Jade Mountain is so named because the top of the mountain is covered with solid ice all year round. When the sun shines on it, it reflects the brilliance of smoke like beautiful jade, making it extremely magnificent.
There are many hot springs in the mountains, and they used to be a good place for princes to visit their homes in winter.
Since people often bathed in the hot springs and disappeared without a trace, the hot springs in the mountains were gradually abandoned. Many pavilions and elegant houses built in the mountains have since withered, and the Jade Mountain has gradually become uninterested.
Yasheli is built around a hot spring.
The ashram has been cleaned.
Water vapor floats on the hot spring pool.
In a two-story wooden building facing the hot spring, Su Wu sat in front of a spacious window.
Through the windows held open by wooden sticks, you can see the jade color of the distant mountains.
However, he had no intention of admiring the scenery at this time. He was holding a piece of silk cloth, wiping it carefully and maintaining the Great Red Lotus Embryo Collection, as well as the other supreme sword he held in his hand.
Whoosh!
After a moment, he put down the silk cloth and held two swords in his hands. The two swords were intertwined, and the cold light continued to flow around the two swords.
Just between the two swords crossing each other,
The seven lotus flowers on the big red lotus womb become more and more vivid,
The sharp sword light flowing from the supreme sword passed through the seven lotuses, making them larger in size, more colorful, and more dangerous. Their edge had already surpassed that of the supreme sword.
Su Wu observed this scene,
Along the way,
He vaguely discovered that with his support, Daihongren Taizo was absorbing some unknown power from the 'Supreme Taisword' built by An Tsuna.
Perhaps that is the original power of the killing stone.
Every time the Daihonglian womb absorbs a bit of power from the supreme sword, its quality will increase by one point.
The seven lotus flowers growing on the blade also swelled more and more.
to the opposite,
The quality of the supreme sword has not declined during this process, but some core things have been lost too much. Its sharpness, hardness, flexibility and other practical indicators are still the "superior".
But the certain 'feeling' it brought to Su Wu was falling from the highest level.
——This is something that can only be felt by a swordsmith with extremely deep mental energy.
Even An Gang, who forged this sword with his own hands, just lamented that this supreme sword has never met its true owner, so it has always been sleeping and cannot wake up, and it can radiate the power of the true supreme sword.
But he didn't realize that the inner power of this sword was slowly losing.
Su Wu never stopped the Great Red Lotus Feizang from drawing power from the supreme sword.
Even take the initiative to create conditions for it.
Neither the Genji nor the Taira are worthy of trust,
He had decided to let the Inoue family start their own business, and told Haruko to attack the Bizen Kingdom. The paper cranes to raise more samurai had been sent out this morning. In this case, why did he give Genji an intact supreme sword?
At present, the Inoue family is not strong.
Needs and Genji appear to be better, and virtuality and coercion.
But entrusting a strategic weapon like the Supreme Tai Sword into the hands of the other party is completely flattering the enemy.
If someone among the Genji happened to be able to 'awaken' this supreme sword, it would be a huge hidden danger for the Inoue family.
In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Su Wu has been pushing the Daihongren Feizang to absorb the power of this 'ownerless sword' for the past few days. At that time, he will entrust the supreme sword in the hands of Genji.
It will only be a remnant sword that has some supreme power left in it, and may even only be used a few times!
Hearing the sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him, Su Wu put away the two swords and put them aside.
Footsteps went up the stairs and stopped at the entrance of the stairs.
The man's voice sounded first: "Jun Zhuzhao!"
Su Wu turned around and saw An Gang, with a smile on his face: "Mr. An Gang."
An Gang was holding a tray with an iron pot and two wine cups on it.
He carried the tray and sat down in front of Su Wu.
He looked at the 'Supreme Tai Sword' he had made with a somewhat complicated expression. This sword could be said to be his highest achievement, but it had brought him great disaster.
Although he did not die in the hands of Rashomon's conspirators,
But after going to Kyoto,
What will An Gang experience in the Yuan family?
It's still unknown now.
It is impossible to say that he will be imprisoned in the secret stronghold of the Yuan family forever, and he will forge high-quality swords for them day and night!
Now An Gang's mentality is that he will get drunk today and not think about tomorrow at all.
His eyes stayed on the sword he forged for a moment, he shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity that I can't show my edge before meeting the Ming Master..."
This sentence seems to be lamenting the sleeping supreme sword,
It's like he's feeling sad about his own circumstances.
An Gang filled the wine cup with wine, handed a glass to Su Wu, and said with a grin: "This is the best Gyokuro wine. Mr. Minamoto Yoritomo specially prepared it for Zhuzhao-kun. I heated it specially.
Follow Zhuzhaojun to get some light,
Zhuzhao-kun, you won’t mind, right?”
You've already boiled the wine, so what if I mind?
Su Wu smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface he shook his head: "I would also like to thank Mr. An Gang for scalding the wine for me. The weather is so cold, being able to drink a cup of hot wine is really a blessing in life."
At the moment, An Gang seems to be at ease and carefree, ignoring everything.
In fact, he is like a frightened bird. If someone else looks wrong, he will be frightened for several days.
So Su Wu kept those jokes deep in his heart and never said them out.
So that your friends won’t be worried and worried about this.
An Gang smiled and raised his glass and clinked it with Su Wu's wine glass.
The two of them each drank a glass of hot wine.
Putting down the cup, while An Gang poured himself a drink, Su Wu said: "The Taira family occupies the Omi Road, which is more convenient to Kyoto, and patrols the area. We want to go to Kyoto via Omi, but it is impossible.
So I deliberately changed my route and went straight through Jade Mountain.
Thanks to our extremely fast pace in the previous two days, we completed the distance in two days that most teams would take three to five days to complete.
So now you can take a rest in the jade-colored mountains.
——Taking advantage of this rare free time, Yasuzuna-kun, after breakfast later, we might as well get together and take the samurai of the Inoue family for a walk in the mountains?"
Anzuna looked hesitant when he heard this: "After all, we are going to Kyoto with our swords. This matter is quite urgent for Genji.
If we linger in the jade-colored mountains,
Will it make Yoritomo Minamoto dissatisfied?
and,
I heard that Jade Mountain is quite strange, and there may be ghosts dormant in it."
After experiencing the "Rashomon Invasion of Tremendous Monsters", Anzuna felt like "once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of well ropes", he was cautiously observing any area involving rumors of ghosts.
"The knife is in my hand, so what if Minamoto Yoritomo is dissatisfied?" Su Wu shook his head,
I don't care about Minamoto Yoritomo's attitude.
He glanced at An Gang and continued: "As for the so-called rumors about this jade-colored mountain - I would rather believe that there are rumors than that they don't exist. However, with me by your side this time, what do An Gang-kun have to fear?"
?
I also heard,
A world-famous swordsmith once lived in seclusion in the Jade Mountain.
He is hiding his life's experience in making swords in the mountains.
Don’t you, Mr. An Gang, want to find out the secret treasure of wisdom that the swordsmith has accumulated throughout his life?”
“The only way to make a knife is to concentrate on it and have a solid foundation of techniques.
Through repeated exercises, I gradually became aware of my "can" and "unable" when facing a piece of steel, and then my skills were able to be mastered.
The so-called hidden wisdom of the swordsmith,
It's obviously just a deceptive gimmick.
Who told Zhu Zhaojun about such rumors?
He must be talking nonsense." An Gang was particularly serious about knife making. After hearing what Su Wu said, he immediately pointed out the inappropriateness in Su Wu's words.
Su Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "No matter whether the rumors are true or false, Mr. An Gang, you'd better come with me to have a look!
What if we can get something unexpected?"
An Gang smiled bitterly and nodded: "You have invited me so kindly, how can I not accept it?"
After agreeing on the matter, Su Wu ordered the samurai of the Inoue family to prepare breakfast.
He, the warriors, and An Gang sat around and had breakfast together.
The messenger greeted Minamoto Yoritomo,
He left the temporary settlement directly and took An Gang and the warriors on a "tour".
Although Minamoto Yoritomo didn't like Su Wu's behavior and felt that it would waste a lot of time, the current situation was stronger than others. After all, Su Wu did not do anything excessive by doing this. He could only suppress his displeasure.
He responded with a smile.
He took two armored warriors to guard the temporary settlement.
Su Wu led a group of people to wander around the Jade Mountain, but did not encounter anything strange.
As noon approached, the team had already strayed quite far from their temporary settlement point.
Everyone settled down in an open space,
I ate some dry food and dried fish that I brought with me.
At lunch, An Gang drank some more 'Jade Dew Wine' at Su Wu's invitation.
The host and guest were enjoying themselves, so he inevitably drank too much.
I felt a bit smokey after lunch.
After dinner, Su Wu went to see the mountain scenery with him, leaving the samurai of the Inoue family waiting there. They went deep into a winding path in the mountains and passed through a dense and deep forest.
The scene before my eyes suddenly became clear,
A cliff towers into view.
Under the mirror-smooth cliff, there stood a huge tree that was at least hundreds of years old.
The tree crown is like a mountain,
The branches cling to the rocks and are exposed to the air.
On the roots and branches of the giant tree, there seemed to be purple-red lines shining slightly.
An Gang, who was slightly drunk, did not notice those shining lines. He noticed something else: "This giant tree actually grows in the rock, as if it is integrated with the rock!"
"Yeah?"
Su Wu's eyes flashed with light,
Approaching the giant tree with An Gang,
Sure enough, I found that the roots of the giant tree were entangled with large rocks, and some roots even penetrated some hard stones and took root in the stone walls again!
"The magical power of natural gods is really awe-inspiring..." An Gang murmured to himself, constantly sighing with emotion.
Behind him, Su Wu approached the giant tree.
He turned his back to An Gang and took out the 'Great Baby Stone'. He saw that this top-grade ore was flashing with patterns that were the same as those of a giant tree.
Holding this piece of ore, Su Wu could easily feel where it should be placed - under the entangled roots of the trees, there was a rectangular cave like a shrine, which could just fit the piece of ore into it.
He stuffed the ‘Big Baby Stone’ into the cave where the roots of the giant tree were clinging.
I heard a rustling sound in my ears,
It's like there are many people talking,
There was a heavy sound of hitting stones.
It’s also like a monk chanting sutras,
The heavy sound was actually the sound of the monk striking the wooden fish.
Many chaotic voices dispersed instantly,
The giant tree in front of me has not changed at all.
But Su Wu noticed that some of the branches of the giant tree that were originally blocking the mountain wall, clinging to huge rocks, moved their positions silently, revealing a dark cave entrance.
"An Gang-kun, there is a cave here.
Let's go take a look!" Su Wu turned around and waved to An Gang.
An Gang was stunned: "Is there a cave? Why didn't I see it just now?"
While talking, An Gang came up behind Su Wu and said,
Sure enough, I saw a dark cave with everything inside unknown.
He followed Su Wu in a daze and walked into the dark cave.
"Mumbling, murmuring, murmuring -"
The roots of the giant tree made illusory whispering sounds again,
Dragging big rocks,
Covered the entrance to the cave.
Scarlet flesh and blood sprouted from the walls of the shrine-like stone cave. The flesh and blood squirmed and wrapped around the 'Dashang Baby Stone', making it look like the Buddha wearing cassocks in the shrine.