The carriage ran for an hour and stopped at the foot of Tianshan Mountain. Li Hongxiu paid the carriage fare and waved for them to return to the city.

Looking at the excited people, he said: "Don't be impatient for now. Take your time. You will slowly climb at my pace. Don't rush, otherwise you will just cry."

Tang Qiuyu nodded and said: "You are in front, we will follow you. I have heard that Tianshan Mountain is not easy to climb."

The group of people climbed up the mountain path for an hour and a half. Li Hongxiu looked up at the sky and said: "It's already half past and we can't climb more than a hundred feet. You are as tired as bears. Take a rest first and eat something."

Solid food, and then up.”

He opened the package, took out the dried meat and apricot cake, and handed them to several people.

"I'll make do with it, eat and leave. I have to get there before dark, otherwise there won't be a place to spend the night."

Hearing that it would take a long time to climb, Tang Qiuyu asked several children to speed up.

After a short rest, several people ate and drank water, packed their bags and prepared to continue climbing.

Xia Wutong pointed to a smooth stone wall on the side of the road that was about two people high, looked at Li Hongxiu and said, "Sister Hongxiu, these are the words engraved here."

Li Hongxiu glanced at Xia Wutong and said softly: "That boy was bored and carved it when he went up the mountain."

Xia Wutong read softly: "Ling Yunzhi has been around for a long time."

Tang Qiuyu pointed at the stone wall and said, "Why is it still half empty here?"

Li Hongxiu took Xiaoju's hand and started to climb up. Without looking back, she said: "I heard from my husband that the boy said he didn't think about it when he went up the mountain. He saved the second half of the sentence and carved it when he went down the mountain.

"

Tang Chao pulled Hu Ge and climbed up quickly with Li Hongxiu.

Tang Qiuyu held Wutong's little hand and said while climbing: "Ling Yunzhi for a long time! This guy has a bad tone, doesn't he?"

Xia Wutong nodded, thinking that this guy was indeed very loud. Even though he was still young, he dared to talk about Ling Yun.

Li Hongxiu, who was in the front, turned back angrily, looked at Tang Qiuyu and said, "Not only does that guy have a bad tone, it is said that even I can't go to the place he went to."

...

As the six of them went up, the scenery became more and more beautiful, and the mountain road became more and more rugged. Li Hongxiu often climbed, so naturally his breathing was smooth and his speed remained constant.

The other five people were not so relaxed. Tang Qiuyu was better off, after all, her state was already distracted.

But Wutong, Tang Chao, Hu Ge and Xiaoju began to suffer. Their breathing became heavier and heavier as they climbed higher.

Li Hongxiu drew out his sword and chopped a few branches from the roadside for the five people, then stopped.

He said softly: "Your reactions are normal. When I climbed up for the first time, I became more and more uncomfortable and felt dizzy. When you can't do it, just shout and let's stop and rest for a while."

Tang Qiuyu looked at Xia Wutong, whose face was flushed, stopped, and handed the water bottle in her hand to her: "Get used to it first. This is altitude sickness. The higher you go, the thinner the air becomes."

Li Hongxiu passed the water in her hand to Xiaoju. She looked at the four of them and said, "Although it is uncomfortable, this is a rare practice for you. You can practice in a place with thin air in the mountains. You will feel much more relaxed when you get to the mountain."

At this time, the four children no longer had the intention to look at the scenery on the roadside. They leaned on the branches and followed Li Hongxiu's steps step by step, climbing up the mountain...

...

Li Hongxiu looked at the sky and said to Tang Qiuyu behind him: "Look at the sky, it's Shenshi time. We have climbed almost 900 feet. We need to work harder and try to reach the camp of Mr. and Li Ye before dark."

.”

Tang Qiuyu nodded, looked at Li Hongxiu, and said: "Hongxiu, I didn't expect that your realm is not as good as mine, but you can come and go freely on this Tianshan Mountain."

"There's nothing I can do. The old one and the young one stay on the mountain. I have to come up often to take a look. I'll get used to it as I climb." Li Hongxiu said as she walked.

Listening to the chirping of birds in the forest, Tang Chao took a breath, looked at Hu Ge and said, "Er baby, I'm breathing hard. How are you? Can you hold on?"

"It's okay, let's just endure it. If we can't hold on to the asthma, how will we practice in the future?" Hu Ge replied.

"Why do you come here to practice if you are out of breath?" Li Hongxiu glanced at the two of them, pointed at Xiaoju and said, "Look at sister Xiaoju, her face is red and she is still persevering."

The four children stopped talking. Each of them used their own strength, exerted force on their feet, and climbed up the mountain step by step.

Li Hongxiu looked at the appearance of the four people, thought for a while, and said in a calm tone: "Stay calm, don't be angry, breathe through your nose, and breathe out through your mouth. When that kid Li Ye climbed up, he was still wearing five

Ten pounds of iron armor, what does it mean for you to suffer so much?"

After listening to Li Hongxiu's words, the four of them immediately understood. When they were circulating their Qi, they exhaled through their noses and exhaled through their mouths. As expected, they felt much more relaxed.

Tang Qiuyu was startled and thought to himself: He had empty hands and still felt a little strenuous. The child was still carrying a heavy weight on him at the beginning. I really couldn't imagine how he could climb up.

According to Li Hongxiu's plan, he was supposed to climb to the cave where his husband was at the eighth hour. However, due to the different physical strength of the four children, they waited until the eighth hour to climb here.

He led the five people off the mountain road, walked through the cedar forest outside Yaping, and came to the outside of the cabin. By this time, it was completely dark, and only the lights in the small wooden house on Yaping were on, illuminating the five people.

eyes.

I saw the husband holding a cup of tea, standing quietly at the door, looking at the five people who walked in.

Li Hongxiu screamed strangely: "Is there anything to eat? I'm starving to death."

Tang Qiuyu pulled Xia Wutong forward to greet her husband, then took off her shoes and went into the house to sit down.

Tang Chao took Xiao Ju, and Hu Ge bowed to Xingsheng and dutifully took off his shoes and entered the first floor.

The husband pointed to the iron pot on the stove and said, "I cooked a pot of meat porridge. I'll make do with it tonight, and I'll take you hunting tomorrow."

Li Hongxiu entered the room and served porridge to several children, then a bowl to Tang Qiuyu, and finally poured it into her own bowl.

...

After eating the meal, everyone still felt very tired.

"How can I sleep at night? I didn't bring anything with me!" Li Hongxiu asked her husband while drinking porridge.

The husband smiled and said: "Mr. Tang and his four children sleep in the cave. The two girls sleep together and the two boys sleep together. Hongxiu, give your place to Mr. Tang, and you and I will sleep in this wooden house."

Tang Qiuyu nodded gratefully. "It's your thoughtfulness, sir, but you didn't expect me to come and cause you trouble again."

"You are just guests from afar. I guess you will never come here again. If you are not in a hurry, you can practice here for a few days and teach a few children how to practice." The gentleman said with a smile.

"We have plenty of time. I have always wanted to go to Tianshan Mountain with Wutong to have a look, but I didn't expect that following Mr. you would make our dream come true." Tang Qiuyu thought to herself, as long as Mr. is here, it doesn't matter how long he stays.

"Sir, why don't you see my brother Li Ye?" Xiaoju asked softly.

"He? There are several mountains separated from our area. He can't come back for the time being, and you can't get over either." The gentleman said softly.

"But if you are thoughtful, I can take you to the rock wall he once climbed in a few days. After seeing it, you will know that it is not easy for him to practice."

My husband didn't want to take a few people with him, but he wanted to inspire a few children, but he changed his mind.

Tang Qiuyu nodded and said softly: "Wutong and I also want to go together to see how the legendary little boy conquered the legendary Tianshan Mountain."

Li Hongxiu patted the table and shouted: "Let's go, let's go. It's so crowded and lively. Maybe we can hunt a tiger and roast it."

Xia Wutong and several children couldn't help but giggle when they heard this.

The deserted Tianshan Mountains are full of vitality.

Looking at the tired children, the husband said softly: "Hongxiu, please take them in to rest. If you have anything to say, we'll talk to you tomorrow. There is water at the entrance of the cave. Let's just wash up. That's how it is in Tianshan."

Li Hongxiu asked several people to put on their shoes and leave the house, lit a stick of rosin, and led the five people to the entrance of the cave.

Pointing to the bamboo trough at the entrance of the cave, he said with a smile: "That guy Li Ye made the water in this cave, isn't it good? When we first came here, we had to carry water out of the cave to wash our faces and cook."

Fatty Tang took the snow water from the sink and poured it on his face, and let out a strange cry: "Why is it so cold?"

"Nonsense, this is what flows from the melted ice and snow in Tianshan Mountain. Do you think it's cold or not? Wash it in quickly." Li Hongxiu gave the little fat man a lesson.

Several children washed themselves with snow water and then, led by Li Hongxiu, entered the cave and found a stone platform for sleeping.

Tang Qiuyu looked at the bamboo tubes that collected water from the hole, thinking about how old this boy was, and he had to do things that even adults would not do. It seemed that his husband had very strict requirements for him.

Li Hongxiu led the little fat man and Hu Ge to the stone platform where his husband rested, and said: "This is where your husband usually sleeps. You two can squeeze in here."

"This is the place where Li Ye once slept. Wutong and Xiaoju slept together."

"This is my home base. I'll leave you here for a while. It's like this on Tianshan Mountain. This is already a very good place." Li Hongxiu looked at Tang Qiuyu and said.

After speaking, he inserted the rosin in his hand into the stone wall and continued: "Look, there is a hole in the stone wall for ventilation. On moonlit nights, the moonlight will shine into the hole."

He said good night to Tang Qiuyu, waved his hands and turned to leave.

When she returned to the wooden house, the gentleman had already made tea and was waiting for her. He smiled and said, "Are you exhausted from bringing these children up here?"

"Fortunately, the children you chose are all okay. They endured the pain without crying out. They will definitely be successful in the future. It feels much better than the first time I climbed up. I just don't have the nerve to tell them." Li

Hong Xiu wrote.

"If that guy Li Ye was here, they would probably be happier."

The teacher shook his head and said, "It makes sense for Ye'er not to be with them. His cultivation speed is too fast. It would be unfair to the children if we put them together."

"That's why you want to send them to Qingcheng so that they can practice with children of similar level to yourself?" Li Hongxiu finally understood his husband's painstaking efforts.
Chapter completed!