Everyone is in the sea of clouds in the Zhenlong Mountains, as if they are in a fairyland.
The cool breeze blows gently, and the flowing clouds and waterfalls fly. On top of the mountain peaks, there are occasionally a few old pines, adding a bit of comfort.
It was late summer and early autumn, and the stars were shining brightly in the deep sky. A crescent moon hangs in the sky.
Everyone looked at the direction of Beichen and flew towards the peaks on the east side, using their energy to fly into the air.
The distance between peaks may be far or near. It's a few miles away, and six people can reach it in a single flyby. After ten miles away, we settled on the lower peaks and valleys in the middle, and after going around in circles, we flew over again.
After everyone flew through twists and turns more than ten times, the mountain peak standing at their feet turned out to be very open and a huge sea of clouds as far as the eye could see. Within the sea of clouds, there are no mountain peaks. Looking eastward, far away from the sea of clouds, there are still mountains and mountains, with countless peaks looming. This should be the widest part of the Zhenlong Mountain Range, and it should be dozens of miles long! It seems that what the waiter said is not accurate. It is unknown whether there are mountain peaks under the clouds.
what to do?
It is also a way to go around the mountains along the outer edge of Yunhai. But it may take a long time.
As soon as the six of them joined together, they simply flew slowly downward towards the sea of clouds. When they saw the mountain peak, they flew towards the east. They could always pass through the sea of clouds and reach the other side.
Just do what they say, the six of them controlled the air and rode the wind, slowly descending diagonally downwards.
This sea of clouds is quite thick. It has dropped a hundred feet, but the bottom is still not visible, and there is not a single mountain top in sight. Everyone simply flew straight forward and flew for a few miles. Yuan Luo, who had just entered Taixuan for the first time, felt that his true energy was exhausted, and several people slowly descended again. Looking for a place to stay.
About two hundred feet further down, the clouds gradually thinned out. Everyone saw below, in the haze, what seemed to be a large body of water with no edge visible. Fortunately, there was a dark area not far away, which seemed to be a small island, and everyone quickly rushed towards the island.
"thump!"
Yuan Luo was the first to land on it when he was still more than ten feet away from the ground. Several others then slowly landed. Everyone happened to land on a small peak on the island.
When this small island was in the air, no one thought it was big. Now, standing on the top of the peak and looking carefully, the small island must be two miles long and one mile wide. It looks like a lentil. The island is lush and densely covered with vegetation. When everyone landed, some perching birds were startled.
The island is surrounded by vast white waters. The water is misty in the distance, and no specific boundaries can be seen. I guess I'll have to wait until daybreak before I can figure out where I'm going. Even if you fly at this time, you can only return along the original path. Because no other islands or peaks can be seen forward, left, or right. Can only retreat.
It seems that I am going to spend the night on this desert island tonight...
Everyone was frustrated. They thought they could easily cross the Zhenlong Mountains and reach the east side of the mountains. It seems that this realm of Taixuan is quite useless. It can't fly far, it can't rise high. Flying with a sword, I don’t know that only in the year of the monkey, the horse and the moon can achieve this state...
No matter what, once it comes, let's make peace with it.
It is still early when the handover of Xuhai takes place. The six people were talented and brave and decided to walk around the island. Kill some time and find a place where you can meditate and adjust your breath to get through the night.
The past few days have been the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the sun is shining brightly. All the way from Qingshan Sect, it is extremely hot on the official road. At night, on the top of the Zhenlong Mountains, I felt the cool breeze. Being on this small island now, it actually feels cold. It may be related to the fact that the island is located in majestic waters, and the waters are surrounded by mountains in the Zhenlong Mountains.
The six of them jumped down the small mountain peak dozens of feet high and floated to the waterside half a mile away. I didn't feel it when I was at the top of the mountain. I stayed close to the waterside. Driven by the cold wind, the waves were quite strong and washed against the nearly ten feet wide beach. There was a "swishing" sound from the water.
When everyone was bored, they walked along the beach and around the island. There is no human habitation, not even animals. Throwing stones into the dense forest will only frighten the birds. The birds flew around the island and then plunged into the dense forest. It seems that this island is a paradise for birds.
Having gained nothing, I lost interest in exploring, so I flew to another slightly higher peak on the island. The top of this mountain peak is relatively flat, with no vegetation and no birds staying, so it is very clean. So everyone took off the package and spread it on the stone. I drank some water from the water bag, ate some bread, adjusted my breath and started to meditate.
The next morning, I was awakened by the chirping of birds, and found that I had fallen asleep without realizing it. It may have been a difficult trek in recent days. Sure enough, the best way to recover is to get a good night's sleep.
Everyone stood up one after another, stretching their muscles and bones, and their joints crackled, feeling very comfortable. The black and yellow Qi here is very rich. Although it is not as good as Tianshu Cave Heaven, it is still a rare place of heaven and earth! After meditating and adjusting the breath for half the night, and sleeping for half the night, my true energy was already very full. If you want to live in seclusion here in the future, it will be a good choice.
"It's so close to Xishu County, how come no one has entered this place?" Yuan Zhen muttered to himself as he looked at the vast water with fish's white bellies in the distance.
"Don't even think about it. It's been so difficult for me to get here. No one else has this ability." Qing Yi said.
"If it's Patriarch Tianchen and others, they probably won't like this place either." Qingxuan took Qingyi's words.
"That's right."
After casually taking a bite of the few remaining noodles and packing my luggage, it was already bright.
Men don't care, girls love to dress up. Qingyang Yanran asked Yuan Zhen to accompany her to the waterside to wash up. Yuan Zhen had no choice but to fly over together. The others had eaten the noodles and were choking, so they happened to go together.
When we arrived at the water's edge, there was no wind and waves in the morning and the bottom was crystal clear. It's really a good water. Hold it in your hand and take a sip. It's so sweet and refreshing. He simply took out the water bag and filled it up. Who knows if we can find such good water in the future. Although he is in the realm of Taixuan, he is still a mortal body. You have to eat, drink and defecate all the time, the water is not clean, and getting sick after eating is also troublesome.
Yanran took out a piece of cotton handkerchief from her bag, threw it into the water, wrung it out and then scrubbed her hands and face carefully. I originally wanted to wash my hair, but there was no cover on the beach and there was no way to wash it, so I had to give up. I miss my parents so much.
"Brother Yuan Zhen, let's catch a fish and eat it."
After Yanran finished washing, she looked at the small fish swimming in the clear water in front of her and suddenly had a whim.
Yuan Zhen had a dark look on his face and was speechless.
But Yuan Zhen is still very obedient. Seeing ripples appearing in the distance, he jumped up, drew out his flying sword in mid-air, pointed forward, and the flying sword went straight to the ripples, and then inserted a grass carp that seemed to weigh three kilograms and flew to Yuan Zhen. before.
Qingyi Qingxuan all shook their heads. This newly acquired flying sword was not used to defend against enemies, but was actually used to catch fish!
But the waters here are really fertile, and any fish can be so big.
When the two senior brothers saw that the two elders did not blame them, they followed their example and soon caught a few fish.
No matter what, I can’t get hungry without carrying rice and flour.
The three of them went up the mountain to find some dry firewood, set it up on the beach, took out flint, lit the dry firewood, and started roasting.
No oil, no salt, not very tasty. But fortunately, the fish is plump.
After the six people finished eating, they washed off the oil stains on their hands and mouth. At this time, the sun was rising.
Fly to the top of the small mountain where we stayed last night and look into the distance. The sky is clear and cloudless, and the peaks in the distance cannot be seen to be far away from here. Just now, everyone was only focused on washing, fishing, and eating fish, but now they feel that the water is so big.
The six of them were worried again. This water area is so wide that it can’t be passed by in one fly, and you are not allowed to fall into the water?
Think for a while. Qingxuan suddenly thought of a clever idea.
He raised his breath and jumped forward, flying towards the water. He was no more than ten feet away from the water and just swept forward. Without waiting for the Zhen Yuan to be used up this time, he took the initiative to float lightly on the water surface, and with the slight rebound force of the water surface, he jumped forward again. After repeating this process and trying it around a body of water, the flying mileage has greatly exceeded more than ten miles!
Qingxuan flew to the side of the five people excitedly, "This method can be used, but the shoes will get wet."
Just get wet, it's better than not being able to get out.
After Qingxuan adjusted his breath, they headed towards the rising sun and crossed over the water...
After a cup of tea, six people panting appeared on the rocks at the end of the water. The shoes were all wet.
In fact, Yuan Zhen made a rough calculation during the flyby and found that the distance from the small island to here is only about twenty miles. As long as the true energy is abundant, it won't be so strenuous. You still have to practice hard!
He put on clean cloth shoes, rested for about half an hour, replenished his true energy, picked up the wet shoes, lifted into the air, and flew towards the peak above his head.
Next, the six people leaped over the peaks one after another. After a stick of incense, he appeared at the foot of the eastern part of the Zhenlong Mountains. Find a hiding place and adjust your breath again.
After struggling all night, we finally crossed the Zhenlong Mountains when the sun was shining brightly again.
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According to the waiter at the inn, more than three hundred miles east of the Zhenlong Mountain Range is Chuyue County. When I walked to the foot of the mountain, I saw an official road coming from the north. It should be that the official road yesterday went north around the Zhenlong Mountains and then turned south to get here. This official road is heading east again at this time, which should lead to Chuyue County.
Several years ago, when the Qingshan Sect led a group of Jianghu masters to intercept Jianghu people in the Southern Wei Dynasty, they learned that Chuyue County had a radius of five hundred miles. There are hundreds of islands and nearly a thousand lakes in the county.
Everyone was already hungry at this time. Walking not far along the official road, you can see several houses on the north side of the road. After walking a few steps, I discovered that it was an inn. On the first floor of the inn, there were some guests eating. Several guests were checking out with the waiter. He must be a businessman who is staying here at night and traveling to Xishu County during the day.
I chose a table, ordered a few bowls of food, and started devouring it.
"Where did these guests come from?" A fat man came over and brought another plate of pickles, maybe because he felt that everyone was very hungry.
"Xishu County City." Qing Yi replied.
"Xishu County City? All the way?!" The fat man was very surprised. Attracting other diners' glances.
"It's five hundred miles from Xishu County, and these guests have a good journey. They can't walk for more than a few days! No wonder they are so hungry." The fat man said again, "Third brother, get a few more dishes of pickled food for these guests." Vegetables, a few bowls of rice.”
"Here we go!"
"Gift, gift!" The fat man smiled at the group of six people.
"Thank you so much for the shopkeeper!" Qing Yi thanked the shopkeeper while thinking that he should be more careful with his words in the future.
After having enough tea and food, they asked the shopkeeper about the way to the east, and then everyone paid and left. The food here is not expensive, this meal only cost three hundred and five baht.
