Entering the Mountain to Worship

In the morning, after preparing all the necessary items, I set off with a backpack.

First, I visited my grandparents' graves and paid my respects according to local customs. The graveyard was located on a small hill after leaving the village. The top of this small hill was relatively flat, and most of the older generation of Chen Family Village were buried here, making it the Chen Family Village Ancestral Grave. After the memorial ceremony, I set off for Gourd Valley.

Gourd Valley has only one entrance and exit, which is the road in front of Chen Mo's Old House, directly facing Gourd Valley. Upon entering Gourd Valley, it opens into a valley with a small mouth and a large belly, about a thousand meters long. The sides of the valley are gentle dirt slopes. Twenty to thirty years ago, most of the villagers of Chen Family Village lived on the south slope of the valley, but now they have all moved to live on flat ground. Gourd Valley has become a desolate place, overgrown with weeds and shrubs. A stream more than two meters wide flows through the valley, eventually flowing out of the valley into a river in front of Chen Mo's Old House.

This stream was also where the village children played when they were young. In the hot summer, all the village children would come here to play.

After passing the first valley, there was another valley. This valley was larger and longer than the outer one, about two thousand meters long. A winding stream still flowed through it, but there were many low-lying plants and many rocks. It could be said that a lot of capital would be needed to develop this place.

Chen Mo took pictures as he walked. He needed to keep records of these things and review them carefully later to figure out how to develop the valley. He already had a general idea for Gourd Valley, but he would need to discuss the specifics with professionals.

The second valley was a dead end, with only an entrance. At the innermost part was a pool, about a few hundred square meters in size. A small waterfall cascaded into the pool from the cliff, and this was the source of the winding stream.

The entire valley was actually quite simple, but it was large. If houses were to be built in the future, they could be built on the hillside, and the stream in the valley could be dammed to artificially create a lake in the valley.

However, Chen Mo still needed to climb over the waterfall today and walk further into the mountains. This was because today he was not only surveying Gourd Valley, but also paying respects to his master, True Person Xuan Ling Ye Shang!

The place where his master was buried was along the direction of Gourd Valley, and it could only be reached after crossing several mountain ridges. For Chen Mo, who had already become a Cultivator, this distance of mountain path was a piece of cake.

After crossing four mountain ridges, he arrived at the place where his master was buried. He descended into the gully along the old path. Now he was a completely different person. What was once a height of several meters was like a Chasm to him, but now he moved as if on level ground. He leaped directly down, using the protruding rocks as footholds, and reached the bottom of the gully in a few moves.

However, the cave where his master's Withered Bones were buried could no longer be found, as it had long been overgrown with plants. If he hadn't used A Large Piece of rock to block the cave back then, which also served as a marker, it would have been difficult to find.

He arrived at the cave where the bones were buried and, according to custom, Chen Mo offered incense and burned some paper money to his master. However, considering the fire hazard in the mountains, he dug a Pit himself and cleared the surrounding vegetation before burning the paper money. But he didn't know if his master could use this paper money, and also, his master was an alien. After coming here, was he still managed by the local Ghosts and Gods? However, these were no longer things he could consider. He could only Mutter something about following local customs while burning paper money and talking to his master.

In fact, Chen Mo didn't know why these questions came to mind; it felt quite nonsensical. But they just popped into his head naturally, and he really Muttered a lot to his master at the grave, feeling somewhat Speechless.

However, his master's image in the Transmission Jade Talisman was no different from people on Blue Sea Star, even being of the East Asian race. This made Chen Mo wonder if all the places with people in the universe were occupied by Chinese people?

After paying respects to his master, he erased all traces. He didn't want anyone else to know about the grave, nor did he want anyone to disturb his master. Using the protruding rocks for leverage, he easily climbed out of the gully.

Standing on the hilltop and looking into the distance, he felt a sense of emotion. The distant wisps of clouds and mist complemented the mountain peaks, creating a rather pleasant scenery.

However, after only a few minutes, he heard faint cries for help carried by the mountain wind. Chen Mo was startled and immediately quickened his pace towards the source of the cries.

Qin Lixing felt extremely dejected. Although he had a purpose in coming to the Qinling Mountains for a hiking trip, he never expected such a thing to happen.

He was a third-year student at West City University. His family was quite wealthy, so he had no worries about food or clothing. Therefore, he had many hobbies during his university years, and hiking was one of them.

This time, he had originally planned to hike in the Qinling Mountains for three to four days. Not only was he the Leader, organizing a team of 5 people including himself (2 males and 3 females), but there was also a girl he admired in the team. Although he had never confessed his feelings, it was almost common knowledge that everyone who knew them knew who Qin Lixing liked. However, the girl seemed to be pretending not to know or something, as she had never responded to his advances.

This time, he wanted to find an opportunity to confess his feelings to the girl through this hiking trip. But he never expected that everything was fine the day before, and everyone was very excited. However, today, misfortune after misfortune occurred. In the morning, they took the wrong mountain path, and by the time they realized it, several hours had passed.

Even more unfortunate, another male student in the team, who had a GPS, dropped it into the water while crossing a small river in the morning. The GPS malfunctioned after getting wet. So, they had to turn back, but the more they walked, the more they felt they were going the wrong way. Moreover, some places were impassable, and they had to take detours.

Fortunately, they hadn't ventured deep into the mountains, only just entering the forest, so they slowly made their way back by memory. At noon, Zhang Mei, one of the three girls in the team, sprained her ankle while passing through a ravine and had to be supported by others. In the afternoon, Qin Lixing himself was scratched by a Rock on his arm, bleeding profusely. If not for the medicine and bandages they brought, he might have lost too much blood.

Thus, the five of them supported each other and headed towards the outside of the mountains. However, not only was the journey long, but the vegetation and the mountain paths also made it very Difficult for the five-person team to move.