At this time, Zhuo Mulan had also successfully advanced to the fifth rank. The two of them had a deep master-disciple relationship and were not willing to separate. Shi Hao invited her and her disciple to go to Lingnan with him, and they did not refuse.
Because going to the South China Sea is not a very urgent matter, and Xiaoyan and Huan Tingting have to go out to sea from the mouth of Changhe River and go around the East China Sea, so it is impossible for them to go that fast.
So they were not in too much of a hurry, and they went south, enjoying the mountains and rivers along the way.
It is also a pleasure to travel with master and apprentice Zhuo Mulan and Du Yuejiao.
Zhuo Mulan was actually the same age as Yue Yaotai, less than 30 years old. She did not wear a Taoist robe, but a long rose-red flowered Yanluo skirt. She had a beautiful cloud-like bun on her head, and her manners were dignified and her demeanor was graceful.
Du Yuejiao chose an exquisite skirt of the same color as her master's and wore her hair in a lily bun.
Because the color and pattern of the cotton skirts are the same, and they are tied with a wide belt of the same color, although the styles of the clothes themselves are completely different, they look like a mother and daughter walking side by side.
Although the world was in chaos, after the Huangshan Conference, the areas of Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were able to maintain a relatively stable situation.
Therefore, although we saw a lot of tragic scenes along the way, it was not as severe as in the north where there were refugees and corpses everywhere.
Although life is still very difficult for ordinary people, it is extremely difficult to barely keep a home these days.
However, the closer you get to the Wuling Mountains, the more fierce the people are, the more thieves and bandits are rampant, and mountain robbers and robbers are inevitable. This is true even in peaceful times.
On the road, they always meet some short-sighted people who think that the men are young and the women are pretty and want to rob them of their money and rape them. In the end, they are severely punished by them.
As a man, Shi Hao naturally took care of the two of them along the way... In the past two or three months, Du Yuejiao had followed him on several adventures in the martial arts world. Zhuo Mulan's understanding of the martial arts world was actually more limited, not as good as that of her female disciple.
After all, in the past, there were Taoist temples of Chongxianmen everywhere, and when people left Chongxianmen, they would be received grandly by wealthy and powerful families.
On the way, Du Yuejiao saw that her master and her lover had nothing to talk about at first, but later they gradually became familiar with each other and started chatting and laughing.
She naturally didn't think too much about it. For her, she naturally hoped that the relationship between her master and him would not be too bad. After all, one of them was her relative and the other was her lover.
When we entered the Meiguan Ancient Road, we found that the mountain was blocked by heavy snow.
There is no way around it. Dayuling Mountain is difficult to travel on. Even the Meiguan Ancient Road was built during the prosperous dynasty with a huge amount of manpower and material resources. It is a narrow mountain road no more than six feet wide.
At this season, when it snows heavily, the mountains and fields are covered with snow and you can't even see the roads.
Fortunately, they were all mid-level masters, and relying on their lightness skills, it was not too difficult for them to walk on the snow and cross mountains and ridges.
The reason why the Meiguan Ancient Road is called "Meiguan" is because there are plum trees everywhere on Meiling Mountain.
Baili Meiling Mountain is home to plum trees all over the country, and now is the season when plum blossoms are in full bloom.
So there were plum blossoms everywhere in the mountains and plains.
The plum blossoms here are different from those in other places. They are either pure red or pink, just like the rouge a girl puts on her lips.
Amid the vast expanse of white snow, there are swaying pink and red plum blossoms everywhere. At first glance, it is so beautiful and surprising.
Du Yuejiao flew among the clusters of plum blossoms. Such a beautiful sight is extremely rare. If you don't arrive here in this season, you will basically not be able to see it.
"I didn't expect there would be so many plum blossoms here!" Du Yuejiao exclaimed excitedly.
They wandered away, the mountains in front of them converged to the sides, and the plum blossoms became crowded and clustered together.
Pushing aside the branches of plum blossoms that blocked their way, it was like entering the legendary Peach Blossom Land.
Further ahead, there is another valley, a circular valley, with fallen flowers flying around and scattering on the pure white snow.
The master and the disciple held hands and flew among the flying red.
Shi Hao looked from behind them and saw the plum blossoms and snow competing for beauty, which was so beautiful that he couldn't help but chant:
"The road leads to the small cave in Meishan; I meet the beauty among the flying petals. It is hard to give up her beauty; I wish to be the fairy of the balcony."
Du Yuejiao turned her head to the left and glanced at him. Seeing him looking at her and reciting poetry, she felt very happy.
Although she was happy in her heart, the master was also here. It was a bit inappropriate for her to recite such poems to her knowing that the master was here, right
Zhuo Mulan turned her head to the right and glanced at him secretly. Seeing him looking at her with a smile, her face turned red, feeling both shy and happy.
But Yue Jiao is also by your side, and you are saying to me "I wish to be the jade rain fairy on the balcony"... She will find out.
Shi Hao was in a good mood as he looked at the two of them, each of them shyly and seductively looking at him.
This scene and this situation really made the trip worthwhile.
They played in the valley for a long time, and when it was getting dark, they walked in the snow under the moon.
At this time, the moon was still elliptical, and the silver moonlight spread on the endless snow. The peach blossoms under the bright moonlight were another wonderful sight.
In the second half of the night, the weather turned cold.
They actually found a wooden house in the mountains.
This wooden house was obviously a simple resting place built by woodcutters or hunters outside the mountain. There was a stove and charcoal fire inside.
Shi Hao smiled and said, "Borrow it for tonight. When you leave tomorrow, leave some money for the owner of the house." He helped the two of them light the stove, and the master and disciple took out blankets from their bags and placed them on the ground.
Shi Hao asked them to rest here, and he closed the door for them, wrapped himself in a windbreaker, and stood guard outside.
The master and the disciple slept in their clothes. Du Yuejiao felt sorry for her lover, but she didn't want to let him in to be with her and her master, so she was hesitant for a moment.
Zhuo Mulan was actually distressed. She heard the wind outside getting stronger and stronger, and was afraid that it would snow again, so she whispered, "Yue Jiao, let him come in and rest!"
After hearing what her master said, Du Yuejiao got up gently and opened the wooden door. As the door was opened, the cold wind blew in, and her lover's lonely back outside made her feel particularly pitiful.
She said softly, "Brother Shi, come in!"
Shi Hao still wanted to be reserved, turned around and whispered: "Isn't this bad?"
Du Yuejiao said: "It's okay!"
So Shi Hao also entered the house and closed the door. The room was dark except for the faint light from the charcoal fire burning in the stove, which filled the air with warmth.
The wooden house was not big, so Du Yuejiao gave some of her side to her lover. Shi Hao lay beside her, and the three of them fell asleep together.
Halfway through the sleep, the girl turned around and hugged him without realizing it, and he took the opportunity to hold her in his arms.
That unruly hand quietly touched her master again, but unfortunately she didn't notice...
Chapter 357: A Good Wife and Mother Type of Top-Class Master
At dawn the next day, Du Yuejiao woke up in a daze, rubbing his eyes.
She saw that her master was still sleeping, but for some reason, her face was as red as if it had been scalded by hot water.
The lover on the left is still asleep. They both really can sleep.
When they finally woke up, it was already bright outside.
They ate some dry food, left some silver in the house, and then left.
After crossing mountains and ridges, they finally passed Mei Pass and arrived in Lingnan. After another day's journey, they arrived at the Sanying Ghost Cave.
This area is surrounded by high mountains and deep ravines, with rugged rocks and dense thorns everywhere. There is no human habitation within hundreds of miles.
But it is no longer the kind of malicious, eerie feeling that people felt just by getting close to it.
The last seal was obviously effective.
Arriving at the entrance of the Three-Tassel Ghost Cave, Shi Hao called out, "Yue'er?!"
Zhuo Mulan and Du Yuejiao turned their heads to look at him... Who are you calling
Then he finally realized that the person he called was the second-ranked goddess infant on the blacklist.
Not long after, a girl came out. She was about twelve or thirteen years old. Her hair fell behind her shoulders. She didn't wear her hair in a bun, but had a beautiful bow tied at the end.
She was dressed in delicate makeup, but she was wearing an ordinary cloth skirt that ordinary girls wear. Although it was a bit cold to wear like this in this season, she didn't care.
Shi Hao introduced Zhuo Mulan and his apprentice to her, and then said to them: "This is the 'female infant, Yue'er!"
Zhuo Mulan and Du Yuejiao vaguely remembered that he did mention that he was of "higher generation" when he was in Xiaotao Mountain.
However, hearing him call this superior person "Yue'er" with my own ears still gave me an unacceptable and dreamlike feeling.
It was also the first time that Du Yuejiao saw the goddess baby. The last time in Wushan, she saw a little demon girl pretending to be the goddess baby.
The little devil disguised as the female infant goddess looked arrogant and cold, with an imposing aura. As soon as she appeared on the stage, she walked in the air, shocking the whole audience.
However, the real goddess baby in front of him was slender and thin, even looking a little fragile.
Although his attire was somewhat inappropriate, he didn't take it too seriously because he lived alone in an isolated place.
She looked like just an ordinary little girl living in seclusion in the mountains. She didn't seem to be aloof from others. Instead, her lonely little face, which was not very good at getting along with others, showed a little joy because someone came to see her.
"Come in!" Mingyueshu said softly.
He turned around and took the three of them and floated into the Sanying Ghost Cave.
The Sanying Ghost Cave is a famous dangerous place in the martial arts world. According to legend, no one who enters the Sanying Ghost Cave will come out alive.
But at this moment, with this female infant leading the way, and Shi Hao leading them here, the master and disciple naturally had nothing to worry about.
There was a fog ahead, which was originally filled with bloody murderous aura, but now it had transformed into a thin fog.
If Mingyueshu didn't lead the way, outsiders who entered here would only get lost in the fog, and then return to the entrance again and again, making it difficult to go deeper.
After passing through the maze, we arrived at the abandoned village. It was dark all around, with only the kerosene burning on the stone pillars emitting light.
The crooked buildings indicate that there once lived here a certain ethnic group unknown to the outside world.
Although small, it has everything that a big family would have, such as a martial arts school or a training school.
Now it is empty. Only this little girl lives in this huge cave in the mountains.
Even though she is a world-famous master and the second-ranked person on the blacklist, at this moment, people still feel pity for her.
Several renovated stone houses have bedrooms, study rooms, and kitchens, with two square tables and several wooden stools placed around them. The wooden stools were made by her, and when placed on the ground, they have a subtle and incredible sense of balance.
But no guests came... To the people of the world, this is just a dangerous place that should not be entered without permission.
And she had never invited anyone, so theoretically, there was no need for so many stools...but when she was setting up the place, she unknowingly made too many stools.
"You have come all the way here, have you eaten?" Ming Yueshu turned around and asked softly.
The simplest words, the most common greetings, came from the most dangerous place in the martial arts world, and came from the mouth of a top-notch master who was well-known on the blacklist.
Shi Hao smiled and said, "It was a bit rushed coming here."
Ming Yueshu said: "It just so happens that I am also going to start cooking."
Zhuo Mulan said hurriedly: "Senior, that's not necessary..." How could she dare to let this famous master cook for them
Ming Yueshu said softly, "It's nothing. We bought rice and vegetables from the nearest town a few days ago. We bought a lot." She picked up an apron, tied it lightly around her waist, and went into the kitchen.
Shi Hao sighed: "Yue'er is really a good wife and mother."
Zhuo Mulan and Du Yuejiao looked at him together, not knowing how to comment on his words.
"Yue'er, let me help you!" Shi Hao stood up.
Zhuo Mulan and Du Yuejiao also stood up in a hurry... How could they stay sitting
The three of them entered the kitchen, but Ming Yueshu embarrassedly pushed them all out: "No, no, just sit here."
They had no choice but to sit back down.
Soon, smoke rose from the kitchen. While they were cooking, Ming Yueshu left the kitchen to talk to them.
"Yue'er!" Shi Hao asked, "Have you finished your work here? I would like to ask you to accompany us to Xuanming Cave."
Ming Yueshu said happily: "Well, the maze at the entrance of the cave has been restored, and you can go there anytime."
When the rice was almost cooked, she went into the kitchen again and started cooking.
When the dishes were served, they were all simple home-cooked dishes. There were no fine or expensive ingredients, nor were there too many fancy dishes, but they were all delicious.
After finishing his meal, Mingyueshu didn't waste too much time cleaning up and putting away his daily necessities.
Then he carried a small package and left the Sanying Ghost Cave with them.
Too simple, too obvious.
This made Zhuo Mulan and Du Yuejiao both feel a little uncomfortable.
At the same time, they were secretly thinking about it in their hearts.
Shi Hao said that he was of a very high generation... How high was he
From the Sanying Ghost Cave, heading southeast for several hundred miles, we arrived at the Minjiang River.
They rented a barge and went downstream to Langqi Island, but had to wait for two more days before they finally saw the boat that Xu Xiaoyan and Huan Tingting were on.
At that moment, they boarded the Fu ship and sailed out to sea...