The old demon of Montenegro wants to practice Taoism

Chapter 131

The monk smiled, took the lead and led them into the mountain.

The road is not easy to walk. Since entering Uzang, Shan Yangze has felt this way in his heart.

When they set off from Heishan Town, the group of them brought fifty Jinyiwei and sixty horses, which were basically prepared twice as much as pulling nine stones. Whether it was people or horses, they were afraid that there would be wear and tear on the road, but so far , although Shan Yangze's feeling for Kunlun Mountain is getting stronger and stronger, but looking back... the men and horses have been lost by more than half.

Moreover, from April to July, the horsepower and manpower have dropped significantly. What could be pulled by two horses now requires four or five horses.

Dahei and Erhei of the Shan family also joined the ranks of pulling stones. Sometimes when they went to dangerous places, Shanyangze would also go up to help.

The temple and this village are located in a small valley surrounded by several peaks. They drink the snow water left on the mountain, and because of the low altitude, there are always grasses and plants for human and livestock to eat. The monks took them into the mountain for the first time. The weather is fine, there is still fodder for the horses on both sides of the road, and there is nothing to eat on the roadside when we get up the next morning and start our journey again.

Because the guide wanted to translate the monk's words, he kept walking beside Shan Yangze, he said: "Although it looks like there is land here, but because of the perennial cold, most of the soil is frozen, and there are very few places where grass grows. If this continues, the grass will not be enough to eat."

Shan Yangze looked back and saw that there were less than twenty horses behind them, and most of them were sick and disabled, especially when they walked on the snowy road all the way, even though their hooves and legs were tied with straw They were used to keep warm, but it was inevitable that melted snow seeped in and froze, and almost every horse had signs of frostbite.

"He said it would take a week."

The monk walked first, holding a wooden stick in his hand to explore the way, Shan Yangze looked at his back, and said: "He is not bad, he seems to be much better after taking the medicine given by the great mage, but this horse ..." Shan Yangze looked at the front, back, left, and right, and said, "Without fodder, you can't last for seven days." Besides, once the horses can't be used, the burden on the people will multiply, but this kind of morale damage is absolutely unacceptable. Say it.

Shan Yangze turned his head and said: "It's almost here, there are still two days!"

There was a listless "hmm", which was much different from the high spirits when I entered the mountain.

They are now climbing at an altitude of more than 5000 meters. Because they want to conserve their energy, they dare not talk too much. After chatting for a few words, the guide stopped talking, but the worry in their hearts could not be removed.

Shan Yangze touched the bronze box on his chest. Guo Qian had been weak for two days and hadn't shown up. If things go on like this, he would become a fairy...

At this moment, the monk in front stopped. The wooden stick in his hand was stuck in the snow, and he stuck it in for more than a foot. He said something calmly.

The guide was overjoyed, "There is grass below!"

Shan Yangze stepped forward to take a look, as expected, the snow here was very loose, as if it had rolled down from the mountain, and there was a semi-dry and semi-green grass under the ground, which was the guide and the horse behind it to graze , the monk sat on a big rock on one side, looking at the staggered mountains in the distance, with a calm expression.

With such a capable person, the road ahead has gone much smoother. Not only can this monk find the grass covered under the snow with a wooden staff, even though it is withered grass, it is barely enough for a horse to maintain, and he can also rely on the naked eye alone. Cracks under the calm snow surface can be found from a few feet away.

Although Jin Yiwei's brains were dizzy due to the day and night rush and lack of oxygen, but relying on this exceptionally reliable monk, they avoided many dangers and walked in this mountain for five days in a blink of an eye. up.

seven days...

It must be coming soon, the further you go in, the more Kunlun is attracted to Shanyangze, the more excited he is, and he has surpassed the monks several times to come to the front.

In the past few days, the monk led them around the foot of several mountains. Shan Yangze felt the attraction of Kunlun Mountain to him, and at the same time carefully calculated the route pointed by the monk.

Speaking of this road, sometimes Shanyangze felt that they were leading them to go in the opposite direction, but when they went around the foot of the two mountains, Shanyangze felt suddenly enlightened.

It was almost noon, Shan Yangze chose a flat place to clear the snow, set up the stove, grabbed a few handfuls of snow and put them in the pot, and took the hard-pressed dry food from his luggage , cook together.

At such a high altitude, the water will not reach [-] degrees after being boiled, and the food will be cold after a while.

The monk sat on the side, gnawing on the dry biscuits he brought, and waited until half of the biscuits were eaten. He said, and the guide followed the translation, "The holy city is ahead, and when you arrive at the holy city, the highest mountain is the holy mountain. Everything you want..."

Hearing this, not only Shan Yangze, but even the governor Yan Chixia cheered and jumped for joy. This journey of suffering... Whether it is immortality or cultivation to become a fairy, it seems that it is close at hand.

"No one has set foot here for thousands of years. I will take you in, and you can't destroy anything inside." The guide translated the monk's words sentence by sentence, "I can only take you into the holy city, and you have to walk the rest of the way by yourself." .”

After finishing speaking, the monk glanced at Shan Yangze, and said again: "I think you already know the way ahead."

At this point, no matter whether it is a trap or Kunlun in front of him, and no matter how much the monk knows about the inside story, Shan Yangze has to jump off.

After eating, everyone packed their bags and followed the monk to an ice cave.

The monk stopped in front of the ice cave, read a scripture and said, "The Holy City is right behind here. When we pass through the ice cave, we must keep our heads down and keep our heads down as fast as we can."

Hearing the monk's solemn instructions, the Governor gave Jin Yiwei one by one very serious instructions. The monk glanced at them one by one, and took the lead into the cave.

Although it is said to be an ice cave, Shan Yangze always thought it should be a stone cave before he came in, but after he entered, he found that this was not the case at all. The thick ice on both sides was crystal clear. dug out?The towering peaks above are all covered with snow?

After walking about ten zhang inside, Shan Yangze finally understood why the monk didn't let them make any noise.

The road gradually opened up, and monks dressed like the great mage were frozen in the ice on both sides, and this place turned out to be their cemetery!

Shan Yangze frowned, wanting to discuss with someone, but now Guo Qian is isolated from the world in the bronze box, Yan Chixia and the governor are at the end of the team, and only guides and monks are around him.

At this time, the monk's footsteps suddenly slowed down, he stopped in front of a recess, and said: "This is the future of the Archmage..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly quickened his pace, and said: "Let's go over quickly. "

According to Shan Yangze's knowledge, the highest-level funeral in Wusi Tibet should be the sky burial, which symbolizes the sacrifice of the Buddhists, but the corpses here are densely packed, probably no less than a hundred, and it looks like the meaning of the monks , it seems that only archmages can be buried here.

Shan Yangze became more and more excited. Whether it was from the performance of these monks or the increasingly strong call to him, Kunlun Mountain was in front of him.

The further you go, the higher the temperature. It is strange that the ice layer does not melt.

Finally, they arrived at the world behind the ice, a world that should not be here at all.

The other side of the ice cave is still a peak above 5000 meters above sea level. After walking a few steps, you will be out of breath. If you are not careful, you will fall and be unable to get up for a long time; but this side of the ice cave is completely It's different.

Spring is warm and flowers are blooming. This is what I describe.

It took them less than half an hour to walk through the ice cave, covering a distance of four or five miles at most. There are ups and downs, and the altitude difference from the outside must be no more than a few tens of meters. The 5000-meter peak has already reached the snow line, and there will be such a green grassy place there.

However, the exhaustion of the days had already worn away their vigilance. The smiles on everyone's faces were illusory, and their steps quickened a lot, and they all headed towards the steaming hot spring.

Even Shanyangze was no exception, there was such a friendly atmosphere everywhere, he didn't believe that monks could do anything anyway.

Shan Yangze watched Yan Chixia and the governor look at each other, arranged for people to take turns to rest, and then... Shan Yangze saw Kunlun.

With just one glance, he knew that this was Kunlun. The guide had already run into the hot spring, and closed his eyes comfortably. Going to Kunlun.

It was getting dark soon, and the people who had soaked up the hot spring climbed up one by one with satisfied faces, each set up a tent and lay down in it. Shanyangze had a tent for each person. When the night was quiet and the moon was in the sky, he set up a tent. Formation, opened the lid of the bronze box.

This is Kunlun, and it suppresses ghosts very well, especially ghosts like Guo Qian, who have been reincarnated with secret methods, are inherently deficient.

...Now Shanyangze completely believes in him, Guo Qian's bones disappeared very fast since he came out of the temple, so fast that Shanyangze couldn't bear to look at him again.

Guo Qian's bones... there is less than one metacarpal bone left.

Shan Yangze couldn't help but get scared, what if Guo Qian is really gone.

Shan Yangze lit a circle of incense in the enchantment, and took out the roots of the Huai Shu to circle the solid soul, Guo Qiancai floated out of the box, his figure was blurred, and it seemed that he would disappear in the next moment.

Guo Qian smiled at Shan Yangze, which made Shan Yangze's heart sore, he couldn't help lowering his head, but in a blink of an eye, he remembered that Guo Qian couldn't stay outside for a long time, so he raised his head and said, "We're almost there."

Guo Qian reached out and touched the barrier lightly, then stretched out his hand back, glanced at the roots of the book as if nothing had happened, then looked at his own bones on the table, and comforted: "I can last a while." For a while, Your Majesty must have confidence in himself."

Shan Yangze didn't dare to say anything more, just nodded, and said in a muffled voice, "Hurry up and go back, we will talk about things in the future, the future will last forever."

"Be careful, too, don't—"

Don't worry, Guo Qian didn't say anything, he reached out to touch Shan Yangze's face, but one of the two was inside the barrier and the other was outside... Guo Qian's eyes darkened, he turned around and floated back to the box inside.

Shan Yangze put away his things and waited all night with a lot of worries.

At dawn the next day, everyone gathered next to the hot spring, discussing how to climb the mountain.

The final result was Shanyangze and Yan Chixia, Dahei and Erhei, and ten horses carrying things up the mountain.

The Governor showed signs of a cold, so he stayed here to recuperate with the remaining Jin Yiwei.

When we got here, we didn't need anyone to lead the way, so the two guides and the monks stayed behind.

Shan Yangze looked at Kunlun Mountain not far away, which seemed to be shining golden under the sun, and said: "Seven days, at most seven days we can come back."

With that said, he and Yan Chixia, under the gaze of everyone, pulled Jiuding and marched towards Kunlun Mountain step by step.