Chapter 68 The snake catcher said
Yang Zhan's trip is the first time to set foot in the northwest region, it is inevitable that he is not familiar with the place, he was able to go all the way smoothly before, and he knew the way with flowers and exquisite flowers, but now he is no longer with her, but he has not even the most basic direction. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoYang Zhan stood in the open field that seemed to be the same everywhere, but no one would tell him which direction to go again.
But Yang Zhan did not regret the blossoming exquisiteness, in his opinion, even if there was no delicate flower, he could find Wutai Mountain. It's just that since it's a search, it must take a lot of time, and of course, there is a certain amount of luck.
It seems that Yang Zhan's luck is not too good, because he has been going back and forth in the open field several times, as if he is spinning in place, and what is even more odious is that he has spent almost an hour or two here without meeting a person who can ask for directions.
Running under the scorching sun was not a pleasant thing, and Yang Zhan's previous rush had already made his mouth dry. Yang Zhan then looked around for a water source.
It was not easy to find a river on the grassland, and after going around a few circles, Yang Zhan found a group of mountains on the outskirts of the open field.
"Where there are mountains, there are streams. Yang Zhan said happily in his heart.
Yang Zhan rushed to the bottom of the mountains, and sure enough, he found a small stream, and drank it happily. This spring water is sweet and cool, Yang Zhan drank it, and washed his face well, which is really comfortable.
Immersed in such a comfortable feeling, Yang Zhan was reluctant to leave, but the subtle sound in the valley made him instantly alert again. Yang Zhan listened intently, but he heard a small but rapid footstep in the valley, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart.
"There must be someone in front of you, and someone can ask for directions. Yang Zhan said excitedly.
Before he finished speaking, Yang Zhan had already hurriedly put down the sound coming from the valley. I saw that under the cliff of the valley, there was an old man with a thin young man walking around a big rock, but Yang Zhan couldn't understand it.
"Old man, I'm lost here and want to ask ......," Yang Zhan walked over and said loudly.
But the old man and the young man glared at Yang Zhan angrily, and hurriedly made a gesture to tell him not to speak. But they heard the sound of a rustling under the big stone, and the old man and the young man stopped what they were doing, but they were both disappointed.
Yang Zhan then stepped forward to ask, but the old man spoke first.
"You, you don't come sooner or later, but you come at my most critical moment. The old man said angrily to Yang Zhan.
"What does the old man mean by that?" Yang Zhan asked curiously.
The old man snorted like a gas, and then stopped paying attention to Yang Zhan. At this moment, the young man beside the old man said helplessly: "You just spoke loudly, which alarmed our baby, and now it has gone back to the stone cave, and I don't know how long it will take to come out." ”
"Baby?" Yang Zhan asked still not understanding.
"Yes, my grandfather and I have been here for a few days and nights, and we have spent a lot of bait, and its head has poked out of the cave, but you scared it back. The young man said disappointedly.
Only then did Yang Zhan understand that the two ancestors and grandsons were hunting, and it seemed that he was reckless just now, which was really a good thing for others. Thinking of this, Yang Zhan felt a little guilty in his heart, so he had to respectfully apologize to the old man.
"Forget it, let's wait, maybe we'll come out again in three or five days. The old man replied indifferently.
"What the hell is this, old man, maybe I can help you. Yang Zhan asked.
The old man paused, and seemed reluctant to tell Yang Zhan about the prey they were going to catch, but the young man spoke: "This is an anti-scaled snake, which is only found in the nearby valleys......"
Before the young man could finish speaking, the old man had already stopped him in a hurry.
"The young man just said that he wanted to ask for directions, where are you going?" the old man asked.
"The younger generation is going to Wutai Mountain in Shanxi. Yang Zhan said.
"Shanxi? That's still far away. The old man said hesitantly.
"Don't get in the way, as long as there is a direction, I'll go. Yang Zhan hurriedly replied.
"This place belongs to Xilanzhou Prefecture, and the young man needs to walk five or six hundred miles east to reach Jingzhao Mansion, and then pass through Shanxi. I am afraid that the whole journey is really thousands of miles away. The old man said carefully.
"Thank you, old man. Yang Zhan said, but he inevitably hesitated in his heart, if he only relied on these two legs to walk thousands of miles away, he really didn't know what year and month it would take to finish.
Yang Zhan wanted to turn around and leave, but when he saw that the two of them were guarding under the big stone, he couldn't help but sympathize with him.
"Old man, is the anti-scaled snake you just mentioned hiding under this stone?" Yang Zhan suddenly asked.
"Yes, we've been following it for a long time, and finally we realized that under this big rock is its nest. The old man looked at Yang Zhan in surprise and replied.
"Then if you get rid of this big stone, won't you be able to catch the anti-scale snake?" Yang Zhan said.
"Haha, this big stone weighs at least 10,000 catties, how can you get it open?" the old man said disapprovingly.
"I'll give it a try. Yang Zhan looked at the big stone and said after a deep groan.
Although the old man and the young man didn't believe it, since the young man in front of him opened his mouth, he still listened to him. The two ancestors and grandsons stepped aside as Yang Zhan said, and then looked at Yang Zhan curiously, they wanted to see how one person could move this heavy boulder.
I saw Yang Zhan take three steps back, take out the Ghost Eye Crazy Knife with his backhand, and then take a leap and volley into the air. I only heard a loud bang, and the boulder was suddenly split in half by Yang Zhan.
The grandfather and grandson both looked at what they were looking at in disbelief, and it wasn't until Yang Zhan came over to call them that the two reacted. I saw that the two of them hurriedly rushed to the big rock, but they happened to see the anti-scale snake poking its head out of the hole. The old man then pounced on it with an arrow, and then firmly grasped the head of the snake that emerged from the scale.
I saw that after this anti-scale snake was held down by the old man, the other parts of the body that were exposed to the ground suddenly swelled, and Yang Zhan and the young man were very surprised to see it. The old man exhaled urgently, and the young man wrapped his body in a thick towel that had been prepared. The young man then slid the towel in his hand with his backhand, and the inflated body of the snake suddenly shrank again.
The old man then framed the head of the snake with an iron clip, and then used a thick towel to catch the snake's body that had faded out of the hole, and then smoothed the snake's swollen body with his backhand like a young man. Repeating this, the snake not only retracted to its original size, but also obediently complied until the two of them placed it in a large wooden box.
The old and the young breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you for your help. The young man's martial arts are world-famous, and the old man really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai. The old man said excitedly.
Yang Zhan smiled lightly and didn't care about this.
"Old man, why does the body of this anti-scaled snake sometimes get bigger and sometimes smaller?" Yang Zhan asked curiously.
"The young man doesn't know, this reverse scale snake as the name suggests is the scale of the inverted growth, its body has become larger because of anger, the slender and sharp scales of the body are erected, and we use burlap to slip with our backhand, is to ask it to withdraw the inverted scales. The old man said with relish.
Yang Zhan felt a little incredible, because the snake he caught yesterday didn't look like the reverse scale snake that the old man said?
"Actually, I saw one of these snakes in a cave yesterday. Yang Zhan said.
"This reverse scale snake has been dormant for a long time, and it is haunting, how many people are extremely poor and difficult to see in their lives, and the young man actually met with it unexpectedly. The old man said with emotion.
"Is this snake rare?" Yang Zhan said disapprerovingly.
"Of course, this snake has only been seen in the nearby mountains, and because of its venomous and ferocious temperament, it is like a legend to many people. The old man said.
"It seems that I am really lucky, because the one I saw yesterday is much bigger than this one. Yang Zhan said lightly.
"This one is already thick at the bottom of the bowl, and is there anything bigger than this?" said the old man, shaking his head.
Yang Zhan then told the old man about catching the anti-scale snake with his bare hands yesterday, and rolled up his sleeves to let the old man see the hole he had been pierced by the scales.
"The martial arts of young heroes are world-famous, and it is reasonable to be able to subdue such a big anti-scale snake. It's just that where is the stone room that the young man said?" the old man asked with concern.
"I don't know exactly where they are, but there are three low hills there, so it should be easier to find. Yang Zhan said.
"Three low mountains? It must be Bald Pen Mountain. Getting rich, let's go to Bald Pen Mountain tomorrow to catch that big anti-scale snake. The old man said excitedly.
"But when I had subdued the snake, I boiled him and ate it. Yang Zhan said.
"Ah?!You ate the Reverse Scale Snake?!" The grandfather and grandson were suddenly dumbfounded in surprise.
"After I drank the snake's blood, I cut it into several pieces and boiled it in a pot, and then I added some wild vegetables, and it tasted good. Yang Zhan replied with a reminiscence.
The grandfather and grandson listened intently to Yang Zhan's description, and while they were envious, their faces showed a sense of satisfaction as if they had also tasted a bite of snake meat.
"Then I can only congratulate you, the effect of this anti-scale snake to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the yuan is unparalleled in the world, and the young man will definitely improve his skills in the future. The old man said.
"It turns out that this snake still has such a function. Yang Zhan said proudly.
"Haha, in addition, this anti-scale snake is a great supplement, but this place is barren mountains and mountains, I'm afraid you will be lonely for a while. The old man couldn't help laughing as he spoke.
Yang Zhan didn't understand what he meant, but which one of the people who walked the rivers and lakes was not lonely?
The old man then said it more bluntly, and Yang Zhan realized that this anti-scale snake could also be extremely fast and full of essence, and after eating it, it would be hot and uneasy, and it would burn with desire. And the reason why the old man took the risk of catching this anti-scale snake was to pay it to the lord of Western Xia, so as not to go to the disaster of labor for the whole family.
Yang Zhan suddenly understood that Hua Linglong's style last night turned out to be the effect of eating the reverse scale snake, and it was not her deliberate. And his own faint thoughts at that time were the same. Thinking like this, Yang Zhan couldn't help but regret the blossoming exquisiteness.
"It seems that I am wrong to blame Sister Hua. Yang Zhan said guiltily.
"Old man, how to go to Bald Pen Mountain?" Yang Zhan asked anxiously.
"This mountain is five or six miles to the north. The old man said.
Yang Zhan then raised his qi to make the Lingyun Crossing skill, and suddenly disappeared between the valleys. The old man didn't care about any of this, because the snake in his hand was enough to offset his family's servitude, so why bother to take any more risks?
Yang Zhan rushed to Bald Pen Mountain in one go, but there was no trace of flowers in the empty valley. Yang Zhan looked around the periphery again, but there was still no trace of her.
"This place is deserted, and there are many wild beasts, how can Sister Hua go out alone?" Yang Zhan said silently, and couldn't help but feel that he was guilty.
Yang Zhan then ran twenty miles away in the southeast, northwest, and northwest directions of Bald Pen Mountain, but Hua Linglong was nowhere to be seen.
"Sister Hua has ridden a horse, she must have gone a long way. Yang Zhan said regretfully in his heart.
"Sister Hua is a natural person, and she is familiar with the northwest region, so she will definitely be safe. Yang Zhan said silently in his heart.
Saying this, Yang Zhan was relieved a little, and then went east as the old man said.
Maybe Hua Linglong really has a shallow relationship with Yang Zhan, and as soon as Yang Zhan's front foot left the valley where the stream was drunk, Hua Linglong rode around this mountain. It's just that Yang Zhan is facing north, and Hua Linglong is facing east.
Hua Linglong was anxious to walk this way, but she was afraid that she would miss Yang Zhan if she walked too quickly. Along the way, Hua Linglong repeatedly called Yang Zhan's name, but all she could hear was the echo of the wilderness.
Hua Linglong felt that Yang Zhan really wanted to give up on himself and refused to come out to meet, so when she thought about it, she burst into tears and was heartbroken.
"I just like Zhan'er, even if I go to Wutai Mountain, I want to meet him. Hua Linglong was sad enough, so she cheered up and said. I saw her take out two delicate branches from her arms—but they were the chopsticks that Yang Zhan had shaved for her the day before, and then pulled her hair back towards the river, and finally used one of the chopsticks as a hairpin to pin her hair. The flowers reflected in the water are delicate and emerald eyebrows, but they are beautiful.
After Yang Zhan left Bald Pen Mountain, apart from guilt, he only thought about one thing in his heart, that is, how to get a horse. After galloping all the way east, Yang Zhan saw a black horse on the side of a barren mountain.
"God help me. Yang Zhan looked at the black horse and said excitedly.
But the black horse had a restrained temperament, and when he saw someone coming from afar, he turned around and left. How could Yang Zhan let it go?
After a stick of incense, Yang Zhan finally caught up with the black horse, and he jumped one by one, and the person was already sitting on the horse's back. The black horse seemed to be very disgusted by being ridden, and as soon as Yang Zhan sat on it, it kept jolting violently.
The dark horse sometimes jumped forward and backwards, and sometimes stopped and walked quickly, trying to throw Yang Zhan off several times.
Yang Zhan was not afraid, but even more happy, because he knew that this black horse was a wild horse, the stronger the fierceness, the more powerful it would be after subduing, and it was such a good horse that he wanted for a journey of thousands of miles.
Yang Zhan then calmed down, let the wild horse gallop first, and when it was wild, he took advantage of the jack pendant and firmly suppressed it. After such a toss, Yang Zhan gradually felt that this dark horse seemed to have lost his temper and was no longer as restless as before. After resisting it with internal force for a while, Yang Zhan found that it had returned to its normal state, so he withdrew his strength.
I saw Yang Zhan caressing the horse's mane in a comfortable mood, and the black horse seemed to have a spiritual neigh, so Yang Zhan gently patted the black horse's neck and said, "Sister Hua is gone, and I will be with you along the way." ”
Under the setting sun, Yang Zhan rode a black horse in his new uniform and galloped towards the east.