Author's note: There are always accidents in life, so sometimes I have to take out some inventory to deal with commitments. This is a fantasy novel I wrote. Of course, according to my urine nature, you can't read the end of it. This novel was originally intended to be written against the background of my hometown, Fucha Mountain. At that time, it was also ambitious, thinking that if it could be published, or something, it would also contribute to the tourism of my hometown. A hundred years later, people mentioned Fucha Mountain, a sign at a certain intersection: 500 meters in front, the former residence.
Without boasting, this is a good beginning, full of ideas, with the routines of novels, plot conflicts and so on. But if you also write, you can find a very serious problem. This problem has always troubled me. It can also be said that it is also the reason why I gave up. It is the problem of dialogue and person. It is impossible to clearly recognize this problem in your own writing if you are not gifted or do not have hundreds of thousands of words of writing training. I failed to solve the problem. The most important skill of novels is dialogue description. I have written some literary novels before, and I want to try to bypass this problem. But there is no way around the size of novels. At present, I have seen "Lingshan", which seems to be able to bypass Gao Xingjian.
Life is the same, either fight or run. Sorry, I'm always a deserter.
1. Dasihai
At the end of the sky, there is an endless sea. In the evening, the sunset will be broken. A child of about seven or eight years old, barefoot and bare upper body, is standing on the bank with a bamboo basket on his shoulder. From time to time, the waves came crashing in, and white phosphorescent sand flowed through his toes. He plumped his mouth as if he was angry. Occasionally he bent down to pick up some shells with bright beach colors, played for a while, and then threw them into the sea one by one.
Behind him were rows of low wooden houses built against the mountains. At this time, every family has been curling smoke.
"Shen Er..." He heard his father call him
The child ignored him. It seemed that he was still angry. He hung his head down and walked around on the beach.
Not long after, a man in coir raincoat and bamboo hat, who was thirty or more, followed his figure from the front of the wooden house.
The child knew that it was he who approached, deliberately turned his head back and looked at the sea alone.
The man bullied him and picked him up
"Are you still angry with your father? A cheapskate" The man said while deliberately scratching his armpit
The child cried out, and the grievance that had held back for a day suddenly came out.
"All right, all right, Dad promised you that he would take you to Ecuador after the scale of the 'Bronze Head' faded."
Saying this, Yu Jianrong is still worried. The weather in August is often dangerous on the sea. When hurricanes are frequent and sharks are devoured, it is a bit reassuring to take children of seven or eight years old to Ecuador, which is 3000 miles away.
The 'copper head' he said was a one year old Jiaoshen. In addition to fishing, they earn a living by training water animals to do footwork for travelling merchants at the seaside of Dasi. There was a business that he should have done last month, but the scale of the Jiaoshen faded, which delayed these days.
Yu Chen seems to have been waiting for this promise. Just now, his face was covered with tears, and then he smiled again.
"Dad, shall we call out the 'Bronze Head' now?" He reached to the bamboo basket on his waist and said, "You see, I've brought salt bricks." Yu Shen broke away and still held his arm and walked to the beach. Now he has mastered the various tones of summoning and controlling water animals. But he puffed up his cheeks and made a long whistle toward the golden sea.
Not long after, the just calm sea began to form a vortex slowly. The vortex was very slow at first, and then turned faster and faster. Occasionally, bursts of howling came from the depths of the vortex. The roar was as long as a harp in the late night, and it was like the loud string of a pipa breaking off, and it floated out hundreds of feet away, which surprised the thousands of flamingos who had settled behind the wooden house. The fish clapped their hands and almost jumped up. Suddenly, a long red beard emerged from the vortex, followed by a dragon horse about ten feet tall, with blood on its back.
"Copper head, copper head" Fish Shen waved to the water beast hurriedly
The Jiaoshen was very familiar with the fish sink. When it jumped out of the sea, its candle like tail was propped up on the bottom of the sea, and it shook its head. A wisp of water spouted from its nose, and then its huge body slowly fell from the sky with its head.
The fish ran up and hugged one of its horns. It can be seen that the scales of the Jiaoshen are not completely faded, and the newly born scales on the spine near the head are white, which is very fragile. Yuchen threw a salt brick in front of Jiaoshen. Jiaoshen let out a joyful cry, stuck out his tongue and licked it.
"Good looking water beast" came from a deep, old and hoarse voice
The fish saw Rong turn his head, but saw a real man standing behind them in a hurry, dressed in blue robes, and with scattered buns. The real man was about forty, with a sword on his back. He was not old enough, but he held a three foot long crutch in his hand. The crutches are yellow and crystal clear, like autumn bamboo after rain.
The real man came up to salute and said, "It's getting late at this time, so I don't have a chance to get there. Could you please let me have a ride with this water beast?" Then he took out three gold certificates from his cuffs.
Fish saw Rong and then realized that every August at the seaside of Dasi, there are often people from all over the world who want to practice Buddhism and go to Ecuador to find immortals. Then he clasped his fist and asked, "Are you going to Ecuador?"
Immortal said, "Exactly."
Fish saw Rong was a bit embarrassed. For one thing, it was late and it was too far to go to Ecuador. For another thing, Jiaoshen's scales faded. I was afraid it was too powerful to swim when floating for a long time. But the real man seemed very worried and could not stay for long.
"Not bad," said the fish reluctantly. "It's just that my Jiaoshen has just faded, and Erdao is too......"
"Dad, I have a way." The fish sink who has been fighting with Copper Head suddenly came up to him, and his eyes were moving. He was very crafty.
"Don't be ridiculous..." Yu Jianrong waved and walked out
"Little monk, I have something important to do, can you......" He is just anxious to leave now, and he can't see Yu Shen's caution.
The fish hung his hands, pouted, and rolled his eyes. "If you want me to tell you, you can do it, but you must promise to take me with you first."
The real man looked at the fish and said, "This..."
Seeing Rong, the fish loosened his mouth and saluted the real man again, "I'm sorry, haven't you consulted yet?"
"Dad, we can borrow the third uncle's' iron arm '." He knew that the trick was successful, so he told his plan completely: "When the time comes, you will take Uncle and' iron arm 'to go first, and I and' copper head 'will follow. When the' iron arm 'is tired, we will change over. I am small, and I will not be in the way."
It was really a feasible way, so Yu Jianrong immediately accepted the job and went back to make some preparations.
At night, when the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the solitary crested ibis paddles across the far sky and the sea, making a sad sound.
The three of them traveled by the moon, and now they came to the shore again. Yu Jianrong summoned the two Jiaoshen, one named Tongtou and the other named Iron Arm. He and the Immortal led a party, and Yu Chenyu followed after Bronze.
This is Yuchen's first outing, so he seems very excited and noisy all the time. He has heard that there are countless Yao grass and strange flowers in Nae Island, and there are also many strange animals, such as green tigers, god mastiffs, lion dragons, leopard moose, etc. The most important thing is that he has heard many legends: there is a floating raft covered with glass at the end of the Great Sisi Sea. Every August, the floating raft will slowly drive into Ecuador from the fog. In this world, no matter he is a real person who cultivates immortals, a monk who worships Buddhism, or a ghost who cannot see the sun in the dark, he is an ordinary living creature in the world. As long as he climbs on this floating raft, he can become immortal and transcend the world. However, the legend is a legend after all. Although many people in the village who have returned from Ecuador said that they had never seen it before, for a child, naturally they would not believe it.
The night was calm and the sky was bright.
The floating water galloped all night, and the two dragons seemed tired. Originally, the two of them could not ride on the same head faster than the 'copper head', but the scale of the 'copper head' faded. In addition, the fish sink had no experience of long-distance floating, so at this time, only a figure of the fish sink could be seen from afar. Seeing Rong, the fish lowered its voice, called 'Iron Arm' and let it float on the sea with the current. He took out some wine and food from his luggage and handed them to the real person sitting behind him.
The real man talked a little overnight. At this time, the Taoist robes and hair and skin had been wet by the sea water. Yu Jianrong turns to see his white hair in his bun. Think of some questions about "longevity" and talk to him.
"Do you think there is a way to live forever?" Yu Jianrong asked
The real man shook his head: "It is impossible for ordinary people to be ordinary. The number of ordinary people is rare when they live to be ten years old. The number of old people is even more auspicious."
"Needless to say, can mortals live forever after becoming immortals?"
The real man shook his head again: "Five hundred years is a disaster for those who practice the truth. After three disasters, there are still three disasters for ordinary people. Five hundred years ago, there was a thunderstorm from heaven. The thunder struck from hundreds of meetings, cracked bones and teeth, cut channels, and destroyed blood essence. Five hundred years later, there was a fire from heaven. The fire burst from the spring, penetrated the six viscera, passed the five viscera, and spread all over the limbs. Five hundred years later, there was a storm from heaven. The wind enters the heart and lungs from the fontanel, passes through the elixir field and penetrates the nine orifices. In 1500 years, if any disaster cannot be avoided, the flesh and bones will disappear. " He looked up at the sky and sighed.
At this time, Yu Shen had caught up with Copper Head. Along the way, he flopped on the back of the 'Bronze Head', completely forgetting that the 'Bronze Head' was still scaling.
"Dad, look behind us. There is a water unicorn following us all the time." Yu Chen pointed back with his hand. He was very excited. He heard the old man in the village about this kind of water beast, but he had never seen it at the seaside.
Yu Jianrong was a little surprised. This kind of water beast, which only lives in deep pools in the mountains, could never appear in the sea. He didn't know whether the real man had seen such a water beast, so he comforted him and said, "Although this water unicorn is rare, I heard it is not easy to hurt people."
Although the Immortal was a little confused at first, he was eager to go, and didn't think about it carefully at the moment. He just urged the fish to see Rong and hurry.
Seeing Rong, the fish hissed and raised his tone, telling Yuchen to drive the mirage carefully.
The water unicorn thought he had been following them in the middle of the night. From a distance, I can only see the fiery thorns on its back, but it doesn't seem to be adapted to the sea, and its head needs to surface from time to time to breathe.
So they hurried about three hundred nautical miles, and it was noon. The father and son had passed Jiaoshen and traveled more than a hundred miles. The water unicorn was gradually lost.
Before they knew it, they went to Jiaguan Island, which was a transit island on the way to Ecuador. At this time, there was a wind on the sea, and the fish saw Rong standing up from the back of Jiaoshen, but saw the clouds gathering in the southeast sea, and a broken rainbow rose from the sea. It was expected that the sky would soon change, so he shouted to the real man, "It's better to take shelter on the island if a hurricane is about to strike."
The real person saw that the sea waves rose steeply, and the sea was even more invisible. Then they left their mirage and went ashore together.
Sure enough, in an instant, the wind blew heavily and the clouds were overcast. The three of them hurriedly found a small cave on the island to shelter from the rain.
It is night, the dark clouds are completely floating, and the shower has just stopped.
The three of them hastily ate their meals, extinguished the open fire in the cave, and were about to leave when they heard a rush of footsteps outside the cave. Seeing Rong, the fish said suspiciously: The place on the island is really remote, and it's stormy. At this time, there shouldn't be a figure.
Suddenly, I heard that there was a humanitarian with foreign accent outside the cave: "No mistake, the water unicorn has been floating on the island, and the stinking Taoist must hide here" Another humanitarian: "The leader said, we must ask about the whereabouts of the condensation stone. The stinking Taoist sword technique is very good, and we'd better be careful." Another humanitarian: "The stinking way has made Tianmen lose its cultivation for half a lifetime, and has no magic power. Everyone will rush forward and be captured alive." While talking, he poked grass to find his way. When he heard the sound, he knew that it was not far from the cave entrance.
In the twilight, the real man suddenly inserted his crutch into his waist, pulled out his sword and swore: dirty little devil, chasing so fast!
He turned to Yu Jianrong and said, "To be honest, my surname is Shaosong, and my path name is Chunsong. Because of the sudden change of my school, I went to Ecuador to find my elder martial brother Chuntong who was crossing the" thunder robbery "."
When Yu saw Rongzheng, he was puzzled, but Yu Shen grabbed his coat and hid behind him. He was at a loss for a moment.
The Immortal said: "Don't be afraid, two people. There are all seven coat disciples outside the cave. Although I have lost all my magic power, this sword in my hand can guarantee your integrity." He took a copper mirror out of his arms and handed it to Yu Shen: "This is the magic weapon 'Seven Star Tai Chi Mirror' that has been practicing with me. Now I can't drive you, but you can also use it to defend yourself by putting it on your chest."
Suddenly, someone outside the cave shouted, "Come here, there is a cave!" The place where the torch was held was already the cave entrance
Ju Shaosong said, "You two should follow me closely. Don't let me go." He immediately shouted, rushed out with a straight sword, ran to the torch at the mouth of the cave, waved the sword away, and one person's head fell to the ground instantly. At this moment, there was a great deal of confusion. He shouted to the two men, "Go!" He hid himself behind them and rushed to the way.
In the chaos, a man shouted, "Don't let them run away, and surround them from both sides." In the flames, more than twenty people with real swords and hair on their heads walked away from the left and right. These people wore masks and chanted sobs in their mouths, like singing incantations. They were about to surround the three people in the middle.
Ju Shaosong saw the encirclement and immediately took the sword at his waist. His sword is the "Tianwei Sword" which was acquired by Xiuzhen for 20 years. It cuts through iron like mud and is extremely sharp. But he was determined to protect the fish and see Rong and his son well, and he didn't take the initiative to attack at the moment.
After a moment of confrontation, the circle of encirclement becomes tighter. Suddenly, one of them took the lead in holding the knife and cut the coming. Ju Shao raised his sword loosely to meet him. With a clang, the knife was cut open. At once, several white blades flashed, cold light passed, and the wind was whispering. Ju Shaosong had not waited for the sabres to stabilize, but he had already shrunk back. Then he jumped up and stabbed the wrists of those people when he fell, even though three or two people lost their sabres and shouted. Although they all wore masks and were extremely ferocious, they also looked scared and fell back. At this time, a leader who had been hiding outside the circle said something to the crowd. The Seven Coat Sect was originally a pagan sect in the Western Regions. The people immediately understood and turned around their swords, cutting at Yu Jianrong and his son instead. It turned out that the leader saw that the two of them were holding their heads and crouching down, and they were totally incapable of martial arts, so he secretly ordered all the disciples in Tibetan to make Ju Shao feel tired and unable to separate himself. Suddenly, the fish saw Rong yelling, but he got a knife on his back. At this time, he was protecting the fish from drowning in the chaos of the knife, and he didn't know where to go.
Seeing the danger, Ju Shaosong quickly stepped out of the Eight Trigrams. The heaven and earth shook Xun, Kan Ligendui, and a Tianwei Sword moved with him. At that moment, the sword light was enveloped, like a net covered with water. The fish saw that Rong and his son were wrapped in the sword light, and it was airtight. At the same time, the fish still had enough strength to prevent the real sword from coming from time to time. After 60 or 70 rounds of fighting back and forth in this way, the other side was not inferior even though it was powerful.
Ju Shaosong did not dare to fight. He fought and retreated when he saw Rong and his son, protecting the fish. He came to the seaside from time to time.
The leader immediately waved a triangular white flag when he saw that the strong attack was unsuccessful. Seeing this, people put down their real swords one after another. Ju Shaosong felt bad. This Seven Coat Sect is the first poison sect in the Western Regions. It is very good at using poisons. There are scorpion nettle powder under the masks of all people. After a command, the scorpion nettle powder will be sprayed out from the mouth. The scorpion nettle powder will turn into smoke when it is burned. Without an antidote, all the bones will rot and die within seven days after hearing it. The believers had already lined up, took out their personal fire folding, and waited for an order.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a plop, but the fish sank: he was frightened, and in his confusion, he could not argue between things, so he fell into the sea. Ju Shaosong and his wife were about to come forward to help each other, when suddenly a cold light came into the void, and the fish fell to the ground when they saw the glory. Ju Shaosong felt his legs numb. Looking down, he saw that the leader had nailed two cold snow nails on his knees. Suddenly, the attack and defense momentum turned. Ju Shaosong stood on his knees with his sword.
Seeing the power, a crowd gathered around him again, picked up the real sabre and put it on the two of them.
Seeing Rong neglecting himself, the fish was eager to "sink, sink".
At this time, the leader slowly walked out from behind the people, but saw that he was wearing a small golden hat, a white scarf around his waist, and smiling all over his face: "Take away the knife, and don't hurt the harmony between me and the peak leader." He also said: "The peak leader let us chase from Jiulong Peak to Zhemu Temple, and from Zhemu Temple to Dasi Sea, and also float on the sea all day and all night. If it weren't for the water unicorn of the leader, it would be hard to find you."
Ju Shaosong said, "Jiulong Peak has nothing to do with your Seven Coat Sect. How can you Diao Bo be Chunkuang's eagle claw and sell his life for him Then he said, "My sect leader, I'm tired of staying in the Western Regions. It's a great blessing for you to come out to see your fellow practitioners in the past few years. Seeing that you have a beautiful Qianlong Peak, I have already agreed with your younger martial brother Chun Kuang to lend you a temporary stay in Qianlong Peak for a few years, but you are too ignorant, which makes my sect leader disappointed." Ju Shaosong sneered, "Excuse me? It's nice to say that, like Chun Kuang, it will not be long! " At this time, the 'copper head' that has been hiding at the bottom of the water pushed the fish out of the sea. He choked several mouthfuls of sea water, grabbed the 'copper head' horns, and lay on the mirage. Diao Bo said, "Don't worry, we have enough time to discuss." He told the disciples, "Take those two away together!"
Several believers went to the southwest of the island to fetch water animals, which were some seven foot long snakes. The snake is different from the Jiaoshen. It floats on the water for a long time and has two serrated wings. It moves against the wind like a sail on a mast and is faster than the Jiaoshen.
At that time, the believers bound three people, led by the water unicorn, and rushed back together.
On the way, the Chinese believers untied the ropes on Yu Jianrong and his son, tied their hands, and threw them into the sea. The other end of the rope was holding the rope, allowing the snake to slide on the sea for fun.
Yu Jianrong's cold snow nail was hit on his chest. At this time, the wound was opened by the sea water and was bubbling outward with blood. Yuchen opened his mouth to breathe from time to time, and then he was filled with sea water again. His face turned purple and red. The two Jiaoshen had been following the crowd all the time. At this time, they hurried to come. Seeing their master was suffering, they swam close with all their strength. They were careful to be under the potential two and held them on the water.
The cold smoke is pale, and the morning fog is rising.
A crowd rushed forward in the mist.
Suddenly, there was a hissing of the snake from the silent sea, followed by two, three, and the hissing sound seemed to be contagious, and then all the snakes shouted together. They flapped their wings, interlaced their wings, and twisted their necks together.
"Bite the shark, bite the shark!" shouted one of the believers
In the mist, a dozen sharks are opening their mouths and migrating from both sides.
"What are you worried about?" Diao Bo said angrily, "Go to stabilize the snake and get my Liufan."
The believers immediately woke up, or went to separate the entangled heads of the snake, or to hold the wings of the snake, or to step on the tail vertebra of the snake. It was easy to stabilize the tangled snake.
Diao Bo gave two bottles of Liufan to believers on both sides and ordered them to "go to Taoist Priest to get something"
A disciple took the order, held a real knife in his hand, and went to Ju Shaosong. At this time, Ju Shaosong knelt on the back of the snake, his legs numb and his head bowed. The disciple grabbed Ju Shaosong's left hand, cut off one of his fingers with a knife, and Ju Shaosong fainted with a sound. At the broken finger, blood was bubbling out, and the believers took it with a bottle filled with torrents. In the bottle, there are many instant clots, which turn into scarlet blood clots.
At this time, the sharks on both sides were getting closer and closer to them. From time to time, two sharks came up to them.
Diao Bo said, "Throw it down!"
Two bottles of Liufan were thrown out. One bottle landed near the third shark on the left, and the other bottle landed in the middle of the fifth shark on the right. After the bottle fell into the water, the blood clots at the bottom of the bottle gushed out, and the dirty water poured into the mouths of the two sharks.
Without a struggle, the two sharks were killed.
Diao Bo said, "Throw again"
Another four bottles were thrown out.
"Dharmapala's reputation!" Everyone praised
"Throw it again!"
Not long after, ten shark carcasses floated on the sea, and the shark that followed stopped, hesitated, and dared not come forward. Diao Bo looked at the dying fish. Seeing Rong and his son, he ordered: "Send the two fishermen to them and let's go!" Everyone laughed, threw away the rope in their hands and left.
There were only two people and three sharks left on the sea.
"Shen Er, Shen Er......" a weak voice shouted
As if they had a soul in their hearts, the copper head and iron arm turned their heads at the same time, straightened their backs, and held their masters to swim to Jiaguan Island.
The remaining three sharks dare not follow Diao Bo any more. They look for fish and see the bloody smell on Rong's body. They follow the copper head, iron arm and tail fin.
Iron arm was the first to find them. Early on, it spread its scales all over its body, and then the copper head found them and tilted its tail out of the sea. But the three sharks didn't seem to take the warning to heart, and they still pursued it. So the iron arm raised its head out of the sea and made a roar. The roar was like a hammer beating a drum, which raised waves more than three feet high. Those three sharks seemed to have some misgivings at first, but they didn't get anything all night, and now they have completely ignored it. After a little pause, he quickly displayed a triangle, raised his nose bone and exposed the fangs of the ice cone.
The copper head and the iron arm slowly turned their heads, and their two pairs of eyes were staring straight at the three sharks that followed.
Suddenly, three sharks rushed from the southwest, due south and southeast at the same time like sharp swords. Before they got close, the copper head shrank its back and slowly crawled the fish to its tail. Then the head dived into the sea bottom and exposed its horns, waiting for the shark to swim close and stab away. The iron arm camera moved rapidly eastward, and from time to time it moved to the orthogonal position where it came to bite the shark.
The shark from the southwest rushed first. After waiting for a long time, when he swam near, he suddenly raised his head, and his horns pierced the shark's jaw. Then the copper head swam back and pulled out a three foot long blood mouth along the stomach of the shark like a cook. At once, the fishy blood surged in the sea, and the shark jumped and tumbled into the sea, screaming.
In order to keep the fish down, the copper head retreats at a blow. At this time, the one in the middle had already rushed, and the copper head quickly sidestepped to avoid. Unexpectedly, this hiding exposed its back. It was bitten by the one in the middle, and the copper head had no new scales, so it could not be defended. Its tusks stabbed the spine, and dozens of holes in its eyes were shot with animal blood.
At this time, the iron arm hit the one coming from the southeast, and the collision was so powerful that it directly knocked the shark over. Iron arm saw the copper head trapped, and rushed out to help after a collision.
At this time, the shark in the middle is dragging the copper head back. Its upper and lower jaw were tightly closed, and when it retreated, it shook its head violently and pulled it violently, tearing open half of the belly of the copper head. The iron arm was hit again, and its head was slightly tilted, and its horns were deeply inserted. At this time, the south-west shark kept rolling in the sea, flapping its huge tail fin, and the copper head rushed in retaliation.
Fish saw Rong was awake at this time. He was shocked by the fighting scene of the water beast and cried out to Copper Head to avoid. The belly of the copper head was gouged out, and the intestines flowed out. The sea water poured back, convulsing, and could not resist. Suddenly, the fish was hit far away, and then the sink was thrown into the sea.
At this time, the shark in the southeast also slowed down. It opened its mouth and wanted to tear the iron arm. Seeing Rong, the fish quickly commanded the iron arm to avoid. The three sharks quickly gathered, and two dragons could not resist. Yu Jianrong directed Iron Arm to swim to Yuchen, pulled Yuchen onto the mirage back and ordered him to retreat. The three sharks saw that the iron arm was far away and quickly swam to the copper head. They ate the copper head from time to time.
"Copper head, copper head..." The fish cried bitterly
The shark in the middle was obviously not satisfied with this. It took the other two sharks to catch up with the iron arm while still sharing food.
The iron arm quickly stops
The fish felt bad when he saw the glory, but now he could no longer control the iron arm. The iron arm seemed to be crazy, and turned and rushed towards the shark regardless.
In a twinkling of an eye, the fish saw Rong as if he had used his last bit of strength to push the fish into the sea. At this time, the horn of the iron arm like a sharp blade pierced the shark from end to end.
In the blood light, Yuchen saw that his father was pushed into the sea by the huge body of the shark.
