Su Xiaofan discovered that since practicing, his entire worldview has changed.
In the past, Su Xiaofan's life relied more on technology. Although he was too poor to afford a car, electric cars could still facilitate his travels.
Moreover, the electrical appliances used at home and the mobile phone that allows you to browse world news in the palm of your hand make Su Xiaofan feel extremely convenient.
It can be said that modern technology makes everyone feel very convenient.
If we go back to an era without electrical appliances, I am afraid that 99% of people will not adapt. This is what Su Xiaofan thought at the time.
But when Su Xiaofan embarked on the path of cultivation, his worldview quickly changed.
Compared with personal evolution, modern technology is not irreplaceable.
With Su Xiaofan's current physique immune to cold and heat, air conditioning and heating have become dispensable.
The evolution of the six senses allows Su Xiaofan to see through the dark night. Without photoelectric lighting, it will not have any impact on his actions.
Even travel tools have become dispensable. If Su Xiaofan is willing, he can use his skills to go to Death Valley much faster than driving.
Of course, there are many things that are irreplaceable with modern technology, such as communication. At least Su Xiaofan broke his throat, and his sister in Yanjing couldn't hear him.
The reason why Su Xiaofan had these emotions was after he drove for more than thirty hours continuously.
The benefits of personal evolution are reflected at this time.
Except for entering the service area to refuel once, Su Xiaofan's car was always driving on the highway.
The two people and the cat in the car are obviously not normal people, and the needs of the human body cannot seem to be reflected in them.
For such a long time, Su Xiaofan simply drank a few bottles of water and ate a few pieces of python jerky.
As for things like convenience, they don't exist at all. Under the movement of true energy, the impurities in the body have long been refined and completely eliminated.
The car has now exited the highway, and the roads on both sides have become very desolate, with snow on the road.
The terrain was also gradually rising. Su Xiaofan hardly saw any vehicles along the way, as if this road was built for them.
It was snowing heavily, and if the car Su Xiaofan hadn't driven was not anti-skid for off-road use, it would have been difficult to drive on such a road.
After the car drove out for more than six hours, a sign indicating an altitude of 3,800 meters appeared on the roadside.
Under the sign, there was a man standing, his tall figure covered with snow.
"Batur, you must be freezing."
Su Xiaofan parked the car next to the man, jumped out of the car and patted the snow on his body, "Get in the car quickly and drink some hot water."
"I'm used to it. It's only seven or eight degrees below zero, so it's not too cold."
Batur smiled honestly and hugged Su Xiaofan. Batur would behave like this only when he meets a true friend.
"Batur, where is your car? How did you get here?"
Looking at this out-of-the-way place, Su Xiaofan was a little confused as to where Batur came from.
"I've had cars, not many. My car belongs to the company. This time it's a personal matter."
Batur explained that he had stopped the car from the bottom of the mountain, and that the off-road vehicle was returned to the company.
"Batur, this is my master, just call me uncle."
After getting in the car, Su Xiaofan introduced Master to Batur, poured a glass of hot water and handed it to him.
"Young man is good, his body is strong enough."
Uncle Jing now moved to the back seat, and Batur needed to sit in front and guide the way.
"I know you!"
Batur turned back to look at Uncle Jing, but what he said made both Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen stunned.
"Have we met?"
Jing Shizhen looked at Batur, but could not find such a person in her memory.
Moreover, Jing Shizhen has not been to the Northwest for more than ten years. The restricted area here is too dangerous. Before he broke through, he only came once more than ten years ago.
"I've seen it before. You gave me a piece of chocolate. Your appearance is the same as it was more than ten years ago."
Batur stared at Jing Shizhen and said: "Just outside Devil's Valley, you had a meal at my house, and my father killed a sheep..."
Unlike Su Xiaofan and others, when locals mention Death Valley, they always call it Devil's Valley because it is considered to be a place where the devil lives.
"Oh, it's you? Little Batur!"
Hearing what Batur said, Jing Shizhen immediately remembered that that was really more than ten years ago. At that time, Batur was just a seven or eight-year-old child.
At that time, Jing Shizhen had already reached the perfect level of the Great Zhoutian, but was unable to break through to the state of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top.
During that time, Jing Shizhen kept wandering around various restricted areas, hoping to hunt down an extraordinary creature and obtain the inner elixir.
Death Valley also happened during that time. At that time, there were still some herders living on the outskirts of Death Valley, and the Batur family was one of them.
Before exploring Death Valley, Jing Shizhen and Aunt Mei stayed at Batur's house for one night. At that time, Batur's father, who was hospitable, slaughtered a sheep to entertain Jing Shizhen and the two.
Later, Batur's father also sent Jing Shizhen to the entrance of Death Valley. As a person who has lived there for generations, Batur's father did not dare to enter.
However, Jing Shizhen’s trip to Death Valley was not very successful either.
As soon as he and Aunt Mei stepped into Death Valley, the weather in the valley changed. There were lightning, thunder, and gusts of wind, which scared the two of them and they quickly retreated.
Since then, Jing Shizhen has never been to Death Valley again.
The trip last time also made Jing Shizhen know why the authorities no longer stationed themselves outside Death Valley, because even if they reached the state of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, they might not be able to survive there.
No one would enter such a restricted area to explore, so the purpose of stationing there was lost. Some dangerous signs were erected, and nearby herdsmen were asked to warn some explorers not to go in deep.
"Little Batur, is your father okay?"
Jing Shizhen was also very happy to see an acquaintance, "I brought the strongest wine in the car, and I will have a good meal with your father when we get there!"
"Father is gone."
Batur's eyes were a little red, "A few years ago, my father entered the Devil's Valley and never came out again."
"Why did your father go in?"
Jing Shizhen sighed, "He once warned me not to go in, so why did he go in?"
Little Batur's father is a good man with a very cheerful personality, so even though they only met him once, Jing Shizhen regarded him as a friend.
"All the sheep in the family ran into the valley, and there was nothing my father could do."
Batur tried not to let his tears flow down. He was a strong man, but when he mentioned his father, Batur wanted to cry.
"I see……"
Jing Shizhen smiled bitterly and shook his head. The family's sheep ran into Devil's Valley, which was an unsolvable problem for the surrounding herdsmen.
Cattle and sheep are important family assets that herders value more than the sky. In grazing areas, herdsmen will even fight for the beasts such as cattle, sheep, wolves and bears.
So if the Batur family's sheep entered the Devil's Valley, Batur's father would definitely chase them in, even though he knew that he might not be able to get out.
"Okay Batur, don't be sad."
Su Xiaofan turned around and patted Batur on the shoulder and said, "We will enter Devil's Valley this time to see if we can find you...your father's remains."
"Su, thank you."
Batur nodded heavily, and then said: "You must be careful, it is dangerous, very dangerous!"
In fact, the herdsmen living near Devil's Valley all grew up fearing Devil's Valley.
They had the opportunity to see bursts of thunder and lightning in Devil's Valley almost every day, which seemed to be mixed with the roars and howls of some ferocious beasts.
It can be said that everyone who has lived there will regard it as a place where devils live. Unless they encounter cattle and sheep running in, no one would dare to set foot in Devil's Valley.
"Don't worry, we won't go in and die."
Su Xiaofan suddenly remembered something, took out a box from the armrest box and handed it to Batur.
"What?" Batur was stunned for a moment.
"This gift is for you, you must accept it!"
Su Xiaofan laughed. He didn't have many friends, and there were even fewer friends worth giving gifts to. Batur was one of them.
"A watch made of gold?"
Opening the box, Batur was almost dazzled by the gold watch in front of him.
This is a gold Rolex watch that Su Xiaofan specially picked out. It sells for about 700,000 to 800,000 yuan in a specialty store. He feels that the glittering gold watch suits Batur's temperament very well.
"It's a friend, just take it!"
Seeing that Batur wanted to refuse, Su Xiaofan stopped talking and said with a smile: "Go into the mountains and grill the meat for me. This is your territory."
"Okay, I brought a shotgun!"
Batur nodded and patted the large backpack he was carrying.
For people who like the outdoors, backpacks are not necessarily big.
Because unlike traveling, the outdoor roads are very difficult to walk, and you can hardly move even if you push a box.
Therefore, all their supplies need to be placed in the backpack, which means that the backpack cannot be too small, and the backpack in Su Xiaofan's trunk is even more exaggerated.
"Batur, please show me the way, I don't know how to go."
Su Xiaofan drove the car, but not very fast. There was a cliff on one side of the mountain road, and the car would fall if it skidded.
"Drive forward, thirty kilometers, downhill..."
Batur glanced at Jing Shizhen behind him and said, "Uncle Jing, you, who have been there, know."
"I ran there more than ten years ago, how can I remember it?"
Jing Shizhen rolled his eyes when he heard this. He had spent a lot of money to hire a guide. The winding mountain roads along the way made it easy for people to get lost.
Su Xiaofan did not speak, but concentrated on driving. Two hours later, he arrived at the place Batur mentioned.
The terrain here is downhill. Unlike other places, there is no longer a cliff next to the road, but a hillside.
Batur pointed to the hillside and said: "Go down from here, drive down!"
"Batur, that's not the road!"
Su Xiaofan reminded Batur that he and his master were not afraid of overturning, but Batur was not.
Batur shook his head and insisted: "It's a road. In the past, people transported wood..."
After hearing Batur's incoherent explanation, Su Xiaofan realized that there used to be a road here.
Near Devil's Valley, there is a forest covering a large area. The local government once developed timber there for a period of time, and this road is what was left from that time.
"There was no road when I came here."
Jing Shizhen remembers that after they got off the road, they walked all the way to Devil's Valley.
"Okay, sit tight!"
Su Xiaofan didn't waste any time, turned the steering wheel and drove down the gentle slope.
It was said to be a gentle slope, but it was actually much steeper than an ordinary slope. Thanks to the good performance of this car, I was able to drive down the gentle slope without any danger.
"Go to the right and drive about fifteen kilometers." Batur pointed the way to Su Xiaofan.
"Batur, is this also called a road? How did you transport the wood in the past?"
After driving a kilometer or two, Su Xiaofan started complaining endlessly.
In such a short journey, he experienced two streams, three mounds of more than 20 meters, and rugged mountain roads everywhere. The whole thing was like riding a roller coaster.
If Su Xiaofan hadn't driven a car with a high floor and the ability to temporarily raise and lower it, the chassis of the car would have been crushed by the large uneven rocks on the ground.
"tractor!"
Only three words came out of Batur's mouth, and Su Xiaofan shut up.
Having grown up in the countryside, he naturally knew the power of a tractor. It drove well and could really fly over walls and walls, especially on mountainous roads like this.
Su Xiaofan had been driving for more than two hours and still hadn't arrived at the fifteen-kilometer road, which was simply slower than walking.
Duobao, who was very bored in the car, jumped out of the window long ago and disappeared into the forest in a flash.
Su Xiaofan is not afraid of something happening to Duobao. This is just the outside of the devil's restricted area. According to Master, extraordinary creatures rarely leave the restricted area, so Duobao will not be in danger.
The further the car drove in, the more Su Xiaofan could feel that he seemed to be in a huge canyon.
On both sides of Su Xiaofan, about two kilometers apart, are two towering peaks reaching into the clouds.
As the car slowly deepened, the temperature actually started to get warmer, and the snow on the ground disappeared. Instead, many colorful plants appeared in Su Xiaofan's field of vision.
"This is already considered the outskirts of Devil's Valley. Did you see it? This is magical nature."
Jing Shizhen looked at the scenery outside the window and couldn't help but praise: "One side is covered with snow and the other side is covered with green plants. These two peaks make this place a paradise."
The two towering mountain peaks stretching for hundreds of miles blocked the intrusion of cold air from outside, preventing the cold air from sinking, causing the heat on the ground to rise, strangely forming a warm and humid grand canyon.
According to science, in the depths of the canyon, due to the accumulation of clouds caused by the accumulation of hot and cold air above, natural phenomena such as lightning and thunder will occur from time to time. This is the origin of Devil's Valley.
There are plants, there are streams, and naturally there are animals.
Although the road was filled with bumps and bumps and it was not smooth to drive, Su Xiaofan saw a lot of wild animals.
There are groups of blue sheep, groups of wild donkeys, huge yaks, and vigorous leopards. This place has become an animal paradise.
Hunting and being hunted have become the theme of survival here.
Perhaps after the Batur family moved away, few humans have set foot here. The roar of car engines scared away many animals.
"That's my home!" Batur's eyes suddenly stared in one direction.
Su Xiaofan followed Batur's gaze and saw that it was a wooden house under a rock wall. There were three wooden houses in total and a yard surrounded by a fence.
But it was obvious that no one had lived here for a long time. The roof of one wooden house had collapsed, and the fence seemed to have been attacked by animals and became scattered.
"How far is it from Devil's Valley?"
Su Xiaofan drove the car over and said, "How about we spend the night here today."
It had been five or six hours since we received Batur, and it was already getting dark, so it would be better to find a familiar place to camp.
"There are still a little more than three kilometers. In fact, this is also the Devil's Valley."
Batur explained to Su Xiaofan: "But we all regard the mountain pass over there as the entrance to Devil's Valley. It's dark now, otherwise we can see over there from here..."
"It's three kilometers, so let's go there tomorrow."
Su Xiaofan felt that there was no need to drive tomorrow. It might be faster for him and his master to just walk there.
"Okay, go live in the woodshed, it's strong there!"
Batur nodded, got out of the car with his bag, pushed open the fence door, and walked in very familiarly.
Before Batur moved out, he chopped half of the house's firewood and stacked it neatly in the woodshed.
Batur even put some rice noodles in the woodshed, which is also the rule of the mountain people, so that people who pass by behind can have food.
Looking left and touching, Batur didn't speak for a long time, obviously immersed in memories.
The sound of Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen walking alarmed Batur. Looking at the two of them, Batur said with some embarrassment: "You guys rest first, I'll go hunt a prey."
"You don't need to go, just prepare the barbecue."
Su Xiaofan smiled, put his finger in his mouth, and whistled.
Just a few minutes later, the tiger cat appeared in the yard with a blue sheep that was much larger than itself in its mouth.
Batur knew how powerful the tiger cat was, so he wasn't too surprised. When he was in the Ajin Mountains a few months ago, the tiger cat had killed several wolves.
The environment here is much better than that in the Ajin Mountains. There is ready firewood at home and a barbecue platform built by Batur's father. The blue sheep are washed and peeled and grilled directly on the platform.
The tiger cat seemed to think that there were too many people and meat to eat, so in line with the natural law of the jungle, it killed another blue sheep and sent it over.
The tiger cat's behavior also left Batur dumbfounded.
Although Batur and his friends also hunted blue sheep back then, they only dared to hunt them secretly. After all, this is a protected animal of the country. How could they dare to hunt it openly like tiger cats?
The smell of wood-fired barbecue is much better than what Su Xiaofan used to cook with solid alcohol. The fragrance of the trees mixed with the tender mutton, coupled with various seasonings, makes people appetite.
Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen hadn't eaten much in the past few days. The two sheep basically fell into the stomachs of them and the tiger cat, while Batur only ate four or five kilograms of meat before he couldn't hold on anymore.
The woodshed is very spacious, and there is no problem sleeping three or four people, and the ground is very dry, so you can just make a stall and lie down on it.
Su Xiaofan had been driving for a long time and felt a little sleepy. He decided not to meditate today and was going to take a good rest.
As night falls, the originally silent canyon begins to become lively.
The howls of wolves, the growls of bears, and the temporary screams of herbivores echoed continuously in the canyon.
Suddenly, there was a deafening thunder, covering up all the sounds in the canyon.
The sound of thunder came very suddenly, like opening a Pandora's box. Suddenly there was lightning and thunder in the distant sky, and the power of nature was undoubtedly revealed.
"It's...it's Devil's Valley."
Looking at the scene of thunder and lightning in the distance, Batur's eyes showed a complicated look. After a few years, he saw this familiar scene again.
"Grandma, you won't be struck by lightning again."
Su Xiaofan shrank his neck, thinking about being struck by lightning half a year ago.
Su Xiaofan felt a little regretful in his heart, and he wondered if he had made the wrong choice this time.