Chapter Twenty-Six: Overnight in the Mountains
Early in the morning of the second day, the sun was rising, Ye Xingyuan went on the road in good spirits, and after saying goodbye to his sister at the entrance of the village, he went down the mountain along the rugged path and walked on the road to Fucheng.
If you hire a big car in the county seat, it will take about two or three days to get to the capital city, and it will cost you one or two pieces of silver. But Ye Xingyuan felt that he was young now, and he was also strong after getting Haoran's body, so he didn't have to spend that unjust money, after all, he was not a rich man.
Haoran's body is really good, at least the effect of strengthening the body is really obvious, the road is very easy, and Ye Xingyuan is also happy to walk leisurely all the way, looking at the scenery on all sides.
This is not only the first time he has gone out of this world since he came to this world, but it is also the first time that this physical body has gone far away, and the excitement arises spontaneously from the heart, not like refuge, but more like travel.
Guiyang County belongs to Hanjiang Prefecture, and to go to Fucheng, you need to wear two mountains and cross a river, with twists and turns, totaling 180 miles. Ye Xingyuan has the qualifications of a child, and there is a post station in the middle to rest, but if you walk, it is estimated that you will have to stay for three nights, and the other two places will have to find another way.
Fortunately, although Hanjiang Prefecture is not a prosperous and wealthy Tongdu Dayi, it has a bumper rice production in the past hundred years, as long as it can be regarded as a land of fish and rice, as the saying goes, "the lake is ripe, the world is full", and the villages are dotted sporadically along the way, and there is always a place to stay.
After walking a flat road, I started to climb the mountain again, and it was almost noon when I reached the top of the mountain, I saw the Han River in the distance like a white line, mighty and mighty down, the scenery was extremely open and magnificent, so that Ye Xingyuan admired it for a while.
On the evening of the first day, Ye Xingyuan arrived at the Hanjiang River Ferry Shanjiang Station, handed over the children's diploma, and got a tongpu. He didn't care, went to bed early, asked the path the next day, and went out again.
When the ferry crosses the river, there is a big mountain halfway through, and the villages in the mountains are sparsely spaced. Ye Xingyuan pondered about hurrying more, and was greedy for the scenery in the mountains, and unconsciously missed the accommodation.
When it got dark, Ye Xingyuan realized the accommodation problem, and it was inevitable that he would not have enough experience when going out. He suddenly remembered that Ouyang Juren had said that there were monsters in the mountains
Of course, this is alarmist! Ye Xingyuan didn't take it to heart, if he was unified today, the imperial court was strong, and the monsters would not dare to easily hurt the famous scholars, no matter how low-level the children were, they would also be famous scholars.
But it's really inconvenient to have no place to live, do you want to sleep in the barren mountains and mountains? Ye Xingyuan looked into the distance, and saw a little light floating on the jungle, faintly as if there were people, so he quickened his pace and hurried in that direction.
When I got closer, it was a deserted ancient temple, and the incense burner at the door was glowing with red light, which was about the incense candles of the mountain people, and it had not burned out at this time.
Outside the gate of the ancient temple, the shadows of the trees overlapped, and the night breeze flowed by, just like a whimper. Ye Xingyuan looked further ahead, only to see that it was pitch black, and there were occasional ghost fires floating in the mountain road, and there were faint wolf howls and tiger roars, and he couldn't see the path clearly.
It seems that I can only spend the night here. Ye Xingyuan is certainly bold, relying on the heroic body of a hundred evils to ward off the easy, and he is not afraid of the night road, but who knows what is in front of him? The ancient temple has four walls to shelter the wind, and it can be regarded as a place to stand.
The statue in the center is already covered with cobwebs, Ye Xingyuan took a closer look through the moonlight, this idol wore a high crown and held a quinoa staff, as if it was a mountain god, but his eyes were lowered, and his face showed a dead gray, and he was deserted for some reason.
If it is an ordinary solo traveler, it is only afraid or afraid of this kind of place, and whether you dare to stay or not. But accomplished scholars are naturally strong in their hearts, and they are not afraid of ghosts and gods, not to mention that Ye Xingyuan has a sword spirit to protect him, and he is even more courageous.
He immediately removed the straw on the ground, unburdened himself, found an open space to sit down, leaned his back against the pillar, and leisurely turned out the dry food.
After drinking two sips of water and eating most of the bread, Ye Xingyuan only felt full and more comfortable. Although it is a deserted village and a broken temple, it is better than sleeping in the open, and this mentality can be regarded as happiness in suffering.
The moonlit night shone brightly from the window to his feet, leaving a large patch of miserable white light, and the cries of the night owl fox were endless, creating a bleak atmosphere.
If there is a female ghost who recommends the pillow seat at this time, it will really be like a story about fasting, Ye Xingyuan thought subconsciously. In his previous life, he who was well-read in ancient books had not seen Liaozhai.
However, the ghosts in this world are not so free and wanton, and under the way of heaven, each has its own shackles. After a person dies, he returns to the underworld and does not return, and there are many monsters, although there are many of them, but under the joint suppression of the imperial court officials and the mountain and wild immortals, they generally only dare to hide in the mountains in a low-key manner, and occasionally steal a single merchant, which is already considered bold.
I only heard that in the border of the country, in the outer demon realm, the monsters will be more arrogant. Hanjiang Mansion is the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is a thousand-year-old land of the human race since ancient times, and it is not easy to see a monster.
There was a strange sound outside the click, as if something was dragging on the ground. Ye Xingyuan immediately stood up and looked around vigilantly, thinking about ghosts, there wouldn't really be a monster, right?
Thinking of this, Ye Xingyuan silently recited the words of the sage in his mouth, groped out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the baggage, and spread it out on the incense table unhurriedly. He took off the gourd on his waist, dropped two drops of water into the inkstone, and slowly grinded the ink.
Ye Xingyuan dared to stay overnight in this kind of ruined temple that looked strange and terrifying, of course, he relied on it. Therefore, according to old legends, pen and ink can ward off evil spirits, and ghosts and foxes are not allowed to get close. This is because the reader is lucky to write, which contains heavenly opportunities, and the aura blooms, showing majesty.
The heavenly machine is made by the human emperor intercepting the way of heaven, and the human race stands between heaven and earth. Therefore, it is so big that it is strong, not to say that it is a monster, even the yin god cannot collide. Therefore, as long as the reader has a correct heart and does not show flaws, he is still very resistant to ghosts.
Ye Xingyuan felt that he was basically upright, there was nothing ghostly, and of course he was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Sure enough, as soon as he took the pen and ink, the sound of the chain mopping the floor outside weakened and gradually fell silent.
Seeing that the opportunity was not good, he left? Could it be that there are really monsters? Ye Xingyuan smiled, there was nothing to do, he put down the ink, simply took out a book, and read it aloud to the moonlight.
Reading loudly, can clear people's ears and eyes, cleanse the demonic atmosphere, although there is no talent and public "pure heart holy sound" of the supernatural power, but as long as the heart is sincere, it can also make the mind clear.
"The son is so interested, the wilderness of the temple, reading on a moonlit night, it is really a good story. A rough voice suddenly came from outside the temple gate.
Is it a male monster? Ye Xingyuan suddenly became excited. Maybe meeting a demon on a moonlit night is a good story, but only if you meet a beautiful and weak vixen, not this kind of strong male who speaks and even the walls will shake three times.
Thinking in his heart, he still said to the door: "The person who comes is a guest, since my friend is here, why don't you go in and sit down and talk under the moon?"
Ye Xingyuan is not very afraid of monsters, and he is even a little curious, after all, he has been in this world for a long time, he has seen officials and sword immortals, but he has really never seen monsters, I don't know what it will look like.
The sound of chains rubbing the ground again, I saw a burly man with a gloomy face pushing the door in, sitting in front of Ye Xingyuan, with chains on his hands and feet, falling to the ground with a sonorous sound.
Ye Xingyuan was silent, his eyes swept over his wrists and ankles, and found that the iron chain that locked him was the thickness of a bowl, and the whole body was dark, it looked very heavy, and it extended infinitely into the darkness, I don't know how long it was, this should be the legendary chain of the trapped demon black god.
I heard that since the beginning of the era of the human emperor, the soldiers from all over the country began to rectify and eliminate demons, and the monsters full of evil were killed on the spot, and the second-class exiles were exiled to the outer regions, and those who did not do evil deeds were encircled on the spot, among which the monsters with different abilities were suppressed in different ways, and the black god chains were considered to be the second and third rank, but the strength of the trapped monsters was not weak.
"The scholar is bold enough to look at me. The monster sneered, its eyes widened like brass bells, and its pupils were a dull and cloudy red, as if it was hiding an infinite killing opportunity.
Ye Xingyuan chuckled, "The scholar has righteousness in his chest, and he can't bend his might, just take a look, why don't you dare?"
The teachings of the sages, although tens of millions of people have gone to me. As long as a scholar is not biased towards the right path, he can learn from the sky and the yellow spring from the bottom, and he can just be a monster, how can he turn his eyes away?
"Oh?" the monster grinned, "aren't you afraid of angering me and eating you?"
Ye Xingyuan said disdainfully: "If you dare to eat me, why do you need me to look at you? If you don't dare to eat me, even if I look at you with a thousand eyes, you can only bear it. I'm a dignified child, how can I not even dare to look at a monster?"
Although he is not afraid, his identity still has to be pointed out, but this monster has been trapped in the mountains for a long time, and seeing that his chains have rusted, he should probably know some rules and will not mess around.
"Are you a child?" Sure enough, the monster shrank, and after hearing that Ye Xingyuan was a child, his face showed hesitation. If it was just an ordinary scholar, maybe in the case of hunger in his belly, he would be desperate to eat first and then speak, but he had to think carefully.
After all, Tong Sheng is already a scholar who has been registered in Heaven and has been preliminarily recognized by the Mandate of Heaven, and if he hurts Tong Sheng of unknown origin, who knows what the consequences will be? If a great cause and effect is involved, it will be eight lifetimes of mold.
Ye Xingyuan saw that he didn't run away, and he was also strange in his heart. The monster is actually a very simple creature, he is nothing more than looking for blood food to maintain the strength, knowing that he has a body of Haoran, the child may not be delicious, the wise move is to leave, is this monster really hungry and dizzy, even the idea of the child dare to fight?
Ye Xingyuan's heart moved, he dipped his pen in ink, calmly put down the pen on the white paper in front of him, and copied the sage classics. "The rich and noble can't be moved, the poor can't be moved, the mighty can't be bent, this is called a big husband!"
The light flashed, like a night pearl in the dark night, shaking so that the monster couldn't open his eyes, and as soon as the murderous aura poured out, his heart softened, and he unconsciously took a step back.
Ye Xingyuan made persistent efforts, changed a font, and wrote a line of grass, "I am good at raising my Haoran qi, which is qi, the greatest to the strongest, and harmless to be directly raised, it is stuffed between heaven and earth!"
The paper was like a torch lit, and the light was so bright that the monster screamed miserably and stumbled back a few steps.
Ye Xingyuan was determined in his heart, knowing that this monster was only strong on the outside, and was about to expel it completely, when suddenly a white shadow flashed in from outside the door, and the silver light flashed in his hand, and with a click, he actually cut off the head of this monster!
The monster's head rolled in front of Ye Xingyuan, his eyes widened, and he didn't bat at a glance.
The incident happened suddenly, Ye Xingyuan was stunned, but he saw the white shadow that cut off the head of the monster bowing down to him, and thanked him, "Thank you Gongzi for your righteous help, with the words of the saint, suppress the fierce light and demonic energy of this monster, so that the slave family can cut this fang and take revenge!"
ps: I'm back, and I'll start making up the update tomorrow!!