007. Mountain Woodcutter
After getting off Yanming Mountain, Gu Qi took Xuanhai toward Lingjun Mountain. At the beginning, Gu Qi had to pick up the sword technique and prepare to take the sword to rise. However, when he shouted "Yinshuang", he remembered that his sword had been broken, so he had to give up and walk along the way with Xuanhai.
Although there were countless immortal sects in the Han territory, a hundred years ago, under the leadership of the founder Yangshan Zhenren, Fuling Sect worked hard to govern. In just twenty years, it became the most powerful immortal sect in the Han Dynasty, with its momentum. However, Yangshan Zhenren was not satisfied with this. Under his strong promotion, hundreds of immortal sects formed an alliance, known as the Immortal Pavilion. Yangshan Zhenren became the first pavilion master of the Immortal Pavilion, and the world respectfully called Yangshan Zhenren.
Although Lingjun Mountain is also the immortal gate of the Western Shu territory of the Han territory, it has not entered the Immortal Pavilion and has become a member of the Immortal Pavilion. I don’t know whether Lingjun Mountain is located in Western Shu, and the environment is harsh and the people in the Immortal Pavilion look down on it or whether it is for other reasons. Gu Qi didn’t know anything about it. He only knew that his master was an old man with a bad temper and a tough temper, and scoffed at the proposal to enter the Immortal Pavilion.
"How great it would be if Yin Shuang was still there!" Gu Qi, who could not fly on the sword, walked with his back and legs cramps. After resting again and again, he missed Yin Shuang even deeper.
Although Xuan Hai was still young, he could keep up with Gu Qi's pace. Even when Gu Qi was so tired that he was breathing, he was leisurely looking at him with a smile on his back with his little hand on his back.
Gu Qi and his two crossed the mountains and ridges. After walking for more than a long time, they left Qingyuan City. There were no people around and there were more mountains. The peaks were towering, the trees were green, and sometimes birds flew by, making pleasant sounds.
After all, Xuanhai is still a child, and he is very entertained. He chases bees and butterflies from time to time along the way, or runs all the way to chase the hare that suddenly appears, with a smile on his face, as if he forgot the grief of his master and senior brother being killed.
Gu Qi was originally worried that Xuanhai would be too sad because of the murder of his master's senior brother by the wolf demon, but now it seems that he was completely worried. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shout at the running figure: "Don't run so fast, be careful of being taken away by the wild beast."
"It's so bad!" Xuan Hai responded, put down the butterfly in his hand, ran to Gu Qi's side, and looked very well-behaved.
Gu Qi was stunned for a moment, touched Xuan Hai's little bald head, and said, "Why don't you chase butterflies and catch dragonflies? Are you scared?"
Xuan Hai nodded and whispered: "Well, I'm afraid, if there is really a wild beast and I'm eaten, then no one will avenge my master and my senior brothers."
Gu Qi slapped his thigh and laughed, "What are you afraid of? I am here? No matter how many beasts there are, I can settle them for you. I can kill monsters, and I am afraid of those beasts that are not as good as spirits?"
As he spoke, a colorful little snake swam past Gu Qi's feet. I don't know if Gu Qi was blocking its way, or if it was a bad temper, he spitted a letter and bit Gu Qi's calves hard.
Only a scream of "Ah" was heard, and the sound echoed in the woods, scaring a group of birds scattered everywhere, thundering, it was so spectacular.
Gu Qi looked at the colorful little snake swam quickly and then disappeared into the grass. He was talking to Xuanhai, but for a moment he didn't notice that a snake was approaching.
Xuan Hai stared at Gu Qi with his big eyes, and asked with a pursed lips, "You seem to have been bitten by a snake just now."
"I know!" Gu Qi looked at his wound. Two pointed holes in his legs were bleeding out, and the wound was also red and swollen. Looking at the tooth marks and looking at the color of the little snake, it should be a poisonous snake.
Gu Qi sighed and couldn't help but shout, "Why am I so unlucky!"
Xuan Hai suppressed the smile on his face, took out a cloth bag from his arms, took out the sesame cake from the bag, bit it, and said while eating: "I don't have any cloth strips. Tear the bag in half and bandage it quickly, but before bandaging, remember to suck out the venom, otherwise you will die."
Gu Qi did not say anything, nor did he take the cloth bag handed over by Xuan Hai. He quickly lit it on his leg a few times, then turned into a sword, and began to press down one foot of the wound. As Gu Qi kept pressing down, a stream of black blood flowed out.
Xuan Hai was stunned and did not care about the fragrance of the cake in his hand. He stared at Gu Qi with wide eyes and paused. In just two breaths, Gu Qi had already forced out all the venom and the wound suddenly disappeared.
"You are so awesome! Senior Brother Yuanshan has also been bitten by a snake. It took him half a month to heal the injury. Why did you heal so quickly!" Xuan Hai said in surprise.
Gu Qi put down his trouser legs, smiled proudly, and said, "You don't understand this. I am a practitioner of Taoism. Generally, poisonous snakes cannot hurt me. They are just distracted and were bitten by the little snake. How could this little injury be rare to fall into me! If I cultivate to the Divine Gate Realm, I will not be afraid of any poison in the world."
Xuan Hai tilted his head, thought for a while, and spoke, "What is the Divine Gate Realm?"
Gu Qi smiled slightly and said, "You don't understand this. I told you before that if you want to practice Taoism, you must have an immortal vein. People are born with immortal veins. Mortals are called human acupoints, and those who practice Taoism are called immortal veins. The path to cultivation begins with the foot. The acupoints below the foot are Kaiyuan immortal veins, the abdomen of the Dantian are Qihai immortal veins, the back is the immortal vein of the Life Palace, the limbs are Tongtian, the chest is the Shenmen immortal vein, the neck is the Jiangtai immortal vein, and the head is the last immortal vein, the Shenting immortal vein.
Only when a practitioner of Taoism first breaks Kaiyuan and senses the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, can he officially embark on the road of cultivation, and then establishes a sea of qi, absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for his own use, and uses the sea of qi to construct its life palace, so that the spiritual energy can be externalized and passes through the sky with the movement of limbs. The spiritual energy moves with the heart and can take things from the air. After crossing the Shenmen, he can control the vitality of heaven and earth, and calls the wind and rain. If he goes down, I don’t know. I have never seen the last two great figures.”
Xuan Hai could hear the gods and couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect that practicing Taoism is so mysterious. I must practice Taoism, I want to surpass you! I want to become the number one practitioner in the world!"
Gu Qi laughed and said, "You still want to be the number one person in the world? A monk does not lie. Has no one taught you not to be proud? Not to mention whether you have an immortal vein, even if you have an immortal vein, how is it so easy to practice Taoism? Beyond me? You practice it for seventy or eighty years first!"
Xuan Hai gave Gu Qi a blank look and said, "I must have an immortal vein. My master said that I am the smartest person in our temple. How could I have no immortal vein? When I worship your master, I will definitely surpass you in three days!"
Gu Qi curled his mouth and said, "Don't blow, you'll surpass me in three days? Thinking about it, I first practiced Taoism at the age of three, succeeded in Kaiyuan at the age of six, entered the Qihai at the age of nine, and then took another five years to build the Life Palace. The year before, it took me 20 years to go from Kaiyuan to Tongtian, but now you say you'll surpass me in three days? Is it possible?"
Xuan Hai snorted and said, "I don't care. I just want to surpass you. Take me to see my master quickly. I want to open the immortal vein!"
"Master?" Gu Qi glanced at Xuanhai.
Xuan Hai thought Gu Qi didn't hear it clearly, so he said, "Yes, Master, can he check if I have any immortal veins? Take me to see him quickly, so I can worship him as my teacher and then surpass you."
Gu Qi laughed silently and decided not to argue with Xuanhai anymore. He picked up a branch and walked in front, slapped the grass in front while walking, and drove away the things hidden in the grass. He might be afraid of being bitten by a snake.
Not long after, they finally walked out of the forest, and a path of sheep intestine appeared in front of them, leading to the distance. At this time, the sky gradually became dark. Gu Qi did not want to take Xuanhai to sleep in the deep mountains and old forests overnight, so he urged: "Hurry up, it's going to dark, and we can't find a place to live. We will sleep with the jackals, tigers and leopards tonight."
Xuan Hai was startled by him. Thinking of the ferocious appearance of the wild beasts, his heart beat faster and shook his head and said, "No, no, I don't want to sleep with tigers, they will eat mine."
Seeing Xuan Hai's fearful look, Gu Qi couldn't help but quip: "Didn't your Buddha feed on his body? As a Buddhist disciple, don't you plan to learn from your Buddha?"
Xuan Hai shook his head vigorously and said, "I don't want it. Buddha is Buddha, I am me. Why do I want to learn Buddhism? I have to go to become a master and practice Taoism, so I don't want to die. I have to become stronger and avenge my masters and brothers! Don't scare me anymore. You said you should find a place to live quickly, and don't leave quickly!"
While speaking, an old woodcutter walked down the mountain with a load of firewood, humming a small song while walking, looking leisurely and contented. He saw two people walking in front and behind on the path below the mountain, and hurriedly chased after him, pointing to a mountain ahead and shouting: "My friend, where are you taking this child? You can't walk there, there is a monster on the mountain over there who can eat people."
Gu Qi was about to catch up with Xuanhai, but suddenly he heard someone calling them, so he turned around and saw an old man wearing a shabby robe with a vicissitudes of life, with an axe on his waist, and a big load of firewood on his back, and was looking at them with a worried look on his face.
There was no one around, and probably the old woodcutter was calling him. Gu Qi hugged his hand and smiled, "Thank you, my junior brother and I first arrived here, but we didn't know the way. We wandered around the mountains for a long time but couldn't find a place to rest. I wonder if my father can point out a clear road and let me and my junior brother have a place to stay for one night?"
The old woodcutter shook his head and said, "There are no ones within a few miles. The nearest town is about ten miles away. But it's too late. I'm afraid you won't be able to get into the town. Why don't you do this? I've been collecting firewood in this mountain for many years, and there is also a small thatched house. I usually rest when I'm tired of picking firewood. If you don't dislike it, I'll go to the small thatched house with me tonight for a while."
Gu Qi looked at the sky, afraid that it would be completely dark without a stick of incense. He looked at the old woodcutter carefully and secretly sensed whether there was spiritual fluctuation on the old woodcutter's body. When his spiritual sense touched the old woodcutter, he could not sense anything. It seemed that he was just an ordinary woodcutter.
Seeing that Gu Qi did not nod, Xuan Hai hurriedly said, "Thank you, sir, I'll bother you tonight." As he said that, he pulled Gu Qi to the old woodcutter and waited for the old woodcutter to lead the way.
The old woodcutter nodded and said, "Then let's go!" As he said that, the old woodcutter bent over and shook the firewood on his body upwards, holding the rope that tied the firewood on his hands, making the firewood on his body tighter and walking in front.
Seeing this, Xuan Hai hurried over and asked, "Sir, do you want me to memorize it for you?"
The old woodcutter smiled and refused, "Little monk, thank you, I can still bear this little firewood, so let's go quickly. It will get dark later and you won't be able to see the road clearly."
Although Gu Qi followed, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, as if there was really a faint demonic aura in this mountain.
Chapter completed!