小长颈鹿妖低头想了一会儿,说道,“古书上有这样的记载,竹叶可以通妖气,风亦可以助妖气。我们可以试一试。”他说完,带着小灵妖们一边安抚竹叶,一边辨别风向,利用风力推动竹叶飞行。
悠悠也擦干了眼泪,一边掌握方向,一边利用手里的拐杖,轻轻卷起竹叶的尾边,让竹叶像帆船一样,在风里加快速度。
“快抓紧!竹叶已经感应到了天空之路的方向,马上全速前进!”小龟妖喊道。
悠悠刚抓紧叶边,就感到竹叶转了个弯,以惊人的速度朝西飞去。就在太阳的半边脸隐入山间的时候,竹叶冲进了太阳的余辉中。刹那间,阳光化成数以万计的金箭,朝竹叶射来,企图阻止竹叶的前进。竹叶并不退缩,载着悠悠跟小灵妖们左躲右闪,往太阳中心冲去。
随着天色越来越暗,金箭越来越少,悠悠这才明白老龟妖的嘱托,“记住,太阳落山的瞬间,就是打开天空之路大门的最好时间,太早会有危险,太晚会来不及……”原来太早进入这里的话,太阳的光芒一定会更加强烈,他们说不定会有被金箭刺伤的危险。可是太晚的话,太阳下山了,他们就进不来了。
眼看前方出现了一个晶莹剔透,闪着钻石般光芒的大门,小龟妖兴奋地喊道,“看!前面就是通往天空之路的大门!”
小龟妖话音未落,突然,金箭化成火球,连成一片,变成一面巨大的火墙,挡住竹叶的去路。
竹叶属木,最怕火。此时它一改之前的灵活,被熊熊的火焰灼得蔫儿巴巴的,一点儿也不敢上前一步。然而,当竹叶往左绕的时候,火墙也往左靠,当竹叶转到右边的时候,火墙也随着竹叶转动。与此同时,那扇晶莹剔透的大门好像是由冰做的一样,也被大火灼得越来越透明,好像随时都会消失一般。
“咱们得快点,古书上有这样的记载,通往天空之路的大门是由水神所铸,火神守护,为了防止外人进入,大门会自动融化的。”小长颈鹿妖着急地说道。
“可是咱们要是就这么冲进去的话,一定会被烧成肉串的!”小虎妖吓得缩在小龟妖身后,含着泪说道,“要不咱们还是先回去吧……”
“大门马上就要化了,这是最后的机会了,如果咱们今天就这么走了,就永远到不了天空之路了。”小龟妖遗憾地说道。
悠悠既不想连累这些小妖,又不想错过营救家人朋友的机会。他擦了把汗,紧握拐杖,站起身来,说道,“里面太危险了,你们还小,就别去了。一会儿我卷起叶尾,利用竹叶的弹力往上跳,你们可以尽量帮我把叶尾弹起来吗?这样我可以试着利用拐杖的法力,冲过火墙!”
“不行!”小龟妖喊道,“你是人类,拐杖的法力再大也很难带动你往天上飞的!”
“据古书记载,人类的弹跳力太弱了,而且速度很慢,你可能还没跳过去,就被火烧死了!”小长颈鹿妖愁苦地说道。
“这里太可怕了,咱们一起回妖界吧……”小虎妖流着眼泪说道。
“我不能走,这是我救我家人最后的机会了!”悠悠说完,紧握拐杖,用力卷起叶尾。
“我来帮你!”
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The small giraffe demon looked down and thought for a moment. Then, he said,“according to a ancient book, it said that all of the demons in the demon world have a magical power that can control features in the demon world including bamboo leaves. We should have a go at doing it. Now it is so windy, we should use the wind to make the bamboo leaf float faster.” All of the small demons agreed and went to position.
Yoyo wiped his tears and started helping the others by using his old walking stick and curling the tail of the bamboo leaf so it could move faster by the strong wind.
“Hold on tight! The bamboo leaf has now caught the direction of where the Silver Road to Heaven and soon, we will be heading towards it!” Shouted the small turtle demon.
Just as Yoyo could hold on to the bamboo leafs’ end, the bamboo leaf started to pick up speed and made a slight turn facing West and started zooming towards the sun which was already setting and crashed into it. Then, the suns’ rays of light turned into golden bows and arrows and tried to make the bamboo leaf stop. However, the bamboo leaf still boosted and dodged all of the arrows and rapidly dashed towards the middle.
It started to become darker and darker, and the golden bows became not too much of a threat any more. Yoyo then finally understood the old turtle demon’s words,“ Don’t forget, after the sun falls down the mountain, that is where you know it is time to open the door to the Silver Road to Heaven. Remember, it has to be at dawn because too early would be too dangerous and too late would be too frustrating.” It was because if they went there too early, they would get hurt by the golden bows, and if they arrived there after the sun set, would not be able to get in.
Then they saw a diamond like crystal clear and emerald shiny door!! As soon the small turtle demon saw the door, he burst into happiness and shouted,“LOOK!! LOOK!! IT IS THE DOOR TO THE SILVER ROAD OF HEAVEN!!!”
As soon as the small turtle demon said this, all the golden bows suddenly turned into millions of deadly fireballs! Then the fireballs grouped together and transformed into a massive flaming fire wall blocking the path of the bamboo leaf and putting Yoyo and the others into great danger.
Since there was a blazing fire wall in front of the bamboo leaf, the bamboo leaf started to turn into a little bit brown. The bamboo leaf was as still as a stick and it did not want to go through fire. So, then the bamboo leaf decided to turn right and go through the narrow entrance, the fire wall would do the same. If the bamboo leaf would go left, the fire wall would copy, so the bamboo leaf was going nowhere. At that very second, the crystal door seemed to be made out of freezing ice because it was melting like a wildfire, it started to be more transparent. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD DISAPPEAR SOON!
“We need to hurry up and do something. In the book of ancients, it said that the door to the silver road to heaven is made of ice and it was created by the God of Water. The God of Fire is the guardian to make sure that no one enters the door. But since the door was made of ice, it would start to melt.” Said the small giraffe demon in a worried voice.
“If we continue to charge into the fire wall, we would all be roasted ducks!” Said the small tiger demon hiding behind the small turtle demon’s back and said,“Maybe we should go back?”
“The door is about to melt! This is our last chance! If we fail, we won’t be able to reach the silver road to heaven.” Said the small turtle demon in a sad voice.
Yoyo didn’t want to put the small demons into to danger. He also really wanted to help save his family, his friends and everyone else. Yoyo then wiped some sweat of his back and face. Then held the walking stick and stood up and said,“that blazing wall is far too dangerous to you small demons. I think that it is best that you stay here. I am planning to curl the back of the leaf so I can do a big run up and bounce on the leaf holding the walking stick and using its powers so I can zoom past the blazing wall of doom.”
“No Way!” Shouted the small turtle demon,“You are a human being, no matter how strong the walking stick is, it will never be strong enough to lift you into the sky!”
“In ancient stories, human beings jump powers are really weak, along with their running powers. If you go, you might let go in the middle of the flight and fall into the blazing fire!” Said the small giraffe demon.
“This place is too creepy. I suggest we should start to head home back to the demon world.” Said the small tiger demon bursting into tears.
“I can’t go, I must save my parents and everyone else. This is my final chance.” As Yoyo said this, he held the walking stick and started to curl the leaf’s back.
“I can help you.”