Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Under the careful care of Zhang Chi and the restoration of his own strong internal force, Mu Liuyun's body is getting better day by day. A few days ago, he was still looking like he was dying, but now he can walk around. Surprised.

Seeing that Mu Liuyun's actions were fine, Zhang Chi, who was eager to go back, took him to the foot of the cliff next to the small village: "I've seen all the nearby slopes, and this should be the best place to climb, but your body is still weak." It’s not perfect, there is no certainty, but don’t force it.”

Mu Liuyun nodded: "I know."

The village is too small, and there is nothing new, so their every move attracts attention. Before Mu Liuyun could roll up his sleeves, the patriarch Tamarin had heard the news and rushed over: "What are you doing?" ?”

Zhang Chi said confidently, "Find a way out."

Zhang Chi has been investigating the terrain for the past few days, and people in the village know that the two of them definitely don't want to stay in this corner of the mountain, but everyone thinks that when this young man searches all the places nearby After he got there, he would give up slowly, so he was allowed to go, and he kindly showed him the way, telling him which places everyone tried and couldn't get to.

Who knew that Zhang Chi not only did not give up, but also dragged Mu Liuyun to take such a risk, Tamarin immediately stopped him seriously: "No! Even the best hunter here can't climb this slope, how can you Let him take risks! His injuries are just a little bit better, and I will never allow you to do such nonsense."

"It's up to you to decide." Mu Liuyun said, lifted the hem of his clothes and jumped, he flew several feet high, grabbed a gap in the rock on the cliff and used his strength to jump up, and jumped up again. a long distance.

This cliff is so steep that it is almost vertical, and there are not many places where you can grab strength, but it is indeed the easiest cliff to climb nearby. Nowhere to start.

Mu Liuyun's lightness kung fu is outstanding, his body is light and agile, even if the hunters use their hands and feet together, the distance they can't do anything about is just a piece of cake for him.Tamarin and the others were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped. They watched the figure in white clothes climb higher and higher, and finally disappeared at the corner of the hillside, before turning their heads stiffly to look at Zhang Chi.

Facing everyone's shocked expressions, Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a sense of pride: "I told you a long time ago, my family Liuyun is a great martial arts master, and he has to climb a cliff of this level. Going up is as easy as walking on flat ground.”

When Mu Liuyun flew down from the cliff, the whole village heard the news and gathered under the cliff, whispering and watching this "martial arts master", and Zhang Chi rushed forward: "How is it?"

"I have already climbed to the top, and some places are really not easy to climb. If I take you, I am afraid I will still not be able to go up." Mu Liuyun said, "There are dense forests and mountains on the top of the cliff, and I can't tell them apart. I was afraid that I might get lost, so I didn’t go any further.”

After Zhang Chilue thought about it, he came up with a solution: "Otherwise, let's prepare a hemp rope that is long enough. You take the rope up first, find a strong place to tie it firmly, and I can climb up along the rope. gone."

"En." Mu Liuyun nodded.

"Then, Patriarch Tamarind, I will leave the weaving of the rope to you." Zhang Chi turned to Tamarin and said.

Tamarin said with some pity: "You... still want to leave?"

"Aren't you going?" Zhang Chi looked at him in surprise, "Before you couldn't go out because you couldn't find a way, but now there is a way. The outside world is so big, don't you want to go out and have a look?"

Obviously, the villagers at the bottom of Longtan had never thought about this problem. When they suddenly heard this, the surroundings fell into a deathly silence for a while.

Then, whoever started it first, the villagers began to argue with each other. The young people and children were very excited about it, but some older people were hesitant.

The argument lasted all night, and when Zhang Chi started teaching the women in the village to weave rope the next day, the patriarch Tamarin came to find him.

"I know that your proposal is also for our own good. I have discussed it with the elders in the clan, and everyone decided to stay." Tamarin said, "The ancestors dreamed of leaving this place back then, but after all Many years have passed. We have lived here for generations, and although the outside world is good, for us, we don’t know how to live after we go out.”

"So you decided not to go out?" Zhang Chi was quite surprised that Tamarin made such a decision.

Tamarin said: "Now we have this road, young people can go out and come back from the outside in exchange for something useful, that's good, we don't know anything about the outside world, it's safer not to go out .”

"I can understand what you say, but patriarch, don't you think there are too few people in the village?" Zhang Chi still wanted to persuade him, "I saw many traces of abandoned houses nearby. There should have been more than this number of you before.”

"That's right. At most, there were hundreds of people at the bottom of Longtan, but now there are only about thirty people left." Tamarin sighed, "If we can get the iron tools and seeds, we can relearn If you keep farming, life should be better in the future.”

"It's not a question of whether life is better or not. There are so few people, it is inevitable that close relatives will marry, and the children born will be more likely to be disabled and die young. If you continue to stay here, I am afraid that sooner or later your children will be cut off." Zhang Chi said. , "This place is remote and barren, and people from other places would not be willing to live here. After Liuyun and I leave, what if the rope breaks? Don't you even have a chance to regret it?"

Tamarin was speechless, Zhang Chi said: "Patriarch, you should think again, you can survive in such a barren place, what is there to fear in the outside world? Maybe it will not be easy at first, But staying on is clearly hopeless."

Tamarin sighed: "Oh, you're right, I'll discuss it with other people."

***

The villagers worked together to mow the grass with good physical strength, and to weave the rope if they were dexterous. It took only two days to prepare a tens of feet long hemp rope. Regarding the question of whether to go or stay, Tamarin finally The final decision has been made - some young people will go out with Zhang Chi first, and after they find a suitable place to live and settle down, they will pick up the elderly and children one after another.

The bundle of ropes weighed dozens of kilograms, Zhang Chi tied it into a thick rope bag, and hung it on Mu Liuyun's back in a way that would not hinder his movement as much as possible: "How about it? Tripped?"

"It's okay." Mu Liuyun said, although it was a bit hard for him to fly over the eaves and walls with dozens of kilograms of things on his back, he could still do it.

Zhang Chi helped him adjust the straps again, and Mu Liuyun climbed up the cliff with light kung fu.

Zhang Chi watched him climb farther and farther without any danger, until he could no longer see, then he rubbed his sore neck and turned around, and saw Tamarin walking away with a roll of yellowed sheepskin surrounded by some tribesmen. Come over: "Grandfather, you not only set up a road for us, but also pointed out the direction for us, otherwise we will really be trapped in this mountain depression until the family is wiped out. You and Mu Daxia are our benefactors."

Zhang Chi quickly said: "Where is it, you saved Liuyun first, I should have thanked you well, and we have to go up by ourselves, and it is just a way to tie a rope."

"Whether it's by the way or not, you are all benefactors who have brought us hope." Perhaps because of living in the mountains for a long time, Tamarin and the others are very serious, and they have to find something to thank Mu Liu Yun and Zhang Chi, he held out the old skin, "We have discussed for a long time, and there is nothing good to thank you. You must not look down on the local products that are available here. If you want to come If you think about it, this is the only thing you might need.”

"What is this?" Although Zhang Chi felt that thanking gifts was completely unnecessary, he was still aroused by them.

"I heard that you are going to the Yinyue Palace to deal with a group of people called the Red Lotus Sect. In fact, our ancestors were the craftsmen who built the Yinyue Palace. Because they knew too much about the Yinyue Palace, they were thrown into the Black Dragon Pool to sacrifice to heaven. He After surviving by luck, I drew this picture from memory, and later this thing was handed down as a letter from the patriarch." Tamarin unfolded the skin, and the traces carved on it had faded a bit, but they could still be seen. It was a very detailed structural diagram, "It's been a long time, and we can't read many of the characters on it, but if Yinyue Palace still has the original layout, this diagram should be useful to you."

"It's more than useful, it's really useful." Since it was such a good thing, Zhang Chi didn't want to be polite to them, and said gratefully, "Thank you very much!"

Tamarin said with relief: "If it can be useful to you, we can rest assured."

While speaking, Mu Liuyun had already thrown the rope down from the cliff, Zhang Chi led the charge, followed by several young hunters at the bottom of Longtan. Not at all slower than Zhang Chi.

***

After climbing to the top of the cliff, Zhang Chi understood why Mu Liuyun was afraid of getting lost. The surroundings were surrounded by identical deep mountains and dense forests. They had no idea where they were at all. The tallest tree, looking around, can only see more dense forests.

Fortunately, Zhang Chi and the hunters were very good at identifying the direction in the jungle. They gradually searched out around the cliff around the center. It took two or three days before they finally found the location of Baihua Canyon.

Zhang Chi had already seen the location of the camp from a distance, but to his surprise, there was only a large area of ​​scorched black marks left.

Zhang Chi let out an exclamation, and rushed in that direction eagerly, then stopped outside the camp stunned, looking at the camp that had been completely burned to white ground, and could even vaguely see some charred black tents that had already burned to the ground. Unrecognizable dead bodies.

"What happened, what happened to the general, where are the others?!" Even though Zhang Chi had a tough heart, he couldn't help but lose his composure when faced with such a situation. He rushed into the burned camp. What should have been the main camp now only remains in ruins. And coke, Zhang Chi anxiously picked the burnt wood and ashes, wanting to see if there are any clues left, Mu Liuyun frowned and said: "Calm down, there are not many corpses here, there should be survivors .”

"Yes, I need to calm down..." Zhang Chi said to himself, scratching his hair, not caring that the black ash on his hands was staining his face, "There are so many people in the camp, and there are many masters sitting in the camp, no matter what kind of treatment It is impossible to annihilate the entire army in one attack, they must have withdrawn!"