As the New Year was approaching and it was the snowy season, Lin Jue cooked a pot of pig-killing vegetables to entertain the trappers who braved the wind and snow to deliver messages.
It also involves killing pigs.
Naturally, everyone enjoyed the meal.
It wasn't until the next morning, after breakfast, that Lin Jue sent the captor down the mountain.
Don't forget to pass him a bottle of wine when you go down the mountain.
"This wine was brewed by my senior brother. My senior brother is very good at making wine. It's too cold, so I'll drink some on the way down the mountain. This wine doesn't have much energy, but it can also warm up the body."
Lin Jue still dropped a drop of spiritual liquid into the wine.
Although the spiritual liquid he extracted cannot compare with the sun and moon essence from the Tiger of Langtou Mountain, it is still a good nourishment for ordinary people.
"Thank you very much."
The catcher thanked him profusely and took the gourd.
"If there are demons and ghosts in the city, even though we are building in the mountains, we are still willing to go down to the mountains to bring some peace to the people."
"must!"
This sentence should be more solemn.
As the captor walked down the mountain, he couldn't help but look back three times every step of the way.
The Taoist temple stands in the snowy mountains, and the young Taoist priest and the fox at his feet are watching him off.
Is this the legendary Yishan Mountain?
The catcher murmured to himself.
Although after arriving here yesterday, the Taoist priests in this Taoist temple did not show much strangeness, but those who practice Taoism will naturally show their magnanimity in every move, word and deed. In addition, I got up early this morning.
He happened to see the Taoist priest practicing magic in the courtyard, and he knew clearly that this was the true temple of the famous mountain.
Open the gourd, smell the aroma of rice, and take a careful sip. Just like yesterday's cup of tea, the chill in your whole body is swept away. It's extremely refreshing.
The sound of the donkey's hooves could be heard, and the captors went down the mountain.
In the wind, snow and fog, both sides quickly lost sight of each other.
The catcher was afraid that he would not be able to return to the county town until night.
It's a busy time.
Lin Jue also had to be busy after returning to the Taoist temple.
The pigs were killed just last night and haven't been cleaned up yet.
It was almost the same as a free-range two-headed crow. It had also been castrated, and the meat quality could be seen to be good. So I picked the third and fifth ribs, ribs and crispy ribs, and made them into bacon to avoid having to go down the mountain to buy them later.
There is a tradition of making smelly mandarin fish here.
The seventh senior brother likes to go fishing everywhere. After Lin Jue took over the food control, a pond was dug next to the Taoist temple to store and feed the fish he caught. Before Lin Jue went up the mountain, there were very few senior brothers in the Taoist temple.
For those who eat fish, even if they eat it, they have to roast it over a fire or wrap it in leaves and burn it in the stove. Any other way of cooking it is too unpalatable.
At this time, I have to catch a few fish and make them into stinky mandarin fish to be eaten during the Chinese New Year.
After eating the sauerkraut, you have to make it again.
I still have to go down the mountain to buy some new year goods.
Fortunately, not all of these things have to be done by Lin Jue. The brothers and sisters are also very attentive. All the chores with low technical content can be left to them, and they do it happily.
In addition, we work together to buy new year's goods for the New Year, and we also eat together, so even if we are busy, we become relaxed and happy.
…
A few days later.
Lin Jue took Fox and his junior sister to the mountains.
The mountain is full of strange peaks and rocks, some connected, some independent, and some just a stone pillar. Fuqiu Temple and Xianyuan Temple need to communicate, so they built a road in the middle. As for the bottom of the valley, there is no road.
It has absolutely no significance for traffic. Even if many years later, future generations discover the beauty and magnificence of this Yishan Mountain, they may build a plank road in the mountain, but it is unlikely that the road will be built here.
"Junior sister, be careful, don't fall."
"Senior brother, don't worry. I've climbed the mountain many times when I was collecting the spiritual medicine for you."
"You haven't fallen down, have you?"
"hey-hey……"
The junior sister opened her mouth and smiled.
"hey-hey?"
"I fell a few times...but it doesn't hurt!"
"Be careful in the future. If you encounter a magical plant that is not on the roadside, don't pick it if you can't pick it."
"hey-hey……"
"hey-hey?"
"knew!"
The junior sister then said seriously.
At this time, thick clouds and fog accumulated in the mountains.
Lin Jue and his junior sister walked through the clouds and mist on the rocky mountain, looking for relief and climbing down carefully.
In a daze, he seemed to be a spirit in the mountains.
Originally, Lin Jue had followed his second senior brother to collect medicine on the cliff several times, and thought that he was already very proficient in rock climbing. However, he did not expect that the younger junior sister was even more proficient than him. Sometimes, she even had no place to draw on, and she put her palm on it.
When you push it over, there will be a hole in the stone wall that you can use your hand to push, just blowing out some stone powder.
He is worthy of being a hard-working man who works in the mountains all day long.
Finally reaching the bottom, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking up——
I saw the little fox, like an antelope, a civet, and a mountain spirit, jumping lightly between the rocky cliffs and jumping to the bottom of the valley step by step.
"Let's go."
"Senior brother, how did you discover this treasure?" the junior sister asked doubtfully, "I build roads in the mountains every day, and I also find elixirs for you. I run around everywhere, but you actually found it before me."
"Although I am not as diligent as you in the mountains, I often come to the mountains to practice, and I often find different places to practice. I have tried to climb many steep rocky mountains, and I discovered them by accident." Lin Jue answered while looking for the direction.
, "But it was Fuyao who saw it first."
"Fuyao, no wonder." Junior Sister frowned, "Fuyao is really good at climbing mountains."
"It's a cat-fox."
"..."
Fuyao was leading the way. He just jumped on a stone and looked back at them after hearing the sound.
Suddenly, after passing a corner, a huge cylindrical rock appeared in front of it. The surface was very irregular and strangely shaped, and it was covered with moss and weeds. The most bizarre thing was that there was a pine tree growing on the top of the rock mountain.
There is another precious light under the stone mountain.
The wind blows the mist away, and the clouds flow at the bottom of the valley. The rocky mountains and precious light are looming among the clouds and mist.
Not far away there is a flowered deer sitting cross-legged and practicing meditation.
"arrive."
Lin Jue stopped.
"us……"
The junior sister also stopped and turned to look at him.
However, the little fox continued to walk forward a few steps, jumping up and down the rocks lightly. When he found that Lin Jue hadn't left, he looked back at him, and then turned back again.
"Don't worry."
Lin Jue found a stone near the cliff and sat down, observing.
Naturally, the junior sister was with him.
The fox also follows the same example.
It was a small tree growing among the rocks. The trunk was no thicker than a wrist and less than half a person tall. The precious light came from it.
If you look closely, you will find that the small tree does not emit light at all, but the aura around it is rich. When it is illuminated by the sun and refracted by the clouds and mists at the bottom of the mountain, it naturally emits light, similar to how a monk draws the aura of heaven and earth, and the essence of the sun and moon.
A radiance like aura.
The flowered deer is sitting under the tree.
After a while, the sun rose a little higher, and the fog at the bottom of the valley became thinner.
When the little junior sister was about to turn around and ask her senior brother how long he would have to wait, he heard the senior brother say: "Junior sister, don't have evil thoughts and restrain your greed."
"Um?"
Why is it such a good reminder?
And aren’t they here to pick up treasures? Why should they curb their greed?
Although I had doubts in my heart, I quickly put my thoughts to rest.
Just then, there was movement above.
The junior sister couldn't help but turn her head——
Then I saw a clouded leopard as big as a tiger coming from above. Although the mountain in front was steep, it was also strangely shaped. The strange places on the mountain became the path for the clouded leopard to walk. I saw it jumping on the steep mountain without a few clicks.
He went from the mountain to the bottom of the valley and landed lightly on the bottom of the valley.
This clouded leopard is much bigger than the one of Fourth Senior Brother.
As if he noticed something strange, the Clouded Leopard suddenly turned his head and looked at the two people beside the cliff.
The junior sister couldn't help but feel wary.
Lin Jue stood up and saluted it.
The junior sister was stunned and instinctively followed suit.
The clouded leopard stared at them for a long time with bright eyes, as if wondering why they were here. It can be seen that the two of them saluted, but it did not show any ferocious side.
It took him a long time to look back.
Then another mountain spirit came.
It was a fat mountain macaque, with snow on its hair and a red face. It was holding a cup made of lotus leaves and was walking slowly.
Another black muntjac came out of the snow.
Birds with colorful tail feathers flew up and landed on the trees in the mountains, while a mountain gazelle jumped down and landed steadily.
There are more and more monsters in the mountains.
The little junior sister's eyes widened when she saw it, but she relaxed a little as time went by, because among these spirits, she saw some spirits that often came to look at her curiously when she was building roads. She naturally knew that these spirits were not
A violent temper.
It's just that these spirits were surprised by their arrival and couldn't help but look at them with curiosity and confusion.
Meanwhile they are waiting.
There is both wind and snow in the mountains and the sun is shining. The wind and snow fall on these monsters. They are used to it and don't care. When the sun shines, all the hair seems to glow, making them look like elves in the mountains. There is another spiritual plant in front of them.
Exuding light.
Looking at this scene, the junior sister inexplicably remembered the scene on Langtou Mountain at that time.
Unconsciously, the sun moved to the middle of the head.
Something strange started to move.
The clouded leopard took the lead and walked leisurely from a large rock to the front of a small tree. He lowered his head and spat out a mouthful of pure spiritual energy towards the small tree.
The fat macaque also stepped forward, lifted up the lotus leaf, and poured the spiritual water in the middle onto the roots of the small tree.
Birds with colorful tail feathers also came over, dug a small hole at the base of the small tree, and buried something in their mouths.
The junior sister understood it, but she was even more confused.
She and her senior brother had not discovered this small tree first. These spirits had discovered it long ago and seemed to have taken possession of it. They seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with each other and were currently raising it together.
But how did they get this treasure?
There are so many spirits, and they have been practicing in the mountains for many years, but they still don't know how to behave. Just the two of them can't rob them.
The treasure has not yet been completed, so what are they going to do here?
Could it be that the senior brother just brought her here to see something strange?
When she thought of this, the spirits seemed to sense something, and some of them gradually turned their heads and looked towards her.
"!"
The junior sister quickly stopped her thoughts.
He turned to look at his senior brother.
"Walk!"
But she saw that the senior brother was calm and calm, taking out three small bottles from his arms as he walked, and handed one to her and one to the fox.
"Here is a bottle of spiritual liquid extracted from Lingshan flowers, and the remaining two bottles are extracted from the spiritual plants you brought back from the mountain."
"This is……"
"It's our turn."
All the spirits were staring at them.
I don't know whether it was because he was calm in his heart or because he already knew the rules. The senior brother seemed not to be afraid at all and was not in a hurry. He walked to the small tree, bent down, and poured the spiritual liquid in the bottle into the roots of the small tree.
Many monsters opened their eyes wide.
This is the refined pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the essence of spiritual plants, which is obviously more precious than what the spirits paid before.
The spirits stared intently.
The junior sister hurriedly followed the instructions.
The fox also took the bottle and ran away.
The spirits are always watching their movements.
If this scene were seen by people at the foot of the mountain, I'm afraid a strange story could be written.
After the two men and one fox finished watering the tree and returned to their original positions, these spirits still stayed here for a long time, sometimes looking at them, sometimes at the roots of the small trees, and sometimes looking at each other, as if exchanging opinions.
Lin Jue didn't say a word. He only bowed to them when they looked over and responded with courtesy and sincerity.
Etiquette is on you.
Sincerity is under the tree.
Why use words?
Until some of the spirits who had dealt with Junior Sister and Fuqiu Temple took the lead and left, it seemed like a chain reaction started. Other spirits got up one after another and all left here.
"Senior brother..."
The little junior sister looked up at him.
"Okay!" Lin Jue then smiled, "These spirits come here every seven days, and we will follow them. When the spirit plants bear fruit, we will have a share."
"So that's it."
The little junior sister wanted to understand, but she didn't understand. She was still stunned: "But senior brother, how did you know?"
"I didn't know about it at first. I just heard from the second senior brother that things in the mountains are naturally raised. In this Yishan Mountain, they have always been jointly owned by the creatures in the mountains. I also saw that they watered and raised the tree together, so I wanted to give it a try.
Can you also join in?" Lin Jue paused, "Of course, we stepped in halfway, and the contribution should be more precious."
"Then what kind of tree is this?"
"I don't know, but it's a good thing anyway. I asked the second senior brother, and he also said it's a good thing. We won't know until it bears fruit."
"Then how do you know it will bear fruit?"
"Even if it's not a fruit, it's some kind of flower. Well, it might be a tree root. Anyway, so many spirits are feeding it, so there must be something in return." Lin Jue said, "Many of them are in this mountain.
After many years of practice, things in the mountains must be clearer than us."
"Yeah..."
"Walk well."
"Then we have to water it once every seven days. Do we need this bottle of spiritual liquid every time?"
"Don't worry."
There are still many spiritual plants in the alchemy pavilion, most of which were collected by the junior sister. Lin Jue didn't know why, but they also went to the mountains. This junior sister had better luck.
But it doesn’t matter, it’s all yours.
"knew."
The junior sister secretly made up her mind to collect more spiritual plants in the future, but she couldn't help but look back as she walked, looking at the small tree behind her with a thoughtful look on her face.
So that’s it…
That's right, this is Mount Yi, where the mountain god is in charge and has its own rules. The bells and spirits are beautiful and the spirits are simple. Although there are ownerless treasures in the mountain, there are not so many barbaric robberies.
But it still feels vague and trance-like, like a dream.
Chapter completed!