Chapter 25 What is the pain?
I didn't expect that there would be extraneous branches, and I was stunned in place.
Many of the disciples present had fiery eyes, as if they were watching a rich man, and they almost didn't drool, maybe they would pounce viciously the next moment. Several stewards were also quite surprised, but they all looked inexplicable.
The steward Gou Jun is still urging: "You are not allowed to carry private belongings in the well, but you have disobeyed the order, knowingly committed it, and secretly hid the magic weapon...... "As he stretched out his hand and grabbed it, a short sword with rust flew up from the ground, and then he had to take a closer look, but the short sword was as difficult to unsheath as copper cast iron. He couldn't help but wonder, "This is ......"
In the blink of an eye, the remaining three stewards also gathered around. In particular, the leader of Gotch, like a wolf meeting its prey, had a bearded face with a faint excitement. The surrounding disciples were whispering and looking around, just as it was a lively and beautiful scene.
Seeing the situation around him, his thoughts turned sharply, and he hurriedly defended: "I have just arrived here, I don't know the rules, I hope you will forgive me...... he saw that Gou Jun and Goqi were curious about the short sword, and then said: "It is a relic of my father, although it is a dilapidated mortal iron, but it is extraordinary, so I brought it with me......
The matter has come to this, is it a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, and it is let out!
Blameless pointed to the ground again: "The things on the ground are the ...... left by the Chang Xiandao Master of Hongxia Peak" The man only destroyed the animal skin scriptures, and then stopped snatching them, and the rest of his body was not what he left. Although such an excuse has ulterior motives, it is not nonsense.
He leaned over and picked up a stone, or spirit stone, raised his hands in front of Goqi, and begged sincerely: "Steward Ge, if you violate the rules, you are willing to be punished, this is a fine, please laugh!"
Gooch was trying to unsheath his short sword, but his face turned red and he couldn't do it. He was a little embarrassed, but his face softened, he stretched out his hand to take the spirit stone handed over, nodded, and then said majestically: "I think of your first offense, don't take it as an example." The dagger was taken with him, and the rest of the belongings were returned to his residence. Don't delay, go and go back quickly!"
Xiang Rong looked at the spirit stones, jade slips and talismans on the ground, and said unwillingly: "Entrainment violations, it should all be returned to the public......
Gou Jun and the other steward thought deeply and nodded in agreement.
Goqi suddenly became agitated, and glared, "If Xuanyu and Chang Xian are the two Dao Masters who pursue it, how should you deal with it?" he dropped a sentence and turned to walk away.
Blameless took the opportunity to pick up the scattered objects on the ground, and then ran to the place where he came. It doesn't matter what he thinks about in the long run, and he keeps his treasures. It seems that in addition to the talismans, the spirit stones and jade slips are also good things.
Follow the stone steps down the hill and through the valley. Suddenly, the hillside where the shack was located was already ahead.
He was about to run to the shack, but he gasped and slowed down. He looked back and forth, his eyes flashing, and he turned into the woods, found a tall tree and climbed up. After digging a hole in the branch of the tree with a short sword, hiding the talisman, the jade slip, the remaining four spirit stones, and what he thought was useful, and covering them with the bark, he slid down the trunk of the tree, and then ran out of the forest and returned the way he came.
The valley where Yujing was located became very quiet, and many disciples and Ge Qi and others were gone, only Xiang Rong and Gou Jun, the two stewards, were guarding in the shed.
Blameless ran to the shed, wiping the sweat from his head while panting and nodding his head in court.
The two stewards shook the jade pendant, and there was no abnormality, they raised their chins and shook them gently, very reserved and arrogant, but in their respective expressions, there was a little more ambiguity.
Blameless didn't pay attention and ran to the entrance of the cave. In his hurry, he couldn't help but look back at the place where the corpses had been burned.
Stepping into the cave from the entrance of the cave is confronted by a deep well, on which are several thick wooden sticks and rattan baskets tied to the bottom by pulleys and ropes.
Wu Yi slowly walked to the edge of the well and looked around, then stepped into the rattan basket, and before his feet could stand firmly, he fell suddenly. He hurriedly reached out and grabbed the dangling rope, which gradually slipped down. In a few moments, the man was in the deep well.
Yujing Spirit Mine, as the name suggests.
He slid down about thirty feet, and his feet shook. It should be to the bottom of a well, or to the heart of a mountain. The darkness grew in front of him, and the boundless cold spread from all directions.
Blameless stepped out of the rattan basket and loosened the rope. Under no man's control, the rattan basket actually "squeaked" up. He sensed something was wrong and hurriedly jumped away from it. Sure enough, there was a "bang" sound of a heavy object falling on the spot.
It turned out that there were large stones falling under the rattan basket, which served as a load-bearing weight. Just pull the rope, up and down also save a lot of effort.
Blameless took out the pearl from the skin and looked through the light.
Where it is, it is a cave more than ten zhang in size. And from there, there are several excessively high holes, all of which are unfathomable, making people not know where to go for a while.
"Hehe! No junior ......"
At this moment, someone came out of a hole and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you'll get lost, I've been waiting for a long time!"
That's Zongbao, but it's empathetic.
Wu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his feet to greet him: "It turned out to be a sect brother, thank you for your care!" He held the pearl and did not forget to ask: "It's just to go down to the well to pick jade, why do you want to get lost?
Zong Bao replied: "There are five forks here, which are the five cave entrances, which can be reached everywhere, but the last one is a Jedi. If you enter by mistake, you may not be safe. I'm also hearsay, and I don't know much about the details......" he said as he stretched out his hand.
Five holes, four open, but one of them is half blocked by rubble, which is supposed to be the Jedi. And when they went down the well, why didn't the two stewards explain, did they forget, or did they become intentions?
Blameless secretly wrote down the various holes, and then listened to the other party continue: "It is not surprising that the deceased is a Taoist friend who has exhausted his lifespan! Maybe one day, you and I will follow in his footsteps......"
That's a sad thing to hear!
Blameless secretly said, although this son can't cultivate immortals, there are still purple smoke fairies to look forward to, and he doesn't want to, can't, and will never follow in anyone's footsteps!
Follow Zong Bao into a cave, his feet gradually lower and lower, turning a corner, the originally dark cave wall became much brighter, and white jade stones could be seen everywhere. On the way, I also saw the figures of Yujing's disciples from time to time, but no one mined jade, but sat quietly on the spot one by one, as if they were exhaling and doing exercises.
The two turned another corner and came to a slightly cluttered tunnel. When a piece is concave, traces of jade mining can be seen.
Zong Bao walked to one of the flat pieces of jade, lay down horizontally, and then smiled comfortably: "This is where I rest every day, hehe!"
He was puzzled: "If you are working for work, why are you so leisurely? If you don't pick enough pounds, will you have to be punished?"
Zong Bao felt out that the pearl was embedded in the gap of the cave wall, making the surrounding white jade even more brilliant. He rested his head on his arm and smiled disapprovingly: "What can be punished? Later, when he saw that others were taking the opportunity to cultivate, he realized......" He glanced at it and asked, "What's the use of mining jade?"
Blameless found a stone and sat down, shaking his head honestly.
"The refining of jade slips, jade boxes, pill bottles, talismans, and related pills, etc., are all inseparable from refined jade. And the amount of digging we have every day is enough to meet the needs of Lingshan. In that case, we have to get by. You must know that there is abundant spiritual energy here, which is the best place for cultivation......"
After Zong Bao said, he sighed again: "Perhaps...... You and I are hopeless in our cultivation, but we dare not slack off in the slightest. But when the day is done, you can fly the sword...... If not, it can only turn into a puff of dust in the wind!"
Blameless smiled, speechless.
After coming to Lingshan, it can be regarded as having a rough understanding of the journey of cultivating immortals. Those who have spiritual roots only mean that they have the qualifications to cultivate immortals, and whether they can become immortals in the end is still inseparable from all kinds of penance and opportunities. All in all, the road is not easy!
Zong Bao continued to say earnestly: "No junior brother, I advise you to meditate and realize more, and wait for the opportunity to cultivate, if you can't become a real monk, you will ignore the earnest entrustment of your family seniors!"
Blameless: "Where are the elders of the family?"
Zong Baowu looked lazy, but a hint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes: "If you don't have the blessing of your elders, why are you rich? The steward of Yujing is only a few spirit stones a year. And you stretched out your hand and gave away a piece, how generous ......"
I see! That nonsense of pulling the banner as a tiger skin not only deceived a few stewards, but also the Zong Bao in front of him was convinced!
Without blame, he did not defend himself, and reached out to draw his sword from its sheath. And before the blade fell, it was already deep in the jade beside him. He sighed, "What a sharp sword!"
Zong Bao said: "It is not the advantage of the sword! the stone becomes hard when it encounters the wind, and so does the jade. If there is no wind here, it will be as simple as cutting tofu with a knife!" He said this, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, you don't understand anything, how different from mortals......
Blameless and apologetic: "I was originally a mortal ......"
Zong Bao only teased, and said with great interest: "Brother, don't be discouraged, who is not a mortal......"
Seeing that there was still a place to go in the tunnel, he got up and said, "I'll go to pick jade, Brother Zong!" The other party had no intention of stopping him, and he looked for it alone.
I didn't go far, an old man sat in the pit next to him and closed his eyes to cultivate, but he was quite vigilant, and hurriedly turned his head and said with a smile: "Little junior brother, I can't imagine that you are a rich and noble person, can you lend me a spirit stone, and you will pay it back in the future......."
That old man seems to be the age of a sixtieth year, but he is the son of Yun Shengzi who has lived for a hundred years!
He arched his hand without blame and respect, and then put on a helpless look and continued to move forward. There are only four spirit stones left on his body, which is not enough!
More than ten zhang later, there was a woman in her thirties and forties sitting on the edge of the tunnel, unaware of the movements around her, and she continued to practice by herself.
Looking at the woman's persistent figure, Wuyi suddenly became a little upset.
These disciples in the tunnel, whether they were older or younger, were busy cultivating. Accompanied by loneliness and loneliness, there is only the faint light emitted by a pearl. It is like a little spark in the night sky, or it may be eternal, but it is far away and cold and difficult to reach.
Why bother cultivating immortals like this!
At the end of the tunnel, there is a pile of jade.
Wu Yi came here to look at it for a while, swinging his sword and slashing indiscriminately.
Sure enough, the originally hard jade could be easily mined. And if you want to cut it into pieces, it takes a lot of trouble. Half an hour later, two pieces of jade were finally cut, less than a foot square, each weighing sixty or seventy pounds.
But he was so tired that he sat on the ground, and it was extremely difficult to catch his breath. There is no wind underground, and I don't realize it at first, but after work, I feel dizzy. And the hunger in the belly makes people even more tired, and then they will think of the two pieces of cricket meat in the skin bag, and they will be nauseous again......
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