Chapter 11 Staggering (11)
After crossing the river, the three people and one corpse had a quick and smooth schedule.
The reason for this is simple. Who makes Inspection Inspection Bai a member of the official family with unfathomable cultivation, money and beautiful appearance? If you take out the money, you can do 80% of the things in the world. If you show the red belt, you can do 99% of the things... Anyway, Zhang Xing didn't see Inspection Bai use the cultivation level of martial arts or fairy tales to solve the problem.
As for that face... it's hard to say, because even if she doesn't want to use it herself, she can't avoid it, right?
In short, these days, they live in serious shops, walk on official roads, ride tall horses, and even those who die are treated as ox carts.
Zhang Xing even received a set of clothes from "Qin Bao" and replaced the sergeant lining that was already tattered and covered with blood.
In this way, the group crossed Wuyang County in just six or seven days and arrived in Wu'an County. After entering the county for three days, without asking for directions or using a compass privately, Zhang Xing learned where Hongshan was - no other. As far as he could see, at the end of the plain, a tall red mountain range stretched endlessly, like blood and elixir, stretching across the north and south.
Not only that, it was late spring and all the fields were green, but the mountain looked red, which made people even more amazing.
After three days of traveling, he arrived at the foot of the mountain. Zhang Xing did not avoid the two of them. He took out the compass and tried it. He found that the pointer was facing west, steadily, as if both of them were in front of the mountain rather than in the distance. So he became more confident and simply discussed with the other two people to find a shop at the foot of the mountain, stay safely, and prepare to go up the mountain calmly the day before. He even had the mood to ask about the origin of the strange scenery of the Hongshan Mountain.
According to the comparison between Qin Bao and the shop owner, the traveler easily learned that there were originally mountains here, overlooking Hebei from the front, and across the river, the Central Plains.
In ancient times, before the Northern Black Emperor and the Southern Red Emperor who were among the Three Radius and Four Imperials attained the Dao, they had a tyrannical battle here for some reasons.
In this battle, the Black Emperor sat down and died here, "Lishejun", one of the real dragons. The body fell into the clouds, stretching for dozens of miles, stacked on the mountain; and the Red Emperor himself was also attacked by the Black Emperor with anger, so that the divine blood fell like rain; the divine blood fell, and the Lishe was broken and dissolved, soaked in the old mountain, and the three turned into one and appeared red.
This brings today's Hongshan.
Until now, the earth often moves in the mountains, and then rolls out a red hot spring, causing wild beasts to drink first. It is said that the divine blood has not been inactive for thousands of years, so it is named Blood Spring. The Hongshan people have always been tall, strong, and fighting against the fierce and fighting people of the Northern Wilderness, and the hard-working Longxi people are also the three major soldiers in the world. Legend has it that it is also due to the germination of holy beasts and the nourishment of divine blood.
It is precisely because I believe that my physical condition is obviously beyond ordinary people, and that local talents have developed the tradition of returning to Hongshan after death.
Not to mention anything else, I just talk about the origin of the Red Mountain. Zhang Xing, who had seen the original Lord of Fenshan, believed it without doubt. Moreover, compared with the body and slightly red face, he seemed to feel a little credible about some of the bizarre statements that later were.
"A few guests are going to send their old friends back to their hometown?"
The old shop owner, who was tall and slightly red in appearance, was obviously a local, accompanied him to tell the allusion, and his eyes swept over the cold air in front of the shop and covered his body. He was not surprised at all, and he was even a little calm.
"It was me who sent my partner back home." Zhang Xing was also very calm. "They were here to send me off."
"So that's it." The owner sighed slightly. "But I'm sorry, I'm better bury this corpse at the foot of the mountain. It can be regarded as falling leaves returning to the roots... The mountains have not been peaceful recently."
"What does not mean?" Before Zhang Xing could speak, the female inspector's occupational disease was committed. "Is it a robber harassment, or is it a remnant of the rebels from Hedong and Hanoi?"
"It has nothing to do with those." The shopkeeper quickly waved his hand. "This inspector was thinking too much... I was thinking that about a month ago, the blood spring in the mountains suddenly broke out, and it came very urgently and fiercely, which directly caused the mountain collapse, the road was broken, the bridge was crushed, and the communication in the mountains had been cut off for a long time... It would be more difficult to enter the mountains."
"Oh." The female inspector seemed to lose interest immediately.
"So it's just a natural disaster?" Zhang Xing also felt relieved. "The road is hard to walk?"
"I can only say that it seems to be a natural disaster and the road is difficult to walk." The shop owner hesitated for a moment, but still smiled bitterly. "The night before the blood pool erupted, many people at the foot of the mountain saw a stream of light flying past the little moon. There seemed to be a lot of movement in the mountain, and then the blood pool erupted, blocking the road... We don't understand this kind of thing. We only heard that it was the passing of the gods under the seats of the two masters of the Red Emperor in the South or the Black Emperor in the North, which triggered a wave of snakes or divine blood from their own houses; some people said that there were demons casting spells to squeeze out divine blood and dragon flesh from the mountain to do something bad; but some people said that it was just people who were practicing profoundly, and it was normal for the blood pool in the mountain to explode, and it was irrelevant to two... But in Hongshan, there are still some such things. It is for this reason that everyone can't enter the mountain for the time being, nor dare to enter the mountain."
"It can be understood." Zhang Xing was a little uneasy when he heard it at the end, but after looking at the female inspector who raised his head, he became confident. "But this time I sent my partner back home, I personally agreed to let him bury him at home. After walking so far and suffering, I have all come to the mountain. If I stop because of this, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"
“That’s true.”
Bai Yousi thought and said nothing, but the store responded casually. "If this is the case, I will ask the store to help some people build a stretcher and get some dry food to carry the corpse into the mountain. However, a few horses and ox carts can only be sent to my place temporarily, and wait for the guests to come back before picking up."
Zhang Xing originally wanted to say that there was no need, there was a female sword immortal who could fly here... But unexpectedly, Bai Yousi, who was thinking about it before, nodded immediately:
"I'm ready for trouble, I'm troubled by the store."
Zhang Xing just thought that the other party was unwilling to do cool labor anymore, but he had nothing to say.
Not mentioning that day, the next morning, everyone had breakfast and when they came out, the old shop had already prepared the things. First, they helped to tie Du Meng's body to a simple wooden rack, which could be dragged and carried. In addition, an iron brake with a chassis was prepared as a climbing crutch; Zhang Xing himself tied a very wide cowhide belt. In addition to hanging a sword, dagger and compass, some were hung in turn, some were stuffed with jerky and steamed buns, some were stuffed with lime and flint, some were stuffed with gauze and oil, and two clean cowhide water bags, and even a gourd wine.
Of course, there is also a bag of broken silver and copper plates.
This is perfect.
But at this moment, Zhang Xing suddenly realized that the store had only prepared one person's belongings.
"Are you two going to end here?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.
"No," Bai Yousi stood solemnly with his sword, facing each other seriously. "I had official duties, and Mr. Qin also left home in a hurry. Since he had sent him to the foot of the mountain, he could do his best to live up to his original intentions. He said goodbye... I have settled the money from the store. After you send your partner to bury, you will have one of your horses here."
At this point, Bai Yousi paused slightly before continuing to chant Jianyan: "Actually, although we met by chance, your conversation, experience, and loyalty are really extraordinary. The world is so great that you can go anywhere. Even if you have the fate in the future and want to come to Jing'antai, Dongdu, to find me, I will definitely welcome you."
Let me say that Zhang Xing is not an ungrateful person. He has helped so much. He has to leave at this time and has made arrangements. If he still cares about it, he will really not know the good people's hearts. However, when he saw the other person crossing the river in white clothes, he was like a god. As a time traveler, he couldn't help but have various interests and questions about the path of cultivation in this world. He didn't have time to find a proper opportunity to ask, so he was a little reluctant for a while.
Now, the other person left these words again, so he had nothing to say. He immediately bowed and thanked the other party.
Bai Yousi and Qin Bao didn't say much, so they bowed their hands and rode away from each other, as if they were going back to the river.
On the other hand, the old shop owner personally drove a ox cart and said goodbye until he reached the first mountain stream where the bridge deck was broken. Zhang Xing had already been unconscious, but he was once again beating the earth and went to the depths of the mountain stream.
The first ravine was not deep, so it was easy to climb over, and Zhang Xing followed it to the inside of Hongshan.
When we arrived here, the traveler realized that the mountain seemed not as magical as before, or it was still in the understandable category of magical craftsmanship of nature... For example, when we came nearby, we found that the land was not red or bright red, and it seemed to be no different from the red soil formed by weathered rocks. There were also plants on the mountain, but were covered with a light yellow thatch and a reddish-brown shrub. From a distance, it blended with the red soil, which naturally contrasted with other green plants.
Even there are crops and other green plants in the valley, but they are slightly red and yellow.
Even Zhang Xing saw the so-called blood fountain very quickly, drank it, and soaked it... I can only say that he just traveled through time and experienced it in life and death. He didn't care about these things anymore. If he had been in his previous life, he would definitely not dare to touch it.
There is nothing strange in the mountains.
There are no monsters, no gods, no monsters, no evil magic weapons, no human and animal corpses that have been sucked dry on the ground, only normal land, normal wind, normal beasts, normal mountains.
I think so, although this Hongshan is magical, it is obviously at the core of the human activity area. Even if there are any monsters, they have been promoted by experts like Bai Yousi long ago. How could they stay for him to see them?
However, the road is indeed difficult to walk.
Zhang Xing had his back and walked around the mountains for two days. The cowhide military boots on his feet were worn out by the unique slag floor here. He could expose his toes with just lifting his feet. His hands and arms were also pierced by the special shrubs and thatchs, full of blood, let alone the new clothes he had just changed... But the emperor pays off. After a whole day comparing the compass and observing the terrain, Zhang Xing finally determined the final destination of the trip.
It was a valley buried by a landslide, and the entrances and exits were buried. Because it looked red from a distance, and even the roads were red. Zhang Xing didn't even notice it at first. He walked around the valley with a compass twice before he made inferences based on the roads extending at both ends, and then he suddenly realized.
In the evening of that day, he gritted his teeth and climbed over the valley and rested in front of the red soil collapse inside the valley.
It was late spring, the sunset was afterglow and the evening breeze was gentle. Zhang Xingqun knew that it was too late to go tonight, so he simply found a proper place, put the body of the corpse aside, and after transporting a little residual true energy, he lit a bonfire and then lay alone on the red soil.
The warm land that was sunbathed for a day was as warm and comfortable as lying in the arms of her mother, but it also induced Zhang Xing's feeling of fatigue all over her body and mind... the soreness of the soles of her feet, the tingling of her limbs, the dryness of her face, and the loneliness from the heart... But for some reason, at this moment, before being overwhelmed by fatigue and sleepiness, Zhang Xing had a rare sense of peace of mind and accomplishment since she traveled to the Pure Land, and even a little unexpected happiness and satisfaction.
He took a lot of effort and determination to stand up from the warm land, shook all the red dust in his body. Then he untied the water bag, but did not drink it. Instead, he poured it out and wiped his face, washed his hands. Then he took off the half-gourd's wine that he had never been willing to drink, took out a few pieces of jerky meat from his waist bag, and then lay down again.
Finally, Zhang Xing put the jerky on the sky and handed the jerky to the bonfire. When the oil was simmering, he took it back and drank it. While looking at the red customs of heaven and earth, he slowly started chewing it.
I had a comfortable place to eat and drink. Although I didn’t roar like a dragon or a tiger, I shouted a few words, startled a few old pikes and flew away in the sunset.
Happy times are always short.
After a moment, after eating a few dried meats and drinking half of the gourd and wine, Zhang Xing felt that the warmth from the ground behind him would almost steam all his fatigue from his lungs, but he no longer held on his shoulders and turned over and curled up next to the fire, and fell asleep with a sweet sleep.
The next morning, Zhang Xing was awakened by the cold. When he opened his eyes, he realized that the weather was not very good today. The clouds were green and the rain was about to rain... But it didn't matter. Today, he would take off the biggest burden of this trip and start a new life.
After eating a little bit of food and drinking some water, I felt the whole thing was hidden and I didn’t send any real energy. I just lit the compass and went straight to the road.
As soon as I got off, the rain began to fall, the roads in the valley began to become slippery, and the roads began to become difficult. The broken shoes were simply filled with mud and water, but this did not shake the rushing mentality of the time traveler at all.
Soon, near noon, he encountered people in the slightly drizzling rain, which made the time traveler even more excited.
When I got closer, I could see clearly that it was a man and a woman, a young man, wearing a gray cloth, standing in front of a huge mound, a young woman, wearing a plain white brocade dress, with only a bun, without a small crown, standing a little farther side... One of them was carrying a bow and the other holding a sword, and they all stood there, quietly looking at the person coming.
It's like waiting for Zhang Xing specifically.
PS: Thank you for the new leader... The people in the west and the fireworks of the world... are both old book friends. The leader of the first two books, and the dad was earlier. The dad was my book friend when I was the movie master. I was still a dad at that time. Now I guess I have been upgraded to Dad Tong? Shao Song was two years ago, the dude was three years and nine months ago, and the movie master was six or seven years ago. In a blink of an eye, all these years have passed.
Chapter completed!