Chapter 17: Poisonous Mushrooms (1)

"Brother!"

Jiang Chen heard his younger brother's anxious shout in a daze, and slowly woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Jiang Wu's concerned face.

"I've fainted again?" Jiang Chen touched his head, only to feel a splitting headache.

Jiang Wu nodded and sighed: "Brother, it's the third time, don't be too reluctant!"

Jiang Chen smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am really not suitable for cultivation!"

After returning from apprenticeship, Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu naturally immediately began to practice the basic sword technique left by their master. They finally had a true Dao formula, although it was only a few pages, but it was much more clever than the Dao method they had cobbled together from the "Ten Thousand Demon Spectrum".

Jiang Wu cultivated this unknown set of basic sword techniques, and the progress was very smooth. Every time he cultivated, he felt that the Taoist True Qi in his body was abundant. And although Jiang Chen's cultivation method is exactly the same as Jiang Wu's, the effect is completely non-existent.

Not only is the cultivation ineffective, but if the cultivation time is a little longer, Jiang Chen will have a terrible headache, and even faint directly.

Jiang Chen was unwilling and tried repeatedly, but he had already fainted three times, and there was still no Dao Qi in his body. As Master said, Jiang Chen's qualifications were not suitable for cultivation.

Jiang Wu followed the prescription left by his father and mother, and gave Jiang Chen the medicine to decoction. This medicine could only temporarily relieve Jiang Chen's headache, but if Jiang Chen continued to forcibly cultivate the Dao Method, he would still have a headache and faint.

"Forget it, although I can't cultivate the Dao, but you can! If one of our brothers can succeed in cultivation, it will be enough. Jiang Chen smiled slightly.

There is an explanation in a few pages of the exercises, and to raise a sword with blood, it must be with the blood of a cultivator. Jiang Chen can't cultivate the Tao, so he can't raise a sword with blood. Jiang Wu strictly followed the master's requirements, and drew a bloody mouth on his arm with a green sword every day to nourish the sword with blood.

Jiang Chen saw that Jiang Wu's face was a little pale, and he was quite distressed. He said, "Master said that if you nourish your sword with blood every day, you must take some pills that replenish qi and blood. Let's hurry up and go to Qingyun Peak. ”

Jiang Wu shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you have been fainting continuously for the past few days, first rest for a few days, and then go to Qingyun Peak." ”

"I'm fine!" Jiang Chen smiled: "I'm not weak and sickly, as long as I don't cultivate the Dao Fa, I won't have any discomfort." Qingyun Peak is only a high mountain, but the distance is not far, so let's set off in the afternoon. ”

At noon, the landlord, Aunt Li, made a very sumptuous lunch, full of fish and meat. Jiang Chen was curious and asked, "Aunt Li, what is a good day today?"

Aunt Li sighed: "Since Nanshan came back, I don't know what disease I have contracted it, you two young men, one is headache and fainting from time to time, and the other is pale and lack of blood, eat more to replenish your body." I've heard that some people eat lead and mercury alchemy indiscriminately in order to become immortals, but instead of becoming immortals, they lose their lives! You two must not mess around!"

Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu even said thank you. The brothers unceremoniously wiped out a table of fish and meat, packed some dry food, and after resting for a while, they set off for Qingyun Peak. This time it is estimated that it will take a few days to go out, so they still take Xiaobai with them.

Qingyun Peak is located in the southeast of Yunlan Town more than 20 miles, steep and straight, the upper half of the mountain peak is like a pen straight into the sky. Qingyun Peak is also the highest place near Yunlan Town, but it is a pity that there is no way to climb the mountain, and ordinary people have no way to climb to the top of the mountain, so the tourists here are far less than Nanshan.

When the two brothers arrived at Qingyun Peak, it was almost dusk. They spent the night in a dwelling at the foot of the mountain. On the second day, he drank a bowl of gruel in the early morning and went to Qingyun Peak.

The mountain road was difficult, and it took them a morning to finally climb halfway up the mountain. This is the highest place that visitors can climb, there is no mountain road up, only some experienced herb pickers, who can use hooks, ropes, spikes and other tools to climb on the mountain rock and go to the higher peaks.

In the midst of the mountains and forests here, there is an ancient Taoist temple. The Taoist temple is nameless, just because a huge stone in front of the Taoist hall is engraved with the four ancient words of "treasure exquisite", visitors call this Taoist temple Linglong view.

Jiang Chen Jiang Wu went straight to Linglong Temple, and after meeting a little Taoist boy, he asked, "May I ask Daoyou, how to go to Linglong Pavilion?"

"What Linglong Pavilion, I haven't heard of it!" Xiao Daotong shook his head repeatedly.

"The villagers and tourists at the foot of the mountain don't know about Linglong Pavilion, you are a Taoist boy of Linglong Temple, and you haven't heard of it?" Jiang Chen asked.

"I've never heard of it! Besides, this Taoist temple is not called Linglong Temple, it is the name of tourists. Xiao Daotong replied, he was very interested in Xiao Bai lying on Jiang Wu's shoulder, and teased for a while. But no matter how Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu inquired, Xiao Daotong didn't know what the so-called Linglong Pavilion was.

While talking, a red-faced veteran walked out of the inner courtyard and asked, "Little monkey, what's so noisy?"

The Dao Tong immediately put down Xiao Bai, bowed respectfully to Lao Dao, and said, "Master, these two tourists are here to ask for directions. However, the disciples did not know where they asked. ”

"You little monkey is running around all over the mountains all day long, is there anything else you don't know about this Qingyun Peak?" Lao Dao smiled slightly, his eyes swept away from Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu, stopped at Xiao Bai's body, and was suddenly stunned.

"May I ask the Chief, how do you get to the Linglong Pavilion?" Jiang Chen asked Lao Dao.

"Linglong Pavilion?" Lao Dao narrowed his eyes and glanced at Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu again.

"What are you doing in Linglong Pavilion?" asked Lao Dao.

"Buy some pills. Jiang Chen told the truth.

"Then did you bring any money? Linglong Pavilion's elixir is not cheap!" asked Lao Dao again.

"Bring it!" Jiang Chen nodded, and took out half a string of copper coins from his arms, which was the money they had left after they had finished handling the matter of the walking corpse.

Lao Dao was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank: "You two stinky boys, are you entertaining the poor!

"Ordinary money?" Jiang Chen's heart moved, he remembered that when the master asked them to go to the Qingyun Peak Linglong Pavilion to buy the pill, he also handed them a piece of Dao jade.

"The elder is angry! The younger generation will be mistaken. Jiang Chen took out the piece of Dao jade that the master gave them from his bosom and said, "Is this thing okay?"

When Lao Dao saw Daoyu, he showed a hint of surprise, then nodded and said, "I don't know which family Dao Sect you two are from, after stealing the Dao Jade from the family, you ran out." ”

Jiang Chen hurriedly explained: "This jade is not stolen, it is rewarded by the teacher. ”

"Is it?" the old Taoist was suspicious: "Your division commander is generous. Come with the poor. ”

Lao Dao motioned Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu to enter the inner courtyard of the Taoist Temple, and he also specially instructed Xiao Daotong not to mention the matter of Linglong Pavilion to others.

Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu followed Lao Dao into the inner courtyard, and on the way, Lao Dao admonished: "You two are also traveling outside for the first time, don't you even know the basic rules of the Dao Court?

"Dao Ting?" Jiang Chen Jiang Wu was confused when he heard it, Jiang Chen said: "Dao Chief, forgive me! The master only taught me some basic Dao methods, about the rules of the Dao Court, we are shallow, and I ask the Dao Master for more guidance!"

"It's easy to say!" Lao Dao nodded and said, "The rules here, Poor Dao will also tell you." Let's not mention the red tape, when you come to Linglong Pavilion, there are three main rules:"

"First, buying and selling is voluntary. It is not possible to buy and sell, and once the transaction is made, no compensation will be refunded. You two have to see clearly, you bought the wrong thing, and there is no way to cry. ”

Jiang Chen Jiang Wu nodded: "Yes, yes, thank you seniors for your advice!"

Lao Dao continued: "Second, don't seek revenge and cause trouble. No matter how much hatred there is, if you meet it in this Linglong Pavilion, you will be a guest, and you will have to settle your personal grudge and leave Qingyun Peak. You two don't have any enemies, do you?"

"No, no!" Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu shook their heads again and again.

Lao Dao said: "The last rule is that all guests who enter the Linglong Pavilion must pay some fees to the Dao Court. It's not much, but it's just the point. In this way, you two newcomers will not take much from the poor road. This silverquill is a spirit beast you raised, give Poor Dao nine Silverquill tail hairs, and Poor Dao will lead you to Linglong Pavilion, how about it?"

"Nine tail hairs?" Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "What do seniors want Silverquill's tail hairs for?"

Lao Dao said with a smile: "Poor Dao recently plans to make a talisman pen, and the hair of Yinqu is the high-grade material. ”

Jiang Chen glanced at Xiao Bai and said in his heart: "I can't imagine that this stupid dog is still so popular, not only can he eat with his face, but even the hair on his tail can be used to make talismans!"

"Okay!" Jiang Chen agreed, not asking Xiaobai what he meant at all, anyway, Xiaobai didn't understand.

Jiang Chen immediately plucked a few hairs from Xiao Bai's tail, and Xiao Bai screamed a few times aggrieved, but he didn't resist.

"Thank you, you two!" Lao Dao took out a wooden box and carefully put away a few white hairs, looking very happy.

"The Dao Master recognized Xiao Bai at a glance!" Jiang Chen's heart suddenly moved, and he asked, "Is it possible that anyone who cultivates the Tao can recognize Yinquill?"

Lao Dao shook his head and said with a smile: "This is not! Yinquill is a relatively rare demon beast, and it can hide the demon qi very well, and there are very few Dao cultivators who can recognize it when they don't transform into a demon form." Poor Dao is also because he happened to see a silver quill many years ago, so he is somewhat familiar with this demon. ”

Lao Dao took Jiang Chen and Jiang Wu to the end of the backyard, where there was a vertical mountain cliff as high as 100 zhang, and there was no way out.

"This is the road in the mountains!" Lao Dao said: "Linglong Pavilion is set up by the Taoist court, and mortals are not allowed to enter. Therefore, I also want to ask the two little friends to perform the Tao method by themselves and open the way forward. ”