The sky is getting darker and darker, and the fog seems to be getting lighter, but the cold wind is blowing again in the summer.
To be honest, Zhang Xing once wanted to use the compass again, but feeling the pain in his shoulder socket, he couldn't make up his mind.
"Zhang Sanlang."
Li Ding stopped under a rock and looked back. "It's going to be dark soon. I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time tonight. What I mean is that we don't waste our energy...Look, how about we go there?"
Zhang Xing on the mule pointed at the other party, but he was slightly stunned: "Up the mountain?"
"Go up the mountain, go to the main peak of this mountain." Li Ding said sincerely. "First of all, you won't get lost. Secondly, look at the hilltop that looks like horse hair, and there happens to be a bare patch of land, just like a human forehead. Tomorrow morning, when we come to inspect your home, you can find it in no time... I think The feng shui here is not right, so it’s hard to stay here, but I can’t find a second way out for a while.”
"Indeed." Zhang Xing obviously noticed something strange. "The wind is blowing so unseasonably. The mountain should be cleaner and more open."
Having made the decision, the two men and the mule stopped circling at the foot of the mountain and headed straight for the top of the mountain.
Oddly enough, once you turn up the mountain, the road becomes smoother, and you feel like you are making great strides, making a thousand miles, let alone trying to hit the wall.
I really went up the mountain with a huff.
When they arrived at the protruding white land at the top of the mountain, they saw the big moon hanging high and the small moon crescent. The white light illuminated the ground like snow and frost. The two of them did not dare to move much, so they tied the mules here and then opened their doors. After Xing fetched some dry food and clean water from the mule, and laid out his weapons, Li Ding went to the side to pick up some dead branches, and then spent a lot of effort, cutting them with the knife, lying on the ground and blowing on them. It was blown out twice by the mountain wind, and then the bonfire was barely lit.
Zhang Xing just watched the whole process and did not dare to use the Lihuo Qi he had stolen.
The bonfire was lit, they chewed dry food, and drank two sips of iced water from the water bag. The two of them didn't know what to do. The wind was so strong that it was hard to sleep well easily. They were still hoping that Bai Yousi would take a look. , flew up to strike up a conversation, and had no choice but to gossip.
Of course, the atmosphere at the beginning was a bit awkward.
"Zhang Sanlang, are you still doubting me?" Li Ding clasped his hands and looked at the moon. "After all, we have only known each other for a few days. Although you and I have confessed, it has been difficult to prove our innocence, and we have hidden something after all."
"It doesn't matter." Zhang Xing lay there on his side, looking up at the twin moons in the sky, his eyes rolling around in a daze. "I'm not a lord or prime minister, so my subordinates can't hide anything... Besides, you're not one of my subordinates either... As long as you don't harm others or me, it doesn't matter how much you hide. Where is Xiao Jiujiu?"
"You are open-minded, but these days, people as open-minded as you are becoming increasingly rare..."
Li Ding looked at the sky and sighed. "The saint of Ziwei Palace will not talk about it. Going down, the princes of Nanya and the dignitaries of the two capitals, whenever they think of someone who wants to take refuge, they are all eager to ask you to cut out your heart and liver and show them. Not only that, but also Tests come and go... Even the father-in-laws in Beiya and the great heroes in the world have learned the same tricks and will try to pick on you for no reason... But, who doesn't have a dilemma? Who doesn't have a little bit of stubbornness and ambition? ? I have my own abilities and I am clean and tidy, so why do I have to dive in like this if I want to get ahead?"
Zhang Xing was bored as he listened.
Otherwise, this kind of vernacular talk about complaints within the system is an outdated language that no one reads on Reddit. Before I come here, I have to provide specific examples to explain the hierarchy, point out the work location, and hint at the specific leadership and region. , only then someone will read it. Only Li Ding spoke so sincerely that he almost burst into tears. He must have suffered a lot at the hands of those noble people in recent years. In addition, this is not the evil feudal era plus theocratic era, so the so-called body-fixing question... seems a little bit... Be unique.
"Talked for a long time." Zhang Xing suddenly joked. "What do you have to hide, Xiao Jiujiu? Give me an example."
It was obviously teasing, but Li Ding glanced over at the bonfire. It was probably due to the environment. It was rare for him to indulge, but he actually nodded:
"Then let me tell Zhang Sanlang something to cheer up... When I was a boy, like my uncle, I also met Hu Yunjun."
"Hu Yunjun?" Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment before he finally realized. "Is it the dragon who fought with your uncle?"
"Not bad." Li Ding said seriously. "Huyunjun is a very strange real dragon... He was born at the mouth of a large river. There are records very early on, but he is not limited to place and position. He helped the Qing Emperor when he was enthroned, and the Bai Emperor He also helped when he was enthroned, but for some unknown reason, he never got a canonized god tablet to live under a supreme being. Instead, he often interacted with mortals... Suddenly he went to see some mountain-climbing emperor, and suddenly he went to meet mortals. Drinking wine, suddenly looking at the moon in the sky, being so tired that he fell down, and even participating in a mortal conquest that was not touched by the Supreme Being, it is really confusing."
"Why are you talking about this suddenly?" Zhang Xing suddenly asked seriously.
"Because my uncle and I both met Mr. Huyun in the Qinling Mountains." Li Ding pointed to the surroundings and answered casually. "Isn't Funiu Mountain also a small mountain in the huge Qinling Mountains? Seeing the place and thinking about the past."
"Are you trying to say that Hu Yunjun suddenly poked out his head as big as this mountain from the side and grinned at us?" Zhang Xing responded jokingly, but his face quickly turned pale. "Don't be joking."
"Hu Yunjun's true form is not that big..." Li Ding laughed, but he immediately woke up. "Is Zhang Sanlang actually afraid of dragons?"
"Like you, I have also seen a real dragon." Zhang Xing replied coldly. "How can I not be afraid of the tiger that jumped out of the ground and killed more than ten thousand deserters...I have never told anyone about this."
Li Ding was startled for a moment: "Yes, I vaguely remember that night you said that you were on the front line of Luolongtan. Unexpectedly, there is such a hidden secret... But don't worry, Huyunjun and Fenshanjun are not the same." The thing is, Lord Fenshan is the guardian of the Eastern Territory, and he is forced to act as a motivator, and he only has eyes for Lord Bihai, so of course he will be dismissive of human life. Moreover, it is too early for this Lord to become a dragon, and his cultivation is actually not enough, while Lord Huyun seems to be early. After taking off several layers of shackles, the world is free and my temper is completely different."
"Maybe the Xiaoyao faction is the worst." Zhang Xing shook his head repeatedly, but couldn't help but be curious. "What does Mr. Huyun look like?"
"It's just an ordinary white dragon with a snake body, antlers, and four legs without wings. It's only more than ten feet. Otherwise, how could my uncle fight with him after getting drunk... But you must not underestimate him." Li Ding said. He gestured.
"I know, it's like our Zhongcheng is like a little old man, but with just one wave of his hand, someone like Wu Erlang will be slapped away. After a certain level, it would be too disrespectful to use body shape to show others." Zhang Xing immediately showed off. The martial arts imagination is explained.
"That's really not the case." Li Ding said with a bitter smile. "I personally heard my uncle say that after talking about the great master, cultivation and body size are symbiotic... You will know who is more powerful if you look at who is bigger, because they need a place to store, exercise, and operate their own world. Vitality is what we call true energy."
Zhang Xing thought for a moment and immediately shook his head: "Nonsense."
"It's not nonsense. I only figured it out later." Li Ding continued to smile. "These true dragons and great masters are really like this, but their bodies are no longer necessarily physical bodies, but specifically refer to the 'body' that circulates true energy... For example, your Zhongcheng's black tower, Another example is the clouds that are hundreds of miles away around Huyunjun... As for the so-called true body of Huyunjun, and the size of the Grand Master, they are just that big because they were born as dragons and as humans."
Zhang Xing suddenly realized.
This body is basically a conceptual body, a body that can place its own small world; just like the so-called dragon is never a dragon with clear characteristics, but a conceptual dragon, a kind of flesh and blood life imbued with The ultimate form of Qi... The Li Snake King dyed red in the mountain is obviously more like a big snake in various descriptions, but he is also a real dragon; the Fen Tiger King looks very different, but it is recognized that he is also an ordinary person. Dragons are the most encountered and common ones; Zhang Xing even saw a real dragon that looked unusually like a bird in some of them.
In this way, the two chatted for a while. Maybe it was because Li Ding had obviously relaxed a lot, and neither party talked about any heavy topics, but it made Zhang Xing more knowledgeable.
Just like that, while chatting, as the moon reached its zenith, suddenly, a cloud of mist came towards us and quickly enveloped the entire top of the mountain. In the mist, the two could only see each other through the fire. At a further distance it becomes completely blurry.
This is a common thing in the mountains, but Zhang Xing looked at the fog passing by and remembered his previous words, but he couldn't help it:
"What did Mr. Huyun do when he saw you? Did he ask you to arm-wrestle or drink with him? Can he turn into a human?"
"I don't know if I can transform into a human being, but I guess it won't work. As for drinking and arm wrestling, he just said that he learned a new divination technique. It just so happened that I was the descendant of an old friend. It was a rare fate, so he used He moved his paws through the clouds and made calculations for me." Li Ding recalled this incident with a look of confusion on his face. "It is reasonable to say that fortune-telling and fortune-telling should be the specialty of the Qingdi Temple. It's not that he, a True Dragon God, can't do the fortune-telling for me, but I still find it strange."
"What's the result?"
"He said that when I met a dragon, I was defeated, when I met a pig, I was ruined, when I met a guest, I became rich, when I met a mountain, I prospered, and when I met the tide, I stopped." Li Ding responded with his hands. "You said it with a pinched throat, and your voice was terrible."
"It would be strange to have a dragon make the sound, but it would be quite reasonable to be defeated by a dragon." Zhang Xing responded sincerely. "Didn't you just fall into despair after meeting Hu Yunjun and calculating this hexagram?"
"More than that." Li Ding took a long breath and answered with his arms folded again. "The holy king's nickname was '彘', which means wild boar... On the day of the expedition to Nanchen, my uncle recommended me to the holy king who had not yet ascended the throne. After meeting him once, he did not use me. From then on, I basically Even if it is completely abolished... But I didn’t wake up to this truth until seven or eight years after Your Majesty ascended the throne.”
Zhang Xing also folded his hands and was silent for a while before saying: "Looking at the bright side, this means that sooner or later you will be rich and prosperous, and you will rebound from the bottom."
"Yes, yes, yes." Li Ding nodded. "If it weren't for this, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to survive it long ago... Do you know? When I was most unlucky in the past two years, I asked my younger brother to change his name to Li Ke."
"What's the effect?" Zhang Xing asked curiously.
"Immediately transferred from the position of Fang Silang of the Ministry of War to the Foreign Minister of the Driving Department of the Ministry of War, full-time road construction." Li Ding could only smile bitterly. "This job is actually pretty good, but for some reason, I still can't save money... On the contrary, my brother, after changing his name, has been able to live in a different state."
Zhang Xing nodded understandingly: "Then just wait until you encounter the mountains and get excited. No wonder you have to go up the mountains."
"If it were just any mountain, I wouldn't be in this situation." Li Ding shook his head repeatedly. "It's you, Zhang Sanlang. It's a long night, how about you tell some interesting stories? When we get down the mountain, we won't mention them anymore. You can rest assured to tell them."
"There's really an interesting thing." Zhang Xing said while rubbing his hands. "Ever since I got water in my head at Luolongtan, I have often had strange dreams... There are no dragons or supreme beings in the dreams, but there are some specious people and things... For example, there is a man named Han Qinbao in the dream. When he was young, he went into the mountains once and accidentally captured a tiger, so he changed his name to Han Qinhu."
Li Ding opened his mouth, but only held his hands and said nothing.
"Han Qinhu has a nephew named Li Jing..." Zhang Xing continued. "A late bloomer, he eventually became the marshal of the world's soldiers."
"That's almost it." Li Ding was speechless. "Even if it's really reflected, it's not the same thing if there's a real dragon. I know you want to comfort me, but Zhang Sanlang, I really can't do that."
"Yes." Zhang Xing also sighed, looking up at the bright moon that was gradually reappearing. "It can't even match the dynasty... I don't know if there is Han, so what about Wei and Jin? And today's emperors don't like to dig canals and go to the south of the Yangtze River? After all, there are no dragons and no little moon, who dares to compare?"
When Li Ding heard the other party start to talk nonsense, he just thought it was because the other party didn't want to confess to him, and he became bored.
But Zhang Xing didn't know what he touched, and suddenly he was so moved that he held up a water bag with one hand and blurted out:
"When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine.
I wonder what year it is today in the palace in the sky?
I want to ride the wind back home, but I'm afraid it's too cold in the high places.
Dancing clear shadow, like in the world.
Turning to the green mountains, the low clouds illuminate the sky without sleep.
There shouldn't be any hatred, so what's the point of saying goodbye?
People have joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and the moon waxes and wanes. This is a difficult thing in ancient times.
Nung, moon and new moon. "
Li Ding was dumbfounded as he listened. After a long while, he came to ask: "You used to be the vanguard of the First Army and the Fifth Army, but now you are a patrolling cavalryman in a brocade uniform?"
"I am a deity in one day." Zhang Xing turned around and smiled.
Li Ding was stunned in place, not daring to move or speak.
"Just kidding." Zhang Xing finally laughed. "Copied...changed a few words."
Li Ding still didn't dare to move: "Who did you copy?"
"Anyway, I didn't do it. I just got the situation." Zhang Xing couldn't explain it, but he didn't care about Li Ding's nonsense. Copying poems, wouldn't it be a waste of time if he didn't copy them?
What's the difference between this and not rebelling?
Li Ding was doubtful, and tried to straighten up, turned to Zhang Xing, and was about to speak again, but suddenly he froze in place.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Xing, who was lying there, asked in surprise. "There's a dragon behind me?"
"There is a temple in the back. It is very shabby and very small." Li Ding was a little nervous. "It's true that the moon has shifted, but why didn't either of us notice it in the first place?"
Zhang Xing turned around in surprise, and sure enough he saw a temple standing crookedly outside the smooth area where he was, next to the top of the mountain, looming in the moonlight.
With a strange mood, Zhang Xing reached out and held the compass in his hand, struggled to stand up, and approached. Li Ding quickly pulled out a piece of firewood from the bonfire and used it as a torch to follow.
As I approached, I saw a crooked temple with very small regulations. It looked like it had completely collapsed and it was impossible to enter.
However, the looming yin-yang fish under the futon on the ground in front of the temple undoubtedly pointed out the owner of the temple.
Zhang Xing held the compass and instinctively tried to kick the futon away with his feet, but unexpectedly the futon broke into pieces, and a thread-bound book was placed on top of the yin and yang fish pattern.
What is this?
Regular inspection tasks? I haven't died after using the compass several times in a row. What's the guaranteed reward?
Zhang Xing did not pick it up, but instead motioned to Li Ding to pick it up. The latter picked up the book and shined a torch on it, and three big characters came out - "Yi Jin Jing".
Zhang Xing was stunned, but had nothing to say - Buddha is the Tao.
"Zhang Sanlang, do you recognize this temple and this book?" Li Ding had already seen the clues.
"I understand." Zhang Xing came back to his senses and chuckled for a moment. "The temple is the temple of an ancient divine monarch... The book, the book is an old book written by this gentleman's later disciples to regulate the body and assist in spiritual practice... You can read it first, and then teach me after you understand it."
Li Ding nodded and put it in his arms without any care. It was a book on body conditioning.
And right next to him, Zhang Xing took the opportunity to look around. Unfortunately, he couldn't find any doubts, but he suddenly realized something absurd and natural - the main peak of Funiu Mountain is Laojun Mountain, isn't it?
Went to a worldly banquet and ate instant noodles on Laojun Mountain!
"Go to bed early, it should be safe here."
At this thought, Zhang Xing suddenly relaxed and patted Li Ding on the shoulder... Within half a year, he was completely different. "We have to go on our way early tomorrow morning."
Li Ding's mind was spinning, but he still nodded and carefully helped Zhang Xing back.
The two of them had their own thoughts and lay down in front of the bonfire. Li Ding didn't say how he was thinking. He only said that Zhang Xing touched the compass in his arms, but he became stubborn again and inexplicably remembered a sentence:
The water is placed on the flat ground and flows east, west, north and south.
If there is a destiny in life, how can we walk and sigh and sit still in sorrow?
PS: Thanks to Mr. An for his Silver Alliance, the tree is like the third cutest of the 12 masters. He has changed the second cutest of the masters of the human empire, 196 masters, I will move the train station here, the little seaweed explosion master, and the official family can I still remember the cuteness of Mr. Chu Long (Deposed Dragon?).
Everyone has a hard working day.
By the way, I may not be able to do it at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Please allow me to move it to noon.
