Chapter 141 Batur's Home
Su Xiaofan found that since practicing, his entire world view has changed.
In the past, Su Xiaofan relied more on technology in his life. Although he was too poor to afford a car, electric cars can also facilitate his travel.
Moreover, the electrical appliances used at home, the mobile phone that can browse world news in the palm of his hand, all make Su Xiaofan feel extremely convenient.
It can be said that modern technology makes everyone feel very convenient.
If we go back to the era without electrical appliances, I am afraid that 99% of people will not be able to adapt, that is what Su Xiaofan thought at the time.
But when Su Xiaofan embarked on the road of cultivation, his world view changed rapidly.
Compared with personal evolution, modern technology is not irreplaceable.
With Su Xiaofan's current physique that is invulnerable to cold and heat, air conditioning and heating have become dispensable.
The evolution of the six senses allows Su Xiaofan to see through the night, and without photoelectric lighting, it will not have any impact on his actions.
Even the means of travel have become dispensable. If Su Xiaofan is willing, he can go to Death Valley using his agility, which will definitely be much faster than driving.
Of course, there are many things that cannot be replaced by modern technology, such as communication, at least Su Xiaofan's voice is so loud that even his sister who is far away in Yanjing can't hear him.
The reason why Su Xiaofan had these emotions appeared after he drove for more than 30 hours continuously.
The benefits of personal evolution are reflected at this time.
Su Xiaofan's car has been driving on the highway, except for entering the service area to refuel once.
The two people and the cat in the car are obviously not normal guys, and the needs of the human body seem to be unable to be reflected in them.
Su Xiaofan has been drinking a few bottles of water and eating a few pieces of jerky python meat for such a long time.
As for things like convenience, they don't exist at all. Under the operation of the true essence, the impurities in the body have long been refined and cleaned up.
The car has already driven out of the high speed, the sides of the road have become very desolate, and the road is covered with snow.
The terrain is also gradually rising, Su Xiaofan hardly saw any vehicles on this road, as if this road was built for them.
It was snowing heavily, if it wasn't for the car that Su Xiaofan was driving, it would have been difficult to drive on this kind of road.
After the car drove out for more than six hours, a sign indicating an altitude of 3,800 meters appeared on the side of the road.
And under that signboard, there was a man standing with a burly figure covered in snow.
"Batur, it's freezing."
Su Xiaofan parked the car next to the man, jumped out of the car and patted the snow on his body, "Get in the car, drink some hot water."
"I'm used to it, it's only seven or eight degrees below zero, not too cold."
Batur smiled honestly, and hugged Su Xiaofan. Only when he met a real friend, Batur would behave like this.
"Batur, where is your car, how did you get here?"
Looking at this place with no village in front and no shop behind, Su Xiaofan wondered how Batur came here.
"There have been cars, not many, my car, the company's, this time, it's a personal matter."
Batur explained that he hailed the car from the bottom of the mountain, and returned the off-road vehicle to the company.
"Batur, this is my master, you can just call him Jingshu."
Getting into the car, Su Xiaofan introduced Master to Batur, poured another cup of hot water and handed it over.
"Young man is good, this body is strong enough."
Uncle Jing has moved to the back seat, and Batur needs to sit in front to guide the way.
"I know you!"
Batur turned his head to look at Uncle Jing, but what he said made both Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen stunned for a moment.
"Have we met?"
Jing Shizhen looked at Batur, but she couldn't find such a person in her memory.
Moreover, Jing Shizhen has not been to the Northwest for more than ten years. The restricted area here is too dangerous. When he did not break through, he only came here once more than ten years ago.
"I see, you gave me a piece of chocolate, your appearance has not changed a little from ten years ago."
Batur stared at Jing Shizhen and said, "It's just outside Devil's Valley, you had a meal at my house, and my father killed a sheep..."
Different from Su Xiaofan and the others, when the locals mentioned Death Valley, they always called it Devil's Valley, because it was believed to be a place where devils lived.
"Oh, it's you? Little Batur!"
Hearing what Batur said, Jing Shizhen immediately remembered that it really happened more than ten years ago. At that time, Batur was only a child of seven or eight years old.
Back then, Jing Shizhen had already achieved the perfect cultivation of the Great Zhou Tian, but she was struggling to break through to the state where the three flowers gathered at the top.
During that time, Jing Shizhen kept wandering around the forbidden areas, trying to hunt and kill a supernatural creature in order to obtain the inner alchemy.
Death Valley also passed in that time period. At that time, there were some herdsmen living on the outskirts of Death Valley, and Batur's family was one of them.
Before exploring Death Valley, Jing Shizhen and Aunt Mei stayed overnight at Batur's house. At that time, the hospitable Batur father slaughtered a sheep to entertain Jing Shizhen and the two.
Later, Batur's father sent Jing Shizhen to the entrance of Death Valley. As a person who lived there for generations, Batur's father dared not enter.
However, Jing Shizhen's trip to Death Valley was not very successful.
As soon as he and Aunt Mei stepped into the Valley of Death, the weather in the valley changed. There were lightning flashes, thunder and gusts of wind for a while, and the two of them were frightened and hurried out.
Since then, Jing Shizhen has never been to Death Valley.
The trip last time also let Jing Shizhen know why the officials did not station outside Death Valley, because even if they reached the state where the three flowers gathered, they might not be able to survive there.
No one would enter such a restricted area to explore, so it lost the meaning of stationing. It just put up some dangerous signs and asked the nearby herdsmen to warn some explorers not to go deep.
"Little Batur, is your father okay?"
Seeing acquaintances, Jing Shizhen was also very happy, "I brought the strongest wine in the car, and have a good meal with your father when we get there!"
"Father is gone."
Batur's eyes were a little red, "A few years ago, my father entered the Devil's Valley and never came out again."
"Why did your father go in?"
Jing Shizhen sighed, "He once warned me not to go in, why did he go in by himself?"
Little Batur's father is a good man with a very cheerful personality, so even though he only met once, Jing Shizhen regards him as a friend.
"All the sheep in the family ran into the valley, and my father couldn't help it."
Batur tried to hold back his tears. He is a strong man, but when he mentioned his father, Batur wanted to cry.
"I see…"
Jing Shizhen smiled wryly and shook her head. The family's sheep ran into the Devil's Valley, which was an unsolvable problem for the surrounding herdsmen.
Cattle, sheep and livestock are important family property that herdsmen regard as bigger than the sky. In grazing areas, herdsmen can even work hard for beasts such as cattle, sheep, wolves and bears.
So Batur’s father will definitely chase Batur’s sheep into Devil’s Valley, even though he knows that he might not be able to get out.
"Okay, Batur, don't be sad."
Su Xiaofan turned around and patted Batur on the shoulder, and said, "We will enter the Devil's Valley this time to see if we can find you... your father's remains."
"Sue, thank you."
Batur nodded heavily, and then said: "Be careful, it's dangerous, very dangerous!"
In fact, the herdsmen living near the Devil's Valley grew up in fear of the Devil's Valley.
They have the opportunity to see the thunder and lightning in Devil's Valley almost every day, and it seems to be mixed with the howling and howling of some ferocious beasts.
It can be said that everyone who has lived there will regard it as a place where devils live. It is not because cattle and sheep ran into it, no one dared to set foot in the Valley of Devils.
"Don't worry, we won't go in and die."
Su Xiaofan suddenly remembered something, took out a box from the armrest box, and handed it to Batur.
"What?" Batur froze for a moment.
"The gift, for you, must be accepted!"
Su Xiaofan laughed, he doesn’t have many friends, and even fewer friends are worthy of gifts, and Batur is one of them.
"A watch made of gold?"
Opening the box, Batur was almost dazzled by the gold watch in front of him.
This is a Rolex gold watch that Su Xiaofan specially picked out. It sells for about seven or eight hundred thousand in the specialty store. He feels that the glittering gold fits Batur's temperament very well.
"It's a friend, take it!"
Seeing that Batur wanted to decline, Su Xiaofan put the words to death, smiled and said: "Go into the mountains, you grill meat for me, this is your territory."
Batur nodded, and patted his big backpack with his hands.
For people who like outdoors, their backpacks are not usually big.
Because it is different from traveling, the outdoor roads are very difficult to walk, and it is difficult to move even if you push a box.
So all their supplies need to be placed in the backpack, which means that the backpack should not be too small, and the backpack in Su Xiaofan's trunk is even more exaggerated.
"Batur, show me the way, I don't know how to get there."
Su Xiaofan started the car, but the speed was not fast. There was a cliff on one side of the mountain road, and the car would fall if it slipped.
"Drive forward, thirty kilometers, downhill..."
Batur glanced at Jing Shizhen behind him, and said, "Uncle Jing, you have been there and know."
"I ran there more than ten years ago, how do I remember?"
Jing Shizhen rolled his eyes when he heard the words. He was a guide who paid a lot of money back then, and the winding mountain road along the way made it easy for people to get lost.
Su Xiaofan didn't speak, but concentrated on driving. After two hours, he arrived at the place Batur said.
This is a downhill terrain. Unlike other places, the side of the road is no longer a cliff, but a hillside.
Batur pointed to the hillside and said, "From here, go down, drive down!"
"Batur, that's not the way!"
Su Xiaofan reminded Batur that he and his master were not afraid of overturning, but Batur was not.
Batur shook his head and insisted: "It's the road. In the past, the wood transporter..."
After hearing Batur's incoherent explanation, Su Xiaofan knew that there used to be a road here.
Near the Devil’s Valley, there is a large forest, where the local government once developed timber for a period of time, and this road was left at that time.
"There was no road when I came."
Jing Shizhen remembered that after they left the road, they walked all the way to the Devil's Valley.
"Okay, sit tight!"
Su Xiaofan didn't talk nonsense, just turned the steering wheel and drove down the gentle slope.
It is said to be a gentle slope, but it is actually much steeper than the average slope. Thanks to the good performance of this car, it is possible to drive down the gentle **** without any risk.
"Go to the right and drive about fifteen kilometers." Batur pointed the way to Su Xiaofan.
"Batur, is this also called a road? How did you transport the wood out before?"
After driving for a kilometer or two, Su Xiaofan complained endlessly.
In such a short distance, he experienced two streams, three mounds of more than 20 meters, and rugged mountain roads everywhere, the whole thing was like riding a roller coaster.
If it weren't for the fact that Su Xiaofan's car was on a high floor and could be raised and lowered temporarily, the chassis of the car would have been smashed by the uneven rocks on the ground long ago.
"Tractor!"
Only three words came out of Batur's mouth, and Su Xiaofan was told to shut up.
Growing up in the countryside, he naturally knows the power of a tractor. When it is driven well, it can really fly over walls, especially on this kind of mountain road.
Fifteen kilometers away, Su Xiaofan has been driving for more than two hours and still hasn't arrived, it is simply slower than walking.
Duobao, who was bored in the car, jumped out of the window a long time ago, and disappeared into the forest in a flash.
Su Xiaofan is not afraid of something happening to Duobao, this is just the periphery of the devil's restricted area, according to Master, extraordinary creatures rarely leave the restricted area, so Duobao will not be in danger.
The more the car drove in, the more Su Xiaofan could feel that he seemed to be in a huge canyon now.
On both sides of Su Xiaofan, about two kilometers apart, are two towering peaks.
As the car slowly got deeper, the temperature was getting warmer, and the snow on the ground disappeared. On the contrary, many colorful plants appeared in Su Xiaofan's field of vision.
"This is already the outskirts of the Devil's Valley. If you see it, this is the magical nature."
Jing Shizhen looked at the scenery outside the window, and couldn't help but praise: "One side is covered with snow, and the other side is covered with green plants. These two peaks make this place a paradise."
Two towering peaks that reach into the clouds and stretch for hundreds of miles block the invasion of the cold outside, and the cold air cannot sink, causing the hot air on the ground to rise, forming a warm and humid grand canyon unexpectedly.
According to science, in the depths of the canyon, due to the accumulation of hot and cold air above, the accumulation of clouds will cause the natural phenomenon of lightning and thunder from time to time, which is the origin of Devil's Valley.
There are plants, there are streams, and naturally there are animals.
Although the road was bumpy and bumpy, Su Xiaofan saw a lot of wild animals.
There are groups of blue sheep, groups of wild donkeys, huge yaks, and vigorous leopards. This place seems to be an animal paradise.
Hunting and being hunted have become the theme of survival here.
Perhaps after Batur’s family moved away, few humans set foot here. The roar of car engines startled many animals away.
"That's my home!" Batur's eyes suddenly fixed on one direction.
Su Xiaofan followed Batur's eyes and saw that it was a wooden house under a rock wall. There were three wooden houses and a yard surrounded by a fence.
But obviously no one has lived here for a long time. The roof of one wooden house has collapsed, and the fence seems to have been impacted by animals, and it has become scattered.
"How far is it from Devil's Valley?"
Su Xiaofan drove the car over and said, "Or let's spend the night here today."
It has been five or six hours since I received Batur, and the sky has already darkened. It is better to find a familiar place to camp.
"There are still a little more than three kilometers. In fact, this can be regarded as Devil's Valley."
Batur explained to Su Xiaofan: "However, we all regard the mountain pass over there as the entrance to the Devil's Valley. It's dark now, otherwise we can see the other side from here..."
"Three kilometers, let's go there tomorrow."
Su Xiaofan thinks that he doesn’t need to drive tomorrow, and it might be faster for him and his master to walk there directly.
"Okay, go live in the firewood house, it's strong there!"
Batur nodded, got out of the car with his bag in hand, pushed open the gate, and walked in very familiarly.
Before Batur moved out, he cut down half the house full of firewood and stacked them neatly in the firewood room.
Batur even put some rice noodles in the firewood room, which is also a rule of the mountain people, so that people who pass by here can also have food supplements.
Looking to the left and touching to the right, Batur didn't speak for a long time, apparently immersed in memories.
The sound of Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen walking startled Batur, looking at the two, Batur said with some embarrassment: "You guys rest first, I'll go hunt a prey."
"You don't need to go, just prepare the barbecue."
Su Xiaofan smiled, put his finger in his mouth, and whistled.
Just a few minutes later, the tiger cat appeared in the yard with a much larger blue sheep in its mouth.
Batuer knew how powerful the tiger cat was, so he wasn't too surprised. When he was in the Ajin Mountains a few months ago, the tiger cat killed several wolves.
The environment here is much better than that of the Ajin Mountains. The family has ready-made firewood and a barbecue platform built by Batur's father. The blue sheep are washed and peeled, and they are directly grilled on the platform.
The tiger cat seems to think that there are too many people and meat is not enough to eat. In line with the law of nature, the weak eat the strong, it killed another blue sheep and sent it over.
Humao's actions left Batur stunned.
Although Batur and the others also hunted rock sheep back then, they only dared to do so secretly. After all, they were protected animals by the country. How could they dare to hunt and kill blue sheep openly like tiger cats.
The taste of firewood grilling is much better than Su Xiaofan's previous cooking with solid alcohol. The fragrance of trees mixed with fresh and tender mutton, coupled with various seasonings, makes people can't help but whet their appetite.
Su Xiaofan and Jing Shizhen didn’t eat much these days, the two sheep basically fell into the stomachs of the two of them and the tiger cat, while Batur only ate four or five catties of meat to survive.
The firewood room is very spacious, it is no problem to sleep three or four people, and the ground is very dry, just spread a booth and lie on it.
Su Xiaofan also felt a little sleepy after driving for a long time, so he decided to stop meditating today and prepare for a good rest.
As night fell, the originally silent canyon became lively.
The howling of wolves, the low growling of bears, and the temporary screams of herbivores echoed constantly in the canyon.
Suddenly, there was a deafening thunder that covered up all the sounds in the canyon.
The thunder came very abruptly, like opening a Pandora's box, the sky in the distance suddenly flashed and thundered, and the power of nature was undoubtedly revealed.
"Yes...it is Devil's Valley."
Looking at the scene of thunder and lightning intertwined in the distance, Batur's eyes showed a complicated look. After a few years, he saw this familiar scene again.
"Grandma, you won't be struck by lightning again."
Su Xiaofan shrank his neck, thinking about what happened when he was struck by lightning half a year ago.
Su Xiaofan felt a little remorse in his heart, he wondered if he made a wrong choice this time.
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