The sword is the devil

Chapter 264 Brothers Meet
Hou Niao slowly disappeared in the clouds and mist, and the surroundings were silent.

The birds and beasts in the forest seemed to have disappeared, but he had a feeling that these guys were secretly observing him, a strange intruder.

There are basically no big monsters in the mountains and forests that are within the sphere of human influence. Even if there are, they have some kind of connection with the human world. In Xionger, humans and monsters get along in harmony. The reason for entering the mountain alone.

Walking through such a mountain forest, the most important thing is not to arouse the hostility of the mountain beasts; he is not yet a master, and he does not have the kind of strong aura that makes the mountain beasts retreat, so a misbehavior can easily cause misunderstandings.

Fortunately, he has experience in Jingyang Mountain, and knows how to keep the mountain beasts quiet in such a situation, and not treat him as a threat.

Try to restrain your perception. In this respect, beasts are very sensitive. The more nervous you are, the more nervous they are. In the end, such tension will force both parties to a situation where they have to explode.

What made him feel at ease was that he could control himself, as if the mountain beasts could also control their emotions, just like those mountain beasts on Jingyang Mountain who had been with Gusou for a long time, which brought great benefits to his search. Great convenience.

The first day was only half a day, and nothing was found; because the mountain was not high, and the mountain beasts were friendly, he decided to spend the night on the mountain.

This is a challenge to courage and self-confidence, and it is also a process of growth.

It's not a good idea to not light a fire. In addition to embolden yourself, you can only scare away those timid mountain beasts; for those really fierce and irritable mountain beasts, the fire will stimulate their emotions and attract unnecessary attention. In this regard, he is already considered an experienced veteran.

Just put yourself in the dark night, and let yourself slowly integrate with the night and the mountains. When you are inseparable from nature, the mountain beasts will regard you as a part of nature. There is nothing wrong with you except that you look a little strange. Threat to speak of.

Continuing on the second day, after spending the night, he has developed confidence in the mountain beasts here, becoming more natural and relaxed, and even greets the mountain beasts that occasionally meet head-on; I have to say that these creatures are quite spiritual, they I can always accurately distinguish whether you are benevolent or malicious, so I live in peace.

Getting along with the mountain beasts went smoothly, but he found nothing when looking for traces of human monks. There are no details to prove that there are signs of monk activities here. This can only prove one thing: either the villagers misunderstood, or the monks His realm is very high, at least above the profound, so that he can work for nothing.

When a practitioner can fly, it is no longer possible to find anything from the footprints on the ground.

But he also found some surprises, that is, there are many dark springs on Jishan Mountain. Although they can't reach the level of Jingyang Mountain in Anhe, there are quite a few, many of them are hot springs, and white steam escapes, making people feel cold. The mist grew thicker and denser.

On the mountainside, he found a large cave entrance. Judging from the moss growing in front of the cave entrance, there are no human footprints, only the hoofprints of large and small mountain animals; this is also the first cave he found that practitioners can use as a cave place, so I went in and turned around.

Quit after an hour, there is no way, it is too deep, and there is no way to get to the bottom, if he insists on investigating, he will definitely delay the meeting with his brother; moreover, he did not find anything suspicious.

On the third day, when they began to descend the mountain, the mission was declared a failure; this was also a frequent occurrence in their experience over the past few months, just as he did not expect Monk Carrying the Lantern to really find something in the ancient well; it wasn’t that they didn’t Try their best, but they set an upper limit for their efforts.

No matter how high it is, it will not be done.

There is a small village at the foot of Jishan Mountain, named Guantou Village.It was the place where he and Xiang Zhiwen made an appointment to meet. He arrived one day early, which is a respect for his senior brother.

He didn't enter the village, but just waited on a hilltop outside the village. He was looking forward to it, not only because he hadn't seen Xiangzhi for a while, but also the news of those Yinling friends. The brothers who lived and died with him.

Originally thought that Xiang Zhiwen would arrive in the next day, but when the night was getting dark, Hou Tiao felt the vibration of the ground. Knowing that there is a night walker approaching, Jian Yubu's unique rhythm made him very sure who it was.

So he stood up and shouted towards the direction in the darkness, "Hey, fellow Taoist who came to me, Xiong'er, and didn't hurry up to report his name, what's the purpose of sneaking late at night, is he trying to save the toll for crossing the bridge?"

In the darkness, a figure approached rapidly, and at the same time raised a ray of sword light, and slashed at the head.

Xiang Zhiwen laughed and scolded, "Okay, the wings are stiff, I can't do anything to you."

The two walked arm in arm and came to the soil bag; Hou Tiao took out the Xiong'er specialty food and wine that had been prepared, and the two sat on the ground and said goodbye to each other.

Xiang Zhiwen didn't seem to have changed, except that the eyebrows became darker, "Junior brother, I heard that you are doing well in Xiong'er? You also repaired the ghosts and snakes here? You can really make a fuss, and you don't feel uneasy anywhere. share."

Hou Tiao just laughed, "Everyday, everyday, small fights are nothing; I look at senior brother's complexion, this is one step closer to Tongxuan, right? Why do you still have the heart to come to Xiong'er to find opportunities?"

Xiang Zhiwen sighed, "One step closer? I was taking a step forward three years ago, and I'm still going one step further after three years. If I can't find a breakthrough, I will be stuck in this step for the rest of my life.

Three years ago, I felt that the conditions were well-prepared. You were the first to arrive at the level of Peiyuan. Now we are on the same starting line, so I am most troubled by hearing people say that you have improved again! "

Hou Tiao wanted to laugh, but felt the other side of cultivation and cruelty; every level had to defeat a large number of people, and behind every successful person was a pile of fallen bones.

One hundred people feel the pulsation of qi, sixty or seventy can lead qi to practice, four or fifty can go to Peiyuan Yangdan, twenty to thirty are lucky enough to be self-sufficient, and finally a dozen or so can walk to the bridge Before closing.

But this last step is also the most difficult step, and the difficulty suddenly increases; from the Quanzhen Sect's statistics on its own disciples, there are no more than three who can successfully ascend to the profound realm in the end.

Most people will fall before this level and will never become a real practitioner.

It is the same for Xiang Zhiwen, he is the same, and the same is true for Lantern and Zhisun.

(End of this chapter)