Chapter 80: Stepping into the Bitter Cold
After washing, Gege went to the village chief's house.
Chu Muyu and Xu Liyan were already waiting for her at the door, and she saw that Chu Muyu's already recovered face turned red again.
"Sister Gege, aren't you very hot?"
"Hmph...... What's the matter with you!" Gege bumped into Xu Liyan and walked towards the outside of the village.
After saying goodbye to the village chief, Chu Muyu chased Gege out of the village, and on the way, Xu Liyan teased Chu Muyu and Gege a lot, and the two of them also felt embarrassed because of what happened last night, so they didn't talk much.
The further north they went, the cooler it became, and although they all wore beast skin coats in Wanyue Village, they were not yet used to the extremely cold weather, and they shivered from the cold.
"Brother Xu, why don't you resist the cold?"
"Although I was born and raised in Wanyue Village, I have never been to this extremely cold place. When I became an adult, I went to practice at Fanyin Monastery again, and I have been there for more than ten years, and I have become accustomed to the climate in the south. ”
Chu Muyu and Xu Liyan's eyebrows and eyelashes were already frozen, but Gege didn't have anything. She runs the exercises, converting natural spells into ice attributes, resisting the bitter cold.
Only the footprints of the three of them could be seen on the endless snow, and the cold wind was blowing and abusing every inch of their skin. After shivering, goosebumps are like sprouting spring shoots, and I can't wait to pop up!
"It's too cold!" Chu Muyu picked up the wine jug and took two sips.
Xu Liyan also took out the wine and took a sip.
"You're in so bad health that I don't feel cold, but I still have to take two sips of wine!"
It's been three days since they came out of Wanyue Village, and they haven't seen a single plant along the way.
"The dark night says that there are plants that can resist the cold in the extreme cold, and now we have been walking for three days, and no other colors have appeared except for the white snow!"
"Brother Mu Yu, there are indeed plants in the extremely cold land, not only plants, but also very tall, usually hundreds or thousands of years old!"
The snow left their footprints on the ground, but not for long, only an hour before the snow covered it without leaving a trace.
For five days, they did not rest, and their tired eyelids began to become heavy.
"Gege, hold on, let's get the snow phoenix egg as soon as possible and leave here!"
"Brother Mu Yu, I think I still have to find a suitable place to rest, I haven't rested for a few days, such a cold weather, if I meet a snow phoenix, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with!"
Chu Muyu observed the surrounding environment and vaguely saw a few dead trees not far ahead.
"Hold on for a while, where are we going to rest!"
Four large trees without leaves Perseverance in this snowy land, I don't know how long it has been since they have grown leaves.
Chu Muyu switched to the fire attribute and melted the surrounding blood, and the melted water was quickly absorbed by the soil on the ground.
"This snow is so deep!"
Snow higher than them surrounded them, like a house without a roof.
Gege took out his knife and jumped up, chopping down a few dry branches. Because the snow surrounded them, the cold wind could not blow in, and the fire burned very strongly.
"Brother Yu, I'm so sleepy!"
"You can't sleep here, be careful of freezing to death. ”
"But I'm really sleepy, I haven't slept for days!"
"Brother Mu Yu, what Sister Gege said is right, we haven't slept for several days, it can't go on like this, and the body can't bear it!"
Chu Muyu himself was actually very sleepy, he observed the surrounding environment, he ran the Sanskrit sound exercises, and converted the five elements diagram under his feet into earth attributes.
"The Art of the Five Elements - Exhausting the Earth to the Mountain!"
Chu Muyu unleashed four skills in four directions, and four mud walls were built around them, like a room without a door.
"The Art of the Five Elements - Entanglement!"
Chu Muyu switched the five-element diagram under his feet to a wood attribute, and many tree roots appeared on the top of his head to seal the top of his head. He switched his attribute to fire again, and his whole body emitted heat, and in an instant, the temperature of this humble room began to rise sharply.
"It's so warm!" Xiao Ran happily took Chu Muyu's hand.
"Let's rest here for a few hours, and we're going to go!"
This night, the three of them slept very deeply, and after the fire was extinguished for a few hours, Xu Liyan was awakened by freezing.
He pushed Chu Muyu: "Brother Muyu!"
Chu Muyu opened his eyes in a daze: "When is it!"
Xu Liyan pointed to the top of his head, and he could see that the sky was dark from the cracks in the roof made of tree roots.
"The fire is extinguished, no wonder it's so cold!" Chu Muyu looked at Gege, who was still sleeping very deeply, and he quietly cut off a few from the roots of the tree above his head and lit the fire.
The temperature rose again, and seeing that Gege was sleeping soundly, Chu Muyu didn't wake her up, and drank wine and ate the jerky brought by Xu Liyan.
"Brother Mu Yu, although I don't know exactly what happened in the Wuyi Forest that day, you were seriously injured, and after you got better, you risked your life to help Miss Xiao Ran find healing herbs, do you think it's worth it?"
Chu Muyu took a big sip of wine: "It's not me...... Xiao Ran wouldn't have become what she is today, if I can't let her recover, I won't forgive myself for the rest of my life!"
"I can't blame you for this, I heard that you were attacking the night at that time, but she resisted your attack in order to protect her grandfather!"
"yes, if I had reacted faster, maybe the consequences would have been different. ”
"That's not your fault! Brother Mu Yu, being able to make a friend like you who values love and righteousness can be regarded as a blessing that I have cultivated in several lifetimes!"
"Don't say that, Brother Xu, I was seriously injured this time, if it weren't for you and Fanyin Temple to help, I might have died a long time ago!"
"Brother Mu Yu, in fact, your injury this time is really dangerous, we haven't done anything in Fanyin Temple, what you should be most grateful for is Sister Gege! She took you to the Wolong Ancient Cave to absorb the Qi of Zhiyang, and then went to the medicinal herbs alone to find materials, and never gave up on you, which really makes me envious!"
Chu Muyu looked at Gege who was sleeping, she was still so cute when she slept, the fire shone on her face with a smile.
They talked until dawn, until Gege woke up naturally.
"Huh...... When did you wake up?"
Chu Muyu and Xu Liyan glanced at each other and said in unison, "Just woke up!"
After saying that, the two laughed, and the two of them felt inexplicable.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing! you can eat something, eat and let's go!"
Chu Muyu took out the jerky and handed it to Gege, and after they were full, the three of them continued on their way.
It didn't snow in the morning and the wind wasn't that strong.
It was the sixth day of their departure, and the second day in the Extreme Cold Land, they still hadn't seen the snow phoenix.
"Brother Yu, what do you think this is?"
Chu Muyu walked over and saw Gege holding a white feather in his hand that was longer than his calf.
"This should be the feather of the snow phoenix, look at the length of this feather is at least more than a thousand years!"
"Brother Xu, are you sure it's only more than a thousand years?"
"Well, my father said how to distinguish the cultivation of the snow phoenix, and the length of the feathers can tell the cultivation. Generally, the snow phoenix feathers that are more than 10,000 years old are more than half a zhang long, and seeing that this feather is not half a zhang, there will definitely be no 10,000-year cultivation!"
At this moment, a piercing chirp passed, and Chu Muyu hurriedly ran in the direction where his voice came from.
At this time, the snow was falling, and the visibility was not very far, and Chu Muyu could faintly see a huge object stretching out from the ground into the air through the cold air.
They gasped as they approached.
"Brother Yu, this is even taller than that soul reviving tree demon. ”
In front of them, a green pine tree stood in front of them, covered with needle-like leaves. Looking up, the tips of the trees had disappeared into the cold.
The trunk of this tree could not be hugged by ten people, the whole pine tree was shaking, and the snow on the leaves was falling down.
"Brother Mu Yu, is there something on it?"
"I guess so, I can't see it clearly below, you wait, I'll go up and have a look!"
Chu Muyu summoned the Growth Heavenly King, stepped on the Qingfeng Sword and flew up.
He was shuttling in the cold, and he couldn't see anything in the trees until he got close!
But there is a certain danger in being close to the pine trees, in case it is a snow phoenix, it can see clearly in this weather, and it will be very dangerous.
Chu Muyu ran the Mind Addiction Technique, making himself invisible, and in these short three seconds, he wanted to see clearly what was on the pine tree.
When Chu Muyu approached the pine tree, the originally tumultuous branches suddenly quieted down, as if they had suddenly fallen asleep, silently!
Chu Muyu had just turned his head, and a pair of desolate orange eyes were looking at him.
"Can it see me?" Chu Muyu was suspicious, and suddenly screamed, and a snow-white wing flapped towards him.
Chu Muyu just happened to be invisible, and after dodging the attack, he hurriedly flew back to the ground.
"Be careful, there's a snow phoenix!"
Because the cold is relatively strong now, they can't see far around at all, and they are back to back to guard against the sneak attack of the snow phoenix.
"Brother Yu, how did you get discovered?"
"I didn't know that it was suddenly behind me and staring at me! And I didn't show up when it attacked me!"
"Can it see objects in its state of invisibility?"
"Brother Mu Yu, I know that the pupils of the snow phoenix are different from ours, it lives in this cold winter, hunting prey. And the cold here is too heavy and the visibility is not high, so they have evolved their pupils and can see objects with heat. ”
"Brother Xu, do you mean that as long as you have body temperature, it will be able to know your location?"
So to speak, they don't see invisible objects, they only recognize their orientation based on the heat emitted by them. ”
"Then my stealth is useless!"
At this time, the snow phoenix in the air had already seen Chu Muyu and the three of them on the ground, it did not attack, and after hovering for a few weeks, it landed on the pine tree.