Chapter Twenty-Six: Cultivation in the Wild
After Yan Han returned to the back mountain, Du Guang and Rong Zhe were already waiting in his room.
Du Guang saw that Yan Han was safe and sound, but his wrist was a little swollen and painful, so he said: "I told you a long time ago, Qianmu is not a vicious person, no, people still let you go." ”
Yan Han glared at Du Guang, "She said she would only spare me one day!"
Rong Zhe asked Yan Han what the situation was, so Yan Han told everyone about the whole battle, and everyone was surprised by Yan Han's cunning again, and at the same time, they also knew that Yan Han had completely offended this evil star in the front mountain.
Liangcai asked on the side: "You say, will Qianmu really kill Yan Han? If not, Yan Han, you might as well beg for mercy like us, we really can't afford to fight with her." ”
Xiao Hai also expressed his opinion, but he sang in the opposite tune, "In my opinion, it is not impossible for Qianmu to kill Yan Han, this senior sister does not know the seriousness of her actions, looking at her momentum these days, I feel that she has made up her mind to kill Yan Han." ”
Du Guang said on the side: "If it was said that before, Qianmu beat Yan Han to a slight injury, it can be said that it is reasonable, but now, if you want to settle this matter, I am afraid it is not so easy."
Yan Han, it's not me talking about you, how many times have I persuaded you before, just your ability, you are still so competitive, the result can only be worse. Liangcai is right, the sooner this matter is softened, the better, no matter how arrogant Qianmu is, he will not make a killing move. ”
Rong Zhe sighed: "Alas, I didn't expect things to develop to this point, and I can only hope that the owner of the garden will come back soon and help you settle this matter." ”
Yan Han glanced at everyone and said hatefully, "I Yan Han can't beat me, can't I hide?" As he spoke, he made his bed, he hadn't slept well at the head of his bed for a long time. Since Qianmu promised him to let him go for a day, I believe she will keep her promise.
"Go back, I want to rest early today!" Yan Han knew that these friends couldn't help much, so it was better to leave it quiet.
After they left, Yan Han rummaged through the cabinets and took out all the medicines he could find, and his wrist was not a little pain, but a fatal sting.
Qianmu's Ice Heart Recipe is not so easy to dissolve. Yan Han used the candle head to continuously burn the blackened powder, letting the smoke smoke on his aching wrist, and it took a whole hour for the pain to subside. A trace of cold sweat oozed from Yan Han's forehead.
The next day, an explosive news came from the back mountain: Yanjingsu was out of the customs, and his cultivation had reached the Zhongtian realm. Yan Han was the first to run to the front mountain trail to greet him.
Yan Jingsu came back this time but the spring breeze was proud, breaking through the Zhongtian realm, he not only won the appreciation of Li Changming of the meditation hall, but also made a lot of friends in the front mountain. Yan Jingsu, who was already happy, smiled even more when he saw Yan Han.
"Yan Han, why haven't you seen you for a month, you have lost a lot of weight?"
Yan Han scratched the back of his head and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, let's go back to the Red Emperor Garden and talk to you in detail." You're not going to leave when you come back this time, are you?"
"Don't go, I've already met the requirements of the Lord of Contemplation in my cultivation, and I just need to concentrate on alchemy in the future. ”
"Did you see Tanya this time?" Yan Han was still thinking about this good brother who had gone up the mountain with him.
Yan Jingsu gently patted Yan Han on the shoulder and said, "I said Yan Han, don't expect Tanya to have time to meet you in the future, they are outstanding seedlings in the meditation hall, and now they are Li Changming's favorite disciples." Not to mention you, even if I am in the ashram hall, I rarely have time to meet him. He should be seizing the time to cultivate now, preparing to participate in the Nine Clouds Association in half a year. ”
"Oh!" Yan Han looked a little frustrated after hearing this. is also a disciple who went up the mountain together, and his cultivation has not even touched the door of the Zhongtian Realm, and he is still thinking about the happy light of his childhood, and Tanya is already a palace-level disciple who is focused on cultivating in Qianshan.
Yan Jingsu saw Yan Han's thoughts, so he said: "But it doesn't matter, you will concentrate on doing our duty in the back mountain in the future, or you can also make some fame in the Fang Immortal Continent." To be honest, Uncle is still full of admiration for your alchemy level. After saying that, Jingsu was happy again.
Yan Han pursed his lips and stopped talking.
When Yan Han and Yan Jing Su returned to the back mountain, Ye Shi had already led many disciples and waited in the Red Emperor Garden, and everyone was polite for a while, and their words were full of envy for Yan Jing Su. Yan Jingsu was already the third disciple in Houshan to break through the Middle Heaven Realm, which added a lot to the confidence of the disciples in Houshan.
At noon, two figures sat on the trunk of a tree lying across the hillside, chatting leisurely. Yan Jingsu said to Yan Han: "Yan Han, I heard Ye Shi say that some unpleasant things have happened in the back mountain and the front mountain recently, and you are also involved?"
"Hmm. As soon as Yan Han mentioned this, his spirit was gone.
"Let's hear it, if the people in Qianshan dare to bully you, I'll reason for you!" Yan Jingsu saw that his nephew had been wronged, how could he be good at doing it, besides, he was full of confidence now, even the master of the Li Palace was half of his friend, who else in the front mountain could not give him a little thin noodles?
Yan Han was a little embarrassed, but he still hoped that this uncle could settle the matter, so he said, "Uh... It is a kimono of the front mountain. ”
"What!" Jing Su listened to Yan Han's words, and fell from the trunk of the tree in surprise.
"You mean that Qianmu from Rongcheng Palace?"
Yan Han nodded.
Yan Jingsu gasped and said, "Why do you even dare to offend her? She is a Dongtian boy, her cultivation is progressing rapidly, and the lady of the Guan Lord has recognized her goddaughter. It is said that the hope of this Jiuyun Conference is pinned on Guo Ziliu, Baisui Tai, and Qianmu! I don't think even Xiao Xiao and Li Changming dare to provoke her. ”
Yan Jingsu swallowed a mouthful of saliva embarrassedly, and said, "That's it, that's it, it's your children's business, let's solve it yourself!"
Originally, Yan Han still had a hope for this uncle, but when he heard this, he suddenly seemed to be deflated, looking at the figure of his uncle leaving, he was so contemptuous that he didn't even want to raise his eyes.
4.2 Ancient trees
At night, before it was dark, Yan Han rolled up his bunk and set off, Yan Jingsu saw him and asked strangely, "Where are you going?"
"Recently, I have been suffering from insomnia at night, and I found that I could sleep in the woods. "Yan Han is too lazy to tell the truth to Yan Jingsu.
Yanjingsu looked at this nephew like a neuropath: "Isn't there something wrong with your head?"
Du Guang came next to him, and smiled wryly: "Of course he has something wrong with his head, he even dares to offend Qianmu in the front mountain, his head was not kicked by a donkey, what else can it be?"
Yan Han walked straight to his own path, without saying much, humming a little song, looking quite relaxed.
In the middle of the night, Qianmu really came again, and the entire back mountain was turned over by her again.
Yan Jing Su couldn't hold back his anger for a while, and after a few words, he was kicked out by Qianmu and the quilt, and then stabbed out three swords, Yan Jingsu could dodge, he understood Qianmu's fierceness, so he hugged his head and ran away.
Yan Jingsu finally knew that Yan Han went out to sleep by no means because of a problem with his head, but because he was quite cunning and witty.
In Yan Han's opinion, the night was so quiet, he passed through the giant sword array, and he didn't go far when he saw a towering ancient tree, and he walked there. Walking up to the ancient tree, Yan Han looked up, the leaves were so dense that the stars could hardly be seen, and there were no thorns or dwarf grass when he looked down.
Looks like it's a good place to sleep out. So Yan Han roughly set up a tent with some branches and vines, and then covered it with some large leaves. He lit the fire with a fire charm, and when it was all ready, he lay down and performed a magic to sleep peacefully.
After a while, a cold wind blew, and then a heavy rain suddenly fell. Yan Han's fire and the quilt inside the tent were poured out, and Yan Han was even more embarrassed.
He stood up and thought he was unlucky, pointed at God, and cursed. When he stepped out of the shade of the ancient tree, he found that the sky outside was dense and cloudless. Yan Han thought in surprise: Why, after such a short while, the rain stopped?
So Yan Han wasted his strength, took some dry firewood, and used a fire talisman to light it again. Since the quilt was already soaked, Yan Han performed a Xuanjia technique and simply sat next to him to sleep.
After a while, the heavy rain fell again, quickly extinguishing the fire that Yan Han had lit. After Yan Han was woken up, he stood up like crazy and shouted at God, "Grandma's! Is sleeping a luxury for me?"
Yan Han stepped out of the shade of the ancient tree and found that the sky was still clear. Yan Han was amazed, but when he walked back, he found that there were still small raindrops under the shade of the trees.
"Will it rain on this tree?" Yan Han muttered in his heart.
Yan Han thought to himself: After all, this is the bullshit Fang Immortal Continent, and there are many strange things. But he was still very angry in his heart, so he shouted at the ancient tree: "Let Lao Tzu be watered again, believe it or not, I will burn you?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Yan Han finished speaking, a heavy rain came. Yan Han's heart trembled, his body trembled for a while, and he wondered if this was haunted?
Suddenly, an old voice came: "Little ghost, my old bones are the most afraid of fire." As long as you don't cast your fire talisman, I won't rain. ”
When Yan Han heard this voice, he was almost paralyzed with fright, and it took him a long time before he mustered up the courage to ask around, "You... Who are you?"
The slightly older voice said, "I'm not human, I'm just a tree." ”
When Yan Han heard this, goosebumps straightened up on his body. "Trees... Tree... Can trees also speak human language?"
"Alas, if I don't speak human words to you, do you understand?
When Yan Han heard this, he didn't say a word, he pinched a talisman in his hand and recited the nine-character mantra: "Lin, Bing, Fight, Who, Both, Number, Group, Front, Line." Conquer demons and eliminate demons!" After reading it, a talisman slapped on the trunk of the tree.
The trunk of the tree trembled, and at the place where the talisman was posted, a crack in the bark of the tree made a crack, and the talisman was swallowed hard.
"I can't see that you little devil still know a little bit about the doorway. But I have no ill will towards you, you don't have to do this to me!" said the ancient tree as if pleading.
"This place is not where you demons and monsters should come, get out of here quickly!" Yan Han became arrogant.
Gu Shu said: "This reason doesn't make sense, this is originally our home, you humans already have a personal world, but you are still not satisfied, you still have to open up new fields here, and slaughter countless of us plants, trees, and spirit beasts." Alas..."
When Yan Han heard this, he pondered it carefully, and felt that it was right, he had forgotten that this was not the human realm in the first place, but the so-called Fang Immortal Continent, and it was indeed unreasonable to drive people away if he occupied other people's territory. Uncle once said that many demons in the Fang Immortal Continent were manifest, so this tree was a demon.
Thinking of this, Yan Han's attitude softened a little: "Hey, will you eat people?" Also, can you become a person and chat with me to relieve boredom!"
Gu Shu listened to Yan Han's words, but smiled: "I am a tree spirit, nourished by the earth and cultivated into positive fruits, and released spiritual power to give back to the earth, what is the theory of cannibalism." My current cultivation can't turn into a human form, but I do know someone who can turn into a human form, and her name is Xuanniao. ”
Yan Han let out an unbelievable "oh", "There is a chance to introduce me to each other." ”
Yan Han was full of infinite curiosity about this ancient tree, looked left and right, and asked, "Hey, how old are you this year?"
"Age... I've probably forgotten my age a long time ago!"
"Oh, you're old enough. And how do you speak without a mouth?"
"I can also use the aura of this world just like you magicians, and I use the aura to vibrate and form a sound that reaches your ears. ”
Yan Han sat down and looked at the night sky, it was already the second half of the night, and he said, "By the way, Gu Shu, can you do me a favor?"
"Say it, little brother!"
"Actually, I live near you, a place called Zixiao Temple..."
"This, I know, I've seen a lot of disciples of Zixiao Mountain, but it's the first time I've spoken to a human being. ”
"Oh, why were you the first to talk to me?" Yan Han suddenly felt a sense of superiority.
"If you don't speak again, you burned me, wouldn't you die unjustly!"
When Yan Han heard this, he felt that he was bored, so he cut to the chase: "This time, I was driven out by the people on the mountain, so I may have to stay outside for a few nights. But I'm worried that there are many wolves and beasts here, so I can't sleep well every night, and I have to rely on mana to support it, but it can only last for half a pillar of incense, and it's too tired. So I want to ask you, can you protect me so I can get a good night's sleep?"
"I can't help you. Gu Shu replied directly.
"Why?"
"Although I am a tree spirit, my ability is limited, I can only use some special ways to express some states, but it is absolutely impossible to drive away beasts. ”
Yan Han said angrily when he heard this: "What do you mean, do you know how to extinguish my fire talisman?"
Gu Shu seemed a little embarrassed: "This, I can really do it." ”
"As long as you don't extinguish my fire talisman, I can at least sleep longer!"
Gu Shu slowly explained, "You can't cast a fire talisman here, because fireworks damage spiritual power. In fact, the flow of spiritual power in the forest is several times higher than that in your so-called cultivation holy places and Taoist temples. Because for a long time in the past, the human magicians had exhausted the spiritual power of the Holy Land, but they didn't know how to make up for it. Human thinking is very old-fashioned, and it always follows the words of the ancients as a reference, and is proud of cultivating in the Holy Land. In fact, the current cultivation holy land of human beings can no longer be compared with a thousand years ago. So you'd better get through this on your own, because cultivating here will get you twice the result with half the effort. ”
Yan Han sat down on the ground angrily and ignored it.
"Actually, the reason why I opened my mouth to talk to you today is because there will be a great catastrophe in the Fang Immortal Continent, and you have a relationship with our demon clan..."
After the sound of the ancient tree died away, Yan Han suddenly woke up from his sleep. Yan Han looked at the sky, looked at the small flames beside him, there was nothing unusual, and touched his quilt again, feeling that it was still dry, so he sighed, it turned out to be a dream.
Suddenly, Yan Han slapped himself heavily: "Damn it, the effect of Xuanjia Technique on the body has long disappeared, and he is still sleeping like this, in case he is dragged to his life by a jackal, it is really not worth it!"
So Yan Han threw the quilt into the grass and swore that he would never make himself comfortable, otherwise he would lose his will and lose his life.
He glanced at the ancient tree beside him and subconsciously extinguished the flames. I don't know how to do it, Yan Han felt that the dream just now was so real.
Yan Han sat cross-legged on a rock, and then performed a Xuanjia technique, half-asleep and half-awake for half a column of incense time, and then performed another Xuanjia technique, and so on until dawn. A few times in the middle, a few evil wolves attacked, but found that they couldn't scratch Yan Han's Xuanjia shield at all, so they gave up.
Early in the morning, Yan Han took advantage of the afterglow of dawn to return to the back mountain, although he was tired, he felt very refreshed. He woke Du Guang up, and when he asked, he realized that Qianmu had really come last night.
Yan Han secretly hated that this dead girl was unrelenting to himself, so he had a plan to stay in the mountain for a long time.
Du Guang's eyes glanced at Yan Han and said, "By the way, Senior Sister Qianmu asked me to tell you yesterday that she will no longer eat the dog food you made for him, and you will be more relaxed in the future." ”
Yan Han said angrily, "I don't know what to do, I wish she didn't eat it!"
"Whatever you want. Also, Qianmu seems to have beaten Senior Brother Jingsu yesterday, you can go over and take a look!" Du Guang finished speaking, turned his body over on the bed, and continued to call the pig's head.
In the morning, Yan Han came to Jingsu's room with some early, knocked on the door, and saw Yan Jingsu's back ache and asked, "Uncle, are you okay?"
Jing Su saw Yan Han and looked at Yan Han with a strange look, "It's okay, it's okay!"
Yan Han didn't say much, he had to go out early. As soon as Yan Han arrived at the door, Jing Su stopped him, "Yan Han, let me ask you something. ”
Seeing Yan Han's suspicious gaze, Jing Su hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "How did you offend Qianmu? What did you do wrong?"
After Yan Han heard this, he glared angrily, "The women who practice are all perverts, I, Yan Han, don't dare to touch them!"
Jing Su was a little puzzled: "Then how could she hate you to this extent?"
"Then you have to ask her to go!" Yan Han finished speaking and walked out of Jingsu's room.