Ling Long walked to the side of the pavilion and supported herself on the stone railing with one hand. She twisted her waist and sat on the stone railing of the pavilion. Her feet were still swaying outside the stone railing. Under her feet were clouds and mist. She seemed to be a fairy above the clouds and mist.
Exquisite shook her feet and said,""We're not going up anymore. This is about a third of the way up. If you go down from here, half a day in the morning will pass.”
Exquisite tilted her head and thought for a moment. Then, she pretended to be mature and said,"Father said that the path of cultivation is lonely and hard. Those who can't stand loneliness can't achieve anything and can't see the sliver of heavenly opportunity.
Anyway, I don't really understand. It probably means that I shouldn't be lazy. However, Dad also said that it was fortunate that he found his mother and his precious daughter. Otherwise, he would be anxious to death.”After saying that, Ling Long started to giggle.
Seeing Exquisite's happy expression, Han Xiao also smiled. However, when Han Xiao saw Exquisite sitting on the stone railing and not being obedient, he only felt his heart palpitate. Beyond that stone railing was a bottomless abyss.
Han Xiao said to Exquisite, who was swaying her legs, Senior Sister, are you going to come down first before you laugh…"
Looking at Han Xiao's frightened expression, Ling Long laughed even more happily. On the distant cliff, on the vast Cloud Sea, waves of bell-like laughter could be heard from time to time.
When they descended the mountain, Han Xiao had already stood there and sighed at the sky countless times. This time, he sighed again," It's easy to ascend the mountain, but difficult to descend the mountain!”This was true.
After resting with her senior sister for a while at the 'One Step Pavilion', her senior sister clamored to go down the mountain. Otherwise, she would starve to death. She jumped down the mountain five to six steps at a time like a butterfly. After running far away, she said,"Junior Brother, I'll go down to prepare the food first. You should hurry down the mountain. Remember to keep your waist and horse in one and focus your energy on your dantian…Little White will stay behind to protect you…"
Linglong's voice gradually faded away until it was almost inaudible. Han Xiao stared at his senior sister who had thrown him far away with his mouth agape. He and Little White, who was beside him, stared at each other for a while.
Little White stuck out its tongue and tilted its head towards the stone steps as if it wanted to say,""What do you think I'm doing? Descending the mountain is the last resort!”
Han Xiao thought that it was just going down the mountain. How could it be harder than going up the mountain? He walked down the mountain.
At first, he walked down step by step. Occasionally, when he walked down two steps, the mountain wind mixed with the moisture in the clouds would blow against his face. He could not help but be shocked. He felt refreshed, and his feet seemed to have become much lighter.
At first, Han Xiao felt as if his feet were much lighter, but he knew that it was not an illusion after a moment. This was probably what it felt like to step off a cliff.
Due to the inertia of going down the mountain, Han Xiao's front feet were in the air and his back feet were floating. Seeing that he was about to ride the clouds and mist along the vast sea of clouds, he suddenly felt a huge force coming at his chest, as if he had been hit by a stick. Although it was painful, he still used the force to sit on the stone steps.
Only then did Han Xiao hurriedly grab the weeds beside him with fear and trepidation. He felt as if three souls and six spirits had just returned to his body. He looked at the stone steps under his feet as if they were alive. They seemed to be flat in front of his eyes for a moment, and then they seemed to stand upright under his feet.
Han Xiao closed his eyes to calm himself down, and glanced at the surrounding sea of clouds. At this moment, Han Xiao suddenly realized that the stairs built by his master seemed to be built along the mountain ridge. As he climbed up, he felt nothing except tiredness. There were some grass and shrubs on both sides, and there were very few trees. However, as long as he walked down, he felt that it was relatively steep. Could it be that his master had done this on purpose?
Han Xiao suddenly remembered that his senior sister had said that she had been climbing Heaven Piercing Peak for many years. Since she could climb, what was there for him to be afraid of? Moreover, with Little White by his side, he would definitely not let him fall down the mountain for no reason.
As he thought about it, Han Xiao glanced at Little White, who was curled up on a rock at the side and looking down at him. Seeing Han Xiao looking at him, Little White raised its head proudly and stuck out its fiery red tongue.
Han Xiao did not know how Ling Long could have climbed Sky-Piercing Peak on her own. She was just a little girl. Han Zhitian had wanted Ling Long to cultivate like this, but his wife, Ye Shuangyue, was too eager to love her daughter, so she showed off her power. Besides, she was not any weaker than Han Zhitian, so she taught her daughter. Han Zhitian only taught his daughter some of his own insights, and it was only when his daughter had some foundation in cultivation that she began to climb Sky-Piercing Peak.
It wasn't until Han Zhitian took Han Xiao as his disciple that he officially had a successor. It was just that Han Xiao didn't know about this.
Han Xiao calmed himself down and then continued to walk down the mountain. He had to stop and rest for a while after every step. His speed was actually not much faster than climbing up the mountain.
Little White's speed was not very fast. It quietly followed Han Xiao not far from him. There were a few times when Han Xiao staggered and fell, Little White would give Han Xiao a blow faster than lightning. Then, it would show off as if it did not care about Han Xiao's clumsy appearance.
Seeing Little White's appearance, Han Xiao was so angry that he saw stars. He thought that one day, he would kick it off the mountain.
When Han Xiao stepped down the last step and stood on the Full Moon Meadow, Han Xiao almost cried. It was better to be down-to-earth! In Han Xiao's eyes, this half a day's journey felt like half a year.
"How is it, Junior Brother? Xiao Bai still takes good care of you, right?”Exquisite ran over from afar and said to Han Xiao and Little White.
Hearing Exquisite's words, Little White circled around Han Xiao, then ran to Exquisite's side and stood up, touching her little hand with its head. It was as if she was acting coquettishly.
Han Xiao sat on the ground and smiled bitterly at his senior sister, Ling Long.""Senior Sister, you're too cruel. You left me alone on the mountain and let this stinky snake bully me…Ah!……”
Before Han Xiao could finish his sentence, Little White turned around and charged straight at Han Xiao, scaring him so much that he hurriedly crawled back. However, he was not as fast as Little White. Little White climbed onto Han Xiao's body in an instant and pressed its body against Han Xiao's chest. It looked down at Han Xiao from above and stuck out its tongue from time to time.
Han Xiao was so scared that his hair stood on end. He quickly said to the overjoyed Exquisite,"Senior…Senior Sister, save…save me, Xiao Bai isn't going to eat me, is he?”
"Pfft!" Exquisite stuck out her tongue at Han Xiao and said,"Little White won't eat you. You're covered in sweat. You said bad things about Little White. If you apologize, it will naturally come down.”
How could a person not lower his head under the eaves? Han Xiao had no choice but to squeeze out a smile at Little White in front of his chest and said,"" Little White, thank you for saving me along the way. Thank you…"
Hearing Han Xiao's words, Little White lifted its head proudly and got off Han Xiao's body. It swam to Exquisite's side and acted coquettishly.
"Junior brother, there's food in the kitchen. Hurry up and eat while it's hot. I'll go play with Xiao Bai first.”Exquisite said to Han Xiao as she teased Little White.
Seeing Little White leave his body, Han Xiao hurriedly crawled to the kitchen. He didn't know if it was because he was hungry or because he was scared.
Master, Mistress, and Uncle Zhong hadn't come back yet. It seemed that Uncle Zhong had reserved the food in the kitchen and placed it in a big steamer. There was still some residual heat under the pot. It should have been heated by Senior Sister when she went down the mountain.
Han Xiao was secretly grateful, thinking that he must strive to be as fast as his senior sister.
In the blink of an eye, Han Xiao had been on the mountain for several months. Ever since he started, Han Xiao had been cultivating with his senior sister. In the morning, he would cultivate with his senior sister to climb the Heaven-piercing Peak. In the afternoon, they would cultivate separately. Han Xiao glanced at his senior sister, Ling Long, who was meditating on a stone platform on the Full Moon Plains to cultivate Qi. Then, he continued to chop wood in Uncle Zhong's courtyard. Han Xiao looked at the blood blisters on his palm and felt rather confused. They were both cultivating, but Han Xiao understood that his senior sister had never done this before. Could it be that all those cultivators worked like him?
After thinking about it for a while, he didn't know what to do, so he decided not to think about it anymore. Anyway, Master and Master's wife treated him as their own. As for the matter of cultivation, he didn't want to think about it.
Now, Han Xiao could already split the firewood. Although the courtyard was a mess after chopping the firewood every day, at least he did not want to start with the chicken feather-like sawdust. Han Xiao chopped a pile of wood. Just as he was about to carry the chopped wood to the side of the courtyard wall, he suddenly heard his senior sister Ling Long's cry outside the courtyard. He hurriedly rushed out to see what had happened.
Running out of the courtyard, Han Xiao saw that his senior sister had already run to Uncle Zhong's side. He didn't hear what they were saying from afar. When Han Xiao ran closer, he realized that Uncle Zhong's left shoulder was injured for some reason. Blood dyed his entire left arm red, and he was so anxious that his exquisite voice choked.
Han Xiao saw that Uncle Zhong was about to put down the medicine basket on his right shoulder. He hurriedly went forward to catch it and asked anxiously,"Uncle Zhong, what's going on?" He put down the medicine basket and went forward to help her.
Uncle Zhong's face was covered in sweat and dust, and his body was covered in grass and leaves. It was as if he had just fought with someone.
Seeing the two children so anxious, Uncle Zhong smiled and stroked his beard. Who knew that he would get a handful of dust. He smiled helplessly and explained,"Today, I was supposed to go down the mountain with Zhitian and the others to pick herbs. In order to harvest more, I separated from them. I didn't pay attention and walked further into the mountains. When I wanted to come back, I found this…"
As he spoke, Uncle Zhong took out a leaf the size of a lotus leaf from the medicine basket under his feet. He pushed aside the leaf and revealed a fiery red mushroom plant as thick as a child's arm.
Exquisite exclaimed,""Flame Grass!"
Uncle Zhong saw that Exquisite recognized the plant with a glance and nodded in agreement. He continued,"There must be a guardian spirit beast living next to this Flame Grass. I originally wanted to return to Zhitian and the others to collect it together, but this Flame Grass is already mature. I was worried that something might happen if I delayed it, so I took the risk and went forward to collect it.
This flame can't be touched directly. It's not good for one's qi and blood. There's a Blue Cloud Leaf growing next to every Flame Grass. It's this leaf…"
Uncle Zhong pointed at the lotus leaf that was wrapped around the Flame Grass. After hearing Uncle Zhong's words, that leaf really looked like a cloud floating in the sky, except that it was green in color.
Uncle Zhong wanted to continue, but Han Xiao stepped forward and interrupted,"Uncle Zhong, let's talk about this later. Let's go in and bandage your wounds first.”As he spoke, he went forward and pulled Uncle Zhong into the courtyard.
Ling Long also came to her senses and helped Uncle Zhong carry the things into the courtyard.
As Uncle Zhong walked, he said that his wound had already been treated. It seemed that today's harvest really made him very happy.
After entering the house, Uncle Zhong took a shower and changed into a clean set of clothes. He looked into the courtyard and saw that Han Xiao was still chopping wood. Moreover, there was already a pile of wood in the corner of the wall. Uncle Zhong nodded and walked out of the house.
Exquisite looked at Han Xiao, who had spent a long time chopping wood, in boredom. She muttered in her heart that Han Xiao was also a piece of wood and didn't want to play with her. She raised her head and saw Uncle Zhong walking out of the house. Ling Long hurriedly went up to him.
Han Xiao also put down the chopper in his hand and poured a cup of water for Uncle Zhong.
Uncle Zhong sat beside the stone table, took the water that Han Xiao handed over, drank a mouthful, and placed it on the table. He said to Han Xiao,"Xiao 'er, Ling Long, I've also brought you a small gift.”
As he spoke, Uncle Zhong took the basket from the side and separated the herbs inside. He took out a small nest from the middle and removed the leaves covering it, revealing a small nestling in the nest.
"Lightning Bird!" Exquisite exclaimed as she looked at the nestling.
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