In my previous life, I had read about the difficulty of the road to Shu, but I didn’t know where the difficulty lay.
Only after living a new life and experiencing it personally can I understand it.
Since entering the territory of Yizhou, there are many mountains and ridges, and the mountainous area has nine twists and turns. It takes one day to go up the mountain and another day to go down the mountain.
It’s difficult to describe the difficulty of the mountain road in detail. Taking Bai Song’s worn soles as an example, it was an unprecedented experience.
He and the other martial arts people felt exhausted, but it was hard to imagine how those merchants and farmers who traveled in Shu all year round survived?
Fortunately, the mountains and forests of Shu are rich in medicinal materials, and there are also many Coptis chinensis in urgent need in the Bai Song Dynasty.
The group of people walked and stopped, collecting herbs to make medicine. The sixty-mile journey mentioned earlier actually took seven days in the mountains.
The people were exhausted, but there were quite a lot of antidotes made from local materials. By the time they saw what happened in the small town of Fuling, the poisons of all the disciples had been completely neutralized.
In the basin here in Fuling City, after walking on the mountain road for a long time, I finally saw the plain.
At the end of the mountain road is a small stream leading to the mountain col. The view between the two mountains is limited, and the shadow of the city tower ten miles behind the mountain col can be vaguely seen.
The small discovery cheered up the group.
"Leader, we are finally out of this damn mountain forest. When we arrive near Fuling City, we need to find a place to have a good rest."
"It's just that, I have never walked such a difficult road in my life."
Bai Song looked forward and whispered: "Going out here is the territory controlled by the Holy Lotus Sect. We must be more careful in everything. Put on the peasant clothes prepared before entering the mountain and put away all the weapons. If When someone asks, just say they are the people who were lost in the mountains as they fled, do you hear that?"
"yes!"
The crowd responded and began to prepare to change their clothes.
The situation in Yizhou is unknown. This is the insurance policy that Bai Song thought.
After everyone changed their clothes, the team set off towards Fuling again.
…
The land of Shu didn't seem to welcome Bai Song and his party. The plain was right in front of them, and the sky above them could change at any time.
The sun was shining brightly before, but in the blink of an eye, dark clouds covered the sky, and thunder rolled intermittently, dull and powerful.
The wind came and swept into the mountain col for a long time, causing the creek to make an even more intense sound.
"Leader, I'm afraid there's going to be a heavy rain." Sun Yunfeng whispered.
Another leader smiled and said: "We who are in the world of martial arts, are we still afraid of the ups and downs?"
There was a rumble and thunder.
The little loli on Longshan's back was so frightened that she threw herself at Bai Song: "Brother, I'm scared."
Bai Song hugged Xiao Wu over and raised his head, big raindrops hit his eyes.
Bai Song blinked and looked at his team.
Although the Yuqing Sword Sect was sent away, there were still one hundred and seventy people in this team.
If there were only a dozen or so people, it wouldn't be a big deal to walk in the rain.
Bai Song thought for a while, then turned around and said, "It's better to take shelter from the rain first. We're already here, so we don't need much time."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a hole in the sky. In the mountain valley, heavy rain poured down and thunder rolled.
The group of people took shelter from the rain in Wuyangdi.
Once the heavy rain started, it never ended. After a quarter of an hour, everyone was almost soaked even if they found shelter from the rain.
It is winter now, the weather is very cold, and there will be another heavy rain, and Bai Song will be shivering from the cold.
Under the tree not far away, a group of girls had already lit a bonfire, and everyone gathered together to carefully protect the small flame.
Bai Song saw a figure standing alone in the rain outside the group of girls, staring at the sky in a daze, but he didn't realize that his lips had turned black and blue from the cold.
"Hey!" Bai Song shouted.
The girl in blue just came back to her senses and looked at Bai Song.
"What are you doing? You're caught in the rain. Don't think that you won't catch the cold because you're a martial arts practitioner."
Xu Ruan'er shook his head and said nothing.
Along the way, many people had forgotten her status as a hostage, and even she herself had forgotten her own situation and became more and more her own way.
"If you want to leave, just go by yourself." Bai Song suddenly said.
Xu Ruan'er had some reaction after hearing this, and looked at Bai Song again with a puzzled expression.
"What your father says about the Holy Lotus Sect doesn't count. You can't blackmail your father into anything, and you can't change the overall situation. Therefore, it doesn't mean anything to me if you continue to stay. You can leave!"
In fact, Bai Song wanted to let this woman go a long time ago, but because the team was in the mountains, there was no other place to go if he let her go.
Once here, everyone has their own way to go, and it's time to let her go.
But Xu Ruan'er quickly shook her head after hearing this.
This time it was Bai Song's turn to be confused: "What do you mean? Do you still need to rely on me?"
Xu Ruan'er stood in the heavy rain, her whole body drenched, but her eyes remained firm.
"We came across many people fleeing in the mountains and saw many corpses of people. The people were displaced because of the Holy Lotus Sect. In the past, we did not see the true face of the Holy Lotus Sect. Now that I have seen it, Then we have the responsibility to eradicate this cancer for the world!"
Bai Song was not particularly serious, and said with a hint of teasing: "I can't tell you are still a heroine!"
Xu Ruan'er frowned slightly, lowered his head, and murmured in a low voice: "It's not just for righteousness, I just hope that this move can alleviate dad's sins a little. Dad must have been bewitched by the Holy Lotus Sect to do such a thing. If dad still In the Holy Lotus Sect, I want to see him again, and this time, I must persuade him to turn back!"
After saying that, Xu Ruan'er quietly clenched his fists.
Bai Song knew that this woman's mood was complicated all the way, so he didn't say anything more.
At this time, there was another loud bang, and the entire forest was shaken.
Xiao Wuben was warming himself by the fire. He quickly ran to Bai Song and hugged Bai Song tightly.
Bai Song comforted in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."
But I felt something interesting and strange in my heart. The loud noise just now was different from thunder...
The noise just now not only attracted Bai Song's attention, but also people from all over the col stood up, and some even walked into the rain to look around.
After a while, someone suddenly shouted: "Be careful! It's a mudslide! The heavy rain has collapsed the mountain!"
Along with the words, Bai Song felt a small stone fall on the top of his head. When he looked up, his face turned pale instantly.
The mountain above the head surged like a flood, like a big mouth that could swallow everything. No grass grew in its path, and countless trees collapsed and were involved. The momentum became louder and faster, and in the blink of an eye, the Bai Song Dynasty was reached. in front of.
"Run!"
Bai Song shouted loudly, hugged Xiao Wu, and when he was about to run, he turned around and saw Xu Ruan'er still in a daze.
Bai Song gritted his teeth and cursed, then threw Xiao Wu to Long Shanshan: "Take Xiao Wu and run away first!"
"Bai Song, what are you doing? Leave quickly!" Long Shanshan shouted.
Bai Song ignored him, ran to Xu Ruan'er in two steps, and pulled her away: "Hurry up!"
Only then did Xu Ruan'er come back to his senses. His bloodless face was completely black and blue. He must have been frightened just now.
