Jiang Shuo heard Zhao Rui squeak before and knew that he must have answered "yes", so he couldn't stop sobbing. He wiped his tears and cursed: "This thief hozen has no loyalty!"
Zhao Rui couldn't help but smile after hearing this: "We have only just met this white ape today and have no friendship at all. How can we not have any sense of loyalty?"
Jiang Shuo sniffed and said, "You just have no loyalty. I turned around and ran away when I heard you were poisoned by a snake."
Zhao Rui knew that he was having a childish temper, so she didn't explain anymore and just smiled. Jiang Shuo was about to talk about how the white ape had no loyalty, but when he heard the leaves rustling, the white ape left and returned. I saw it holding a handful of weeds. These weeds looked thin and weak, with soft stems and leaves. There were also some small lavender flowers on them. These flowers looked depressing, and none of them were complete. , only half of the petals are left.
The white ape didn't hand the weeds to Zhao Rui. Instead, he put them in his mouth and chewed them until the juices flowed out. Then he spit out a ball of brown-purple grass residue. He held it in front of Zhao Rui with both hands and squeaked a few times. Jiang Shuo felt disgusted when he saw the ball was covered with ape's saliva. He didn't know what it meant for Zhao Rui. When he was confused, he saw Zhao Rui take the grass residue and throw it into his mouth like a white ape. He chewed it hard, then raised his neck and swallowed it wholeheartedly.
Jiang Shuo was shocked when he saw it. Could it be that Master Zhao was deeply poisoned and had gone crazy? He stared at Zhao Rui with wide eyes. Zhao Rui knew what he was thinking and said: "White Ape said this is a panacea for treating snake venom. A few years ago, my second brother in the northern hills was bitten by a venomous snake with a head like a soldering iron." , it was cured by this herb."
Jiang Shuo said confusedly: "Who is this second brother from Beigang?"
Zhao Rui laughed loudly and said: "Monkey's relatives are naturally monkeys."
The white ape didn't know why Zhao Rui was laughing. Seeing him laughing happily, he also danced and grinned, grinning and laughing like a human.
This herbal medicine has miraculous effects. After taking it, Zhao Rui felt that the numbness in his chest and back was gradually disappearing, and his heartbeat was slowly slowing down. He smiled and nodded to the white ape. Seeing that the herbal medicine was effective, Zhao Rui also squealed happily. He yelled, and went back to collect some herbs. This time, the herbs he got back were all half-flowered. Jiang Shuo thought to himself: "It turns out that this herb is born with a strange phenomenon, with only half of the petals. I mistakenly blamed the white ape."
This time, Zhao Rui didn't let the white ape chew anymore. He saw that there were silver vases, gold pots, jade pestles and jade bowls dropped from unknown dynasties on the ground, so he asked Jiang Shuo to pick up some dried roots that fell on the ground. They gathered branches and vines, built a fire, crushed the herbs with a jade pestle, boiled them in a golden pot, and cooked them into a small bowl of brown soup.
This decoction is much more effective than simply chewing it. After drinking it, Zhao Rui used Huizi Gong to squeeze out a few drops of black blood from the tip of his middle finger. The black blood fell on the moss around him and immediately withered and necrotic. Liaodong Piper The poison of the snake was really shocking. Zhao Rui closed his eyes and spent a long time working on it. It was not until noon when the sky light changed in the cave that black blood stopped flowing out from his fingertips.
Jiang Shuo was concerned about Zhao Rui's injury. Although he couldn't help Zhao Rui when he was performing martial arts, he still stayed by his side. Seeing that Zhao Rui no longer discharged black blood and the black air on his face seemed to have dissipated, he said happily: "Zhao Rui Master, your injury is healed."
Zhao Rui slowly opened his eyes and said: "You can't die, but the poison of the poison has damaged the internal organs. Master, I used to live ninety-six years, but now I can only live eighty-four."
Jiang Shuo saw that Zhao Rui was actually in the mood to joke, and knew that he had come out of the gate of hell. No matter if he was eighty-four, ninety, or a hundred, at least he didn't have to worry about it now. He wanted to thank the white ape, only to realize that the white ape didn't know When he left, he didn't know where he was going. Seeing that Zhao Rui was fine, he got up and went to look for the white ape.
It was still morning when Jiang Shuo and Zhao Rui hid in the Juqu Cave. At this time, it was almost dusk and the cave was already shrouded in twilight, but they could still see things.
Jiang Shuo's ears were very sharp and he heard the sound of banging under the golden wall. He followed the sound and saw that the white ape was arranging fruits on the stone altar table. There were three piles of fresh fruits. Although there were no plates, there were some. It looked like it was true. After placing the fruits, the white ape actually stood in front of the table, held his chest and lifted his back, pinched the meridian with his hand under the navel, as if praying silently, then took three steps and knelt down in front of the stone table, and drew a circle with his right hand and pressed it on the ground. Then, open the Ji with your left hand on the back of your right hand and touch it three times with your head. At the same time, arch your back and place your heels on your tailbone. Kneel for a moment. Hold your heart with your left hand and make a circle with your right hand to match your left hand. Then, hold the Ziwu Jue and hang it under your navel... So he knelt down and worshiped three times.
Jiang Shuo simply couldn't believe his eyes. What this white ape did was just like a Taoist priest in a Taoist temple. Is there really a spirit in the world that can turn into a monster? At this moment, Zhao Rui picked up a thick old vine to use as a crutch and walked over slowly. Seeing this strange scene, he was also stunned. He saw that the posture and movements of the white ape's kneeling and worshiping were unusual and seemed to imply a very profound knowledge. With his inner strength, he thought: Are there really gods in the world? How could this white ape act like this if he didn't get enlightenment from the gods?
The white ape bowed once, as if he still had more to say, and knelt three more times. When he was about to kneel down again, Zhao Rui finally couldn't hold back and quacked twice, which made the white ape turn around and continued to chirp for a long time. Shuo asked curiously: "Master Zhao, what are you asking White Ape?"
Zhao Rui said: "I asked him which master taught him this method of kneeling and worshiping?"
White Ape responded with a few words, and Zhao Ruiqi said: "He said no one taught him."
Zhao Rui still couldn't believe what the gods said, so he asked questions in monkey language. However, after all, monkey language is different from human language. Monkey language is simple and has too many words to convey the meaning. The white ape was calling and gesticulating, but Zhao Rui still couldn't figure it out. The white ape scratched his head and head anxiously. The white ape suddenly let out a loud roar, abandoned the two of them, and climbed up the golden wall.
Jiang Shuo asked Zhao Rui: "What happened to the white ape?"
Zhao Rui also couldn't figure it out. The two of them were making random speculations, but they saw the white ape go and come back with a silk book in his hand. He handed the silk book to Zhao Rui, jumped a few times on the spot, and danced to signal Zhao Rui. Rui opened the silk book.
Zhao Rui saw that the silk book was of good quality, but it was old and yellowish in color, and the silk threads were broken in many places. He carefully unfolded the silk book and found that it was an album of pictures, with the image of a person kneeling in worship. Although the characters painted above only have a few strokes, they are extremely vivid and the method of kneeling and worshiping is painted step by step in detail. It turns out that apes like to imitate people the most. The white ape accidentally opened this silk book and was attracted by the picture on it, so he imitated it. He had been imitating this picture for many years, so he was able to perform the kowtow ceremony quite gracefully.
Zhao Rui looked at the silk book carefully. There were dense small characters written next to each character picture. He only read a paragraph and exclaimed: "This is actually a martial arts secret book!"
Jiang Shuo wondered: "Master Zhao, this is obviously a ceremony of three kneels and nine kowtows, why do you say it is a martial arts secret book?"
Zhao Rui said: "Look at the notes on the first picture - the head is upright to hold the strength, the Qi sinks to the Dantian to the point of holding the Qi, the chest is held in the chest and the back is lifted but the heart is down, the Ziwu is pinched with the hand to connect the Yin and Yang. These are all The method of guiding qi and identifying acupuncture points.”
Jiang Shuo said: "This is even more surprising. How did the white ape learn these martial arts techniques?"
Zhao Rui said: "This is easy to explain. The Taoist inner strength cultivation method is based on the natural method of heaven and earth. It cultivates both body and mind. This posture is a method of practicing Yuan Qi. I think the Yuan Qi in heaven and earth is not unique to humans. Apes can also feel it. I feel that although the white ape cannot read the words, he still feels full of energy and energy just by following the pictures, so he practices diligently."
Jiang Shuo said: "No wonder the white ape is not very strong, but it can climb and leap very quickly."
Zhao Rui looked down and saw that the second picture showed a person kneeling on a worship mat, with small words written on the side - Shao Shang on the left kneaded the Lao Gong acupoint on the right, Yintang kneaded on the left and right He Gu; the waist was stretched like a bow to unite the way of heaven. , the Du Vein Qi rises and rushes to Baihui; the top of Pu Shen is long and strong and nourishes the energy, lying down like a baby and dormant. Said: "This second picture is about the method of cultivating innate Yuan Qi. This white ape cannot understand the writing and naturally does not know the breathing method. However, it is especially beneficial to practice it only according to the body shape."
He looked through the silk book and saw vaguely written "Jade Secrets of the Shangqing Dedong Zhenjing" at the front of the volume. He thought to himself: "The Dedong Zhenjing" is the foundation of the Shangqing sect, but apart from the illusory theory of the immortal way, the rest is just some It's just a convenient way to pray for health and prolong life, but this jade secret has never been seen before. He thought about it and asked Bai Yuan: "Is there any silk book like this?" In his hurry, he even told Monkey about it. language.
The white ape naturally didn't understand and looked at him with a blank expression. Zhao Rui finally came to his senses, smiled and patted his forehead, and spoke again in monkey language with gestures. The white ape seemed to understand and started chirping. He called twice and walked along the golden wall to the depths of the cave. This time he walked a few steps before turning back and calling twice. Now even Jiang Shuo knew that he was telling them to follow him.
Zhao Rui had not yet exhausted the poisonous poison in his body, and he still felt uncomfortable in his chest due to lack of breath. Jiang Shuo helped him slowly follow the white ape. Seeing their slow pace, the white ape immediately became impatient and came over to imitate Jiang Shuo's behavior. , picked up Zhao Rui's other arm and pulled him away quickly, Jiang Shuo thought to himself: "Xiang'er has always said that I have a monkey temperament, and looking at the white ape is the real monkey temperament..." When he thought of Xiang'er, He couldn't help but feel lost. In fact, the boy and girl had just begun to fall in love, but he didn't know it. He only felt an indescribable sadness and longing welling up in his heart when he thought of Xiang'er.
After walking for more than a hundred steps, the white ape pointed upward and asked the two of them to look up. They saw a stone niche about half way up the golden wall and more than ten feet above the ground. Jiang Shuo's eyes were very sharp. Although the stone niche was more than ten feet away from the ground. But he could also see clearly that this stone niche was carved manually. The entire golden wall was made of a large piece of gold ore, and the stone was extremely hard. However, this stone niche was cut extremely squarely.
The two of them were thinking that the rock wall was smooth and they didn't know how to get up. However, they saw the white ape climbing up the steep mountain wall and getting into the stone niche with only a few points of strength. Zhao Rui then Surprised and delighted, he said to Jiang Shuo: "The cliff here is almost vertical. Not to mention people, even ordinary monkeys are determined not to climb up. This white ape can climb up without any ropes, which shows the wonder of this silk book illustration." "
The white ape burrowed into the niche for a moment, then came back to look around on the cliff. Seeing that Zhao Rui and Jiang Shuo were not following, he asked strange questions. Zhao Rui smiled and loudly informed the two of them in monkey language that they could not climb up. , let the white ape see if there are any vines, ropes or other things that can pull the two people up. The white ape returned to the cave and soon dropped a piece of iron rope. The iron rope slipped all the way, getting longer and longer until it fell to the ground. , the two climbed up the cliff with the help of the iron rope, and saw that an ear hole was pierced in the ground. A large ring was inserted into the end of the iron rope to secure it firmly. It seemed that the iron rope was originally used to facilitate going up and down.
Only after climbing up the cliff did I realize that the niche was much wider than it looked on the ground, just like a small cave. However, the four walls and the top floor were all as straight and horizontal as if they were cut with axes and knives. I must be measuring it with a ruler at this moment. The four walls are absolutely flat, with no undulations at all. The inside and outside of the cliff are filled with gold-rich rocks, which are much harder than ordinary rocks. However, the golden light on the cave wall can almost shine through a human face, and the surface is smooth and smooth. I really don’t know how the predecessors dug out the traces of the axe.
