Chapter 11: The Aftermath of the Catastrophe
The day gradually brightened, and the night of rain washed away the heat of the whole day, Fang He trembled and dragged the wounds all over his body, slowly walked to the stream, carefully looked at the body that no longer had a piece of complete flesh and skin, and couldn't help but feel miserable, gently tore off the clothes next to the wound, wiped the blood with the stream water, and got up and walked to the wooden house.
Coming to the wooden house, Fang He took out a fruit from the Yunluo bag that was the same as the one he had eaten at the top of the mountain before, there was no way, this was the only kind of spirit fruit in the bag he knew now.
However, this time, Fang He did not swallow it in a big gulp like last time, but tasted it slowly.
It didn't take long for the wounds on Fang He's body to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then the scabs fell off, revealing brand new skin.
Closing his eyes and sinking his mind into his body, Fang He slowly felt the medicinal power of the spirit fruit passing through his body. It seemed that he had made a new discovery, and he saw Fang He's eyes open suddenly, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and a smile hung on his face.
It turned out that when his mind sank into his body, he not only felt the trajectory of the medicinal power, but also gradually felt his own bones and flesh, everywhere his mind went, the bones, blood vessels, and tendons were so clearly visible!
This is the phenomenon of entering the peak of the mortal body, and it also coincides with the situation recorded in the scroll. That is to say, when you sink your mind and feel the inside of your body, you can clearly "see" your own bones, meridians, organs and other parts of your body, you have reached the realm of inner view, and then you need to go through the baptism of heaven and earth spiritual objects, which is called refining the body, so that it can be regarded as officially starting to enter the real starting point of cultivation - the realm of hundred refinements.
After entering the Hundred Refining Realm, Fang He's eyes also fell on the stone wall located on the waterhole not far away, last night's group of wolves came from the stone wall, maybe the stone wall is the exit of this valley, thinking like this, he clenched his fist vigorously, and made up his mind that he must climb up the stone wall to find out.
After putting his scattered belongings into a cloth bag, he went to the waterhole, skillfully caught a few fish and hung them on his chest, and looked up, this stone wall was about a thousand feet high, covered with moss and various vines, and looked flat and smooth, only a little protrusion in the width of about three feet on both sides of the waterfall.
Fang He silently glanced behind him at the cabin where he had lived for more than a month, although he was reluctant, he could only move forward firmly.
Secretly made up his mind, no longer feeling nostalgic, a relatively strong branch on Fang He's back slowly climbed towards the stone wall with his hands and feet, Fang He's attention was all on the bulge on the stone wall and the stone wall, completely ignoring that when he was climbing, there was a faint fluctuation of transparent sword qi in the stone wall that frantically poured into his body from all directions and angles.
Before nightfall, Fang He finally climbed up the stone wall out of breath, and what he saw was a square hole about three feet high, and the surrounding area of the cave was covered by a thick fog at some point, and only a little light in the cave was transmitted.
At this time, Fang He was already tired and sore, but fortunately, he used a simple water jar made of a few bamboos to fill some stream water before setting off, so as not to let him get dehydrated; However, after all, he hadn't eaten all day, and he felt extremely hungry at this time, and the night was coming soon, Fang He didn't think much about it, anyway, only the stone cave in front of him was not covered by the fog on this stone wall, out of caution, after looking around, he didn't think about it anymore, and plunged into the stone cave, crawling forward with difficulty along the bright place.
Fang He crawled for about a quarter of an hour, and his eyes began to widen, and an unusually bright three-zhang square stone chamber came into view, and the ground of the stone chamber was about twenty centimeters away from the passage; At this time, Fang He was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and with the last trace of strength, he rolled towards the stone chamber and came to the stone chamber.
When Fang He entered the stone room, he suddenly heard a loud noise, Fang He only had time to glance outside the cave, and the passage behind him was blocked by a boulder that suddenly fell, and the slightest light he had seen at the entrance of the cave before was also missing, at the moment when the boulder fell, Fang He vaguely saw the bright moon rising outside, calculating the time, it was close to midnight.
Remembering the scene of going to other parts of the valley to find an exit, I estimated that in about a quarter of an hour, maybe I would be entering the previous cycle again. So, regardless of his weak body, he forcibly sat on the ground, tore off the branches and fish hanging on his body, and began to live and grill fish on the spot.
After a while, the stone room was filled with the fragrance of grilled fish, and Fang He put the grilled fish on the tip of his nose and took a deep breath, and then devoured the little remaining stream; It only took less than a minute for the two grilled fish with fish bones and fish bones to enter Fang He's stomach, and after a little rest, and his energy recovered a little, Fang He got up and observed the stone room.
By the light of the fire, Fang He noticed that there were many pictures painted around the stone chamber, extending from one side of the cave entrance along the right hand direction to the other side of the cave entrance, and the protagonist in the painting seemed very simple compared to the giant mural, that is, a sword, a simple sword.
In the painting, the ancient sword bursts out of the trunk of an old tree, glowing with golden light, and then disappears into a huge gap in the sky shaped like a door, and then falls down, smashes into the earth, and smashes into a huge ravine, and carries up a sky of dust and unknown fog that will not disperse for a long time.
Looking closely, that ancient tree was seriously familiar to Fang He, and after trying to recall it, he found that it was strikingly similar to the Void Spirit Ancient Tree he had seen on the top of the Three Holy Cliffs, the only difference was that the ancient trees in the murals were leafy, and the ancient trees on the top of the cliff were only dead branches.
The scene of the ancient sword piercing into the sky was exactly the same as the scene Fang He had dreamed of at the top of the cliff, from this, Fang He came to a conclusion: the ancient sword was the sword he dreamed of, and the scene depicted in the painting was the scene he dreamed of.
Just as Fang He was deep in thought, a little girl the size of a fist suddenly appeared behind Fang He's head, and then came to the position of Fang He's waist and abdomen, frowned and sniffed hard, and suddenly two golden rays of light gushed out from the little girl's eyes, and instantly illuminated the entire stone room as if it were day.
The sudden change also made Fang He sober up instantly, looked at the position of the light source in his waist and abdomen, and looked fixedly, only to see a little girl looking at the position of his dantian, revealing a gesture of pleading, and her petite arms waved hard, as if expressing something.
Seeing that this little creature had no ill will towards him, Fang He's tense nerves also relaxed.