Chapter Seventy-Four: Searching for the Divine Lamp
"Hehe, that was a long time ago, my master and I went to a Miao village in Yunnan to run errands, and on the way, I was hit by the most poisonous golden silkworm Gu in Gu art.
Fortunately, I met an old black seedling technician at that time, and he used the blood spell to help me expel the Gu poison, and it was at that time that I learned a lot about Gu art, which I will tell you about later. Zhang Yang, which of the three roads in front of us are going to take?" the three of them said as they walked, and a three-way intersection suddenly appeared in front of them.
Zhang Yang looked at it and said with a smile: "The left and right are the roads where people pick tea, only the middle is the road to the mountain, but it is only halfway up the mountain, there is no road up, but I often go to the top of the mountain to pick herbs, I know how to go up, you just follow me!"
So, the three of us followed Zhang Yang and circled up the winding mountain road, the more we went up, the denser the vegetation on both sides became, but the road was not lonely.
All kinds of rare and rare animals appear in the woods from time to time, especially the golden monkeys, which seem not to be afraid of humans at all, and have been following everyone upward.
I took out a piece of chocolate from my bag and threw it to it, and I ate it with relish, and after eating, I simply jumped into the middle of the road, doing all kinds of movements, making everyone laugh, and adding a little fun to this boring journey.
After two hours, everyone finally walked out of the broad-leaved forest belt, found a few relatively flat stones halfway up the mountain, sat down and adjusted.
"There's no road any further, so we can only go up through the gaps in the bushes!" Zhang Yang said, pointing to the bushes in front of him.
"Well, by the way, just now you said that you often come here to collect medicines, what herbs are there on this mountain?" Uncle Li asked with a smile.
"That's a lot, I heard the gentleman in the town say that we have hundreds of herbs in this mountain, because it is more difficult at home, so I often come here to find some more precious herbs to buy in the town to subsidize the family, such as Cordyceps, fritillary, gastrodia and pearl ginseng can be picked in this area, these are more valuable, especially Cordyceps, many people come up to dig, and then go to the town to sell at a good price. ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Yang whispered with a mysterious expression: "Let me tell you another secret, if you go up, you can still find snow lotus near the snow layer on the top of the mountain, and only I know and I can dig a few of them every year in the whole village!"
Uncle Li laughed after hearing this: "This shows that you are blessed, snow lotus is a spiritual plant, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find it, which shows that you are an excellent young man." ”
After saying this, Zhang Yang became embarrassed, and his dark little face glowed red.
"Haha, you're still shy when you're so old!" Tie Zhu said with a smile: "Hey, Zhang Yang, is it good to walk on the top, how long will it take to reach the top of the mountain?"
Zhang Yang turned around, pointed to the bushes in front of him and said: "Let's first go through this bush, there are a lot of thorny plants in it, you must be careful when walking, otherwise it is easy to tear your clothes, it is the most difficult section to walk, after the bushes is a small coniferous forest, where it is easier to walk, but according to legend, there are unicorns in that area, but no one has seen it so far." ”
"Unicorns, hehe, I think this may be a mythical beast imagined by the inhabitants of the worship of the mountain, or it can be regarded as a totem, well, you go on to say that you will reach the top of the mountain after the taiga belt!"
"No, I think you'll be amazed after passing through the taiga, it's heaven!" Zhang Yang said with a mysterious expression.
"Heaven?"
"Yes, the beautiful scenery there is paradise, you will know when you get there!"
"I'm still showing off at a young age, okay, let's not ask, let's go now and see if it's really as beautiful as you say!"
After Uncle Li finished speaking, he stood up, and my iron pillar also carried the equipment he was carrying, led the way by Zhang Yang, and got into the bushes.
Sure enough, the bushes were full of thorns, but Zhang Yang had already prepared, pulled out a scimitar from his waist and opened the way in front, so that it was not difficult for us and the others who followed behind to walk, and soon passed through the low bushes and came to the taiga belt.
Although there is no thorn block, it is not easy to walk through this lush pine tree, under the feet is the pine needles that have been piled up for many years, stepping on it is very soft, maybe the bottom branches and leaves have begun to rot, but the smell is not unpleasant, the fragrance of pine branches, people feel very comfortable.
There is no way in the world, and taking a step is your way.
The four of us walked through the crevices of the jungle, steeper and steeper the way up, almost perpendicular to the ground in some places.
Tiezhu had to take out the ability to throw ropes, these ropes are made of multiple thin steel wires, one end of the wire is a flying tiger grab, it is very convenient to use, these tools are specially customized according to the characteristics of this mission.
Grabbing the rope, I looked back and looked down, I couldn't help but feel dizzy in front of me, it turned out that I had unconsciously climbed so high, the village under the mountain was like a small black dot at this time, I couldn't see the appearance clearly, and the path that went up from the foot of the mountain just now was like a white line falling on the emerald green mountain forest.
Suddenly, I seemed to see a white light that flashed not far below, and then disappeared again in an instant.
"Brother, look, a white light!"
I hurriedly pouted at my brother below towards the white light, and the iron pillar hurriedly looked back, but found nothing, and smiled: "There is no white light, it may be the light reflected by the leaves in the sun!"
I looked again, and indeed, the emerald green leaves below shone in the sunlight, probably because I had just been dazzled, so I didn't care, and climbed up.
"Look, if you climb the cliff in front of you, it's heaven!" Zhang Yang said, pointing to a small cliff more than five meters high in front of him.
"Master, you wait, let's go up first, and then use the rope to pull you up!"
After the iron pillar finished speaking, he threw up the wire rope in his hand, and threw it upward, the flying tiger grabbed it as if it had eyes, and accurately flew to the only welcoming pine on it, and after going around it in a circle, it was tightly hooked on the trunk, and the iron pillar dragged it down hard, and then pulled the wire by hand, stepped on the rock wall and jumped up quickly, standing on the cliff, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him.
Above the cliff is a wide platform, an ink-colored lake plays a major role on this platform, occupying two-thirds of the entire platform, the lake is calm and elegant, the silver-white snow-capped mountains are reflected on the ink-colored lake, like a beautiful picture, although the tone is too simple, but it does not affect its moving charm at all.
At the other end of the lake is the snow-capped peak, only to see the clouds and mist, the snow-capped mountains appear at a glance, like the beautiful woman who "still hugs the pipa and half covers her face"; sometimes the top of the mountain is covered with clouds, which seems to be profound and unfathomable.
There is also a waterfall that flows out of the clouds, from top to bottom, such as the heavenly river into the dust, which is very rich in the trend of "flying down 3,000 feet".
"Hey, what are you kid doing, hurry up and pull us up!" Uncle Li's call made the iron pillar immediately jump out of this beautiful scenery, hurriedly pulled the rope, and pulled the people below up one after another.
When everyone came up, they were all stunned by the scene in front of them, and the depression in the dense forest just now was swept away, and their mood suddenly became cheerful when they saw this wide and magnificent scenery.
"You see, there are so many flowers blooming on the edge of the lake, it's so beautiful here!" I was the first to run towards the lake.
"That's rhododendrons, we are everywhere on the mountains here, but it is indeed rare to bloom on the top of the snowy mountain, you see, the most peculiar thing here is the fragrance of birds and flowers on this side of the lake, just like spring, and the other end is covered by ice and snow, no different from winter, so, this lake is called Spring Lake, which means winter to spring, how about it, I didn't lie to you!"
"Yes, it's so beautiful here, look, there are butterflies!" I saw a golden butterfly dancing among the azaleas, and I was so happy that I couldn't help shouting at the lake, "Hey!"
This voice shouted out all the anger in his chest, and the voice did not disperse for a long time, echoing in the mountains.
"Don't shout, don't shout!" Zhang Yang immediately stepped forward to stop him.
"What's the matter, are you afraid that others will hear about it?" I asked, puzzled.
"No, no, you don't know, there is a very peculiar phenomenon here, as long as people stand on the shore of the lake and howl a few times, there will be a drizzle around the lakeside, and sometimes it will even rain down?"
"Haha, who are you listening to, I don't believe it!" I finished and shouted a few more times into the lake. Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly.
"Look, why isn't it raining yet?" I waited for a long time after shouting, and I didn't see any rain, but before the words fell, a faint thunder came from the other side of the mountain, and I felt a drop of water hit my face, and then, a drizzle suddenly fell in the blue sky, which shocked me, Tie Zhu and Uncle Li.
Looking at the bright sun in the sky, I couldn't figure it out.
The light rain lasted for less than a minute, and it was calm again, and Zhang Yang knelt down by the lake at some point, and bowed three times to the snowy mountain, not knowing what to say.
After getting up, he said to me: "This is the manifestation of the goddess of the Snow Mountain, I just prayed to ask her to forgive you for your offense, as long as it doesn't rain for a while, it means that she has forgiven you, if it rains, then we must go back today, otherwise we will be punished by her!"
Looking at his stern expression, Uncle Li gave the two apprentices a look, you might as well listen to him first, if it really rains for a while, let's talk about it!
So a few people sat by the lake, took out the dry food they carried with them, and chatted while eating.
"Zhang Yang, the water in this lake looks quite clear, why is it black?" I asked, looking at the lake.
"Hehe, the lake water here is made of the melting of the snow-capped mountains, it is clear and transparent, those black things are actually stones at the bottom of the lake, I don't believe you scoop some up, the taste is still very sweet" After Zhang Yang finished speaking, I immediately leaned down and scooped a cup, it was really very clear, so I took a sip, a cool feeling went straight to the heart, it was delicious, I don't know how many times better than those mineral waters.