Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Valley of Return

Immediately followed by a wheezing sound at the top of the mountain, a figure in the distance gradually appeared in front of him. At this time, Lu Yu was sweating profusely, out of breath, and when he saw the top of the mountain, he lay on the ground without saying a word, "poof~", and coughed.

After resting for a moment, he immediately got up and looked around. In front of him is the cliff, looking into the distance, a nearby peak is Cangyun Peak, next to it is Lingyang Peak, Qixia Peak is the farthest place. I can't help but sigh, this is an excellent viewing place, the three main peaks of this Tianshan Mountain can be included in the eyes together. There was a sound of "boom~" behind him, and when I turned around, it turned out to be a huge waterfall, and I thought that the stream in the mountain was flowing out of this valley. Immediately into the eye is a big cave, there is a huge stone outside the entrance of the cave, the boulder is a long time old, there is no lack of rain dripping dents on it, engraved with "Tianshan Sect Forbidden Land - Sihui Valley" several big characters. Strange to say, this is obviously a valley, but it is on the top of the mountain, and the entrance is actually a cave. Lu Yu couldn't wait to walk in and find out.

Just enter the entrance of the cave, you will see a huge stone wall, the stone wall is engraved with the ancestral teachings of the Tianshan faction, with the passage of time, the stone wall has been rampant with insect nets, covered with dust, but the words engraved on it are intact. I read it along the order, and when I got to the end, I found that it was engraved with people's names, and it was the lettering of the real people in charge of the past dynasties, led by the founder of the mountain - Lingxuzi. But at the end of the line of lettering is very strange, engraved with "the twenty-seventh head of the Tianshan faction - Xuan Xuozi", strange is strange on this "virtual" word, this is only a few decades of the situation, the "virtual" word is a little vague. Lu Yu was curious and stepped forward to take a closer look, only to see that the word "virtual" seemed to be engraved later, probably to cover up the previous word, he stretched out his hand and touched the lines, as if it was engraved before the word "Ye". I was a little puzzled for a while, and muttered in my mouth: "Could it be that the head of Xuanxu was called Xuan Yezi before, and later changed his name?" Lu Yu didn't dare to speculate more, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times before getting up.

When I turned my head, I saw a stone bed next to the stone wall, and there was still some straw left on it, and the straw was crawling with mosquitoes and dust, which I thought it should have been left by the previous punished disciple when he was resting. There was a bonfire next to the stone bed, but it had already turned into a pile of black ash, and on one side was a stone table and several stone benches. There is also a large pit in the ground, which is full of dew from the hole, and becomes a natural reservoir, and a few drops of water will drip into the pool from time to time in the cracks in the stone wall above. Although it is dilapidated, it is still available.

He continued to walk towards the depths of the cave, but after only a dozen steps, a puff of dust hit his face, and before he could cover his mouth, he took a sharp breath and coughed several times. With a wave of his hand, he swept away the dust, and he could barely breathe. The cave is interconnected, but the middle section is dark and damp, surrounded by cobwebs, and the air is full of sour smell.

Gradually, there was light in front of him, and he thought that there was a valley in front of him, but the scene in the next second made Lu Yu stunned. The end of the cave was actually set on the cliff, and when I looked down, the valley was desolate, and the towering trees that had been dense had been cut down by the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, and had become dead trees as the years passed, and even the only grass hut had collapsed, and only one river was still flowing, and some other plants and trees had died because they were too far away from the river. Birds and animals also migrated to the mountainside, and the whole valley was in shambles, and the eyes were full of desolation.

Before, I was a little puzzled, why did the seniors live in the cave and not live in the valley? When he came, Master also told himself that no one had come to this Sihui Valley for more than 20 years. I'm afraid she doesn't even know what is going on above. In this way, it is no wonder that the vegetation on the mountainside is vigorous, and there are many birds and animals, all of which originally migrated from the valley. Lu Yu turned around and walked towards the entrance of the cave with a disappointed face, it seems that the food in the future will have to run back to the mountainside to find it, which is more difficult than living in the back mountain before.

Back at the valley mouth, the sun had also set, and the entire summit was empty and silent. The mountains were also lifeless, and only the chirping of insects and birds could be heard, and the faint moonlight could still see the vision. I had no choice but to return to the cave, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers. There was no time to grieve, so he simply burned all the dead grass on the stone bed, and the cave instantly brightened. There was also a glimmer of hope in my heart, and I fetched some water from the pool to clean all the simple furniture. After cleaning up, I looked at the surrounding environment, which was much cleaner than before, although this sparrow was small but had all the internal organs, so it was still inhabitable.

Lu Yu sat on the stone bed, and he could see the scene outside the valley mouth, and a bright moon also rose. Looking at everything around me, I can't help but think of the life in Yunlai Village when I was a child, it was exactly the same, simple, poor and simple. sighed, thinking that the day after tomorrow would be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I don't know if my mother is doing well in another world. I flashed back to my mind that I had spent every Mid-Autumn Festival with my fellow brothers on the mountain, but this time, I am afraid that I will have to spend this year alone in this lonely cave.

Sitting there thinking about it for a long time, a yawn came out, only to realize that he had not had a good rest for two whole days, and he was still in Lingzhou City at this time yesterday, full of flowers, so beautiful, but the situation was so depressed in less than a day. Thinking that the junior sister should also wake up, the next second I thought back to the song Xiao Sheng and the plain-clothed woman, and then thought of what the woman in the sedan chair said to herself and the music score that appeared on her body for some reason. After thinking of it for a while, the moonlight gradually fell, and Lu Yu just sat cross-legged and fell asleep.

A black shadow suddenly flashed in the dark cave, and by the faint light of the fire, it was the white-robed old man who was outside the valley mouth before, he glanced at Lu Yu a few times, showed a mysterious smile, and then walked into the darkness again, and the originally burning fire was also extinguished in an instant......

"Knock~knock~" An alarm bell sounded in his ears, and Lu Yu opened his eyes suddenly and found that the sky outside was already bright. I actually sat cross-legged and slept all night, it seems that I should have been too tired yesterday. After all, this place is the territory of Cangyun Peak, and this daily morning bell can even be heard in such a remote place as Sihui Valley. Subconsciously sneezed, shook his body, only to realize that his body was sore, moved his muscles and bones, walked to the pool, a stream of cold water poured on his face, and the whole person instantly sobered up.

As soon as the front foot stepped out of the hole, a cold autumn wind blew in, and I shivered from the cold. This year's autumn wind was earlier than usual, and the valley mouth was on the top of the mountain, which was even colder. I had no choice but to go back to the cave, but the cave was interconnected, and the temperature in the cave was not much better than outside. The cave was cold and damp, and now it was cold and windy, and I sat on the stone bench with some despair in my heart, and saw that the withered grass of last night had not been burned out, so I urged the internal force a little, and the bonfire was rekindled. The cave was brighter again, and when I stepped forward, I felt as if I had come back to life, and it was very comfortable. The fire burned the withered grass and made a "click~click~" sound. Lu Yu calmed down and thought deeply about how to spend the next half a year.

This one lasted two hours, and when the dry grass burned out, the cave was cold again. Lu Yu also got up and walked out of the cave, the sun was also hanging high at this time, and it was a little more comfortable than in the early morning. Stretching his waist, he walked towards the mountainside. There is nothing on the top of this mountain, and food and firewood will have to be found in the mountains in the future. But this winter is also coming, and the mountain road will not be easy to walk, so it is better to stock up on more grain and grass now to survive the cold winter. Half a year is still early, and you can't spend half a year in hunger and cold.

The sky was just right, and Lu Yu was not in a hurry, and when he saw that there were fallen branches on the side of the road, he picked them up one after another, tore off a few pieces of cloth from his body, tied up the stack of branches, and piled them aside. Then I went to find some dry and moisture-tolerant hay, which I had done a lot of since I was a child, but it was very handy, and it was only a matter of three or two. After thinking about it, I went to pick some wild game in the mountains, and saw that there were a lot of big and small piles, and I was a little satisfied, but the fly in the ointment was that I didn't hunt any pheasants and hares.

I went to the mountains for a while, and just a few steps later, I heard the sound of "squeak~squeak~" from the trunk of the tree, and I didn't pay attention to it. But then some small stones were thrown at the head, and he turned around angrily and glared at the trunk of the tree a few times, and found that it was a stone monkey. This stone monkey is a kind of spirit beast, through human nature, the skin around the body is like a mountain stone, very intelligent, it is a kind of spirit beast that grows on the Cangyun Peak. It seems that this stone monkey should have not seen a human for a long time, and wanted to tease Lu Yu. I thought that I often encountered all kinds of spirit beasts when I was in the back mountain in the past, so I didn't care too much, and just wanted to leave, but who knew that this stone monkey was even more arrogant, and kept picking up stones and throwing them at Lu Yu, and laughed at him "呲~呲~".

Seeing that he was being teased by a spirit beast, Lu Yu couldn't help but feel a little angry, and his two fingers urged the internal force to hit the stone monkey on the trunk. But who knew that this stone monkey was extremely agile, and the several true qi that were hit one after another were all avoided. Seeing this, the stone monkey kept laughing. Lu Yu was even more angry in his heart, but he couldn't do anything, so he could only yell at it a few times, and the stone monkey seemed to be frightened and jumped away......

After wandering around the forest for a long time, he did not see pheasants or hares, so he simply returned to his place and picked up the firewood and hay. With firewood in his left hand and hay in his right hand, and some game in his pocket, he walked towards the mouth of the valley with a good harvest. On the way back, I felt very uncomfortable, and I was annoyed, I couldn't imagine that I was actually teased by a stone monkey, if this was spread, I am afraid that it would become a laughing stock in the mouths of the whole faction.

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