Chapter 37: Funiu Mountain
Han Fengge and the four of them said goodbye to Yin Zhiqing, walked out of the mountain temple, and went west along the ridge.
It was Qingming, and the mountain flowers were in full bloom. Although this is not a famous mountain and a mountain, and there is no amazing scenic spot, the countryside is full of spring and flowers in spring, and it is a beautiful scenery everywhere. The mountain air is fresh and fresh, although it is not as rich as the aura of Kunyu Mountain, but it is still refreshing.
Along the way, the girls Qin Qing and Yunfei were both silent. Yunfei was originally a cold and indifferent character, usually he didn't speak much on Kunyu Mountain, and now he didn't know what to say in the face of such a junior sister who was devoted to him but was ashamed to speak. And although Qin Qing is a lively and cheerful girl who is very good at talking, but now in front of the man she has admired since she was a child, she has a thousand words in her heart for a while but she doesn't know how to speak, not to mention that Yunfei is still a stupid melon who is very slow about the love between men and women. So the two people who have their own hearts along the way, one is shy and the other is stuffy, they can only have an awkward conversation without a word, and they don't even have the heart to appreciate the spring scenery of the mountains.
Compared with Yunfei and the two, Han Fengge and Mingruo Sangsang, who met for the first time, talked and laughed and chatted very happily, after all, although there were some small misunderstandings at first sight, they were not people who would annoy each other. Han Fengge thought that Sangsang was a child, and Sangsang, who was born with extraordinary intelligence, naturally enjoyed the privileges of children and was cared for. The two of them chatted about their own interesting stories, and often ran to the grass and flowers on the side of the mountain road to flutter butterflies and frolic, which eased the awkward atmosphere along the way.
The four of them traveled westward along the mountain road for about twenty or thirty miles, and when they went further on, they found a huge and steep valley in front of them.
Yun Fei looked at the deep valley in front of him and said to the rest of the people: "After this valley, it should be Funiu Mountain." There is no way ahead, the fog in the valley and the opposite mountain is very heavy, if we force the sky to cross, we are afraid that we will be conspired by the old devil, for the sake of the plan for now we have to go down to the bottom of the valley and then go around to the opposite mountain. ”
Han Fengge and the three of them had no objection, and the group of four walked along the path on the side of the cliff towards the bottom of the valley.
Before everyone left, Yun Fei and Yin Zhiqing inquired about the location of Funiu Mountain.
They learned from Yin Zhiqing that originally this Funiu Mountain and Yashan Mountain were originally a mountain range. Legend has it that the mountain god who was once enshrined in the mountain temple on the top of Mount Asan was cut into two sections with a sword, and the Funiu Mountain vein was completely cut off from the Asan Mountain Range.
As for why this was done, it is very old, and the details of it are no longer known. It's just that Yin Zhiqing once saw some broken pages in the local county annals, and he had a vague account of this matter.
Legend has it that the mountain god enshrined in the broken temple on the top of this Yashan Mountain is the founding prince of the Tang Empire of the former dynasty, which was once very prosperous, but the royal family was ruthless, lost the succession, and was exiled from Beijing. The down-and-out prince who was driven out of the capital, when passing through this place, saw that the people here were simple, the scenery was beautiful and quiet, and he liked it very much, and then he settled on the top of Yashan Mountain and lived in seclusion and no longer had no intention of fighting for the court.
Soon after, a well-cultivated hundred-legged worm came to Funiu Mountain, causing wind and waves to harm the Quartet. The down-and-out prince felt sorry for the suffering of the people, and he was also a cultivator, so he went to Funiu Mountain to subdue the demons. Under a big battle, the down-and-out prince who was seriously injured finally killed the big demon. It's just that although the demon has been eliminated, the method cultivated by the worm is very evil, even if he has died, the demonic energy condensed by his own cultivation has not dispersed, and even quietly infects along the earth's veins towards Asan without restraint. In order to protect this side of the water and soil from being infected by demonic energy, the down-and-out prince actually gave up his cultivation to exhaust his dragon energy, cut off the leylines with one sword, and isolated Funiu Mountain from the veins of Yashan. However, although the injured prince protected the people, he ran out of oil and died. In order to commemorate his exploits, the local people built an ancestral temple on the top of Asan Mountain, where they lived in seclusion, and enshrined his spiritual statues in it.
This legend has disappeared in the long river of time with the collapse of the Tang Empire, and only some wild histories and local county records still have a few words.
Originally, this past incident had little to do with today's events, but Han Fengge liked folk rumors and novel stories since he was a child, and Yin Zhiqing, who is now a mountain god, read a lot of books before his death, and happened to respect the legendary prince very much, so he told this secret story as a story to everyone.
The crowd cautiously skirted the deep valley to the front of Funiu Mountain, and by this time it was already dark.
Sang Sang stood at the foot of the mountain and looked at the Funiu Mountain shrouded in a thick fog of demonic qi and demonic energy: "Funiu Mountain has been found, but how can we find the Chixia Palace on this foggy Funiu Mountain? Is it possible that we should not be able to scold in front of this mountain?"
Han Fengge stared at the Funiu Mountain in the dense fog and thought for a long time, and said: "But all those who practice in seclusion in the mountains often find places with strong spiritual energy or the easiest place to gather spiritual energy as their cultivation place, and the same is true for demon cultivation. Although this mountain is not fully viewed under the dense fog, but looking at its mountain situation, there should be a col on the mountainside, which can hide the wind and gather qi, I think that the old demon of Chixia will build the Chixia Palace there. ”
Although Yun Fei and the three of them didn't believe what Han Fengge said, they had no other way at this time, so they had to use the dead horse as a live horse doctor and walk along the faintly visible mountain road to the mountainside together.
After a while, the four of them came to the mountainside, only to find that there was indeed a huge sunken mountain wall here, but they did not see the so-called Chixia Palace, only a cave with a black hole. The four of them approached the entrance of the cave and found that the mountain wall at the entrance of the cave was engraved with three big characters of "Chixia Palace".
Although she was young and timid, the little girl Ming Ruo Sangsang stepped forward to take a look, and made sure that this was the hiding place of the old demon of Chixia that they were looking for.
Ming Ruo Sangsang turned his head and stared at Han Fengge curiously, as if he wanted to see him through, and asked, "Oh, it's really here!
Han Fengge was stared at by a little girl with such eyes, although she was still young, she was still blushing and uncomfortable, so she had to explain: "No, it's not very powerful." It's just that when I was in exile in the early years, I was forced to read a lot of miscellaneous books by my brother who regarded books as his life. One of them happens to talk about some techniques of watching mountains and exploring the earth, and it is the first time I have come to view the mountains according to the book, but I am just lucky. ”
The naughty little girl smiled and said, "Hehe, you're quite modest." ”
Qin Qing saw that his junior sister was going to mess around again, so he gently stopped her and said, "Sangsang, don't mess around, this is the territory of the old devil, be careful of being caught by him." ”
The little girl said this, and she hurriedly ran away from the entrance of the cave and returned to her sister.
Just as the four of them were about to enter the cave, a gust of wind blew from the entrance of the cave, accompanied by the sound of whining and weeping. A hoarse voice came from the cave: "Hmph, ignorant child, it seems that you are the guy who killed my unsuccessful apprentice and that little idiot surnamed Yin who cut off my ancestor's financial route." Originally, Ancestor I had important things to do with and was too lazy to worry about you, but I didn't expect you to send them to the door by yourself without knowing whether to live or die, it is really a way to heaven that you don't go, and there is no door to hell, you want to come!
As soon as the words fell, a burst of demonic qi rushed out of the hole, and Han Fengge and the others were shocked and withdrew more than ten zhang before they were not injured by this sudden demonic qi.
When everyone stabilized their bodies and looked up, they saw an old man with red hair, long beard, and a yellow and purple robe sitting at the entrance of the cave on top of an extremely luxurious and magnificent chariot. If it weren't for the fact that the four of them knew in their hearts that this person was the extremely heinous and ferocious demon cultivator Chixia, just looking at the old man's face, he could be regarded as a fairy wind bone.
Everyone's eyes swept over the old demon of Chixia, and they saw two gray-clothed men with long swords standing on both sides of the line, one on the left and one on the right, with pale faces and wooden expressions, just like the gray-clothed people surnamed Qiu that they had seen in the mountain temple before. Further ahead, there are two rows of ghosts standing with their hands down, white clothes spreading, fluttering, and gloomy, and they are the ghost servants that the gray man surnamed Qiu said.
What is even more outrageous is that there was a boy and girl who looked no more than five or six years old standing in front of the line, with empty eyes and a blue lantern in their hands, which illuminated a gloomy color in front of the cave, and it was also a ghost thing refined by the old demon of Chixia.
In the face of such an eerie scene, Rao is Yunfei has been walking the world for many years, and he is still full of murderous intent after seeing a lot of knowledge. Not to mention Qin Qing, who has always been jealous and hateful, more like a chivalrous woman than a fairy.
Even Han Fengge and Mingruo Sangsang, who were still young, were so angry in their hearts that they forgot their fears.
Qin Qing gritted his teeth and said: "Evil thief, I only heard that you practiced magic skills and harmed the people, but I didn't expect that you would lose your conscience and even refuse to let go of the children.
As soon as the words fell, Qin Qing, who had a fiery temperament, had already drawn his sword and rushed forward, but he was surrounded by dozens of ghosts. Qin Qing knew that most of them were innocent people under the mountain who were mutilated by that demon cultivator and refined into obedient ghost puppets. Although her temper is a little hotter, she is still a kind person in the final analysis, and in the face of such a situation, she refuses to admit the pain of the killer, and she is in trouble for a while.
Seeing that Qin Qing was under siege, Yun Fei, who was very concerned about her, rushed forward and rushed into the formation. Yun Fei, who was extremely fast, shook his body again and again and came to Qin Qing's side, pulled her into his arms, and rushed out of the formation in an instant.
Qin Qing, who was hugged by Yun Fei and brought out of the ghost formation, was flushed. Things that I don't usually dare to think of, but today really happened. Qin Qing's heart fluttered with a flushed face, his arms were so warm, although he was reluctant, he still gently broke free of Yun Fei's arm under the eyes of everyone, but at the same time he regretted it, and the feeling of loss in her heart made her want to rush into the ghost array again.