Chapter 88 Ancient Mountain Road
The woodcutter went on to say: A few months ago, I went hunting in the deep mountains. I chased a hare into a forest and found a dilapidated ancient road. It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.
I didn't go far, and I saw a collapsed mountain gate, so I wanted to follow the ancient road to see if I could find some valuables.
In the end, I picked up that hard piece of sapphire beside a big bluestone on the top of the mountain, but there was nothing but that sapphire.
I didn't expect that piece of sapphire to be sold for a lot of silver, which was worth the money I spent on chopping firewood and hunting in the past few months.
Since then, I have often searched in the mountains and forests. A few days ago, I went to the big bluestone and picked up this piece of stone. I thought that this piece of stone might be a little unusual.
Sure enough, the young master has taken a fancy to this bluestone piece at a glance. If the young master gives some money at will, this piece of bluestone belongs to the young master.
Baiyunlou pondered and said: Actually, this piece of bluestone is not very useful, but brother, can you tell me the direction of that big bluestone?
After hesitating for a while, the woodcutter still said, Anyway, I've searched through that forest, so I'll tell you, Young Master.
Baiyunlou took out paper and charcoal pens from his sleeves and handed them to the woodcutter. The woodcutter couldn't help sighing that the students in the academy were really unusual, and they kept paper and pens hidden in their sleeves at all times.
After receiving the pen and paper, the woodcutter spread the paper on the animal skin, and made a rough drawing, and his mouth also helped to explain the direction. With the description, the rough painting can still be understood by people.
The big circle is Jiangnan Mansion, and the small circle on the other side is the village where the woodcutter lives on the side of the mountain.
After several big mountains, a winding path leads to a big mountain. There is a big rock on the top of the mountain, which is the mountain where the big bluestone is, needless to say.
After some sketching, Baiyunlou already knew the location of the bluestone mountain, put away the drawing paper, took out two silver notes from his sleeve, a total of one hundred taels, and handed them to the woodcutter.
The woodcutter was stunned, but he didn't expect that the young master of the academy was so generous and gave so much money, and he accepted it with a smile on his face.
He said cheerfully: You see that the young master is a rich and powerful person, so I won't be polite to the young master.
I can buy some new clothes for the children during the holidays, and buy more braised beef that I have been craving to take home, hehehe.
Brother Woodcutter, how old are the children at home? Bai Yunlou couldn't help asking.
My son is ten years old this year. Hearing Baiyunlou's question, the woodcutter said proudly, He was born with supernatural powers. Although he is only ten years old, he can lift a boulder weighing nearly one hundred catties.
Bai Yunlou was surprised and said: Good skill, big brother, you and I are destined, if you can trust my little brother, here are three elixirs, which were just refined by the academy, they can cut bones and wash marrow, and they are just right for your son to take.
As he spoke, he took out the porcelain bottle and a small wooden box from his bosom, poured three pills of pulp washing out from the porcelain bottle, put them into the wooden box, and handed them to the woodcutter.
The woodcutter hesitated, wondering whether he should accept it or not.
Bai Yunlou laughed and said, Brother Woodcutter, you and I are really destined. It was my father who bought the sapphire from you a few months ago.
There is also this matter. In this way, it is really predestined, so I will accept it without hesitation, haha. The woodcutter said in surprise.
After finishing speaking, the woodcutter took the wooden box with both hands with a smile, and put it in his arms with great care.
Bai Yunlou continued: Recently, the academy will recruit a group of young students. If your son wants to study art in the academy, with these three elixirs, there is still a good chance of entering the academy.
Also, Brother Woodcutter, do you know the Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce in Fucheng?
Of course I know. It is the largest chamber of commerce in Jiangnan Mansion. I heard that there are many surprises in it, and the business covers the entire Jiangnan County. The woodcutter said enviously.
If Brother Woodcutter is interested and wants to seek employment in the Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce, it should not be a big problem to report the name of my younger brother Baiyunlou. Baiyunlou said with a smile.
The woodcutter hurriedly memorized the name of Baiyun Tower several times, and then said: Remember it,
Mr. Bai has a heart, that sapphire and this piece of blue stone are not worthy of Mr. Bai's help.
With a laugh, Baiyunlou bowed his hands and said: It's just a matter of raising your hands, meeting is a fate, the younger brother has something to hurry, if you meet the eldest brother next time, let's have a drink and chat together.
After that, he bid farewell to the woodcutter and left.
Looking at the back of Baiyun Tower, the woodcutter sighed, Baiyun Tower in the academy is really extraordinary.
After tidying up a bit, the woodcutter sold two bundles of firewood to a restaurant at a low price, turned around and walked towards Chaoyang Chamber of Commerce.
Farewell to the woodcutter, Baiyunlou used his body skills to walk out of the city,
It seems to be walking slowly, but in fact, it has performed light kung fu that shrinks the ground to an inch, and the leaves do not touch the body. Most people can't detect the figure of Baiyunlou at all, and they left the Jiangnan mansion in a short time.
Counting the time, there are still eight days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is only about four hundred miles from the academy to Luoshui County. If you go all out, you can get back home in two days.
Now that he has time and has clues related to Qingyu, Baiyunlou decided to go to the peak of Daqingshi to find out first.
According to the sketch drawn by the woodcutter, it took less than a stick of incense to arrive at the village by the mountain.
It is said that it is a village, but it is actually only a dozen families. On the rice field at the entrance of the village, a boy about ten years old was practicing exercises with a stone roller, which attracted loud applause from a group of children nearby.
Baiyun Tower glanced at it from afar, and it must be the woodcutter's son, and indeed he is a martial arts master, with the help of Xisui Pill, even if he can't step into cultivation, he can still shine on the road of martial arts.
Taking out the messenger talisman, Baiyun Tower sent a few words to the little fat man, roughly talking about the woodcutter.
The little fat man replied quickly, saying that he can rest assured that he will arrange it properly.
Qingyu helped her step into cultivation, and made the woodcutter's family feel more comfortable, and Baiyunlou felt at ease.
Looking at the young man practicing hard on the rice field, Baiyunlou smiled slightly, turned around and walked deep into the mountain.
The mountain road was quiet and sparsely populated, so Baiyun Tower was not in a hurry to rush on the road, and walked leisurely all the way, and arrived at the ancient road in the afternoon.
Among the lush mountains and forests, an ancient bluestone road mottled with vicissitudes of life is faintly revealed.
The tall trees on both sides of the ancient road have thick roots passing through the cracks in the stones, squeezing the bluestone slabs in disorder.
If it weren't for the traces of knives and axes on the partially exposed stone slabs, it would be almost impossible to recognize that this is a stone road.
After walking not far, Baiyun Tower also saw the collapsed mountain gate, and the word Qingyun could be faintly seen from a broken plaque.
Could this be Qingyunmen, an ancient hermit sect, Baiyunlou secretly thought.
During this period of time, Baiyun Tower briefly read most of the ancient books in the cave at the back of the academy. The ancient books mentioned many sects of cultivation in ancient times, including Qingyunmen.
Qing Yun Sect has always avoided the world and practiced, only in troubled times will they enter the world and walk the world.
The disciples of the Qingyun sect have good cultivation, most of them are sword cultivators, and they made a few shots, amazed all the sects of cultivation, and thus left a name in the cultivation world.