Chapter 43: Ice and Snow Lingzhi
Due to the different city gates to go to Beibing City and Zidusk City, Su Miao and Song Chen said goodbye to Inone and them directly at the post station. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After leaving the North City Gate, it was just dark when the horse rushed to the North Ice City, and when Su Miao and Song Chen were eating in the inn, they asked the inn to prepare two days' worth of dry food, so that they could set off for Snow Lotus Mountain early the next morning.
When she arrived at Snow Lotus Mountain, Su Miao did not climb the mountain, but took Song Chen and Xiaobai Jing into the pine forest that spread from the foot of the mountain to the north. That forest stretched all the way forward, as far as the eye could see, far beyond the mountain range of Snow Lotus Mountain. And the further you go, the more the temperature in the pine forest drops. The snow line gradually appeared, and the pine forest became more and more sparse, and by the time the pine forest disappeared completely, there was already a white world of ice and snow beneath your feet.
This kind of coldness, heavy snow and light snow will definitely not be able to stand it, so Su Miao didn't bring them this time, and paid two silver taels to put them in the inn of the North Ice City to foster them. She and Su Chen had already changed to thick clothes, and with internal force to protect their bodies, they didn't feel anything. The white lion is originally hardy, and Xiaobai has been running very happily, and there is nothing abnormal.
However, since the beginning of the snow line, the animals have gradually decreased, and by the time they are at the boundary line, the animals have become extinct.
Su Miao remembered that the last time she and her master came down from Snow Lotus Mountain, she teased a little ferret all the way, and the little ferret rushed all the way to the left and right, and she couldn't get rid of Su Miao's figure, and in the end, she may have lost her sense of direction, so she strayed into this snowfield...... And Su Miao has almost no sense of direction, she chases the little ferret wherever it goes, and when she finally smells a faint fragrance that she has never smelled before and stops, there is no shadow of the pine forest at all. However, Su Miao was not very worried at the time, she would walk in the clouds, and if necessary, she would climb high and look far away, the goal of the pine forest was so big, she would always find her way. So she followed the fragrance and soon found Xue Lingzhi, and after the surprise, she began to worry about how to take things away, and the master also rushed over at this time. After Su Miao and his master took Snow Lingzhi, they dug out the remaining belts that had not grown up, wrapped them up, and were about to return the same way, when they met Xiaobai's mother and Xiaobai, who had just been born.
The lioness didn't know how to run into the snowfield, just gave birth to Xiaobai's weak body, and there was no food, there was no strength to go out again, Xiaobai was also frozen to death, if it wasn't for the lioness hiding it in the soft and warm place at the bottom of her belly, I'm afraid that Su Miao would not be able to survive when she met it.
Maybe it's just that the nature of protecting the cub makes it still have a little bit of strength, and after seeing Su Miao's arrival, it can't support it anymore......
Maybe it's a kind of induction in the place of birth, the little white who returned to the snow field is like a fish in the water, although he has no memory of this place at all, but he still runs very happily in this snow field, and he is so excited that he screams "wow", "wow", and rolls a few times from time to time.
Su Miao shook her head: "Ah Chen, let's just look around the periphery to see if we can meet Xue Lingzhi, don't go too deep." Master said that there is a problem with the trend of this snowfield, if it is too deep, it is possible to rise very high to see the pine forest of Snow Lotus Mountain, and from time to time you have to climb the correct route again, if the distance is too far, then the internal force is very likely to be insufficient, and then you will be lost here forever. ”
Song Chen nodded solemnly, paying more attention to the environment around him when he left.
In fact, this snowfield is not like the plains, which is an endless flat terrain, but because the surroundings are white, there are undulating terrain that you can't see clearly when you look at it from a distance. Now immersive, the terrain passing through is still slightly changing, the more you go inside, in fact, there will be some snow-covered rocks protrusions or suddenly lower open space, not completely unrecognizable.
Su Miao and Song Chen couldn't walk fast because one wanted to find Xue Lingzhi and the other wanted to remember the way. Xiaobai was happy, and before he knew it, he had run a lot away from them. At first, he turned back to them from time to time, urging them to hurry up, but then he ran and stopped, and he was too far away, and he had to run back for a while and wait for them.
Su Miao saw that Xiaobai was so cautious, and she also let go of her mind and no longer paid special attention to its movements.
Walking forward like this, Su Miao's eyes suddenly lit up when she looked at the surrounding terrain: "Ah Chen, I remember, when I found Xiaobai, the surrounding terrain was similar to what I am here now, and there were a lot of large and small snow pits on the road at the beginning, and Xiaobai was in a small pit at that time...... Although Su Miao is not good at remembering people's faces and has no sense of direction, her memory is still very reliable in other aspects.
Song Chen looked at the sky: "Miaomiao, the time is about to pass, and it will be dark if we continue to walk, should we go back and come back tomorrow, or will we stay here for the night?" I wrote down all the directions, and if I went out tomorrow, I wouldn't have to spend as much time coming in as I did today. ”
"Then let's get out!" Su Miao decided without thinking, "We can't even find the materials in this snowfield, and it will be colder at night than now, and it will be difficult to rest." ”
Su Miao said this, and looked up to beckon Xiaobai to come back, only to find that Xiaobai had run very far: before entering the snowfield, Su Miao was afraid that Xiaobai's coat color would be easily mixed with ice and snow and it would be difficult to identify, so she tied a striking red silk on it, and now looking at it, she only saw a small red dot in the distance: "Xiaobai!" ”
Su Miao's voice used internal force, and as soon as it passed, Xiaobai's side reacted, and it yelled at this end with a "wow", Su Miao heard it, this was its cry when it was excited.
"Come back!" Su Miao screamed again. Xiao Bai heard a loud roar again, looking at the red dot, it seemed that not only did not run back, but moved forward.
"Oops!" Su Miao said to Song Chen, "Xiaobai doesn't know if I'm crazy and refuses to go back, I have to catch it!" As he spoke, he was going to chase in that direction.
Song Chen quickly grabbed Su Miao's hand: "Let's go together!" At this time, we can't afford to be separated. ”
"Let's go!" Su Miao pulled Song Chen and jumped forward directly, and at this time, the red dot in the distance was already a little smaller.
The speed of Su Miao and Song Chen is naturally not comparable to Xiao Bai, at this time, because he was in a hurry, he used all his strength, and every step forward was a distance of ten zhang, quickly approaching Xiao Bai. Su Miao's Qingyunbu is slightly better than Song Chen's light skills, but the advantage is mainly in mid-air borrowing, there are borrowing points when panning, and Song Chen's speed can be called comparable to her.
Xiaobai is still moving forward, but the distance is gradually getting closer. It's just that in this way, Song Chen won't have time to remember the way. After chasing five or six hundred zhang like this, Xiao Bai in front suddenly stopped, Su Miao's feet didn't stop, and he hurriedly approached the past, and gradually saw Xiao Bai's front paws waving, as if he was digging something.
As soon as Su Miao fell to the ground, she smelled a familiar fragrance, she ran two steps forward, squatted down beside Xiaobai, and looked carefully at the place where the white lion was planed: "Xiaobai, let me see." ”
Xiao Bai was obedient at this time, and immediately stopped his movements when he heard the words, and looked back at his master with a flattering look. Su Miao didn't care about scolding it, but only looked at the side of the snow that was partially blocked by Xiaobai's body just now. That's right, that's the taste! Su Miao was surprised to reach out and caress the two extremely small and almost transparent Lingzhi-like plants next to each other on the ice in front of her, Xiao Bai had just dug out the ice under it almost empty, Su Miao only lightly broke it, and a small piece of ice stained with two snow Lingzhi flowers landed in her hand.
Su Miao beckoned to Song Chen: "Ah Chen, come on!" ”
Song Chen was also pleasantly surprised: "This is Snow Lingzhi?" Bian untied the burden on his body and rummaged on the ground, "Do you want to put it in a cold jade box?" ”
Su Miao smiled and nodded, and decided not to pursue Xiaobai, when the snow lingzhi was not ripe, the fragrance was so faint that there was almost nothing, I didn't expect it to be so talented in this regard, and it could actually smell it from such a distance.
After carefully putting the snow lingzhi into the cold jade box, Su Miao happily looked at the small piece of ice, and suddenly felt a little weird. She took the cold jade box closer to her eyes, and she didn't look at it carefully under the surprise just now, looking at it from this distance, there seemed to be a break next to the two little snow lingzhi?
Su Miao sniffed it, turned around and looked at the white lion who was selling the alliance in front of Song Chen: "Little white ......"
Xiaobai hurried over.
Su Miao stretched out her hand towards it: "What about another snow lingzhi?" She was still sighing just now how Xiaobai was so powerful, she could find the seedlings of Snow Lingzhi from such a long distance, and now think about it, the fragrance she smelled when she just landed was clearly the only one that had matured Snow Lingzhi! Combined with the current fracture, the whereabouts of the snow lingzhi are self-evident......
Xiaobai tilted his head sideways and looked at Su Miao, looking incomprehensible. Su Miao narrowed her eyes, Xiaobai took a step back, opened her mouth on the snow next to her, and made a swallowing motion.
Su Miao covered her eyes, she had forgotten that when she was at Tianjian Peak, Xiaobai often drooled at the growing Snow Lingzhi, and now that she has a chance, how can it still hold back...... Anyway, it found it.
Su Miao beckoned, rubbed Xiaobai's approaching head, and still commanded it: "Don't do this next time!" It's not that I won't give it to you, I ate it in such a hurry, if it's poison, my master and I may not be able to save you! ”
Xiaobai rubbed Su Miao's palm, rolled to the snow next to him and continued to roll. Su Miao didn't look at it like this, the sky had already begun to darken, and she handed the cold jade box to Song Chen: "Ah Chen, I'll look for the direction of the pine forest, let's go out quickly, right?" The purpose of this trip has also been achieved, and we don't need to come in tomorrow, so we will be rerouted to Snow Lotus Mountain. ”
As she spoke, Su Miao jumped into the air lightly and skillfully, and suddenly rose more than ten zhang, and when the rise gradually slowed down, she saw her stepping lightly into the air, as if there were transparent stairs in the air, and then continued to rise...... If Lin Jin was here at this time, he would see that under Su Miao's boots in the air, there was a faint layer of something like a cloud gathering......
Until the fifth foot, Su Miao, who was observing the surrounding environment while ascending, suddenly pointed to her left and exclaimed.