As a monk with the "talent" for alchemy, Wu Sheng was repeatedly persuaded by the Shen family, hoping that he would return to the clan, but Wu Sheng was unwilling to stay in Pingyu. He also had two wanted orders on his head. Maybe one day, he would be arrested. His false identity will be exposed, and he will become a enemy of the Shen family.
After a lot of rejection, repeated promises to keep in touch, and efforts to express his attachment to the clan, he finally got away. After leaving Pingyu, Jin Wuhuan saw that Wu Sheng was determined to leave, so he asked, "Where does Brother Wu plan to go?"
Wu Sheng thought for a while and replied: "I haven't decided yet, but I have to find a place that is stable and prosperous. It will not be found by Chu Ren and Jixia Academy, and it will not break away from the world of practice... Like you two I don't dare to hope for the small happiness of living in hiding in the mountains."
Hiding in the mountains is safe, but you can't interact with the monks normally. Without the opportunity to communicate, how can you make money to practice?
Madam Shen suddenly interjected: "I do know a place. Eighty miles to the east, on the shore of Yingshui, there is a mountain named Lang. It borders Cai to the northwest, Chen to the northeast, and Chu to the south. It is the boundary of the Three Kingdoms. There are many uninhabited mountains in the mountains. There is a pond named Lianpu for the casual cultivators at the foot of the mountain. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, the market opens on the bank of Lianpu, and many practitioners will meet there. I go there once or twice a year to collect the herbs in the medicine garden. The medicinal materials are distributed and exchanged for some things used for practice..."
Wu Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up and he said, stroking his palms: "Great place!"
Jin Wuhuan and Mrs. Shen originally wanted to accompany Wu Sheng, but Wu Sheng refused: "You young couple really treat me as a child? You must know that I have been wandering around the world for many years..."
Madam Shen covered her mouth and smiled softly: "Brother, isn't he just twenty?"
Wu Sheng smiled and said, "Even if it's only twenty, you two don't have to worry about it, okay?"
The three of them parted ways, and Wu Sheng accepted Mrs. Shen's instructions and rushed to Langshan.
Langshan Mountain is not high, but the mountains are rolling and undulating, with no fewer than dozens of mountains and more than a dozen gorges, lush forests and flocks of birds.
The meaning of the Three Kingdoms is that most of the time, there is no care, so many casual cultivators, including many who have committed crimes, live in seclusion in Langshan to practice, similar to Daze where Wu Sheng lived in seclusion.
Langshan is surrounded by Hongshui, a tributary of Yingshui, and is almost isolated into a peninsula. Only the connection point more than two miles southeast is connected to Chu State.
After entering the mountain, Wu Sheng began to look for a secluded place, whether it was a cave or building one in his own home. Following the place where the spiritual power of heaven and earth is abundant, we came to a waterfall. As expected, this place has been occupied by people. They built a courtyard hanging on the edge of the cliff facing the mountain. The houses and courtyard walls are all made of stone. It can be seen that The owner has carefully built it.
The name of the hospital is "Shipu Terrace", and the plaque is hung under the dangerous eaves, which has a special meaning.
This is really an excellent place to live in seclusion, with abundant spiritual power. If Wu Sheng practices here, he may be able to transform more than two grains of spiritual sand every day, which is enough for two days - of course, for him, it is actually It's useless. What he likes is the scenery.
Unfortunately, first come, first served, this is the rule in the cultivation world. Wu Sheng deeply regrets this and can only move on.
After walking up the Yuan River for half an hour, we saw another deep pool with blue waves. The environment was mysterious and the spiritual power was equally impressive.
Wu Sheng raised his eyes and looked around, but saw no sign of human habitation. Just as he was thinking about it, a cloud of smoke emitted from the stone wall beside the deep pool, and an old monk who was quite old walked out of the smoke.
This is the appearance of the cave being covered by the phantom formation.
The old monk looked at Wu Sheng while leaning on an iron crutch and asked, "Why did you come to my Yanbo Pond?"
Wu Sheng was well prepared and asked, "Senior, I've invited you. Is there any magic weapon for sale?"
The old monk shook his head: "I don't sell magic weapons in Yanbotan, only spiritual pills."
It turned out to be a rare alchemist. Wu Sheng looked respectful and said, "I'll come back to you later when I need the elixir."
Traveling and visiting along the way, I visited more than ten caves and found that places full of spiritual power must be inhabited by people. Wu Sheng didn't worry, he was a latecomer, his cultivation was not good, and he didn't have the qualifications to worry, so he should just visit the monks in the mountains.
Seven days later, Wu Sheng finally found a suitable settlement, somewhere on a cliff under the mountain.
Needless to say, spiritual power is definitely not as good as those that are abundant. If you meditate and practice every day, it is only the amount of a grain of spiritual sand. Of course, he does not expect this. Purchasing a large number of magical tools and spiritual materials is the right path for his practice. Otherwise, hundreds of spiritual sands will be accumulated in a year, and the results will not be achieved until old age and death.
Wu Sheng took a fancy to the scenery here. It was a stone cave, close to a cliff seven or eight feet high. There were waterfalls and rapids beside the cave, forming a deep pool as large as an acre, which was in line with his heart's yearning for a cave.
In addition, the twists and turns of the stone cave can lead to the top of the cliff, which provides an additional escape route; the Youtan also solves the water source problem, and fish can be raised in the pool, which relieves the pressure of eating to a certain extent.
Down the mountain, there are forests of pines and bamboos. There are bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, hazelnuts and other things in the forest, as well as hares and yellow sheep. Food and building materials are abundant.
In view of the failed experience of searching for caves in the past few days, Wu Sheng was not sure that this was a land without an owner, but he kept tossing around here, such as shouting, making fires and barbecues, etc. It took him three full days to finally confirm. .
It’s really ownerless!
Thinking about it, they all went to occupy a place with abundant spiritual power. In the eyes of the monks, this place is worthless and has nothing attractive.
Wu Sheng decided to settle down, following the old rules of chopping down trees and building a house. Using pine wood as the beams and columns and green bamboo as the walls, three bamboo houses were built in a few days. One main room for living and sleeping, one east room for cooking, and one west room for washing.
Outside the three bamboo houses, there is a classic bamboo fence as usual. A mountain home without a bamboo fence is absolutely incomplete, Wu Sheng has always thought so. The most important thing is that the bamboo houses are very large, completely covering the holes that are not easy to detect.
There is a natural stone chamber in the cave, which can be used as an alchemy room or to store supplies. From the cave, you go straight to the top of the cliff. There is a dense forest on the top of the cliff. The exit is in the forest and is covered by thick shrubs. Wu Sheng moved a big stone, placed it at the exit, and tied a few pine branches on it. It looked very hidden. It was ready!
The next step is to make beds, tables, cupboards and other furniture, build stoves, dig pits, and then use bamboo pipes to bring water from the waterfall, which can be used for drinking and flushing toilets.
He had true energy in his body. Although he could not cast spells, he was light and healthy and did not feel tired at all when he worked. On the fourteenth day after entering the mountain, his new home was completed.
I found a big stone and stood it beside the mountain path outside the pine and bamboo forest. The words "Songzhu Yayuan" were prominently engraved on it, which was intended to hint to outsiders that this pine and bamboo forest had an owner.
This cryptic declaration may not be effective in the near future. When people pass by, they will still enter when they should. However, as the stone monument is erected for a long time and it is subtle for a long time, the forest gradually becomes his.
On the night of the completion of his new residence, Wu Sheng prepared a sumptuous meal for himself as a celebration. After a good sleep, he went down the mountain to the shore of Lianpu early the next morning.
Today is April 10th, the day when Lianpu Market opens every ten days.
