Chapter 6: The Phoenix Emerges in the Deep Valley
Zhou Jun and Jiang Liu were talking, when suddenly there was a sound of rustling outside, and the sound slowly got closer and closer. www.biquge.info After a while, a thing came out of the crack, and in the dark, Jiang Liu couldn't see it clearly. Zhou Jun's skills are profound, and he can see it really, the head of the thing is cone-shaped, the eyes are small and the snout is pointed, the tail is flat and long, and the black scale armor is a huge pangolin, which is three feet long, and it keeps probing the brain.
Zhou Jun knew that pangolins were good at digging caves and drilling mountains and arching the ground, so he was really overjoyed, clapped his hands lightly, and said with a smile: "Liu'er, we have been saved." The river was unknown, but the pangolin was frightened and curled up into a ball. It turns out that pangolins are simple by nature and are not good at escaping, so they curl up into balls to protect themselves.
Zhou Jun told Jiang Liu the reason, and Jiang Liu almost jumped up with joy. Seeing that there was no danger, the pangolin slowly stretched out its body and slipped away through the gap when it came. Zhou Jun and Jiang Liu quietly crawled behind, the pangolin was huge, and the hole dug out was not crowded for the two to climb up, but occasionally the gravel hit the face, and Jiang Liu's face had a few more bruises. When they got closer, the pangolin heard the movement, so they shrank and didn't move, and the two had to stop. This was repeated many times, and when the morning light was slightly dewed, they finally came out of the cracks in the stones.
As soon as they came out, they found themselves inside a huge abyss. The Changsheng Valley where Zhou Jun and Jiang Liu lived was originally a large canyon in the Fengyi Mountain, and there was an unfathomable cliff on the edge of the valley, after the earthquake, the Changsheng Valley was raised, but the stone wall against the cliff sank down and fell to the bottom of the cliff.
The sky gradually brightened, Zhou Jun and Jiang Liu looked around, on this side of the Changsheng Valley had just erected a large cliff, full of black and swarthy patches, with broken flowers and trees everywhere; on the other side, there were no earthquakes, the trees were all over, strange rocks towering, flowing water, strange rocks and caves were scattered, and many huge star-like waterholes were intertwined. There may be huge stones in the pool, half-exposed water, and the shape is like strange birds and beasts. There are also small waterfalls hanging by some ponds, flowing jade flying beads, and the mist is sweet and intoxicating. The ponds are surrounded by boulders, which set off with the beautiful water in the pond, forming a wonderful waterscape fantasy.
It is the autumn season, the red leaves and yellow flowers in the valley, and then look from afar, the forest is dyed with leaves like Dan. There are hundreds of birds singing in the valley, which is very good. It's just that all around are cut rock cliffs, towering into the clouds, looking up, only faintly see a few piles of cotton wool-like white clouds on the mountainside, this cliff does not know the depth of geometry, it is really difficult to get out.
The father and son gasped, but for the rest of their lives, they were naturally very happy. The first thing is to fill his stomach, there are many swimming fish in the pond, Zhou Jun is inconvenient, he casually broke a branch, and with a light throw, he poked a big white fish. After a while, there were a lot of big white fish floating on the surface of the pool. The river cheered and jumped and went down to the pond to pick up the fish. The two of them were hungry for a long time, and they couldn't find a flint to make a fire for a while, although the raw fish was fishy, they couldn't take care of it, and they devoured it for a while, and a few fish were eaten cleanly.
Zhou Jun's old injuries have not healed, and new injuries have been added, and he exercises to regulate pranayama on his own. But the river could not sit idle, and wandered around. Walking to the southeast corner of the valley, I found many unknown trees bearing a lot of fruit. Jiang Liu picked one and stuffed it into his mouth, feeling that it was sweet and delicious, so he picked a lot, wrapped it in clothes, and brought it back to Zhou Jun to eat.
The sun finally showed its head overhead, but it wasn't long before it disappeared into the clouds again, or was blocked by the cliff wall, never to be seen again. After the father and son finished resting, they searched for a long time on the fallen large rock fragments, and only found Xiao Qingyun's long sword and a few pieces of clothing, and more than a dozen medical books and classics were still there although they were soaked. The rest of the medicine and dry food were soaked in water, and naturally became waste, and the household utensils were broken and broken, and they could no longer be used.
Jiang Liu cut a few branches with his sword and made a pair of crutches for Zhou Jun, which was very easy to use, although it was not as dexterous as his legs, for a martial arts master like Zhou Jun, it was much more flexible than ordinary people's legs.
The two of them built a temporary shack, got together for one night, and spent a few days repairing the house in a decent manner. In the deep valley, there are many strange flowers and fruits, Zhou Junzu has been a doctor for generations, and he has a wide range of knowledge, but he still can't recognize them all, many things that seem to be recorded in ancient books. Fortunately, since you can't get out of the valley, you have more time, so you can study it slowly.
The river wandered around, and one day, a group of monkeys were spotted in the northeast corner. Jiang Liu was bored and came to tease the monkeys to play, and slowly got in touch with them, and became familiar with those monkeys, but also played freely.
In this deep valley fairyland, the days passed extremely quickly, and Zhou Jun's injuries slowly healed. When he had nothing to do, Zhou Jun began to teach Jiangliu martial arts, his martial arts path was very complicated, there were family martial arts, and at the age of thirty, he brought his art into the Tianxiang Sect. Jiang Liu is already his righteous son, he naturally poured his money to teach, his family passed on the name of the heart method called "Danxi heart method", after entering the Tianxiang Gate, and learned the "Tianxiang heart method", but he always felt that the two heart methods are one rigid and one soft, and it is difficult to practice both. Therefore, when practicing internal strength, he still mainly uses the family tradition "Danxi Heart Method" and does not practice the "Tianxiang Heart Method". At this time, he taught Jiang Liu, and at first he only taught him the "Danxi Heart Method", but later saw that he was making rapid progress, so he also taught him the "Tianxiang Heart Method".
In addition to frolicking with the naughty monkeys, Jiang Liu is literate and practicable, and he is also very talented, and he has no distractions, and he makes rapid progress. His skills are also increasing day by day, and his swordsmanship and palm skills are also a little achievement, and the most refined is medical skills, which won Zhou Jun's praise, saying that he "is better than the blue".
The father and son are also free in the valley, and they have tried to find ways to climb out of this deep valley several times, but Zhou Jun is certainly inconvenient for his legs and feet. The mountain peak is too high and too steep, and the river can only climb halfway up the mountain, and then go up, the stone is like a knife cutting, and there is no place to start. I tried this many times, but to no avail, and I couldn't go out.
Whenever he thought of the possibility of the two of them not going out of the valley in this life, Zhou Jun was sad, and sometimes he lost his temper and scolded Jiang Liu. Jiang Liuzhi's righteous father was depressed in his heart, so he only giggled by himself, or went to play by himself, and ignored it, and the days came slowly.
There is no sun and moon in the mountains, ten years will soon pass, Jiang Liu has also become an eighteen-year-old young man, burly, with an angular chin, a high nose bridge, and a pair of bright big eyes under the two sword eyebrows, especially when there is no sunlight all year round, his face is extremely white, and he is also a handsome young man, wearing Zhou Jun's clothes, but it is tattered. Zhou Jun looks a lot older, trapped in this valley, the longer he stays, the heavier his heart becomes, he is sad all day long, Jiang Liu can't comfort him, a year is like a year, and in the end, his hair is white, and he has become a bad old man.
In the autumn of this year, after one day of Jiangliu practice, I was bored and strolled by the pond. Suddenly, I saw a small snake, about three inches long, red and white in color, winding forward. Jiang Liu is now very familiar with every plant and tree in the valley, although there are many snakes in the valley, but this kind of snake river flow has never been seen. His curiosity sparked, and the little snake was extremely fast, and it entered a bamboo forest in an instant. This bamboo forest also came frequently in the past few years, and there was nothing different, so the river also followed.
I saw that the serpent walked a little longer, but suddenly stopped. Jiang Liu looked around and saw a strange thing. The strange thing looked like a big chicken, which was more than a foot long, and it should be considered a giant among chickens. The strange thing is that this chicken is hairless, but it doesn't look like a chicken when you look closely. The big chicken stood alone on a pile of bamboo leaves, eating the leaves by itself. Jiang Liu smiled secretly in his heart, it turned out that there were several families in Changsheng Valley who raised chickens, but they had never seen chickens eat bamboo leaves, this kind of thing was really unheard of.
The snake suddenly moved again, sneaked behind the big chicken, and made an attacking gesture. Jiang Liu knew that the big chicken was the prey of the snake, and the big chicken looked very interesting, but he couldn't let the snake eat it. He broke a bamboo and quietly followed.
The little snake finally attacked, and the arrow rushed past, and the river struck the snake with a bamboo seven inches, which was also extremely fast. The snake turned over in mid-air, like a bamboo stick that saw the river, and the bamboo stick fell into the air. Then the snake twisted its body and pounced on Jiang Liu in mid-air, Jiang Liu was horrified, screamed, and turned sideways to avoid it.
This cry startled the big chicken, and the big chicken raised its head and made a "chirping" sound from its mouth, which was loud. The little snake fell to the ground, and suddenly rose into the air and pounced on the river, and the river took out another stick and slapped it on the snake's body. With a "snap", the bamboo stick shattered, and the snake was not shot down, but went up around the bamboo, wrapped around Jiang Liu's right wrist, and bit it down.
Jiangliu's internal strength is quite foundational, and the rapid luck skill resists, such as ordinary poisonous insects and beasts can't hurt him at all, but this little snake is extremely powerful. He only felt that his arm was numb, and he had been bitten by the snake, and secretly screamed "bad" in his heart, knowing that this was a poisonous snake and had been poisoned. Zhou Jun has taught him medical skills over the years, and the characteristics of the uses of various poisons have also been introduced in detail, Jiang Liu remembers it clearly, but this snake venom is not similar to any snake venom he knows, he only feels that it is extremely poisonous, and his arm is numb and unable to move in an instant.
At this moment, a strong wind struck, and the whole piece of green bamboo fell to the ground, and a behemoth flew over. The little snake immediately slipped off Jiang Liu's arm and tried to escape. The behemoth suddenly spat out a mouthful of fire and wrapped the little snake in it, and after the flames, the little snake "snapped" and fell to the ground, which was already charred and blackened, and broke into several sections.
Jiang Liu was taken aback, and looked at the behemoth, only to see that it was more than six feet long, with a chicken head, a snake neck, a swallow's jaw, a turtle's back, and a tail like a fish's tail, and colorful feathers on its body, staring at him majestically.
"Is it the Phoenix?" Jiang Liu has read a lot of books since he was a child, and there are many records of such sacred birds as the phoenix in books such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Erya", and he often listens to the legends of the phoenix from the doctors. But he could never have imagined that this mythical and legendary animal really existed in the world, and he could see it with his own eyes.
The phoenix screamed "full foot", picked up the big chicken in one mouthful, fluttered, and disappeared in an instant, leaving Jiang Liu alone in the local area.