178 Flying Immortals
For the next two days, the mountain road was difficult and dangerous, but without the drag of those guards and attendants, the people did not walk too slowly.
The guide is a local, who makes a living by picking bird's nests on the cliffs, and is used to walking on this rugged mountain road.
Ba Tianshi Ba Situ has excellent martial arts, and he also happens to specialize in light skills, and his body is vigorous, which is not inferior to the crane in the clouds that has been ambushed.
Only Zhong Ling is still young and is a little lacking in light skills, but with Meng Xiuyuan on his side to help him from time to time, he is not very difficult.
In this way, the four of them went down to the deep valley, climbed the peak, crossed the river and crossed the forest, and finally reached the end of the road at noon on this day.
"Meng Gongzi, this swallow picker said, go around this mountain again, and we will arrive."
Ba Tianshi listened to the guide's native words, leaned over to Meng Xiuyuan's side, and respectfully translated to him.
Since this journey, this Ba Situ Yue has been in contact with Meng Xiuyuan, and he has admired this Meng Gongzi more and more from the bottom of his heart, so his respectful attitude at this time is not just because of Duan Zhengming's orders.
Meng Xiuyuan nodded when he heard this, his heart was full of anticipation, but Zhong Ling on the side frowned, and said to him seriously:
"Brother Meng, you have to look at this 'Immortal Changchun Valley', let's just take a look outside, but don't go in.
If you are trapped inside, you will never be able to get out for the rest of your life. ”
Meng Xiuyuan smiled slightly when he heard this, and reassured her:
"Don't worry, I won't let you take the risk.
I'll go in by myself later, and you and Basitu will go back to Dali together."
After coming out for so long, you should have had enough of playing in the mountains and rivers.
If you really don't want to go home, I'll talk to Basitu later, and ask him to arrange for you to live in Dali City for a few days.
You are my friend, and the Dali royal family will not treat you badly. ”
Although he hasn't known this little girl for too long, Meng Xiuyuan is grateful to her for helping him find the reckless Zhu Clam, and secondly, he also likes her to be simple and cute, so he really regards her as a friend, and thinks carefully for Zhong Ling when he speaks.
But he didn't want to, but Zhong Ling shook his head vigorously when he heard this, and refused to Meng Xiuyuan:
"Brother Meng, what do you want. I mean, don't let you go in.
If...... What if something happens to you inside and you can't get out?
How come a person of your age doesn't think about danger at all?! ”
Zhong Ling frowned tightly as he spoke, although he knew that Meng Xiuyuan had never listened to her very much, but he still couldn't help but persuade him.
Meng Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled, ignored her, and only continued to stride forward.
Seeing this, Zhong Ling understood that he couldn't persuade Meng Xiuyuan, so he wanted to bow his head and give up. But he thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't help it, and raised his head to Meng Xiuyuan and asked:
"Brother Meng, do you have a particularly powerful enemy who killed your parents and relatives?"
Meng Xiuyuan was stunned when he heard this, he didn't understand the little girl's brain circuit, and frowned and asked:
"No, who did you listen to?"
Zhong Ling shook his head and explained to Meng Xiuyuan:
"I didn't hear from anyone, I just think that there must be some important reason why your kung fu is so high, and you are willing to take such a risk for the sake of practice."
"Haha" Meng Xiuyuan was happy when he heard this, and said to Zhong Ling:
"What you said, people in the rivers and lakes, who doesn't want to practice their kung fu better.
Don't say that this is just to go on an expedition, that is, there are many people who self-mutilate their bodies and cut off their desires, what is my point. ”
Zhong Ling shook his head again, still disapproving of Meng Xiuyuan's words:
"That's because their kung fu is not good, they are bullied by others, and their lives are not guaranteed, so they have to take risks.
Like Brother Meng, you are already invincible in martial arts, so why bother.
Do you really have to practice to become an immortal before you stop? ”
Meng Xiuyuan originally thought that Zhong Ling was messing around, but after listening carefully, he found that this little girl was thinking a lot, so he simply discussed it with her seriously:
"If you can really practice to become an immortal, what's wrong?
Don't you want to be a god? ”
Zhong Ling pondered for a long time, and then calmly replied:
"If being an immortal is like you, Brother Meng, who only thinks about practicing and seeking the Tao all day long, and doesn't do anything else, then I'd rather not be an immortal.
Isn't that kind of life, even if it can last for hundreds or thousands of years? ”
Meng Xiuyuan was stunned when he heard this, and immediately wanted to say something to refute it, but when the words came to his mouth, he was a little speechless.
Because he subconsciously recalled that in this life in the Tianlong World, except for his filial piety to Qiao Sanhuai and his wife, the rest seemed to be really just practicing martial arts and seeking Taoism.
Compared with the Wudang Meng Shaoxia in the previous life, Meng Xiuyuan's life in this life has become much monotonous.
For ten years, he came and went, as if something was urging him behind him, and he never slowed down, but kept walking on the road to becoming stronger.
For a while, Meng Xiuyuan couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and found that he had never thought about this problem, and there was something wrong with the secret path.
"Look, Brother Meng, you also think what I said makes sense, right?!"
Seeing that Meng Xiuyuan was silent and worried, Zhong Ling knew that his words had touched him, and immediately continued:
"If you want me to say, let's take a look at that 'Immortal Changchun Valley' from a distance later, and then turn back.
There was nothing but trees and stones in the mountain, and it was suffocated. ”
Meng Xiuyuan was silent when he heard this, ignored the little girl's words, and only lowered his head to think.
It wasn't until half an hour later that he breathed a sigh of relief and raised his head again.
After a while, Meng Xiuyuan had roughly sorted out his thoughts and figured out the reason why his mentality was different from his previous life.
First, because after crossing again, knowing that he would not die in only one world, he subconsciously regarded himself as a passerby, did not invest too much in the people and things around him, and was in a hurry to walk towards the end of this road.
The second is that I always think in my heart that there are still people waiting for me in the Yitian world, for fear of delaying my steps.
All of this is natural, and there is nothing wrong with that.
It's just that Zhong Ling's words did give him a wake-up call, being too eager to achieve results is not good for cultivation, and it is still necessary to grasp the measure.
After all, ordinary life can be regarded as a kind of cultivation.
The more you practice in the future, the higher the requirements for your state of mind. The "martial arts obstacles" of the free school martial arts mentioned by the sweeping monk are also related to this, and it is natural to pay attention to them.
Meng Xiuyuan figured this out, and when he raised his head and looked at Zhong Ling again, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and said sincerely:
"Miss Zhong, thank you for the reminder, I have benefited a lot.
In life, there really shouldn't be only martial arts cultivation, and I will pay attention to it in the future.
But this 'Immortal Changchun Valley', I still have to go.
I'm confident that nothing will go wrong, you can rest assured. ”
After saying that, Meng Xiuyuan didn't say anything more, and seeing that Ba Tianshi had already gone away in front of him, he immediately rushed away with Zhong Ling's luck.
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Bypassing the last bare stone mountain, and going straight up with the mountain road in the rugged area, the four of them came to a deep stream, the terrain was cut off, and there was no way forward.
"Meng Gongzi, this swallow picker said that there is the Immortal Changchun Valley......"
Ba Tianshi pointed to the opposite side of the deep stream, and said to Meng Xiuyuan with a slight hesitation.
He looked a little embarrassed at this time, and secretly said that he had messed up his errand today, and he couldn't help but blame himself very much in his heart.
Because of the position of the "Ageless Changchun Valley" on his finger, it seems that it is absolutely impossible to get over now.
The cliffs on both sides of this deep stream are more than ten zhang away, and the cliff on the opposite side is four or five zhang higher than Meng Xiuyuan's side.
When I looked up like this, I could only see some tall trees growing on the cliff over there, and there were long vines growing on the trees, but I couldn't see the situation in the valley at all.
"No wonder it is said that the people in the valley will die of old age when they leave the valley, such a cliff, even if they are light and healthy, strong in martial arts, and can leap out of the vines by the height difference, they will definitely not be able to go back.
Once this is out of the valley, there is no chance to even think about regretting it......"
Seeing this, Zhong Ling was happy, and felt that Meng Xiuyuan should not be able to venture into the valley this time.
After all, no matter how good Meng Xiuyuan is in light and strong in internal strength, as long as he doesn't have wings, there will never be a reason to fly so high and so far in one leap.
Ba Tianshi asked the guide for a long time before he sighed deeply, walked over and said to Meng Xiu again:
"Meng Gongzi, it's me who is not doing well, and I didn't ask clearly when I came before.
The swallow picker said that this is already the only entrance to this 'Immortal Changchun Valley'.
I thought that he knew where the entrance was, so he must have a way to enter, but I didn't think that he was just listening to the legend of his father's generation.
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Alas, I ...... I'll figure it out again. ”
While lamenting, Ba Tianshi did not give up, bowed his head and walked to the edge of the cliff.
He first picked up a fist-sized rock and threw it into the deep stream to see how deep it was.
I didn't know that the stone was thrown down for a long time, but there was no movement at all, and then I looked at the black deep stream, like a bottomless abyss.
Knowing that this road was impassable, Ba Tianshi took out the weapon and iron staff hanging on his waist and stabbed it into the ground, wanting to test the density of the land and see if he could build a bridge to get out.
But as soon as he hit the ground with his iron rod, he heard the sound of "Carrara". Ba Tianshi felt bad in his heart, and suddenly used the strength of his life to jump backwards, and the next moment, the few feet on the edge of the cliff turned into rubble and fell straight to the deep ravine.
Seeing this scene, everyone was amazed, no one expected that the stone on the edge of the cliff was so fragile, and they all hurriedly took a few steps back.
"In this way, it is not possible to build a bridge.
Brother Meng, let's not waste time, let's go back quickly. ”
Zhong Ling was happy again in his heart, and then muttered in Meng Xiuyuan's ear.
Meng Xiuyuan ignored her when he heard this, but said that it was the endless road, and looked around to see if there was anything that could help.
Soon, he saw a few small trees as thick as a wrist not far away, growing crookedly, and he couldn't help but light up in front of him, and immediately ran over.
A few fingers up and down, left and right, the "Six Veins Divine Sword" Qi Sword vertical and horizontal, when even the roots of these small trees were cut off, and the leaves of the side branches were removed, leaving only a few bare trunks.
When Zhong Ling and the others saw Meng Xiuyuan coming back with a few small trees, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, and they couldn't understand what he was going to do.
In line with the principle of seeking truth from facts, Ba Tianshi stepped forward to persuade
"Meng Gongzi, your small tree trunks are too short and thin, even if they are tied, they are far less than the opposite cliff, and they are extremely easy to break and unable to bear the weight.
I can't do it, I'll have someone find a way to chop some wood and send it up the mountain......"
As soon as Ba Tianshi's words came out, he felt a little disobedient. Those soldiers couldn't climb up this steep mountain road, and how could they have the ability to carry timber up.
Meng Xiuyuan immediately smiled when he heard this, and then said to Ba Tianshi:
"Don't worry, I know in my heart that I won't be brutal."
As he spoke, Meng Xiuyuan walked to the edge of the cliff with the few small trees on his own and stood still, looked at the cliff opposite and fell into deep thought, and did not act for a long time.
"Ba Situ, what did you say Brother Meng was standing there motionless?
Could it be that he is not sure and can't get off the stage, that's why it's like this.
If you want us to go over and persuade him, just forget it. ”
Zhong Ling came to Ba Tianshi's side and asked him secretly.
Ba Tianshi couldn't help but laugh out loud, and replied to Zhong Ling:
"Miss Zhong, you really know how to laugh. What kind of character Meng Gongzi is, you should know better than me.
A peerless master like him can act with confidence, so why don't we lay people need to worry. ”
Sure enough, as if to confirm what Ba Tianshi said, as soon as his words fell, Meng Xiuyuan suddenly moved.
I saw that this Meng Shaoxia made a decisive move, lifted a tree trunk, and threw it diagonally upwards like a javelin thrown to the opposite side.
Obviously, it seemed that it had no force, but as soon as the trunk of the tree was moved, there was a "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air, turning into a phantom and leaping into the deep stream, straight into the opposite cliff face, only a few feet away from the top of the cliff.
"Meng Gongzi is a good method!"
Ba Tianshi's eyes lit up, and he immediately applauded.
With Meng Xiuyuan's trick, he only needs to throw a live buckle knot to lassothe tree trunk, and things will be simple in the future.
Unbeknownst to him, he was just happy for a while, when he saw that the rock wall opposite was shattered in large pieces, and together with the tree trunk, it suddenly fell into the bottomless abyss.
Obviously, the cliff on the opposite side is the same as Meng Xiuyuan's side, and the stone is quite fragile, even if this tree trunk is inserted into it, it can't stand.
Ba Tianshi was helpless when he saw this, but when the manpower was exhausted, if Tiangong did not make a beauty, it would be difficult for a peerless martial art like Meng Xiuyuan to work.
It was really a dereliction of duty on his part, not to find out the situation here clearly, and to act rashly, which would be so difficult.
But he didn't want to, Meng Xiuyuan, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, was not discouraged, lifted a small tree trunk, weighed it twice, and threw it towards the cliff over there.
This time, Meng Xiuyuan's strength was obviously much lighter, and his strength was also soft, obviously learning the lesson of the last time.
It's just that the ending is still not very satisfying, the small trunk hit the opposite rock wall, but instead of inserting it, it bounced and flew back upside down because of its own toughness and Meng Xiuyuan's flexibility.
Seeing this situation, Meng Xiu couldn't help but nodded, as if he already had a grasp in his heart.
"Ba Situ, I still ask you to help me send this Miss Zhong back to Dali City and take good care of it.
I don't know how long I'll stay in this valley, but as soon as I get out of the valley, I will go back to Dali to find you first. ”
After speaking, without waiting for Ba Tianshi to answer, Meng Xiuyuan lifted the third trunk and threw it straight to the opposite cliff.
It's just that unlike the previous two times, as soon as he shot the trunk this time, he immediately leaped forward and floated straight to the opposite cliff.
"Meng Gongzi?!" "Brother Meng, don't!"
Ba Tianshi and Zhong Ling couldn't help but exclaim when they saw this scene, but they didn't have time to stop it.
Seeing that Meng Xiuyuan had just flown over half the width of the abyss, his body had begun to gradually fall, and the two of them had already wanted to close their eyes in pain, not daring to look down.
But he didn't want to, the next moment things suddenly took a turn for the better, and Meng Xiuyuan actually jumped up again in mid-air with his strength, and continued to float towards the opposite cliff like a light leaf.
Looking closely, it turned out that the tree trunk he had just thrown hit the opposite stone wall and bounced back, just falling at the foot of Meng Xiuyuan, giving him a volley kick, and falling straight into the abyss like a sharp arrow.
In this way, Meng Xiuyuan took advantage of this trunk to make a "double jump", and he really arrived at the opposite stone wall.
It's just that at this time, the crisis has not been resolved, Meng Xiu is still four or five zhang away from the top of the cliff, and the stone wall is smooth and fragile, and there is no place to grasp and climb, which can be described as almost a dead end.
Zhong Ling and the others were frowning, but they saw Meng Xiuyuan suddenly pull out the iron sword at his waist, and luckily stabbed it against the stone wall.
Although the stone wall was fragile and shattered at the touch, Meng Xiuyuan was enough to get out of danger with this short-term help, and his body flew up six or seven feet in an instant.
This was repeated several times, and in the sound of "bang-la-la-la" gravel, Meng Xiuyuan was already standing on the top of the cliff opposite in one leap.
Ba Tianshi and Zhong Ling here watched the whole process, only to feel at a loss in their minds, and they couldn't believe it at all.
The two were silent for a long time before the silence was broken by Naba Tianshi:
"Miss Zhong, I think you don't need to worry about Meng Gongzi's accident at all.
With a character like him, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is an immortal in the world, even if there is really any evil in the valley, he will definitely not be hurt.
You just have to take care of yourself and wait for him to come back. ”
Zhong Ling was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he saw that Meng Xiuyuan, who had "flew" to the opposite side, his face was as usual, and he was still in the mood to wave his hand at her, and he couldn't help but nod deeply, feeling that this Ba Situ's words were very reasonable.
This Brother Meng, Xu is really going to become an immortal.