“Go to Shu Mountain?”
Master Longbrow was stunned and asked, “Little brat, did you absorb the dragon vein at the consecration site and not recover your cultivation?”
After asking this, Master Longbrow shook his head. “No, if you had not recovered your cultivation, you could not have easily defeated that dead crow.”
“What exactly are you going to Shu Mountain for?”
Ye Qiu smiled. “What else? Naturally, to find the dragon vein.”
Master Longbrow was puzzled. “Has your cultivation not already recovered?”
Ye Qiu said, “I want to go further.”
“Do you also want to break through to the Venerable Realm?” Master Longbrow said. “The Venerable Realm is not so easy to break through. Look at me; I almost died just now.”
Ye Qiu said irritably, “Who told you to eat so many pills? Do not think I do not know; you were worried I would compete with you for the pills, so you ate them all at once.”
Master Longbrow’s little scheme was exposed by Ye Qiu, but he was not embarrassed. He smiled. “Little brat, you cannot blame me. I finally got pills that can improve my cultivation. I naturally could not miss out. You are different from me; your luck is better than mine.”
Ye Qiu nodded. “That is true.”
Damn it; this kid is showing off again!
Master Longbrow did not know how to respond for a moment. After thinking, he said, “Little brat, I thought about it. You should first consolidate your cultivation after getting the consecration site’s dragon vein. When you have time later, I will accompany you to Shu Mountain. How about that?”
“I want to go to Shu Mountain now.” Ye Qiu’s attitude was firm.
He wanted to seize the momentum and break through his cultivation in one go.
After absorbing the Mount Tai dragon vein, Ye Qiu already knew the power of dragon veins. If he obtained the Shu Mountain dragon vein, his cultivation could advance further.
At that time, he would not need to fear any threats.
“Old man, are you going or not? If you are, hurry up. If not, I will go alone.” Ye Qiu urged.
“What is the rush?” Master Longbrow took out three copper coins from his Taoist robe sleeve and said, “Let me divine a hexagram before deciding.”
As he spoke.
Master Longbrow threw the three copper coins into the air, chanting a spell under his breath. Soon, the three copper coins spun rapidly above his head.
Ten seconds later.
Crack!
The three copper coins fell to the ground, arranged in a triangular shape.
Master Longbrow looked at the coins, his face becoming serious. He said, “Little brat, the situation is not good. The hexagram shows great misfortune.”
Perfect!
Ye Qiu knew this old man’s character well. His divinations were usually the opposite. Great misfortune meant good fortune. Conversely, if the old man said great fortune, one had to be careful.
Master Longbrow said, “Little brat, listen to my advice. Do not go to Shu Mountain, or there will be a life-and-death crisis.”
Ye Qiu did not listen at all. “Are you going or not?”
“Little brat, why do you not listen? Our relationship is so good; could I harm you?”
Master Longbrow said, “The hexagram shows great misfortune, hiding killing intent. What does that mean? It means going to Shu Mountain, we may go but not return.”
“Old man, did you not say before that I have the immortal body and can be immortal?” Ye Qiu said. “Since I can be immortal, even if I encounter a life-and-death crisis, what does it matter?”
Master Longbrow said, “You can be immortal, but I am mortal. Once I encounter a life-and-death crisis, I will be in trouble.”
Ye Qiu comforted him. “Do not be afraid. At worst, eighteen years later, you will be a hero again.”
Damn you!
Master Longbrow glared at Ye Qiu angrily. “You heartless little bastard, actually cursing me.”
“Hmph, I am not going to Shu Mountain.”
“Go yourself if you want…”
“Goodbye!” Ye Qiu left two words and vanished in a flash.
Master Longbrow was dumbfounded.
He did not expect Ye Qiu to leave just like that.
“Little brat, why are you running so fast? Wait for me.” Master Longbrow quickly caught up to Ye Qiu.
“What are you following for? Did you not say you were not going?” Ye Qiu asked with a straight face, secretly delighted inside.
He had deliberately slowed down earlier. Otherwise, even if Master Longbrow used all his strength, he could not have caught up.
Master Longbrow said, “I thought about it and decided to accompany you to Shu Mountain.”
Ye Qiu said, “Are you not worried about the life-and-death crisis?”
“It is precisely because there is a life-and-death crisis that I decided to accompany you.” Master Longbrow said. “Brothers fight tigers together. I cannot let you risk it alone.”
Ye Qiu said, “I did not see it; you are quite loyal.”
Master Longbrow smiled. “You are my friend. For a friend, even mountains of knives and seas of fire, I will not hesitate.”
“That shows some conscience, but old man, you said one thing wrong earlier.” Ye Qiu said.
“Which thing?” Master Longbrow asked.
Ye Qiu said, “It is not brothers fight tigers, but father and son go to battle. Old man, hurry and call me father.”
Master Longbrow was furious. “You little brat, daring to take advantage of me. I will kill you… Do not run; stop for me!”
…
The Shu Mountain that Ye Qiu and Master Longbrow were heading to was far in the Bashu region. Legend had it that sword immortals once appeared there.
After leaving Mount Tai, the two did not stop.
By dusk.
The two arrived at the ancient Shu Road.
The ancient Shu Road was the only way to enter Shu Mountain!
In ancient times, due to its special geography, the Bashu region was separated from the Central Plains dynasties by the continuous Qinling and Daba Mountains. Birds could hardly fly over the towering peaks, and apes worried about climbing.
The poet immortal Li Bai once wrote a poem as proof:
“Above, the high peaks where six dragons turn back the sun; below, the rushing waves that fold back on themselves. Even yellow cranes cannot fly over; apes wanting to cross worry about climbing.”
Therefore, ancients built a plank road along the cliffs and valleys.
Ye Qiu looked up at the plank road on the cliff, observed for a while, and found the plank road very narrow, only a foot wide, about a hundred metres high. For ordinary people, passing this plank road was harder than ascending to heaven.
“No wonder the poet immortal said, the Shu Road is difficult, harder than ascending to heaven! Seeing it today, I understand.”
Ye Qiu asked, “Old man, do you know how long this plank road is?”
Master Longbrow said, “Ancient records say the Shu Road is about a thousand kilometres long.”
Ye Qiu was shocked. The Shu Road was that long?
If it was all such treacherous plank roads, even with his and Master Longbrow’s cultivation, it would be hard to traverse.
Master Longbrow saw Ye Qiu’s worry and smiled. “Dragon Tiger Mountain records say the Shu Road is three hundred li, which is Shu Mountain!”
So that was it.
Ye Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Let us go.”
“Little brat, the plank road is not easy to walk. Let me demonstrate for you first!”
Master Longbrow finished speaking, his body leaped out, his toes lightly tapped the cliff a few times, then he lightly landed on the plank road.
The next second, “Ouch,” Master Longbrow fell from above.
