Chapter 11: Marble Mountains
In order to follow Bai Sheng and them, Liang San sold the tall horse halfway, in his words.
"The rivers and lakes are coming out. ”
In fact, it was because the four of them didn't have any silver taels on them, and they couldn't even afford to drink a sip of tea, so Liang San had no choice but to sell the horses.
Although it didn't sell much money, but it can also endure a lot of time to save money, if there is really no way in the end, I have to learn from those who go to the rivers and lakes to sell art, find a place with more people, come to a chest broken boulder, if it wins the applause of the house, it is naturally indispensable to get some copper plates.
With the deep intersection with Liang San, Bai Sheng and the others knew that this man actually knew astronomy and geography, and knew everything about the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was completely a living map.
"We will be able to reach the Five Elements Mountain in a few days. ”
Liang San took a sip of water, looked into the distance, and said as he looked at the majestic mountains in the deep clouds and mist.
"Daomen?
Wu Qi and Bai Sheng looked puzzled, stared at Liang San and asked, and the old cover on the side also leaned over.
"You don't know about the Daomen?"
Wu Qi, Bai Sheng and Lao Gai, the three of them shook their heads in unison.
"Then I'll tell you about the origin of the sermon first, and then I'll talk about the rest. ”
The three of them immediately listened attentively like children listening to a story.
"It is said that when mortals had not yet opened their spiritual wisdom, God sent a wise man to educate everyone, and later people named him Daozu in honor of this wise man, which means the ancestor of preaching and teaching. ”
"With the opening of the spiritual wisdom of mortals, this Dao Ancestor also left, and those mortals who have won the true inheritance of Dao Ancestor established Dao Gate to spread the thoughts of Dao Ancestor, but as time slowly passed, Dao Gate began to break away from the sight of the world, and gradually disappeared into the deep mountains, this is the origin of Dao Gate. ”
"It turns out that this is the Daomen, isn't that the Daomen very powerful. ”
Wu Qi asked with a suddenly realized expression.
"If it is a former Dao Sect, it is naturally powerful, after all, it educates sentient beings. And now they all pay attention to pure hearts and few desires, no desires and no desires, and only pursue their avenues, so it is rare to see people from the Daomen out of the mountain, and it is impossible to know if the history is not powerful. ”
"Isn't there a record of the people who passed through the door?"
Bai Sheng asked curiously.
"Yes, yes, but that was more than a hundred years ago, and no one knows if it's true. ”
Liang San thought for a while and said.
"What kind of place is the Marble Mountains? ”
"I'll know when you go, and now I'll tell you, there's no point. ”
Liang San smiled and sold a pass.
"Then let's go check it out. ”
Liang San actually didn't tell Bai Sheng that the record of the person who obtained the Dao Sect more than a hundred years ago was true, and the book talked about a Taoist who stepped on purple qi and went out of the mountain and had a big battle with the martial saint who sat on the top of the rivers and lakes.
The rivers of that battle flowed backwards, the sea water churned, and the mountains and rivers were broken, like a battle between two real immortals, and the result is unknown.
This great battle has been recorded by the top forces of all parties in the Tantra, and no one has ever passed it out, so almost no one knows about it, but in fact, the Dao Sect is really strong.
......
Walking among the mountains and rivers, two days later, I finally came to the Five Elements Mountain in the mouth of Liang Sankou.
Wu Qi, Bai Sheng and Lao Gai looked ahead, the rootless like the rootless Optimus Pillar towering mountain towered here, like a huge hand grasp, the mountain shaped like a finger went straight into the sky like a sharp sword, and the surrounding was a white crane flying, like a fairy realm.
"This is the Marble Mountains. ”
"Spectacular!"
Old Gaile smiled and gave a thumbs up.
"Where is the Daomen?"
Wu Qi looked at the lack of any buildings in front of him, and his face was full of doubts.
"If you want to go there, you have to go through the mountain in front of you. ”
Liang San pointed to the highest peak in the middle of the Five Elements Mountain and explained.
"What are you waiting for, let's go. ”
Wu Qi waved his big hand and was about to walk forward, but he heard Liang San speak.
"I can't go now. ”
"Why?"
Everyone looked puzzled.
Liang San smiled and said: "The Daomen is basically closed, and it is only open on the fifth day of the fifth month of May every year. ”
Bai Sheng, Wu Qi and Lao Gai were even more curious, they didn't expect that there would be such an interesting story in Daomen.
"Couldn't we go without the guidance of the Daomen?"
Wu Qi asked.
"Of course there is a way to get in. ”
Liang San replied.
"What's the solution?"
"Push through. ”
"What?
Wu Qi felt that things had suddenly become more interesting, and hurriedly asked.
"It is said that there are four checkpoints at the mission, and only those who pass through them can enter the gate, but I heard that very few people can pass through those four checkpoints. ”
Liang San said slowly.
"Four levels, is it that difficult?"
"Naturally, as far as I know, the last one to break through the four levels is the sword head of the Sword Lu, Senior Liu Thirteen. ”
"Thirteen seniors. ”
Bai Sheng's heart was shocked, he didn't expect it to be Liu Thirteen, since the thirteen seniors came here, then Xi'er had also come, thinking of this Bai Sheng couldn't help but rejoice in his heart.
Liang San didn't notice Bai Sheng's strangeness, and continued to speak, only Wu Qi knew the origin of this Liu Shisan and Bai Sheng.
"It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the sword head, stepping on the flying sword all the way directly into the Daomen, and then stepping on the flying sword came out, this time it only took a quarter of an hour, but when he came out, there was an extra jar of wine in his hand, I heard that it was given by the people in the Daomen. ”
"What kind of place is this?"
Wu Qi asked questions and answers, and suddenly felt that this Jianghu had become so complicated.
Not only Wu Qi was curious, but Bai Sheng was also very curious about what Jianlu was, because he had never heard Liu Xi'er say it, and the only thing he knew was that Jianlu was very powerful in Luzhou.
"Old Wu, how do you want me to explain it to you, anyway, this sword house is also a very powerful place, and they are all a group of masters who use swords, and you will definitely meet them in the future. ”
Liang San patted his head, feeling that if he continued to talk like this, it would be endless.
"If you still can't break through the Marble Mountains, if you don't break into the Marble Mountains, we'll leave. ”
"Chuang, why don't you break in, third brother, you lead the way. ”
Wu Qi immediately came to his senses and hurriedly said.
"Let's go. ”
Liang San led the way, and a group of four people headed towards the Five Elements Mountain.
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The first level of the Marble Mountains.
The four of them entered the first mountain, followed the road to the middle of the mountain, and in front of them was a rope, as if connected between the two mountains, but the back had already disappeared into the sea of clouds, and there was no end in sight.
"This is called a thread, if you want to go to the next mountain, you can step on the rope and go, and you can't do it without a supreme light skill. ”
Looking at the rope, Lao Gai shook his head, his legs trembling in fright, and he didn't dare to step forward.
"I'm an ordinary person who has no power to tie the chicken, so I won't break in. ”
"I'm not going either. ”
Bai Sheng, Liang San and Lao Gai retreated at the beginning.
"No, I'll take you there. ”
Wu Qi hurriedly said.
"We agreed that you just have to do it yourself. ”
Bai Sheng and Liang San said at the same time, and Lao Gai also gestured to let Wu Qi go by himself.
"No, no, I'll take you with me whatever I say. ”
Wu Qi was stubborn, only to see him grab the old cover hidden at the end, and before he could react, one fell on the rope, and the old cover suddenly turned blue, and he didn't even scream, and the whole person fainted like this.
"Exactly. ”
Wu Qi saw that Lao Gai was dizzy, and grinned, he was afraid that the other party would struggle, and it would be really difficult to move forward when the time came, but now that Lao Gai was dizzy, it would be easy to do.
"You wait, I'll send Lao Gai over and pick you up. ”
Wu Qi is like a big bird, walking on the rope, but the pedal rope is like flat ground, just a few breaths into the sea of clouds, about half a cup of tea time, Wu Qi's figure is walking back from the sea of clouds, there is no old cover in his hand, it seems that he really sent it over.
"Whoever comes second. ”
"Third brother, come on!"
"You, bastard, ah........".
With a miserable scream, Wu Qi carried Liang San on his back and drove to the depths of the sea of clouds.
"Hey, hey"
Looking at Liang San's miserable appearance, Bai Sheng couldn't help laughing, but when he was grabbed by Wu Qi and brought to the rope, the whole person looked at the bottomless valley below, and couldn't help but tighten his whole body, and his hands hugged Wu Qi tightly, afraid of falling.
"Let go, let go, I'm almost out of breath. ”
"I don't let go. ”
Wu Qi looked resentful, and led Bai Sheng to quickly move forward on the rope, and it didn't take long for him to finally clear the clouds and mist, and the scenery in front of him was still a high mountain towering into the clouds, and white cranes flew around them.
And this mountain is the slightly higher mountain on the left, just like Bai Sheng from the thumb to the little finger, and the next one is the index finger.
Bai Sheng saw that Liang San was waiting there on the platform in front of him, and next to him was Lao Gai, who had already woken up. When Wu Qi and Bai Sheng landed on the platform, they saw Lao Gai's resentful eyes, and they got rid of a bullied girl.
And Liang San directly scolded, there was a bit of the previous humble gentleman.
"This time, I feel like I'm missing half my life, why don't I cut my mouth and tell you what the door is doing, hey, hey, my little heart. ”
Seeing Liang San's appearance, Wu Qi just touched his nose and smiled.
The first level of the Dao Gate is considered to be in the past, and the next level is the second level.
Crossing the mountain to the other side, there is a suspended ropeway, and the other end is also connected to another mountain, looking at this suspended ropeway, at least people can still pass on it, which is much better than the previous rope.
"This is the second level?"
Wu Qi asked, and Bai Sheng and Lao Gai also looked puzzled.
Liang San waved his hand to indicate that he didn't know.
"What are you looking at me for? I only know that there are four checkpoints at the door, and I haven't seen it with my own eyes. ”
"Otherwise, Lao Wu, you go and try it first, anyway, you have to break in. ”
"Timid. ”
Wu Qi looked disdainful.
"It's not cowardice, if we have a martial arts cultivation like you, we will be the first to go. ”
Bai Sheng, Lao Gai and Liang San stood on the same front.
"Break in. ”
Wu Qi raised his feet and walked towards the cableway, but when his right foot just landed on the cableway, he found that the ropeway under his feet had disappeared, and he was frightened and quickly retracted his feet.
However, when Wu Qi just retracted his foot, the ropeway appeared again, as if it had never disappeared.
"Here's what's going on. ”
Bai Sheng and the three of them hurriedly stepped forward and looked at the ropeway with surprise on their faces.
Bai Sheng squatted down and put his hand on the ropeway, only to find that the ropeway had disappeared again.
"Not true. ”
Liang San's face was solemn, he squatted down and tried again, only to see that after the cableway disappeared, he grabbed it towards the place where the cableway disappeared, and he really grabbed something in his hand, but he just looked at it but didn't have anything.
"The ropeway has not disappeared, it has always been there, but it is as if there is an unknown force that has disappeared from our eyes. ”
Hearing Liang San's words, the three of them also tried it in person and found that it was really as he said.
"It's just this invisible ropeway, how do you walk?"
A few people are a little difficult, if they take a wrong step, they can really fall to the bottom.
"By the way, I have a way. ”
Bai Sheng suddenly spoke, only to see him grab a handful of leaves from behind, and then put a leaf on top of the ropeway, although the ropeway disappeared, but the leaf was still there, as if hanging in the air.
"Good way. ”
Liang San exclaimed.
Using Bai Sheng's method, the four of them quickly walked through the disappearing ropeway, stepped on the third peak, and then went to the fourth peak.
This time in front of them was the same rope and the same ropeway, the difference was that these two things were together, and there was a monument in front of them, on which were written six large characters.
"One step to live, one step to die. ”
Looking at the inscription on the stele, the four of them looked puzzled and didn't know what it meant.
"I think this should be telling us that this rope and the ropeway, one is a way of life and the other is a way of death. ”
Liang San guessed.
"But this is the way of life, and that is death?"
"I don't know. ”
The four of them looked at the two paths in front of them, and they didn't know how to choose for a while.
"Why don't I go check it out. ”
Wu Qi said.
"No, if it's really a dead end, a way to live, what if you encounter a dead end. ”
Bai Sheng objected.
"The level set by the Dao Gate is by no means that easy, and there must be a way to distinguish it. ”
Liang San frowned, said in a deep voice, and began to think.
"The way of life, the way of death. ”
Bai Sheng was also thinking with his head down
Suddenly, Bai Sheng seemed to think of something, raised his head and asked Liang San, "Third brother, you said earlier that the thirteenth seniors flew in directly on the flying sword. ”
Hearing Bai Sheng's question, Liang San thought for a while and said, "It was flown in, after all, Liu Shisan's predecessor's sword skills are profound, and it is naturally easy to fly in." ”
"I'm thinking, if the Dao Gate has set up two paths of life and death, then the thirteen seniors are here, and with his sword skills, I'm afraid he will fly over directly, instead of walking over. ”
"What do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is, since you can fly directly over, what's the point of setting up this life and death path?"
Liang San's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and said loudly: "I understand, there is no life and death road here with Ben, in fact, they are all bluffing." ”
"That's what I guessed, too. ”
Bai Sheng nodded in response.
"What's the matter?
Wu Qi looked puzzled.
"Old Wu, you think, the thirteen seniors are all flying over the sword, if there is really a way of life and death, then did the thirteen seniors take the road of life or death?"
Bai Sheng asked rhetorically.
"This...."
Wu Qi also figured it out.
"Since there is no way to live and no way to die, then both roads are passable, let's try it."
Bai Sheng immediately said, grabbing a handful of leaves, he was about to walk the ropeway that would disappear.
"You walk the ropeway, I walk the rope, since there is no way of life and no way of death, it is all the same. ”
Wu Qi stepped on the rope and said to Bai Sheng.
"Be careful. ”
Liang San reminded that after all, this is just a conjecture.
"See you later. ”
Wu Qi took the lead in setting off, stepping on the rope and disappearing into the clouds, and Bai Sheng and the others also set off immediately, using the previous method, step by step.
When they walked out of the clouds, they could already see Wu Qi waving to them in front of them.
Bai Sheng and Liang San looked at each other and smiled, their hearts finally let go, it seemed that his guess was not wrong, this life and death path was really the one who flickered through the Daomen.
"Go, go on, there's one last hurdle".
The four of them were full of confidence and did not expect to pass three levels in a row.
But when they came to the other side of the mountain, they found that there was no road ahead, and there was nothing in the white expanse.
"This...."
The four of Bai Sheng were relatively speechless, what is the fourth level of this gate?
"Empty, really nothing. ”
Wu Qi searched back and forth on the cliff several times, he was afraid that the fourth level was hidden in the clouds and mist like the cableway, but after looking for it, he found that there was really nothing.
"How can this pass, do you want us to fly over like the thirteen seniors?"
Bai Sheng smiled bitterly.
"I think there should be a way, but we didn't find it. ”