Indiana Jones

Chapter 340 036: Adventure in the Barren Mountains (05)

In fact, correcting the route was not as simple as they expected. Si Xuanyi and Da Kui climbed up to the top of the mountain for observation and did not find the mountains that Da Kui was familiar with as a reference. It was only when they entered the deepest mountainous area that they corrected their direction. This was because Da Kui couldn't understand the map, otherwise they wouldn't have to make such a fuss.

After correcting the direction, according to Dakui's estimate, it may take two to three days to arrive, or it may take about one day. After all, he has only been here once, and some situations are unpredictable. Although the route can be shortened as much as possible, there are some places People can't walk, they have to detour, this is the biggest problem, and it is also the biggest obstacle affecting their time and progress, but in any case, it saves time compared to chasing the devil's footsteps like they did before.

The so-called Panlong Mountain Range is a huge ring-shaped mountain range composed of several mountains. If they want to take a straight line to the middle, they have to climb several mountains. This route is not easy, although it saves time. But it will also consume energy exponentially. This road is full of canyons, deep streams, high mountains, and rivers, lakes, and pools between mountains. The terrain environment is complex and the vegetation is dense. Which road did they take before? Much harder to walk.

"Finally found a good one that can collect herbs. If I could have been here last time, the harvest of herbs may be doubled." Da Kui looked at the herbs all over the place and his eyes turned green. If everyone reminded him this time The purpose of coming here is not to collect herbs, he probably lost all his things long ago to store these herbs.

"There are indeed many good things in the mountains. If it weren't for the war, you might live well." Si Xuanyi also knew some of them, thanks to the herbs and medicines used to heal wounds that she learned from Agui when she was in Savage Mountain. The knowledge of malaria prevention and treatment was learned at that time to save their lives. After all, they were in short supply of various medicinal materials at that time, and everything had to be found by themselves to find things that could help them from nature.

"Our village usually farms the land, gathers herbs and hunts in its spare time. It earns a lot of money throughout the year. The precious medicinal materials and animal skins alone make a lot of money. Although I dare not say how rich it is, at least we have no worries about food and clothing. This is the so-called relying on the mountain to eat the mountain. I didn’t expect that there would be so many good medicinal materials after walking such a long distance. It was really a waste of money before.” Da Kui stepped on a lot of medicine along the way, but the further he walked, the more medicinal materials The more types there are, and the rare and precious medicinal materials are constantly appearing, so that he has to throw away some of the medicines he picked before, and then insert new ones. Others feel that he is tired after such repeated tossing.

"This is where the Dragon's Back is. The aura is gathering together, and there are many rare treasures that are being cleaned up. I really want to see what the Longshou Peak looks like. I think there are more good things." The woodcutter looked into the distance, There are many mountains in the range you can see, and there are endless layers of green pines and verdant cypresses. It is indeed a fairyland on earth. "It's really a good place to practice."

"These mountains are a place where spirits gather." Lin Feng also said, "It seems that there is indeed something behind the name Panlong."

"You mean that a dragon really fell from the sky?" Zhao Chenggong asked, asking a bit idioticly. Although most people didn't understand Ye Feng's words, they didn't understand as badly as he did.

"You misunderstood, what he meant was that the mountains here are steep and peculiar, like climbing a dragon. The person who named it for it back then should have a lot of background. He should be a Feng Shui master. He could see the pattern of this crouching dragon, so he chose it. With such a name, if you can’t figure out the direction of the whole dragon, it’s even more impossible to determine where the dragon’s head is, so you can’t tell that this is a lying giant dragon mountain range.” Ye Feng said on the side, “If you want I think it might be the person who chose the site to build the temple here."

"Don't talk so mysteriously, the trend of mountains and rivers is predetermined by God." Zhao Chenggong didn't take it seriously, and always felt that what he said was too far-fetched.

"That's why it's called "God's will from the top, ground to the ground." It also shows that such mountains are born in harmony with the sky. There are so many mountains and rivers in China, but there are not many real treasures of geomantic omen, and they are all very difficult to find. The so-called geomantic treasures are rare, and the royal families of all dynasties have spared no effort to find such places to build cities or temples and mausoleums." Ye Feng said, "However... this place is only suitable for building temples and mausoleums, not cities."

"Then why? Isn't this a treasure land of geomantic omen?" Zhao Chenggong glanced at the "Funeral Sutra", but he was not interested in these things at all, so he just took a few glances and then put it aside. I didn't remember anything after a few glances, and what I remembered was swallowed whole, basically it didn't catch the eye.

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Fengshui, Fengshui, hides wind and gathers energy. Water is the most important thing. Lingxiu gathers. Wind can be hidden here, but it is difficult to gather water. Although there are many streams, small rivers, lakes and pools, the water veins are not prosperous. How to gather water? The so-called water gathering is based on the great rivers, the great lakes and the deep sea. Most of the cities that formed naturally in the early days were surrounded by water. Most of the big cities today are near the water. Wuhan, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou have many This is true of all coastal cities. In the later period, there were many canals built artificially in many places, connecting some inland cities. The cities in the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins are no exception. The rise of a city is closely related to the water veins. You are looking at this , there is no big river, no big water, even if you build a city here, how much do you think it will prosper? Although you can rely on mountains to eat mountains, most of the places here are not suitable for farming. If you rely on herbs and hunting, the city It’s a big deal, the mountain roads are difficult, and if there are no water veins as transportation channels, the city will still be a dead city in the end.

After these words were finished, almost everyone looked at Ye Feng with admiration, and the woodcutter even gave him a few more glances. What this kid said did make sense. Most cities with water veins as their neighbors are prosperous.

"Well, it makes sense!" Si Xuanyi nodded, showing a thoughtful expression.

"I'm showing off in front of the old man. You are the master in this respect. I'm a bit out of touch. Don't laugh at me." Ye Feng said to the woodcutter very modestly.

"That's right." The woodcutter nodded, "It's not easy for young people to know so much."

"You're too proud." Ye Feng said.

Zhao Chenggong was in a fog when he heard these words. For him, these principles were basically not understood.

But through this incident, Si Xuanyi got to know Ye Feng again this time. This kid is indeed a bit capable. It seems that he is the most qualified one among this group of newcomers.

"These things are in the books, and I know it too." Obviously Fang Yuanshan was a little disdainful about this. To be honest, he looked down on these big bosses very much. Although he was also surprised that Ye Feng could say such a thing, but He also felt that such words should not come out of the mouth of a soldier, which is a kind of exclusion for him as a college student. He really thought so, as a college student, he was a bit narrow-minded.

"Yes!" the woodcutter said as he walked, "but he hasn't read as many books as you. He is not a few years older than you, but he has been fighting on the battlefield for many years. He realized these things by himself." , not just by reading, these things are accumulated by reading and analyzed by yourself. This is not to say that reading is useless, but that there are many ways to accumulate knowledge, and reading is only one of them. If you forget the book after reading it, then What are you still looking at?"

"If it wasn't for the war, I might be studying now. My father still respects people who can read and write." Ye Feng said with emotion, "The world is unpredictable, and some things have happened and cannot be changed."

"There is a pond ahead." Dachun, who was in charge of leading the way, shouted from the front.

The pond is not big, formed by streams, the water quality is clear, and the location is relatively hidden. Si Xuanyi wiped his head, observed the terrain and said, "Have a rest for half an hour."

"Let's see if the water can be drunk. We are almost running out of water." Li Siming looked at the nearby mountains, "Da Kui, what is the biggest beast in this mountain?"

"There were tigers and leopards a few years ago, but they are rare these days, and they all went deeper into the mountains. Now the wild boars are the most common ones, and there are also wolves. There are also some things that I can't name. Da Kui thought for a while, "There are still bears living here."

"We haven't encountered anything along the way. It's not bad." Li Siming found a stone and sat down to rest his legs and feet. His legs ached and his feet were sore from walking this way. We all know that the mountain road is difficult, but walking is harder than expected .

"That's not bad, those things we encountered are scarier than blind bears, but now I think that things that only think about eating meat are not scary, it's much better than things that suck blood and turn people into neither humans nor ghosts. Zhao Chenggong took off his shoes and rubbed his feet. His feet hurt so much that they seemed to be blistered.

"No matter what comes, I'm not afraid. With your stinky feet, everything will be suffocated to death." Si Xuanyi changed a place away from the range of his stench.

"I don't believe that your feet don't stink." Zhao Chenggong didn't care about this, and took off his socks. As expected, there was a big blister on the sole of his foot. He frowned, "Which one of you has a needle?"

"It's not the first day you walked the mountain road, why are you still blistering?" Li Siming rummaged through his bag for a long time to find a needle, and then pulled a strand of hair into the needle's eye, piercing the blisters on his feet, Squeeze out the water inside and tie a knot with that hair, "Okay, with this hair in the bubble, it won't bulge anymore."

"Thank you! Hey... I'm going to suffer later." Zhao Chenggong said while putting on his shoes and socks.

Dakui found some herbal medicine and asked him to chew it up and paste it on the wound and wrap it with a cloth, which can relieve pain and prevent abrasion.

"Quiet." Lin Feng stood up and turned around, looking at the bushes not far away.

A group of people raised their guns and looked over there warily, and soon a few wolf-like things came out of it.

"I'll go! Someone came to the door just after I finished speaking." Zhao Chenggong didn't stand up, how many coyotes are afraid of so many people and so many guns?
"It's Shiba Gou." Da Kui breathed a sigh of relief, "These things come out in groups, and they are particularly vengeful. It's best not to mess with them."

"There are so many of us, they dare not come over." Lin Feng put down his gun.

"I don't think they are very curious about me." Ye Feng scratched his head and got up and walked over there. Several Shiba dogs turned around when they saw him approaching and got into the bushes. After he passed, he found a shallow hole behind it. Inside was a den of jackals, with more than a dozen Shiba dogs of different sizes inside, and the bigger ones surrounded the outside and bared their teeth at him.

"There's something inside." Ye Feng looked inside not far away, and found a few puppies inside were tearing a human leg.

"It turns out that I have eaten human flesh." Lin Feng also followed, and frowned when he saw it, "It should be the meat of a little devil, this thing has a wide range of activities, maybe it came from somewhere , if it's the little devils...then their loss is much greater than ours."

"It's better to eat them all." Si Xuanyi went over to take a look and beckoned his family to go on.

The occurrence of devils here does not mean that there are devils active in the vicinity. After all, jackals have a very large range of activities, and a radius of tens of kilometers is the hunting range of these things. However, this should also arouse their vigilance, indicating that the devils have not deviated. They've booked too much, and at least so far, they're heading in the right direction.

A day later, they could already see the location of Longshou Peak, but the distance would probably take longer. Dakui said that this is called Wangshan running a dead horse. It is clearly in front of you, but it is difficult to reach.

Looking from a distance, the entire Longshou Peak is hidden in the clouds, like a fairyland.

"Sure enough, it's the feng shui treasure eye of the whole Wolong." The woodcutter looked at Zhou Shan's movement, "Looking at each other from head to tail, the dragon's body protects the surroundings, and the spiritual energy gathers in it all year round. If it's true, there should be a river ahead, right? "

"There is a lake under Longshou Peak. Several small rivers converge in it. The water flow is not large. The area of ​​the lake is not small. It is a lake that has gathered for thousands of years. It is said that this lake is tens of feet deep. There are also rumors that this Crouching Dragon His real body is in the lake."

"This is the great geomantic omen of the crouching dragon to fetch water. Sure enough, it is true." The woodcutter was a little excited, "The temple must be in the position of the longan, and it can't be wrong."

"It's not in vain for us to make such a fuss, it seems that this time is the right time." Si Xuanyi felt much more at ease in his heart.

"We are now on the side, and we should be able to see some clues when we turn to the south." Lin Feng pointed in the direction of Longshou Peak, "This mountain is indeed a bit famous, the side of the mountain has been modified, the ancients must be here Clean up."

"This thing can be changed or not..." Zhao Chenggong shut up halfway through speaking. He remembered that he had been squeezed by others for his ignorance before. People are annoying.

"Everyone cheer up, we may not be far from those Japanese, don't be so stupid as to be ambushed by them." Si Xuanyi patted Dakui on the shoulder, "Let's go, get to that place in the shortest time, and see the Japanese How amazing is the place you are looking for at any cost."

Everyone immediately cheered up and prepared their weapons to accelerate forward. The success or failure of this operation is in front of them. As long as they arrive at that place, they can determine whether their choice is correct...

(End of this chapter)