Volume 1 The Wind Rises in Lingzhou Chapter 102 Spring Hunting in the Hundred Mountains (42)
Just as the mountain moving ape thought, in order to finally catch this unprepared sword, Xu Yan can be said to have tried his best, not only fighting with him for an hour and a half, (although he also has the intention of tempering his body), but there is no doubt that his original intention was to make it mistakenly think that he was a pure martial cultivator, and he couldn't break through his defenses at all, and the sword he originally borrowed from Bai Bing was also to mislead it and make it realize that the two people present didn't know that its weakness was actually in the eyes.
Looking at the moving ape that was pierced through his right eye by his own sword, his whole body kept rolling, and he kept roaring in his throat, Xu Yan kept pinching the trick in his hand, and immediately controlled Fuyao to fly back into his hand from the other party's eye socket, and the face that showed a little vicissitudes of life was still expressionless, but in his heart, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
This sword seems to have achieved its purpose with great ease, but it is full of variables, even if Xu Yan thinks about it at this moment, he still has to gasp for it.
He never thought that when Bai Bing did not hesitate to be seriously injured again and had an extra sword, his palm that was close at hand was actually dodged by the mountain moving ape, and only hit its face, if it wasn't for the last move of the flying goose silently, he even wanted to destroy one of the beast's eyes It was an extravagant hope, but fortunately, he succeeded in the end.
Seeing that the mountain moving ape had completely fallen to the ground and kept rolling, Xu Yan didn't pay attention to it, but just destroyed one of its eyes, although it could make it lose at least half of its combat power, but he didn't dare to rush forward to make up for it, otherwise he would steal chickens and rice. As a fifth-level spirit beast, Xu Yan knew that the mountain-moving ape was not as pure ferocious as a low-level spirit beast, so the pain and struggle it was showing at the moment was inevitably without a trace of acting.
Xu Yan didn't have the slightest intention of approaching it at all, letting it roll and shout in this canyon, he just went to the stream and picked up the long sword of Bai Bing that was knocked away by it, and then walked back to Bai Bing, and while handing it to her, he didn't forget to ask, "How is the injury?"
When Bai Bing heard this, she shook her head a little weakly, but she didn't answer, but it was vaguely visible at the corner of her mouth, a little scarlet bloodstain, she hesitated for a moment, glanced at the mountain moving ape in the distance, and asked Xu Yan: "This mountain moving ape is already blind in one eye, and the injury is extremely serious, why didn't the little junior brother take the opportunity to stab it in the other eye?"
When Xu Yan heard this, he replied in a calm tone: "Don't worry, the mountain moving ape is different from other spirit beasts, although its eyes are its weakness, but it is also the source of its strength, now, it has been destroyed by me to lose its right eye, and the cultivation on its body will follow this loophole, like an extra hole in the dam, and begin to pour thousands of miles, rather than being in such a hurry to ask for its life, and being counterattacked by it on the verge of death, it is better to wait for its cultivation to regress to the point that there is no longer the slightest threat to you and me, and then we will kill it, so it is more secure." ”
Hearing Xu Yan's words to reveal the subtlety, Bai Bing's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of complexity, and then nodded and replied: "Well, what the little junior brother said also makes sense, then wait for it to regress in cultivation, and then make plans, I'll recuperate from the injury first, and you can help me protect the Fa." ”
Xu Yan hummed and said no more.
Almost a quarter of an hour later.
Seeing that Xu Yan never wanted to approach him, the mountain moving ape finally stopped pretending and showed a dying look, because it could no longer wait so empty.
In fact, just as Xu Yan said to Bai Bing, after its right eye was shattered, the cultivation on its body began to pour out irrepressibly, and in the blink of an eye, it fell from the late fifth level to the middle stage, if it continued to leak like this, within an hour, it was very likely to fall back to the level of the fourth level.
"Roar!"
The mountain movers let out a roar, and its huge body suddenly rose from the ground.
Seeing this, Xu Yan, who was helping her protect the Dharma by Bai Bing's side, thought that it wanted to fight to the death, and when it controlled the true qi of the martial arts, it broke out of its body and formed an incomparably thick light shield to protect its chest.
However, the scene that Xu Yan expected in his heart did not happen, because he immediately saw the mountain moving ape dozens of feet away from him, and only one last glance at him, then turned around and left quickly to the other side of the canyon.
Xu Yan couldn't stop it from leaving, not to mention that Bai Bing had fallen into pranayama at the moment, and he had to stay in place to protect the Dharma, even if he could chase the mountain ape with his free hand, he might not be able to catch up with it, plus in this real yellow-haired hinterland, the mountains and rivers were lonely at night, and he couldn't guarantee that in this canyon, there was only a spirit beast like the mountain ape.
Those who can survive in this range are undoubtedly spirit beasts with similar cultivation to the mountain moving ape, and it is still so difficult for him to deal with a mountain moving ape, if there are two spirit beasts with similar cultivation at the same time, Xu Yan can't even be sure if he can escape safely.
Late night silence.
Only the rain outside the valley did not stop, and it was sprinkled all night.
It wasn't until the hour approached and the sky was slightly bright, that the mountain rain, which seemed to have been held back for months, began to gradually subside and turned into a light rain.
Bai Bing, who was kneeling on the stones, after two hours of recuperation, finally slowly opened her eyes as the sky brightened, she stood up and said to Xu Yan: "My injuries have completely healed, thank you junior brother for protecting me overnight." ”
When Xu Yan heard this, a chuckle appeared on his face, and he replied calmly: "It's a matter of duty, since the senior sister is fine, then let's leave quickly." ”
Bai Bing nodded and replied, "Okay." ”
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After the daylight brightened, a lot of light had been restored in this canyon, but it was precisely because of the clear vision brought by the day that Xu Yan and Bai Bing realized how long the distance between this canyon was.
Bai Bing followed Xu Yan for half an hour, but he still couldn't see the exit, and couldn't help but speak: "I didn't expect this Lingyan Canyon to be so long, and I don't know where the injured mountain moving ape ran last night." ”
As she spoke, Xu Yan, who was in front of her, stopped and squatted down. He picked up a piece of rubble on the ground that was stained with a slight stain of blood, got up and handed it to Bai Bing and said, "Senior Sister Bai, you might as well take a look at what is on this stone." ”
Hearing this, Bai Bing took the gravel curiously, "This is the blood stain left by the mountain moving ape?"
Xu Yan nodded and replied: "This blood stain doesn't seem to have dried up for too long, and its color is full of gorgeous blood, it should be left by the mountain moving ape, it seems that after escaping all the way here, it is finally unable to restrain its injuries, if we don't take the wrong mountain road, it is estimated that we will be able to catch up with it soon." ”
"Without further ado, let's chase after it!"
Another quarter of an hour later.
As Xu Yan expected, they began to find that the blood stains on the ground had begun to increase gradually, and even in some places, there were no longer a little blood stains, but pools of blood, but when they chased them into a canyon with a white waterfall hanging down, they found that there were blood stains flowing on the road and the road under their feet, all of which came to an abrupt end.
Bai Bing looked at the waterfall that blocked the way in front of the canyon, which had become huge due to the heavy rain all night, and was also called the Great Dragon Stream, and couldn't help but say to Xu Yan with some worry: "Little junior brother, this big dragon has really become a big dragon, should we just rush out like this?"
Xu Yan, who had already guessed that the mountain moving ape must have passed through this waterfall, nodded and said, "There is no way left or right, since we are going to the Holy Gate, we can only do this, but Senior Sister Bai needs to be careful when she rushes out." ”
When Bai Bing heard this, his face was solemn, but he still comforted himself and said: "There are mostly pools under the white waterfall, so it should be fine." ”
Then, Xu Yan didn't say more, and took the lead in rushing to this majestic huge waterfall like a dragon, and when he was hit by the falling water, he felt that his whole person was like being smashed on his body by nearly a thousand huge forces, so that he couldn't help but be stunned, but when he completely rushed out of this big dragon waterfall, the world in front of him suddenly changed.
The rain from above the clouds never stopped.
Like a silver needle in the sky slanting down.
Xu Yan glanced at the vast sea of fog in front of him, and then realized that he should be in the position where the tip of the yellow hair is close to the top of the mountain. But before he could sigh for the vast beauty in front of him, a wet shadow came out of the white waterfall behind him.
Just like Xu Yan's reaction at the first time, Bai Bing, who didn't know much about these primitive landscapes, ignored the embarrassment on his body, and a trace of shock appeared on his handsome face.
After a cup of tea.
Seeing that Xu Yan on the side had already taken out a bamboo hat from the storage bag and put it on for herself, Bai Bing wiped her wet pretty face, and came back to her senses from the amazement on her face, she said to Xu Yan: "I didn't expect that after passing through this big dragon tree, there is a cave here, and such a scenery can be regarded as rare in the entire Wuzhou Continent." ”
Xu Yan, who had seen the 'big scene', was actually not too shocked, but he still followed Bai Bing's intentions, nodded and replied: "Well, probably!"
Bai Bing suddenly sighed and said, "Hey, in fact, only in the more dangerous environment can this most primitive scenery be preserved." ”
Xu Yan was noncommittal about this, didn't say anything, just smiled and said, "Let's go, Senior Sister Bai, the Dushan we are going to is opposite, but it is estimated that there is still a lot of distance from here to the Holy Gate." ”
Bai Bing, who was also already in front of the left, saw the majestic mountain peak standing alone in the sea of fog after hearing this, he took out a bamboo hat and put it on his head, and followed Xu Yan out of this place.
Leaving the area of the Great Dragon Stream, Xu Yan and the others could only follow the mountain to the place bordering Dushan on the left, but before they could get close to the so-called Holy Manifestation Gate, they stopped again halfway.
Seeing Xu Yan suddenly stop from the extremely slippery and difficult cliff that was not even a mountain road, Bai Bing, who was following closely behind him, almost crashed into it without paying attention, but fortunately, she finally stopped in time, she patted her chest and asked, "What's the matter, junior brother?"
After Xu Yan heard the inquiry, he turned his body aside a little, giving up a large field of vision to Bai Bing behind him, and then said with a slight smile in his tone: "It seems that we are lucky, not only did we meet the mountain moving ape last night, but I didn't expect it to be the guardian." ”
Bai Bing opened his eyes along the position that Xu Yan had given up, and really saw the mountain moving ape last night under a cliff, but at this moment, it looked quite sluggish, and it could be clearly sensed from its body that its original strong cultivation had already regressed to only about two levels.
Bai Bing couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by this, but then he took his eyes off the body of the mountain moving ape, and found that under this cliff, there was a small cyan tree.
This tree is not very tall, about only about six feet, but it is amazing that on this tree, there are two white fruits the size of peaches, after Bai Bing saw this scene, he instantly recalled the record of this fruit in the "Book of Herbal Medicine" in his mind, and then reacted even more, why did Xu Yan say that this mountain moving ape was the guardian before.
Bai Bing took a deep breath, and then said with a sense of surprise: "That...... That's the ginkgo we're looking for?"
Xu Yan smiled and replied, "Yes, that's Baiguo." There is a saying in the medicine scripture: the ginkgo tree is a twin tree, but this 'twin' does not refer to the two trees, but the fruit that grows on the tree, each time is two, but it is a pity that these two ginkgo seeds are estimated to be some time away from the ripening period, but we are in the itinerary is urgent, and we can't wait for it to really ripen. ”
Bai Bing hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Then what if we wait for us to come out of the Dushan Mountain and then pick them?"
Xu Yan still shook his head at this, and said affirmatively: "The results should not be much different, these two white fruits will take about ten years to mature, and we are only eight days away from the end of the spring hunt." ”
Bai Bing sighed helplessly and said, "Then pick it, so as not to be preempted by some spirit beast or other beast, fortunately, our mission this time is only to find the white fruit, and the sect does not stipulate that they must be ripe." ”
Xu Yan stopped talking, just nodded.
Seeing that the humans who had brought themselves to such a situation last night still caught up, they had already sensed through their innate sense of smell that the hearts of the mountain-moving apes they were approaching were like ashes. Things have developed to this point, it can't be said that it is too careless, but the human in front of it is too cunning, you know, at the last moment, it has done its best to successfully avoid the other party's palm that slammed into its eyes, as for the final Yin Damage Sword, it was a situation it had never expected at all.
The mountain moving ape looked at Xu Yan with a dying breath, panting in his nose, at this moment, it had no strength left to attack Xu Yan anymore, and even it couldn't do it if it wanted to roar, so it could only watch Xu Yan take away the two ginkgo fruits that he had obtained after killing countless opponents.
Feeling that the mountain moving ape was picking white fruits by himself, a heavy breath suddenly appeared in his hair, but Xu Yan didn't care at all, he turned around and glanced at the mountain moving ape who was not far from death, and didn't cruelly make up for the sword, but just said to Bai Bing: "Let's go, Senior Sister Bai!"
Bai Bing saw that Xu Yan didn't mean to kill this mountain moving ape, when he wanted to stop talking, Xu Yan saw her like this, so he said again: "The most precious essence of the mountain moving ape is its eyes, not Neidan, but now that this mountain moving ape has been pierced by me in the right eye, most of the cultivation on its body has been lost, Senior Sister Bai, even if you dig out its left eye intact, its role and value are not great, and it is a waste of time on it, we might as well rush to the Holy Gate as soon as possible, and let it live its last time here!"
In the end, Bai Bing still acquiesced to Xu Yan's opinion, did not make any more moves against this mountain moving ape, and directly spared it and walked towards the last level of the Holy Gate.
However, not long after Xu Yan and Bai Bing left here, they didn't know that they had been following a ragged young disciple all the time. There is no doubt that this person is the person who killed Yan Ziyi before, but immediately after, this person became the person who killed this mountain moving ape.
After digging out the left eye of the mountain moving ape, this person's face was still expressionless, and then he just glanced ahead, and then continued to chase after Xu Yan and the others.
......
In the area of Mount Dengbei.
At this moment, a group of young disciples were slowly walking towards the periphery, and their speed was not very fast, because in their ranks, there was a male disciple who was seriously injured.
This male disciple finally woke up from his coma after a long journey, but because of the limited conditions, his injuries did not improve in any way, especially on his broken arm, and it was the limit of what they could do to stop the bleeding from continuing to flow from the wound.
In the end, the only female disciple in the team, after they had been on the road for four or five hours in a row, finally couldn't help but say to the man at the front of the team: "Senior Brother, we have been on the road for so long, we must stop and rest, otherwise even if Senior Brother Qiao can bear it, Senior Brother Qingshan will not be able to bear it." ”
After hearing Gu Xueqing's words, Chen Qinghe, who was walking in the front, stopped and said to the three people behind him: "Okay, then let's rest for half an hour first, and then continue to hurry." ”
Immediately, Chen Qinghe saw Chen Qingshan, who was gently put down on the back of the arbor to rest, but his face was always pale, and then he suddenly remembered the storage bag that Xu Yan handed him before leaving, and what the other party told him at that time, he did not hesitate at all, and directly opened the storage bag, but when he concentrated his perception into the storage bag, his face was suddenly shocked.
Gu Xueqing noticed the strangeness on Chen Qinghe's face, so she asked, "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?"
After Chen Qinghe heard this, he quickly calmed down the shock on his face, and then took out the two bottles of pills left by Xu Yan, and replied in his mouth: "No...... It's nothing. ”