Chapter 17: The Wolf
Except for a few fierce men who are not afraid of heaven and earth, the rest of the children choose to go back to the carriage and sleep obediently before setting off the next day.
When the earth had just been driven away from the darkness and the first light burst out between heaven and earth, Ye Qing got up from the carriage, shouted and kicked, and dragged the remaining four sleeping partners up.
He was the oldest of the five, and Ye Qing, who was several times older in his heart, naturally felt that he had an obligation to take care of them.
"Let's go. Facing the four confused eyes, Ye Qing said with a calm expression.
In Ye Qing's eyes, this assessment was more like a rapid march, or a great adventure into the Cloud Mountain Range. If you want to pass the assessment, your physical fitness must be extremely strong, not to mention, and your luck will be even more against the sky.
A five-person team from Huangyu County, led by Ye Qing, walked through the open plain forest area of more than fifty miles in the straightest line to the first reference peak marked by Ye Qing.
It was just the easiest distance on the map, so that Yu Luoyu, Ye Xidong, Ye Xibei, and Su Xiang, and their suspicions about Ye Qing's ability to serve as the leader completely disappeared.
To be able to participate in the entrance assessment of the Giant Spirit Sect is the most outstanding one among tens of thousands of children.
They walked through the plains and forests that stretched for dozens of miles, and even the stupidest ones knew how to distinguish things according to the position of the sun.
If the head melon is good, you can judge the north and south under the dense and opaque towering trees, according to the density of the growth of the leaves on the top of the head.
Knowing the direction can make it difficult for people to get lost in the forest and save travel time.
The children who took part in the assessment only had five days, and any more time spent in the forest would reduce their hopes.
The method used by Ye Qing was unheard of.
As early as last night, after Ye Qing received the map, he made the most important scale parameters in the map according to the distance between the foot of Mangshan Mountain and the Ruyun Mountain Range.
According to the direction provided by Su Xiang, a cross direction sign was made.
It is not enough to have these, there is no compass in hand. Ye Qing simply stole some grease from the lantern outside the carriage, mixed wood ash in the center of the soft cowhide map, twisted together the three strands of the remaining rain, dipped them in homemade paint, and popped up the twelve timetable dials on the soft cowhide.
With the timetable dial, Ye Qing can get an extremely accurate time according to the direction of the shadow of the stick. Then use the dial direction finding method, divide the time by two, and find the corresponding time position on the dial according to the number, pointing to the position of the sun, and the direction pointed by the "12" point on the dial is north.
Using this scientific calculation method, not only can the direction found be accurate, but Ye Qing can also accurately calculate the degree between the two directions according to the dial time.
From the target point of the first peak, the straight line is 35 degrees east.
The five-member team of Huangyu County led by Ye Qing was naturally the first to reach the foot of the mountain.
One step ahead, one step at a time. After Ye Qing and the others rested for a quarter of an hour, they ate less dry food. Then, when I climbed to the top of the mountain, I saw a second wave coming from the foot of the mountain in the west-east direction.
It is clear that they found a reference according to a simple south-east-north-west direction, straight out of the forest.
"Big brother, I'll tell you a secret. I have five desert wolves at home, and you can choose one of them as a mount when you go back. On the top of the mountain, the little white-faced Su Xiang grabbed Ye Qing's arm with a bit of broken sleeves, and his eyes were full of admiration: "Big brother, if I don't accept you, I shouldn't be a brother." ”
"A wolf can also be used as a mount?" Ye Qing didn't want to accept it, but he didn't dare to accept it.
"Yes, a green wolf bigger than a horse. Just like the green in your name, big brother, the whole wolf is cyan, and it is more fashionable than any horse to ride. ”
"Received~"
Yu Luoyu pouted, although he didn't say anything, but in his watery eyes, there was already a seed of worship sprouting.
As for the two eldest nephews who have little culture, they have long been blind to the point that everything Ye Qing says is right.
Now the time is one o'clock in the afternoon, in order to save dry food, Ye Qing asked Ye Liang's eldest nephew, who was crazy in the wild lake in the mountains, to pick some wild fruits they knew to satisfy his hunger.
"After going down the mountain, we will walk another thirty miles, and we will reach the main vein of the Cloud Mountain, where we will camp tonight. ”
"I... I...... Foot pain. Yu Luoyu's mouth is higher, and he can hang an oil bottle.
"I ...... Feet also hurt. Su Xiang muttered quietly.
Until now, the one whose feet don't hurt is called a monster. Even Ye Qing's feet were blistered because of continuous friction, not to mention these two children who grew up in a honey pot all day long?
"Take your shoes off. ”
Su Xiang didn't say a word, and took off the deerskin boots on the cow tendon soles on her feet. Yu Luoyu twisted and pinched, and under Ye Qing's repeated urging, he took off the mille-feuille embroidered shoes that could no longer see the original color, revealing his lotus feet in white cloth socks.
Ye Qing took out a dagger, brushed a few knives, and changed the shoes into ultra-breathable "beggar combat boots".
After thinking about it, Ye Qing asked Ye Xidong to come to the map, and according to the size of the shoes, cut the entire desktop-sized cowhide map into six small sheets, and each person issued two for insoles.
Ye Xidong and Ye Xibei, these two babies are simply livestock, and they ran barefoot for most of the mountain road, but they didn't even get a bubble.
After renovating the "combat boots", the five of them continued to descend the mountain.
The road down the mountain is full of turbulent times, moss is everywhere, and you can slip if you are not careful. For the sake of safety, Ye Qing found a long vine and let a few people drag it together, and then cut a few branches as a cane.
In the evening, Ye Qing led a few people to the foot of the main vein of Yunyun Mountain.
Along the way, in addition to crossing a stream, several people drank wildly and got enough drinking water. I also picked a lot of bayberry and mulberry from the tree.
Most of the fruits that can be eaten in June are very small, and several people eat them all afternoon, and their teeth are sore.
"Uncle, we have to get some meat to eat. Brother Ye Xidong kept rubbing his stomach that was about to vomit sour water: "Why don't I go with my brother to get some meat?"
"Good idea, I'm going to collect firewood. When Su Xiang heard that there was meat to eat, he was more active than Ye Xidong.
Ye Qing nodded: "Pay attention to safety, I'll raise the fire." ”
As soon as the words fell, Yu Luoyu over there let out a dolphin scream spanning five notes, which startled the four stinky men who were thinking about how to eat meat.
"In... There ......" Yu Luoyu's slender hands trembled and pointed deep into the grass, her teeth rattling like woodpeckers.
Before Ye Qing could draw out his dagger, a huge gray shadow jumped up to Shi Yan next to him with a whoosh, and glared at the five people present with hanging eyes. This gray image is a big dog with collapsed hair, damp and answering, with a long tail hanging to the ground, and a wild indifference in his eyes, and hideous teeth.
"Wolf!" Ye Qing swooped out his dagger and shouted at the three male compatriots next to him: "Kill it together, we will eat wolf meat at night." ”
Ye Xibei reacted the fastest, the moment Ye Qing shouted, he deducted a brick from the ground and threw the gravel into a cannonball, and the gray wolf didn't even have time to hide, and his head was smashed by the gravel.
Ye Xidong jumped out silently and swiftly, stabbing the wolf in the neck with a fatal knife.
"I'm ...... every day" Even the gentle and elegant Su Xiang couldn't help but burst into foul language.
"It's good, I didn't embarrass our Ye family. Ye Qing was instantly impressed by the two eldest nephews, and it seemed that there was no need to worry about eating meat along the way.
It was an adult male wolf with two eggs in his crotch, the size of a goose egg. Ye Qing wanted to throw it away, but was asked by the two eldest nephews to go over.