Chapter 41: Escape from Kampot Pass

PS: Thank you Yangzhigang, Lord Immortal Bird, and Lingsu Jushi for their tips.

Seeing that many monks poured out of Gao Richang Temple, each holding sticks and blades, sealing the mountain pass trail, and a few monks who cultivated to be difficult to distinguish between high and low came in the direction of the mountain pass, Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongze knew that they couldn't stay here.

The two of them slowly retreated, using the shrubs to cover their figures, and retreated more than a mile into a small forest.

Pei Zhongze frowned and said: "It's good now, it's blocked in the mountains, it seems that you have to go back the same way, or try it from the northwest?"

Zhao Ran didn't respond, he leaned under a tree and was looking down to think. Thinking about it, it seems that the construction proposed by Pei Zhongze is the most feasible at the moment, and in any case, it is much more reliable than being tough, not to mention that the two of them are really not strong.

But now that they have arrived at the Kampot Pass, and they are not far away from the mountains, they can immediately escape from the "land of suffering" of Bayan Kala Mountain.

Just thinking about it, Zhao Ran suddenly had an idea, and said to Pei Zhongze: "There is! Senior Brother Pei, quickly, use your bamboo sword, let's cut the bark! Strive to rub out a longer rope, let's jump off the cliff with the rope!"

When Pei Zhongze heard this, he also said "wonderful", and soon began to cut it. He was in charge of cutting, while Zhao Ran sifted through the bark, picking out the ones with long fibers and strong strength, and kept buckling the knotted ropes.

More than an hour has passed, and the rope that Zhao Ran has knotted has reached more than 20 zhang.

Pei Zhongze roughly visually measured the length of the rope and stopped Zhao Ran: "It's almost." So they put the ropes away. Climb towards the back mountain. The height of the mountain was undulating in various places, and the backs were also different, and the two chose a place that could not be seen and was not too high, and hung the rope down, and the end of the rope was fixed on a rock.

"It seems that it is still a little worse, it has not hung to the bottom, five or six zhang, or seven or eight zhang? Senior Brother Pei, do you think you can do it?"

"Almost, this height doesn't matter. ”

Pei Zhongze didn't climb the rope, so he jumped directly. Every time it descends, it descends a few feet. He stretched out his hand and gently pulled on the rope, draining most of the strength of the fall, and then continued to fall for a short time. We have reached the bottom of the rope. He hung on the rope and paused. Then spread the rope. As soon as his body spun in the air, he easily landed on the ground, and then waved upward.

Zhao Ran doesn't have Pei Zhongze's ability. I could only turn around clumsily, climbing the rope and moving down inch by inch. If it was Zhao Ran in his previous life, I am afraid that he would have no strength when he climbed halfway, but in this world, he can still persevere.

When he finally climbed to the bottom of the rope, he looked down and couldn't help but gasp, okay, at least four or five stories high! He looked at Pei Zhongze, who was waiting below, Pei Zhongze made a move inward with both hands, signaling Zhao Ran to jump down. Zhao Ran took a deep breath, spread the rope with both hands, and his body fell directly.

When he was about to fall to the ground, Zhao Ran only felt a strong force coming from his back, knocking him out sideways, and when Zhao Ran landed, he felt as if he had fallen into a pile of cotton, and he didn't feel the slightest pain, which all relied on Pei Zhongze's cultivation methods.

Pei Zhongze shouted in a low voice: "Let's go!" pulled up Zhao Ran's clothes, took him and jumped out into the distance.

This place is no longer within the range of Gao Richang Temple's view, and the surrounding area is full of hills that can be sheltered, which can be regarded as temporary safety. Out of caution, the two men still galloped east for an hour before they found their way and turned north. There was no pause along the way, and I don't know how many small hills I had crossed, how many old forests I had crossed, how many creeks full of gravel I had crossed, how many ravines I had crossed, and the monk's robes had already been hung in tatters by branches and sharp stone hooks, and the monk's shoes had broken several big holes, until I was exhausted and rushed to the outside of a broken temple.

At this time, it was already evening, the red clouds were slowly flowing on the top of the distant mountain, Zhao Ran was lying in the weeds on the slope, spitting the sour water in his mouth, and panting: "No, Senior Brother Pei, let's rest." I think this temple is good, let's sleep here for two hours. ”

The ruined temple had fallen into disrepair, and a solitary remnant of the temple leaned against a mound no more than three feet high, and a bare pole stood at the door, half of the gate had collapsed, and it was covered with cobwebs. The temple wall has been beaten by the wind and rain for many years, revealing the soil and stones inside, only a few old locust trees around the tree have dense branches and leaves, and a few unknown birds and finches on the trees sing a few words from time to time, showing a trace of vitality.

Pei Zhongze lay beside Zhao Ran, looked up at the ruined temple not far away, looked at the half-human-high artemisia grass at the entrance of the temple, turned his head to look around, and saw that there seemed to be no people here, so he nodded: "I'll rest here tonight." After speaking, he got up first, cautiously came to the gate of the temple, and gently stabbed the half-collapsed door with a bamboo pole, and the remaining half of the door was shattered into pieces.

Pushing aside the cobwebs hanging at the door, Pei Zhongze stepped in, turned around inside, and then came out and beckoned to Zhao Ran. Zhao Ran supported his sore back, and walked towards the broken temple with difficulty, he didn't feel it when he ran for his life before, but as soon as he stopped a little while lying on the side of the dirt slope just now, he felt that his twin strands trembled, and he stumbled when he walked, and he was really tired to the extreme.

After entering the ruined temple, he sat down against the base of the wall regardless of it, and took a few breaths before he began to look at the layout in the temple. There is a clay statue arched on the Buddha shrine that is half upside down, the clay statue has no head, only half of the body is left to sit, and the left arm is also half broken, so it is impossible to see which god and Buddha are offered.

Other than that, there is nothing left in the temple.

However, the floor was very clean, all paved with stone bricks, and there was no cobwebs or birds' nests on the wooden beams in the corners, as if they had just been cleaned.

Zhao Ran immediately sat up vigilantly, and said to Pei Zhongze: "Senior Brother Pei, there is a house in this temple, you see, it has just been cleaned!"

"Senior Brother Zhao, I just used a purification talisman ......"

"Uh...... I see...... Zhao Ran leaned back into the corner and asked again: "Senior Brother Pei, your purity talisman is very good, just work for a while, the temple is clean." By the way, don't you have much on you, borrow me two and use them later. ”

Pei Zhongze shook his head: "I brought a lot when I went out last year, but I used them all up, and this is the last one." ”

Zhao Ran was slightly disappointed, but unwilling, so he asked: "Can you draw some talismans for me to use after I go back, my bones have not been opened, and I don't know when I will be able to practice, or the talisman is simpler, the same as the array plate, which is more suitable for me." ”

Pei Zhongze thought for a while and said, "I can go and ask for some for you, but my family is not good at this......"

Zhao Ran was surprised: "No, right? The Taoist priest of the dignified Qingyun Pavilion actually can't draw talismans? Uh, Senior Brother Pei, I don't mean anything else, I'm just a little curious." ”

Pei Zhongze smiled: "It's okay." Several generations of my family have specialized in the Quanzhen Method, mainly with Neidan, and they are not very transparent about the talismans. ”

Zhao Ran let out an "ah" and said, "It turned out to be the senior brother of the Quanzhen Dao, who was disrespectful and disrespectful. I don't know which faction it is?"

Pei Zhongze said: "It can't be said that it is the whole truth...... My ancestors once traveled to Luoyang, and then worshiped in Fengxian Cave as a registered disciple, and obtained the Inner Dan Gong of the Qingjing School. However, the precepts of the Quanzhen Dao are very strict, and the wife room is not advocated, and the ancestor does not dare to be extinct because of this, so he does not enter the inner door of the Fengxian Cave. ”

Zhao Ran praised: "Yes, if you should learn his exercises, you can learn his exercises, what you should do and what you should do, be at peace with your heart, and be in harmony with the way of heaven......"

Pei Zhongze thought for a while and said: "That's what I said, but it's not necessarily the case, my family has produced several generations of geniuses, and none of them can finally attain enlightenment. ”

Zhao Ran comforted: "Everyone has their own fate, there are many geniuses, how many people can preach? ”

Pei Zhongze sighed: "I hope so." ”

Zhao Ran took out the barbecue from his wrench, and ate some with Pei Zhongze, because he was too tired, he didn't say much, and took out the black ginseng pills and swallowed them, he fell asleep, Pei Zhongze closed his eyes and recuperated.

I don't know how long I slept, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time, Pei Zhongze made a silent gesture at Zhao Ran, tiptoed to the door, and stared at the dark place outside the temple. (To be continued!)

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