on it." ”
Tang Sanzang, who felt that he had high hopes, got up from the sleeping bag with a grunt, snapped his fingers leisurely, and said with a cheap smile: "Dead pig's head, you also underestimate me too much, after these few days of recuperation, the physical strength of the teacher has almost recovered, and he can complete basic mental activities." It's true that you say it's difficult to descend the mountain, but if you're in the snow, it's really hard to become a teacher. Go find two smooth planks one foot long, and use them for your own use. ”
Bajie scratched his head unconsciously, and said in fear: "Master, you are too embarrassed, this vast six-hundred-mile snow-capped mountain, desolate and ridgeless, and no grass grows, but let us go up to find planks, isn't it difficult for a strong man?"
Sanzang was cold when he heard this, and said disdainfully: "Stupid, I have been driving down the mountain road for more than ten days, have you forgotten that you can fly, there is no here, won't you go to your daughter's country to find it?"
Bajie patted his head and suddenly realized: "Yes, it's true that I've been on the road for too long, and I've forgotten about this stubble. ”
Seeing that he turned around to leave, Sanzang stretched out his hand to stop him and stopped: "Don't be busy yet, and listen to the teacher's arrangement." Bajie, firstly, you don't have Wukong's cloud fast, and secondly, this looks like it, it looks too subtle, in case it scares the flowers and plants, it is not beautiful, or let Wukong go. ”
Bajie burst into tears when he heard this, and raised his middle finger hatefully: "Master, you think the old pig is ugly, just say it, what you say is too subtle, but isn't it bullying?"
Sanzang couldn't help but be shocked, waved his hand again and again, and said with embarrassment: "No, no, I didn't mean to bully you at all, it's just a cheap mouth, just say it by the way, it's really afraid of hurting your self-esteem, so I said it more subtly, I didn't expect you to be so sensitive, and it touched your key point all of a sudden, I'm really sorry." Okay, I'm also a fairy, don't cry like this, it's a big deal, it's like I have suffered a great grievance, I was wrong, I must make up for it, and after this evil snowy mountain, I will invite you to have a good meal?"