Chapter 11 Downhill

"Great, I can finally go down the mountain to play."

It has been a month since the end of the interview. The 50 new disciples were arranged in different dormitories, but Zhao Xuan also stayed in Fangmu Garden to sleep in tents every day. What a hard life! Who made him a little gardener! He was still complaining an hour ago. Now he not only didn't complain, but he was also very happy! The reason is that he was told by Zhang Jifeng of Ziyunguan that he could go down the mountain tomorrow.

Kong Lunshan arranges a downhill experience every year a month after the entry of the new disciples, led by several elders of this sect. The destination of the training is Fengyun Mountain 200 kilometers away from the east of Konglun Mountain. There is also a Taoist temple of practicing real practice on Fengyun Mountain, and there must be an agreement to exchange disciples with Konglun Mountain. That is, 50 disciples were sent from Konglun Mountain to Fengyun Mountain, and then 50 disciples were sent back from Fengyun Mountain to exchange. These disciples will learn some Taoism from each other for two months. After the expiration of the period, the leaders of both sides will arrange a time and place for exchange and competition. Of course, exchange learning is only some basic things, because the unique skills of various factions cannot be passed on.

The ultimate goal of experience is to enhance the experience and physical quality of disciples. Zhao Xuan, as a gardener who manages Fangmuyuan in Konglun Mountain, must leave with the team. Because there will be some episodes on the way to Konglun Mountain, it is inevitable that disciples will fall and be injured. At this time, it is particularly important to carry herbs with you. The picking and matching of these herbs requires special people to do it. Zhao Xuan stayed in Konglun Mountain for a few months and has basically figured out the nature and use of various herbs according to the theory and practice of the introduction in the Pharmacopoeia every day.

He slept peacefully until the first ray of sunshine in the morning.

"I almost overslept." Zhao Xuan jumped up from the tent, picked up the bag next to him and ran to Ziyun. Ah! Why did you forget it?" He ran halfway and turned back, found a dilapidated book from under the tent and stuffed it into his bag. He crackled and ran away again.

There is a sea of people at the gate of Ziyunguan. Everyone wears unified Taoist clothes, and the big and small bags around them are all over the place. Hey hey! With so many people, it must be fun.

Zhao Xuan wears a small gardener's clothes and looks particularly special in the crowd.

"Brother Xuan." From afar, he saw Niu Xiaopang running over, carrying a bag on his back and a bag in his hand, "Why don't you help me carry it?" Looking at Zhao Xuan carrying only one bag and not helping to carry the bag, Niu Xiaopang was so angry that his cheeks bulged. Niu Xiaopang stayed in Konglun Mountain for nearly a year, which is not a new disciple, but because he is fat and inflexible, his progress in practicing Taoism is slow and falls too far from his fellow disciples, so he was arranged by his master to go down the mountain with his new disciple.

"Aren't you stronger than me! How can I carry your bag when I'm as thin as a monkey!" Zhao Xuan has always liked to play tricks. Niu Xiaopang is not surprised and doesn't care about him. Who makes them good brothers?

Several elders went down the mountain with the team this time. Zhang Jifeng, the general manager of Ziyunguan, couldn't go at the last minute, and Niu Xiaopang's father Niu Gen didn't go to the daily affairs of cooking Ziyunguan.

"Xiaopang, Xiao Zhao, you two are not allowed to make trouble when you go down the mountain this time. If you want to follow the brigade, just tell a few elders if you need anything. Ah!" Before leaving, Niu Genqian gave thousands of instructions for fear that the two kids would get into trouble as soon as they got off the mountain.

"I know, Dad."

"I know, Uncle Gen."

"Bear Xiao Zhao, your aunt asked me to bring some dry food. You can take it and eat it on the way!" Niu Gen handed Zhao Xuan a small cloth bag.

"I don't know what happened to the aunt?" Zhao Xuan's eyes floated to the small village at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and his eyes were red. It has been several months since he came to Konglun Mountain, and he hasn't seen Aunt Hua. Zhao Xuan's heart is sad.

"Good boy, men don't shed tears easily. Your aunt is fine! Go down the mountain at ease!" Seeing Zhao Xuan's tears swirling in his eyes, Niu Gen was also reluctant for a long time. He reached out and touched Zhao Xuan's head, turned around and said to Niu Xiaopang, "Xiao Pang, Dad is not around. Take good care of yourself. If your brother Xuan is homesick, you can enlighten him, ah!"

Niu Xiaopang nodded like pounding garlic, "Hmm! Dad, let's go!"

"Hmm!"

The brigade set out and marched in the direction of Fengyun Mountain to the east. Because Konglunshan's new entry disciples did not teach light skills in the first month, but only did some training to improve their physical function, only a few of the 50 new disciples had a foundation in light skills. Niu Xiaopang and Qin Ziang were one. The minority obeys the majority, and even if several people's light skills are good, they have to follow the big team step by step.

Don't think that people with a foundation of light skills have to walk. The elders leading the team are different! Elder! Of course, there are privileges. They walked or flew, followed everyone for a while, and then flew up in the wind, and then found a big stone in front of them to sleep first, and continued to walk when the brigade arrived.

From Konglun Mountain to Fengyun Mountain, if you fly in the wind, you will arrive in half a day. If you walk, you have to walk for at least four days and three nights, climb five mountains and cross three small rivers. Although there are animals on the mountain, the disciples are not vegetarian. After layers of selection in Konglun Mountain, the last left are all elites. It's not a big problem to deal with some beasts. Besides, there are also a few Taoist elders in this family!

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, the leading elder White Beard waved his hand to stop his disciples. "Everyone will rest at the foot of the mountain tonight and continue to travel tomorrow." There is a high mountain ahead. It takes at least a day to turn over. Now it's dark. It's not to mention that it's extremely inconvenient to climb over the mountain with a torch. For safety reasons, several elders decided to camp at the foot of the mountain after discussion.

"Good!" Niu Xiaopang was exhausted after walking all day. No one else has done anything. At this time, he is already sweating profusely, and sweat has soaked his clothes, revealing a piece of white fat on his back.

Some people put down their backpacks and began to set up tents, while others picked up firewood to prepare for the fire. There are a lot of mosquitoes in this season, and they can't sleep well in the wild without setting up a tent. The fire is to cook something to eat, and the passers-by who have been driving for a day are hungry. Someone has caught a pheasant and a wild rabbit nearby and is ready to roast and eat. Several elders sat on a stone in the distance and said something around the bonfire. Over there, Lu Ziling is setting up a tent, and Niu Xiaopang is helping!

"Ah! That's right." Zhao Xuan suddenly remembered something and smiled, then plunged into the tent that had just been set up, and then poked his head out to see if anyone had come. After making sure that there was no one, he took out an unnamed scroll from his bag. Because this ancient scroll was too broken, Zhao Xuan was afraid that he would accidentally take it off and scatter it on the ground, so he moved carefully. This book has been hidden by him in Fangmu Garden since the last time Xiaobai took him back to heaven in Yunxia Hall and has not been taken out.