Chapter Eighty-Five: After the Catastrophe, There Are Many Adventures

"Fairy, fairy, where is that person?" the two Miao women ran up to them panting and asked. The fairy looked back with a questioning face, "Who are you talking about?" and "The one who rescued us." "The man dressed as a general. "With a sword in his hand. Two Miao women rushed to describe Zhang Xiaochuan's appearance. "Oh, he fell off the cliff. The fairy said nonchalantly. "Ah!" The two Miao women were very surprised, they walked to the edge of the cliff, they couldn't hear any movement, and they didn't care when they saw the fairy, and the two of them didn't dare to say much. "Alright, it's not too early, let's go back!" said the fairy, and went away. The two Miao women glanced behind them twice, and when they saw that there was nothing unusual, they had no choice but to follow.

Zhang Xiaochuan fell off the cliff, dazed, and kept falling down, because he was poisoned, he was not frightened and screamed like ordinary people. Fortunately, he was caught by three trees one after another, broke the branches of the first two trees, and his body was greatly cushioned, and when he fell to the top of the third tree, the fall was much smaller, and he broke through the dense branches like a small umbrella of the third tree, and fell leisurely on a platform. He touched the ground with his back and shoulder, a pain and a dizziness, and then he fainted.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Xiaochuan slowly woke up, the pain in his body was unbearable, his heart was troubled, his head was still groggy, he wanted to get up, but his whole body was weak and he couldn't move a bit. The sun shone hotly and harshly, and he could barely see a large tree overhead, and it was this tree that saved his life, and he was on a platform that held him up thanks to such a platform. The platform extends inward, but it is a large cave.

He tilted his head sideways, closed his eyes, and couldn't do anything, but he couldn't even pose for the detoxification posture on the Yijin Sutra. This place is very hidden, and it was poisoned, Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation and sadness in his heart, this is something that has never happened before, it seems that he is in a catastrophe this time.

Zhang Xiaochuan was thinking nonsense with his eyes closed, when suddenly a chill came from his hand, which instantly spread all over his body and reached his heart, and he couldn't help but fight several cold wars in a row. When he opened his eyes, he saw a small white silkworm crawling away from his hand. This little silkworm is white and crystal clear. This little silkworm is so special, although the sun is warmly shining, the chill on Zhang Xiaochuan's body cannot be dispersed for a while. However, in this way, the disgust in Zhang Xiaochuan's heart decreased slightly, and he felt a little more comfortable.

Zhang Xiaochuan knew that this little silkworm was a rare treasure, and he had the intention to catch it back, but his body couldn't move, he looked at the little silkworm and crawled into the hole. Just then, an accident happened, and a frog jumped out from behind a rock, blocking the way of the little silkworm. I saw that the frog was yellow-green, very large, with a slender head and limbs, and black-brown spots on its back. The frog stood on the dragon plate in front of the silkworm, just like a general. Seeing this, the little silkworm panicked and fled to the side. The frog was agile and jumping, and caught up with the silkworm in a few ups and downs. The frog webbed its mouth and tasted it, and in a short time, the little silkworm became the frog's belly. The frog was so proud that it croaked a few times, and the sound was very loud, and when it was finished, it slowly departed.

At this time, it did not know that danger had come, and a large red snake was silently approaching it, this snake had a long body and a triangular head. The frog was still basking in victory, and the fruits of victory had not yet been digested. The red snake was within range of its attack, and it slammed its head into its mouth. The frog kicked on all fours in terror, but could not break free from the snake's grasp, and after a while, he could not move. The frog was so big that the red snake could not swallow it completely, and the frog was in the mouth of the snake, and it went in a little bit, and then it went in a little bit, and then it slowly disappeared, and the belly of the snake gradually bulged, and it was evident that the frog had completely entered the belly of the snake.

The red snake swallowed the frog into its belly, and with great effort, it lay down on the spot to digest and rest. Zhang Xiaochuan's eyes looked at it for a moment, and he muttered in his heart to let it leave quickly.

After a while, the red snake's body rolled violently and twitched. The frog swallowed the ice silkworm, and the red snake swallowed the frog again, although the red snake was cold, it couldn't withstand the cold breath of the little silkworm. After rolling and tossing for a while, the red snake felt a lot better, but slowly came towards Zhang Xiaochuan. Zhang Xiaochuan was so anxious that he shouted in his heart, "Brother Snake, Brother Snake, you are full of food and drink, you don't have to live with me." The snake was getting closer and closer, and its ugly head was very close to Zhang Xiaochuan's head and face, and with a sense of fear and nausea, Zhang Xiaochuan fainted again.

"Papapa" Zhang Xiaochuan's cheek was patted painfully, and when he opened his eyes, it turned out to be a red snake twisting its body wildly, and the snake's tail swept to his cheek from time to time. Zhang Xiaochuan closed his eyes and kept muttering in his heart, "Brother Snake, I won't hurt you, and you won't hurt me, let's not hurt the river water, okay?" Zhang Xiaochuan completely forgot that he was powerless now, and he couldn't even hurt the ants, besides, how could the snake listen to him.

The red snake writhed frantically for a while, and its range of movements became smaller and smaller, and after a while, it didn't move. Zhang Xiaochuan was bold and opened his eyes. I saw a black and red centipede sucking on the snake's head, it turned out that the snake couldn't stand the cold breath of the silkworm, and came here to bask in the sun, but was killed by this centipede. Seeing this, Zhang Xiaochuan breathed a sigh of relief, although he couldn't move, it was much better than dying in the mouth of the snake brother.

The centipede sucked for a while, and its body gradually swelled, and it lay on the snake for a while, but slowly crawled towards Zhang Xiaochuan. Zhang Xiaochuan was in a hurry again, and began to mutter, "Brother centipede, please, don't come here!" Although this centipede is not as scary as the red snake, it is not very pleasant to let it bite after all.

Zhang Xiaochuan's chatter didn't work at all, he felt an itch on his face, and the centipede had already crawled up his cheek, and after a while, it was under his mouth.

"Centipede brother, what are you doing here?" Zhang Xiaochuan muttered, "Oh, it won't get into my nostrils! When the centipede crawled over his mouth, Zhang Xiaochuan was thinking of the most terrifying part, Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but open his mouth, and the centipede fell into his mouth. The centipede scurried around in Zhang Xiaochuan's mouth for a while, it felt really uncomfortable, Zhang Xiaochuan was afraid that it would hurt himself, so he couldn't care so much anymore, opened his mouth and chewed the centipede to pieces. Although Zhang Xiaochuan's limbs are weak, his teeth are sharp, and his mouth can move. After chewing the centipede, a strange taste spread in his mouth, fishy, sour, and disgusting, but Zhang Xiaochuan was unable to spit out the dead centipede. He had no choice but to swallow it, silently thinking to himself, "Brother Centipede, you are killing yourself, no wonder I am!"

The dead centipede went down to the stomach, the hidden danger was eliminated, Zhang Xiaochuan let out a sigh, since the silkworm appeared, this time of tossing was very long, he was highly nervous, and he didn't dare to sleep. The abdominal cramps were incomparable, the body was cold for a while, hot for a while, Zhang Xiaochuan rolled on the ground with his stomach in his arms, he was sweaty, and he was hot. Hit the body of the dead snake, felt a coolness, he simply hugged the dead snake, he was thirsty, in the confusion actually bit the snake body, the snake died not long ago, Zhang Xiaochuan actually ate its flesh and blood, ate for a while, slightly better, and fell asleep in a daze. After a while, another strange chill hit his whole body, and Zhang Xiaochuan shivered for a while. If so, several times, and I don't know how many days and nights passed, Zhang Xiaochuan suddenly realized that he could move, and then he began to use the exercises on the Yijin Sutra to detoxify. He felt that there were two strands of true qi in his body, one cold and one hot, wandering around, and he worked hard to channel these two true qi into the sea of dantian qi, and the balance between his chest and abdomen gradually calmed down, and he was no longer uncomfortable.

Zhang Xiaochuan sat up slowly, and suddenly saw that the snake's mutilated body was beside him, he was shocked, jumped up suddenly, flew up and kicked it to the bottom of the cliff, but he didn't know that he had survived these days thanks to the snake's flesh and snake blood.

Zhang Xiaochuan shook his arm and kicked his legs, feeling a slight pain in his back, but other than that, he didn't feel any discomfort in his body, but felt refreshed. And he went to the hole, which was high and large, and it was not dark, and the sun shone in his head, and when he looked up, he saw a hole the size of a bowl, several feet high, and it was very bright. The sunlight shines in from this position, the sunlight shines on a stone table, there are cups and plates on the table, and there are a few stone benches next to it, but they are all covered with dust, it seems that someone once lived here, Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that there will definitely be a way out here.

Zhang Xiaochuan walked forward for a distance, and there were steps going up, Zhang Xiaochuan was overjoyed and excited, he rushed up the steps, and his heart was half cold after he didn't run a few steps. A boulder weighing a thousand pounds blocked the way out. Zhang Xiaochuan pushed the stone with both hands, the stone did not move, Zhang Xiaochuan turned around silently, depressed. He went to the right again, and heard the sound of the murmuring water, and he ran over to it, and saw that it was a culvert, and there were small fish swimming in the water, but the culvert was not deep, and he did not know where it was going. Zhang Xiaochuan took a handful of water, washed his face, drank a few more sips, felt extremely hungry in his stomach, reached into his arms, and took out the dry food again. This dry food was dry and hard, Zhang Xiaochuan frowned, bit it down little by little, and swallowed it slowly.

Zhang Xiaochuan turned around and came back to the bottom of the steps, this time there was a new discovery, there was a hole in the lower right of the steps, he walked in excitedly, and saw that there was a sarcophagus in it, and there was no way out here. The four walls are carved with human shapes and words, Zhang Xiaochuan looked at it, only to see a few big characters on it "Easy Footwork", Zhang Xiaochuan knew that this must be a kung fu and body method, but he can't find a way out now, how can he have the heart to see and learn, he lazily walked out and walked to the platform outside. He looked up and saw that the cliff was so high that he could not climb up, and then he looked down, and the clouds and mist under his feet were cloudy, and he didn't know how high the cliff was, and there was no way out left and right.

Zhang Xiaochuan paced back into the cave, sat on the stone bench and was stunned for a while, could it be that he was really going to die here. He went through several tribulations, and he didn't die, and he was unwilling, and he thought, since I am safe, God will not give me a chance. "There is no endless road, I can't give up!" Zhang Xiaochuan made up his mind, and wanted to see if there were any clues to be found in those words.

He returned to the cave where the sarcophagus was kept, and carefully studied the "Easy Footwork". I saw the beginning of "Easy Footwork" said, "Zhuangzi made a free trip, I created a free footwork, both belong to the same way, both understand the avenue, and work the same." This method originates from the Taoist, out of the hexagram, but it has the shape of a hexagram, but it is out of the form. The body is smart, the footwork is subtle, the intention is to move with the heart, the shape is free to walk, and it can be successful. This is followed by a detailed explanation of the text and graphics, how to transform the shape, how to transpose the position, and the explanation is very detailed and specific. Zhang Xiaochuan watched all the way, his curiosity rose, and he couldn't help but practice one by one. Some places are easy to understand and learn, and you can learn at a glance, while others need to be repeatedly figured out, which takes a lot of time. Zhang Xiaochuan eats dry food when he is hungry, and has water to drink when he is thirsty, and he wholeheartedly practices the free footwork. After the dry food was eaten, he scooped a few small fish and water in the water to satisfy his hunger, and occasionally a few fruits fell on the platform, whether the fruit was good or bad, he also picked it up and ate it, just like that, unconsciously after more than ten days, Zhang Xiaochuan has been very proficient in the footwork. Zhang Xiaochuan saw that the last part of the body method was signed by the layman Li Tianhe, and he said in his heart, I don't know what kind of person this Li Tianhe layman is, and he can create such a mysterious body and footwork.

Zhang Xiaochuan had a whim, I don't know what the effect will be if I combine the carefree footwork and use the carefree swordsmanship, thinking of this, he went to touch the sword on his waist, but he touched it empty, and he remembered that he must have been lost when he fell off the cliff. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, "Hey, by the way, since I landed on the platform, why is my sword missing." He rose and fell, jumped onto the platform, looked up, and saw the sword right above the canopy of the trees. Zhang Xiaochuan saw that the tree was about a foot high, and his body flew up, and he broke through the crown of the tree at once and was a few feet higher than the crown. Zhang Xiaochuan was inexplicably surprised, his body was in the air, and he was on top of a cliff, how could he not panic, and hurriedly made a jack fall and fell down on the canopy. Zhang Xiaochuan firmly grasped the tree pole, settled his mind, took the sword, and jumped down gently. He didn't know that the several poisons he had ingested were also strange things, and he fought poison with poison, and the toxicity canceled each other out, and his skills also greatly improved and benefited a lot. Just now, he jumped over, using too much force, and didn't know that he had made great progress, so he pierced through the canopy.

Zhang Xiaochuan returned to the cave and stood up again, and was immediately overjoyed, he was able to pull up more than two feet tall with just a slight vertical. Zhang Xiaochuan thought about it for a while, and then understood that this thing must be related to his adventure after falling off the cliff.

Zhang Xiaochuan opened his posture, took a step, stepped in the direction of the carefree footwork, and used the carefree swordsmanship. His body is agile and elegant, his swordsmanship is free, and his swordsmanship and footwork are perfectly coordinated. There was a sound of "sneering" on the sword, and there was a sword qi, Zhang Xiaochuan knew that his swordsmanship had reached a new realm, and he was happy in his heart, and he was very proud.

After a set of swordsmanship was finished, as soon as it quieted down, Zhang Xiaochuan started to worry again, I am so good at swordsmanship and footwork, what is the use of not being able to get out. "No, I have to find a way out. With that in mind, he went back into the cave where the sarcophagus was placed.

Zhang Xiaochuan has looked at the four walls in this cave countless times, and there is no way out, nor any hints. This time, his eyes stayed on this sarcophagus, I don't know what is strange about this sarcophagus here, is it Li Tianhe in this sarcophagus, or is this sarcophagus just for me. Zhang Xiaochuan thought of this, walked around the sarcophagus, and found nothing, Zhang Xiaochuan leaned over and looked at the lid of the sarcophagus, there was a line of small characters on it, it was really unnoticeable if you didn't look closely. I saw that it said, "If you can enter this coffin, you will be reborn." ”

"If you can enter this coffin, you will be reborn", Zhang Xiaochuan muttered this sentence, and the fire of hope suddenly ignited in his heart. He lowered his sword and carefully pushed the lid of the sarcophagus, which slowly staggered a slit. When the lid of the sarcophagus was opened by a third, Zhang Xiaochuan looked inside carefully, and there was nothing inside, just an empty sarcophagus.

"Could it be that this sarcophagus is specially prepared for me? Is there no way out here?" Zhang Xiaochuan was almost completely disappointed again, and suddenly remembered the sentence, "If you can enter this coffin, you will be reborn", in this case, why don't I go into the coffin to take a look, thinking like this, he stepped into the sarcophagus.

After entering the sarcophagus, Zhang Xiaochuan lowered his body, and saw that it was empty, and there was nothing unusual, so he simply sat inside, slowly stretched his body and lay down. He closed his eyes and lay quietly, imagining what it would be like when people died. "If you can enter this coffin, you will be reborn", Zhang Xiaochuan opened his eyes, but he couldn't realize the artistic conception of rebirth, and there was no road to rebirth.

Zhang Xiaochuan turned over twice in the sarcophagus, looked left and right, and found nothing. Just as he turned over, he felt the slate under him seem to move slightly. Zhang Xiaochuan sat up excitedly, looking at the stone slab, it was put together piece by piece, he pressed and pushed it with his hand, and felt that there was a piece that moved very strongly, and his heart couldn't help beating wildly, could it be that the road to rebirth is here. Zhang Xiaochuan lifted the slate with his hand, and the slab actually rose in response, revealing a swarthy hole underneath.