Chapter 84 Into the Mountains
The city gate that was on fire was in shambles, the city gate collapsed several times, the city tower burned down, and it was almost in ruins.
The deep city gate hole can accommodate the entire escort team, and Lei Shaoxuan's order to enter the city gate in batches made the team, only a few people masked and pretending to be Timulan were blocked, and the loss was very small, avoiding the city gate from becoming a tomb to bury the entire team.
Masked and disguised, the real and fake princesses could not be distinguished, the assassin let go of Lei Shaoxuan and Timuran who entered the city gate first, blocked and burned the also masked Hulan Lan in the back, Abuhanna survived, Ah Xiang and the follower Bolchon were also unharmed.
After several lives and deaths, Ah Xiang became desperate for Borxiong, and in turn became Borxiong's follower, sticking to Borxiong all the time.
However, Borxiong was soon attracted by the prosperity of the royal capital, and went out almost every day, going to other tribes to drink and wrestle, fight horses and grab sheep, and heard that he also visited the Qinglou, so angry that Ah Xiang gritted his teeth.
Ah Xiang and Timulan lived in the backyard of Tianxiang Pavilion, and under the eyes, Lei Shaoxuan could no longer be intimate with Timulan casually, but it made Lei Shaoxuan realize for the first time that the gap in identity would be the deep gulf between him and Timuran.
In the west of the sky, there are snow-capped mountains, towering and towering into the clouds, talking about the Tianling Snow Mountain, also known as the Nanjia Tianshan.
The herb that Timulan wanted to collect was called "Jiupin Tianxin Lotus", which only grew in the shade of the snow peak of the Nanjia Tianshan Mountain.
Jiupin Tianxin Lotus does not see sunlight all year round, but relies on the reflection of sunlight in the snow to grow, and the growth environment required is extremely harsh.
Tianxin lotus can only bloom and produce lotus seeds every 50 years, blooming nine times in a lifetime, the lotus seeds that bloomed for the last time were washed into the snow-capped mountains and lakes by the melting snow, and grew buds on the day of the sting in the spring of the following year, floating on the surface of the lake.
At this time, the shoots must be picked within three days, otherwise the shoots will grow old, sink to the bottom of the lake, and take root from then on, becoming the holy lotus of the Tianshan Mountains, and completely losing their medicinal use.
There is only one chance to pick it once in almost 500 years, which can be called a holy medicine.
The team of herb collection is extremely large.
In addition to the warriors brought by Borchon and the men of the Tianxiang Pavilion, the Great Khan specially sent ten inner guards to escort them.
The ten inner leading guards are tall, calm in demeanor, sharp in eyes, all of them have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they are specially selected elites in the palace.
This is obviously not an ordinary medicine collection team.
Lei Shaoxuan's heart was vaguely uneasy, could it be that it would be dangerous to collect medicine on this trip?
"Why do you want samurai escorts? Is it dangerous? Is it like this in previous years?" Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but ask Ah Xiang quietly.
"There shouldn't be any danger, maybe the herbs are too valuable. Ah Xiang thought about it and said a little uncertainly.
After the assembly, meeting Lei Shaoxuan's gaze, Timuran's face suddenly turned slightly red.
Lei Shaoxuan turned his gaze absent-mindedly, feeling uneasy, unable to tell whether he was worried about the danger of collecting medicine on this trip, or facing the unknown fate between himself and Timuran.
The weather was clear, Biyu was clear, blue, and white clouds hung in the air.
From time to time, flocks of sheep float out on the horizon, and from a distance, if you don't hear the melodious pastoral song, you can't tell the difference between the sheep and the white clouds.
The grassland is filled with a peaceful and quiet atmosphere, and it is a leisurely idyllic scenery.
Lei Shaoxuan suddenly felt that his heart was stirring, his mind was like the sea, as if he could put the blue sky, the vast grassland, and the continuous mountains into his chest; all his troubles, sorrows, and uneasiness were swept away, and he only felt that everything was empty, and his heart was empty.
Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but let go of the reins, rode his horse and galloped, and was presumptuous.
The team was still moving slowly, seeing Lei Shaoxuan's youthful temperament, unbearable loneliness, and unrestrained horseback, which suddenly triggered a frivolous mood in the team, and the atmosphere was high.
A samurai sang a flirtatious tune on the prairie, which attracted many people in the team to sing, and Ah Xiang rolled his eyes when he heard it, and Borchon, who was following behind, laughed.
At the end of the grassland, there are snow-capped mountains.
In spring, the snow-capped mountains are covered with white ice and snow, but the dark rocks are exposed halfway up the mountainside, stretching endlessly, showing a majestic and vast atmosphere.
Follow the valley into the snow-capped mountains, the foot of which is covered with dense forests.
The weather in the mountains is still cold, the weather is foggy all year round, the climate is humid, and the plants in the mountains appear very clean and verdant.
The small wildflowers of all colors in the forest, purple and red, dotted in the meantime, there are small birds chirping in the valley from time to time, and sometimes there is an occasional deer chirping, ethereal and crisp, the sound penetrates the mountains and wilderness, making people feel like they are in a paradise.
Along a valley stream, the team slowly climbed up, and the herb-collecting men dispersed into the dense forest beside the stream to collect herbs.
There are few people here, many Hu people do not know herbs, few people pick them, and there are a large number of precious medicinal materials growing in the mountains. In just two days, the medicine basket made of wick rattan has been filled with several baskets, all of which are precious medicinal materials.
Lei Shaoxuan's identity is still a partner of Tianxiang Pavilion, so he naturally needs to participate in the collection of medicines, so Lei Shaoxuan walked along the line of the dense forest halfway up the mountainside.
Precious and rare medicinal materials are often tenacious, mostly grown in harsh environments, and require certain growth conditions.
The line between the dense forest and the halfway point of the snow-capped mountains met this condition, and Lei Shaoxuan walked along this boundary, trying to find more precious medicinal materials.
However, the growing conditions along the border are worse than those in the dense forest, and the herbs are even rarer, resulting in Lei Shaoxuan naturally picking much fewer herbs than other fellows who collect medicines, but fortunately, Lei Shaoxuan has a special status, and no one blames him.
Lei Shaoxuan came to the bottom of a cliff, which was a small open flat land, and the sparse clumps of wild grass grew among the abrupt rocks, which was quite desolate.
Suddenly, Lei Shaoxuan stopped, his eyes attracted by a patch of green.
Under the cliff, abruptly crawled with a small piece of emerald green large-leaved vines, between the vine leaves, swaying a few beautiful purple flowers, exuding an intoxicating fragrance of flowers in the distance, under the sun, the flowers glowed with golden light.
Seven-petal wisteria flower, Lei Shaoxuan was pleasantly surprised.
Only wisteria flowers that are more than 100 years old will emit golden light, and the seven-petal wisteria flowers, which are more than 300 years old, are extremely precious.
Wisteria flowers are the holy medicine for muscle and blood activation, no matter how bad the wound, sprinkled with wisteria powder, it will be able to stop bleeding and muscle, smeared with wisteria pollen, and the wound will not leave a scar.
Three hundred years of wisteria flowers are enough to cover the harvest of all the guys in the past few days.
Lei Shaoxuan was excited, took out the horn, whined, and walked forward.
Suddenly, there was the sound of leaves rustling in the dense forest behind him, and a gust of wind swept in, accompanied by a strong pungent smell of blood.
Lei Shaoxuan was suddenly frightened, and he didn't have time to turn back, so he instinctively rolled forward, slashed out, and swung back.
I could only hear the sound of the stone striking, and the knife hit a hard object.
Lei Shaoxuan quickly rolled and stood up, with the horizontal knife in his hand, and instantly chilled, and a tiger with a length of his feet stood in front of Lei Shaoxuan.
The tiger was covered in golden yellow, black stripes, staring at the copper bell, glaring at Lei Shaoxuan angrily, the king character on his head was clear, suddenly majestic, the giant mouth roared, and the sound shook the valley.
Lei Shaoxuan suppressed the fear in his heart, lowered his body, clenched the golden knife, and fiercely confronted the tiger angrily.
When encountering a fierce beast, you must not show a trace of timidity, Lei Shaoxuan thought.
Lei Shaoxuan knew that he was by no means the opponent of the tiger, and he did his best with a knife just now, but he failed to give the tiger the slightest damage, but instead aroused the tiger's anger.
Before he could catch his breath, the tiger's body shrank suddenly, bounced up like lightning, and a huge black shadow pounced on Lei Shaoxuan.
Lei Shaoxuan felt a mountain crashing towards him, and a strong and incomparable force surged like a mountain and a sea, roaring like a landslide, destroying and decaying.
Before he could think about it, Lei Shaoxuan instinctively rolled under the cliff and retreated, but the tiger was like lightning, and Lei Shaoxuan only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and he was suddenly dripping with blood.
The tiger's claws scratched Lei Shaoxuan's leather jacket and scratched his right shoulder.
Shen Nian perceived and clearly captured the tiger's every move, but his body didn't have time to react, and Lei Shaoxuan felt frightened and helpless for the first time.
With his back against the cliff, Lei Shaoxuan stood up with his back on the stone wall, his back was relied on, and his heart was slightly settled.
The tiger stood up, half a man tall, and its fur stood on end, roaring angrily, and its eyes were full of contempt, looking at this opponent whom he had never seen before.
Lei Shaoxuan was covered in blood, lowered his body, and was on guard with all his might.
Suddenly, the tiger's body shrank back again, and suddenly bounced up, like a boulder falling, smashing into Lei Shaoxuan, and like an angry wave hitting a rock, unstoppable.
There is no way to avoid it, Lei Shaoxuan roared unyieldingly, and swung his knife with all his might, and the sword light slashed a meteor, accompanied by wind and thunder, and crashed into the tiger.
There was a dull crashing sound, and Lei Shaoxuan felt as if he had been hit by a high-speed chariot, and his body was thrown backwards like rags.
In his thoughts, the golden knife appeared in a delicate manner, and it slashed through the wind rapidly, like a swift sweep over the stones on the surface of the lake, rolling up bursts of whirlpool ripples, and slashing the tiger fiercely, but it was like slashing on a steel claw, making a dull impact sound, and the tiger was not injured.
Fortunately, although the knife did not hurt the tiger, it also allowed his body to pop out with the help of his body and dodged the tiger's claws.
The tiger slammed directly into the stone wall, making a loud "bang", and the rubble splashed down.
Lei Shaoxuan rolled again, took a few steps away, and stood along the stone wall.
Lei Shaoxuan understood that only by standing along the stone wall could he have something to rely on.
The tiger roared, pressing forward step by step, his eyes were full of anger, staring at Lei Shaoxuan, his huge mouth opened, revealing sharp teeth, as if he could swallow the sky in one bite.
After two boulder-like impacts, Lei Shaoxuan felt that his bones were about to crack, his muscles were weak, his whole body was in severe pain, he was almost unstable on his feet, and he fell into despair.
However, the unwillingness and unyielding made Lei Shaoxuan endure the severe pain and roared.
"Come on, come on, come on......"
The voice was fierce and fierce, stirring his heart and plucking up his courage.
The tiger roared, its body shrinking back, a signal to attack.
At this moment, suddenly at the edge of the forest, there was a burst of horn sounds, vast and powerful, as if a large group of people and horses had surrounded them.
Figures were one after another, and figures flashed from the dense forest, and Lei Shaoxuan was overjoyed.
The tiger roared unwillingly, stepped back step by step, turned abruptly, threw himself into the woods and disappeared.
Timuran, Borchon and the others hurriedly ran over, and Lei Shaoxuan was relieved and sat down under the stone wall.
The tiger scratched, the wound was blurred, the blood was dripping, and it was shocking, and Timulan could not help but shed tears.
However, for Lei Shaoxuan, injuries are the most common.
Smelling the refreshing aroma of Timuran and watching Timulan seriously treat the wound and apply the medicine, Lei Shaoxuan felt down-to-earth and warm in his heart.
"Boy, you're so lucky, even the tiger can let you go!" Borchon nagged vigorously.
"This place is not a dense forest, and there are no caves, how can there be tigers?" Ah Xiang felt very strange.
"This wisteria flower blooms with seven leaves, has a year of more than 300 years, and can be called a panacea. ”
Timulan palpitated, looked at Lei Shaoxuan and said: "But all elixirs, within a radius of fifty zhang, there must be spirit beasts to protect them, and most of the tigers just now were guarding this wisteria." Luckily, it's just an ordinary tiger, and it hasn't grown into a spirit beast yet. A spirit beast tiger can kill us all effortlessly. ”