Chapter 40: The Moon Zhi Jade Plate

It is said that Lu Yang, under the guidance of the 'Bronze Ancient Sword', came to the belly of Dieyun Mountain alone. All of this is due to fate, because the bronze ancient sword is not a thing of this world, it represents the will of another plane, and it is born from a plane that is mysterious and barbaric and unknown to anyone. And Lu Yang's ability to be chosen by it is also the cause of all this.

The Tongtian Stone Demon hidden deep in the Demon Ruins Stacked Cloud Mountain, the mysterious and powerful bronze ancient sword, all of this seemed to Lu Yang as if he was in a dream. He was originally an ordinary scholar in the human world, and these stories that sounded very mysterious and incredible were now really happening around him.

If one day, there is an opportunity to change his fate and make him reborn, then Lu Yang will definitely seize it without hesitation. He wants to find his own end on the long journey. chose to embark on such a path only because he has a heart that does not want to be ordinary, and is not willing to be lonely.

Kunpeng's surging feat of being able to spread his wings and ride the wind and soar 90,000 miles into the sky is inseparable from the storm that blew on the vast sea of the Northern Underworld in June. If it can't be fueled by the wind, then Kunpeng can't rise to the top and swim freely in the infinitely magnificent sky. At this time, Lu Yang had to face the hurricane impact of that opportunity, spread his wings to the vast sky, and soar into the wind.

"Very well, since you have chosen to accept this test, then prove your courage first. Tongtian Stone Demon said.

"The bronze ancient sword brings you a total of three tests. This first level is for you to find a 'Moon Pan Jade Immortal Mushroom' on the cliff of this Stacked Cloud Mountain and pick it back. This 'Yuepan Jade Immortal Zhi' grows on this cliff, between the naturally dangerous cliffs, this is your first task. ”

Hearing the test of this first level, Lu Yang couldn't help but be stunned, he never thought that this was the test of the first level, and it would be so difficult. As far as he knew, Dieyun Mountain was about 1,500 zhang high, and its dangerous peaks were so high that they wanted to tower into Xinghan. If you fall from such a ladder-like peak, then you will definitely die without a life.

"And on the way to this mission, you can only rely on your own strength, not on the strength of others. Tongtian Stone Demon thought for a moment, then added some explanations again, and said: "I can sense that there are several powerful beings living on the peak of this Cloud Mountain now, if you let them help you, then even if you pick back the 'Moon Pan Jade Immortal Zhi', then you will not be able to get the approval of the Bronze Ancient Sword, and you will not be able to become its master." ”

"Hey......" Lu Yang sighed, if it was with the supreme cultivation of Fox Ancestor and the others, it would be a piece of cake to help him complete this task. But he can't rely on the power of others. He gritted his teeth, his gaze hardened. It seems that you can only rely on your own strength to go to that cliff and try to the death!

At that moment, he said goodbye to the Stone Demon of Babel for the time being, and once again cautiously leaned out of the cave and walked out of the outside world. At this time, he was only on the mountainside of this stacked cloud mountain, and there were still hundreds of zhang away from the top. He just looked down, the muscles of his calves trembled a little, the height of this stack of cloud mountains can be said to be thousands of walls, he has never seen such a high mountain when he was in Zhongzhou, just such a bottomless height, people can't muster up the courage to face it.

And the target of his going, the 'Yuepan Jade Immortal Zhi', he had heard of it, but this fairy grass that only existed in myths and legends, he only knew a little about it. This fairy grass will only grow between the extremely high cliffs, and at its height near the moon, it will grow with the essence of the moon. It has many miraculous effects, even enough to live and die, flesh and bones. But in Zhongzhou, no one has ever seen such a sacred object growing in the mountains.

And this 'Moon Pan Jade Immortal Zhi' itself is also extraordinary. Legend has it that only in the moonlight shines on the night of Changming, can you pick this peerless fairy grass on the cliff, and if you go to it on a sunny day, you can't find any trace of this divine object, because it will only absorb the yin essence collected by the stars and moon, and during the day, it is hidden in the protection of the moonlight and yin energy, so it can not be picked in the daytime. Only when the moon is dawning can we see its true appearance.

He pondered for a long time and chose to return to the top of the Stacked Cloud Peak first to make plans. Because it is the closest to the moonlight, it is possible that the 'Yuepan Jade Immortal Zhi' grows not far from the bottom of the cliff. He planned to use a rope to pull himself down the cliff, and after picking the fairy grass, he would use the power of the rope to return to the original point again, without having to bear too many dangers.

So Lu Yang lit the torch again and first found his way back to the peak. He found a dense bush near the summit, and with the dagger he carried, he peeled off some of the tough bark that had grown from the trees around him. Lu Yang didn't know what kind of trees grew on this stacked cloud mountain, but they were still standing straight under the invisible pressure of the demon ruin space. And the branches that grow are luxuriant. Even the bare bark of this tree is extremely tough. It took a lot of effort for Lu Yang to peel the bark off the tree.

He took great pains to roll a large amount of rough bark into a thick rope, and after trying it a few times, he felt that the toughness was much stronger than ordinary ropes. He tied one end of this long rope tightly to his waist, and at the other end, he found a big stone weighing more than 10,000 catties on the edge of the high cliff and tied it firmly for many circles. Only then did they get satisfied.

Everything was ready to stop, Lu Yang stood on the top of the dangerous peak, forcibly overcoming the bottomless fear in his heart for this face, he had his own insistence in his heart, if he used the strength of others to complete this test, it was not his original intention. He knew that if he wanted to be powerful, he had to take on it himself, so he had to complete the impossible task no matter what.

Looking from the peak of Dieyun Mountain, only a sea of thousands of clouds can be seen, and the ethereal clouds are flying and flowing in front of you, and the mountain wind is blowing, bringing a trace of cold. Lu Yang didn't dare to open his eyes to see how deep and terrifying it was under the clouds below, he carefully dragged his body, his arms tightly grasped the long rope that held life, and he swung down from the cliff and sank into the depths of the stacked clouds.

The surrounding mountain walls were in the floating and drifting clouds, and Lu Yang was firmly stepped on under his feet, and there was an indescribable sense of tension. At this time, he stood as if he were suspended in the air under the protection of the rope, but no one knew what kind of danger he had endured, he stood in the long sky full of clouds and mist, carefully lowered the long rope left on the cliff a little, and then leaned down to the bottom of the extremely low visibility to the naked eye.

The only thing that can be used to climb down from this cliff thousands of meters long is the moonlight that is close at hand, and it is precisely because of some clear and bright moonlight that Lu Yangshang can pass through the clouds hanging between the cliffs for thousands of years, and see things a few feet below.

But I don't know if this thousand-year-old cloud-filled cliff is also the abode of those hermits who love themselves and even the immortals. According to legend, in the Cangming Sea outside Zhongzhou, there was a fairy mountain called Penglai, and hundreds of thousands of immortals lived in the mountain. It is rumored that the fairy mountain will appear and disappear from time to time with the rise and fall of the tide of the sea, and no one has ever been there, but in people's imagination, it is beautiful and picturesque, and it is desirable.

And this stack of clouds and mountains from afar, the same between the clouds and mist, also real and illusory faintly rising, looking at this heavenly pillar like the mountain in the distance, it is suspicious to be a miracle. Everything here is so fascinating, the mountains are high and close to the bright moon, and you can pick the stars in your hands. If you can invite old friends, stay on the top of the mountain, sit opposite each other in your leisure time and enjoy the faint clouds, sunset and moonrise. In his spare time, the top of the mountain sings about wine, and plays chess on the piano, which is really a beautiful thing in the world.

These mountains come and go freely, like wisps of cotton wool, like dust and horses. It is like the artistic conception of debauchery and drifting in the poet's heart, willing to go with the wind in this pleasant beauty, and sway this feeling of freedom into the pen.

There is a poem that says:

The sea is like smoke, and I don't know that there are immortals in the depths of the clouds.

May the long wind chase the shadow of the moon and find the ethereal butterfly dream.

And Lu Yang was under the bright moon at this time, moving towards the distant clouds, in the clouds and fog barriers, he went down alone, and the residual smoke of the clouds and qi accumulated around him was scattered under his walking, and in the process of his slow downward movement, Lu Yang was surprised to find that in the gaps in the rock formations between the cliffs around him, there were constantly strange flashes, like a beautiful rainbow.

He chose a rock protrusion that was easy to contain, landed on it, and looked closely.

It turns out that between the cracks of these rock formations, they have broken the soil and taken root, and a lot of strong medicinal herbs have grown, they absorb the essence of the stars and the moon in the moonlight when the clouds open and the fog disperses, and they all have some mysterious abilities to change colors, Lu Yang read when he was young, and now he still knows some medicinal materials, and he was surprised to find that these herbs with changing colored light are actually rooted in the cracks of the rocks.

Dendrobium, which is above Zhongzhou, is the head of the nine immortal grasses. It is beneficial to the stomach and nourishes yin and clears heat. Because the environment in which these dendrobiums live is extremely harsh, they need to be on a hundred-foot high cliff to pick these precious dendrobiums. The wild dendrobium that grows in the distant southern Yunnan country is even more used as a tribute to the Tang King in Zhongzhou for maintenance. It can be seen how important the medicinal value of these dendrobiums is.

Speaking of dendrobium, we have to mention those medicine pickers who are willing to take risks and pick dendrobium on the cliff.

Since the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" and "Shennong's Materia Medica", the medical sages have quoted the theory of the five elements of yin and yang, which is corroborated with the medical Tao, creating a brilliant and unique ancient medical dialectical system. However, medicine cannot be without medicine, these extremely valuable Chinese medicines born in the mountains and wilderness, are all in the covered morning dew vines, flashing the wisdom of the ancients.

From ancient times to the present, I don't know how many unknown medicine pickers have stuck to the trembling mountains, exchanging their lives for this precious dendrobium, so that the old and young of the family can get rid of poverty and live a good life.

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