Chapter 13: The Beauty Tribulation

Early the next morning, the sun was faint, the three of Master Juejing's master and apprentice went out of the academy, went all the way up along the riverside mountain road, walked a stick of incense, the mountains became higher and higher, the mountains and forests became denser and denser, and only half a day did I see a few woodcutters picking firewood occasionally on the road, the more they went up, the weather slowly became a little cooler, and the human tracks became more and more scarce, and wild animals such as hares, antelopes and foxes sprang out from time to time in the dense forest, and occasionally a few wild wolves with fierce eyes followed and followed; When they reached the heights, there were occasionally two elk that followed the three of them for a long distance, and when the three of them saw that there was no sign of them, they quickened their footsteps, and galloped over the mountain road, and no one could see them.

When the three of them arrived at a wooden octagonal pavilion in the middle of the mountain, the mountain road had disappeared, and the eyes were densely packed with big trees, and the sparse and subtle sunlight was shining down from the forest, and the weather was getting cooler and cooler.

The more you go up, the denser the mountain forest becomes, the ground is also overgrown with vines and weeds, you can't fly and jump, you can only pass through the dense forest step by step, there are all kinds of birdsong in the forest, resounding through the forest, there are squirrels and small monkeys jumping between the branches from time to time at the top of the tree, Jinghe took out the dagger he carried and waved it, cutting down the dwarf shrubs and half-human-high weeds under his feet, Jingzhen held a long branch, dialed the bushes and grasses under his feet, so as not to be injured by the hidden poisonous snake.

The three of them groped their way forward in the forest, and suddenly, the sky changed, and thin raindrops suddenly floated in the sky. "Look at this, this rain won't stop for a moment, hurry up and take shelter from the rain," Master Juejing said, looking through the forest, looking for a place to take shelter from the rain temporarily.

"Master, fifty steps diagonally above, under that boulder, you can temporarily shelter from the rain," Jingzhen waved his finger ahead, and the three of them hurriedly waved the dagger and long sword in their hands, cutting off the weeds under their feet, and while opening the way, they walked towards the rock above the diagonal top, and when they were one step away from the rock, Jinghe suddenly let out an "oops", only to see a gray-spotted pit viper suddenly under her feet, and it seemed that a gray-spotted pit viper was about to burrow into the grass.

Jing Zhen waved his hand, "Huh", a silver needle nailed the pit viper snake head to the trunk of the tree, its body writhed and kept struggling, Master Juejing pulled Jing He under the rock, the upper part of the rock stretched out abruptly forward, and the bottom was just sheltered from the wind and rain, Jing Zhen leaned down, picked up the junior sister's trouser legs and saw that there were two poisonous snake tooth marks on the ankles that were as smooth as jade, and a lot of blood had flowed out, and quickly flowed down the calf to the shoes.

"Oh, it's not good, my sister was bitten by a pit viper, it's highly poisonous, fortunately I have an antidote," Jing Zhen exclaimed, she deserved to be the Five Poison Gu Master who grew up in Miao Village, I saw her take out several bottles of different sizes from the colorful needle embroidered jacket she carried, take out a gauze belt, tightly tie the upper part of the wound on Jing He's smooth calf, and then rinse it with a small bottle of potion, and sprinkle some medicine powder on the wound.

After a while, Jinghe's complexion suddenly changed, and her calf gradually began to ache a little, and after a while, she gradually became numb, and she couldn't walk for three or two hours.

"Jinghe, how is your junior sister's injury?" Master Juejing asked.

"Master, my sister's wound is quite deep, and the snake venom is deeper, I have given my sister my Miao Village unique snake medicine to suppress snake venom, and my sister's life is fine, but I need to go to the bottom of the mountain within twenty-four hours to take the boiled decoction to completely remove the residual poison, otherwise it will be unimaginable," Jinghe replied.

"Well, it's still early, the Seven Star Rock is already in front of me, I'll go up there first to see if I can find the whereabouts of the Red Feather Firebelly Golden Pheasant, you take care of your junior sister here, I'll come when I go," the Desperate Master said.

Without the drag of the two apprentices, Master Juejing rose to her feet, and had landed on the top of a pine tree, like a big bird, and she then took several leaps in succession, constantly flashing and moving among the branches at the top of the tree, and disappeared in an instant.

Jinghe looked in the direction of the top of the mountain, and then looked at the bright pretty face of the senior sister, a line of red, and her shining eyes were full of uneasiness, "Senior sister." Am I going to die? Why is there no feeling in my left leg? Jing Zhenzhu burst into tears, leaning on a pile of hay that Jing He had cut off, smelling the scent of green grass next to her snort, and she feared that she would die in this high mountain forest.

"Silly girl, what are you talking about, I have already given you the snake venom, wait until the master comes back, we will go down the mountain together, just use a few pairs of poison purifying soup, don't worry, there is your senior sister with you," Jing and softly whispered softly, comforting this delicate junior sister.

"Eh, wait, there's a cave next to the rock, sister, you're lying down, I'll explore first," Jinghe said, looking into the distance, and walked towards the cave next to the huge rock, the cave was more than ten steps away, and the entrance of the cave was more than one person high; Jing Zhen lay motionless on the grassy hill, watching her senior sister run over step by step.

Let's say that Master Juejing did not have the drag of two disciples, and performed the light body kung fu of stepping on the goose, like a volley flying in the air, more than a dozen consecutive leaps and falls, and has reached the top of Nanshan Mountain, Nanshan is the highest place of the mountains on both sides of the Jialing River, above the snow line is perennial snow does not melt, and the top of the mountain is covered with evergreen cedars of varying heights.

Climb to the top of the mountain and look down, the continuous mountains and ravines south of Nanshan are in full view, and the mountains are shrouded in clouds and mist, as if the fairyland on earth is ethereal and mysterious, and in a trance you feel that there is an immortal living in the cloud palace with clouds and mist; Standing and looking to the north, you can see the gentle slope of the undulating mountain dam in the north of the river at your feet, and then down is the cliff canyon on both sides of the river, the water of the Jialing River rushes through the canyon, and you can see the sail shadow in the middle of the river in the wind and waves, and the waves are far away.

Master Juejing looked around at the top of the mountain, the narrow mountain top was lined with strange rocks, and the snow covered with wild grass, it can be seen that the highest place is a huge rock covered with snow, rooted in the mountain, like a hunchbacked old man, stretching out his arms in the direction of the heart of the river, like saying goodbye to his son who is traveling far away by boat, this is the Seven Star Rock, Master Juejing thought.

"Hey, what's that?" Master Juejing exclaimed, only to see a "chirping" sound from the crack in the rock, and a fiery red long-tailed golden pheasant flew out of the crack in the stone, with a fiery red feather crown on its head, only to see its red wings flapped a few times, but did not fly, and then, a blue and white snake head squirmed out from the stone crevice, spitting out a long letter, and opened its mouth to pounce towards the golden chicken.

The master of desperation shook his wrist slowly, and with a whoosh, a stone hit the big snake seven inches, and the big snake rolled and fell under the cliff, and the brocade chicken wings were bloody, obviously bitten by the big snake, and it didn't move, and the desperate master stepped forward to pick it up, looking at its color and appearance, it was the red feather fire-bellied golden pheasant, it was bitten by the snake, and it should not be fatal, because the snake's appearance was not poisonous.

Master Juejing put the golden chicken into the bag he carried, and was about to go down from the top of the mountain to find the two disciples, suddenly, he heard the howl of a wild beast, "Woo", the sound was wild and remote, resounding through the valley, echoing in the mountains, the howl was faint, it came from the direction of the two disciples, "Not good," Master Juejing rose into the air and rushed straight to the direction of the giant rock in the middle of the mountain.

It turned out that Jing Zhen wanted to go to the cave to find a place to hide, make a fire, and drive away the cold air for her sister, just walked into the cave a few steps, and suddenly a wind rushed towards her, she suddenly felt bad, stepped on the side, and ran to the side, it turned out to be a tall and fierce black bear.

It snorted and gasped, bowed its head and howled at Jing Zhen, turned around and quickly pounced, bringing up a gust of wind, extremely fast, Jing Zhen dodged sideways again, and at the same time shot a poisonous needle in his hand, shot in the eyes of the black bear, the pain in the black bear's eyes, let out a miserable long howl, "whoosh" resounded through the valley.

Jinghe flew out of the cave, the black bear went crazy, chased wildly, to the outside of the cave, saw Jinghe lying on the hay, Jinghe also heard the black bear's crazy howl, was listening to the movement in the cave in horror, saw the black bear chasing out of the cave, busy rolling behind the mountain rock again and again to dodge, but unfortunately the body was stiff after the body was poisoned, and the speed became sluggish, watching the black bear pounce on the body, baring her teeth and biting her mouth, she hugged the black bear's head tightly in danger, and pressed her head against the black bear's jaw, Tightly grasping and rolling quickly, the intuition of the body was empty, "round and round", and the body had fallen under the cliff.

This is all a thunderous thing, Jingzhen arrived later, hissing and crying again and again, "Senior sister, junior sister, where are you?" Looking blankly at the bottom of the cliff, the rolling Jialing River, tears flowed down.

After an instant, Master Juejing arrived and looked at Jinghe, who was crying on the edge of the cliff, "Where is your junior sister?" "Senior sister and black bear fell down the cliff together, you hurry up and save junior sister, Master," Jinghe said in a choked voice.

Master Juejing rushed to the edge of the cliff, looked down, how could there be a little quiet shadow, the cliff was steep, and he could only see a few pine trees slanting out of the rock wall, and the rolling waves of the rushing river, he couldn't help but be stunned, leaving a few tears, wetting the clothes on his chest.