Chapter 39 Gathering of Storms
The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings, and the people in the building do not need to worry.
There are more strong players in the strong, and there are hermits behind them.
I looked at the back of Haohai and the two of them, and I actually felt a little guilty in my heart, after all, this time I came to Huashan to consume Haohai, and in the end, I came to let people wander around in this small county, and they were cast into a kind of illusion.
But there is no way, this time Shanghua Mountain is indeed dangerous, there are too many uncertainties, I have to consider their safety, and I can only make this decision, I think to myself, I can only wait for the opportunity to make up for them in the future.
When a few of us got out of the hotel, we found that today's weather was not too good, a little drowsy, and it felt very depressing, as if it would snow today.
I ran to the ticket office to buy three tickets, I entered Huashan with Xiao Shi seniors, I was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery here in Huashan, I followed Xiao Shi and his wife, climbed to the height of Huashan, looked at the changing scenery around me, my heart is also full of emotion, the scenery here is indeed very beautiful, if there is no such thing, it is really a good place to travel.
I thought to myself, when I have leisure one day in the future, I can really, without any worries, to be able to go around all the famous mountains and rivers across the country, which is also a very pleasant thing in life.
Our cultivators' footsteps are very fast, and it didn't take long to come to the north peak of Huashan, and to the most famous Laojun furrow on the north peak, a deep stone cave under the cliff wall has attracted a lot of tourists.
Xiao Shi pointed to this cave and said to me: "It is said that the eight immortals traveled all over the world, came to Huashan, the head of the five mountains, and rested under the cliff wall of the north peak. But seeing that it was getting late, the clouds were thick, and it rained heavily. Tie Guan Li pointed to the cliff wall, and changed a cave, and the gods and immortals sat in the cave, watching the rain and drinking, so happy! It rained heavily all night, and in the early morning, when the rain passed and the sky was clear, the eight immortals walked out of the cave and saw a round of red sun spraying out, the scene was magnificent, so they made an appointment to come here again. In order to remember this good situation, Tie Guan Li took off the wine gourd he carried and put it in the hole, and the wine gourd fell to the ground and turned into a black urn. So, the north peak of the towering Huashan Mountain, there is this cave in the wall, there is a big urn in the hole, and the wine gourd put into the urn slowly changes into a black glazed urn, and the two urns grow into a whole, and there is no way to separate. ”
Under Xiao Shi's introduction, I was also very curious about this cave and wanted to enter the cave to find out, but at this moment, the sweat pores of my whole body suddenly appeared, and there was a feeling that danger was about to be approached.
The Xiao Shi behind them also noticed the danger coming, protected my side, and looked around.
In the crowd of browsing, there was an ordinary man figure slowly walking towards us, seeing that this person's appearance was not special, it was the kind of public face that would not be found if it was placed in the crowd, but he exuded an energy field that should not be underestimated.
When this man came to us, he smiled at us and nodded, and said, "Hello three Taoist friends, I have come to invite three of you on the order of my lord, and please move to the back of the mountain for a while. ”
Xiao Shishi stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Dare to ask who your father-in-law is?" Looking for us for something? ”
The man said: "When the three of you get there, my lord will naturally explain it to you, please!" As he spoke, the man made a gesture of please.
Xiao Shi nodded to us, nodded to us and signaled to follow him, so everyone followed him to see what was going on. The man walked very fast, and we followed him closely behind him and walked behind the mountain.
In fact, the north peak of Huashan is not very big here, turned a few detours, there is a small open field in front, on a rock in the open field, there is a middle-aged man, he saw us coming, walked down from the rock, crossed his hands in front of his abdomen, calmly watched our arrival.
When we walked to the front of this middle-aged man, when I saw the man's appearance clearly, Xiao Shi and I couldn't help but be surprised, surprised that this person's appearance was too special, first of all, he gave us the feeling that he was not a Chinese, and he had a big earring on his ear, which looked more like a person from an ethnic minority, and secondly, he had a beard on his face, two eyes radiating a dazzling light, an eagle hooked nose and nostrils that looked a little turned outward, thick lips, and his skin looked dark, as if he had been oiled. What impressed us the most was his deep blue eyes.
When we saw each other, we didn't speak, just stood there and looked at each other quietly, as if we could see each other's strength from each other's appearance.
Xiao Shi broke the silence first, and hugged his fists at the man and said, "I don't know what this Daoist brother is called?" Is there anything wrong with calling us over? ”
Only then did the man on the other side retract his gaze at us, and introduced to everyone with a smile: "The next surname is Ji Mingtian, and it is a wandering people who live in the southern foothills of the Himalayas and are known as the 'Oriental Gypsies'. This time I came to Huashan because according to legend, there will be a strange treasure in the near future, and this strange treasure is very important to the people of our entire tribe, and it is a great help for our nation to enter the future. Now Huashan is full of forces on the surface and secretly, and you alone can't do it, so I came here to invite the three of you to join us to find this strange treasure together, if you are lucky enough to find it, you must be grateful in the next place. ”
After Xiao Shi squinted his eyes and listened to him, he did not answer his words immediately, but pondered for a while, raised his head and said to Ji Tian: "You should know who we are, this strange treasure will become an important force for us to fight against the evil camp, it can not only protect your people, this treasure can protect the entire earth, and we will use this strange treasure, it will be of great use in the future." ”
Ji Tian saw that we didn't agree with his suggestion, and he didn't hurry to continue: "Although I don't know what the specific function of this strange treasure is, but from the news we have gotten, we know that this strange treasure is an important tool to enter the future, so our tribe will never give up, I hope you will think about it carefully, and at the same time, I also promise you that after you help me get this thing, I can agree to any conditions you propose, including joining your alliance, how about it, think about it." ”
When Ji Tian said this, it was obvious that Xiao Shi's body was also shocked, I saw him standing there quietly, as if thinking about something, and then Xiao Shi looked up and said to Ji Tian: "We can't agree to your condition, this thing is not your nation, he belongs to the entire earthling, if you join our alliance to help us, we will definitely help you one day in the future, how about it?" ”
I listened to their conversation, and shook my head at this Ji Tian in front of me, thinking that this strange treasure was originally a key to start the moon, what is the use of you coming, it must be bewitched by someone.
Thinking of this, I also stepped forward and hugged my fists and said: "This senior, in Xia Dong Hyun, is a lay disciple in Buddhism, in fact, this strange treasure is really of no use to you, I don't know if you were bewitched by someone or what, I am afraid that the person who released this news to you has ulterior motives." ”
Ji Tian also frowned when he heard me say this, but he quickly recovered. said indifferently: "Since everyone can't talk about it, there is nothing to say, we are all our own masters, so we can only wait for the appearance of the treasure to discuss the short and long, farewell!" ”
After speaking, he turned around and walked away without delay, we looked at the back of his departure, everyone frowned, now for this key can be described as a group of heroes, not only are there people from the Evil Sky Alliance waiting for an opportunity to do it in secret, but now there is also a person from a tribe in the Himalayas, it seems that the road ahead is really a thorn.
Xiao Shi sighed at this time and said: "Alas, it seems that this trip to Huashan is not very easy to do, everyone must be vigilant, now let's go to the top, observe while walking, we are going to spend the night on the top of the mountain tonight." ”
I and my predecessors came to the place where Huashan specially rented clothes, brought our group's clothes well, and bought some dry food and water by the way, and then I followed Xiao Shi's predecessors and them to continue to move towards the mountain.
We practice people, the physical quality is really good, a few of us only took more than two hours, to climb the peak of the north peak, the north peak is suspended on all sides, the crown of the clouds, the lower through the leyline, majestic and unique, like the Yuntai, therefore, also known as the Yuntai Peak. There is a platform at the top of the top, and the predecessors of Xiao Shi said that this is a good place to look at the three peaks of Huashan Mountain and Canglongling in the south.
The three of us raised our eyes here and looked at the other three peaks of Huashan, they were really majestic and magnificent, a majestic momentum came into view, this was the first time in my life to stand on such a high top of the mountain to overlook the magnificent rivers and mountains.
At this time, Xiao Shi was by our side and said softly: "Let's rest in place first, and when we have recovered our energy, we will explore this place." ”
The three of us sat down separately, and I adjusted my breathing and began to run the mantra of the heart method, so that the internal exercises ran for a week. Xiao Shi's predecessors are also running their own exercises just like me.
Almost after a tea time, the three of us were in good spirits one by one, and I took advantage of this opportunity to ask Xiao Shi's senior about the background of Ji Tian just now.
I listened to Xiao Shi introduce me and said: "Listening to what Ji Tian said, it is true that they are called 'Oriental Gypsies', as far as I know, during the Great Flood of Antiquity, some of the original residents in the Himalayas survived, and in Nepal, at the southern foot of the Himalayas, there is a group of breathtaking 'natural wonders'. Today, of course, these so-called natural wonders have been proven not to be natural, but to be human. This is the Nepalese man-made cave complex, which is located near the village of Tselai along the Kaligandaki River in Nepal. There are probably more than 10,000 man-made caves found in the Himalayas. Even if only one person lives in each cave, then the tribe that inhabits this cave is obviously very strong. What if each cave was the home of a family, or three or five people? Can you imagine what it would be like to live in the middle of the mountains and mountains with such a large group of people? ”
While listening to the introduction, I sketched the picture in my mind, and at the same time, Xiao Shi is also popularizing an important message to all of us, when the prehistoric flood came, most of the people who were caught off guard were submerged by the flood, and some of them migrated to the high places for the rest of their lives and came to the southern foothills of the Himalayas.
Because there is no higher place than here, people choose to "stay here" here. Digging a cave above the surface of the water seems to be the easiest way to do it. It's as simple as us modern people making a hole in the ground where we can reach it.
Tucked away in the southern foothills of the majestic Himalayas, this cave complex is also so numerous that it is recognized as one of the world's greatest archaeological mysteries.
The people who lived there escaped by luck, and I don't know how long it passed, and the flood subsided. As a result, these caves, which were used for emergency shelter at that time, were also on cliffs high above the ground, and of course, they were not suitable for people to continue to live and live, so they were abandoned.
I listened to the predecessors of Xiao Shi briefly talk about some of the situation of Ji Tian and their clan, and I had a question in my heart, so I asked the predecessors of Xiao Shi, "It turns out that he is also a race left over from ancient times, does his race also inherit some things inherited from ancient times?" ”
Xiao Shi's predecessor nodded and said, "Yes, they inherited the power of the stars in ancient times, that is, by observing the positions of different constellations, they can predict some things. And this ability of theirs is sometimes very weird, unlike our oriental spells through their own cultivation, they are by borrowing some external forces to achieve their goals, so there are many things that have been passed down from ancient times, which cannot be understood by modern people, and some are indeed too incredible. "Senior Xiao Shi saw that I had understood, so he changed the topic.
Xiao Shi stood up and said to us: "Now that everyone is almost resting, it is still important to get down to business, everyone opens their own heavenly eye powers, explores each mountain peak separately, and if there is any problem, everyone will discuss it together." ”
The three of us found an open space and sat on the floor. Xiao Shi looks at the East Peak, I look at the South Peak, and Langyu looks at the West Peak, the three of us have a clear division of labor, we sit here, and the feeling to other tourists is that we close our eyes and rest in this place, because most of the tourists who can climb up are in such a state as us, and they are very tired.
When I looked at the south peak, this south peak is the highest peak in this Huashan, don't look at the north peak here is still a long distance from the south peak, but when I turn on the Tianshen Eye Communication, this distance is not a problem, all the scenery is enlarged in front of my eyes, so that I can see very clearly.
On the summit of the south peak, there is a stone pillar called "the root of China". The south peak is the real top of Mount Hua and is a well-deserved "head of Mount Hua". At the same time, I also found an iconic stone monument with the words 2154.90 meters above sea level.
I used the fastest speed to look at Nanfeng from top to bottom with Tianmu, and I didn't find any special landlords. I retracted my gaze and found that Xiao Shi and Lang Yu next to me were still meditating with their eyes closed.
I suddenly thought that maybe there might be a mistake in my observation, and I patted my head, how about the other space of the south peak of Huashan has not been observed, and I am really careless.
Thinking of this, I once again silenced my mind, increased the input of energy, and my eyes opened.
This time it was different from what I saw just now, it was still the outline of a big mountain, but the entire mountain exuded a strong aura, and this aura could be said to be the spirit of the entire South Peak.
I found that there was still nothing unusual, so I looked at it from space to space, and found that there were many kinds of creatures in other spaces of Huashan, and the images of various animals were also found in that space.
I improved my skills again, it can be said that this time I have pushed my wisdom and eye power to the extreme, and at this moment, I suddenly found an extremely familiar figure, standing under the corner of the south peak, it was him! It's the demon shrouded in dark mist!
When I discovered the demon, the other party apparently discovered me as well, and almost at the same time, we increased our life's strength to the fullest, and our energies were entangled in the air between the north and south peaks from the center.
The people around him didn't notice the anomaly in the air at all, Xiao Shi and Lang Yu opened their eyes from the closed eyes at this time, and they should have sensed something strange on my side.
Before Xiao Shi and them came to help me, they seemed to be imprisoned by a strange force, and this power was still very strong.
I don't have time to take care of them at this time, I'm fighting the demon. Now our skills are basically evenly matched, and no one can help anyone.
As we fought for a long time, layers of fog began to slowly form in the air between the south and north peaks, and this fog had a tendency to get bigger and bigger, and after a while, snowflakes began to fall in the fog, and the dense crowd on the mountain peak began to slowly disperse.
Gradually, there were only a few people left here at the top of the mountain, and in the end, only the three of us remained. The snowflakes on the mountain peak are still falling, and I have been fighting that demon for a long time, but everyone is a little exhausted at this time, but no one wants to give up.
Now that the sky is gradually darkening, I am gritting my teeth and persevering, but at this moment, Xiao Shi and Lang Yu are obviously in a situation, the first one who can't hold on is Lang Yu, I saw a trace of blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, and she was propped up on the ground with one hand, obviously struggling to support, Xiao Shi is now also frowning, and her body is shaky.
Everyone is working very hard now, but no one can help each other, and time passes little by little.
We insisted on it from the afternoon to the evening, and the tourists from all over the peaks of Huashan also came down one after another, because the strength of the mountain is too cold, and ordinary people can't hold on to it at all.
Lang Yu had already begun to gasp for breath, and the beads of sweat on Xiao Shi's head had already formed a layer of frost, and he was obviously about to be unable to hold on.
At this critical moment, another force suddenly joined our competition, the new force, obviously on our side, its addition made the pressure on our side suddenly become a lot less, only to see that at this time in the dark night came the middle-aged man who entered the restaurant at the foot of the mountain.
This middle-aged man, with a burly figure, a full beard, and big eyes radiating dazzling light, walked towards us with great energy.
As he approached us step by step, the pressure on our side became less and less, and by the time he came to stand beside us, we were able to contend with the powerful force.
At this time, the snow between the peaks was getting smaller and smaller, and the confrontation between me and the demon had to be stopped in the end due to the great consumption of both sides. It was just that at the same time as I retracted my energy, in the air not far from the South Peak, a black figure appeared in the air.
This black figure is none other than the thin old man that Shanxiao saw, when he appeared in front of us, I and Xiao Shi and the others immediately raised our vigilance, because we all know that the strength of this old man can be described as unfathomable.
The old man who appeared in the air flew towards us in a floating way, and stopped when he flew into the air more than 20 meters away from us.
I saw the old man say gloomily: "I will give you one last chance tonight, as long as you give up the strange treasures here and leave Huashan, this account between us will be written off from now on, if you still insist on going against us, there will be no good fruit for you to eat!" ”
Xiao Shi wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth and said, "I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" What do you want to do with the trouble that comes to us again and again? And the young man next to you is always looking for trouble with this brother next to me, who is he? ”
After listening to Xiao Shi's words, the old man just smiled disdainfully and said, "Is this the only person in your so-called Righteous Path Alliance?" To tell you the truth, I am the vanguard of the Evil Heaven Alliance, the left envoy is named Broken Tiande, that young man is our young master Ling Tian, this time we are here to get that strange treasure, as long as you don't compete with us anymore, I will let you go here, how about it? ”
Xiao Shi squinted his eyes and said coldly to Duan Tiande: "Don't rely on your cultivation to be higher than us, you can do whatever you want, we will not give up lightly." ”
Hearing this, Duan Tiande looked up to the sky and laughed: "Since this is the case, then there is nothing to talk about, take it!" ”
As soon as I finished speaking, I only felt that suddenly a strong pressure that was even more fierce than just now was rapidly pressing on us, this force was so powerful that I had encountered it for the first time since I practiced, and his skill gave me the feeling that it was not under my master.
The four of us were instantly suppressed by this sudden pressure, and the pressure was getting bigger and bigger, the four of us joined forces and failed to resist the old man's skill, and now we were infiltrated by sweat up and down.
I was the first to be unable to hold on, because I was the weakest one in the world, and under this pressure, the other three couldn't help me at all.
Slowly, my brain began to blur, and I gradually fell into a deep coma, and Xiao Shi on the side found out about my condition, and he was also extremely anxious, but now he has nothing to do.
After the Evil Heaven Alliance's Broken Heaven Virtue found out about the situation on our side, he laughed and accelerated the output of his skills.
Just when I was unconscious, there was still a trace of feeling left in my consciousness, as if I saw an ethereal figure appear in front of me, the prince Dan who had been saved by me, and the spirit Ah Yuan who had made an agreement with me behind my back.
It can be said that Ah Yuan's appearance is not accidental, she has been waiting quietly in a special space, observing my movements and watching my state of mind, because my future achievements will determine her future direction.
In the past few days, my every move has been under her gaze, but I can't show up at will, this time after my main consciousness was greatly damaged, my consciousness completely lost control of the body, and she was able to appear in my sea of consciousness.
She had already discovered the special and grim situation on my side, because he was the old man of the evil alliance, and his skill was far above the combined efforts of everyone, so Ah Yuan did not show up immediately, but silently observed in secret, waiting for the time to come.
As time passed, the next person who couldn't hold on was Lang Yu, her clothes had long been soaked by her own sweat, her long hair was sticking to her face, a mouthful of blood was spitting out of her mouth, and her body was slowly falling, falling into the same coma as me.
Then Xiao Shi and the loose cultivator also fell to the ground and fell unconscious one after another, and after we were all unconscious, the figure of Duan Tiande slowly floated towards the mountain peak on our side and landed in front of us.
Looking at us who fell to the ground, a cruel smile appeared on Duan Tiande's face, his left and right hands were slowly raised, and they were held high above his head, and a black energy mass appeared between his two hands, and this energy was constantly rotating faster and faster.
Broken Tiande's figure also rose from the ground to the sky, and at this time, the sweat on his face was also flowing out, obviously, this black energy ball also consumed a considerable part of his strength, and finally stopped when this black energy ball grew to a certain girth.
Looking at the few of us below, I was about to throw this black energy mass towards us, saying that it was too late and that was too fast, and the spirit body of Ah Yuan, which was hidden in my body, saw the opportunity and rushed towards the heart of Broken Tiande.
If it were in normal times, Ah Yuan would not have been able to succeed at all, and now Broken Heaven De had concentrated all his energy and spirit in that black energy cluster, and now that most of his power had been lost, he didn't notice that there was a special spirit in the other space watching here.
Ah Yuan's spirit body rushed out at once, and quickly inhabited the heart of Broken Tiande, his body was obviously shocked, and then a large mouthful of blood spurted out, and the black energy mass between his hands also dissipated into the air.
Broken Tiande: "Ouch! With a sound, after his right hand patted his heart, his figure quickly fell down from the sky to the bottom of the mountain, and Ling Tian, the young master of the Evil Heaven Alliance, found that the situation was not right, and immediately jumped into the air to catch the falling Broken Heaven De, without any hesitation, he picked him up and quickly disappeared in the night.
At the top of the north peak, there was still a little snowflake slowly falling, and there were four of us unconscious people lying on the ground, and the spirit Ah Yuan didn't know when, and returned to the space where she was and hidden.
However, what I didn't know was that Ah Yuan's soul body seemed to have been traumatized, and he slowly fell into a coma.
At the top of this mountain, the cold wind was howling, the shadows of the trees were swaying, the snowflakes were flying all over the sky, and the snow was constantly falling on the bodies and faces of the four of us.
No one would have thought that on the top of this Huashan Mountain, there would be a fight in the world, and the night slowly enveloped the entire Huashan, where the four of us were, the silence was a little terrible, and there was no movement.
At this moment, behind a tall pine tree not far from us, a beggar who turned around and came out asking for food, wearing tattered clothes and unkempt hair, if I saw him when I was awake, I would definitely be surprised, because the person who came was the Great Elder of the Alliance who chased Hao Feng that day-Yuan Shan!