Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Mu Liuyun was asleep in bed most of the time, Zhang Chi felt so distressed when he saw his pale face, he had to find other things to distract his attention.

All day long, he worked hard to communicate with these people who were slightly lacking in language skills, and finally figured out a general situation.

Hundreds of years ago, there was a small country in southern Xinjiang called Mountain Country, and now the Yinyue Palace where the headquarters of the Red Lotus Sect is entrenched is the royal city of the ancient Mountain Country.

The mountain country is a closed and superstitious country. The sinkhole that Zhang Chi fell into is called the Black Dragon Pool by the mountain people, because the water at the bottom of the pit seems to be calm, but anything that falls will be swallowed up in an instant. On rainy days, there is still the sound of dragon chant coming from the pool.

In fact, no one has really heard how the dragon chants. Zhang Chi estimates that the so-called dragon chants should be the unique echoes of the underground river water surge caused by rain, and the sound of water passing through the tiankeng. There lived a black dragon, and if the sacrifice was not sincere, it would come out to eat people, so they often threw captives, death row prisoners and slaves into the black dragon pool as sacrifices.

Among them, the unlucky ones drowned at the bottom of the pool, and a few lucky ones, like Zhang Chi and Mu Liuyun, were swallowed by the vortex and quickly washed out by the underground river, and came to this isolated valley among.

The place is surrounded by cliffs, and there is no way out at all. Those who survived have no choice but to settle down in the deep mountains and old forests, and survived with difficulty.

In the first few years, living people were rushed out from time to time, including men and women, Miao people and Han people. These people formed a small village in this valley, and they didn't know where it was. Because everyone was thrown into the Black Dragon Pool and rushed over, they named this place the bottom of the Dragon Pool.

Later, with the demise of the Mountain Kingdom, the Baihua Canyon became inaccessible, and no one was thrown into the Black Dragon Pool. The bottom of the Dragon Pool became a completely isolated corner. They had not seen outsiders for several generations. For the people here, the world is just a legend left by their ancestors.

It wasn't until Zhang Chi and Mu Liuyun appeared that they believed that the legendary "outside world" really existed.

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I heard that these people have lived here for generations, and have explored every corner of this valley. There is really no way out. Zhang Chi doesn't want his good years to be buried in this deep mountain and old forest, so he intends to explore it himself. , and worried about the injured Mu Liuyun, so he had to give up for the time being.

Mu Liuyun lay on the bed all day long with his eyes closed, his mind was between waking and sleeping, and his internal breath slowly circulated in his body, healing his body from internal injuries.This made Tamarin and the others very anxious, thinking that Mu Liuyun was going to die. If Zhang Chi hadn't stopped him, all the local methods of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor would have been used on Mu Liuyun. I explained to them the principle of inner strength healing, but they couldn't understand.

Zhang Chi knew that Mu Liuyun's life was not in danger, but his meager medical skills were helpless for such an injury, so he could only act in a hurry. Seeing that Mu Liuyun had a bad appetite after being injured, and he hadn't eaten much for two days, he was very anxious. Zhang Chi didn't care about the various scrapes and bruises on his body, so he went out to catch frogs in the middle of the night with a torch.

A few young people at the bottom of the Longtan also enthusiastically accompanied him to catch them. Frogs croaked loudly at night, and it was much easier to find them than during the day. However, some frogs were too small, and some had species and colors that Zhang Chi had never seen before. They didn't know if it would be poisonous, but they didn't come back with a basket full of frogs until dawn.

Zhang Chi distributed some to helpers, and stewed the rest into a can of delicious frog soup in a small mason jar, brought it to Mu Liuyun's bed, and gently woke Mu Liuyun up.

Mu Liuyun still didn't have much appetite, but couldn't bear Zhang Chi's sincere intentions, so he reluctantly sat up and ate something.

As soon as the clear soup entered his mouth, even though Mu Liuyun had no appetite at the moment, he still felt his tongue was fragrant. What Zhang Chi picked for him was the largest frog leg, the meat was soft and tender, and it melted in his mouth. Mu Liuyun didn't know it I ate a lot.

After eating, Mu Liuyun fell into a half-sleep and half-awake again, and when he woke up again, Zhang Chi lay beside him to catch up on sleep.

Mu Liuyun didn't feel sleepy at all, and didn't want to wake up, so he silently looked at Zhang Chi's sleeping face from a close distance.

Mu Liuyun himself did not expect that he would go to rescue Zhang Chi without any hesitation.

Since when did this young man who broke into his life become so important?

Speaking of it, he seemed to have never really paid attention to Zhang Chi's appearance before. At this moment, there was nothing to do. After calming down and taking a closer look, he realized that Zhang Chi was actually good-looking, with straight eyebrows, red lips and white teeth. For many years, he has added a bit of toughness in the army, and his appearance can even be considered handsome.

Looking further down, under the animal skin blanket is the strong body of this young man. His skin is slightly dark, his nipples are brown, and the strong muscles on his chest and arms look full of strength. The outline of some muscles can be seen.

In fact, Zhang Chi's body is rather thin, and because of years of hard training, he has a body of strong tendons, which makes the muscles of his body look particularly obvious. When he is exerting force, he can even see a few abdominal muscles on his stomach clearly. Mu Liu Yun Lun's strength was no worse than his, but he didn't look that tough.

"Huh...?" Zhang Chi finally woke up after being touched constantly. He didn't know what happened for a while, and said in a daze, "What's the matter, Liuyun...do you want to do it?"

"No." Mu Liuyun said, "I just want to see you."

Zhang Chi woke up a little bit, and remembered that Mu Liuyun's injury is not recovering, and it's really not the time to do whatever he wants, but it's rare for Mu Liuyun to take the initiative to touch him, which still makes him a little happy: "Look, just look, just touch, don't money."

Mu Liuyun chuckled, reached out and touched his face: "It's good that you're still alive."

The emotion contained in the words moved Zhang Chi inexplicably. He grabbed Mu Liuyun's hand and said excitedly: "You don't know, when I just woke up next to the pool, I couldn't see you everywhere, and I thought you were gone. Buried at the bottom of the water... I can't help but think about it when I'm free these days, what should I do if you die."

Mu Liuyun said softly: "Life and death are destiny, and everyone's final outcome is the same. If I die, you just live well."

"How could I be better? It's impossible! I thought that after all these years of fighting on the battlefield, I was used to seeing life and death, but I never knew that my heart is so weak." Zhang Chi held Mu Liuyun's hand Put your hand on your heart, "You must be well."

"I'll try my best." Faced with such sincere concern, Mu Liuyun also felt warm in his heart, and couldn't help but smile back, "However, no matter how you look at it, you are more dangerous."

"I will practice hard in the future and never complain." Zhang Chi said seriously, "I can't drag you down anymore."

"Well, that's what you said." Mu Liuyun chuckled, "I won't be merciful from now on."

"...Are you saying that the previous level was the result of your mercy?" Zhang Chi felt that his whole body was not well, "Is it too late for me to regret it now?"

"It's late." Mu Liuyun said ruthlessly.

Zhang Chi hugged his avatar and wailed decently, and almost rolled out of bed. Mu Liuyun reached out to grab him, and then he settled down and stopped making troubles, but he didn't want to get up, so he just lay on the bed with Mu Liuyun Xuxu Describe what you have seen and heard in this valley.

"I used to imagine what it would be like if I had to live an isolated life in the mountains and forests. At that time, I thought that with my mixed abilities, there would be no problem at all. Now that I saw them, I realized how much such a life is. Difficult." Zhang Chi kept his mouth shut for a moment, so as not to let his imagination run wild. Mu Liuyun seemed to suddenly become interested in his body. I can't afford to make any fuss, it will be me who will suffer when the fire is caused.

"Is it that difficult?" Mu Liuyun followed his words and asked.

"It's not difficult to stay for a few days for a short period of time. If you stay for a long time, you will know by looking at them." Zhang Chi said, "You can't get cotton and silkworms here, you can only find wild flax, so they can only They wear animal skins and burlap clothes, and can’t find any crop seeds. They can only live by fishing and hunting. Sometimes they collect some wild vegetables and wild fruits. The few wild kiwi trees in front of and behind the house are the only way they can live. They don’t have iron tools, and they can’t smelt iron, so they use sharpened stones as tools and arrowheads made from animal bones to hunt. I heard that some of the people who were thrown out at the beginning were also literate. But without pen and ink, not even a knife for engraving, those useless characters were slowly lost. You see, in just a few generations, they have returned to a life similar to that of savages, which shows how difficult it is. "

"...Will we be trapped here too?" Mu Liuyun was a little worried, he didn't want to live the life of a savage.

"How is it possible? The sky is not covered. They can't get out because they don't know how to do it lightly. I've seen it. There are a few cliffs. You should be able to climb them with your skills, but everything has to wait for you. Let’s talk about the health.” Zhang Chi said, “At that time, we can rescue them too.”

"These people don't know anything about the outside world. What will they do for a living after they go out?" Mu Liuyun was a little worried about their future. After all, these kind-hearted people brought him back to take good care of him. "If they are not afraid of the long distance, maybe I can take them to Mount Hua."

"Don't be so troublesome. They are all top hunters. They can survive in such a ghostly place. Where can they not survive? When the time comes, I will find them a village with many mountains and forests to settle down. The villagers will welcome the powerful hunters very much." of."

Mu Liuyun said: "How do I remember that ordinary villages don't like outsiders to settle down, and whenever refugees pass by, they want to beat them out."

"Some villages don't like outsiders, but hunters don't rob them of land. And with powerful hunters, they can trade salt and cloth for meat. The crops are not easy to be destroyed by wild animals. Where there are many hunters, tigers and bears They don’t come very often.” Zhang Chi said, “At that time, all the girls and boys in the village will definitely rush to marry them, and it will save the Tamarin clan chief from worrying about marrying his daughter to us all day long.”

Mu Liuyun knew that Zhang Chi would definitely not agree, so he didn't mind, and said with a smile, "Oh? Which daughter does he plan to marry to you?"

"Two, and both are married to you and me, and there are several other girls, including women who already have children, who will marry both of us." Zhang Chi said in amazement, " The marriage customs here are too strange, even scarier than the walking marriage customs in some villages in Miaojiang. Men can marry several wives, and women can also marry several husbands. It seems that there are too few people and there is no way to communicate with the outside world. , leading to difficulties for the offspring, it became such a strange marriage custom. Now, some fresh blood has finally come, and they must not let it go. Liuyun, if you don’t get better soon, your husband-in-law will be tied up by them To be a stud."

Mu Liuyun also knew that he was joking, so he raised his face solemnly and said, "Who is the husband?"

"I, my husband is so handsome, I can't be taken advantage of by them." Zhang Chi said he was cowardly, without saying a word, "Liuyun, are you hungry, I'll get you something to eat."

"Hmm..." Mu Liuyun responded. In fact, he still didn't have much appetite, but after eating, he seemed to have some strength in his body.

Seeing that he finally wanted to eat, Zhang Chi was also very happy, so he put on his clothes neatly and went out to look for food.

After he left, Mu Liuyun sat up on the bed with some difficulty, and began to meditate and exercise his breath.