The Black Dog ran happily in the mountains.
There were almost no strong monsters in the mountains of Kunlun. Harmless birds and small animals could be seen everywhere in the mountains. The slightly larger and more powerful beasts were all hiding in the deep mountains and forests, not daring to come out easily.
The only masters here were human beings. To be exact, they were the practitioners of the Kunlun Party.
Of course, Atsu didn't know the meaning of the phrase "a dog relying on its master's power," nor had it ever heard of such words. But these days, it really enjoyed playing in the mountains and forests near the Kunlun Party's Shipan Mountain. Every time it went back home, it would be dark, so much so that Lu Chen scolded it several times, saying that it had become wild.
Every time Lu Chen scolded it, Atsu would listen respectfully and resolutely not change its mind. It seemed that it especially liked the mountains and forests from the bottom of its heart. It liked to jump and run in the mountains, rivers, forests, and grasses. Every time this happened, Atsu would feel that its blood was boiling, and even its lame leg was no longer an obstacle.
Sometimes, it even couldn't help but stand on the mountain and howl loudly and mournfully at the endless mountains and the clear sky.
It was like a wolf on a full moon night.
Well, it was just a little bit like a wolf. Its howl was not powerful enough, and the most important thing was that Atsu had never come out at night. When it was dark, it would obediently go home and stay with Lu Chen in that simple and narrow room.
One day, Lu Chen went up the mountain, and Atsu ran alone to play. It ran through the mountains, ran through the rivers, ran through the mountains, and then saw a somewhat strange mountain.
The mountain was hidden in the mountains of Kunlun. It was neither tall nor big. Standing at the foot of the mountain, Atsu felt that the mountain was a little strange. It was twisted and steep, and it seemed a little familiar.
Ah-Tu stared at it for a while. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head, and he found the answer.
It felt that the shape of the mountain was like a dog's head!
A mountain like a dog's head!
Dog Head Mountain!
Atsu immediately became excited. It barked at the mountain and ran over happily. But at the foot of the mountain, it suddenly stopped. It saw a naturally formed slope that occupied the entire side of the "Dog Head Mountain" and extended upwards.
The slope, tiered by huge rocks and trees, was divided into a vast stairway, as if by some natural and conspicuous mark, which separated it from the rest of the world.
A group of wild boars, a few goats, the occasional bird, and large herds of elk walked past it.
Atsu, with some trepidation, kept a little distance from the tall animals, looked around, and went up the hill again. When they reached the second step of the invisible and huge staircase, Atsu suddenly saw a huge colorful tiger lying lazily under a tree, sleeping soundly.
Atsu's legs immediately turned to jelly.
Fortunately, the colorful tiger did not notice it. Atsu hurriedly ran to the side and unknowingly went up another step. Then, it seemed to feel something and subconsciously looked around. Sure enough, as it slowly walked up the mountain, there were actually different kinds of exotic beasts staying here on each step of the staircase.
There was a huge crocodile that was ten feet long, a pure white single-horned rhinoceros, a flying black golden eagle, and even an auspicious spirit crane …
Layer by layer, invisible lines seemed to be drawn on the mountain, allowing all the exotic beasts to live in harmony. What was strange was that they didn't seem to attack other animals. At most, they would roar in Ah-Tu's direction in a threatening manner, and then Ah-Tu would be so scared that he would piss his pants and flee.
Although Atsu was a little afraid, for some reason, there seemed to be a strange impulse in its heart that kept encouraging it, making it look up at the highest point of the mountain.
Vaguely, there seemed to be a huge figure there.
Atsu slowly approached that place.
When it reached the top of the mountain, the black dog's legs were already trembling, and it looked like it could not hold on any longer. But soon, it saw what it wanted to see.
On the peak of this Dog Head Mountain, there was indeed a huge figure lying on the ground. When that huge pair of eyes slowly looked towards Ah-Tu, Ah-Tu suddenly cried out in joy. Then, it rushed over and happily cried at the huge beast that was the size of a small hill, wagging its tail with all its might.
It was as if it had seen an old friend that it missed very much and wanted to please very much.
It was an Oxen, occupying the top of this mountain, the top of all the auspicious beasts of Mount Kunlun.
Oxen glanced at Atsu, and Atsu barked happily, but there was no reaction from Oxen. After a moment, suddenly, Oxen swung its tail and stretched out, like the legendary Immortal-Binding Rope, instantly wrapping around Atsu's body, then threw it into the air and immediately flew far away.
"Woof …"
There was a shrill cry, and countless beasts on and above the dog's head mountain heard the sound and looked over. They saw a black shadow flying down from the mountain, flipping several times in the air, then with a muffled thud, fell into a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, and did not move for a long time.
It was deathly silent up and down the mountain. After a short while, everything suddenly returned to normal. All the beasts ate, slept, and took a stroll. However, not a single one of them came over to take a look at the reckless black dog.
…
Five days later, Baicao Tang officially announced the list of disciples for this year's spiritual power training. There were 50 people, and Lu Chen's name was among them.
Yi Xin was very happy and ran over to celebrate with Lu Chen, but Lu Chen spoiled the mood by telling her that they were even from now on, and that she did not owe him any favors, which made Yi Xin roll her eyes for a while.
But that was nothing. When Yi Xin saw the dirty Black Dog lying in the room with several bandages on its body, she was shocked and immediately asked Lu Chen about it.
Lu Chen did not know either. He only said that the stupid dog crawled all the way back from the forest a few days ago, and it looked very miserable. It seemed that when it was playing in the forest, it accidentally fell somewhere and broke several bones. It took Lu Chen a lot of effort to put it back together.
Yi Xin was so distressed that she hugged Atsu with tears streaming down her face. She comforted it softly for a while, and then ran out to buy a big bag of meat and bones, which was Atsu's favorite, and put it in front of Atsu to heal and replenish its Qi and blood.
The strange thing was, although Ah-Tu was seriously injured, he didn't seem to have too many strange emotions. He ate and slept. When Yi Xin came, he stuck his tongue out at her and licked her watch. Other than that, he didn't do anything else.
So in the end, Yi Xin could only think that Atsu accidentally fell and broke it. Then she told Atsu for a long time, which made it listless, yawn, and finally fall asleep in her arms.
Compared to Yi Xin's soft-hearted nature, Lu Chen was much more straightforward. After helping Atsu connect its bones, changing the medicine and bandaging it, he kicked it to the corner of the room. In his words, this stupid dog was useless and always caused trouble for him. Sooner or later, it would be better to stew it and eat it.
Yi Xin was so angry that she held Atsu and wanted to leave. However, Atsu was very affectionate with her, but when it was time to leave, it became merciless and hugged the corner of the table and stool, refusing to leave the room even if it died. In the end, it hid behind Lu Chen, and no matter what Yi Xin said, it would not come out.
What kind of dog was this!
Yi Xin was about to lose all hope in this strange and rebellious black dog. She felt like she was about to break down.
…
Anyway, Atsu was just an inconspicuous episode. Lu Chen's days in the Kunlun Party continued as usual.
After participating in the cultivation of Spiritual Power, the spiritual field could be put aside. Under the arrangement of the Baicao Tang, Lu Chen and fifty other handyman disciples who had good Spiritual Power left the Rock Mountain and came to another place under the Baicao Tang called "Fragrant Garden".
Fragrant Garden was a garden for planting important Mystical Materials. It covered a large area, but Lu Chen and other handyman disciples were only allowed to work in the outermost "Maple Garden" for the time being.
The worst Mystical Materials that could be planted in Fragrant Garden were at least two-veined. The deeper one went, the higher the grade. The fragrant Spiritual Qi lingered all day long, so it got the name "Fragrant Garden".
The work of Lu Chen and other disciples was in the outermost Maple Garden. In some spiritual plants arranged by the Herb Garden, they used their Spiritual Power to adjust the Spiritual Power of the Five Elements in the soil of the surrounding spiritual fields, so that these precious Mystical Materials could grow better.
This was a very boring but very serious work. If one was not careful, it was very likely to hurt the fragile roots of the spiritual plants, and then damage the Mystical Materials. If cultivated properly, these precious spiritual plants would grow better than under normal circumstances, and the Spiritual Power and medicinal power contained in them would be more abundant.
This was what Lu Chen did.
When he was working, he looked like most people, a little funny, and a little ridiculous. The handyman disciples all squatted in the spiritual fields with their hands inserted into the ground. Some of them even stuck their buttocks up. Then, they held their breath and carefully activated the Spiritual Power in the soil. Rays of weak light flashed in the soil. After a day, their bodies and faces would often be stained with black soil, looking a little dirty.
They looked like the most ordinary farmers in the secular world.
That day, Lu Chen squatted in the spiritual fields, doing his own work.
There were a lot of Kunlun disciples coming and going in the Flowing Fragrance Garden. Many of them were here to consume medicine, and there were also some who came to the Hundred Herb Hall to purchase panacea pills. There were also some who directly spent spirit stones to ask the people of the Hundred Herb Hall to help them plant some precious spiritual herbs and spiritual materials.
When those high and mighty Kunlun disciples passed by, most of them would not look at those handyman disciples who bowed their heads like farmers. Occasionally, there would be curious young people who looked at these people, and then let out surprised and funny sounds, saying something like, "Those people look like toads …" and so on.
Of course, Lu Chen also heard some of these words, but his face was always calm, and no one could see any fluctuations in his heart. However, in the evening of that day, when he finally finished all his work and stood up with his back aching, he suddenly saw a beautiful figure in the distance, with her back facing him, walking towards the depths of Fragrant Garden.
Under the evening glow of that day, the scarlet feather cloak on her shoulders was like the burning clouds in the sky.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
