The Monk

Volume 1 Chapter 780: Searching for the Mountain

Chapter 780: Searching for the Mountain

After saying this, he went to the forest to collect branches and quickly brought back a large bunch. Strangely enough, his physical strength was beyond imagination. After walking for a whole day, he still had the strength to pick firewood. When he came back, he asked, "There are many wild animals in the forest. Is it okay to light a fire?"

"It's okay." Zhang Pa said lightly. At this time, he had already cleaned the whole sheep, cut off its head, removed its internal organs, cut off its limbs, and strung it up with five wooden sticks together with the body.

Kong Buer had been hungry for many days. Seeing the mutton, his saliva almost flowed down. He hurriedly used flint to make a fire. When the fire was lit, he took a leg of mutton and roasted it. He went to the rattan basket to take out a bag of salt, picked up a pinch and sprinkled it on the meat.

Zhang Pa laughed and said, "You are well prepared." He found a few thick branches and erected them to form a rack. He put the remaining three legs and the body on it and roasted them. Kong Buer said, "I have carried it with me for a long time. Finally, I have the opportunity to use it. I have to thank God for the sheep." He handed over the salt bag. Zhang Pa was not polite either. He took it and sprinkled it on the meat.

He had lived in the snowy plains for a while before. At that time, he cooked for Song Yunyi all day long, and his cooking skills improved a lot. Later, he took care of 64 children. He also prepared food for them when he was free. The skill of roasting meat was no problem. Soon, the aroma of meat filled the air, tempting Kong Buer to swallow his saliva.

Zhang Pa tilted his head and saw that the lamb leg of Lao Kong was roasted raw and mushy. He couldn't even look at it, let alone eat it. So he took it, removed the mushy part, and roasted it again.

Not long after, the lamb was roasted. Kong Buer grabbed a leg. He was not afraid of the heat. He held it and blew and bit it. After swallowing a piece, he shouted that it was delicious. He also took out the wine gourd from the basket and sighed: "If I had known this day would come, I should have bought more wine to bring with me." He pulled out the cork and handed the gourd to Zhang Pa.

Zhang Pa shook his head: "You drink first." There were still three legs and a body on the fire. He had to take them off the rack to free his hands to eat. Kong Buer ate meat and wine in a refreshing way.

Zhang Pa didn't have a big appetite, so he cut a few pieces of meat with a knife, chewed slowly, nodded and said, "It tastes good."

"Brother Zhang is a good cook. I have never eaten such delicious food in my life. It is fresh and tender." Kong Buer talked while eating.

Zhang Pa laughed and didn't say anything. He ate by himself. After two quarters of an hour, the two finished eating. Kong Buer held his stomach and shouted, "It feels good." He asked Zhang Pa again, "Why did you eat so little?"

Zhang Pa only ate a few big pieces of meat, chewed slowly, and listened to Kong Buer's question. He replied, "You don't have to eat all the good things in one bite. There is still tomorrow, right?" He collected the remaining meat, wrapped it with oilcloth, and put it in the rattan basket together with the salt bag, and smiled, "It's hard for you." Kong Buer replied, "It's my duty." He walked over to tidy up the rattan basket.

After eating, they wanted to rest. Kong Buer said, "I will keep watch first, and you will take over in the second half of the night." Zhang Pa agreed. With him around, why would he need to keep watch? I just didn't want to explain to Kong Bu'er, so I just agreed to everything.

After a safe night, we continued on the next day. We also encountered a mountain spring on the way. Kong Bu'er drank enough water, washed himself, and filled his water bag and water gourd. He felt that everything would go smoothly after knowing Zhang Pa, and said happily: "You are a lucky star."

The two spent another day and finally arrived at the foot of the mountain in the evening. Kong Bu'er looked at the mountain like a pillar of heaven and said in embarrassment: "There is no road." Regardless of whether there is a road or not, he rested that night and started climbing the mountain after dawn the next day.

The mountain is high and big, there are no buildings or people, but there are many wild beasts, all of which were driven away by Zhang Pa. Kong Bu'er was tired and panting. Seeing that Zhang Pa was fine, he praised his ability and thought that it was fortunate that he accompanied him on this trip, otherwise he would become food in the stomach of the wild beast sooner or later.

He walked slowly around the mountain. There was no road, no cultivators were found, but he had spent a day in seclusion, so he rested and went down the mountain from another place. Kong Buer was a little disappointed, but he didn't give up. He said fiercely: "There are so many mountains, don't you believe that you can't find a cultivator?"

Zhang Pa wanted to remind him: On the other side of the mountain, go straight down the mountain for three miles, you will see a mountain road, and walk along the mountain road for two quarters of an hour, there is a small cultivation sect. But the sect is not on the mountain, but in the forest below the mountain.

Speaking of the sect in the mountain, it reminds him of the five brothers and sisters of the Xiang family. It has been too long since they met. I wonder if Xiang Kong, that idiot, will still want to fight to the death when he sees me now.

Not finding the immortals on this mountain, Kong Buer was particularly persistent and would not give up after going down the mountain to another mountain. For more than half a month, Zhang Pa accompanied him to climb mountains, climbing more than 20 peaks, big and small, but still couldn't find the legendary immortals.

Zhang Pa finally couldn't stand it anymore. This guy was more stubborn than himself. When he went down the mountain again, he led Kong Buer to a mountain road, and there was another mountain in front. Kong Buer believed that the immortals were on the mountain, and continued to walk with a rattan basket on his back. Not long after walking, he encountered a fork in the road. This is rare. There is no one living in the mountains, and there is no road. Now there is not only a road, but also a fork in the road, which means there are people here.

Kong Buer said happily: "It's almost there. Even if we can't find the gods, we can find mountain people to ask for directions, which is better than blindly bumping into each other."

Zhang Pa thought: "You are blindly bumping into each other." He nodded and said: "Go to the fork in the road and take a look. Maybe there are people there." Kong Buer agreed, and the two of them walked on the fork in the road. Two kilometers along the path, we saw a small building. Several wooden houses and bamboo buildings surrounded a stone house in the middle. The house has two entrances, front and back, and a hall in the middle. There is a wooden plaque on the lintel of the main door of the house, with two words written on it, Du Fa.

Kong Buer looked at the building with doubts, and couldn't figure out what Du Fa meant. He said to Zhang Pa: "I'll go to the door to ask for directions." Then he walked over.

Someone in the bamboo building outside the wooden house saw Kong Buer coming over, and a young man with red copper skin jumped down from the bamboo building, empty-handed, and shouted from a distance: "Stop, what are you doing?"

The young man was a sorcerer, with a mid-level foundation-building cultivation, but Kong Buer couldn't tell, and said with a fist: "I am a student from outside the mountain, and I came to the treasure mountain to seek the way of Taoism. I hope you can point me out. Where can I find the way to practice Taoism?"

"You? Practicing Taoism? Are you from outside?" The young sorcerer sneered: "Since you are not a mountain citizen, go back to where you came from, otherwise you will die." He was kind enough to remind him.

Kong Buer certainly would not leave. He bowed and said, "My lifelong wish is for the world to be peaceful. I wonder where in the mountains there are immortals. I wonder if you have ever seen one. I hope you can teach me."

The young sorcerer shook his head and said, "You Han people always do such things. You want the world to be peaceful, but you come to the Ten Thousand Mountains to disturb our peace. The wars in previous years were the same. Under the banner of saving the people, you kill innocent people indiscriminately. It's really ridiculous!"

As he spoke, the door of a wooden house three feet above the ground opened in the back, and a shirtless man walked out and asked from a distance, "Xiao Si, what's the matter?"

"Nothing." Xiao Si replied casually. Judging from his appearance, he should be a disciple of the same generation.

The man said, "Oh, send him away." He went back to the wooden house. They used their spiritual sense to scan Zhang Pa and the other two. Seeing that they were ordinary people, they didn't need to care too much.

Xiao Si said, "Did you hear that? My senior brother has spoken. Let's go quickly. Why do you, a Han Chinese, run to the mountains for no reason? Are you looking for death?"

Senior brother? Kong Buer suddenly had an idea. He raised his hands above his head, clasped his fists, bowed deeply, and said with his waist bent: "I pay my respects to the immortal. I hope the immortal will take me into the mountain gate. I will spend my whole life practicing hard, glorifying the sect and benefiting the people, in order to repay the immortal's kindness." No matter whether this guy is an immortal or not, he should give him the title first.

Xiao Si frowned when he heard it: "Why are you like this? What immortal mountain gate? Hurry up and leave."

Kong Buer refused to leave and bowed for a long time: "I hope the immortal will pity my hard work and sincerity and show me a clear way."

"You are sick." Xiao Si ignored this madman, turned around and jumped onto the bamboo building, then raised his hand and drew a line, an invisible barrier blocked the road ahead, separating Kong Buer from the outside.

Kong Buer wanted to follow him, but after walking two steps, he found that he couldn't get through. He was overjoyed. It was an immortal, really an immortal. Only immortals have such ability. He knelt on the ground and shouted, "Please, immortal, pity my sincerity and allow me to stay and teach me."

There was a barrier blocking him, so no matter how loud he shouted, it couldn't be heard inside. No one from this small sect called Dufa came out, leaving him kneeling.

Time went back and forth, and soon it was evening. It was dark, and Kong Buer still knelt and couldn't get up. Zhang Pa stood ten meters away and watched coldly. He really wanted to know how long Kong Buer could hold on. Looking at his current situation, thinking about Tianlei Mountain, it was too easy to accept disciples at the beginning. They came as they pleased, and after a simple screening, those who were qualified could stay.

At this time, the main door of the middle house opened, and a boy walked out, shouting to the bamboo building: "Master, what's going on? What are the two people at the door doing? Why are they kneeling for so long?"

Xiao Si came down from the bamboo building and said with a smile: "Hello, brother. What new magic have you learned recently? There are two Han people outside, saying that they are worshipping immortals, just like idiots. When have there been immortals in the mountains?"

"Worshiping a disciple? Can Han people have the heart to worship us as a master? Drive them away, Han people are spineless, kneeling when they see people, so spineless, they also want to learn our secret magic?" The boy said with a pout, and turned back to the stone house.

Xiao Si didn't want to do it at first, but now that he had an order, he put away the barrier, walked in front of Kong Buer, picked him up and said: "Kneeling down at every turn, are you considered a man? One last word, get out quickly, or I will kill you if you don't leave."

There is a blood feud between the two tribes, and the main reason why the sorcerer didn't touch him is that he didn't want to bully ordinary people.

Kong Buer hurriedly said, "The heaven and earth can bear witness to my heart. I beg the immortal to accept me as your student." Xiao Si gave him an annoyed look, carried him out, and said to Zhang Pa, "You go too." He quickly walked a thousand meters away, and threw Kong Buer onto a patch of grass. He rolled on the ground twice before stopping, uninjured.

Xiao Si said coldly, "Don't say I didn't warn you. If you dare to appear in front of me again, I will kill you!" As he spoke, he slapped the ground with his empty palm, making a pit, then glanced at Zhang Pa who was walking over, and turned back.

Xiao Si's words were cold, and Kong Buer heard the chill in them. After thinking for a while, he asked Zhang Pa, "He won't really kill me, will he?"

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