On the seventh day after going down the mountain, Fang Buai returned to the mountain for business and sat in front of the small courtyard waiting for Liu Xiaolou to come back.
In the meantime, when he saw Big White Goose looking at himself in Bamboo Forest, he suddenly became playful and drew his sword to form a strange sword flower.
He was a Paijiao disciple, and many of his disciples were good at controlling corpses and expelling insects, and he and his teacher were no exception. He knew that this Big White Goose and the black cat were more or less spiritual, so he prepared to tease and tease them.
As the sword flower danced, it made a stinging sound that was difficult for ordinary people to hear. After a while, several small snakes swam out of the bamboo forest and surrounded the big white goose.
These snakes were all ordinary non-venomous things. The poisonous ones had been taken care of by Da Bai Qing. Dabai ignored them and just stared at Fang Buai with his head tilted.
Fang Buai continued to control the little snakes to get closer to Dabai with their stinging sounds. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed across, and several small snakes suddenly disappeared. However, Dabai flapped his wings and rushed toward his home at a very fast speed.
Fang Buai was startled. The sword flower changed and covered the direction in which Dabai was charging. However, Dabai's wings trembled and he flew up about ten feet from the ground and passed over his head.
Amidst the sound of "quacking", Dabai disappeared into the forest. At the same time, Fang Buai's face felt cold, and something slipped from his forehead to the tip of his nose.
What a beast! Fang Buai The tip of the sword touched a leaf, and he wiped his nose and forehead. He didn't feel dissatisfied and continued to sit down and wait.
Liu Xiaolou came back in the afternoon, collected Ink Mountain Profound Stone, Spring Essence Jade, Dongting Lake Great Toad and other things that Fang Buai handed over, and gave him some money, saying, "If you have time, I will give him some money." Go to Tianmen Market Hongji Restaurant and buy a jar of Bamboo Leaf Green. When you come back, buy a Dou Spirit Rice at Wu Chao Town. I will treat Longshan the Rogue Cultivator to a banquet the day after."
This is not a difficult task, just running errands. Fang Buai went down the mountain and came back late at night the next day. The next day, I went to Longshan again and invited Longshan the Rogue Cultivator over.
When the banquet started, he returned to Half Pine Flat with a gourd Bamboo Leaf Green and a large bowl of spiritual rice that Liu Xiaolou had rewarded. He drank wine in the setting sun and had Xingyue as his meal, and he became drunk without knowing it.
It's just spiritual rice. A pot of Bamboo Leaf Green contains a lot of spiritual power. The real energy that has not improved for a long time has thickened a little, so he patiently waited for the next opportunity.
The next day, in the misty smoke, Liu Xiaolou carried the backpack and Three Xuan Sword down the mountain. This time Chuyi wanted to go far away.
As usual, I had lunch at Uncle Tian's house, leaving a few taels of broken silver behind. I checked his pulse and told him to take care of himself, "You must stick to the health regimen I taught you. Have you not practiced Kung Fu this month? Uncle Tian?"
Uncle Tian smiled honestly, "I was too busy with spring plowing. It rained too much this year, so I am a little busier."
"No matter how busy you are with your body, it's fundamental, Uncle Tian. Now that your family's conditions are better, why don't you hire two more workers... Get up at 4:40 every day, breathe in the northeast direction, and don't cut off the four-body fitness technique my teacher taught you... Also, eat less big fish and meat, and add some bitter roots when making tea."
"Got it."
"When I go south this time, I can stop by Xiushan. What can I bring to A Zhen?"
"Ah... great... Last time A Zhen came back and said she wanted to eat kohlrabi, so I was busy pickling some for her."
"Okay, put it in my backpack."
Western Hunan has many mountains, ditches, and forests, with few flat places. There is also a lot of rain, making traveling very inconvenient. Liu Xiaolou When we walked into the evening, we encountered another thunderstorm. The rain was pouring down, and the rainwater flowed along the raincoat. My body was soaked through, so I found a cave to take shelter from the rain.
When the thunder subsided and the rain began to thin, we set off on the road again, until our trousers were covered with mud and water.
After entering mid Qi Refining, especially after the sixth floor, although it is still not possible to dry all the clothes with true energy, the mud and water on the legs and feet can be quickly driven away, so it does not feel uncomfortable. When encountering a ravine that is several feet wide, jump across it, and if it is wider, use canes to build a bridge; for some cliffs that are more than ten feet high, you can climb to the top like a gecko; when encountering a dense forest full of thorns, there is no need to use a sword to clear the way and force your way through, and you can directly jump on the treetops from above.
I recall how difficult it was to walk on the mountain road when I was Qi Refining second layer and on the third floor. Today, I finally look like a practicing person. Is this how I feel "fairy energy is floating"?
Walking is also a good way to practice. While jumping and climbing, you can adjust your breath to make your body more adaptable to the mountain terrain, and invisibly harmonize with the heaven and earth.
In the early hours of the morning, it was too dark in the mountains due to heavy rain clouds, so we found a place under a rock crevice to take shelter from the wind and rain, scared away a few mountain snakes, and caught one by the way, and grilled it on the bonfire.
By Chou Shi, silver snakes and lightning danced in the rolling thunder, and the heavy rain suddenly came down again, driving away the heat. The sound of rain and thunder echoed in the mountains, making people feel relaxed and happy.
Liu Xiaolou moved the bonfire another two feet into the rock wall, chewed the snake meat slowly, and listened to the sound of rain quietly.
Suddenly a figure came over in the heavy rain. He glanced at Liu Xiaolou. After hesitating, he was forced by the heavy rain to come to the crevice of the stone. He sat down on the other side of the crevice to take shelter from the rain, more than two feet away.
Judging from the appearance of this person, she is a woman with a slightly high nose bridge, raindrops hanging on her long eyelashes, tight black clothes, and her curves are outlined by the rain, and she is full of heroic spirit. He looks older than me. If she doesn't have Foundation Establishment, she should be in her thirties. If she already has Foundation Establishment, it's hard to say.
Liu Xiaolou did not dare to offend a woman walking alone in the barren mountains. Three Xuan Sword quietly took it out and placed it at the other side's feet. She continued to eat snake meat and admire the night rain.
After the woman sat down, smoke evaporated from the black clothes in a moment and dried in the blink of an eye. This is a skill that at least late Qi Refining has. Liu Xiaolou is even more vigilant and ready to activate the array disk at any time.
The woman looked up at Shan Yu for a moment, then turned to look at Liu Xiaolou. She glanced sideways in the firelight and was startled. A Emei thorn appeared in her palm and she exclaimed, "Scenery..."
The call was stopped because Liu Xiaolou had turned his face.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then Emei thorn disappeared from her palm, and nodded to Liu Xiaolou: "Sorry, I admitted my mistake."
Liu Xiaolou smiled at her and continued to eat the snake meat, with Chuyi layers of fine sweat beads on the back of her neck.
The mountain rain came and went quickly. The rain gradually became lighter. The woman immediately stood up and left. Liu Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, but she did not dare to stay here any longer and left in another direction.
It was like this when they met by chance. There was no striking up a conversation, no robbery of wealth, and no dispute of temper. Although there was a little incident, in the end it was a near miss and they went their separate ways.
If there was anything that made him feel happy, it was that this female cultivator was someone Jing Zhao couldn't deal with. It seemed that not all women liked that guy!
In the early morning after the heavy rain, thick fog filled the air, covering the tops of the mountains, making it impossible to see more than three feet away. Liu Xiaolou also slowed down his pace and tried not to make those dangerous moves to avoid accidentally falling into the ditch.
In addition to not being able to see the mountain road clearly, Liu Xiaolou also noticed that there was a layer of white mist about two feet high under his feet, which was clearly distinct from the haze in the mountains, gathering and dispersing like flowing water. This was the miasma that could be seen occasionally in the mountains.
Most of the miasma is odorless, but when it spreads around you, if you are sleeping, as long as your mouth and nose are flooded by it, it will be difficult for ordinary people to wake up.
Some unexplained travelers and children cannot come back after entering the mountains, and the bodies they find are in a deep sleep state, which is often caused by miasma.
These miasma are useful to practitioners, and are often introduced by Pill Refining's medicine. After adding the magic array, the hallucinogenic effect is more significant, so Liu Xiaolou took out a gourd, let the miasma flow in, filled the gourd's mouth, and put it into the backpack with satisfaction.
At noon, the clouds started to clear and the fog dispersed, and there were waves of drums coming from the front. Liu Xiaolou followed the sound and saw a group of Miao people singing and dancing around the cliff. Several strong young men were covered in thick linen cloth and holding long poles. Orthodox God looked up at the cliff in awe.
They were not celebrating, but performing sacrifices before the battle. There was a hive as big as a gourd on the cliff, which was the poisonous bee in the mountain. Occasionally, a few poisonous wasps could be seen crawling in and out. One was only as big as a thumb, with golden bands on its body, which made one's hair stand on end.
Liu Xiaolou was overjoyed and squeezed to the front, this is a good thing!