Chapter 19: Departure
In the days that followed, although every day was still bitter, there was a little more sweetness.
Every morning, Zhou Changsheng bought steamed buns and fritters, and when he came to the city gate, he would find that Suxue was already waiting here. The two of them sat in the old place, and after eating breakfast, the old man Gongsun would appear on time again.
Although every day was a nightmarish day, Zhou Changsheng's strength was growing at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
When they reach the top of the mountain every day, no matter how tired they are, the two of them will always sit on the edge of the cliff, watching the clouds rise and fall, and watch the clouds roll up.
Feelings grew quietly unconsciously, and they were already filled with the hearts of the two.
Happy days are always short-lived, Gongsun Shanqing has probably calculated the days, it's time to go. Although Zhou Changsheng's refining body had reached the peak of skin refining, it had not broken through and reached the point of blood exchange. It's just that time is running out, and if I miss this time, it's a matter of whether the little old man can last until next time.
When Zhou Changsheng learned that he was going to leave, he went to the snow field to find the opportunity in his master's mouth, and the first thing he thought of was Tantai Suxue.
Wutong Inn, in front of his parents, Zhou Changsheng had to lie and say that the master was going to take him to the experience, and he might not be able to come back for a while, and he hoped that the second elder would not worry, he would take care of himself.
After hearing this, Shui Niang couldn't stop her tears, and asked, "Is this experience dangerous, can you not go?"
Seeing his mother's appearance, Zhou Changsheng wanted to say that he could not go, but when he thought of the trouble he had caused, he had to bite the bullet and say: "It's not dangerous, I'll be back in a few months if I do it soon." ”
When the water lady heard this, the tears that had just stopped fell again.
Zhou Youcai patted Zhou Changsheng's shoulder and said, "When you go out, pay more attention, the men of the Zhou family, bleed without tears!"
At night, by the city wall, Zhou Changsheng and Yutai Suxue sat at the battlement by the wall, with a big and bright double moon above their heads.
"Are you leaving tomorrow?" asked Suxue with her head down.
"Well, Master said, no matter how late it is, you won't be able to catch up. Zhou Changsheng replied.
"Oh"
"Hmm"
The two of them usually talk a lot, but at the moment they have few words.
After a long time, Yutai Suxue mustered up great courage and said, "Be careful on the road, I'll wait for you to come back!" After speaking, he handed Zhou Changsheng a small purse. Reflecting the moonlight, you can vaguely see three words embroidered crookedly with silk threads on it - Zhou Changsheng.
Zhou Changsheng took the purse, and there was still a girl's body temperature and a trace of fragrance on it.
After thinking about it, Zhou Changsheng took out the butterfly dagger from his arms, handed it to Tantai Suxue and said, "I'm leaving tomorrow, so I'll leave this dagger for you to use for self-defense." By the way, this dagger has a name, it's called a butterfly. ”
After hearing that the dagger was called a butterfly, Suxue was in a stirred mood, and suddenly thought,
Mandarin ducks on green water,
Butterflies fly next to yellow flowers.
Only the lover is not far away,
The slave's home is yellow.
His face was flushed with shame, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he had to take the dagger, get up and leave in a hurry.
"I'll come back to you!"
Zhou Changsheng clutched his purse and shouted loudly in the direction where Suxue left.
juvenile affair,
Wanting to speak and being ashamed,
I wanted to go,
But he turned back,
Dao Lang cherishes,
Tear-stained sleeves.
To the east is Jade Owl Mountain, to the west is Buzhou Mountain, and the canyon in the middle is where Cold Wind City is located. Out of the Cold Wind City and along the canyon, the Baishui River has been going north, and out of the valley is an endless snowfield.
Gongsun Shanqing wore a gray dogskin hat on his head, a white leather coat on his body, suede leather boots on his feet, and a small pocket on his back. Zhou Changsheng also wore a hat, a leather coat, and leather boots, following behind the old man. From a distance, it looks more like two big furry horse monkeys, one big and one small, crookedly moving into the distance, getting smaller and smaller, and finally leaving only two rows of footprints, one large and one small.
Zhou Changsheng, like most children in Coldwind City, was told from an early age to stay away from the snowy fields, which had always been a taboo place. You can usually discuss the legend of the Jade Owl Mountain, the blind man Chen, and the Buzhou Mountain, but once it comes to talking about the snowfield, most people are always silent. And Zhou Changsheng's understanding of the snow field is limited to a few words that he secretly heard, what barbarians, wolves, etc., for the unknown, people are always full of curiosity, and Zhou Changsheng is no exception, he is full of expectations for this trip to the snow field.
On the way, Zhou Changsheng was like a bird that had just flown out of the cage, looking here, looking there, and then running to the ice floes on the Baishui River to play for a while.
The Baishui River originates in the snowfield, flows down from north to south between Buzhou Mountain and Jade Owl Mountain, passes through Cold Wind City, turns east, and joins Beihai. Because of the cold climate, the Baishui River is frozen all year round, and only in a short period of summer will the downstream frozen Baishui River thaw, and the broken ice with white flowers pours into the mouth of the North Sea. Standing on the walls of Cold Wind City and looking from afar, the Baishui River was like a white python winding between the mountains.
Yutai Suxue and Zhou Changsheng once saw the Baishui River on the city wall and were amazed by the sparkling Baishui River in the sun. In order to show that he was knowledgeable, Zhou Changsheng told her the legend about the Baishui River.
Zhou Changsheng straightened his chest and said proudly: "Speaking of Baishui River, there is an unknown legend in it. The Baishui River was called the White Dragon River earlier, and legend has it that a long time ago, a little white dragon named Ao Ying descended to the heavens to travel clouds and rain, and one day saved a woman who fell into the water on the seaside next to the Jade Owl Mountain. This woman's surname is Jiang Mingyu, in order to see a doctor and buy medicine for her father, she went to the sea alone to fish, but she encountered wind and waves and fell into the sea. Ao Ying was moved by Jiang Yu's filial piety, and the two fell in love with each other, and often met privately at the foot of Jade Owl Mountain.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with this, but there was a major drought one year, Ao Ying couldn't bear Jiang Yu's pleading, and privately rained a heavy rain to save the people of Li who were affected by drought. However, because of this, he violated the rules of heaven, angered the gods, stripped the gods, and was suppressed under the Jade Owl Mountain and Buzhou Mountain, and the White Dragon River was transformed by the little white dragon.
However, Jiang Yu was full of guilt for his lover Ao Ying, thinking that Ao Ying's disaster was all caused by himself, and vowed to accompany Ao Ying for the rest of his life on the day Ao Ying was suppressed. So Jiang Yu jumped directly into the Bailong River on that day. Later, people said that the river fish in the Bailong River were transformed by Jiang Yu, because in this way, they could accompany Ao Ying until they were old.
Strange to say, this river fish is alive and kicking when it is in the Bailong River, but as soon as it leaves the Bailong River, it will die almost instantly. This seems to confirm the legend of the White Dragon River. The people built a white dragon temple by the river, and made two golden bodies to thank the two of them for their great kindness. To this day, the White Dragon Temple by the Baishui River is still there, and the incense in the temple is still quite strong.
It is said that this river fish is extremely delicious, and it has the reputation of "March river fish fat, delicious and delicious in the world". It's just that river fish are becoming more and more scarce nowadays, and even I, a native, have never eaten them. ”
At first, Yutai Suxue's eyes were about to cry, but when she heard that Zhou Changsheng still wanted to eat Jiang Yu's river fish, her angry eyes widened, her mouth pouted, and she raised her leg towards Zhou Changsheng's buttocks. Zhou Changsheng was still not satisfied when he saw that Yutai Suxue kicked him, and wanted to kick again, so he hurriedly turned around and fled, the two of them chased after me, hee-hee-ha, and quickly disappeared at the end of the city wall.
When Zhou Changsheng came back to his senses, he suddenly realized that he had been thinking of that black girl from time to time recently, alas, it was really annoying. Sweeping the snowflakes that fell on his forehead, looking at the old man who was gradually walking away, Zhou Changsheng jumped off the ice floe and chased after him.
Heading north out of Cold Wind City, all that greeted me was snow, endless snow, snow with a sound of snow, and creaking snow. At first, Zhou Changsheng thought it was a little interesting, but after a long time, he felt bored and bored. To the left is snow, to the right is snow, to the front is snow, and to the back is still snow, and the whole world seems to be wrapped in snow, a plain white.
Zhou Changsheng asked a little tiredly: "Old man, how far do we have to go?
Gongsun Shan Qingtou replied without replying: "It's still early, this won't work? Can you walk in the snow the same as usual? That's skillful, you don't have to worry about yourself, but you complain about others!"
Zhou Changsheng only found out that Gongsun Shanqing was walking forward with an extremely strange pace, stepping through the snow, but only leaving a shallow footprint. Zhou Changsheng followed suit, but he couldn't find the old man's rhythm, but he was even more tired! After another period of time, Zhou Changsheng really couldn't walk, and his stomach began to gurgle and sing about the empty city plan.
"Old man, no, I really can't do it, find a place to rest, I'm almost hungry!" Zhou Changsheng said weakly.
Gongsun Shanqing glanced at Changsheng and knew that this little rabbit cub was really dying, and the gurgling sound was about to catch up with the sound of drumming, so he responded: "Okay, you find a place to rest first, and I'll go find something to eat." With that, the old man jumped forward, leaving only a shallow set of footprints on the snow, and disappeared not far away in an instant.
Zhou Changsheng squatted on the snow, gasping for breath, and then held a snow ball casually, put it to his mouth and clicked to eat. After gnawing on two heavy snow dumplings, Zhou Changsheng rushed a little away with some heat and thirst. Maybe he was too tired, Zhou Changsheng wanted to lie down in the snow and rest, but who knew that he fell asleep unconsciously.
I have to say that Zhou Changsheng is really big-hearted, and he dares to sleep in the snow, and he is the only one in the world.
In the distance, three yellow-and-white giant wolves with deflated stomachs were walking tiredly on the snow, looking left and right from time to time, raising their heads and sniffing, obviously hungry and looking for food. Suddenly, one of them seemed to smell something, his lazy eyes instantly showed a bloodthirsty light, he gritted his teeth and whined in a low voice, and poked his head towards Zhou Changsheng's position, and the other two immediately dispersed. The three giant wolf finished glyphs slowly surrounded Zhou Changsheng, and the bloodthirsty light in their eyes became thicker and thicker.
Zhou Changsheng was sleeping comfortably at this time, when he suddenly woke up with a shock, as if some danger was quietly approaching. Zhou Changsheng just stood up, and was about to look around to see what was going on.
At this moment, a giant wolf flew towards him, and in the next second, it was already in front of him.
Zhou Changsheng could clearly see the giant wolf's yellowed sharp teeth, and he could even feel the fishy and hot breath coming from the giant wolf's mouth. The feeling of instant death spread all over his body, and Zhou Changsheng could only avoid the key point slightly, turned his head to measure his body, and a donkey rolled out.
But it was still a little late, Zhou Changsheng only felt a pain in his shoulder, he didn't have time to look at it, Zhou Changsheng knew that his shoulder must have been injured, fortunately he wore an ice silkworm suit in advance, otherwise it would not be just a skin injury. The breeze was blowing, and his shoulders were slightly cool, and Zhou Changsheng knew that the leather jacket next to his shoulder must have been broken, but at this time, he didn't have time to look at the severity of the injury and the extent of the damage to the leather jacket. Because the other wolf was pounced on Zhou Changsheng, who was rolling on the ground.
Zhou Changsheng knew that he couldn't stay where he was, he didn't know how many wolves were coming, and dodging would only attract more attacks. Zhou Changsheng, who was leaning over the ground, looked up at the giant wolf that pounced on him, but he didn't dodge, but used his limbs to rush directly towards the giant wolf. At this time, Zhou Changsheng still forgot everything, and there was only this giant wolf in front of him. He knew that he had to rush over to have a glimmer of hope of survival.
A man, a wolf, and the two meet in the air.
Zhou Changsheng used all his strength to smash a fist on the giant wolf's head, and one of the giant wolf's claws also slapped heavily on Zhou Changsheng's arm, and the two figures staggered each other and fell on the snow.
Zhou Changsheng only felt that his punch was like smashing on an incomparably hard piece of iron, but his fist was shocked and ached. Fortunately, he smashed a punch and smashed the giant wolf a little away, so that its paw did not really slap on himself, otherwise it is estimated that his arm is useless at this time, where is only a little painful like now, but the movement is unhindered.
Zhou Changsheng looked up at this time, and was glad that he had made the right choice. Because where he fell to the ground and hid, there was another giant wolf lying in ambush there. If you blindly dodge, you may just fall into the mouth of the third ambushed giant wolf.
Zhou Changsheng looked around carefully again, and found that the situation was good and bad, the good thing was that there were only these three giant wolves nearby, and the bad thing was that there were three giant wolves here.
At this time, the three giant wolves knew that the sneak attack failed, so they no longer attacked, but formed a zigzag circle and slowly moved around Zhou Changsheng. Zhou Changsheng looked at the giant wolf who had been punched by himself and was unharmed at the moment, judging from the battle just now, it was already very difficult for him to deal with a giant wolf, not to mention facing three at this time. It seems that he can only drag it hard, and wait for the old man to come back, the hateful old man, if he doesn't leave early or late, he has to look for food at the knot!
Zhou Changsheng has heard that once you encounter a wolf circling around you in the wild, it means that it is imperative to you and will not die. If you accidentally miss a flaw, the next second will pay the price of death.
The wolf is turning, Zhou Changsheng is also turning, the wolf has only one goal, but Zhou Changsheng is guarding against three. Zhou Changsheng knew that he would definitely suffer in the end if he was consumed like this, and when he ran out of energy and was exhausted, there was only one option left for him to be killed. No, I can't wait like this, what if the old man doesn't come back?
I have to think of a way to do it quickly, what way, what way, what way......
Zhou Changsheng quickly thought about what he could use now. The soul bell is definitely not good, it takes too long to start, and it is estimated that he has already lost the wolf's mouth before he finishes reading the formula, and the fire fox pen can only be used to write symbols. Touching the green dragon dagger on his waist, Zhou Changsheng was ruthless, it seems that there is only one way.