Chapter 21 Manglong Mountain
Manglong Mountain, known as the spine of Kyushu, is the first male mountain in the vast continent!
It stretches for tens of thousands of miles from east to west, runs through the junction of the three major states of Yanyun, Mobei and Youyuan, and is famous for its majestic and steep and numerous branches.
The vast mountains are hidden in the canyons that are thousands of feet deep, and the mountains are verdant and snow-capped, providing a shelter for countless demon beasts and spirit birds, and the idle people will never dare to go deep into them.
Qin Yun raised his head and looked at the towering mountains in the distance, and his heart was relieved.
Like the other newcomers of the Qin clan, he got up very early today, packed his bags and set out on his journey to Manglong Mountain to complete the first family mission.
However, unlike others, Qin Yun was alone, which made him somewhat withdrawn among the crowds of disciples.
And for the children of newcomers, the experience of going out on a mission for the first time is undoubtedly new.
Along the way, they talked and laughed excitedly, encouraging and blessing each other, as if the treasures of Manglong Mountain were waiting for them to pick.
Some people even have a better vision, you must know that the mountain gate of the Heavenly City Sword Sect is in the Manglong Mountain, and they may meet the people of the Sword Sect when they go into the mountain to collect medicine.
Qin Yun was not as naïve as these children, he didn't have those unrealistic illusions in his heart at all, he just thought about how many green leaf grasses he could collect in seven days, and what if he couldn't complete the task.
For this mission, Qin Yun made careful preparations.
He brought the Qinggang Sword, and bought a good hunting bow and hunting knife in the weapon shop in Thousand Tides City, plus the supplies and medicine collection tools used in the field, he was definitely fully armed.
But his appearance of crossing the sword and carrying the bow attracted a lot of ridicule.
"Where did this Orion come from? Do our Qi Refining Realm martial artists still need to use bows and arrows to collect medicines? Laughing dead!"
"Hillbillies are hillbillies, and they really regard medicine collection as a big deal, as long as you follow me, you can guarantee that you can complete the task!"
"Big brother, I heard that you heard about the growth area of the green leaf grass from the Danyao Hall?"
"Okay, there is Manglong Mountain in front, everyone can act on their own!" The steward who led the team in front stopped, turned to the group of disciples and said loudly: "Remember to pay attention to safety, don't go deep into the mountains, the demon beasts there are not something you can deal with, and it will be a big trouble if you get lost!"
"Got it!" shouted the children.
In fact, they had heard similar warnings several times, but the arrogant children did not take it too seriously.
Seeing their impatience, the steward couldn't help but shake his head.
He'd seen too many of these newcomers, but reality taught them a lesson, but some of them might have to pay the heaviest price for it.
And what the Qin family needs is those children who have been tempered in hardships and dangers, and those who have sacrificed have also been sacrificed, except for their relatives, no one cares too much.
The competition within the big family is always inspiring and cruel!
Hundreds of children entered the mountain, like hundreds of drops of water falling into the sea, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Taking a deep breath of fresh air mixed with the smell of woods, mud and grass, Qin Yun climbed towards a mountain range alone.
After half an hour of climbing, there was no sign of any other children around, the dense woods covered the sky and the sun was silent and cold, and from the depths of the forest came a faint chirping of birds and birds.
This is the outer edge of Manglong Mountain, there are no wild beasts, and ordinary mountain people and hunters can also set foot on it, so Qin Yun didn't expect to find valuable green leaf grass in this area.
He observed his surroundings from high on the mountain and chose a direction to move on.
The mountains and forests became more and more luxuriant, and there were no ready-made roads to walk in the woodlands, but Qin Yun had several years of hunting experience and was even more familiar with the environment of mountain forests, so he quickly found a beast path hidden in the bushes and vines.
Using the hunting knife he carried with him to split through the vine branches that stood in his way, he carefully walked forward step by step.
Whoops!
Seeing that Qin Yun was about to walk out of the woods, the grass in front of him suddenly shook violently, and a huge black-skinned wild boar swooped out from inside.
Like all beasts whose territory has been invaded, it opened its blood-red eyes angrily, its snow-white fangs raised high, and it lowered its head and rushed straight towards Qin Yun, revealing its fierce true colors!
One pig, two bears, three tigers! A face-to-face encounter with an enraged adult wild boar in the woods will make even seasoned hunters shy away.
However, the current Qin Yun is not the little hunter he used to be, the moment the black-skinned wild boar rushed in front of him, he suddenly dodged to the left, and the hunting knife changed from his right hand to his left hand.
Boom!
Qinggang's sword is unsheathed!
I saw a flash of sword light, and the head of the wild boar that was running wildly by Qin Yun's side fell.
Blood gushed from the open neck, and the headless corpse continued to run forward a few steps before collapsing to the ground.
Qin Yun put away the Qinggang sword, very satisfied with his reaction and the speed of the sword.
Relying only on the combination of the two basic sword styles of the sword drawing style and the sword slashing style, he killed an adult black-skinned wild boar between breaths, which he could not do before.
Looking at the prey on the ground with some regret, Qin Yun turned around and left.
He came to collect medicine to complete the family task, and no matter how fat the prey was, it was not worth wasting time to clean up.
But what Qin Yun didn't expect was that in the next three days, he would find almost nothing.
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I don't know the true face of the dragon, only because I am in this mountain!
In the past three days, Qin Yun has climbed over the mountains, flowed through the mountains and forests, and almost lost his way several times.
The climate in the mountains is unpredictable, the sky is still clear in the morning, and suddenly it will be foggy and rainy, and the temperature difference between day and night is extremely large, if it is not for Qin Yun's full preparation, it will definitely have to suffer enough.
The mountains seemed endless, and the reckless mountains rose and fell, and as his footsteps gradually extended deeper into the mountains, the trail of wild beasts became more and more.
Although the truly threatening demon beast had not yet been encountered, Qin Yun knew that if he continued to move forward, it was very likely that he would encounter such a terrifying beast.
The so-called demon beasts refer to the tigers, leopards, jackals and other fierce beasts in the natural world, because they swallowed the elixir foreign body by chance, or suddenly opened the spiritual intelligence, so as to obtain special abilities by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, day and night essence to produce abnormal changes.
The demon beasts are also divided into different levels, the low-level demon beasts are infinitely powerful and fierce, or they are invulnerable and run like flying, while the high-level demon beasts swallow clouds and spit out fog to control the five elements, and the strong people in the innate and Huagang realms are not left behind.
With Qin Yun's current strength of only one heavy heaven in the Qi Refining Realm, it was very dangerous to encounter a lowest-level demon beast.
It's better if you encounter spirit beasts, spirit beasts are different from demon beasts, most of them are docile rabbits, deer, cows, horses, birds, fish and insects, as long as they don't provoke urgency, they usually don't take the initiative to attack people.
But knowing the danger, Qin Yun didn't want to give up his first family mission.
The grass only grows in the rocky crevices of the shady mountain wall, and he doesn't know how many mountain rock walls he searched, but he didn't find a single blade of grass.
Seeing that nearly half of the time of the task had passed, Qin Yun was inevitably a little anxious in his heart.
He also understood that since the green leaf grass was very valuable, there must be many people who came to the mountains to pick it, and it was normal for this herb to become extinct on the outskirts of the mountains over the years.
However, as the so-called hard work pays off, on the fourth day in a small valley that is inaccessible, Qin Yun finally made a discovery.
In the crevices of the moss-covered mountain wall, several green blades of grass poked their heads out, and one of the fat blades of grass was still stuck with crystal dewdrops.
That's right, that's it!
Qin Yun, who was clinging to the rock wall of the valley, couldn't help but wave his fist, a happy smile on his face.
These are the same grasses he has been looking for for days, and they are still in a nest!
Biye grass is a perennial herb, its medicinal power is closely related to the year, only one blade of grass grows a year, the more leaves, the stronger the medicinal effect.
There were three plants of the nest of blue-leaved grasses that Qin Yun found, the largest one in the middle had at least ten leaves, and the left and right two plants also had as many as five or six leaves, far exceeding the requirements of the family task.
But happy to be happy, Qin Yun was not carried away by joy, he took out the medicine box from his backpack, took off the medicine hoe and prepared to take the three green leaf grasses into his bag.
Collecting medicine is not a strange thing for Qin Yunlai, he used to follow Qin Yang into the Yunwu Mountain to collect medicine when he was a child, and when he grew up, he even collected medicine alone and sold it in Dajing Town, in order to subsidize his family.
Shout!
The medicine hoe had just reached over, and suddenly a green shadow burst out of the crack in the rock like lightning, hitting Qin Yun's right hand.
Completely out of instinct, Qin Yun retracted his arm without thinking, and the green shadow hit the medicine hoe head-on.
The scene in front of him made him break out in a cold sweat!
I saw a slender green snake the thickness of a thumb opening its mouth and biting the handle of the hoe, its curved fangs deeply embedded in the wood, and the back half of the green snake's body was still hidden in the rock crevice.
If his reaction just now was a little slower, he would inevitably be bitten on the wrist by this green snake with a triangular head, then the consequences would really be unpredictable.
This is undoubtedly Qin Yun's carelessness.
He knew that many elixirs were guarded by demon beasts and spirit beasts, and some good grass blades might also be guarded by insects and beasts, but he didn't expect that there was a poisonous snake hidden in such a narrow rock crevice, and he almost suffered a big loss.
However, the green snake bit too hard, and the poisonous fangs were embedded in the hoe handle and the head could not be retracted, which also gave Qin Yun the best chance to fight back.
Without hesitation, he pulled out the hunting knife stuck in his waist with his left hand and cut off the head of the green snake with one sword.
Although this hunting knife is far less sharp than the Qinggang sword, it is also a fine product that has been forged for hundreds of years, and it is not difficult to kill this kind of insect beast, unless the other party is a demon beast-level existence.
The body of the snake curled up into the rock crevice, and the lonely snake head was still biting the medicine hoe, and a little venom could not stop oozing out from the mouth of the tooth.