Chapter 12 Entering the Mountains for Penance
Jiang Ye woke up in the morning and found that the atmosphere at home was not right. Xu Yuan and Li Haoxuan are very silent, Li Haoxuan's silence is the norm, but it is too abnormal for Xu Yuan to be so silent.
After eating breakfast in such a strange atmosphere, Xu Yuan took out a piece of cloth and wrapped it in five or six steamed buns.
Jiang Ye finally couldn't help but ask: "Old drunkard, where are you going, with so many steamed buns." Xu Yuan tied the cloth in a knot and stopped what he was doing, "Boy, it's not where I'm going, it's you!" Jiang Ye was even more stunned after hearing this.
Seeing this, Li Haoxuan cleared his throat, "Ye'er, let me tell you, I discussed it with your Uncle Xu last night, this kind of martial arts practice is not enough every day, walking the rivers and lakes is not only a test of a person's martial arts, but also your ability to survive." In the face of all kinds of dangers, the first thing you have to do is to survive and save your life. Therefore, from today onwards, you are going to the deepest part of the back mountain to practice penance for half a month, and you have only one goal for this half month, and that is to ...... Stay alive ......"
As soon as he heard the depths of the back mountain, Jiang Ye's heart couldn't help but tremble. He usually goes to the outermost part of the back mountain near this end of Banan Village, compared with the quiet beauty of the periphery, the depths of the back mountain can be called hell, because the trees are dense, the sunlight can not pass through the barrier composed of dense leaves, resulting in a humid environment, whenever the sun sets, the miasma fills the entire back mountain, and the average person staying in it for a few minutes is enough to die. And jackals, tigers and leopards will stare at you fiercely, and if you slack off for a moment, you will become their food. Even more terrifying than jackals, tigers, leopards, and miasma are poisonous snakes and poisonous insects everywhere, and tens of seconds of strong poison are enough to be deadly. When you are in such a harsh natural environment, you can only sigh at the insignificance of human beings.
For decades, several people entered the depths of the mountain without believing in evil, but the result was that they never came out again, and once the family of the missing person went into the mountain to look for them, but they were buried together, and the bones were gone. Since then, the back mountain has been regarded as a forbidden place by the villagers, and it is not allowed to step into half a step. Some people say that the back mountain is cursed, and some people say that there are demons in the deep mountain, but everything is still unknown.
Jiang Ye has heard a lot of legends about the back mountain in the village since he was a child, and everyone showed a fearful expression on their faces when they talked about the inner wall of the back mountain. He has been in the back mountain for so many years, and he has not touched the inner circumference for half a step. When he heard that Li Haoxuan and Xu Yuan decided to let him go to the inner circle to survive for half a month, a sense of resistance from the depths of his heart occupied him.
For some reason, the miserable situation in the dark dungeon and the miserable situation of the sloppy man in his dream came to his mind, and his heart seemed to be pinched by the big hand that had been unintentional, "If I can't pass this level, how can I rescue my parents." Thinking of this, Jiang Ye nodded at Li Haoxuan in agreement, and then prepared for physical exercise.
Xu Yuan and Li Haoxuan were both surprised by Jiang Ye's performance, they thought that Jiang Ye would desperately refuse. I wanted to ask something, but when I saw Jiang Ye's resolute expression, the words on my lips were stiffly choked.
"White robe, do you say that we are too ruthless, how dangerous it is in the depths of the back mountain, we have experienced it, when we came to this village by mistake, the villagers still regarded us as ghosts. I regretted this decision a little after making this decision last night, and I didn't feel good about it after seeing the stinky boy's decisive consent, he was only a sixteen-year-old child. Xu Yuan looked at the courtyard gate and was stunned for a while.
A trace of hesitation flashed on Li Haoxuan's face, but then he said firmly, "He is not a sixteen-year-old child, he is the deceased prince of our Jiang Kingdom! The day of leaving is coming, you and I both know the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, and now it is better to shed a little blood and be injured and experience a little more desperate situation than to enter the rivers and lakes and lose your life in the future......" After speaking, both of them fell silent.
The lunch was specially prepared by Li Haoxuan, which was extremely rich and filling. After lunch, Jiang Ye embarked on the road into the mountain to practice, carrying two packages, one of which contained five or six steamed buns, and after eating these five or six steamed buns, Jiang Ye needed to solve the food himself. The other is that before leaving, Li Haoxuan stuffed Jiang Ye and said that there were many useful things in it, and Jiang Ye didn't have time to look at it.
Jiang Ye didn't stop for a moment and went straight to his destination, an hour later, he walked to a mountain path, and the middle of the road was blocked by a big stone, which was engraved with four big red characters: "No entry", which was where the villagers of Banan Village stood here, warning the villagers and ignorant children. He took a deep breath, shook his head with a smile, jumped up on the stone, tumbled over the stone, and walked into the forbidden land!
As soon as he stepped in, Jiang Ye hurriedly cooled down a lot, and he didn't know if it was a psychological effect or something. By this time there was no road, and there were knee-high weeds everywhere, so he crouched down and tied his trouser legs with ropes to prevent snakes and poisonous insects from crawling in. After getting up, he continued to walk deeper, the quiet that he usually enjoyed very much seemed a little terrifying at this time, after walking for a while, the weeds had disappeared, and the soil was exposed, but what shocked Jiang Ye was that the soil was actually black! Suddenly there was a "click" sound under his feet, his nerves were already very tense, and he hurriedly drew his sword and slashed at his feet, and found that the expected screams of the living creatures did not sound. He looked down suspiciously, and found that the skull of an animal was under his feet, which had been trampled by himself, and he unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat. After the reflex bounced off, he silently said a few words of "I'm sorry" in his heart and then raised his head and prepared to move on, it's okay not to look up, as soon as he looked up, Jiang Ye suddenly stayed in place, and then thought about it and found that he was stiff in place.
In the distance, there was a bare open space where only the skin of the earth was exposed, and there were white bones and animal hairs all over the place, and the remains of several animals were bloodily thrown on the ground, and they had been eaten almost, and a breath of death rushed towards Jiang Ye, it seemed that this was the territory of a group of social animals.
After his brain went blank for a moment, Jiang Ye took a difficult step to bypass this clearing, he just wanted to escape while this group of carnivores had not returned at the moment, he didn't want to be a "member" of the white bones all over the ground.
After running out of four or five miles in one go, Jiang Ye stopped, panting with palpitations, and his back was soaked in cold sweat for some time. The heart is still very depressed, and the feeling of being devastated is really uncomfortable.
Looking up at the sky, the sun was slowly setting, and he felt that it was almost time to find a place to sleep out tonight. Passing by a stream, Jiang Ye hurriedly stepped forward, and he didn't have time to think about whether the water source was clean, so he picked up the water and drank it, he didn't eat a drop of water in the afternoon, and his lips were already chapped. After drinking, he didn't forget to take out a small jar and fill it with water, and then left satisfied.
After looking for half an hour, Jiang Ye did not find an ideal place to sleep, and the sky was already dark. At night, the mountains and forests are at their most dangerous. After walking for a while, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, sniffed his nose, and found that there was a choking smell in the air, as if sensing something, he looked back, glared at his glasses, and hurriedly ran forward. I saw a fog-like thing in the distance blowing towards Jiang Ye with the direction of the wind, the deadliest "killer", miasma!
Jiang Ye panicked, he hurriedly wanted to find a high point to avoid the miasma below, suddenly his eyes lit up, and a side road extending upwards not far away attracted him, he hurriedly ran and climbed up, the stone was very slippery, fortunately, there were vines that allowed him to borrow strength, and finally climbed up.
The miasma had arrived, looking at the miasma under his feet, full of the breath of death, Jiang Ye breathed a sigh of relief for the rest of his life. "Looks like I'm going to have to sleep here for one night tonight. After thinking for a moment, he collected a bunch of branches and lit them, the temperature in the mountains is very low at night, and a fire can also scare away some animals to avoid unnecessary trouble. Rummaging through Li Haoxuan's package, he found that there were two bottles of salve with remarkable medicinal effects, as well as a bottle of realgar powder, Jiang Ye was overjoyed, this could solve a big problem! He sprinkled a circle of realgar powder with himself as the center of the circle to avoid the uninvited visit of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the middle of the night.
After eating two steamed buns and drinking a few sips of water, Jiang Ye fell asleep, and the long-term mental tension made him very tired, but he didn't dare to sleep deeply, beware of accidents.
The first day passed without danger. However, a pair of shining eyes in the dark jungle indicate that it is not so simple......