Chapter 9 The Road is Difficult

Two days later, in the early morning, Shi Yu's master and apprentice were ready to set off, Shi Yu tried his best to look at the red mountains in the distance, the earth dyed by forests, and the distance where the sun was about to rise, and there was inexplicable excitement and impulse in his heart.

Shi Yu's mother personally put on a hat for her son who was about to go away, tied the rope, put on a robe, and told Shi Yu carefully beside Shi Yu.

Shi Yu's grandmother added some jerky to her grandson's baggage as dry food for the road.

Everything was ready, the three of them converged in the big courtyard of the Shi family, and as soon as Chen Chen walked into the courtyard, he shouted: "Xiaoyu, continue!"

Shi Yu stretched out his hand to catch it, it was a delicate sword, and Chen Chen said: "This is a gift from the teacher." ”

Shi Yu didn't shirk it, and said loudly: "Master Xie." Then he pulled out his sword and took a closer look. The cold light appeared, sharp and pressing, and it was indeed a good sword, and the scabbard and hilt were engraved with the symbol of an iron hammer, indicating its provenance.

After watching it, Shi Yu put away the sword and put it on his back, the three of them are now dressed the same, they are all wearing hats, wearing robes, carrying a burden and a long sword on their backs, like a knight who has traveled all over the world, half a life of wind and rain and half sand, Xueyan also carries a long sword on her back, which is slightly longer than an ordinary sword, and looks thinner, this sword is what she has owned three years ago, named Changhong.

Wearing a hat and a cloak seems to be a bit bulky, but in fact, it is also a helpless move, this time, a day or two can not get out of this forest, it is difficult to ensure that there is no rain on the road, when it rains, it is difficult to find shelter, and when you get out of the forest, you can take it off when you come to the world, and travel lightly.

Seeing Shi Yu put away the gift, Chen Chen added: "This sword has not yet been named, you can give him a name." ”

"Well, I see it overflowing, so let's call it the Streamer Sword. Shi Yu didn't think about it, and opened his mouth to say.

"Streamer's sword? That's a good name. Chen Chen expressed his approval, and Xue Yan on the side also nodded.

"Then Uncle Chen, what is the name of the sword you are carrying?" Shi Yu asked rhetorically.

"I haven't named this sword yet, huh...... Then call it Nameless. ”

"Silence is better than sound, no name is famous, Uncle Chen, a good name. ”

"Alright, stop talking about it, let's go when we're ready. Chen Chen urged.

"Everything is ready, let's go. ”

Shi Yu's home is at the edge of the village, not far from the forest, so the send-off did not go far, a few steps more into the forest, the send-off people stopped, and the people who traveled far away continued to walk forward, turning back as they went, waving their hands until they could not see each other.

Only after entering the forest did they know what it means to be boundless, surrounded by trees, Shi Yu is light, they can jump on the trees, walk between the trees, and Chen Chen and Xueyan can only walk step by step, so it is much easier, they can only look at the direction of the sun rising, the direction of the sun rising is the east, and what they want to go is also the east.

But even so, it is still easy to get lost, and they can get out of the woods, but it will deviate greatly from their destination.

There is another way for them to get out smoothly, the border of the country of Yuezhao, bordering this forest, the road leading from the border to the village has long been walked by the ancestors of the drinking spring village, along the way in order to facilitate the return, will be written down every day to make an impressive place, these places, or majestic or pleasant scenery. Connecting these sites in series is a passage road, with two ends of the road, one end is the village of Yinquan, and the other end is the border of the country of Yuezhao.

Those who walk on this path must find a marked spot every day, and this is what the three of them have to do now.

Because Shi Yu can use light power to pass through the trees, the speed of progress is much faster, and overlooking the ground from the tree, it is safer and the field of vision is more open, so he took on the responsibility of exploring the way, one step ahead, and turned back when he found the beast, so as to avoid the dangerous area.

Not long after exploring the way, Shi Yu found a litter of tigers, a tigress with three cute little guys, two pattern tigers, and the other turned out to be white, white tigers are rare, known as the Rui Beast, Shi Yu also loved it when he saw it, and wanted to go down to touch these little guys, but the tigress was not easy to mess with, after observing for a while, he returned to report, and the three avoided the tiger's den.

On the first day, they successfully found the marked location, Tongtian Waterfall, a large waterfall hanging high, and the water rushed down from a high place, with a huge sound and mist.

After successfully finding the first location, Chen Chen also ordered that he would not leave today, find a cave nearby to stay, and set off again tomorrow

They forked a few fish by the nearby stream, and at night, they built a bonfire, grilled the fish to eat, and the large fish that was worn on a wooden stick crackled under the scorching sound of the bonfire, and a fragrance wafted out.

After dinner, Shi Yu accompanied Xue Yan to watch the stars by the cave, the bonfire in the cave was still full of firepower, illuminating the entire cave, Chen Chen took out a flute from the baggage, and improvised it, the melodious tune, as if it had a hypnotic effect, it didn't take long for Xue Yan to fall asleep on Shi Yu's shoulder.

Early the next morning, the master and apprentice began to hurry again, looking for the second marked location, in the evening, finally found, it is a red maple forest, a large area around is this kind of red maple uncle, the maple leaves on the tree are like butterflies, one by one falling to the ground, the ground is also covered with a large red carpet, the breeze passes, almost all the leaves fall down with brushes, this scene is so beautiful, so beautiful that it is suffocating, so beautiful that Xueyan does not want to leave too early, lingering in the world where the maple leaves fall down, but after some stay, they still left, there is no cave nearby, get the front to try your luck, otherwise you can only sleep in the wild tonightAt night, wolves are moving around, which is extremely unsafe.

On the third day, they found the Valley of Hundred Flowers, it is said that when the flowers bloom here, a hundred flowers bloom, compete with each other, butterflies flock, like a fairyland on earth, but unfortunately they came to the wrong season, it is now autumn, what they see is just a dilapidated and withered yellow scene, it is really a bit disappointing, but if it is spring when they return, they can see the real Valley of Hundred Flowers at that time, and make up for the regret now.

Trekking all the way, there are hardships and joys in the process, and Shi Yu doesn't feel hard. Every time they arrived at a marked place, they could have a good rest, and they also encountered ups and downs on the way, but fortunately, they were not very big, and they also wore hats and robes, so they did not suffer because of this, and in the blink of an eye, the seventeenth day had passed, and the three masters and apprentices had arrived at the Ethereal Peak.

In the distance, there is a high mountain peak that reaches into the sky, and trees can be seen from the bottom of the peak to the waist of the peak, and the peak is full of snow-capped mountains, and the surrounding clouds and mist, which is quite spectacular.

By now, the journey has passed halfway, and in less than ten days, they will be able to reach the last stop of their journey: Cuiping Mountain. Cuiping Mountain is located on the border of Yuezhao country, on both sides of the mountain, one side is the country, one side is the mountain, down Cuiping Mountain, it will be to the Yuezhao country, when the time comes, you can hire two carriages to continue to hurry, to the destination of their trip: the county seat of Langzhou County - Langcheng.