si-mexico Chapter 3: Looking for Qi and Going Up the Mountain
Chapter 3: Looking for Qi and Going Up the Mountain
"Why did you wake up so early? Did I wake you up?"
When Grandma Chi saw Chi Qiao coming out of the room, she asked, her eyes already drooping from sleepiness.
"No, I went to bed early last night and woke up early this morning." Chi Qiao looked at Grandma Chi who was tiptoeing upstairs and asked, "Are you okay? Did you stay up all night?"
Grandma Chi waved her hands and said, "It's all Old Man Liu's fault. He always holds us back. Otherwise, he wouldn't have played all night just to win a game. I'm fine. I'm just too sleepy. I'll go to sleep for a while. You can make breakfast for yourself."
As she spoke, Grandma Chi went into her room, didn't even close the door, and fell asleep.
Chi Qiao was stunned, it seemed that this grandma was quite addicted to the Internet.
However, she looked at the black energy that had become thicker on the purple energy around the old lady and frowned. Could it be that Grandma Chi's bloody disaster was going to happen because of playing games?
She went in, covered the old lady with a quilt, closed the door, and went to the kitchen to make some simple food.
After dinner, she went to the kitchen, found a basket and went up the mountain.
When she came yesterday, she saw several colorful clouds on the mountain behind. Wherever there are colorful clouds, there must be extraordinary beings. If it is a person, it must be an emperor or a general; if it is an animal or a plant, it must be a rare treasure in the world.
Chi Qiao wanted to go and take a look. It would be great if he could collect genuine medicinal herbs and make some elixirs.
However, when she came here yesterday, she only saw five spots, but now when she got closer, she could see eight spots. Chi Qiao felt that there might be more than eight spots of colorful clouds on this mountain, but her current cultivation level could only see so many.
This mountain is neither big nor small. Looking up, you can see some white clouds floating on the top of the mountain. There is a stone staircase on the mountain, which is not difficult to walk on. There are several pavilions on both sides of the stone staircase. Looking from a distance, there are old men and women doing morning exercises in the pavilions.
Chi Qiao did not walk along the stone steps. The place she wanted to go was not around the stone steps.
However, the remote paths were much more difficult to walk on. Even though Chi Qiao had practiced a little last night, it was actually the same as not practicing at all. In addition, her body was delicate and she had never done any physical work, so her legs soon became weak.
Chi Qiao had no choice but to climb for a while and rest for a while. During this time, he also dug up a lot of wild vegetables and medicinal herbs. Although they were not precious, they were better than nothing.
It was already noon when she finally climbed to the place where the colorful clouds she was looking for were.
A large stone over two meters long protruded from the mountain, and the colorful clouds covered the stone like an umbrella. Chi Qiao walked around and saw a Ganoderma lucidum growing under the stone. The Ganoderma lucidum was covered by lush leaves and shrubs, with only a corner exposed. If Chi Qiao had not been sharp-eyed and knew there was something good here, he would have missed it.
Although I found it, how to take it off became a problem.
Although the rock is long, it is not wide and is covered with green moss, making it slippery if you step on it.
Ok?
Chi Qiao took a tentative step and indeed slipped. Fortunately, she was prepared and immediately grabbed the branch next to her, and she did not use much force with her feet so she did not slide.
But besides the slip mark she made, there was another one further out, and that slip mark was longer and wider than hers.
Could someone have slipped down here?
Chi Qiao grabbed the tree branch and looked down. All he could see was green, and no one was in sight.
"anyone there?"
Chi Qiao shouted, but there was only an echo.
She looked at the slip mark again, which looked like it was newly made, and she couldn't help but frown. She wasn't sure whether the person had fallen and been rescued or had simply fainted from the fall.
Chi Qiao stepped down from the big rock and looked at the Ganoderma lucidum growing on the back of the rock. He thought that the man must have slid down because he wanted to pick the Ganoderma lucidum. If he was fine after falling down, it would be unreasonable for the Ganoderma lucidum to still be growing here. He must have come up again to pick the Ganoderma lucidum.
But now Ganoderma lucidum still grows here.
Thinking of this, Chi Qiao decided not to pick the Ganoderma lucidum. Someone had fallen over the Ganoderma lucidum, and judging from the situation, the fall must have been quite serious. It would be inappropriate for her to pick the Ganoderma lucidum and keep it for herself.
Forget it, it seems that this Ganoderma lucidum is not meant for her.
Since he had to go down the mountain anyway, Chi Qiao would walk down along the hanging rock. If he came across someone who had fainted, he would save him/her, which would be considered a good deed.
Sure enough, when she walked down for nearly 200 meters, she found a fainted old man in a small ditch covered by bushes.
It is now June, and the old man is only wearing a thin sports suit. The exposed skin on his face and hands is covered with bloody marks from being scratched by the thorns of the bushes.
Chi Qiao squatted down and called a few times, but the old man just closed his eyes. Chi Qiao looked at his head and found no rocks or anything, so she felt relieved, but she didn't dare to move him. If the old man had broken ribs or something, moving him would only aggravate the old man's injuries. If the broken ribs poked the lungs, it would be troublesome.
So he took out his cell phone, looked for a signal nearby and dialed 120.
There were vegetation and shrubs all around. Chi Qiao only knew that he was in the southeast direction of the mountain. He couldn't give an accurate landmark like in the city, so he had to open the compass on his phone and give 120 as a longitude and latitude.
While waiting for the ambulance, Chi Qiao used her spiritual power to check the old man's injuries. Only then did she know how serious the old man's injuries were.
Broken two ribs are minor problems. The main problem is that he has intracranial hemorrhage and he will probably die before the ambulance arrives.
Chi Qiao had heard of many cases of elderly people dying from cerebral hemorrhage after falling. In her previous life, her landlord's mother was one of them. Although she had a little high blood pressure, she took medicine every day and looked healthy. However, she died just because she accidentally fell.
Although Chi Qiao was not a saint, it seemed a little difficult for her to watch an old man die in front of her because he did not get timely rescue.
She sighed and had to use the little spiritual power she had accumulated yesterday to heal the old man's injuries.
Two hours later, Chi Qiao's spiritual power was slowly exhausted and he sat beside the old man with a pale face. The old man finally opened his eyes slowly, but he was a little drowsy.
He first looked at the sky in confusion, and after a while he turned his eyes to look at Chi Qiao, pursing his lips, "Thank you, little girl."
Although he was unconscious just now, he felt a slight warmth in his body. When he saw that he was covered with Chi Qiao's clothes, he thought that it was the clothes that brought him warmth.
"It's okay. I've already called 120. Help should be here soon."
Chi Qiao smiled. The old man saw that Chi Qiao didn't look very good. Just as he was about to ask Chi Qiao what was wrong, a shout came from not far away.
"anyone there?"
When Chi Qiao heard that the rescue had arrived, he quickly responded, "We are here!"
Soon several rescuers came running. They had been rushing all the way, and the mountain road was difficult to walk on, so they were all out of breath.
Although he was tired, he did not dare to delay when he saw an old man lying on the ground covered in blood. He carefully lifted the old man onto a stretcher and hurried down the mountain.
The rescuers were all young and strong, and they were quite capable. They went down the mountain quickly without bumping the old man. Chi Qiao couldn't keep up with them physically, so he didn't chase them. Anyway, he would definitely meet villagers at the foot of the mountain, and someone would recognize the old man and notify his family.
At the foot of the mountain, the sound of the ambulance attracted many people to watch. One of them was a young man in his early twenties, holding his mobile phone towards the ambulance and the mountain, and passionately said into the screen in his hand: "Dear family members! Be careful when climbing the mountain, otherwise it is easy to have an accident!"