Chapter 50 Chapter 49: Don't Gorilla Bear Meet Shi Mingzhu by Chance

At this time, except for the old orangutan who was still by Yingqiong's side, all the orangutans and bears had fled without a trace.Yingqiong hated the woman in white for killing creatures for no reason, and she flew into the air, unable to fight, so she raised her head and cursed at the air: "Bold maidservant! Killed my orangutan and bear for no reason, do you dare to come down and fight me to the death?" Before the words were finished, like a flash of lightning in front of her eyes, the woman in white had landed and stood in front of Yingqiong, about a few feet away, and said with a smile: "This sister, don't scold me. I am the misty stone pearl of Wudang Mountain. Just now I sent my righteous sister Shen Ruolan back to Yunnan Guihua Mountain to practice swords. Passing this mountain, I heard the sound of drums shaking the ground. I saw my sister alone at the top of the mountain, surrounded by many monsters with horse heads and bear bodies. I suspected that my sister was in danger while traveling on the mountain. Because of the distance It was so far away that I was afraid that the rescue would not be enough, so I released the flying sword. It was out of good intentions, and I didn't want to accidentally hurt the strange beast raised by my sister. This was also a moment of ignorance. Please forgive me. At such a young age, he has such power to tame beasts. The sword light just now is ten times stronger than my flying sword, and my sister can't recognize which sect it is from. If my sister hadn't seen the opportunity early, sister My sister was merciful, and my sister's 20 years of hard work in Wudang Mountain were almost ruined. May I ask my sister's name, honor and name? Who is your teacher? Do you practice in this mountain? Please explain one by one, and I will learn a lot in the future."

Yingqiong saw that the white-clothed woman was about twenty years old, with a heroic appearance, a clear conversation, and the ability to fly, so she fell in love with her at first sight.It wasn't until I heard her talk that I realized that it was a good intention, but this kind of misunderstanding happened.I wanted to tell her the truth, because I often heard Li Ning say that people's hearts are unpredictable. Since she kept boasting that this sword is stronger than her flying sword, if she told the truth, she would become coveted and come to grab it , I have no other skills, how can I resist the enemy?Since she was afraid of the sword, she simply coaxed her, and then she saw the situation and told the truth.After making up his mind, he put the sword into its sheath first, and then approached with a smile and said: "My sister Li Yingqiong, master Baimei monk. I came here from Emei to wander around. I was happy to take down many orangutans and brown bears. It's nothing. I misunderstood just now. My sister expressed her good intentions and offended me with her words. I hope my sister will forgive me. This sword is named Ziying, and it was also given by my master. May I ask my sister who is the master? If my sister has time in the future, can I go to the back mountain of Emei to teach me? ?”

Shi Mingzhu was shocked when she heard the words: "It turns out that my sister is a high-legged ancestor of Baimei, no wonder she has such amazing abilities. Her tutor is an old nun on the side of Wudang Mountain. After my sister returned to the mountain and returned to her life, she will visit Emei. My sister is like When you are free, you can also visit Wudang. My sister will definitely introduce my sister to my teacher. Since my sister is born different, my teacher will be happy to welcome me. The name of the sword that my sister just said is Ziying. Is it an old item of Master Changmei? It is said that this sword was sealed in a secluded place in a remote mountain with a spell by Master Changmei when he became enlightened. No one knows the address except Master Qiankun Zhengqi Miaoyi, the ancestor of the Emei Sect. It was prophesied at that time and found this The person with the sword is the one who inherits the real person's lineage in the future. Why is my sister under the ancestor of Baimei? It's so puzzling. If what my sister got is really something that belonged to the real person with long eyebrows back then, the celestial relationship is really not shallow. Maybe Can you let me take a look?"

Yingqiong was just afraid that someone would want to see her sword, but Pianshi Mingzhu didn't know what she wanted, so she really looked at it.Although I don't want to, but I am embarrassed not to agree.Judging by Mingzhu's air, it doesn't look like there is any hypocrisy.He had no choice but to boldly point the handle of the sword forward and say, "How about asking my sister to look at this sword?" Holding the sword case in his hand, he handed it to Mingzhu.The pearl was gently pulled out from Yingqiong's hand, a purple light flashed in the sunlight, and the sword was out of the box.This sword is really miraculous, when it is not in use, it is also shimmering with purple light and cold, but it does not have the light like a rainbow when facing the enemy.Shi Mingzhu took the sword in her hand, looked at it again and again, and said: "This sword belongs to my sister, she is the owner." He was praising her repeatedly, and suddenly looked carefully at Yingqiong's face, and played with the sword again and again for a while, He smiled and said to Yingqiong: "I think this sword is a rare treasure, but my sister's own spiritual energy has not been transported to it, and it is one with the sword. Could it be that the day when my sister gets this sword is not long from now?" When Yingqiong saw her asking this question suddenly, she couldn't help being surprised; and seeing Mingzhu holding the sword in her hand and playing with it all the time, and not giving it back, Yingqiong showed an air of unbearable love.Since she saw that she couldn't unite body and sword, she must have seen through her ability, if it was taken by force, she would definitely be no match for others, what should she do?Before people show any malice, it is inconvenient to suddenly turn around and have to pay back at that time.It was so embarrassing, I was so anxious that I blushed and my head swelled, I didn't know what words to answer him, I was extremely anxious.I couldn't help wishing silently in my heart: "My Ziying sword, come back quickly! Don't let others snatch it away!" Just after thinking about it in her heart, the Ziying sword in Shi Mingzhu's hand suddenly trembled, and a purple light flashed The ground escaped from Shi Mingzhu's grasp, and flew towards Yingqiong's side, with a clang, it automatically returned to the box.Yingqiong's heart was pounding with joy, but she didn't dare to show her words, instead she showed some reserved air.

That Shi Mingzhu saw that Yingqiong was young, with fairy bones, and got the Ziying sword of the real Changmei, and she loved and envied her in her heart.Unintentionally, he saw that there was no human aura attached to the sword, and secretly wondered how Yingqiong came to this place where there were no humans and wild beasts.Originally wanted to ask the reason, so as to make plans for Yingqiong, what he said was originally out of good intentions.Who would have thought that Yingqiong would be silent when she heard the words, and suddenly retracted the sword, thinking that it was her fault for underestimating people, and secretly sucked the sword back with her true energy.But she didn't know that the sword was supernatural, so she and Yingqiong secretly wished each other.I thought to myself: "This is not a sword made by myself with the five elements of true energy, but I can breathe it back with my true energy. I have learned swords for more than 20 years, but I still don't have this ability." Intriguing.He also saw Yingqiong staring at her beautiful eyes, staring at herself without saying a word.In Yingqiong, because she is a layman, I am afraid that if she says something wrong, she will be seen as a liar. It is better to say less than to say more, and it is better not to say less.How did Shi Mingzhu know that Yingqiong shouldn't belong to the Wudang sect, and that's why they had this misunderstanding.Shi Mingzhu saw Yingqiong's embarrassment, so it was inconvenient to stay longer, so she had to say: "Sister Shicai speaks recklessly, fortunately, don't take offense. Now I have to go back to the mountain to return to my life, so I will ask for advice in Emei again." Seeing that she was going to leave, Yingqiong felt relieved.He hurriedly said: "My sister's kindness, I am very grateful. I probably still have some delays here. My sister is going to visit Emei, and I will go in the second half of the year." He snorted in response, kicked his feet slightly, and rose through the air.

After Yingqiong watched Mingzhu go, she suddenly remembered: "I want a female sword fairy to be my master every day, how can I meet the sword fairy and miss it in person? This person has such abilities, and her master is half an old nun. Big. I hate that I have to meet a good opportunity, and I don’t know what to say, and I miss her in person.” When Hubus called out loudly, the white spot in the cloud disappeared.There was nothing I could do, I hated myself for a while, but when I saw the red sun was in the sky and the sky was clear, I had to prepare to go on the road. The orangutans and bears gathered together again as soon as Mingzhu left.Yingqiong then said to them: "I'm leaving. I think that although you are beasts, you are also psychic. In the deep mountains, there are many things to eat. After I leave, don't do evil and hurt others. I In the future, it will be like visiting a famous teacher and mastering swordsmanship, and you will come to visit me from time to time, so you don’t have to feel bad." After finishing speaking, these apes and bears surrounded Yingqiong, howling continuously .Yingqiong then asked the old orangutan, "It's roaring like this. Could it be that there are some monsters on this mountain, and you want me to get rid of them?" The old orangutan shook his head repeatedly.Yingqiong knew that it would be grateful for him, so she couldn't help feeling a little bit attached in her heart, and said: "You don't have to do this. I really don't want to go back. If my golden-eyed senior brother returns to Emei, he won't be able to find me." Although those orangutans knew Human nature, who knows what she said, is still surrounded.He wanted to draw out his sword to scare them away, but he was afraid of accidentally injuring them, so he couldn't bear it, so he pressed the sword tenderly and said: "If you don't give way, I will hurt your life with the sword." , the sword was about half out of the box, shining purple.Those chimpanzees and bears were really scared, and each of them gave way out of the way as if dejected.

Yingqiong straightened her body wraps, practiced kung fu, and walked forward.Those orangutans and bears also reluctantly followed behind, sending them out on a mountain road about twenty or thirty miles away.There are many rivers and streams along the way, all of which rely on light skills to cross them.At the end of the day and the beginning of the year, I walked up to a peak and looked at the peach willow forest at the foot of the mountain. It seemed that there were people faintly, and I knew that I was not far from the village.Bringing this group of strange beasts by myself, I'm afraid it will frighten people and cause a lot of inconvenience.Then he turned around and said to those monkeys and bears: "I will send you off for thousands of miles, and I will have to say goodbye. If I go back this time, if I can master my swordsmanship, I will definitely come to visit you often. When you go down this mountain, you will not be far from the village. Waiting for thousands of groups to follow behind, wouldn’t it frighten the residents down the mountain? Hurry up and go back to the mountain to hide.” All the chimpanzees and bears must have known that they couldn’t send them off again, and they all stopped in response with a sound of drums. not before.But the old orangutan went to the group of orangutans, roared twice, and many orangutans gave a lot of different fruits.Yingqiong saw that it was full of affection, so he ate some casually, and took some pine nuts, sealwort and so on, and put them in the bag.The old orangutan picked up some of the remaining fruits and held them in his hand.

Yingqiong didn't pay much attention, seeing those orangutans and bears no longer followed, she walked forward and descended the peak.After walking more than half a mile, looking back at the top of the peak, the orangutans and bears are still far away.The old orangutan followed closely behind him, only a few feet away.Yingqiong felt strange, so she called it closer and asked, "Your companions have all gone back, why are you still following me?" Feeling that the loyalty of animals is far better than that of humans, I couldn't help being touched, and said: "It turns out that you gave me the fruit because of your kind. I didn't finish it. Are you dissatisfied? My package is already full and I can't take it. The orangutan shook his head, put the fruit on a rock, pointed to Yingqiong, pointed to himself, and pointed to the way forward.Yingqiong suddenly realized that a few jokes in the cave a few days ago were actually taken seriously by it, and she wanted to go back to Mount Emei with her.Then he asked it, "Do you want to go back with me?" The orangutan scratched his head for a while, and suddenly burst out a human speech, imitating what Yingqiong said: "I want to go back with you." Leader, early understanding of human nature.On that day, Yingqiong gave it a branch of Polygonum multiflorum, and over the past few days, the bones have gradually become more psychic.I know that if I can go back to the mountain with this benefactor, it will be beneficial in the future.So I decided to give up my descendants' homeland and go to Emei.It also knew that Yingqiong might not allow it, so it followed behind, not daring to approach.When Yingqiong saw it and asked it to ask each other, it had been with Yingqiong for several days, and it already understood human speech, but it suffered from being unable to speak out in its heart.At this time, in a panic, he broke the transverse bone around his neck, and actually spoke human words.Its ancestors could speak human language, and it was born of an orangutan father and ape mother, but it happened that this transverse bone blocked its mouth.Now relying on the elixir to transform her body, it will not be difficult to speak human words at the beginning.That goes without saying.

Yingqiong saw that it took three days to learn the human language, and she really liked it.I wanted to take it back, but it was inconvenient for people and animals to walk along the road.Then he said to it: "Your words are very good. Besides, you have a clever mind. You can learn human language in a few days. Walking with me will be of great use to me. I have no choice but to walk with you, and the road is inconvenient. Why don't you go back and wait for me?" How about meeting a famous teacher, learning swordsmanship, and saving you again?" The orangutan heard the words, and said in an unintelligible human language: "I'll go, you go, and pick red fruits." When Yingqiong saw what it said, her expression was very anxious and sincere , love and pity, can't bear to shake its sincerity, after all, the childlike innocence has not retreated, and there is no companion in the bitter mountain journey, and when there is someone's house, I will care about it again, and say to it: "It's not that I don't want you to go with me, just because You were born fierce and tall, if someone sees you, you will either be frightened by you, or try to harm you. If a monster harms you, I can kill it; Follow me to where they are, give it a try first, if you can pass, then follow me, otherwise you will have to wait until the future.”

Hearing this, the orangutan bowed his head in thought for a while, then nodded.Yingqiong was happy, and walked forward again, feeling a little thirsty.Seeing a mountain stream in front of him, the spring water was very clear, so he jumped into the stream and drank some water with his hands.The orangutan was also holding a handful of pine nuts, jumped down, put down the fruit, and followed Yingqiong's example, stretching out two hairy hands to scoop water.Unexpectedly, the two fingers were leaking, and the non-human fingers were stitched together. When the water was brought to the mouth, it had already leaked.I held it several times, but never a drop came to my mouth.It made Yingqiong laugh out loud.In the end, the orangutan hung himself upside down on a branch next to the stream, put his head into the water, and then drank it into his mouth.Hold the fruit next to the stone in your hand and offer it.Because Yingqiong picked pine nuts along the road, they were all extremely fat and delicious, which were not found in Emei; since she left the cave, she had never encountered such a good fruit ten miles away, so she was reluctant to eat it, and wanted to eat the vermilion fruit as well. Take some back to treat her only guest, Yu Yingnan.But I didn't expect that this Mang Cang Mountain, among the thousands of mountains in Yunnan, will have a detour of thousands of miles, and I don't know how many days it will take.If it weren't for Lu Yuxianyuan, I'm afraid he would have rotted before returning to Emei.Yingqiong only picked a few pine nuts from the orangutan's hand to eat, then opened her package again, and stuffed the fruit.One orangutan and one person just jumped into the ravine, suddenly there was a strong wind, rolling stones and flying sand.The orangutan sniffed at the sky twice, let out a long whistle, and leaned forward, it was on top of a big tree about ten feet away in front, with barbed branches on both feet, it leaned down.Yingqiong saw that the wind was blowing so strangely that he frightened the orangutan up the tree. He was surprised when suddenly many apes, deer and hares ran down from the opposite hillside, and they ran like desperately.Behind the gusty wind, a white-fronted tiger with eye-catching eyes, yellow hair all over its body, was very ferocious and fat. With a loud roar, it came down from the hillside, and after two or three jumps, it was not far from the tree where the orangutan was hiding.Although Yingqiong killed monsters day by day, it was the first time in her life that she saw such a ferocious tiger.Just as he was about to draw his sword and move forward, the tiger was only about ten feet away from where Ying Qiongli was. When it saw a stranger, it immediately squatted down and became aggressive: it opened its two yellow eyes and opened its mouth wide. , revealing four big white teeth up and down, and a seven or eight-foot-long tiger tail, which beat the ground like a mountain, and the dust flew up.Suddenly shaking the yellow hair on his body, he made a posture of wanting to pounce.Just as he was about to go up, the orangutan on the tree grabbed the tiger's head and neck with two steel claws. With a lift, he lifted the tiger up five or six feet above the ground.The tiger was inadvertently plotted against, roaring repeatedly, desperately trying to break free from the orangutan's claws.The orangutan is even more cunning, it hooks its feet tightly to the branch, grabs the tiger's scalp with both hands, and smashes the tiger's head straight into the tree that can be hugged by two or three. Can't use it.When the orangutan bumped into it, it screamed wildly.Only the tree body swayed and the branches creaked.Seeing the orangutan capturing the tiger, Yingqiong thought it was amusing, and let the orangutan hit him instead of going forward to help kill the tiger.After hitting it for a while, the tiger was quite strong, and it didn't hit it to death.The orangutan is much taller than a human, plus the weight of this eye-catching white-fronted tiger is more than six or seven hundred catties. Although the tree's horizontal branches are thick, how can it bear it.The orangutan was delighted, one of them exerted force, and with a click, the branch snapped, and even rode on the back of the tiger, with its two claws moving forward, it clasped the tiger's throat tightly.The tiger was bumped by the orangutan for a while, and its head was already dizzy. It finally fell to the ground, and its throat was held tightly by the orangutan. It was in great pain. and go.

Yingqiong was injured by the orangutan, so she hurriedly practiced light kungfu and chased after her.After chasing over two hillsides, after chasing behind a rock wall, suddenly heard the wailing of the orangutan, knowing that it was not good, and hurriedly chased after it.Seeing that the orangutan had fallen to the ground, the tiger threw its front paws on the orangutan's chest, kept grinding its teeth and wagging its tail, roaring repeatedly.Standing beside him was a red-faced Taoist man, holding a dust whisk in his hand.Yingqiong saw that the orangutan was in danger under the tiger's mouth, so he didn't care about indiscriminateness, he moved forward, and with a wave of the sword in his hand, the ten-foot-long purple light passed by, and the tiger's head, which was as big as a scorpion, was immediately cut off.The red-faced Taoist was shocked when he saw the purple light from Yingqiong's hand, he hurriedly stepped back, and asked, "Where did you come from, how dare you use your sword to hurt the tiger guarding my fairy mansion?" The whisk in his hand pointed at Yingqiong.Immediately Yingqiong felt dizzy, she was busy concentrating, but luckily she didn't fall down.That Taoist is Qiao Shouteng, the younger brother of Yin-Yangsou, a demon from Wushan Goddess Peak.The white-fronted tiger was originally his cave guard, today he went hunting and met Yingqiong.The tiger was quite psychic, and was chasing the roe deer and the hare, when it suddenly saw a beautiful baby girl standing in front of it, it wanted to follow the old habit, take it back, and share it with its owner.He didn't want to be plotted by the orangutan, and after falling to the ground, the orangutan grabbed his throat tightly, unable to exert his power, so he fled back to the cave in a hurry.Qiao Shouteng heard the roar of the tiger in front of the mountain, and knew that the tiger would meet a strong enemy, and was going to save the tiger, but the tiger came back with the orangutan on its back.The tiger also suffered a lot, and bumped against the tree for a while, and became dizzy, so it threw its two paws on the orangutan's chest, intending to take a breather before biting for revenge.Whoever wants to be chased by Yingqiong will be decapitated with a single sword strike. Qiao Shou Teng didn't know that there was someone chasing after the tiger, but he didn't take it seriously when he saw that the person was a beautiful girl, and he didn't know that it was the owner of the orangutan.With a bad heart, I want to catch it back to the cave, so that I can make up for it.Who would have thought that girl was very powerful, just as soon as she met her face, in the blink of an eye, she casually emitted purple light like a ten-foot long rainbow, killing his beloved tiger, and was furious in her heart.Originally, he wanted to use the method of inverting the fascination of the immortals to capture the girl.Unexpectedly, when Fuchen pointed to the past, the girl didn't feel it, and only then did she realize that the person who came was not an ordinary person.Looking at that girl, she seemed to be looking for bad luck to come to her door. Those who come are not kind, and those who are kind don't come. I can't help but hate and fear.He didn't know that Yingqiong had eaten a lot of vermilion elixir, so she was not easily invaded by ordinary demons.Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard the girl on the other side yelling: "Which temple priest are you? How dare you set a tiger and hurt people! My orangutan won the battle, but now it is lying on the ground, I think it was hurt by you!" In my opinion, if I am plotted by you, I will never give up with you." As he said, he walked towards the place where the orangutan was lying.Qiao Shouteng saw that although the person coming was young, the sword light he emitted was no different from the male and female swords used by the old Changmei Daoist, and he could raise such a big orangutan, so he didn't dare to use the flying sword to meet the enemy again.Hearing Yingqiong's words again, she is innocent and innocent, it doesn't seem like she came here just to find her own bad luck, so relax a little.Knowing that this woman can't defeat the enemy, she muttered something secretly, and first used the demon method Xuannv Dun to block off the surrounding ten-mile mountain roads to prevent her from escaping.He didn't say anything back, and sat down on a stone by the roadside to see what the girl did to save the orangutan. At this time, Yingqiong had already approached the orangutan, and saw it lying on the ground, its face wrinkled, tears in its eyes, and it looked very painful.Seeing Yingqiong, he forced himself to sit up, gestured towards the Taoist with his hand, but couldn't make a sound.Yingqiong felt sorry for her, and when she saw the orangutan comparing her hands, she knew that she had been plotted by the Taoist, so she couldn't help cursing: "What a thief! You have made me unable to speak human words. I will settle the score with you later!" Yingqiong saw The orangutan touched its throat with his hands, suspecting that it was thirsty, so it could not speak.Immediately unwrapping the package, in addition to pine nuts, sealwort and so on, there were dozens of leftover vermilion fruits. He took two at random and stuffed them into the orangutan's mouth.The more I thought about it, the more I hated it, so I stood up, pointed at Qiao Shouteng and cursed: "You have killed my orangutan so much that he can't speak human words, just heal it quickly, if not, I'll cut off your tongue too Go, I'll make you dumb for the rest of my life." After saying that, he couldn't stop cursing.Qiao Shouteng didn't know that the orangutan had taken the elixir, but seeing Yingqiong approaching, the orangutan could sit up, and seeing Yingqiong take out the red fruit and eat it with the orangutan, he was even more frightened.She thought to herself: "This little girl must have a lot of history. It seems that such a vermilion fruit, which is rare in a hundred years, is used to feed the orangutans casually. Don't say it's the first time I saw it, I haven't even heard of it." Seeing Yingqiong looking at him again Pointing and cursing, furious in his heart, he replied with a smirk: "Who is your disciple, little girl, who came to me to disturb you? I have been caught in the net of heaven and earth, and you cannot escape. Tell me the reason, and follow me back to the fairyland." Live happily ever after." Before the words were finished, the underground orangutan ate the vermilion fruit and recovered as before, like a crossbow arrow being thrown from a string, he went to the side of the Taoist, clasped his throat tightly with both hands.Qiao Shouteng was caught off guard by the two steel claws of the orangutan. He was in so much pain that he couldn't even scream.It was Yingqiong who didn't know that this man was actually a monster who did all kinds of evil. He was afraid that he would kill someone, it was not for fun, so he hurriedly called the orangutan to stop.As expected, the orangutan listened, let go of his hand, and rushed back to Yingqiong's side.Seeing the orangutan let go, Qiao Shouteng was lucky enough to survive. He had suffered such a big loss several times in his life, and he was so angry that he had no time to think about profit and loss. He patted the back of the head with his hand, and two yellow lights flew towards the orangutan's back.Yingqiong saw that the situation was urgent, she drew her sword and moved forward, the purple light like a rainbow, met the enemy's flying sword.Qiao Shouteng knew it was wrong, and hastily withdrew the flying sword, but Yingqiong cut off a piece and fell to the ground. When Yingqiong met the enemy, she thought to herself: "This thief can also fly swords." She couldn't help feeling flustered.Whoever wants Ziguang to go out will repel the enemy, and he is overjoyed.The orangutan standing on the side suddenly called "monster" and "flying sword" loudly.Yingqiong suddenly thought: "This thief looks strange, and the big tiger is said to be raised by him. This orangutan is quite psychic. Could it be that he is really a monster turned into a human?" Just as he was about to raise his sword, he suddenly heard the Taoist on the other side. Cursed: "Bold girl! How dare you hurt my flying sword. You have fallen into my net, and you still don't surrender. Follow me into the cave for fun. When you die, it's too late to regret it!" Although Yingqiong didn't understand what he said, she estimated It's not a good word, so he cursed: "Go away, monster, eat me with a sword!" After saying that, he rushed over with his sword.Qiao Shouteng, a ghost Taoist, saw the purple light flying towards him like a rainbow, knowing that it was difficult to meet the enemy, he muttered something, waved his whisk in the air, and immediately disappeared.Yingqiong chased to the place where the Taoist was standing, but suddenly the Taoist disappeared, and she was very surprised.He turned his head to look at the sky, it was Shenyou's friend, and before dusk, seeing this Taoist invisible in daylight, he became more and more suspicious of a ghost.Because the preacher said just now that the net had been laid down, he looked around carefully with his eyes.The surrounding area is densely populated with ancient trees, and the sunlight slanted into the forest, which has a grayish-white color, which is a bit ghostly.Knowing that staying for a long time must be dangerous, I have no intention of pursuing the traces of the Taoist.Just as he was about to return to the original path, suddenly a gust of whirlwind passed by, and the sand and gravel in the ground were rolled up several feet high and low, just like countless upright pillars, spinning erratically.