The men sent by Lu Tianxiu gathered in front of the post, led by Xu Qiye, the number one guard in the Lu Mansion. They stood in a line in front of Bai Feng for inspection, but Bai Feng felt particularly embarrassed?
"Do you really know the purpose of this trip?"
Master Xu Qi said: "Looking for immortals, that's what Mr. Lu said." The others also nodded.
"You clearly know that there are no immortals at all, and the place I am looking for may have disappeared long ago. This is a journey with no end. I will not stop anyone who wants to leave midway."
Xu Qiye glanced at everyone silently, and the nine warriors all responded with firm gazes. He nodded and said, "I had expected this, and these nine warriors came here voluntarily!"
"I thought that only people at the end of their rope would make such crazy decisions."
Xu Qiye pointed to the Taoist robe on his body and told Bai Feng: "I used to live in Kunlun Mountain. There used to be hundreds of Taoist temples here, large and small. However, most of them were not managed well and were forced to dismiss their disciples. The Taoist temple where I live is also the same.
So. At that time, Master asked me to decide whether to stay or go by myself, but I chose to leave, and I have never seen an immortal since then... These little dolls are young and energetic, so they will inevitably be interested in the immortals living in the mountains."
"Yes." Bai Feng casually agreed, picked up his luggage, turned around and said goodbye to his wife and daughter, then touched his adopted sister's head and said, "I'll be back soon."
After speaking, Bai Feng deliberately walked through Xu Qiye and others without saying hello, as if he had never had any companions before, heading to Kunlun Mountain alone. Xu Qiye and others were slightly puzzled, but they could only be honest
Follow up on the ground.
"No one has gone up the mountain in Zhuxian Town for more than ten years, and all the mountain roads are almost deserted." Xu Qiye explained as he walked: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. First, we have to find a suitable entrance to go up the mountain."
The neatly cultivated farmland passed by like a revolving lantern. Bai Feng's footsteps were obviously much faster than ordinary people. Xu Qiye could only keep up, and he did not give his companions any time to rest.
Across the farmland, there is a circle of uninhabited virgin forest on the periphery of the farmland.
Giant trees take root here, and moss can grow anywhere on the ground. At the same time, you can see sand and gravel exposed on the surface. Very few continuous weeds grow out, because once there is such a sign, it will immediately be swept away by sandstorms and mudslides.
Hidden underground, it is obvious that similar accidents often occur here. There is no breath of wind on the other side of the forest. Perhaps this is why the desolation lingers here.
They walked along the edge of the forest for a day and a night, but still could not find a suitable entrance. Such aimless walking was extremely tiring. They were still in such a situation - there was almost no sunlight in this forest, and the difference between day and night cycles
It's very subtle, similar to the feeling of lighting and extinguishing a candle in a dark room. It's extremely dark here.
"Legend has it that the moment the universe was born, the world was the color before us, dark and obscure chaos. It was not until God Haotian appointed messengers such as the sun, moon, wind, and rain to establish order and set the four seasons that the world became certain.
s color."
Xu Qiye's Taoist knowledge did not impress Bai Feng at all. He walked forward on his own. After a long, long time, he suddenly looked back and raised his hand firmly without being able to tell the difference between day and night.
He pointed his finger in that direction and asked, "Is there a boundary monument there?"
"Boundary monument?" Mr. Xu Qi wanted to take people to check. This was the first time he counted people since he set off, but he didn't expect that there were already two people missing.
Some people wanted to explain to the people who left, but they didn't dare to say anything after seeing Bai Feng's cold face.
Bai Feng walked to that place alone, used a sickle to clean up the weeds and vines, and found that there was an earth temple here!
"There is a temple here, which means there is a road behind it. Only places where travelers often pass will have earth temples." Before Bai Feng finished speaking, his feet had already embarked on the thorny road up the mountain.
Xu Qiye led the remaining seven people to pay respects to Lord Tutu, and then chased after him, wondering: "How did Mr. Bai know that there would be a boundary monument here? In other words, how did he know that there would be a Tutu Temple here?"
"Experience, I have seen a lot of them during the march. They are usually set up in the gap between two mountains, or in the center of the fork in the road."
Bai Feng kept trying to find a place to stay among the rugged rocks. The road that had not been maintained for decades was now almost as damaged as an ordinary mountain slope, making it almost necessary for people to use their hands and feet to climb up.
After crossing the highest point as far as the eye could see, it took them seven days to finally climb over the first mountain!
"The wind is blowing."
Bai Feng murmured, threw herself among the mountains, and moved forward against the wind.
The peak they climbed was just the smallest peak in the Kunlun Mountains. If they were standing at the highest point - looking down at the place where it seemed to be snowing forever, it might just be a small black dot.
"Is this a mountain as high as another mountain?!" Some of the companions were timid.
Xu Qiye also learned Bai Feng's indifference at some point. He passed by the speaker without saying a word and continued on his way.
Within two days, this person also chose to quit this endless journey.
Before half a month has passed, three people have already left, and they have just climbed over the first mountain. Everyone's face is covered with a layer of uneasiness. Only Bai Feng, he seems to be worried about everything.
As if it hadn't happened, he continued to walk at the front and continued to rest peacefully. Maybe Bai Feng really didn't regard them as companions. But what about the others? Their physical strength was obviously unable to keep up, and they also couldn't keep up when camping at night.
Frequent insomnia leads to lack of energy when waking up and rushing on the road. This cycle continues, and more and more people are exhausted.
Xu Qiye led everyone to rest in the Taoist temple of the past based on his past memories. Today he spoke in a particularly deep tone and continued to have a conversation with Bai Feng that might not yield an answer: "Xihua Peak is the place where I practiced and lived in the past.
, it’s only been fifteen years, but it’s already so dilapidated, Mr. Bai, sometimes I really don’t understand why you can move forward so persistently.”
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Bai Feng did not answer, and walked to the rubble in vain, closing his eyes and concentrating, as if he was trying to capture in his imagination what this Taoist temple looked like in the past. Xu Qiye is very interesting, so many
After getting along with Tian, he understood that if Bai Feng didn't want to answer him, he would never speak, so he turned around and walked to the other side of the eaves wall. There was still half a tile roof to cover his head, and the rest of his companions were just hanging on here.
"Let's go." Master Xu Qi suddenly said: "Take the remaining food and water and go down the mountain. It's enough for me to accompany Mr. Bai on the rest of the way."
The seven people were silent. Some felt ashamed and guilty, and quietly shed tears; some hated themselves for being incompetent; some were complaining about Xu Qiye's depressing words, but the only thing they did not refute was...
"Go down the mountain."
Xu Qiye gently said these two words again.
The next day, the remaining boys obeyed the order and went down the mountain one after another.
In this way, the first month passed, and only two people were left to continue their journey of seeking immortality.
Bai Feng and Xu Qiye didn't have any dialogue at all at first. Even if they did, it was Xu Qiye talking to himself. They only relied on a little tacit understanding to cooperate with each other in hunting, gathering ripe fruits, and collecting melted iceberg water.
Do similar things along the way.
Finally one day, they found that they seemed to be unable to climb any higher.
The cold comes unknowingly, followed by the condensation of the air, and the strong wind becomes as lethal as a blade. Finally, people's skin will be broken inadvertently.
This is a cliff thousands of feet above the ground. Going up further, you will find icebergs covered with snow all year round. It is also the highest point of Kunlun Mountain.
The fierce storm blew into a wall of ice, which could almost knock people to the ground. This was the biggest obstacle for them to continue climbing up. If they were not careful, they would fall into the abyss. What's more, they didn't even carry cold-proof clothes.
Clothing, it is the limit that can last so long.
Xu Qiye knew the current situation well. Staying here for a few days, unable to move forward or retreat, was not an option at all. He finally came up with the idea of going down the mountain.
The two found a gap in the mountain where they could make a fire to escape the wind and snow. Bai Feng sat here and looked at the white sky all day long. Xu Qiye wanted to wait for him to speak, but he felt that Bai Feng was so arrogant that he would definitely not show weakness to him, so
I thought about it in my mind and wanted to use words to persuade the other person to go down the mountain.
However, Bai Feng was uncharacteristically different this time and spoke quickly: "Is the Immortal here? I've been looking around for a month and still can't find him, so I can only find him at the top of the mountain."
Xu Qiye asked: "What if there is no top of the mountain?"
"It's impossible not to."
Xu Qiye said: "The truth is very cruel. Even if there is one, there are only ruins left."
"Didn't Master Qi ask me when I first set out a month ago, why can I be so determined? My answer is very simple. People always have thoughts, and what I want now is to see where Master once lived.
place, and then told them the news that Master had passed away, hoping that they would remember their old feelings and allow me, a traitor to my ancestors, to recognize my ancestors and return to the clan. Like Master, I have long lost my hometown, so I feel that Kunlun Mountain is where I have never been.
The hometown where we met.”
"What's more, we're already here. If we don't climb to the top of the mountain, it feels like our trip was in vain..."
Xu Qiye was at a loss. He couldn't say that he didn't understand Bai Feng, but was it necessary to go to this point for this matter?
"You must think it's strange, right?" Bai Feng's face is now covered with thin and dense beards, but his smile is still as pure as a child's, and he narrows his eyes without warning: "Forget it, I don't either
I hope someone will understand, and we will go down the mountain tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Bai Feng fell down and fell asleep.
That night, Xu Qiye had a peaceful dream. Why did he feel peaceful? Because there was nothing in the dream, only himself meditating. He could clearly feel the process of breathing and exhaling, which meant that this was also a lucid dream.
I could hear a voice in my dream, the only voice.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
——The rhythm of breathing and exhalation also changes with the sound.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
——Lucid dream? Does it mean that this voice comes from reality?
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
Xu Qiye suddenly woke up and found that Bai Feng was not around, but a pair of pickaxes used for mountain climbing were missing.
"Hakuho?"
Xu Qiye exclaimed and realized that it was already dark.
He immediately understood what was happening, and immediately came to the outside of the mountain gap. He saw a man using a pickaxe to knock out a climbing gap on the edge of the cliff. He had already climbed to a fairly high position.
"Mr. Bai, come down quickly! We can't get there!"
Bai Feng didn't answer and continued to swing the pickaxe.
"Ding! Ding! Ding!"
The pickaxe is stuck between the rocks and is also a convenient point for upward thrust.
"Don't you want to live anymore?! Come back to me!"
Xu Qiye's words are becoming more and more rude. He is obviously more anxious than Bai Feng who is on the cliff.
The wind and snow on the mountain will not show any mercy to you just because you climb higher.
Bai Feng's head gradually became numb. He felt that it was difficult to breathe and his strength was becoming increasingly weak. The shortcomings of the lack of warm clothing were clearly reflected at this time.
For a moment, his fingers became weak and he failed to grasp the pickaxe firmly, completely losing his balance. Fortunately, his other hand still held on tightly and did not let his body swing out in the wind.
"Bai Feng, just wait, I'll go up and rescue you!"
"Don't come up!"
Before he finished speaking, Bai Feng's other hand also let go, and he rushed down towards the starting point, breaking one foot and knocking his head unconscious at the same time.
Xu Qiye bandaged Bai Feng, carried it on his back, and quickly left this place of right and wrong.