Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 214 Paradise
After saying goodbye to the old patriarch Gao Ming, everyone set off.

The team went into the Baima Snow Mountain like a long dragon.

When they set off, Chu Yuan discovered that not only Duan Yu, but also Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling followed.

But since there is already one more Duan Yu, he doesn't care about adding two more girls, Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling.

And there is also an A-Bi beside him.

He once suggested that A-Bi stay in the Baiyi tribe's territory and wait for him to return from the mountain, but A-Bi was unwilling to do so.

Since they were going into the snow-capped mountains, the group did not ride horses. Except for a dozen yaks carrying goods, everyone walked.

The team was large and moved slowly.

The group set out early in the morning and arrived at the Gongba Peak mentioned by Baiyi tribe leader Gao Ming in the late afternoon.

"Young Master Chu, the Baiyi leaders Yuen and Zhaohan said that Gongba Peak is just ahead."

When they arrived at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, Zhu Danchen, Fu Sigui and two young leaders of the Baiyi tribe came over and said to Chu Yuan.

Except for the old chief and some high-ranking members of the Baiyi tribe, few people can speak Mandarin. The vast majority of them speak their own dialect.

Some of them are similar to the Tai and Thai languages ​​of later generations.

Zhu Danchen and Fu Sigui were guards of the Dali royal family. They understood the Baiyi language and could translate for Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan said nothing and looked at the mountain in front of him.

The mountain in front of us is tall enough, standing in front of us like a divine pillar supporting the heaven and earth.

There is white snow on the top of the mountain that has not yet melted, and it emits a holy color under the sunlight.

A small part of the highest mountain top is covered by clouds in the sky.

Chu Yuan made a rough estimate in his mind that the height of the mountain in front of him was at least five thousand meters, or one thousand seven hundred feet high.

This was the highest mountain he had ever seen in his life.

Mount Huashan, famous for its ruggedness and danger, cannot even rank compared to such a mountain.

And there is more than one mountain like this.

In the Baima Snow Mountain, in addition to the Gongba Peak, there are more than 20 peaks of varying heights, guarding around the Gongba Peak. Together with the Gongba Peak, they constitute the Baima Snow Mountain.

Ordinary people would probably back off just by looking at the majestic mountain in front of them, let alone go into the mountain to look for the illusory Changchun Valley.

Fortunately, Chu Yuan, whose martial arts have reached the pinnacle, is no longer an ordinary person. For ordinary people, disasters such as avalanches and falling off a cliff that are sure to kill him may not necessarily kill him.

"Let's go into the mountains!"

Chu Yuan said to Zhu Danchen, Fu Sigui, Duan Yu and others.

At Chu Yuan's command, everyone began to walk along the foot of the mountain towards Gongba Peak.

However, as they walked, the two leaders of the Baiyi tribe, Yu En and Zhao Han, insisted that their people walk in front and let Chu Yuan, Duan Yu and others walk in the middle.

"Brother Chu, they are afraid that you and I will be in danger, so they let us walk in the middle."

Duan Yu saw this scene and said to Chu Yuan.

Because his mother is the daughter of the Baiyi tribe leader, he can understand most of the Baiyi language.

"Well, let them do as they please."

Seeing that the two men insisted, Chu Yuan agreed.

Anyway, the old patriarch had said before that when faced with real danger, the Baiyi people would definitely prioritize protecting their own lives.

After the team adjusted, they set out again. After walking a short distance, Ah Bi began to see stars, felt dizzy and short of breath, felt dizzy and light-headed, and her face turned pale...

A-Bi, who lives in Jiangnan, has never experienced this feeling.

It felt like dying.

"What's wrong, Abi?"

Chu Yuan and A-Bi were walking together, and happened to see that something was wrong with A-Bi, so he asked A-Bi.

"Miss Abi has been struck by a cold miasma. Miss Abi cannot go up to Baima Mountain, or her life will be in danger."

Zhu Danchen saw this scene and said.

Chu Yuan knew that the so-called cold miasma was altitude sickness.

Only then did he remember that A-Bi was probably the one with the weakest martial arts skills among the group.

Although he taught A-Bi many martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect, the time was too short and A-Bi had not even learned them all, let alone practiced them to gain some power.

The remaining Baiyi people have all lived at the foot of the snow-capped mountains since childhood, and their resistance to altitude sickness is definitely much stronger than that of the people in the Central Plains.

"How about sending someone to send A-Bi back to the clan?" Duan Yu suggested.

Chu Yuan said: "It doesn't matter, I'm here."

As he spoke, he held A-Bi's hand and transferred part of his internal energy into A-Bi's body.

A-Bi, who originally felt like she was dying, seeing stars and feeling dizzy, soon returned to normal.

After returning to normal, A-Bi realized that Chu Yuan was holding her hand. Feeling the warmth in Chu Yuan's palm, her face turned red.

Chu Yuan said: "Keep going. When you can't hold on any longer, let A-Bi go back with you."

The reason for this is that the distance from here to the Baiyi tribe’s territory is not close.

He didn't know what kind of character the Baiyi man who went back to the Baiyi tribe with A-Bi had. If he was an upright person, it would be fine. But if he was a person with evil intentions, it would harm A-Bi.

So he will take care of A-Bi for now, and when Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling and others are no longer able to hold on, he will let them return to the Baiyi tribe together.

A-Bi's martial arts skills are not very high, and Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling are not much stronger either.

Duan Yu said, "Alright."

He and others saw Chu Yuan holding A Bi's hand, but everyone pretended not to see it.

Because anyone can see that A-Bi has already fallen deeply in love with her second brother and has placed her whole heart on him.

Chu Yuan said: "Let's continue on our journey."

Everyone started on their way again.

No one else cared, except A-Bi, who was holding Chu Yuan's hand. Her face turned red and she kept her head down, not daring to let others see her. She only felt her heart beating very fast.

Although I felt shy, I also felt very happy.

Because it was the first time that she and Chu Yuan had such close contact.

After walking a short distance, about two or three hundred feet, the "cold miasma" that everyone was talking about, which Chu Yuan believed was altitude sickness, began to appear one after another, and A-Bi was just the first one.

Next are Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing.

"Duan Lang, the two of us want to take a break."

Mu Wanqing's face was flushed, her head felt heavy and her feet felt dizzy. She could not walk anymore, so she and Zhong Ling sat on a rock to rest.

The crowd couldn't leave the two little girls alone on the snowy mountain, so they could only stop and wait for them.

But when they waited, they found that Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling had no intention of getting back on their feet.

Their shyness was different from A-Bi's. A-Bi's face turned red purely because of shyness, while theirs was because of altitude sickness.

"Sir, I'm afraid the two princesses have also been struck by the cold miasma."

Seeing this scene, Fu Sigui said to Duan Yu.

"Zhong Ling, Wan Mei, you are in danger. How about I send someone to send you back?"

Duan Yu walked over to Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing and said.

He also wanted to hold Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling's hands like Chu Yuan did, transfer internal energy to them and relieve their symptoms, but their identities did not allow it.

The three of them are siblings. If they really did that, Zhu Danchen and Fu Sigui would go back and tell his parents about it, and his parents would definitely not let him off.

"No, I won't leave. We just climbed up the mountain for a short time, how can we go down the mountain?"

Mu Wanqing flatly refused.

They had asked to go up the mountain on their own initiative. They had to keep going no matter how hard or tiring it was, otherwise how would others look at them!
"Yes, we won't go down the mountain."

Zhong Ling, who used to be well-behaved and obedient, refused to go down the mountain just like Mu Wanqing, showing her persistence for once.

"But the further you go up the mountain, the stronger the cold miasma will be. What if you don't go down the mountain and something dangerous happens?"

Duan Yu said with a headache.

"Come here, you two. I'll take care of you."

At this moment, Chu Yuan, holding A-Bi's hand, waved to Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling.

Duan Yu's face turned bitter. He looked at Chu Yuan who was holding A-Bi's hand. Would his second brother also hold Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling's hands and transfer his inner strength to them?

Although this was a very normal thing, he felt sad when he heard it.

Just when Duan Yu was feeling complicated, Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling had already stood up with gritted teeth and walked towards Chu Yuan.

They were in extreme pain and did not have as many complicated thoughts as Duan Yu had at the moment.

"You two hold hands. Abi, hold the hand of one of them and transfer part of the internal energy that I sent into your body to them."

Chu Yuan then said to A-Bi who was standing beside him and was feeling a little sour.

Chu Yuan's words made A Bi happy, and she realized that she had misunderstood Chu Yuan.

She thought Chu Yuan was also going to hold Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing's hands!
Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling and A Bi did as Chu Yuan said. Chu Yuan passed his internal force to A Bi. A Bi kept a part for herself and transferred the rest into Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing.

Although Ah Bi's martial arts skills were not high, she knew how to transfer internal energy. Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling, who originally felt extremely uncomfortable, only felt a hint of coolness entering their bodies through the meridians of their arms. After traveling around their bodies for a few circles, their original symptoms of seeing stars and feeling lightheaded gradually improved.

"I have a lot of internal energy in my body, so it's nothing to pass some of it to them."

After doing all this, Chu Yuan said to everyone.

Duan Yu then realized that he had misunderstood Chu Yuan.

"It seems that I have been judging others by my own standards."

Duan Yu thought to himself.

"Just keep on your way."

Duan Yu said.

The team set out again, and with Chu Yuan taking care of these three people, the team moved forward much faster.

After reaching the mountainside, a height of six or seven hundred feet, many of the Baiyi people began to suffer from altitude sickness.

However, their symptoms were not as severe as those of A-Bi, Mu Wanqing, and Zhong Ling, and they were still able to hold on.

Chu Yuan knew clearly the purpose of their trip, which was to find Changchun Immortality Valley.

The location of Changchun Eternal Valley must be in a place where there are few people. It cannot be at the foot of a mountain. If it were at the foot of a mountain, it would have been discovered by the Baiyi people long ago.

So after reaching the mountainside, Chu Yuan asked Zhu Danchen and Fu Sigui to translate, and asked these experienced Baiyi people to disperse and help him find the Changchun Valley of Immortality.

Chu Yuan himself also relied on his Qinggong skills to move back and forth like the wind on Gongba Peak, looking for the location of Changchun Eternal Valley.

As for A-Bi, Mu Wanqing, and Zhong Ling, letting them stay where they are and reduce their activity, and with the internal force that Chu Yuan transfers to them, they will be able to avoid altitude sickness in a short period of time.

Chu Yuan's "Sound Transmission and Soul Searching Technique" can not only transmit sound through the air and confuse people's minds, but also rely on sound to locate.

Chu Yuan originally planned to use the method of sound positioning to find the Changchun Valley of Immortality.

But considering that this is on a snowy mountain, there is a high possibility that he will cause an avalanche using this method.

Although he is not very afraid of avalanches, others are not.

Therefore, they could only use the most stupid manual method and search for it on the snowy mountains.

Seeing Chu Yuan like a god, with a shadow behind him, moving like the wind on the mountainside, taking a step and being two or three feet away, just like the god in the legend who can shrink the earth into an inch, Duan Yu sighed: "It seems that Brother Chu's Qinggong has improved recently."

The last time I saw Chu Yuan perform Qinggong was at Mantuo Villa.

Even though he had practiced the Xiaoyao sect's light skill "Lingbo Weibu", he was unable to walk on the lotus leaves on the lake, but Chu Yuan could do it.

Looking back now, my second brother's Qinggong has made obvious progress.

The light skills Chu Yuan displayed had traces of "Lingbo Weibu", but there were also many unknown things that he had never seen before.

"Could this be another Qinggong skill created by my second brother?"

Duan Yu thought to himself.

In Chu Yuan’s previous conversation with the Sweeping Monk, it was revealed that his second brother in his “previous life” was able to create his own martial arts, a figure like Bodhidharma.

"How can this be!"

Duan Yu then rejected this idea.

Then he was not idle either, and helped Chu Yuan find the Changchun Valley of Immortality.

This is no small project. The mountain is so large that searching it is no small task.

And even if every place has been searched, there is still a high possibility that something might be missed in an inconspicuous place.

The search lasted nearly ten days, and the supplies that everyone carried were decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The location of everyone was also slowly moving towards the top of the mountain.

In addition to the initial altitude sickness, the temperature also dropped suddenly and snow accumulated around.

Chu Yuan and Duan Yu have profound martial arts skills and are not afraid of the severe cold, but others are not.

Fortunately, the Baiyi people knew that the top of the mountain would be cold, so they brought thick clothes.

Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling and A-Bi were able to hold on because Chu Yuan helped them channel their internal energy.

Now the internal energy in Chu Yuan's body is just like the vast ocean. He transferred some of it to A-Bi, Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling. It was not even a drop in the bucket and they recovered quickly.

They searched for half a month but found nothing.

"Young Master Chu, the leaders of the Baiyi tribe, Yu En and Zhao Han, just came to see us. They asked us to tell you that more than 200 people consume a lot of supplies every day. After so many days, our supplies are almost gone. We can only hold out for two days at most. If we can't find them, they will withdraw."

That day, Zhu Danchen found Chu Yuandao.

Chu Yuan thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Let them leave. We agreed to let them lead the way. Their mission has been accomplished."

After all, no one knows where the Changchun Immortal Valley is. These days, the Baiyi people have helped him search almost all the places they can.

Zhu Danchen looked a little hesitant: "Young Master Chu, this is not a good idea."

Chu Yuan smiled and said, "There's nothing wrong with that. Regardless of whether I find the Changchun Immortal Valley or not, I have to thank them."

After hearing what Chu Yuan said, Zhu Danchen went to find the leader of the Baiyi tribe and explained Chu Yuan's opinion to them.

After Zhu Danchen left, Chu Yuan thought back to the days when they had been searching for the Changchun Valley of Immortality, wondering if there were any omissions.

"Since an immortal has appeared on Gongba Peak, it means that the Eternal Spring Valley must be on Gongba Peak. We have searched almost every place on Gongba Peak these days, and we have been to almost every place we can go, but we still can't find the Eternal Spring Valley. This means that the Eternal Spring Valley is not in a place that ordinary people can reach. We only need to search those places that are rarely visited."

After Chu Yuan thought about it, he gradually got a clue.

There are actually only a dozen or so places on Gongba Peak that are truly inaccessible to humans.

It's either a cliff or a precipice.

Chu Yuan thought of the scene in the previous world where they were ambushed by the Blood Knife Ancestor, encountered an avalanche, fell from the cliff, and crashed into the snow valley.

Chu Yuan immediately went to the cliff that he had asked the Baiyi people to report these days.

He wants to check them one by one!

Anyway, as long as these cliffs are not completely vertical and there is no place to stand, they can basically not stop him.

"Brother Chu, what are you going to do?"

The sun was setting and it would be dark in another hour. Chu Yuan left as soon as he said he would. A-Bi asked worriedly.

"I'll look for it again and come back before dark."

Chu Yuan replied.

"Brother Chu hasn't given up yet."

Abi muttered.

After climbing the mountain for such a long time and still not finding the Changchun Valley, many of them have given up hope.

They felt that the Changchun Valley of Immortality was either a rumor or it was hidden too well, and with so few people like them, it was impossible for them to find it.

……

Chu Yuan tapped his toes and moved on the cliffs. As long as there was a place to leverage, he would tap his toes and jump eighty or ninety feet, like an immortal walking in the air. He was even more agile than the apes foraging for food in the mountains, searching all the cliffs on the mountain.

Just like this, Chu Yuan checked everywhere...

When he finally reached the third cliff, Chu Yuan saw a small stone platform between the cliffs. There seemed to be a dark cave on the stone platform.

There seems to be a two-foot-wide path leading to the stone platform.

There was a stone wall on one side of the path and a hundred-foot cliff on the other. The path only stretched for less than a hundred feet before disappearing, becoming a dead end.

The road and the stone platform both showed signs of human excavation and did not seem to be formed naturally.

Because it was a fleeting glimpse, he almost missed it. The more Chu Yuan thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he landed on a protruding rock covered with snow. His body suddenly rose eight or nine feet high, and then landed steadily on the stone platform.

Chu Yuan stood on the stone platform and found that the platform was only ten feet long and wide.

Chu Yuan looked towards the end of the path and saw that the path meandered along the cliff wall, leading straight to the cliff.

Both the stone platform and the cliff were covered with a thin layer of snow, but the entrance to the cave was not covered with snow.

After taking a look at the basic environment on the stone platform, Chu Yuan turned around and looked at the cave behind him.

The cave was not big, about six or seven feet high, and tall people had to lower their heads to enter.

It is only about three feet wide and has a strange shape, a pointed oval. It doesn't look like a cave, but more like a natural crack on the mountain wall.

Chu Yuan stood at the entrance of the cave and felt it, and saw a warm air flow blowing out from the entrance.

"With such warm air currents, there is plenty of space behind. No wonder there is snow on the stone platform and the stone road, but not at the entrance of the cave."

Chu Yuan suddenly realized.

I guessed that it was most likely the Changchun Valley of Eternal Youth that I was looking for.

Chu Yuan took a step and walked inside.

After walking less than ten feet inside, the originally narrow mountain road immediately became wide and open.

As it was pitch dark, Chu Yuan opened the fire starter he carried with him.

The further you go in, the bigger the cave becomes. After two or three hundred feet, light gradually appeared in the originally dark cave, and then a wide cave appeared in front of Chu Yuan.

It was a vibrant valley with green trees, streams, waterfalls, sunshine...and rows of houses and active human beings.

Under the setting sun, this place looks like the legendary paradise.

(End of this chapter)