chapter fourteen hiding in the mountains
The boat sailed eastward.
I don't know how far away from Huangzhi Mountain it was, but suddenly it entered a section of the river with fast currents. A large boulder jutted out from the bottom of the river, while more were still reefs.
"Qingyu, hold on tight!"
Lu Qingfeng reminded, holding the oars and concentrating on controlling the boat and dodging the reefs.
Clatter!
Clattering!
The turbulent river water, crashing against the reefs that emerged, the water sounded clear.
A flat boat carried the three siblings of the Lu family, nimbly weaving in and out of these reefs.
The boat rocked and swayed, threatening to capsize at any moment.
Lu Qingyu grabbed the boat's handle with both hands and pressed Lu Qingshan under his body.
Lu Qingshan's forehead was seething with sweat.
He had only practiced rowing for two to three months in the floodplain, and could ensure that the boat did not overturn, but was far from being a veteran. This kind of complicated water terrain was beyond his ability.
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
There were more and more reefs, and the small boat kept hitting the reef and started leaking.
"Big brother!"
"It's leaking!"
Lu Qingyu hurriedly shouted when he saw that the river water had already spread over his feet.
"No!"
"We need to hurry and dock, if this goes on, sooner or later we will die in the river!"
Lu Qingfeng hurriedly controlled the direction of the boat and leaned towards the northern river bank.
The south side was full of crises, infested with demons, and any Entered Disciple of the Gui Zhen Sect could die if they went there. Lu Qingfeng brought Qing Shan and Qing Yu with him, not daring to land on the southern bank.
Bang Bang!
Lu Qingfeng's decision was not untimely. The small boat had just docked and sank completely.
The rushing and raging Chengyang River was no less than the Yangtze River that Lu Qingfeng had seen in his previous life.
When the Chengyang River flows through Jiuzhai County, it rushes through the mountains and ridges, taking the road to form a magnificent and majestic Grand Canyon that is unrivaled in the world, quite similar to the Three Gorges.
At the moment.
Lu Qingfeng's siblings were full of woes, standing on a protruding rock on the bank, and three feet below their feet was the rushing river.
"Big brother, how do we get up there?"
Lu Qingyu grabbed his big brother's arm, looked up at the nearly straight cliff wall behind him, and asked out loud.
"Qingyu, stand here and don't move, watch your second brother never fall."
"Big brother will go up first to look for vines and come back to get you guys."
Lu Qingfeng placed the sleeping Lu Qingshan on the rock.
This cliff wall was too steep. He could barely climb up by himself, but he definitely couldn't bring Qingshan and Qingyu with him, so he could only go up to look for tools first.
"Good!"
Lu Qingyu nodded and replied, then helped Lu Qingshan to sit down right on the rock.
Lu Qingfeng knew that time was short and there was no delay.
Seeing the landing spot, he leapt in the air and stood firmly. After reaching the first level of the Fetal Breath Realm, his body was light and after a small half hour, he finally climbed up.
It was only after climbing up that he realized that the cliff face was a hundred feet high.
Standing on the cliff wall, he looked out.
The river below is stirring, surging and rushing, the waves beat the shore, a hundred folds!
Surrounded by heavy rocky peaks, cliffs facing each other, smoke and fog locks!
It was totally unknown where he was.
Lu Qingfeng didn't have time to enjoy the scenery, after coming up, he plunged headlong into the jungle. After a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen vines were ripped off by him and braided into a twist shape on his shoulders.
Then back to the cliff face.
Lu Qingyu leaned on a rock, grabbing Lu Qingshan with one hand, and tilted his head to look up the cliff top. Seeing Lu Qingfeng appear, his dark little face revealed surprise.
......
Transporting Lu Qingyu and Lu Qingshan up one by one, two hours passed and it was already afternoon.
This day had begun in the middle of the night, Lu Qingfeng's nerves had been in a tense state.
Killing Wu Yuan, controlling the boat and climbing the cliff!
Physical strength had long been overdrawn.
After coming up, they directly paralyzed on the ground, panting heavily.
And not long after they came up, before they even slowed down, a few boats stopped in the upper reaches of the reefed section of the river. More than a dozen people looked around, but they did not see Lu Qingfeng's trio above the cliff face.
Lu Qingfeng rested for a few moments, his strength returning.
At this time, Lu Qingshan also awoke.
"Big brother, Qingyu, where are we?" Lu Qingshan had just woken up, his face was pale and somewhat confused.
"On the mountain!"
"We've already left Blackwood Wall and Yellow Chi Mountain!"
Lu Qingyu had been taking care of her second brother, and when she saw that he had woken up, she returned in a crisp voice.
"We-"
Lu Qingshan remembered.
They had killed Wu Yuan, killed the five miscellaneous disciples, and then boarded the boat.
"Big brother, we made it?" Lu Qingshan looked at his big brother to the side, a little excited as an afterthought.
"Pretty much."
"But we don't know where we are now, we have to travel through this forest and over several mountains before it's truly safe."
Lu Qingfeng pointed to the east.
Climbing up and looking at the distance!
To the east and north was an endless forest, the trees were tall with exuberant vegetation, and nothing could be seen under the cover. One could only see continuous peak after peak, tall and short, not knowing where it ended.
He couldn't go to the north, he would probably run into the forces of the Returning Truth Sect again.
Lu Qingfeng was prepared to go to the east, completely distancing himself from the Returning Truth Sect. The forest was equally dangerous, but without the big mountain that was the Returning Truth Sect, even if he was eaten by jackals, wolves, tigers and leopards in the next moment, Lu Qingfeng would be willing!
"Great!"
"Great!"
"Great!"
......
Lu Qingshan was so excited that he couldn't say anything else, only repeating these three words one after another, then getting more and more whispered. Sitting on the ground, his head buried deep between his knees, his shoulders shrugged.
The sound of sobbing came.
Lu Qingfeng quietly watched, not going to comfort.
The pressure he had endured in Blackwood Walled City was far less than what Lu Qingshan had endured in the Return to Truth Sect. Just from the dense injuries on his body, one could tell what kind of life Lu Qingshan had been living in the Returning Truth Sect these past few months.
Lu Qingfeng even somewhat regretted that he did not implement his plan earlier and take Lu Qingshan to leave the Returning Truth Sect.
"Second brother, you can cry today, I cried today too."
Lu Qingyu rarely did not fall on her second brother, instead, she reached out and gently patted Lu Qingshan's back.
......
Lu Qingfeng brought the two of them, Qingshan and Qingyu, and plunged headlong into the deep mountains, heading east.
The intention was to quickly pass through the jungle and get away from the Returning Truth Sect while searching for human gathering points.
As it turned out, Lu Qingfeng had overestimated himself and had completely missed the ferocity of the jungle.
In the middle of the dense forest, an ancient tree stood in the sky, covering the sky and reflecting the sun.
Being in the middle of it, it was impossible to distinguish between south-east and north-west. Drilling head first into it, after a few moments, he was dizzy, not knowing where he was.
If you wander around without any direction, it's easy to break into the territory of ferocious beasts.
Lu Qingshan's injuries had not yet healed, and Lu Qingyu was only twelve years old, his body was weak.
In this situation, Lu Qingfeng could only bring the two of them and find a flat piece of terrain to stop.
"In the middle of a dense forest, anyone who comes in will be lost. Even if the Returning Truth Sect were to send out all of them, it wouldn't be an easy task to find us."
After all, Lu Qingfeng had lived under the ironic tyranny of the Returning Truth Sect for a full sixteen years, and his fear of the Returning Truth Sect was deep into his bones.
In reality, not to mention the fact that the Returning Truth Sect would not put in that much effort to hunt down the three siblings. Even if they were really that serious, they would never be able to find them in a short period of time.
Instead of rushing around in the dense forest, it would be better to first recuperate for a period of time. When their strength was raised, they would leave again.
In reality, Lu Qingfeng had a hundred days in the flood plain.
As long as he stayed for a few days, his cultivation might not skyrocket, but the various means of fighting and saving his life would certainly be incomparably rich.
......
Nameless Cliff Mountain.
Dense forest on the mountainside.
Lu Qingfeng, holding a plain sword, found a 'small tree' that was as thick as a man's waist and chopped it with his hands.
Theoretically speaking, all kinds of caves in the mountains and forests could be found at once. However, Lu Qingfeng strolled around and did not find any caves. He had no choice but to take matters into his own hands and build a simple wooden hut so that he could shield himself from the wind and rain.
"Big brother, let me help you!"
Lu Qingshan struggled to stand up, and before he could get up, he was yanked down by Lu Qingyu.
"Hiss!"
Under the cold, Lu Qingshan sat on his butt on the ground, pulling the injuries on his chest and distorting his facial features in pain.
"What's the point of showing off!"
"Your body hasn't recovered yet, you need to rest well. Otherwise, if you can't get up, you still need me to serve you!"
Lu Qingyu bristled, glaring at his second brother in a bad mood, "Sit properly, don't go anywhere!"
Lu Qingshan looked stifled, looking up at his big brother.
"Listen to Qingyu, recuperate well."
Lu Qingfeng wiped a handful of sweat from his face and smiled at Lu Qingshan.
After leaving the Blackwood Walled City, he only felt that his body was four taels lighter, and he was soothed from head to toe to the extreme.
While working and listening to Qingshan and Qingyu bickering, the sky quickly darkened.
At this time already twilight smoke, all night color pale.
From the corner of that mountain hangs out a disk of bright moon, clear light, identify people's eyebrows hair.
Seven or eight long wooden planks, stuck in the surrounding trees, forming a simple wooden house only two meters high.
The cabin was airy on all sides, and a bonfire was burning outside.
"It's so nice."
Lu Qingyu sat by the campfire, hugging her two brothers on her left and right, her little face smiling.
This kind of life she found very interesting, it was many times better than the Blackwood Walled City where she couldn't say or do anything.
"Yes!"
"It's so good."
Ever since he entered the Returning Truth Sect, Lu Qingshan hadn't had a smile on his face for a long time, and at this moment, he was also smiling heartlessly.
"Qingshan, your 'strange encounter', big brother kept it for you for a few days, and now it's handed back to you intact."
"There's also the pamphlet you memorized."
Lu Qingfeng took out the purple and green colored jade pendant from his bosom, as well as a palm-sized booklet, and handed it to Lu Qingshan. When he said the booklet, Lu Qingfeng even purposely added accents.
Lu Qingshan sneaked a look at Lu Qingfeng, "Big brother, you read it?"
"Read it, but it's better to memorize this kind of stuff with your brain. A pen and paper record is not a good thing if it gets lost or picked up by others."
Lu Qingfeng said.
"I know."
"But I'm just afraid that I won't be able to remember it and return it when the time comes!" Lu Qingshan grinned sardonically.
"Big brother, what's written here, show me!"
Lu Qingyu poked his head out.
"Give it or not?"
Lu Qingfeng looked at his second brother.
"It's because I listened to Qingyu's words that I came up with this booklet." Lu Qingshan scratched his head, revealing a familiar naive smile.
"Hmph!"
"How dare he not show it!"
Lu Qingyu snorted lightly, taking the booklet from her big brother's hand and flipping through it in the faint firelight.
While reading it, she read it out in a brittle voice -
"On the seventh day of March, Zhang Chong, three lashes."
"On the ninth day of the third month, Zhang Chong, three lashes and a kick."
"The ninth day of March, Qian Han, one cake, one fist."
"The tenth of March, Zhang Chong, ten slaps."
"March twelfth, Zhang Chong, three lashes."
"March 13th. ......"
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