“智,你不是说云之谷的人,骑的云的颜色是由心生吗?最勇敢善良的人是彩色的,第二是黄色的,坏人是黑色的。”悠悠悄悄问道,“咱们走了这么久,看到这么多人,这么多颜色的云,怎么没有看到谁骑着黑色的云呢?这是不是说明云之谷的人都特别善良?”
小长颈鹿妖智点了点头,慢慢说道,“这里的人都认为黑云是最可耻的,所以他们尽量不做坏事,只做帮助别人的好事。但是当然也有人是骑着黑云的。这样的人很少,他们出门以前,一般都用漆把云遮盖起来。但是漆的颜色不能持久,就算抹在云上,两三个小时就会被风吹掉了。”
“看!那个穿白色衣服的,正在买东西的男人,他的云就是用漆刷的!”小兔妖义坏坏地一笑,说道,“我刚看到他买麻袋的时候,闻到他身上有一股刺鼻的味道,我确定那是硫磺粉的味道,觉得他不是好人,于是趁他不注意,摸了一下他骑的黄云,嘿嘿,你们看我的手~”她说着,悄悄伸出了她的爪子----白色绒毛上抹着一层黄色的粉末。
大家再回头去看那个穿着白色衣服,骑着黄色云的男人,只见他把买完的东西扛在肩上,快速飘向远方,一点没有发现他的身下云的一角已经变成了黑色的!
“硫磺是用来做炸药的吧?看来这不是个善良的人,咱们赶紧走吧!”小虎妖勇小声说道。
大家点了点头,跟着安安穿过集市,走了很久很久,终于来到了一个小山谷。安安指着前方说道,“你们看,前面就是我们谷主住的地方了。这个山谷后面的那座最高的山就是同天山。你们经过它的时候一定要小心,那上面的黄鸟可厉害了!”
大家朝她手指的方向往前看,同天山高耸入天,看不到山峰。山谷中隐隐地看到一个残破的小屋子。一条破旧的土路弯弯曲曲地一直延伸到山上。
“你们谷主住的地方怎么离同天山这么近?”勇好奇地说道,“还这么破!”
“我们谷主是最善良勇敢的人。”安安说道,“他和谷主夫人从来不在乎吃住。他一般都在山间采药制药,但是挣来的钱都给谷民们。这里是唯一一条通往同天山的路。他们守在这里,守护谷民。”
“你们的谷主真厉害!”小伙伴们忍不住说道。
小虎妖勇瞥了眼小路上排满的人,每个人的身后都背着一个大麻袋,袋子里闪着彩色的光芒,于是好奇地问道,“他们背的是什么?”
“是云之蝶。”安安解释道,“明天就是谷主去同天山的日子了,没有上缴云之蝶的人,今天是最后的限期。”她正说着,突然一怔,紧张地说道,“我的云之蝶还在家里,忘了拿!你们先排队,我马上就回来!”她说着,头也不回地飘走了。
不一会儿,他们身后也排上了人。小兔妖义抬头看了看天边的夕阳,又看了看缓慢移动的队伍,觉得无聊极了。她忽然发现山谷里开满了小花,灵机一动,借口说要上厕所,蹦蹦跳跳地飘走了。
义刚走不久,小长颈鹿妖智忽然紧张地说道,“我好像听到了哭声。声音越来越多,哭声越来越大,你们听到了吗?”
悠悠和其他小灵妖们都使劲儿地听,但是什么都没听到。
“是哭声!”智认真地听了一会儿,突然抬头说道,“就在前面,有人在求救!”他说着穿过人群,往谷里跑去。
悠悠抱着小龟妖仁,拉着小虎妖勇赶紧追了上去。他虽然什么都听不到,但是他觉得现在安安回家去取云之蝶了,小兔妖义去上厕所了,剩下的小伙伴们不能再走散了。
他们穿过人群,飘过一片石林和沙路,在一棵大树下,智慢慢停下了脚步,坚定地说道,“求救的声音就在这里!”
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“Zhi, didn’t you say people in Cloud Valley use clouds to show their heart? The brightest people have a rainbow cloud, the second brightest cloud is yellow and the worst people have black clouds.” Yoyo asked in a secretive voice.“Out of all the people we have gone through, none of them has wore a black cloud. Does that mean everyone that we have met is really kind?”
Small giraffe demon Zhi nodded and slowly said,“These people are kind. That is why people try to do goods to avoid having a black cloud. However, there are people that have a black cloud. The people that have a black cloud are extremely rare. People with a black cloud usually paint their cloud with other colours. However, the paint will only last two to three hours. Then the paint will dissolve by the wind.
“Look! See the person wearing a white top who is currently buying bags. That person smells stinky by my senses. I am pretty sure that the stinky smell was caused by sulfur. I guarantee that person is bad.” Yi said in a secretive voice with a mischief cackle.“When he wasn’t looking, I took a sample of the cloud.” Yi then pulled out some yellow paint for proof.
Everyone then immediately turned around to look at the person with the white top riding a yellow cloud. Yoyo noticed that the person was carrying a big bag and hurrying away. He also found out that the bottom part of his yellow cloud was already black.
“Isn’t sulfur used to make bombs? It looks like that person is not a nice person. I think we should go!” Yong said in a quiet voice.
Everyone nodded and turned around. They saw that Ann was already making her way around the shops. Everyone followed Ann. They walked for hours what seemed liked days until they finally arrived at a small valley. Ann then said,“Behind the valley is where Alan lives. Be careful because at the top of this small valley, is where the air temple is located which is also where the Golden Phoenixes live. I advise to tread with extreme caution because the Golden Phoenixes are strong.”
Everyone then looked at where the Ann was pointing. Everyone noticed that air temple was surrounded by clouds. Below that was a broken rusty poor shed. There was a crooked path that went all around the air temple and to the top.
“Is this where Alan lives? Why is it so close to air temple?” Yong asked in a surprised voice,“And is it so broken!”
“Alan is Cloud Valley’s smartest and bravest person.” Ann said,“Alan and his wife Amanda don’t really care about food and living conditions. They collect herbs that are made into medicine. They then sell the medicine for money. The money they earned is given to poor people. This path is the only way to Air Temple. Alan and Amanda is trying to protect everyone and that is why they live here.”
“Your president is so awesome!” Everyone small demon said in a busting voice.
Small tiger demon Yong, couldn’t resist constantly turning around secretly peeping at the crowd. Everybody in the crowd was carrying a big bag. The bag had a shiny rainbow glow coming from inside. Yong asked in a curious voice,“What are these people carrying?”
“They are carrying Butterflies of heaven” Ann said,“ Tomorrow is the day that Alan goes to Air temple to feed the golden phoenixes. The people who did not bring in the Butterflies of Heaven before have to bring in it now.” Suddenly, Ann got a deadly shock and cried,“OH NO, I have been too busy with you today and I forgot to bring my butterflies of heavens. You guys stay here and I will return in a second.” She then rushed of.
After a while, more and more people started to show up. Yi looked at the sky and noticed that the sun was already setting! She looked around and found that there were still many people lining in front of her. Suddenly, Yi saw a patch of beautiful flowers and got a naughty idea. Yi asked to go to the loo for an excuse and quickly hopped away to the flower patch.
Just as Yi hopped away, Zhi said in a worried voice,“I think I heard a sound of crying, it seems like the voice of the crying is increasing and getting louder. Can you hear it?”
Yoyo and the others used all of their might to try and hear the sound. However, they heard nothing.
“It is definitely a crying sound!” Zhi said in a broad voice while listening to the crying,“It is in front of us and it is begging for help!” Zhi started to run further into Cloud Valley.
Yoyo quickly picked up Ren and held Yong’s paw then started following Zhi, even though they all heard nothing. Yoyo thought that with Ann retrieving butterflies of heaven and Yi at the toilet, they couldn’t lose another person.
As Yoyo and the others ran through the big crowd of people, they ended up in a forest with thin trees and damp humid rocks. Zhi slowly stopped and,“This is where all of the crying is, it should be in here.”