Chapter Ninety-Eight: The State of Pakistan
Gu Xingyun didn't know what they were busy with recently, Ye Qiu and they waited for several days, and they were going to Cangshan to participate in the sword competition at the agreed time, but when the Cangshan sword competition had begun, Gu Xingyun didn't notify everyone to leave, everyone went to ask Lu Cheng what was going on, Lu Cheng couldn't say clearly, just asked everyone to wait.
Some disciples are very anxious in their hearts, and even the mood is a little lonely, it is true, usually stay in this cloud and mist ridge all day long, and they can't go down the mountain casually, they are tired of it, and they finally go down the mountain, and they are still going to participate in the world's first sword competition, how can they not be happy and excited, but now there is no news, so who can not be depressed in their hearts? Many disciples felt that perhaps the mission assigned by the head of the sect was canceled, and those disciples who were originally notified that they could go to the Cangshan Sword Competition felt as if they had suddenly been poured cold water, and their hearts were cold.
However, a few days later, Lu Cheng excitedly informed everyone in the afternoon that the master had decided to set off early tomorrow morning to go to the Cangshan Sword Competition, and asked the disciples who had been notified some time ago to quickly pack up the belongings they had brought with them and prepare to leave, Ye Qiu and they heard the news, and they were so excited that they didn't sleep well all night, although when they set off the next day, many of the disciples were a little haggard and seemed to be sleep-deprived, but they were very excited in their hearts, especially those disciples who had not gone down the mountain once since they came to Yunwuling, and they were even more excited。 Everyone saw Gu Xingyun, and Gu Xingyun only briefly explained to everyone some things that need to be paid attention to when going down the mountain, and then with his awe-inspiring and inviolable expression, he led Ye Qiu and dozens of his disciples to fly towards Cangshan in Ba Country.
Pakistan is in the southwest of the Tang Kingdom, it is a small country, there is no military strength, and there is no prosperous economy. Pakistan has the world's largest Canton Canal through the whole territory, on both sides of the Canton Canal, very ancient, there was a sword-making workshop, in ancient times, many rare famous swords are from Pakistan, of course, now, here has declined, because the time is too long, the geographical Canton Canal is also constantly rerouted, those former sword-making workshops on both sides of the river are now even the remains can not be found, but there are still many legends on both sides of the Canton Canal, it is said that there are many magical swords buried in the depths of the river, and someone once picked up what kind of magical sword Yunyun was found when the river flooded the riverThe story that has been handed down sounds very moving. The Canton Canal flows out of the Haolian Mountains in the west of Pakistan, passing through most of the countries in the world, and the legend about the Canton Canal is that it can not be said for three days and three nights.
Cangshan in the Cangshan City of Pakistan, here is an unknown small place, later because of the Cangshan sword, here slowly became prosperous, all kinds of people with different purposes slowly gathered here, slowly here became Cangshan City, Cangshan scenery is beautiful, but not high, usually the average person climbs to the top of the mountain is only half a day's time, if the legs and feet are fast, two or three hours will also reach the top of the mountain, Cangshan halfway bamboo forest is very style, here because it is in the south, the customs are very different from the Tang Kingdom, here people also have the custom of eating raw meat, the folk customs are a little rough, informal, but it is indeed very hospitable to outsiders, probably this is also related to the Cangshan sword competition, without such a conference, this place may always be just a place that is not known to outsiders.
After they came to Cangshan City, they lived in the inn under Cangshan Mountain, this inn is all made of bamboo, a total of two floors, up and down forty or fifty guest rooms, the innkeeper told Lonely Xingyun, this time to see Cangshan Sword Heroes and heroes are many of them live in their inn, listen to the innkeeper said, this Cangshan sword competition is going to end in these two days, when the innkeeper said this, he also looked at Guxingyun suspiciously, and saw that Guxingyun They were each carrying a sword behind them, and some disciples were still carrying two swords, but they didn't know why the Cangshan sword was almost over, so they came。
After staying in the inn for a night, Ye Qiu felt refreshed, although he could hear the sound of the stream flowing down the mountain outside the inn at night, and the sound of the bamboo leaves being blown by the wild wind in the mountains at night, but the people slept very steadily, when they woke up at dawn, Gu Xingyun took Ye Qiu and them towards the venue of the Cangshan sword competition, the top of Cangshan Mountain, a disciple proposed that in order to save time, or just fly directly to the top of the mountain, but Gu Xingyun vetoed, he commanded: " No, this will scare those people, this is just a sword competition. ”
Ye Qiu listened, but he also felt that what Gu Xingyun said was right, and there was a little inexplicable little arrogance in his heart, when he was at the bottom of the mountain before, he had heard of the world-famous Cangshan Sword Competition, at that time, he was so envious of Cangshan Sword Competition, thinking in his heart how wonderful those world's top swordsmanship masters were in Cangshan Sword Competition, but now, I didn't expect that he would be such a proud identity to participate in Cangshan Sword Competition for the first time.
Cangshan is really not a high mountain for Ye Qiu, it can be regarded as a small hill, Ye Qiu They took less than an hour of effort, they climbed to the top of the mountain, the ring of Cangshan sword is built in the center of the top of Cangshan Mountain, as soon as they climb to the top of the mountain, you can see the high ring at a glance, the ring is also full of high flags, their arrival in the lonely clouds, did not attract anyone's attention, here with a sword on their backs, a knife in their waists, strange-looking people in the rivers and lakes, wearing strange costumes, there are too many, those people in the rivers and lakes are far and near the sects, groups of people around the ring。 Seeing that today's competition had not yet begun, he found a place with few idlers, stopped and rested for a while, everyone was thirsty along the way, Lu Cheng went to call a vendor who sold tea with two wooden barrels, and everyone took a bamboo cup and drank some water to quench their thirst and fatigue.
The peddler was hospitably entertaining, with a smile on his face all the time, obviously during the recent sword competition, he must have made a lot of money, and the peddler kept scooping tea from the bucket with a bamboo cup to serve Gu Xingyun and them to drink, and asked: "The heroes are late, this is the last day of the sword competition." ”
Lonely Xingyun listened, smiled at the vendor, and said, "Passing by, come and have a good time." ”
The peddler said: "In this way, I see that all of you are carrying swords, thinking that you are also here to participate in the sword competition, in fact, you should also participate, the sword competition is very powerful, if you can get a ranking, then everyone in the world will know, our Cangshan sword competition is the most famous." ”
Gu Xingyun just nodded lightly and said, "I know, I heard it." ”