Chapter 21 Luming Mountain
Yoyo deer sings, eats wild apples!
The name of Luming Mountain has nothing to do with these two lines of poetry. The reason why it is called Luming Mountain is because the overall look of this mountain looks like a deer with its head down and eating grass.
The mountains are not very high, but the twenty-six peaks are each steep. Especially some dangerous places, it is even more shocking.
Luming Mountain is not produced much, and it is not a famous scenic spot. Therefore, there are not many people paying attention to this place except for more than a dozen small villages around the mountain.
On this day, there was a young man on the road leading to Luming Mountain!
It was noon, the hottest time of the day, but the hot sunlight fell on the boy, but it had no effect at all.
The boy's skin is fair, not only without smoke and dust, but also without any beads of sweat.
Walking under a big tree, the boy looked at Lu Mingshan in front of him, picked up the water bag placed at his waist, and drank two sips of water gently.
The water is very sweet and the faint honey taste makes Fang Ling feel very aftertaste.
But what made him even more reminiscent was Hua Shuying's expression when he tied the water bag.
Half a month has passed since he killed Yu Zeren. During this period, Fang Ling has been dealing with the affairs of the Fang family in addition to practicing.
With Yu Zeren's beheading, the Fang family once again became a topic that the people in Dingfang City talked about. Some people who were originally nervous about the other party also began to slowly get closer to the Fang family, and the most obvious of this was Guan Wushang.
Ten days ago, Dingfang City Lord Jin Shangming brought the top figures from the city to the Fang family. Not only did he deliver the 5,000 taels of gold rewarded by Yu Zeren, but he also gave the Fang family a hundred-mile card!
The so-called Baili Card, in addition to interests, also represents identity.
In Lu State, there is a rigorous hierarchy system for major families. Baili Card represents the family that owns this card, which is a prominent family within Baili, and enjoys the discount of half of profit and tax.
In Dingfang City, there are only ten families with Baili Cards.
When the Baili brand was hung again at the Fang family's door, Hua Shuying was excited to cry. Although Fang Ling didn't care about this brand, he saw that Hua Shuying cared so much, so he held a party with great fanfare according to Hua Shuying's temperament.
Tell the entire Dingfang City that the declined Fang family has returned to the top families of Dingfang City again.
In the past ten days, Fang Ling's cultivation has not made much progress. Apart from the successful practice of the Blood Burning Art, the rest can only be said to be slightly improved.
Although Fang Ling was very anxious about coming to Luming Mountain to take out the twelve corpses, in order to be steady, he still suppressed his temper and secretly left Dingfang City late last night.
After all, it is shameful to refining corpses, and the fewer people know, the better!
According to the map records, these twelve corpses were hidden in a cave in Dingjun Valley, Luming Mountain. Fang Ling originally thought that he could directly enter Dingjun Valley when he arrived at Luming Mountain. It was not until now that he realized that things were not as simple as he imagined.
Luming Mountain runs for hundreds of miles, which valley is Dingjun Valley?
As a good tour guide, ask if you don't know.
Therefore, a quarter of an hour later, a young man collecting herbs appeared in a small village at the foot of Luming Mountain.
The young man was graceful and had a bright smile. He also gave the owner the salt he needed most in the mountains. The hunter owner, who was in his forties, soon regarded the young man as his own.
Not only did he serve the water and wine from the mountains, but his wife also asked her to cut off the piece of bacon hanging under the eaves to make wine.
The Hunter's daughter, who was about the same age as a young man, had already red faces, and became even more bright.
When Fang Ling asked Dingjun Valley skillfully from a medicinal herb, the hunter's head shook like a rattle: "Dingjun Valley? What Dingjun Valley? I have been hunting on Luming Mountain for a lifetime, and I have never heard of this place."
"Xiao Ling, did your master remember the wrong place?"
Fang Ling said with a positive look: "Uncle Lu, my master should not remember it wrong. Before I came this time, he specifically told me to go to Dingjun Valley, saying that when he went there a few years ago, some medicinal materials were not enough, and this time he must pick those medicinal materials back!"
The hunter surnamed Lu scratched his head and said, "If that's the case, I'll ask for you."
The hunter was simple and kind, and did whatever he said, and immediately went out to help Fang Ling ask about Dingjungu.
But unfortunately, half an hour later, the hunter gave Fang Ling a negative answer: There is no place like Dingjun Valley in Luming Mountain at all.
Could it be that Yu Zeren found the wrong place?!
Fang Ling thought about the map in his heart, and finally decided to go into the mountain to find it. These twelve corpses played an important role in improving his strength. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, Fang Ling did not want to give up.
When the hunter heard that Fang Ling was going to the mountain to collect herbs, he patted his chest and invited Fang Ling to enter the mountain together. The village was about to go out to hunt together.
Fang Ling did not object to this invitation.
Fang Ling did not expect to achieve this matter overnight. Hunters were familiar with the entire mountain, and following them was more likely to find Dingjun Valley, not to mention that hiding in the hunting team would make him appear even more inconspicuous.
After resting in the village for a night, the hunting team began to gather in the village’s threshing ground. For this small mountain village called Lujia Village, it was a big deal for men to go out to hunt.
The whole village gathered here, and knelt down with a look of expression. An incense burner was placed on the ground. An elderly man walked forward, lit three incense sticks, and bowed respectfully to the east, west, south, north and west, and then kowtowed devoutly.
As a passerby, Fang Ling has been looking at the sacrificial ceremony with curious eyes.
This hunting in Lujia Village was dispatched in a total of more than 30 men, each of whom was strong. According to Fang Ling's evaluation, although these people had not undergone systematic cultivation, each of them had the second level of Qi training.
"Xiao Ling, be careful in everything!" Just as Fang Ling was about to set off with the team, Uncle Lu's daughter Lu Yueying suddenly ran to Fang Ling and secretly stuffed a roasted yam egg into his arms. The yam eggs picked out from the hot stove hole had a pleasant smell of grass and wood fireworks, which burned his body, "See there is a beast, don't move forward!"
The gentle and shy girl's words attracted a burst of laughter. Some vulgar men laughed meaningfully, leaning forward and backward.
Although Fang Ling traveled through time and had a relationship of one or two in college, the girl's intimate behavior made him look embarrassed involuntarily, and he couldn't bear to wipe out the girl's kindness, so he nodded quickly.
At this moment, someone said, "Uncle Lu, we are not taking people to hunt this time. I see, instead of carrying this kid who can't even pick up a hunting knife as a burden, it's better to let him stay at home!"
As soon as this person said this, someone immediately catered to him: "Brother Hu is right, Uncle Lu, this hunting is not a joke, who can care about him then!"
If this kind of clamping stick with thorns was put in the past, Fang Ling might argue for himself, but as his cultivation level improves, or as his mood improves, he no longer cares about these sharp words.
Just when he was about to use two tricks to prove that he had the ability to protect himself, Lu Yueying put his hands on his hips and retorted fiercely at the first person who spoke: "Wang Hu, we people in the mountains are talking about being kind to others, let alone Xiao Ling is also a pharmacist! What are you talking nonsense!"
"Pharmacist? Humph, it's almost the same for the little boy to collect medicine!" The man named Wang Hu was a strong man eight feet tall and exuding a beastly aura all over his body. Although this man was still at the second level of Qi training, Fang Ling could feel the power of this man, at least 30% stronger than other men.
"You..." Lu Yueying's face turned red with anger and pointed her finger at Wang Hu. Her well-developed chest was fluttering violently and was constantly beating.
"Okay, don't argue with you two!" Uncle Lu waved his hand and said, "It is the rule of our hunters to help the pharmacist collect herbs. Get ready and go into the mountain."
This Uncle Lu is quite prestigious among hunters. As soon as he said that even the rebellious Wang Hu didn't dare to say more.
The group walked into the mountain along the rugged path. These hunters were used to entering the mountain, so most of them were relaxed. Wang Hu and a few young men chatted and laughed loudly, and some even sang while walking!
Among these people, few of them paid attention to Fang Ling, especially a group of young people. From time to time, there were two sarcastic words in their words: they were not as thin as a few meats, let alone tigers and wolves, even a fox had to chase the whole mountain...
Fang Ling smiled bitterly. These young people targeted him, probably because of Lu Yueying, that beautiful girl, really wronged him.
Fortunately, Fang Ling didn't want to communicate too much with these hunters, so their attitude just made Fang Ling silent. Along the way, Fang Ling pretended to find a few medicinal materials.
The leader is Uncle Lu. He is extremely familiar with Lu Mingshan and is even more orderly in the division of responsibilities of various hunters.
"Everyone have a rest!" When we arrived at a hillside, the sun had already risen above our heads. Uncle Lu looked at the sky and said in a deep voice.
The hunters, who were already very tired from leaving, sat on the rocks in groups of three or three, chatting and drinking water for a rest. Fang Ling also took out the water bag and drank two sips of water. The experience of entering the mountain this morning made him a little disappointed.
He didn't see any terrain similar to Dingjungu.
"Xiao Ling, don't be as knowledgeable as those kids!" Uncle Lu walked to Fang Ling and handed a piece of jerky to Fang Ling, and said with a smile.
Fang Ling took the jerky and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Lu, I'm fine."
"Haha, that's fine. By the way, after this journey, there may be beasts. If you walk in the middle of the team, don't panic even if you encounter beasts. Do you know if you stand in the middle?"
Uncle Lu had a solemn expression at the end of his speech.
Fang Ling understood Uncle Lu's kindness and nodded, "Don't worry, Uncle Lu, I still have some self-protection power on this Luming Mountain."
Uncle Lu patted Fang Ling on the shoulder hard and said with a smile: "Uncle believes in you, but you'd better do as I said!"
Fang Ling was helpless, the other party's previous words were obviously comforting him. But after a kindness, he couldn't say anything else.
"ah!"
A horrified scream suddenly came from not far away!
Chapter completed!