Shen Lijia stared at the entrance of the alley for a while, and was relieved to make sure that no one secretly ran out to report to the official.

Half an hour later, he went over and took away a heavy double-layer lunch box, and quietly withdrew from the town with Hua Duxiu and others, and came to a dilapidated temple outside the town.

There is a female fairy enshrined here, looking at her face is quite rich, the corners of her mouth are smiling, and she looks at the four Hua Duxiu standing in the lobby with loving eyes.

Shen Li Jiaqi said: "Goddess Immortal, which Immortal Venerable is this?"

Ding Qiqi said: "This is Chengtian to imitate the emperor of the earth, also known as Hou Tu Niangniang, and is one of the emperors in the 'Four Emperors'. ”

Shen Lijia said: "Oh, it turned out to be a Heavenly Emperor, amazing, and a female Heavenly Emperor." ”

Lu Ziye said while cleaning up the surroundings: "You don't understand, right? Hou Tu Niang Niang holds yin and yang, nurtures all things, is known as the mother of the earth, is the earliest king of the earth, and is the female god who dominates the mountains and rivers of the earth. ”

"This place is close to the White Dragon Snow Mountain, and Yujing Mountain is the holy land of the Taoist Court in the world, and it is normal to worship Hou Tu Niangniang. ”

Shen Lijia looked around: "Then why is it abandoned? Look at this situation, this place has been dilapidated for some years, right?"

Lu Ziye said: "Then I don't know, I have to ask Senior Sister Ding about this." ”

Shen Lijia asked, "Sister, which immortal do you worship in Hongmen?"

Ding Qiqi was carefully looking at the statue of Hou Tu Niang Niang, and said without looking back: "Fire God Zhurong." ”

Lu Ziye said: "Tut-tut, it's good, each family worships each family's immortals, and I also have a god in my family, guess who he is?"

Lu Ziye Qi said: "Isn't your family in business?

Hua Duxiu said with a smile: "His family does not worship the God of Wealth, but his family worships a golden-bodied Arhat." ”

Lu Ziye was stunned: "Golden Arhat?"

Shen Lijia said: "My family worships the ancestor of Bodhidharma!"

Lu Ziye asked, "Why?"

Shen Lijia said: "Because the ancestor of Bodhidharma is the ancestor of our bandits. ”

Lu Ziye, Ding Qiqi: "......"

After chatting, Lu Ziye and Shen Lijia cleaned up a clean place, lit a bonfire, moved a stone platform and a few jars as tables and chairs, and the four of them gathered around and began to eat.

Not to mention, the weather outside is cold, the west wind is howling, but the dishes taken out of the lunch box are steaming, and then the bonfire is baked, not to mention how happy.

Hua Duxiu couldn't help but praise: "Jiajia is doing things, I'm relieved!"

After eating and drinking, it was already completely dark, and Lu Ziye was sent out to investigate. The ruined temple is a few miles outside the city, and if it is not close, it is not far away, who knows if the official samurai will patrol here?

Fortunately, the temperature outside the city dropped even lower after dark, and the official samurai were also human, and they were also afraid of the cold, so they didn't patrol to the broken temple after all.

Everyone chatted around the campfire for a long time, and each fell asleep.

Outside the ruined temple, three miserable figures hid in the dark, snot flowing, shivering from the cold.

That's right, these three elder brothers are the Hongmen disciples who are tracking Ding Qiqi and others.

They have neither a broken temple nor a fiery stewed chicken, so they can only eat a bite of dry steamed buns, bite a bite of the cold swishing snow, and then blow the biting west wind, not to mention more enjoyable.

One said: "Senior brother, I see what they mean and continue to walk towards Bailong Snow Mountain." ”

Another said, "Yes, I don't know why they are so persistent, they don't want horses, and they have to go to the mountains on two legs, alas." ”

The former said: "If we want to continue to follow, we will have to replenish some dry food and buy a few more thick clothes." ”

The other nodded: "Yes, this ghost place is too cold, let's stay comfortable in Suzaku Valley." Let's go to the town early tomorrow morning to buy some food and clothing......"

Early the next morning, after a brief wash, the four of them set foot on the road to the south again.

There are still some rotting animal carcasses scattered in the wild, and the stench wafts from time to time, and the four of them wear thick cotton masks and warm cotton clothes to walk on the grassland.

Near noon, they finally arrived at the foot of the White Dragon Snow Mountain.

There used to be many villages scattered here, but now, they are all empty and there is no one left.

But seeing that every house has closed its doors and windows, and the street layout is not messy, it is obvious that it has been moved out in an orderly manner.

They had a simple meal in the village, and Ding Qiqi suddenly became alert: "Be careful, there are people!"

Everyone immediately hid and watched carefully in the direction of the entrance of the village.

Ding Qiqi's cobwebs were scattered, but whenever someone approached, she could detect it as soon as possible.

Sure enough, two figures slowly appeared in the direction of the village entrance.

Hua Duxiu squinted and looked closely, these two people were not herdsmen, not foreign tourists, nor government warriors, but spies in strong suits with long swords hanging from their waists.

When the two of them got closer, Hua Duxiu recognized from the ornaments on their bodies that these two people were actually the secret agents of the Sticky Pole Division.

Oh, old acquaintance.

If there is a natural outbreak of the plague, it is necessary to send spies from the Sticky Pole Division to dispatch?

This is already the foot of the White Dragon Snow Mountain, and the spies of the Sticky Pole Division appear in this kind of place, what are they watching?

They are all unprofitable characters, and where they come forward, they must be a little strange.

The two spies seemed to be just making routine rounds, chatting softly in the street as they drifted away. Hua Duxiu and the others didn't dare to delay too much, and immediately left the village and headed towards the White Dragon Snow Mountain.

Bailong Snow Mountain is a group of mountains in the center of the northern plateau, with a very high altitude, there are dozens of them, and the undulating mountains are magnificent. The snow-capped mountains are never halfway up the mountain with a snow line, and most of the part is covered with snow, which is very sacred.

When they first entered the snowy mountain, the four of them walked carefully on the gravel road at the foot of the mountain, it was even colder here than outside, not only cold, but also a lot thinner, Young Master Hua had some difficulty breathing, and a mouth was a white mist.

There is no need to avoid any plague or plague here, in such cold weather, even if there are animal carcasses, they will not rot, and they can be frozen into ice cubes directly.

Along the way, they encountered several waves of sticky rod spies, and all four of them carefully avoided them, and quickly walked into the interior of the snow-capped mountain along the foot of the mountain.

Passing through the outermost snow-capped mountain, Ding Qiqi suddenly relaxed and said, "It's gone!"

Hua Duxiu asked, "What's gone?"

Ding Qiqi said: "There are no more pesky spies ahead. ”

Hua Duxiu was stunned: "There are no more secret agents of the Sticky Pole Division, are they only patrolling the edge of the snowy mountain?"

Ding Qiqi nodded: "Anyway, my true qi spider line has probed hundreds of zhang forward, and the breath of these people has not been found at all." ”

Shen Lijia interjected and said, "Probably they also know that they are annoying, and they are afraid of being discovered by the masters of Bai Yujing in the snow mountain, so they are not interesting?"

Hua Duxiu snorted lightly and said, "First the outer blockade, then tens of thousands of livestock died in the wild, rotting and stinking, then the people who migrated to the foot of the mountain, and finally the spies of the Sticky Pole Division, how do I think this plague is getting more and more strange." ”

Shen Lijia said: "Brother-in-law, what important conclusion did you draw?"

Hua Duxiu said: "I just think it's more strange, and I don't have any conclusions for the time being." ”

Lu Ziye looked at the vast white snow-capped mountains and said, "The scope of the White Dragon Snow Mountain is so large, and everywhere is quiet, as if there is nothing abnormal. Shall we continue to go deeper, or shall we turn around and go back?"

Shen Lijia said: "It's all here, don't you want to go on a pilgrimage to Yujing Mountain, let's go." ”

Lu Ziye glanced at Ding Qiqi and said, "Didn't Senior Brother Hua analyze that if there is nothing going on in the White Dragon Snow Mountain, there may be something wrong with Hongmen?

Hua Duxiu shook his head: "Who said that there is nothing in the snow mountain, how far have we walked, how can we conclude that this place is okay because the secret agents of the Sticky Pole Division do not go in?"

Lu Ziye said: "Then let's continue to go deeper?"

Hua Duxiu said: "Go directly to Baiyu Valley, I can only confirm my judgment after seeing Bai Yujing safe and sound." ”

Ding Qiqi tightened his neckline and said, "Then let's go quickly, it's cold, let's go quickly." ”

The crowd continued to go deeper, and the speed increased again.

In the blink of an eye, a few hours passed, the sky was getting dark, and although the snow-capped mountains were towering, the gravel road at the foot of the mountain was still easy to walk, but it was quite time-consuming to twist and turn.

The four of them found a deep stone cave on the side of the road, and after entering, they lit a bonfire and prepared to eat.

There are always firewood and stone beds in this cave, and there are even iron pots and buckets, and it seems that people often spend the night here.

Perhaps, this was once a sentinel of Bai Yujing, and Bai Yujing's disciples lived in it. But for some reason, there is no one here anymore, but the belongings and materials of life are still intact.

After eating and drinking, Lu Ziye was sent to squat at the gate of the stone cave, and the rest of the people fell asleep around the fire.

Lu Ziye is a good comrade.

Before, it was just Young Master Hua who sighed, but fortunately brought him here, otherwise he would have to carry a lot of heavy luggage by himself. Now not only Young Master Hua sighed, but even Shen Lijia was embarrassed.

Fortunately, Brother Lu was brought, not only did the matter of squatting at the entrance of the cave fall 100% on his head.

On this cold day, you can't bake a fire in front of the fire, but you have to squat at the mouth of the cave to blow the cold wind, and if you think about it, you will be sad and flow into a river.

No way, although Shen Lijia is clever, he doesn't know Taoism, with his small eyes that don't focus on light, even if someone approaches him in the night, he can't find it.

But Lu Ziye is different, he can spread the cobwebs of true qi and probe the vicinity with infinite true qi, which is naturally more suitable than Shen Lijia for this job.

What, why didn't Ding Qiqi stalk it?

Big brother, do you think this kind of hard work can be the turn of Senior Sister Ding? First of all, Young Master Hua disagrees!

Therefore, this work can only be left on the head of Lu Ziye.

Lu Ziye is quite bitter, but he is not alone.

Just a mile away from the cave, three shivering young men were close to each other, eager to hug each other for warmth.

That's right, these three people are the disciples of the Rainbow Gate who have been tracked all the way.

At this moment, the originally magnificent and sacred White Dragon Snow Mountain is no longer as beautiful as imagined, and the biting chill makes the three of them a little doubtful about life.

My God, why do you have caves to sleep in, while we have to freeze outside in the open air?

Yesterday you slept in the temple, we slept in the wilderness, and today you slept in the cave, we still slept in the wilderness.

Is there still a heavenly principle?

God, hurry up and give us back the sun!