Seeing that the sambar meat was ready, Lingyazi called Lan Ling'er and Yi'er, and the three of them flew to a small forest not far away, chopped some branches with their swords, and lit a fire to roast the sambar meat.
The sambar meat was delicious and everyone was full of praise after tasting it. Master Xuyun asked Fo'er, Yi'er and Xin'er to pack the roasted sambar meat into three bags, each carrying them, and followed the others on the way to the snow-capped mountains.
After crossing the snow line, the path was covered by fresh snow, so everyone could only figure out the direction and walk towards the top of the mountain.
The snow on the snow line was not heavy, and it only covered the bare feet. It was quite easy for everyone to walk. But the further up we went, the deeper the snow became. When we reached the mountainside, the snow was already up to our knees. Everyone had to be brave and walk. Although it takes a lot of internal energy, it makes walking much faster.
When they were still several hundred feet away from the top of the mountain, everyone discovered that the snow under their feet had turned into ice. It was obvious that the top of the mountain was frozen all year round due to its extreme cold.
Although the feet became hard, the ice was very slippery and it was impossible to step on them. Everyone had to continue walking with confidence. However, after such a long journey, Lan Ling'er, Luo Lin, Fo'er, Yi'er and Xin'er When the weaker ones no longer had the internal energy to climb up, everyone had to stop and rest.
Standing on the high mountain, Zhu Yu tried his best to look around and saw the mist rising in the distance. The mountains appeared and disappeared in the mist. The sun passed through the mist, and was visible for a while, and then disappeared into the mist. Fortunately, there was no wind on the mountain. Don't feel cold.
"Look, everyone, there seems to be someone at the foot of the mountain." Suddenly, Lingyazi pointed at the foot of the mountain and shouted loudly.
Everyone looked in the direction of Ling Yazi's finger, and sure enough they saw a few black spots moving where everyone had walked in the morning. Because they were too far apart, they could not clearly see the direction of their clothes.
"I can see clearly. The people below are Paju Gobu and Yuanying. I can't believe that they are following so closely." Master Kong Kong mastered the eye-concentrating method. No matter how far away things are, as long as he is lucky enough to reach his eyes, he can use You can see clearly with the method of focusing pupils, which is exactly the same as his method of listening to sounds from thousands of miles away.
"If we can't get rid of Paju Gobu and the others, what should we do?" Master Xuyun said.
"Right now, we still don't know the whereabouts of the Soul-Chasing Witch and Linghu Wuya. It doesn't matter if we can't get rid of them, as long as they don't let them get the Great Netherworld Sutra." Master Kongkong said helplessly.
"It seems that they must have seen us. Since there is such a long distance, we might as well walk quickly. If we can distance ourselves for a day or two, it will be much easier to get rid of them." Seeing Lan Ling'er and others resting It's almost done, Zhang Lingtian said.
After listening to what Zhang Lingtian said, everyone rushed to the top of the mountain. After a while, they arrived at the top of the mountain covered with white mist, only to find that the top of the mountain was actually made up of more than a dozen huge icicles about ten feet apart. The pillars are dozens of feet high and vary from three to five feet to more than ten feet in diameter. They stand straight into the sky, but they don't know how they were formed.
"Is this really like a place where immortals live?" Lan Ling'er touched this icicle, then knocked on another icicle, and said.
Suddenly, everyone heard several birds chirping "chirp, chirp, chirp" above their heads. As soon as they raised their heads, they saw two huge golden eagles with their sharp claws spread out and pounced on the crowd. One pounced on Lu Bucai, and the other One pounced on Xin'er.
When Lu Bu saw the golden eagle coming towards him, he raised his hand and lightly slapped his palm. The golden eagle felt the power of Lu Bucai's palm, turned around and hid in the air.
The golden eagle pounced on Xin'er without encountering any resistance. A pair of claws touched the top of Xin'er's head and grabbed it. When Xin'er lowered his head, the golden eagle flew away, flapped its wings, turned around and grabbed Xin'er's neck again. , at this critical moment, a sharp whistle was heard in the air. Upon hearing the whistle, the golden eagle put away its sharp claws, turned around, and flew into the air.
Xin'er was still in shock. She looked up into the sky and saw an old man with white hair and beard standing on the icicle above her head. She saw that the old man was dressed in coarse cloth and looked to be in his seventies. There were two shoulders standing on the left and right. Two golden eagles.
The old man jumped off the icicle, stood in front of everyone, and said: "Everyone, what are you doing here at Jinzhao Mountain?"
After Lu Bucai looked at the old man carefully, he said in surprise: "You, are you the master of Guiyi of the Wuliang Sect?"
Hearing this, the old man stared at Lu Bucai for a moment and said, "I am Guiyi of the Wuliang sect. If I am not mistaken, you are Lu Bucai of the Kongtong sect!"
"Yes! Yes! I am Lu Bucai, Master Guiyi. I haven't seen you for decades. Why are you here?" Lu Bucai asked strangely.
"More than thirty years ago, the Kongtong sect, Wuliang sect, Tianlong sect and Northern Shaolin competed in Mogan Mountain. I represented the Wuliang sect in the competition. I lost miserably. I was embarrassed to stay in the sect, so I came here to live in seclusion. Unexpectedly, , in the blink of an eye, more than thirty years have passed." Master Guiyi sighed.
"Thirty years ago? Master Lu Bucai, so you also participated in this competition?" Lan Ling'er asked.
"Not only did I participate, but your grandfather Lan Xiong and Lan Daxia, and Northern Shaolin Yuanying's senior brother Yuantong also participated in the competition."
What Lu Bucai said aroused everyone's interest, and everyone asked about the situation at that time.
"I heard that at that time, the four of you were the best in martial arts in the Central Plains. Master Zhizhe, Master Kongkong, Master Zhang Lingtian and the Four Old Men of Wudang were not born yet?" Master Xuyun asked.
"Yes, now, Lan Xiong and Lan Daxia have gone to live in seclusion somewhere. Yuantong has passed away for many years, and now only Master Lu Bucai and I are left." Master Guiyi sighed.
"Master Guiyi, Master Lu Bucai, do you think my grandparents will still be alive? I haven't seen them since I was a child? And they didn't show up after my father passed away!"
Lan Ling'er asked curiously after hearing the two mentioned her grandfather Lan Xiong.
"They are now in their seventies, about the same age as Master Guiyi and me, and their martial arts are so high. They must still be alive. They are just tired of the world and have gone to live in seclusion far away. Just like Master Guiyi and If I hadn't had such a fate, you might never know that we were once in the world!" Lu Bucai stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Lan Ling'er fell silent. He thought of his father and looked forward to seeing his grandparents one day.
"Gui, Master Guiyi, how did you get here in this freezing cold place for more than thirty years? Why don't you go to a warm place to live in seclusion?" Xin'er asked softly.
"No one disturbs this place. You are one of the few people I have seen here. Moreover, I practice in a cold environment every day. Not only have I gotten used to it, but my internal strength has also increased very quickly!" Gui Yi The master smiled.
"Master Guiyi, your martial arts were among the best in the world more than thirty years ago. After practicing for so many years, your martial arts must be unfathomable, right?" Lingyazi asked.
"I don't know how high my martial arts skills are. After all, I haven't fought with anyone in more than thirty years. However, there are some training methods that can get twice the result with half the effort. The length of training is not important. Compared with such people , I might be a little bit behind.”
"Master Guiyi, tell me which martial arts school in the Central Plains martial arts can achieve twice the result with half the effort as you said." Lingyazi was particularly interested in practicing martial arts.
"As far as I know, the martial arts in the Central Plains are dominated by Shaolin. However, some martial arts have not been spread. For example, in order to prevent the kung fu from the Shaolin Great Netherworld Sutra from being stolen, even the Shaolin monks are not allowed to learn the kung fu from it."
After hearing what Master Guiyi said, everyone couldn't help but look at each other.
"It's true that bystanders only know, but the authorities are confused! If we had known this earlier, I, Shaolin, should have destroyed the Great Netherworld Sutra, and we would not have caused such a result."
Master Kongkong clasped his hands together and seemed to be mumbling to himself.
"Oh! Could it be that the Great Netherworld Sutra has been stolen?" Master Guiyi asked Master Kongkong.
"Master's guess is right. My disciple Qiulin and his husband Linghu Wuya stole this scripture and made it known all over the world. Now, not only the martial arts community in the Central Plains is looking for this scripture, but also the Tibetan Buddhist monks. Come in." Master Kongkong said helplessly.
"Oh, that's it. As far as I know, Tibetan monks practice extreme methods. They need the training methods in the Great Netherworld Sutra to balance the uncontrollable internal energy, so they definitely want to get this sutra." Master Guiyi said as he looked up at the two golden eagles perched on the icicles.
When the two golden eagles saw Gui Yi, they looked at them and seemed to understand something. They flapped their wings and flew down the mountain.
