Chapter 22 Pleasure Island
The snow and waves of Yangzhou reflected the flowers, and Xu Fu and the generals did not return it
The sea in the East China Sea fluctuated slightly, gulls and birds flew in flocks, chirping from the sky, the boat floated gently forward, the boatman worked hard, but he didn't know the hardship, and the man at the bow of the boat had flowing hair, he was staring into the distance, but he could see what was on his mind.
Han Shengchen in the boat woke up, he felt a turbulence, knowing that he was on the boat, but he didn't know where to go, so he asked softly: "Where are you going on this trip?"
The void at the bow of the boat knew that Han Shengchen had woken up, so he came over to condole: "You can be considered awake, fortunately, the Tianguang Ancestor told me where to find medicine, otherwise your life will not be saved."
After Xuan Zhen finished speaking, Han Shengchen remembered that on that day in the Palace of Life and Death, he was going to find the answer, so he fainted, and then said, "Where did the Heavenly Light Ancestor say?"
"He said that in addition to the hundreds of poisons sent to find an antidote, there is actually another place to go," Xuzhen paused, "There is an island of pleasure in the east of the East China Sea, and the island is full of strange hermits, among which there is a person named Miao Lihua, known as the [Heavenly Divine Doctor], with superb medical skills, and it is said that he was the royal doctor in the Song Palace!"
Speaking of Xunle Island, Han Shengchen remembered that when he first consulted the ancestor of Tianguang, Wangchuan also went to Xunle Island to find the world's fine wine, and if he was lucky, he might be able to meet him. Han Shengchen felt that the poison on his feet had gradually attacked, and if he didn't treat it, he might really lose his martial arts, so he thought of something again and asked, "I remember that you revived the dragon's tooth at the place where the Heavenly Light Ancestor was, but I don't know where your dragon blood and phoenix came from?"
After hearing this, he felt that he shouldn't hide it from Han Shengchen, so he told the ins and outs of all this, and after Han Shengchen knew it, he was shocked: "You said that the old man of the snow mountain?"
"Exactly, the old man is spiritual, and it is he who taught me everything"
"Well, I also heard an old-timer say, Phoenix and Phoenix, I didn't expect it to be you and me, but I was entrusted by one person to hand over the "Phoenix Speech" to one person in the desert" Han Shengchen stopped when he said this, he felt that he didn't need to talk to Xuzhen about the Phoenix God.
"Well, anyway, now we will cure the poison on your body first, and then we will go to find that person in the future" Hypocrisy naturally thought about Baihua Sikun's words, why did he let him find Han Shengchen?
Qingfeng stole "Phoenix Ci", and went to the waterfall again, the people in the dark had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Qingfeng coming, they laughed unconsciously.
"The subordinate has brought the "Phoenix Speech"" Qingfeng knelt down and handed the "Phoenix Speech" to the man.
The man took the "Phoenix Speech" and laughed out loud, laughing very wildly: "Okay! I really didn't mistake you!".
"Now that my subordinates have done this, is it okay?"
After Qingfeng finished speaking, the person suppressed his laughter, and slowly walked out of the darkness, it turned out to be Wu Shao, the righteous son of Wu Liuxi, the head of the Righteous Sword Sect, who was holding the "Phoenix Ci" in his hand, with a sinister face, but with coldness: "Hmph, you come with me, I'll take you to see her!"
Qingfeng and Wu Shao came to a mountain forest, where it was very secret, as if no one knew, the two of them arrived at a cave, the hole was in a low place in the forest, the surrounding water was empty, Wu Shao introduced the breeze into the cave for ten feet, and then went to an open and bright place, where there was a woman who was bound by iron chains around her, her hair was messy, and when Qingfeng saw the woman, she was very anxious and ran over to support: "Ling'er!"
"Now that you've done this, I won't look for you anymore, you're doing it yourself!" Wu Shao's face was as cold as snow, and after speaking, he turned around and left, and when he walked to the entrance of the cave, the mountain collapsed and cracked, and the hole was blocked by many boulders, Wu Shao sneered and disappeared into the forest.
Qingfeng heard the sound and ran to see the situation, only to find that it was too late, the passage had been sealed to death, she was desperate, knelt on the ground but did not cry, at this time, Ling'er in the cave was calling her, she did not hesitate, and immediately went back to the cave to find Ling'er.
"Sister, why did you come back to save Ling'er" Ling'er's face was covered with dust, and tears flowed from her eyes at this time.
Qingfeng stroked Ling'er's cheek and cherished it very much: "Ling'er, my sister won't let you be alone"
"But you can't get out by yourself in order to save me," Ling'er cried, "That man has sinister intentions, you don't know how he has treated Ling'er these days"
Qingfeng listened, and there was an extra layer of resentment in her heart, she had expected Wu Shao to be like this, but she couldn't let go of Ling'er, and said regretfully: "We have lost our parents since we were children, and you were driven out of the division by Tiangang, and my sister promised to die of my father, I can't let you be injured."
"Sister, you have done well enough, if it weren't for that Wu Shao who caught me and threatened you, you would not have ended up like this" Ling'er felt guilty in her heart, "It's all because Ling'er is not good and dragged down my sister."
"I don't blame you, it's my sister who doesn't have the ability to protect Sister Ling'er, so I'll save you!" After Qingfeng finished speaking, he used the Tiangang faction's [Hand Knife Slash], and then slashed the iron chain with his hand, and suddenly, sparks of the iron chain appeared, as if he had been hit by a sword, but it had no effect.
"It's useless, Wu Shao uses a hundred steels, it is very hard, your skill cannot be broken" Ling'er also knew that she was powerless, "I am destined not to leave this place."
Qingfeng didn't give up after hearing this, and kept chopping the iron chain with his hand knife until his hand bleed, and he couldn't break the chain. "Perseverance, rotten wood does not break. Perseverance, gold and stone can be carved! Sister must save you out!".
The breeze was still splitting, and Ling'er was distressed at this time, so she said: "Sister Ling'er has another way."
At this time, Qingfeng seemed to understand something, and immediately interrupted: "No! You can't use the [God Destroying Heart Method], then you will die! Father and mother said that you must not use that martial art until the moment of life and death."
"But isn't it a matter of life and death now?"
In the Righteous Sword Sect, Wu Shao was looking at the two copies of "Phoenix Ci" hanging on the wall in a secret room, and Wu Liuxi was very busy with the six major sects for the matter of the two phoenixes in the spirit ruins, which also gave Wu Shao a lot of time to study this "Phoenix Ci" in hand, but the meaning of this word was understood, but he didn't know why it was going to talk about something. At this time, he thought of the abnormal scene that Wu Liuxi said when Han Shengchen was in the spirit ruins, and he didn't realize it, hesitated for a moment, accepted the "Phoenix Speech" and left.
As night fell, the forest next to the ruins looked gloomy, and at this time, a dark shadow streaked through the forest. At first glance, Wu Shao had come to the ruins of the Spirit Ruins, he observed for a while, he could no longer find the entrance, he gave up and left, suddenly, he saw a giant python burrowed into a hole in the Spirit Ruins. He was very surprised, grabbed the giant python and slapped it hard, and suddenly there was no movement.
Wu Shao didn't care anymore, threw the python aside, and dug the snake hole with his bare hands, the snake hole was not big at first, and the stones were hard, but under Wu Shao's internal strength, all this was like soft mud. Soon, as the hole got deeper, the space inside became larger, and when it was ten meters away, Wu Shao came in smoothly. It can be seen that due to the collapse last time, the cave is already chaotic and chaotic, but the tree and the jade lotus flower are unscathed. Wu Shao looked at the inscriptions on the tree, and was surprised, at this time, the bark slowly fell off, and there were different gold inscriptions first, and a careful look made Wu Shao surprised and delighted, the gold inscriptions on the top were the way to interpret the "Phoenix Speech".
It said: "If you want to learn the Phoenix Emperor, you must sit on the jade lotus, meditate carefully, and the jade lotus is red, and the phoenix can be seen in your heart", Wu Shao sneered, jumped on the jade lotus, meditated, and began to meditate on the content of the book, everything was still.
Standing at the bow of the boat, the sea breeze whistling by, not too big, but also a little chilly. The old boatman saw that the truth was like this, so he could naturally see what he meant, and said with a smile: "This island is not so easy to reach the so-called pleasure, but you know that the place is called 'heaven and earth', and if you want to go to the island, you still need the consent of the island owner."
Xuzhen understood, and nodded: "May I ask if the old man often goes to the island of pleasure?"
"Well, I've been sailing for many years, and I've been to Xunle Island hundreds of times!" the old boatman was skilled in rowing, and it seemed that this was true.
"Have all those who went to Pleasure Island go up?"
"Not really, as I said. If you want to go to the island, you must pass the test of the island owner, and if you pass the test, you will naturally be able to go to the island" The old boatman has a white beard, his eyes staring into the distance, "Young man, why do you want to go to the island of fun?"
"Oh, my friend has been poisoned, and I heard that there is a miracle doctor on the island who can cure this poison, so I want to go to the island to seek medical treatment!"
The two were talking, and suddenly, the boatman pointed to an island full of mountains and trees in the distance: "Hehe, here we are"
Xuzhen looked at the island, full of confidence, and waited for the boat to go in, at this time, a big boat came from the side, and the old boatman exclaimed: "That's the Dongying Wokou!"
Void Kou is also surprised, this Kui Kou often interferes with the Great Song Dynasty ships here, but I didn't expect him to run into it today, the ship was very fast, and soon stopped this small boat, the Void Kou on the boat spoke Chinese, all holding the Dongying Tai Knife, got off the boat, and wanted to tie up Void Zhen and others, Han Shengchen had his own foot injury and could not move. The old boatman was so afraid that he didn't dare to move in the same place, the truth was different, the luck was convenient for those robbers to resist, although they were not the opponents of the void and the truth, but they were outnumbered, the void had to ask the old boatman to leave with Han Shengchen first, and he jumped on the boat of the widows, and was besieged by everyone, and the boatman walked slowly towards Xunle Island, at this time, a wolf screamed, the giant spear was thrown to the boat, and suddenly, the boat sank and people were destroyed, and the void really saw this, and was furious, and wanted to go down to save them, but where did the group of widows give him a way, which made the void even more full of heat, and ice actually appeared in his hands, and the group of widows was startled, and a person who seemed to be the leader was wearing armor and rushed up with a sword, instantly[Zero Snow] shook on the deck, and most of the pirates were hit by icicles, and the leader retreated in fear, and in a few seconds, his men had been killed by the Void.
The Void Dragon Vein was exposed, his eyes were full of blood, and he looked very angry, and the leader sat on the ground in fright, and said in non-fluent Chinese: "Don't kill me."
"You killed my friend!!" the Void roared, and the leader quickly picked up the knife and stabbed the Void Truth, straight into the abdomen.
"Hahaha, are the people of the Great Song Dynasty so careless!" the leader stood up and laughed wildly.
Xuzhen was inserted, but did not fall, but slowly pulled the knife out of the abdomen, the leader saw it, turned from joy to worry, at this moment, Xuzhen held the knife with both hands, and instantly cut off the head of the leader. Then he jumped into the water, looking for the whereabouts of Han Shengchen and the old boatman, but after looking for a long time, there was nothing, he was desperate, and the dragon vein slowly retreated, and when he went to Xunle Island, at this time, the old boatman was standing there with Han Shengchen waiting for him.
"Boy, it's good!" said the old boatman, holding the oars in his hands, touching his beard and laughing.
He couldn't believe everything in front of him, and sat on the ground, covered with seawater: "Aren't you dead?"
"Hahaha, boy, you can go to the island!"
Xuzhen was still at a loss, did not speak, and seemed to be stunned, at this time Han Shengchen on the side of the old boatman smiled: "It was actually this senior who saved me just now."
"Hmph, boy, do you know who I am?"
Xuzhen shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, and the old boatman touched his beard: "I am the lord of this island, a thousand steps!" Xuzhen was shocked, "That was your test just now, boy, you are brave and upright, I have already noticed all this when I first saw it, but the battle just now opened my eyes even more!"
"But since you are the owner of the island, why do you still work as a boatman every day and night?" asked Xuzhen, who was relieved, standing up.
"Don't you know, I believe in myself and don't dare to trust others, the people on this island are all strange people, I'm afraid of which outsiders come in, then my island will be in chaos!"
Xuzhen talked to Qianbushi, Han Shengchen felt uncomfortable on the side, and fainted again, Xuzhen saw it, became anxious, and hurriedly went up to help him up, Qianbu also knew that the situation was critical, so he said: "Carry him! I'll take you to see Miaolihua!"
In this way, the three of them went to the island, the island is not only full of green trees, but also flowers and fruits are in full bloom, the scenery is pleasant, there is such a beautiful scenery, it can really be called "Fun Island". They passed through a hill where there was a stone monument with the inscription "The Pleasant Zhu of the World, This is the Pleasure of Pleasure."
Soon they came to a banyan tree in the middle of the forest, which was hundreds of feet high, with vines all over the trunk, and so many leaves on the top that the light could barely reach the bottom of it, and it seemed to be a thousand-year-old tree. There is a wooden step around the trunk of the tree, and at this time, Qianbu points out: "Miaoli flower is on the stairs, come with me!"
Hundreds of steps up, actually see this place of the mountain forest, can be described as magnificent, at this time, there is a round grass hut on the top of the tree, very simple, a thousand steps knock on the grass door, then shout: "Miao old doctor, you open the door!"
Soon, a gray-haired old man opened the door, saw him with a simple face, a beard hanging down, a body in the rivers and lakes, presumably it was Miao Lihua, he saw everyone, so please enter the house, the house is not empty, medicinal materials, medicine cabinets, alchemy furnaces are piled up in the room, he called Xuzhen to put Han Shengchen into the bed on the side of the house, he looked at Han Shengchen, only to find that the left foot that had been blackened by the poison, startled, then took out the acupuncture, pricked the black place, and when he pulled it out, the needle had been blackened terribly.
"This is the [Seven Absolute Poisons of the Heart], fortunately you sent it in time, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" Miao Lihua said, asking Xuzhen to bring medicinal materials, put them on gauze, and put them on Han Shengchen's feet, and then took out acupuncture and moxibustion and pierced the two acupoints of Tiantu, Qihai and Jizhong, the technique was very exquisite and skillful, at this time Han Shengchen spit out a mouthful of black blood, and fainted again.
Miao Lihua sighed, and finally relaxed, but it was already sweating profusely on her head: "It's okay now, when he wakes up, I'll take him to the [Longming Hot Spring] on the island to take a soak, and his poison will be cured."
Xuzhen was also nervous just now, but now when he heard Miao Lihua say this, he thanked him: "Thank you Miao Shen Doctor for saving me!"
"Don't thank me, it's my obligation to save people," Miao Lihua stopped talking and looked at the truth, "I don't know how this young man fell for this poison."
Xuzhen didn't want to say it, but he still felt that they could be trusted, so he said, "He was injured by the Hundred Poison Sect!"
Miao Lihua and Qianbu were listening on the side, and nodded sadly: "Well, the hundred poison faction is not shallow" Miao Lihua invited them out of the door, "You go out first, let this young man have a good rest."
When he went out with Xuzhen in a thousand steps, he said: "Let your friend cultivate here first, and you will live on the island first in the next few days, go, and I will take you to the residence!"
After a thousand steps, this place is [Jiuxianzhuang], there is a world refining wine maker in it, this wine is unique, and it cannot be seen in the world. Xuzhen agreed, and was about to leave, when he saw a man with a disheveled hair and a bearded face sitting next to the winery drinking the wine in the jug, he glanced at Xuzhen with sharp eyes, and Xuzhen felt uneasy, so he avoided the man's gaze and left.
"Senior, the island master!" "When Xuzhen followed a thousand steps, "I didn't know that the wine refiner would be such a good wine person!"
After listening to Qianbu, he stopped, and said: "That man is not a wine refiner, he is also the same as you, he has been on the island for a while, saying that he is here to look for wine, I see that he is not a bad person, so he gave him a simple test, and now he has been here for so long, he is drinking every day, I don't know what is the so-called "Qianbushi shook his head, and continued to move on.
The two came to a cliffside hut, although it was not big, but it was full of things, and after thanking Xuzhen, they left after a thousand steps.
Xuzhen was lying on the bed, and he was bored, so he came out to hang out, and then he came to the winery again, and the man still didn't leave, and continued to sit and drink, and Xuzhen had nothing to do, so he walked over, and the man also noticed him, but he didn't pay attention.
"Why are you drinking here?" asked Xuzhen.
The man didn't speak, he drank alone, and he was helpless, and continued: "My name is Xuzhen, and I am also the first time I have come here, I am strange to see you, I must have something sad, right?"
The man still didn't speak, drinking, and had no choice but to sit aside and say to himself: "This big river and lake, there will always be a lot of strange people, maybe I am also regarded as a strange person, but I don't know."
Suddenly, with a brush, a pot of wine reached Xuzhen's hand, and before Xuzhen could speak, the man said in a low voice: "If you have nothing to do, close your mouth and drink this pot of wine."
Xuzhen looked at the wine jug in his hand, swallowed his saliva, and drank it, the wine was very strong, and he choked and spit it out: "What kind of wine is this?"
"Heh, the name of this wine is [Red Double Banquet], but if you dislike it, return it!"
"Hey, no need, I'll drink!" said the truth, enduring the strength of the wine, and even drank three sips, and choked a lot.
Seeing this, the man immediately laughed, and suddenly became a little interested in this false thing: "Boy, looking at you like this, you shouldn't know how to taste a bar?"
Xuzhen shook his head, the man drank the wine and said with a smile: "Wine tasting naturally has his own method, it is wine tasting has three styles, one is sipping, two is smacking, and three is he, comprehending these three styles, you can know the meaning of wine!"
"I've been taught!" he arched his hand, "but I wonder why this big brother is drinking here alone?"
"Hey, don't think about it, I have no relatives and no reason, I have been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, and I feel that life is not happy, so I just look for wine to drink!" The man took a big sip of wine, "By the way, I forgot to say, my name is Wangchuan, I stayed here for a while, and I was bored, and when I met you today, I finally had someone to drink with me!"
The two toasted, and Xuzhen slowly got used to the fierceness of this [Red Double Banquet], and Wangchuan was very happy, at this time Xuzhen asked again: "By the way, Brother Wang, why are you the only one in this winery, what about the wine refiner?"
"Hey, don't worry about that old guy, he doesn't like to go out, at this time, he either goes up the mountain to pick, or makes wine in the workshop!" Wangchuan still didn't stop drinking, "By the way, what are you doing here to find pleasure island?"
"Oh, a friend was poisoned, and I heard that there was a miracle doctor on this island, so I came to seek medical treatment!"
"It turned out to be looking for Doctor Miao, don't worry, that old man has excellent Chinese medicine skills, no matter what poison your friend has, he will get better!"
Void nodded, and the two began to drink freely again.
On the second day, Han Shengchen opened his eyes and found that he couldn't move, and he also felt a sharp pain in his feet, at this time, Miao came in from outside the flower bush door, and saw that Han Shengchen had woken up, so he gave him medicine: "You are finally awake, your poison is slowly healing, so there will be severe pain in your feet, drink this bowl of [Huishen Soup] I cooked, your pain will be better!"
Han Shengchen also realized that this person should be the "divine doctor from heaven" as he said in the truth, so he asked, "Why can't I move?"
"Oh, your friend sent you here that day, the poison on your feet came quickly, I will help you seal the three acupoints and prevent the poison from attacking your heart" After speaking, Miao Lihua pulled out acupuncture from Han Shengchen's body, which allowed Han Shengchen to move, "You and remember, although the [Heart Piercing Seven Absolute Poisons] on your body is fading, this poison is very terrifying, if you use martial arts in the past few days, the toxicity will not only not subside, but will accelerate the spread, and you will be irreparable at that time."
Han Shengchen took the bowl of medicine and began to drink it: "Well, thank you seniors for your care!"
"When you're ready, I'll take you to [Longming Hot Spring] for treatment, and you'll be completely cured in a short time."
The East China Sea is so big that many ships sail here, but there are also indispensable Japanese ships, and at this time in the misty morning, a large ship stopped next to another big ship, it can be seen that these two are the ships of the Japanese Kou, and one of them is the ship that has been destroyed by the void.
The dead ship was full of the corpses of the Japanese Bandits, at this time a Japanese leader with a group of men on the dead ship, the leader was fierce and vicious, and he was blind in one eye, he looked more than thirty years old, he was wearing armor, came to the head of the dead ship leader, looked quietly, his eyes began to be a little surprised and sad, at this time he said in Dongying language: "They actually killed Zuo Langjun, find out who did it for me, I want to avenge Zuo Langjun!"
When the men heard this, they immediately agreed, and retreated, leaving only the leader on the ship with a hateful face.