This time Xu Mo didn't hesitate and ran directly from the mountain temple and continued running towards the north.
Because he was always worried that the man-eating tiger would come after him again, Xu Mo ran as fast as he could. The slightest disturbance would make him nervous.
Fortunately, there were no surprises along the way.
The tiger did not chase me.
Obviously, they did the right thing by moving the mummy out. Although I don't know what happened, it was obvious that the tiger was held back.
After climbing over two mountains in the dark, Xu Mo was exhausted, but he still had to grit his teeth and keep moving forward.
This time it's a record.
I walked the longest distance and survived longer than before.
You have to grasp it.
When the sky turned white with a trace of fish belly, Xu Mo, who was thirsty and thirsty, was shocked to realize that he had walked all night without stopping.
Fortunately, he found a path ahead.
There are no roads in the barren mountains, and Xu Mo has never encountered one along the way. If there are trails, there are signs of human activity.
The mood gradually became excited.
The fatigue and sleepiness in my body seemed to have weakened a lot. I followed this forest path all the way down the mountain. The road gradually became alive. I heard the birds chirping and smelled the fragrance of flowers. After walking for a while, I estimated that the journey would take two hours. At this time,
It's past morning.
The sun rises and the morning mist floats in the forest
After walking for a while, we have reached the foot of the mountain, and we can vaguely see smoke from cooking fires in the distance.
Xu Mo quickened his pace, feeling very excited. Suddenly he saw a small river in front of him. Several women in ancient costumes were washing clothes in the river. Further away, there were children playing.
Over there, there is a village.
At this moment, Xu Mo wanted to cry.
Finally walked out of the mountain alive.
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Xu Mo took a big mouthful of noodles.
The side vegetables and soybeans were cooked together. It didn't taste very good, but it was the best meal Xu Mo had ever eaten.
A man dressed as a mountain man opposite told me to eat slowly.
"If that's not enough, there's more!"
This thing is obviously a big noodle, but they call it "water cake".
This is "Yijing Village" with simple folk customs. Xu Mo met someone and said that he was lost in the mountains and forests. He had been wandering around for several days and could not tell the difference between east, west, north and south, so he accidentally entered your village.
The warm-hearted mountain people saw that Xu Mo was indeed in rags (he was cut by branches while running for his life) and looked downcast, but he talked and behaved well. They did not doubt that he was there, and they were kind-hearted and asked Xu Mo to eat.
Xu Mo was really hungry, so he calmed down after showing off a bowl of noodles.
After chatting, we also figured out some basic situations here.
This is indeed not the world Xu Mo lives in. Even if we look at the past dynasties, we can't find any that match it. Xu Mo guesses that the historical knowledge he learned when he was in school is no longer useful.
The warm-hearted mountain man is named Chen He. He is not tall, but he is tall and thick. His wife, Li, is virtuous and talkative, and is a good hand at housework.
The noodles Xu Mo ate were made by others.
I also saw that this house had furnishings, farm tools, and hunting equipment, and there was a wild boar skin hanging on the wall.
I guess they hunt animals when they are free and farm when they are busy.
Thinking of the terrifying man-eating tiger, Xu Mo found an opportunity to ask.
"Zango Mountain is a man-eating insect. Everyone in the ten miles and eight villages knows this. This evil tiger has been entrenched in Zao Mountain for many years and cannibalized countless people. The government has posted lists and offered rewards for many years. There are tiger hunters, but all of them have gone away and never returned.
Therefore, Zao Mountain is a forbidden area, but as long as you don't pass the General Ridge, you will not enter the Zao Mountain boundary, and you will not encounter the man-eating evil tiger."
Hearing that Xu Mo had been to Zao Mountain, Chen He was shocked and said, "Brother, have you never encountered a giant man-eating insect?" Xu Mo shook his head and Chen He said, "You are lucky."
Mrs. Li next to her interrupted at this time: "The big bug in Zao Mountain has been causing trouble since our grandfather's generation. How many years has it been? I heard people say that the big bug has become a sperm."
"Don't talk nonsense about becoming a spirit!" Chen He lectured his wife, saying that the woman didn't understand anything and spread rumors: "A beast is a beast. Don't listen to the things about ghosts, demons and immortals, and don't believe it either."
Hearing this, Xu Mo thought of what was recorded in "Piaoyun Essays". His heart moved, and he tentatively asked about some fairy tales. Chen He said that similar rumors had existed since ancient times, but no one had actually seen them.
There are many charlatans who make a living.
Speaking of this, Chen He's expression and tone were full of hatred, as if he had a knot in his heart.
I guess I was deceived and suffered a loss.
When Xu Mo saw this, it was hard to ask any questions.
He asked about the situation clearly. After passing Yijing Village and walking forward for half a day, he would reach a small county called Lingshu County. It was crowded and lively.
If Xu Mo wanted to integrate into this world, he had to go.
He had made up his mind that since he had come out of Zao Mountain, he could not go back.
Walk more, look more, and verify that if you don't die, will the cycle have an end, and if so, where will it go?
Chen He and Mr. Li were very nice people. Not only did they give him food and drink, they also gave Xu Mo an old clothes.
Although the clothes were old and didn't fit well, they were much better than the rags that had been scratched by branches and stones. Xu Mo thanked him with his mouth, but he also remembered the kindness in his heart.
This is considered a favor.
When I was going out, I met a group of young men and women.
Not only are the men and women handsome, but they are all well-dressed and carry weapons. Anyway, compared with the many villagers in Yijing Village, they look out of place. In ancient times, it was also a city dweller going to the countryside.
Xu Mo was curious and walked over.
After listening to it, I realized that these ten men and women were actually announced to eradicate the evil man-eating tiger.
The villagers of Yijing Village must have been used to this kind of thing. It was men, women, old and young who came together to try their best to persuade these ignorant people to go back.
It's just that country people are honest and just say don't go, no, you will lose your life.
The other party didn't listen, so he asked if there was anyone willing to take them into the mountain. I would be grateful.
Later, an old man came over and said, "Young heroes, tigers have been rampant in Zao Mountain for many years. In the past few decades, countless heroes and heroes have entered the mountain and never returned. There are many famous masters among them. It is true that the tiger is so ferocious that it is beyond human control."
Fighting against each other. I know that all of you, young heroes, are willing to get rid of your disgust, but you still don’t want to act out of anger and lose your lives in vain."
"Hmph, you mountain villagers, how do you know what we are capable of?" A man in white clothes stood with a sword behind his back, a look of disdain on his face.
Apparently, he is the leader of this group of people.
"That's all, since no one wants to be a guide, we can just go into the mountain on our own."
After saying this, the man in white walked forward quickly and gracefully.
The remaining men and women also laughed and walked into the forest one after another. They could vaguely hear their conversation, saying that they only needed to walk for half a day and pass the Shogun Ridge before entering the Zao Mountain boundary.
He also said that as long as they get rid of this evil tiger in the mountain, they will definitely become famous, and they can be regarded as making a name for themselves.
In his speech and behavior, he didn't take the tiger in the mountain seriously at all.
Xu Mo knew that the target of this group of people must be the giant tiger.
How about going with these people to have a look?
However, this idea was immediately abandoned by Xu Mo.
The reason is very simple. He was eaten by the tiger four times. Who is the most familiar with this tiger in the world? Xu Mo said he is second. Who can be the first?
Given the size of the tiger, these ten people might not be opponents together. After all, they were in the mountains and forests, and the tiger had the advantage.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether these ten people killed the tiger or whether the tiger ate these ten people, it has nothing to do with Xu Mo.
He is going to Lingshu County.
Following the route mentioned by Chen He, the journey was uneventful. While resting halfway, Xu Mo took out the "Piaoyun Essay" from his waist and read it. By the time he arrived in Lingshu County, Xu Mo had finished reading "Piaoyun Essay" in its entirety.
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To be honest, Xu Mo was a little disappointed.
Most of the essays are about experiences and travel notes from various places. Even if they are related to cultivation, there are only a few words, and there are more of them such as breakthroughs and insights.
Of course it would be wrong to say there is absolutely no such thing.
have.
But very few, and the most important thing is that Xu Mo can't understand it.
For example, one of the sentences says: To open your spiritual consciousness and search for spiritual traces, the five methods are the basis. If you encounter a bottleneck, try the five methods one by one.
Another example: adjust the breath and receive the Qi. If the Qi is impure, it will cause evil and it will be difficult to get rid of it. You should use spiritual thoughts to suppress it.
There are seven or eight sentences like this. Xu Mo knows the words, but he can't understand the main idea.
However, there is one very important clue. It is said that Taoist Piaoyun hid some secret cultivation techniques under the feet of the Five Plague Fierce Gods in Zhenyuan Temple.
When Xu Mo saw this sentence, he became excited.
Just like a greedy pirate who discovered the captain's treasure map, he couldn't wait to find it immediately.
But reality poured cold water on Xu Mo.
Where is ‘Zhenyuan Temple’?
As a foreigner, no, from another world, how would he know where ‘Zhenyuan Temple’ is? There is no place name, so how can he find it?
But no matter what, this is a clue worth looking forward to.
Xu Mo remembered it firmly and wanted to find out more about it, so he went straight to Zhenyuan Temple to get the immortal method and refine the immortal.
From then on, he was free and at ease, and now that he had the skills, the first thing he did was to fight back to Mount Zao and destroy the evil tiger that was eating people.
Other contents in the essay also allowed Xu Mo to understand this strange world from the side.
In addition to the cultivation methods of immortality, what interests Xu Mo the most is that there is also a theory of "martial arts" here.
Martial arts and internal strength all exist.
If you think about it carefully, the ten young men and women you met before should be the so-called "young heroes". They probably feel that they are great as soon as they have achieved success in their studies, and they want to do something big and make a name for themselves.
It's very much like a newly graduated college student, who feels like he is the boss and I am the second child.
Not only can you learn martial arts here, Xu Mo felt that he had time, and he could also study it.
Lingshu County is a little different from what Xu Mo thought.
He has visited some county historic sites, which usually have city walls, but Lingshu County does not have any, and there are no city gate guards, so you can enter freely. Although it is already afternoon and the sun is hanging over the mountains, it is still very lively.
Or maybe in the past few days, Xu Mo stayed in the mountains for a long time and was eaten by tigers several times, so now he feels inexplicably happy when he sees people coming and going.
At this moment, Xu Mo looked at the street in front of him. There were shops, daily necessities, and snacks and restaurants on both sides. Smelling the smoke of this world, he immediately felt hungry. After all, he had only eaten two bowls in Yijing Village before.
The noodles had already been digested after half a day's journey.
But soon a real problem faced Xu Mo.
He has no money.
When I came to this world and entered this new body, I had nothing on me except shabby clothes and shabby shoes. As a result, eating became a big problem.
And it will get dark in a while, so where to sleep is another problem.
At this moment, Xu Mo was sleepy and hungry. He thought about it for a moment. As a modern person with all kinds of advanced knowledge, how could he still be stumped by a meal in this backward era?
The principle is this, but when you actually implement it, you will find out, where to start? What can you do to achieve immediate results?
After all, now my chest is pressed against my back from hunger, and I still have to find a sheltered place to sleep.
Make sugar and salt, or sell recipes?
Thoughts flashed through Xu Mo's mind, but none of them seemed reliable.
There was no other way, Xu Mo could only think about it while wandering around Lingshu County. As he walked, he saw an open space in front of him, and a big tree stood out.
Xu Mo heard from Chen He that Lingshu County was named after an ancient tree. Xu Mo looked up and saw that this should be an ancient cypress. It was quite thick and looked old at first glance.
After wandering around for a while, Xu Mo couldn't think of a way. By now it was already dark.
"Can a living person be choked to death by urine?"
Xu Mo was heartbroken, so he ran to a restaurant, bowed first, and then tried to get food on credit. In the end, he was chased away by the waiter with bad words. He tried another restaurant and the same thing happened. Obviously, this method was not feasible.
He even said that he had rare recipes in exchange, but was only regarded as a liar.
He almost got beaten.
Later, it was said that he could help with work, that is, "part-time work." However, people asked whether he was a local or a foreigner. Local residents needed household registration, while foreigners needed a "road guide."
Xu Mo naturally didn't.
I tried several more, but all failed and were disgraced.
Squatting in the corner, Xu Mo lamented that life in another world was not easy. Just as he was melancholy, he saw a familiar waiter over there leading several men in maroon round-neck robes to rush over.
As he walked, he pointed at himself.
Xu Mo's eyes were sharp. Those men in jujube shirts seemed to have knives at their waists.
He should be a subordinate of the government.
I felt bad, but it was too late.
Xu Mo was interrogated on the spot. After a few sentences, he was found out. He was tied up and taken away, searched, and Piaoyun's essays were also confiscated. A subordinate looked at him a few times and cursed him as a charlatan.
Not long after, Xu Mo was imprisoned in the government prison.
