Chapter 13 Mountaineering Difficulties (Single)
Considering the various dilapidated rural Taoist temples that I saw when I traveled, the wind and rain have been blowing for a long time, and they are extremely withered. Especially on the mountain, there are many insects and snakes, and they have not been popular for a long time, so they don't know what it will look like. So Jiang Qin'an and Yue Haiping contacted the famous stone carpenter in the city before going on the road.
"Ask the price and construction period first, and then Chen Daoyou still wants to live in the mountains for a long time, and then let them go up to pick up and repair."
Yue Haiping nodded, but added: "Do you want to put the accounts on credit first?" ”
"Wait for Chen Daoyou to come back, if it is the first time to return from Yunyou, I don't think there is much money left, and Haiyunguan will pay in advance."
Even if he didn't mention the martial arts of the other party's second-rate dragon and tiger, he was a profound Taoist scholar and a relationship with the two, and they had no objection to paying some money for repairs.
The two of them packed up and went out of the city, and as soon as they arrived on the road, they saw a lot more pedestrians on the official road, coming and going, mostly rangers with weapons on their backs, and caravans of carriages and horses with billowing smoke and dust.
Jiang Qin'an and Yue Haiping glanced at each other, and their feet quickened slightly.
……
When the two arrived at the foot of the mountain, they found that this place was crowded with people, the forest at the foot of the mountain had been bulldozed, and all they saw was a bed tent, with a carriage parked on the edge, and pedestrians chatting left and right, and the voices of people were boiling.
If you look at it, you can even see a few vendors selling sweets and snacks pushing wooden wheeled carts, interspersed with bones and going back and forth among everyone.
"There are a lot of martial artists."
Jiang Qin'an judged that at first glance, he looked at more than a dozen Lian Jiazi, with thick arms, powerful palms, and clothes that were not very hidden, revealing the identification of his family origin.
Of course, more people are hiding in the dark, and the peddlers and pawns are full of vision, and I can't tell how many people in front of me at this moment have mastery and how many complicated thoughts.
Yue Haiping stepped forward, holding a three-foot Qingfeng in his hand, but he had not yet unsheathed, but in just a few dozen steps, he knocked down four pickpockets, and kicked down the rough man with evil thoughts written on his face in front of him, and walked straight to the mountain without looking.
Jiang Qin'an followed behind, and he had already expected the temperament of his senior brother, after a few years of training outside, he had beaten people, seen blood, and was also across, and he didn't feel that the other party's methods were out of place. There are many fish and dragons here, and the characters are different, and if you retreat, you will lose your heart and be regarded as weak and bullied, and you should cut through the chaos quickly.
Daoist Jiang passed by the rough man who was grinning and screaming in pain, and stepped over quickly.
The two of them are on the mountain, and the mountain road is full of people.
In the forest and on the rock wall, there are too many elixir treasures, and there are a few stone caves and caves, which are occupied by big families and Jianghu sects, and flags are planted.
However, when they walked up a hundred or so steps, most of them were suddenly missing, and at the same time, their feet were wet, and the rock walls on both sides of the bank were raised and hung high, which was terrifying to watch.
"It's weird, the poor road is not afraid of high places, how can I feel that these dozens of feet are soft under my feet."
"Senior brother, be careful with your step." Jiang Qin'an looked to both sides while talking, obviously the soles of his feet landed easily on the mountain road, smooth and steady, but there was a cold air in his heart, and his tail vertebrae were chilled.
"This way...... It's a precipitous life. ”
Is it precipitous? Listening to the intermittent words blown by the whistling wind in his ears, Jiang Qin'an instinctively felt a little strange, remembering that the previous road was not like this.
At this time, the thought arose, and he pondered, perhaps it was the result of a long period of no one for a year, the grass clusters were all high, and the mountains on both sides of the strait naturally appeared to be majestic and steep against the background.
With the strength of his feet and the strength of his legs, he finally calmed down, and the inexplicable sinister feeling was slightly relieved.
Looking up, the mountain road is winding, less than halfway through.
"Why don't you come back in the afternoon?"
Just as a retreat was lingering in his heart, Yue Haiping had already spoken, only to see this martial artist who had a dragon and tiger fighting each other wipe the beads of sweat with his cuffs without any image.
Tired.
"It's too high, the road is too slippery, and after a long time in the future, the rocks are scattered everywhere, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will fall."
The voice was in his ears, Jiang Qin'an, who didn't feel tired, actually felt numb in his legs and feet, Yue Haiping continued, saying that he had not seen any traces of immortal medicine treasures along the way, presumably the previous dense fog was just a celestial phenomenon, an accident.
As soon as the fog clears, it will be easier to wait for the moisture to dry before going up the mountain for the next two days.
The two talked, at first they were walking slowly up, but slowly they felt more and more sore, and the slope was obviously gentle, but it was extremely difficult to walk.
A ghostly light flickered, floating beside the two of them.
They don't feel that they are intentional, and their thoughts keep pouring out of their hearts, making people feel retreated.
After another half a moment, he finally stopped to rest, and there were a few people who also rested not far in front of the mountain road, and listened closely, it turned out that most of them were old hunters, and some of them came from other counties, wanting to pick immortal medicine, in order to fight for wealth.
At the moment, they are complaining, or saying that the mountains are deep and steep, or that they are stepping on stones, and that they are cutting their feet sharply.
The more they listened, Jiang Qin'an and Yue Haiping also felt that this was indeed the case, and they began to echo one after another.
"Come back in two days! At this time, even if the immortal medicine is really picked from the mountain, it will definitely be besieged and attacked after coming down the mountain, and it is necessary to plan before acting. ”
Someone started, it was a martial artist, carrying a heavy sword like a door panel, and he had reached the level of practice, and the dragon and tiger walked with great momentum. At the moment, it seemed that he was a little more cautious in vain, stopped here, and was the first to turn around.
The rest of the people looked at each other, perhaps because they were self-armed and calm in this mountain forest, perhaps they relied on their ability to find medicine, and boasted that they came and went freely, or they were worried about other people under the mountain. I don't think there's a need to fight for a moment.
So they left one after another, and their sides gradually quieted down.
“……”
And they just left?
Jiang Qin'an frowned, followed Yue Haiping to rest for a while, and then got up and continued.
One-step, two-step, three-step......
"Have you brought a kettle?"
"Brought it."
A few more steps.
"Chen Daoyou is keen on Taoist scriptures, can you prepare it in the package in advance?"
"The ancient scriptures personally selected by the senior brother, why did you ask me at this moment."
"Oh, the road is too dangerous, I was flustered, I forgot."
After a moment of silence, he continued to walk for about ten steps.
"Senior Brother ......"
Jiang Qin'an was the first to speak, "Senior brother, my junior brother's physical strength is a little lacking, why don't you rest for a while before leaving?" ”
Yue Haiping blinked and nodded in agreement.
Two pillars of incense kung fu, at the foot of the mountain.
The two people stepped on the grass platform and flew down. They eventually came back.
Didn't make it up the mountain.
The moment I lifted my feet away from the last mountain rock and landed on the lawn, I felt that my body was light and fluttering, which was very different from the inexplicable depression when I was on the mountain, and it was soothing and comfortable.
All of a sudden, before they could feel this strange gap, everyone gathered around and swarmed over, almost drowning the two of them.
"Master Dao, what's going on on the mountain?"
"Blessed land? Is there an elixir? ”
"Others say that there are fairies dancing, have you seen it?"
"Is the mountain road really that difficult to walk?"
There are too many problems, no matter what the people who go down the mountain really feel, it is impossible to weaken their prestige at this time, so the steep mountain road and the difficult road have become the consensus of the people who go down the mountain, but this is the idea of the people who go up the mountain, and it is not enough to add oil and vinegar.
Jiang Qin'an and Yue Haiping were no exception, the afterglow of the formation had not gone, and the two of them also felt particularly difficult and dangerous about the mountain road from the bottom of their hearts, and they had palpitations.
……
The crowd came and went, went and came again.
Going around and around, under the influence of the invisible formation, no one succeeded in climbing the mountain, and no one got the elixir.
Gradually, the atmosphere began to decline, and no one no longer proclaimed that this place was a blessed land of Taoist monarchs, and only regarded the dense fog of the past year as a celestial scene.
The turmoil in Qingtai Mountain did not last long, the dense fog dissipated only for a while, the ripples rippled in the world, and the lively and noisy noise set off for more than ten days began to subside.
At this time, Chen Yu finally refined the ancient well into a spiritual weapon, a self-generated spiritual instrument.
"It's time."
After combing for several months, the spring has been accumulated for several months, and the spirit weapon is already there, and the big array should be completed!
This day, May 14.
The sky is dazzling, brilliant in the night sky, caressing thousands of households in the north and south, just like the day.