Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 138 Many Obstacles in the Mountains

This time Zhao Yifu is really on the road with his whole family, and he and his "Zhao Cat Tribe" are going to fully attack Prison Mountain!

"Meow~"

The cats are tired and want to rest.

Only an hour after setting off, the cats that were walking in the fields with Zhao Yifu said they couldn't stand it anymore.

"Ugh……"

Zhao Yifu sighed deeply, then remembered that cats were not suitable for long-distance running.

Otherwise, why do we say that humans are the most intelligent creatures on earth?

A trained ape can possess strength, speed, agility, and endurance, which puts it at the undisputed top of the food chain in nature.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Yifu could only be thankful that his Haoran robe had two large sleeves.

He had already used his left sleeve to store various things he needed, and the right sleeve...

Soon, the kittens crawled into his sleeves one after another and took a comfortable nap in the place specially designed for cats.

The sleeve was originally a nest he prepared for Yiyi, but now it has become the "public territory of the Zhaomao tribe", which is really laughable.

And Yiyi has its own place, inside the lapel of Zhao Yifu's chest, and it doesn't feel crowded at all.

Zhao Yifu even specially made a pocket on the inside of his lapel for this purpose, and Yiyi usually nestled in this pocket.

So, the only dog ​​left walking in the wilderness with two humans was Dahei.

So it makes sense to say that dogs are humans’ most loyal companions, because only dogs can follow their owners’ footsteps forever.

Of course, they chose to travel entirely on foot this time. After all, the terrain in the prison mountain was rugged and dangerous, so they could only walk.

However, they all had martial arts skills, and they walked eighty miles that day and arrived at a forest on the edge of Prison Cell Mountain.

The woods are relatively sparse, but there is a mountain stream flowing through, and the water seems to be quite clear.

There are many mushrooms growing on the roadside, but I don’t know if they are edible.

"Master, the mushrooms here are very fresh and edible. Let me make you a pot of mushroom soup today."

Zhao Yifu felt a little uneasy after hearing this. He asked, "Are you sure this mushroom is edible?"

Wu Zhong promised, "Don't worry, Master. I guarantee it's edible."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was ready to show off his cooking skills.

Zhao Yifu, on the other hand, looked at it with some concern... At least the smell was fine, and Wu Zhong had lived in the wild a lot in his early years, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Thinking of this, I walked towards the mountain stream.

The cats were already taking a nap by the water, and some of them had even caught some fat fish in the mountain stream and had a delicious meal.

Zhao Yifu felt relieved when he saw the fish bones discarded on the shore. At least it seemed that the water and the fish in the water should be fine.

As he was thinking about this, he saw a palm-sized fish swimming slowly in front of him in the water.

This made him itchy and the bamboo pole in his hand was eager to try.

Then when he reacted, the bamboo pole had already pierced the water and pierced the fish.

Zhao Yifu felt embarrassed when he saw this. This bamboo pole was so convenient to use that he wanted to play with it as soon as he got it in his hand.

He poked the fish, but because there was a hole in it, he didn't eat it. Instead, he threw it onto the shore for the cats to eat.

However, just as he was about to wipe the water off the top of the bamboo pole, he unexpectedly saw that the color of the part where the tip of the bamboo pole was in the water seemed to be darker!
Surprised, he quickly observed the water carefully and saw some mist floating on the surface of the water...it was miasma!

In other words, this water is poisonous to ordinary people!
However, after being slightly startled, Zhao Yifu did not take it too seriously. After all, his cats were not ordinary cats. They had magical powers and were not affected by a little miasma.

As for the water used to make soup, since it is used to make soup, how can there be anything wrong with boiling water?

But Zhao Yifu was still worried.

He raised the bamboo stick, vaguely guessing its magic in his heart.

To be honest, he didn't know much about this bamboo stick, he just used it as a memory of the deceased.

But now, he thought that since he was going to take this item into the mountains to avenge his old friend, he might try to refine it...

As for how to refine it?

As a Jindan cultivator, Zhao Yifu separated a wisp of his divine consciousness and injected it into the bamboo stick along with his true energy.

He had thoroughly explored the structure inside the bamboo stick.

The bamboo staff is made up of seven sections of bamboo, and the inside of these seven sections of bamboo are engraved with seven magic patterns in a unique way.

Zhao Yifu did not understand the inscriptions on the magic patterns, but his spiritual sense could understand the meaning of these magic patterns.

Three of them are repeated, which means "solid".

Among the remaining four, one is "Poison Identification", one is "Growth", one is "Extension", and one is "Spirit Gathering".

To be honest, Zhao Yifu actually felt that this emerald green bamboo staff was already a magic weapon.

The bamboo stick turned black when it entered the water, which was because the "poison identification" magic pattern took effect.

When the Taoist monk Bai Na made the bamboo pole grow suddenly during the battle with him, it was the combined effect of 'growth' and 'extension'.

In short, this is an excellent bamboo pole. Zhao Yifu holds it very comfortably in his hand. He couldn't help but demonstrate a set of sword techniques with the bamboo pole.

Surprisingly comfortable.

He felt that he had finally found a weapon that suited him.

Just as he was gesturing, Wu Zhong called out, "Master, it's time to eat."

He walked over upon hearing that.

Wu Zhong was serving rice, and there was a big pot of mushroom fish soup stewing on the campfire, which smelled amazing.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu suddenly thought of the bamboo pole's function of "identifying poison".

But it doesn't seem very ethical to poke the pole into the soup in front of Wu Zhong.

So he thought about it, and suddenly an idea came to him.

True Qi was injected into the bamboo pole, activating two of the magic patterns.

The next moment, a piece of emerald green bamboo leaves suddenly grew out from the top of the bamboo.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu picked the bamboo leaves and threw them into the soup...

"Master, what are you doing?"

Zhao Yifu said, "I'm trying to identify poison. If this mushroom is poisonous, the color of the bamboo leaves will darken."

“Without non-toxicity there will be no change.”

Wu Zhong said, "So magical? I'd really like to take a closer look..."

Before he finished speaking, the bamboo leaves in the pot had already changed color... a dark green to black!

This is highly poisonous...

Zhao Yifu covered his face.

Wu Zhong’s survival skills are very immature!

Fortunately, the cat with the mustache who had been out investigating returned. Seeing the awkward situation, the scout cat said, "The things that grow here are different from those in the outside world. Various plants often undergo some changes due to the influence of different spiritual energies."

Wu Zhong said somewhat disappointedly, "So that's how it is."

The old man was somewhat shocked because the survival skills he was so proud of actually failed here and almost caused a disaster.

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu immediately realized that he was too straightforward and did not take the old servant's feelings into consideration.

He felt a little guilty, but then he had another idea.

He took out a pill, crushed it and sprinkled it into the soup.

"Uncle Wu, don't worry. I'll add some ingredients to the soup. It should be able to detoxify it."

As he spoke, the color of the bamboo leaf in the soup faded again, and then returned to its emerald green.

He threw a miasma-relieving pill into the soup.

Sure enough, the Jiezao Pill, which is similar to a general antidote, is quite effective.

Then Zhao Yifu scooped up a bowl of soup and took a sip, praising it endlessly: "Uncle Wu, your cooking skills are amazing. This soup tastes so good."

Wu Zhong felt better after seeing this. He praised, "Young Master, your methods are indeed formidable."

As he said this, he also poured himself a bowl of soup.

He was not afraid at all of whether there was any poison in the soup. On the one hand, it was because he trusted Zhao Yifu, and on the other hand, he might have given up on himself.

At this moment, the originally clear moonlit sky suddenly became overcast, and the water element in the air became visibly abundant.

Zhao Yifu stood up in surprise and said, "Uncle Wu, I'm afraid it's going to rain heavily soon. We have to find a way to avoid the rain."

Wu Zhong also stood up quickly. After a moment's pause, he said, "Master, where is the whole piece of linen I gave you before you left?"

"And the hemp ropes, find them also."

Zhao Yi Fu fiddled with his left sleeve quickly.

It was only when the cats jumped into his sleeves and searched together that they found the piece of linen in time.

The linen is very large, about ten meters square.

Wu Zhong said, "It was originally intended to be used as a tent for overnight stays. Now we can use the hemp ropes to tie around the tree trunks to make a rain awning for us."

Next, under Wu Zhong's command, the cats quickly fixed the linen cloth to the surrounding tree trunks.

Just as I did all this, it started to rain heavily above my head.

The rain was heavy, and before Zhao Yifu and his companions had time to congratulate themselves for having built the shelter in time, the linen had already been soaked with water and began to drip.

Wu Zhong said helplessly, "I should have prepared a tarpaulin earlier. It's a pity that I don't have anywhere to find such a large tarpaulin for the time being."

Seeing this, Zhao Yifu thought for a moment, then reached out and touched the linen cloth... Water Seal!
The next moment, the rain could no longer penetrate the linen.

Just as one problem was solved, another one arose. The rainwater on the linen quickly accumulated and a large puddle soon appeared on the top... If this continued, the hemp ropes fixed around it would not be able to hold on and the awning would collapse.

Before Zhao Yifu could react, Wu Zhong immediately said, "Master, quickly use the bamboo pole to push up. You must push that bubble away, otherwise we will all be soaked."

He quickly followed his instructions, poking the bamboo pole upwards to lift the bag of water above his head, allowing the water inside to pour out from the side...

Dahei was curiously sticking out his tongue to catch the rain, but ended up getting his head drenched in water, making a "chi chi" sound.

Seeing this, Wu Zhong quickly took out a dry towel to wipe the dog's head. The climate in this damn place changes very quickly, and even animals can easily get sick.

As for Zhao Yifu?
He was completely focused on poking the water bag on top. He would poke wherever there was a bulge, appearing to be very focused... Well, a man's happiness is that simple.

Until Wu Zhongshi couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Master, you'd better come and drink some more soup. The rice is getting cold."

Only then did Zhao Yifu stop with a feeling of being unsatisfied.

Then he stuck the bamboo pole into the ground, circulated his true energy and exhaled it. The bamboo pole then grew section by section, supporting the entire top of the awning.

Wu Zhong smiled indulgently upon seeing this.

He felt much better because he realized that his young master was still a 'child' and still needed his care.

Zhao Yifu had a hearty meal.

The rain in the mountains comes and goes quickly.

It was impossible to travel at night in the mountains, so they simply rested under the awning for one night and continued their journey tomorrow.

"It's strange. I thought there would be a lot of mosquitoes in the mountains. I even prepared some insect repellent. But after the rain, there aren't even any mosquitoes left."

Wu Zhong murmured in surprise. Zhao Yifu smiled and said, "This is all thanks to the cats. With them around, how could ordinary mosquitoes dare to get close?"

Wu Zhong asked, "I've never heard that cats can repel mosquitoes?"

Zhao Yifu said, "Cats can't do that, but demons can."

"Ordinary mosquitoes sense the subtle demonic aura emanating from them and dare not approach them."

Wu Zhong was no longer surprised to hear that these cats were all "demons". He just began to instruct Zhao Yifu to arrange a place to spend the night.

"Master, you should still have two pieces of oilcloth in your sleeves. They were originally put there for emergencies, but now they can be spread on the ground to make a mat."

The oilcloth has been laid out, so you don't have to worry about the floor getting dirty when you sit down.

Then Zhao Yi Fu took out a cushion and sat on it. He only needed the cushion to meditate for one night.

Wu Zhong is different. He has to lie down to sleep.

After all, he is old.

While Zhao Yifu was meditating, a cat suddenly meowed in the dark.

He opened his eyes and immediately reached out to hold his head down.

He rubbed it slowly and whispered, "Uncle Wu is old, let him sleep a little longer, let's go see what it is."

The cats understood instantly, and then the cat that gave the warning led Zhao Yifu towards the riverbank of the mountain stream...

When we got there, we found that there was a big colorful spider lying on the river bank eating the fish bones and internal organs left by the cats.

Zhao Yifu's eyes showed surprise, and then he fixed his gaze and snapped his fingers, sending a stone flying.

Lingxu snaps his fingers!

"Boom!"

The stone shattered into pieces on the back of the colorful spider, and the colorful spider fainted.

This guy is not dead?
Zhao Yifu was shocked. How could this thing be so resistant to beatings?
Although he did not use his full strength in his Lingxu Fingerflick, at his current level, it was no problem for him to penetrate two layers of armor.

But such a powerful spirit only managed to knock the flower spider unconscious with a flick of its finger?
At this moment, a clear and urgent female voice suddenly rang out from the other side of the mountain stream: "You bold lunatic, how dare you hurt my spirit beast!"

Zhao Yifu looked in the direction of the sound and saw a barefoot woman in a short skirt and shirt leap down from the tree in a few steps and land on the other side of the river bank.

Zhao Yifu explained, "Your spirit beast? It entered my camp. I had no choice but to do this to eliminate any danger."

He is very polite.

However, the woman driving the poisonous insects refused to listen. She said, "You bastard, compensate me for my spirit beast!"

As he said this, he took out a blowpipe and blew a flying needle out at Zhao Yifu.

Zhao Yifu was quite surprised, but he reached out and caught the flying needle with two fingers.

However, after catching the flying needle, he felt a poisonous gas continuously invading his body.

The 'Shou Ren Fa' in his body immediately reacted and isolated the poison.

At this moment, the unconscious multicolored spider on the riverbank also woke up and pounced towards Zhao Yifu with swift momentum...

Zhao Yifu didn't tolerate it, he raised his leg and kicked it away.

He didn't choose to step on the spider as big as a washbasin to death because he was worried that he would not be able to kill it with one step and it would cause trouble instead.

So to be safe, kick it far away.

Of course, with his leg strength from practicing the "Frost Steps to the Sky", the spider started to "explode" while flying in the air.

"Little flower!"

The woman cried out in pain, and the spider fell at her feet, rolling several times and trembling, unable to stand up on its own.

It seems that Zhao Yifu's kick really hurt it.

"You bastard, I'm going to kill you!"

A delicate cry with a thick accent was uttered, and then the woman suddenly unfolded a small banner with two hanging ribbons. Then one of the two ribbons spontaneously combusted without fire, emitting a thick green smoke that quickly spread towards Zhao Yifu.

Zhao Yifu frowned slightly when he saw this. He wanted to use the Shouren method to perform the Mirage Secret Technique to deal with it.

The solution is to use the thick fog produced by the Mirage Secret Technique to squeeze out and resist the poisonous fog.

However, just before he took action, he suddenly had another idea.

He remembered the 'Ren Shui Eight Styles' he had learned when he was practicing water control in his early days, but he had not practiced this move for a long time.

Besides, he has already mastered the art of swordsmanship, so why not deal with him with sword moves?

This will make the master happier.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he began to dance with the bamboo stick in his hand as if it were a sword.

The end of the bamboo pole was gently picked up in the mountain stream, and a stream of water was picked up.

The water flow formed a water curtain, covering and suppressing the poisonous smoke.

Using water to overcome smoke, isn’t that it?

He repeatedly stirred the bamboo pole, raising curtains of water, and then forced all the poisonous smoke visible to the naked eye to be rolled back.

From the woman's perspective, all the poisonous smoke she released was blown back, and coupled with the high waves, it seemed to be overwhelming.

She screamed and ran away.

Zhao Yifu waited until the splash he created had suppressed the poisonous smoke and was still waiting for the opponent's next move, but he found that there was nothing in front of him.

"Ran?"

Zhao Yifu felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have killed him with one blow. Why was he trying to control water with a sword?
He stretched out his hand to the side, and the alerting cat jumped into his palm.

He rubbed the cat's head and said, "Well done! I feel relieved that you are so capable."

After saying this, he returned to the camp and looked at Wu Zhong who was still sleeping soundly. He smiled gently and then continued to sit on the mat.

Wu Zhong is already very old, and if he wakes up at night, he might not be able to sleep all night.

As the sky gradually brightened, Zhao Yifu removed the "sound seal" that he had quietly released on the linen ceiling, and then the sounds of the early morning began to ring out.

After a while, Wu Zhong stood up.

He looked at the sky and thought it was great to have a good night's sleep. He didn't expect that he could sleep so soundly in the wild at his age.

He looked at Zhao Yifu who was still meditating, and felt that he had found the reason: he felt at ease being with the young master whom he had watched grow up.

After a simple breakfast, we continued our journey.

After learning the lesson last night, Wu Zhong became more cautious.

Now he would never just use the ingredients that were available everywhere in the mountains, and would cook with the ingredients he brought with him when he went out.

Anyway, their supplies were all stuffed into Zhao Yifu's sleeves and they had no shortage of anything.

As they went deeper into the forest, they suddenly heard a loud noise ahead.

The man with the mustache jumped over from the treetops and shouted, "There's a black bear spirit up ahead. It hasn't refined its crossbone yet, but it's incredibly powerful."

It was obviously afraid when it spoke, and it was obvious that the black bear demon was much more powerful than it.

Civet cats are not a race with naturally strong bodies, so they will be at a disadvantage when encountering monsters with good foundations.

At least the little mustache guy who has refined his horizontal bone can't beat the black bear demon who can't speak yet.

Zhao Yifu nodded and said, "Don't be afraid. I'll handle it. There's no need to go around in circles."

As they continued forward, they encountered the black bear demon who stood up, patted his chest and roared.

Without saying a word, his muscles expanded explosively, and his huge body suddenly looked even bigger than the black bear.

Then he rushed up quickly and slapped him.

"bump!"

The big black bear was hit on the mouth and felt a little confused: Why did this human come up and beat me?

Zhao Yifu stopped and said, "Hey, Big Bear, why don't you fight back?"

The big black bear opened his mouth immediately after hearing this: "Ao~~"

"boom!"

Zhao Yi Fu slapped him again, interrupting the roar.

The big black bear looked at Zhao Yifu with a silly and cute expression.

Zhao Yifu said helplessly, "Alright, if you don't want to fight, get out of the way. I'm going to pass."

The confused Big Bear just stepped aside silently, and watched Zhao Yi Fu and others walk over leisurely.

"Strange, why did the bear just take the beating and not fight back?"

Wu Zhong asked curiously.

Zhao Yifu said indifferently: "Don't worry about it, our current goal is to go to Xieyue Sect."

Instead, Hua Da Niu's voice could be heard from Zhao Yifu's sleeves: "My Lord, bears are creatures that bully the weak and fear the strong."

"Or they simply won't fight over trivial matters."

Wu Zhong asked curiously, "Then what is important to it?"

Hua Da Niu said, "Of course it's for food. They rarely hunt for themselves, but they like to steal the prey of other animals."

"If they see food, they can fight a wolf pack single-handedly. But if there's no food... a cub from the Flower Fox Nation once scared off a full-grown brown bear."

Zhao Yifu finally understood after hearing this.

Generally speaking, for animals like brown bears, it is enough to be more aggressive than them under normal circumstances.

He felt a little bored. He had thought he had finally found someone to compete with in strength, but it turned out that he was a coward.

However, what they didn't expect was that after being slapped twice, the black bear demon seemed to have set its sights on Zhao Yifu and had been following him silently.

Zhao Yifu had thought about chasing it away, but when the bear saw Zhao Yifu coming, it immediately covered its head and dodged, acting as cowardly as possible.

As for how it was resolved later?

Wu Zhongshi couldn't stand it anymore and threw a piece of ham over...

Then the bear naturally joined the team and became one of the animals raised by Lao Wuzhong.

Then Zhao Yifu saw that the bear spirit was really dirty, so he combed its hair...

It then became the public mount of the 'Zhao Cat Tribe', and a group of cats squatted on its back without complaint.

But when it was time to rest, it had to be the first to put its big head in front of Zhao Yifu and ask for a pat...

Isn't the speed of domestication a bit too fast?

Zhao Yifu finally touched the bear's head and named it "Xiong San".

As for why it is 'three'?
that's not important.

The journey in the prison cell mountain continued, but things started to go wrong.

Zhao Yi Fu finally understood why Xiong San was so foolish as to block their way forward. It was because a large swarm of poisonous bees appeared in the dense forest ahead.

The swarm of bees blocked out the sun and covered the entire forest, and also drove Xiong San out of his old nest in the forest.

When facing the swarm of bees in front of him, Zhao Yifu's first reaction was the woman who raised poisonous insects.

　This chapter is over 6000 words long. I feel like it would be more logical if it were not divided into chapters.

　　
　
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