Chapter 20: The Strange Valley
The night is like water, and the wind blows through the valley. On a big tree, Yuan Cheng hung upside down on a branch like a bat, and the little fox was lying on the trunk of the tree and napping.
Just after the ugly hour, suddenly there was a whining cry from the nearby valley, which was particularly creepy in this dark night. Even if Yuan Cheng was bold, he couldn't help but open his eyes at this moment, turn over the trunk of the tree, and observe left and right.
The little fox had already woken up, and when he heard the sound getting louder and louder at this moment, he was so frightened that he hurriedly got into Yuan Cheng's arms.
The sound is getting louder and louder, which means that the thing that makes the cry is getting closer and closer to Yuan Cheng.
At this moment, Yuan Cheng knelt on one knee on the trunk of the tree, motionless. There was some gray aura flowing from his body, and his eyes gave off some light, staring carefully at the darkness under the trees.
When the object that made the sound came closer, Yuan Cheng trembled in fright and almost fell off the tree.
I saw an old woman with a wrinkled face and black clothes under the tree, staring at Yuan Cheng on the tree with a little white light emitting from her two sunken eyes.
"Give back my child, give back my child. The old woman let out a somewhat miserable whimper.
"Old woman, I don't even know what your child looks like. Yuan Cheng said in his mouth, but his heart was full of doubts.
"Give me back my children and spit them out. The wrinkled old woman said again.
"It turns out that the wild fruit is your child, I have eaten it all, how can I pay you back. Yuan Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and finally figured out why the old woman was staring at him.
"Give me back my child, give me back my child. The old woman didn't give up, and forced Yuan Cheng step by step, about to go to the trunk.
Yuan Cheng jumped off the tree in one step, he didn't expect that there was such a monster in this forest.
Suddenly, Yuan Cheng's stomach hurt, and his stomach was like a knife, Yuan Cheng squatted down holding his stomach.
"Give me back my child, give me back my child. The old woman walked out of Yuan Cheng step by step, stretching out two thin hands, like old tree trunks.
Wind palm method, the first blow, the wind with the body. Yuan Cheng couldn't stand the sound anymore, and struck out with a palm.
The palm wind hit the old woman's shoulder, and the white bones of the old woman who were beaten on the spot were exposed, but the old woman did not shed any blood, but flowed out some green juice, which was very strange.
"Sure enough, it's the tree spirit. Yuan Cheng suddenly realized, and then suddenly felt a pain in his stomach.
Yuan Cheng hurriedly used his internal strength to resist, and then a gray-white aura appeared in his body, and his stomach suddenly stopped hurting.
Yuan Cheng was shocked, and waved out another palm.
"Give me back my child, give me back my child. The old woman suddenly appeared with many branch-like rattans from her body, and she was about to tie Yuan Cheng.
"Sword Shadow Water Shadow", Yuan Cheng took out the stainless steel sword from his hand and slashed it out with the sword. Suddenly, the surrounding rattan broke, and the old woman was torn apart by the fierce knife.
Suddenly, a black object as big as an egg shot out of the old woman's torn body and flew towards Yuan Cheng's heart. Yuan Cheng hurriedly made a move to "Leap over the Dragon Gate" and knocked the black object to the ground.
"It's so dangerous, there's something so dangerous in the woods. Yuan Cheng exhaled and put the steel sword back into the scabbard.
As the old woman completely dispersed, Yuan Cheng's stomach didn't hurt anymore.
"I actually left a seed, I don't know what this thing is?" Yuan Cheng said, looking at a black seed on the ground.
"Whatever it is, it's always wrong to carry it with you. It's better to smash it completely. Yuan Cheng then slashed out with a sword, smashing the black seed to pieces with sword qi, and with Yuan Cheng's movements, streams of black liquid flowed out from the seed, and finally the seed gradually dried up.
Yuan Cheng slashed with his sword qi from afar, preventing the black liquid from getting on his body. After doing this, I found a pile of leaves and branches, and burned them clean.
With Yuan Cheng's tossing, a touch of fish belly white has appeared in the distant sky. Soon after, the sky grew brighter, and finally it was completely bright.
"It's finally dawn, and I didn't expect to encounter this kind of mountain spirit monster just out of the Dounan Mountain Range. There are still thousands of miles to go, and I really don't know how dangerous the road ahead is. But this can't be difficult for me, in order to see Han Shao and Sister Yao'er, even if it is the Heavenly King Laozi, I have to fight!" Yuan Cheng's eyes shot a resolute light, and then he took a big stride out of a low forest.
"It turns out that this is the Gate of Heaven. Yuan Cheng saw a gate tower appear in the canyon not far away. Surrounded by mountains, the surrounding canyon is lush with greenery.
Yuan Cheng had no intention of watching the scenery and hurried by.
"Is this Wujian Creek? There are a lot of big rocks, and the water in this stream is very clear, but there are no fish, so it's really boring. Yuan Cheng glanced at it hurriedly, then stepped on those big stones and jumped over.
"There is no one along the way, doesn't it mean that there is water grinding tofu in Tianmenguan?" Yuan Cheng's stomach gurgled.
"Xiaoyu, you insist on going down and cross the river first. If we go to find something to eat, there will definitely be fish in the river. Yuan Cheng comforted the little fox, and then accelerated his way.
After crossing Wujian Creek, I walked a short distance to the edge of the cliff, and only some very steep stone walls could be passed. These stone walls can be walked around in the wide places, and the narrow places can only be passed by with their backs against the stone walls, and the little fox was originally standing on Yuan Cheng's shoulders, which will shrink into Yuan Cheng's arms again.
Yuan Cheng performed light skills, flew against the cliff, and then came to an ancient plank road, and rushed away on the plank road.
"Fortunately, I know the Big Dipper, otherwise it would be really dangerous for ordinary people to cross these places. If you have the opportunity, you will definitely join the Immortal Gate and learn the art of the sword. Yuan Cheng thought to himself as he ran.
Yuan Cheng looked far away on the plank road and found that there were some hanging coffins on the opposite stone wall. It rests on a wooden beam on a stone wall.
"Those coffins are really strange, just lying on the cliff wall, could it be related to the stars?" Yuan Cheng then looked away, not thinking too much.
"This ancient plank road is actually broken here. Yuan Cheng sighed.
I saw that the plank road in front of me was broken and was more than 20 zhang away. At the bottom of the plank road, there are rocks and turbulent river.
"I can only jump more than a dozen feet away in one step, do I want to take a detour?" Yuan Cheng said to himself.
"If you don't try, how do you know how far the limit is. Yuan Cheng took a few steps back, then rushed forward.
The little fox probed out to take a look, saw the turbulent river below, and quickly retracted his head.
Yuan Cheng first threw the Heavenly Lack Knife and the steel sword to the opposite side of the plank road. Then Yuan Cheng threw out the hat, stepped out, stepped on the hat in the air, and totoed a little. Then he sucked the hat in the air, turned over, and landed smoothly on the opposite plank road.
"It's really dangerous, if you fall so high, you won't die or be disabled. Light rain, we're coming. The little fox closed his eyes tightly, and then slowly opened a slit, and sure enough, he saw that he was on the other side. couldn't help but whimper, and ran onto Yuan Cheng's shoulder.
"Hurry up, there will be fish to eat after crossing the river. Yuan Cheng yelled, put away his things and walked away.
Yuan Cheng kept hurrying, and after half an hour, he finally appeared by the river.
"It's so wide on the Yangtze River, try my Big Dipper Seven Star Steps. Yuan Cheng stepped on the river and wanted to cross the Yangtze River.
"No, the current is turbulent and the waves are big. It seems impossible to just ride the waves. Yuan Cheng took a few steps and retreated.
"Forget it, eat something first. Wait for the boat. Yuan Cheng found a place to sit down, took a sip of wine, and took out the jerky from the baggage.
I waited for an hour before I saw a small boat across the river. Yuan Cheng hurriedly took off his hat and waved at the boat opposite.
"Guest officer, have you come from afar, where are you going?" A man in his thirties was on the boat, wearing a short coat and paddling with both hands.
"I want to go to Jindu City, how do I go after crossing the river?" Yuan Cheng put on his hat.
"This little brother, if you go to Jindu, go directly down the river, and walk a short distance to arrive. If you go by land, you have to take an extra detour, and it will take an extra day. However, if you are sent to Jindu, you will be charged an extra five taels of silver, and you will receive two taels for crossing the river, for a total of seven taels. The man on the boat said.
"This is ten taels, you tell me what kind of customs and customs are in this golden capital city. Yuan Cheng was very generous, and he directly shot ten taels and threw it at the rowing man.
"Thank you, little brother. After the result was silver, the rowing man weighed it with his hands, wiped it on his clothes with satisfaction, and carefully put it into his arms, and then the rowing man began to talk endlessly about the local customs.