Volume 3: The Rivers and Lakes Hand in Hand Chapter 37 The Road is Difficult
It is said that Xue Yan took Han Ye to escape from the pursuit of the Demon Eradication Society, and hurried to Shushan, and after two days, Han Ye's internal injuries still showed little signs of recovery, which made the cheerful and lively Xue Yan more worried. With a seriously injured person, he was not moving quickly, and Xue Yan often found that there were martial arts people searching around, so he had to take a detour. Xue Yan thought to herself, I am afraid that the news of Han Ye's trip to Shushan has already spread, so many people from the Demon Eradication Society have arrived in Shudi, and I believe that their main force will also arrive here soon, and it will not work if they don't hurry up.
Since ancient times, the road in Shu has been rugged, and this is true.
When I arrived at the boundary of Shu Mountain, not only the mountain roads were undulating, but there were also countless cliffs, and there were many poisonous insects and beasts in the forest, as well as the thorns that Xue Yan hated the most.
"I'm annoyed!" Xue Yan helped Han Ye, bent down slightly to pull the torn pants that were full of holes, and finally got rid of the tribulus terrestris attached to her legs, she stroked the blood-red wound, and said with a locked eyebrow: "If it weren't for the stupidity, I wouldn't have come to this tattered Shu Mountain." ”
Han Ye saw Xue Yan bend down and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?" ”
"It's fine." Xue Yan was afraid that Han Ye would be worried, so she glanced at her eyes and said sarcastically: "Some disabled people should care more about themselves." ”
But how could Han Ye not understand Xue Yan's suffering? His face was full of guilt.
Xue Yan helped Han Ye to continue walking, and suddenly there was a faint noise behind him, some people shouted and some laughed, and the voices were getting closer and closer.
"Isn't it? Is the main force coming? Xue Yan frowned and muttered, "It's so much faster than I expected!" ”
Han Ye said calmly: "It's not surprising, you are walking slowly with me, the injured man, so many martial arts people are looking for us, our whereabouts must have been discovered a long time ago, since they have discovered us, they will definitely speed up their advance." ”
"What then?" Xue Yan turned her head sideways and complained to Han Yedao: "You stupid fool! Why don't you take three punches from others, if I were you, I would have beaten that stupid big guy flat. ”
"That will only add more resentment, my father once said, sincerity is the opening of gold and stone. As long as you are sincere, you will one day be recognized by everyone. Han Ye said, listening to the voice in the distance, and said lightly: "You let me go and run away, they just want me to hand over the master, and they won't embarrass me." ”
"Don't take your aunt for a fool!" Xue Yan raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "The surname is Han, but I am also a person who is mixed up on the road, can I not know the virtues of those people?" They want to see you fall into such a field, and instead of having mercy on you, they will take advantage of your illness to kill you! And when they came to you, in addition to asking you to hand over your master, they also wanted to interrogate your martial arts, and they also wanted to kill you, you know very well in your heart, don't you? ”
"Hmph, Yan'er is Yan'er." Han Ye said gloomily: "It's just that I have not recovered from my serious injuries, and it is inconvenient to walk now, you will soon be caught up by them with me, those people see you and I standing aside, can they let you go?" ”
Xue Yan was silent for a moment, and complained angrily: "I, Xue Nuxia, follow you, just to see that you are reliable and will think about others, I like a responsible person like you, much better than those selfish villains in the martial arts!" If you have a little difficulty now, you will leave me aside, and you will be my ...... What kind of person are you and I Xue Yan! ”
At this time, the noise was getting closer and closer, Xue Yan looked back in fright, although she didn't see anyone, she also felt that it was not far away, she was sure in her heart, pulled Han Ye's hand, wrapped it around her neck, and carried him up to run. Although Han Ye's body was not very large, he was also a cut taller than Xue Yan, so Xue Yan naturally struggled to carry him on his back, and he staggered after just two steps.
"What for?" Han Ye frowned, and he was about to let go of his hands.
"Don't think!" Xue Yan grabbed Han Ye's hands, pressed them on his shoulders, and said angrily: "You don't want me to fall into their hands, and I can't let you fall into their hands!" Walk! Let's go up the mountain together to find those old Taoist priests to administer justice! ”
Due to too much weight, Xue Yan's feet were deeply trapped in thorns, and because she ran too quickly, her legs and feet were scratched by the thorns and thistles.
Han Ye glanced at the road behind him, the road was already stained with blood, how could he not be heartbroken? Therefore, he frowned and said, "Yan'er, put me down, don't run away!" It's not a way to go on like this, they will chase faster when they see the blood! As long as they send a bunch of men to intercept us, none of us will be able to escape! ”
"Less, less verbose!" Xue Yan closed her right eye slightly in pain, and gasped softly: "They already knew that we were here, and when they saw my blood, they thought that we were seriously injured and couldn't run, thinking that it was inevitable, but they wouldn't speed up their pace." I don't have a family anymore, just you, I won't leave you! ”
Han Ye's heart was shocked, he slowly closed his eyes, and sighed: "Yan'er, why are you suffering? ”
"Hey, hey, hey!" Xue Yan's face was already a little pale, but she could still smile and say, "Because we are companions and family." ”
Han Ye didn't know what to say, but the words were blocked in his mouth, and he only firmly carved this warm and petite back in his heart......
I don't know how far I ran, Xue Yan relied on her amazing perseverance to carry Han Ye out of the thorny jungle, and when she looked up, she saw several peaks hanging in the air, those peaks seemed to be very close, but in fact, there was a long distance, and the mountains connected to the ground were still far away.
Xue Yan lost too much blood and couldn't support it, so she fell to the ground with Han Ye, Han Ye knew that she had reached the limit, so the two of them supported each other and walked for more than ten miles, and then they came to the foot of Shu Mountain, there was a large forest at the foot of the mountain, and a set of stone tables and chairs could be vaguely seen in the forest, and there seemed to be two people sitting on it, but Han Ye was very worried about Xue Yan's injury, and he didn't even notice the two people.
Xue Yan's vision has long been blurred, she looks at those hanging mountains, it seems that it is not far but it is difficult to climb to the sky, the winding mountain road in the distance is prohibitive, but now, how long can she hold on?
"Damn...... The body, the body, is not listening...... Silly melon, you don't care about me, let's go up the mountain by yourself first. Xue Yan gritted her teeth, her eyes were dark and bright, and her bloody legs were so shaky that she couldn't take another step forward.
"No, you've lost too much blood, I'll leave you alone, and you'll die soon!" Han Ye said, and hurriedly urged Xuanyuan True Qi to help Xue Yan heal his injuries, but the True Qi in his body was not running smoothly due to internal injuries, not only did he fail to alleviate Xue Yan's pain, but his body trembled violently, and Xue Yan fell to the ground with the weakness of his limbs, and the two of them couldn't get up anymore.
Han Ye looked at Xue Yan beside him, who had gone into shock, his limbs couldn't move, and he felt guilty in his heart, so he only said, "I'm sorry, good Yan'er, I couldn't take you up, and you suffered so much for me in vain." ”
At this time, two winds, one gray and one white, suddenly blew in the forest, the gray wind swept Xue Yan, and the white wind swept Han Ye, and both took the two of them to the stone chair on the side.
When Han Ye took a closer look, he found that there were two elders standing in front of him, one was dressed in a gray robe with white hair and beard, full of energy and vigor, and the other was dressed in a white robe with black hair and a little white in the beard, with an extraordinary aura and intimidating all directions!
The appearance of the white-robed man was over fifty years old, he glanced at the gray-robed old man, and said with a loud smile: "Senior brother, the master is still accurate, this child really went up from this mountain road." ”
The gray-robed man stroked his long beard and said, "The chess game is not finished yet, and when we are done, we will continue to play." ”
Han Ye was particularly vigilant, he didn't know whether the two people in front of him were friends or enemies, but at this moment, even if the two had other plans, he could no longer do anything, so he had to remain silent and watch the changes, he swept his eyes away, and saw that there was a game of chess on the table next to him, if these two people were members of the Demon Eradication Society, how could they stay at the foot of the mountain and play chess leisurely?
Han Ye was still thinking about this problem, and the gray-robed old man said to the white-robed man: "Don't talk much, senior brother Shouzheng, you heal this young man, and I will help the girl recover." ”
The white-robed man nodded, came behind Han Ye, held his shoulder with his left hand, and gathered a stream of fiery red true qi with his right hand and pressed it on his back.
After a while, a warm current poured into Han Ye's body, which made his heart flutter, Han Ye opened his eyes wide in surprise, and turned his head to look at Shouzheng behind him, but saw that the white-robed man had a layer of fiery red qi lingering on his body, and it was actually the ninth Xuanyuan True Qi! As we all know, the Xuanyuan Heart Method is the secret heart method of Shu Mountain, since this person has cultivated the Xuanyuan True Qi to the ninth level, it is enough to prove that he is a master of Shu Mountain, Han Ye thought of this and no longer doubted, and concentrated on soothing the meridians.
"If you cultivate Xuanyuan's true qi to the eighth level at a young age, you must have had a lot of adventures, no wonder you don't even pay attention to the thousand-year-old female ghost." Shouzheng smiled and said, "It's a pity, just having a deep true qi, but not using it well, it is often difficult, right?" Seeing Han Ye nodded, Shouzheng said again: "I have already received Lin Yin's letter, he said that you are his good friend, it seems that I have to sell him face and teach you a few tricks, hahaha!" ”
Han Yexuan didn't expect that the people of Shushan had already prepared to greet him, and couldn't help but put aside all his doubts, and asked in a respectful voice: "Senior, why did I train Xuanyuan True Qi to the eighth level, but I couldn't even heal my internal injuries?" ”
Shou Zheng said with a smile: "Xuanyuan True Qi can only heal external injuries, and internal injuries can only be healed with the help of other people with advanced internal strength, if internal and external injuries can be easily cured, there are many people in the martial arts who are anxious to practice this kung fu." However, they didn't know that Xuanyuan's true qi had to be practiced to the ninth level or above before it could really show its power, and when they practiced to this level, they believed that they would live for hundreds of years without dying of old age, so most of them would have no chance with cultivating immortals. ”
Han Ye listened to Shouzheng's words, and went to Xue Yan's side again, but saw that the gray-robed old man was stretching out his right palm and placing it half a foot away from Xue Yan's legs, and bursts of white fairy wind came out of his palm, and where the fairy wind reached, the pain suddenly decreased and the wound gradually closed, which was really mysterious!
Seeing that Xue Yan's face was gradually ruddy and her eyebrows were stretched, Han Ye was also relieved, and asked Shouzhengdao: "Which immortal method did that senior use?" ”
Shouzheng said indifferently: "It's also Xuanyuan's true qi." ”
Han Yexiu frowned and said, "I have never seen a white Xuanyuan True Qi, could it be that the tenth level of Xuanyuan True Qi that Master said - the realm of the sea?" ”
"The Reaper Yama knows too little." Shou Zheng Dao: "Once a mortal cultivates to the ninth level, he can become an immortal, and he can fly to the heavenly realm when he practices to the tenth level, at present, there are five people in our Shu Mountain who have reached the ninth level, and Senior Brother Changfeng and my master Taihe Zhenren have cultivated to the tenth level, my master said, it seems that there is a higher realm, I have never seen it." ”
"There is a higher realm?" Han Ye thought that the realm of the sea was extremely difficult, but he didn't expect that Xuanyuan's true qi could still be practiced, so he asked curiously: "What kind of realm is that?" ”
Shouzheng shook his head and said, "Naturally, I haven't seen it, young man, if you have the opportunity, maybe you can see it." ”
Besides, Xue Yan was healed by the immortal qi, and the injuries on her feet had healed, she slowly woke up from her coma, and Changfeng smiled happily: "Girl, the thorns in Shu are thick, look at the previous situation, you carried that young man alone?" ”
Xue Yan looked around blankly, and when she saw Han Ye who was healing, she immediately put it down and asked Changfeng, "Yes, what's wrong old man?" Did you save me and the dumb melon? ”
Changfeng heard Xue Yan call him an old man, but he was not angry at all, stroked his white beard, and said with a smile: "It is indeed me and my junior brother who saved you, you have all come here, if I don't welcome each other again, it will really be intolerable." ”
Xue Yanming's eyes moved, and he said to Changfeng: "Old man in gray robe, since you and your junior brother are so enthusiastic, simply help us stop those people from the Demon Eradication Association behind." ”
Han Yesheng was afraid that Xue Yan would anger the people of Shushan, so he hurriedly said, "Yan'er, don't be rude to your predecessors. ”
"Hehe, it's okay." Changfeng smiled straightforwardly and said: "The old man is the head of Shushan, the road name is Changfeng, just call the name." ”
Shouzheng also immediately introduced: "Poor Dao is the true martial elder of Shushan, and the Dao number is upright, and you can also call it by name." As he spoke, he said: "Young man, you have a lot of connections with Shushan, and you are a person that Lin Yin values, you can come here for help if you have any difficulties in the future, and you don't have to be formal." ”
Xue Yan was puzzled when she saw this, and raised her eyebrows and said: "You stinky Taoist priests love to make tricks, since you say that Dugua and Shushan are quite related, why didn't you help him earlier?" He's been out there all these years, you know? ”
"We naturally know that it's just that Han Wei's central bank is secretive, and even martial arts people can't figure it out, how can we find him?" Changfeng stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "Besides, Han Shaoxia is dedicated to resolving martial arts grievances for his teacher, and he has never thought of coming to Shushan for eight years. ”
Of course Xue Yan understands this truth, no matter what Shushan says, it is also known as the number one sect of the Immortal Dao, and sending disciples to invite people to go up the mountain is already to give face, if the hot face meets the cold buttocks, it will inevitably become the laughing stock of the immortal family, despite this, she still has to hum unconvinced to show her displeasure.
Han Ye was quite understanding, and only said: "The notoriety of the family teacher has long been spread in the rivers and lakes, although he is the apprentice of the Changkong Dao Chief, but killing people indiscriminately is bound to violate the rules of the sect, so it is reasonable for Shushan not to count him as a disciple of this sect." As his apprentice, I naturally don't dare to have anything to do with Shushan, and I never say that I am a Shushan faction when I walk the rivers and lakes, so that everyone will not go to Shushan for trouble, and I have peace of mind. ”
Shou Zhengdao: "Zhang Kuo is not good, but the apprentice I received is deeply liked, now the martial arts crooked trend is growing, every time I think of this, I am heartbroken, I have heard of what you have done in the past eight years, you are persevering, sincere temperament, maybe you can correct this unhealthy trend in the world, so it is natural for Lin Yin to have high hopes for you." ”
Xue Yan muttered in a low voice, "What is the origin of this person?" is obviously a Taoist priest, but he cares so much about martial arts, it's strange. ”
Changfeng stroked his beard and laughed: "Senior brother, you said that he couldn't become a big climate, and now you praise him like this, which is incomprehensible. ”
Shouzheng looked up to the sky and smiled, "Hahaha! My brother made fun of me again, I didn't say what kind of climate he has become now! As he spoke, Shouzheng suddenly shot two rays of essence in his eyes, looked at Han Ye, and said, "However, if I teach you a few more tricks, you can really become a great weapon!" ”
Han Ye was stunned when he heard this, but Xue Yan rushed to say: "Okay, good, this is what you said, you call yourself the true martial arts elder of Shushan, and the martial arts and Taoism are naturally strong, you are a big man, you can't break your word, and if you break your word, you will be an old turtle!" Hee-hee! Xue Yan not only didn't say anything upright and displeased, but also made him laugh openly, at this time, suddenly heard a faint noise and footsteps from behind, Xue Yan immediately froze his smiling face, and said hurriedly: "Oh no, it's too bad, after so long of delay, they finally chased after me!" ”
Changfeng and Shouzheng seemed to have already understood, Shouzheng withdrew his palm, breathed a little, got up and said to Han Ye: "Your injuries have healed six or seven percent, and the rest of the injuries will go to the mountain for another treatment. ”
Xue Yan heard this meaning and knew that Shouzheng wanted the abbot to be fair, so she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "What about us?" What are we going to do? ”
Changfeng touched his long beard and said: "You just sit next to me and watch me and my junior brother play chess, you don't have to speak, there is a way, watching chess is a true gentleman." ”
Han Ye understood that Changfeng's words were a pun, which was to let him and Xue Yan watch chess, and it was clearly to tell them not to watch a good show. And his sentence "watching chess and not saying a word is a true gentleman" even said that Han Ye and Xue Yan are gentlemen, what are those martial arts people who come in an uproar? Think about it, and you know.
But Han Ye thought to himself, there are six sects that came to Shu this time, although Wang De retreated with the strong sect, the remaining five factions also sent at least hundreds of people to come, although Changfeng and Shouzheng are masters of the Taoist sect, it is not easy to block so many people, so he reminded: "The two seniors have the heart to protect the juniors, and the juniors are grateful, but they are all famous sects in martial arts, if the two of them form a bond with them for me......"
"So what?" Shouzheng didn't wait for Han Ye to finish speaking, put his hands behind his back, looked at the front with a majestic bearing, and said, "It's the entire martial arts here, and I'm enough for one person!" After so many years, I don't know if those descendants have grown! They came to trouble you, and I just happened to see what kind of rabble they had become, ant gatherers! Shouzheng said, snorted coldly again, and said, "Hmph, the Demon Elimination Society, it's so majestic!" ”
Changfeng knew that Shouzheng was really angry, so he hurriedly took his hand and sat on the stone bench next to him, and said, "Come on, come on, junior brother, let's finish playing chess." ”
Shouzheng stopped talking, only flicked his sleeves, and sat on the stone bench, continuing to play with Changfeng, while Han Ye and Xue Yan sat on the two stone benches next to them, watching chess while waiting for the arrival of the demon exterminator.